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Enlong Court Dragon from The Underground Facility Since: May, 2011 Relationship Status: is commanded to— WANK!
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#16901: Dec 20th 2015 at 11:01:13 AM

Most of the movies involve a nod to the impossibility of the movie.

Christmas Tree of Might had Vegeta saying the movie was "so non-canon it hurts", and had notes that various Christmas gifts couldn't be kept as they were non-canon
Lord Slug was being watched by Vegeta on TV somewhere.
Dead Zone was a movie pitch
EOB was a story within a dream
Cooler had Icarus around despite him being eaten in Christmas Tree of Might.

I think only Cooler 2 and Super 13 didn't have such nods.

Well, unless you count Cooler 2 being a sequel to Cooler 1 as such a nod.

edited 20th Dec '15 11:04:21 AM by Enlong

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unnoun Since: Jan, 2012
#16902: Dec 20th 2015 at 11:10:47 AM

...what makes you think he thinks they hate Dead Zone? He was specifically referring to the "Garlic opens the Dead Zone when it's the only thing that can defeat him" thing.

"I'm surprised they didn't bash the "why did he summon literally the only thing that could defeat him" thing that they seemed to hate so much in DZ Abridged"

I object to the idea that anything they did constitutes as "bashing" or "hatred".

...Also, the "Garlic Jr. opens the Dead Zone" thing was the thing I was referring to. Not the movie.

I should have been more specific. I apologize.

edited 20th Dec '15 11:17:32 AM by unnoun

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#16903: Dec 20th 2015 at 11:20:01 AM

No problem. Ambiguity in text makes fools of us all.

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Lionheart0 Since: Oct, 2009 Relationship Status: I'm just a hunk-a, hunk-a burnin' love
#16904: Dec 20th 2015 at 4:58:59 PM

Cooler 2 actually had a bunch of gags over how Piccolo and Vegeta miraculously showed up on Namek.

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#16905: Dec 20th 2015 at 5:00:08 PM

Um, Piccolo showed up with the rest of them.

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Lionheart0 Since: Oct, 2009 Relationship Status: I'm just a hunk-a, hunk-a burnin' love
#16906: Dec 20th 2015 at 5:09:56 PM

I guess Kaiser cut that part out with his edits, because Gohan and Krillin act surprised when they see him.

BaconManiac5000 Since: Nov, 2013 Relationship Status: Baby don't hurt me!
#16907: Dec 20th 2015 at 5:11:27 PM

Well, I mean, it showed him on the ship when they were travelling to New Fake Namek.

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LSBK Since: Sep, 2014
#16908: Dec 20th 2015 at 5:11:27 PM

No, Piccolo came with them in the abriged version too.

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#16909: Dec 20th 2015 at 5:12:15 PM

[up][up][up]Which doesn't actually make sense.

edited 20th Dec '15 5:12:46 PM by randomness4

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Soble Since: Dec, 2013
#16910: Dec 20th 2015 at 5:22:18 PM

Super 13 is the one that made fun of them both appearing out of nowhere.

"For thousands of years I lay dormant."

That was really one of Vegeta's most inexplicable appearances.

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Anomalocaris20 from Sagittarius A* Since: Sep, 2010 Relationship Status: Love blinded me (with science!)
#16911: Dec 20th 2015 at 7:10:42 PM

His appearance in Cooler 2 is even more bizarre though, because he just shows up on a whole different planet for no reason.

At least the glacier in Super 13 is still on Earth.

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#16912: Dec 20th 2015 at 7:13:08 PM

Vegeta's appearance in Super 13 made perfect sense. You see, some Earth punk told Vegeta that he needed to chill and Bulma was kinda inclined to agree so Vegeta decided to head to the Arctic to do just that.

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unnoun Since: Jan, 2012
#16913: Dec 20th 2015 at 7:24:50 PM

I guess Kaiser cut that part out with his edits, because Gohan and Krillin act surprised when they see him.

They see him on the ship.

I wouldn't call their reaction "surprise".

Gratitude when he saves their bacon, yeah.

...Somehow I think you've mixed up Cooler 2 with Super 13.

edited 20th Dec '15 7:26:44 PM by unnoun

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#16914: Dec 20th 2015 at 8:02:51 PM

[up][up] ...Is this the actual explanation?

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#16915: Dec 20th 2015 at 8:05:13 PM

It totally is. If you PM Vegetas_dads_dicks, he'll confirm it.

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Soble Since: Dec, 2013
#16916: Dec 20th 2015 at 11:59:59 PM

I always thought that Vegeta just jacked a ship from Capsule Corp in Cooler 2.

In Super 13, he literally floated out of a glacier.

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LSBK Since: Sep, 2014
#16917: Dec 21st 2015 at 12:04:45 AM

But his ship didn't seem like it was Capsule Corp; I thought it was just a standard Saiyan pod they he somehow acquired.

Anomalocaris20 from Sagittarius A* Since: Sep, 2010 Relationship Status: Love blinded me (with science!)
#16918: Dec 21st 2015 at 12:15:07 AM

It was a Saiyan Pod, yeah.

The question remains why he was going to Namek though. It takes days to get there, so it's not like he was on Earth and went "Oh hey, I can sense Kakarot fighting Cooler. Imma get in on that." He was already headed there at the same time Goku was.

I also really have to wonder why Yajirobe, Oolong, and Roshi were going to Namek. In the original version, it wasn't a vacation, they were going to Namek because Dende told them of the Big Gete Star attack.

edited 21st Dec '15 12:15:48 AM by Anomalocaris20

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#16919: Dec 21st 2015 at 12:55:33 AM

[up]Maybe Vegeta fancies Namekian cuisine, and decided to pay the new planet a visit. :P

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#16920: Dec 21st 2015 at 1:30:57 AM

If by Namekian cuisine, you mean cuisine made of Namekians.

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#16921: Dec 21st 2015 at 3:11:18 AM

#4. So what do we think is 3, 2 and 1 based on their comments?

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#16922: Dec 21st 2015 at 3:13:44 AM

I'm still wondering why they love World's Strongest so much. I mean, sure, it has some cool fights, and Roshi fighting, but that's about it. Oh, and Gohan with a cape and Nyoi-Bo. I don't get why it stands out so much to them.

The *Legendary* Super Saiyan is motivated by a crying infant! He is a literal giant f***ing baby!
KnownUnknown Since: Jan, 2001
#16923: Dec 21st 2015 at 3:16:18 AM

I really have to see that movie one of these days.

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#16924: Dec 21st 2015 at 3:16:26 AM

I've already called World's Strongest being number 1 and World's Strongest Abridged being the special after D Bcember is over. As for their comments about how the next one is also unusually bleak and contributing to the lore of the series it has to be Bardock. Which leaves Battle of Gods as number 2.

JonnasN from Porto, Portugal Since: Jul, 2012
#16925: Dec 21st 2015 at 4:04:44 AM

I've always preferred Bardock's special to Trunks', so I'm inclined to agree with their list on their relative placement.

As an aside, besides the original DB trilogy, the only Dragon Ball movies I used to own in VHS were the specials of Trunks and Bardock (they were packed together), and World's Strongest, so it's neat to see those three in the Top 4.

I find World's Strongest to be a movie with virtually no flaws, as well as bringing plenty of good things into the table, it's pretty much cool fight after cool fight, and it even averts Toei's habit of Goku holding back for no reason. I can definitely see why it's their favourite of the DBZ films (I like Fusion Reborn better, but meh, tastes).


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