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HandsomeRob Leader of the Holey Brotherhood from The land of broken records Since: Jan, 2015
Leader of the Holey Brotherhood
#47076: Nov 23rd 2016 at 12:42:51 PM

I doubt it.

I don't expect him to have anything to do with this episode. I mean, maybe Toei might bother to remember, but it's more likely they'll just bypass him completely. We need to accept the fact that Yamcha is irrelevant.

You all just want more ammunition to mock him anyway.

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AdricDePsycho Rock on, Gold Dust Woman from Never Going Back Again Since: Oct, 2014 Relationship Status: [TOP SECRET]
Rock on, Gold Dust Woman
#47077: Nov 23rd 2016 at 12:49:52 PM

I mean, I'm mostly joking about it. I doubt they'd reference something so minute.

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HandsomeRob Leader of the Holey Brotherhood from The land of broken records Since: Jan, 2015
Leader of the Holey Brotherhood
#47078: Nov 23rd 2016 at 12:52:35 PM

[up]

And you just proved my point, and probably without even trying to insult Yamcha either.evil grin

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PushoverMediaCritic I'm sorry Tien, but I must go all out. from the Italy of America Since: Jul, 2015 Relationship Status: watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ
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#47079: Nov 23rd 2016 at 12:55:23 PM

I don't just want ammunition to make fun of Yamcha. sad

LSBK Since: Sep, 2014
#47080: Nov 23rd 2016 at 12:58:00 PM

I mean, do people really need a reason or material to make fun of Yamcha at this point? Better to just accept it.

But I could totally see Toei referencing Yamcha's baseball filler, don't they love referencing their old material?

Ssj3Gojira Arashi Shigehito from The Event Horizon Since: May, 2011 Relationship Status: Maxing my social links
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#47081: Nov 23rd 2016 at 1:03:18 PM

I mean, Toriyama's the one who came up with the baseball filler, same with Gregory's existence.

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LordVatek Not really a lord of anything Since: Sep, 2014
Not really a lord of anything
#47082: Nov 23rd 2016 at 1:05:58 PM

At this point I have to actively try not to make fun of Yamcha when discussing him.

This song needs more love.
HandsomeRob Leader of the Holey Brotherhood from The land of broken records Since: Jan, 2015
Leader of the Holey Brotherhood
#47083: Nov 23rd 2016 at 1:06:37 PM

Well I suppose we have to hope for Toei to do it.

I have little faith that Toriyama would put it in his notes at all. What he does with what character is completely random.

Look at the Pilaf's gangs sudden relevance after years of essentially falling out of sight. And yet, he still has no interest in bringing back Launch (and for a questionable reason as well).

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AdricDePsycho Rock on, Gold Dust Woman from Never Going Back Again Since: Oct, 2014 Relationship Status: [TOP SECRET]
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#47084: Nov 23rd 2016 at 1:07:55 PM

He won't bring Android 17 back either outside of one tiny bit in the Buu Saga.

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Shlugo_the_great King of Burgers from Far Far Away (On A Trope Odyssey) Relationship Status: Tsundere'ing
King of Burgers
#47085: Nov 23rd 2016 at 1:17:04 PM

Episode 69 will be super retarded and I will love every second of it.

MyssaRei Since: Feb, 2010
#47086: Nov 23rd 2016 at 1:31:29 PM

Goku as a security guard? That's a disaster waiting to happen if I'd ever seen one, ahaha.

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#47087: Nov 23rd 2016 at 1:41:24 PM

Even if this feels like just an attempt to tie-in with all that stuff in Dokkan Battle, I think I'm going to enjoy it. I've only really read about 2 volumes of Dr. Slump, though. I wonder if I'll be able to follow all the references.

The *Legendary* Super Saiyan is motivated by a crying infant! He is a literal giant f***ing baby!
PushoverMediaCritic I'm sorry Tien, but I must go all out. from the Italy of America Since: Jul, 2015 Relationship Status: watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ
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#47088: Nov 23rd 2016 at 1:53:12 PM

I've read almost all of Dr Slump, and I highly enjoyed it. It's a lot more juvenile than Dragon Ball, but it's juvenile in a very genuine, fun way. The races were probably the best parts.

IAmNotCreativeEnough himitsu keisatsu from asa kara ban made omae o miru Since: Dec, 2010 Relationship Status: GAR for Archer
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#47089: Nov 23rd 2016 at 3:19:53 PM

The talk about Cell's time machine reminded me that we're actually watching the third offshoot timeline, since the original timeline is Cell's.

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#47090: Nov 23rd 2016 at 3:44:12 PM

Yamcha and Android 17 playing baseball when, people?

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alekos23 Since: Mar, 2013
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#47092: Nov 23rd 2016 at 3:55:18 PM

Yamcha is just a meme character now isn't he?

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Envyus Since: Jun, 2011
#47093: Nov 23rd 2016 at 4:01:29 PM

Just read the manga version of this. It's way more boring then the show version.

PushoverMediaCritic I'm sorry Tien, but I must go all out. from the Italy of America Since: Jul, 2015 Relationship Status: watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ
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#47094: Nov 23rd 2016 at 5:45:21 PM

Technically, this is the fourth timeline formed from the Cell Saga:

Timeline 1: Trunks goes back in time to save the future, Cell kills him to go back in the past.

Timeline 2: Trunks comes back in time to stop the Androids, without Cell, Trunks goes back to his future weak enough for Cell to kill.

Timeline 3: Our Future Trunks timeline.

Timeline 4: Our main timline.

IAmNotCreativeEnough himitsu keisatsu from asa kara ban made omae o miru Since: Dec, 2010 Relationship Status: GAR for Archer
himitsu keisatsu
#47095: Nov 23rd 2016 at 5:51:02 PM

The first and second timelines you brought up are the same one.

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Ssj3Gojira Arashi Shigehito from The Event Horizon Since: May, 2011 Relationship Status: Maxing my social links
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#47096: Nov 23rd 2016 at 5:57:43 PM

Actually, there are four timelines. Remember, the Trunks that was killed by Cell had already gone to the past to warn that timeline about the Androids, with Trunks using the shut-off remote that Bulma made in that timeline to turn off the Androids in his.

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randomness4 Ghost '11 from The Land of Inconvenience Since: Sep, 2011
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#47097: Nov 23rd 2016 at 5:57:52 PM

[up][up][up]How'd you not notice that? The only difference is slight wording change.

[up]Was that ever mentioned?

edited 23rd Nov '16 5:59:05 PM by randomness4

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PushoverMediaCritic I'm sorry Tien, but I must go all out. from the Italy of America Since: Jul, 2015 Relationship Status: watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ
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#47098: Nov 23rd 2016 at 5:59:05 PM

[up][up][up]No, they aren't. The second timeline is the one where Trunks comes back, teams up with our group of protagonists, they stop the Androids, and Cell doesn't exist in that timeline so Trunks is weaker when he goes back to his own timeline. 1 and 2 are basically 3 and 4, except sans Cell in 2.

edited 23rd Nov '16 6:01:13 PM by PushoverMediaCritic

LordVatek Not really a lord of anything Since: Sep, 2014
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#47099: Nov 23rd 2016 at 6:12:48 PM

Sooo.... let me see if I have this:

(Timeline 1) Cell kills Trunks after he travels back in time to help Goku.

(Timeline 2) Trunks leaves before Cell arrives because he is already gone. This is the "main" Trunks future.

(Timeline 3) Trunks comes back to the future and kills the androids with the button (I can't remember if this actually happened or not).

(Timeline 4) Presence of both Trunks and Cell.

edited 23rd Nov '16 6:17:33 PM by LordVatek

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Ssj3Gojira Arashi Shigehito from The Event Horizon Since: May, 2011 Relationship Status: Maxing my social links
Arashi Shigehito
#47100: Nov 23rd 2016 at 6:19:45 PM

No, Cell shows up in our Future Trunks' timeline after Trunks had destroyed the Androids and was planning on going back in time to tell the others; that was when Cell comes over planning on killing Trunks and taking his time machine, but Trunks ends up killing him because he's too powerful for Cell to handle now.

In the first timeline, Trunks never trained in the Room of Spirit and Time, because there was no Cell in that timeline that required it; the Android threat ends with the creation of a shut-off remote by Bulma using Gero's notes, which Trunks ends up taking to his timeline to shut off those Androids. Because Trunks never got the same training the main Future Trunks got, when Cell ambushed him to take the time machine into the past he was too weak to prevent it, and ended up dying as a result. Cell using the time machine to go back in time is what led to the timestream splitting further, and leading to the events of the Cell Games and everything past that.

Though granted...there's technically six timelines now, since we have both Black's original timeline, where Future Trunks never goes back to the past as there's not a reason to, and the Future Trunks timeline that ran parallel to that one, before Black got involved in his timeline hijinks.

edited 23rd Nov '16 6:26:19 PM by Ssj3Gojira

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