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Question about Goku & Grandpa Gohan

Post by ruffriles19 » Fri Mar 25, 2005 8:07 pm

at what point (in DB or Z) does goku first realize he's the one who killed gohan? I've watched the whole of both series but don't remember.

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Post by TripleRach » Fri Mar 25, 2005 8:12 pm

When Gokuu sees Vegeta transform during their fight in the Saiya-jin saga, he comes to the realization that he himself was the full moon monster that killed his grandpa, and busted up Pilaf's castle and the Budoukai hall.

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Post by VegettoEX » Fri Mar 25, 2005 8:21 pm

ruffriles19 wrote:at what point (in DB or Z) does goku first realize he's the one who killed gohan? I've watched the whole of both series but don't remember.
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Post by ruffriles19 » Fri Mar 25, 2005 8:40 pm

You got lectured here just for capitalization? The post was grammatically fine except for capitalization of names and the first word. Alright, but it sure seems anal over such a little thing.

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Post by VegettoEX » Fri Mar 25, 2005 8:49 pm

ruffriles19 wrote:You got lectured here just for capitalization? The post was grammatically fine except for capitalization of names and the first word. Alright, but it sure seems anal over such a little thing.
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Post by tealsmith » Fri Mar 25, 2005 9:19 pm

TripleRach wrote:When Gokuu sees Vegeta transform during their fight in the Saiya-jin saga, he comes to the realization that he himself was the full moon monster that killed his grandpa, and busted up Pilaf's castle and the Budoukai hall.
That part's actually a little confusing in the dub, as from the dialogue it seemed that Goku was accusing Vegeta personally of doing all those things. Just poor wording on the dub script writer's part of course, not like that's a rarity :P
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Post by *PINHEAD* » Fri Mar 25, 2005 9:41 pm

After seeing Vegeta become all Ozaru, Son Goku put the pieces together, realizing it was a transformed Saiyan that killed his grandpa. So he came to the conclusion that since he himself was a Saiyan, and he was supposedly present during those times a supposed monster came about, he was the monster.
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Post by Super Sonic » Fri Mar 25, 2005 9:42 pm

tealsmith wrote:
TripleRach wrote:When Gokuu sees Vegeta transform during their fight in the Saiya-jin saga, he comes to the realization that he himself was the full moon monster that killed his grandpa, and busted up Pilaf's castle and the Budoukai hall.
That part's actually a little confusing in the dub, as from the dialogue it seemed that Goku was accusing Vegeta personally of doing all those things. Just poor wording on the dub script writer's part of course, not like that's a rarity :P
That was during the heavy censor days. Hopefully if the writers aren't extremely lazy, it will be changed back to the original for the redub. Besides, they already mentioned the truth about the situation on Dragon Ball.

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Post by tealsmith » Fri Mar 25, 2005 10:11 pm

Super Sonic wrote:
tealsmith wrote:
TripleRach wrote:When Gokuu sees Vegeta transform during their fight in the Saiya-jin saga, he comes to the realization that he himself was the full moon monster that killed his grandpa, and busted up Pilaf's castle and the Budoukai hall.
That part's actually a little confusing in the dub, as from the dialogue it seemed that Goku was accusing Vegeta personally of doing all those things. Just poor wording on the dub script writer's part of course, not like that's a rarity :P
That was during the heavy censor days. Hopefully if the writers aren't extremely lazy, it will be changed back to the original for the redub. Besides, they already mentioned the truth about the situation on Dragon Ball.
I know, I've seen both series. I always found it strange though how Dragonball wasn't as censored as Dragonball Z (especially the final fight against Piccolo Jr, wow). But then I learned they dubbed DB after DBZ and it all made sense.
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Post by ruffriles19 » Fri Mar 25, 2005 10:59 pm

It's not surprising that they bungled up that part so badly in the dub. It's not like the later episodes are any better. I've only ever listened to bits and pieces of the dub on the DVDs and the acting is so bad that I would imagine that plenty of other plot points are missed. I don't want to start a huge sub/dub debate which I'm sure has been done plenty of times, but even If you absolutely hate the way the Japanese language sounds, I don't get how people can take the dub seriously after listening to that kiddy script and b-rate actors. The dub is simply not a good TV show. Period.

Sorry if that seems off topic, but I was just saying that the script hardly (if at all) got any better after those "heavy censor" days, and the same misunderstandings such as the one talked about here regarding Goku and Gohan happen the same way after Funi took everything over.

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Post by lost in thought » Fri Mar 25, 2005 11:58 pm

Stop being overly critical, it's the same story any way you slice it.

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Post by Gamingdevil » Sat Mar 26, 2005 4:20 am

tealsmith wrote:
TripleRach wrote:When Gokuu sees Vegeta transform during their fight in the Saiya-jin saga, he comes to the realization that he himself was the full moon monster that killed his grandpa, and busted up Pilaf's castle and the Budoukai hall.
That part's actually a little confusing in the dub, as from the dialogue it seemed that Goku was accusing Vegeta personally of doing all those things. Just poor wording on the dub script writer's part of course, not like that's a rarity :P
Yeah, I always thought it was kind of weird that Goku thought Vegeta did it in stead of the more obvious choice: him. But then again, maybe he would just not accept the truth :?
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Post by Jerseymilk » Sat Mar 26, 2005 8:28 am

I think the censoring of that scene was done because perhaps they felt that Goku killing his own grandfather, even if by accident, seemed gruesome. So they felt better about going with a villain at the time.
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Post by Mike D » Sun Mar 27, 2005 12:04 am

Well, as appropiate as that may seem, we were already taught to believe that this was Vegeta's first arrival on the planet Earth. Therefore making him Gohan's murderer would be impossible. They just created another plothole in addition to the ones that are already in DBZ.

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Post by Jerseymilk » Sun Mar 27, 2005 12:54 am

Yep that they did. Don't you just love Sabat? :D
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Post by Mike D » Sun Mar 27, 2005 12:57 am

Adore it.

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Post by Super Sonic » Sun Mar 27, 2005 1:06 am

Jerseymilk wrote:Yep that they did. Don't you just love Sabat? :D
You mean Saban. Sabat wasn't on the show yet.

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Post by Jerseymilk » Sun Mar 27, 2005 1:53 am

Whoops! :oops: My bad. I uh, have had some tiring nights at work the last couple of days. ^^'
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Post by Rocketman » Sun Mar 27, 2005 2:03 am

What if Goku wasn't refering to Vegeta himself, but to the Oozaru transformation?

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Post by askani son » Sun Mar 27, 2005 9:08 am

In the manga (the viz editions), Goku looks up, see's Oozaru-Vegeta and says "You killed my grandpa."
But then a few memmories later and Vegeta telling him the Oozaru is a Saiyans most powerful form, then Goku realises it was him who smashed up the martial arts tournament and killed his grandpa.
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