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LOLypop1224 ...what am I even DOING here? Since: Jan, 2012 Relationship Status: Non-Canon
...what am I even DOING here?
#15701: Nov 27th 2015 at 4:34:18 PM

[up][up] Probably not for a while. Kaiser's busy with Episode 51, D Bcember, AND Hellsing. But if you want to hear about behind-the-scenes stuff, they always talk about it in their podcast.

The *Legendary* Super Saiyan is motivated by a crying infant! He is a literal giant f***ing baby!
Enlong Court Dragon from The Underground Facility Since: May, 2011 Relationship Status: is commanded to— WANK!
Court Dragon
#15702: Nov 27th 2015 at 6:19:33 PM

What's DB Cember to be ths year?

I have a message from another time...
BaffleBlend Hey there! Having fun? from Somewhere Since: Dec, 2012 Relationship Status: LET'S HAVE A ZILLION BABIES
Hey there! Having fun?
#15703: Nov 27th 2015 at 7:24:20 PM

...they have a podcast?

...how do you use a podcast? I honestly never bothered to find out and ignored them until iPods were no longer a thing.

"It's liberating, realizing you never need to be competent." — Ultimatepheer
Zelenal The Cat Knows Where It's At from Purrgatory Since: Jul, 2009 Relationship Status: Maxing my social links
The Cat Knows Where It's At
#15704: Nov 27th 2015 at 7:25:59 PM

It's just an audio file. You just play it on your computer like any other audio file posted to the web. Just hit the play button.

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LSBK Since: Sep, 2014
#15705: Nov 27th 2015 at 7:28:06 PM

Going back to the favorite gag bit, another one that really sticks out to me for some reason is "Vegeta: Hey, Kakarot, what's the opposite of Christoper Walken?..." and you know the rest.

Zelenal The Cat Knows Where It's At from Purrgatory Since: Jul, 2009 Relationship Status: Maxing my social links
The Cat Knows Where It's At
#15706: Nov 27th 2015 at 7:47:29 PM

That is a joke that I still don't get. That one and the "Damn you, Pavlov!".

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AdricDePsycho Rock on, Gold Dust Woman from Never Going Back Again Since: Oct, 2014 Relationship Status: [TOP SECRET]
Rock on, Gold Dust Woman
#15707: Nov 27th 2015 at 7:51:12 PM

Christopher Reeve played Superman in the 70s and 80s. He later broke his neck and suffered paralysis until the day he died.

Thus, he's the opposite of Christopher Walken.

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BaffleBlend Hey there! Having fun? from Somewhere Since: Dec, 2012 Relationship Status: LET'S HAVE A ZILLION BABIES
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#15708: Nov 27th 2015 at 7:52:05 PM

[nja]

edited 27th Nov '15 7:52:26 PM by BaffleBlend

"It's liberating, realizing you never need to be competent." — Ultimatepheer
Enlong Court Dragon from The Underground Facility Since: May, 2011 Relationship Status: is commanded to— WANK!
Court Dragon
#15709: Nov 27th 2015 at 7:52:25 PM

Pavlov tested the idea of conditioning behavior in animals. Gohan's been hit so many times while Piccolo yells "DODGE!" that hearing him yell "DODGE!" during the battle makes him freeze up in fear.

Vegeta's line? Well, Christoper Walken's last name kind of sounds like "walkin'". Which is the opposite of Christoper Reeve, since he was a paraplegic and could not walk. Yes, it's in terrible taste.

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LSBK Since: Sep, 2014
#15710: Nov 27th 2015 at 7:52:40 PM

The "Walken" in Christopher Walken sounds like walking and Christopher Reeve is (or rather was) paralyzed from the waist down. And then Vegeta crushed Goku's legs. The joke very much was in terrible taste.

As for Pavlov he experiments with training with dogs and... I get the joke but I'm not sure I could explain it properly.

Edit: very much [nja]'d.

edited 27th Nov '15 7:57:13 PM by LSBK

Anomalocaris20 from Sagittarius A* Since: Sep, 2010 Relationship Status: Love blinded me (with science!)
#15711: Nov 27th 2015 at 7:53:35 PM

Pavlov did research about conditioning reflexive reactions in response to stimuli.

Gohan had been conditioned by Piccolo's training to freeze up at the word "dodge", much to Piccolo's annoyance.

[nja]'d several times over.

edited 27th Nov '15 7:54:18 PM by Anomalocaris20

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#15712: Nov 27th 2015 at 7:54:39 PM

Pavlov did experiments showing that, when you ring a bell and offer a dog food, the dog will come to expect food with the ringing of the bell. Much as Gohan learns to dodge whenever Piccolo yells the word 'DODGE!'.

Hah! I explained his experiments!

edited 27th Nov '15 7:55:57 PM by PushoverMediaCritic

AdricDePsycho Rock on, Gold Dust Woman from Never Going Back Again Since: Oct, 2014 Relationship Status: [TOP SECRET]
Rock on, Gold Dust Woman
#15713: Nov 27th 2015 at 7:54:58 PM

Gohan heard "DODGE" and freaked out because every time Piccolo yelled dodge, he got hurt.

Pavlov did that experiment where he rang a bell to summon a dog to get food, and every time he did so the dog would drool, even if there was no food. It was a reaction to the sound of the Bell.

Thus, Gohan associated the word DODGE with pain, just like the dog associated the bell with food.

Edit: [nja] son of a gum chewing funk monster.

edited 27th Nov '15 7:55:47 PM by AdricDePsycho

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Guy01 Since: Mar, 2015
#15714: Nov 27th 2015 at 7:55:44 PM

Favorite Joke? Trucker Hat.

Ok, who let Light Yagami in here?
BaffleBlend Hey there! Having fun? from Somewhere Since: Dec, 2012 Relationship Status: LET'S HAVE A ZILLION BABIES
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#15715: Nov 27th 2015 at 8:06:18 PM

Movie kind of drove that one into the ground for me, unfortunately.

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BaconManiac5000 Since: Nov, 2013 Relationship Status: Baby don't hurt me!
#15716: Nov 27th 2015 at 8:07:07 PM

Oh good, I'm not the only one with that opinion.....

Like, it was funny at first. The whole banjo version of the Imperial March when his hat was put on was hilarious.

But it became kind of old after a while....

edited 27th Nov '15 8:08:00 PM by BaconManiac5000

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#15717: Nov 27th 2015 at 8:10:28 PM

The intro being a rock version of Dualing Banjos with the outro being a country version of Chala-Head-Chala killed me.

BaffleBlend Hey there! Having fun? from Somewhere Since: Dec, 2012 Relationship Status: LET'S HAVE A ZILLION BABIES
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#15718: Nov 27th 2015 at 8:11:08 PM

Worst part is, it wrecked the original joke with 17's mocking it, too. I mean, can you call it mocking when it's completely accurate?

"It's liberating, realizing you never need to be competent." — Ultimatepheer
Weirdguy149 Former King from Lumiose City Since: Jul, 2014 Relationship Status: I'd jump in front of a train for ya!
Former King
#15719: Nov 27th 2015 at 8:12:09 PM

I prefer the narrations that happened whenever the fighters-other-than-Goku was hit by Super 13.

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HandsomeRob Leader of the Holey Brotherhood from The land of broken records Since: Jan, 2015
Leader of the Holey Brotherhood
#15720: Nov 27th 2015 at 8:24:15 PM

The rebirth of the dick joke.

Goten being retconned out of existence by it killed me(though not nearly as much as Gotenevil grin). I'm desperately hoping the moment where it happens is referenced when they reach the Buu saga.

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BaconManiac5000 Since: Nov, 2013 Relationship Status: Baby don't hurt me!
#15721: Nov 27th 2015 at 8:24:32 PM

[up][up][up]I'm glad I'm not the only one who thought that.

Like, that actually surprised me that that's what 13 did actually say.

edited 27th Nov '15 8:24:47 PM by BaconManiac5000

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LSBK Since: Sep, 2014
#15722: Nov 27th 2015 at 8:25:00 PM

[up][up]I have no doubt it will be.

edited 27th Nov '15 8:25:19 PM by LSBK

theLibrarian Since: Jul, 2009
#15723: Nov 27th 2015 at 8:28:50 PM

Pavlov actually was right, too. I've become conditioned to tense up at the sound of a fire alarm whether it's in the building I'm currently in or on a video I'm watching because the fire alarms at my college dorm have gone off so many times (often in the middle of the night or for multiple hours because for some reason they couldn't be shut off).

randomness4 Ghost '11 from The Land of Inconvenience Since: Sep, 2011
Ghost '11
#15724: Nov 27th 2015 at 9:28:03 PM

2 jokes really isn't that much. The other joke wasn't even about the hat itself.

5 mentionings total...including the two jokes.

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LSBK Since: Sep, 2014
#15725: Nov 27th 2015 at 9:33:23 PM

Yeah, 17's point is that 13 was ridiculous, him using his actual words doesn't hurt that point at all or make 13 any less mockable.

edited 27th Nov '15 9:40:01 PM by LSBK


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