Vegeta And Trunks: The Strange Gesture.

mysteriousdbzgt · Post by **mysteriousdbzgt** » Sun Jan 04, 2009 11:39 am

Komati wrote:I say goodbye like that.

So do I.. Never really thought it would have some sort of relation to Dragonball. It was just a habit.

The Tori-bot · Post by **The Tori-bot** » Sun Jan 04, 2009 12:13 pm

So, let me get this straight...

Manga

Trunks smiles at Vegeta.
Vegeta does the Salute Thingy.

Anime

Vegeta does the Salute Thingy.
Trunks does the Salute Thingy.

...

Maphisto86 · Post by **Maphisto86** » Sun Jan 04, 2009 4:22 pm

Yeah it's just a simple gesture. When Vegeta pointed two fingers at Kiwi earlier in the series that was a way to direct a surge of Ki to blow him up. Freeza did that as well with Ki attacks like the Earth Splitting one and of course his infamous beam.

A two fingered salute is pretty common although the way Vegeta did to Trunks is different. I never saw anyone do that in real life, but it must be a "peace" kind of sign or a variation on the two fingered salute. Actually that reminds me of the gesture you see in portraits of Jesus Christ and other Christian saints.

ACCloud · Post by **ACCloud** » Sun Jan 04, 2009 6:12 pm

Personally, I've been doing the two-finger salute/wave since I saw Trunks do it on that episode

However, I seem to be about the only one that does it(apart from one friend who does it when he says hi or bye to me), so...I spose it must not be that common. Maybe it's just a Dragon Ball fan thing =/

Snail · Post by **Snail** » Sun Jan 04, 2009 6:25 pm

I always thought it was merely a common gesture of greetings or farewells. I'd like to think that in this case it was no different. Is it safe to say some of us may be reading just a tad bit too far into the psyche behind the gesture?

saiyanprincess · Post by **saiyanprincess** » Sun Jan 04, 2009 6:25 pm

I thought it to be just a goodbye gesture, I could hardly see Vegeta waving like he was guiding some aircrafts into land. It's just a small but modest way of showing his son some respect. It's nice that we see Trunks doing the same reply back.

Dayspring · Post by **Dayspring** » Sun Jan 04, 2009 8:47 pm

The Tori-bot wrote:So, let me get this straight...

Manga

Trunks smiles at Vegeta.
Vegeta does the Salute Thingy.

Anime

Vegeta does the Salute Thingy.
Trunks does the Salute Thingy.

...

Too lazy to check since it goes as one of the following:

Either:
Panel a - Something catches Trunks' attention
Panel b - Trunks smiles when he sees what it is
Panel c - We see that it's Vegeta who was giving him the salute

or:

Panel a - Something catches Trunks' attention
Panel b - We see that it's Vegeta who was giving him the salute
Panel c - Trunks smiles as a result of seeing Vegeta wave goodbye.

Like I said, the anime completely ruins the tone of this scene by making Vegeta's salute a response to Trunks'. The emotion comes from the fact that it's Vegeta who's expressing his feelings, not acknowledging someone else's.

MajinVejitaXV · Post by **MajinVejitaXV** » Sun Jan 04, 2009 8:49 pm

Dayspring wrote:Like I said, the anime completely ruins the tone of this scene by making Vegeta's salute a response to Trunks'. The emotion comes from the fact that it's Vegeta who's expressing his feelings, not acknowledging someone else's.

Err, doesn't Vegeta do it first though in the anime?

-Corey

Dayspring · Post by **Dayspring** » Sun Jan 04, 2009 9:10 pm

MajinVejitaXV wrote:
Dayspring wrote:Like I said, the anime completely ruins the tone of this scene by making Vegeta's salute a response to Trunks'. The emotion comes from the fact that it's Vegeta who's expressing his feelings, not acknowledging someone else's.
Err, doesn't Vegeta do it first though in the anime?

-Corey

**Rereads first post** Yes, well... LALALALA, I'm still right!

Anyhoo, it would have had more impact if we got the zoomed in warm smile of Trunks instead of a returned two-finger salute. The latter gives off the impression that it is indeed more than just a wave to them.

Gozar · Post by **Gozar** » Mon Jan 05, 2009 1:13 am

I've always taken it as a kind of wave. In fact after I originally saw this Episode, I started doing it.

It's a shame the Manga only has Vegeta do it. I like the fact that Trunks does it back in the Anime. To me it seems like more of a war, father/son moment. Like Trunks knows this is the best he'll get and sort mimics his father as son's typically do. Normally a son would do this when younger, but Trunks never knew his father. So perhaps that moment make him feel like a kid inside (Anime wise).

Krakabeast · Post by **Krakabeast** » Mon Jan 05, 2009 1:51 am

After I read this post yesterday, I decided to use the two-fingered salute with a co-worker today.

She replied with a "What the fuck was that!"

I walked away in shame, pretending to ignore her response.

Snail · Post by **Snail** » Mon Jan 05, 2009 3:32 am

Demand for her acknowledgement that it shall be your greeting/salute and that she will like it or god forbid, you shall smite her!

SSJ2bardock · Post by **SSJ2bardock** » Mon Jan 05, 2009 4:48 am

I literally use this gesture at least 5 times every day, I just always took it as a goodbye wave.

Acid_Reign · Post by **Acid_Reign** » Mon Jan 05, 2009 8:16 am

Krakabeast wrote:After I read this post yesterday, I decided to use the two-fingered salute with a co-worker today.

She replied with a "What the fuck was that!"

I walked away in shame, pretending to ignore her response.

Probably thought you were flipping her the bird…

Kendamu · Post by **Kendamu** » Mon Jan 05, 2009 8:17 am

I use a similar gesture for greeting people all the time. I just try not to use it in the car when thanking people for letting me change lanes or pull out of a parking lot because sometimes they think I'm flipping them off.

saiyanprincess · Post by **saiyanprincess** » Mon Jan 05, 2009 1:23 pm

Krakabeast wrote:After I read this post yesterday, I decided to use the two-fingered salute with a co-worker today.

She replied with a "What the fuck was that!"

I walked away in shame, pretending to ignore her response.

I'm going to try that at work tomorrow, I will have to let you know if I get the same response!

Mosaic · Post by **Mosaic** » Sat Jan 10, 2009 5:23 am

Isn't there a dojinshi out there that has Vegeta doing the hand gesture, and Trunks giving him the finger?

Snail · Post by **Snail** » Sat Jan 10, 2009 5:54 am

Hm..If I recall correctly, didn't Cell actually do it first?

Xell · Post by **Xell** » Sat Jan 10, 2009 6:50 am

Looks like a simple wave to me. Like they didn't want to make a huge deal out of anything and keep the byes to a minimum.

Pitzu · Post by **Pitzu** » Sat Jan 10, 2009 1:00 pm

Maphisto86 wrote:Yeah it's just a simple gesture. When Vegeta pointed two fingers at Kiwi earlier in the series that was a way to direct a surge of Ki to blow him up. Freeza did that as well with Ki attacks like the Earth Splitting one and of course his infamous beam.

A two fingered salute is pretty common although the way Vegeta did to Trunks is different. I never saw anyone do that in real life, but it must be a "peace" kind of sign or a variation on the two fingered salute. Actually that reminds me of the gesture you see in portraits of Jesus Christ and other Christian saints.

The John Gesture.
Totally different, and its all about how John The Baptist is actually the messiah and Jesus was a con artist.

People like Da Vinci got all into the conspiracy