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Dullest DragonBall character

Post by Vijay » Wed Jan 13, 2016 10:37 pm

Worst sounds harsh

Dullest can be in terms of design, relevance to the series & overall character

For me, its Supreme Kai, Fat Buu & Rildo Shogun :P

1. Supreme Kai was built to be an unstoppable badass God. Piccolo freaked with "dimension" stuff, his agenda of secretly manipulating everyone into luring Babidi & Dabura was cool

Looked like drawing-block character by Ultimate Gohan time. Guess it was da reason for AT fusing him into much "useable" Kibito-Kai

2. Fat Buu was dull beyond words post-Majin Vegeta's sacrifice. His one-note character was magnified even further after Babidi bit the dust. Buildin house, sleeping, pooping, & proceeding to kill (which he has been doin since ages) was bland af

3. Rildo showed promises to be an intimidating foe with his actions. Obeyin Dr.Myuu & commanding Sigma boys while he lays low was kinda...both mysterious & cool

But all that was tossed outta window post his iconic fight against Base Goku. He was serious with SSJ Kid Goku, loses badly. Transforms into liquified-metal form. Trolls SSJ Goku. Again, does nothing as character & ultimately dies a pathetic death (when Baby infects/invades him)

If you observe carefully, the pattern of "dullest" comes as a result of the said characters not living-up to their hype or author/creator failed utilizin them to their maximum capacity

I guess this comes as a natural thing, as Dragon World is generally filled with fun characters. 1 or 2 just stand-out, which are not neccesarrily a "bad" thing, just gives-off an unsatisfied feel of "what-if"

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Re: Dullest DragonBall character

Post by Hellspawn28 » Wed Jan 13, 2016 10:40 pm

Yi Xing Long because he was our final villain in the series and he is pretty boring. He comes out of nowhere with no build up or introduction on who he is. He hardly had any personality to his character.
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Re: Dullest DragonBall character

Post by Doctor. » Wed Jan 13, 2016 11:05 pm

Super's Videl.

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Re: Dullest DragonBall character

Post by Vijay » Wed Jan 13, 2016 11:41 pm

Hellspawn28 wrote:Yi Xing Long because he was our final villain in the series and he is pretty boring. He comes out of nowhere with no build up or introduction on who he is. He hardly had any personality to his character.
This. Toilet-tissue would have an interesting design/personality compared to Yi Xing Long. His ill-suited voice was not to my liking as well. Easily most detestable "thing" in DB history

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Re: Dullest DragonBall character

Post by dbzfan7 » Thu Jan 14, 2016 12:01 am

Doctor. wrote:Super's Videl.
I was thinking her or later Chi Chi since her shtick is just not interesting at all, but a tired gag.
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Post by Gyt Kaliba » Thu Jan 14, 2016 12:11 am

Hmm...thinking on who is the dullest to me, at least in that I never really enjoyed them at any point but in kind of a neutral way - I don't or didn't dislike them per say, but they've brought nothing of value either outside of story advancement (and not always even that) - ...I'd say it's a tough choice between Chaozu and Kami.
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Re: Dullest DragonBall character

Post by DBZAOTA482 » Thu Jan 14, 2016 12:39 am

Chiaotzu... all he does is suck at fighting and suck Tien's dick.
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DBZGTKOSDH wrote:... Haven't we already gotten these in GT? Goku dies, the DBs go away, and the Namekian DBs most likely won't be used again because of the Evil Dragons.
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Re: Dullest DragonBall character

Post by MajinMan » Thu Jan 14, 2016 12:46 am

I'd say the Kaioshin. He was almost NEVER interesting. His best moment was when he was first introduced, when he still had that mystique around him, and even then he wasn't all that great. Runner up would be Post-22nd Tenkaichi Budokai Chaozu. If it wasn't for his antics at the tournament, he would be my choice.
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Re: Dullest DragonBall character

Post by Vijay » Thu Jan 14, 2016 1:10 am

I'd rank Kami as stoic, stern character rather than dull

His character maynot be impactful, but his role provided under-current tension in 23rd TB, Saiyan Saga & even Garlic Jr Saga

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Re: Dullest DragonBall character

Post by Lionel » Thu Jan 14, 2016 5:39 am

It's between Goku and Vegeta for me. Being inundated with their presence so much starts to wear down the novelty of their personalities and powers which have been pretty much same except for their "new" transformations. They have allowed me to better appreciate whenever the other characters make an appearance which is something.

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Re: Dullest DragonBall character

Post by RedRibbonSoldier#42 » Thu Jan 14, 2016 6:46 am

I'll go with lunch. She has that one sneeze=personality change joke and nothing else. Toriyama doesn't even really bother to write her out of the story. She just stops appearing.

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Post by B » Thu Jan 14, 2016 11:48 am

I begin to like Gohan around the Buu arc, so I guess his kid form can't really qualify... I guess Chichi? It's just like, who cares?
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Re: Dullest DragonBall character

Post by Silver Sinspawn » Thu Jan 14, 2016 11:58 am

I actually find Vegeta pretty dull. Maybe it's because he has the spotlight thrust on him all the time, but I don't find him particularly interesting post Namek.

But the dullest by far has to be Jeice. I really want to like Jeice, but damned if that boy does nothing at all. Even Guldo does more for the plot than this wishes-he-was-Salza-lowly-Brench-seijin.
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Re: Dullest DragonBall character

Post by DBZAOTA482 » Thu Jan 14, 2016 12:00 pm

RedRibbonSoldier#42 wrote:I'll go with lunch. She has that one sneeze=personality change joke and nothing else. Toriyama doesn't even really bother to write her out of the story. She just stops appearing.
He did write her out. She was chasing after Tien.

Not to say she isn't dull tho.
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DBZGTKOSDH wrote:... Haven't we already gotten these in GT? Goku dies, the DBs go away, and the Namekian DBs most likely won't be used again because of the Evil Dragons.
Goku didn't die in GT. The show sucked him off so much, it was impossible to keep him in the world of the living, so he ascended beyond mortality.
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Re: Dullest DragonBall character

Post by ABED » Thu Jan 14, 2016 12:35 pm

Hellspawn28 wrote:Yi Xing Long because he was our final villain in the series and he is pretty boring. He comes out of nowhere with no build up or introduction on who he is. He hardly had any personality to his character.
I think you're overthinking this. Just because there's no build doesn't mean he comes out of nowhere. He comes from the broken DB's. He's evil incarnate. As an endgame villain, i don't think he needs to be anything other than that - pure evil.

As for who is the dullest, Chaozu. I wish they had kept the personality he had when he was first introduced. He was really stupid and didn't consider himself bald because he had a single strand of hair. After his first arc, he's just a nice guy who has a very strong bond with Tenshinhan.
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Re: Dullest DragonBall character

Post by Gaffer Tape » Thu Jan 14, 2016 1:59 pm

DBZAOTA482 wrote:He did write her out. She was chasing after Tenshinhan.
I'd say that's arguable at best. I mean, in the same conversation, Blooma says she didn't tell Yamucha about the reunion, which explains why he isn't there. And he certainly didn't get written out. I think it's far more likely that the line simply explains why she's not there at that moment. Even though it happens to be the last thing said about her, so you could rationalize it as being written out, that explanation doesn't ultimately hold up anyway. After all, Tenshinhan continues to appear in the series and never references her having chased after him.
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Re: Dullest DragonBall character

Post by Hellspawn28 » Thu Jan 14, 2016 4:36 pm

I think you're overthinking this. Just because there's no build doesn't mean he comes out of nowhere. He comes from the broken DB's. He's evil incarnate. As an endgame villain, i don't think he needs to be anything other than that - pure evil.
But he was made to be our final villain in the series. He should been more menacing and more depth to his character. He could have been the best villain since Freeza had he was written better.
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Re: Dullest DragonBall character

Post by TheatreStyleKai » Thu Jan 14, 2016 5:05 pm

Just about any character from GT would qualify for this dubious honor, except for Baby and General Rild perhaps. It's probably low hanging fruit to bring up Bio-Broli either, but there it is.

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