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IAmNotCreativeEnough himitsu keisatsu from asa kara ban made omae o miru Since: Dec, 2010 Relationship Status: GAR for Archer
himitsu keisatsu
#50926: Feb 3rd 2017 at 5:43:36 PM

I looked back and I can tell you right now I had nothing to do with that post getting thumped, by the by - I did not holler for the mods, for what it's worth.

I know when you're actually kidding. The lack of caps and punctuation should've been a dead giveaway, at any rate.

See, my only horse in this race (and I haven't had a winning bet in a while because I'm tired of losing the Pellegrini cup to the Brazilians) is that I want the new arc to be fun, and if Tien is around, I want him to be fun, because I want the anime I watch to be fun. So that's the only thing I'm going to say.

himitsu keisatsu seifu chokuzoku kokka hoanbu na no da himitsu keisatsu yami ni magireru supai katsudou torishimari
Soble Since: Dec, 2013
#50927: Feb 3rd 2017 at 5:48:39 PM

If he does anything as awesome as yelling a Dodon Ray into submission, that'll be game, set, and match for me.

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IAmNotCreativeEnough himitsu keisatsu from asa kara ban made omae o miru Since: Dec, 2010 Relationship Status: GAR for Archer
himitsu keisatsu
#50928: Feb 3rd 2017 at 6:11:03 PM

I love the fact that Tao looks like he got punched in the dick.

Also it's funny to note just how slim Goku was then compared to how much bigger he'd later become.

himitsu keisatsu seifu chokuzoku kokka hoanbu na no da himitsu keisatsu yami ni magireru supai katsudou torishimari
Ssj3Gojira Arashi Shigehito from The Event Horizon Since: May, 2011 Relationship Status: Maxing my social links
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#50929: Feb 3rd 2017 at 6:12:40 PM

I mean, he was still what, 16 or 17 then?

edited 3rd Feb '17 6:12:53 PM by Ssj3Gojira

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IAmNotCreativeEnough himitsu keisatsu from asa kara ban made omae o miru Since: Dec, 2010 Relationship Status: GAR for Archer
himitsu keisatsu
#50930: Feb 3rd 2017 at 6:18:14 PM

... Actually, I can't exactly remember. I know he was 13 when the series started... or was that before he learned how to actually count?

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Ssj3Gojira Arashi Shigehito from The Event Horizon Since: May, 2011 Relationship Status: Maxing my social links
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#50931: Feb 3rd 2017 at 6:19:45 PM

I think he said he was around Bulma's age in the beginning, before saying he was actually 12 once he learned how to count from Roshi.

...which really makes no sense; what, did Gohan never try to teach him something as simple as counting to at least 12 before?

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IAmNotCreativeEnough himitsu keisatsu from asa kara ban made omae o miru Since: Dec, 2010 Relationship Status: GAR for Archer
himitsu keisatsu
#50932: Feb 3rd 2017 at 6:25:25 PM

Likely a combination of factors between not really needing to and Goku stepping on him before he could.

edited 3rd Feb '17 6:25:34 PM by IAmNotCreativeEnough

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MightyMatilda Mr. Clueless from New Jersey, USA Since: Jan, 2015
Mr. Clueless
#50933: Feb 3rd 2017 at 6:27:37 PM

I remember Goku being unable to count to thirty when he fought Ninja Murasaki, but I forget which number he stopped at. I do know this was after he realized that he was actually twelve years old.

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HandsomeRob Leader of the Holey Brotherhood from The land of broken records Since: Jan, 2015
Leader of the Holey Brotherhood
#50934: Feb 3rd 2017 at 6:30:52 PM

Ah Tao. You're mistake was thinking you could still be relevant after being beaten by Goku.

You, like every other villain in existence, were nothing more than a stepping stone to make him stronger, and you don't look back at a stone once you've been stepped over.

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Soble Since: Dec, 2013
#50935: Feb 3rd 2017 at 6:40:32 PM

I''m kind of surprised Super hasn't brought him back yet.

edited 3rd Feb '17 6:43:53 PM by Soble

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HandsomeRob Leader of the Holey Brotherhood from The land of broken records Since: Jan, 2015
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#50936: Feb 3rd 2017 at 6:47:52 PM

What would he do? Get his ass beat by Baby Pan?

Because that's all he could do. Recurring Villains don't mean much in this series.

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randomness4 Ghost '11 from The Land of Inconvenience Since: Sep, 2011
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#50937: Feb 3rd 2017 at 6:48:18 PM

Karrot = Age 18

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Soble Since: Dec, 2013
#50938: Feb 3rd 2017 at 6:52:37 PM

I'm imagining a Babys Day Out-type plot where Tao tries to get revenge on Gohan by kidnapping his daughter while Gohan's busy doing a lecture or something. Videl and co. meanwhile completely fail to take him seriously and think that he's some kind of babysitter that Gohan hired. Tao spends the day trying to hold Pan for ransom when she flies into a construction site, and by the time Tao finally recovers her he's so worn out from the chase he gives up up on the ransom completely.

Then again I guess we already got that with the Pilaf gang.

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Zelenal The Cat Knows Where It's At from Purrgatory Since: Jul, 2009 Relationship Status: Maxing my social links
The Cat Knows Where It's At
#50939: Feb 3rd 2017 at 6:59:23 PM

Pretty sure it's been stated somewhere that Tao's been dead for a while now buuuuut that wouldn't necessarily stop Toei. Why should something as insignificant as facts and consistency get in the way of your stupid filler?

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Soble Since: Dec, 2013
#50940: Feb 3rd 2017 at 7:01:44 PM

Wait.

How did the Pilaf gang come back to life?

Mai and Shu were totally down with murdering a toddler back in early Dragonball? I'm pretty sure Pilaf was content to let the early Z-Gang get crushed by a giant iron ball. And his ambition was to wish to rule the world - and didn't he break into Roshi's house and then have Mai and Shu threaten him?

Mai put a gun to Trunks's head of her own volition.

edited 3rd Feb '17 7:03:16 PM by Soble

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Eriorguez Since: Jun, 2009
#50941: Feb 3rd 2017 at 7:03:30 PM

They became babies roughly by the android saga, so they were somewhat around 7 when Buu blew up the planet.

Soble Since: Dec, 2013
#50942: Feb 3rd 2017 at 7:07:04 PM

Ah. Well.

The dragon's morality meter malfunctions on beings younger than the age of 7. You can't be evil under 7 years of age. Hence the universe dropping Goku on his head, and making Vegeta Frieza's whipping boy for most of his youth.

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Saiga Since: Feb, 2011 Relationship Status: Getting away with murder
#50943: Feb 3rd 2017 at 7:07:50 PM

Everyone under seven years of age is evil

IAmNotCreativeEnough himitsu keisatsu from asa kara ban made omae o miru Since: Dec, 2010 Relationship Status: GAR for Archer
himitsu keisatsu
#50944: Feb 3rd 2017 at 7:12:48 PM

If you're thinking too much about how bad they were, I'd like to remind you of the following:

Bulma shot a little boy in the face and then intended to seduce him to steal from him.

Oolong used to kidnap girls he intended to force into marriage (he was just awful at it)

Roshi is guilty of molestation and soliciting teenagers for lewd behavior, as well as coercing two young boys to kidnap a young woman

Yamcha used to rob people of their capsules, which likely included vehicles and important stuff, and leave them stranded in the desert

The Ox King murdered a whole bunch of people without asking because he thought they were after his treasure

Krillin attempted many times to ditch Goku and/or leave him to die

Tien and Chiaotzu are former hitmen

Piccolo blew up a city, took over the world, released every criminal and caused general chaos and mayhem

Vegeta has likely wiped out countless species and peoples, likely has a few counts of planet busting and has actually betrayed his allies

Majin Buu eats people

Beerus destroys things because the fancy strikes him

Whis doesn't give a shit

Zenou destroys an entire universe because of one dick

And all those are nominally 'good guys'.

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Zelenal The Cat Knows Where It's At from Purrgatory Since: Jul, 2009 Relationship Status: Maxing my social links
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#50945: Feb 3rd 2017 at 7:15:49 PM

Don't forget Piccolo wiping out all of Papaya Island during the 23rd Budoukai.

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Soble Since: Dec, 2013
#50946: Feb 3rd 2017 at 7:22:51 PM

Bulma also saved the world several times over, directly and indirectly, by: creating the radar, motivating Goku to travel, inventing time travel, taming an alien warmonger, keeping Trunks and hope alive, and getting that last canister of fuel before Black killed her. I'd argue her karma kind of balances out.

Oolong wound up being forced into servitude himself. He kidnapped them to give them a life of laziness and being waited on hand and foot.

Yamcha gave up that life and let's face it being rated a good person was pretty much all he had going for him.

Were people not after the Ox-King's treasure? I could Hand Wave that the people he killed were genuinely greedy bastards who wanted to ransack his home and/or harm his daughter.

The span of Krillin's life up to the time the "revive all the innocent/good people" wish was made far outweighed the selfishness he demonstrated in childhood. Same with Tien.

Piccolo's dad did all of those things. edit: Wait, Papaya Island?

Vegeta - probably views it more as "ethnic cleansing." e Well at least he stopped doing that once he wasn't under Freeza anymore - that's not to put him in leather pants, but clearly his love for his family and selfless sacrifice outweighed everything else, or balanced some kind of scale at least.

Fat Buu ate people when he still ha... well he wasn't revived by the wish.

Beerus, Whis, and Zeno aren't necessarily constrained by the mortal concepts of good and evil.

Roshi's a complete piece of shit tho.

edited 3rd Feb '17 7:25:29 PM by Soble

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IAmNotCreativeEnough himitsu keisatsu from asa kara ban made omae o miru Since: Dec, 2010 Relationship Status: GAR for Archer
himitsu keisatsu
#50947: Feb 3rd 2017 at 7:29:24 PM

Piccolo and his dad are not different people dood. Piccolo is Piccolo reincarnated. If that were not the case, Kami would've died when Goku killed Piccolo.

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Saiga Since: Feb, 2011 Relationship Status: Getting away with murder
#50948: Feb 3rd 2017 at 7:30:55 PM

We have had this argument so many times.

Piccolo Junior inherited a lot of things from his dad, including the link to God that keeps both alive. He's not the same person however.

unnoun Since: Jan, 2012
#50949: Feb 3rd 2017 at 7:31:15 PM

I mean, Kami says Piccolo and his dad are different people when Piccolo killed Goku + Raditz.

HandsomeRob Leader of the Holey Brotherhood from The land of broken records Since: Jan, 2015
Leader of the Holey Brotherhood
#50950: Feb 3rd 2017 at 7:33:05 PM

Pretty sure it's been stated somewhere that Tao's been dead for a while now buuuuut that wouldn't necessarily stop Toei. Why should something as insignificant as facts and consistency get in the way of your stupid filler?

What? Where? And how....

Oh right...Buu. Yeah. That'd do it I suppose. I'm annoyed with myself for never thinking of that, but he'd have probably been left out of that wish wouldn't he?

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