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fasoman1996 Google "big ears" from Argentina (A.K.A. Naziland) Since: Dec, 2014 Relationship Status: Baby don't hurt me!
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#34477: Dec 23rd 2018 at 12:14:12 PM

Kinda slipped under the radar.

But yeah, that battle was intense and brutal.

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BlackYakuzu94 CHADhan Player. from Easy Coast/NY Since: May, 2013 Relationship Status: Longing for my OTP
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#34478: Dec 23rd 2018 at 12:17:00 PM

So it's between Everyone vs. Vegeta or Everyone vs. Freeza.

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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
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#34480: Dec 23rd 2018 at 12:18:39 PM

I'm shocked that everyone vs Vegeta and Goku vs Freeza didn't even make it on the list, and I have no idea which of the two will win. Hell, it could even be neither of them.

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BlackYakuzu94 CHADhan Player. from Easy Coast/NY Since: May, 2013 Relationship Status: Longing for my OTP
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#34482: Dec 23rd 2018 at 12:25:51 PM

I'm leaning towards Everyone vs. Vegeta based on their parameters; they said choreograph, and pacing would be considered and when you get down to it, Freeza's fight honestly does not have much of either.

There are some unique things like Freeza's telekineses, and Goku using torpedo Kamehameha's, but once Goku transforms, the fight just becomes a slugfest for the most part. And I don't think we need to get started on the pacing.

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Thebrawlbro Since: Aug, 2013
#34483: Dec 23rd 2018 at 12:29:10 PM

Well, the first honorable mention is Goku vs Freeza, so it’s out.

Edited by Thebrawlbro on Dec 23rd 2018 at 3:29:56 PM

TheMageofFire Since: May, 2012
#34484: Dec 23rd 2018 at 12:30:47 PM

holy shit an hour of honorable mentions what the fuck

slimcoder The Head of the Hydra Since: May, 2013
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#34485: Dec 23rd 2018 at 12:33:42 PM

Man it’s weird how brutal Goku vs Piccolo is.

Compared to future fights they never were able capture that level of just beating the utter shit out of each other.

Edited by slimcoder on Dec 23rd 2018 at 12:33:50 PM

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fasoman1996 Google "big ears" from Argentina (A.K.A. Naziland) Since: Dec, 2014 Relationship Status: Baby don't hurt me!
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#34486: Dec 23rd 2018 at 12:40:03 PM

There are brutal fights in DBZ but they aren't as equally brutal as Goku vs Piccolo.

There is Recoome vs Gohan and the infamous Spopovich vs Videl

Edited by fasoman1996 on Dec 23rd 2018 at 5:40:28 PM

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Ghilz Perpetually Confused from Yeeted at Relativistic Velocities Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Barbecuing
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#34487: Dec 23rd 2018 at 12:49:27 PM

I fully agree with Goku V Freeza not making the list. It's LOOOONG and boring.

HandsomeRob Leader of the Holey Brotherhood from The land of broken records Since: Jan, 2015
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#34488: Dec 23rd 2018 at 12:51:51 PM

Goku vs Piccolo deserves the spot.

And with Goku vs Freeza getting only an honourable mention, I guess we know what fight is left. There's no other battle that hasn't already been mentioned that's as big as Goku vs Vegeta round 1.

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Medigo03 Since: Sep, 2013
#34489: Dec 23rd 2018 at 12:54:20 PM

Everyon VS Frieza was more of an event than a fight.

But I would still put it over anything in Super.

slimcoder The Head of the Hydra Since: May, 2013
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#34490: Dec 23rd 2018 at 12:58:08 PM

[up][up][up] There were good moments.

Base Goku vs Frieza had some fun shit.

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WillKeaton from Alberta, Canada Since: Jun, 2010
#34491: Dec 23rd 2018 at 1:17:37 PM

The figures from left to right are, Krillin in space suit, Nappa, Super Saiyan Goku, Imperfect Cell, and this figure of Goku with the turban that I'm pretty sure is from his appearance at the start of the 23rd World Martial Arts Tournament.

Edited by WillKeaton on Dec 23rd 2018 at 2:34:03 AM

BlackYakuzu94 CHADhan Player. from Easy Coast/NY Since: May, 2013 Relationship Status: Longing for my OTP
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#34492: Dec 23rd 2018 at 1:28:54 PM

So yea, number 1 is the first fight with Vegeta.

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Ghilz Perpetually Confused from Yeeted at Relativistic Velocities Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Barbecuing
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#34493: Dec 23rd 2018 at 1:40:20 PM

[up][up] It's Goku dressed as the Monkey King from Journey to the West, from some of the manga's covers

As Dragonball started as a parody/retelling of Journey to the West, Toriyama has often drawn the characters as original counterparts. The outfit is also in some of the games, in Xenoverse 1 or 2.

Edited by Ghilz on Dec 23rd 2018 at 4:43:33 AM

Kamiccolo Since: May, 2018
#34494: Dec 23rd 2018 at 1:45:46 PM

Goku vs Freeza being long and boring is mostly the fault of the anime; the manga version of SS Goku vs Freeza was actually well-paced and very well-drawn, though I probably still wouldn't put it in my top 10. It's not that special.

I'm actually, genuinely surprised it's not in their's.

Edited by Kamiccolo on Dec 23rd 2018 at 1:47:01 AM

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#34495: Dec 23rd 2018 at 1:49:57 PM

It's clear at this point this is judged by the anime versions, not the manga.

Some fights wouldn't be as high as they were if they were judged by the manga

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Ghilz Perpetually Confused from Yeeted at Relativistic Velocities Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Barbecuing
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#34496: Dec 23rd 2018 at 1:50:50 PM

Well it's a top 12, so if it's not in the top 10, it only gives it 2 places it can be, so not surprising it might narrowly miss the cut. It's how numbers work.

I will give Vegeta vs Everyone some kuddos, I like that Vegeta is partially responsible for his loss. His pride gets in the way, and instead of fighting carefully and weather Goku down (who can't keep the Kaioken up for long), Vegeta gets so pissed at being made to bleed and overpowered once, he gets in a beam struggle which he loses, loses his tail, and then gets distracted enough to get spirit bombed

Vegeta does as much as the people fighting him to lose that fight, and it's all because of his Pride, which incidentally, will be his fatal flaw for the rest of the Manga.

WillKeaton from Alberta, Canada Since: Jun, 2010
#34497: Dec 23rd 2018 at 1:57:05 PM

I was hoping they'd bring up that Dead Zone fight with the power pole and swords. They didn't.

BlackYakuzu94 CHADhan Player. from Easy Coast/NY Since: May, 2013 Relationship Status: Longing for my OTP
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#34498: Dec 23rd 2018 at 2:04:48 PM

Yea, that's one of the best things about the first Vegeta fight. Had he kept his cool, he could have won easily. The fact he was STILL a hard fight despite that really sells his powerful he was.

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Saiga Since: Feb, 2011 Relationship Status: Getting away with murder
#34499: Dec 23rd 2018 at 3:10:56 PM

He also didn't know how the Kaio-ken worked, which makes him flipping out easy to understand.

HandsomeRob Leader of the Holey Brotherhood from The land of broken records Since: Jan, 2015
Leader of the Holey Brotherhood
#34500: Dec 23rd 2018 at 3:12:11 PM

Heh. Yeah. If he'd known how badly Goku had hurt himself with that last round of Kaioken, he likely wouldn't have resorted to the full moon transformation.

Hindsight huh?

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