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AdricDePsycho Rock on, Gold Dust Woman from Never Going Back Again Since: Oct, 2014 Relationship Status: [TOP SECRET]
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#16351: Dec 10th 2015 at 1:23:56 PM

http://teamfourstar.com/video/dbcember-top-24-movies-and-specials-15/

Jingle Bell Jingle Bell ROCK THE DRAGON DRAGON BALL Z

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Lionheart0 Since: Oct, 2009 Relationship Status: I'm just a hunk-a, hunk-a burnin' love
#16352: Dec 10th 2015 at 1:24:28 PM

Wen Turles?

I have to admit, I have a soft spot for this movie because it was the first DBZ movie I've ever seen.

edited 10th Dec '15 1:24:47 PM by Lionheart0

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#16353: Dec 10th 2015 at 1:42:46 PM

I think this was the first DBZ movie a lot of people saw. They split it into three parts and aired it in America like that, I think.

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LOLypop1224 ...what am I even DOING here? Since: Jan, 2012 Relationship Status: Non-Canon
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#16355: Dec 10th 2015 at 3:21:03 PM

They've got a point. This was the movie where they REAAALLLY nailed in the "Gohan is the Audience Surrogate and the Kid-Appeal Character and look he's got a dragon! How cool!"

And it had nothing to do with the main plot at all.

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VeryMelon Since: Jul, 2011 Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
#16356: Dec 10th 2015 at 3:25:25 PM

I think I saw Dead Zone before Tree of Might on Tv, but I can't remember.

I did like Icarus though.

Lionheart0 Since: Oct, 2009 Relationship Status: I'm just a hunk-a, hunk-a burnin' love
#16358: Dec 10th 2015 at 3:54:35 PM

[up]No mention of the glorious Muffin Button? [lol]

DS9guy Since: Jan, 2001
#16359: Dec 10th 2015 at 5:00:06 PM

One part I liked in the Freeza saga was that when Guldo dropped that steamroller on Krillin, the latter just got up like nothing happened. It shows that while Krillin may be the Butt-Monkey when Yamcha is not around, he is still stronger than the average human.

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#16360: Dec 10th 2015 at 5:02:16 PM

Also when all the space orphans shoot Krillin, thinking he's a Freeza Soldier, and it does absolutely nothing.

BaconManiac5000 Since: Nov, 2013 Relationship Status: Baby don't hurt me!
#16361: Dec 10th 2015 at 5:22:17 PM

Those were pretty funny bits.

"Everyone, take your cyanide pills!"

"I told you we don't know who Fr-"

-thump thump thump thump thump-

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HandsomeRob Leader of the Holey Brotherhood from The land of broken records Since: Jan, 2015
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#16362: Dec 10th 2015 at 6:52:08 PM

I'm guessing they didn't bother much with the filler then?

Which brings to some thing:

In Abridged, King Kai just tosses the Ginyu force off his planet.

The Ginyu who are supposed to be stronger than Vegeta (though that did change).

Vegeta, who, alongside Nappa, was stronger than King Kai.

......Am I missing something here, or did they just hate filler that much, and not want to bother with it? I mean, if Abridged King Kai never says Nappa and Vegeta are stronger than him, that's fine, but there still seems like there's some Shenanigans that needs to be called.

edited 10th Dec '15 6:54:20 PM by HandsomeRob

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#16363: Dec 10th 2015 at 6:55:50 PM

POWER LEVELS ARE BULLSHIT

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#16364: Dec 10th 2015 at 7:06:06 PM

[up]

Fair enough but I'm hoping for something more substantial.

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#16365: Dec 10th 2015 at 7:08:08 PM

I think you already brought up the answer. Abridged!King Kai never said the Saiyans were stronger than him. So he's presumably stronger than the Ginyu Force. I guess.

The *Legendary* Super Saiyan is motivated by a crying infant! He is a literal giant f***ing baby!
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#16366: Dec 10th 2015 at 7:08:19 PM

Canon Kaio < Nappa

Abridged Kaio >>> non-Ginyu Ginyu Force

seems pretty straightforward to me.

Also, while seeing the Humans in action was cool, that fight was atrociously animated.

edited 10th Dec '15 7:09:57 PM by PushoverMediaCritic

PushoverMediaCritic I'm sorry Tien, but I must go all out. from the Italy of America Since: Jul, 2015 Relationship Status: watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ
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#16367: Dec 10th 2015 at 7:12:54 PM

Almost forgot! ~bricks Aldric~

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#16368: Dec 10th 2015 at 7:15:59 PM

It also had Yamcha fighting Recoome, which is just plain silly.

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LSBK Since: Sep, 2014
#16369: Dec 10th 2015 at 7:17:39 PM

There really is no reason to single out Yamcha fighting Recoome as sillier than anything else going on there.

Hell, Tien beat Burter and Jeice at the same time.

edited 10th Dec '15 7:18:18 PM by LSBK

Anomalocaris20 from Sagittarius A* Since: Sep, 2010 Relationship Status: Love blinded me (with science!)
#16370: Dec 10th 2015 at 7:22:58 PM

But it's fun to single him out.

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Lionheart0 Since: Oct, 2009 Relationship Status: I'm just a hunk-a, hunk-a burnin' love
#16371: Dec 10th 2015 at 7:29:32 PM

I know it's filler, but how the heck did the Ginyu's managed to maintain their bodies anyway? Kami had to specifically pull some strings to make it happen for Goku.

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#16372: Dec 10th 2015 at 7:32:09 PM

Because Toei cares nothing for consistency.

In Toei's Hell, everyone has their bodies. There's tons of filler with bodied characters in Hell. The most egregious would be that time that Frieza and Cell broke out of Hell, forcing Goku and Filler-Character Pikkon to have to go put them back down.

edited 10th Dec '15 7:32:55 PM by TobiasDrake

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#16373: Dec 10th 2015 at 7:33:10 PM

The filler had Kaio pull some strings to allow his trainees to have a chance to test their skills.

edited 10th Dec '15 7:33:36 PM by PushoverMediaCritic

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#16374: Dec 10th 2015 at 7:34:15 PM

The Ginyu corpses are also later seen when Gohan's flying to his ship, because Toei missed the part where your body vanishes when you keep it. Because "keep your body" is not a metaphor.

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unnoun Since: Jan, 2012
#16375: Dec 10th 2015 at 7:34:30 PM

I mean, I thought that was neat.

I don't really care about consistency.

edited 10th Dec '15 7:35:20 PM by unnoun


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