He was still an exhausted and starving Goku. Yamcha's greatest accomplishment was not immediately losing in a fight against a version of Goku that was both at the weakest he's ever been in his entire character history AND starved half to death.
Krillin, by contrast, actually had a really great fight with Goku in the second World Martial Arts Tournament that we got to see; the same tournament in which Yamcha failed so hard in his fight with Tien that he wound up hospitalized. Tien himself fought and actually won his match with Goku, by sheer luck at the last second once they'd fought to an effective draw.
So Krillin put up a good match against Goku, Tien fought Goku to a standstill and won by last-second deus ex truckina, and Yamcha got roflstomped into the hospital by Tien.
edited 16th Dec '13 3:26:31 PM by TobiasDrake
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It should also be noted that Goku was stronger than Tenshinhan when this happened...
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He was a child who was exhausted and starving, and the weakest he's ever been in the history of the franchise, except for the few brief shots we saw of him as a baby. Yamcha also had the element of a surprise and a sword. And he still couldn't win. Compare that to literally every other one of Goku's rivals.
edited 16th Dec '13 3:26:49 PM by sockpuppet1
She isn't a Z-Fighter.
And I was just wondering why Vegeta seems so whipped after the Cell Saga.
That , as I'm surprised TFS hasn't poked fun at yet, they refuse to live in. And that's the Ox King's money, not hers.
- Goku: Piccolo, why don't you just buy a house with the Ox King's money?
- Piccolo: What world do you live in?
- Goku: One with a house. And a wife. And a son.
Never got that money in the series (last I saw, Hercule skipped out on the deal) and she had to blackmail a celebrity to do it. Plus we frequently see them bumming around in Kame House.
Buu is the only possible exception and I'm not sure he even counts as an official Z-Fighter. He's never shown up for any of the group photos. He and Yamcha are the only ones not bumming off someone else, but even then, Hercule asks Buu to throw the fight for him.
edited 16th Dec '13 3:44:11 PM by FOFD
Let's get something straight.
Krilli N NEVER stood a chance against Goku. Not even remotely.
The only reason he "put up a good fight" against Goku in the 22nd Tournament was because Goku took it easy on him the whole time.
Well, that is until Goku used his real speed, at which point Krillin was defeated easily.
Saying Krillin put up a fight against Goku is the equivalent of saying Piccolo put up a fight against Freeza because he fought his SECOND form. It means nothing because neither he or Krillin ever had a chance of lasting more than a couple of seconds without the mercy of their opponent.
So, yes, Yamcha ambushed a weakened Goku while Krillin fought a weakened Goku.
And quite frankly, Tien probably put more into his fight with Yamcha than Goku did with Krillin. Goku had ample reason to hold back while Tien wanted to send a message by crushing one of Roshi's students.
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Apparently so that the Fans can spend all eternity pointing out how completely useless he is.
And Nikolas….just stop. You can't win this.
You have to understand: People don't just dislike Yamcha; they LOVE mocking him. They enjoy it. It's fun. No amount of argument is going to stop it, and the fact that there is no argument makes it better. It's a victimless crime, and it will go on forever.
so don't waste you life trying to defend Yamcha. You'd accomplish more trying to ice-skate up-hill.
edited 16th Dec '13 3:47:52 PM by HandsomeRob
One Strip! One Strip!Well that seems like a...complete waste of ink.
Now I'm morbidly interested in exactly how much ink was used to draw every panel with Yamcha in it...to calculate exactly how much Yen Akira Toriyama wasted on him in pens.
Dude, no way is Yamcha this franchise's Duke Devlin. Duke was a Memetic Sex God. The only comparison is that they have their own theme music. Yamcha is more like the... Rex Raptor of Dragon Ball.
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Let's see if you can get past my Beelzemon. Mephiles, WARP SHINKA!So that puts Yamcha... what, twenty or so levels below Youtube trolls?
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Krillin and Piccolo held the line against Nappa for a very long time. Krillin didn't just happen to be alive; he survived long enough for Goku to get there. That's certainly more than Tien and Yamcha were able to accomplish. As for them "never standing a chance", bull. Against Vegeta, no, but everyone working together did a lot of damage to Nappa prior to Goku's arrival.
Bulma doesn't think so.
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