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#27576: Nov 9th 2015 at 12:38:38 PM

And he still didn't kill him.

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#27577: Nov 9th 2015 at 12:39:22 PM

[up] He came close enough.

Trunks just finished the job for him.

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#27578: Nov 9th 2015 at 12:41:03 PM

He didn't even try to kill him after transforming.

Once it was established that Goku was more powerful and Frieza couldn't possibly touch him, Goku went for the Cruel Mercy option more or less guaranteed to have terrible consequences. That doesn't diminish the effort, though; Frieza is the only villain in the entire franchise ever to push Goku to cruelty.

He's been merciless to his enemies and Innocently Insensitive to his friends, but Goku is rarely cruel.

edited 9th Nov '15 12:41:58 PM by TobiasDrake

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#27579: Nov 9th 2015 at 12:41:11 PM

No, Trunks finished the job for Vegeta.

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#27580: Nov 9th 2015 at 12:42:14 PM

If I may ask, out of all the main villains of the numerous story arcs in Dragon Ball (and this includes Z as well), which one would be considered the more popular villain?

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#27581: Nov 9th 2015 at 12:42:38 PM

Either Cell or Frieza.

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#27582: Nov 9th 2015 at 12:42:55 PM

Freeza or Cell.

edited 9th Nov '15 12:43:12 PM by VeryMelon

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#27584: Nov 9th 2015 at 12:46:33 PM

Cui.

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#27585: Nov 9th 2015 at 12:47:03 PM

Cell amongst Americans, Frieza amongst the Japanese.

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#27586: Nov 9th 2015 at 12:47:35 PM

Well? Which is it? Cell or Freeza?

[up] Ah, that makes some sense.

edited 9th Nov '15 12:48:04 PM by AdricDePsycho

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#27587: Nov 9th 2015 at 12:52:34 PM

[up] Majin Buu's also well liked.

Not the Dangerously Genre-Savvy Chessmaster Super Buu who Out-Gambitted Piccolo, or the No-Nonsense Nemesis Kid Buu, the Laughably Evil Fat Buu.

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#27588: Nov 9th 2015 at 12:53:24 PM

[up] But...Super Buu is like, the best of all the Buus...

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#27589: Nov 9th 2015 at 12:54:56 PM

He got a Humiliation Conga worse than Frieza at the hands of Vegetto though.

edited 9th Nov '15 12:55:03 PM by Piando

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#27590: Nov 9th 2015 at 12:55:01 PM

My favorite Buu form is Pure Buu, to be honest. <.< He won a lot of points from me for actually doing what so many villains have only used as a gambit to force the protagonists to block their attacks. His first action upon emerging from Super Buu: "F*ck this planet."

I mean, Frieza did it too, but that was because he wanted to ragequit a fight. Pure Buu just had no f*cks to give.

edited 9th Nov '15 12:55:57 PM by TobiasDrake

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#27591: Nov 9th 2015 at 12:57:12 PM

[up][up] Yes, but it was GLORIOUS.

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#27592: Nov 9th 2015 at 12:57:27 PM

And Kid Buu went after the afterlife too, which was interesting.

[up] Specifically the Jawbreaker line and subsequent ass-kicking of Buuhan by a candy ball.

edited 9th Nov '15 12:58:26 PM by Piando

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#27593: Nov 9th 2015 at 12:59:55 PM

"Ooooh, are you guys dead?"

"Y... yes?"

"Neat. Imma double kill ya."

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#27594: Nov 9th 2015 at 1:00:44 PM

[up] Sounds like Homestuck

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#27595: Nov 9th 2015 at 1:01:47 PM

Only in anime filler, but yes.

Because double-killing is actually a thing you can do and the consequences are horrifying, it's for the best that his attention turned toward Goku and Vegeta.

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#27596: Nov 9th 2015 at 1:25:09 PM

I always liked Vegetto smashing through Buuhan's throat and exclaiming that he wanted to be eaten but he just kept going.

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#27597: Nov 9th 2015 at 1:29:11 PM

I want a miniature version of Fat Buu.

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#27598: Nov 9th 2015 at 1:32:51 PM

Xenoverse has got you covered.

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#27599: Nov 9th 2015 at 1:34:00 PM

The whole point of Goku going Super Saiyan was it was new, and it had never been done before. Goku had never transformed before. He had never completely given into anger, only for him to manage it himself.

And anyway, it made too much thematic sense to not include. Freeza was scared of the Saiyans, and later they say he was scared of the Super Saiyan legend, so he gets defeated by a Super Saiyan.

Although, surprisingly, they didn't really play the transformation card in the same way ever again. Gohan going SSJ 2 was part of his usual rage boosts and his 'hidden power'. Whereas SSJ 3 was just made up on the spot and didn't really help with the final villain at all.

The *Legendary* Super Saiyan is motivated by a crying infant! He is a literal giant f***ing baby!
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#27600: Nov 9th 2015 at 1:34:51 PM

My favorite part is when Vegito catches Buu's planet destroying blast and runs with it like a football player.

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