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#2376: Dec 19th 2012 at 3:30:18 PM

I liked the Garlic Jr. Saga when I was a kid. It came out of nowhere for me since the underground Manga Magazines that got passed around the schoolyard only mentioned the Saiyan, Frieza and Android sagas with the tiniest hints of Buu.

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Anomalocaris20 from Sagittarius A* Since: Sep, 2010 Relationship Status: Love blinded me (with science!)
#2377: Dec 19th 2012 at 3:47:22 PM

So up next is Mecha-Frieza!

For some reason I can't wait to see what they do with Android 13 when they get to movie 7. Too bad he's built on earth, they can't do the "Space Alabama" joke.

edited 19th Dec '12 3:47:46 PM by Anomalocaris20

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Saiga Since: Feb, 2011 Relationship Status: Getting away with murder
#2378: Dec 19th 2012 at 3:49:33 PM

He's built on Earth in the original move. Nobody has said where he's been built in TFS' version.wink

They've done crazier deviations from the source before!

Anomalocaris20 from Sagittarius A* Since: Sep, 2010 Relationship Status: Love blinded me (with science!)
#2379: Dec 19th 2012 at 3:52:52 PM

On that note, how come Dr. Gero's computer gave Android 13 a southern accent? I mean, maybe Jeice and Salza have their accents due to sheer coincidence, but I have to wonder why the computer consciously chose to give 13 an accent rather than just a generic robot voice like 14 or 16.

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Filby Since: Jan, 2001
#2380: Dec 19th 2012 at 3:55:38 PM

The computer had just finished listening to a Lynyrd Skynyrd album and had a few too many Budweisers, so...

Saiga Since: Feb, 2011 Relationship Status: Getting away with murder
#2381: Dec 19th 2012 at 3:55:44 PM

Maybe Gero just likes variety? I mean, he designed 16 and 19 from canon to look completely different.

Anomalocaris20 from Sagittarius A* Since: Sep, 2010 Relationship Status: Love blinded me (with science!)
#2382: Dec 19th 2012 at 3:57:30 PM

[up]Yeah, but his computer designed these. Also, how come Dr. Gero designed his robot body to look like his ugly and old self instead of, say, younger or something? Or maybe Android 19 built the whole thing for him and is a troll...

[up][up]I like that explanation.

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Filby Since: Jan, 2001
#2383: Dec 19th 2012 at 3:58:36 PM

And don't forget that he (and/or Dr. Frappe) also built Android 8 to look like Frankenstein's Monster. Dude was pretty eccentric.

Saiga Since: Feb, 2011 Relationship Status: Getting away with murder
#2384: Dec 19th 2012 at 4:04:30 PM

[up][up] If the computer's AI was based off his mind it'd still work.

And I think he created an Android body based on his real one because he's apparently not vain at all.

Anomalocaris20 from Sagittarius A* Since: Sep, 2010 Relationship Status: Love blinded me (with science!)
#2385: Dec 19th 2012 at 4:13:09 PM

I wonder what TFS will do with Dr. Gero, if he's particularly different from his canon counterpart.

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#2386: Dec 19th 2012 at 4:21:20 PM

Who's to say Gero didn't find himself attractive? Or maybe he was just humble about his looks.

Anomalocaris20 from Sagittarius A* Since: Sep, 2010 Relationship Status: Love blinded me (with science!)
#2387: Dec 19th 2012 at 4:23:30 PM

Maybe Dr. Gero asked 19 to build a robot body for him that wasn't the same age as his human body, and 19 decided to put his brain into an even older-looking body. Like some sort of non-NSFW Dolan Duck comic.

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GethKnight Since: Apr, 2010
#2388: Dec 19th 2012 at 4:25:37 PM

Would anyone expect a frail old man to put up much of a challenge? That's probably why he didn't give himself a younger body.

Filby Since: Jan, 2001
#2389: Dec 19th 2012 at 4:29:35 PM

Kaiser Neko hinted a couple times that they were doing something with the Spoony One. I wonder if he'll do a cameo (or even an actual role?) in the near future.

Dare I hope that Doctor Gero will be voiced by Doctor Insano?

edited 19th Dec '12 4:30:08 PM by Filby

Anomalocaris20 from Sagittarius A* Since: Sep, 2010 Relationship Status: Love blinded me (with science!)
#2390: Dec 19th 2012 at 4:35:06 PM

[up][up]Except the very first thing we see him do is blow his cover, pretty much.

Also, I wonder what kind of jokes they'll make regarding him impaling Yamcha on his hand. Not give him a Senzu Bean?

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#2391: Dec 19th 2012 at 4:37:56 PM

Tien really should've been packing some for his Tri-Beam, especially when he delayed Cell.

The Krillin owned count is kind of old for me. I'd been hoping Maron or 18 would reset it and/or push it into negative.

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#2392: Dec 19th 2012 at 4:39:59 PM

I wonder if they are going to do anything with the Goku learns to drive filler.

Anomalocaris20 from Sagittarius A* Since: Sep, 2010 Relationship Status: Love blinded me (with science!)
#2393: Dec 19th 2012 at 4:40:33 PM

I'm not sick of it. I love when it's for something besides physical assault, such as when he hurt his own neck or had a seizure from Jeice and Burter.

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nairoxev Since: Nov, 2011
#2394: Dec 19th 2012 at 6:09:15 PM

I am calling it: In the "18 randomly kisses Krillin" scene, the owned count will be reduced by 1 as the "boing" stock sound effect is played.

wanderlustwarrior Role Model from Where Gods Belong Since: Jun, 2009 Relationship Status: What's love got to do with it?
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#2395: Dec 19th 2012 at 6:14:14 PM

I'd figured it'd go into negatives at that point, or do a "rest of world owned" count at that point. ...Which could get a call-back at Human Extinction!

But I have a sinking feeling they'd stick with the "Krillin Owned" thing.

I still wish they'd similarly subverted "Kaio-WHAT" during Cooler, by having Goku say it when in Cooler's beam, but saying the WHAT? part when it still didn't work and he got smacked away.

Anomalocaris20 from Sagittarius A* Since: Sep, 2010 Relationship Status: Love blinded me (with science!)
#2396: Dec 19th 2012 at 6:17:39 PM

What about when Gohan blurts out that Krillin has a crush on 18 and Krillin smacks him in the back of the head? Would that be Krillin Owned or Krillin Un-Owned?

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doineedaname from Eastern US Since: Nov, 2010
#2397: Dec 19th 2012 at 6:19:09 PM

I hope they don't bring up the Kaio-what anymore. It's gotten old, especially when they use it with other series like in Hellsing Abridged.

Saiga Since: Feb, 2011 Relationship Status: Getting away with murder
#2398: Dec 19th 2012 at 6:19:54 PM

It'd be a bit hard for them too. After all, it only appears in Movie 6 and the Otherworld filler from now on.

Anomalocaris20 from Sagittarius A* Since: Sep, 2010 Relationship Status: Love blinded me (with science!)
#2399: Dec 19th 2012 at 6:20:31 PM

When they abridge Bojack Unbound it's gonna be awkward. YARR!

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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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#2400: Dec 19th 2012 at 6:32:57 PM

Yeah, I figured they'd end its use on the subversion in Cooler, since I couldn't remember it being used any more after that, except... once in Other World?

Man, Abridging Gohan's high school days will be an interesting episode, if they do it.


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