Maybe not you, but it seems like fictional people are rather stupid. Afterall, no one could tell Clarke Kent was Superman with glasses on. XDSteven Perry wrote:Even though he wore clothing over some features, one remained prominent: his green face. If I saw a green man, I wouldn't forget it. So, a silly turban ain't gonna change anything.
"Majunior" and lack of recognition
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Deus ex Machina
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Clark Kent / Superman doesn't count, he can confuse people with Super Hypnotism. (Seriously, I'm not making this up.)
As for nobody recognising Piccolo, it might not be so strange as you think. Earth isn't just inhabited by humans, but all different sorts of demi humans, animal people, talking monsters, etc. It could be easy to just write off an assuming guy with a green face.
As for nobody recognising Piccolo, it might not be so strange as you think. Earth isn't just inhabited by humans, but all different sorts of demi humans, animal people, talking monsters, etc. It could be easy to just write off an assuming guy with a green face.
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Yep, that makes sense. But I just like to think that Toriyama made it a gag that people couldn't recognize the demon king until his turban was blasted off. It's like, "Oh, the green skin and face look familiar, but that turban just totally throws me off."Deus ex Machina wrote:Clark Kent / Superman doesn't count, he can confuse people with Super Hypnotism. (Seriously, I'm not making this up.)
As for nobody recognising Piccolo, it might not be so strange as you think. Earth isn't just inhabited by humans, but all different sorts of demi humans, animal people, talking monsters, etc. It could be easy to just write off an assuming guy with a green face.
Also, the whole using a turban as a disguise thing was previously used by Goku before that tournament (hiding his Goku-ey hair).
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Thing is that with Goku, he completely jumped in height. They couldn't recognize Goku because of how tall he had gotten. Goku was quite a short teen before the 23rd Tenkaichi Budokai.DaemonCorps wrote:Also, the whole using a turban as a disguise thing was previously used by Goku before that tournament (hiding his Goku-ey hair).
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Yeah, true. But still... When he was searching for the androids, I recall everybody evacuating the park after they saw him there. Or do I just have BAD memory (don't laugh)? They must've remembered him!Deus ex Machina wrote:As for nobody recognising Piccolo, it might not be so strange as you think. Earth isn't just inhabited by humans, but all different sorts of demi humans, animal people, talking monsters, etc. It could be easy to just write off an assuming guy with a green face.
Actually, that was when he and the others tried to convince everyone to raise their hands to provide Goku with energy for the Genki Dama. They fled in terror after seeing him, granted they had just been revived after the whole Babidi/Majin Boo incident.Steven Perry wrote:Yeah, true. But still... When he was searching for the androids, I recall everybody evacuating the park after they saw him there. Or do I just have BAD memory (don't laugh)? They must've remembered him!
In the scene where they're searching for the Artificial Humans, people are just staring at Piccolo while backing off from him.
Actually, Kuririn only freaked out one guy since he landed right in front of him as he was on his hoverboard. Kuririn asked the guy if he saw anyone weird..to which the guy points and shouts at Kuririn.If you mean when they were looking for #19 and #20/Gero...well, they also ran away from Kuririn, because he could fly.