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MarqFJA The Cosmopolitan Fictioneer from Deserts of the Middle East (Before Recorded History) Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
The Cosmopolitan Fictioneer
#21551: Dec 1st 2016 at 9:27:05 AM

Kanzenshuu.com is a much more accurate source of information.
Oh yeah, I remember frequenting a DB site with a similar if not identical name many years ago.

Also, they actually list their sources.
... The DB wiki does list sources too from what I currently see.

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Cruherrx I say things. from my own little world Since: Apr, 2010 Relationship Status: YOU'RE TEARING ME APART LISA
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#21552: Dec 1st 2016 at 10:40:04 AM

Might have been Kanzentai or Daizenshuu EX. They merged and made Kanzenshuu.

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#21553: Dec 1st 2016 at 10:47:47 AM

Or to put it another way, they did the Fusion Dance.

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MarqFJA The Cosmopolitan Fictioneer from Deserts of the Middle East (Before Recorded History) Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
The Cosmopolitan Fictioneer
#21554: Dec 1st 2016 at 10:58:41 AM

Yeah, which reminds me of my hatred for how said ability is the Trope Namer for Fusion Dance despite being neither the Trope Maker nor the Trope Codifier AFAIK. What's wrong with Fused Entity?

On a different note... Nobody actually addressed my question about Bulma's Mom's (did you know she's officially named "Panchy"/"Panty"?) inexplicable absence form the DBZ Abridged character pages.

edited 1st Dec '16 10:58:52 AM by MarqFJA

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Arha Since: Jan, 2010
#21555: Dec 1st 2016 at 11:19:22 AM

Because nobody cared enough to add an entry for her. Fix it yourself if you want her on there, that's how a wiki works.

Lionheart0 Since: Oct, 2009 Relationship Status: I'm just a hunk-a, hunk-a burnin' love
#21556: Dec 1st 2016 at 11:48:08 AM

Wen Broly is confirmed for Christmas Day.

For this year's DB Cember they are counting down the top 24 villains. I'm assuming next year they will do heroes.

edited 1st Dec '16 11:49:25 AM by Lionheart0

LSBK Since: Sep, 2014
#21557: Dec 1st 2016 at 11:48:52 AM

What a horrible present. Still gonna watch.

Soble Since: Dec, 2013
#21558: Dec 1st 2016 at 11:53:00 AM

Hey that one's going to be hysterical, there's plenty of material ripe for parody in that film.

I honestly don't know how they're going to characterize Broly. Either they play it straight and just make him a raging psychopath, or try to reverse it like they did with Dr. Wheelo and somehow make him sympathetic. Problem with the first is that Broly is fairly quiet when he's introduced and they'd either have to add frames in to give him funny lines, or have him mutter/think everything.

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#21559: Dec 1st 2016 at 11:58:56 AM

Which is pretty silly, when you consider that 300x gravity would turn any normal person into mush.

That, and it's pretty clear that that level of gravity is well beyond the limits of most fighters, even in the DBZ universe. Recall that Pui Pui thought that he was giving himself a huge advantage by transporting Vegeta to his home planet, which has ten times Earth's gravity.

Yes, but that's applying logic and science to what is clearly intended to be a gag about how worthless Yamcha is. It's a hell of a feat by real-world values, but the clear intent of the scene is that we're meant to laugh about how lame he is, not be awed and inspired by his incredible Saiyan-like prowess.

It says a lot about how little respect Yamcha receives in the series that his fans have to scrape scenes specifically intended to shit on him for positive achievements. His greatest feat is that one time when the show was brutally humiliating him, he actually managed not to die from it.

And even that much is filler.

edited 1st Dec '16 12:00:52 PM by TobiasDrake

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LSBK Since: Sep, 2014
#21560: Dec 1st 2016 at 12:05:56 PM

I never took that as a feat but also didn't get the impression it was supposed to be a laugh at hou much Yamcha sucks moment. That seems much more the domain of the fandom than the anime.

edited 1st Dec '16 12:06:25 PM by LSBK

Kayeka (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#21562: Dec 1st 2016 at 12:17:50 PM

"#25: Yamcha. He technically started as a villain, and no ranking is is complete without him at the very bottom."

TheMageofFire Since: May, 2012
#21563: Dec 1st 2016 at 12:18:56 PM

I am shocked as all hell that GT is actually going to be on this list. I'm guessing Nova or Omega Shenron and Baby really.

HandsomeRob Leader of the Holey Brotherhood from The land of broken records Since: Jan, 2015
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#21564: Dec 1st 2016 at 12:21:32 PM

I never took that as a feat but also didn't get the impression it was supposed to be a laugh at hou much Yamcha sucks moment. That seems much more the domain of the fandom than the anime.

Agreed. People just love mocking Yamcha, which makes his fans desperate to give him any kind of win, which in turn inspires the people who love mocking him to shit on him even more, because what little the fans are able to gather up just further proves their point about how much he sucks.

That scene wasn't suppose to a LOL! YAMCHA IS AWFUL! LOOK HOW LAME HE IS! moment. It was just suppose to be a character bit where he realizes he's not ready for such huge jump as 300 times gravity.

Possibly, it was Foreshadowing of his eventual retirement from fighting.

But it became proof of how much he sucks, because it's another less then stellar moment in a career of less then stellar moments.

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#21565: Dec 1st 2016 at 1:40:33 PM

As far as GT being in the list goes, yeah, it'll probably be Baby, Omega Shenron, and maybe one of the other Shenrons like Eis or Naturon (or Nuova if you count him). I can't see anybody else from GT really placing in the top 24.

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#21566: Dec 1st 2016 at 2:06:22 PM

I'm honestly curious as to who the top villain will be.

There are some very good arguments for Vegeta, Fr**za, or Cell.


Wen Broly should be hilarious. Looking forward to what they do with the Even Vegeta Is Afraid bit.

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Thebrawlbro Since: Aug, 2013
#21567: Dec 1st 2016 at 2:16:25 PM

If they are going to count Beerus, then he'll definently make Top 5, if not 1.

Kayeka (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#21568: Dec 1st 2016 at 2:35:17 PM

[up]Unfortunately, no villains from Super or the movies, so Beerus is disqualified twice over.

My money is for Vegeta on #1, Cell #2 and Frieza #6.

Thebrawlbro Since: Aug, 2013
#21569: Dec 1st 2016 at 2:38:00 PM

Finally able to get onto their website, wasn't loading for a while. First one is up.

First villain is Hirudegarn

edited 1st Dec '16 2:38:10 PM by Thebrawlbro

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#21570: Dec 1st 2016 at 3:22:57 PM

The movies aren't disqualified.

Super is, though.

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Lionheart0 Since: Oct, 2009 Relationship Status: I'm just a hunk-a, hunk-a burnin' love
#21571: Dec 1st 2016 at 4:19:47 PM

As far as GT being in the list goes, yeah, it'll probably be Baby, Omega Shenron, and maybe one of the other Shenrons like Eis or Naturon (or Nuova if you count him). I can't see anybody else from GT really placing in the top 24.

You left out the true GOAT though:

Para Brothers.

edited 1st Dec '16 4:20:32 PM by Lionheart0

alekos23 Since: Mar, 2013
#21572: Dec 1st 2016 at 4:22:22 PM

Their site's weird to navigate now.

randomness4 Ghost '11 from The Land of Inconvenience Since: Sep, 2011
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#21573: Dec 1st 2016 at 4:27:43 PM

That was their website? Boo-oo.

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unnoun Since: Jan, 2012
#21574: Dec 1st 2016 at 4:42:19 PM

It's not that the movies are disqualified, it's that most of the movie villains are so bad they aren't even worth mentioning.

DBcember works on one number on the countdown per day. So that's 24 total.

I dunno who you would count as a villain, but. There are more than 24, counting the movies.

And some of the movie villains are just. Bad.

...Incidentally, I'm still not sure how many characters Majin Buu counts as. Like, Fat Buu and Kid Buu end up punching each other a lot so I'm going to say at least 2.

edited 1st Dec '16 4:43:54 PM by unnoun

Gilphon (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#21575: Dec 1st 2016 at 4:50:01 PM

Also, do people like Tien and Piccolo Jr. count as villains? They were villains at first, but that's not really their primary legacy in the series... but if you don't count them, then you probably can't count Vegeta either, and that doesn't feel right.


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