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Saiga Since: Feb, 2011 Relationship Status: Getting away with murder
#34976: Apr 1st 2019 at 8:15:04 PM

Back when they first skipped Garlic Junior a lot of people were upset because they thought it was missed potential.

I thought it was hilarious, and this way everyone can be happy (except Yamcha).

It also tickles me that this is the exact opposite of what their Kai episodes usually are.

OmegaRadiance Since: Jun, 2011
#34977: Apr 1st 2019 at 8:17:35 PM

[up]x2 Gohan has to numb the pain somehow!

I kinda like this even more because it perfectly explains why Future Gohan wanted nothing to do with his mom.

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#34978: Apr 1st 2019 at 8:49:57 PM

I wonder if this means they were joking about splitting the Cell saga into two episodes, and they're actually going to cover it in one.

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#34979: Apr 1st 2019 at 9:46:56 PM

The best part is that the real Kai actually skipped the Garlic Jr. Saga.

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randomness4 Ghost '11 from The Land of Inconvenience Since: Sep, 2011
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#34980: Apr 1st 2019 at 9:59:08 PM

The jokes, meta levelness.

This arc isn't too padded, but uh...is pretty negative.

Not worse than Ginyu Blooma though.

Edited by randomness4 on Apr 1st 2019 at 10:00:46 AM

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HandsomeRob Leader of the Holey Brotherhood from The land of broken records Since: Jan, 2015
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#34981: Apr 1st 2019 at 10:07:49 PM

Well, that was wacky.

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JRads47 Since: Nov, 2014
#34982: Apr 1st 2019 at 10:19:53 PM

Something I noticed from rewatching it is the constant use of Faulconer music.

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#34984: Apr 2nd 2019 at 7:05:19 AM

Am I the only one who really likes the Faulconer soundtrack?

edit:[down] I know, the question was semi-rhetorical.

Edited by jjjj2 on Apr 2nd 2019 at 10:29:12 AM

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Moth13 Since: Sep, 2010
#34985: Apr 2nd 2019 at 7:24:27 AM

Tons of people do, but Kaiser doesn't and avoids using it except in very special cases (The Final Flash scene).

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#34986: Apr 2nd 2019 at 8:03:54 AM

So wait, there is actual footage of Gohan being whipped in his own house while studying? Is that an actual thing that happened during this arc?

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#34987: Apr 2nd 2019 at 8:10:40 AM

Yes, that happens during filler. Though in the Filler Chi Chi doesn't know about the whipping as he doesn't do it in front of her. When he does she throws him out a window.

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#34988: Apr 2nd 2019 at 8:12:02 AM

I think that was another filler.

You know the anime flanderized Chi-Chi's Education Mama tendencies and so they had her hire this Sadist Teacher.

Granted, she didnt know it was that aggressive

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#34989: Apr 2nd 2019 at 8:14:58 AM

They actually used footage from this episode before. The scenes in Episode of Bardock of Gohan waking up from a dream (of Goku recapping the episode) where from there.

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#34990: Apr 2nd 2019 at 10:59:33 AM

Shouldn't the whip just be glancing off Gohan's back like yarn against a boulder?

Granted, it's the thought that counts, so throw him out the window regardless, but it shouldn't be physically painful for Gohan at this point.

Unless whip-tutor has a power level in the 100,000's.

Edited by Anomalocaris20 on Apr 2nd 2019 at 1:59:47 PM

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#34991: Apr 2nd 2019 at 11:52:54 AM

Having not seen the episode (though I've heard of it), I'm pretty sure that was the implication. Chi-Chi specifically hired someone to be strict, but he wasn't strong enough to abuse Gohan physically, so he just kept escalating his punishments in an attempt to hurt Gohan in any way.

Correct me if I heard wrong, but I'm pretty sure I remember someone explaining that episode to me before.

Edited by PushoverMediaCritic on Apr 2nd 2019 at 11:53:18 AM

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#34992: Apr 2nd 2019 at 11:58:10 AM

I haven't seen the filler episodes since I was like 14, but this is from the episode summary on the Dragon Ball wiki.

However, once Chi-Chi is gone, Shu turns out to be a strict disciplinarian with a delight for using his prized whip. Meanwhile, at Capsule Corporation, Bulma briefly expresses concern for Vegeta, which makes Yamcha jealous, as the Capsule Corporation spaceship will soon be running out of fuel.

That night, Gohan has a dream in which Goku finally returns, as he and Chi-Chi are overjoyed by his return, but once Gohan follows Goku outside, the dream turns into a nightmare when Goku morphs into Frieza, who taunts Gohan about Goku's supposed death. Frieza attempts to hit Gohan, but Gohan grabs his fists. Suddenly, Gohan wakes up from the nightmare to see that he is actually squeezing Shu's hands during a tutoring session. Angered, Shu insults Goku, irritating Gohan greatly, and when Shu tries to whip Gohan again, Gohan easily catches the whip and crushes the end of it to powder with his bare hands. This leads a terrified Mr. Shu to call in Chi-Chi and tell her his side of the story, making Gohan sound like the bad guy. After Chi-Chi scolds Gohan, Mr. Shu proceeds to declare Goku to be worthless and a bad influence on Gohan, and when Gohan again defends Goku, Mr. Shu promptly whips him across the face hard enough to draw blood right in front of Chi-Chi. Outraged, Chi-Chi throws Mr. Shu out of the house and proceeds to jump out the window herself and chase him away while warning him never to come back.

So yes and no. According to this summary, Gohan does overpower Shu when he fights back. But when he's not resisting, the whip does hurt him - at one point, actually striking him hard enough to draw blood.

If that sounds inconsistent with Gohan's battle power, remember that this is Toei filler and Toei once wrote a scene where Goten and Trunks are nearly killed by a random snake.

Edited by TobiasDrake on Apr 2nd 2019 at 1:00:22 PM

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#34993: Apr 2nd 2019 at 11:59:01 AM

A random snake with eyebrows!

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#34994: Apr 2nd 2019 at 12:00:46 PM

Indeed! The eyebrows mark him as the deadliest snake in the universe.

BTW if anyone wants to judge for themselves, it's Dragon Ball Z episode 118. "Frieza's Counterattack" in dub, original title "That There is Earth, Papa... The Counter-Attack of Freeza, Father and Son".

Edited by TobiasDrake on Apr 2nd 2019 at 1:01:07 PM

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#34995: Apr 2nd 2019 at 12:03:07 PM

It's interesting that the only part of the episode I knew about was the "Gohan dreams about Goku who transforms into Freeza" part, which was the first tutorial enemy in Legacy of Goku 2.

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#34996: Apr 2nd 2019 at 12:05:24 PM

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What was the size of the snake?

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#34997: Apr 2nd 2019 at 12:07:52 PM

[up]More than big enough to be considered a monster, but too small to be considered a kaiju.

Also, it's a snake hanging out on Earth.

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#34998: Apr 2nd 2019 at 12:08:38 PM

how did a snake nearly kill them when it didn't have any arms

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Ghilz Perpetually Confused from Yeeted at Relativistic Velocities Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Barbecuing
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#34999: Apr 2nd 2019 at 12:17:36 PM

Did it, like poison them? Saiyans are vulnerable to toxins.

Moth13 Since: Sep, 2010
#35000: Apr 2nd 2019 at 12:21:09 PM

Here's the snake battle.

Edited by Moth13 on Apr 2nd 2019 at 3:21:22 PM


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