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Lionheart0 Since: Oct, 2009 Relationship Status: I'm just a hunk-a, hunk-a burnin' love
#4401: Jul 26th 2013 at 4:32:29 PM

I think my favorite moment of Black Comedy was after Frieza got cut in half;

"AH, my organs! Stay in their, stay in your home, daddy needs you!"

unnoun Since: Jan, 2012
#4402: Jul 26th 2013 at 5:15:57 PM

Cell's first appearance would fit right in a horror movie.

Spirit Pretty flower from America Since: Dec, 2010 Relationship Status: Hooked on a feeling
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#4403: Jul 26th 2013 at 6:25:28 PM

I am now thinking of Jason's theme playing during Cell's introduction.

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unnoun Since: Jan, 2012
#4404: Jul 26th 2013 at 6:29:46 PM

It's really unique how this show can have such terrifying imagery and concepts even with all the goofyness.

Like most of the show is standing around and yelling.

Of course, Takahata has also been playing Alucard. Which fits. Too goddamn well.

Enlong Court Dragon from The Underground Facility Since: May, 2011 Relationship Status: is commanded to— WANK!
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#4405: Jul 26th 2013 at 6:31:46 PM

Brr... that rich guy who died begging for Piccolo to save him...

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Saiga Since: Feb, 2011 Relationship Status: Getting away with murder
#4406: Jul 26th 2013 at 6:32:19 PM

Imperfect Cell truly was the best.waii

unnoun Since: Jan, 2012
#4407: Jul 26th 2013 at 6:32:52 PM

I wonder why none of the games bothered to give Cell an aura made of screaming souls.

wanderlustwarrior Role Model from Where Gods Belong Since: Jun, 2009 Relationship Status: What's love got to do with it?
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#4408: Jul 26th 2013 at 6:45:05 PM

...I had no idea Cell did that.

Friggin great.

Saiga Since: Feb, 2011 Relationship Status: Getting away with murder
#4410: Jul 26th 2013 at 6:49:46 PM

[up][up][up] I don't know. Especially the Spike games, which invent completely different auras for diversity (ie Given Majin Vegeta red lightning and shadowy effects when he has a normal aura in the anime/manga).

edited 26th Jul '13 6:50:06 PM by Saiga

Anomalocaris20 from Sagittarius A* Since: Sep, 2010 Relationship Status: Love blinded me (with science!)
#4411: Jul 26th 2013 at 10:29:18 PM

I like Super Perfect Cell mainly because I like the idea of him surprising even himself by becoming even stronger than he was designed to achieve.

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MajorTom Since: Dec, 2009
#4412: Jul 27th 2013 at 7:19:42 AM

@Episode 36:

What? No HHNNNNNNNNNNGGGGGGGGGG! gag? Or will that be next episode?

orionaurora Constellation from Andromeda Galaxy Since: Mar, 2012 Relationship Status: Abstaining
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#4413: Jul 27th 2013 at 9:44:53 PM

I'm going to hate when T 4 S introduce Cell. I really don't want to see him use his tail on screen. There is a reason why I burned that scene out of my head. No amount of creative writing or humor will make me see that again.

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Zeromaeus Since: May, 2010
#4414: Jul 27th 2013 at 10:07:44 PM

Do you remember the sound?
I sure do.
Did you know tails have their own wiki section?
I sure didn't.

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#4415: Jul 28th 2013 at 2:12:57 PM

No, I don't remember the sound. All I remember was something really f'ed up happened and I want to remember as little of it as possible of it.

Tails have their own wiki? Huh, that's something new.

We are all made of star stuff. Very, very weird star stuff.
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#4416: Jul 28th 2013 at 2:17:57 PM

Let me tell you a tail...

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#4417: Jul 29th 2013 at 3:04:42 PM

I think my favorite moment of Black Comedy was after Frieza got cut in half;

"AH, my organs! Stay in their, stay in your home, daddy needs you!"

I liked his line as it was happening. "Daddy, I don't want to be on Namek anymore."

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Zeromaeus Since: May, 2010
#4418: Jul 29th 2013 at 8:54:29 PM

You mean people having their innards/life-energy/chi sucked out of wherever he stabbed you with it? Or consuming the up-to-that-point unbeatable androids with it?

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#4419: Jul 29th 2013 at 10:15:52 PM

The bit where he slurps up people from the inside out.

So, the former.

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MasterGhandalf Since: Jul, 2009
#4420: Jul 30th 2013 at 8:50:37 PM

You know, this discussion of Cell, combined with Vegeta's Curb-Stomp Battle against 19 in the most recent episode, really made me think about an odd quirk of this particular arc- namely, how it goes overboard with Disc One Final Bosses, who seem to come in pairs. Sure, Cell is the ultimate threat of the arc, but before him you've got 17 and 18, and before them 19 and 20/Gero, and before them Freeza and King Cold. It's basically the Sorting Algorithm of Evil being applied within a single season, and unlike the Namek arc (where there's an escalation of increasingly stronger minions until finally Freeza himself steps up to bat, but it was clear Freeza was the Big Bad from the beginning) each set is basically supplanted by someone stronger, until we get to Cell. I'm not sure what, if anything, it signifies (and probably has more to do with Toriyama's creative processes than anything- I seem to remember reading somewhere that his editors didn't like the initial androids and kept telling him to bring in new villains).

... wonder if TFS will have someone snarkily lampshade how as soon as the heroes get good enough to beat the current bad guys, even stronger bad guys show up seemingly out of the blue. Maybe have Piccolo get exasperated about it after meeting Cell...

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#4421: Jul 30th 2013 at 9:04:42 PM

Well, Cell was initially weaker than 16-18, right? Also, were 19 and 20 the ones not as strong as Trunks suggested, which would lead us to believe there was more? Finally, Frieza and King Cold were beaten by an Outside-Context Hero, otherwise they'd have curbstomped? But... fair enough, there was quite a lot of escalation that arc.

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#4422: Jul 30th 2013 at 9:20:37 PM

Frieeza and Cold woul have been easily stomped by Goku, but would have caused plenty of damage by the time he showed up, had Trunks not stepped- wait a sec. No they wouldn't have.

Even in Trunks's timeline, Frieza doesn't manage o kill any of the fighting cast before the Androids do.

Not even Yamcha.

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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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#4423: Jul 30th 2013 at 9:21:38 PM

...wow.

Didn't think of that.

...that's sad.

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#4424: Jul 30th 2013 at 9:24:56 PM

Did they explicitly not kill anyone, or could they have been wished back? Because the latter is the case in DBZA

Anomalocaris20 from Sagittarius A* Since: Sep, 2010 Relationship Status: Love blinded me (with science!)
#4425: Jul 30th 2013 at 10:19:25 PM

The reason for the Disc-One Final Boss thing is because Toriyama intended to have 19 and 20 as the villains. His editors basically said "Come on, an old geezer and the Pillsbury Dough Boy?" so he designed 17 and 18. They then said "Come on, two teenagers?", so Toriyama designed Cell, who was considered satisfactory.

Also, when you fail to kill Yamcha, your villain status gets revoked. Frieza and his father are now just background characters not unlike the rich guy Cell kills or Mr. Satan's entourage.

edited 30th Jul '13 10:21:17 PM by Anomalocaris20

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