If Popeye takes spinach, can he hold his own against Goku?

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If Popeye takes spinach, can he hold his own against Goku?

Post by DragonBallFoodie » Sat Jul 29, 2017 7:17 am

Popeye the Sailor, in case people don't know, is a comic character created in 1929. Originally starting out as a gag character, he went on to become a comic book hero, namely when he takes his spinach he's strong to the finish!

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He strikes me as the one gag hero who could go toe to toe with Goku and has a good chance to stand his ground. Do you think Popeye can withstand Goku?
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Re: If Popeye takes spinach, can he hold his own against Goku?

Post by Ki Breaker » Sat Jul 29, 2017 11:59 am

If we consider him a gag character, he can not only go toe to toe with anime Goku, but beat him..
That's what gag characters are, logic dosen't apply to them..
However, Berrus and manga Goku both can beat them, hakai works on them just fine..
Arale stood no chance..
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Post by FortuneSSJ » Sat Jul 29, 2017 4:03 pm

Doesn't matter who wins, people would still complain about power levels.
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Post by Hellspawn28 » Sat Jul 29, 2017 4:21 pm

Popeye has toon force, so he wins.
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Re: If Popeye takes spinach, can he hold his own against Goku?

Post by precita » Sat Jul 29, 2017 4:23 pm

He'd be treated similar to Arale, another gag character who can go toe to toe with Super Saiyan Blue Goku.

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Post by MainJPW » Sat Jul 29, 2017 4:54 pm

Pretty sure Popeye has toon-force.

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Post by B » Sat Jul 29, 2017 5:21 pm

At first I was like "Popeye's a brute with no formal training, he'd probably just barely make it into the 21st Tenkaichi Tournament" but I skimmed through Wikipedia just to make sure I wasn't incorrect about Popeye actually training, and stumbled upon this:
Popeye's Wikipedia article wrote:Another is his near-saintly perseverance in overcoming any obstacle to please Olive, who often renounces Popeye for Bluto's dime-store advances. She is the only character that Popeye will permit to give him a thumping.
I believe this settles it; if the obstacle between Popeye and Olive is Goku, goodbye Goku. Also, Olive may be some level of planet thumper.
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Post by Polyphase Avatron » Sat Jul 29, 2017 5:29 pm

Popeye could beat Goku, Superman, and Saitama at the same time.
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Post by floofychan333 » Fri Aug 11, 2017 11:45 pm

Logically Goku wins but for comedic purposes anything is possible. Hell, the battle could be joined by Action Bastard from Shin-chan and other such joke heroes to spice it up but the true winner would be Kim Jong-Un, who would nuke everyone in this ultimate showdown.
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Post by ShadowBardock89 » Sat Aug 12, 2017 12:38 am

floofychan333 wrote:Logically Goku wins but for comedic purposes anything is possible. Hell, the battle could be joined by Action Bastard from Shin-chan and other such joke heroes to spice it up but the true winner would be Kim Jong-Un, who would nuke everyone in this ultimate showdown.
Saitama would survive.
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Re: If Popeye takes spinach, can he hold his own against Goku?

Post by Duo » Sat Aug 12, 2017 1:29 am

FortuneSSJ wrote:Doesn't matter who wins, people would still complain about power levels.
Quote of the entire decade, right here.

Rest assured, it would largely depend on how much time Popeye spent consuming spinach in the Room of Spirit and Time.

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Post by KBABZ » Sat Aug 12, 2017 9:08 pm

Would eating spinach count as a power-up by Goku? And if so, would it be so strong as to kill him if he were in SSJ3?

(also, kinda ironic that spinach of all things is what makes Popeye strong, given the Saiyan vegetable name pun thing!)

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Post by Lord Beerus » Sat Aug 12, 2017 9:28 pm

FortuneSSJ wrote:Doesn't matter who wins, people would still complain about power levels.
And that is going straight into signature.

Unfortunately, I found this more sad than funny because of how true it is.

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Post by Hellspawn28 » Fri Aug 18, 2017 2:16 pm

precita wrote:He'd be treated similar to Arale, another gag character who can go toe to toe with Super Saiyan Blue Goku.
Characters have different level of toon force. From what I can remember is that Popeye knock away the Sun before with spinach.
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Post by Polyphase Avatron » Fri Aug 18, 2017 5:38 pm

Hellspawn28 wrote:
precita wrote:He'd be treated similar to Arale, another gag character who can go toe to toe with Super Saiyan Blue Goku.
Characters have different level of toon force. From what I can remember is that Popeye knock away the Sun before with spinach.
He actually once punched so hard he destroyed the film reel his cartoon was on... or something
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Re: If Popeye takes spinach, can he hold his own against Goku?

Post by KBABZ » Fri Aug 18, 2017 9:37 pm

Hellspawn28 wrote:Characters have different level of toon force. From what I can remember is that Popeye knock away the Sun before with spinach.
Great, now we have a second measure of Power Levels for gag characters! What hath you wrought?!

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Re: If Popeye takes spinach, can he hold his own against Goku?

Post by DragonBallLove » Sat Aug 19, 2017 6:50 pm

ShadowBardock89 wrote:
floofychan333 wrote:Logically Goku wins but for comedic purposes anything is possible. Hell, the battle could be joined by Action Bastard from Shin-chan and other such joke heroes to spice it up but the true winner would be Kim Jong-Un, who would nuke everyone in this ultimate showdown.
Saitama would survive.
Without a scratch, mind you.

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