First and foremost, this is about humor through the setting and characters, and for most of the characters at least some of the humor is going to be at their expense.
It's pointless to complain about that in itself, but I get being annoyed with how they go about it. Like, I get making jokes about Goku's (lack of) parenting skills, but some of the jokes they make about it aren't internally consistent.
edited 30th Dec '16 10:11:32 AM by LSBK
I've never particularly liked them manufacturing "owned moments" but if something happens I don't see why it should "retired".
The above mentioned moments with Cell were treated entirely seriously otherwise, and they still kept it. I mean, if they want to end the joke fine, but I still don't see why getting married should end it. The two things are entirely unrelated.
I dunno, retiring the joke just because he gets married and has a kid doesn't make sense. He's a Butt-Monkey because he's weak and shortsighted, not because he's single and desperate. The latter's just a saltshaker for his already-painful wounds.
edited 30th Dec '16 11:34:03 AM by Anomalocaris20
You cannot firmly grasp the true form of Squidward's technique!The way I see it, the KOC reached it's peak either in Kai Abridged 1 where it exploded or when Freeza got a one up from it while impaling him with his horn.
Let the joy of love give you an answer! Check out my book!I think any moments where the Krillin Owned Counter goes off in a serious and dire situation where you're supposed to be rooting for Krillin are ment to be Black Comedy.
IIRC, the last possible one would be when he gets turned to chocolate and eaten.
This song needs more love."Krillin, stop! You're making him stronger!"
Speaking of, I would have loved if they'd implied that the 1-Up was how he survived the Genki-Dama.
EDIT: I'm not expecting to see Pure Buu fighting Yamcha and Krillin in the afterlife. TFS tends to cut out most of the filler sequences that contribute less than nothing to the plot, and that one definitely counts.
Sometimes they make an episode of it, but usually it just gets cut. It helps that one of them - Kaiser, I think? - is a manga purist.
edited 30th Dec '16 9:08:02 PM by TobiasDrake
My Tumblr. Currently side-by-side liveblogging Digimon Adventure, sub vs dub.The story already does that, though. It does that when Kaioshin offers Goku and Vegeta safe harbor on his planet - which exists on the "after" side of that barrier - and before they can even think of a plan, Pure Buu teleports himself over there to resume his campaign of annihilation.
That filler sequence makes Pure Buu weaker by disallowing him from simply pinpointing them from across the veil of life and death and instantly pursuing.
In the anime, he legitimately loses track of them once they've teleported over to Kaioshin's planet, so he just starts smashing things in a rage. They have to power up to give him a beacon to follow. In the manga, there is no escape from Majin Buu, even if you flee to the afterlife to get away.
edited 30th Dec '16 9:14:23 PM by TobiasDrake
My Tumblr. Currently side-by-side liveblogging Digimon Adventure, sub vs dub.I thought that was implied. He got 2 1-Ups: One for the Spirit Bomb and one to come back as a cyborg.
edited 30th Dec '16 9:15:38 PM by LordVatek
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Though the fact that he goes right to blowing countless worlds when he couldn't locate them did show ruthless and destructive kid buy was. So the manga and anime make him a threat just in different ways.
edited 30th Dec '16 10:01:32 PM by Darthwyn
"Shall I use you, or make you mine... I'm not so sure what I'll do." - Dorthy

The KOC, as a joke unto itself (rather than as part of other jokes or as comic relief in a serious scene) seems to be something that isn't being don't as much lately. Which makes sense, as repetition of a gag on its own lessens the effect.
In my opinion, it does feel kind of like a season-1 joke, if that makes any sense. Mocking Krillin's/humans' weakness is one of the most common cornerstone jokes of DBZ parody, right alongside excessive yelling. I think it makes sense that, over time, DBZA has used it as a standalone joke less.
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