Well I didn't mention those, so that's ok.
You still lose, but points for trying.
Not a pro wrestler but Mercenary Tao is Master Pain.
No wait, my bad. He's Betty
Seriously though, Kent Williams (Father in FMAB, Dr. Gero in Z, Tao in DB) is one of teh best voices in the series and I love that he made Tao sound like a villain from an old Kung Fu dub.
I just thought of something though after watching that. Did Toriyama not think of the Crane/Tao connection yet? It's weird he didn't comment on Goku using the Kamehameha.
Why would he comment on it? He's a professional in the middle of performing an assassination. What's there to say?
My Tumblr. Currently side-by-side liveblogging Digimon Adventure, sub vs dub.There is one person in the world known to use that technique (I sincerely doubt he watched the 21st Tournament. Well....obviously he didn't. lol) and that person is the sworn enemy of his brother. You wouldn't reflect upon who this mysterious kid could be who happens to use a move mastered by a known super badass?
edited 5th Dec '13 7:47:20 AM by Nikkolas
In Tao's position, with Tao's personality and role? Maybe after I finished killing him, I might muse on it to myself but wouldn't care enough to follow up on it. Keeping stock of my targets' personal lives isn't my business.
edited 5th Dec '13 9:18:21 AM by TobiasDrake
My Tumblr. Currently side-by-side liveblogging Digimon Adventure, sub vs dub."Eh. He can use the kamehameha. That's weird. I guess that Turtle Hermit's moved onto pedophilia. Oh, well. Back to Child Murder!"
My various fanfics.Goku vs Mercenary Tao... ah, the days of Dragon Ball. I'm still waiting for Toei Animation remaster the whole anime with new animation because if any Dragon Ball related show deserved to be truly remastered, it's gotta be the old school days of Dragon Ball.
edited 8th Dec '13 2:47:23 PM by FireShadow
Double post for great justice!
So as I've just graduated University, and finally completed my collection of the manga some time ago, I'm going to read through the manga from start to finish as I planned and I've decided that I'm going to do a liveblog reviewing (for a very casual definition of review) the manga volume-by-volume in a similar manner to MistareFusion's Dragon Ball Dissection series (although our viewpoints will probably be opposites on a lot of issues
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Like him I'll probably rate the arcs as part of the reason I want to read it all at once is to see for myself what my exact preferences are, but it won't be an x/10 because I likely won't be dividing the arcs into 10 and my list won't be a cardinal list, but an ordinal one.
There are also two other main reasons for re-reading the series (aside from the joy of it, of course) which is to examine the possible plot holes and also revise my own Battle Powers lists. I am unsure if either of these would be interesting to readers so I don't know whether to include any thoughts I have on either topic as I'm reading. I think that the plot holes might be a good thing to go into as I plan on comparing them by arc, discussing whether they are actually a plot hole and offering explanations for the ones that truly are contradictory.
Saiga, if anyone's qualified to explain Dragon Ball's plot holes, it's you.
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Good luck to you, and congratulations.
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My favorite fights from the films.
Goku and Piccolo vs Garlic Jr
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Goku and Vegeta vs Meta Cooler
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Dat teamwork.
The latter battle was my first ever exposure to Dragon Ball Z ever.
This was in total Japanese back then mind you, so I had no idea what they were saying.
Man, those were the days:
- Goku was the guy who could make his hair blonde.
- Gohan was the kid who used to have a monkey tail.
- Krillin was the little bald kid (his voice made me assume he was a kid).
- Roshi was the old man (behold, my incredible nicknaming skills).
- Yajirobe was the Fat-Ass.
- Piccolo was the Green alien dude.
- Oolong was the talking pig.
- And Vegeta was the other dude who could make his hair blonde; I also called him the Space cop(his armour did give a very Space Cop-ish look).
……wow. I'm awful at nicknames.
One Strip! One Strip!Since it holds a special place in my heart, I'll bring up Krillin, Gohan and Piccolo vs Metal-Coola's robots.
Again, first ever exposure to Dragon Ball Z, so Nostalgia is in place.
One Strip! One Strip!I do like the idea of the Saiyans being cops a lot more than I do "random genocide machines."
My various fanfics.If I recall correctly, aren't they scouring the planets of life so that they can sell them? A race that's purchasing a world isn't going to want to deal with angry native uprisings when they get there, especially when those natives are sitting on land that the buyer paid good money for, consuming resources that are supposed to be included in the purchase. Genocide creates a more appealing product.
EDIT: The issue with uprisings is especially poignant, because let's look at, say, Kanassa. For someone who wants to buy Kanassa, if they had the ability to exterminate the Kanassans in bloody war, they wouldn't need to pay the Saiyans to do it in the first place.
edited 11th Dec '13 9:06:58 AM by TobiasDrake
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Yeah, that's correct.
Also, finally got around to making my blog.
And all I did was the introduction, just a longer version of what I already said here!
edited 14th Dec '13 6:17:34 AM by Saiga
...does this mean that Frieza is not a galactic emperor or other ruler-type official, and is actually just a highly-aggressive real estate broker?
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Cell is Mr. Perfect, for obvious reasons
Buu is...Zeus, an insane, unhurtable, unkillable death machine who was only defeated through an act of desperation by the heroes, and who everyone agreed after the fact was kinda dumb.
Frieza is Mr. Mc Mahon, the ultimate evil, the heartless sociopath obsessed with his own greed and power, against whom all other villains are judged.
The Ginyu Force is the Spirit Squad.
My various fanfics.