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What character can carry a TV series?

Post by DBFanTalk » Fri May 28, 2021 3:46 pm

A series, in television format, is built around a Dragon Ball character, which follows their adventures. What character has enough potential to carry a whole season of thirteen plus episodes? I would say:

(1) Supreme Kai (2) Kami (3) Frieza (4) Vegeta (Pre-Dragon Ball Z) (5) Dabura

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Post by JulieYBM » Fri May 28, 2021 3:48 pm

Caulifla and Kale make for a perfect duo for their own spin-off.

Honestly, I'd love more of Gohan and Videl's high school life, especially if it got lovey-dovey.
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Post by Kaboom » Fri May 28, 2021 4:30 pm

I want my "Wacky Misadventures of Mr. Satan and Mr. Boo" spinoff, damnit.
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Re: What character can carry a TV series?

Post by Zephyr » Fri May 28, 2021 4:31 pm

I'm down for a Freeza show.

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Post by Shobijin 小美人 » Fri May 28, 2021 4:49 pm

Giru! Okay, maybe he'd work more as a one-off rather than being able to carry a whole series, but I want to see what other kinds of mischeif he could get up to when left on his own.
JulieYBM wrote: Fri May 28, 2021 3:48 pmHonestly, I'd love more of Gohan and Videl's high school life, especially if it got lovey-dovey.
Heck yes, and either have them go on terrible Great Saiyaman Duo adventures together after the Boo arc or take place in an alternate reality where Babidi and Boo never existed and life continued normally for a while longer after the tournament. Throw some Goten & Trunks shenanigans in there too, I kind of loved their dynamic with Videl in the second Broly film and I'd want to see some more of that!

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Post by JulieYBM » Fri May 28, 2021 5:48 pm

Shobijin 小美人 wrote: Fri May 28, 2021 4:49 pm Giru! Okay, maybe he'd work more as a one-off rather than being able to carry a whole series, but I want to see what other kinds of mischeif he could get up to when left on his own.
JulieYBM wrote: Fri May 28, 2021 3:48 pmHonestly, I'd love more of Gohan and Videl's high school life, especially if it got lovey-dovey.
Heck yes, and either have them go on terrible Great Saiyaman Duo adventures together after the Boo arc or take place in an alternate reality where Babidi and Boo never existed and life continued normally for a while longer after the tournament. Throw some Goten & Trunks shenanigans in there too, I kind of loved their dynamic with Videl in the second Broly film and I'd want to see some more of that!
It'd be really cool if they just re-did the Boo stuff with Gohan and Videl as the leads while dropping the other characters' story threads, then just continue from there on with more of their school lives.
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Post by PurestEvil » Fri May 28, 2021 5:53 pm

The antics of the Son family would be a kicker of a sitcom
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Post by Grimlock » Fri May 28, 2021 10:13 pm

DBFanTalk wrote: Fri May 28, 2021 3:46 pmWhat character has enough potential to carry a whole season of thirteen plus episodes?
Bardock and Trunks, most definitely. Together and separately, for that matter.
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Post by nhienphan2808 » Fri May 28, 2021 10:14 pm

Vegeta, especially his life and relationships before Earth. Saiyan culture, his brother, Raditz and things like that. Part 2 could be Earth, but about all those off screen things we have yet to see, despite how overexposed he is already.
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PurestEvil wrote: Fri May 28, 2021 5:53 pm The antics of the Son family would be a kicker of a sitcom
I second this. Gohan or Goku alone can carry a series for me. But it would be even more amazing if each season just focuses on a different family. It would be hilarious to see the interactions of the Briefs family and also the family of Gohan. He and Videl raising Pan would make for an extremely entertaining show.
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Post by Trouser » Sat May 29, 2021 2:53 am

1. Future Trunks as Time Patroller (not that bs with two identical versions of him and Mai).
2. Ginyu Tokusentai a.k.a. Super Sentai (Power Rangers) show.
3. Bardock adventures (his past, meeting Gine, etc).
4. Yamcha. Spinnoff manga was great. One could say it's not really Yamcha but their characters are almost 1:1.
5. Jaco.
6. Pride Troopers a.k.a. Super Sentai (Power Rangers) show.
7. Great Saiyaman with Goten as lead, just like in Toyotarou's DBAF, where he was very bad at doing his job.

But the ones who can really, really carry a tv show are... Trunks and Bardock.
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Re: What character can carry a TV series?

Post by Vijay » Sat May 29, 2021 3:26 am

Anyone from Z fighter gang. They're just that awesome. Give them to hardcore fanboy & he'd create millions of backstory/badass storyline/fights & TV show wud be 🔥

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Post by PurestEvil » Sat May 29, 2021 5:23 am

Vijay wrote: Sat May 29, 2021 3:26 am Anyone from Z fighter gang. They're just that awesome. Give them to hardcore fanboy & he'd create millions of backstory/badass storyline/fights & TV show wud be 🔥
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Re: What character can carry a TV series?

Post by SupremeKai25 » Sat May 29, 2021 5:53 am

Make me lead writer and I'll give you a TV series about the adventures of Black and Zamasu slaughtering ningens across the cosmos. We even have an ending song ready: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RvdsHqI-stQ

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Post by MasenkoHA » Sat May 29, 2021 9:34 am

Jaco.

Gohan if we switch focus to a goofy parody of super heroes


Pride Troopers if we drop the dead weight (Jiren)

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Re: What character can carry a TV series?

Post by jjgp1112 » Sat May 29, 2021 10:10 am

Vegeta's life before Earth but only if there's a central narrative and not "Vegeta just doing evil stuff and getting called a Monkey for 13 episodes"

A Curb Your Enthusiasm style show about either Vegeta, Gohan, Krillin, or all three.
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Re: What character can carry a TV series?

Post by Hugo Boss » Sat May 29, 2021 10:53 am

I think Bardock’s youth years would yield an interesting tv series. Basically, a story from how Saiyans used to live in Sadala before the Cold family took their liberty.

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Re: What character can carry a TV series?

Post by DBFanTalk » Sat May 29, 2021 1:32 pm

JulieYBM wrote: Fri May 28, 2021 3:48 pm Caulifla and Kale make for a perfect duo for their own spin-off.

Honestly, I'd love more of Gohan and Videl's high school life, especially if it got lovey-dovey.
This is giving me Spiderman vibes. I would definitely watch this.

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Re: What character can carry a TV series?

Post by Vijay » Sat May 29, 2021 1:37 pm

SupremeKai25 wrote: Sat May 29, 2021 5:53 am Make me lead writer and I'll give you a TV series about the adventures of Black and Zamasu slaughtering ningens across the cosmos. We even have an ending song ready: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RvdsHqI-stQ
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 And you'd finally fulfill Zamasu's wish. By makin you lead writer given your fetish for Ningen guy on top of that TV series featurin Zamasu & Black 🤣 every single DB fan will die on spot.

Just out of curiosity man. I don't wish to drift this topic elsewhere...but can't you see just how superficial those fellas are? All they do is preach abt ningen or slaughter or cry 😂 kikiki

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Re: What character can carry a TV series?

Post by BWri » Sat May 29, 2021 1:48 pm

A lot of them, actually. I really want to just stay in another universe for a while but even in U7 there's a lot of characters we know basically nothing about. My money would be on Yamcha. A Yamcha manga where he's a part time Ginga Patrol member would be interesting, but mostly I wonder where Yamcha even comes from and who taught him how to fight. How is his life when he's not around the main cast. There's a pretty good fan-manga that delves into this, but I don't like all the ideas in that one. Cool read though.

Tien's the same say. Who are his parents? What's his past about? What about the supposed alien race he's a descendant of? Lots of mysteries. Personality-wise, Tien probably couldn't carry a show by himself unless a great writer was involved. That said, I could definitely watch an action/comedy series with Krillin, Roshi, Tien, Chaozu, and Yamcha as Ginga Patrol fill-ins.
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