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How about Spopivich and Dabura? Gives more meaning to Gohan challenging him. Plus, it is a nice plot twist that Dabura purposely allowed Kaioshin and co. to follow him.

That's exactly what it does; it basically writes the characters as their most popular version, regardless of whether or not that's actually who they were at the end of the Buu arc. I'm surprised they didn't find a way to age Gohan down to his Cell-arc self. :lol:


I mean... *gestures to all ...

jjgp1112 wrote: Fri May 22, 2026 9:38 pm

Kid Buu wrote: Fri May 22, 2026 1:59 pm Isn't Mr. Satan based on Bob Sapp?

Bob Sapp didn't become a fighter until nearly a decade after Dragon Ball ended.

Oh dear. My memory playing games with me. Nevermind that post then.

Bubbles is a legit mention though!

Not a person per se, but King Kai and Michael Jackson both share a monkey called Bubbles.

Isn't Mr. Satan based on Bob Sapp?

Saiya6Cit wrote: Sat May 02, 2026 11:30 am I always understood it was due to his lack of training.

But everyone is welcomed to have their own theories.

Same.

I'm happy to subscribe to that logic.

Looks like we haven't seen the last of Dragon Ball on UK traditional TV yet as its coming to GREAT! Action on May 5th. It will also be streaming unsurprisingly. This is another Narrative Entertainment channel, and they are apparently airing the censored version, likely because that's what was ...

Also remember Medabots and Beyblade were on TV.


Didn't see Medabots, but I do remember Beyblade on Cartoon Network UK and Toonami. Loved that show as a kid too and used to collect the beyblades.


I agree that the UK anime fandom isn't as strong as the US one. It also appears that anime ...

Was Tenchi Muyo on Toonami UK?

I remember Digimon and Sailor Moon on Fox Kids. Yu-GI-Oh! I think was on Nick?

It was on Cartoon Network during the days of the Toonami block, along with the other Tenchi shows, although I remember it being pretty short lived. And yes Gundam Wing also aired ...

Manga UK acquiring the DB licence back on 2012 was a huge development that often isn't given enough credit ( which also probably wouldn't have happened without Kix first aquiring Kai ). It lead to a huge revival which went as far as massively successful theatrical runs for the last 3 movies ...

Was Tenchi Muyo on Toonami UK?

I remember Digimon and Sailor Moon on Fox Kids. Yu-GI-Oh! I think was on Nick?

RE: Smallville

Pretty much agree with main points here. Early Buffy-lite season were best and the Luthors were best characters. I loved Erica Durance as Lois Lane though. The "will they or wont they" storyline with Lana got old fast and kinda wish they just copied the Buffy/Angel format where they ...

Yeah, Batman never really seemed to get reruns the way Spider-Man did — that one always felt like it was on TV. I grew up with Batman Beyond and the Return of the Joker film. Funny enough, it wasn’t until Netflix that I finally watched Batman: The Animated Series last year. That kicked off a ...

Catching up on thread now.

Haven't gotten to the Super films yet so I'll judge Super Hero when I get there. From what I can see the Cell form looks similar to Semi Perfect Cell. I love how Toriyama can't seem to let that one go. Even in the manga, he bought back that form just to kill off the main ...

Since you're in the UK do you remember what channel Batman TAS aired on? Google says CBBC but I could swear it was on Cartoon Netowrk. I remember Batman of the Future (Batman Beyond) and Justice League were 100% on CN.

I was quite late to the party with Batman TAS, and didn't see it in full ...

Third Form Freeza is like when James Cameron just remade the first movie, but worse. :(

Okay, okay, Third Form Freeza is better than Aliens and a worthy second run at including a cheeky reference to Alien .


Well, given the Trunks story taking influence from the Terminator films, I ...

They already did a crossover with Alien!

https://media1.tenor.com/m/kFSngktg5a0AAAAd/goku-and-krillin-dragon-ball.gif


Also 3rd form Freeza.


Third Form Freeza is like when James Cameron just remade the first movie, but worse. :(

Okay, okay, Third Form Freeza is better than Aliens and ...

JulieYBM wrote: Mon Apr 20, 2026 4:52 pm They already did a crossover with Alien!

Also 3rd form Freeza.

Aside from the obvious ideas, some of which have already been mentioned, such as Naruto, if I try to think about this, there are a lot of similarities between Dragon Ball's main cast and Inuyasha's.

Inuyasha and his half brother Sesshomaru are basically the strongest characters in their universe ...

Also the violence really stood out compared to US cartoons I was watching at the times. Other shows characters wouldn't even punch each other.

I remember the "no punching" rule being a thing on Spider-Man TAS. They got around it sometimes, like having him punch someone with his fist coming ...