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alekos23 Since: Mar, 2013
#11626: May 15th 2015 at 8:47:43 AM

Cause everything has a name in games.

VeryMelon Since: Jul, 2011 Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
#11627: May 15th 2015 at 8:50:12 AM

Videogames have a habit of turning one time attacks in Dragonball into special attacks and movesets for the characters. I believe Penetrate is Kid Goku's Ultimate Move in Budokai 3 for example.

alekos23 Since: Mar, 2013
Medigo03 Since: Sep, 2013
#11629: May 15th 2015 at 9:01:42 AM

for what its worth. Tien did save Dende and Mr Satans from Buu

sure that wasn't very consequential considering all of Buu's victims were resurrected later by the Namekian Dragon

But it did allow Satan to stick around and help out with the forming of the spiritbomb etc

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#11630: May 15th 2015 at 9:17:37 AM

[up][up] Yes. She's playable in that game, so Goku can penetrate Chi-Chi.

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940131 Since: Feb, 2014
#11631: May 15th 2015 at 9:18:18 AM

It seems like some people have an axe to grind against Tien.

edited 15th May '15 9:20:35 AM by 940131

alekos23 Since: Mar, 2013
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#11633: May 15th 2015 at 9:22:43 AM

Nobody hates Tien. He's just inconsequential.

Tien had the misfortune of having completed his entire character arc by the 23rd Tenkaichi Budokai. Having nothing else to do, he just sort of stuck around and he wasn't even very good at that because he hates everyone. He's not a bad character, just one who outlived his usefulness early on but didn't have the grace to leave once his story was finished.

He's the Shadow the Hedgehog of Dragon Ball.

edited 15th May '15 9:22:58 AM by TobiasDrake

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940131 Since: Feb, 2014
#11634: May 15th 2015 at 9:33:21 AM

Almost every character becomes pointless after a while in this series. They usually don't disapear... they just end up being put in the background. The only characters that stayed relevant from their first appearance to the end of the series were the Saiyans and maybe Piccolo.

Also, I never got the feeling that Tien hated everyone. Just Vegeta.

edited 15th May '15 9:34:01 AM by 940131

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#11635: May 15th 2015 at 9:42:42 AM

They weren't really put into the background. They did their own thing. Yajirobe found a purpose as the Bean Daddy after he decided to stay at Karin's Tower, while characters like Nam, Bora, Android 8, etc. were rarely seen again once their story was over. Those who did stick around did so because they were friends of Goku; Krillin, Yamcha, and Bulma primarily.

Tien was never part of the protagonist social group. He was an outright villain redeemed by Goku and Kame-sennin during the Tenkaichi Budokai. He never came to the parties or social gatherings and, after the Cell Games, openly tells the group that he's going back to his mountains and they'll never see him again because f*ck all y'alls.

Tien got over his aspirations of becoming a contract killer, but he's still a grumpy misanthrope who only comes back to the plot because he wants to fight someone. He's got more in common with Piccolo and Vegeta than Yamcha and Krillin, except both Piccolo and Vegeta integrated themselves into the social group and formed emotional connections to other members, while Tien never did.

edited 15th May '15 9:44:58 AM by TobiasDrake

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940131 Since: Feb, 2014
#11636: May 15th 2015 at 9:51:11 AM

I'd say that Tien did form connections with the members of the group. Primarily Krillin and Yamcha. They trained together at Korin's, Mr. Popo's and in Yamcha's case, at Kame's. If the new movies are canon, he attends the parties too.

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#11637: May 15th 2015 at 9:53:30 AM

Tis a shame that Tien missed out on all of the Fusion and Alien Genetics asspulls that the Saiyans and Piccolo got.

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#11638: May 15th 2015 at 9:55:30 AM

And Namek.

Krillin got boosted to 75,000 because of Namek. Tien missed the boat on that too.

edited 15th May '15 9:59:10 AM by TobiasDrake

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940131 Since: Feb, 2014
#11639: May 15th 2015 at 9:57:48 AM

Honestly, I doubt it would help. Even if he had a power up he'd fall behind the Saiyans. Even Piccolo was reduced to Saiyan babysitter by the Buu Saga.

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#11640: May 15th 2015 at 10:00:24 AM

I'd say that Tien did form connections with the members of the group. Primarily Krillin and Yamcha. They trained together at Korin's, Mr. Popo's and in Yamcha's case, at Kame's. If the new movies are canon, he attends the parties too.

They trained together under Popo and Kaio-sama, but that still wasn't enough of a connection for him to stick around during the three years training for the Androids, whereupon he promptly runs off to the mountains to do his training with Chiaotzu. He spent time around them due to circumstance, but then dumped them at the first opportunity to go back to being antisocial. That's not much of an emotional connection.

Honestly, I doubt it would help. Even if he had a power up he'd fall behind the Saiyans. Even Piccolo was reduced to Saiyan babysitter by the Buu Saga.

Yeah, but it might soothe his ego a little if, like, Krillin, he was one of the most powerful beings in the entire universe. Krillin surpassed the Ginyu Force, sans Captain; there's no indication Tien ever surpassed Vegeta's starting power.

edited 15th May '15 10:01:56 AM by TobiasDrake

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unnoun Since: Jan, 2012
#11641: May 15th 2015 at 10:06:51 AM

He probably liked watching Vegeta Bingo.

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#11642: May 15th 2015 at 10:10:11 AM

Attempting to form an emotional connection between Tien and the group is how we lost Lunch, come to think of it.

Tien is at -1 social connections. He's actually cost one.

edited 15th May '15 10:10:42 AM by TobiasDrake

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940131 Since: Feb, 2014
#11643: May 15th 2015 at 10:10:59 AM

[up]Son "Bye Son" Goku runs off on his own too. It's like Vegeta said. He's never there. He shows up for fights and then spends several years away from his family and friends. In the Buu Saga, one of the first things Goku asked was where Tien was. I'd say that means he'd formed a connection.

There' no evidence that he didn't either.

edited 15th May '15 10:15:09 AM by 940131

unnoun Since: Jan, 2012
#11644: May 15th 2015 at 10:11:51 AM

I mean, considering this shit happens when he goes to parties, can you blame him?

edited 15th May '15 10:23:37 AM by unnoun

BaconManiac5000 Since: Nov, 2013 Relationship Status: Baby don't hurt me!
#11645: May 15th 2015 at 12:53:15 PM

Hm.

It's so hard to find good avatars of Dumplin. :/

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alekos23 Since: Mar, 2013
#11646: May 15th 2015 at 12:57:28 PM

Can we add Dumplin to DBZ Abridged's characters page? tongue

wanderlustwarrior Role Model from Where Gods Belong Since: Jun, 2009 Relationship Status: What's love got to do with it?
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#11647: May 15th 2015 at 12:59:00 PM

Maybe if there's a Team Four Star characters page?

BaconManiac5000 Since: Nov, 2013 Relationship Status: Baby don't hurt me!
#11648: May 15th 2015 at 1:02:42 PM

[up][up]They should give him a cameo in the background.

[up]Unfortunately, there isn't. :/

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qtjinla15 Since: Dec, 2010
#11649: May 15th 2015 at 1:06:04 PM

Someone explain what does shutting off 18 do to prevent Cell from going perfect? Shutting off doesn't blow up the Cyborgs, so what does it do? Shut off their infinite energy generator or something?

Would it being inactive mean Cell would activate it once he consumed it anyway? That was never explain in or out of universe.

Enlong Court Dragon from The Underground Facility Since: May, 2011 Relationship Status: is commanded to— WANK!
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#11650: May 15th 2015 at 1:17:24 PM

A deactivated android is much easier to destroy.

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