Odds and Ends. Interesting things to Notice about DBZ

Odds and Ends.

Comments and Complaints in Regards to Dragonball.

by Lily

When you read this, you'll know that I spend waaaay too much time thinking of DragonBall.

1. Remember when Goku thought of his Grandpa Gohan when Vegeta turned into his oozaru form? Goku has a flashback about the old dojo right before it was smashed to smithereens by himself. Notice that the building he is destroying looks just like Pilaf's old fortress. I could be wrong about this, but the scene looks EXACTLY like the scene from DragonBall in which Goku bursts through the iron room in his were-mokey state.

2. There is quite a bit of confusion over when the Planet Vegeta was destroyed. (I could be wrong about this too) When Raditz first arrives on earth, he states that the Planet Vegeta was destroyed 3 years ago. However, in the Bardock Special, which many people consider to be one of the movies that actually happened, we see the planet blown up with Vegeta as a little kid who looks no more than 8. Course, maybe Saiyans mature faster or something, but it seems kind of odd. Vegeta is supposed to be about 3 years older than Goku. (I think, is that right? I don't think it is) The age difference from what he looks like in the movie and how old Goku himself actually was, also seems a little inconsistent. (I'm confused right here, please email me if you can correct what I just said). But see, if everything I just said is right, then Bulma is actually one year OLDER than Vegeta. She's Vegeta's senior! Pretty scary, huh? Bet you never would have guessed. :P I came to this conclusion all by myself!

3. Why must Goku or Gohan be the only ones to defeat the major villains? There is such a big focus on the greatness of the Son family and how they can defeat every evil guy that comes to earth. Why not Vegeta for once? Or maybe Piccolo, even. I know that Goku is supposed to be the strongest, but the tides of a battle aren't always decided be who's stronger than who. Ooo!! You know who I REALLY wanna see beat the bad guy? Krillen!! I mean it! I want Krillen to win!! No really! I love that little guy!

4. EVERY villain in EVERY movie (with the exception of the DeadZone) is defeated by Goku. Consequently, every almost every villain in the series is defeated by Goku. He keeps beating them, one after the other, on and on and on and on.... Does anyone else here think that gets kind of redundant after a while?

5. Wouldn't it be interesting if Piccolo's attenii would spin around in little circles?

6. Wouldn't it be interesting if Kuririn's dots would move and change colors?

7. Sometimes Vegeta is shorter than Bulma, once I think I saw him at level with Kuririn, other times he's almost as tall as Goku. Sometimes he's about a foot smaller than him. The rest of the times we see him, he looks like the average height for such a well muscled, buff Saiyan such as the Prince himself.....

8. Vegeta is REALLY buff compared to the way he first looks in the beginning of the series when he landed on Earth. He's got a real scrawny neck and a small face. His hair is much more wild and poofy and you can see the Adam's Apple on his neck. He also looks MUCH shorter. Same thing with Goku. As the series progressed, their bodies really thickened out and got REALLY muscular. Their necks even got thicker. Freaky, huh? Kuririn and Piccolo, along with a number of other characters, looks the same throughout almost the entire series.

9. Yamcha, Tenshinan, Chaotzu, Muten Roshi, Oolong, and Paur really don't have much of a role in DBZ. In DB they played important parts in the story line, but here, they seem like more of the backdrop without much influence in the mainstream. Looks like they lost out when the bigger guys walked into the script, like Vegeta, Trunks, and Goten. Yep. They just totally overshadowed those poor guys. Nobody really cares that much about them anymore.

10. That curly strand of hair on Chaotzu's head! Just see it! It's too funny for words. Take a look at my episode section at the Ramblings page for info on where to find this scene.

11. Heeheee.... Vegeta's hair is so stiff that it never changes shape whenever he goes into different SSJ levels. Everybody else's does, but nope! Not Vegeta! He's special. :P

12. Stiff hair? Doesn't it look kind of awkward to see the Saiyan's thick spiky hair flowing in the breeze? You would think it would stay put completely. Yet another totally amazing site littered within the mass that is DRAGONBALL Z!!

13. Ever see Vegeta eat? He's sooo adorable! He and Goku look just like huge hamsters when they stuff their food into their mouth. Heehee! Their cheeks get all swollen from all the food they put in at once, and it's just hilarious to see them scarfing it all down! They look like hamsters! Cute, pudgy little hamsters that you just wanna hug and squeeze and play with!! Poke em! You know you want to!

14. The rock, scissors, paper game seems to be a favorite with Akira Toriyama, as well as the Japanese in general. No really! I've been there! They use it to solve like, all their problems! I do too, but that's beyond the point. Goku uses it as one of his first attacks against Yamcha in DB, and the Ginyu Force uses it constantly. Goku, Gohan, and Vegeta use it as well to determine who gets to fight who first. They make it look so dramatic too! "Rock, scissors, paper! Rock, scissors, paper!"

15. Chibi Vegeta. 'Cause he's so cute and adorable in his little spandex suite! Don't you just love his button nose, and that little smirk that looks like he's got something evil in store for you? *sigh* Awww.... It's cute to see him eat those little waffle cracker things in the end of the Bardock Special.

16. What does Vegeta think when he eats a vegetable? Would he feel bad, or would he be considered a cannibal? Then again, he's not really eating Saiyan flesh, just a few pieces of leafy green plants that certain humans find appetizing. I wonder if he'd stay away from carrots. Or spend time dropping them into one of those vegetable juice blender stuff. *heh, don't fall in Veggie!*

17. If Tenshinan started crying, would all three of his eyes shed tears?

18. Anyone know what Chaotzu is? He looks like a little china doll, or a short mime.

19. Whatever happened to the Saiyan's tails after they were cut off? It still remains the same size it was before it got off, so.... What happened to Vegeta's tail after Yajirobi cut it off? The whole thing is bigger than anyone else in the world. Can you imagine it rotting in the hot sun? I'm sure something that big would really start to smell pretty foul. *Peww!* You wouldn't want to poke at that. No no.... that's a big no no.... even with a stick, that's a big no no.

20. What kind of fashion sense do the androids have? I mean, did you ever notice that #17 wears green socks, and #18 always wears orange socks? Who would want to wear orange and green socks? They're kinda cute though... :) and those two actually look pretty good wearing such interesting colors. I know someone who does that in real life....

21. No one ever needs to go to the bathroom. Sure, they make small little references about it, but they never actually go. Maybe they're just too busy saving the world and all to go and stop and relieve themselves in the rest room. They either don't go at all, do it when we're not looking, or are simply just constipated and really have to go but can't for fear of embarrassment or too tight a schedule. Except Gohan. Ah yes, good old Gohan.

22. Does anyone else here think Gohan has a bladder problem? Honestly, when he was a little kid he just had to keep going and going and going.... Then when he grew up, he was no better. Always running off to the bathroom in the middle of class with Videl.... what on EARTH could they be doing that would keep them for so long. Do they have an alternate identity of something? A masked vigilante who goes out to right wrongs and make sure evil goes unforgiven! Here they come again!

23. Chibi Trunks just likes to pee on everyone.... Doesn't he?

24. Broly looks like he's O.D'ed on prozac. He just looks so dead and lifeless.... and sick. Someone needs to feed him more vegetables.... put some iron in his diet! He could use the roughphage.

25. Babidi looks just like a peanut! He does! Give him a top hat and a cane and make him dance. I bet if you kiss his head it'll be just like kissing a wrinkled peanut that's been left out in the sun, covered with dirt and funny smelling dishsoap.

26. You know that giant vein on some of the characters' head that twitches all the time? Well, imagine if that big vein of theirs would one day just pop.

27. Here's another fun activity! Grab the scroll bar on the side of the screen------------------>
and make it go up and down and up and down really fast. you'll see lot's of pretty colors. 'Cause you can make a rainbow!! Candy all around!! Lalalala....the candy man can cause he sprinkles stuff...around....nevermind.

28. 17 becomes a little gun toting terrorist in the end of the Buu saga, doesn't he? He's silly, making all the people put up their hands.... This is a stick up!! Juunanagou says, Gimmie all yer money! BAHAHAHAHHA!!

29. Bibidi looks horrible! But I have another activity you can do that turns you into authentic magician! First get a road map or something, figure out where you want to go, concentrate on it, then yell out "Paparapa!!!"   Then, find a large fire, jump into it and say "Barrier!" If you don't get burned and scalded to death, then you are a true magician! Congratulations!!
    I hereby dub you Majin _______________!!!!!
                                                        *Place your name here!!*

30. Now....who wants to try and grab the fat on your tummy, pull it out, throw it at people on the street, and laugh at them, being strangled by your pink bubble gum fat?? *searches the room*

31. Wouldn't it be interesting if everyone--definatly Goku, Vegeta, Bulma, and the 2nd generation--went back into the time of DragonBall, and saw how sick and disturbed Bulma was--trying to make Goku "touch" her in order to get his Dragon Ball...WELL!! >_< (must...wash out...eyes...)

32. What if Goku/Gohan/Goten went around using the "pat-pat" on everyone they saw? Like in that song, Love Potion #9, except they use the pat pat, and not the kissing....?

33. You know what would be cool for Bulma to do with all her technology, is to shrink Goku and Vegeta, put them in a little see-through jar (like glass), and SHAKE IT!!! Then, see how they turn up after the immense earthquake abuse.

34. If Bulma doesn't like her name, since it sounds like "bloomers," (She said so in DragonBall), then why did she name her son after men's undies--trunks!! Or what about her daughter that has an uncanny resemblance to her after the other undies women wear-- a bra...? Hypocrite!!

35. If they were so nice, and like to help people, then why doesn't Bulma create her OWN time traveling device, like the other parrallel dimension Bulma (the one with Future Trunks), and send robots or something to help clean up the place?! *sigh* Bulma doesn't even wanna help herSELF.....even though it's not really herself, but technicly is, and....ooh...my head hurts....

36. "A santi-sanna, a squish bannana, a wee wa wee la doo da deeda...." said Goku, prancing around Vegeta (or atleast, that what I think he said....)

37. Heey!! Krillen switched the spots on his head for hair!! Hah! Just like Bambi!! (He switched it for hair, male deer switch them for antlers?)

38. Imagine if Goku (in the first series, DragonBall) thought that Krillen's head was the six star ball, and tried to pry it off his head....

39. NOO!! Goku ate most of Kinto'un's relatives in heaven!! NoOOO!!!

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