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Ssj3Gojira Arashi Shigehito from The Event Horizon Since: May, 2011 Relationship Status: Maxing my social links
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#12751: Mar 27th 2015 at 9:22:01 AM

And yet Master Roshi was in my top ten.

EDIT: Actually, no he wasn't, I was confusing him with Hercule. Admittedly, I was kind of picking at random for like half of that character thing.

edited 27th Mar '15 9:24:49 AM by Ssj3Gojira

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IAmNotCreativeEnough himitsu keisatsu from asa kara ban made omae o miru Since: Dec, 2010 Relationship Status: GAR for Archer
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#12752: Mar 27th 2015 at 9:28:00 AM

Oolong did release the girls he kidnapped.

They just didn't want to go back, because Oolong was rich and a total pushover who let them do whatever they wanted.

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unnoun Since: Jan, 2012
#12753: Mar 27th 2015 at 9:36:37 AM

I think Toriyama gets the blame for that one.

HandsomeRob Leader of the Holey Brotherhood from The land of broken records Since: Jan, 2015
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#12754: Mar 27th 2015 at 9:44:00 AM

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Which one?

The Roshi is a pervert thing, or the Oolong kidnapped girls who didn't want to leave because he did whatever they wanted thing?

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unnoun Since: Jan, 2012
#12755: Mar 27th 2015 at 10:11:39 AM

Well, both, but.

Use your context clues.

HandsomeRob Leader of the Holey Brotherhood from The land of broken records Since: Jan, 2015
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#12756: Mar 27th 2015 at 10:15:50 AM

Good point.

Anyway, can we find a new topic. I don't really care to talk about perverts anymore.

I know that arguing Power Levels, saying that God Frieza is dumb, saying that the Android and Cell Saga makes no sense, and wishing the characters hadn't gotten so ridiculously strong, etc, has been a dominant force here for some time (and I've played my role in those arguments, make no mistake) but there must be something else we can talk about.

Oh, here's a good one: What moment made you genuinely laugh the hardest?

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Zelenal The Cat Knows Where It's At from Purrgatory Since: Jul, 2009 Relationship Status: Maxing my social links
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#12757: Mar 27th 2015 at 10:19:33 AM

Golden Frieza is dumb but, so long as the action is good, I don't care.

Hmm... Most of the comedy is in the original Dragon Ball, which I've never read, and there isn't a whole lot of humor in Z. King Kai complaining that Goku was going to eat him out of house and home and Goku responding with "I'm saving that for desert" was pretty hilarious, though.

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#12758: Mar 27th 2015 at 10:36:47 AM

Yeah, as noted, while the silliness never really went away completely - flaring up during the Frieza Saga and returning in full during Buu Saga - most of the actual comedy happened before Piccolo Daimao's arrival; announcing him with the murder of a beloved cast member really set the stage for the story's tone shift.

Out of all things, I'd say Krillin triumphing over Bacterion by abusing the art style is my favorite comedic moment.

edited 27th Mar '15 10:37:52 AM 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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#12759: Mar 27th 2015 at 10:37:10 AM

How about Tien telling that fish joke to King Kai in the original anime?

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#12760: Mar 27th 2015 at 10:42:40 AM

I don't think it was in Kai so I don't know what you're talking about.

Or it was and I just forgot it.

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IAmNotCreativeEnough himitsu keisatsu from asa kara ban made omae o miru Since: Dec, 2010 Relationship Status: GAR for Archer
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#12761: Mar 27th 2015 at 10:50:55 AM

Yes, Goku and Krillin breaking the fourth wall during the World Martial Arts tournament is one of the funniest moments in manga.

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#12762: Mar 27th 2015 at 11:07:53 AM

It even carried over to the Anime. Dragon Ball was so great.

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Zelenal The Cat Knows Where It's At from Purrgatory Since: Jul, 2009 Relationship Status: Maxing my social links
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#12763: Mar 27th 2015 at 11:28:57 AM

So the Spirit Bomb that Goku used against Frieza contained energy from just about everywhere in the universe and it didn't work.

The Super Spirit Bomb that Goku used against Kid Buu only contained the energy from everyone living on Earth and it worked.

How and why.

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#12764: Mar 27th 2015 at 11:31:27 AM

The Genki-Dama against Frieza didn't contain energy from the entire universe. It contained energy from the wildlife of Namek and a few other planets in the immediate vicinity. As Namek was nearly barren of any form of life beyond grass and trees, this Genki-Dama was substantially weaker than the one he composed of every living being on the planet Earth including all of his incredibly powerful friends and family.

EDIT: Even if every human on Earth contributed only 1 point to the battle power of that Genki-Dama, that's a battle power of 6-8 billion before you take into account the contributions of characters like Gohan or Piccolo.

edited 27th Mar '15 11:34:57 AM by TobiasDrake

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#12765: Mar 27th 2015 at 11:35:00 AM

No, I just watched that episode of the anime. Goku says that the Spirit Bomb contains the hopes of about 99% of the universe.

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#12766: Mar 27th 2015 at 11:39:03 AM

I do not recall that. I remember him taking all he could from Namek, and then wringing all he could from various alien fish on other planets in the star system.

Are you sure he meant it was energy from everywhere in the universe, or a metaphorical "hope", as in "if this kills you , the universe will be free from your tyranny" sort of thing?

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#12767: Mar 27th 2015 at 11:42:57 AM

It could also be either a dub-induced or anime-induced plot hole. There are lots of those; in the manga, Goku just throws it. Someone took liberties with the source material, probably not realizing that Goku would assemble a more powerful one later in the story. Lull Destruction is notorious for that.

The only time Goku has assembled a Genki-Dama out of the entire universe was the one that killed Omega Shenron in GT.

edited 27th Mar '15 11:44:58 AM by TobiasDrake

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#12768: Mar 27th 2015 at 11:43:09 AM

Do you want me to PM you a link to the episode of Kai where he launches it? Though he said hope the last time, there are various other times where he says "energy".

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Ssj3Gojira Arashi Shigehito from The Event Horizon Since: May, 2011 Relationship Status: Maxing my social links
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#12769: Mar 27th 2015 at 12:10:32 PM

[up][up] Even then the Spirit Bomb used against Omega wasn't from the whole universe, since the only people who we saw actually give energy to it were the people that Goku and company met while gathering the Black Star Dragon Balls, which were only scattered across the entire galaxy. So either energy from a simple galaxy or energy from the Northern Quadrant.

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Rinsankajugin Since: Feb, 2012
#12770: Mar 27th 2015 at 12:37:44 PM

Hmmm, I wonder what this is about?

Ssj3Gojira Arashi Shigehito from The Event Horizon Since: May, 2011 Relationship Status: Maxing my social links
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#12772: Mar 27th 2015 at 12:41:36 PM

Wait, if that form of his is referred to as God Goku, then what would we call him going Super Saiyan then, Super Saiyan Goku (God)?

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#12773: Mar 27th 2015 at 1:02:07 PM

Super Duper Saiyan God.

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Rinsankajugin Since: Feb, 2012
#12775: Mar 27th 2015 at 1:05:59 PM

Wait, what if he goes SSJG as a God. Super Saiyan God God Goku? Super Saiyan Double God Goku? God la God Goku?


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