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Spirit Pretty flower from America Since: Dec, 2010 Relationship Status: Hooked on a feeling
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#7276: Aug 22nd 2014 at 2:27:52 PM

Did Piccolo ever use the Kamehameha?

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KBSL Since: Mar, 2013 Relationship Status: Forming Voltron
#7277: Aug 22nd 2014 at 2:52:48 PM

I don't think so, I think it was a joke on how the Kamehameha is considered Goku's signature move when so many people know how to use it, and before Dragon Ball Z actually did use it fairly often.

edited 22nd Aug '14 2:53:16 PM by KBSL

KBSL Since: Mar, 2013 Relationship Status: Forming Voltron
#7278: Aug 22nd 2014 at 3:21:08 PM

Though, I know they're going to mix in a lot of personality traits into him, right now, I get the feeling that they're mostly going for Napa, but without the stupidity, with Cell.

GethKnight Since: Apr, 2010
#7279: Aug 22nd 2014 at 3:32:56 PM

Why not just go full Goku? Maybe full Goku with a smidge of Vegeta.

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#7280: Aug 22nd 2014 at 4:54:18 PM

I think Piccolo tried a Kamehameha oin Dragonball.

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KBSL Since: Mar, 2013 Relationship Status: Forming Voltron
#7281: Aug 22nd 2014 at 5:05:58 PM

Looking at the Dethroning Moments page for this series, there are fewer entries than I was expecting. Three of the four for the series basically amount to people saying they don't view rape or suicide as things that should ever be used in comedy (which I disagree with, but eh), and another from someone who admittedly doesn't enjoy the series anyway.

edited 22nd Aug '14 5:42:38 PM by KBSL

KarkatTheDalek Not as angry as the name would suggest. from Somwhere in Time/Space Since: Mar, 2012 Relationship Status: You're a beautiful woman, probably
Not as angry as the name would suggest.
#7282: Aug 22nd 2014 at 5:12:47 PM

I looked at that page a few months ago. The rape and abuse things I can understand, maybe even agree with to an extent, but some of them were just...nonsensical.

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KBSL Since: Mar, 2013 Relationship Status: Forming Voltron
#7283: Aug 22nd 2014 at 5:16:17 PM

[up]Those pages are full of YMMV anyway. I find myself disagreeing with at least of half of the things on those pages, if not for the examples themselves, then the reasons the examples are there.

But, that's what they're there for.

Saiga Since: Feb, 2011 Relationship Status: Getting away with murder
#7284: Aug 22nd 2014 at 5:18:19 PM

That's dethroning moment pages for you.

[up][up][up][up] Negative. He's never done it. One of the few, actually, even Trunks and Vegeta have done it in movies/games.

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.

It's very likely he was. He admits to being weaker than both Androids, but Goku also says there is no way he can beat Cell, and Vegeta wasn't that much stronger than Goku at this point.

edited 22nd Aug '14 5:19:08 PM by Saiga

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#7285: Aug 22nd 2014 at 5:22:44 PM

Dethroning moments pages are largely 90% whining, 10% justified reaction.

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KarkatTheDalek Not as angry as the name would suggest. from Somwhere in Time/Space Since: Mar, 2012 Relationship Status: You're a beautiful woman, probably
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#7286: Aug 22nd 2014 at 5:24:35 PM

[up] Reminds how one time, on the How It Should Have Ended dethroning page, there was someone complained about Old Spock giving Darth Vader the Vulcan nerve pinch. Something about Force-reflexes or something like that.

...It's a fucking joke!

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#7287: Aug 22nd 2014 at 5:32:05 PM

Funny episode. In just 9 minutes, Cell's pretty fleshed out as a character. Plus Piccolo got to do something useful, which is always great.

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#7288: Aug 22nd 2014 at 5:53:57 PM

Well, Piccolo's just about on par with Cyborg 17, but the issue is he can't maintain the power output infinitely, like 17 can.

So, something interesting that just hit me. The heroes can't sense the cyborgs becuse their energy isn't ki, but rather artificial energy from some sort of science device. And that's unfortunate, as they can't track them. Makes you wish the heroes had some kind of device that just tracks energy without a care for its origin. Then they'd be able to scout around for the cyborgs.

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GethKnight Since: Apr, 2010
#7289: Aug 22nd 2014 at 5:56:13 PM

The scouters all blew up due to absurdly high power levels.

Saiga Since: Feb, 2011 Relationship Status: Getting away with murder
#7290: Aug 22nd 2014 at 6:01:54 PM

And there's also no telling if the Freeza-style scouters can sense their energy either. Gero's... might, or else 16 and Gero know how strong the Androids are from their data rather than scanners. But Freeza's scouter was only shown being able to read ki.

Lionheart0 Since: Oct, 2009 Relationship Status: I'm just a hunk-a, hunk-a burnin' love
#7291: Aug 22nd 2014 at 6:11:29 PM

I looked at that page a few months ago. The rape and abuse things I can understand, maybe even agree with to an extent, but some of them were just...nonsensical.

I thought the DBZA complaints were reasonable enough, but the entries in the Attack on Titan section were laughable.

They were literally complaining about Character Exaggeration in an abridged show.

Saiga Since: Feb, 2011 Relationship Status: Getting away with murder
#7292: Aug 22nd 2014 at 6:12:19 PM

I'm not even sure why a site like this even needs those kind of pages.

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#7293: Aug 22nd 2014 at 6:13:04 PM

I just ignore the Dethroning pages. As stated, they're like 90% baseless whining, overexaggeration, hypersensitivity, and at times even completely ungrounded misinterpretation.

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Lionheart0 Since: Oct, 2009 Relationship Status: I'm just a hunk-a, hunk-a burnin' love
#7294: Aug 22nd 2014 at 6:18:12 PM

What was the Freeze Frame Gag with the Solarflare this time?

Saiga Since: Feb, 2011 Relationship Status: Getting away with murder
KBSL Since: Mar, 2013 Relationship Status: Forming Voltron
#7296: Aug 22nd 2014 at 6:19:48 PM

Huh, the Attack On Titan Abriged one's were ridiculous. People complaining about the characters being one-note in the first episode, even though they admit they started out like that in the actual series and claiming that Team Four Star are "reverse racists".

But yeah, to get away from that, I love the new dynamic between Piccolo, Nail, and Kami, and I also like seeing that it won't necessarily just be the latter two driving the former crazy all the time.

edited 23rd Aug '14 1:00:33 AM by KBSL

KarkatTheDalek Not as angry as the name would suggest. from Somwhere in Time/Space Since: Mar, 2012 Relationship Status: You're a beautiful woman, probably
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#7297: Aug 22nd 2014 at 6:23:38 PM

Cyborg 17

I thought they were Androids.

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KBSL Since: Mar, 2013 Relationship Status: Forming Voltron
#7298: Aug 22nd 2014 at 6:25:23 PM

[up]Well, good for you, you're wrong!

Saiga Since: Feb, 2011 Relationship Status: Getting away with murder
#7299: Aug 22nd 2014 at 6:33:38 PM

"Android" is a loose enough term that it can be applied to 17 and 18 as well, though. They are cyborgs but android can be used for cyborgs as well.

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#7300: Aug 22nd 2014 at 6:37:03 PM

Well, even if 17 were an android, 18 would be a gynoid.

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