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randomness4 Ghost '11 from The Land of Inconvenience Since: Sep, 2011
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#89626: Nov 13th 2018 at 12:31:26 AM

Not all of them.

Edited by randomness4 on Nov 13th 2018 at 12:31:53 PM

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slimcoder The Head of the Hydra Since: May, 2013
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#89627: Nov 13th 2018 at 12:33:33 AM

What is the least copy-cat movie?

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#89628: Nov 13th 2018 at 12:44:34 AM

That would actually be the first Broly movie, as far as I can remember. There are some similar elements to the ongoing Cell arc, and Broly's design is absolutely inspired by SS1G3 Trunks, but almost all of it is original.

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#89629: Nov 13th 2018 at 12:50:15 AM

Pretty sure Battle of Gods takes that spot. I can't recall Ressurection 'F' being a copy of any past arc, either.

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#89630: Nov 13th 2018 at 1:04:22 AM

Okay, yeah, the Super movies are more original (I know the Z is in the title, but c'mon, they're Super movies). When people refer to the Z movies, I think of everything between Dead Zone and Wrath of the Dragon, nothing before or after that.

Saiga Since: Feb, 2011 Relationship Status: Getting away with murder
#89631: Nov 13th 2018 at 1:41:40 AM

Well, RF isn't very original.

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#89632: Nov 13th 2018 at 2:58:58 AM

I mean, it kind of is? Since we're just talking about originality as far as the Dragon Ball franchise is concerned, bringing back a main villain from the dead to star as the main villain again in a second arc is a first for the franchise.

slimcoder The Head of the Hydra Since: May, 2013
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#89633: Nov 13th 2018 at 3:05:19 AM

Man DB movies have lazy plotting.

Always surprises me whenever I recall how bare-bones they usually are.

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randomness4 Ghost '11 from The Land of Inconvenience Since: Sep, 2011
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#89634: Nov 13th 2018 at 3:16:40 AM

Well the Dragon Ball movies were able to work pretty well, they had to resort to abridging/retelling arcs in order to fill up time with whatever was actually different in them.

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Larkmarn Since: Nov, 2010 Relationship Status: Hello, I love you
#89635: Nov 13th 2018 at 6:48:06 AM

The rumors of Freeza's wish makes sense to me because if I recall correctly, Freeza chooses his lower forms' appearances. Meaning he chose to be huge and huger for his second and third forms. Now that he has enough control to stay in his true form, it makes sense that he'd want to make it more similar to the forms that were actually designed by him.

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#89636: Nov 13th 2018 at 7:13:09 AM

I think World's Strongest is a good contender for least copycatty, at least in the villain aspect.

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Hobgoblin Since: Nov, 2010 Relationship Status: Above such petty unnecessities
#89637: Nov 13th 2018 at 7:14:28 AM

World's Strongest is very neat.

Larkmarn Since: Nov, 2010 Relationship Status: Hello, I love you
#89638: Nov 13th 2018 at 7:20:45 AM

[up][up]Other than the Bio-Men, of course.

Dragon Ball: Plan to Eradicate the Saiyans is pretty unlike anything in DB canon, although calling it original is weird since it's an adaptation of a video game, and the version most people have seen is a remake of said adaptation (and lost of people think that is a Serial Numbers Filed Off version of GT's Baby arc).

Edited by Larkmarn on Nov 13th 2018 at 10:20:59 AM

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#89639: Nov 13th 2018 at 7:37:11 AM

I believe that spoiler because that definitely sounds like something Toriyama would do.

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Larkmarn Since: Nov, 2010 Relationship Status: Hello, I love you
#89640: Nov 13th 2018 at 8:43:52 AM

I mean, it's something he did do. And repeating something he's already done, especially if it's something he didn't remember doing, seems like the most Toriyama thing imaginable.

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unnoun Since: Jan, 2012
#89641: Nov 13th 2018 at 9:07:29 AM

World's Strongest sorta got Copycatted by the main series with Android 20.

Like, a little bit.

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#89642: Nov 13th 2018 at 12:35:11 PM

Don't forget the totally-not-Saibamen.

firewriter Since: Dec, 2016
#89643: Nov 13th 2018 at 12:55:21 PM

I don't mind the concept of Frieza wasting the wish on trying to be taller, because in some ways it makes me conclude the similarities about the Planet Trade Organization and the Red Ribbon Army. Frieza besides being cruel has also had a petty streak, along with being an obnoxious spoiled asshole.

Rinsankajugin Since: Feb, 2012
#89644: Nov 13th 2018 at 1:36:03 PM

[up]I wonder when space androids are gonna be a thing. tongue

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#89645: Nov 13th 2018 at 1:38:52 PM

... you mean Mecha-Freiza and Metal Cooler?

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firewriter Since: Dec, 2016
#89646: Nov 13th 2018 at 1:48:55 PM

Those were things as well. But I like the idea of space androids.

Weirdguy149 Former King from Lumiose City Since: Jul, 2014 Relationship Status: I'd jump in front of a train for ya!
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#89647: Nov 13th 2018 at 1:49:18 PM

They're cyborgs, though.

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slimcoder The Head of the Hydra Since: May, 2013
The Head of the Hydra
#89648: Nov 13th 2018 at 1:49:51 PM

So Universe 3 without the scrubbery basically?

[up] So are 17, 18, & 20 but we still call them Androids to keep things simple.

Edited by slimcoder on Nov 13th 2018 at 1:51:00 AM

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Rinsankajugin Since: Feb, 2012
#89649: Nov 13th 2018 at 2:01:36 PM

I know I was joking, but think about it - what if Frieza made androids that weren't labeled by number.... but by LETTERS! tongue

  • Android H
  • Android H'''
  • Android M
  • Super M
  • Android N
  • Android O
  • Android P
  • Android Q
  • Hellfighter Q
  • Super Q
  • Android R
  • Android S
  • Android S'''
  • Android T/Dr. Kinoko
  • Android U/Beriblu
  • Mitochondria

firewriter Since: Dec, 2016
#89650: Nov 13th 2018 at 2:09:45 PM

Or maybe call the Androids/Cyborgs "Soldiers".


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