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Thebrawlbro Since: Aug, 2013
#79451: Feb 21st 2018 at 7:24:40 PM

Super Buu is his most boring state, because he is effectively just Perfect Cell, not having the silliness Fat Buu, or pure insanity of Kid Buu.

HandsomeRob Leader of the Holey Brotherhood from The land of broken records Since: Jan, 2015
Leader of the Holey Brotherhood
#79452: Feb 21st 2018 at 7:28:07 PM

I don't know. Super Buu is pretty silly in some moments. Though Gotenks is doing a lot of the work, but still, sipping a random drink in the middle of a fight is pretty funny.

And of course, his sheer glee both times he thought he finally be Vegito.

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LSBK Since: Sep, 2014
#79453: Feb 21st 2018 at 7:29:19 PM

Eh, he only really got that way after he started absorbing people. He was still pretty childish and wild during his fight with Gotenks, even if we found out later he's was always considering what to do about Gohan.

slimcoder The Head of the Hydra Since: May, 2013
The Head of the Hydra
#79454: Feb 21st 2018 at 7:34:14 PM

As I mentioned "brutal savagery."

I always liked that about Super Buu. With Frieza & Cell there's an illusion that they can be reasoned with & talked down but not with be Buu. He was a remorseless monster, a literal engine of pain & sadism who has no other purpose than spreading constant death & suffering.

He was more a living weapon than the actual living weapon Cell himself.

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Bocaj Funny but not helpful from Here or thereabouts (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Pining for the fjords
Funny but not helpful
#79455: Feb 21st 2018 at 7:36:45 PM

Which is weird to me

There's a fairly long stretch of the story where Buu is just planning to undermine another huge chunk of the story

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Envyus Since: Jun, 2011
#79456: Feb 21st 2018 at 7:50:31 PM

Super Buu when he started out was a cruel brute. There was not much more to him then that as he was not too intelligent, but he had some low cunning. Eventually sensing the now powered up Gohan during his fight with Gotenks after he got out of the Chamber. When lead to him thinking of ways to improve himself. Which he achieved with said low cunning.

Eventually deciding the best way to was to take Gotenks power and Piccolo's intelligence into himself. After which he became more like Perfect Cell in attitude.

slimcoder The Head of the Hydra Since: May, 2013
The Head of the Hydra
#79457: Feb 21st 2018 at 7:53:32 PM

He became pretty savage too at least in the original dub.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0PA8Mo6ij1s&list=LLL7XU9dNX0vBZGWCaICXOyg&index=2

Ouch now that's stone cold.

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Anomalocaris20 from Sagittarius A* Since: Sep, 2010 Relationship Status: Love blinded me (with science!)
#79458: Feb 21st 2018 at 7:55:38 PM

It's not savage without the rest of that quote. "If fact, he wonders why you let him get absorbed."

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slimcoder The Head of the Hydra Since: May, 2013
The Head of the Hydra
#79459: Feb 21st 2018 at 7:56:39 PM

[up] Now that's a Fatality right there.

...... No wait, its a motherfucking Brutality.

"I am Alpharius. This is a lie."
agent-trunks IHE from Every-where, but there Since: Apr, 2015
IHE
#79460: Feb 21st 2018 at 8:07:49 PM

Fatalities tends to be more gorier than Brutalities

Bocaj Funny but not helpful from Here or thereabouts (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Pining for the fjords
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#79461: Feb 21st 2018 at 8:08:35 PM

Gonna need a senzu to heal that burn

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#79462: Feb 21st 2018 at 10:03:16 PM

Anyone got a good estimation about how strong SSB Goku is to Beerus in the TOP?

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#79463: Feb 21st 2018 at 11:23:01 PM

Maybe 30 times weaker? Around that, judging by Vegeta's performance against God Toppo.

Saiga Since: Feb, 2011 Relationship Status: Getting away with murder
#79464: Feb 21st 2018 at 11:51:37 PM

I didn't really like that line for how little sense it makes. Like, Boo's just lying, and it's super obvious. That's not a good burn.

Anomalocaris20 from Sagittarius A* Since: Sep, 2010 Relationship Status: Love blinded me (with science!)
#79465: Feb 21st 2018 at 11:53:46 PM

It's obviously a lie, though it is at least a more biting way of saying "remember when I absorbed your little bro because you failed to stop me?", true or not.

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Sigilbreaker26 Serial Procrastinator Since: Nov, 2017
Serial Procrastinator
#79466: Feb 21st 2018 at 11:53:48 PM

It's a fantastic burn and even if he is lying it's guaranteed to get under Gohan's skin - which is exactly why you taunt your opponent at all.

"And when the last law was down and the Devil turned round on you, where would you hide, the laws all being flat?"
slimcoder The Head of the Hydra Since: May, 2013
The Head of the Hydra
#79467: Feb 21st 2018 at 11:54:54 PM

There's also a degree of truth since it is partly Gohan's fault for Goten's absorption.

"I am Alpharius. This is a lie."
Saiga Since: Feb, 2011 Relationship Status: Getting away with murder
#79468: Feb 21st 2018 at 11:56:33 PM

No, it's not fantastic at all. Pointing out that Gohan let him get absorbed could be a burn, it just makes no sense to do it from the obviously incorrect angle.

slimcoder The Head of the Hydra Since: May, 2013
The Head of the Hydra
#79469: Feb 21st 2018 at 11:59:26 PM

Its a petty insult.

It doesn't have to be complex.

Plus he did absorb the kids & is prolly influenced by them.

edited 22nd Feb '18 12:00:14 AM by slimcoder

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Sigilbreaker26 Serial Procrastinator Since: Nov, 2017
Serial Procrastinator
#79470: Feb 22nd 2018 at 12:04:18 AM

He does it from the most painful possible angle. It's exactly the sort of thing you should be saying to undermine your opponent in that situation.

"And when the last law was down and the Devil turned round on you, where would you hide, the laws all being flat?"
Saiga Since: Feb, 2011 Relationship Status: Getting away with murder
#79471: Feb 22nd 2018 at 12:41:53 AM

That's not really painful at all. It's just too blatantly false to have any emotion behind it.

Like, saying something that is true will always be more scathing than just making shit up.

randomness4 Ghost '11 from The Land of Inconvenience Since: Sep, 2011
Ghost '11
#79472: Feb 22nd 2018 at 12:45:43 AM

It doesn't really matter which angle Boo takes...if Gohand takes the bait regardless.

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Sigilbreaker26 Serial Procrastinator Since: Nov, 2017
Serial Procrastinator
#79473: Feb 22nd 2018 at 1:17:43 AM

It's close enough to the truth to hurt, especially if Gohan is feeling guilty over Goten being absorbed.

"And when the last law was down and the Devil turned round on you, where would you hide, the laws all being flat?"
Saiga Since: Feb, 2011 Relationship Status: Getting away with murder
#79474: Feb 22nd 2018 at 1:19:56 AM

It's literally the opposite of the truth.

randomness4 Ghost '11 from The Land of Inconvenience Since: Sep, 2011
Ghost '11
#79475: Feb 22nd 2018 at 1:29:13 AM

Has there ever been a moment where this type of mind game was used and it wasn't a lie?

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