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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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#20601: Oct 3rd 2016 at 9:11:37 PM

Godzilla also fought Charles Barkley in a comic.

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#20602: Oct 3rd 2016 at 9:14:19 PM

Come on and SLAM, and welcome to JAPAN!

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#20603: Oct 3rd 2016 at 10:09:55 PM

Godzilla was also being yelled at by J Jonah Jameson. It was great.

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#20604: Oct 3rd 2016 at 10:23:02 PM

You know, for decades people have generally agreed that the Joker should not receive a backstory because no attempt at explaining him can possibly do the character justice.

"The Killing Joke" got away with it by acknowledging in-universe that the backstory it was giving Joker was just one possible backstory and wasn't necessarily the true history of the character. It was written to be questionably canon in the first place.

That backstory posted a couple pages back pretty much proves the point.

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#20605: Oct 3rd 2016 at 10:42:18 PM

This video explains, in a roundabout way, why The Joker works so well as a villain:

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#20606: Oct 4th 2016 at 1:53:02 AM

I'm having buckets of fun imagining the Team America World Police Theme with 'Godzilla' replacing the 'fuck yeah' right after 'America'.

EchoingSilence Since: Jun, 2013
#20607: Oct 4th 2016 at 5:35:25 AM

Shouldn't we take this comic stuff to a comic thread?

Saiga Since: Feb, 2011 Relationship Status: Getting away with murder
#20608: Oct 4th 2016 at 6:36:10 AM

On a completely unrelated note, I forget to reply about Yamcha's girlfriend:

Fans like to pass around that Yamcha died alone and unloved but the last we actually hear of it is when the wishes are being made to Shenron at the end of the Cell arc and Yamcha suggests that if nobody has anything they want to do with the second wish, he could use it on a present for his new girlfriend.

That's the last we hear of it in the manga. It's not fair to act like fans just made Yamcha's fate up, the most recent thing we got is from Toriyama's "epilogue" he devised during a Battle of Gods interview:

Yamcha’s Epilogue: Like you, Ken Koba, he has the dilemma of loving women but not being good around them, so he is still wandering blindly in search of the ideal partner he won’t be nervous around. He’s even worked in a host club, but because of his nervousness, it didn’t go well and he was fired. His livelihood is mainly working together with Pu’er as a freelance bodyguard, but he occasionally goes to Tenshinhan’s to help with the farm, as well.

People are free to disregard Toriyama's interview tidbits if they're so inclined, of course. He even mentions in the interview that he might have made a mistake in coming up with epilogues on the spot.

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#20609: Oct 4th 2016 at 6:49:27 AM

Well Yamaha at least has a chance to make a decent living.

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#20610: Oct 4th 2016 at 6:52:24 AM

Part of me just loves Krillin picking a job as a Police officer. Like. Dude's faster than a bullet AND bullet proof. Who needs a swat team anymore?

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#20611: Oct 4th 2016 at 7:11:47 AM

So do I. Dude's stronger than 4/5 of the Ginyu Force at least, and they were the most powerful mortal beings in the universe, Frieza-excepted. Literally the only things more powerful than Krillin are either his own companions or cosmic god-entities from Dimension F*ck You. There is literally nothing Earth crime could throw at him that he couldn't handle asleep.

That said, he might still have something to fear from his companions. tongue I would love to see a side story with Krillin trying to arrest Trunks for shoplifting or something.

edited 4th Oct '16 7:13:28 AM by TobiasDrake

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#20612: Oct 4th 2016 at 7:38:45 AM

Or Vegeta being... Vegeta.

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#20613: Oct 4th 2016 at 9:57:10 AM

[up][up]But then he's like "I do still have that one attack guaranteed to cut you in half..."

Skipped about 10 pages. Just wanted to say: Popo joke was still funny.

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#20614: Oct 4th 2016 at 10:10:30 AM

I know a lot of people are weary of the Popo joke but I really liked this one. Though they didn't really need to bring it back at the end of the episode. This exchange:

  • Vegeta: Isn't that weird, black man?
  • Popo: Yeah. Almost as weird as what's gonna happen if you call me that again.
  • Vegeta: (thinking) What IS he?!

was perfect as it was. Popo actually dunking Vegeta off the Lookout kinda takes some of the bite out of the joke. After some of the things we've seen Popo do, the punchline was much better left to the imagination.

edited 4th Oct '16 10:10:54 AM by TobiasDrake

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#20615: Oct 4th 2016 at 10:16:22 AM

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I'm gonna meet you halfway on that.

I prefer Popo actually following through on his threat more for Korin and Yajirobe's reaction.

Plus, it's Vegeta getting stomped. That's never not funny.

As for the fate of Yamcha, I looked that part up while trying to confirm another rumour I'd heard about him. I'm a little annoyed that Toriyama decided he's still nervous around women (it sounds like dating Bulma actually made him worse rather then better), but it sounds like he's probably doing well in terms of money since, similar to the Krillin example, it's unlikely that anyone would be able to stop him as a bodyguard.

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#20616: Oct 4th 2016 at 10:32:53 AM

I was fine with the Popo stuff in season one, but it's been carried on too long and it seems to cartoony at this point.

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#20617: Oct 4th 2016 at 10:54:37 AM

I don't have a problem with the Popo jokes when aimed at character who are weaker than a Super Saiyan, but I never want to see anyone stronger than that subjected to it again.

LSBK Since: Sep, 2014
#20618: Oct 4th 2016 at 10:58:17 AM

Admittedly, I think this was supposed to be more of a joke at Vegeta's expense than just a normal Popo joke.

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#20619: Oct 4th 2016 at 10:59:51 AM

I maintain the position I've had since the Popo jokes began. I feel they are clearly rooted in the filler scene where Popo parries attacks from Super Saiyan Goten and Trunks simultaneously. That's where I put the limit for when it won't be funny anymore: once the characters surpass "Goten and Trunks as Super Saiyans and attacking in tandem" in power.

Taking that filler scene into canon rather than his actual battle power, Abridged Popo should be between the two of them combined and Super Buu in strength. Vegeta isn't there yet. Not by a long shot. So it's still funny.

edited 4th Oct '16 11:00:39 AM by TobiasDrake

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#20620: Oct 4th 2016 at 11:00:08 AM

I am perfectly fine with the Popo joke and question all of y'all's sense of humor.

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#20621: Oct 4th 2016 at 11:00:15 AM

Considering Popo is canonically to DBZA, Dumplin, he has a Power Level somewhere in-between Beerus and Whis. Popo could do exactly what he just did to Vegeta, to Super Saiyan 3 Vegetto.

edited 4th Oct '16 11:00:41 AM by PushoverMediaCritic

VeryMelon Since: Jul, 2011 Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
#20622: Oct 4th 2016 at 11:01:17 AM

I hope to hell that's just a joke the guys made for their Xenoverse LP and not canon.

LSBK Since: Sep, 2014
#20623: Oct 4th 2016 at 11:01:47 AM

[up][up][up][up]Looking at their Xenoverse, play through they say something that makes that the basis for it pretty likely. Still, I'm pretty sure the Super Saiyan characters are already stronger than Goten and Trunks where there.

edited 4th Oct '16 11:03:17 AM by LSBK

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#20624: Oct 4th 2016 at 11:03:02 AM

They confirmed it as officially canon in the post-Episode 55 live-stream.

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#20625: Oct 4th 2016 at 11:04:06 AM

That'a a shame, now I can't like the joke anymore.


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