What could the Z fighters work as?

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What could the Z fighters work as?

Post by soulnova » Fri Oct 12, 2012 10:41 am

I was thinking this just now and I believe it might be a funny discussion.

We saw Goku working as a farmer in the 2008 which I believe is quite acceptable as Roshi trained them to tilt the land with their hands. He could have been construction worker too but I don't think he would have liked to stay on noisy place like a construction site.

There was a fanfic I read a while ago where Goku was working as a stunt double because he was near indestructible. :lol: Good choice.

For Vegeta... well, I read a comic on deviantart where Bulma teaches Vegeta about stocks and he becomes the best stock broker for Capsule Corp due his competitive nature. Pure genius I say.


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Re: What could the Z fighters work as?

Post by Insertclevername » Fri Oct 12, 2012 2:56 pm

Any physical job would be easy. Demolition would be good as they can just use their ki. Also, they would dominate as Police officers or soldiers.

Not to mention, athletics or any kind of pro sport.
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Re: What could the Z fighters work as?

Post by Piccolo Daimao » Fri Oct 12, 2012 4:15 pm

Pretty much any physical job. Bodybuilding, construction work, baseball, boxing, sprinting, military, police...

Heck, it makes you wonder why Kuririn didn't just do something like that to get rich and get the girls, rather than continuing to bum around with a horny old man at Kame House, even when he got a wife and daughter. Or Yamcha, who wouldn't have to tolerate Blooma's bullshit if becoming the world's greatest baseball player would get him everything he ever wanted. Money, marriage, girls...everything.
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Re: What could the Z fighters work as?

Post by soulnova » Fri Oct 12, 2012 5:10 pm

Didn't Yamcha became a model or something like that? Or maybe it was only our Dub?
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Re: What could the Z fighters work as?

Post by chaosakita » Fri Oct 12, 2012 5:16 pm

I think Goku working as a farmer makes plenty of sense. I can't see a more fitting job (or at least real one) for him.

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Re: What could the Z fighters work as?

Post by DBZAOTA482 » Fri Oct 12, 2012 7:39 pm

soulnova wrote:Didn't Yamcha became a model or something like that? Or maybe it was only our Dub?
I'm sure it's only your dub.
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Re: What could the Z fighters work as?

Post by In Brightest Day » Fri Oct 12, 2012 8:38 pm

Yamcha was actually a pro Baseball player in the Anime. Off the top of my head, he and Trunks (during GT) are the only Z-Fighters to be seen with a job at any point.

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Re: What could the Z fighters work as?

Post by Insertclevername » Fri Oct 12, 2012 9:49 pm

In Brightest Day wrote:Yamcha was actually a pro Baseball player in the Anime. Off the top of my head, he and Trunks (during GT) are the only Z-Fighters to be seen with a job at any point.
Also Gohan, you know, a he is a....scholar? What exactly is Gohan's job anyway?
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Re: What could the Z fighters work as?

Post by DBZAOTA482 » Fri Oct 12, 2012 9:54 pm

Insertclevername wrote:
In Brightest Day wrote:Yamcha was actually a pro Baseball player in the Anime. Off the top of my head, he and Trunks (during GT) are the only Z-Fighters to be seen with a job at any point.
Also Gohan, you know, a he is a....scholar? What exactly is Gohan's job anyway?
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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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Re: What could the Z fighters work as?

Post by Chuquita » Fri Oct 12, 2012 9:54 pm

Goku farming and growing plants works well for him; I like it.

I can't see him handling anything fast-paced, he's too Goku for almost any other type of job.

When they had that Jump Stage Show where Bulma was going to have Goku act as a Capsule Corp tour guide....I can't imagine Goku in any sort of service job without Vegeta consistently popping in for the personal enjoyment of having Goku wait on him. In fact, I can imagine Vegeta hiring Goku to wait on him (and paying him with Bulma's money I guess?) but who knows how long that would last.

I think Vegeta would become a nomad like Tenshinhan before he'd get a job; he doesn't take orders from anybody.
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Re: What could the Z fighters work as?

Post by JulieYBM » Fri Oct 12, 2012 9:55 pm

I figure that Kuririn (and to a lesser extent, Yamcha) aren't big and famous because they don't want to sell their martial arts so short. Blooma makes a comment about how trivialized the Tenka'ichi Budoukai became at the twenty-fifth, didn't she?
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Re: What could the Z fighters work as?

Post by Insertclevername » Fri Oct 12, 2012 10:16 pm

DBZAOTA482 wrote:
Insertclevername wrote:
In Brightest Day wrote:Yamcha was actually a pro Baseball player in the Anime. Off the top of my head, he and Trunks (during GT) are the only Z-Fighters to be seen with a job at any point.
Also Gohan, you know, a he is a....scholar? What exactly is Gohan's job anyway?
Orthopedist. :P
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Re: What could the Z fighters work as?

Post by DBZnut » Fri Oct 12, 2012 10:55 pm

Goku would have to do something outdoors.

Vegeta would be a great guard or something like that.

Master Roshi would be a Pilates instructor
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Re: What could the Z fighters work as?

Post by chaosakita » Fri Oct 12, 2012 11:15 pm

Chuquita wrote:I think Vegeta would become a nomad like Tenshinhan before he'd get a job; he doesn't take orders from anybody.
Vegeta doesn't need a job. He has Bulma, remember? So his occupation is reverse gold-digger.

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Re: What could the Z fighters work as?

Post by Storm101 » Sat Oct 13, 2012 4:55 pm

Eating competitions for the saiyans.

(Although, are any of the saiyans besides Goku shown to have a huge appetite in the manga?)

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Re: What could the Z fighters work as?

Post by CaBrPi » Sat Oct 13, 2012 5:34 pm

Storm101 wrote:Eating competitions for the saiyans.

(Although, are any of the saiyans besides Goku shown to have a huge appetite in the manga?)
Vegeta and Gohan were, as well, if I recall correctly. I'm sure Gohan was shown eating just as much as his father at the 25th Tenkaichi Budokai.

On topic:

I'd see Goku and Chi-Chi both as farmers, though Goku would do most of the work.
Vegeta wouldn't have to work, as Bulma's rich, so he'd basically be a boy-toy.
Yamcha, I guess, would go back to baseball, or maybe a mechanic?

I always liked some of the little things that Toei came up with like that, like Marron being Trunks's secretary.

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Post by Jackal puFF » Sat Oct 13, 2012 5:51 pm

Piccolo Daimao wrote:Pretty much any physical job. Bodybuilding, construction work, baseball, boxing, sprinting, military, police...

Heck, it makes you wonder why Kuririn didn't just do something like that to get rich and get the girls, rather than continuing to bum around with a horny old man at Kame House, even when he got a wife and daughter. Or Yamcha, who wouldn't have to tolerate Blooma's bullshit if becoming the world's greatest baseball player would get him everything he ever wanted. Money, marriage, girls...everything.
I never really understood why he decided to stay there with his family, when he knows how Master Roshi can be.. They could easily build a house somewhere.

I can see Krillin being a teacher like Roshi.

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Re: What could the Z fighters work as?

Post by Ketchup_Revenge » Mon Oct 29, 2012 11:22 pm

Goku- Farmer
Gohan- Physicist
Vegeta- Anthropologist
Piccolo- Dojo owner
Yamcha- Billionaire Philathropist
Krillin- Construction
Tien- Secret government agent
I wipe it off the tile, the light is brighter this time, everything is 3D blasphemy.
My eyes are red and gold, the hair is standing straight up, this is not the way I picture me.
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Re: What could the Z fighters work as?

Post by Kaboom » Mon Oct 29, 2012 11:58 pm

CaBrPi wrote:I always liked some of the little things that Toei came up with like that, like Marron being Trunks's secretary.
I have to admit, I'm kind of relieved that somebody besides me is getting GT and GTR mixed up now.
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Re: What could the Z fighters work as?

Post by Kingdom Heartless » Tue Oct 30, 2012 7:02 am

Kaboom wrote:
CaBrPi wrote:I always liked some of the little things that Toei came up with like that, like Marron being Trunks's secretary.
I have to admit, I'm kind of relieved that somebody besides me is getting GT and GTR mixed up now.
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