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KnownUnknown Since: Jan, 2001
#29801: Jan 27th 2018 at 7:09:51 PM

[up][up] Would it? I feel like they've done that joke at least once before now...

randomness4 Ghost '11 from The Land of Inconvenience Since: Sep, 2011
Ghost '11
#29802: Jan 27th 2018 at 7:45:39 PM

They haven't had a character just be dummer than Karrot...

The dumb characters never interact with him anyway...

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randomness4 Ghost '11 from The Land of Inconvenience Since: Sep, 2011
Ghost '11
#29804: Jan 28th 2018 at 12:07:55 PM

No they didn't.

Karrot showed up, Over 9000 happened, and Nappa immediately got wrecked...

They didn't even say one word to eachother...

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#29805: Jan 28th 2018 at 12:22:23 PM

Well, 1006 happened, Nappa got wrecked off-screen, then over 9000 happened.

Eriorguez Since: Jun, 2009
#29806: Jan 28th 2018 at 4:07:02 PM

I count punching bones into pieces as an interaction.

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#29807: Jan 28th 2018 at 4:20:27 PM

Yeah, but other people are talking about character dialogue interactions.

randomness4 Ghost '11 from The Land of Inconvenience Since: Sep, 2011
Ghost '11
#29808: Jan 28th 2018 at 5:36:23 PM

When put that way, Kakarrot has interacted with almost every character...

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WillKeaton from Alberta, Canada Since: Jun, 2010
#29809: Feb 2nd 2018 at 10:23:43 AM

I've always wondered what Cell's feelings towards Gero were. Now I know.

EndlessSea LEGENDARY GALE from oh no you don't Since: Jul, 2012 Relationship Status: Showing feelings of an almost human nature
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#29810: Feb 2nd 2018 at 11:54:58 AM

I remember seeing the original dub of that scene where Cell did his 17 imitation, and what tipped 18 off that something was wrong was 17 appearing to sincerely praise Gero. Was that in the manga?

but HOW?
Karxrida from Eureka, the Forbidden Land Since: May, 2012 Relationship Status: I LOVE THIS DOCTOR!
#29811: Feb 2nd 2018 at 12:59:36 PM

Wait, that was in the canon show? I thought it was just some random (and hilarious) bit the guys added with their sweet editing skills.

Darthwyn leader of Inherit from The void Since: Feb, 2016 Relationship Status: You cannot grasp the true form
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#29812: Feb 2nd 2018 at 1:01:49 PM

If I remember correctly cell mimics 17's voice to say something along the lines that it was their destiny to become a part of cell.

"Shall I use you, or make you mine... I'm not so sure what I'll do." - Dorthy
LSBK Since: Sep, 2014
#29813: Feb 2nd 2018 at 1:03:34 PM

Specifically, in the Japanese version it's Cell calling Gero, "Dr. Gero-sama", that tips off 18 that it wasn't really 17.

slimcoder The Head of the Hydra Since: May, 2013
The Head of the Hydra
#29815: Feb 2nd 2018 at 3:39:53 PM

Its amusing how deeply ingrained in the minds of the people the Abridged has become.

"I am Alpharius. This is a lie."
Sigilbreaker26 Serial Procrastinator Since: Nov, 2017
Serial Procrastinator
#29816: Feb 2nd 2018 at 5:23:46 PM

Yeah, I was playing Legacy of Goku II and there's a joke in it about Trunks' parentage that caught me off guard since I thought that was an abridged only thing.

Mandela effect, essentially.

edited 2nd Feb '18 5:24:18 PM by Sigilbreaker26

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randomness4 Ghost '11 from The Land of Inconvenience Since: Sep, 2011
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#29817: Feb 2nd 2018 at 5:37:48 PM

What josh would that be?

I'm curious.

edited 2nd Feb '18 5:38:18 PM by randomness4

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Sannom (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#29818: Feb 3rd 2018 at 2:44:14 PM

C18 (French here) probably has the largest amount of "Oh My God!" among the DBZA antagonists, right?

wanderlustwarrior Role Model from Where Gods Belong Since: Jun, 2009 Relationship Status: What's love got to do with it?
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#29819: Feb 3rd 2018 at 3:10:34 PM

Some of hers are more of an exasperated "Oh my god(, I can't believe you're that dumb)."

My interpretation of the (canon only, I haven't watched extra cutscenes yet) DBFZ story seems to suggest a character interpretation I hadn't previously considered for Dr. Gero, when coupled with 16 (and 17 and 18's) post script backstory:
He strikes me as a case of someone who loved, if not fully understood, his mate/partner/"wife". It seems that the Androids 16 through 21, including Cell, may have been an attempt of his to reunite his "family" in more-perfect bodies.

  • 21's backstory is explained in game.
  • Cell could've been Gero's intended vessel. It's design would've been "ultimate life form" in body specifically, but the personality was pretty much doomed to be uncontrollable and unpredictable based off of the parameters of its creation. His biomass absorption ability, and ability to absorb 17 and 18, could've been a more primitive attempt at the "linking" phenomenon, which he could've intended to perfect for use on himself and his partner (when her body was designed). He died before it was completed.
  • Android 20 was him temporarily transferring his consciousness into a more capable body in case it wore out on him before linking could be perfected. It also gave him a stronger body he knew he could control, whereas the others weren't perfected yet.
  • Android 19 could've been the prototype for 20, and gave him backup for things he still wasn't capable of. Additionally, it was the first instance of energy absorption, which could've been early linking technology.
  • 17 and 18, as twins, could've been his successful models of stable host bodies that already had their own consciousness, to test the ability of a pair of artificial bodies to remain compatible people. The infinite energy generators could've worked as an example of sustained life for himself and his partner in the eventual ultimate life form design. The innate consciousnesses could've proved too powerful in either timeline, which is why they were put on ice in the canon, and why they might've presumably killed him before he finished his work in Future Trunks' timeline.
    • The South City attack in either timeline could've been a test-drive that went out of hand. In Future Trunks' because they overpowered him (and 19) early, and in canon because while he waited until he knew he'd outpaced any physical threat Earth had seen prior to Trunks' warning, he wasn't counting on Z-Fighter offworld experience or time travelers throwing off his math.
  • Android 16 was the attempt at an artificial human minus the original soul. Perhaps it was stalled until he had himself, his partner, and his son's bodies, and the linking technology, ready, and would've used the Dragon Balls to bring back the souls for insertion.

edited 3rd Feb '18 3:32:50 PM by wanderlustwarrior

slimcoder The Head of the Hydra Since: May, 2013
The Head of the Hydra
#29820: Feb 3rd 2018 at 3:29:03 PM

Something I found amusing is the revelation of why the Ginyu Force is so loyal to Frieza over in Fighter Z.

Turns out Frieza gives out fantastic benefits which includes dental & getting your own planet.

It makes the whole "Pay you to live" joke funnier knowing that.

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Sannom (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#29821: Feb 3rd 2018 at 4:52:57 PM

He is nicer to Ginyu than to his direct subordinates in Abridged though. He thinks of sending their families wine and a gift basket for their loss, whereas he only misses Zarbon after losing him.

Hobgoblin Since: Nov, 2010 Relationship Status: Above such petty unnecessities
#29822: Feb 3rd 2018 at 5:35:44 PM

Frieza was never really a dick to the Ginyu Force until Super, where he laughs when Ginyu is killed by Vegeta.

Kinda funny how TFS called that.

edited 3rd Feb '18 5:36:11 PM by Hobgoblin

Medigo03 Since: Sep, 2013
#29823: Feb 4th 2018 at 1:08:14 AM

Frieza being a dick to his subordinates was an anime invention anyway

sure he gets mad over their failures. But he never kills any of them

Parable Since: Aug, 2009
#29824: Feb 4th 2018 at 1:45:40 AM

Abridged also implies that the Ginyu Force isn't just Frieza's personal top team, as both King Cold and Cooler have standing orders to Ginyu that supercede anything Frieza says.

Specifically dances that Frieza has to sit through if he wants to get anything done.

edited 4th Feb '18 1:46:08 AM by Parable

Moth13 Since: Sep, 2010
#29825: Feb 5th 2018 at 7:53:54 PM

I never caught this before, but in the scene of Bulma playing back the final message of Gero's son, it's mentioned Dr. Gero was working with Dr. Frappe, the guy the anime made to be the creator of Android 8, back when nobody thought that would ever get brought up again. That's a really neat touch.

edited 5th Feb '18 7:54:26 PM by Moth13


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