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AdricDePsycho Rock on, Gold Dust Woman from Never Going Back Again Since: Oct, 2014 Relationship Status: [TOP SECRET]
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#24001: Jan 14th 2017 at 1:00:34 PM

I swear, I've heard the riff they used for the Broly song before somewhere.

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KnownUnknown Since: Jan, 2001
#24002: Jan 14th 2017 at 1:36:32 PM

So... where is "My power is Maximum" from, anyway? The meme been around since forever, and I've always assumed it was originally Broly related, but I never really knew. Is it from a dub line or something?

edited 14th Jan '17 1:37:03 PM by KnownUnknown

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TheMageofFire Since: May, 2012
#24004: Jan 14th 2017 at 1:39:05 PM

[up][up][up] They admitted in a recent stream that it was somewhat based on the "Trogdor" song from Strong Bad, but they had to change things up a bit because they didn't want to completely rip it off.

[up][up] It's a meme. Based on This

edited 14th Jan '17 1:39:44 PM by TheMageofFire

AdricDePsycho Rock on, Gold Dust Woman from Never Going Back Again Since: Oct, 2014 Relationship Status: [TOP SECRET]
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#24005: Jan 14th 2017 at 1:39:08 PM

It's from a drawing by some kid that got put in a newspaper, I believe.

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unnoun Since: Jan, 2012
#24006: Jan 14th 2017 at 2:15:31 PM

According to Gohan, Videl's stronger than her dad.

Saiga Since: Feb, 2011 Relationship Status: Getting away with murder
#24007: Jan 14th 2017 at 3:20:22 PM

Huh, people do tend to overlook that Videl is (or at least was, who knows now) stronger than Satan don't they? Including myself.

That they do. I think it might be because people exaggerate Satan's strength based off the hilarity of his Fake Ultimate Hero shtick, and maybe some influence from the anime, but the manga doesn't try to say "hey he's really strong for a non-ki user". He IS strong, but it's not focused on because it's not a noteworthy part of his character.

Satan pulling the buses was filler, as was Videl leaping from a plane. Satan's biggest feat is failing to break 15 tiles, being exhausted and having his hand throbbing after 14 of them.

Surviving a blow from Cell: Piccolo noted that Cell held back deliberately because he didn't want to dirty his hands killing such a loser.

punches big muscled dudes because Muscles Are Meaningless, and not necessarily humongous opponents like Bacterian or Major Metallitron

They're only "meaningless" to ki users. They'd still be really strong in normal Earthling terms. The big muscular robber she beat up in the manga was huge and she mopped the floor with him.

But as unnoun and Heatth stated, Videl is MUCH stronger than Satan, and just didn't realize it because Satan stopped training with her a while before the Boo arc started.

Ssj3Gojira Arashi Shigehito from The Event Horizon Since: May, 2011 Relationship Status: Maxing my social links
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#24008: Jan 14th 2017 at 3:24:09 PM

Was the Mr. Satan filler Toei filler though, or Toriyama filler that he gave them the okay to do, like with baseball player Yamcha and Gregory?

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Saiga Since: Feb, 2011 Relationship Status: Getting away with murder
#24009: Jan 14th 2017 at 3:27:55 PM

Toei filler. Toriyama's contributions to the anime have been documented and it was not included.

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#24010: Jan 14th 2017 at 3:35:00 PM

I mean, are there any real life humans who could pull off some of the stuff he did in filler? I mean, even if you disregard that, he's still very much superhuman based on his use of high-speed movement against those gunmen, which is something real humans aren't capable of doing.

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Saiga Since: Feb, 2011 Relationship Status: Getting away with murder
#24011: Jan 14th 2017 at 3:42:44 PM

Satan was off panel for a while, though, we don't know how fast he actually moved

randomness4 Ghost '11 from The Land of Inconvenience Since: Sep, 2011
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#24012: Jan 14th 2017 at 3:51:08 PM

However fast it was, it wasn't fast enough.

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#24013: Jan 14th 2017 at 3:56:24 PM

Cell held back when hitting Satan, yes. But, I mean, even giving that a non-pulled punch would've taken his head off, it was still a hit that hit with enough force that it sent him flying into, and then falling off of, a cliff face. I wouldn't expect most humans to survive (let alone be uninjured from) that. Gravity doesn't hold back.

edited 14th Jan '17 3:58:42 PM by Enlong

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Ghilz Perpetually Confused from Yeeted at Relativistic Velocities Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Barbecuing
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#24014: Jan 14th 2017 at 3:56:29 PM

It occurs to me that in Dragonball Super, Mr. Satan has an entire city named after him.

Satan City.

o_O

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#24015: Jan 14th 2017 at 3:57:50 PM

Satan City was a thing as far back as the Saiyaman arc. They renamed his hometown after him as thanks for defeating Cell.

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AdricDePsycho Rock on, Gold Dust Woman from Never Going Back Again Since: Oct, 2014 Relationship Status: [TOP SECRET]
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#24016: Jan 14th 2017 at 3:58:45 PM

Sounds like a perfect vacation spot for Anton La Vey.

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#24017: Jan 14th 2017 at 5:15:39 PM

So... where is "My power is Maximum" from, anyway? The meme been around since forever, and I've always assumed it was originally Broly related, but I never really knew. Is it from a dub line or something?

Speaking of, that was another line of the movie I really liked, "MY POWER IS MAXIMUMMER!!!"

So stupid, yet so appropriate.

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RavenWilder Since: Apr, 2009
#24018: Jan 14th 2017 at 5:59:05 PM

Was there ever an explanation given for why the public believed so much in Mr. Satan's badassery? Or why Satan himself thought he stood a chance against someone like Cell?

I mean, presumably the previous World Martial Arts Tournaments are a matter of public record. The existence of people who can move faster than the eye can see and shoot energy blasts that blow up the moon is well documented.

Moth13 Since: Sep, 2010
#24019: Jan 14th 2017 at 6:11:31 PM

Martial Arts Tournaments are too niche to sink into the public consciousness probably. At least until a participant saved the world. Excuse me, at least until a participant who enjoys media attention saved the world.

LSBK Since: Sep, 2014
#24020: Jan 14th 2017 at 6:32:23 PM

Even with that, King Piccolo and Piccolo Jr. were big, world wide threats, and Goku saved the world from both of them. It's harder to justify people not remembering that entire fiasco.

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#24021: Jan 14th 2017 at 6:33:33 PM

People have short memories and the internet isn't a thing so it's not like there's a million YouTube videos of Goku firing a Kamehameha at Tien. Add in that, as noted, the Tenkaichi Budokai is a pretty niche crowd. Add also that unlike Goku, Tien, Piccolo, etc. Mr. Satan actually made an effort to publicize and be known.

[up] Not so hard. Very few people actually witnessed Goku defeating Piccolo Daimao and he didn't stick around to take questions and give interviews about his life. To the public consciousness, he's some anonymous person who showed up, defeated Piccolo, and then vanished into the annals of history.

If anything, his tournament wins would be more memorable because, like, they have his name in writing and everything.

edited 14th Jan '17 6:37:13 PM by TobiasDrake

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LSBK Since: Sep, 2014
#24022: Jan 14th 2017 at 6:37:06 PM

The Piccolo bits are less about people not knowing Goku did it, and more about how you have huge example already of how people like Cell weren't just using "parlor tricks" like Mr. Satan claimed.

It hadn't even been 10 years right? It might not have been constantly on people's minds but it's not the kind of thing that's going to be completely forgotten.

edited 14th Jan '17 7:08:31 PM by LSBK

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#24023: Jan 14th 2017 at 6:38:53 PM

Do you? Can you prove beyond a shadow of a doubt that a battle that took place about a decade and a half ago was not, in fact, utilizing RPGs and C-4 and the like to make the explosions? Without having video footage of it? Or much in the way of even witness testimony?

Again, the tournaments are more evidence than Piccolo in this regard because people actually watched them.

edited 14th Jan '17 6:40:46 PM by TobiasDrake

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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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#24024: Jan 14th 2017 at 6:54:14 PM

I believe the abridged series commented on just how ridiculous this is:

"Look at the poor history books, lost and forgotten to time, how sad."

randomness4 Ghost '11 from The Land of Inconvenience Since: Sep, 2011
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#24025: Jan 14th 2017 at 7:00:13 PM

That's right! These episodes have names in the title now.

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