Aspects of Dragon Ball that never cross your mind...

[jjgp1112]

What are some things in Dragon Ball that never cross your mind when watching it? Like certain neat little tidbits are potential scenarios drawn from facts revealed later on in the story.

One thing that came to mind recently was the fact that if Vegeta would've chosen to fight Nail when he went to the Grand Elder's house, Nail would've completely kicked his ass.

[Perfect]

I really want a Nail vs. Vegeta or Nail, Vegeta, Gohan and Krilin vs. the Ginyu Force comic now.

[Ahiru77]

What are some things in Dragon Ball that never cross your mind when watching it? Like certain neat little tidbits are potential scenarios drawn from facts revealed later on in the story.

One thing that came to mind recently was the fact that if Vegeta would've chosen to fight Nail when he went to the Grand Elder's house, Nail would've completely kicked his ass.

That's so true. Nail looked like he was really up for it too.

[caejones]

I don't know how much this counts, but I was surprised to discover that Vegeta came back after Freeza. Not to life so much a he stayed in the story. His entire purpose just seemed fulfilled...

[Godo]

- If Cell didn't get Freeza and King Cold's cells, he would have left Earth intact. There would be an endless Cell Games instead.
- If Gohan and Kuririn didn't return to help Goku, Goku would have died slowly and painfully.
- If Cell didn't reach his perfect form, the Buu Arc wouldn't have happened.
- If the others didn't intervene in Vegeta's fight with Android 18, there would be enough senzu beans for SSJ2 Gohan's energy to be replenished and for Trunks to not be killed. In other words, no enraged Vegeta, and no hurt Gohan. Cell would be owned.
- If Yajirobe didn't exist, there would be no one to give Goku a senzu after his fight with Piccolo, and Piccolo would have died. And also, Yamcha would have died against C20 too, and so would Goku (he would have last a shorter time against C19) and the others who fought the Androids and Cyborgs.
- If Trunks didn't come from the future, everyone would have died. Sure, he is the one who says it, but still. Pretty dark.

[Piccolo Daimao]

Pretty much most plotholes and inconsistencies in DB never cross my mind until I hear about them here or think about it more, since I tend to just ignore them and go with the flow. Like Cell saying he could've had Trunks' cells, when in the future, Trunks wasn't even born at the time the cells were collected.

[Suupaa Gohan 2]

- If Yajirobe didn't exist, there would be no one to give Goku a senzu after his fight with Piccolo, and Piccolo would have died. And also, Yamcha would have died against C20 too, and so would Goku (he would have last a shorter time against C19) and the others who fought the Androids and Cyborgs.

Don't forget that everyone would have been crushed by Oozaru Vegeta. And even if by some miracle they got out of that another way, Yajirobe's (pathetic) distraction slashing up Vegeta bought time for Gohan's Deus Ex Tail-Growing-Back to happen.

[dbgtFO]

- If Yajirobe didn't exist, there would be no one to give Goku a senzu after his fight with Piccolo, and Piccolo would have died. And also, Yamcha would have died against C20 too, and so would Goku (he would have last a shorter time against C19) and the others who fought the Androids and Cyborgs.

No, if Yajirobe didn't exist Goku would have defeated Cymbal and Tambourine, but then be owned, by old Piccolo and probably lie on the ground and slowly die. If he dies Piccolo Daimao would have won. If he recovered and somehow managed to get all the way back to Karin, Tenshinhan would have been killed by Drum. If he gets the holy water power up whatever, he would lose against Piccolo Daimao, if the fight happened the same way, as in the series, because he wouldn't be able to avoid the Demon beam, that destroyed the city.
If he survies and beats Piccolo anyways, then yeah things would have happened as you wrote them.

[Codarik]

If Vegeta or Goku fought Dabura instead of Gohan, one of them would of killed Dabura then they would of destroyed Babidi, which means Majin Buu wouldn't of been released.

[dbgtFO]

If Vegeta or Goku fought Dabura instead of Gohan, one of them would of killed Dabura then they would of destroyed Babidi, which means Majin Buu wouldn't of been released.

I would have loved seeing Babidi cry with sorrow xD
And yeah, if Vegeta had ignored Kaioshin and chosen to blow up the ship instead of following some weak God's orders, then Majin Buu wouldn't have been released and Vegeta wouldn't have to become Majin, because he hadn't seen Goku's SSJ2 yet.

[Catterix2006]

Where the Android saga would've gone had Toriyama's editors not decided that the Androids looked too stupid lol

[Piccolo Daimao]

Where the Android saga would've gone had Toriyama's editors not decided that the Androids looked too stupid lol

I thought that was stupid. The idea behind the Artificial Humans' design were that they were supposed to look unusual. It's not as if the finished product came out any better. I personally thought an old man and a clown were much more creepy than two teenagers. But who knows where it would've went had Toriyama gone for #19 and #20...

[Heatth]

- If Cell didn't reach his perfect form, the Buu Arc wouldn't have happened.

Not that I am doubt you, but why that? I can't see the correlation.

[Piccolo Daimao]

- If Cell didn't reach his perfect form, the Buu Arc wouldn't have happened.

Not that I am doubt you, but why that? I can't see the correlation.

I think it's because Vegeta or Trunks would've defeated Cell. Thus, Son Gohan wouldn't have become SSj2, meaning Vegeta probably wouldn't have (Goku might've, since he got SSj3, which Vegeta did not), and Boo needed the energies of two SSj2s to be released.

There's probably a hole in my explanation though, so if there are any other theories, you can say them.

[Drabaz]

Goku might've, since he got SSj3, which Vegeta did not

Well let's remember that Goku had the help of being in Other World for 7 years to reach SSJ3 status. And I'm no Vegeta fanboy, but I think that if Goku could reach SSJ2, then so could Vegeta. Vegeta and Goku wernt on good enough terms at that time where 1 of them would stop trying to surpass the other. Which means they would keep training as hard as they could.

[Piccolo Daimao]

Goku might've, since he got SSj3, which Vegeta did not

Well let's remember that Goku had the help of being in Other World for 7 years to reach SSJ3 status. And I'm no Vegeta fanboy, but I think that if Goku could reach SSJ2, then so could Vegeta. Vegeta and Goku wernt on good enough terms at that time where 1 of them would stop trying to surpass the other. Which means they would keep training as hard as they could.

You make a good point. After all, Goku probably only discovered SSj3 and thought it was good because he was in the Other World, and didn't learn the disadvantages of it on Earth. Yeah, if Goku would be able to get SSj2, Vegeta probably would too.

[B]

How does a Dragon Ball fly to the ocean floor, run through a sea cave, come up for air, travel through a pirate base, and find its way into a skeleton's mouth?

[Kid Buu]

- If Trunks didn't come from the future, everyone would have died. Sure, he is the one who says it, but still. Pretty dark.

Um, Future Bulma could have just time travelled herself and gave Goku the medicine.

[Piccolo Daimaoh]

That most of the characters have names based on foods.

[Kid Buu]

That most of the characters have names based on foods.

On the next episode of Dragon Ball Z, Super Vegetable will challenge Cell!