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Re: Interesting "what if" scenarios that could have happened

Post by Hellspawn28 » Thu Mar 13, 2014 12:27 pm

What if Vegito didn't defuse inside of Buu's body? Would we still have Ubb and Fat Buu? How would BOG and GT turn out with Vegito as the main character as well?
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Re: Interesting "what if" scenarios that could have happened

Post by Rockman X » Thu Mar 13, 2014 3:36 pm

Hellspawn28 wrote:Cell is not Vegeta or Piccolo. Cell would never team up with Goku and the others to stop Buu. In the anime, we see Goku fighting Buu in Hell and it looks like the other villains wanted Buu to win.
Its not like cell had much of a choice.. either he gets a chance to repent or spends an eternity of suffering in hell.

What if Goku used his Kaio-Ken with his super saiyan forms? i know its only filler but still its a technique goku never seemed to use after he got Super saiyan.

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Re: Interesting "what if" scenarios that could have happened

Post by Polyphase Avatron » Fri Mar 14, 2014 2:39 am

What if Freeza and King Cold had destroyed the Earth from orbit instead of landing? Would Goku realize what was happening in time to IT to their ship and stop them?
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Re: Interesting "what if" scenarios that could have happened

Post by Rockman X » Fri Mar 14, 2014 3:52 pm

Polyphase Avatron wrote:What if Freeza and King Cold had destroyed the Earth from orbit instead of landing? Would Goku realize what was happening in time to IT to their ship and stop them?
What if Ginyu managed to steal the body of Freeza?

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Re: Interesting "what if" scenarios that could have happened

Post by Captain Sauza » Fri Mar 14, 2014 4:35 pm

What if there was a flashback into Freeza's childhood? We could see him get hit by his parents. Should at least have one scene where King Cold isn't made to look completely useless.
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Re: Interesting "what if" scenarios that could have happened

Post by Hades » Fri Mar 14, 2014 4:58 pm

1) Piccolo, Tenshinhan and Chaotzu learn the Kaioken.
2) Vegeta decides to go on a conquest spree after Kakarrot's death
3) Gohan finished the job and killed Buu
4) Videl died in the Tournament and Gohan goes over the brink
5) Gohan had simmering resentment at Goku being a worse dad than Big Boss and Babidi used that to turn him Majin.
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Re: Interesting "what if" scenarios that could have happened

Post by RandomGuy96 » Fri Mar 14, 2014 6:21 pm

Hades wrote:1) Piccolo, Tenshinhan and Chaotzu learn the Kaioken.
2) Vegeta decides to go on a conquest spree after Kakarrot's death
3) Gohan finished the job and killed Buu
4) Videl died in the Tournament and Gohan goes over the brink
5) Gohan had simmering resentment at Goku being a worse dad than Big Boss and Babidi used that to turn him Majin.

1. Ten and Chiaotzu are still useless. Nothing changes with them. Piccolo, assuming he hasn't already been using it, and can master it to the same extent as Goku, roflstomps the androids and Cell before anything can happen.
2. All hail Emperor Vegeta ('til he gets killed by Dabra or Buu)
3. We get a better arc.
4. He shouldn't care, she can be brought back. If he does, he kills Spopo and Yamu, and not much changes, as Babidi needs to come to them.
5. He can't. Gohan is pure-hearted. If Gohan somehow wasn't, then everyone's fucked, because Babidi can draw someone's dormant power beyond their limits while controlling them. He got unlucky by only possessing the relative weakling Vegeta.
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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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Post by Tokusentai » Fri Mar 14, 2014 10:15 pm

my top ones: (would love if they went into any of the games)
-Kakarot never became Goku and we have an adult, evil Saiyan Kakarot fucking shit up in the universe.
-Ginyu kept Gokus body, killed Krillin, Vegeta, Goku and Gohan; betrayed Freeza, became a SSJ, and used the Dragonballs to ressurect his teammates.. and rules the universe.. in style. 8)
-Piccolo fuses with Piccolo Daimao, and manages to stay relevant post-Cell arc, powerwise.
-Vegeta goes SSJ for the first time and is the one to kill Mecha Freeza and Cold.
-17 sticks around after Cell arc and becomes a Z fighter.
-Vegeta/Goku get a chance to meet their fathers sometime after they die.
-Baby was actually more competent on his own, battle wise..
-we saw more of the escaping villains from Hell; I reckon Raditz could have made for some interesting scenes. or hilarity if Babidi ran into Buu.. hahaha.
-Uub being aware of his identity (he never knew what he was, did he?)
-Would have been amusing if instead of Majuub Kid Buu was recreated (only obviously good and intelligent).
-4/7 of the Dragons weren't shitty pathetic wimps.
-anyone other than Vegeta/Goku going SS4; (Gohan, Gotenks, etc.)
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-SSJ Pan. nuff said. :P

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Re: Interesting "what if" scenarios that could have happened

Post by Rockman X » Sat Mar 15, 2014 5:48 pm

Hades wrote:5) Gohan had simmering resentment at Goku being a worse dad than Big Boss and Babidi used that to turn him Majin.
IMO i second that gohan's character development was completely ruined in the buu saga in favor of goku's return,something like this would have been really interesting if Videl got killed by spopovich and babdi made his rage go out of control and made him like broly it would have totally made him a villain to who could have his own saga.

I wonder how awesome it would have been if Rage fueled Ultimate gohan fought SSj3 Goku it would been freaking awesome! it could have been wayy more personal for Goku if gohan was actually mad at his awful parenting(he could have returned to earth to support his family but chose not to).
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Re: Interesting "what if" scenarios that could have happened

Post by Hades » Sat Mar 15, 2014 6:22 pm

Rockman X wrote:
Hades wrote:5) Gohan had simmering resentment at Goku being a worse dad than Big Boss and Babidi used that to turn him Majin.
IMO i second that gohan's character development was completely ruined in the buu saga in favor of goku's return,something like this would have been really interesting if Videl got killed and spopovich and babdi made his rage go out of control and made him like broly it would have totally made him a villain to who could have his own saga.

I wonder how awesome it would have been if Rage fueled Ultimate gohan fought SSj3 Goku it would been freaking awesome! it could have been wayy more personal for Goku if gohan was actually mad at his awful parenting(he could have returned to earth to support his family but chose not to).
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Gohan being gradually pushed over the edge by Goku's abandonment of him, the death of Videl, all the while Goku's carefree attitude about fighting villains proves to be the last straw, as Babidi turns Gohan's wrath against the heroes, with bad parenting biting them in the ass.
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Re: Interesting "what if" scenarios that could have happened

Post by RandomGuy96 » Sat Mar 15, 2014 6:31 pm

You do know that the whole point of that quote was that it was total bullshit, right?

This isn't even a what-if scenario. That's not who Gohan is and that's not how Babidi's powers work.
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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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Re: Interesting "what if" scenarios that could have happened

Post by Rockman X » Sat Mar 15, 2014 6:43 pm

RandomGuy96 wrote:This isn't even a what-if scenario. That's not who Gohan is and that's not how Babidi's powers work.
Dude its totally plausible think about it! gohan's vengeful SSJ2 personality was not really heroic or noble,it actually made him into kind of an anti-hero.

Gohan may not have any evil in his heart but his uncontrollable rage could be exploited by babdi.

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Re: Interesting "what if" scenarios that could have happened

Post by Hellspawn28 » Sat Mar 15, 2014 7:04 pm

If Gohan did kill Super Buu then I think GT could be mainly the same. I think Gohan, Trunks and Pan would go into Space to find the Black Star Dragon Balls since King Kai would tell them that Pilaf used them to take over the Earth. I guess Gohan would end up turning SSj4 and Goku might play a role in the Super 17 saga since he would be in Other World. GT might be better with Gohan as the main character instead looking at it now.
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