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TFS DragonBall Z Abridged
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Crimson_Echidna
Banned
How's the gaping hole in your chest?
How's your spine?
Not enough senzu beans to go around.
I know Vegita's arm got fucked but when did he get his back broken?
Frieza did a number on his back during their fight but i'm not sure how Yamcha would know that.
Magnet_Man
Member
Oh yea I guess that was it. Seemed more like a knockout because it was quick and not as apparent.
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Lord Virgin
Unconfirmed Member
"Roshi what the hell? He said one week, I am using it!"
Do any of you have a link to the Cell theme that was playing during his speech on tv? Really liked this version.
Do any of you have a link to the Cell theme that was playing during his speech on tv? Really liked this version.
BobTheFork
Member
Was that Steve Blum in the Hetap commercial? His voice always stands out to me.
Also, Hetap has come up before, is that reference I should get?
Also, Hetap has come up before, is that reference I should get?
Was in 31 or 32, when they're all waiting for Goku to land.
BobTheFork
Member
Yes, that's where I remember it from but I didn't know if they just made the name up or if it meant something.
Hot Coldman
Banned
"Why did you take your shirt off?"
I assume that's a reference to an animation error in the show?
I assume that's a reference to an animation error in the show?
Crimson_Echidna
Banned
BobTheFork
Member
Probably. What animation source do they use again? Lots of shots looks bad or looked like static images.
I was going to say that it makes sense for one of the stone slabs to be green, because the undersides of the slabs appear to be dull green while the tops are white (you can even see in a side view of one of the assembly shots, it's not a shadow, the slabs are actually two-tone), so Cell accidentally put one in upside down... but then I saw that TFS edited a bright green slab into one of the flying slabs shots.
It works, but it's a little less clever.
It works, but it's a little less clever.
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Deleted member 102362
Unconfirmed Member
I think Bulma was too focused on her Manly Adult Son to rip Krillin a new one.
mrmickfran
Member
And Vegeta joined in. A father-son moment lol
Awwww, they're bonding.
Freeza Under The Shower
Member
Easily their best episode in months... because it took so long, yes. No, I mean because it's actually all the way funny whereas previous episodes didn't have as much time to actually get funny.
I would like to say one thing though *ahem* : WEN BROLY
Because that's basically one or two, maybe three, episodes away now, considering there is only the 'prep time' and 'making a dragon' (ooh, 'wanna make a dragon' cover with Dende would be fun) before the actual Cell games. The setup for Satan is glorious though. End of season 2 had Nappa already bring up Hercule, and now it's happening.
Also, that mind probe being what 17 was talking about to Piccollo.
But really, I think this one episode actually shows just much the rest of the cast is needed, not just Goku and Veggie. Chaotzu getting that 'brutal!' line in, which is him being a sadist (see Dragon Ball) was so much fun.
I never knew Cell actually crushed heads in that dream as well as later on though. Silly Western editing. Or I just didn't remember. But it's another pointer for Toriyama's sense of "repeating things to a different effect", which is a sensible writing intuition. A lot of 'fans' in the Super thread disagree on this, but at least at this stage (Cell) that was still a thing.
I would like to say one thing though *ahem* : WEN BROLY
Because that's basically one or two, maybe three, episodes away now, considering there is only the 'prep time' and 'making a dragon' (ooh, 'wanna make a dragon' cover with Dende would be fun) before the actual Cell games. The setup for Satan is glorious though. End of season 2 had Nappa already bring up Hercule, and now it's happening.
Also, that mind probe being what 17 was talking about to Piccollo.
But really, I think this one episode actually shows just much the rest of the cast is needed, not just Goku and Veggie. Chaotzu getting that 'brutal!' line in, which is him being a sadist (see Dragon Ball) was so much fun.
I never knew Cell actually crushed heads in that dream as well as later on though. Silly Western editing. Or I just didn't remember. But it's another pointer for Toriyama's sense of "repeating things to a different effect", which is a sensible writing intuition. A lot of 'fans' in the Super thread disagree on this, but at least at this stage (Cell) that was still a thing.
mrmickfran
Member
Vegeta was noticeably more human this episode.
Sixfortyfive
He who pursues two rabbits gets two rabbits.
That opening bit was genuinely disturbing.
It's Marc "Necalli" Swint
L4DANathan
Member
"No robo."
Sixfortyfive
He who pursues two rabbits gets two rabbits.
What? The last 3 episodes have been amazing! Disagree a lot!
Dastardly Jerks
Banned
Yeah uhh, that's just you alone in that boat there Jimmy.
But good on ya for havin' a bloody go of it. Good stuff.
After the release, TFS did a celebratory stream playing Budokai 3 to have a Cell Games moment, lots of great insider info on the episode. There were apparently also several jokes that they cut because of time or general flow of the episode. Also, Kaiserneko said that the hardest part of the episode to edit was the scene where Chichi talks to Vegeta on the balcony, because he had to use shots from several different episodes and cut out character outlines, splice them back in, and then edit them to look natural. It still surprises me how much work they do beyond writing and voiceovers to make this quality product.
BobTheFork
Member
The person at the end that said 'you've killed for less'?
Him, yes.
Still love all of the little flourshes like how Cell makes a sideways glance mentioning earth's "Champions" and the Emerald Tile.
He's credited as "Hetap announcer", so yes.
BobTheFork
Member
Ok, fair enough. I just heard 7/11 commercial Steve Blum when I heard that.
Great episode but I was really hoping for the Champ. Soon enough
Magnet_Man
Member
Cell is a...perfectionist.
Tizoc
Member
That I get but what is the Green Square a reference to? Dead Pixels?
Magnet_Man
Member
He took a mountain and carved it into stone squares and a portion in the stone mass happened to be green from being a different type of sediment, it was stained, whatever. The point is, rather than just replace the one green square blemish with another, white one Cell has to do the entire process all at once in a single, perfect flow.
It's a joke about Obsessive Compulsion Disorder and the obsessive need for everything to be perfect and done perfectly.
Because he's Perfect Cell.
Thus the humor.
I don't think it was really a reference to anything in particular. Some people that it was a minecraft reference, but on their stream Lani said that they hadn't thought of that, "But sure! It's a reference to whatever you want it to be!"
Guess he's not-so-Perfect then. Whop wha
Okay episode, I guess. It feels like they're trying a bit too hard to make jokes right now, especially with 16.
Bulma's motherly obsession with Trunks seem to went up to 11 for some reason. It's a weird arc for her, considering where it started.
She's likely trying to compensate for trying to get in his pants a while back.
Yeah, I get that, but it's just awkward. It's gone from one polar opposite to another.
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Lord Virgin
Unconfirmed Member
Trunks internally screaming when Bulma was hitting on him is still one of the funniest moments in the serie.