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Weirdguy149 Former King from Lumiose City Since: Jul, 2014 Relationship Status: I'd jump in front of a train for ya!
Former King
#36476: Dec 16th 2019 at 7:23:02 PM

Chain of command dictates that King Piccolo killed him.

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Anomalocaris20 from Sagittarius A* Since: Sep, 2010 Relationship Status: Love blinded me (with science!)
#36477: Dec 16th 2019 at 7:29:16 PM

I can't recall if Omega Shenron was able to also push it back but then again i can't hardly recall anything about GT.

He's got his hands out as if to try and push it back, but the moment it makes contact with him he's instantly reduced to a skeleton.

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Saiga Since: Feb, 2011 Relationship Status: Getting away with murder
#36478: Dec 16th 2019 at 7:53:35 PM

He ran out of nnnnnnnnegative energy

randomness4 Ghost '11 from The Land of Inconvenience Since: Sep, 2011
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#36479: Dec 16th 2019 at 7:55:23 PM

[up][up]I like when that happens, it just makes the attack seem like overkill.

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slimcoder The Head of the Hydra Since: May, 2013
The Head of the Hydra
#36480: Dec 16th 2019 at 11:08:27 PM

Was recently listening to Let it Burn from Kai.

Now I'm thinking what about Top 10 Dragon Ball OST/tracks?

Edited by slimcoder on Dec 16th 2019 at 11:08:45 AM

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terumokou Pitiable and Illegally Dumped Object from In a bamboo forest full of bunnies, California Since: Sep, 2013 Relationship Status: Mu
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#36481: Dec 16th 2019 at 11:38:30 PM

Dude I can somehow hear Kaiser yelling out "WHY YAMAMOTO?!" when you said Top 10 tracks from Dragon Ball.

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slimcoder The Head of the Hydra Since: May, 2013
The Head of the Hydra
#36482: Dec 16th 2019 at 11:39:34 PM

Wait is this one of the songs he plagiarized?

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terumokou Pitiable and Illegally Dumped Object from In a bamboo forest full of bunnies, California Since: Sep, 2013 Relationship Status: Mu
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#36483: Dec 17th 2019 at 2:19:51 AM

I don't think so. I've been looking for where specifically it's played aside the fact that it's Buu Kai but I haven't had much luck. I also doubt the Toonami run ever played it because it's freaking awesome and memorable.

Edit: Found where apparently. Goku v. Kid Buu. And damn, I really got to remember my DB stuff. And not to take the long way to finding things when I can just go straight to DB Kai's Awesome Music page.

Edited by terumokou on Dec 17th 2019 at 2:54:59 AM

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wanderlustwarrior Role Model from Where Gods Belong Since: Jun, 2009 Relationship Status: What's love got to do with it?
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#36484: Dec 17th 2019 at 4:58:57 AM

"Let it burn"? He's taking songs from Usher now?

BlackYakuzu94 CHADhan Player. from Easy Coast/NY Since: May, 2013 Relationship Status: Longing for my OTP
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#36485: Dec 17th 2019 at 5:08:24 AM

Pfffft

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Ultimatum Disasturbator from the Amiga Forest (Old as dirt) Relationship Status: Who needs love when you have waffles?
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#36486: Dec 17th 2019 at 5:12:53 AM

> He ran out of nnnnnnnnegative energy

he needs a vibe check stat

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#36487: Dec 17th 2019 at 9:03:04 AM

But do the Kamehameha, Kaoiken and Spirit Bomb count a stolen techniques?

He was taught those by his respective mentor. And even the Instant Transmission too so he hasn't really stolen a technique if you think about it.

Kamehameha is a stolen technique. He saw Kame-sennin do it, then promptly recreated the move himself out of nowhere. He has never actually received formal training on the technique; he just took it and made it his. Indeed, it was a plot point of just how much of a prodigy Goku is that he was able to reproduce it that way, when the actual training takes fifty years to master.

Of course, that fifty years thing was then promptly dumped out the window and now everyone and their dog can effortlessly learn the Kamehameha. But at the time, waaaaaay back in the very first Dragon Ball arc, it was supposed to be a thing that Goku circumvented, proving how much of a mysterious prodigy child he was.

Edited by TobiasDrake on Dec 17th 2019 at 10:06:07 AM

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sgamer82 Since: Jan, 2001
#36488: Dec 17th 2019 at 9:06:19 AM

I don't think Roshi taught anyone the Kamehameha. If I remember right Krillin and Yamcha taught themselves, too.

WillKeaton from Alberta, Canada Since: Jun, 2010
#36489: Dec 17th 2019 at 10:39:27 AM

I mentioned that Vegeta used Krillin's Destructo Disk to chop off Gohan's tail, and then I realized that Goku has never actually seen Krillin perform that move, but Vegeta has seem him do it at least three times. Against Nappa, against Frieza, and against Cell. Goku wasn't there for any of those, but Vegeta was. I forget if Krillin used it during the Buu Saga though.

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#36490: Dec 17th 2019 at 10:50:23 AM

Android 18 uses it against Goten and Trunks during the tournament. To avoid having to fight them, she splits their costume. This reveals them to be two fighters and gets them disqualified.

Goku wasn't there for that either.

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HandsomeRob Leader of the Holey Brotherhood from The land of broken records Since: Jan, 2015
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#36491: Dec 17th 2019 at 10:59:01 AM

Goku did see Vegeta use it. So either that’s where he got it from, or Krillin showed it to him at some unseen point.

Maybe during the three years of training for the Androids?

Have we pointed out that the Destructo-Disk/Kienzan only seems to really be effective when someone besides Krillin uses it?

He fails with it twice, but Veget A is immediately (though tragically) successful at cutting Gohan’s tail with it.

Then years later, Goku is able to successfully use it to cut Majin Buu in half and stop him from nuking everyone.

When everyone else uses your Signature technique better than you huh?

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WillKeaton from Alberta, Canada Since: Jun, 2010
#36492: Dec 17th 2019 at 11:03:01 AM

I had forgotten that Krillin tried to use it against Vegeta, but he just jumped over it. Which Goku was present for, but I don't know if he was able to get a decent look at the attack.

I remember Buu getting cut in half by the disc, but I couldn't remember who used it. I had assumed Krillin, since it was his attack.

Edited by WillKeaton on Dec 17th 2019 at 12:09:11 PM

Larkmarn Since: Nov, 2010 Relationship Status: Hello, I love you
#36493: Dec 17th 2019 at 11:52:57 AM

When everyone else uses your Signature technique better than you huh?

... so the Kamehameha?

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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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#36494: Dec 17th 2019 at 12:03:31 PM

[up][up]Goku used the Destructo Disk against Buutenks to save Gohan

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slimcoder The Head of the Hydra Since: May, 2013
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#36495: Dec 17th 2019 at 12:04:57 PM

Also his usage of the discs against Jiren was more creative than anything Krillen ever did.

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Weirdguy149 Former King from Lumiose City Since: Jul, 2014 Relationship Status: I'd jump in front of a train for ya!
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#36496: Dec 17th 2019 at 12:08:40 PM

I think it's fine that Goku borrows most of his moves from his teachers because he applies them in ways that are unique to him.

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wanderlustwarrior Role Model from Where Gods Belong Since: Jun, 2009 Relationship Status: What's love got to do with it?
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#36497: Dec 17th 2019 at 12:35:17 PM

Krillin is only unsuccessful with the move because plot requires Saiyans do the heavy lifting.

As for why he and certain others didn't have a better showing in the Tournament of Power... um...

Saiga Since: Feb, 2011 Relationship Status: Getting away with murder
#36498: Dec 17th 2019 at 12:40:09 PM

They already had a much better showing than they should have had tbh

Eriorguez Since: Jun, 2009
#36500: Dec 17th 2019 at 4:45:51 PM

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You keep saying that, but for all intents and purposes the only characters stronger than them in their own universe are either long dead, in their team or in the stands. Krillin's power level suprassing the Ginyus means only Freeza, Cold, Piccolo, the Saiyans, the Androids, Dabura and Buu would be stronger as far as mortals go. And Freeza as he was before training was brutally strong for a mortal anyway.

So, the humans could probably take on canon-fodder, but would get demolished if, say, Frost blinked in their general direction.

Krillin and co. are nonfactors next to Goku, but regular joes have been nonfactors next to them ever since the 21st Budokai. Krillin is not a regular human that hangs around Goku; he is just not God-tier, or even Saiyan tier.

And that's why canon-fodder rich environments is where they shine: Just give them fodder to beat up; looks cool, everybody with a heart is satisfied, and then bigger fish show up to quickly dispose of them, giving Piccolo and/or Gohan a chance to shine. Then, real baddie worfs them, Goku and Vegeta appear, Vegeta makes an example of how not to tackle the situation, Goku manages a win.


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