They kind of forgot that joke and abandoned it for "Goku is the worst and actively hates Gohan" and "Piccolo is the best dad", especially in the Broly movie where Piccolo randomly gives a shit about where Gohan goes to school and Goku doesn't give a shit about Gohan's impending death.
My various fanfics.I feel like Goku not contacting people while dead after the Cell Saga was because he fully intended to stay dead permanently. If Babidi hadn't interfered, Goku probably would've left at the end of his allotted day and just stayed dead forever. Dead people with no plans to come back don't tend to communicate regularly with the living.
Or you know. OVA Bardock, Paragus, and King Cold.
edited 18th Jun '17 8:52:54 PM by LordVatek
This song needs more love.A dad from My Hero Academia.
Trust me, he is the worst.
Basically he married and impregnated a woman with powers complimenting his own for the sole purpose of creating a son who would be more powerful than All Might. He also abused said son once he was born. And half of his son's body is covered in burn scars.
edited 18th Jun '17 8:54:35 PM by SonOfSharknado
My various fanfics.A lotta terrible fathers there are...
That it's so obviously an exaggeration to say Karrot is worst anime papa...
Rules of the Internet 45. Rule 45 is a lie. Check out my art if you notice.A bit of what Sharknado said was off, but that's the gist of it. Although a fairly popular fan theory is that one of the villains in the series, is actually another one of Endeavor's kids, driven to where he is, and what he's doing because of disillusionment with his father being called a "hero".
edited 18th Jun '17 8:59:43 PM by LSBK
Though the son got his burn scars after his mom threw scalding hot water on him though thats because she was so horribly emotionally abused that she had a mental breakdown & afterwards he put her in a mental hospital & ignored her for years as she fufilled her purpose so he was done with her.
Another recent example from said series is new big bad Overhaul.
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Hes not that bad.
edited 18th Jun '17 9:00:49 PM by slimcoder
"I am Alpharius. This is a lie."How can you all be forgetting the one who is truly the worlds greatest dad: Gendou Ikari?
Let the joy of love give you an answer! Check out my book!He certainly didn't seem to care too much about Frieza's death.
This song needs more love.Even when it comes to being a piece of shit, Endeavour can't be #1.
Also, just pointing out that Goku died for his son.
TWICE.
My various fanfics.I like to think that losing the rest of his time on earth to show Gotendo SSJ3, counts as a 3rd death.
Rules of the Internet 45. Rule 45 is a lie. Check out my art if you notice.Oh man! I'd forgotten that detail!
But yeah, Goku as worst dad is really dumb. As much as I enjoy some of the things DBZA has down (POWERLEVELS ARE BULLSHIT!}, they've been responsible for reinforcing or flat out creating some misinformed interpretations within the fandom.
Or just making some situations of certain characters even worse than before.
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Didn't TFS kind of portray Piccolo's treatment of Gohan in the Saiyan saga as being abusive and traumatic? Like, yeah, I know how Lani went on a spiel about how Goku is the worst anime dad so there's definite bias behind them, but I can't say their portrayal is 100% supportive of Piccolo being the better parental figure.
But yes, the constant jokes about it are kind of old at this point.
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