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NeonOPPAl
03/08/24 6:46:39 AM
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Remember watching it early in the morning on some channel before school and being fascinated by it?

Remember getting frustrated when they looped back to the beginning after Goku finally landed on Namek?

Remember when Toonami picked it up and eventually got the rest of the episodes localized?

Remember how hype SS Goku vs Frieza was?

Remember how hype SS2 Gohan vs Cell was?

Remember how hype it was to see Goku go SS3?

Remember doing play fights while pretending to be the characters from DBZ during recess?

Remember playing that Namek flash game on your browser during computer lab?

What do you remember about DBZ, CE?

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fan357
03/08/24 6:47:23 AM
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Future Trunks showing up and obliterating Frieza like nothing was cathartic.

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vegeta415
03/08/24 6:50:10 AM
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I remember downloading these 12 mb full episodes on a 28 k modem. Usually the videos were taken down before the two day download finished.
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Foppe
03/08/24 6:51:14 AM
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nope

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NeonOPPAl
03/08/24 7:29:37 AM
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Foppe posted...
nope
Sorry you had a deprived childhood bro

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NeonOPPAl
03/08/24 7:30:02 AM
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vegeta415 posted...
I remember downloading these 12 mb full episodes on a 28 k modem. Usually the videos were taken down before the two day download finished.
Were speeds really that bad back then? >_>

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Hayame_Zero
03/08/24 7:32:41 AM
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fan357 posted...
Future Trunks showing up and obliterating Frieza like nothing was cathartic.
I knew it was coming, but hyping up Frieza's return for weeks in commercials only to swerve everyone with that was brilliant.

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PowerOats
03/08/24 7:35:10 AM
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Way to sum up the Millennial Experience

NeonOPPAl posted...

Were speeds really that bad back then? >_>


I distinctly remember waiting to watch a 6 minute AMV over the course of 5-6 hours
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Charged151
03/08/24 7:37:10 AM
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I remember the Frieza fights at the end of the Namek Saga. Took forever for them to be over, but my younger self never thought they overstayed their welcome.

I remember Piccolo and 17 going at it only to be interrupted by Cell.

I remember Cell absorbing Android 18 and achieving his final form with the awesome 90s musical track. Him tanking and recovering from a Final Flash was great.

Just some great moments.

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hyperskate65
03/08/24 7:39:20 AM
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I remember going with my brother to the import game store and getting a mini gold finger and all 3 of the (at the time) Japanese only PS1 releases. They were so far ahead of what had been released in US we didn't know who half the cast was lol. One of em had Gogeta and we were like "ah, yes, angry Goku" lol

I remember going with my brother to like Suncoast or FYE and buying the uncensored VHS' so we could see Frieza get chopped to bits and hear them say "damn" a few extra times.

I remember how it got me and a whole generation of dudes into art/drawing basically. I would spend hours drawing these meticulous fight scenes. I even ended up in art school eventually, and it's all thanks to DB getting that started.

Akira Toriyama had an immense impact on not only my childhood, but Americans getting introduced to Japanese culture / anime / manga as a whole. It's so wild. RIP.

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NeonOPPAl
03/08/24 7:39:37 AM
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Charged151 posted...
I remember the Frieza fights at the end of the Namek Saga. Took forever for them to be over, but my younger self never thought they overstayed their welcome.

I remember Piccolo and 17 going at it only to be interrupted by Cell.

I remember Cell absorbing Android 18 and achieving his final form with the awesome 90s musical track. Him tanking and recovering from a Final Flash was great.

Just some great moments.
Bruce Faulconer tracks were the GOAT. They'll always be better than the OG tracks to me

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NeonOPPAl
03/08/24 7:40:59 AM
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hyperskate65 posted...
I remember going with my brother to the import game store and getting a mini gold finger and all 3 of the (at the time) Japanese only PS1 releases. They were so far ahead of what had been released in US we didn't know who half the cast was lol. One of em had Gogeta and we were like "ah, yes, angry Goku" lol
LOL I also got a Vegito figure back in like 1999 or so at some modelkit store and I was like "who the fuck is this fanfic character? He looks cool tho" I also got a Super Saiyan Goku figure too

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Charged151
03/08/24 7:43:24 AM
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NeonOPPAl posted...
Bruce Faulconer tracks were the GOAT. They'll always be better than the OG tracks to me
Yeah. I watched Kai and the OG soundtrack just wasn't as good in my opinion.

Goku going Super Saiyan 1, Cell becoming Perfect Cell, and Goku going Super Saiyan 3 are just plain better with the Faulconer soundtrack in place.

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NeonOPPAl
03/08/24 7:45:04 AM
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https://youtu.be/3xojjc4GJJk

(I can't turn the sound on but hopefully this is the Faulconer soundtrack lol)

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Nasty_Nitro
03/08/24 8:30:02 AM
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hyperskate65 posted...
I remember going with my brother to the import game store and getting a mini gold finger and all 3 of the (at the time) Japanese only PS1 releases. They were so far ahead of what had been released in US we didn't know who half the cast was lol. One of em had Gogeta and we were like "ah, yes, angry Goku" lol

I remember going with my brother to like Suncoast or FYE and buying the uncensored VHS' so we could see Frieza get chopped to bits and hear them say "damn" a few extra times.

I remember how it got me and a whole generation of dudes into art/drawing basically. I would spend hours drawing these meticulous fight scenes. I even ended up in art school eventually, and it's all thanks to DB getting that started.

Akira Toriyama had an immense impact on not only my childhood, but Americans getting introduced to Japanese culture / anime / manga as a whole. It's so wild. RIP.

my neighbor had DBGT Final Bout and the translation thing on PS1 it had every character but we were only on Namek Saga so we hadnt even seen a Super Saiyan yet.

fun story the kid lived a few houses down my parents didnt know him they thought I got kidnapped they called the police there was a search party.im inside playing the fuck out of this game using a cool looking swordsman called Trunks. My mother knocks on the door frantically i hear her voice and run to the door excitedly she hugs me deeply crying saying I thought I lost you

then i say Mom can you buy me this DBGT video game? Its amazing all new characters i think theyll be on the show soon lol did not get the game and got a very very stern talking to about strangers lol.

DBZ was such a huge part of my childhood. Countless hours spent printing pictures and tracing them to perfection. My drawing style to this day is still a mix of DBZ and the original Sonic Adventure.

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Mad-Dogg
03/08/24 8:35:15 AM
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NeonOPPAl posted...
Were speeds really that bad back then? >_>
I remember it took me like 5 nights of leaving the PC on doing nothing but downloading that one banned outlaw star episode off kazaa I tihnk it was. Back when we had 56K dial-up/prodigy internet, lol.

By the time phantasy star online episode 1 and 2 came out on the gamecube my family had upgraded to AT&T DSL broadband....that 2.5 mbs download and I think 0.5mbs upload was practically lightspeed compared to our previous dial-up.

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Umbreon
03/08/24 8:45:04 AM
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Remember watching it on Toonami alongside Sailor Moon. I loved them both, though for perhaps slightly different reasons...

I don't remember if Toonami ever got to the Cell arc, but it was annoying having them loop back to Raditz after the end of Freiza. Still, I somehow never got tired of watching it all over again.

I had a ton of fun with some flash DBZ games as well as the Budokai games.

I remember DBZ being my first experience with hentai, when a kid showed me a picture of Bulma.

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Ricemills
03/08/24 9:00:22 AM
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No, i didn't watch DBZ as a kid.
Watched DB, but not DBZ.
I'm more of manga reader anyway.

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Seaman_Prime
03/08/24 10:04:54 AM
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I remember the Saiyan Saga and freaking out over everyone dying one by one. And then finally the Goku vs Vegeta fight. Still the greatest of all time.
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Dungeater
03/08/24 10:07:18 AM
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i remember everything about dbz

i never understood why ppl enjoyed cell games or gohan vs cell tho. goku's instant transmission kamehameha is one of the hypest moves in anything tho

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NeonOPPAl
03/08/24 10:09:17 AM
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Umbreon posted...
I remember DBZ being my first experience with hentai, when a kid showed me a picture of Bulma.
lmao, someone at my school did that too

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MisterPengy
03/08/24 10:12:29 AM
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My parents bought me the Trunks collection (on VHS I think...). This was basically the Trunks/Gohan story about getting wrecked by 17 and 18, and also included Trunks showing up to ezpk Frieza. I had only gotten to the end of the Frieza saga by this point, so I did not really get what was going on but it was so cool. I was disappointed that Trunks ended up being basically a side character in the arc.

Then I ended up staying at a hotel in a city. They had a Japanese or Korean station on the TV, and I recognized Goku so I watched. It was on the Kid Buu fight. It looked so awesome but I had no idea who the pink dude was and it wasn't in English. <_<

Eventually Cartoon Network caught up and I was able to watch the final two sagas. Never really ended up watching any of the movies.

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NeonOPPAl
03/08/24 10:13:57 AM
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I still barely watched any of the movies. I've only seen Tree of Might and World's Strongest. I remember World's Strongest being good

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Darkinsanity1
03/08/24 10:15:06 AM
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I remember around 4th grade when I started seeing commercials for the show. I thought it looked a little silly and over dramatic with the screaming and whatnot but I started watching out of curiosity here and there, saw the Saiyans arrive and most of the fight against the saiyans and the show won me over quick from there. I was hooked lol.

NeonOPPAl posted...
Remember getting frustrated when they looped back to the beginning after Goku finally landed on Namek?
This one stands out pretty big, pain. Every time it failed to continue lol.

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mach25687
03/08/24 10:15:54 AM
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I remember the Toonami lineup with Ronin Warriors at 4, Sailor Moon at 4:30, Gundam Wing at 5, and then an all-new episode of Dragonball Z at 5:30 only at Toonami.

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Nasty_Nitro
03/08/24 10:41:01 AM
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mach25687 posted...
I remember the Toonami lineup with Ronin Warriors at 4, Sailor Moon at 4:30, Gundam Wing at 5, and then an all-new episode of Dragonball Z at 5:30 only at Toonami.
Ronin Warriors was so fucking gangsta that show needs love too. this lineup was too sick i fee bad for non 90s kids lol we had the good good shit

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NeonOPPAl
03/08/24 10:41:53 AM
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I used to watch that whole block and it was the best

Mercury best Sailor Scout


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gamer167
03/08/24 10:55:20 AM
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https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=sof9NXUQ4jI&pp=ygURdG9vbmFtaSBkYnogcHJvbW8%3D
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ZevLoveDOOM
03/08/24 10:56:57 AM
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i used to love DBZ as a kid. and its hard to ignore the impact and influence it had not only in weeb culture but on a global scale!

but looking back, i feel like there's way better anime/manga out there... like One Piece for instance. >_>
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MacadamianNut3
03/08/24 10:58:16 AM
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I remember wanting a Playstation just so I could play Dragon Ball GT Final Bout. Even though it was a shitty game, I was obsessed with it for years and really only stopped caring about it when I started college.

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vegeta415
03/08/24 10:59:42 AM
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Nasty_Nitro posted...
Ronin Warriors was so fucking gangsta that show needs love too. this lineup was too sick i fee bad for non 90s kids lol we had the good good shit
Holy shit my first anime, i loved it because they were colored like the power rangers. It had a whole end arc and everything
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Spiderman23J
03/08/24 11:07:53 AM
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Nasty_Nitro posted...
Ronin Warriors was so fucking gangsta that show needs love too. this lineup was too sick i fee bad for non 90s kids lol we had the good good shit

we are the last OGs

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mario2000
03/08/24 11:08:02 AM
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Remember all the ridiculous censorship early on

"They're ok! I can see their parachutes!" after Nappa annihilates an entire squadron of fighter jets.

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FortuneCookie
03/08/24 11:10:51 AM
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Home For Infinite Losers (HFIL) is funnier than if they had just been allowed to say HELL.
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mario2000
03/08/24 11:13:44 AM
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FortuneCookie posted...
Home For Infinite Losers (HFIL) is funnier than if they had just been allowed to say HELL.

In a way it is more Toriyama-esque.

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mario2000
03/08/24 11:17:08 AM
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It's crazy to think that Goku is like the only shonen protag to be an old man with a family.

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NeonOPPAl
03/08/24 11:18:55 AM
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FortuneCookie posted...
Home For Infinite Losers (HFIL) is funnier than if they had just been allowed to say HELL.
That's a rare moment where the censorship is better than the original

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PowerOats
03/08/24 11:19:15 AM
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Legendary Thong Song Flash Game

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NeonOPPAl
03/08/24 11:20:08 AM
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PowerOats posted...
Legendary Thong Song Flash Game

https://youtu.be/Pe7FZpz55VE?si=4U6WIUaez6q3mFvx
Yep lol

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wanderingshade
03/08/24 11:21:05 AM
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Remember when Vegeta stopped being a dick and started being cool?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dVOGs6VqIiQ

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Jupiter
03/08/24 11:28:25 AM
#43:


NeonOPPAl posted...
Remember watching it early in the morning on some channel before school and being fascinated by it?
I never watched it before school. Didn't even know that was a thing. It was always right after school.

Remember getting frustrated when they looped back to the beginning after Goku finally landed on Namek?
Absolutely

Remember when Toonami picked it up and eventually got the rest of the episodes localized?
I guess so although I wouldn't have known this is what was going on back then. Just know I got excited when it finally progressed.

Remember how hype SS Goku vs Frieza was?
So hyped

Remember how hype SS2 Gohan vs Cell was?
Not as much hype as Goku

Remember how hype it was to see Goku go SS3?
Think I was like meh when it finally happened. Probably because I had seen soooo many pics before it ever aired in America. People used to print out DBZ images and put them in those clear, protective sheet sleeves. I remember the one of Goku with the Angel wings.

Remember doing play fights while pretending to be the characters from DBZ during recess?
I mostly did this with family instead of at school

Remember playing that Namek flash game on your browser during computer lab?
I played a few DBZ games on the Cartoon Network website. I remember one of them had the instrumental to Sisqo's Thong Song lmao

What do you remember about DBZ, CE?
DBZ was a huge part of my childhood. Everyone always says how they remember the Rock the Dragon intro on Toonami. Not one time did I ever hear it on Toonami. The show would always start with the "Previously on DBZ part" and never do an intro. The first time I heard the Rock the Dragon intro was when I caught DBZ at like 10 or 11 PM randomly one night. I was fucking shocked at the intro and thought it was badass. I had no idea they even played DBZ late at night like that. It was the only time I ever heard the intro though. Oh and maybe DBZ movies too.

Also, I had to edit out 2 quote blocks since I hit the limit of 7 >_>

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Guide
03/08/24 11:30:01 AM
#44:


Toonami was essentially the cultural center of my childhood. Your friends would come over to watch, you'd talk about it at school, be chu2 as hell about it on recess, exercise, try to punch hard stuff, secretly try to do kamehameha in your bedroom when no one could here you. Man.

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NeonOPPAl
03/08/24 11:34:29 AM
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I think they mightve played it uncensored at night during Toonami's Midnight Run. That and Gundam Wing

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mario2000
03/08/24 11:36:50 AM
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Yeah they aired it uncensored at midnight.

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Jupiter
03/08/24 11:37:28 AM
#47:


NeonOPPAl posted...
I think they mightve played it uncensored at night during Toonami's Midnight Run. That and Gundam Wing
Yea, was gonna say I think it was uncensored since I'm pretty sure I remember them cursing a few times. I do remember Gundam Wing also seeming more mature when it played around that time too, but I didn't watch it much.

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UnfairRepresent
03/08/24 11:38:02 AM
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You guys are making me sad

R.I.P

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mario2000
03/08/24 11:57:55 AM
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>tfw you see a guy toss off his shirt and it smashes a rock

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Nasty_Nitro
03/08/24 11:58:15 AM
#50:


vegeta415 posted...
Holy shit my first anime, i loved it because they were colored like the power rangers. It had a whole end arc and everything

Spiderman23J posted...
we are the last OGs

My Ronin Warriors brothas know whats really poppin

DBZ was a cultural phenomenon I have so many memories attached to it.

I recall drawing myself as a super saiyan and my dad saying can you give him dreads or something? black hair dont grow like that

first time I learned that being black meant my hair was different.

I distinctly remember when Goku finally turned Super Saiyan and it seemed like he was going to wipe the floor with Frieza lol that fight is like ten more episodes long before Goku gets blown up on Namek. Incredible.

I love that the show revolved around crazy boss battles

Piccolo vs Android 17 is one of the sickest fight scenes ever


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