#copy vegeta

[ararebreedstory]

People always talk about fan service like it's a bad thing. Well I'm a fan, and I'd like to be serviced please. Just let me mainline that nostalgia.

[nutscentedalien]

Copy Vegeta! 🫠

[duhragonball]

Dragon Ball Super 044

It’s the Potaufeu Trilogy, comin’ atcha!

So the only real value to the first 75% of Dragon Ball Super is the filler episodes they stick between each arc.  The Battle of Gods and Resurrection F episodes were crappy reruns, and the Destroyers Tournament looks like a crappy WWE B-list Pay-Per-View.  And the Zamasu arc.... well, we’ll get to that. 

But the filler episodes are generally fun and enjoyable, probably because they don’t waste time dragging out every little moment to pad out the series.  Like Dragon Ball GT, Super could probably be edited down to a much shorter anime if they just cut out all the pointless monologues and staredowns and reaction shots from minor characters.  These were always part of the charm with DBZ, but GT and Super just abuse the hell out of those tricks, with little to show for it.  What puts Super ahead of GT is that it can occasionally produce a good story once in a while. 

All right, so let’s dive into this.  Bulma’s doing some sort of experiment when Monaka shows up in his delivery truck to bring her more snacks.  She then borrows him to hold a funnel under a pipe while she generates a small amount of liquid.  There’s filter paper in the funnel, so I guess she needs to filter it.  Monaka just worries about falling behind on his route. 

See, this was what I was saying about Gohan’s career in the last episode.  They’re so vague about what he does and how he does it.  In this scene, Bulma’s working on an experiment which clearly has no basis in reality, but I can still recognize some of the equipment.  Glass funnel, filter paper, and a giant over-sized beaker.   The other stuff doesn’t look like anything in particular, but it still looks kind of authentic, like someone actually used references to draw this room instead of just winging it.  They should show Gohan in a room like this, only with biology stuff.  Like bugs and... more bugs.  That’s where biologists work, right?  They just hop into a big room full of bugs. 

Anyway, Goten and Trunks find Monaka’s unattended truck and start screwing around in the back.  Hey, those toys aren’t for you!

Monaka’s in such a hurry to get on with his route that he doesn’t even check to see if anyone’s in the back.  He just listens to the radio, and they read his letter on the air.  Under a psuedonym, Monaka confesses that he likes to take the packages marked “fragile” and set them on fire. 

Anyway, he doesn’t find the boys until he makes his next stop on Planet Potaufeu, where he has to warm them up because there’s no heat in the back of the truck. 

Monaka’s here to deliver a martial arts magazine to the planet’s sole inhabitant, Potage.  Potage kind of looks like a cross between a dog and a beetle, but not quite.  Anyway, he’s got bigger problems on his hands right now.

A bunch of bad guys, led by the evil Gryll, have come to this planet in search of “superhuman water”, but Goten and Trunks clobber them easily.

Gryll withdraws, but not without picking up the mysterious amulet that Potage dropped earlier.  Among other things, it’s the key to unlock the superhuman water. 

And while Goten and Trunks could easily stop him, he takes Monaka hostage, which allows him to take possession of the superhuman water.  Seems kind of anticlimactic, but...

Back on Earth, Bulma has finally discovered Trunks and Goten got into Monaka’s truck before he took off.  She calls Jaco to help them search, and when he tries to back out, she considers contacting the Galactic King and telling him about that picture she saw on Jaco’s ship with silly stuff drawn on it. 

More importantly, look how huge Vegeta is in this shot.  It’s ridiculous.  He’s supposed to be a little shorter than Bulma, and while I’ve gotten used to artists toeing that line, making him a little taller, this time they go way too far.  The character model isn’t meant to be this tall, which is why his shoulders and arms look so messed up. 

Here, they just screw it up in a whole different way.  Vegeta looks about right this time, except they just raised him up about six inches from Bulma’s level.  It looks like he’s standing on a box.

Back on Potaufeu, the bad guys are chasing the good guys, but these aliens look a little... different, don’t they?

Vegeta arrives in the nick of time (and so does Jaco) and he defeats the bad guys easily, but one of them melts into a puddle of purple goo, and it envelops Vegeta like a giant amoeba.

This is probably someone’s fetish, so drink it in, you sick fucks.

Vegeta emerges from the fluid seemingly unharmed, except he can’t use his powers. As for the purple goop...

It’s become an exact copy of Vegeta, with all his powers.  Uh-oh.

[ssjumi]

some screenshot redraws done with posca markers and acrylic gouache from a couple months ago

[typeghost]

also i like that evil fake vegeta keeps going out of his way to tell trunks how proud of him he is

[tigirl-and-co]

it's important to have interests all across the spectrum. having to put a copy of Dostoevsky's work next to Goku Dragonball keeps you humble

[kamehamehamlet]

The Tumblr reblog sensation is returning. But like the Sayians or Shakespeare’s folios, it has the potential to develop in many forms.

Visit kamehamehamlet.com to be notified when we have more details.

Follow this blog for a peak behind the curtain.

And read on to learn more about the show, how we got here, and where we’re going.

Thank you for waiting just a little bit longer.

Revival Project FAQ

Who are you?

Hi! I’m Daniel Cole Mauleón (@writepictures), the writer of Kamehamehamlet. In 2015 I co-founded the theatre company Play-Dot Productions with KHH’s director Shalee Mae Cole Mauleón.

What is Kamehamehamlet?

Kamehamehamlet: Good Night Saiyan Prince, was an hour-long one act play, performed during the 2015 Minnesota Fringe Festival. It’s a staged retelling of Vegeta and Freeza’s battle on the planet Namek. Marketed as a Dragon Ball Z and Hamlet mash-up, the parody quickly shuffled off its weighted gi, revealing it was actually a Waiting for Godot spoof. After five performances, Vegeta hung up his helmet of spiky hair. Seven years later, K (@amokslime) wrote this incredibly gracious post on Tumblr, which inspired two people to reach out to me via Reddit to ask if I had a script or a recording of the performance.

I want to pause the semi-marketing voice and say a heartfelt thanks to K. Kamehamehamlet was brought to life by an incredible team of artists during a summer I’ll never forget. We got laughs at jokes, gasps at fight choreography, and we broke even on the budget (a Fringe miracle TBH). K’s post gave me the chance to revisit that show through someone else’s eyes. The mix of pride and humility it stirs up is truly indescribable.

If there is art which has changed you, and especially if the artist is still alive I encourage you to non-intrusively share that with the artist.

Is there a copy of the script?

Yes, I’ll speak more about that at below.

Is there a recording of the performance?

There was, but I genuinely lost the files. And that’s for the best, honestly. It was a last-second attempt, filmed from two cheap cameras (with different qualities and resolutions!), both at bad angles and with truly awful audio. Trust me. It’s better this way.

That said, I do have other archival footage from rehearsal's, tech, etc. that I look forward to sharing for those curious.

What’s next?

This is the question I’ve been asking myself over the past year and the reason it took so long to post anything. Especially since one thing I want to do differently this time is make sure that any artists involved are meaningfully compensated for their time and skill. However, I can’t plan without a better estimate of what kind of support we would have, and I didn’t want to share our intentions without concrete details. Right now, the best way you can support this project is by signing up for the announcement on kamehamehamlet.com and following us on Tumblr and YouTube!

The second best thing you can do is to share with others about this project, if I’ve learned anything reading through the comments on K’s post, it is that there’s a much bigger audience for KHH than I could have ever imagined, and you likely know at least one more person who would be interested.

And while I don’t want to promise anything I can’t deliver on, I will share that I’m planning on making the script available this year and I’ll be writing a separate post about that in near future.

Update 5/21/24: We've announced a staged reading for later this year! (Click to learn more) Update 6/11/24: We're going live on YouTube every Saturday through June to rally fans and talk about the project. This link will always take you to the upcoming stream. And this link will take you past recordings.

If you’ve read this far thank you so much.

Photography by Ann B. Erickson. Vegeta is played by McKenzie Shappell. Freeza is played by Cayla Marie Wolpers. Costumes by Sarah Noel Simon.

[nectarine-pit]

royal treatment ✨

this was a thank-you drawing for somebody who managed to snag a copy of an anthology* for me that I missed the buy window for! also a fun excuse to draw vegeta & bulma 🐉🔮

*it was a vegekaka anthology; I appreciate a wide variety of dbz ships

[tsams-and-co-memes]

Future villain idea for tsams: V1 Eclipse

V1 was cast out of Sun's head, and Moon said he probably ended up somewhere random

Meaning that his body is still out there somewhere

He was so stubborn that, even in his heavily damaged/injured state, I highly doubt he would've stayed still and let himself rot, wherever he popped up. Knowing him, the guy probably tried to drag himself somewhere and likely would've tried to repair himself out of spite

No one knows where he ended up, no one's found his body (that we know of), no one's been looking for him, given everything else that's been going on, and he just became an afterthought. If he took more than a year to somehow get somewhere and repair himself, and then came back with an absolute vengeance, I wouldn't be surprised. And honestly? It'd be the perfect cover. No one's looking for him, so he can lay low and do whatever he needs to do until he's fully operational again

Plus,, Vegeta went to the afterlife once, because he wanted to meet his grandpa (Monty’s dad). In the process, he found whatever version of Eclipse it was that blew up Lunar there, and Solar Flare was even present. If a previous iteration of Eclipse was there, in the afterlife, while another is still alive, that implies that they're not the same person

One was the original, one was a backup, and two were/are copies

So like. V1 gets cast out and assumed dead, but it's never confirmed. V2 wakes up and has the personality and the memories, and although he's the same guy, he's also not. Then V2 dies, and V3 pops up. V3 is a copy. He's got the memories and personality, but he knows he's not THE Eclipse. V4 is also a copy. The memories are there but his personality has shifted. Yes he's Eclipse, but in a way, he's also not. He's almost kinda doing what Solar did, and going through a similar process. The only thing different about their processes (aside from what they've been through) is the fact that one changed his name and the other didn't

V1 could still be out there somewhere, and we'd never even know until he was already back in working order and Doing Things again

[serenityhime1]

Vegebul Coloring Book - Interest

Hey tumblr people! An interest has been expressed in a Vegebul Coloring Book after I was triple dog dared by Astral to print out his lineart and color it in crayon. I did, and it was super fun, and now somehow there's a serious discussion about putting together a Vegebul Coloring Book.

There's a lot of logistics that go into something like this, and I'm happy to organize it because I love our little Vegebul community so much. Things like finding a printer, shipping logistics, etc. We'll have to answer some questions like, is this for profit for artists? Or is it at-cost/a charity project? How big is the coloring book going to be? Will this be strictly Vegebul?

But before all of that, we have to gauge interest from artists and consumers both. This is meant to be something fun for artists to submit some lineart and then everyone can bust out their crayons and colored pencils and have fun coloring our favorite idiots.

Below is a poll to gauge interest. I can't actually organize everything until after the beginning of September, but if you're interested in contributing or acquiring a Vegebul Coloring Book made of art from our lovely community members please vote below. If you're an artist who's interested in contributing, please feel free to comment and/or reach out via DMs and I'll start putting a list together.

I also want to be very clear that if a single person tells me "My art isn't good enough to go in a coloring book" that I will draw Vegeta and Bulma and put it in there and you will all regret that, because I can't draw even a little. If you're feeling insecure about your art, reach out to me privately and I will absolutely pump you up about it and cheer you on.

[amebanworld]

So... what happened with Raditz? I mean...

Cetain thing I find infurating about the (random) DragonBall canon is how imprecisse and "let's forget our own canon" it can be. Sure, Mr. Toriyama never took a big deal about this b/c he just wanted to make something entertaining. But, at the end of the day, it also happens to be contradictory or just unfair. That's the case of Raditz. Let me explain myself... After so many years, Mr. Toriyama finally could acomplish his idea about how saiyans were and what happened with Bardock, Broly, King Vegeta, Freeza, etc... Till then, we only had Toei's movies and OVA's, not Toriayama's. Therefore, we learned about Goku's mother, Gine, as well the dinamic of his parents. Unlike Toei's movies, here we could meet Raditz as a kid. And happens to be the character is something less "saiyan like" we had in mind. Let's check these canon scenes...

We can see Raditz playing with beetles along other younger saiyan children. Sure, this is a Japanese thing and they can be related with it, but in DBall canon, we can see saiyan kids aren't different from human children. And overall, Raditz is NOT evil here, he's just behaving like any other playfull kid.

Now, we also can see Gine holding Raditz's hand, like any other mother would do with really young children. Yes, we know Gine was sweet (at least, for saiyans standars), but we don't see Raditz is infurated or anything because his family.

Also, we have this "Kid manga" about their saiyan tail's training. It's suppused to fit the real manga, but obviously it isn't really canon (an alternative universe, perhaps?) But putting aside the fact is nonsensical Raditz cannot recognize Kakarot, in this manga we see Vegeta uses to menace Raditz for any faliure, and he's afraid of him (as any saiyan would do with the Prince). But, on the other side, we see Goku-Kakarot and Raditz getting along nicely and being supportive with each other. In the end of the story, they wish for a future meeting. On the other hand, we also have the inverse situation, also in canon...

Raditz and Vegetas reaction after learning about the fate of their planet and people. They both acting like little shits. Vegeta says "Duh! I don't care!" and Raditz copying his answer. Sure, we can say Raditz did so because he's coping the prince b/c, well, Vegeta's the prince and Raditz is now going to go in the opposite direction. Anyway, his behaviour here is totally different from the image of him playing with beetles and other kids. And they both are canon!! Anyway, these facts bring up a lot of questions the fandom seem doesn't care about. I mean... At this point, we asume saiyans aren't cold hearted butchers, but people like humans are, but in a different stage of civilitation. Something similar to Mongol horders under Gengis Khan emperor. For them, fighting to survival is something and not showing weakness is something cultural. We knew, in the end, Vegeta did care for his people and wanted revenge, so this answer as kid was just wordiness. But, why we never got good answers? And why the fandom keeps saying Raditz, Nappa (and any other classical saiyans) are a bunch of plain assholes? Afterwards, Brooly happens to be a kind of shy boy and Vegeta's little bro (yeah, another canon break), is a sweetheart. I'd like to see more about the saiyans and how Raditz, being the main character's bro, could get a full arc about his story. It is unfair for this character, as well as the fandom ignoring him (except for another shipping story/ new saiyan from nowhere/ expendable villan).

I don't think Goku, at this point fo "Super" even cares. Son Goku turned into a plain egoistical idiot in later stories after all.

Oh! BTW, the beetle thing seems to be something that runs in the family. Goten also likes to play with insects. Uncle Raditz would aprove this.

[ravoress]

Raditz full on copies Vegetas lead "oh he doesnt care? I- i dont care either"

[duhragonball]

Dragon Ball Super 046

Potaufeu Trilogy III: Pacification

All right, so Vegeta got attacked by the Commeson, an alien weapon made of purple jello that absorbs people’s powers and produces exact copies of them.  The real Vegeta will fade away into nonexistence unless someone can destroy the copy in the next few minutes.  And by “someone”, we pretty much mean “Goku”, since he’s the only one powerful enough to get the job done. 

The fight’s pretty decent, but the real drama is in Vegeta’s conflicted emotions over watching it.  On the one hand, he obviously needs Goku to win this one, or he’ll literally die.  On the other hand, if Goku can actually beat Copy-Vegeta in under five minutes, then he would figuratively die... of embarrassment!  And yet, if Copy Vegeta managed to win this thing, that still wouldn’t satisfy Vegeta, because that should have been his victory, and he’s been reduced to a spectator. 

So with all that running through his mind, Vegeta loses it and attacks the copy during the fight, but ends up passing right through him, because he’s turning into some sort of ghost.  This seems like a plot hole, since Vegeta lost his powers, and yet he’s flying in this scene, but maybe that’s a side effect of the vanishing thing. 

Anyway, he scolds both Copy Vegeta and Goku for their shitty efforts.  Cripes, they just keep making Vegeta taller and taller in this arc.  He’s taller than friggin’ Goku now, and everyone knows that’s not right. 

So Goku and the copy transform into Super Saiyan Blues and continue.  You know, they really should have just started from here.  I mean, the Copy’s got no reason to hold back, and Goku has a pretty hard deadline here.  Or maybe he wants Vegeta to sweat it out a little.  A little payback for breaking his ribs that one time.  Or cutting out on him when they were about to fight Jeice and Ginyu.  Or when Vegeta let Cell become perfect.  Or the whole Majin Vegeta thing.  I should really move on.

To slow the progress of Vegeta’s condition, Potage gives Vegeta the thing he wears around his neck.  It’s like the key to the prison his people built to contain Commeson, and it’s made with the “antidote” they used to defeat it before, so maybe if Vegeta puts it in his mouth, it’ll help. 

But we all know what it looks like, and Jaco tries to take a photo, but his camera runs out of power before he can get a good shot.  I got you covered, Jaco.

SEO: dragon ball dragon ball z dragonball dragonballz vegeta pacifier binky vegeta’s pacifier stupid babies need the most care vegeta’s binky dragon ball super vegeta vegeta vegeta baby

Anyway, Potage suddenly remembers there’s another way to help Vegeta.  So the Commesson creates copies of its vicitms, which it supposedly controls.  But Copy Vegeta turned against the main Commesson when it tried to get him to fight dirty against Goku.  But there’s a yellow crystal inside the Commesson’s goop, and if they can smash it, that will weaken all the copies it’s made.  That will give Goku the edge against Copy Vegeta. 

Trunks asks why Potage didn’t mention this before, and he admits that it’s been a hundred years since he ever had to think about it.  Anyway, the plan doesn’t work, because they can’t find the Commeson, and then it starts chasing after them.

They retreat back to the mesa where Vegeta is watching the fight, and then the Commeson follows them, and tries to attack Trunks.  Vegeta attempts to defend the boy, but he can’t do anything.  And then, in all the confusion, Monaka steps on the part of the Commeson that has the yelllow crystal floating in it.  It shatters, and Copy Vegeta is immediately affected.

I know the main event of this episode is the pacifier bit, but let’s not overlook this awesome shot of Copy Vegeta melting into goop.

Goku finishes off Copy Vegeta with a Kamehameha, and Vegeta turns solid again.  Potage thanks everyone for their help, although his job hasn’t changed.  You’d think crushing that little crystal would kill the Commeson for good, but apparently Potage still has to seal it away and keep anyone else from releasing it.  Couldn’t Goku throw it into the sun or something?  Well, I guess the old guy knows what he’s doing.  

Then everyone goes home and Vegeta is mortified to learn what a pacifier is.  He insists that he would have died before putting it in his mouth if he had any idea what it was.  I don’t know.  Between the Bingo Dance, the GT mustache, the nude ghost sequence, and several Yukio Ebisawa episodes of Z, I’m not even sure this is the most embarrassing thing that’s ever happened to Vegeta.

Ope, but we’re not done yet.  In a grimdark edgy preview, we see a familiar figure lurking in the shadows.  But no matter how desperately he tries, he cannot hide for long from...

The bullshittiest saga of them all!   Hoo-boy.

[saiyanmazen]

Dragon Ball Super Abridged

I really want to encourage everyone to check out DBSA by the Kai Games on YouTube. They've already several of the movies and are now working on the series.

They're doing a great job and making it their own instead of copying Team Four Star.

Please consider showing your support.

And, because I mainly post about Vegeta (and Bulma), here's something from the first episode:

[pancakeke]

if goku and vegeta fuse into gogeta/vegito and then father a child in that form, what kind of hairstyle do you think the kid would have.

vegeta's hair takes priority in both fusion designs but goku's kids have basically carbon copies of his hairstyle.

[tobiasdrake]

Dragon Ball Daima, episode 5. Time to meet the new girl for realsies.

For like forty years.

Goku's leaving out information that's extremely relevant to the new girl's question. The reason he has the skills of a middle-aged martial arts master is because that is literally what he is.

We're still going to the castle? I thought we turned around to go chase the Dragon Ball instead. Maybe I misunderstood.

Gloom n' Doom was trying to leave her behind but we all know who the real star is, and he accepts bribes in exchange for friendship.

He also accepts friendship without bribes. He's just nice. But he's not gonna turn down some onigiri if you're offering.

We have a name! Between Glorio and Panzy, it seems the denizens of Daimakai have flowers for their name pun theme.

(Goku, you named your son after rice. You have no room to talk.)

Not sure if the exchange over whose name is weirder is meant to be a parallel to Goku's first meeting with Bulma. Very rarely do the punny names get called out as funny in-universe.

They're going the "Everyone has their own unique superpower" route for the Majin, I see. And Panzy's is....

Telekinesis.

We've seen telekinesis a few times. Chiaotzu and Guldo are the most prolific telekinetic characters. But they're also...

Like. They both kinda fall into the category of "Characters who got exactly one fight and then fucked off or died." We've never had a character who was important to the plot and had abilities centered around psychic powers.

I hope that's about to change but Dragon Ball is notoriously terrible with its female characters so I'm not taking anything for granted.

Panzy is completely ruining Glorio's vibe as our solemn guide to the demonic lands and he can die mad about it. XD

Weird thing to have a character say before cutting to a montage of everyone pleasantly sightseeing with no trouble whatsoever while happy fun-time music plays in the background.

The front gate is HUNGRY OM NOM NOM NOM

Is....

...is the plan to raise Baby Dende like an ordinary child over the course of many years so that he imprints on Gomah and comes to see this castle and its occupants as his home and family?

Is that what we're doing here?

(Wouldn't he still have his memories? Goku and the others do.)

Oh, she is definitely like the king's daughter or something. There's a reason she happens to know the most convenient way to and from the castle. Glorio needs to learn how to read a room.

You know, I really thought they were gonna tease that out a bit longer.

She's got her own distinct style to her but she's definitely a bootleg copy of Bulma. Child genius female super-mechanic who attaches herself to Goku after seeing how powerful he is and happens to be the daughter of the most rich and powerful family in the region. There's visibly a lot of Bulma in her character DNA.

Even her logo on the front of her shirt often looks like a C because of the stuff covering it.

Which is kinda making me start to wonder if Glorio is a bootleg copy of Future Trunks. Grim and serious demeanor, showing up out of nowhere in a magical fantasy vehicle, leaning on a weapon but also being able to fight without it, that jacket... Huh.

HAHAHA NO

Goku, sure, but Kaioshin is one whole Fuck No in the realm of fighting Majin Buu. It is thoroughly established that he'd be up shit creek without a paddle in a straight fight with Buu.

...

In fact, so is Goku. The only form of Buu that Goku has ever been a match for is Fat Buu. And that is strictly hypothetical, based on Goku's impression of Buu versus how strong Super Saiyan 3 is supposed to be..

Strictly hypothetically, his Super Saiyan 3 could waste Pure Buu too. We all saw how well that worked out.

"Wait but wasn't Goku holding back so Vegeta could have a turn?"

Common misconception but no. Vegeta accuses Goku of that, but Goku was sincerely giving Buu his all and getting wrecked. Super Saiyan 3 is the only form Goku has that can match Buu on paper, but Super Saiyan 3's drawbacks prevent it from being able to match Buu in practice.

So. Uh. No. There is not a single person in this room that can cash the check that Glorio's stupid mouth has written. Not counting sequel series that haven't taken place yet at this point in the timeline, the only time Goku has ever been on Buu's level was when he had Vegeta to fuse with.

Seems legit. I like the cut of his jib. We should definitely make him king.

He commodifies women as bargaining chips to be bought and sold by their fathers. I don't like the cut of his job. We should not make him king.

Goku proving himself by fighting all the royal guards at once is a fun fight, well animated, and nicely paced. But I particularly enjoyed this moment.

Goku transforming to Super Saiyan not to actually go Super Saiyan but just to use the burst of ki that comes from it as a radial attack to blow the goons away. Weaponizing the power-up itself.

Some real "Shazam hits his opponent with the transformation lightning bolt" energy going on here.

...

I legit thought this guy was going to, like, reveal some sort of power that lets him teleport directly to Earth and then bring back Vegeta, Bulma, and Piccolo in a snap.

I'm looking forward to having Panzy on the team. Especially when Bulma gets here. I can't wait for Bulma to meet Discount Bulma.