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LOLypop1224 ...what am I even DOING here? Since: Jan, 2012 Relationship Status: Non-Canon
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#40701: Jun 20th 2016 at 3:27:27 AM

Nah, it's different. His hair at the front isn't as spiked up as, say, Kid Trunks. It now looks like his design when he fought Freeza and King Cold.

The *Legendary* Super Saiyan is motivated by a crying infant! He is a literal giant f***ing baby!
Hobgoblin Since: Nov, 2010 Relationship Status: Above such petty unnecessities
#40702: Jun 20th 2016 at 6:23:37 AM

Dragon Ball's done far worse.

It's got sapient dogs, shapeshifting cats and pigs, bugs and wads of pink bubblegum. A sentient, malevolent virus is not that farout in such a context.

A sentient malevolent virus that gets retconned into a skinny cat with a love for pudding.

Zeromaeus Since: May, 2010
#40703: Jun 20th 2016 at 6:54:07 AM

Its not a retcon if its something that changes during conceptualization.

Hobgoblin Since: Nov, 2010 Relationship Status: Above such petty unnecessities
#40704: Jun 20th 2016 at 6:57:10 AM

Yeah, I realized that after I posted that, but it's 8 AM and I'm too lazy to edit.

KnownUnknown Since: Jan, 2001
#40705: Jun 20th 2016 at 12:08:00 PM

@Bulma and the heroes not realizing that the Kid Pilaf Gang is the actual Pilaf Gang.

If they don't already know, I assume they're going to find out soon - like in the next episode, or maybe the one after that. Future Trunks knows Future Mai - I get the impression their history with each other going to be brought up when him and Kid Trunks meet or get to know each other, and Future Mai doesn't seem to have lied about who she was.

It becoming a plot point seems especially possible, given that the Pilaf Gang's presence at the scene is conspicuously given scenes dedicated to it despite the three not yet contributing much to the actual plot (besides making Kid Trunks hilariously freak out).

edited 20th Jun '16 12:12:24 PM by KnownUnknown

Cortez from Parts Unknown (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#40706: Jun 20th 2016 at 1:38:37 PM

I feel bad for Kid Trunks since no one has stopped to explain what's going on.

VeryMelon Since: Jul, 2011 Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
#40707: Jun 20th 2016 at 1:48:50 PM

I'm perfectly fine with that.

randomness4 Ghost '11 from The Land of Inconvenience Since: Sep, 2011
Ghost '11
#40708: Jun 20th 2016 at 2:06:34 PM

He doesn't deserve to know nuts about Future Trunks, its best if they don't interact.

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Soble Since: Dec, 2013
#40709: Jun 20th 2016 at 3:18:38 PM

They need to high five and rip a hole in the space-time continuum.

From which Cell will train for four months and come out tonka tough.

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randomness4 Ghost '11 from The Land of Inconvenience Since: Sep, 2011
Ghost '11
#40710: Jun 20th 2016 at 3:51:36 PM

That word sounds familiar...hmm.

Applying it, if that happened...he'd be about as strong as a toy truck.

But, that's paradoxes for you.

edited 20th Jun '16 3:52:20 PM by randomness4

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IAmNotCreativeEnough himitsu keisatsu from asa kara ban made omae o miru Since: Dec, 2010 Relationship Status: GAR for Archer
himitsu keisatsu
#40711: Jun 20th 2016 at 4:19:14 PM

I'm fairly sure Goku couldn't break a Tonka toy truck with the SSJB Kaioken X 50.

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randomness4 Ghost '11 from The Land of Inconvenience Since: Sep, 2011
Ghost '11
#40712: Jun 20th 2016 at 4:57:50 PM

Must be full of resiliency, durable...just like the villain of DB.

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Anomalocaris20 from Sagittarius A* Since: Sep, 2010 Relationship Status: Love blinded me (with science!)
#40713: Jun 20th 2016 at 5:04:15 PM

Don't get me wrong, Magolor is very powerful, but the idea that he could defeat Beerus is even more laughable than Kirby beating Majin Buu.

Not counting the obviously-embellished Megaton Punch minigame, the only confirmed planet-buster-tier in the Kirby universe is Galacta Knight, and presumably the Galactic NOVA simply by virtue of being a planet-sized Reality Warper.

I like how their rationale for Buu being unable to kill Kirby boiled down to "Look guys! Triple Deluxe ends with the out-of-control Dreamstalk covering the planet disappearing in a vaguely-explosion-like puff of magic and Kirby is seen comically sent flying through the air unharmed! Ergo Kirby can totally survive a planetary explosion!!!1!111!"

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randomness4 Ghost '11 from The Land of Inconvenience Since: Sep, 2011
Ghost '11
#40714: Jun 20th 2016 at 5:07:03 PM

That only happened twice...it's not really serviceable.

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Anomalocaris20 from Sagittarius A* Since: Sep, 2010 Relationship Status: Love blinded me (with science!)
#40715: Jun 20th 2016 at 5:10:09 PM

Especially since this same Kirby can be killed by walking into a Waddle Dee a few times.

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Zelenal The Cat Knows Where It's At from Purrgatory Since: Jul, 2009 Relationship Status: Maxing my social links
The Cat Knows Where It's At
#40716: Jun 20th 2016 at 5:13:38 PM

How'd this turn into talking about Death Battle?

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Anomalocaris20 from Sagittarius A* Since: Sep, 2010 Relationship Status: Love blinded me (with science!)
#40717: Jun 20th 2016 at 5:17:21 PM

Couple pages ago was a post saying that Death Battle had Magolor defeat Beerus of all people.

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Soble Since: Dec, 2013
#40718: Jun 20th 2016 at 5:20:04 PM

[up](3) Nitpick, but with that logic, yes, Sonic can also be killed by hitting just about anything metallic when he doesn't have rings, as can Knuckles, and Mario will die to anything but gravity, money, and Peach's kisses. If all feats from video game mechanics counted, let's say we used Super Saiyan 3 Broly whose only feats are in Raging Blast 2 - he can therefore be beaten by Gohan, or even Hercule.

Death Battle's assertion seemed to be that Buu didn't kill Kirby because Kirby's Copy ability lets him absorb anything Buu can throw at him. That throwing a frying pan around the sun makes him ridiculously stronger than Buu, and his warp star makes him faster.

[up] (5) I never played or watched much Kirby, but the clip they used looked like it was from the anime (Kirby Triple Deluxe? Whateva), that is a serviceable feat if it wasn't from a filler episode. According to other highly accredited, paid researchers, that was an actual plot point. At the very least I'm not getting the vibe it was a throwaway gag.

edited 20th Jun '16 5:28:11 PM by Soble

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Zelenal The Cat Knows Where It's At from Purrgatory Since: Jul, 2009 Relationship Status: Maxing my social links
The Cat Knows Where It's At
#40719: Jun 20th 2016 at 5:25:11 PM

[up][up] No, they said VS Battle Wiki, not Death Battle.

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Anomalocaris20 from Sagittarius A* Since: Sep, 2010 Relationship Status: Love blinded me (with science!)
#40720: Jun 20th 2016 at 5:37:46 PM

[up][up]Nope, that's Triple Deluxe's ending cutscene. And again, it wasn't a planetary explosion. If it was, all of Popstar would be disintegrated.

[up]Oh, my bad. Still seems like the same train of logic to be criticized, though.

edited 20th Jun '16 5:46:26 PM by Anomalocaris20

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randomness4 Ghost '11 from The Land of Inconvenience Since: Sep, 2011
Ghost '11
#40721: Jun 20th 2016 at 5:40:53 PM

[up][up][up]It's acceptable in Kirby because he can kill his enemies by walking into them too.

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Guy01 Since: Mar, 2015
#40722: Jun 20th 2016 at 6:21:49 PM

I mean, if King Furry wasn't ruling Earth, I'm pretty sure Bulma and her family would be.

Please. He's totally a puppet they placed in power while the Briefs family really runs everything behind the scenes.

Ok, who let Light Yagami in here?
HandsomeRob Leader of the Holey Brotherhood from The land of broken records Since: Jan, 2015
Leader of the Holey Brotherhood
#40723: Jun 20th 2016 at 6:25:49 PM

Except if that was the case, she wouldn't need to use a magical wish dragon to get a boyfriend.

Then again, it's pretty ridiculous that she needed the dragon for that in the first place.

Kinda funny that among the characters in the first arc who wanted to make a wish (Bulma, Pilaf, and Yamcha) Pilaf had the most...logical wish I'd say. All of them were selfish, but his is the only one I'd say isn't a complete waste.

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NapoleonDeCheese Since: Oct, 2010
#40724: Jun 20th 2016 at 6:28:35 PM

Have you seen Bulma's mother? Odds are every guy she brought along was too distracted by her to pay Bulma any attention, especially when she was just a teenager. It doesn't help her husband was easily distracted and almost always working away on his own.

Also, IIRC, Puar DID suggest for Yamcha to wish for power and wealth. So there's that.

edited 20th Jun '16 6:29:29 PM by NapoleonDeCheese

IAmNotCreativeEnough himitsu keisatsu from asa kara ban made omae o miru Since: Dec, 2010 Relationship Status: GAR for Archer
himitsu keisatsu
#40725: Jun 20th 2016 at 6:28:36 PM

See, the thing is, Dr. Briefs would consider 'Ruler of the World' to be a minor position when he's already the single most powerful man in the world in the economic sense.

The fact that his daughter is an old friend of the third strongest being in the universe and married to the fourth is only icing on the cake.

Also: Being super rich and powerful tends to make it more difficult to find a boyfriend who isn't into you just for your money than not. Bulma wanted the perfect boyfriend, presumably because as a rich super genius, she realized that there was no way she could find 'true love' like everybody else.

edited 20th Jun '16 6:29:51 PM by IAmNotCreativeEnough

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