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Re: Super Saiyan 4 Pants

Post by Draken » Sun Jul 14, 2013 9:35 pm

Jackal puFF wrote:Forget the pants how does Goku turn into an adult when he does it? While Vegeta doesn't change one bit.. Yeah that's a thinker.
The SSJ4 form overrides the wish on the BSDB.

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Re: Super Saiyan 4 Pants

Post by vince90x » Sun Jul 14, 2013 11:25 pm

Kamiccolo9 wrote:
vince90x wrote:Well does SS4 come before SSG?
Nope. SSJG appeared in the new movie, which is set over a decade before the time period in which GT is supposed to take place.
Ok. Well if this is the case, I figure God mode gives Goku god-like powers, and if SS4 is stronger than that he's bound to still have that power. I mean at the end of the day (gt), Goku is god.

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Re: Super Saiyan 4 Pants

Post by Draken » Sun Jul 14, 2013 11:31 pm

vince90x wrote:
Kamiccolo9 wrote:
vince90x wrote:Well does SS4 come before SSG?
Nope. SSJG appeared in the new movie, which is set over a decade before the time period in which GT is supposed to take place.
Ok. Well if this is the case, I figure God mode gives Goku god-like powers, and if SS4 is stronger than that he's bound to still have that power. I mean at the end of the day (gt), Goku is god.
No he's not. That's nothing than pure fan-speculation.

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Re: Super Saiyan 4 Pants

Post by TheDevilsCorpse » Sun Jul 14, 2013 11:39 pm

Jackal puFF wrote:Forget the pants how does Goku turn into an adult when he does it? While Vegeta doesn't change one bit.. Yeah that's a thinker.
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Re: Super Saiyan 4 Pants

Post by KentalSSJ6 » Sun Jul 14, 2013 11:40 pm

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Re: Super Saiyan 4 Pants

Post by Zephyr » Mon Jul 15, 2013 1:01 am

hleV wrote:Saiyan transformations are under ability. Perhaps Dende restoring everyone's power, which is also an ability, may be considered somewhat magical, but we're talking about Saiyan transformations. They transform the body and grant more power, never generate clothes. Until SS4, that is. That's why it's so weird.
TBH, I don't really care much about SS4, my point was to explain that body transformation and clothes generation are completely different things, and that Fusion clothes generation is completely fine in-universally.
For SS4, I highly doubt the makers were going by in-universe logic when deciding to make it produce clothes. I'm not gonna say it cannot be explained logically, though.
I.....can't quite tell if you're disagreeing with me or not, but I agree with what you're saying. Super Saiyan transformations in the past never granted clothes. They also never granted red fur or eye liner, but we're not discrediting those new attributes just because they're unique to SSj4.

But I'm not saying the granting of clothes is magical. I'm just saying that even if it was, then SSj4 granting that ability isn't as far-fetched as people like to make it seem. People only seem to really protest it because it's part of GT.

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Re: Super Saiyan 4 Pants

Post by KentalSSJ6 » Mon Jul 15, 2013 1:03 am

Can we all just agree the pants were a plot device used by Toei so they didnt have to show SSJ4 Goku naked?
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Post by dbzfan7 » Mon Jul 15, 2013 1:04 am

KentalSSJ6 wrote:Can we all just agree the pants were a plot device used by Toei so they didnt have to show SSJ4 Goku naked?
I can.
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Re: Super Saiyan 4 Pants

Post by Kamiccolo9 » Mon Jul 15, 2013 1:04 am

KentalSSJ6 wrote:Can we all just agree the pants were a plot device used by Toei so they didnt have to show SSJ4 Goku naked?
Nope. In-universe forum. Take that out of universe logic elsewhere, good sir. :P
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Re: Super Saiyan 4 Pants

Post by DBZGTKOSDH » Mon Jul 15, 2013 1:06 am

Draken wrote:
Jackal puFF wrote:Forget the pants how does Goku turn into an adult when he does it? While Vegeta doesn't change one bit.. Yeah that's a thinker.
The SSJ4 form overrides the wish on the BSDB.
That's a fan theory that doesn't even make sense. It seems more like Super Saiyan 4 transforms the body to its prime.
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Superman is, and always has been, a symbol for truth, justice, and upstanding moral fortitude–a role model and leader as much as a fighter. The more down-to-earth Goku has no illusions about being responsible for maintaining social order, or for setting some kind of moral example for the entire world. Goku is simply a martial artist who’s devoted his life toward perfecting his fighting skills and other abilities. Though never shy about risking his life to save either one person or the entire world, he just doesn’t believe that the balance of the world rests in any way on his shoulders, and he has no need to shape any part of it in his image. Goku is an idealist, and believes that there is some good in everyone, but he is unconcerned with the big picture of the world…unless it has to do with some kind of fight. Politics, society, law and order don’t have much bearing on his life, but he’s a man who knows right from wrong.

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Re: Super Saiyan 4 Pants

Post by RandomGuy96 » Mon Jul 15, 2013 1:09 am

The SS4 transformation temporarily makes Goku stronger than GT Kami, letting him no sell the effects of the Black Star Dragon Balls.
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dbgtFO wrote: Please elaborate as I do not know what you mean by "pushing Vegeta's destruction"
He's probably referring to the Bardock special. Zarbon was the one who first recommended destroying Planet Vegeta because the saiyans were rapidly growing in strength.
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Re: Super Saiyan 4 Pants

Post by KentalSSJ6 » Mon Jul 15, 2013 1:14 am

Kamiccolo9 wrote:
KentalSSJ6 wrote:Can we all just agree the pants were a plot device used by Toei so they didnt have to show SSJ4 Goku naked?
Nope. In-universe forum. Take that out of universe logic elsewhere, good sir. :P
Ok, if thats how you want it then heres my explanation. Before the dust settled Goku realized he was naked and IT'ed home to get some pants then IT'ed back to the rock to stand in a cool pose for when the dust settled.
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Re: Super Saiyan 4 Pants

Post by Draken » Mon Jul 15, 2013 1:15 am

KentalSSJ6 wrote:
Kamiccolo9 wrote:
KentalSSJ6 wrote:Can we all just agree the pants were a plot device used by Toei so they didnt have to show SSJ4 Goku naked?
Nope. In-universe forum. Take that out of universe logic elsewhere, good sir. :P
Ok, if thats how you want it then heres my explanation. Before the dust settled Goku realized he was naked and IT'ed home to get some pants then IT'ed back to the rock to stand in a cool pose for when the dust settled.
So does he do that for all subsequent transformations as well?

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Post by KentalSSJ6 » Mon Jul 15, 2013 1:17 am

Its GT writing people, theres not much more to say about it.
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Re: Super Saiyan 4 Pants

Post by Kamiccolo9 » Mon Jul 15, 2013 1:18 am

So far, my favorite is probably Kaboom's Piccolo off-screen Clothes Beam theory.
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Re: Super Saiyan 4 Pants

Post by Rocketman » Mon Jul 15, 2013 1:19 am

TheDevilsCorpse wrote:
Jackal puFF wrote:Forget the pants how does Goku turn into an adult when he does it? While Vegeta doesn't change one bit.. Yeah that's a thinker.
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So, more important question....why does Vegeta get new gloves that are different from his regular ones.

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Re: Super Saiyan 4 Pants

Post by KentalSSJ6 » Mon Jul 15, 2013 1:35 am

Ummm, his fashion sense changes with each form? I really wouldn't look into this too much. In universe discussion or not, the answer simply comes down to lazy, inconsistent writing and plot devices.
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Re: Super Saiyan 4 Pants

Post by DBZGTKOSDH » Mon Jul 15, 2013 1:38 am

RandomGuy96 wrote:The SS4 transformation temporarily makes Goku stronger than GT Kami, letting him no sell the effects of the Black Star Dragon Balls.
What the hell is GT Kami?
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Superman is, and always has been, a symbol for truth, justice, and upstanding moral fortitude–a role model and leader as much as a fighter. The more down-to-earth Goku has no illusions about being responsible for maintaining social order, or for setting some kind of moral example for the entire world. Goku is simply a martial artist who’s devoted his life toward perfecting his fighting skills and other abilities. Though never shy about risking his life to save either one person or the entire world, he just doesn’t believe that the balance of the world rests in any way on his shoulders, and he has no need to shape any part of it in his image. Goku is an idealist, and believes that there is some good in everyone, but he is unconcerned with the big picture of the world…unless it has to do with some kind of fight. Politics, society, law and order don’t have much bearing on his life, but he’s a man who knows right from wrong.

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Re: Super Saiyan 4 Pants

Post by RandomGuy96 » Mon Jul 15, 2013 1:41 am

Kami in GT. He's 10,000 times stronger than Buuhan somehow, that's why his Dragon Balls were able to affect Goku.
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He's probably referring to the Bardock special. Zarbon was the one who first recommended destroying Planet Vegeta because the saiyans were rapidly growing in strength.
It was actually Beerus disguised as Zarbon #StayWoke
Herms wrote:The fact that the ridiculous power inflation is presented so earnestly makes me just roll my eyes and snicker. Like with Freeza, where he starts off over 10 times stronger than all his henchmen except Ginyu (because...well, just because), then we find out he can transform and get even more powerful, and then he reveals he can transform two more times, before finally coming out with the fact that he hasn't even been using anywhere near 50% of his power. Oh, and he can survive in the vacuum of space. All this stuff is just presented as the way Freeza is, without even an attempt at rationalizing it, yet the tone dictates we're supposed to take all this silly grasping at straws as thrilling danger. So I guess I don't really take the power inflation in the Boo arc seriously, but I don't take the power inflation in earlier arcs seriously either, so there's no net loss of seriousness. I think a silly story presented as serious is harder to accept than a silly story presented as silly.

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Re: Super Saiyan 4 Pants

Post by KentalSSJ6 » Mon Jul 15, 2013 1:46 am

Where in the world did you get that from? Isnt the new Kami of Earth Dende, seeing as he replaced Kami after merging with Piccolo pack in the Cell saga?
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