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#29951: Feb 13th 2018 at 9:12:15 PM

Did Android 13 really say, "I was programmed to kill your ass"?

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#29952: Feb 13th 2018 at 9:17:36 PM

What I want to know is, did the localizers just get confused about the origin of the Androids or was Toei really that dumb?

13 says that they were created by a computer that's programmed to think that it's Dr. Gero after Gero's death. They're new Androids, designed and built while 17 and 18 were running around hunting for Goku.

So if they were created after 19 and 20, why are they numbered 13-15? Someone f*cked that up and I'd love to know if it's Toei being Toei or the dub being the dub.

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HandsomeRob Leader of the Holey Brotherhood from The land of broken records Since: Jan, 2015
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#29953: Feb 13th 2018 at 9:18:38 PM

It's obvious the dub being Toei, and Toei being the dub.

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#29954: Feb 13th 2018 at 9:23:43 PM

[up][up][up]Yes. I was a bit disappointed they didn't adapt that line wholesale for Abridged.

[up][up]They were in-progress before 16-20, but Gero did indeed shelf them and leave his computer to finish them, for one reason or another.

edited 13th Feb '18 9:25:40 PM by Anomalocaris20

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#29955: Feb 13th 2018 at 9:24:39 PM

I prefer to think that it's a computer programmed to think it's Dr. Gero being a computer programmed to think it's Dr. Gero.

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#29956: Feb 13th 2018 at 9:41:25 PM

I was programmed to kill your ass!

Seriously, that sounds like something straight out of TFS. That it isn't is a marvel.grin

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#29957: Feb 13th 2018 at 10:58:27 PM

"City-Boy" might be the most inaccurate insult anyone has ever lobbed at Goku anywhere in the franchise.

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#29958: Feb 13th 2018 at 11:06:17 PM

Everybody is a city-boy relative to Android 13.

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#29959: Feb 13th 2018 at 11:24:30 PM

Son Goku the hell isn't.

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#29960: Feb 13th 2018 at 11:25:53 PM

Son Goku actually is a hillbilly the same as 13.

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#29961: Feb 14th 2018 at 5:10:03 AM

I think the longest Goku ever spent on a city was when he was hospitalized after the Sayan arc.

Also, fun fact: Goku speaks with a (toned down) hick accent in the original. How amazing would it have been if they kept that in the dub?

edited 14th Feb '18 5:16:21 AM by Heatth

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#29962: Feb 14th 2018 at 5:12:26 AM

People probably would've gotten from the start how stoop he was suppose to be.

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#29963: Feb 14th 2018 at 9:58:28 AM

Seriously, that sounds like something straight out of TFS. That it isn't is a marvel.
Ironically, that line sounds too crude and unrefined for the Abridged version. Maybe for Android 15?

edited 14th Feb '18 9:58:57 AM by Sannom

WillKeaton from Alberta, Canada Since: Jun, 2010
#29964: Feb 14th 2018 at 12:53:19 PM

I was watching Team Four Star play the story mode of FighterZ and they were saying that it's weird that 17 and 18 are still using their numbers instead of Lapis and Lazuli. Didn't Gero wipe their minds when he turned them into cyborgs, thus, they wouldn't know their names?

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#29965: Feb 14th 2018 at 12:55:44 PM

Their names have never been mentioned in any form of media, so it's safe to say they have no memory of them.

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#29966: Feb 14th 2018 at 12:59:25 PM

Unless Gero compleatly changed what they look like, they should be able to be found in some missing person database.

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#29967: Feb 14th 2018 at 1:03:14 PM

I mean, that's literally fixed in 10 minutes with the Dragonballs. And the 10 minutes would include the time it'd take to gather them.

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edited 14th Feb '18 1:03:51 PM by Ghilz

WillKeaton from Alberta, Canada Since: Jun, 2010
#29968: Feb 14th 2018 at 1:05:01 PM

And now I'm picturing what a missing persons database would look like in Dragonball. I mean, what if you're just driving down the highway and get eaten by a dinosaur? Then during Cell's binge you'd have entire cities on that thing. Like, what do the authorities think happened to that city Gero just blew up? And those people never got revived either.

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#29969: Feb 14th 2018 at 1:06:17 PM

Maybe they just don't care.

Maybe they feel like getting those memories back would basically mean that they're rewriting their own personalities.

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#29970: Feb 14th 2018 at 1:07:03 PM

[up][up] More importantly, how do persons database work in Dragonball? Like. if you're a dog, like the king, does it record you as dog, then she species of dog? How many variable must the database include? And without going into mutants like Krillin (no nose) and Tien (three eyes).

[up] My point exactly, it's pretty much they don't care as if they wanted to get this resolved, it's a total non-obstacle for them. Just wish to know the information. Or wish to have the memories without your personality changing. It's literally magic. Heck, just _ask_ Shenron. He's got some limited omniscience (Enough to always know who the speaker is talking about).

edited 14th Feb '18 1:09:29 PM by Ghilz

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#29971: Feb 14th 2018 at 5:42:16 PM

"Don't you lecture me with your $30 haircut! Goku dies!"

I love that line for some reason.

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#29972: Feb 14th 2018 at 7:37:35 PM

Me too.

I think it's implied that they don't abuse the dragon balls as much as is humanly/saiyanly/namekianly possible. Possibly because there may be a large emergency need down the line.

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#29973: Feb 14th 2018 at 8:09:39 PM

It'd suck to burn the Dragon Balls on something and then suddenly need to use them.

...

Like that time in the Buu arc when that totally happened.

edited 14th Feb '18 8:09:50 PM by TobiasDrake

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HandsomeRob Leader of the Holey Brotherhood from The land of broken records Since: Jan, 2015
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#29974: Feb 14th 2018 at 8:12:10 PM

Well, even then, they only lost half a wish.

And to be fair, there were a lot of dead people they needed to bring back thanks to Face–Heel Turn Mid Life Crisis Vegeta. How were they supposed to know that something worse was going on at the same time.

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#29975: Feb 14th 2018 at 8:14:46 PM

I mean, if my husband was Vegeta and he suddenly showed up wearing an evil mark on his face, boasting about how evil he is, and then blew up a bunch of people, I'd check with Goku about WTF before I raced off to go revive people prematurely.

Because I'd feel like some shit was probably going down right now. At the very least, I'd be concerned that Vegeta had gone back to his evil ways and might kill some more people, and think that maybe I should wait until Goku gives me the all clear.

Like. Did Bulma think he was just having a bad day? He accidentally muscle spasmed and killed countless people but it's cool now?

edited 14th Feb '18 8:15:37 PM by TobiasDrake

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