Those moms.

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Re: Those moms.

Post by funrush » Mon Oct 24, 2011 6:27 am

My Mom- Doesn't really care. She teases me occasionally, but it's all good.
My Dad- Keeps asking why I keep watching "Pokemon" :?
My Brother- He's... somewhat into it.

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Re: Those moms.

Post by Piccolo Daimao » Mon Oct 24, 2011 8:07 am

It's nice that your mother is able to partake in your interests. In terms of DB, I never had Cartoon Network or more than four terrestrial channels, so I never got to watch DB on TV. My mum normally just bought DB stuff and didn't really comment on it. My dad was the same. My brother and sister didn't really take that much notice of it either, although my sister did once play Budokai 2 with me and bought me my first DB manga volume. My brother used to play Shin Budokai on my PSP until I broke, but whenever I remind him of it, he just denies it, assumedly out of embarrassment.
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Re: Those moms.

Post by DanielGClapp » Mon Oct 24, 2011 2:30 pm

Well the one time my mom decided to watch DBZ with me, it just so happened to be the bit when Spovovich was practically breaking Videl in half, and Videl was screaming bloody murder. It also didn't help that one of the characters just happened to be named Satan.

My sister thinks it's stupid and makes fun of the way Bulma talks.

Every time my dad sees anything anime, he always say "When are these goddam Japs gonna learn how to draw?".

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Re: Those moms.

Post by Son Satan » Mon Oct 24, 2011 3:13 pm

DanielGClapp wrote:"When are these goddam Japs gonna learn how to draw?".
:lol: :lol: Sigging this, definitely.

My dad- "What the-! He's been trying to block that energy ball [Genki Dama] for 5 episodes!"
My mom- "I used to let you watch this when you were 7? This is too violent for a kid!"
My big sister- "Why not watch in English (I try to explain). The voices aren't that bad in English. Why are all the guys voiced by women?"

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Re: Those moms.

Post by funrush » Mon Oct 24, 2011 4:51 pm

Yeah, I'm somewhat glad I have parents who could care less about my interests, as long as they're not bad. And if they know what they are, like my father puts every anime in the category of "Jap shows" or "Pokemon". but usually, it's all good.

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Re: Those moms.

Post by jnj13 » Mon Oct 24, 2011 7:40 pm

My 60 year old father likes DragonBall Z. We watched through the first US DragonBox Z and a bit of the second one not too long ago.

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Re: Those moms.

Post by Sshadow5001 » Mon Oct 24, 2011 10:57 pm

My mom doesn't care what I watch and doesn't have any real interest in watching it
My dad used to critisize it when it was on cartoon network
My brother sorta likes it but he's not really bothered about watchng it
My sister is busy with her own things
My step dad don't care
My step brother likes anime/manga but dislikes Dragonball

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Re: Those moms.

Post by The Iron Fjord » Mon Oct 24, 2011 11:34 pm

Me, my mom, and my brother would watch DBZ together, I forget whether or not she actually gave a shit about it, but she seemed to be pretty absorbed in it. One time, she watched an episode of Naruto, and knew from the start that he was basically a rip-off of Vegeta.

The last time my mom watched anything cartoon-related was Cowboy Bebop. My mom has a strange taste in televison. One moment she's watching a kid's cartoon, the next she's watching MTV.
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Re: Those moms.

Post by Payne222 » Tue Oct 25, 2011 1:01 am

The Iron Fjord wrote:One time, she watched an episode of Naruto, and knew from the start that he was basically a rip-off of Vegeta.
....what are you talking about?
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Re: Those moms.

Post by linkdude20002001 » Tue Oct 25, 2011 1:32 am

My dad used to watch it with me and my little brother. I remember him buying the edited VHS tapes for the Majin-Boo arc when they were coming out. We still have most of them, I think. XD
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Re: Those moms.

Post by Kuwabara » Tue Oct 25, 2011 12:57 pm

My cousin has been watching Kai and the Movies on Nicktoons, he told me that he never knew there were so many movies, and he'll ask me other questions like why Mystic Gohan doesn't go Super Saiyan, what the official name for "steroid mode" is etc.
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Re: Those moms.

Post by funrush » Tue Oct 25, 2011 3:12 pm

Payne222 wrote:
The Iron Fjord wrote:One time, she watched an episode of Naruto, and knew from the start that he was basically a rip-off of Vegeta.
....what are you talking about?
... Sasuke?

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Re: Those moms.

Post by Payne222 » Tue Oct 25, 2011 5:02 pm

funrush wrote:
Payne222 wrote:
The Iron Fjord wrote:One time, she watched an episode of Naruto, and knew from the start that he was basically a rip-off of Vegeta.
....what are you talking about?
... Sasuke?
Sasuke is not a Vegeta rip off at all...have you ever even read the manga?
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Re: Those moms.

Post by funrush » Tue Oct 25, 2011 7:33 pm

Yes I have, and I agree that a lot of the characters in Naruto are very unlike the characters in Dragon Ball, but he's pretty much the closest person in the series to being a Vegeta ripoff, if anybody.

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Post by jjgp1112 » Tue Oct 25, 2011 7:35 pm

How could Vegeta be a Sasuke ripoff...when Dragon Ball Z ended 2 years before Naruto even began...? That don't make no sense, Jethro.
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Re: Those moms.

Post by funrush » Tue Oct 25, 2011 7:36 pm

No... I'm saying that he was possibly implying that Sasuke was a Vegeta ripoff.

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Re: Those moms.

Post by MCDaveG » Tue Oct 25, 2011 8:41 pm

Well, my moms opinions on Dragon Ball, which I used to watch in Japanese..... I don't like how it's drawn. Why are they screaming all the time? :D :D
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Re: Those moms.

Post by Rocketman » Tue Oct 25, 2011 9:05 pm

The very first image my parents got of Dragonball was Vegeta knocking Trunks out and punching Goten in the gut.

So nope. They didn't care that I watched it but they don't want to watch it themselves. :P

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Re: Those moms.

Post by Super Sonic » Tue Oct 25, 2011 10:21 pm

I never watched with my mom, but she knew I liked it and was ok. Though I was wondering about her when I saw the ep of Buu's defeat and when the Spirit Bomb was initially thrown at him I yelled at the tv, "Now die you son-of-a-bitch! Die!" I then covered my mouth realizing what I said and lucky for me, my mom wasn't home. For if she was, there would've been a big hand imprint on my face for days.

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Re: Those moms.

Post by FNF » Tue Oct 25, 2011 10:22 pm

My mum and dad honestly didn't/don't care xD
They never had a problem with me watching programs with some 'adult' themes (hell I used to watch The Godfather, The Sopranos etc with my Dad lol).

My big sister commented recently about it and her reaction was like 'omg' because she remembered it being on CN before/after she watched the Powerpuff Girls haha.
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