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LSBK Since: Sep, 2014
#14801: Oct 29th 2015 at 3:42:47 PM

No it's not. Piccolo and Kami were originally one and then went back to that. Nail was a foreign being who only gave his power.

They were both fusions, sure, but they were different from their very nature.

Like, Piccolo and Kami becoming one again made them way more powerful than what was going on with Nail.

I feel like this was pointed out in story.

edited 29th Oct '15 3:43:10 PM by LSBK

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#14802: Oct 29th 2015 at 3:48:23 PM

If it was, please show me. I get that the two fusions are thematically different, but I don't think they're mechanically different. No more than Goku fusing with Hercule instead of Vegeta would've been. Less power, yes, but the same fusing method.

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#14803: Oct 29th 2015 at 5:21:47 PM

Piccolo changed a bit from fusing with both Nail and Kami, knowing and being mildly affectionate to Dende from the former and mellowing out and caring about the Lookout from the latter.

EchoingSilence Since: Jun, 2013
#14804: Oct 30th 2015 at 4:53:11 AM

And now he has 2 voices living in his head. That can apparently throw up and install a pool table.

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#14807: Oct 30th 2015 at 5:41:47 AM

Jokes on him: Nail's just downloading all the mobile apps.

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#14808: Oct 30th 2015 at 6:07:16 AM

I brought this up not to long ago, that Piccolo's only a couple years older than Gohan.

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#14809: Oct 30th 2015 at 7:17:51 AM

Eh, depends on how you look at it. Technically, but he does still have all of Piccolo Sr's memories so that... really should count for a lot.

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#14810: Oct 30th 2015 at 10:47:42 AM

....Now I'm wondering if anybody still calls him "Junior". You know, for shits.

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#14811: Oct 30th 2015 at 10:48:45 AM

[up]Would have been a funny joke for Kami to make.

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#14813: Oct 31st 2015 at 9:37:47 AM

Is it just me, or is Piccolo even more chummy with Goku now than he was at the beginning of DBZ Abridged?

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#14814: Oct 31st 2015 at 9:44:42 AM

Yes? As he should be? DBZ Abridged began at a time when Piccolo wanted to murder Goku and conquer the planet, and the only prolonged exposure the two had with each other post-reincarnation was that time when Piccolo wrecked the 23rd Tenkaichi Budokai, blew up the stadium, broke Goku's arms and legs, and was subsequently defeated by Goku hitting him really hard with his face.

edited 31st Oct '15 9:45:04 AM by TobiasDrake

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#14815: Oct 31st 2015 at 9:59:58 AM

Huh, I know people are always saying this but the video player on their site is sort of terrible.

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#14816: Oct 31st 2015 at 10:00:36 AM

To be fair, that last hit to the face was the culmination of multiple hits to the face, along with every other part of the body. the Wafer Thin Mint of face hits if you will.

Man. They really had fun with Trucker 13.....and Pimp 15.

And of course, the Callback to the dick punches.

..... Goten being erased from existence due to Goku getting it in the Gonads......wait? Didn't they say they'd be removing a character from the series? Did we just seriously see them cut out Goten!?

edited 31st Oct '15 10:00:51 AM by HandsomeRob

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#14817: Oct 31st 2015 at 10:03:07 AM

Goku said he healed his gotens through multiple senzu beans, so the timeline has probably been restored. What a hilarious scene though.

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#14818: Oct 31st 2015 at 10:05:46 AM

It's not just you. They've been total bros ever since Namek.

I loved this. Everything was absolutely perfect.

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#14819: Oct 31st 2015 at 10:07:45 AM

I now want a buddy comedy featuring Piccolo and Vegeta floating on an iceberg.

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#14820: Oct 31st 2015 at 10:08:26 AM

I can't believe I never considered the idea of Gero downloading himself into his computer. I wish Toriyama had thought of that.

But that's a wish I make constantly, and one I know will never happen either.

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#14822: Oct 31st 2015 at 10:40:42 AM

So was that Masako voicing Older Gohan as well? Because if so, he did a great job making the voice more distinct.

Also, the Archer reference makes this an automatic win in my book. [lol]

edited 31st Oct '15 10:42:17 AM by Lionheart0

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#14823: Oct 31st 2015 at 11:11:29 AM

And I was just talking about that reference last night. Was that in the original movie, or did they edit that in?

The sad thing about the movies is we won't see all these great characters again. However, it was great to see all the continuity here.

Nail, Kami and Piccolo are hilarious.
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It's really distracting how much of the Megas XLR soundtrack they use, but I do like when Trunks uses the Doctor Who music.

HandsomeRob Leader of the Holey Brotherhood from The land of broken records Since: Jan, 2015
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#14824: Oct 31st 2015 at 11:15:56 AM

Yeah. And they used the Eleventh Doctor's rather awesome theme too.

Though I slightly prefer All the Strange Strange Creatures myself.

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#14825: Oct 31st 2015 at 11:18:26 AM

That use of Bastion music was pretty great. And I just now realized that it's pretty damn fitting for the specific events, because that soundtrack is part country.

Re: Goten vanishing. Let us not forget that the movies are super irreconcilable with the events of the series as a whole.

edited 31st Oct '15 11:19:11 AM by Enlong

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