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  • The example of Impossible Task Instantly Accomplished. Goku learned a Wave-Motion Gun technique in seconds what took Old Master Roshi fifty years to develop and perfect.
  • The entire climax is one. First, Black has Goku on the ropes with his Humongous Mecha, until Android #8 comes out of nowhere to save his friend. Although he valiantly struggles, he's ultimately no match for Black and is crushed to pieces. Witnessing 8's noble sacrifice, Goku starts crying and promptly explodes with rage in one of the most spectacular power-ups in the series' history, as the earth literally shatters around him. Cue one colossal Kamehameha that sends Black straight to HFIL.
  • On the subject of the above power-up, there's something oddly familiar about this scenario: a Saiyan child is enraged by witnessing a kindhearted android lose his life for the greater good, and gains a boost in power to annihilate the one responsible. This mirrors Gohan going Super Saiyan 2 against Cell in retaliation for Android #16's death. Talk about the mother of all Call Forwards.

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