Tao Pai Pai Appreciaton Thread

[Kingdom Heartless]

If he's ever in a movie, Danny Trejo must play him.

[Godo]

If Lee Van Cleef still was alive, he would have been the most perfect fit for Tao Pai Pai:



Angel Eyes, you will be missed.

[Shoryuken]

Apparently Lau Chan is Tao Bai Bai's long lost twin brother

[Godo]

Let's play a game:

Tao Pai Pai

T+a+o P+a+i P+a+i

20+1+15 16+1+9 16+1+9

36 25 25

36/3 25/3 25/3

12 8,33 8,33

12 8 8

L H H

Lou Henry Hoover

Lived in Tientsin, China during her life.

Tientsin has the Tianjin Academy of Fine Arts.

Tao Pai Pai can draw.

Eerie, isn't it?

[Hellspawn28]

Tao Pai Pai is one my favorite Dragon Ball villains. I don't like how he was almost kill by a bomb, but surrive Goku's kamehameha? I always thought he was almost killed by a bomb since he was weaken after fighting Goku.

[Ringworm128]

He's always reminded me of Betty from Kung Pow.

[caejones]

He's always reminded me of Betty from Kung Pow.

Or, does Betty remind you of TaoPaipai? Ooooh... XD

Hm, while the riding on a pillar thing is cool, it... doesn't seem to make much to any physical sense...
I mean, if he can jump quickly enough to land on it, isn't he jumping faster than it anyway, thus making it unnecessary? *Head explodes*

[Godo]

He's always reminded me of Betty from Kung Pow.

Or, does Betty remind you of TaoPaipai? Ooooh... XD

Hm, while the riding on a pillar thing is cool, it... doesn't seem to make much to any physical sense...
I mean, if he can jump quickly enough to land on it, isn't he jumping faster than it anyway, thus making it unnecessary? *Head explodes*

It's all about aerodynamics, my friend. All about aerodynamics.

[dbgtFO]

He's always reminded me of Betty from Kung Pow.

Or, does Betty remind you of TaoPaipai? Ooooh... XD

Hm, while the riding on a pillar thing is cool, it... doesn't seem to make much to any physical sense...
I mean, if he can jump quickly enough to land on it, isn't he jumping faster than it anyway, thus making it unnecessary? *Head explodes*

It's all about aerodynamics, my friend. All about aerodynamics.

And why waste valuable energy on something so unoriginal as perhaps flying? Everyone knows a man using a pillar as a transportational device is much more terrifying, than simply using the technique to dance in the skys(a silly name btw).

[Gaffer Tape]

It has to be more sibling rivalry. That "sky dancing" as you call it, was the invention (or at least the signature) of the Crane School. Tao Pai Pai was just all, "Screw that. Give me a pillar!"

[caejones]

...

I didn't even realize until just now that Tao is the brother of the master of Bukujutsu. o_o

Eahk, maybe he's not really riding on the pillar and is actually flying... and is just kinda making it look like he's riding it to show off.

(I think "bukujutsu" is either a parody, based on the name of a technique from another source, or sounds far less silly to the Japanese. I should remember the specifics, having heard this just last week, but I recall that dancing has different meaning in China compared to the west; I'd not be surprised if that extended to Japan in some form.)

[Makaioshin]

Maybe he could fly but chose to ride on the pillar instead because its faster/doesn't waste energy.

[Godo]

Maybe he could fly but chose to ride on the pillar instead because its faster/doesn't waste energy.

I think so too, since Goku could fly too, but always chose to ride the Jindujun instead so conserve energy.
Early in the story Bukujutsu was very energy consuming, which was shown when Tenshinhan saved Goku from Piccolo Daimao's blast.

[dbgtFO]

No one brought the alternative version of him in DB movie 3 into the picture yet?
I just want to say, that even though he is now a general instead of an assasin, his martial art skill is far from lost. He even had the singlemost greatest feat in the entirety of that movie!: pushing Goku all the way from the emperor grounds to the top of Karin's tower, with a single Dodon ray, which is pretty impressive, if the tower really is 8 km tall. Plus in the dub of the film it is said to move 300 miles!! to the east, which is 480km in the metric system
So yeah Tao is beast!

[GreggMays64]

How is General Tao great? He would lose to the weakest DBZ villain, Raditz. Hercule could take him.

But serously, Tao Pai Pai is probally one of my favorite Dragon Ball villains. He is so much cooler than Broly. He is far more interesting. I love how he wears pink.

[Dr. Casey]

I think so too, since Goku could fly too, but always chose to ride the Jindujun instead so conserve energy.

Jindujun? Never heard anyone call the Kinto'un that.

[dbgtFO]

I think so too, since Goku could fly too, but always chose to ride the Jindujun instead so conserve energy.

Jindujun? Never heard anyone call the Kinto'un that.

I don't know where Godo is from, but we also use that name(Jindujun) in Denmark.

[Zephyr]

How is General Tao great? He would lose to the weakest DBZ villain, Raditz. (the H-word) could take him.

Can Mark use ki in any way, or throw pillars and ride on them like Betty can? I didn't think so.

[Godo]

I think so too, since Goku could fly too, but always chose to ride the Jindujun instead so conserve energy.

Jindujun? Never heard anyone call the Kinto'un that.

I think that Jindujun is either an alternative spelling or the Chinese spelling of Kinto'un. But as dbgtFO says, both Danish and Swedish releases uses the same name.

[Piccolo Daimao]

How is General Tao great? He would lose to the weakest DBZ villain, Raditz. (the H-word) could take him.

Can Mark use ki in any way, or throw pillars and ride on them like Betty can? I didn't think so.

I think it was a joke. He says, "But seriously" afterwards. Of course Tao Pai Pai would beat the stuffing out of Mr. Satan.