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Kamiccolo Since: May, 2018
#32826: Sep 27th 2018 at 7:46:46 PM

... what. Other than Toriyama's style Gohan's resemblance to Goku is... not a whole lot.
Freeza says that kid Gohan looks like Raditz. Somehow.

LSBK Since: Sep, 2014
#32827: Sep 27th 2018 at 7:49:14 PM

Clearly the characters recognizes resemblances that don't necessarily translate in the art. It's not great, but I don't think it's particularly uncommon either.

Arha Since: Jan, 2010
#32828: Sep 27th 2018 at 7:51:10 PM

He does! They're both pinkish skinned humanoids with black hair, two eyes, five fingers on each of their two hands and so on. They look way more similar than, say, Gohan and Piccolo, a green skinned bald guy with antenna and weird red patches on his arms.

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#32829: Sep 27th 2018 at 8:01:26 PM

[up][up] This. I don't remember this moment, but presumably it's before he meets Goku. Once Goku takes the field, he takes up most of Frieza's attention.

He's observing the family resemblance, but doesn't have Goku to use as a frame of reference.

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#32830: Sep 27th 2018 at 8:03:55 PM

It's right after Gohan blasts Freeza in his 3rd form. Freeza recognizes that the kid got immensely stronger after he nearly died, and comes to the conclusion that he's a Saiyan. He thinks that he might be Raditz' kid since he looks a bit like Raditz.

LSBK Since: Sep, 2014
#32831: Sep 27th 2018 at 8:04:51 PM

I remember the moment - it's after Gohan freaks out on Frieza while he was in his third form and surprised him with that huge blast.

Frieza figures Gohan has to be a Saiyan child and that Raditz is the most likely father.

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Edited by LSBK on Sep 27th 2018 at 10:04:28 AM

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#32832: Sep 27th 2018 at 9:03:08 PM

Gohan looks a lot like Goku.

Once Gohan gets old enough, he looks like Goku with different hair. I first noticed this during his fight against Perfect Cell. At one point there's a closeup on his face as he's smiling, and he's the spiting image of his dad...and this is when he's only about 9 or 10.

It's even more pronounced when he's 16.

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#32833: Sep 27th 2018 at 9:10:09 PM

Basically the only physical difference between adult Goku and adult Gohan is that Gohan is a couple inches taller, they have different hair, Gohan's face is a little longer, and Goku's shoulders are a bit broader.

Edited by PushoverMediaCritic on Sep 27th 2018 at 9:09:48 AM

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#32834: Sep 27th 2018 at 9:37:49 PM

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#32835: Sep 27th 2018 at 10:02:23 PM

Gohan's face is a little longer

I'm not even sure Gohan's face is longer, so much as he has a higher hairline. Like, more hair style than face difference.

Though now that people mention Freeza finding that Gohan looks like Raditz, it occurs to me that Raditz actually resembles Vegeta more than Goku (And therefore his own dad).

Both have a Pointed hairline, including small "Hook" like hair above the ears on each side of their heads. It's especially true if you compare with Saiyan Saga!Vegeta (As Toriyama altered his design by Namek). Vegeta's head is basically Raditz, only a bit wider and it gets even wider at the top.

Look at the identical hairlines!

Edited by Ghilz on Sep 27th 2018 at 1:10:42 PM

Nightwire Since: Feb, 2010
#32836: Sep 28th 2018 at 1:03:34 AM

No one in Raditz's family has ever had that receding hairline. Where did he get it from?

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#32837: Sep 28th 2018 at 1:09:31 AM

Maybe his mom isn't actually Gine. Maybe it's King Vegeta.

unnoun Since: Jan, 2012
#32838: Sep 28th 2018 at 3:06:38 AM

Or maybe Gine was related to the royal family. Maybe the reason Gine was put on a purging squad despite sucking at it and needing to be saved all the time, and the reason she got such a cushy job at the meat distribution center was good old fashioned nepotism.

Granted, there's no family resemblance with Gine either. The character Gine resembles most is End-Of-Z's Goten.

Maybe it skips a generation, I dunno.

Eriorguez Since: Jun, 2009
#32839: Sep 28th 2018 at 3:09:23 AM

Gohan has a slighty lighter skin tone than Goku, being closer to Chi-Chi's. But that almost never grabs anybody's attention.

By the way, where did Trunks get blue eyes from? Unless they come from his maternal grandmother, they just come out of left field.

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#32840: Sep 28th 2018 at 3:12:54 AM

I was really hoping for a reaction to my statement that King Vegeta was Raditz' mom, but whatever. I'm not very good at shock humor.

[up]Bulma's eyes are also blue.

Eriorguez Since: Jun, 2009
#32841: Sep 28th 2018 at 3:30:41 AM

...

Derp, Mandela effect screwed my memories; I blame the green anime hair!

Nightwire Since: Feb, 2010
#32842: Sep 28th 2018 at 6:30:54 AM

[up][up] Turns out Saiyans are hermaphrodites all along.

It's the true key to their survival.

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#32843: Sep 28th 2018 at 6:34:40 AM

No one in Raditz's family has ever had that receding hairline. Where did he get it from?

Maybe it's not natural. He shaves it to look like Vegeta, whom he idolises?

WillKeaton from Alberta, Canada Since: Jun, 2010
#32844: Sep 28th 2018 at 9:38:51 AM

On the topic of appearance, when Dragonball Z first aired the shot of cast at the end of the opening credits shows everyone as they are during the android saga. I saw one guy in the back who looked like Goku, but had short hair. It wasn't until we got to the Android arc and Yamcha cut his hair that I realized it was him.

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#32845: Sep 28th 2018 at 9:41:40 AM

I always wondered why the Buu Saga opening didn't update halfway through the arc. Hilarious how the group shot at the end had two of Gohan's classmates there as if they were important (And i can't remember their names)

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#32846: Sep 28th 2018 at 4:01:02 PM

I want to say their names were Erasa and... Butter? Football? Some really low effort pun.

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#32848: Sep 28th 2018 at 5:49:38 PM

I wonder how long will the school arc will actually be.

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#32849: Sep 28th 2018 at 6:27:50 PM

I remember from one of their DBZ Let's Plays (I think Xenoverse 2?) that they mentioned that, while they hated it as kids, the Great Saiyaman arc is now one of their favorite parts of the Buu saga, so... who knows?

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#32850: Sep 28th 2018 at 9:03:49 PM

As a kid who wants everything to be EDGY and COOL like VEGETA, the Great Saiyaman segment is a cringeworthy bit of painfully ridiculous nonsense.

As an adult who appreciates the sum of what Dragon Ball is, the Great Saiyaman segment is a hilarious extension of Gohan as a character. It's cringeworthy, but deliberately so; indeed, the reactions of the characters around Gohan sell the absurdity by making clear that no, we are not supposed to be taking this seriously at all.

The Great Saiyaman is awesome for the same reason that the Ginyu Force were awesome: because here is this idiot making a total ass of himself, and he can piledrive you into the ground if you try and say his poses aren't epic. Gohan is so powerful that he has the luxury of being an embarrassing dumbass.

This exact same premise of the embarrassing clod who is also the most powerful thing around would, many years later, go on to become the whole joke of One Punch Man.

Edited by TobiasDrake on Sep 28th 2018 at 10:04:18 AM

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