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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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#8726: Dec 22nd 2014 at 10:08:55 PM

I didn't know how much my day needed to include watching Goten get gut-punched by Vegeta until now.

GethKnight Since: Apr, 2010
#8727: Dec 22nd 2014 at 10:40:49 PM

Goku, Gohan, Goten. Why do they all start with 'Go'?

Saiga Since: Feb, 2011 Relationship Status: Getting away with murder
#8728: Dec 22nd 2014 at 11:39:09 PM

Theme Naming.

The 'Go' used in their name means something like wisdom/enlightenment.

edited 22nd Dec '14 11:41:36 PM by Saiga

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#8729: Dec 23rd 2014 at 12:32:26 AM

I am thinkin that the first time goku went oozaru might be number 2.

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#8730: Dec 23rd 2014 at 12:40:19 AM

Number 2 should be the series' first poop joke.

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#8731: Dec 23rd 2014 at 2:51:51 AM

[up][up] Great pick there actually. Yeah, that makes sense to me.

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#8733: Dec 23rd 2014 at 6:20:10 AM

[up]I really feel bad for Raditz. He was the villain the completely changed the tone of the entire series (for good or bad) and he's almost always ignored. tongue

edited 23rd Dec '14 6:20:39 AM by Lionheart0

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#8734: Dec 23rd 2014 at 7:30:02 AM

Wait, why did Bulma shrink?

But seriously, I can't imagine what that moment with Raditz must have been like for someone who followed it all the way through.

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#8735: Dec 23rd 2014 at 7:53:54 AM

I still say the Galick Gun and Big Bang Attack were both far cooler technique usages than Final Flash, which accomplished nothing. I consider the effects of the attack to be more important to "coolness" than how brightly it glows or how much dirt it moves, and Final Flash was too little, too late. All the attack accomplished towards defeating Cell was establishing how completely outmatched Vegeta himself was which, in my opinion, is the exact opposite of what a "super cool technique" is supposed to do.

It's like Mr. Satan's dynamite punch. No matter how much he may build it up, it's hard to say it's the best move in the entire show when the entire point of the move is to show how worthless a fighter Mr. Satan is. Final Flash was Vegeta's crowning moment of impotency.

For comparison's sake, the first time Piccolo used the Makankosappo, it failed miserably. Had this been the last time we ever saw the move, it wouldn't have meant much to anybody at all; however, it came back in a triumphant fashion later in the fight, simultaneously killing not only Raditz but Goku as well, forever cementing its place as one of the more memorable moments in the franchise. Final Flash only fired off once, and it achieved nothing.

edited 23rd Dec '14 8:04:17 AM by TobiasDrake

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#8736: Dec 23rd 2014 at 10:33:17 AM

[up][up]I kind of wish Funimation had actually localized the first series first.

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#8737: Dec 23rd 2014 at 10:41:43 AM

I had to start out with Z so I didn't feel the realization until years later when I got the chance to watch Dragon Ball.

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GethKnight Since: Apr, 2010
#8738: Dec 23rd 2014 at 10:51:25 AM

Wait, why did Bulma shrink?

If you're being serious: It's so that she could travel in Goku's pocket while he flew on the Nimbus. She's not pure of heart enough.

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#8739: Dec 23rd 2014 at 11:03:01 AM

Galick Gun [...] accomplished nothing

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#8740: Dec 23rd 2014 at 11:08:21 AM

The Galick Gun destroyed Goku. Goku had to push his Kaioken to 400% power in order to beat it and utterly wrecked his own body in the process. Goku's phyrric victory against the Galick Gun took everything he had, leaving him wholly unprepared when Vegeta came back even harder with the Oozaru form.

By contrast, Final Flash mildly inconvenienced Cell, who recovered from it in seconds and effortlessly humiliated Vegeta.

The Galick Gun was one of many ways Vegeta established his near-insurmountable dominance over Earth's defenders. Tanking the Final Flash was one of many ways Cell established his near-insurmountable dominance over Earth's defenders.

edited 23rd Dec '14 11:10:04 AM by TobiasDrake

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#8741: Dec 23rd 2014 at 11:14:44 AM

But Final Flash looked so cool and it had the best theme in the series playing and everything.

Oh really when?
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#8743: Dec 23rd 2014 at 11:27:29 AM

What.

But he was firing it at Cell from a point on the earth's surface. He wasn't aiming it downward from the air or anything.

The worst that beam would've done to Earth is dig a huge trench where Cell was, and then fly off into space.

edited 23rd Dec '14 11:27:43 AM by Enlong

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#8744: Dec 23rd 2014 at 11:28:01 AM

I suddenly find myself wondering if the Kintoun operates on the same definition of purity as Super Saiyan. Could Vegeta ride it on the grounds that his heart is pure evil unadulterated badass?

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#8745: Dec 23rd 2014 at 11:30:00 AM

[up][up]He was floating a fair ways above Cell but that's still not got enough of an angle to properly hit the Earth I don't think. Glancing blow maybe. It does seem like he angles it up a fair bit though.

You're also gonna wanna skip to like 4 minutes in because yelling filler

edited 23rd Dec '14 11:34:50 AM by LeGarcon

Oh really when?
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#8746: Dec 23rd 2014 at 11:34:01 AM

[up][up]I feel like Video Game/Divekick has a good statement about Vegeta's assertions that he his badass.

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#8747: Dec 23rd 2014 at 12:26:30 PM

But Final Flash looked so cool and it had the best theme in the series playing and everything.

That fucking piano chord.

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#8748: Dec 23rd 2014 at 12:48:16 PM

Woohoo. Honestly I figured either that it'd be that or the first time Goku goes Oozaru.

edited 23rd Dec '14 12:49:49 PM by CobraPrime

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#8749: Dec 23rd 2014 at 1:34:38 PM

I cant believe that Oozaru Goku was left off the list.

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#8750: Dec 23rd 2014 at 1:46:36 PM

I sort of can. Because in the end it happens... twice? Goku is left tailess or moonless for most of his life. Heck, all things considered, the whole Oozaru thing barely ever plays a part with most Saiyan characters. The only one who gets good mileage out of it (Movie not counting) is Vegeta. Gohan if you count falling on someone as "good mileage". Oozaru is one of those great ideas the show and manga never really exploited. And even Vegeta never recovers his tail after its cut, and Gohan's tail is basically a Deus Ex Machina.

Heck, Goten and Trunks never even get tails.

edited 23rd Dec '14 1:49:31 PM by CobraPrime


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