Chi-Chi traded Goku for Goten, though. A fully-grown Saiyan adult for a developing Saiyan child. As food consumption goes, I can't imagine that saved her any money.
Also, ki expenditure had that terribly large of an impact on food consumption, every protagonist would be a Big Eater, not just the Saiyans. Kame-sennin astonishedly watching Goku eat his entire prize winnings in food from the 21st Tenkaichi Budokai is an effective demonstration of the difference between a Saiyan appetite and any other martial artist one.
edited 4th Dec '15 9:09:40 AM by TobiasDrake
My Tumblr. Currently side-by-side liveblogging Digimon Adventure, sub vs dub.My guess is that Saiyan evolution didn't have permanent settlements in mind.
Think about it, everything about them is built to destroy as many things as possible. That doesn't seem suited for any kind of sustainability; I read on the wiki that, when Frieza struck, the Saiyan population was only a few thousand individuals.
I repeat: a few thousand.
On a planet ten times Earth's mass.
Each Saiyan probably had several hundred acres of food to themselves with no danger of running out any tome soon. When one source ran out, they'd just go onto the next, and the planet's so damn huge they had more than enough space to do just that. They probably never developed agriculture because they didn't need to — I'm assuming Planet Vegeta had wildlife. This strategy, of course, would probably have bitten them in the ass with famine after a few thousand years, but they didn't exactly get that far.
edited 4th Dec '15 9:27:16 AM by BaffleBlend
"It's liberating, realizing you never need to be competent." — UltimatepheerThat just kind of convinces me more of the idea that Saiyans were engineered bio-weapons.
Like, everything about them is built to destroy and consume and be able to get stronger to destroy more.
None of it makes sense from a natural selection standpoint, but all of it makes sense if they were engineered as a last resort by a loosing side in the war or something to that degree.
Like, they can even turn into giant monsters under moonlight for no other reason than that it makes it easier to destroy stuff.
what do you mean I didn't win, I ate more wet t-shirts than anyone elseAccording to the original Bardock Special, those things WERE the Tuffles. Team Four Star made them into Saiyan ancestors.
edited 4th Dec '15 9:56:00 AM by PushoverMediaCritic
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That is a good question. In an arc in Dragon Ball it was shown they do groceries by plane in a nearby city/town. Te same arc have Master Kame and Kuririn really excited with the opportunity to cash in a large diamond, which I think is evidence that even if he have enough to go by it is not like he is rich.
Maybe Kame live out of pensions or something. And Kuririn might do an occasional job which dependently is not enough to make a living by himself, but might help out with the budget.
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The spelling differ across countries(and some times even in different publications in the same country). It is a bit annoying trying to remember how it is spelled in the US and since everyone here knows who I am taking about anyway, I see no reason to bother.
I sometimes spell it Kulilin as it is actually how it is speled in the manga (the original, I mean).
edited 4th Dec '15 10:09:43 AM by Heatth
I like the abridged version of those things being Saiyans better. It explains a lot.
See, if they were proto-Saiyans instead of Tuffles, then it suggests that the humanoid form of Saiyans and the ability to become the Super Saiyan were bred into the species via reproducing with Bardock - as one of the proto-Saiyans does is in the abridged version after being kicked in the stomach. That it's even possible to reproduce with Bardock explains why half-Saiyans are so easy to make and come with no genetic defects: because the Saiyan reproductive system just naturally accommodates other species.
The implication that Bardock committed several acts of violence against the obnoxious little creatures over the course of his life - causing his genes to thoroughly saturate the Saiyan gene pool and resulting in a widespread outbreak of humanlike appearances and the ability to become the Super Saiyan in future generations of the species - is hilarious to me.
It also creates an origin paradox and those are always fun.
edited 4th Dec '15 11:05:29 AM by TobiasDrake
My Tumblr. Currently side-by-side liveblogging Digimon Adventure, sub vs dub.So I decided to watch Bio-Broly after seeing TFS talk about it...
I think one thing that could have fixed it is if they'd decided to NOT use Broly. Just make it some new villain that's bioengineered to be the perfect warrior. I mean, the movies rip plot points off of the original anime enough, why not just steal Cell's origin?
Have you any dreams you'd like to sell?Plus, it could have used a bit more Android 18. Seriously, she only holds a bit of relevance to push Mr. Satan around (which is all pretty funny), but then gets her ass whupped by Bio-Broly (who is so lame that he's not even fit enough to be genuinely called Broly).
Also, I couldn't help but notice this one scene where 18 is telling Krillin to stay home with their daughter while she went. I couldn't help but think of that part in Resurrection F where the exact opposite happened.
Have you any dreams you'd like to sell?

...I kinda think they do.
Saiyans do not seem to have much in terms of energy storage.
The Ox King could start collecting more taxes.
edited 4th Dec '15 8:57:53 AM by unnoun