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#36776: Dec 24th 2019 at 9:00:12 PM

Kamehameha- The beam struggle between Goku and Vegeta, of course.

If the Father-Son Kamehameha against Cell doesn't outrank Goku-Vegeta, it comes close. It says something that the Instant Transmission Kamehameha isn't even the most iconic Kamehameha in the Cell Saga. (A top twelve Kamehamehas would make an interesting future DBcember.)

I'm actually surprised they didn't mention Roshi's Greatest Most Powerful Kamehameha from Super in the discussion.

Edited by thok on Dec 24th 2019 at 9:18:10 AM

Moth13 Since: Sep, 2010
#36777: Dec 24th 2019 at 9:39:16 PM

The most iconic Time Skip is probably the one that starts around 2:45 where Hit gets Goku with the Raging Demon from Street Fighter.

I lost my mind when I first saw that happen.

HailMuffins Since: May, 2016 Relationship Status: Shipping fictional characters
#36778: Dec 25th 2019 at 4:32:36 AM

I think the Kaio Ken Blue is a strong contender for most iconic use of it. It has been years so most might not remember just how hard the fans lost their collective shit over it. And it looks pretty damn cool.

slimcoder The Head of the Hydra Since: May, 2013
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#36779: Dec 25th 2019 at 5:00:43 AM

First off the Hellzone Grenade video works, it's thumbnail just looks like that for some reason.

12: Tri Beam

11: Time Skip

10. Speacial Beam Cannon

9. Dragon Fist

8. Hellzone Grenade

7. Instant Transmission

6. Final Flash

5. Destructo Disc

4. Kaioken

3. Spirit Bomb

2. Fusion

or

1. Kamehameha

Edited by slimcoder on Dec 25th 2019 at 5:03:51 AM

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#36780: Dec 25th 2019 at 8:39:43 AM

I think Goku's most iconic use of Kaioken would be the Nappa and Vegeta battle.

Blue Kaioken blew people away when it was first used, but it also exists only in the anime version of the battle. With the obvious exception of anime-exclusive attacks like Dragon Fist, I wouldn't really consider a usage that exists only in one version of the story to be the most iconic.

Calling Blue Kaioken the most iconic instance of the move is like calling Super Kaioken from the Afterlife Tournament its most iconic usage. Sure, it was really neat for anime fans that one time when Toei did a thing, but I'd rather give it up for something that Akira Toriyama actually wrote.

Goku's fight with the Saiyans is basically a prolonged celebration of things he learned from Kaio-sama. The Kaioken destroys Nappa. The Kaioken brings Goku beyond Vegeta's level and allows him to dominate the early fight. And in the series's first actual Beam Struggle, it's the Kaioken x4 that saves the day and allows Goku to save the Earth at great cost to himself.

The Genki-Dama carries the next third of the fight, but for the first part, it's the Kaioken's time to shine and really show what it can do.

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#36781: Dec 25th 2019 at 8:45:59 AM

I always wondered why Cell looks like he's smiling while getting hit with the Kikoho in that art.

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EchoingSilence Since: Jun, 2013
#36782: Dec 25th 2019 at 8:55:14 AM

New Short Z out, Goten is a Christmas Baby

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#36783: Dec 25th 2019 at 9:01:22 AM

That was horrible and I loved it. [lol] Courtesy embed.

Also, I hope "Vegeta is a bad father and a terrible partner" becomes a running joke throughout the Dragon ShortZ. Like the new version of the Krillin Owned counter.

Edited by TobiasDrake on Dec 25th 2019 at 10:03:40 AM

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randomness4 Ghost '11 from The Land of Inconvenience Since: Sep, 2011
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#36784: Dec 25th 2019 at 10:44:33 AM

Chi-Chi looks really nice when she's...actually visible.

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Soble Since: Dec, 2013
#36785: Dec 25th 2019 at 10:47:28 AM

Wow. Vegeta actually cared enough to tell everybody else to get down.

Wait, so if Goten fired the Kamehameha doesn't that mean Chi-Chi would have died given the direction it was fired?

And if Chi-Chi fired the Kamehameha well... umm... well if Goku can fire it from his feet I suppose anything's possible.

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randomness4 Ghost '11 from The Land of Inconvenience Since: Sep, 2011
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#36787: Dec 25th 2019 at 10:54:33 AM

I think that was suppose to be Gotendo who was llaunched outside of the house in that wide shot.

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#36788: Dec 25th 2019 at 12:36:51 PM

Huh so Goten was born on Frieza Day.

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Soble Since: Dec, 2013
#36789: Dec 25th 2019 at 2:10:26 PM

Goku: "Go for ten."

Huh.

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HailMuffins Since: May, 2016 Relationship Status: Shipping fictional characters
#36790: Dec 25th 2019 at 2:18:22 PM

Oh yeah, I forgot: Happy Freeza Day, everyone.

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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#36791: Dec 25th 2019 at 2:19:27 PM

Let's go blow something up as per Freeza Day tradition!

Burning love!
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#36792: Dec 25th 2019 at 2:28:06 PM

like pluto

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#36793: Dec 25th 2019 at 3:07:07 PM

The funny part is that Piccolo wasn't wrong about an attack being prepared.

Edited by BlackYakuzu94 on Dec 25th 2019 at 6:07:17 AM

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#36794: Dec 25th 2019 at 3:38:46 PM

Happy Frieza Day, y'all.

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#36796: Dec 25th 2019 at 8:03:21 PM

A Vagina Kamehameha is something I expected from a Porn Parody....

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#36797: Dec 25th 2019 at 9:40:51 PM

[up]Dammit, they should've pit Roshi in there!

sgamer82 Since: Jan, 2001
#36798: Dec 26th 2019 at 6:37:31 AM

Nah, he's more about putting things in, not taking them out.

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#36799: Dec 26th 2019 at 7:18:46 AM

Jokes aside, I wouldn't be surprised if Roshi had experience delivering a baby at some point in his 300 years of life.

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#36800: Dec 26th 2019 at 7:21:00 AM

I would. There are a few words I would use to describe Kame-sennin. "Responsible" isn't one of them.

Even if he gets some, he seems like the type to be hittin' the ol' space-trail just as soon as he hears the words, "I'm pregnant." Dude's been around for 300 years, all his pupils have kids, and he's just kicking back on his island with his turtle and not one kid or grandkid or great-grandkid or whatever to speak of.

I mean, he did basically raise Krillin, but that was because of an academic interest in Krillin's progress as a martial artist. The same academic interest that led to not raising Goku. Roshi was just like, "Kid, I'll be frank, I ain't got shit left that you can learn. Go have a Pokemon Adventure or some shit."

Edited by TobiasDrake on Dec 26th 2019 at 8:25:53 AM

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