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#7251: Aug 20th 2014 at 7:22:17 PM

It would explain why he lied to Goku about Planet Vegeta!

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#7253: Aug 20th 2014 at 8:43:14 PM

I wonder how many creative solutions there were for handling each threat?

I mean, Bulma did have a good suggestion here. "Wait a second, why wait? Why don't we just ask Shenron where the scientist is, track him down, then murder the son of a bitch in cold blood?"

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#7254: Aug 21st 2014 at 12:43:37 AM

I wonder if, give how different they were physiologically from the average person, Shenron could have effected the androids directly. IIRC, his reason for not being able to turn 17 and 18 human again wasn't "they're too powerful for me to effect directly," after all, it was "this shit is too complicated and I'm a dragon, I'm not about to spend my time studying anatomy and engineering so you can get your Buddhist mack-daddy on." Well, maybe not in so many words...

Which might imply that he could effect them, but they were just too complex for him to do something like that. If so, it's possible they could've asked him to just sabotage some wires something way at the onset of all the craziness, without even having to know what he was doing.

I don't know why Bulma didn't just collect the Dragonballs anyway, so she could have them ready when things inevitably went to hell (because honestly, why would a plan that arose from refusing an actually good plan at Vegeta's insistence have ever worked out).

edited 21st Aug '14 1:23:05 AM by KnownUnknown

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#7255: Aug 21st 2014 at 1:12:06 AM

"I wish to move all of the biological parts of the androids three feet to the left" leads to a lot less fighting, I imagine.

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#7256: Aug 21st 2014 at 2:12:58 AM

[up][up] Nope, straight up says that they're beyond his power.

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#7257: Aug 21st 2014 at 8:45:24 AM

In the alternate version of Dragon Ball Z where Nappa and Vegeta died in the cold, harsh vacuum of space because Bulma saved the world through cleverness, would they have advance warning about the Androids?

I mean, it's not like Trunks would exist.

edited 21st Aug '14 8:45:46 AM by TobiasDrake

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#7258: Aug 21st 2014 at 9:02:36 AM

...Huh.

Well, it's possible that she would've sent someone else back in time. Alternatively, maybe Goku didn't die of heart disease.

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#7259: Aug 21st 2014 at 10:14:27 AM

Or perhaps Dr. Gero, never having his spybot things witness the battles against Vegeta and Nappa, never bothered making his Androids very powerful, figuring that just Nappa-level strength would suffice, and as such our heroes were already strong enough to face them just from some natural training over the years?

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#7260: Aug 21st 2014 at 10:20:25 AM

Gero accounted for the rate of power progression staying consistent even past what he actually saw. The Androids may have been only slightly less powerful. It was the exponential power increase of Super Saiyan that threw the calculations off.

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#7261: Aug 21st 2014 at 11:53:59 AM

If Vegeta and Nappa never came to Earth, the Androids would only have Goku and Piccolo to scale up to. Since Gero managed to create Androids that could pound Super Saiyans into the dust by using data from Cold and Frieza...

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#7262: Aug 21st 2014 at 5:34:05 PM

According to their twitter, the next episode is scheduled to come out tomorrow.

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#7263: Aug 22nd 2014 at 2:34:46 AM

Man, tomorrow will be a good day

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#7264: Aug 22nd 2014 at 3:53:41 AM

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#7265: Aug 22nd 2014 at 10:10:51 AM

Today sure was nice.

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#7266: Aug 22nd 2014 at 10:15:41 AM

I think you meant to provide a link.

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I misheard that joke about the transmission, and though they said "training" instead of the other word. Either way, I still got it, and wow, I can't believe they went there.

edited 22nd Aug '14 10:20:40 AM by wanderlustwarrior

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#7267: Aug 22nd 2014 at 10:21:15 AM

I was just about to post the link! [nja]

Anyway, they completely nailed Cell,It's amazing how they can make a villain both horrifying and hilarious at the same time.

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#7268: Aug 22nd 2014 at 10:27:39 AM

So his personality is that he's all over the place. I like that reference.

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#7269: Aug 22nd 2014 at 10:41:30 AM

Cell is interesting - he's seems kind of Keet (without the adorableness, of course): really hyperactive and immature. I bet they're doing an "Imperfect = Kid/Teenager, Second Form = Young Adult, Perfect = Fully Mature" thing with his personality.

His mid-fight dialogue was really funny, as were Kami and Nail's comments in Piccolo's head (the three of them - Nail, Kami, Piccolo - are quickly becoming my favorite part of the season). And I love that they did the "pause right before the hit" gag from the Lord Slug movie again.

Also, while the final joke was funny, was Cell stronger than Vegeta at that point? I think right after this there's a scene where Cell avoids Vegeta because he knows he's no match, but they could of course just change it into something else.

edited 22nd Aug '14 10:45:29 AM by KnownUnknown

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#7270: Aug 22nd 2014 at 10:49:28 AM

'Creepy, molesty, Genre Savvy teenager' seems about right.

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#7271: Aug 22nd 2014 at 10:50:57 AM

Its kinda funny how he is scary and funny at same time

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#7272: Aug 22nd 2014 at 11:36:06 AM

"Is that the Namekian? Is that ME? Is that me STRONGER THAN ME?! I'll $#^%ing KILL ME!"

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#7273: Aug 22nd 2014 at 11:43:34 AM

Piccolo was equal to 17 from fusing with Kami to getting in the Hyperbolic thingie. 18 thrashed Vegeta, Cell put up somewhat of a fight against Piccolo. Probably stronger than Vegeta.

Canon Cell had traits of Goku, Vegeta, Piccolo and Freeza in his personality. So far, I'm liking the transition.

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#7274: Aug 22nd 2014 at 11:47:35 AM

'Creepy, molesty, Genre Savvy teenager' seems about right.

Yeah, it almost makes him more disturbing how nonchalant and legitimately funny most of his dialogue is.

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#7275: Aug 22nd 2014 at 2:20:23 PM

Hah. Callback to "I know you're playin' me."

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