How did Mr. Popo gather the Dragon Balls in a day?

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How did Mr. Popo gather the Dragon Balls in a day?

Post by Piccolo Daimao » Sat Dec 25, 2010 3:00 pm

Yeah, I know about plot convenience and all that, but how did Mr. Popo gather all 7 Dragon Balls in a day, without a radar?
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Re: How did Mr. Popo gather the Dragon Balls in a day?

Post by Kiyza » Sat Dec 25, 2010 3:02 pm

Piccolo Daimao wrote:Yeah, I know about plot convenience and all that, but how did Mr. Popo gather all 7 Dragon Balls in a day, without a radar?
Perhaps God knows the locations of all the dragon balls, considering he's the one who made them. It wouldn't be too far fetched to say he just sent Mr. Popo down on his magic carpet to go pick them up. Still, I'm disappointed there's no filler showing this...

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Re: How did Mr. Popo gather the Dragon Balls in a day?

Post by Piccolo Daimao » Sat Dec 25, 2010 3:52 pm

Kiyza wrote:
Piccolo Daimao wrote:Yeah, I know about plot convenience and all that, but how did Mr. Popo gather all 7 Dragon Balls in a day, without a radar?
Perhaps God knows the locations of all the dragon balls, considering he's the one who made them. It wouldn't be too far fetched to say he just sent Mr. Popo down on his magic carpet to go pick them up. Still, I'm disappointed there's no filler showing this...
Yeah, you're probably right. I just thought it was somewhat suspect in itself, seeing as at times when the Z-Warriors needed the DBs, like to revive people villains had killed, God never came down and said, "Hey, I know where they all are!"
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Re: How did Mr. Popo gather the Dragon Balls in a day?

Post by Chuquita » Sun Dec 26, 2010 12:56 am

I agree that Kami probably knows where the dragon balls are and can telepathically relay directions to Mr. Popo as he goes.

Though I can't wait to see how Mr. Popo collects them in Abridged. :3
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Re: How did Mr. Popo gather the Dragon Balls in a day?

Post by Bussani » Sun Dec 26, 2010 2:52 am

It makes sense that Kami could know where the balls were, but they made a big deal out of retrieving the Dragon Radar in the Buu saga. I guess you could argue that Bulma and Goku didn't know, but Piccolo probably should have. Then again, they could always have asked Uranai Baba to tell them where the balls were, so maybe Bulma was overreacting a bit either way.
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Re: How did Mr. Popo gather the Dragon Balls in a day?

Post by Fox666 » Sun Dec 26, 2010 3:30 am

Is it sure that he collected in just a day? I mean, he could have prepared them after he showed Kami's ship to Bulma

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Re: How did Mr. Popo gather the Dragon Balls in a day?

Post by Bussani » Sun Dec 26, 2010 3:44 am

Fox666 wrote:Is it sure that he collected in just a day? I mean, he could have prepared them after he showed Kami's ship to Bulma
Kami was dead at that point, and the dragon balls were ordinary stones. That would make it pretty hard.
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Re: How did Mr. Popo gather the Dragon Balls in a day?

Post by Fox666 » Sun Dec 26, 2010 5:04 am

Since he collected it without the radar, I don't think it makes any difference if they are stones or not.

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Re: How did Mr. Popo gather the Dragon Balls in a day?

Post by Bussani » Sun Dec 26, 2010 5:23 am

That would kill the Kami explanation above, so the question becomes how Mr. Popo found them without a dragon radar or Kami's help. I guess he could have asked Uranai Baba where they all were? Or maybe Popo's just clairvoyant himself.
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Re: How did Mr. Popo gather the Dragon Balls in a day?

Post by hleV » Sun Dec 26, 2010 8:56 am

Popo's flying carpet took him to the Dragon Balls.

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Re: How did Mr. Popo gather the Dragon Balls in a day?

Post by Coola Yagami » Sun Dec 26, 2010 7:05 pm

The Dragonballs know better. Popo doesn't go looking for them, they go looking for Popo.

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Post by cpd12589 » Sun Dec 26, 2010 9:41 pm

Yeah Kami had to know where they were or Popo had a radar(although it's never seen). I'm just one to believe that Kami knew where they were. Although it seems strange and unlikely there's nothing that indicates that he didn't.

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Re: How did Mr. Popo gather the Dragon Balls in a day?

Post by Kiyza » Mon Dec 27, 2010 12:13 am

Chuquita wrote:I agree that Kami probably knows where the dragon balls are and can telepathically relay directions to Mr. Popo as he goes.

Though I can't wait to see how Mr. Popo collects them in Abridged. :3
I think this answers your question pretty nicely. ;)
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Re: How did Mr. Popo gather the Dragon Balls in a day?

Post by Senzu_Bean » Mon Dec 27, 2010 9:13 am

Kami probably can look for them from the Heavenly Realm. I don't think he knows them because he created them but because he can look and find them.

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Re: How did Mr. Popo gather the Dragon Balls in a day?

Post by Tanooki Kuribo » Mon Dec 27, 2010 2:39 pm

Yea, I would think it's pretty much like your Mom telling you where she hid all the Easter eggs.

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Re: How did Mr. Popo gather the Dragon Balls in a day?

Post by Perfect » Mon Dec 27, 2010 4:42 pm

Chuquita wrote:I agree that Kami probably knows where the dragon balls are and can telepathically relay directions to Mr. Popo as he goes.

Though I can't wait to see how Mr. Popo collects them in Abridged. :3
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