I do kind of have a problem with Goku offering Freeza mercy again though. Like, this is the second time he's attempted to invade Earth with his men, this time almost killing Gohan and, in the show, killing Piccolo.
I get trying to portray Goku as a good natured guy, but Freeza has done more than enough to show his true character at that point.
Goku always offers mercy, except in the case of Buu, whom he managed to redeem through a different path. It's kind of his thing.
He's the kind of guy that believes everyone deserves as many chances as he can afford to give. I, personally, appreciate that in him.
edited 29th Feb '16 11:23:00 AM by Kayeka
Goku stopped offering mercy after Frieza. He sits out most of the Android arc but makes no attempt to spare Cell's life and encourages Gohan to kill him. He kills Yakon without hesitation and manipulates Fat Buu into killing Babidi. The idea that Fat Buu might have redeemable qualities occurs to him, but offering mercy to Super or Pure Buu never crosses his mind. The only reason he made his plea for Pure Buu was because he wanted to fight him again, not out of any goodwill towards Buu.
I agree that it's completely ridiculous that he would offer mercy to Frieza, the one person in the universe who previously broke his capacity for mercy; a wound that has never healed since. That sounds like paper-thin Flanderization to me.
edited 29th Feb '16 11:33:39 AM by TobiasDrake
My Tumblr. Currently side-by-side liveblogging Digimon Adventure, sub vs dub.To be fair, while it is incredibly dumb, Goku was the kind of guy who wished Kid Buu back as a good person because he was strong enough to give him a good fight. And Frieza went from being weaker than the weakest Super Saiyan form to being stronger than his current Super Saiyan form that was on par with one of the strongest guys in the universe.
Maybe he'll wish for Frieza to be reincarnated as less of a jerk.
When Goku offers to spare his enemies, it always seems to be for a selfish reason. You know, because he wants them alive so he can fight them again. And even sparing Freeza on Namek was a real jerk move. He left him alive knowing his pride had been completely shattered from being beaten by a mere Saiyan. At that point, you'd almost expect Freeza to want to die.
The *Legendary* Super Saiyan is motivated by a crying infant! He is a literal giant f***ing baby!Considering how many times Vegeta got himself into trouble over not thinking things through (mostly due to his ego) maybe the idea that he's overcompensating by trying to put a little more thought into things isn't so crazy.
Of course, in the case of the movies and Super, this is still bullshit, but still.
edited 29th Feb '16 3:44:35 PM by HandsomeRob
One Strip! One Strip!- CELL: Did you really think you could stand against me, Vegeta? You were never—
- GOKU: Senzu!
- CELL: (catch, eat) Thanks, Goku. Now where were we? Oh, right, annihilation of Earth's defenders.
- Later
- CELL: You were mighty once, Gohan, but my how you've fallen.
- GOKU: Here you go!
- CELL: (catch, nom) You're being strangely generous with these, Goku.
- GOKU: I just want everyone to get the best fight they can.
- Later
- CELL: Ah, Piccolo. Why did you even try? Goku, Senzu?
- GOKU: Of course!
- CELL: (catch, munch) You're right, this is fun. Who's ne—
- Cell explodes
- GOHAN: (blink blink) What just happened?
- GOKU: The Senzu does weird stuff to your metamobolism to keep you fed for ten days, and he's a patchwork monster of a bunch of different biologies that aren't supposed to work together. Something was going to happen if I kept feeding them to him.
edited 1st Mar '16 8:10:46 AM by TobiasDrake
My Tumblr. Currently side-by-side liveblogging Digimon Adventure, sub vs dub.You know, I hope they do something clever with his Cellf Destruct.
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That wasn't it. Vegeta's character flaw in the film (and only in the film) was that he puts too much thought into things and that makes him slow to react - so he doesn't react quickly enough to Freeza blowing up the planet.