Dragon Ball things you never want to hear again

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Re: Dragon Ball things you never want to hear again

Post by Saiga » Sun Feb 17, 2013 8:48 am

DBZAOTA482 wrote:
Saiga wrote:@Sinestro That is actually a pretty bad section, like most "shipping" sections on TVTropes are. Using the filler energy ring attack Maouji Vegeta used as proof of subtext? Ugh.
Ironically, it's fueled almost entirely by anime-only material. :lol:
Yeah, a lot of the people who add things about Dragon Ball on that site can't recognise anime-only or dub-only additions.
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Re: Dragon Ball things you never want to hear again

Post by matt0044 » Sun Feb 17, 2013 9:10 am

MCDaveG wrote:Wow, I never understood the purpose of TV tropes.... What is it? Some weird Pop Culture encyclopaedia for weirdos from universities?
There is really some weird and non-interesting stuff there.
They let the homepage speak for themselves: http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/HomePage

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Post by Hellspawn28 » Sun Feb 17, 2013 2:57 pm

I'm getting tired of hearing about RB3. Seeing that the second game bombed, a third game is likely never going to happen. It's odd that people want a third one so badly when people getting tired of the same shit when RB2 was coming out.
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Post by astarisborn94 » Sun Feb 17, 2013 3:02 pm

@Sinestro: None of these are proof that Vegeta would have a sexual attraction towards Goku.
Vegeta from Dragon Ball Z certainly seems to have this level of obsession with the main character Goku, although it isn't shared. Also of note is that another villain, Freeza, is prone to this in the US dub, both being voiced by a woman with a raspy old lady voice (like a flapper?), and using blatant sexual innuendo towards Goku.
The primary reason why Vegeta is so obsessed with Goku is because Vegeta is notorious for his desire to kill Goku after a disgraced many times. As the Prince of All Saiyans, he wants to prove his superiority above everyone else and that especially includes Goku, the ones that he mentions is always a step ahead of him.

Using the dub is also not accurate. You can't honestly expect Freeza to have some sort of attachment to any Saiyans whatsoever.
- Oh sure. People always talk about Vegeta's obsession with Goku, but which one of them had a visualization of the other completely nude?
Yet Goku still remained with his wife after the event. Goku may respect his rival, but his family and friends takes priority over Vegeta.
- In the Japanese version, when Vegeta is naked and taking a shower, he stares up at the showerhead and says Goku's name. That is all.
That doesn't indicate that Vegeta would be attracted to Goku in a romantic way. He could be simply saying his name because of his frustration that Goku is always a step ahead of him and Vegeta's struggle to overcome Goku.
- In the non-canonical movie, Vegeta hilariously shouts "Kakarotto Wa Ore No Mono Da!!" when Android 13 is beating his rival to death, and charges in to protect Goku. The context of this sentence is "Kakaroto is MY PREY hands off him", but "Ore No Mono Da" is usually used by jealous ex-boyfriends to say "belongs to me".
Read the bolded. This should not be taken seriously as canon material.

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Post by Sinestro » Sun Feb 17, 2013 11:12 pm

astarisborn94 wrote:@Sinestro: None of these are proof that Vegeta would have a sexual attraction towards Goku.
Oh, you won't get an argument from me. I'm not a shipper, nor do I care what the shippers do or say.

I was just showing you stuff. :D

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Post by Sinestro » Sun Feb 17, 2013 11:16 pm

MCDaveG wrote:Wow, I never understood the purpose of TV tropes.... What is it? Some weird Pop Culture encyclopaedia for weirdos from universities?
There is really some weird and non-interesting stuff there.
From the site:

What is this about? This wiki is a catalog of the tricks of the trade for writing fiction.

Tropes are devices and conventions that a writer can reasonably rely on as being present in the audience members' minds and expectations. On the whole, tropes are not clichés. The word clichéd means "stereotyped and trite." In other words, dull and uninteresting. We are not looking for dull and uninteresting entries. We are here to recognize tropes and play with them, not to make fun of them.


For me, Tvtropes extends my enjoyment of games and shows.

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Post by OutlawTorn » Mon Feb 18, 2013 12:36 am

Sinestro wrote:For me, Tvtropes extends my enjoyment of games and shows.
One thing about TVTropes which frustrates me is if you go to a page for any specific show, there are LOTS of tropes listed without any examples given. Even if it is a common trope which would be impossible to list each and every last instance, the least they can do is provide some examples so people know what the bloody hell they're talking about or how they are relevant to the show in question. Some tropes are basically just "a rose by any other name" duplicates, which is also annoying.

With that said, I've gotten lost on there reading some of the stuff.

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Post by MCDaveG » Mon Feb 18, 2013 9:15 am

There Is No Such Thing As Notability, and no citations are needed..... Yeah :lolno:
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Post by Saiga » Mon Feb 18, 2013 9:17 am

MCDaveG wrote:There Is No Such Thing As Notability, and no citations are needed..... Yeah :lolno:
Both two things I have major issues with on their, trust me. :lol:
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Post by Sinestro » Mon Feb 18, 2013 12:12 pm

OutlawTorn wrote:
Sinestro wrote:For me, Tvtropes extends my enjoyment of games and shows.
One thing about TVTropes which frustrates me is if you go to a page for any specific show, there are LOTS of tropes listed without any examples given. Even if it is a common trope which would be impossible to list each and every last instance, the least they can do is provide some examples so people know what the bloody hell they're talking about or how they are relevant to the show in question. Some tropes are basically just "a rose by any other name" duplicates, which is also annoying.

With that said, I've gotten lost on there reading some of the stuff.
I think I understand what you're saying, but there are usually enough tropes listed that the "blank" ones don't bother me.

Still, what you said is, of course, a valid criticism.

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Post by shreddinghead » Tue Feb 19, 2013 2:20 am

That goku never lost a fight.

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Post by tomslack34 » Thu Feb 28, 2013 12:50 am

Well, there are many which are of no good. But i can't see clearly that which one is goig to be the one that i cannot hear anymore.

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Post by DBZ Mick » Thu Feb 28, 2013 2:25 am

After going through the Battle of Gods thread...

* Does GT deserve to be part of the timeline/franchise/whatnot
* Canon arguments...
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It is in his character to be rude and a bit crass. He's a hick, with no formal education. That is Son Goku. That is who he is.

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Post by MCDaveG » Thu Feb 28, 2013 5:18 am

I never want to hear again these discussion on theme: Is Ultimate Gohan stronger, than five times Freeza and in which relation he is to Gotenks then? And if SSJ is multiplier, than is Vegetto stroger 1 00 000 000 000 than the apple Gohan is eating in the first movie, and if everyone have power 50 000 000, how come Rildo is stronger than Buu in Z and if SSJ is 50x multiplier, than Ultimate Gohan is 50x6 multiplier?
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Post by Smochi » Fri Mar 01, 2013 9:00 pm

astarisborn94 wrote:@Sinestro: None of these are proof that Vegeta would have a sexual attraction towards Goku.
Vegeta from Dragon Ball Z certainly seems to have this level of obsession with the main character Goku, although it isn't shared. Also of note is that another villain, Freeza, is prone to this in the US dub, both being voiced by a woman with a raspy old lady voice (like a flapper?), and using blatant sexual innuendo towards Goku.
The primary reason why Vegeta is so obsessed with Goku is because Vegeta is notorious for his desire to kill Goku after a disgraced many times. As the Prince of All Saiyans, he wants to prove his superiority above everyone else and that especially includes Goku, the ones that he mentions is always a step ahead of him.

Using the dub is also not accurate. You can't honestly expect Freeza to have some sort of attachment to any Saiyans whatsoever.
- Oh sure. People always talk about Vegeta's obsession with Goku, but which one of them had a visualization of the other completely nude?
Yet Goku still remained with his wife after the event. Goku may respect his rival, but his family and friends takes priority over Vegeta.
- In the Japanese version, when Vegeta is naked and taking a shower, he stares up at the showerhead and says Goku's name. That is all.
That doesn't indicate that Vegeta would be attracted to Goku in a romantic way. He could be simply saying his name because of his frustration that Goku is always a step ahead of him and Vegeta's struggle to overcome Goku.
- In the non-canonical movie, Vegeta hilariously shouts "Kakarotto Wa Ore No Mono Da!!" when Android 13 is beating his rival to death, and charges in to protect Goku. The context of this sentence is "Kakaroto is MY PREY hands off him", but "Ore No Mono Da" is usually used by jealous ex-boyfriends to say "belongs to me".
Read the bolded. This should not be taken seriously as canon material.

I think the relationship between Goku and Vegeta is pretty reminiscent of the Jean Val Jean/ Javert hateboner.

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Post by Saiga » Sat Mar 02, 2013 1:42 am

Can't anyone hate these days without boners being involved?
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Post by DBZAOTA482 » Sun Mar 03, 2013 9:04 am

OutlawTorn wrote:
Sinestro wrote:For me, Tvtropes extends my enjoyment of games and shows.
One thing about TVTropes which frustrates me is if you go to a page for any specific show, there are LOTS of tropes listed without any examples given. Even if it is a common trope which would be impossible to list each and every last instance, the least they can do is provide some examples so people know what the bloody hell they're talking about or how they are relevant to the show in question. Some tropes are basically just "a rose by any other name" duplicates, which is also annoying.

With that said, I've gotten lost on there reading some of the stuff.
Although TVTropes is full of shit I find the website a great source for killing time and they've said a few things I've wholeheartedly agreed on. A recent offense I have against them though is that they consider Piccolo and Chi-Chi jerks (with hearts of gold that is but still...).
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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.
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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.

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Post by Saiga » Sun Mar 03, 2013 9:05 am

DBZAOTA482 wrote: Although TVTropes is full of shit I find the website a great source for killing time and they've said a few things I've wholeheartedly agreed on. A recent offense I have against them though is that they consider Piccolo and Chi-Chi jerks (with hearts of gold that is but still...).
Piccolo is undeniably a jerk until Gohan changes him... :P
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Post by matt0044 » Sun Mar 03, 2013 3:16 pm

OutlawTorn wrote: One thing about TVTropes which frustrates me is if you go to a page for any specific show, there are LOTS of tropes listed without any examples given. Even if it is a common trope which would be impossible to list each and every last instance, the least they can do is provide some examples so people know what the bloody hell they're talking about or how they are relevant to the show in question. Some tropes are basically just "a rose by any other name" duplicates, which is also annoying.

With that said, I've gotten lost on there reading some of the stuff.
It's simple. They list tropes which link you to a page that explains it and you see how it might apply to the show. Did you not see how they were colored blue?
DBZAOTA482 wrote:A recent offense I have against them though is that they consider Piccolo and Chi-Chi jerks (with hearts of gold that is but still...).
Piccolo (Junior) is a jerk prior to character development (and even in the Cell Saga, he can be pretty stand-offish for some) and while Chi Chi's heart is in the right place, her tongue's undeniably sharp (Anime-wise mostly but the Manga at times too) and her temper can get lost (though jerk isn't the word that comes to my mind). Plus, I wouldn't take the trope names too literally in this regard.

Also Your Millage May Vary (durhurhur, seewatididthar?) but TV Tropes being full of shit is pretty stretching it. You don't have to like it but still...

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