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The Bee
Nov 25, 2012

Making his way to the ring . . .
from Deep in the Jungle . . .

The Big Monkey!
Not a taunt, but his winpose.

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HGH
Dec 20, 2011

Blockhouse posted:

as a fun fact here's the top twenty dragonball characters from a book released in japan in 2005ish

Goten seems bizarrely high.

Skinty McEdger
Mar 9, 2008

I have NEVER received the respect I deserve as the leader and founder of The Masterflock, the internet's largest and oldest Christopher Masterpiece fan group in all of history, and I DEMAND that changes. From now on, you will respect Skinty McEdger!

HGH posted:

Goten seems bizarrely high.

Goten is weirdly popular in Japan. I have no idea why.

Raserys
Aug 22, 2011

IT'S YA BOY
You'd never guess it from Super

Blockhouse
Sep 7, 2014

You Win!
it is 100% because he's cute

there were only two popularity polls while the series was running since it was only a thing towards the end, with the first at the end of the Cell Saga and the second around the time of Gohan Vs Super Buu. They only showed the top 5 and it was always Goku Vegeta Trunks Piccolo and someone else (Gohan in the first one Gotenks in the second)

Notably Gohan was #1 the in the Cell Saga poll and Piccolo is #5 all three times

Funky Valentine
Feb 26, 2014

Dojyaa~an

I like Korin being more popular than Cell.

khwarezm
Oct 26, 2010

Deal with it.

Funky Valentine posted:

I like Korin being more popular than Cell.

Deserved.

Zamasu
Nov 4, 2016

I'm just being self-absorbed.
It doesn't matter if no one's listening.

StrifeHira posted:

That and a taunt that's just him shouting "NINGEN!"

Burkion posted:

His other taunt is hugging Goku Black

Evily

:hai:

Nodosaur
Dec 23, 2014


hey, look over there, it's mortals enjoying their lives

Manatee Cannon
Aug 26, 2010



speaking of special moves, does 18 actually have any

17 has that barrier I guess but I can't think of anything for 18 offhand

Darko
Dec 23, 2004

Kienzan

Blockhouse
Sep 7, 2014

You Win!
the next time you wonder why Cell never comes back, just remember "less popular than Korin"

Funky Valentine
Feb 26, 2014

Dojyaa~an

Manatee Cannon posted:

speaking of special moves, does 18 actually have any

17 has that barrier I guess but I can't think of anything for 18 offhand

The kick that broke Vegeta's arms?

NecroMonster
Jan 4, 2009

he's a loving cat and he has the senzu beans he owns

khwarezm
Oct 26, 2010

Deal with it.

Funky Valentine posted:

The kick that broke Vegeta's arms?

Yeah, that's probably closest, they refer to it again in GT.

Fargin Icehole
Feb 19, 2011

Pet me.
Been drawing all these goddamn spots for a bad guy who is not as popular as a fat cat that has senzu beans.

Ammat The Ankh
Sep 7, 2010

Now, attempt to defeat me!
And I shall become a living legend!

I'm not sure if my favorite part is Champa's Vuvuzela heralding the return of Super Saiyan God Goku, or all action in the entire ring stopping for several seconds while they admonish 17 for interrupting the transformation.

Tae
Oct 24, 2010

Hello? Can you hear me? ...Perhaps if I shout? AAAAAAAAAH!

Manatee Cannon posted:

speaking of special moves, does 18 actually have any

17 has that barrier I guess but I can't think of anything for 18 offhand

They both share 90% of the same moves (hence why it's not a big deal for DB Fighterz) but she has the extra Dual Destructo Disk.

Blue Star
Feb 18, 2013

by FactsAreUseless

Blockhouse posted:

as a fun fact here's the top twenty dragonball characters from a book released in japan in 2005ish

LOL that list is terrible. Majin Boo over Freeza? Yeah, no.

Best DB characters, not counting Super:
(in no particular order, except that Freeza and Piccolo are def tied for number 1)
Freeza
Piccolo
Bulma
Krillin
Android 18
Android 17
Gohan
Videl (before she became a generic girlfriend)
Master Roshi
Vegeta
Mr. Satan
Future Trunks
Kid Trunks

List is based on personality and characterization as well as physical appearance. These characters are all visually appealing and/or have interesting personalities and traits that you can do a lot with in terms of storytelling, ie its fun to see these characters interact. Goten is lame. He's a nothing character. Majin Boo is cool-looking and kinda funny at times but he's just sorta there. I'd rank him higher than Goten, though.

Blue Star fucked around with this message at 02:02 on Sep 3, 2017

bobjr
Oct 16, 2012

Roose is loose.
🐓🐓🐓✊🪧

I would be interesting to see what characters are more popular in Japan vs other countries, since I feel Goku is less popular in America compared to other characters like Vegeta.

Manatee Cannon
Aug 26, 2010



I think you're just taking complaining in this thread as the overall trend

khwarezm
Oct 26, 2010

Deal with it.

Blue Star posted:

LOL that list is terrible. Majin Boo over Freeza? Yeah, no.

Best DB characters, not counting Super:
(in no particular order, except that Freeza and Piccolo are def tied for number 1)
Freeza
Piccolo
Bulma
Krillin
Android 18
Android 17
Gohan
Videl (before she became a generic girlfriend)
Master Roshi
Vegeta
Mr. Satan
Future Trunks
Kid Trunks

List is based on personality and characterization as well as physical appearance. These characters are all visually appealing and/or have interesting personalities and traits that you can do a lot with in terms of storytelling, ie its fun to see these characters interact. Goten is lame. He's a nothing character. Majin Boo is cool-looking and kinda funny at times but he's just sorta there. I'd rank him higher than Goten, though.

I find this list interesting because you rate Bulma so high.

I'm not disagreeing, I just find it interesting that she's such a longstanding part of Dragonball but she never seems that popular either side of the Pacific.

Kashuno
Oct 9, 2012

Where the hell is my SWORD?
Grimey Drawer

bobjr posted:

Goku is less popular in America compared to other characters like Vegeta.

This is a joke right?

tbp
Mar 1, 2008

DU WIRST NIEMALS ALLEINE MARSCHIEREN
goku is my favorite

OctoberCountry
Oct 9, 2012

Blue Star posted:

Majin Boo over Freeza? Yeah

Carlosologist
Oct 13, 2013

Revelry in the Dark

Gohan, a veteran fighter, still doesn't know how to dodge

MagusDraco
Nov 11, 2011

even speedwagon was trolled

Carlosologist posted:

Gohan, a veteran fighter, still doesn't know how to dodge

drat pavlov.

bobjr
Oct 16, 2012

Roose is loose.
🐓🐓🐓✊🪧

Kashuno posted:

This is a joke right?

I don't mean it as people hate Goku, just that it would be a lot closer.

Manatee Cannon
Aug 26, 2010



so does this mean the dragon ball order thing for u7 eliminations was wrong

also lol tien's big moment was a suicide attack and piccolo had to save gohan twice in one episode. the sniper was dumb as well. this is prob the weakest part of the tournament so far

seiferguy
Jun 9, 2005

FLAWED
INTUITION



Toilet Rascal
Well this episode definitely proved that Tien is worse than Krillin.

we will never know what Dr. Roh's speciality is.

Also I noticed in the end credits, they show Krillin first, then Tien. Next is Vegeta, is he gonna get axed next???

TheHan
Oct 29, 2011

Grind, you poor fool!
Grind straight for the stars!
Tien's big moment consisted of running at one guy for the entire episode and then getting a double elimination cause he wasn't paying attention. Should've just brought Yamcha.

Raserys
Aug 22, 2011

IT'S YA BOY

bobjr posted:

I don't mean it as people hate Goku, just that it would be a lot closer.

only people in this thread think this, normies love goku

Fluffdaddy
Jan 3, 2009

Raserys posted:

only people in this thread think this, normies love goku

What the gently caress is a normie?

Shinjobi
Jul 10, 2008


Gravy Boat 2k
Tien sucks rear end, Krillin forever.

Manatee Cannon
Aug 26, 2010



normie is harry osborn's son in spider-man renew your vows hth

Carlosologist
Oct 13, 2013

Revelry in the Dark

lol just how many bottles did Roshi bring if he's relying on the Mafuba as a technique

I hope Frost gets his smug rear end kicked off soon, he's worse than Freeza since he's a stupid clone

Manatee Cannon
Aug 26, 2010



the weird part about the bottles is that roshi could just use the mafuba to throw people off the stage and it'd work just as well

goku and piccolo could also do this and pretty much nobody would be able to stop them

Blockhouse
Sep 7, 2014

You Win!
no ep next week btw

Stallion Cabana
Feb 14, 2012
1; Get into Grad School

2; Become better at playing Tabletop, both as a player and as a GM/ST/W/E

3; Get rid of this goddamn avatar.
looks like the next episode is Universe 6's turn to have 2+ fighters knocked out.

I wonder if they're still gonna try and present this as Universe 7 hanging on by the skin of their teeth when they completely out number every other universe.

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Funky Valentine
Feb 26, 2014

Dojyaa~an

Yep, that was about as expected of Tien.

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