Dragon Ball villains in the real world

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Dragon Ball villains in the real world

Post by Doctor. » Thu Feb 16, 2017 6:42 pm

Let's assume they magically get turned into normal human beings with no powers and they get transferred to our world. I wonder how their personality would clash with the world we live in.

I can see Freeza becoming a mob boss, for instance, assuming his arrogance doesn't get him shot first.

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Post by The gr » Thu Feb 16, 2017 6:46 pm

I can see cell becoming a Martial artist, Mr Buu being a comedian and frieza as an actual Land shark
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Post by DBZAOTA482 » Thu Feb 16, 2017 7:49 pm

Freeza is a rich businessman, Cell is a real-estate agent or telemarketer, and Boo is a serial killer.
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Post by precita » Thu Feb 16, 2017 8:14 pm

Freeza would be Donald Trump. He'd ban all Muslims/Saiyans, build a wall against Mexicans/Nameks, and want his race to reign supreme.

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Post by floofychan333 » Thu Feb 16, 2017 8:15 pm

Frieza and King Piccolo become dictators and start WW3. Cell and Buu destroy everything for the fun of it and don't really have occupations other than being scary guys.
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Post by The_Destroyer » Mon Feb 20, 2017 3:38 pm

Pilaf would still be homeless.

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Post by Soppa Saia People » Mon Feb 20, 2017 4:23 pm

precita wrote:Freeza would be Donald Trump.
Can we not ?
Anyway, I'd guess Freeza would be a businessman. That's what he's best off IIRC.
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Post by Cipher » Mon Feb 20, 2017 7:53 pm

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precita wrote:Freeza would be Donald Trump.
Can we not ?
Anyway, I'd guess Freeza would be a businessman. That's what he's best off IIRC.
People are going to compare fictional characters who scapegoat and target entire demographics to real-world figures who scapegoat and target entire demographics.

The only reason this is remotely controversial is because the figure is currently active.

It's inaccurate though, because clearly Boo is the Trump of the Dragon Ball universe. Always asking people if he's cool and tweeting insults about policy disagreements and such. Also they both slumbered for centuries in the center of the Earth in a cocoon designed to contain their rampages.

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Post by Soppa Saia People » Mon Feb 20, 2017 7:59 pm

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precita wrote:Freeza would be Donald Trump.
Can we not ?
Anyway, I'd guess Freeza would be a businessman. That's what he's best off IIRC.
People are going to compare fictional characters who scapegoat and target entire demographics to real-world figures who scapegoat and target entire demographics.

The only reason this is remotely controversial is because the figure is currently active.

It's inaccurate though, because clearly Boo is the Trump of the Dragon Ball universe. Always asking people if he's cool and tweeting insults about policy disagreements and such. Also they both slumbered for centuries in the center of the Earth in a cocoon designed to contain their rampages.
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Post by Perfectionist-Cell » Mon Feb 20, 2017 9:17 pm

Zamasu would be head of ISIS (Except it would be a extermination of mortals kind). If he saw what people did to other people in today's world. He would go on a rampage trying to kill any human he came across.

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Post by PelicanDynasty » Mon Feb 20, 2017 10:23 pm

The Red Ribbon Army guys would be interesting, I wonder if they would plan a hostile takeover of a weak country. They are the villain(s) I could see having the largest impact on the world. Really though it all depends where they would be placed. Freeza in America would have a much different time than Freeza in the RDC.

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Post by Neo-Makaiōshin » Tue Feb 21, 2017 12:05 am

Hit becomes a professional hitman 8) .
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Post by GodKaio-Ken » Tue Feb 21, 2017 12:16 am

DBZAOTA482 wrote:Freeza is a rich businessman, Cell is a real-estate agent or telemarketer, and Boo is a serial killer.
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Post by Pickle_Jar » Tue Feb 21, 2017 2:04 am

Garlic Jr. would open a bread shop and sell the best Garlic bread you ever ate.

And maybe, if he's paid enough, he'll poison it when assassins need help getting the job done. :lol:
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Post by Neo-Makaiōshin » Tue Feb 21, 2017 6:28 pm

Broly would be a professional WWE wrestler (on steroids).
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Post by nickzambuto » Tue Feb 21, 2017 7:20 pm

Piccolo Daimao would be a manga editor.

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Post by Lord Beerus » Tue Feb 21, 2017 7:35 pm

Whoever the head of Apple is, yeah, that would be Baby. Right to wanting to assimilate you into their program.

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Post by TheUltimateNinja » Wed Feb 22, 2017 4:50 am

Beerus would be a demolition expert.

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Post by SHINOBI-03 » Wed Feb 22, 2017 10:08 am

Going by movie villains:

Garlic Jr.: The Duke of his little kingdom.
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No. 14: Bodyguard.
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Post by RandomGuy96 » Thu Feb 23, 2017 6:53 am

Doctor. wrote:Let's assume they magically get turned into normal human beings with no powers and they get transferred to our world. I wonder how their personality would clash with the world we live in.

I can see Freeza becoming a mob boss, for instance, assuming his arrogance doesn't get him shot first.
In an interview Toriyama stated that Freeza was based on the "land sharks" that sprouted up in Japan after the housing bubble burst in the 90s. So he'd be a real estate speculator. I'd probably be interning with him in a couple years actually.
Having become the strongest on the Earth, Goku and co. had also beat the Saiyans who came from outside of Earth and then they went out into the universe. I came up with Freeza around the time of the Bubble2, and the land shark was the worst person of all. So I made him the #1 land shark in the universe.
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