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Saiga Since: Feb, 2011 Relationship Status: Getting away with murder
#11101: Feb 25th 2015 at 1:38:35 PM

Elder Kaioshin's thing is addressed. When he boasts about his ability Goku and Gohan just point out that they've seen it before and retorts that his is a far better process.

Which is why he can bring out so much more.

The 500 point difference isn't actually a problem when you see that any attack Piccolo actually landed did hurt Nappa. He got knocked out by Nappa's elbow to the head, which is understandable.

Anomalocaris20 from Sagittarius A* Since: Sep, 2010 Relationship Status: Love blinded me (with science!)
#11102: Feb 25th 2015 at 6:35:38 PM

Veggie just doesn't like worms.

edited 25th Feb '15 6:35:50 PM by Anomalocaris20

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BaconManiac5000 Since: Nov, 2013 Relationship Status: Baby don't hurt me!
#11103: Feb 26th 2015 at 12:51:53 PM

[up][lol]

Piccolo was just supposed to have 500 less than Nappa when fighting on earth but he and Krillin kept getting curbstomped.

I thought that Piccolo had a PL of about 4000 to Nappa's 6000.

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LSBK Since: Sep, 2014
BaconManiac5000 Since: Nov, 2013 Relationship Status: Baby don't hurt me!
#11105: Feb 26th 2015 at 12:55:09 PM

I thought Nappa was 5 times as strong as Raditz.

Who had a power level of 1200.

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TobiasDrake (•̀⤙•́) (Edited uphill both ways) Relationship Status: Arm chopping is not a love language!
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#11106: Feb 26th 2015 at 1:24:51 PM

Nappa being "Five Raditz" was a Team Four Star addition to make him sound more impressive, since Vegeta could hardly gloat at Krillin for destroying Three Raditz if Nappa's barely worth more than that.

Nappa's battle power was 4,000 to Piccolo's 3,500, Krillin's 1,770, Tien's 1,830, and Yamcha's 1,480.

They were correct, however, in that Vegeta is 15 Raditz - 18,000 versus 1,200. Vegeta's battle power was sufficiently high enough that no embellishment was necessary.

edited 26th Feb '15 1:25:49 PM by TobiasDrake

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Anomalocaris20 from Sagittarius A* Since: Sep, 2010 Relationship Status: Love blinded me (with science!)
#11107: Feb 26th 2015 at 1:25:46 PM

Raditz is the best unit of measurement. And currency.

You cannot firmly grasp the true form of Squidward's technique!
BaconManiac5000 Since: Nov, 2013 Relationship Status: Baby don't hurt me!
#11108: Feb 26th 2015 at 1:29:14 PM

[up][up]Ah, okay.

Thanks.

[up]Spacey's: It's good food, in space.

what do you mean I didn't win, I ate more wet t-shirts than anyone else
Saiga Since: Feb, 2011 Relationship Status: Getting away with murder
#11109: Feb 26th 2015 at 1:56:41 PM

No, actually, still incorrect. Raditz has a power level of 1,500 - the Saibaimen were side to rival Raditz, and Toriyama issued a memo to the anime team saying the Saibaimen's power was somewhat inferior to Raditz.

Whoever wrote that line at TFS probably didn't use the numbers published in Shonen Jump, just Vegeta's 18,000 which was quoted directly in the manga.

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#11110: Feb 26th 2015 at 2:01:54 PM

*double checks*

That is accurate.

Months of practice and Saiga's still schoolin' me on battle powers.

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HandsomeRob Leader of the Holey Brotherhood from The land of broken records Since: Jan, 2015
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#11111: Feb 26th 2015 at 2:14:19 PM

We have no choice. The only way to prove Saiga wrong.....

...is to kill him.tongue

What?

One Strip! One Strip!
BaconManiac5000 Since: Nov, 2013 Relationship Status: Baby don't hurt me!
#11112: Feb 26th 2015 at 2:33:44 PM

[up]Post 11111.

Coincidence?

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HandsomeRob Leader of the Holey Brotherhood from The land of broken records Since: Jan, 2015
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#11113: Feb 26th 2015 at 2:35:13 PM

.....

I don't get it.

One Strip! One Strip!
BaconManiac5000 Since: Nov, 2013 Relationship Status: Baby don't hurt me!
#11114: Feb 26th 2015 at 2:39:01 PM

Neither do I.

I just wanted to point that out.

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LOLypop1224 ...what am I even DOING here? Since: Jan, 2012 Relationship Status: Non-Canon
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#11115: Feb 26th 2015 at 2:55:07 PM

Can someone explain to me why people say Piccolo is basically black? I don't understand it.

The *Legendary* Super Saiyan is motivated by a crying infant! He is a literal giant f***ing baby!
BlackYakuzu94 CHADhan Player. from Easy Coast/NY Since: May, 2013 Relationship Status: Longing for my OTP
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#11116: Feb 26th 2015 at 3:00:17 PM

Being bald and having the most no-nonsense personality might have something to do with it?

A lazy millennial who's good at what he does.
BaconManiac5000 Since: Nov, 2013 Relationship Status: Baby don't hurt me!
#11117: Feb 26th 2015 at 3:00:29 PM

I'll bet it has something to do with Black Best Friend.

Also, he is the minority character in DBZ, even though it's not an actual minority that exists.

And yes, I know Krillin is Goku's best friend.

edited 26th Feb '15 3:01:17 PM by BaconManiac5000

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Shlugo_the_great King of Burgers from Far Far Away (On A Trope Odyssey) Relationship Status: Tsundere'ing
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#11118: Feb 26th 2015 at 3:05:07 PM

You know, now that I think about it, Dragon Ball universe is rather shitty place. There's apparently enough races willing to pay to have some other race eradicated that Freeza could turn that into a business model.

BaconManiac5000 Since: Nov, 2013 Relationship Status: Baby don't hurt me!
#11119: Feb 26th 2015 at 3:20:48 PM

But they have dinosaurs!

That more than makes up for planet-flipping.

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#11120: Feb 26th 2015 at 3:28:05 PM

Which means Jeff Goldblum's desperation plan while piss-drunk in Independence Day might actually have some merit to it in this universe.

F*ck up the planet badly enough that other races don't want it!

edited 26th Feb '15 3:28:19 PM by TobiasDrake

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Ssj3Gojira Arashi Shigehito from The Event Horizon Since: May, 2011 Relationship Status: Maxing my social links
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#11121: Feb 26th 2015 at 3:59:29 PM

[up][up] You are now thinking of how Namek has the same species of dinosaurs on Earth.

Let's see if you can get past my Beelzemon. Mephiles, WARP SHINKA!
BaconManiac5000 Since: Nov, 2013 Relationship Status: Baby don't hurt me!
#11122: Feb 26th 2015 at 4:15:24 PM

Whoa.

what do you mean I didn't win, I ate more wet t-shirts than anyone else
unnoun Since: Jan, 2012
#11123: Feb 26th 2015 at 5:27:25 PM

I'm actually thinking about Goten or Trunks or Marron seeing a candy store right after the Buu saga and breaking down crying with PTSD.

LOLypop1224 ...what am I even DOING here? Since: Jan, 2012 Relationship Status: Non-Canon
...what am I even DOING here?
#11124: Feb 26th 2015 at 5:36:36 PM

[up] Just them? Buu killed 80% of the population even before the Human Extinction Attack. How many people do you think were turned into candy?

That period directly after Buu would have been really weird. Everyone had died, and they were aware they had died.

The *Legendary* Super Saiyan is motivated by a crying infant! He is a literal giant f***ing baby!
unnoun Since: Jan, 2012
#11125: Feb 26th 2015 at 5:38:34 PM

Well, yeah.

But everyone else lost their memories eventually.

And why would I care about normal people in this series when I can have traumatized demigods?

edited 26th Feb '15 5:43:20 PM by unnoun


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