Did Goku and Chaozu ever have one conversation?

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Did Goku and Chaozu ever have one conversation?

Post by PiccoloFan7289 » Wed Mar 07, 2012 11:46 am

This might be kind of random but I just noticed that Goku and Chaozu never had one real conversation the entire series. Goku has plenty of conversations with Tenshinhan, but never any with Chaozu. I know this isn't important or anything, but it's just something I noticed. It's weird to think though that a character that enters the series as early as he does never has one conversation with the main character.

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Re: Did Goku and Chaozu ever have one conversation?

Post by Herms » Wed Mar 07, 2012 11:49 am

They do indeed never talk in the manga. Don't know about the anime though.
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Post by TheMajinRedComet » Wed Mar 07, 2012 1:49 pm

Yet he was so outraged when Nappa bragged about killing him. :)
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Post by Kingdom Heartless » Wed Mar 07, 2012 1:58 pm

TheMajinRedComet wrote:Yet he was so outraged when Nappa bragged about killing him. :)
What was even funnier was how the first punch he gave Nappa was for him, which in the original Z is what they ended the episode on, if I remember clearly.
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Re: Did Goku and Chaozu ever have one conversation?

Post by kei17 » Wed Mar 07, 2012 2:28 pm

Herms wrote:They do indeed never talk in the manga. Don't know about the anime though.
Goku speaks to Chaozu in DBZ episode 51. It's something less than a conversation, though.

Edit: A video clip added. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YXap8bPQwrI

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Re: Did Goku and Chaozu ever have one conversation?

Post by Piccolo Daimao » Wed Mar 07, 2012 3:05 pm

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Herms wrote:They do indeed never talk in the manga. Don't know about the anime though.
Goku speaks to Chaozu in DBZ episode 51. It's something less than a conversation, though.

Edit: A video clip added. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YXap8bPQwrI
Yeah, that happens in the manga too, where Gokuu, through Kaiou, congratulates Chaozu for having his body restored.
TheMajinRedComet wrote:Yet he was so outraged when Nappa bragged about killing him. :)
Well, that group of warriors were pretty much all friends with each other, so I guess Gokuu saw himself as a friend or at least an acquaintance of Chaozu, and vice versa.
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Re: Did Goku and Chaozu ever have one conversation?

Post by TheDevilsCorpse » Wed Mar 07, 2012 3:11 pm

Piccolo Daimao wrote:Well, that group of warriors were pretty much all friends with each other, so I guess Gokuu saw himself as a friend or at least an acquaintance of Chaozu, and vice versa.
Goku is a child at heart, and nobody fucks with his clown friend. =P
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Re: Did Goku and Chaozu ever have one conversation?

Post by Piccolo Daimao » Wed Mar 07, 2012 3:25 pm

TheDevilsCorpse wrote:
Piccolo Daimao wrote:Well, that group of warriors were pretty much all friends with each other, so I guess Gokuu saw himself as a friend or at least an acquaintance of Chaozu, and vice versa.
Goku is a child at heart, and nobody fucks with his clown friend. =P
Basically, yeah. :)
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Re: Did Goku and Chaozu ever have one conversation?

Post by ThunderPX » Wed Mar 07, 2012 3:37 pm

Isn't there some early Android arc filler that says Chaozu is a good cook? That must be the reason. ;p
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Post by Piccolo Daimao » Wed Mar 07, 2012 3:39 pm

ThunderPX wrote:Isn't there some early Android arc filler that says Chaozu is a good cook? That must be the reason. ;p
Ah, yes, of course. Chaozu rarely gets to cook for Gokuu, what with him being in the mountains with Tenshinhan most of the time. Gokuu was pissed that he'd never get a chance like that again.
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Re: Did Goku and Chaozu ever have one conversation?

Post by Akumaito Beam » Wed Mar 07, 2012 9:25 pm

I think he was so pissed because at that point in the story you could only be revived by the Dragon Balls once. Chaozu was already killed by Piccolo so he was gone for good now.

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That being said Piccolo was dead by that point so everyone had to stay dead anyway.

Did Goku know about the no Piccolo no Dragon Balls rule?

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Post by TheDevilsCorpse » Wed Mar 07, 2012 9:33 pm

Akumaito Beam wrote:Did Goku know about the no Piccolo no Dragon Balls rule?
Yes, he put everything together about the Piccolo-Kami-Dragon Balls relationship at the 23rd Budokai.
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Re: Did Goku and Chaozu ever have one conversation?

Post by kei17 » Thu Mar 08, 2012 12:30 am

Piccolo Daimao wrote:
kei17 wrote:Goku speaks to Chaozu in DBZ episode 51. It's something less than a conversation, though.

Edit: A video clip added. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YXap8bPQwrI
Yeah, that happens in the manga too, where Gokuu, through Kaiou, congratulates Chaozu for having his body restored
It's a bit different. In the manga, Goku just says "Yokattana!" (That's great!) to Yamcha, but in the anime, he clearly speaks to Chaozu.

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Re: Did Goku and Chaozu ever have one conversation?

Post by Gaffer Tape » Thu Mar 08, 2012 12:37 am

Heh, nice find. They sure as heck didn't ever speak to each other. Poor Chaozu. That was one wasted character.
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Re: Did Goku and Chaozu ever have one conversation?

Post by DBZ Mick » Thu Mar 08, 2012 4:15 am

Speaking of Chaozu.

Imagine what the poor little guy was thinking when the Earth suddenly blew up around him as Boo destroyed it...

Ten left him by himself and everyone else was gone...

Can't imagine what Goku would say to him though. Maybe say something about his head, like he did about Kuririn when they first met.
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Re: Did Goku and Chaozu ever have one conversation?

Post by Piccolo Daimao » Thu Mar 08, 2012 3:39 pm

kei17 wrote:
Piccolo Daimao wrote:
kei17 wrote:Goku speaks to Chaozu in DBZ episode 51. It's something less than a conversation, though.

Edit: A video clip added. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YXap8bPQwrI
Yeah, that happens in the manga too, where Gokuu, through Kaiou, congratulates Chaozu for having his body restored
It's a bit different. In the manga, Goku just says "Yokattana!" (That's great!) to Yamcha, but in the anime, he clearly speaks to Chaozu.
Oh, really? Well, I was quoting from Viz anyway.
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Post by Dan Corson » Thu Mar 08, 2012 4:16 pm

They actually talked all the time through a psychic link. Tenshinhan was super jealous.

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Re: Did Goku and Chaozu ever have one conversation?

Post by Drabaz » Thu Mar 08, 2012 4:27 pm

DBZ Mick wrote:Speaking of Chaozu.

Imagine what the poor little guy was thinking when the Earth suddenly blew up around him as Boo destroyed it...

Ten left him by himself and everyone else was gone...
Yea! I actually just got to that part while reading the manga and I thought the same exact thing! Chaozu and Boo were the only people/creature on Earth that were fully conscious when the Earth blew up. So sad.
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Post by Kingdom Heartless » Thu Mar 08, 2012 4:29 pm

What's even funnier is that despite never talking, Chaozu still used his abilities to screw with Goku that time at the 22nd Tenkaichi Budokai.

Also worth noting: I was certain that Kuririn was going to lose against him and that Goku was to fight Chaozu in the semi-finals.
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Re: Did Goku and Chaozu ever have one conversation?

Post by Castor Troy » Thu Mar 08, 2012 5:23 pm

Holy crap, I never realized this! :shock:

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