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TheMageofFire Since: May, 2012
#33851: Feb 6th 2016 at 6:11:24 PM

16 was always my second favorite Android.

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#33852: Feb 6th 2016 at 6:14:47 PM

Shelong, I want Yamucha's team to lose the next baseball game!

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HamburgerTime Since: Apr, 2010
#33853: Feb 6th 2016 at 6:14:54 PM

[up][up] 16 and 18 are the only Androids worth a damn, not counting Cell.

edited 6th Feb '16 6:15:00 PM by HamburgerTime

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#33854: Feb 6th 2016 at 6:16:52 PM

Shenron, tell me why everyone calls Android 17 boring even though he was the first character use an energy barrier, the technique Vegetta latter used to infiltrate Super Buu?

Yes, I know the Super 17 plot was silly but that was GT, so tell we why, Shenron!

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#33855: Feb 6th 2016 at 7:02:31 PM

Vegetto used an energy barrier, not Vegeta, and it's also got nothing to do with how interesting 17 is. That's got more to do with how interesting 17 is.

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#33856: Feb 6th 2016 at 7:03:17 PM

I guess a way to make Kami Piccolo more relevant would be to switch him and Vegeta + Trunks, have them fight the Androids until Cell absorbs 17 and have Piccolo lolstomp Semi-Cell until it uses the Solar Flare, blinding Piccolo and allowing Cell to become Perfect.

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#33857: Feb 6th 2016 at 7:07:27 PM

Yeah but Piccolo wouldn't have been stupid enough to let Cell absorb 18.

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#33858: Feb 6th 2016 at 7:17:07 PM

Piccolo's smart, but he's fallen for the Solar Flare before and him being the only person around who can fight Semi-Cell would make it much easier for it.

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#33859: Feb 6th 2016 at 7:23:09 PM

With Vegeta falling for Cell's flattery, though, it kinda helps to push his character development with Trunks.

edited 6th Feb '16 7:28:29 PM by AdricDePsycho

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HamburgerTime Since: Apr, 2010
#33860: Feb 6th 2016 at 7:25:05 PM

Yeah, that did need to happen.

Perhaps swapping Piccolo and 16's positions vis a vis Imperfect Cell would work? That'd still mean he'd annihilate pre-nomnoms Cell, though...

edited 6th Feb '16 7:50:35 PM by HamburgerTime

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#33861: Feb 6th 2016 at 8:38:38 PM

I think I said it earlier in this thread months ago, but my favorite idea for a weird wish is "Shenron, I wish for you to be my friend."

Imagine how that would be?

edited 6th Feb '16 8:38:59 PM by Anomalocaris20

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Saiga Since: Feb, 2011 Relationship Status: Getting away with murder
#33862: Feb 6th 2016 at 8:41:35 PM

Gohan already does that in Shin Budokai's arcade mode. Well, he wishes to talk with Shenron who is moved by it.

Soble Since: Dec, 2013
#33863: Feb 6th 2016 at 8:52:50 PM

...wait, what.

-need to find youtube link-

Well, can't find the ending on Youtube, but, neat.

edited 6th Feb '16 8:59:30 PM by Soble

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TheMageofFire Since: May, 2012
#33864: Feb 6th 2016 at 10:00:00 PM

Some episodes titles for Dragon Ball Super have popped up. 31 through 32 are covering events we already know from the manga, but 33 and 34...

Be Surprised, Universe 6! This is Super Saiyan Son Goku is 33, and 34 is Piccolo vs Frost! Bet everything on the Makankosappo

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#33865: Feb 6th 2016 at 10:05:06 PM

I wonder if he'll use the intended version of the attack.

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Saiga Since: Feb, 2011 Relationship Status: Getting away with murder
#33866: Feb 6th 2016 at 10:07:07 PM

I doubt it will ever be referenced again.

I'm already not fond of it being used so much outside of the manga when it was only used by name twice, with a possible third time in the same arc. He just spams it like crazy in other media and it doesn't feel right.

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#33867: Feb 6th 2016 at 10:08:42 PM

So Goku is going to end up losing to Frost then. Either that or find himself eliminated due to shenanigans.

edited 6th Feb '16 10:09:23 PM by Lionheart0

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#33868: Feb 6th 2016 at 10:09:52 PM

I don't think it works that way.

LSBK Since: Sep, 2014
#33869: Feb 6th 2016 at 10:11:01 PM

Yeah, I don't see how that follows.

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#33870: Feb 7th 2016 at 4:13:10 AM

[up][up][up][up]Well, it is his signature attack.

T-manboy55 Since: Jan, 2016
#33871: Feb 7th 2016 at 4:40:05 AM

Isn't it his special secret technique, that's not something you spam.

edited 7th Feb '16 4:47:36 AM by T-manboy55

Saiga Since: Feb, 2011 Relationship Status: Getting away with murder
#33872: Feb 7th 2016 at 5:30:58 AM

In the context of the story it wasn't his signature attack. Most characters didn't have one, not every named technique was that character's answer to the Kamehameha.

But Toei/video games pimped it so much it became synonymous with him. I don't really like that, because it's not really accurate. Any time a lot of emphasis is placed on the technique it makes it feel like something that wouldn't happen in the original story, which is bad for a sequel series.

edited 7th Feb '16 5:31:52 AM by Saiga

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#33873: Feb 7th 2016 at 5:37:20 AM

Wait, I thought "Piccolo destroys everything" was junior's signature technique.

He does use spiral death drill to stop Aka's wahahanoha in Yo! Son Goku And His Friends Return I guess.

Edit:And fires it at red guy in Revival Of F, who anticlimactically moves out of its way.

edited 7th Feb '16 5:39:16 AM by IndirectActiveTransport

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#33874: Feb 7th 2016 at 5:47:19 AM

Pretty much every Z fighter does have a signature technique associated with them. Piccolo Makankosappo, Vegeta Final Flash, Krillin Kienzan, Tenshinhan Kiaiho, even Yamcha has that Spirit Ball thingy that never seems to be able to land a hit with until like the 20th attempt.

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#33875: Feb 7th 2016 at 6:14:35 AM

(Vegeta only used the Final Flash once though. Not really a signature. His signature attack is actually the beamspam, he does it a lot.)

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