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Saiga Since: Feb, 2011 Relationship Status: Getting away with murder
#4376: Jul 24th 2013 at 4:25:30 PM

[up] That was also a really great line.

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#4377: Jul 24th 2013 at 4:29:50 PM

Oh yes, Vegeta's reprise of "MINEMINEMINEMINEMINEMINEMINE!" was glorious.

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alekos23 Since: Mar, 2013
#4378: Jul 24th 2013 at 4:30:00 PM

well,seeing how he was standing still,sage mode could work as a joke [lol]

18 is gonna be sooooooo great,i can feel it waii

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#4379: Jul 24th 2013 at 4:31:51 PM

It could, but it's definitely the computer joke.

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alekos23 Since: Mar, 2013
#4380: Jul 24th 2013 at 4:36:13 PM

yeah i know.

man i hope 16 is half as faulty as 19.those were some great gags [lol]

Saiga Since: Feb, 2011 Relationship Status: Getting away with murder
#4381: Jul 24th 2013 at 4:37:04 PM

So, I just realized the episode title is "Super Saiyan Swagger".cool

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#4382: Jul 24th 2013 at 4:42:01 PM

Pfffahhaha.

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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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#4383: Jul 24th 2013 at 5:46:14 PM

Dat Piccolo stare.

Seriously, the 19/20 model of androids sucks. Why not just graft their hands onto the 17/18 model, then?

Saiga Since: Feb, 2011 Relationship Status: Getting away with murder
#4384: Jul 24th 2013 at 6:06:32 PM

Because they couldn't be controlled.

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#4385: Jul 24th 2013 at 6:07:06 PM

For Gero himself, I mean, sorry. He picked the suckiest model.

Saiga Since: Feb, 2011 Relationship Status: Getting away with murder
#4386: Jul 24th 2013 at 6:14:32 PM

The infinite energy model just seems to cause problems with control, even in fully robotic types. This might mean even with his brain in the Android it would still be uncontrollable, leading to the hilarious situation of Gero rebelling against himself.

I think Gero just ditched the infinite energy thing entirely because it produced too many problems for him. Once he created a successful Android in 19, he just used that model for himself.

Also, I see what you did there.

edited 24th Jul '13 6:15:09 PM by Saiga

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#4387: Jul 24th 2013 at 6:18:05 PM

Pun was unintentional. Now I see what I did there.

Would be funny to see another needless case of a graft rejecting a host.

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#4388: Jul 24th 2013 at 6:31:14 PM

I was just thinking about Arrested Development in that regard.

Anyway, I also loved Vegeta's "Looks like I'm a size 19!".

And I'll have to agree with him that I can't see ANY practicality in designing 19 to be so fat.

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theLibrarian Since: Jul, 2009
#4389: Jul 24th 2013 at 7:47:01 PM

True that. I didn't get the "size 19" joke until I watched it a second time though XD

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#4390: Jul 24th 2013 at 8:07:30 PM

Well, that was surely something. I particularly loved "did I just see his foot?" I can see a similar line being used when Piccolo goes up against 17. In one part of the fight both Piccolo and 17 punch each other so hard in the gut that you can practically see their fist. This happens several times in the span of seconds.

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#4391: Jul 24th 2013 at 8:08:48 PM

[up]I remember that part! Best part of the whole saga right there! They do that to each other 4 times with the silliest fucking faces ever, followed by spin-kicking each other away at the same time.

edited 24th Jul '13 8:09:10 PM by nomuru2d

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#4392: Jul 25th 2013 at 8:07:08 AM

I must say, if there's one thing I like about this show it's that they don't let the comedy get in the way of the drama when it counts. For all the entertainingly silly gags, they made Vegeta's beatdown of 19 both badass and just a little bit scary.

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#4393: Jul 25th 2013 at 9:51:09 AM

It's true. I really noticed that during the long battle with Frieza, with bits like this callback of a running joke,

  • FRIEZA: And now to send you crying home to mommy.
  • VEGETA: *cough* My mother's dead.
  • FRIEZA: *charges energy* I know.

Or the final Kaio-What bit, "Kaiohcrap!" capturing what the audience is thinking when Frieza No Sells what, until now, had been a pretty definitive I Win Button for Goku. Despite being consistently hilarious in every episode, Abridged also did a great job capturing how scary Frieza was. The gags just highlight the real dramatic tension in every scene, servicing the plot rather than detracting from it.

edited 25th Jul '13 9:52:43 AM by TobiasDrake

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NULLcHiLD27 Since: Oct, 2010
#4394: Jul 25th 2013 at 11:18:03 AM

How long do you think it takes them to come up with all of Vegeata's one-liners?

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#4395: Jul 25th 2013 at 11:41:54 AM

Exactly nine minutes, eighteen seconds.

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alekos23 Since: Mar, 2013
#4396: Jul 25th 2013 at 11:43:42 AM

speakingvof 18,i already feel sorry for Veggy tongue

Parable Since: Aug, 2009
#4397: Jul 25th 2013 at 12:03:49 PM

How many episodes did that fight take in the regular series?

Medigo02 Since: Apr, 2013
#4398: Jul 25th 2013 at 12:12:07 PM

which fight do you mean?

this whole DBZA episode took up just over 2 episodes hell, 19 didnt even last a full episode against Vegeta

FOFD Since: Apr, 2013
#4399: Jul 26th 2013 at 12:52:26 PM

It is pretty awesome how they balance the comedy with those badass, terrifying moments.

My favorite scenes are when Frieza gets stuck by lightning, and now, Vegeta threatening 19.

edited 26th Jul '13 12:54:14 PM by FOFD

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#4400: Jul 26th 2013 at 4:02:08 PM

Yeh, they're great at giving us comedy while also making certain moments really badass or chilling.

"Stop hitting yourself! Stop hitting yourself! Stop hitting yourself!"
"*hack* You're... the one hitting me..."
"Au contraire, Vegeta! You brought this upon yourself."

edited 26th Jul '13 4:02:18 PM by Enlong

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