Darkest DBZ moment?

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Post by dasmith » Thu Feb 01, 2007 11:42 pm

I would have to say a very dark moment is at the end of GT when things start looking bad during the Yi Xing Long battle. (Recalling from memory..) Basically, the men are getting the women out of there, then Vegeta decides that he would rather die than run away. He decides to turn around and face Yi Xing Long, then Gohan, Goten, and Trunks catch the vibe and make the same choice.

They all go and face Yi Xing Long and get absolutely pummeled. The darkest moment of the scene is when Vegeta gets stabbed through the shoulder by one of Yi Xing Long's spikes and gets ruthlessly fried by the "dragon thunder". The great voice acting and bgm in the japanese version (can't say anything about the dub, haven't seen it) all contribute to the emotion of a great scene.

Say what you will about it as a whole, but I personally really enjoyed the end of GT.

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Post by Majin Buu » Fri Feb 02, 2007 1:47 am

BROLEROT wrote:When Vegeta was killed by freeza and I think he even let a few tears out while saying his last words to Goku.
I always thought the way Freeza viciously beat Vegeta to a pulp and then finished him off when he couldn't even move coupled with Vegeta's crying death plea to Goku was kind of hard to watch.

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Post by JAPPO » Fri Feb 02, 2007 1:51 am

Majin Buu wrote:
BROLEROT wrote:When Vegeta was killed by freeza and I think he even let a few tears out while saying his last words to Goku.
I always thought the way Freeza viciously beat Vegeta to a pulp and then finished him off when he couldn't even move coupled with Vegeta's crying death plea to Goku was kind of hard to watch.
To me, that was one of the best moments of DBZ.

Dark? What do you expect from Freeza? Sugar lollipops and gumdrop kisses? (lol)
If challenge had a taste, you'd be quite delicious.

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Post by Duo » Fri Feb 02, 2007 4:56 am

JAPPO wrote:
Majin Buu wrote:
BROLEROT wrote:When Vegeta was killed by freeza and I think he even let a few tears out while saying his last words to Goku.
I always thought the way Freeza viciously beat Vegeta to a pulp and then finished him off when he couldn't even move coupled with Vegeta's crying death plea to Goku was kind of hard to watch.
To me, that was one of the best moments of DBZ.

Dark? What do you expect from Freeza? Sugar lollipops and gumdrop kisses? (lol)
Maybe from Dub "Frieza".

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Post by slice-n-dice trunks » Sat Feb 03, 2007 2:19 am

The two tv specials had dark and sad moments, but the darkest moment to me was when Piccolo died in GT. I was like, "what the heck?" Then they went and had him end up in HFIL.......that made me mad. :x

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Post by Lord Moonstone » Sun Feb 04, 2007 11:10 pm

Hmm.. "darkest" moment would have to be either Omega Shenron (Don't feel like doing Chinese what-nots) having the world entirely eclisped, basically everyone's dead/dying as Goku and Vegeta are making their last efforts to take him down (Vegeta gets impaled too =S). Or, as previously mentioned Gohan's death in the Future Trunks TV Special.

"Saddest" moment would probably be Gohan's death, as mentioned, or Bardock's death. Also, Vegeta's death fits nicely in these two categories.

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Post by Friezafan120 » Mon Feb 05, 2007 9:35 pm

Freeza's torture of Vegeta is at the top of the list. Either that or his torture of Piccolo when he is in his 3rd form.

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Post by The Prince » Thu Feb 08, 2007 1:45 am

Yamcha's death against the saibamen(sp?) was really sad for me. He was so confident and cool..and then he dies so suddenly.
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Post by JAPPO » Thu Feb 08, 2007 1:53 am

When Piccolo dies in Saiyan Saga as well.
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Post by mAcChaos » Thu Feb 08, 2007 2:02 am

The Prince wrote:Yamcha's death against the saibamen(sp?) was really sad for me. He was so confident and cool..and then he dies so suddenly.
The Saiyan Saga always reminded me of a "real war" / WW1 kind of situation. It's all gritty and they all go in there thinking they're going to rock but end up dying needlessly. Then you have the Cell saga where it's the complete opposite. Glory!
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Post by Tanooki Kuribo » Thu Feb 08, 2007 11:21 am

I think the darkest DBZ moment was when FUNimation got there hands on it. :lol:

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Post by Rocketman » Thu Feb 08, 2007 11:28 am

mAcChaos wrote:The Saiyan Saga always reminded me of a "real war" / WW1 kind of situation. It's all gritty and they all go in there thinking they're going to rock but end up dying needlessly. Then you have the Cell saga where it's the complete opposite. Glory!
Does that make Gohan attacking Fat Buu Pickett's Charge?

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Post by Katalyst » Thu Feb 08, 2007 11:59 am

I think the hardest moment in DBZ for me to watch, was when Videl was getting tortured by that Majin guy at the tournament during the Buu Saga. Seeing Gohan get more and more pissed was a pretty intense scene. I kept expecting him to lose it and bash the guys head in.

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Post by Mike D » Fri Feb 09, 2007 10:44 pm

I always found the scene where Reecoome breaks Gohan's neck to be disturbing.

Also, I have to agree with any post that refers to the Saiyan and Freeza saga. They just seemed to be much more brutal than Cell and Majin Buu.

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Re: Darkest DBZ moment?

Post by Nex Carnifex » Tue Sep 27, 2011 10:37 pm

Clearly when the sniper took out the wandering old couple with headshots, I mean where the hell did that come from?

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Re: Darkest DBZ moment?

Post by Li'l Lemmy » Tue Sep 27, 2011 10:53 pm

Nex Carnifex wrote:Clearly when the sniper took out the wandering old couple with headshots, I mean where the hell did that come from?
Unfortunately, sir, you've replied to a thread that died... um. Five years ago, almost. That's known as necroposting (or in this case, Super-Duper Necroposting), and as a general rule it's not something the forum wants-- it makes the mods' jobs just a touch more difficult, and just plain confuses the dickens out of everyone else at the same time. Perhaps you'd like to refresh yourself on the Forum Rules?

If you feel like your response is important enough to warrant repoening the topic, feel free to make an entirely new thread! In the meantime, a mod will be along to lock this one. ;p


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Re: Darkest DBZ moment?

Post by Kaboom » Tue Sep 27, 2011 10:57 pm

'Nuff said.
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