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Saiga Since: Feb, 2011 Relationship Status: Getting away with murder
#5101: Nov 22nd 2013 at 5:16:28 PM

Yes, it's a 50x multiplier. Bardock was near 10,000 in his movie special, so if he didn't get a near death power up from surviving the planet's destruction, his Super Saiyan form would be somewhere under 500,000.

Fitting that his power level would be around Freeza's first form when he fights an opponent who resembles Freeza's first form.

minespatch Since: Sep, 2009
#5102: Nov 23rd 2013 at 3:50:38 AM

I know that someone mentioned about "no official canon for Dragonball" but does this rule apply to the abridged series? Abridged seems pretty consistent that it works for me.

Saiga Since: Feb, 2011 Relationship Status: Getting away with murder
#5103: Nov 23rd 2013 at 3:52:31 AM

I have no idea what you're asking but TFS Abridge the movies which don't fit anywhere in continuity.

Watchtower Since: Jul, 2010
#5104: Nov 23rd 2013 at 5:02:10 AM

The movies themselves don't fit into Dragon Ball's continuity, but it seems like DBZA's actually trying to make them fit in a weird way. Only movies I can think of that have trouble in that regard are Lord Slug Abridged, which delibrately muddled things up for the sake of a joke, and the second Bardock movie, which was just Goku making shit up. Hell, even the new Dead Zone Abridged is meant to fit before the first episode (at least before the reveal).

edited 23rd Nov '13 5:02:34 AM by Watchtower

biznizz Since: Jan, 2001
#5105: Nov 23rd 2013 at 5:08:37 AM

No, even then it suffers from the same problem the real movie had. Before the Reveal, why was Krillin not surprised that Goku had a kid? TFS just treats them as non-canon as the real stuff. Movies Goku seems much more on the ball than normal Abridged Goku anyway.

But you know what Dead Zone Abridged V2 means right? Maybe a World's Strongest Abridged V2 in 2014? wild mass guess

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Saiga Since: Feb, 2011 Relationship Status: Getting away with murder
#5106: Nov 23rd 2013 at 5:30:49 AM

Movie 3 was also deliberately out of continuity - somehow, it's meant to take place while Vegeta is on Namek, making even less sense than the original movie. This is probably because the Freeza battle actually happened on Christmas in-universe and they turned Movie 3 into a Christmas special, or alternatively they were just trying to make it as little sense as they can.

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#5107: Nov 23rd 2013 at 6:43:30 AM

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Of course, some stuff, like Lord Slug, and Christmas Tree of Might, isn't even attempted to be in continuity in the Abridged Series, instead cutting to shots of Vegeta musing about how out of place it is.

I'd like to see a World's Strongest Abridged.

Even if all I remember is that the main villain's a famous scientist who put his brain in a machine and still thinks Roshi is the strongest (apparently having never seen videos of the recent Budokais)

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#5108: Nov 23rd 2013 at 6:49:36 AM

[up]They did that, pre-Team Four Star.

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#5109: Nov 23rd 2013 at 2:45:24 PM

[up][up] To be fair, he was trapped in a glacier, which makes catching the Budokai rather difficult.

Medigo03 Since: Sep, 2013
#5110: Nov 23rd 2013 at 3:41:41 PM

Not to mention his robotic form is somehow strong enough to withstand a Kaio-Ken Goku

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#5111: Nov 23rd 2013 at 7:46:18 PM

[up][up] Yup, I definitely forgot some things.

And yeah, they already did it, but I'd like a remake, like they did with Dead Zone.

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#5112: Nov 23rd 2013 at 8:41:43 PM

It'll probably be their next celebratory thing like Dead Zone was.

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#5113: Nov 24th 2013 at 6:42:29 PM

Tree of Might Abridged explicitly points out its status, with Vegeta on Namek griping, "This is so non-canon it hurts."

Dead Zone Abridged is also explicitly non-canon as it was all a story Krillin made up and is trying to sell as a Hollywood film.

edited 24th Nov '13 6:43:06 PM by TobiasDrake

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#5114: Nov 24th 2013 at 6:57:45 PM

BTW TFS actually said that the setup they used for Dead Zone Abridged pretty much means any of the filler movies coming after can be used with that..

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#5115: Nov 24th 2013 at 6:58:51 PM

...But why would Krillin keep working with Nappa?

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#5116: Nov 24th 2013 at 6:59:40 PM

What else would Krillin have going for him? XP

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#5117: Nov 24th 2013 at 7:14:37 PM

He'd read over the contract more thoroughly each time, think he's got his payment secured, only to get cheated by Nappa yet again due to a small bit of fine print he missed.

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Mr.NaziFace Since: May, 2013
#5118: Nov 24th 2013 at 7:35:27 PM

So to recap, Krillin is such a Butt-Monkey, he can regularly be outwitted by Nappa.

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#5119: Nov 24th 2013 at 10:16:28 PM

Who has a successful moviemaking career, so might not be quite as dumb as he seemed.

And maybe it's not Krillin giving a screenplay next time. Maybe the final scene is of Nappa watching the first screening of his new project.

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#5122: Nov 25th 2013 at 7:47:04 AM

[up]With a minor in PAIN!

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#5124: Nov 29th 2013 at 1:43:37 PM

So when it comes time for Krillin to fall in love with 18, which route do you think they'll take it, the canon route or the Maron route?

I'd like for something to actually go his way. He has suffered enough, and it's not like he's Yamcha.

Also, the wiki states that Guru had a higher power level than Raditz.

edited 29th Nov '13 1:46:24 PM by wanderlustwarrior

Mr.NaziFace Since: May, 2013
#5125: Nov 29th 2013 at 2:36:44 PM

Well, his daughter has to come from somewhere, and she looks waaaaaaay too much like Krillin to claim that she's not his.

Maybe they never got together, and 18 just stole Krillins daughter and is raising her as her own?


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