Has Lunch appeared in Dragon Ball Super?

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Has Lunch appeared in Dragon Ball Super?

Post by Waves_Blade » Sat May 07, 2016 1:49 pm

I can't remember if she has or not in Super.

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Re: So... has Launch appeared yet?

Post by Chuquita » Sat May 07, 2016 1:53 pm

She has not, unfortunately. I hope she will at some point.
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Re: So... has Launch appeared yet?

Post by Neo-Makaiōshin » Sat May 07, 2016 2:44 pm

Nope, she has yet to appear in Super.
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Re: So... has Launch appeared yet?

Post by Lord Beerus » Sat May 07, 2016 6:48 pm

No. But given how comedy driven Super has been, I have a faint hope she'll appear sometime down the line.

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Re: So... has Launch appeared yet?

Post by Grimlock » Sat May 07, 2016 7:23 pm

I think I saw Lunch in an opening or ending sequence, if I'm not overthinking it. But she hasn't appeared in an actual episode so far, her last appearance is in Dragon Ball: Yo! Son Goku and His Friends Return!

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Re: So... has Launch appeared yet?

Post by mawilex » Sat May 07, 2016 7:49 pm

What's the point of her appearing anyway? If she's going to reunite with the cast and then be cast away like the Yamchas and the Tiens, I'd rather not see her again.

It's better for things to stay like they are right now, not that I dislike the character or anything, but this way she won't seem like a bland useless character that is constantly standing in the background like an idiot. She was a somewhat endearing character throughout the whole Dragon Ball (the anime) era and then "left in her prime", that's why she left a good impression and why we're still talking about her in a positive way.

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Re: So... has Launch appeared yet?

Post by Kuririn Fan » Sun May 08, 2016 2:26 am

mawilex wrote:What's the point of her appearing anyway? If she's going to reunite with the cast and then be cast away like the Yamchas and the Tens, I'd rather not see her again.

It's better for things to stay like they are right now, not that I dislike the character or anything, but this way she won't seem like a bland useless character that is constantly standing in the background like an idiot. She was a somewhat endearing character throughout the whole Dragon Ball (the anime) era and then "left in her prime", that's why she left a good impression and why we're still talking about her in a positive way.
Because she was gone for the majority of the series. I want her back! And that's the thing, it's not really hard to bring her back as a backround character, Yo! special did that.

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Re: So... has Launch appeared yet?

Post by precita » Sun May 08, 2016 2:52 pm

Wasn't she in the 2008 special with Tarble or am I remembering wrong?

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Re: So... has Launch appeared yet?

Post by Kuririn Fan » Sun May 08, 2016 3:17 pm

precita wrote:Wasn't she in the 2008 special with Tarble or am I remembering wrong?
Yes, she was, i said that.

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Re: So... has Launch appeared yet?

Post by DBZAOTA482 » Sun May 08, 2016 5:13 pm

If she does appear I hope they actually do something with that Tien x Lunch subplot and use her weird disorder for character development. There's only so many bipolar jokes you can drag out of her.
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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: So... has Launch appeared yet?

Post by Smilodon » Mon May 09, 2016 12:50 pm

DBZAOTA482 wrote:If she does appear I hope they actually do something with that Tien x Lunch subplot and use her weird disorder for character development. There's only so many bipolar jokes you can drag out of her.
Tien is gay...So they doesn't need Launch anymore.
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Re: So... has Launch appeared yet?

Post by voltlunok » Mon May 09, 2016 1:03 pm

Smilodon wrote:
DBZAOTA482 wrote:If she does appear I hope they actually do something with that Tien x Lunch subplot and use her weird disorder for character development. There's only so many bipolar jokes you can drag out of her.
Tien is gay...So they doesn't need Launch anymore.
I'm sorry but your statement there made me do both a spit-take and a double take. Since when? Is there an interview I don't know about...? Or is this a poor attempt at a joke?

Also to answer the topic, No but they do have a pretty neat way they can reintroduce her if Krillin is still a cop. He could respond to a call about a commotion or bank robbery to find Blonde Launch being Blonde Launch.
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Re: So... has Launch appeared yet?

Post by DBZAOTA482 » Mon May 09, 2016 3:25 pm

Smilodon wrote:
DBZAOTA482 wrote:If she does appear I hope they actually do something with that Tien x Lunch subplot and use her weird disorder for character development. There's only so many bipolar jokes you can drag out of her.
Tien is gay...So they doesn't need Launch anymore.
I think everyone's uncle knows Tien likes dick... but that doesn't make the subplot less interesting.
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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.
jjgp1112 wrote: Sat Jul 18, 2020 6:31 am I'm just about done with the concept of reboots and making shows that were products of their time and impactful "new and sexy" and in line with modern tastes and sensibilities. Let stuff stay in their era and give today's kids their own shit to watch.

I always side eye the people who say "Now my kids/today's kids can experience what I did as a child!" Nigga, who gives a fuck about your childhood? You're an adult now and it was at least 15 years ago. Let the kids have their own experience instead of picking at a corpse.

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Re: So... has Launch appeared yet?

Post by Smilodon » Tue May 10, 2016 8:02 am

voltlunok wrote: I'm sorry but your statement there made me do both a spit-take and a double take. Since when? Is there an interview I don't know about...? Or is this a poor attempt at a joke?

Also to answer the topic, No but they do have a pretty neat way they can reintroduce her if Krillin is still a cop. He could respond to a call about a commotion or bank robbery to find Blonde Launch being Blonde Launch.
I'm not trying to be fun, Tien is really gay (or maybe neutral), but he doesn't like women, you can see easily. Launch was in love and made a lot of things for him...But he only wanted to be with chiaotzu.
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Re: Has Lunch appeared in Dragon Ball Super?

Post by VegettoEX » Tue May 10, 2016 8:42 am

Oh, c'mon. Physical attraction is such a limited focus in the series for BOTH male and female characters that picking and choosing one and assigning a classification to him is a bit ridiculous. Goku clearly wasn't interested in Chi-Chi, but I don't see TOO MUCH in the way of crass "ermergerd goku is the gay!" discussion going around. Then again, I don't go looking for it. So eh.

Toriyama admits he doesn't like to write that kind of stuff, so when he does it's slapstick and childish. Combine that with the standard "my training is everything" mantra for the characters, and I think we have a pretty good, wrapped-up, we're-done-here analysis. Right? I dunno. Maybe there's more to it. Probably is. I'm just not seeing that kind of particularly worthwhile discussion here.
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Re: Has Lunch appeared in Dragon Ball Super?

Post by Gyt Kaliba » Tue May 10, 2016 9:20 am

It's also worth mentioning, though I'll note that I'm not against the idea of a gay Tenshinhan, nor do I remember if the scenes I'm thinking of are filler or not, but there are moments of him blushing around Lunch as well. So it's just as likely that he just decided she was too much trouble to have around all the time too. Especially if her thieving antics were still in full force -the guy wanted to stop being an assassin, chances are being a thief wasn't much higher on his priority list as a result.
voltlunok wrote:Also to answer the topic, No but they do have a pretty neat way they can reintroduce her if Krillin is still a cop. He could respond to a call about a commotion or bank robbery to find Blonde Launch being Blonde Launch.
That would be perfect. :lol:
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Re: Has Lunch appeared in Dragon Ball Super?

Post by DBZAOTA482 » Tue May 10, 2016 3:55 pm

VegettoEX wrote:Oh, c'mon. Physical attraction is such a limited focus in the series for BOTH male and female characters that picking and choosing one and assigning a classification to him is a bit ridiculous. Goku clearly wasn't interested in Chi-Chi, but I don't see TOO MUCH in the way of crass "ermergerd goku is the gay!" discussion going around. Then again, I don't go looking for it. So eh.

Toriyama admits he doesn't like to write that kind of stuff, so when he does it's slapstick and childish. Combine that with the standard "my training is everything" mantra for the characters, and I think we have a pretty good, wrapped-up, we're-done-here analysis. Right? I dunno. Maybe there's more to it. Probably is. I'm just not seeing that kind of particularly worthwhile discussion here.
Goku clearly isn't gay otherwise Gohan or Goten wouldn't exist (unless...). He's just aromantic.

Tien seems only interested in hanging with Chiaotzu.
fadeddreams5 wrote:
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.
jjgp1112 wrote: Sat Jul 18, 2020 6:31 am I'm just about done with the concept of reboots and making shows that were products of their time and impactful "new and sexy" and in line with modern tastes and sensibilities. Let stuff stay in their era and give today's kids their own shit to watch.

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Re: Has Lunch appeared in Dragon Ball Super?

Post by voltlunok » Tue May 10, 2016 4:39 pm

DBZAOTA482 wrote:
VegettoEX wrote:Oh, c'mon. Physical attraction is such a limited focus in the series for BOTH male and female characters that picking and choosing one and assigning a classification to him is a bit ridiculous. Goku clearly wasn't interested in Chi-Chi, but I don't see TOO MUCH in the way of crass "ermergerd goku is the gay!" discussion going around. Then again, I don't go looking for it. So eh.

Toriyama admits he doesn't like to write that kind of stuff, so when he does it's slapstick and childish. Combine that with the standard "my training is everything" mantra for the characters, and I think we have a pretty good, wrapped-up, we're-done-here analysis. Right? I dunno. Maybe there's more to it. Probably is. I'm just not seeing that kind of particularly worthwhile discussion here.
Goku clearly isn't gay otherwise Gohan or Goten wouldn't exist (unless...). He's just aromantic.

Tien seems only interested in hanging with Chiaotzu.
I honestly think that's because Ten sees Chiaotzu as more of a little brother then a romantic partner and lets be honest, Ten is very much the over-protective big brother. They were both trained under the Crane Hermit and its implied the training was in no way pleasant. I think its just a relationship of dependency. They stick together cause only they really understand what the other went through. I think people read too deep on things and pull some weird conclusions when the obvious answer is right in front of them.
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voltlunok wrote:Also to answer the topic, No but they do have a pretty neat way they can reintroduce her if Krillin is still a cop. He could respond to a call about a commotion or bank robbery to find Blonde Launch being Blonde Launch.
That would be perfect. :lol:
I knew you'd get a kick out of that idea! :lol:
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Re: Has Lunch appeared in Dragon Ball Super?

Post by TheDBZmaster100 » Wed May 11, 2016 12:10 pm

She's not needed.

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Re: Has Lunch appeared in Dragon Ball Super?

Post by voltlunok » Wed May 11, 2016 1:33 pm

TheDBZmaster100 wrote:She's not needed.
I think she is very needed. I mean if you're saying she's not needed in the sense of "There is no need for her cause she couldn't fight!" then we might as well get rid of everyone not named Goku, Vegeta, Beerus and Whis. Seriously, just never show Krillin and the gang ever again. They aren't needed cause they can't fight! However, if we're talking in terms of a good gag or just ya know...having another good character running around for those amazing slice of life episodes, I think Launch is VERY needed and would spice the cast up a little more.
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