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TobiasDrake (•̀⤙•́) (Edited uphill both ways) Relationship Status: Arm chopping is not a love language!
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#20651: Oct 4th 2016 at 12:13:42 PM

Popo never fights. Building him up to be powerful is meaningless to his character. It only really serves one purpose: to build up Buu. So we can be properly alarmed when Majin Buu steps out, bigger and meaner than the scary genie who's been throwing his weight around all series. That is what makes the joke welcome: the foreknowledge of how it will abruptly and horrifically end.

Continuing the joke past that point is the very definition of overstaying its welcome. Without that context, what value does it have? It's just a shitty OP character being obnoxiously OP for no reason.

edited 4th Oct '16 12:14:19 PM by TobiasDrake

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#20652: Oct 4th 2016 at 12:14:11 PM

My expectation is not that he'll somehow No-Sell Buu or just be on vacation, but that he'll realize what's going on is a credible threat even to him, and pretty much say "Okay, I'm outta here. You bitches are on your own. Byyyyeeeee." and leave them to face Buu's wrath.

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#20653: Oct 4th 2016 at 12:15:16 PM

I'm hoping for something like Tobias said. I don't think most running gags should go on forever. Have fun with them, let them run their course, and then move on to new ones.

But, them beating a dead horse into the ground is one of the biggest complaints I see about their humor, both In the series and with other stuff they do.

edited 4th Oct '16 12:16:31 PM by LSBK

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#20654: Oct 4th 2016 at 12:16:17 PM

Kaiser did say that they're going to remove a certain someone from that particular scene. I will actually buy a hat, just to eat it, if that character isn't Popo.

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#20656: Oct 4th 2016 at 7:40:31 PM

Given that the characters are apparently still susceptible to toxins, there is actually a lot of Earth crime that could take him down if he's not careful.

I agree with Tobias about how the Vegeta/Popo exchange was perfect before the scene of Vegeta being knocked off. That part has just gotten old.

It doesn't even make sense for it to be based on the filler with Goten and Trunks because Popo was panicking in that scene. He wasn't portrayed as stronger than them combined, deflecting them was the best he could manage. Logically, this feat is still insane for canon Popo, but it wouldn't fit the personality they gave him unless he started showing fear of the Super Saiyans or Cell at this point.

I also doubt this was done with any intent to build up Evil Boo when TFS didn't even know if they'd do the Boo arc when they started.

LSBK Since: Sep, 2014
#20657: Oct 4th 2016 at 7:44:32 PM

Also, even if I hadn't gotten tired of the Popo jokes, I would still think having him send characters flying like he does would be off. It worked with the tone of the first season, but they've refined a lot since then, and now it just comes off as out of place.

edited 4th Oct '16 7:44:55 PM by LSBK

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#20658: Oct 4th 2016 at 7:51:48 PM

Given that the characters are apparently still susceptible to toxins, there is actually a lot of Earth crime that could take him down if he's not careful.

Coz god knows most heist I see involve gas grenades and syringe guns

a "lot" of Earth Crime? Does DBZ's Earth have massive armies of The Joker I don't know about?

Saiga Since: Feb, 2011 Relationship Status: Getting away with murder
#20659: Oct 4th 2016 at 7:54:25 PM

Not as a percentage of Earth's crime, genius, as an amount for one person to deal with.

Ghilz Perpetually Confused from Yeeted at Relativistic Velocities Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Barbecuing
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#20660: Oct 4th 2016 at 7:55:00 PM

As a regular street cop?

... That still makes no sense.

I mean, I am all on board for a spin off of Krillin facing bands of weirdly appropriately equipped criminals.

edited 4th Oct '16 7:56:04 PM by Ghilz

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#20661: Oct 4th 2016 at 8:01:42 PM

The thing with Popo is getting a bit tired, but I'm fine with it if it means taking Vegeta down another peg.

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#20662: Oct 4th 2016 at 8:06:02 PM

Shark and I once actually talked for a while about writing stuff like that simply because of the potential for humor that brings. One idea is that some mob types manage to drug Krillin after making him down basically an entire drug store. They then resort to increasingly zanier methods to try and actually kill him before giving up and just trying to feed him to some bears. Unbeknown to them, the park they chose for this happens to be ranged by Lapis and we get this exchange when Lapis calls Lazuli:

Lapis: "Hey, sis, so I found some guys trying to feed your midget to a bear. Then I found a bunch of bears missing all of their teeth. Do you want to do something about this or should I?"

Lazuli: *annoyed sigh* "I wondered where he went. I'll be there in a minute."

Lapis: "Alright. Just try not to destroy anything. Later sis."

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#20663: Oct 4th 2016 at 8:26:02 PM

Lazuli: "For the last time, bro, my 'midget' has a name."

Lapis: "Yeah, I don't care."

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#20664: Oct 4th 2016 at 8:28:19 PM

You have no idea how much I crave a Super episode focusing on Lapis and his family.

Ghilz Perpetually Confused from Yeeted at Relativistic Velocities Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Barbecuing
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#20665: Oct 4th 2016 at 8:29:59 PM

I'd take a whole Spin off about the supporting cast living their normal lives.

Even Yamcha!

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#20666: Oct 4th 2016 at 8:31:37 PM

It'd be nice.

Fuck the Pilaf gang, and Trunks X Mai!

Lapis ranging the hell out of parks is all we need!

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#20667: Oct 4th 2016 at 8:32:33 PM

A spin-off Dragon Ball slice-of-life show would be amazing. Change protagonists every episode to focus on A Day In The Life of any and all of Dragon Ball's hugely rich supporting cast.

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#20668: Oct 4th 2016 at 8:37:11 PM

[up] I know right! (And to be fair, I am loving the hell out of Super, it's reminding me more of the original Dragonball)

I wanna see Tien running his farm with his super powers, and his neighbors wondering why he's got a whole new canal irrigating his crops after scream "KIKOHO"

I wanna see Bulma inviting Korin for supper and Vegeta wondering why there's a cat at the table.

I wanna see 17 meet his niece!

edited 4th Oct '16 8:38:24 PM by Ghilz

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#20669: Oct 4th 2016 at 8:50:10 PM

Using 17 and 18's real names...that's actually jarring.

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#20670: Oct 4th 2016 at 9:44:29 PM

Also, even if I hadn't gotten tired of the Popo jokes, I would still think having him send characters flying like he does would be off. It worked with the tone of the first season, but they've refined a lot since then, and now it just comes off as out of place.

So in otherwords, Mr. Popo is The Artifact?

BaconManiac5000 Since: Nov, 2013 Relationship Status: Baby don't hurt me!
#20671: Oct 4th 2016 at 10:20:53 PM

More like Mr. Popo being the all-powerful scary rapist guy is The Artifact.

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wanderlustwarrior Role Model from Where Gods Belong Since: Jun, 2009 Relationship Status: What's love got to do with it?
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#20672: Oct 4th 2016 at 11:18:26 PM

The shit. He will range the shit out of that park.

Nightwire Since: Feb, 2010
#20673: Oct 5th 2016 at 1:06:11 AM

I don't understand you guys. I have zero problems with the Popo gags.

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#20674: Oct 5th 2016 at 1:19:47 AM

I thought they were one of the better parts of the episode, myself

Ghilz Perpetually Confused from Yeeted at Relativistic Velocities Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Barbecuing
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#20675: Oct 5th 2016 at 5:20:16 AM

[up][up] Same here. How do these people hate fun so much?


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