Did Buu recognize Vegeta here?

[Hitiro]

Maybe he just doesn't know them by name? He seems awfully familiar with Tenshinhan.

Not really, all he said was he was apparently quite a master. Which Boo could easily surmise from Tenshinhan surviving Evil Boo's death barrage from the lookout and being able to stop the blast he used to try and kill Dende. I don't see how this implies familiarity. I mean you're free to your own interpretation of what is said. But it is just as likely a possibility that Boo made that observation from the feats Tenshinhan provided than him having familiarity as you claim. And apart from this instance nothing else really implies he has gained the memories of the people he absorbed except for Fat Boo.

[SSJ2FutureGohan]

I base it on reactions.

He looks completely lost after seeing Dende heal Gohan.

But only laughs off Tenshinhan deflecting his blast. You'd think he'd be all like "wtf" after that like he was with Dende.

[Hitiro]

I base it on reactions.

He looks completely lost after seeing Dende heal Gohan.

But only laughs off Tenshinhan deflecting his blast. You'd think he'd be all like "wtf" after that like he was with Dende.

He reacts the same way to both instances, he has a shocked face and then he just goes back to smiling. He doesn't laugh the deflecting of his blast off. If you compare his face to the face he has when he see's Dende it is literally exactly the same.

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How is panel 4 in Dende's example different from panel 7 in Tenshinhan 1's example? And how is panel 5 in Dende's example different from panel 6 in Tenshinhan 2's example? Apart from the dialogue in panel 4 of the Dende's example the way he reacts is exactly the same. And by the time it cuts back to Boo in panel 5 of the Tenshinhan 2 example he is sporting the same look as he did in panel 5 in the Dende's example.

[SSJ2FutureGohan]

I'm saying with Dende it's all like "wait... wtf was that??? Who is that??"

But with Tenshinhan there's only an initial reaction at seeing his blast be blasted away. He's not all like "who is that?? What was that??"

[Hitiro]

I'm saying with Dende it's all like "wait... wtf was that??? Who is that??"

But with Tenshinhan there's only an initial reaction at seeing his blast be blasted away. He's not all like "who is that?? What was that??"

How do you know he isn't all like "Who is that??? What was that??" Because it cuts away from Boo, Tenshinhan and Gohan have a small exchange before it goes back to him. It's not like the panels we're talking about with Boo and Tenshinhan are directly after each other. There is a time discrepancy there that we don't see with Dende's example because the panels follow straight after each other. It's like saying something surprising happened to you today and then the next day you're still just as surprised. By the next day that surprise would have worn off. It's the same in this case. By the time we get back to Boo he may have already gathered his thoughts. It's not like it took Boo more than one panel to recover from seeing Dende.

[Son_Gohan]

I suppose, but it isn't something vivid. It's more of a recollection of Gohan rather than him knowing Gohan. It took him a moment to recall him. I'm not saying he didn't obtain memories from Fat Boo. But it seems that his instant recollection of someone is limited only to Mr. Satan.

Considering even Piccolo hardly recognizes Gohan, Buu shouldn't be expected to tell it was him right away either. His outfit, Ki signature, and even physical features had changed completely since their last encounter, which was relatively brief.

Super Buu even instantly recalls Gotenks, who he beat up as Fat Buu, when they meet again in the RoSaT.

[mAcChaos]

My idea for this is that he has the memories stored, but he has to go search out specific ones when he wants one.

[Hitiro]

Considering even Piccolo hardly recognizes Gohan, Buu shouldn't be expected to tell it was him right away either. His outfit, Ki signature, and even physical features had changed completely since their last encounter, which was relatively brief.

Super Buu even instantly recalls Gotenks, who he beat up as Fat Buu, when they meet again in the RoSaT.

Well, Piccolo hardly recognised him from a distance. Goten did though. There is also the fact that Boo didn't really recall the SSJ3 transformation from the first time he saw it with Goku when Gotenks got out of the RoSaT. But yeah, I still believe that the only memories he's retained from absorbing are from Mr. Boo. Though I guess it's less from the absorption and possibly more from the splitting. Because at the time Pure Evil Boo was still part of Boo. When they split he probably got a copy of the memories Fat Boo had before he went and absorbed him.