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I thought it'd be fun to do one of these. Simply pick which character you like better in each battle to get an accurate ranked list of your favorite Dragon Ball characters, and post your results once you're done
47 characters were included.
Note: try NOT to hit 'no opinion' or 'I like both', it will make the results messy.
Last edited by sbk on Sun Mar 15, 2015 10:23 pm, edited 1 time in total.
Rank Character
1 Vegeta
2 Krillin
3 Piccolo
4 Goku
5 Android #18
6 Gohan
7 Cell
8 Freeza
9 Tenkaichi Budokai Announcer
10 Videl
11 Yamcha
11 Android #16
13 Mr. Satan
14 Chi-Chi
15 Bulma
15 Master Roshi
15 Trunks
18 King Kai
19 Dabura
19 Beerus
21 Whis
22 Tenshinhan
22 Raditz
24 Yajirobe
25 Piccolo Daimao
25 Kami
25 Korin
25 Mr. Popo
29 Captain Ginyu
30 Taopaipai
31 Majin Buu
32 Android #17
33 Dr. Gero
34 Goten
35 General Blue
36 Dende
37 Lunch
38 Fortuneteller Baba
38 Nappa
38 Pilaf
41 Oolong
42 Android #19
43 Chaozu
44 Babidi
45 Kibito Kai
46 Supreme Kai
It's.... somewhat accurate.
Last edited by DBZAOTA482 on Sun Mar 15, 2015 2:42 pm, edited 1 time in total.
fadeddreams5 wrote:
DBZGTKOSDH wrote:... Haven't we already gotten these in GT? Goku dies, the DBs go away, and the Namekian DBs most likely won't be used again because of the Evil Dragons.
Goku didn't die in GT. The show sucked him off so much, it was impossible to keep him in the world of the living, so he ascended beyond mortality.
jjgp1112 wrote: Sat Jul 18, 2020 6:31 am
I'm just about done with the concept of reboots and making shows that were products of their time and impactful "new and sexy" and in line with modern tastes and sensibilities. Let stuff stay in their era and give today's kids their own shit to watch.
I always side eye the people who say "Now my kids/today's kids can experience what I did as a child!" Nigga, who gives a fuck about your childhood? You're an adult now and it was at least 15 years ago. Let the kids have their own experience instead of picking at a corpse.
Ehhh....it worked okay, I guess. The top 7 or 8 were placed more or less accurately (I would have switched the order around, but it got the right characters at least.) It got messy after that, though.
1 Beerus
2 King Kai
3 Mr. Satan
4 Kami
5 Majin Buu
6 Piccolo
7 Krillin
8 Chi-Chi
9 Piccolo Daimao
10 Cell
11 Freeza
12 Nappa
13 Korin
14 Supreme Kai
15 Taopaipai
16 Mr. Popo
17 Yajirobe
18 Dabura
19 Dende
20 Android #18
21 Master Roshi
22 Gohan
23 Kibito Kai
24 Chaozu
25 Android #17
26 Dr. Gero
27 Pilaf
28 Videl
29 Raditz
30 Tenkaichi Budokai Announcer
31 Goku
32 Vegeta
33 Whis
34 Fortuneteller Baba
35 Babidi
36 Android #16
37 Android #19
38 Lunch
39 Yamcha
40 Trunks
41 Tenshinhan
42 Bulma
43 Oolong
44 General Blue
45 Goten
46 Captain Ginyu
When I picked Majin Buu, I was thinking Super/Kid Buu. When I picked Gohan, I was thinking Kid Gohan. When I picked Trunks, I was thinking Future Trunks.
My Top 10 seems accurate enough. The rest... eh. I like Android 18 more than all the other androids. And Captain Ginyu should be right below Krillin. >.>
But at least it got my least favorite character right. n.n
1 Goku
2 Vegeta
3 Cell
4 Majin Buu
5 Gohan
6 Freeza
7 Beerus
8 Trunks
9 Piccolo
10 Krillin
11 Piccolo Daimao
12 Whis
13 Captain Ginyu
14 Dr. Gero
15 King Kai
16 Android #17
17 Dabura
18 Android #16
18 Videl
20 Android #19
20 Nappa
22 Tenshinhan
22 Android #18
24 Bulma
24 Master Roshi
24 Yamcha
24 Chi-Chi
24 Mr. Satan
24 Babidi
30 Lunch
30 Raditz
30 Taopaipai
33 Kibito Kai
34 Yajirobe
35 Kami
36 Dende
36 Fortuneteller Baba
36 Pilaf
36 Tenkaichi Budokai Announcer
40 Mr. Popo
41 Supreme Kai
42 Oolong
42 Korin
42 General Blue
45 Chaozu
46 Goten
Last edited by fadeddreams5 on Sun Mar 15, 2015 2:50 pm, edited 1 time in total.
"Dragon Ball once became a thing of the past to me, but after that, I got angry about the live action movie, re-wrote an entire movie script, and now I'm complaining about the quality of the new TV anime. It seems Dragon Ball has grown on me so much that I can't leave it alone." - Akira Toriyama on Dragon Ball Super
1: Mr. Satan
2: Gohan
3: Goku
4: Trunks
5: Majin Buu
6: Tenshinhan
7: Piccolo
8: Goten
9: Videl
10: Yamcha
11: Bulma
12: Krillin
13: Chi Chi
14: Piccolo Daimao
15: Tenkaichi Budokai Announcer
16: Dabra
17: Tao Pai Pai
18: #17
19: #16
20: #18
21: Cell
22: Freeza
23: Whis
24: Vegeta
25: Nappa
26: Beerus
27: Dende
28: Dr. Gero
29: Yajirobe
30: Kaioshin(merged)
31: Kaioshin
32: Kami
33: Karin
34: Lord Kaio
35: Mr. Popo
36: Muten Roshi
37: Oolong
38: Lunch
39: #19
40: Babidi
41: Captain Ginyu
42: Chaozu
43: General Blue
44: Raditz
45: Uranai Baba
And my least favourite character is.. PILAF.
Cool program It was accurate in some way (not entirely though)
My results:
Spoiler:
Rank Character
1 Beerus
2 Android #16
3 Vegeta
3 Whis
5 Supreme Kai
6 Videl
7 Goten
8 Piccolo
8 Majin Buu
10 Android #17
11 Dende
12 Captain Ginyu
13 Bulma
14 Android #18
15 Tenkaichi Budokai Announcer
16 Mr. Satan
17 Gohan
18 Fortuneteller Baba
19 Oolong
20 Tenshinhan
21 Cell
22 Trunks
23 Freeza
24 Yajirobe
25 Korin
26 King Kai
27 Kami
28 Mr. Popo
29 Kibito Kai
30 Raditz
31 Goku
32 Dabura
33 Taopaipai
34 Pilaf
35 Nappa
36 Piccolo Daimao
37 Krillin
38 Dr. Gero
38 Lunch
40 Chaozu
41 Chi-Chi
42 Yamcha
43 General Blue
44 Android #19
45 Master Roshi
46 Babidi
(stealing code for science now )
Sleeping until the tournament is over.
Spoiler:
Araki wrote:
These days people start throwing the words "filler" and "silce of life" everytime characters aren't punching each other. No matter if something is moving the plot or there's character exposition.
Imagine if DB started these days. It would go like this:
"hey, what's happening in Dragon Ball today?"
"Goku wants Mutenroshi to train him, so he's bringing him some chicks now."
"oh i see, just slice of life filler then. skippable. "
1. Beerus
2. Goku
2. Vegeta
4. Piccolo
5. Trunks
6. Piccolo Daimao
7. Goten
8. Android #17
9. Krillin
10. Whis
11. Gohan
12. Captain Ginyu
13. Android #18
14. Freeza
15. Majin Buu
16. Cell
17. Tenshinhan
18. Raditz
18. Taopaipai
20. Master Roshi
21. Dabura
22. Mr. Satan
23. Nappa
24. Android #16
25. Videl
26. Lunch
27. Dr. Gero
28. Supreme Kai
29. Bulma
30. Android #19
31. Pilaf
32. Chi-Chi
33. King Kai
34. Yamcha
35. Kibito Kai
36. Babidi
37. Yajirobe
38. Mr. Popo
39. Dende
40. Kami
41. Chaozu
42. Oolong
43. Fortuneteller Baba
44. Korin
45. Tenkaichi Budokai Announcer
46. General Blue
Last edited by Lord Beerus on Sun Mar 15, 2015 8:49 pm, edited 1 time in total.
Spoiler:
Akira Toriyama wrote:My policy is to try and forget things once they’re over. Since if I don’t discard the old and focus on what’s new, I’ll overload my brain capacity. I still haven’t lived down going, “Who the heck is Tao Pai-pai?” that one time I was talking with Ei’ichiro Oda-kun. But the fact that there are still people reading the series after all this time… All I can say is; “thank you.” Really, that’s all.
Akira Toriyama wrote:Drawing Dragon Ball again reminded me of two things--how much I love it, and how much I never want to do it again.
Kunzait_83 wrote:And if you're upset because all this new material completely invalidates the tabletop RPG rulebook-sized statistical system and flowchart for the characters' "canonical Power Levels" that you'd been working on painstakingly for the last bunch of years now... well I don't think there's a kind, non-blunt way of saying this, but that's 100% entirely your own misguided fault for buying so deeply into all this nonsensical garbage in the first place. And that you also have IMMENSELY skewed and comically backwards priorities in what you think is most important and needed to make a good Dragon Ball story.
Zephyr wrote:Goodness, they wrote idiotic drivel in a children's cartoon meant to advertise toys!? Again!? For the ninetieth episode in a row!? Somebody stop the presses! We have to voice our concern over these Super important issues!
Kamiccolo9 wrote:Fair enough, I concede. Sean Schemmel probably has some kind of hidden talent. Maybe he is an expert at Minesweeper. You're right; calling him "talentless" wasn't fair.
Michsi wrote: Mon Jul 04, 2022 11:29 amIn Super Piccolo got yelled off the stage by Vegeta in the U6 Tournament arc and lost to Jiminy Cricket in the ToP , he deserved 15 new transformations with his theme song played by Metallica in the background.
Surprised I'm the only one who considers Goku my favorite character. lol.
"Dragon Ball once became a thing of the past to me, but after that, I got angry about the live action movie, re-wrote an entire movie script, and now I'm complaining about the quality of the new TV anime. It seems Dragon Ball has grown on me so much that I can't leave it alone." - Akira Toriyama on Dragon Ball Super
fadeddreams5 wrote:Wow. So many people love Beerus!
What's not to like about the God Of Destruction?
Spoiler:
Akira Toriyama wrote:My policy is to try and forget things once they’re over. Since if I don’t discard the old and focus on what’s new, I’ll overload my brain capacity. I still haven’t lived down going, “Who the heck is Tao Pai-pai?” that one time I was talking with Ei’ichiro Oda-kun. But the fact that there are still people reading the series after all this time… All I can say is; “thank you.” Really, that’s all.
Akira Toriyama wrote:Drawing Dragon Ball again reminded me of two things--how much I love it, and how much I never want to do it again.
Kunzait_83 wrote:And if you're upset because all this new material completely invalidates the tabletop RPG rulebook-sized statistical system and flowchart for the characters' "canonical Power Levels" that you'd been working on painstakingly for the last bunch of years now... well I don't think there's a kind, non-blunt way of saying this, but that's 100% entirely your own misguided fault for buying so deeply into all this nonsensical garbage in the first place. And that you also have IMMENSELY skewed and comically backwards priorities in what you think is most important and needed to make a good Dragon Ball story.
Zephyr wrote:Goodness, they wrote idiotic drivel in a children's cartoon meant to advertise toys!? Again!? For the ninetieth episode in a row!? Somebody stop the presses! We have to voice our concern over these Super important issues!
Kamiccolo9 wrote:Fair enough, I concede. Sean Schemmel probably has some kind of hidden talent. Maybe he is an expert at Minesweeper. You're right; calling him "talentless" wasn't fair.
Michsi wrote: Mon Jul 04, 2022 11:29 amIn Super Piccolo got yelled off the stage by Vegeta in the U6 Tournament arc and lost to Jiminy Cricket in the ToP , he deserved 15 new transformations with his theme song played by Metallica in the background.
1 Krillin
2 Master Roshi
3 Freeza
4 Mr. Satan
5 Videl
6 Pilaf
7 Beerus
8 General Blue
9 Android #18
10 Goku
11 Piccolo Daimao
12 Oolong
13 Captain Ginyu
14 King Kai
15 Majin Buu
16 Vegeta
17 Tenkaichi Budokai Announcer
18 Babidi
19 Lunch
20 Android #17
21 Yajirobe
22 Goten
23 Gohan
24 Cell
25 Yamcha
26 Piccolo
27 Tenshinhan
28 Whis
29 Raditz
30 Nappa
31 Android #16
32 Bulma
33 Trunks
34 Korin
35 Kami
36 Taopaipai
37 Chaozu
38 Dabura
39 Dende
40 Mr. Popo
41 Supreme Kai
42 Chi-Chi
43 Dr. Gero
44 Android #19
45 Fortuneteller Baba
46 Kibito Kai
My top 5 seem pretty accurate (though I'd probably switch 3 and 4), 6 and 7 seem about right albeit needing to swap with each other too, 8's about right, 9 I do like but would never have guessed they'd be there, and 10 seems low for some reason but also feels kind of right. I'd definitely push a few of these around to bring 12, 13, and 14 into the top ten too. Overall though? Fairly accurate!
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1 Goku
2 Gohan
3 Yamucha
4 Muten Roshi
5 Kuririn
6 Blooma
7 Vegeta
8 Freeza
9 Videl
10 Piccolo
11 Trunks
12 Pilaf
13 Tenshinhan
14 Beerus
15 Oolong
16 Mr. Satan
17 Karin
18 Tenkaichi Budokai Announcer
19 Android #18
20 Chichi
21 Mr. Popo
22 General Blue
23 Yajirobe
24 Majin Boo
25 Kaio
26 Bobbidi
27 Kami
28 Goten
29 Chaozu
30 Dende
31 Dr. Gero
32 Android #17
33 Lunch
34 Piccolo Daimao
35 Nappa
36 Cell
37 Android #19
38 Kaioshin
39 Uranai Baba
40 Raditz
41 Whis
42 Captain Ginyu
43 Android #16
44 Darbra
45 Taopaipai
46 Kibitoshin
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