Current Events > When do you think Dragon Ball jumped the shark as far as Goku's transformations?

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TULPAMANCER
05/10/22 12:45:45 AM
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We know the cycle. Something is the "ultimate form" until it gets surpassed in the next arc. At what point do you feel they finally went too far?








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Scotty_Rogers
05/10/22 12:47:20 AM
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Giant Monkey form

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TigerTarTheo
05/10/22 12:47:31 AM
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Ssj3 probably. I loved DBZ so much but I cant bring myself to watch Super

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TULPAMANCER
05/10/22 12:35:02 PM
#4:


Bump
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Gwynevere
05/10/22 12:36:45 PM
#5:


Definitely SSJ3, when you get to a point where you're monologuing to the villain to explain your next power up it's time to take a step back

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Scotty_Rogers
05/10/22 12:38:28 PM
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Yes

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SauI_Goodman
05/10/22 12:38:50 PM
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Anything past 2 was stupid.

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TULPAMANCER
05/10/22 12:39:30 PM
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I suppose I should've included SSJ4 in the poll. But GT isn't canon so...
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Strider102
05/10/22 12:39:44 PM
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When it spawned stuff like this.

https://youtu.be/I-lKf_rO5TY

https://youtu.be/_En4RovedOA

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WaterLink
05/10/22 12:41:07 PM
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Why they gotta make him sound like he's pushing out a giant spiky turd?

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Nemu
05/10/22 12:41:16 PM
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SS3 solidified transformations for the sake of transformations. It was obtained offscreen both times. We have no idea how one achieves it. It's fundamentally useless. Nobody ever masters it. It's completely forgotten ones SSG happens. SSG reigned things in a little bit where each transformation at least has a purpose in-universe, even if the real meta purpose is merch.
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Tyranthraxus
05/10/22 12:41:56 PM
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I feel like it should have stopped at SSJ2. You can say King Kai was mistaken about False Super Saiyan and that the transformation Goku does on Namek is actually False Super Saiyan, while Gohan achieved the first real Super Saiyan during Cell saga.

Then from there every other power up needs a concrete explanation other than "I just got stronger"

In Saint Seiya the powerups they get are pretty clearly defined.
  1. Awakening the seventh sense
  2. Bronze cloths repaired with blood of gold saints
  3. Gold cloths themselves
  4. Gold cloths get repaired with the blood of Athena

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Veggeta_MAX
05/10/22 12:44:59 PM
#16:


They're going to keep doing this forever. If you're sick of it already then jump ship but you won't.

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Oubliettes
05/10/22 12:49:23 PM
#17:


mfs in here acting like you watch dragon ball for nuance and narrative depth

power ups are dope, gimme dat uissgss2kk majin gogeta

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Ratchetrockon
05/10/22 12:50:37 PM
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They need to keep going tbh. Not enough forms yet

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NeonOctopus
05/10/22 12:51:43 PM
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Ultra Instinct. As someone who hasn't watched that far into Super yet: It looks dumb >_>

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Scotty_Rogers
05/10/22 12:52:43 PM
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Nemu posted...
SSG reigned things in a little bit where each transformation at least has a purpose in-universe, even if the real meta purpose is merch.

Lol the only purpose is always just merch. Always has been. Dumb nerdy in universe shit never matters; SSG is just a red recolor.

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Nasty_Nitro
05/10/22 12:54:17 PM
#23:


I loved SSJ3 its my favorite form and it seemed like it was so important and powerful and then Majin Buu was like

Sike ya mind! SSJ3 should have been the be all end all. But I like Ultra Instinct being a technique instead of a super saiyan form.

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uwnim
05/10/22 12:54:18 PM
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Nemu posted...
SS3 solidified transformations for the sake of transformations. It was obtained offscreen both times. We have no idea how one achieves it. It's fundamentally useless. Nobody ever masters it.
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Scotty_Rogers
05/10/22 12:54:42 PM
#25:


Transformations were always stupid. Dragon Ball has never been a deep, well written literary work so analysing it as such is dumb; the franchise has always just been trash made by a talentless pervert.

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A_Good_Boy
05/10/22 12:56:52 PM
#26:


They got pretty dumb around ss3, but peak stupidity is super saiyan God super saiyan.

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K181
05/10/22 12:56:52 PM
#27:


Red hair was just lazy, and then they did it again with blue hair and a mindbogglingly stupid name.

I would've must rather seen them try to do a refined SSJ3 that wasn't so overwhelmingly taxing on the person and have it be attainable by Vegeta & Co. as well.

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3PiesAndAFork
05/10/22 12:57:39 PM
#28:


Ss3. If I had to streamline the transformations so there aren't too many, I'd keep 1, 2, God (Goku exclusive), blue (Vegeta exclusive), UI, UE.

God and Blue would be roughly the same power, but while Goku would spend the early two arcs trying to achieve god on his own merit, Vegeta would go his own way and get blue.

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MC_BatCommander
05/10/22 1:05:07 PM
#30:


Super Saiyan 3 not only looked stupid, it felt like it barely had any impact on the plot when it was revealed

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s0nicfan
05/10/22 1:07:07 PM
#31:


Ssj2. I know everyone loves Gohan vs cell, but its when ssj stopped being special.

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NeonOctopus
05/10/22 1:08:00 PM
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I didn't even know the difference between SSJ1 and 2 until Goku pointed it out before he went 3 >_>

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Scotty_Rogers
05/10/22 1:08:34 PM
#33:


s0nicfan posted...
Ssj2. I know everyone loves Gohan vs cell, but its when ssj stopped being special.

It stopped being "special" once Trunks did it a few chapters after Goku and it was jobbing to androids made in some guy's basement

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saspa
05/10/22 1:09:02 PM
#34:


Did you not include the GT transformations eg ssj4 and gold ape for fear that they might dominate the poll?

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UnfairRepresent
05/10/22 1:11:27 PM
#35:


Probably SS3

As much as I like the Buu Saga, that was totally pointless.

But even by then the "Only Goku and maybe Gohan for a moment get a chance to be relevant" had sunk in.

You got Krillin, Tien, Yamcha, Trunks all siting on their hands doing jackshit. Even Vegeta for all his bluster ultimately doesn't do much.

Don't get me wrong. I'm not saying there's anything wrong with having Goku be stronger than everyone else. But at least use your cast for something, have them do something

It became like if Star Trek Voyager had a crew of Janeway, The Doctor and 147 Harry Kims.

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FunkyCat
05/10/22 1:13:43 PM
#36:


I'd say even 2 stretched it.

When it was a unique thing to Gohan? Sure, cool. Hybrid mix power that he built up to throughout the series and obtained at the climax of the saga.

...then everyone got it and it became irrelevant.

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IShall_Run_Amok
05/10/22 1:18:56 PM
#37:


Super Saiyan 3. The whole arc was about fusing and absorbing, until they couldn't think of anything more to do with that and gave up, and Super Saiyan 3 played basically no role in this story - it was basically filler on Goku; a preamble to nothing, and merely an aspect of Gotenks.

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FortuneCookie
05/10/22 1:20:57 PM
#38:


It might be a little bit humorless of me, but when they transformed into a piece of candy was the jump-the-shark moment.
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Mad-Dogg
05/10/22 1:22:58 PM
#39:


On one hand yeah, I think it did get a bit out of hand since ssj3, but on the other hand....

I really liked monkey man SSJ4 and I would be hyped if that was made canon. I actually miss the oozaru/saiyan tail stuff.

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ChrisTaka
05/10/22 1:35:10 PM
#40:


Anything past SSJ2. SSJ2 just being a perfected SSJ was actually good writing foreshadowing since that same arc introduced "Ascended" SSJ which is just SSJ2 with major flaws and was a good foil to Cell trying to reach perfection as well.

SSJ3 was just dumb

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Slaya4
05/10/22 1:37:56 PM
#41:


SSJ3 for the reasons already posted. If it was never introduced nothing of value would have changed. SSJ2 was just true form SSJ and it aligned with the story that was being told of half breeds.

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TotAll
05/10/22 1:42:24 PM
#42:


SSJ 2 should've looked different and be exclusive to Gohan.

SSJ 3 was stupid AF.

SSJG/Blue were cool concepts but had awful names that ruined them. Shouldn't have been called "SSJ" in the first place, specially SSJGSSJ. Dumb.

Ultra Instinct was the coolest thing to happen to DB since SSJ.

Ultra Ego is pretty cool too.

So I'd say it jumped the shark when everyone could turn SSJ2 in the Buu arc, could've saved it with God ki transformation but fucked up the concept/name and finally redeemed themselved with UI.

SSJ Rage was also cool but dumb.
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Nasty_Nitro
05/10/22 1:43:40 PM
#43:


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IIRC it was explained that those where more or less SSJ1.5 as Gohans SSJ2 form (with the lightning) was the full SSJ2

remember Vegeta powered up and he was too slow or something even tho he was super strong thus confirming Perfect Cell was beyond SSJ1 power


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The Popo
05/10/22 1:45:34 PM
#44:


MC_BatCommander posted...
Super Saiyan 3 not only looked stupid, it felt like it barely had any impact on the plot when it was revealed


SSJ = The power to defeat Frieza
SSJ2 = The power to defeat Cell
SSJ3 = The power to hold off Buu while someone looks for a radar

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Tyranthraxus
05/10/22 1:46:34 PM
#45:


The Popo posted...
SSJ = The power to defeat Frieza
SSJ2 = The power to defeat Cell
SSJ3 = The power to hold off Buu while someone looks for a radar
Don't forget:

Normal base Saiyan: the power to kill Buu

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CaptainStrong
05/10/22 1:49:21 PM
#46:


When he transformed in to King Kong and killed his grandfather.
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ChrisTaka
05/10/22 1:51:17 PM
#47:


TotAll posted...
Ultra Ego is pretty cool too.

It looks as dumb as it sounds lol

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--Zero-
05/10/22 1:53:14 PM
#48:


Super Saiyan Blue Kaio-Ken x20 is non canon.

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Scotty_Rogers
05/10/22 1:58:23 PM
#49:


Nasty_Nitro posted...
IIRC it was explained that those where more or less SSJ1.5 as Gohans SSJ2 form (with the lightning) was the full SSJ2

Lol no they weren't

Nasty_Nitro posted...
remember Vegeta powered up and he was too slow or something even tho he was super strong thus confirming Perfect Cell was beyond SSJ1 power

No he didn't lol

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NoxObscuras
05/10/22 2:01:36 PM
#50:


I liked everything up to super saiyan 3, but with Super it got kind of ridiculous. Super Saiyan God looks kinda like kaio-ken, but it's the ultimate form, because now he's a God. But then Super Saiyan Blue is even stronger than that... somehow.

And now we have Ultra Instinct, which is the ultimate of ultimate forms that nothing will surpass... for now.

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The Popo
05/10/22 2:03:15 PM
#51:


--Zero- posted...
Super Saiyan Blue Kaio-Ken x20 is non canon.

Eh, not really. In DB & DBZ, anything that was added to the anime that wasnt in the manga was non canon.

With DBS, the manga & anime are both sorta their own things. Similar, but not identical, and each basically taken as separately canon.

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