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Rinsankajugin Since: Feb, 2012
#4551: Feb 1st 2014 at 5:50:55 PM

Wait, I just remembered, all the OG Saiyans will get Super Saiyan 3.

The male berserker Saiyan has Radditz-like hair....

WHAT IS GONNA HAPPEN TO HIM...

Ssj3Gojira Arashi Shigehito from The Event Horizon Since: May, 2011 Relationship Status: Maxing my social links
Arashi Shigehito
#4552: Feb 1st 2014 at 5:52:57 PM

He will gain the greatest of all mullets.

Let's see if you can get past my Beelzemon. Mephiles, WARP SHINKA!
unnoun Since: Jan, 2012
#4553: Feb 1st 2014 at 5:54:34 PM

Yes. I'd rather talk about this.

Mullets.

edited 1st Feb '14 5:54:43 PM by unnoun

Rinsankajugin Since: Feb, 2012
#4554: Feb 1st 2014 at 5:56:46 PM

WHERE IS HIS HAIR GONNA END? SUPER SAIYAN 3 RAPUNZEL?

edited 1st Feb '14 5:57:00 PM by Rinsankajugin

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#4556: Feb 1st 2014 at 6:04:57 PM

I bet raditz would still have the same hair even in Oozaru form. wink

edited 1st Feb '14 6:05:20 PM by Demongodofchaos2

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sockpuppet1 Since: Apr, 2013 Relationship Status: Non-Canon
SonOfSharknado Love is Love is Love Since: Oct, 2013 Relationship Status: And they all lived happily ever after <3
Rinsankajugin Since: Feb, 2012
#4559: Feb 1st 2014 at 6:31:24 PM

Where's God Oozaru form? I want my giant, red, slim monkey.

edited 1st Feb '14 6:31:42 PM by Rinsankajugin

HandsomeRob Leader of the Holey Brotherhood from The land of broken records Since: Jan, 2015
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#4561: Feb 1st 2014 at 6:50:18 PM

For example: in the King Piccolo saga, Mutatio isn't strong enough to beat King Piccolo in the back story and dies fighting him. Yet, after Goku DOES beat King Piccolo, he travels back in time to fight Mutatio- the same Mutatio who will die to King Piccolo a year later- and somehow loses.

I chalked that up to Goku being less skilled and telegraphing his attack.

If you recall, King Piccolo was in the middle of his own attack when Goku used that move and couldn't really dodge —nor did he really try to; he went for trying to overpower it first, then trying to tank it because he probably was still underestimating Goku at that point— so him being hit by it may be excusable.

Mr. Popo dodged it as well. If you see it coming, it ain't all that great. That's what the scene with Mutaito was meant to show. Goku still had a lot to learn, even from someone weaker than him.

..... Or you could just write it off as filler bullshit, though I kinda like my way of looking at it better.

[up]So would God Ozaru simply be classic Monkey King then?

Cause that would be quite the Mythology Gag.cool

edited 1st Feb '14 6:51:39 PM by HandsomeRob

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unnoun Since: Jan, 2012
#4562: Feb 1st 2014 at 6:50:51 PM

Popo.

See, there's more to winning and losing than power level wank.

The source material doesn't always reflect that, but Toriyama's not that good a writer.

...He's an amazing artist though.

And yes, more The Monkey King references and Mythology Gags.

edited 1st Feb '14 6:53:46 PM by unnoun

sockpuppet1 Since: Apr, 2013 Relationship Status: Non-Canon
#4563: Feb 1st 2014 at 7:17:05 PM

[up][up]No, it's because skill simply does not matter when you have a power gap like the one Goku had on Mutatio. The series was rather clear about this; Goku at that point could literally defeat Mutation with his finger. He could move faster than than Mutatio could see. It does not matter how skilled you are when that is the case.

And none of this so called skill helped him against King Piccolo, who Goku beat.

So yeah, just regular filler BS.

edited 1st Feb '14 7:23:06 PM by sockpuppet1

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#4564: Feb 1st 2014 at 7:19:08 PM

Goku beat Piccolo, yeah. But he was BARELY alive, as opposed to Mutatio, who was just...dead.

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HandsomeRob Leader of the Holey Brotherhood from The land of broken records Since: Jan, 2015
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#4565: Feb 1st 2014 at 7:22:57 PM

Also recall, Mutaito beat Piccolo with a technique that had nothing to do with power.

He beat him by sealing him, not with raw strength.

Hell, why was Goku so beat up when he was actually stronger (or as strong as) Piccolo?

Cause the latter got smart and cheated by threatening Tien. Something that has nothing to do with power.

What makes you think Mutaito didn't have some kind of technique that let him follow Goku's movements and dodge him despite the fact that Goku should have pasted him?

In fact, for all my complaints about Power getting out of hand, technique is still important in Dragon Ball.

The Solar Flare proves that: useful from the moment it was introduced.

edited 1st Feb '14 7:25:21 PM by HandsomeRob

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sockpuppet1 Since: Apr, 2013 Relationship Status: Non-Canon
#4566: Feb 1st 2014 at 7:23:24 PM

Yes. Because he was explicitly far too weak to win normally. One of the few times the weaker fighter won in the original DB (it happens much more often in DBZ), but it was just because of that one suicide technique.

Because he didn't have any of that so called skill against Piccolo, Goku's equal. He was explicitly far too weak to even fight him.

edited 1st Feb '14 7:26:34 PM by sockpuppet1

Anomalocaris20 from Sagittarius A* Since: Sep, 2010 Relationship Status: Love blinded me (with science!)
#4567: Feb 1st 2014 at 8:36:55 PM

I already said that SSJ 3 Raditz should have his hair curl through his legs and up to his face, like a wheel of hair.

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lgcruz Since: Feb, 2013
#4568: Feb 2nd 2014 at 6:20:46 AM

Should a bald super saiyan magically grow hair?

edited 2nd Feb '14 6:21:06 AM by lgcruz

FireShadow (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#4569: Feb 2nd 2014 at 7:11:41 AM

For the record, I checked out the Dragon Ball Wiki and this is what it states as far as Toriyama's involvement in GT is: "Akira Toriyama is credited as author in the ending credits of Dragon Ball GT; he oversaw the series' production, this was the same process that was used during the production of the anime series Dragon Ball and Dragon Ball Z. He drew a rough design for the GT logo, he designed the GT appearance of the series main cast, and he designed the appearances of Giru and the GT spaceship used in the Black Star Dragon Ball Saga. He also drew at least three color pictures of Goku, Pan, and Trunks adventuring on various planets (Monmaasu, Rudeeze, and an area in Hell)."

Sources:

  • Dragon Ball GT Perfect Files, 1997

Pictures (Taken from the same wiki):

edited 2nd Feb '14 7:12:18 AM by FireShadow

Rinsankajugin Since: Feb, 2012
#4570: Feb 2nd 2014 at 7:38:56 AM

[up][up]Actually, that's exactly what happens in DBO. A small bit, though.

edited 2nd Feb '14 7:39:18 AM by Rinsankajugin

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#4572: Feb 2nd 2014 at 11:37:40 AM

Because God knows we can't have a woman who knows how to throw a punch.

Also, I like the idea that, since Bardock "might have had siblings," Turles and Goku are cousins.

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kostya (Unlucky Thirteen)
#4573: Feb 2nd 2014 at 12:11:41 PM

That was also my head canon for a while. It's the best explanation for why they're so similar.

SonOfSharknado Love is Love is Love Since: Oct, 2013 Relationship Status: And they all lived happily ever after <3
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#4574: Feb 2nd 2014 at 12:14:01 PM

It's better than "we're lower-class saiyans, all lower-class saiyans look the same." Like they're grown in a vat.

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ScorpioRat from Houston, Texas Since: Jan, 2013 Relationship Status: Forming Voltron
#4575: Feb 2nd 2014 at 12:15:42 PM

...That's actually quite possible. If they have healing tanks, why not a few breeding tanks too? That would allow less Saiyans to be temporarily forced out of service for pregnancies.

It wouldn't surprise me if Frieza introduced a breeding program for expendable soilders. It's easy canon fodder.

edited 2nd Feb '14 12:17:07 PM by ScorpioRat


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