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KnownUnknown Since: Jan, 2001
#12501: Jun 15th 2015 at 10:21:18 PM

The black sheep of the family is a non-scientist military guy, simply named Commando.

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#12502: Jun 15th 2015 at 10:49:32 PM

There's a hauntingly attractive cousin, born female, but who gender identifies as male, named Boy Shorts.

unnoun Since: Jan, 2012
#12503: Jun 16th 2015 at 4:06:48 AM

They have an ancestor named Corset.

God_of_Awesome Since: Jan, 2001
#12504: Jun 16th 2015 at 4:27:01 AM

And then there is Short Shorts.

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#12505: Jun 16th 2015 at 4:28:58 AM

Since Krillin knows what her real name is, I wonder if they're going to refer to Android 18 as Lazuli during the Buu Saga.

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God_of_Awesome Since: Jan, 2001
#12506: Jun 16th 2015 at 4:30:46 AM

Considering how the twins refer to each other as 17 & 18, I think not.

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#12507: Jun 16th 2015 at 4:33:22 AM

They had their memories of being human wiped, though. They don't remember their real names.

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God_of_Awesome Since: Jan, 2001
#12508: Jun 16th 2015 at 4:34:58 AM

Oh.

See, I continue to not know these things cause I only ever watched the Abridged series.

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#12509: Jun 16th 2015 at 4:45:26 AM

On names: I use whichever is easiest to type/say. Instead of "Tien," I use "Ten," as an example. Hercule fo' life, cuz "Mr. Satan" is a dumber name.

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unnoun Since: Jan, 2012
#12510: Jun 16th 2015 at 6:23:58 AM

Noooo! sad

Yay innuendo!

edited 16th Jun '15 6:24:45 AM by unnoun

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#12511: Jun 16th 2015 at 6:52:37 AM

...The joke that second one made is actually the joke they were making in the special. The Androids even call it out.

  • 18: Wooow. You maybe want to take a minute to rephrase that?
  • GOHAN: Nope. I'd rather use that minute to KICK YOUR ASS!
  • 18: See, now, that's better.

Also, Zelenal and God of Awesome, I am unclear about your conversation.

Krillin only knows 18's birth name in the Abridged series, but 17 and 18 didn't have their memories wiped in the Abridged either given their conversation about their parents shortly after their activation, so in what version of the story would Krillin know but 18 not know?

edited 16th Jun '15 6:56:57 AM by TobiasDrake

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#12512: Jun 16th 2015 at 6:56:09 AM

[...]but 17 and 18 didn't have their memories wiped in the Abridged either given their discussion about their parents shortly after their activation[...]

Wait, they did?

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#12513: Jun 16th 2015 at 6:56:42 AM

  • 17: *on Krillin* If you're just trying to piss off mom and dad, why not date a black guy?
  • 18: Oh my god.
  • 17: Oh, that's right, they're dead.
  • 18: Oh, my god!

They also make jokes about their past like 18 calling out 17 for dying his hair black, to which he retorts, "You're just mad 'cause I wore it better." either alluding to his previously blond hair or suggesting that Lazuli attempted to go black at some point and it didn't work out.

edited 16th Jun '15 6:59:32 AM by TobiasDrake

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#12514: Jun 16th 2015 at 7:10:28 AM

Huh. I forgot about that. That just raises the question of why don't they use their real names? It's not like they have any love for Gero.

edited 16th Jun '15 7:10:59 AM by Zelenal

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#12515: Jun 16th 2015 at 7:23:06 AM

The people who did the English dub also might not be aware that 17 and 18 had their memories wiped, as I believe they did the same joke the opposite direction; 17 implying that 18 was a bottled blonde after observing the shift in Vegeta's hair color as he passed out.

Might have been the Trunks special with Gohan instead of Vegeta.

edited 16th Jun '15 7:24:04 AM by TobiasDrake

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#12516: Jun 16th 2015 at 7:42:00 AM

To be fair, I think that information didn't come out until sometime after the manga finished its run. I actually can't find where that bit of information came up.

However, I did learn that Lapis and Lazuli are likely to outlive everyone around them. Lazuli may even outlive Maron.

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#12518: Jun 16th 2015 at 7:52:05 AM

Yes, that's where their names come from as well as the information about them aging and a number of other things (an earlier one talks about their backstory) but I can't find out where I learned that their memories of being human were wiped.

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#12520: Jun 16th 2015 at 7:14:07 PM

I note Gohan can't go SSGSS. Poor, poor, irrelevant Gohan.

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#12521: Jun 16th 2015 at 7:50:28 PM

That's okay. The minute Toriyama decides to care about him again, he'll get his power unlocked by a deus ex machina that puts him back on top. Gohan doesn't have to keep up, he can just wait for the next freebie.

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#12522: Jun 16th 2015 at 7:51:58 PM

Forget SSGSS, he can't even go Ultimate. Possibly not SS2 either.

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#12523: Jun 16th 2015 at 8:18:25 PM

Watch there be a "Super Human God", where humans boost someone among them with the strongest power level... which basically just means another power up for Gohan (and Trunks. And Goten).

unnoun Since: Jan, 2012
#12524: Jun 16th 2015 at 8:21:52 PM

No, Satan is the strongest human.

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#12525: Jun 16th 2015 at 9:39:27 PM

Goku makes a Genki-Dama out of the entire planet Earth again, but someone has to merge with it and absorb its power. Because it's made of humans, it will synchronize better with a human, amplifying its power to far greater lengths than if Goku were to do it himself.

Naturally, this means the true potential of the Earth Genki-Dama can only be drawn out by Krillin Tien KRILLIN TIEN Krillin, Goddammit Shut up, it has to be Tien YAMCHA.

edited 16th Jun '15 9:39:39 PM by TobiasDrake

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