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Fedetropes Call me Blast, not Fedetropes from Doomed universe Since: Dec, 2016 Relationship Status: Shipping fictional characters
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#34776: Jan 21st 2019 at 9:32:04 AM

There's also the question about how he is gonna arrive at earth, unless he has instant transmission or some other teleport move, he can't get off from otherworld

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Moth13 Since: Sep, 2010
#34777: Jan 21st 2019 at 9:39:54 AM

[up][up][up](Broly spoilers still)The fact that the beatdown took place over such an over the top amount of time is what makes it such a hilarious comeuppance, and that Goku and Vegeta are indirectly responsible is the icing on the cake. "Frieza gets smacked around for two minutes" just doesn't have the same ring to it. I think pushing up your glasses and going "um, actually, if you calculate the durability of Golden Frieza and the speed of Broly's punches" is missing the point, because there's no actual science to this. The battle times follow the needs of the plot and the plot is currently going looney toons.

[up][up]Probably just going to say "he was freed when the planet exploded" and leave it at that.

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#34778: Jan 21st 2019 at 10:05:06 AM

That shit was HILARIOUS.

Also, at that point, Broly's learning and keeping up, but if Frieza doesn't push him, he could still stand a chance. And Whis was there to prevent things from going too far, like blowing up the planet, which would've probably been necessary to end that fight.

randomness4 Ghost '11 from The Land of Inconvenience Since: Sep, 2011
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#34779: Jan 21st 2019 at 10:15:09 AM

Gogeta doesn't go skinny in Fusion reborn...

He just ends up fighting Janemba as Fat fusion and surviving due to gags.

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#34780: Jan 21st 2019 at 10:15:58 AM

Maybe Bojack was powerful enough to tank the explosion, and then he piggy-backed on Cell somehow when the latter teleported to Earth?

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#34781: Jan 21st 2019 at 10:18:25 AM

Since the DBZ movies in Abridged are, quoting Vegeta, "so non-canon it hurts", I think they'll use a ridiculous explanation of some kind.

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#34782: Jan 21st 2019 at 10:21:44 AM

Muffin Button.

Or Talking Movie Bubbles can teleport

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#34783: Jan 21st 2019 at 11:09:17 AM

Maybe he was killed in the blast, but some Bojack residue was brought with Perfecter Cell to Earth when he returned.

Then, when Yamcha made the wish to bring back everyone on Earth that Cell killed, that residue revived into a fully-formed Bojack.

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HandsomeRob Leader of the Holey Brotherhood from The land of broken records Since: Jan, 2015
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#34784: Jan 21st 2019 at 11:32:29 AM

Sounds like an excuse to blame Yamcha, but oddly enough that's just ridiculous enough for this series that it could work.

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#34785: Jan 21st 2019 at 12:31:17 PM

@Tobias I'd say it's worse than fusion reborn. Fusion Reborn only had the fat fusion, while Broly has both fat and skinny, not only rehashing Fusion Reborn but it more directly rehashes the sequence of Gotenks' failed fusions

And yeah, the idea of Freeza getting his ass kicked while this is happening is funny, but the fact that Freeza and Broly are able to fight for an hour just shows how bullshit plotlines like the Tournament of Power are for acting like 42 minutes is an extremely long time to fight. There's a real problem in Super with how completely arbitrary they are in how long characters can fight for, which is really bad when you have major plot points revolving around that.

HandsomeRob Leader of the Holey Brotherhood from The land of broken records Since: Jan, 2015
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#34786: Jan 21st 2019 at 1:41:26 PM

...

Haven't seen it yet but I have to ask:

Wasn't this written by Akira Toriyama himself? Why are we assuming Toei is to blame for how long they must have been fighting for? If there's proof they're responsible, then I'll crawl back under my rock (the rent is incredible), but yeah. Why blame Toei specifically?

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#34787: Jan 21st 2019 at 1:58:31 PM

Akira Toriyama is very particular about his jokes.

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#34788: Jan 21st 2019 at 2:19:30 PM

[up][up] Yeah, that most likely came from Toriyama rehashing himself, not Toei rehashing themselves rehashing Toriyama.

Well, to be more accurate Toriyama is rehashing Toei rehashing Toriyama.

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#34789: Jan 21st 2019 at 2:23:41 PM

Which is pretty much this movie's entire concept, between Bardock, Broly, and Gogeta.

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#34790: Jan 21st 2019 at 3:31:19 PM

Maybe he was killed in the blast, but some Bojack residue was brought with Perfecter Cell to Earth when he returned.

Then, when Yamcha made the wish to bring back everyone on Earth that Cell killed, that residue revived into a fully-formed Bojack.

That explanation would work for me. (Bojack tanking Cell's explosion wouldn't work for me; if he's that strong he ought to have been able to escape King Kai's planet.)

The one thing I would add to this explanation would be for Bojack to not know how he got to Earth after Cell exploded, and have a scene where Gohan logics out this explanation.

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#34791: Jan 21st 2019 at 3:34:05 PM

Clearly, Bojack was shielded from the blast by Kaio's planet, given that it was strong enough to hold Bojack in the first place.

HandsomeRob Leader of the Holey Brotherhood from The land of broken records Since: Jan, 2015
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#34792: Jan 21st 2019 at 4:13:29 PM

It might also be that the Kais can create Seals regardless of power.

I mean, they were able to seal away someone as strong as Cell, and with more power than Freeza, who's supposed to be the strongest in the universe. Perhaps they magic doesn't allow for a Power Level based saving throw.

Maybe it's similar to the Mafuuba, which can seal anything provided you have a solid container.

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#34793: Jan 21st 2019 at 8:49:57 PM

I'm fine with Toriyama rehashing non-canon stuff if it means canonizing Cooler, Pikkon, and Towa.

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#34794: Jan 21st 2019 at 9:22:45 PM

So, you're not fine with it thentongue

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#34795: Jan 21st 2019 at 9:24:26 PM

I do wonder where they plan to go next. Broly has guaranteed people will be paying attention to their next release.

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#34796: Jan 21st 2019 at 9:26:27 PM

Well the Super manga is still going on, they are currently dealing with a goat mage who can devour life-energy & tangled with the Kais Buu ate.

Even Broly had some Sequel Hooks plus that inter-dimensional scene feels like it’s setting up something to be answered later.

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#34797: Jan 21st 2019 at 9:53:22 PM

Foreshadowing like crazy. I'm guessing Zen-Oh has some interuniversal space for top level fights? The Fight Dimension?

Ryno_v Since: Dec, 2017
#34798: Feb 23rd 2019 at 3:00:32 PM

Remember when we got all those Cell Vs specials for DBZA well theirs this guy on You Tube call Devil Artemis has been doing more of those videos here one of his news ones. (just ignore part 2 you don't have to seen part one and the video starts at 1:07 there is an ad so far most of his videos don't have one in them)

WillKeaton from Alberta, Canada Since: Jun, 2010
#34799: Feb 27th 2019 at 11:50:40 AM

Abridged version:

  • Some videos got taken down. For a while, new videos will be only available on their Twitch channel.

  • Kai Abridged Episode 3 will be late March or early April.

  • Season 3 was so long that its content is going to be split between Kai Abridged 3 and Kai Abridged 4.

Edited by WillKeaton on Feb 27th 2019 at 12:51:29 PM

Soble Since: Dec, 2013
#34800: Mar 6th 2019 at 7:10:33 AM

Something just occurred to me. Bulma's dad says that the androids are mostly machine after Gero's modifications, but specifically points out that 18 still has genitalia.

...so, 17 then...

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