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stingerbrg Since: Jun, 2009
#4976: Nov 5th 2013 at 4:01:19 PM

That can't happen. If someone's creating a new set of balls then there probably isn't a dragon on that planet anymore.

Saiga Since: Feb, 2011 Relationship Status: Getting away with murder
#4977: Nov 5th 2013 at 4:01:38 PM

The dragons already read this and prepared.

But I'm sort of confused. Why exactly do they need more Dragon Balls? It's not like they ever run out of wishes.

Anomalocaris20 from Sagittarius A* Since: Sep, 2010 Relationship Status: Love blinded me (with science!)
#4978: Nov 5th 2013 at 4:41:52 PM

Also, Saiga, that's the best justification for the conception of half-Namekian OC's ever.

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Mullon Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: And here's to you, Mrs. Robinson
#4979: Nov 5th 2013 at 9:01:55 PM

It's sad how often the non-canon movies use the supporting cast better than the main series.

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Saiga Since: Feb, 2011 Relationship Status: Getting away with murder
#4980: Nov 5th 2013 at 9:07:51 PM

Which movies are you talking about? Because I can't think of one that doesn't treat them like shit.

Edit: Well, depending on who you consider the supporting cast I guess. That always makes me think the humans though, who either don't appear or job even harder than they do in the main series when they do. Piccolo gets some kills in the earlier movies, but he starts jobbing around the 3rd and stops getting kills after the 5th (excluding the nameless robots) to stop appearing after the 9th. The non-main Saiyans don't get their own opponents except in movie 7 and Trunks killing the weakest enemy in movie 9.

edited 5th Nov '13 9:11:14 PM by Saiga

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#4981: Nov 5th 2013 at 11:00:47 PM

I wonder, if you added the power levels of every human who has ever lived together, where would it rank compared to certain Saiyans. Would 18, Krillin and Tien account for the majority of that?

Saiga Since: Feb, 2011 Relationship Status: Getting away with murder
#4982: Nov 5th 2013 at 11:12:10 PM

The Farmer has a power level of 5. Assuming that's the average, multiply that by the population for a rough estimate. World population during the 80's was about 4.4 billion and 90's was 5.2 billion, 6 billion during 2000-2010. So, ignoring Kuririn et al and the Androids, somewhere between 20 - 30 billion would be right.

So the human fighters and Androids wouldn't come close to making up the majority. How it compares to the Saiyans is hard to say unless you really want to get deep in the theory crafting, but if you're curious about some numbers without context, I placed Super Saiyan 3 Goku at 32 billion, Gotenks at 72 billion, and Gohan at 100 billion.

These placements are all pretty average for those who don't use two things that bloat the figures: the idea that base Saiyans are stronger than Freeza (making Goku more than 48 billion as a Super Saiyan 3) and the idea that Super Saiyan Gotenks is stronger than Boo and SS3 Goku. The former is the less popular stance, but the latter is more popular. So you can consider my scaling on the lower side for reflecting neither belief.

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#4984: Nov 5th 2013 at 11:30:30 PM

[up][up]Humans in this series, sorry. There would be significantly less, as they've never been shown to be as densely populated as we are in certain places, there are other sapient species, and I feel like civilization on their world is younger. I could easily be wrong on that last one.

Saiga Since: Feb, 2011 Relationship Status: Getting away with murder
#4985: Nov 5th 2013 at 11:43:42 PM

Yeah, I know, but I couldn't find any population data for Dragon World Universe, so 80's to 90's population is the best I could do for an estimate. I would have assumed that it'd reflect the real world unless otherwise noted (after all, it's the same size as our Earth and with the same distance the moon as our Earth) but you make a very good point about why the population probably isn't as high.

Still, I think anything over 60 million humans is going to make the regular humans the majority in terms of total power. And I don't think the population would be that small.

Oh, and the other sapient species do complicate it a bit. But officially, they're part of the same species humans are - Earthling. There are just "Human-type" Earthlings, "Monster-type" Earthlings, and "Animal-type" Earthlings.

edited 5th Nov '13 11:45:35 PM by Saiga

minespatch Since: Sep, 2009
#4986: Nov 6th 2013 at 5:20:17 PM

Was the acid sequence and the pee scene in the original film?

alekos23 Since: Mar, 2013
#4987: Nov 6th 2013 at 5:20:50 PM

yup.only the fruit was alcocholic i think.

Saiga Since: Feb, 2011 Relationship Status: Getting away with murder
#4988: Nov 6th 2013 at 5:23:35 PM

The Abridged version is heavily edited, here's the unedited one.

edited 6th Nov '13 5:24:14 PM by Saiga

minespatch Since: Sep, 2009
#4989: Nov 6th 2013 at 6:00:51 PM

Seeing that, I think I prefer the abridged version's voices. Especially who one of the mooks sounded like Paul Lind. [lol]

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#4990: Nov 6th 2013 at 7:18:39 PM

"Tastes like apples!"

No, really?

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Mr.NaziFace Since: May, 2013
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#4992: Nov 7th 2013 at 5:48:15 AM

3 year olds don't generally say stuff like that. Stoners, on the other hand, well...

The Snozzberries taste like Snozzberries!

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#4993: Nov 7th 2013 at 12:15:51 PM

Technically, I guess that wasn't an APPLE tree, just a fruit that apparently looks and tastes like apples but contains either a high amount of natural alcohols or ferments before it even falls off the tree.

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#4995: Nov 7th 2013 at 1:22:29 PM

Yoshi.

Italian.

edited 7th Nov '13 1:26:47 PM by wanderlustwarrior

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#4997: Nov 7th 2013 at 1:26:13 PM

I'm pretty sure he was a demon.

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Anomalocaris20 from Sagittarius A* Since: Sep, 2010 Relationship Status: Love blinded me (with science!)
#4998: Nov 7th 2013 at 3:18:39 PM

Food for Mr. Popo.

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KBSL Since: Mar, 2013 Relationship Status: Forming Voltron
#4999: Nov 7th 2013 at 4:38:46 PM

I asked myself the same question yesterday, I went with Alien Demon.

Edit: His race is offically called the Makyans. The Makyo star Gohan blew up at the end of the Garlic Junior saga was actually his home planet.

edited 7th Nov '13 4:41:44 PM by KBSL

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#5000: Nov 7th 2013 at 4:49:44 PM

Wow.

Son Gohan ain't nothin' to fuck with.

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