TVTropes Now available in the app store!
Open

Follow TV Tropes

Following

Dragon Ball

Go To

VeryMelon Since: Jul, 2011 Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
#64476: Sep 20th 2017 at 6:34:31 PM

Pushover would gloat over this given his history with Saiga.

edited 20th Sep '17 6:34:52 PM by VeryMelon

LSBK Since: Sep, 2014
#64477: Sep 20th 2017 at 6:34:39 PM

[up][up]Oh, yeah, that was uncalled for.

edited 20th Sep '17 6:35:03 PM by LSBK

BlackYakuzu94 CHADhan Player. from Easy Coast/NY Since: May, 2013 Relationship Status: Longing for my OTP
CHADhan Player.
#64478: Sep 20th 2017 at 6:37:02 PM

Even Yamcha has his moments over Goku on some days I guess...

A lazy millennial who's good at what he does.
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
#64479: Sep 20th 2017 at 6:37:39 PM

Hey! I resent that comparison!

I'm clearly Chaozu.

Let the joy of love give you an answer! Check out my book!
TheMageofFire Since: May, 2012
#64480: Sep 20th 2017 at 6:40:50 PM

I'm Gohan.

I could kick all of your asses but instead I'd rather be a nerd.

Ssj3Gojira Arashi Shigehito from The Event Horizon Since: May, 2011 Relationship Status: Maxing my social links
Arashi Shigehito
#64481: Sep 20th 2017 at 6:40:51 PM

Chiaotzu is worse than Yamcha; at least Yamcha kept showing up in the manga, Chiaotzu practically stopped existing.

Let's see if you can get past my Beelzemon. Mephiles, WARP SHINKA!
Demetrios Making darkness adorable since 1999 from Des Plaines, Illinois (unfortunately) Since: Oct, 2009 Relationship Status: And they all lived happily ever after <3
GAP Formerly G.G. from Who Knows? Since: May, 2011 Relationship Status: In love with love
Formerly G.G.
#64483: Sep 20th 2017 at 6:45:46 PM

Akira Toriyama, being George RR Martin well before George RR Martin was ever a thing.

Well, Toriyama can quite cruel to his characters even if he isn't as obvious as Martin.tongue

edited 20th Sep '17 6:46:35 PM by GAP

"Mai waifu."
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.
#64484: Sep 20th 2017 at 7:05:39 PM

I wasn't intending to be an ass. I'm genuinely unware here: does the Thread Pope title actually mean something substantial on Tv Tropes or is it something Saiga decided to call himself to sound smart and important? I've always assumed the latter.

LSBK Since: Sep, 2014
#64485: Sep 20th 2017 at 7:09:10 PM

Pretty sure it's always been intended as a joke. It sounds like you were putting more thought into it than necessary. And are still trying to be low-key insulting.

edited 20th Sep '17 7:09:35 PM by LSBK

DarkHunter from New Mexico Since: Jan, 2001
#64486: Sep 20th 2017 at 7:09:25 PM

I've never even heard of the "Thread Pope" title, but it sounds like something silly and meaningless.

HandsomeRob Leader of the Holey Brotherhood from The land of broken records Since: Jan, 2015
Leader of the Holey Brotherhood
#64487: Sep 20th 2017 at 7:22:53 PM

[up]

It gets you a nice hat though. I'm talking Superman Pope hat nice.

I want to steal that hat. I always have. It will be mine.

One Strip! One Strip!
Saiga Since: Feb, 2011 Relationship Status: Getting away with murder
#64488: Sep 20th 2017 at 7:29:37 PM

It was a joke that started with the Naruto thread, back when the threads had much higher activity than they used to and would frequently derail into silly discussions. Wander appointed himself Pope of the Naruto thread for reasons I can't remember, I did the Bleach thread because Bleach was my favourite of the 'big three'. I can't remember if the DB thread even existed at the time, so I'm not sure when that was added.

It wasn't based on series' knowledge, that came later and only with DB. I don't remember when I started getting that reputation, but I never claimed it for myself. I imagine it started because there were a lot of misconceptions in those days that I continously tried to correct because I don't like misconceptions and rumours flying around.

A-ny-way, Yakazu I wasn't trying to twist anythinh, I thought that Zel was referring to this interview.

I also have tried to say before that I have not been following post-BOG content as closely and didn't want to be expected to remember that because I only cared about the original manga and stuff surrounding it. I remember that comic coming out, but I didn't look into it at the time.

So, Zel - not an unfounded rumour. Sorry for that. I had not read the comic as I thought it was based on the interview I linked earlier.

I'm not saying this to be stubborn, but I am skeptical about the gag comic since it seemingly contradicts older interviews he has done (and it's a gag - he's joked about forgetting Tao Pai Pai in an interview but said transcript of the interview showed he remembered him, but just called him a minor character).

HandsomeRob Leader of the Holey Brotherhood from The land of broken records Since: Jan, 2015
Leader of the Holey Brotherhood
#64489: Sep 20th 2017 at 7:34:26 PM

Alright. I'll take that.

Well, ok, Zel should take that. I get nothing, but I'll live vicariously through him.

And I guess, like many characters, Tao Pai Pai is kinda minor. He ended up having some effect on the story and pushed the plot along, but like many bad guys, once he'd served his purpose, he got his walking papers.

One Strip! One Strip!
Anomalocaris20 from Sagittarius A* Since: Sep, 2010 Relationship Status: Love blinded me (with science!)
#64490: Sep 20th 2017 at 7:35:12 PM

[up][up]You'll always be the pope to me.

You cannot firmly grasp the true form of Squidward's technique!
BlackYakuzu94 CHADhan Player. from Easy Coast/NY Since: May, 2013 Relationship Status: Longing for my OTP
CHADhan Player.
#64491: Sep 20th 2017 at 7:38:00 PM

[up][up][up] You were still wrong, and therefore have forfeited your rights to the title of Pope. Turn in your badge sir. Or we'll find you...

edited 20th Sep '17 7:38:15 PM by BlackYakuzu94

A lazy millennial who's good at what he does.
HamburgerTime Since: Apr, 2010
#64492: Sep 20th 2017 at 7:39:02 PM

For what it's worth, Toriyama stated in an interview a couple years back that Tao and the Crane Hermit were evil enough to not come back in the mass revival of Buu's victims.

Larfleeze Agent Orange Since: May, 2009
Agent Orange
#64493: Sep 20th 2017 at 7:40:30 PM

Pope Fight! Pope Fight! Pope Fight!

Do you know what people want the most? Something somebody else has.
Saiga Since: Feb, 2011 Relationship Status: Getting away with murder
#64494: Sep 20th 2017 at 7:40:54 PM

The only badge I have is this adorable badge of best girl Atalanta and I will tear out the intestines of anyone who tries to take it off me.

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.
#64495: Sep 20th 2017 at 7:44:41 PM

Nice to get answers on the origin of the Pope title. I binged the One Piece thread and this thread, among others, before I made my account here but I never read through the Naruto thread, so that explains why I didn't know that. I honestly thought you started it and then Wander copied you, instead it was the other way around.

I'd say Taopaipai is about as important as Zarbon. That is to say, a minor villain that is remembered a bit more than other minor villains simply because they had the upper hand at one point and got a bit more screentime because of it. Maybe Taopaipai's a bit more important, since his death is a partial motivator of the next arc's antagonists.

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
#64496: Sep 20th 2017 at 7:45:21 PM

[up][up] What if you tried to take it off yourself? What then, huh?

edited 20th Sep '17 7:45:32 PM by Zelenal

Let the joy of love give you an answer! Check out my book!
HandsomeRob Leader of the Holey Brotherhood from The land of broken records Since: Jan, 2015
Leader of the Holey Brotherhood
#64497: Sep 20th 2017 at 7:45:51 PM

I never read through the Naruto thread

Smart man.

One Strip! One Strip!
Saiga Since: Feb, 2011 Relationship Status: Getting away with murder
#64498: Sep 20th 2017 at 7:46:37 PM

[up][up] i ripped out my own intestines long ago

They were holding me back

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.
#64499: Sep 20th 2017 at 7:47:07 PM

[up][up]Yeah, it was partially because I had lost interest in Naruto by then and partially because I knew of the thread's reputation.

edited 20th Sep '17 7:47:31 PM by PushoverMediaCritic

slimcoder The Head of the Hydra Since: May, 2013
The Head of the Hydra
#64500: Sep 20th 2017 at 7:58:50 PM

Huh was it that bad?

"I am Alpharius. This is a lie."

Total posts: 130,800
Top