All of GT's oversights/inconsistencies/plotholes

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Re: All of GT's oversights/inconsistencies/plotholes

Post by KentalSSJ6 » Mon Aug 26, 2013 11:55 am

I personally see the difference by Super Vegito and SSJ4 Goku like the difference between SSJ2 Goku and SSJ2 Cell Saga Gohan. Theres a noticeable difference, but not a large one. On a scall of 1 to 100, Id say Super Vegito is 100 and SSJ4 Goku would be 85.
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Post by DBZ Mick » Mon Aug 26, 2013 5:51 pm

I don't think you understand. The original dragon balls were a common legend on Earth. That is why Pilaf and the RRA knew of them. But the "ultimate" dragon balls nobody knew about. The original Namekian created them for himself and they were never used because they would destroy the planet so he put them away in the lookout. You can't tell me that anybody on Earth would know about those dragon balls when they weren't even used once and were never taken off the lookout. How would anybody know they were dragon balls without calling the dragon? And if they called the dragon the Earth would be gone? I'm sorry but it is plain illogical that Pilaf would know about those dragon balls if they were never used or moved from the lookout.
I'd say the story behind them is underdeveloped more than Pilaf knowing about them being a plothole. We don't even know if they were ever taken off the Palace. Maybe the Nameless Namekian created them on Earth first..
Well that is an inconsistency with the story and therefore a plot hole.
Fair enough, but it's something that doesn't really bother me. And I mentioned it before that the strength issues/whacked out logic on another thread are as a whole GT's biggest problem rather than plotholes with the narrative etc.

Edit- I also think I remember Goku being crushed by the Lood robot and could only lift it when he turned Super Saiyan. I again think it's more the show's inconsistency with Goku's child baseform rather than a plothole. We know he does seem to be somewhat weaker and can't teleport- Instant Transmission- in it.
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Re: All of GT's oversights/inconsistencies/plotholes

Post by Hellspawn28 » Mon Aug 26, 2013 5:56 pm

Pilaf seems to know that Kami was a namekian when no one know about the Namekians until Nappa and Vegeta arrived on Earth.
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Post by DBZ Mick » Mon Aug 26, 2013 5:59 pm

I don't remember that being stated.

He does seem to know that God and Daimao were one.
It is in his character to be rude and a bit crass. He's a hick, with no formal education. That is Son Goku. That is who he is.

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Post by DannyDBZfanforever » Mon Aug 26, 2013 7:05 pm

DBGT miss the magic touch of Akira Toriyama.Yeah, baby ... inconsistencies and plot holes are just side effects. DBGT was only done to appease the consumerist desires of Toei Animation.

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Post by goku the krump dancer » Mon Aug 26, 2013 10:20 pm

Rocketman wrote:At a certain point, it matters less what the motivations are, and more what we actually see.

And what we see is everybody getting fucked up no matter what they do, Vegeta claiming to be the protector of Earth and getting knocked down to look up at Goku's taint, then Goku punches the enemy across the planet.
Perhaps, but what we see right after the planet crossing punch, 17 recovers, shows no signs of pain and has a hideous grin on his face then proceeds to fire his finger bullet thingys..

Now one has to ask himself "Why the hell is he smiling?" its either because

A. He's crazy

B. It didn't hurt and he was just toying with Goku.

or C. All of the above.

I'm more inclined to go with B but as they say, "when in doubt the answer is always C".
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Re: All of GT's oversights/inconsistencies/plotholes

Post by DBZGTKOSDH » Tue Aug 27, 2013 3:04 pm

KentalSSJ6 wrote:I personally see the difference by Super Vegito and SSJ4 Goku like the difference between SSJ2 Goku and SSJ2 Cell Saga Gohan. Theres a noticeable difference, but not a large one. On a scall of 1 to 100, Id say Super Vegito is 100 and SSJ4 Goku would be 85.
Same here.
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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: All of GT's oversights/inconsistencies/plotholes

Post by Shineman » Tue Aug 27, 2013 3:26 pm

KentalSSJ6 wrote:I personally see the difference by Super Vegito and SSJ4 Goku like the difference between SSJ2 Goku and SSJ2 Cell Saga Gohan. Theres a noticeable difference, but not a large one. On a scall of 1 to 100, Id say Super Vegito is 100 and SSJ4 Goku would be 85.
Personally, I considered SSj4 Goku stronger than the likes of Vegetto, I really don't care for what some secondary material says.
Rocketman wrote: At a certain point, it matters less what the motivations are, and more what we actually see.

And what we see is everybody getting fucked up no matter what they do, Vegeta claiming to be the protector of Earth and getting knocked down to look up at Goku's taint, then Goku punches the enemy across the planet.
That's true, but when Super 17 stopped instantly after flying across the globe; he recovers, grins and start spamming flash bombs. From that, it's safe to assume that Super 17 is a crazy fucker whom likes to play around before getting serious. Goku never once hit Super 17 again after Super 17 starts beating the living Shenlong out of him.
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Post by RandomGuy96 » Tue Aug 27, 2013 4:12 pm

Syn Shenron was the first to surpass a hypothetical SS3 Vegetto in GT. He tanked the x10 Kamehameha, which is waaaaaay over ten times stronger than a Super Vegetto-tier fighter. Super Saiyan 3 Vegetto would be weaker than that blast while Syn was waaaaaaaaaay stronger than it, strong enough that it didn't even leave a small scratch, like what happened when Nappa was hit by the Kikoho, even though the attack took him off guard. Logically SS4 Goku (Beyond Limits) would follow suit.
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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.
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Post by dbzfan7 » Tue Aug 27, 2013 4:14 pm

I don't buy KKX10 multiplies BPx10. It's just a 10x the power of a Super Kamehameha. Goku felt pain going over the regular limit of his SSJ4 power, going over 10x that without any sort of strain is ridiculous.
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Post by RandomGuy96 » Tue Aug 27, 2013 4:15 pm

dbzfan7 wrote:I don't buy KKX10 multiplies BPx10. It's just a 10x the power of a Super Kamehameha.
Which is why I said that it's way stronger than Goku's BP x 10. It should be whatever the BP of a normal Kamehameha from a SS4 would be multiplied by ten.
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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.
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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Post by KentalSSJ6 » Tue Aug 27, 2013 4:17 pm

I really dont get the point of using the whole hypothetical SSJ3 Vegito argument. He doesn't officially exist outside of Multiverse so theres really no accurate way to determine how hed handle the GT Villains.
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Post by dbzfan7 » Tue Aug 27, 2013 4:18 pm

RandomGuy96 wrote:
dbzfan7 wrote:I don't buy KKX10 multiplies BPx10. It's just a 10x the power of a Super Kamehameha.
Which is why I said that it's way stronger than Goku's BP x 10. It should be whatever the BP of a normal Kamehameha from a SS4 would be multiplied by ten.
I don't understand why it's way stronger than BPx10. Goku went Kaioken x20 and didn't get an extra boost with a kamehameha.
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Post by RandomGuy96 » Tue Aug 27, 2013 4:19 pm

Because the move is called the x10 Kamehameha. As in, the Kamehameha times ten.

Kaio-Ken is completely different. Unless you believe that the x10 Kamehameha is really only SS4 Goku's BP x 10. Which is a possibility, but I don't think is the case.
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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.
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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Post by dbzfan7 » Tue Aug 27, 2013 4:22 pm

RandomGuy96 wrote:Because the move is called the x10 Kamehameha. As in, the Kamehameha times ten.

Kaio-Ken is completely different. Unless you believe that the x10 Kamehameha is really only SS4 Goku's BP x 10. Which is a possibility, but I don't think is the case.
It's ten times the power of a Kamehameha and it wouldn't multiply his BP over 10x. Goku was already ridiculously stronger than everyone else in just base, how does he get over 10 times stronger through a power up from much weaker people.
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Post by RandomGuy96 » Tue Aug 27, 2013 4:28 pm

dbzfan7 wrote:
RandomGuy96 wrote:Because the move is called the x10 Kamehameha. As in, the Kamehameha times ten.

Kaio-Ken is completely different. Unless you believe that the x10 Kamehameha is really only SS4 Goku's BP x 10. Which is a possibility, but I don't think is the case.
It's ten times the power of a Kamehameha and it wouldn't multiply his BP over 10x. Goku was already ridiculously stronger than everyone else in just base, how does he get over 10 times stronger through a power up from much weaker people.
How did the energy of three half dead base saiyans make him stronger than Broly? How did energy from an injured Piccolo let him do a kaio-ken x100 and one-shot Lord Slug?
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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.
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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Post by dbzfan7 » Tue Aug 27, 2013 4:32 pm

RandomGuy96 wrote:
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RandomGuy96 wrote:Because the move is called the x10 Kamehameha. As in, the Kamehameha times ten.

Kaio-Ken is completely different. Unless you believe that the x10 Kamehameha is really only SS4 Goku's BP x 10. Which is a possibility, but I don't think is the case.
It's ten times the power of a Kamehameha and it wouldn't multiply his BP over 10x. Goku was already ridiculously stronger than everyone else in just base, how does he get over 10 times stronger through a power up from much weaker people.
How did the energy of three half dead base saiyans make him stronger than Broly? How did energy from an injured Piccolo let him do a kaio-ken x100 and one-shot Lord Slug?
I have a problem with those moments as well. They were stupid. but perhaps GT logic allowed Goku to get over 10 times stronger or some other bullshit.
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Post by DBZGTKOSDH » Wed Aug 28, 2013 4:33 am

KentalSSJ6 wrote:I really dont get the point of using the whole hypothetical SSJ3 Vegito argument. He doesn't officially exist outside of Multiverse so theres really no accurate way to determine how hed handle the GT Villains.
Because we know how strong Super Vegetto is, and we know that Super Saiyan 3 makes him 8 times stronger.
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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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Post by Hellspawn28 » Wed Aug 28, 2013 2:28 pm

DBZ Mick wrote:I don't remember that being stated.

He does seem to know that God and Daimao were one.
Maybe it was a dub line, but I hardly remember since I haven't watch GT in the past decade.
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Post by Nazi Cola » Fri Aug 30, 2013 8:06 pm

TheGmGoken wrote:Because it was stated that Birsu > Vegetto and Whis > Birsu. Baby can't be above Vegetto(Super Bebi that is) because SSJ4 is perhaps weaker than Vegetto(Guidebook statement which was made around Shenlong arc I think)
I'm still waiting on a translation of the second volume of the Perfect Files to actually serve judgment on this tidbit other than it doesn't seem to align with what Toei clearly intended with the statements they put into the show.
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