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#38376: Dec 21st 2020 at 10:46:21 AM

Okay, but does its theme song have an English cover created by TFS for use in a climactic moment of their rendition of the series? tongue

Edited by TobiasDrake on Dec 21st 2020 at 10:46:30 AM

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#38377: Dec 21st 2020 at 1:03:12 PM

I wonder if Ultra Instinct will get any bonus points for becoming part of the fan lexicon for "extremely good/smart play".

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#38378: Dec 21st 2020 at 1:07:57 PM

[up] Next you'll be asking about Ultra Instinct Shaggy.

Yumil Mad Archivist Since: Mar, 2016
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#38379: Dec 21st 2020 at 1:15:16 PM

I mean, yeah. The fact ultra instinct has carved itself a niche in nerd language about being a state that's getting "in the zone", times a hundred, speaks of how iconic it has become.

Edited by Yumil on Dec 21st 2020 at 10:15:58 AM

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HailMuffins Since: May, 2016 Relationship Status: Shipping fictional characters
#38380: Dec 21st 2020 at 3:33:21 PM

But as for the bug features, I think it is a reference to how, pound for pound, bugs and insects are far more resilient than most of the animals bigger than then, as a species, that is.

Everyone heard of the old "only cockroaches can survive a nuclear war" and stuff like that.

Eriorguez Since: Jun, 2009
#38381: Dec 21st 2020 at 3:52:53 PM

Molting cicadas.

All in all, Piccolo, Freeza and Cell all have plenty of xenomorph in their designs. Xenomorphs have quite a tad of insectoid elements.

BlackYakuzu94 CHADhan Player. from Easy Coast/NY Since: May, 2013 Relationship Status: Longing for my OTP
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#38382: Dec 21st 2020 at 3:55:12 PM

Ultra Instinct is so iconic, they even perfectly translated how busted it is into gameplay with Fighter Z.

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HailMuffins Since: May, 2016 Relationship Status: Shipping fictional characters
#38383: Dec 21st 2020 at 3:55:41 PM

Wait, Freeza and Cell I get, but what about Piccolo?

WillKeaton from Alberta, Canada Since: Jun, 2010
#38384: Dec 21st 2020 at 4:05:17 PM

I think they might mean the pink/purple/orange "muscles" the Namekians have on their arms?

Edited by WillKeaton on Dec 21st 2020 at 5:08:30 AM

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#38385: Dec 21st 2020 at 4:07:30 PM

Maybe it's a reference to how old King Piccolo had a long head? That doesn't even apply to young King Piccolo or Piccolo Jr, though.

Pokesamus Since: Aug, 2016
#38387: Dec 21st 2020 at 5:54:21 PM

One interpretation a You Tube comment pointed out about Perfect Cell’s design that I actually found interesting (yes I read You Tube comments sometime, always be careful when doing so)

His head looks like a crown

His wings are akin to a cape

His body looks like a man covered in armor

He’s a man made warrior king

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#38388: Dec 21st 2020 at 5:57:25 PM

@Tobias: Doesn't need one, as the OG theme is perfect on its own:

Sung by Kenshiro's Va, in fact.

Edited by Demongodofchaos2 on Dec 21st 2020 at 9:00:32 AM

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BlackYakuzu94 CHADhan Player. from Easy Coast/NY Since: May, 2013 Relationship Status: Longing for my OTP
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#38389: Dec 22nd 2020 at 9:07:43 AM

#3: Super Saiyan 2, suck it Tobias

Edited by BlackYakuzu94 on Dec 22nd 2020 at 12:08:54 PM

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#38390: Dec 22nd 2020 at 9:08:08 AM

Number #3: it's the transformation that put Soul vs. Soul on Day of Destiny, Super Saiyan 2

Edited by jouXIII on Dec 22nd 2020 at 7:09:55 PM

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Thebrawlbro Since: Aug, 2013
#38391: Dec 22nd 2020 at 9:08:53 AM

Ultra Instinct above Super Saiyen 2 is gonna ruffle some feathers.

BlackYakuzu94 CHADhan Player. from Easy Coast/NY Since: May, 2013 Relationship Status: Longing for my OTP
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#38392: Dec 22nd 2020 at 9:09:15 AM

CALLED IT

They even cited every single reason I said at why its #3.

Edited by BlackYakuzu94 on Dec 22nd 2020 at 12:14:20 PM

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Pokesamus Since: Aug, 2016
#38393: Dec 22nd 2020 at 9:15:34 AM

[up][up] I mean would it? as they pointed out SSJ 2 had one admittedly amazing moment then and then it became a glorified stepping stone for other forms and has next to nothing to make it distinct from other transformations.

BlackYakuzu94 CHADhan Player. from Easy Coast/NY Since: May, 2013 Relationship Status: Longing for my OTP
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#38394: Dec 22nd 2020 at 9:17:08 AM

Which means its down to SS 1 and Ultra Instinct.

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HailMuffins Since: May, 2016 Relationship Status: Shipping fictional characters
#38395: Dec 22nd 2020 at 9:17:44 AM

Holy shit, imagine if Ultra Instinct gets the #1 spot.

Edited by HailMuffins on Dec 22nd 2020 at 2:18:09 PM

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#38396: Dec 22nd 2020 at 9:17:55 AM

They definitely made the right call here. It's gonna be hilarious if Ultra Instinct wins this thing because otherwise this doesn't seem all that controversial.

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#38397: Dec 22nd 2020 at 9:19:38 AM

Honestly, I would have put this form lower. Like, at spot 5 or 6, simply because the way it's been used since the Cell Saga outweighs how it was used in the Cell Saga.

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#38398: Dec 22nd 2020 at 9:21:06 AM

Well they said the main reason its so high up because the form is Gohan's defining moment, and one of the most defining moments in the entire franchise. It certainly gets diminished treatment afterward, but Gohan is the main reason the form is rated so highly

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#38399: Dec 22nd 2020 at 9:25:00 AM

The fact that Gohan is barely a character in the Cell Saga until the Cell Games drags the moment down for me. He doesn't get a single rage boost moment in the whole arc, he doesn't even fight one time until he fights Cell. His entire role in the Cell Saga is to kick Gero off Piccolo, take Bulma back home, investigate the second time machine with Trunks, and train with Goku in the HTC, and then save the day at the end. The reason it's such a twist that Goku picked Gohan was because everyone forgot Gohan was even there.

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#38400: Dec 22nd 2020 at 9:28:49 AM

What if Top 2 is Super Saiyan?

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