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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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#9876: Mar 2nd 2015 at 4:01:42 PM

[up] That works too, I guess. I'm not particularly choosy.

Why not Trunks, though?

edited 2nd Mar '15 4:02:16 PM by KarkatTheDalek

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SonOfSharknado Love is Love is Love Since: Oct, 2013 Relationship Status: And they all lived happily ever after <3
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#9877: Mar 2nd 2015 at 4:09:05 PM

Well, that depends. Do we make this timeline's Trunks a girl, or do we make the Trunks who came back in time during the Android Saga a girl as well? Because...that'd actually be kinda brilliant.

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LeGarcon Blowout soon fellow Stalker from Skadovsk Since: Aug, 2013 Relationship Status: Gay for Big Boss
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#9878: Mar 2nd 2015 at 4:13:37 PM

Largely because I like Trunks as is and Goten as a girl would be more fun as a character.

Though having the Trunks to come back in time be a girl and the Trunks born be a boy would be hella interesting.

Oh really when?
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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#9879: Mar 2nd 2015 at 4:14:14 PM

[up][up] I'd say both, if only because that seems implausible, but then, I'm still not entirely sure how Dragon Ball time travel works, so sure, if you want.

[up] Good enough reason, I suppose.

edited 2nd Mar '15 4:15:00 PM by KarkatTheDalek

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BaconManiac5000 Since: Nov, 2013 Relationship Status: Baby don't hurt me!
#9880: Mar 2nd 2015 at 4:15:26 PM

[up][up]It would make sense too, considering that there are millions of sperm and the chances that the same two got to the egg first in both timelines are rather unlikely.

Not to be gross or anything.

edited 2nd Mar '15 4:15:43 PM by BaconManiac5000

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HandsomeRob Leader of the Holey Brotherhood from The land of broken records Since: Jan, 2015
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#9881: Mar 2nd 2015 at 4:29:41 PM

Well, since this argument is happening:

Pan as a Super Saiyan? I'm all for it. The whole cause it's for Boys thing doesn't fly with me. It's the guys making it who think that, and they are wrong. Recall a quote for The Legend Of Korra:

During test screenings, though, boys said they didn't care that Korra was a girl. They just said she was awesome.

Now, this isn't in the West and not in Japan, but I can't help but think that such a thing may not be so crazy, Simply put, if you have to put effort into explaining why a Female Character can't be a physical combatant (and I admit, she doesn't have to be; she just has to be useful in someway and prominent) then maybe it's not worth the effort. If they have the potential to fight, just let them fight.

Now, this is Dragonball, so she would have probably become useless like every other character not name Goku (Equality folks!cool), but that's neither here nor there.

That being said, I disagree about her becoming one at the end of the series. Yeah, Trunks and Goten just busted it out like it was nothing special, but they eventually had someone to fight (they utterly failed at that, but that's not the point).

If you're gonna have Pan go Super Saiyan, then she needs a face to apply her Super Saiyan fist to. A villain to fight so that said power isn't wasted.

This is all a moot point however, because the series is done, Toriyama never thought of it, and likely isn't interested in trying.

I must admit, I do wonder what things would have been like if Trunks had been female.....

Probably would have been named Bra sooner for one thing. Oh man, I don't know if Vegeta is sexist, but imagine his reaction to a female Saiyan being a Super Saiyan before him. Shits would be flipped.

Oh, Toriyama. You missed the boat on that one.

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BaconManiac5000 Since: Nov, 2013 Relationship Status: Baby don't hurt me!
#9882: Mar 2nd 2015 at 4:35:27 PM

Isn't Trunks a girl's name, though?

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#9883: Mar 2nd 2015 at 4:40:20 PM

Wouldn't be as strange as some of the other changes Trunks somehow made. Like Android 19.

Speaking of changing the timeline, I kind of feel like Dumplin's current mission is one Trunks should've spent more time on the briefing for. Imagine Dumplin coming back, and this happens:

Trunks: "HEY! How'd the mission go? Simple enough?"
Dumplin: "Yeah, easy as makin' candy from a baby. Went and killed both the Saiyans, no problem."
Trunks: "...both of them?" *Marty McFlys*

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#9884: Mar 2nd 2015 at 4:40:56 PM

And, of course, Girl!Trunks would even more obviously had the hots for Future!Goku

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#9885: Mar 2nd 2015 at 4:42:58 PM

So, Super Freeza is just stealing the color change of a Super Saiyan?

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unnoun Since: Jan, 2012
#9886: Mar 2nd 2015 at 4:44:34 PM

I like how Maximum the Hormone are in charge of the theme song.

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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#9887: Mar 2nd 2015 at 4:59:27 PM

Trunks: "HEY! How'd the mission go? Simple enough?"

Dumplin: "Yeah, easy as makin' candy from a baby. Went and killed both the Saiyans, no problem."

Trunks: "...both of them?" *Marty Mc Flys*

While Dumplin sings "Earth Angel" in the background.

Does anyone else think that Xenoverse would actually make a pretty kickass show?

We could spread the wonders of Dumplin to a wider audience!

edited 2nd Mar '15 5:00:07 PM by KarkatTheDalek

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HandsomeRob Leader of the Holey Brotherhood from The land of broken records Since: Jan, 2015
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#9889: Mar 2nd 2015 at 5:27:28 PM

That's a little unnerving.

You've gone too far this time unnoun.

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Eriorguez Since: Jun, 2009
#9891: Mar 2nd 2015 at 5:37:10 PM

And once again Gohan is ignored and channels Yamcha in more ways than hairstyle.

It is a bit annoying, I'd say.

BaconManiac5000 Since: Nov, 2013 Relationship Status: Baby don't hurt me!
#9892: Mar 2nd 2015 at 6:11:17 PM

Indeed.

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HandsomeRob Leader of the Holey Brotherhood from The land of broken records Since: Jan, 2015
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#9893: Mar 2nd 2015 at 6:16:11 PM

Even if Gohan channeled 100% of Yamcha, he'd still have more respect than Yamcha.

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#9894: Mar 2nd 2015 at 6:18:08 PM

I didn't read every post, but I saw someone mention Goten could be a girl.

No, he couldn't. Toriyama cared about making Dragonball popular, and kid!Goku was extremely popular (which is why GT turned him back into a kid). Goten was a means to make the series even more popular, so yeah.

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#9895: Mar 2nd 2015 at 6:30:28 PM

Pfft. We all know very well that the series was not hurting for popularity by any stretch of the imagination by that point.

I mean, I'm sure that is the reason Goten exists, but it's not exactly a purpose so essential so as to forbid all modifications. Or, for that matter, a purpose a female Goten couldn't have served.

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#9896: Mar 2nd 2015 at 6:36:51 PM

Goten could have been a black lesbian and it wouldn't have affected Dragonball's popularity. It was basically an institution.

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Lionheart0 Since: Oct, 2009 Relationship Status: I'm just a hunk-a, hunk-a burnin' love
#9897: Mar 2nd 2015 at 6:48:14 PM

Now, this isn't in the West and not in Japan, but I can't help but think that such a thing may not be so crazy, Simply put, if you have to put effort into explaining why a Female Character can't be a physical combatant (and I admit, she doesn't have to be; she just has to be useful in someway and prominent) then maybe it's not worth the effort. If they have the potential to fight, just let them fight.

I think the real breakdown, at least in the West, isn't so much "Boys won't watch a show with a Female Lead" as much as "Parents won't buy their boys the toys."

unnoun Since: Jan, 2012
#9898: Mar 2nd 2015 at 7:04:46 PM

I mean, it's not like a female Goten couldn't have had that hairstyle.

Watchtower Since: Jul, 2010
#9899: Mar 2nd 2015 at 7:33:28 PM

Since we're talking about GT, I just want to throw in my own 2 cents.

Dragon Ball GT is the king of wasted potential. Many of the concepts that GT comes up with range from pretty decent to actually brilliant, and yet the execution ranges from okay to crap. Pan not going Super-Saiyan is just one of many things on that list.

SonOfSharknado Love is Love is Love Since: Oct, 2013 Relationship Status: And they all lived happily ever after <3
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#9900: Mar 2nd 2015 at 7:49:45 PM

I am now interested in these brilliant GT concepts. Go on

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