What happened to animal characters in late DBZ?

[ShinRogafuken]

Now I am referring to the humanoid animals that could talk and stuff (and no Oolong and Puar don't count).

But what happened?

In DB, and pre-Trunks Saga DBZ, there were many humanoid animals to be seen in the public, but starting in the Android Saga, it becomes basically ALL humans. Sure, we get the occasional filler animal character, such as the boar in the Great Saiyaman Saga, but that's about it.

I believe this to be a HUGE plothole in DBZ, unless there's an answer. Is there?

[Rocketman]

The general consensus is that the Dictator killed them all.

[Saiyan-Professor]

Now I am referring to the humanoid animals that could talk and stuff (and no Oolong and Puar don't count).

But what happened?

In DB, and pre-Trunks Saga DBZ, there were many humanoid animals to be seen in the public, but starting in the Android Saga, it becomes basically ALL humans. Sure, we get the occasional filler animal character, such as the boar in the Great Saiyaman Saga, but that's about it.

I believe this to be a HUGE plothole in DBZ, unless there's an answer. Is there?

In an interview, Toriyama said that he forgot about them later on in the series. President/King Dog was around all the way into GT.

[Sprite Satan]

Economic downturn was blamed on them. Genocide resulted.

OR

As the series continued, Akira Toriyama just felt like drawing them less and it, perhaps, detracted from such otherworldly things like aliens and demons when you have animal people running around.

[Bulma's Foot Masseur]

Maybe most of them migrated to a uninhabited island where they formed their own bipedal-animal society.

[Saiyan-Professor]

Maybe most of them migrated to a uninhabited island where they formed their own bipedal-animal society.

Been watching “The Island of Doctor Moreau” much?

[B]

The show got slightly more serious. Dragon Ball is ridiculous as a whole really, if you're going to have SUPER SERIOUS DRAMA VEGETA'S LIFE IS HORRIBLE FREEZA IS DIABAWLICAWL TRUNKS YOU GOTTA SAVE DA FUTURE DAWG, the least Toriyama could've done is remove the animals to help people take it more seriously.

[Zuhalter2000]

I like to go with genocide

[Rocketman]

Wait, I think I know.

-Saiyans eat a lot.
-Vegeta has no qualms about eating sentient beings.
-Animal people vanish around the time Vegeta moves to Earth.

Conclusion: Vegeta ate them all.

[Horgus]

Buu turned them into chocolate and ate them, and since animals don't have souls to begin with, they were never resurrected by the Dragon.

[Yasai-R-Mighty]

Yes, all very good theories especially Rocketman's, but what if in fact there were never any animal people, instead it was just the fashion for a time, to go around dressed in animal costumes?

[saiyanprincess]

What about they were all visiting the moon to gather some mooncheese when it was blown up?

Personally I liked the idea by Rocketman about Vegeta eating them all. That certainly sounds quite accurate, I don't see him as much of a vegetarian (With the exception of the egg rolls at the tournament and the last scene of the special. ) Now if they were all walking talking fish people, I would put the blame straight away onto Goku.

[nikko]

Wait, I think I know.

-Saiyans eat a lot.
-Vegeta has no qualms about eating sentient beings.
-Animal people vanish around the time Vegeta moves to Earth.

Conclusion: Vegeta ate them all.

I guess that Akira Toriyama forgot them on purpose, since the Cell saga gravitated towards a more serious/scientific tone... and that's no place for the Beagle Boys!

[Wojak]

Explanation to Rocketman's theory, and why I hold it most accurate:
Vegeta was seen eating a humanoid creature when being on a planet, prior to heading to Earth.
He was probably told not to harm humans when he resided at Capsule Corp.
But they said nothing about the animals, so he decided to eat them as a snack whenever he was hungry.
As Saiya-jins eat a lot, this lead to extinction of the animals, because of that he ate the women and children first, being the Saiya-jin warrior he is.

[Yasai-R-Mighty]

Explanation to Rocketman's theory, and why I hold it most accurate:
Vegeta was seen eating a humanoid creature when being on a planet, prior to heading to Earth.
He was probably told not to harm humans when he resided at Capsule Corp.
But they said nothing about the animals, so he decided to eat them as a snack whenever he was hungry.
As Saiya-jins eat a lot, this lead to extinction of the animals, because of that he ate the women and children first, being the Saiya-jin warrior he is.

.....but fortunately Earth's King was some how spared from becoming part of this "smorgasbord board"!

[Wojak]

Explanation to Rocketman's theory, and why I hold it most accurate:
Vegeta was seen eating a humanoid creature when being on a planet, prior to heading to Earth.
He was probably told not to harm humans when he resided at Capsule Corp.
But they said nothing about the animals, so he decided to eat them as a snack whenever he was hungry.
As Saiya-jins eat a lot, this lead to extinction of the animals, because of that he ate the women and children first, being the Saiya-jin warrior he is.

.....but fortunately Earth's King was some how spared from becoming part of this "smorgasbord board"!

That was because of that Vegeta could relate to him because of that they both had royal blood, and that both of them were ruling their own planet.
It was a close call when he was to eat Earth's king, and the King shouted "I am the king, don't kill me!". Thus he spared his life.

Later Vegeta and Piccolo drank a couple of cold ones and laughed at the stories they had with the King, since both of them had threatened the King.