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PushoverMediaCritic I'm sorry Tien, but I must go all out. from the Italy of America Since: Jul, 2015 Relationship Status: watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ
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#21826: Dec 4th 2016 at 9:54:20 PM

I wouldn't say 'threat'. He was constantly outplayed by Gohan and Krillin, and by the time he caught up with them, he needed to team up with them.

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#21827: Dec 4th 2016 at 9:58:27 PM

I wouldn't say 'threat'. He was constantly outplayed by Gohan and Krillin

Still a threat. We was outplayed by Gohan and Krillin though sheer luck and quick thinking because he's such a threat. Heck, one of the times he got outplayed (the major one) revolves around Gohan banking that Vegeta won't find him worth killing. Krillin and Gohan both treat Vegeta for the first part of the Namek act as someone who needs to be avoided because he's a danger. Vegeta only joins them when they are absolutely out of options because the Ginyu Force is arriving, and their only hope is to get the dragonballs together before the Ginyus can find them.

Compare to early Dragonball where even then, Yamcha is treated by Bulma and Goku the same way Ash treats Team Rocket "Oh, it's that dude who follows us around". Yamcha does become more of an ally once he's imprisoned with them by Pilaf.

edited 4th Dec '16 10:01:14 PM by Ghilz

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#21828: Dec 4th 2016 at 10:05:54 PM

Oh. Oh, no. Yamcha was not Team Rocket.

After he gave up on fighting Goku directly (and that's essential. He actual stopped trying to fight Goku instead of continuing to do the same shit over and over and over and OVER AND OVER AND OVER FOR TWENTY FUCKING YEARS!!!!!

<Slaps self>

......Goku just thought hey, he's cool.

He realized he couldn't actually win (something Team Rocket is in-fucking capable of ever doing) and tried to just follow Goku to the Dragonballs (along the way, learning his weakness).

So not Team Rocket......and I just walked myself into the same old situation again haven't I?

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#21829: Dec 4th 2016 at 10:07:10 PM

I meant more in the "Stalking the heroes for some goal but without an actual plan" part

I mean, yeah, he's not actually Team Rocket

edited 4th Dec '16 10:07:16 PM by Ghilz

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#21830: Dec 4th 2016 at 10:08:19 PM

Yamcha starts becoming more of a good guy when he steps in when Boss Rabbit turns Bulma into a carrot. And yeah, Vegeta was more threatening. They both still occupied that anti-villain niche for a period of time after their initial defeat.

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#21831: Dec 4th 2016 at 10:10:25 PM

Shit I forgot about about Monster Carrot.

Whom Goku probably unknowingly murdered when he put him on the moon.

You gotta wonder if Goku, as he grew up ever went "Oh shit, I probably totally killed that guy."

edited 4th Dec '16 10:11:15 PM by Ghilz

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#21832: Dec 4th 2016 at 10:14:34 PM

Why would he remember something so inconsequential?

Sending a rabbit to the moon, that's just another day in his life.

edited 4th Dec '16 10:15:26 PM by randomness4

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#21833: Dec 4th 2016 at 10:16:50 PM

Can we come to a consensus that Boss Rabbit is a better name for a mob boss who is a rabbit-person than Monster Carrot? Because it bugs me far more than it should.

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#21834: Dec 4th 2016 at 10:17:28 PM

I'd remember the time one of my closest friend got turned into a carrot. Hell, BULMA would remember. Wonder if the thought ever crossed her mind and she was just "Better not tell Goku what he just did. Also F that rabbit.".

I mean, it'd stand out :-P Plus going by super he remembers meeting Arale...

Sending a rabbit to the moon, that's just another day in his life.

Not really. Winning a tournament. Beating someone up, That's another day in Goku's life. "Putting a rabbit on the moon" is definitely something he's not done regularly :-P

edited 4th Dec '16 10:19:43 PM by Ghilz

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#21835: Dec 4th 2016 at 10:20:53 PM

I mean, yeah, he's not actually Team Rocket

Of course not, he's not nearly as memorable.

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#21836: Dec 4th 2016 at 10:21:06 PM

[up][up]Goku's only ever won one tournament in his entire life.

edited 4th Dec '16 10:21:47 PM by PushoverMediaCritic

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#21837: Dec 4th 2016 at 10:23:31 PM

And Yamcha's won none.

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#21838: Dec 4th 2016 at 10:24:59 PM

Kid Goku never really cared about killing. He only became less ruthless after the timeskip training with Popo and Kami.

"If you weren't so crazy I'd think you were insane."
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#21839: Dec 4th 2016 at 10:25:16 PM

[up][up]So? Neither has Piccolo.

edited 4th Dec '16 10:26:09 PM by PushoverMediaCritic

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#21840: Dec 4th 2016 at 10:25:17 PM

Fighting a tournament then. Sush

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#21841: Dec 4th 2016 at 10:36:29 PM

Did Goku win Otherworld Tournament? I never watched that arc.

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#21842: Dec 4th 2016 at 10:44:24 PM

It was a draw, because both he and Pikkon touched the ceiling, which was out of bounds.

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#21843: Dec 4th 2016 at 10:44:54 PM

Nope 2 way disqualification.

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#21844: Dec 4th 2016 at 11:01:30 PM

Well that's kind of a draw.

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#21845: Dec 5th 2016 at 5:38:56 AM

It's worth pointing out that Goku-Yamcha's relationship in DBZA is somewhat stronger then it would be in the equivalent DBZ canon, mainly because of Goku's reaction to Yamcha's fate in Future Trunks' timeline.

A plotline that has been consistently circling underneath the surface of the DBZA version of the Androids/Cell arc is Yamcha coming to terms with his lack of power. I suspect that there will be some payoff for that in the final beam struggle with Cell.

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#21846: Dec 5th 2016 at 5:45:25 AM

Shit I forgot about about Monster Carrot. Whom Goku probably unknowingly murdered when he put him on the moon.

If he didn't die from suffocation, he definitely died when Roshi blew up the moon at the 21st Tournament. tongue

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#21848: Dec 5th 2016 at 7:26:09 AM

Turns out the moon has an atmosphere in DB.

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#21849: Dec 5th 2016 at 7:27:06 AM

Had.

After Piccolo re-destroyed it.

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#21850: Dec 5th 2016 at 7:37:54 AM

You know, speaking of DB, something weird just occurred to me.

Remember the episode of DBZA when Bulma was peeping on Vegeta in the shower? She said that she was surprised to see a "weird hole" on his lower back- which, as we know, is the spot where his tail used to be.

But Bulma should already know that Saiyans have tails. She learned that the first time she tried to give Goku a bath. What's up with that?

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