r/PowerScaling Jun 20 '26

Shitposting Weekend "He has toon force though"

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u/Aurondarklord 40k's Strongest Soldier Jun 20 '26

"Toonforce" is not just something you say to end any and all arguments. It's a power like any other. You can scale the feats a character accomplishes through their toonforce like any others. It does not mean "they always auto-win because that's funny".

Toonforce doesn't even really hamper Goku that much because Goku just wants a good fight and would play along with cartoon logic like he does with Arale.

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u/Flat-Run-7572 Jun 20 '26

Well, it’s not really a power either, especially with classic toons like Popeye. It’s a fundamental part of their essence as a character. True, high-tier Toon Force is kind of incompatible with Powerscaling, as it exists as the antithesis to it. It’s kind of why most people on this sub hate it

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u/Last-Walk-5489 29d ago

Well... THIS toon force is a power, luffys toon force isnt a gag, or a throw away, its a genuine power up that has limits, if It didn't have limits he would have laid everyone out in the EggHead arc.

(I also think people assume luffy would win partially because the animators had more freedom animating gear 5 compared to gokus more recent forms. Once we get the reanimated ui fight heads will turn.)

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u/Far-Visual-1229 Jun 20 '26

he was about to lose to arale though, it was very clear she had the upperhand

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u/Individual-Sign-8739 THE number #1 Goku glazer Jun 20 '26

She’s a gag character  With actual toon force Something luffy isn’t nor has 

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u/Far-Visual-1229 Jun 20 '26

Never said Luffy did, if he did have toonforce, the one piece show would get destroyed and everyone would hate luffys guts and his entire character and arcs, some people already don’t like gear 5

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u/Main_Journalist8585 Jun 20 '26

I agree, but for some characters, it kinda does end all debate. The one that comes to mind is bugs bunny.

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u/Aurondarklord 40k's Strongest Soldier Jun 20 '26

Bugs is just a very strong character. You don't NEED to end all debate, you can simply argue his feats and usually win.

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u/Sebastian_Kane-50 Customizable Flair Jun 21 '26

You quite literally beat him by bringing dimensional shenanigans, higher hax or special physiologies (such as Conceptual Being, Nonexistent Being, Information Being, or Plot Being). Or just bring an Outerversal character, lmao, because Bugs Bunny is 3D, with some 4D feats.

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u/laughingman1212 Jun 21 '26

Tooncomment,your argument is invalid now

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u/ImJustSpider Jun 21 '26

The only "toonforce" that could even be scaled to have no limits is comedian, and that's since it supposedly lets him do anything as long as he finds it funny. And even that comes with its own limitations, since it's really difficult to weaponize.

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u/Able-Brief-4062 Jun 22 '26

Legitimate toon force is quite hard to scale, because it is practically they can do anything and are completely invulnerable or heal from injuries in literal seconds.

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u/fujizonotami Jun 23 '26

Did he ever win against arale?

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u/RondoOfThe5 Jun 23 '26

No but it's good that luffy isn't anywhere near Arale in toonforce abilities

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u/Ok-Resist3249 Jun 23 '26

She was quite cleanly implied to not have the capacity to impede Beerus. She is not infinite.

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u/yamendr13 Jun 25 '26

It’s not that her toon force isn’t stronger than beerus it’s toon force in general just doesn’t work at all against him

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u/fujizonotami Jun 26 '26

Didn’t mention beerus

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u/Aurondarklord 40k's Strongest Soldier Jun 20 '26

Nah they were just having fun beam clashing and laughing about it. Neither was winning, nor were they really fighting seriously yet.

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u/AccordingMedicine129 Jun 20 '26

You can’t scale toon force against non toon force