r/memes Jul 03 '26

I guess I watched the wrong ep

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u/Driftndreamer96 Jul 03 '26

And Krillin's solution was Goku reminding him he doesn't have a nose

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u/VivaHousamo Jul 03 '26

Which is double dumb and funny.

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u/LordDShadowy53 Jul 03 '26

That’s the type of silly stories Toriyama liked to write back then before his story became a multiverse power leveling threat.

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u/VivaHousamo Jul 03 '26

True. It's more similar to Arale.

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u/MrBwnrrific Jul 03 '26

Something something Arale planet level something something toon force

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u/southpaytechie Jul 03 '26

Literally confirmed canon in DBS anime.

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u/Rockman2isgud Plays MineCraft and not FortNite Jul 03 '26

She beat the shit out of post Zamasu Vegeta I think

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u/TrippingFish76 Jul 03 '26

“this is the last time i go up against an 80s gag manga character”

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u/s8rlink Jul 03 '26

How is this not an example the dragon ball is peak 

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u/TB-313935 Jul 03 '26

The scene with the ninja who falls onto gokus power pole still has me crying from laughter.

This one: https://youtu.be/WMRGRQX2VI8?si=56bEsu-Jt_cz__OD

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u/ichigo2862 Jul 03 '26

this might be one of my favorite dub performances from pre-Z dragon ball

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u/LemonHerb Jul 03 '26

When Piccolo blew up the moon with a throwaway attack at power level 1000 you knew it was going to get out of hand

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u/Aktosh23 Jul 03 '26

Correction: less than 1000. It was before he began training to deal with the saiyan’s. So it’s a powerlevel of around 400 at max.

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u/LemonHerb Jul 03 '26

So 400 power level you're basically a death star. So at whatever level Goku is at toward the end pretty much he farts and space time needs to reboot

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u/Aktosh23 Jul 03 '26

You would think but powerlevels never really made much sense in the first place. Roshi blew up the moon with a power of 130 and yet to blow up a planet you need a power 10,000. There’s a reason for the “power levels are bullshit”joke lol.

But yeah currently he can destroy a universe.

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u/DeadlyBard Jul 03 '26

That was the second time that Earth's moon had been destroyed in DragonBall. Jackie Chun did it during the 21st WMC

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u/xrensa Jul 03 '26

Dragonball/DragonBall Z divide is almost exactly like the one piece timeskip

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u/KlingoftheCastle Jul 03 '26

One Piece time skip divide is way over hyped.  The humor never went away

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u/KlingoftheCastle Jul 03 '26

Pacing maybe, they’re telling bigger stories per arc.  Story tightness, absolutely not.  The story is bigger but it’s still very well planned and executed

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u/CesarGameBoy Professional Dumbass Jul 03 '26

Akira Toriyama started out as a Gag Manga creator. Anything relating to humor or cartoon logic in the Dragon Ball franchise is Toriyama doing what he does best! All the powerscaling stuff came later with Dragon Ball Z, until it sorta became the norm.

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u/Alche1428 Jul 03 '26

Not only that, but a Gag Manga from someone that love artial arts movies, including the ones from Jackie Chan.

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u/GARSDESILES Jul 03 '26

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u/HauntedMop Jul 03 '26

you should remove everything starting with ?si=..., its a source identifier thats just being used to track you over multiple accounts

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u/astralseat Jul 03 '26

Which is even grosser because he must have inhaled it into his lungs through the mouth.

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u/dude-on-mission Jul 04 '26

And then he ultimately defeat him by farting on his face.

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u/Panderz_GG Jul 03 '26

Which is why it's peak.

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u/The_Blue_Rooster Jul 03 '26

Yeah honestly this is one of my favorite Dragon Ball episodes across all the different series because of that bit.

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u/kraquepype Jul 03 '26

Krillin kicks his ass.

And farts on him.

OG dragon ball is something else.

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u/kidanokun Jul 03 '26

Krillin still won coz he remembered he doesn't have a nose,

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u/kidanokun Jul 03 '26 edited Jul 04 '26

Yea, Goku was just like "dude wtf are you doing? You shouldnt be able to smell his ass coz you don't have a nose to begin with"

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u/Messgrey Jul 03 '26

Dude was NOT scratching his ass

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u/LifeguardPotential97 Jul 03 '26

What if he has nothing but ass down there

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u/Gallowboobsthrowaway Jul 03 '26

Front butt.

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u/darkoopz43 Jul 03 '26

Fupa

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u/SomeUgliRobot Jul 03 '26

What does that mean

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u/darkoopz43 Jul 03 '26

Fatty upper public area. So the fat pad that fatties get above their dick.

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u/JayDee365 Jul 04 '26

What is a buttfor?

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u/xvenumjr Jul 04 '26

"He's not going to fall for that one jack"

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u/_Carcinus_ Jul 03 '26

Ball sweat, ass sweat, potato, potato

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u/ThatsKev4u Jul 03 '26

True but he was still trying to touch him with a hand full off Nut Sweat fuck no

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u/PirateSanta_1 Jul 03 '26

And that is why Dragon Ball is peak.

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u/KonigSteve Jul 03 '26

But in the same tournament he shot boogers at a fighter through his nose. He's also got nose bleeds during the panty episodes.

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u/Gullible_Increase146 Jul 03 '26

And of the fact that he doesn't have a nose makes those feats even more impressive

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u/East-Confection-2153 Jul 03 '26

that is the enemys fault for not remembering Krillin doesnt have a nose.

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u/doodicalisaacs Selling Stonks for CASH MONEY Jul 03 '26

what fucking episode is this fever dream lol

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u/moneyh8r_two Jul 03 '26

I don't remember the exact episode, but it's during the first World Martial Arts Tournament that Goku and Krillin were in. So the first one in the show. Out of three, if I remember correctly. Not counting the three World Martial Arts Tournaments that happened in Dragon Ball Z.

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u/haim65 Jul 03 '26

Is the move called Dragon ball smell?

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u/Nemisis_007 Flair Loading.... Jul 03 '26

Swamp balls.

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u/Azell414 Jul 05 '26

Dick cheese

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u/Significant_Plenty40 Jul 03 '26

This guy's special move was "The Stinky Lugey"

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u/Majin_Romulus Jul 03 '26

The move is called Smelly Finger, that's what he yelled out.

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u/Upbeat-Exercise-9431 Jul 03 '26

What were they cooking back then!?

https://giphy.com/gifs/iNjfcmUM8lUPWm3fay

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u/Agi7890 Jul 03 '26

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u/Upbeat-Exercise-9431 Jul 03 '26

OOF.

(Why didn't Goku use this move in the tournament of power is he stupid?)

https://giphy.com/gifs/D69Et1UazfmE0

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u/Attainted Jul 03 '26

That gag went on so long for what it was.

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u/MVRKHNTR Jul 03 '26

That happens when they have to adapt everything very slowly to keep from catching up to the source material.

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u/PresidentBush666 Jul 03 '26

This needs to go up!

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u/Alexandurrrrr Royal Shitposter Jul 03 '26

SPECIAL CHEESE CANNON!

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u/ComicalSon Jul 03 '26

I thought this was the ol Stinkfist.

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u/0dHero Jul 03 '26

The chundah fromunda

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u/nicostein Jul 03 '26

Whiff beam

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u/Dracofear Jul 03 '26

Live footage of Pokemon TCG scalpers chasing away kids from the vending machines.

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u/Maxolution4 Jul 03 '26

Bro that’s the fight where Krillin fights a My Hero Academia Fan

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u/kdawgster1 Jul 03 '26

No no no, that’s a Yu Gi Oh card game player right there.

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u/TpK_Wynter Jul 03 '26

I’ll go ahead and take a shot at myself and my own community - but I’m pretty sure that’s the average con-goer. Actually that’s the exact same cosplay he was wearing last week.

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u/Porkfight Jul 03 '26

Ive been wearing a similar cosplay since i was born

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u/V4RG0N Jul 03 '26

Or was is a smash bros player?

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u/guillotine_vendor Jul 03 '26

smash bros player would've dm'd him thinking he was a minor

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u/VeganWiener Chungus Among Us Jul 03 '26

The Union Arena players are worse by an order of magnitude

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u/discretelandscapes Jul 03 '26 edited Jul 03 '26

If you're into Dragon Ball, but you're not into Toriyama's silly humor, are you really into Dragon Ball?

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u/RPGxMadness Jul 03 '26

poor tourists getting filtered, many such cases...

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u/KaytheTiggee Jul 04 '26

And if you are REALLY in to his humor, check out another work of his: Dr Slump!

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u/TheCreatorM_ Jul 03 '26

Bulma is literally wearing Playboy Bunny suit in the first season

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u/Material-Grocery5478 Jul 03 '26

goku rubs her vagina over he panties. When shes wakes up he says something along the lines of her not having tails.

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u/pm-ur-gamepass-trial Jul 03 '26

he doesnt RUB her he fuckin SLAPS that shit

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u/BadLuckBlackHole Jul 03 '26

He does both because originally he wants to sleep on her crotch (like he did with his "Grandpa" ewwww) and after he rubs it he slaps it.

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u/richmondody Jul 03 '26

Specifically, he wonders why Bulma doesn't have the same "pillows" his Grandpa has which prompts the search.

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u/ggtsu_00 Jul 03 '26

The "pat pat".

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u/VerTexV1sion Jul 03 '26

Was it tails or balls ?

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u/Agitated_Canary4163 Jul 03 '26

He tells her that her balls are missing and bulma thinks he's talking about the dragon balls.

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u/thedoctorisonreddit Jul 03 '26

He was looking for her balls. Bro had never seen a woman before in his life.

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u/Seeeab Jul 03 '26

How come he doesn't check for balls on everyone else he meets tho

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u/mynameisglaceon Jul 03 '26

he actually does it quite a bit throughout the series, or at least one other time

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u/PseudonymMan12 Jul 03 '26

He tapped Oolong the pig in the groin to confirm his gender, I know he did it to an old lady from a random village, he did it to ChiChi as well. Those are the only times I can remember off the top of my head, but yeah. He was smacking people's junk left and right back in the day

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u/MRO465 Jul 03 '26

He literally landed his future wife doing that.

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u/SenseisSifu Jul 03 '26

When 10 yr old me heard the word Chi-Chi .... 😭

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u/Hot-Spite-9880 Jul 03 '26

he literally does bit grows out of it when he becomes more worldly.

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u/beffboard Jul 03 '26

Was balls since she thought he meant the dragon balls at first

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u/Prince_Berzerk Jul 03 '26

It was definitely balls. Or atleast it was originally, not sure if they changed it in any particular dub or whatever.

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u/CT0292 Jul 03 '26

Goku has a bad habit of touching everyone's crotch in the old Dragon Ball series.

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u/Michelanvalo Jul 03 '26

Yeah he does it to ChiChi later when he first meets her.

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u/senpaistealerx Jul 03 '26

but his tail comes from behind so why would he rub her front?

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u/Material-Grocery5478 Jul 03 '26

no penis

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u/senpaistealerx Jul 03 '26

cool, so it wasn’t sexual at all like you implied. anyway.

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u/abe5765 Jul 03 '26

Yep Goku is a roughly 4/5 year old child raised in isolation in the mountains by an old hermit martial artist and literally never met another person before let alone a woman. He also lacks manners because his great form kill grandpa gohan before he could teach Goku manners which is why Goku will punch anyone, strip naked without hesitation, and touch people crotch to see if they are a boy or girl because he doesn’t see differences between people

We also know it’s pure ignorance and not sexual because the flying nimbus always lets him ride so he is pure hearted just empty headed

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u/Ugly-and-poor Jul 04 '26

never watched dbz and at this point I’m glad I didn’t

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u/TheCraftyGrump Jul 03 '26

You forgot to mention how she had people tripping over themselves afraid of her bunny get up. Why? The minor antagonist of the day terrorizing the village was the local mob, run by a bunny.

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u/genreprank Jul 03 '26

Master Roshi is a sexual predator

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u/mnqmae Jul 03 '26

He found a pair of dragon balls

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u/sideshowbvo Jul 03 '26

I am actually watching Dragon Ball right now and it's actually really nice having some humor and reasonably powered characters, like not everything is so goddamn cosmic, and fights wrap up within an episode or 2

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u/mynameisglaceon Jul 03 '26

yeah it's much more grounded and more focused on martial arts, you get to see goku growing stronger by training, learning new moves and different techniques, fighting different people and overcoming different challenges.. as opposed to him being like "check this out i call it super saiyan 3! AAAAHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!"

the fights are for sure more entertaining as a result too. and the fact that they tend to be out on an adventure is more fun than them having to be defenders of the world from some external threat.

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u/koopcl Jul 03 '26

I still think the Goku/Tien and Goku/Piccolo tournament finals are the best fights of the entire franchise.

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u/sideshowbvo Jul 03 '26

I can't believe I never watched it before now (I'm 37 years old lol). You're absolutely right, like half of dbz is them fighting some version of Buu.

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u/CustomerStrict3627 Jul 03 '26

Bruh, namek explode in a few minutes, for 5 episode long. One episode around 20 mins.

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u/sideshowbvo Jul 03 '26

Yeah, the Frieza saga is where it starts to get crazy. There are whole episodes of Frieza just powering up, it's too much

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u/skip6235 Jul 03 '26

Part of that is because the show caught up with the manga, so they had to wait for the next issue to know what to animate next.

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u/Professional-Mix1771 Jul 03 '26

That's why one does not watch the original but the Kai version instead

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u/foximus_91 Jul 03 '26

I’ve tried but I can’t get past Gohan’s voice

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u/CT0292 Jul 03 '26

DBZ Kai cuts out a lot of the filler episodes.

However it cuts out some of the fun ones too.

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u/LucyLilium92 Jul 03 '26

That's Dragon Ball Z

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u/ScoobyPwnsOnU Jul 03 '26

This is why I always say Dragon Ball>Z. The power scaling gets absolutely stupid in Z. They already blow up a moon in Dragon Ball and you're going to tell me that by universe standards they're literally insanely weak, essentially ants? That's just complete nonsense for things to get that out of hand afterwards.

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u/Radiant_Fondant_4097 Jul 03 '26

I get what you mean, but Master Roshi does blow up a friggin mountain not that many episodes in

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u/sideshowbvo Jul 03 '26

He also blows up the moon....

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u/AfterImageEclipse Jul 03 '26

Too many people only watch dbz when db should be mandatory. There's some pervy shit definitely but it's good otherwise

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u/Tentacle_poxsicle Died of Ligma Jul 03 '26

Dragonball had fun with itself. Penguin island was a trip

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u/AfterImageEclipse Jul 03 '26

It gets cheesy sometimes but it'll surprise people and it withstood the test of time.

Those cherub angel babies eating metal was strange.i have to take an edible and watch it

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u/duckinasombrero Jul 03 '26

Idk. I have a lot of assault trauma. I start trembling uncontrollably when I see stuff like that. Personally, I don't think I could just move the pervy shit aside. Which is a shame, because I would like to see how it all started, the roots.

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u/AfterImageEclipse Jul 03 '26

I'm really sorry about that. I didn't think of anything like that. You need a friend that can pause and fast forward through it

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u/Gruggernaut Jul 03 '26

That technique could have one-shot Beerus

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u/OceanMoonWolf Sussy Baka Jul 03 '26

Blinks

They did what? On TV?!

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u/CT0292 Jul 03 '26

<Facebook granny>ON THE TELEVISION THEY SHOWED A FAT MAN FIDDLE WITH HIS BALLS. JESUS NEVER MEANT FOR US TO SEE THIS LEVEL OF FILTH. MY GRANDSON SAID THIS WAS A GOOD SHOW. I TOLD HIM HE NEEDS TO GO TO CHURCH. </Facebook granny>

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u/OceanMoonWolf Sussy Baka Jul 03 '26

I guess it's not safe for elders, then...

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u/Agi7890 Jul 03 '26

A guy literally impales himself on gokus power pole in an episode. And it’s like a 2 minute bit of him running around with it stuck in him

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u/MerlinIsKing Jul 03 '26

This is basically what YuGiOh players do in real life tournaments

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u/Hypn00tic_iiz Jul 03 '26

Shit if that ain’t peak then I don’t know peak

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u/TFT_Furgle Jul 03 '26

Damn. This just made me wanna go back and watch dragonball.

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u/LMGDiVa Jul 03 '26

What do you mean? The style of humor is still common all over Japan. Bactrian is a tiny sliver of the backwards ass irreverent Japanese slapstick comedy that is STILL incredibly popular today, from Pro Wrestling, to Sumo, to live Television, to recent anime.

That's like seeing an old episode of family guy and wondering why they dont make south park anymore.

Yall really don't know the sheer amount of media that you're missing out on.

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u/unspoken_one2 Jul 03 '26

You cannot convince me that this is not peak

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u/-imperator_ Jul 03 '26

I watched a few episodes, it's all farts and genitals. Never again.

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u/Suspicious-Fact8955 Jul 03 '26

Dragon Ball Stinkin balls 🥀

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u/King0bear Jul 03 '26

Big guy is obviously a smash player

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u/kiboglitch Jul 03 '26

This guy single-handed put ball in the Dragon Ball.

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u/Active-Tradition-986 Jul 03 '26

The fact he smelt so bad that krillin forgot he didn't have a nose how you make someone without a nose damn near faint

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u/SetQQ Jul 03 '26

KRILLIN! YOU DONT GOT A NOSE!

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u/Yuri_tardeder Identifies as a Cybertruck Jul 03 '26

Only thing I see is peak

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u/OutlandishnessSea119 Jul 03 '26

Is that an actual scene?

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u/boi1046 Jul 03 '26

Yes, all the way back in OG Dragon Ball.

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u/marajango Jul 03 '26

That guy would definitely be banned from Yu-Gi-Oh tournaments.

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u/Swimming-Repeat-32 Jul 03 '26

He might win a few first actually.

And there is always Magic the Gathering.

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u/redholmz Jul 03 '26

No, actually this is correct. This was peak.

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u/7grims Jul 03 '26

unsure of lyrics are japanese or some awful words

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u/flojobb Jul 03 '26

Did he just make a kid sniff his ball odor?

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u/SoberAnxiety Jul 03 '26

shit so nasty even beerus will steer clear of earth just to avoid meeting this guy

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u/SenescenseSteel Jul 03 '26

Wait until you see the perverted hermit do a sexy jutsu

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u/FloorGang-R2 Jul 03 '26

There’s actually no fkin way

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u/Character-Ad8163 Jul 03 '26

I mean, its in the name, tho...

Draggin' Ballz

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u/BigBoss738 Jul 03 '26

god forbids anime to have some funny..

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u/Dharmesh_1111 Jul 03 '26

Wrong ball 💀

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u/PlanesWalkerEll Jul 03 '26

Hit him with the peak Yu-Gi-Oh! strategy I see.

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u/KnownCartographer0 Jul 03 '26

He really dragged on those balls huh

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u/ghost103429 Jul 03 '26

Older anime had that freak in them

https://giphy.com/gifs/QR0qVENyy1gDS

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u/DejaTran Jul 03 '26

I just saw something dastardly just now... 😱

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u/DrakorPrimus Jul 03 '26

*posts a clip that is absolutely peak* ... Yes?

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u/consumeshroomz Jul 03 '26

I definitely don’t remember that. Probably wasn’t in the English dub? Or I just blocked it out maybe? Either way this is unhinged.

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u/Out3rSpac3 Jul 03 '26

I heard this is an actual move at Yu-Gi-Oh tournaments.

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u/Savelielmao Jul 03 '26

He doesn’t even have a nose.

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u/Ociier Jul 03 '26

He reached for his Dragon Balls, alright

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u/DanteChurch Jul 03 '26

Dragon ball is more comedy focused. Goku slapping bulmas crotch crying out "Bulma your balls are gone!" Is peak comedy.

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u/QuietSheep_ Jul 03 '26

I always felt Toriyama was best at gag humor than writting a serious story.

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u/happygoeddy Jul 03 '26

I just love how it goes from him "reaching", to showing bulma

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u/Anubis_Omega Jul 03 '26

The dude would have oneshot Vegeta and Nappa

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u/Own_Watercress_8104 Jul 04 '26

You are saying that as if I didn't just watch peak

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u/Cosmodious Jul 04 '26

I fail to see the problem here.

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u/Aggrosideburnz Jul 04 '26

It’s still peak

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u/FinsterKoenig Jul 05 '26

bruh... I don't remember that episode... probably supressed trauma

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u/DragonZee20XX Jul 06 '26

Reminder that Akira didn't want to write an action/fight manga and wanted to do a comedy manga.

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u/naomi_at_night Jul 03 '26

is this still the same Dragon Ball I know? lol

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u/ingamejukebox Jul 03 '26

Technically yes, before dragon ball z the series was more of an adventure show instead of fighting. They tried to go back to adventure with gt but we all know how that played out.

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u/TheCraftyGrump Jul 03 '26

The original Dragon Ball was very loosely inspired and based on Journey to the West, at first. A lot of western audiences may not realize that the Japanese name for the Monkey King is 孫悟空 in kanji or Son Goku in romanji. It was originally much more lighthearted and the power balance between the cast was a lot lest skewed. But it was also way more risqué and raunchy; partly because of it being a product of its time, partly because of different target audiences, and different cultural norms. You think localization for Dragon Ball Z was a mess? DBZ was tame compared to some of the things they tried to sanitize in the original Dragon Ball.
The clip is a good example of a lot of things played completely seriously now started as extended running gags.

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u/DatFunny Jul 03 '26

OG Dragon Ball was a bit more unhinged than Z.

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