A few things I've wondered

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Re: A few things I've wondered

Post by The Tori-bot » Wed May 26, 2010 5:53 pm

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Re: A few things I've wondered

Post by KakaR0T » Sun May 30, 2010 5:08 pm

Would Cell look different if he absorbed 17 first instead of 18?

If so then it would have been cool to see him either absorb 17 first then spit out 18 after Gohan hit him or abosorb 18 first but spit out 17 after Gohan hit him that way we could see his different appearances

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Re: A few things I've wondered

Post by Vegeta Jr » Sun May 30, 2010 6:03 pm

I doubt he would have looked different. To me it seems like his appearance was programmed more as semi perfect and perfect not 17 first, 18 second.

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Re: A few things I've wondered

Post by Rory » Sun May 30, 2010 6:55 pm

Vegeta Jr wrote:I doubt he would have looked different. To me it seems like his appearance was programmed more as semi perfect and perfect not 17 first, 18 second.
That, and 17 and 18 are twins, who are pretty much recolours of one another facially.

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Re: A few things I've wondered

Post by caejones » Mon May 31, 2010 10:28 am

We know Toriyama liked Cell's second form, and was using #18 for Krillin character development, so it's not surprising that he came up with an excuse to bring back both during the Cell Games. XD
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Re: A few things I've wondered

Post by Dayspring » Tue Jun 01, 2010 7:09 pm

Cell would have looked the same. The twins had nothing to do with his transformation; they just had the infinite power batteries inside them which he needed to create and maintain the transformations. So either he would have been completely identical, or he would have looked the same and just been a little bit weaker (since #18's batter is weaker).
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Re: A few things I've wondered

Post by Piccolo Daimao » Wed Jun 02, 2010 3:32 pm

Something I wondered...it appears that Cell was programmed to absorb #17 first, since he solely went after #17 first. So, is there a possibility that, if Cell had absorbed #18 first, it would've caused something to go wrong inside of him, like #18 wouldn't be compatible with First Form Cell?
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Re: A few things I've wondered

Post by rereboy » Wed Jun 02, 2010 3:56 pm

Cell went after 17 first because he was closer than 18.

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Re: A few things I've wondered

Post by Savage68 » Wed Jun 02, 2010 3:59 pm

And because he sensed the battle going on.

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Re: A few things I've wondered

Post by Piccolo Daimao » Wed Jun 02, 2010 4:26 pm

OK, fair enough.
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Re: A few things I've wondered

Post by KakaR0T » Wed Jun 09, 2010 1:58 am

Where can I get the original japanese DBZ soundtracks?

and does anyone know the name of this one?

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Re: A few things I've wondered

Post by Piccolo Daimaoh » Wed Jun 09, 2010 4:19 am

I think that track is unreleased, as the title of the video indicates.

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Re: A few things I've wondered

Post by KakaR0T » Wed Jun 09, 2010 8:28 pm

I just saw this video right after viewing this message board funnily enough. This is a youtuber to whom I am subscribbed and he talks about the name of his cat. As Dragonball fans, you'll like this. However, I commented on the video saying "if you're going to name a cat after a Dragonball character, Korin would make the most sense".

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Re: A few things I've wondered

Post by Piccolo Daimaoh » Wed Jun 09, 2010 9:34 pm

KakaR0T wrote:I just saw this video right after viewing this message board funnily enough. This is a youtuber to whom I am subscribbed and he talks about the name of his cat. As Dragonball fans, you'll like this. However, I commented on the video saying "if you're going to name a cat after a Dragonball character, Karin would make the most sense".
I think he meant to say "Piccolo Daimaō", rather than "Piccolo Daimo".

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Re: A few things I've wondered

Post by KakaR0T » Fri Jun 11, 2010 12:56 am

I always wondered about the time after Goku and Chichi got married. Did Goku know how to have sex or did ChiChi have to teach him?

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Re: A few things I've wondered

Post by caejones » Fri Jun 11, 2010 8:29 am

I tend to think that it came up as something of an extension of the marriage ceremony, considering Gohan's age and the lack of anything else until Goten.

But we all know that Rocketman is really the father of Gohan, which totally explains his attitude toward him... XD
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Re: A few things I've wondered

Post by KakaR0T » Sun Jun 13, 2010 12:47 pm

2 things I wondered/thought about:

1. How did Bulma know about the Dragonballs in the first place?
Do you suppose everybody on Earth knew about the dragonballs?

2. I have never read the manga therefore, I do not know whether this part of Dragonball is filler or not but either way, does anyone remember the Terror and Plague episode where they have the gourd and if someone doesn't say their name, they get swallowed and dissolved by the gourd and you can drink their power.
It looked like piccolo had something like that on King Kai's planet. I know that he was only drinking water but it made me think what if the "Z-fighters" had something like that?

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Re: A few things I've wondered

Post by Godo » Sun Jun 13, 2010 3:06 pm

KakaR0T wrote:2 things I wondered/thought about:

1. How did Bulma know about the Dragonballs in the first place?
Do you suppose everybody on Earth knew about the dragonballs?
She said that she found one in her attic. She made some research and found an ancient text explaining how many they are and how they work.
She must have looked for a long time, since I doubt the attic in Capsule Corp is a small one.
KakaR0T wrote:2 things I wondered/thought about:
2. I have never read the manga therefore, I do not know whether this part of Dragonball is filler or not but either way, does anyone remember the Terror and Plague episode where they have the gourd and if someone doesn't say their name, they get swallowed and dissolved by the gourd and you can drink their power.
It looked like piccolo had something like that on King Kai's planet. I know that he was only drinking water but it made me think what if the "Z-fighters" had something like that?
It's filler but I don't know the answer to that question.

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Re: A few things I've wondered

Post by Dayspring » Mon Jun 14, 2010 6:17 pm

Godo wrote:
KakaR0T wrote:2 things I wondered/thought about:

1. How did Bulma know about the Dragonballs in the first place?
Do you suppose everybody on Earth knew about the dragonballs?
She said that she found one in her attic. She made some research and found an ancient text explaining how many they are and how they work.
She must have looked for a long time, since I doubt the attic in Capsule Corp is a small one.
I thought it was a barn?

Anyhoo, I wonder why she bothered to invest so much time and energy into researching the DB. She finds a glass/crystal ornament among her family's extravagant crap and never once assumed her mom or dad (or even herself) made an impulse buy at a trinket store?
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Re: A few things I've wondered

Post by KakaR0T » Tue Jun 15, 2010 12:27 am

How many times has Launch sneezed in the series?

How many times have the dragons (Shenron or Porunga) been summoned?

It would be fun to make that into a drinking game.

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