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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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#4601: Sep 15th 2013 at 3:51:43 PM

Ah, that's a shame.

stingerbrg Since: Jun, 2009
#4602: Sep 15th 2013 at 5:06:52 PM

That explains why it's so bad.

MasterGhandalf Since: Jul, 2009
#4603: Sep 15th 2013 at 5:08:19 PM

Aw, I'd always been under the impression that they'd dubbed at least part of the series, too. That said, the Tree of Might, Broly, Return of Cooler, and Lord Slug movie dubs got about the same reaction from me as that Cell clip, so clearly they captured what made the original Big Green so, er, special.

Anomalocaris20 from Sagittarius A* Since: Sep, 2010 Relationship Status: Love blinded me (with science!)
#4604: Sep 15th 2013 at 5:58:36 PM

If we're going to talk about clips that Imma Vegeta edited over with bad dub voices, the best is probably this. Behold, Big Green Vegeta vs. Malaysian Vegeta.

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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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#4605: Sep 15th 2013 at 6:43:32 PM

Can you believe Vegeta raised such a racist son?

...yes.

Anomalocaris20 from Sagittarius A* Since: Sep, 2010 Relationship Status: Love blinded me (with science!)
#4606: Sep 15th 2013 at 7:47:03 PM

Are you only just discovering the awesomeness that is ImmaVegeta? Because he is awesome.

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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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#4607: Sep 19th 2013 at 8:46:43 PM

Okay, I generally don't bash on Yamcha as much as everyone else in the world seems to like to, but...

What the fuck? Not even going to try to save your friend? At least Pikkon and Krillin didn't go out like bitches.

Also, "anyone else" my ass. Ever notice all the top bad guys after Frieza seem to have regeneration, while none of the heroes do?

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#4608: Sep 19th 2013 at 8:48:34 PM

[up]Piccolo does, but he seems to forget he can do that unless it's his arm.

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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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#4609: Sep 19th 2013 at 8:59:43 PM

That Piccolo, always forgetting stuff. Regeneration, size-shifting, clothes beam...

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#4610: Sep 19th 2013 at 10:21:22 PM

Let's be fair. How else would he have used clothes beam?

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GethKnight Since: Apr, 2010
#4611: Sep 19th 2013 at 10:24:41 PM

Shoot laundry into his opponents face as a distraction.

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#4612: Sep 19th 2013 at 10:26:24 PM

Doesn't he know Solar Flare?

Poor Solar Flare.

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GethKnight Since: Apr, 2010
#4613: Sep 19th 2013 at 10:27:56 PM

Solar Flare isn't bad, but jock strap to the face is better.

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#4614: Sep 19th 2013 at 10:29:35 PM

You are now picturing Frieza naked.

You are now picturing Dodoria naked.

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#4615: Sep 19th 2013 at 10:33:00 PM

Pity Solar Flare. Forgotten after Namek, when it is the one move that really can't go out of style, since even a multiple level super Saiyan has eyes.

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Anomalocaris20 from Sagittarius A* Since: Sep, 2010 Relationship Status: Love blinded me (with science!)
#4616: Sep 19th 2013 at 10:49:33 PM

He should have used Clothes Beam to give Buu a morphsuit so tight he can't vent steam out of his pores, causing him to explode.

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Saiga Since: Feb, 2011 Relationship Status: Getting away with murder
#4617: Sep 20th 2013 at 12:10:51 AM

[up][up] After Namek the main villains could sense ki.

BaleFire Since: Dec, 2009
#4618: Sep 20th 2013 at 12:36:54 AM

I wouldn't say Solar Flare was forgotten after Namek. Cell used it multiple times while chasing the Androids. At least in the Anime.

edited 20th Sep '13 12:37:11 AM by BaleFire

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sockpuppet1 Since: Apr, 2013 Relationship Status: Non-Canon
#4619: Sep 20th 2013 at 6:57:39 AM

Also, "anyone else" my ass. Ever notice all the top bad guys after Frieza seem to have regeneration, while none of the heroes do?

Villains with regeneration: Majin Buu, Cell.

Heroes with regeneration: Mr. Buu, Piccolo.

[up]Piccolo does, but he seems to forget he can do that unless it's his arm.

He used it to regenerate from being shattered into a million pieces in the Buu Saga.

[up][up] After Namek the main villains could sense ki.

It is shown to still be effective against fighters who can sense ki.

edited 20th Sep '13 6:58:16 AM by sockpuppet1

stingerbrg Since: Jun, 2009
#4620: Sep 20th 2013 at 8:43:13 AM

That's how Cell escapes Piccolo and Krillin. Solar Flare.

supermerlin100 Since: Sep, 2011
#4621: Sep 20th 2013 at 9:21:17 AM

I think the reason Piccolo doesn't use it more often is because it actually costs him a significant amount of energy.

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#4622: Sep 20th 2013 at 9:30:52 AM

Why is it that Piccolo can regenerate after being shattered into a million pieces, but not from Nappa's mouth beam? And why is this a trait unique to him? King Piccolo couldn't regenerate after being impaled on a child, none of the Namekians could regenerate from basic things like a broken neck, Dende's body was completely intact when he died, and Nail just laid broken on the ground where Frieza left him.

Piccolo's regeneration is confusing.

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GethKnight Since: Apr, 2010
#4623: Sep 20th 2013 at 9:33:19 AM

Maybe it was an independent thing he made up after all that stuff happened?

stingerbrg Since: Jun, 2009
#4624: Sep 20th 2013 at 9:36:20 AM

It's like a lizard, replacing lost body parts. That's why blasts and broken necks and holes don't regen, and Piccolo's regen isn't immediate anyway. It's also possible the wounds cause death before they get the chance to regen.

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#4625: Sep 20th 2013 at 9:42:09 AM

Also, Piccolo can only regenerate if his head is intact. And it's not unique to him. Nail did it. I'd have to recall if Lord Slug did it too. Maybe it's just unique to the warriors.

I just realized that Piccolo could actually do the Gum Gum Pistol.


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