Homages to Dragonball....in Dragonball

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Re: Homages to Dragonball....in Dragonball

Post by Saiga » Sat Jul 13, 2013 9:06 pm

:o I love that gif! Never knew there was something like that in GT. I especially love Kuririn in it.
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Re: Homages to Dragonball....in Dragonball

Post by Makaioshin » Sun Jul 14, 2013 2:01 am

DBZGTKOSDH wrote:The whole Zunama incident in GT was very similar with th Oolong incident in Dragon Ball.
This is more of them trying to emulate the style of the series by reusing ideas.
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Re: Homages to Dragonball....in Dragonball

Post by DBZGTKOSDH » Sun Jul 14, 2013 5:02 am

Makaioshin wrote:
DBZGTKOSDH wrote:The whole Zunama incident in GT was very similar with th Oolong incident in Dragon Ball.
This is more of them trying to emulate the style of the series by reusing ideas.
Maybe, but it could still count as a homage.
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Re: Homages to Dragonball....in Dragonball

Post by TheGmGoken » Mon Jul 22, 2013 8:47 pm

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I remember Vegeta did a similar pose. Can't find the picture through.

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Most likely not a homage but extremely similar IMO.
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Re: Homages to Dragonball....in Dragonball

Post by Tyro » Mon Jul 22, 2013 11:25 pm

These popped up on reddit.
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Re: Homages to Dragonball....in Dragonball

Post by TheGmGoken » Tue Jul 23, 2013 12:12 am

^ One was already posted and the other doesn't really seem like a homage
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Re: Homages to Dragonball....in Dragonball

Post by Cold Skin » Thu Jul 25, 2013 8:46 am

^ Maybe not a deliberate homage (wouldn't be the style of Toriyama to remember so far back), but at the very least, it's interesting to see that there were two instances during which wouded Gohan ended up over wounded Vegeta that way, but the result was actually opposite: the first time, Gohan badly damaged Vegeta by jumping (or rather falling in that first example) on him, while years later, the relationship between them has changed a lot and Gohan ends up on a similar position to when he was a kid, but this time it was to protect Vegeta.

Seeing those pictures side by side makes you realize how much relationships between characters evolve over the many years you see in the story, in a way people wouldn't have expected back then.
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Re: Homages to Dragonball....in Dragonball

Post by SaiyaJedi » Thu Jul 25, 2013 10:57 pm

Gohan also does the same pose when becoming Super Saiyan 2 for the first time, if not during the actual episode, then at least during the "We Gotta Power" version of same.
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Re: Homages to Dragonball....in Dragonball

Post by Kamiccolo9 » Fri Jul 26, 2013 12:26 am

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Gohan also does the same pose when becoming Super Saiyan 2 for the first time, if not during the actual episode, then at least during the "We Gotta Power" version of same.
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