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PushoverMediaCritic I'm sorry Tien, but I must go all out. from the Italy of America Since: Jul, 2015 Relationship Status: watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ
I'm sorry Tien, but I must go all out.
#31251: Sep 1st 2018 at 8:38:16 PM

I really want them to reference that moment like this:

Trunks gets shot

Yamcha: "He's still alive, but just barely!"

Trunks coughs up blood

Yamcha: "Aaaand, now he's not."

Except, you know, with a better worded punchline.

Edited by PushoverMediaCritic on Sep 1st 2018 at 8:37:54 AM

slimcoder The Head of the Hydra Since: May, 2013
The Head of the Hydra
#31252: Sep 1st 2018 at 8:54:52 PM

I wonder how killing Future Trunks is gonna piss of Geets exactly.

"I am Alpharius. This is a lie."
randomness4 Ghost '11 from The Land of Inconvenience Since: Sep, 2011
Ghost '11
#31253: Sep 1st 2018 at 8:56:50 PM

Because 16 insulted his parenting...

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BlackYakuzu94 CHADhan Player. from Easy Coast/NY Since: May, 2013 Relationship Status: Longing for my OTP
CHADhan Player.
#31254: Sep 1st 2018 at 8:57:36 PM

Probably Geets making fun of him for getting killed, and then having a What Is This Feeling? moment on why he's so pissed off about it.

"Haha, loser now you know how it feels hahahahaha...wait, why am I so pissed off about him getting killed, this supposed to be hilarious..."

Actually, in some black comedic way, Trunks died the same way Vegeta did. Death Beam through the chest.

A lazy millennial who's good at what he does.
Cross (Don’t ask)
#31255: Sep 1st 2018 at 9:11:03 PM

Which Krillin conveniently brought up this episode.

Enlong Court Dragon from The Underground Facility Since: May, 2011 Relationship Status: is commanded to— WANK!
Court Dragon
#31256: Sep 2nd 2018 at 6:00:09 AM

...it just hit me that "Vegeta junior junior" was a call back to Nappa naming a Saibaman "Vegeta Junior". And now it makes sense why that one just happened to be talking like Nappa.

It's been so long that my first thought that it was a reference to the exact same thing that the Nappa joke itself was a reference to.

Edited by Enlong on Sep 2nd 2018 at 8:59:38 AM

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theLibrarian Since: Jul, 2009
#31257: Sep 2nd 2018 at 9:47:10 AM

I'm just glad that they let up on the Goku bashing for a while. Not that I think his Abridged persona is entirely blameless but geez Gohan, I know you were forced into this but really? Even when your family and loved ones are under threat and the entire world is at stake you refuse to fight?

BlackYakuzu94 CHADhan Player. from Easy Coast/NY Since: May, 2013 Relationship Status: Longing for my OTP
CHADhan Player.
#31258: Sep 2nd 2018 at 9:56:33 AM

I'm just glad Gohan was called out for his self-righteous attitude; Goku being a bad father is one thing, but Gohan seemed to blame almost all of his problems on someone else.

A lazy millennial who's good at what he does.
Arha Since: Jan, 2010
#31259: Sep 2nd 2018 at 10:05:59 AM

Wow, this episode is really boring.

Yeah, that episode was shit from start to finish and while the writers may have had a point about Gohan, it's really jarring.

Edited by Arha on Sep 2nd 2018 at 12:12:50 PM

Sigilbreaker26 Serial Procrastinator Since: Nov, 2017
Serial Procrastinator
#31260: Sep 2nd 2018 at 10:17:22 AM

I could have done with a few more jokes but I appreciated the ones we got. They honestly shouldn't have gone for the preview because Gohan successfully dodging is one of the best ones and we kinda got spoiled for that one.

(I appreciated the "cake means keikaku" joke though).

"And when the last law was down and the Devil turned round on you, where would you hide, the laws all being flat?"
Arha Since: Jan, 2010
#31261: Sep 2nd 2018 at 10:24:28 AM

That was literally the only joke I liked.

HandsomeRob Leader of the Holey Brotherhood from The land of broken records Since: Jan, 2015
Leader of the Holey Brotherhood
#31262: Sep 2nd 2018 at 10:32:36 AM

[up]

I think you're the only person to see the episode that way.

I'm curious: why did you find it boring?

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Arha Since: Jan, 2010
#31263: Sep 2nd 2018 at 10:35:59 AM

Because it wasn't funny? That's not good for a parody. I also don't care for their interpretation of the series.

lara16 Since: Mar, 2018
#31264: Sep 2nd 2018 at 10:50:27 AM

I thought the episode was alright, but I agree there was kind of a lack of jokes. I realize DBZ Abridged was never just a parody and had its own writing, but they kind of just copied a lot of the original here, only with a vaguely jokey tone here and there. Like, the Gohan transformation thing? It's basically just what happens in the actual show. I'm really not watching a parody show for "cool moments" or whatever either, and the whole Gohan situation felt a bit forced, so it kinda fell flat for me overall.

I loved the stuff with Cell Jr, Yamcha, and Dodge though. It didn't disappoint overall. I'm looking forward to the next episode.

Sigilbreaker26 Serial Procrastinator Since: Nov, 2017
Serial Procrastinator
#31265: Sep 2nd 2018 at 11:03:51 AM

Actual genuinely cool moments in Abridged tend to revolve more around clever scripting rather than what were the cool moments in the original ("It means god. Now bow." is probably the most notable one.) They also tend to be pretty good at editing some cool action beats out of some overstuffed material. On the other hand, moments like Gohan going SSJ 2 is just screaming, so... yeah. Not a lot of material to work with.

Like, the best for the lack of a better term, "serious" material was mainly the Android stuff or the Imperfect/Semiperfect Cell stuff, when they had the room to make it funny-cool (see the Vegeta/19 fight, for instance). When it comes to Gohan/Cell there's just not as much room to make it funny.

Edited by Sigilbreaker26 on Sep 2nd 2018 at 6:06:57 PM

"And when the last law was down and the Devil turned round on you, where would you hide, the laws all being flat?"
sgamer82 Since: Jan, 2001
#31266: Sep 2nd 2018 at 11:06:24 AM

[up]I wonder if that's part of why they did their own version of the transformation song.

Sigilbreaker26 Serial Procrastinator Since: Nov, 2017
Serial Procrastinator
#31267: Sep 2nd 2018 at 11:15:37 AM

Like, if I'm to be perfectly honest; they probably could end it here and I'm not sure we would lose a ton. They've brought out a lot of really solid episodes but I'm not sure how good material the Buu arc is for parody, since at that point it's almost self-parody already, and the Cell arc has already been clearly pushing the limits of their ability. This feels like a natural ending to DBZA and I think if they pushed it any further they might end up overstaying their welcome.

"And when the last law was down and the Devil turned round on you, where would you hide, the laws all being flat?"
randomness4 Ghost '11 from The Land of Inconvenience Since: Sep, 2011
Ghost '11
#31268: Sep 2nd 2018 at 11:17:00 AM

Soooooo, why does Cell despise Gohand?

Gonna be real lost, honestly.

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Arha Since: Jan, 2010
Sigilbreaker26 Serial Procrastinator Since: Nov, 2017
Serial Procrastinator
#31270: Sep 2nd 2018 at 11:23:26 AM

Arha, whether it's autocorrect or some internal joke I'm not privy to, Randomness clearly means Gohan.

And I think he hates him because from Cell's perspective, they're all weaklings trying to defend their planet uselessly, but at least they're trying. Gohan is faced with the destruction of his planet and he's still not getting in the robot, so to speak.

Edited by Sigilbreaker26 on Sep 2nd 2018 at 6:25:34 PM

"And when the last law was down and the Devil turned round on you, where would you hide, the laws all being flat?"
sgamer82 Since: Jan, 2001
#31271: Sep 2nd 2018 at 11:24:42 AM

[up][up][up] Cell tried to make a Gohandout account (Gohand for short) to get money to make/promote the Cell Games, but his account was closed because, unlike Heatap, they had qualms about supporting the Apocalypse. That's why Cell was forced to go the DIY route.

Edited by sgamer82 on Sep 2nd 2018 at 12:26:44 PM

Weirdguy149 Former King from Lumiose City Since: Jul, 2014 Relationship Status: I'd jump in front of a train for ya!
Former King
#31272: Sep 2nd 2018 at 11:27:07 AM

And now I'm imagining Abridged Goku dressed up as Gendo saying "Get in the robot, Gohan!"

The legend has returned.
randomness4 Ghost '11 from The Land of Inconvenience Since: Sep, 2011
Ghost '11
#31273: Sep 2nd 2018 at 11:28:46 AM

I guess Cell randomly expositing the entire series to that one guy a couple episodes ago means he had knowledge about things already...

Too bad this never came up before...

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Sigilbreaker26 Serial Procrastinator Since: Nov, 2017
Serial Procrastinator
#31274: Sep 2nd 2018 at 11:31:46 AM

I mean, he knows all their moves, and those aren't genetic. So you could make a case for outright canon!Cell having genetic memory.

"And when the last law was down and the Devil turned round on you, where would you hide, the laws all being flat?"
Arha Since: Jan, 2010
#31275: Sep 2nd 2018 at 11:36:08 AM

sgamer: Oh okay, that makes sense.


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