Bee in the new dragonball special?

[saiyanprincess]

I was wondering if anybody else knew if the dog in the new dragonball special is Buu and Hercule's dog Bee? Or is it just a random stray dog Goku picked up?

A small image of Bee just in case you cannot remember his cute little face

[Li'l Lemmy]

It's him, just more fully-grown. Goku addresses him by name.


~Da Lemmy

[Suupaa Gohan 2]

The subs say 'Bay', and the dog looks the same only fully-grown because it's been two years since he was a puppy. I'd assume there could only be one such dog that would be worth them animating that little scene for, since the point of the special was basically a reunion of all the characters.

[Li'l Lemmy]

I like your answer better, because it goes into a thoughtful and detailed explanation.

But I won the race, kiddo. Waha.




~Da Lemmy

[saiyanprincess]

The subs say 'Bay', and the dog looks the same only fully-grown because it's been two years since he was a puppy. I'd assume there could only be one such dog that would be worth them animating that little scene for, since the point of the special was basically a reunion of all the characters.

I totally missed that bit somehow! Thanks for that! It will help with my new fanfic I am working on.

[The Tori-bot]

The subs say 'Bay', and the dog looks the same only fully-grown because it's been two years since he was a puppy. I'd assume there could only be one such dog that would be worth them animating that little scene for, since the point of the special was basically a reunion of all the characters.

Is anyone else pissed/annoyed/confused/left dumbfounded by the fact that, being set two years after the defeat of Buu, the dog is the only one Toei consider giving an updated character design?

[Herms]

Dogs do grow up much faster than humans. With the humans, you can be lazy and not update their designs at all and still have it make some degree of sense, but not with a dog.

[Suupaa Gohan 2]

The subs say 'Bay', and the dog looks the same only fully-grown because it's been two years since he was a puppy. I'd assume there could only be one such dog that would be worth them animating that little scene for, since the point of the special was basically a reunion of all the characters.

Is anyone else pissed/annoyed/confused/left dumbfounded by the fact that, being set two years after the defeat of Buu, the dog is the only one Toei consider giving an updated character design?

A) You mean Shueisha, not Toei.

B) Eh, yes and no. Firstly because I'm more pissed over Tenshinhan's complete exclusion, and secondly because Toriyama-Sensei is pretty much known for this sort of thing...he never really shows design changes for such short timeskips. Though it would have been very nice to see some different costumes, at least - instead we got Vegeta in the same armor from the Cell Saga, of all time periods, instead of anything new.

I like your answer better, because it goes into a thoughtful and detailed explanation.

But I won the race, kiddo. Waha.

C) B-but...I was replying at the same time...it was a new thread when I clicked it, a-and...you were supposed to be talking to the phone company, not posting on DaizEX!!

Just kidding. I don't really care, even if you made my post a bit redundant ^^;

[Kendamu]

The characters remaining relatively the same probably is for nostalgia's sake. I mean, in Japan, it'd been 12 years since they last saw the characters in anything new.

Might as well let them re-live the old days a little bit for the new special.

[Saiyan-Professor]

Two years is not an extremely long time for drastic changes to occur in the series. As far as the kids are concerned perhaps, they hit a growth spurt sometime following the Special. Son Gohan looked entirely different after one year in the Room of Space and Time. He essentially hit a growth spurt.

[Kendamu]

Two years is not an extremely long time for drastic changes to occur in the series. As far as the kids are concerned perhaps, they hit a growth spurt sometime following the Special. Son Gohan looked entirely different after one year in the Room of Space and Time. He essentially hit a growth spurt.

Saiyans have weird growth spurts, anyway.

Goku was somewhere around Goten's height and didn't grow until the time between his fight with Daimao and the 23rd Budokai. After that point he was somewhere between Krillin's height and Yamcha's height. Between the 23rd Budokai and Radditz's arrival, he grew again to be about Yamcha's height.

Vegeta was extremely short when he first showed up and hit a growth spurt in his 30s!

So, I'm betting that Goten and Trunks will probably grow kind of weird, too.

[Saiyan-Professor]

Two years is not an extremely long time for drastic changes to occur in the series. As far as the kids are concerned perhaps, they hit a growth spurt sometime following the Special. Son Gohan looked entirely different after one year in the Room of Space and Time. He essentially hit a growth spurt.

Saiyans have weird growth spurts, anyway...Vegeta was extremely short when he first showed up and hit a growth spurt in his 30s!

So, I'm betting that Goten and Trunks will probably grow kind of weird, too.

Either that or Toriyama decided that Vegeta was far too short.

[Musume]

Toriyama probably didn't plan on keeping Vegeta around as long as he did. Villains often have more extreme or exaggerated character designs than the protagonists. He was made much shorter than Nappa, possibly to surprise the audience during the Saiyan story arc when he finally showed just how much stronger he was.

Without Nappa around, and as one of the "good guys," Toriyama probably unconsciously started drawing Vegeta a bit taller to make him fit in visually with the other members of the goody two-shoe squad. =D

[mAcChaos]

Didn't they give Chi Chi a new costume?

[saiyanprincess]

Didn't they give Chi Chi a new costume?

Yes they certainly did.

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