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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
#52026: Feb 14th 2017 at 1:41:00 PM

Well, you could stop the Freeza Force by transforming into Freeza only long enough for one of them to notice Freeza hadn't killed them yet, but otherwise, it's pretty damn clear and explicit that transforming into something bigger or stronger does not, in fact, make you stronger.

Mostly everyone else, though?

Well, it wasn't gonna do shit is what I'm saying.

edited 14th Feb '17 1:41:29 PM by IAmNotCreativeEnough

himitsu keisatsu seifu chokuzoku kokka hoanbu na no da himitsu keisatsu yami ni magireru supai katsudou torishimari
randomness4 Ghost '11 from The Land of Inconvenience Since: Sep, 2011
Ghost '11
#52027: Feb 14th 2017 at 1:46:02 PM

Did you mean power levels don't matter? It wouldn't make sense either way with the #18 comment, but randomness was curious.

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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
#52028: Feb 14th 2017 at 2:05:21 PM

No, I meant what I said.

himitsu keisatsu seifu chokuzoku kokka hoanbu na no da himitsu keisatsu yami ni magireru supai katsudou torishimari
randomness4 Ghost '11 from The Land of Inconvenience Since: Sep, 2011
Ghost '11
#52029: Feb 14th 2017 at 2:06:59 PM

Oh, okay then.

18 for the not fighting!!

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LSBK Since: Sep, 2014
#52030: Feb 14th 2017 at 2:09:00 PM

While the power gap between Krillin and 18 is indeed ridiculous, the gap between 18 and Super Buu is most certainly exponentially more ridiculous. Her being stronger than Krillin doesn't matter when she's still just another insect waiting to be turned into chocolate. Plus, anyone else getting involved defeats the entire purpose of the scene.

randomness4 Ghost '11 from The Land of Inconvenience Since: Sep, 2011
Ghost '11
#52031: Feb 14th 2017 at 2:12:47 PM

Not completely...if at least one other person who "could fight" tried to help Krillin, that would've been just as effective.

Just not #18.

edited 14th Feb '17 2:13:06 PM by randomness4

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HandsomeRob Leader of the Holey Brotherhood from The land of broken records Since: Jan, 2015
Leader of the Holey Brotherhood
#52032: Feb 14th 2017 at 2:28:31 PM

Not really. There's absolutely nothing any of them could of done. Buu was so far beyond them that 18's unlimited stamina meant nothing in the face of it.

I'd always assumed that Krillin's logic (beyond not wanting his wife and child to die, because he's been there, done that and there's no way he's letting them go through that shit) is that 18 stood a better chance (infinitesimal as it was) of at least protecting Marron (due to her lack of Ki) then he did.

Of course, this becomes questionable when you remember the Human Annihilation attack. Considering most average humans likely have Ki as low as Marron and he was still able to track and kill them all with that trick, it's unlikely anything would have saved them.

The worst part of that is not only watching a young child (how old was Marron at that point), but that not only were Krillin's efforts as futile as you'd expect, but that the two people he wanted to protect most were the next two to die.

Way to twist the knife there Toriyama (unless that was filler and the manga didn't show who was killed next, or even how they died when Buu escaped).

One Strip! One Strip!
randomness4 Ghost '11 from The Land of Inconvenience Since: Sep, 2011
Ghost '11
#52033: Feb 14th 2017 at 2:35:20 PM

"Just as ineffective"...accurate.

Clarification.

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Hobgoblin Since: Nov, 2010 Relationship Status: Above such petty unnecessities
#52034: Feb 14th 2017 at 3:17:33 PM

"Hey, my darling wife, could you go fight that monster to the death while I run away?"

What is Krillin, The Joker?

randomness4 Ghost '11 from The Land of Inconvenience Since: Sep, 2011
Ghost '11
#52035: Feb 14th 2017 at 3:19:56 PM

That depends, does the Joker is married while having a kid?

The situation wouldn't be the same without it.

edited 14th Feb '17 3:20:34 PM by randomness4

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slimcoder The Head of the Hydra Since: May, 2013
The Head of the Hydra
#52036: Feb 14th 2017 at 3:45:23 PM

Krillen has balls, no doubt about that.

Again Super Buu was a fucking monster. I don't think the Z-Fighters will ever experience that kind of fear again in Super.

Oooh I was also terrified of Baby Vegeta. Dude took not just Vegeta but also the whole planet turning them all evil & crazy but also gave Goku a brutal beat-down. I think he even lost an arm to him. Scared the shit outta me when I was a kid.

edited 14th Feb '17 3:46:05 PM by slimcoder

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randomness4 Ghost '11 from The Land of Inconvenience Since: Sep, 2011
Ghost '11
#52037: Feb 14th 2017 at 3:48:24 PM

Fear of the villain sitting right next to them and being able to do nothing about it?

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PushoverMediaCritic I'm sorry Tien, but I must go all out. from the Italy of America Since: Jul, 2015 Relationship Status: watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ
I'm sorry Tien, but I must go all out.
#52038: Feb 14th 2017 at 3:54:59 PM

[up][up][up]The rumor come out: does the Joker is married?

Rinsankajugin Since: Feb, 2012
#52039: Feb 14th 2017 at 4:16:11 PM

Episode 80 spoiler: Actually, Gohan is fighting Lavenda (the old wolf brother), but it does seem Lavenda also has poison powers for whatever reason.

Also, what if... wild mass guessTien married Launch and never told anybody because no one asked/17 married Suno and never told anybody because he's embarrased by being a family man.wild mass guess

MightyMatilda Mr. Clueless from New Jersey, USA Since: Jan, 2015
RJ-19-CLOVIS-93 from New Zealand (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#52041: Feb 14th 2017 at 4:23:52 PM

Anyone got some long-standing headcanons that aren't that common? For me, it's the belief that Nappa was Vegeta's guardian/foster parent

SonOfSharknado Love is Love is Love Since: Oct, 2013 Relationship Status: And they all lived happily ever after <3
Love is Love is Love
#52042: Feb 14th 2017 at 4:25:05 PM

Jesus, I need to pay more attention, I just caught the word "Suno" and almost had a heart attack.

My various fanfics.
slimcoder The Head of the Hydra Since: May, 2013
The Head of the Hydra
#52043: Feb 14th 2017 at 4:32:07 PM

I always thought that Saiyans don't marry & engage in a breeding project on occasion to reproduce.

Does that count?

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NapoleonDeCheese Since: Oct, 2010
#52044: Feb 14th 2017 at 4:51:46 PM

The Joker often won't run away from Batman even if he has Harley around, because Joker is a sicko who actually loves Batman beating down on him and taunting him on why he won't kill him already. Dude's actually got a lot of guts, he's usually rather flippant and disrespectful around other murderous villains, even ones who are more powerful than him.

Ssj3Gojira Arashi Shigehito from The Event Horizon Since: May, 2011 Relationship Status: Maxing my social links
Arashi Shigehito
#52045: Feb 14th 2017 at 5:43:07 PM

I mean, there's also multiple Jokers, so killing him isn't going to take for long.

Let's see if you can get past my Beelzemon. Mephiles, WARP SHINKA!
UdtheImp from Stamford, CT (Series 2) Relationship Status: The Skitty to my Wailord
#52046: Feb 14th 2017 at 5:47:31 PM

[up][up]Only time Joker's actually scared of someone or something are cosmic level beings and/or events, and those who are already so far gone that there's almost no morality or honor to actually corrupt and/or mock (for example, against the Punisher and that one BTAS episode where his potential victim had faked a total mental breakout and became a suicidal lunatic).

But we digress.

[up][up][up][up]Buu was a failed experiment to artificially a God of Destruction that either Gone Horribly Wrong or Gone Horribly Right depending who you ask, but occurred so long ago not even Zen'O remembers.

edited 14th Feb '17 5:47:56 PM by UdtheImp

DAMMIT MARK, STOP HITTING HELPY!!
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
#52047: Feb 14th 2017 at 6:33:34 PM

[up] "Made to artificially a God of Destruction"? A whole one?!

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DarkHunter from New Mexico Since: Jan, 2001
#52048: Feb 14th 2017 at 7:16:31 PM

They tried to artificially a God of Destruction, but they accidentally a Buu instead.

slimcoder The Head of the Hydra Since: May, 2013
The Head of the Hydra
#52049: Feb 14th 2017 at 7:17:40 PM

How is a God picked?

Like you just have to be the strongest man in the universe & an Angel finds you?

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randomness4 Ghost '11 from The Land of Inconvenience Since: Sep, 2011
Ghost '11
#52050: Feb 14th 2017 at 7:27:55 PM

The Angel exists with you...

edited 14th Feb '17 7:28:24 PM by randomness4

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