He sure was funny in the dub I grew up with
He coined the term "peanut boy" and his conversations tended to bring up food for no reason.
I liked the episode. I'm sure Hercule isn't dead, as it's not just C-16's head: His character from then on only makes sense if he was there to witness the fight. I'm guessing the public will think he's dead, only for him to emerge alive and well at the end.
I can sort of see the logic in killing him.
If Satan never saw the rest of the fight, then his insistence that it's all light shows and clever tricks can be done from a point of genuine ignorance rather than belligerent denial.
And he's one of the few characters to avoid dying in the Buu arc, so they can have this be his first death without messing up anything in the future canon.
The idea that he survived his reckless charge against Cell was always a stretch in the first place, given both how much more powerful than him Cell is and how few f*cks Cell would give about cherry tapping to avoid killing him. If he wasn't a named character, that offhand strike would have taken his head off.
edited 25th Mar '17 6:29:13 AM by TobiasDrake
My Tumblr. Currently side-by-side liveblogging Digimon Adventure, sub vs dub.Well to be fair, he's coming off of watching a bout between a grown man and the son of an ancient demon king who overthrew the world government, during which Piccolo blew up the ring, became giant, and threatened to murder everyone present IIRC. I think the announcer was just desensitized.
And possibly a little crazy. I mean he stuck around to referee even after everybody else fled in terror.
edited 25th Mar '17 7:33:27 AM by Soble
I'M MR. MEESEEKS, LOOK AT ME!Well, not just belligerence. A fair bit of it is probably just shock from suddenly being thrown into the vast ocean of people who can destroy the world without breaking a sweat.
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I'd like to correct something here. Piccolo didn't just blow up the ring, he blew up the entire island (in that he completely destroyed the surface). Also, all of those things happened in reverse order.
edited 25th Mar '17 11:01:38 AM by Zelenal
Let the joy of love give you an answer! Check out my book!I admit, Satan surviving Cell pimp slapping him out of the ring can feel like a massive stretch (although we know the Z warriors can control their Ki enough to avoid killing someone weaker than them quite easily).
It doesn't change the fact he lived because Toriyama wanted him to live however.
It could go either way: I do agree that him actually witnessing the real fight is a big thing for his character, but also that him not seeing what happens next would make his insistence on it all being fake more...realistic.
We'll see how it goes.
One Strip! One Strip!That's probably why he lived...that and the fact that Toriyama doesn't really make a joke out of characters dying.
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You mean like Launch being able to hurt Goku with Bullets when he's already tanked a handgun to the face back when he first met Bulma?
They've used one clip from GT...exactly.
Rules of the Internet 45. Rule 45 is a lie. Check out my art if you notice.Yeah, and what about the time he got hurt in his SSJ form when Krillin hit him in the nose with a rock, when he was able to completely No-Sell a friggin' death beam from Frieza in that same form?
No beer?! But if there's no beer, then there's no beef or beans!Fuck Toei.
I wonder what the Dragon Ball anime would have been like if a studio that wasn't a pile of garbage got their hands on it.
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I thought he was a funny character in the original.
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