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randomness4 Ghost '11 from The Land of Inconvenience Since: Sep, 2011
Ghost '11
#24526: Feb 1st 2017 at 7:00:55 PM

Padding is better than Filler...

Or maybe that's the other way around...

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TheMageofFire Since: May, 2012
#24527: Feb 1st 2017 at 7:14:41 PM

[up][up] I'm going to curse you now for making me remember Nilla Wafers existed. FUCK those are godly.

BlackYakuzu94 CHADhan Player. from Easy Coast/NY Since: May, 2013 Relationship Status: Longing for my OTP
CHADhan Player.
#24528: Feb 1st 2017 at 7:15:17 PM

[up][up][up][up][up] Oreos aren't good for you.

[up][up][up][up][up][up] This depends entirely on if said filler adds anything; in Toei's case, it usually doesn't. And in worst cases, outright contradicts stuff.

edited 1st Feb '17 7:16:01 PM by BlackYakuzu94

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Enlong Court Dragon from The Underground Facility Since: May, 2011 Relationship Status: is commanded to— WANK!
Court Dragon
#24529: Feb 1st 2017 at 7:25:19 PM

I did say "sometimes".

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Darthwyn leader of Inherit from The void Since: Feb, 2016 Relationship Status: You cannot grasp the true form
leader of Inherit
#24530: Feb 1st 2017 at 7:26:59 PM

I definitely enjoyed Vegito base form taking Super Buu apart.

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Soble Since: Dec, 2013
#24531: Feb 1st 2017 at 8:22:27 PM

[up] (3)

Take that back. Funny pointless filler is the best filler.

     

edited 1st Feb '17 8:24:48 PM by Soble

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Karxrida from Eureka, the Forbidden Land Since: May, 2012 Relationship Status: I LOVE THIS DOCTOR!
#24532: Feb 1st 2017 at 8:24:54 PM

Mr. Satan being Captain Falcon is enough to justify filler.

edited 1st Feb '17 8:26:18 PM by Karxrida

KnownUnknown Since: Jan, 2001
#24533: Feb 1st 2017 at 9:22:33 PM

And sometimes it's like a Nilla Wafer.

Best with lots of pudding?

Karxrida from Eureka, the Forbidden Land Since: May, 2012 Relationship Status: I LOVE THIS DOCTOR!
#24534: Feb 1st 2017 at 9:35:53 PM

I like my Nilla Wafers with milk, personally.

Now I really want one...

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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#24535: Feb 1st 2017 at 9:38:43 PM

Someone asked a bit back what PIS is, PIS and CIS are terms usually thrown around in the hypothetical vs scene, where people compare and pit fictional characters against each other. PIS is Plot Induced Stupidity, where a character acts dumber than they logically should be because the plot demands it. CIS is Character Induced Stupidity, where a character makes a dumb decision that is completely consistent with that character's personality because that character is kind of dumb.

Enlong Court Dragon from The Underground Facility Since: May, 2011 Relationship Status: is commanded to— WANK!
Court Dragon
#24536: Feb 1st 2017 at 10:29:35 PM

Goku flying away with a tractor in an attempt to act natural is

just

the best.

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Ssj3Gojira Arashi Shigehito from The Event Horizon Since: May, 2011 Relationship Status: Maxing my social links
Arashi Shigehito
#24537: Feb 1st 2017 at 10:47:46 PM

Also, Oreos are delicious you plebs.

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Saiga Since: Feb, 2011 Relationship Status: Getting away with murder
#24538: Feb 1st 2017 at 11:32:48 PM

filler can often enhance a story

but often its like an abusive relationship, and it can be hard watching someone pretend that it is okay

BlackYakuzu94 CHADhan Player. from Easy Coast/NY Since: May, 2013 Relationship Status: Longing for my OTP
CHADhan Player.
#24539: Feb 2nd 2017 at 1:01:29 AM

"Toei-chan didn't mean to needlessly complicate things; they're just under a lot of stress."

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Larkmarn Since: Nov, 2010 Relationship Status: Hello, I love you
#24540: Feb 2nd 2017 at 6:15:52 AM

Just throwing it out there, I loved the Black Water Mist arc.

Hated its resolution (I'll open the Dead Zone! AGAIN!) but it was great to see basically a Lower-Deck Episode and some normally useless characters got to do something, it was largely won with guile which is just odd.

Plus, pimp suit Krillin.

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randomness4 Ghost '11 from The Land of Inconvenience Since: Sep, 2011
Ghost '11
#24541: Feb 2nd 2017 at 6:37:57 AM

He was immortal...kind of a writing corner.

But you know what else? Everyone else should've been way stronger than Garlic Jr. at the time, so even being immortal he wouldn't have been a threat.

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Kayeka (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#24542: Feb 2nd 2017 at 6:43:22 AM

[up]Well, obviously that Dead Zone has some wicked gravity.

LSBK Since: Sep, 2014
#24543: Feb 2nd 2017 at 6:43:30 AM

They covered that, and the answer is, it didn't matter. Really, Garlic Jr. was to them what Vegeta wanted to be to Frieza if he became immortal: a thorn in his side that would eventually take him out by virtue of never going away and hurting more and more each day.

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Court Dragon
#24544: Feb 2nd 2017 at 6:45:34 AM

That's when you Kars the immortal thorn in your side.

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Larkmarn Since: Nov, 2010 Relationship Status: Hello, I love you
#24545: Feb 2nd 2017 at 6:52:50 AM

[up][up][up][up] The handwave was that the Makyo Star was nearby, thus granting the Makyans immense power. It's a one-in-a-lifetime thing which also gave them strength enough to get out of the Dead Zone in the first place.

And yes, Immortality is a corner. If only there was... some sort of technique. Like a wave. That could contain evil.

edited 2nd Feb '17 6:53:05 AM by Larkmarn

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randomness4 Ghost '11 from The Land of Inconvenience Since: Sep, 2011
Ghost '11
#24546: Feb 2nd 2017 at 6:58:19 AM

Another Star? Randomness sees.

Then all they needed to do was blow it up.

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LSBK Since: Sep, 2014
#24547: Feb 2nd 2017 at 7:00:58 AM

It wasn't a literal star, it was Garlic Jr. and his minions home planet. They were basically alien demons.

randomness4 Ghost '11 from The Land of Inconvenience Since: Sep, 2011
Ghost '11
#24548: Feb 2nd 2017 at 7:02:28 AM

Then all they had to do was blow it up...

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#24549: Feb 2nd 2017 at 8:20:52 AM

Even ignoring the impossible feat of fitting the movies into the manga's timeline, Garlic Jr. was overpowered by Goku and Piccolo before Raditz landed, putting his battle power somewhere under the Saiyan whipping boy. I feel like, even as an immortal, he would be of absolutely no threat to anyone who'd been to Namek.

This is part of why I'm glad TFS sorta skipped him. It's ridiculous to think that "Garlic Junior RETURNS!" should be anything more threatening than him wailing impotently at Gohan while the kid No Sells his punches and does his homework.

More to do with Namek than Garlic Jr., really. With the ridiculous power inflation that happened there, nobody who missed the boat is ever going to be a credible threat to anyone who got even one of the free power-ups being passed around Namek like candy on Halloween.

edited 2nd Feb '17 8:23:28 AM by TobiasDrake

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unnoun Since: Jan, 2012
#24550: Feb 2nd 2017 at 8:42:25 AM

I mean, the Black Water Mist messing with the people of Earth is neat.

In some ways, Toei wrote themselves into a corner. I'm pretty sure Vegeta going into space was filler. The implication in the manga is that he just sorta. Stayed on Earth. At Capsule Corp. Waiting for Goku. Because Earth was where Goku was going to get back to eventually. And going into space and looking for him would be a dumb idea because space is too goddamned big and Vegeta has no idea where he is.

One way to get it to work is if the Black Water Mist fucked up Vegeta.

edited 2nd Feb '17 8:42:46 AM by unnoun


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