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Powar Levels; Yes, you knew it
Topic Started: Dec 14 2008, 02:45 AM (1,997 Views)
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I don't think you know what Plot Induced Stupidity means. I'll post the definition from some site.

Plot Induced Stupidity, or PIS, is when characters don't use their abilities or skills to the fullest extent as shown before, even within their personality ranges, for the sake of the story plotline. It makes lesser powered characters an actual challenge against higher powered characters in the comics.

I'll make a list of where Tien stands

1. Tien was beaten by Android 17 with ease to the point he doesn't even look like he's trying.
2. Piccolo was dead even with 17.
3. 1st form Cell took both 17 & Piccolo together. (Piccolo maybe weaken but 17 has unlimited stamina so he's still at peak strength)
4. 1st form Cell and 16 fought to a stand still but 16 got the upper hand.
5. When Cell absorbed 17 he became so strong that when 16 (equal to 1st form Cell) spam punches at him he didn't even feel a thing.

So if 2nd form Cell is leagues stronger than 16, who was as strong as 1st form Cell who beat 17 & Piccolo together, and Tien was pwned by 17 alone without even trying then how can the part where Tien Immobilizing 2nd form Cell with his attack somehow related to his power level. It's just a plot added to the storyline even though it makes completely no sense (stupid isn't it ^_^ ).
Edited by DbzNerd, Dec 19 2008, 08:19 PM.
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It is true that they did some INTENSE TRAINING but look here, Tien, Yamacha, Krillen trained intensely aginst the saiyans 4 1 year and only gotten up 2 a power level up to the thousands. That right there proved to us training on Earth's gravity isn't that effienct than training on high level gravity. The only people that have a gravity machine is BULMA and seeing that NO 1 knows about Vegeta and Bulma getting 2gether and the part about Trunks (baby) then we can pretty much figure out that they were only training on Earth's gravity. Read my old post i don't wanna explain it all again (srsly there's alot ).


I see what you're saying. Remember, power levels increase exponentially, not linerally. When Krillen, Tiem, Yamacha and Choazu trained for the Sayains, their power levels were low. None of them had power levels that exceeded past a 1000. I remember Krillen's level was like 130 something when they compared his level to Roshi's when Bulma was using the Scouter that they took from Raditz. Two years later when the Sayains came, Krillens power level was in the thousands. Proportionally, this a huge increase. Do you see what I am saying? It's not about how much the power increases, its about the percentage of the increase that really matters.

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First of all did u even consider how strong Dr.Gero and Android 19 was. First of all we know that Dr.Gero gather data of the Z fighters while they were on Earth and not on outer space. That right there proved to us that he espically made himself to b stronger than the Z fighter on Earth and he didn't calculate how strong they would of gotten on space. So we can estimate right now that 19,20 were only stronger than Goku & co on the saiyan saga yet weaker than them on the android saga. Dr.Gero probably thought that there was no need to make himself up to 16,17,18s level seeing that it was enough to kill them all. The reason why 19 beated SSJ Goku is because Goku had an heart attack. If some1 have an heart attack their pshyical condition wouldn't of been at their peak so even though Goku had his Chi (energy) he didn't have his usual strength, speed, stamina. When 19 absorbed Goku's Chi he is probably the strongest being on the planet other than Vegeta, 16, 17, 18, Cell's First form.


I know why 19 beat Goku. Goku had the heart virus bla bla bla. The day the Z fighters met the Androids 19 and 20, the strongest fighters were: Vegeta>Goku>Piccolo>Android 20 and 19>Gohan>Tien>Krillen>Yamacha.

However since Goku's heartvirus greatly weakened him, this allowed Android 19 to get the upperhand in the fight and beat him. Then you have Vegeta manhandle 19. However, recall that right before Vegeta finished 19 off, 19 managed to absorb some of Vegeta's energy. Even though he didn't show it, this weakened Vegeta and at that point he was vulnerable to 20. That's why when 20 fled, Vegeta asked for a bean. So we can assume that Android 19 and 20 were definately weaker then a SSJ but could pose a problem if they weakened/absorbed energy from their oppenents.


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Srsly just re-read/re-watch the Freiza saga. Saiyans get stronger because they get Zenkai boost while Piccolo fused with Nail and that's the only reason 1 power level can jump that high. The Zenkai boost also ended with Frieza saga.


I know why Sayains get stronger. After near death or a huge battle, Sayains ALWAYS come back stronger then they were before. That's how Vegeta managed to beat Zarbon the second time they fought on Namek. I am not too sure what a Zenkai boost is (didn't talk about it in DBZ) but I do know that Sayains always got stonger after tough training or battles. This trend continued throughout all of DBZ.

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N they can't. On the saiyan saga Krillen was piss when Yamacha died and attacked the Saiyan's with all his rage yet they came out unscratched, when Choazu died Tien used up all his energy/life energy/rage to form 1 last attack and it only injured Nappa and far from being life threatening.


Yes they can but its nothing comparable to a Sayain though. The reason why Vegeta and Nappa were not harmed by Krillen's attack was because Krillen's power level is insignificant compared to theirs. The fact remains that Krillen did have a spike of power increase when Yamacha died.

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Srsly it is not accurate seeing that from Saiyan to Frieza saga where they have feats of extreme training they only gotten up to the thousands and not even close to the millions yet the one's beyond without any training feats went up to the millions. The only accurate one's r from Saiyan saga to Frieza saga.


Again, it's exponential!
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Could you explain further? Because what I'm getting is that you are calling the fact that Tien could immobilise 2nd Form Cell (without causing much damage at all, if any, but still immobilising) is stupid. How can it be stupid if it is an official part of the story? It isn't even filler, so there's no argument for that. Toriyama decided that Tien was strong enough to play a part in helping save the world by immoblising Cell by using all his power, which must have been at least a 1,000,000 to even have an effect.
Yeah I strongly agree with you. Tien would have to be in the millions to hold off Cell for that long. There is no way Tien could have temporarily immobolized second form Cell for that long if he was below a million. It would be rediculous to think that Tien isn't above a million at that point. And it's not stupid, it was a dramatic part of the plot. If it wasn't for Tien, Cell would have became complete at that point but Tien bought everyone enough time for things to change. DBZnerd, I am not sure why you are arguing this but you're convincing no one.
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Yeah I strongly agree with you. Tien would have to be in the millions to hold off Cell for that long. There is no way Tien could have temporarily immobolized second form Cell for that long if he was below a million. It would be rediculous to think that Tien isn't above a million at that point. And it's not stupid, it was a dramatic part of the plot. If it wasn't for Tien, Cell would have became complete at that point but Tien bought everyone enough time for things to change. DBZnerd, I am not sure why you are arguing this but you're convincing no one.
Convincing no one??? Did you even read my old post of why that scene is PIS? Like I said Power Level is NOT the point in that part because using your logic, Mr.Satan survived a blow to the head by Kid Buu because his power level was in the millions?
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I see what you're saying. Remember, power levels increase exponentially, not linerally. When Krillen, Tiem, Yamacha and Choazu trained for the Sayains, their power levels were low. None of them had power levels that exceeded past a 1000. I remember Krillen's level was like 130 something when they compared his level to Roshi's when Bulma was using the Scouter that they took from Raditz. Two years later when the Sayains came, Krillens power level was in the thousands. Proportionally, this a huge increase. Do you see what I am saying? It's not about how much the power increases, its about the percentage of the increase that really matters.
I never said increasing power level from 100s to 1,000s is not impossible on Earth's gravity, as I clearly said to the increasing from thousands to the millions on Earth's gravity is impossible.

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However, recall that right before Vegeta finished 19 off, 19 managed to absorb some of Vegeta's energy. Even though he didn't show it, this weakened Vegeta and at that point he was vulnerable to 20. That's why when 20 fled, Vegeta asked for a bean. So we can assume that Android 19 and 20 were definately weaker then a SSJ but could pose a problem if they weakened/absorbed energy from their oppenents.
What? I got completely no clue what you where trying to prove me wrong at.

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I know why Sayains get stronger. After near death or a huge battle, Sayains ALWAYS come back stronger then they were before. That's how Vegeta managed to beat Zarbon the second time they fought on Namek. I am not too sure what a Zenkai boost is (didn't talk about it in DBZ) but I do know that Sayains always got stonger after tough training or battles. This trend continued throughout all of DBZ.
Zenkai boost is the near death experience power boost from the Saiyans (wiki it). They get stronger after tough training and battles because of Zenkai boost since they always get injured so what's the point of telling me this?

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Yes they can but its nothing comparable to a Sayain though. The reason why Vegeta and Nappa were not harmed by Krillen's attack was because Krillen's power level is insignificant compared to theirs. The fact remains that Krillen did have a spike of power increase when Yamacha died.
Before quoting my post did you even read who I was quoting this 2? The dude I quoted said that anger of a Namakian & humans can rival those of the anger of a Saiyan so i post those to prove him wrong.

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Again, it's exponential!
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Before quoting my post did you even read who I was quoting this 2? The dude I quoted said that anger of a Namakian & humans can rival those of the anger of a Saiyan so i post those to prove him wrong.

Erm...you were quoting this too him. He said that Nameks and Humans could still have a rise in power based on emotion, which evidentally Krillin did when Yamcha died, but did not say it could rival a Saiyans. We obviously know that Human's and Namek's power rise via emotion is nowhere near that of a Saiyans, it would be stupid to think so, but of course their power is going to increase with emotion. When you think about it, Tien's power would have increased as he put his all (almost his life) into fighting off Cell and would have ben running high on emotion. I still don't understand how you find it so hard to believe Tien's power level to be at at least a 1,000,000 when he fought off Cell, when you accept that Gohan and Cell were at about 300,000,000 and even further power levels in the Buu Saga.

An attempt at a mathematical argument. It may be confusing, as I'm trying to find a way to do this without confusing myself :P

2nd Form Cell (taken from the list) = 200,000,000
Tien = 1,000,000 (at minumum, but just to prove it was over 1,000,000)
200 million divided by 1 million is 200, so Cell is 200 times stronger than Tien.

Goku against Ginyu = 180,000
180,000 divided by 200 is 900.

You agree that Goku is undoubtably at 180,000 as it's stated. You will also agree that Krillin and Tien are over 900 at this point. There is the same difference between these two power levels as there is between 2nd Form Cell (200,000,000) and my proposed 1,000,000 (at least) for Tien.
You only notice the difference more because the numbers are bigger. Understand where I'm coming from? Sorry if it's too confusing, but I think that's my point proven pretty well.
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Before quoting my post did you even read who I was quoting this 2? The dude I quoted said that anger of a Namakian & humans can rival those of the anger of a Saiyan so i post those to prove him wrong.


Yeah, you were quoting me lol. I am not sure what you're talking about but I am saying that Namekians and humans CAN get small power increases when their is emotion or high stakes but I also clearly mentioned their power increases are nothing like that of a Sayains. Understand?


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Like I said Power Level is NOT the point in that part because using your logic, Mr.Satan survived a blow to the head by Kid Buu because his power level was in the millions?


You also have to understand this is just a cartoon and not a reality. If all of Dragonball Z was based off real mathmatical numbers and logic, then of course Mr. Satan would have been killed by Kid Buu's blow. That is just like how Mr. Satan survived the slap in the face he got from Cell at the Cell games. I think you're overthinking it.
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I doubt Kuririn's power ratings, for instance, are at all correct. Kuririn during the Cell Games @ 10,000,000? That's 4x as powerful as form 4 Freeza when he first emerged. There is no way, in my imagination, that it could be at all accurate.
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