Why didn't Dende heal Goku after the Ginyu fight?

mystic trunks · Post by **mystic trunks** » Wed Sep 09, 2009 6:49 pm

Wouldn't this have made more sense than waiting forever in that chamber, while people get obliterated?

Eddie · Post by **Eddie** » Wed Sep 09, 2009 6:55 pm

Krillin & Gohan were unaware of Dende's power. Dende was unaware of Goku. Krillin even said that had he known of Dende's power, he'd have had him heal Goku.

Super Saiyan Turlast x4 · Post by **Super Saiyan Turlast x4** » Wed Sep 09, 2009 9:18 pm

What Eddie said.

You also have to remember how far away Dende was.

Kroni_Hunter · Post by **Kroni_Hunter** » Thu Sep 10, 2009 7:45 am

Between the time Krillin said that Dende would have had ample opportunity to fly back to Frieza's ship. Goku comments that the fight is close by.

mystic trunks · Post by **mystic trunks** » Thu Sep 10, 2009 12:16 pm

Kroni_Hunter wrote:Between the time Krillin said that Dende would have had ample opportunity to fly back to Freeza's ship. Goku comments that the fight is close by.

This

Dayspring · Post by **Dayspring** » Thu Sep 10, 2009 2:51 pm

mystic trunks wrote:
Kroni_Hunter wrote:Between the time Krillin said that Dende would have had ample opportunity to fly back to Freeza's ship. Goku comments that the fight is close by.
This

Goku would have been healed by the time Dende got there. Dende's not as fast as the others were, even with Saichoru's boost. There wasn't as much time left as it seemed, hence why Krillin initially refused to blast Vegeta.

Godo · Post by **Godo** » Thu Sep 10, 2009 6:09 pm

Dayspring wrote:
mystic trunks wrote:
Kroni_Hunter wrote:Between the time Krillin said that Dende would have had ample opportunity to fly back to Freeza's ship. Goku comments that the fight is close by.
This
Goku would have been healed by the time Dende got there. Dende's not as fast as the others were, even with Saichoru's boost. There wasn't as much time left as it seemed, hence why Krillin initially refused to blast Vegeta.

Also, Dende was needed the most with the others. Until he had reached Goku, everyone would have died. So everything basically worked out for the best.
Well, until Dende died.

Adamant · Post by **Adamant** » Thu Sep 10, 2009 11:38 pm

Hell, was it even stated that Dende COULD heal others before the Eldest's boost?

Daizensushi-x · Post by **Daizensushi-x** » Thu Sep 10, 2009 11:53 pm

I do always love the "Why didn't they ___ _ _ __ _ __?" style questions. If I could throw them into a big pile like children that I had to babysit, I'd give them all toys that said, "Because it makes for better TV that way". I'm done talking for a while.

Metalwario64 · Post by **Metalwario64** » Fri Sep 11, 2009 12:09 am

Dendaye forgot he could heal, so he couldn't heal SonGok.

Kroni_Hunter · Post by **Kroni_Hunter** » Fri Sep 11, 2009 7:31 am

i don't think the fact that Dende was slower really made a difference. First of all, dende flew from the ship to the battle ground anyway (or maybe not, dont have the manga out but i seem to remember he did)
When Goku was healed, it took him literally 2 or 3 seconds to fly over there. And even if they needed him to heal wounded fighters, i think Goku was important enough to have risked it. He was key to the battle.

Dayspring · Post by **Dayspring** » Fri Sep 11, 2009 10:42 am

Adamant wrote:Hell, was it even stated that Dende COULD heal others before the Eldest's boost?

No. We find out he can when he healed Krillin after second form Freeza impaled him. That's why Krillin says that had he known, he would have had Dende heal Goku before they left with the DBs.

I wonder if Movie 5 would fit better in a continuity if Dende did heal Goku then.

Godo · Post by **Godo** » Fri Sep 11, 2009 11:02 am

Kroni_Hunter wrote:i don't think the fact that Dende was slower really made a difference. First of all, dende flew from the ship to the battle ground anyway (or maybe not, dont have the manga out but i seem to remember he did)
When Goku was healed, it took him literally 2 or 3 seconds to fly over there. And even if they needed him to heal wounded fighters, i think Goku was important enough to have risked it. He was key to the battle.

Yeah, but Dende was like, 100,000 times slower than Goku at that time. That means that it would take Dende 33 hours per 2 seconds that Goku flew.
I am basing this on Dende having a powerlevel of 30. Just out of my ass, I know.

Even so, it took Krillin a long time to reach Saichoro's place when he flew with Dende.

So you can't compare Goku's speed to Dende's at all.

Bussani · Post by **Bussani** » Fri Sep 11, 2009 11:13 am

I don't think the ship was very far away from where the fight was happening at all. I know he's big, but you could see Porunga from the ship, and where they summoned him is roughly where the fight was happening.

However, by the time they knew Dende could heal people, and Dende knew Goku was supposedly in the ship, everyone was too busy with Freeza to sneak back there, get him out of the pod and heal him.

Dayspring · Post by **Dayspring** » Fri Sep 11, 2009 4:47 pm

Bussani wrote:However, by the time they knew Dende could heal people, and Dende knew Goku was supposedly in the ship, everyone was too busy with Freeza to sneak back there, get him out of the pod and heal him.

This is what I'm trying to imply by "not enough time." By the time all this was made apparent, Goku was almost fully healed, and Dende was needed with them. If Dende went to heal Goku, by the time he arrived Goku would have been in the tank what, 45 out of the 50 minutes (factoring in how much time was wasted prior to them realizing Dende could heal)? It isn't worth sending him at that point, and in his absence Gohan and Piccolo would have been killed. That leaves fourth form Freeza to take on Krillin and Vegeta who hadn't been zenkai-ed.

Ultimate_DB_Fan · Post by **Ultimate_DB_Fan** » Fri Sep 11, 2009 7:12 pm

The question's been pretty much answered and also, there's just no way that Dende could escape the battle with Frieza. Frieza could've potentially killed Dende, prior to transforming to his fourth form.