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randomness4 Ghost '11 from The Land of Inconvenience Since: Sep, 2011
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#37576: Mar 4th 2020 at 9:31:02 AM

Didn't really ever come up in the story at all...

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#37577: Mar 4th 2020 at 11:03:35 AM

And you're ok with the given reason?

That's kind of a weird question. Just because canon facts are stupid doesn't mean they aren't canon facts.

I personally think it's stupid that Goku jumped from 90k BP to 3 million BP from a single zenkai. But he did do that. That's canon.

Edited by TobiasDrake on Mar 4th 2020 at 12:03:45 PM

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God_of_Awesome Since: Jan, 2001
#37578: Mar 4th 2020 at 11:37:01 PM

I recognize Word of God has given an answer, but given that it's a stupid-ass answer, I've elected to ignore it.

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#37579: Mar 5th 2020 at 11:17:09 AM

And it's next week today so here's part 3 of the interview.

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#37580: Mar 6th 2020 at 6:41:41 PM

These behind the scenes things are making me wonder if they could do the Buu Saga in the Kai Abridged style, with just a rapid-fire procession of whatever jokes they could come up with. I'm sure the answer is 'probably not', but I can dream, right?

Edited by JamieBGood on Mar 6th 2020 at 2:43:14 PM

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theLibrarian Since: Jul, 2009
#37581: Mar 6th 2020 at 7:11:40 PM

I actually thought about that today myself, though I've got no idea of what they'd do.

HailMuffins Since: May, 2016 Relationship Status: Shipping fictional characters
#37582: Mar 7th 2020 at 12:08:03 PM

"Bulma, Trunks...and yes, even for you...best buddy" is now the greatest TFS line I'll never get to see.

But I suppose there's only one thing left to say: Thank you Team Four Star.

You are hilarious and we'll quote everything you say.

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#37583: Mar 7th 2020 at 5:30:37 PM

There is a lot of material in the Buu arc that would have been great to see adapted. Goku refusing to jump in and fight Dabura because it's Gohan's turn. Vegeta resisting Babidi's mind control via Pure Unadulterated Badass. Pretty much every moment of Kaioshin playing the Straight Man to these impossibly powerful Saiyans. Vegeta confronting Goku about withholding Super Dee Duper Saiyan from him during their fight. Etc. etc.

I'd be lying if I said I didn't have a small sliver of hope in the back of my mind that maybe some day, when the team feels refreshed, when they're in a better place financially and emotionally, and when the internet is a less hostile place for fanworks, maybe some day they might get an inkling to come back to it.

But that's wishful thinking. TFS did amazing work with the series to this point, and I honestly think most people would agree that they actually got a lot farther than anyone ever thought they would have. Regardless of what Ben might think, DBZA is a shimmering masterpiece; pretty much the apex of Abridging as an art form. I've got no hard feelings against the team for calling it here, and I'm grateful that they pushed themselves to reach this point in the first place.

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#37584: Mar 7th 2020 at 5:36:00 PM

[up]Don't you think you took that post Ben made way too personally?

WillKeaton from Alberta, Canada Since: Jun, 2010
#37585: Mar 7th 2020 at 5:49:47 PM

Was watching a video and some guys started talking about the French openings to anime, (they're from Quebec) and how the openings sucked because they sounded like they were aimed at small children and, well, here's the French opening to Dragonball Z.

Eriorguez Since: Jun, 2009
#37586: Mar 7th 2020 at 7:22:21 PM

Up until Namek, where they switched to the standard.

Still, dubs based on that one never got We Gotta Power; Head Chala all the way through the Buu saga.

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#37587: Mar 7th 2020 at 7:36:26 PM

[up][up]I had repressed that, thanks for reminding me it exists X_X

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#37588: Mar 7th 2020 at 8:15:32 PM

Wow, that opening really emphasizes Gohan as the absolute 100% main character.

Also, following a link from it, I found the original JP opening in HD. And while I was watching it, I noticed something.

At about the 0:42 mark, there's a chunk of a glacier that breaks off and falls into the ocean.

The f*ck is that about? At no point in the post-Raditz series does any high-stakes destructive battle take place on a glacier. Like. At all. In fact, I'm pretty sure Muscle Tower, Toei's Super Android 13 film, and Dragon Ball Super: Broly are the only points of the series period where an arctic region is featured.

I guess the Dragon Ball OP decided to take a moment away from hyping up Dragon Ball to remind us all that climate change is coming for us. In 1989, which was awfully prophetic of them.

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#37589: Mar 7th 2020 at 8:18:56 PM

There's a shot of Gohan, Bulma, Roshi, Puar and Oolong escaping a Dino (1:18), which unless there's some filler I've forgotten, also never happens in the show.

So ya know, I wouldn't fret about the glacier.

In fact kinda funny that Roshi is in the final "team shot" with the title, but Piccolo isn't. Made even funnier by Goku landing and obscuring Tien and Chaotzu from view. The story of their life right there.

Edited by Ghilz on Mar 7th 2020 at 11:26:00 AM

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#37590: Mar 7th 2020 at 8:44:14 PM

[up][up]Somebody thought it looked cool. One of the openings of the Bleach anime had Histugaya fighting Ishida despite that never happening in the show.

Edited by fredhot16 on Mar 7th 2020 at 8:47:31 AM

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#37591: Mar 7th 2020 at 8:47:44 PM

Generic fighting shots make more sense than a shot of a glacier falling.

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#37592: Mar 8th 2020 at 12:58:19 AM

The glacier shot could be from World's Strongest.

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#37594: Mar 8th 2020 at 9:26:46 AM

More unanswered questions:

  • Why did Hercule being a tournament champion make him stronger than Krillin specifically? By that logic he'd also be stronger than Yamcha, Gohan, Piccolo - most of the people there.
  • Everything Cell said about Hercule was implied to be accurate... so why did Satan take offense to him calling Videl an orphan? Did Miguel not exist at the time Episode 56 came out?
  • How did Goku make the afterimage go through Cell.
  • Why was Goku so turned on by Cell? He wasn't that turned on by Frieza.
  • "Chunny-china-chinese chicken" from Episode 58. Cell says it. WTF.
  • How did Yamcha record a song for a cat food commercial? Wasn't he a desert bandit? Isn't this man wanted by Johnny Law, or was he just the most unsuccessful bandit ever?
  • Chi-Chi told Goku that "fighting unabated will make you grow hair on your eyes." Clearly Goku misunderstood what Cell was saying but... was that just a nonsense line, or was there another joke in Goku's response?

Edited by Soble on Mar 8th 2020 at 1:34:22 AM

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WillKeaton from Alberta, Canada Since: Jun, 2010
#37595: Mar 8th 2020 at 10:36:34 AM

If Cell was calling Videl an orphan, isn't that implying that he's going to kill Satan?

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#37596: Mar 8th 2020 at 10:38:49 AM

Or Android 13.

Android 13 would only come out 3 years after that opening was released so it seems unlikely they lifted footage from it...

WillKeaton from Alberta, Canada Since: Jun, 2010
#37597: Mar 8th 2020 at 10:49:07 AM

When I think of that iceberg falling apart in the opening, I think of World's Strongest before Android 13.

You know that shot of the hand being rendered digitally, then being given nerves, and then becoming a fully realized flesh and blood hand before doing a Ki blase? That was a reference to the androids, right?

And speaking of openings, in the English dub version, most of the footage is taken from the first three movies, but at the end there are shots from the series proper, including one of Vegeta turning super Saiyan in front of an outer space backdrop. I could never figure out when that shot appears in the show.

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#37598: Mar 8th 2020 at 10:59:50 AM

Chi-Chi told Goku that "fighting unabated will make you grow hair on your eyes." Clearly Goku misunderstood what Cell was saying but... was that just a nonsense line, or was there another joke in Goku's response?

Growing hair on your eyes is one of many ridiculous things that some parents use to warn their children away from masturbation.

Goku misunderstood "Unabated" as "Masturbated", is the joke. Chi-Chi doesn't want Goku to masturbate.

Why was Goku so turned on by Cell? He wasn't that turned on by Frieza.

Frieza wasn't fightsexual the way that Goku and Cell are.

"Chunny-china-chinese chicken" from Episode 58. Cell says it. WTF.

It's a lyric from the Barenaked Ladies song, "One Week".

Edited by TobiasDrake on Mar 8th 2020 at 12:03:30 PM

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#37599: Mar 8th 2020 at 11:14:50 AM

It's a lyric from the Barenaked Ladies song, "One Week".

....you know, it suddenly dawns on me that that line could be seen as a bit racist.sad

....I need to change the subject here: How did Goku make his after image go through Cell?

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#37600: Mar 8th 2020 at 11:32:44 AM

Afterimages don't have any solid mass.

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