Character comparisons between Supergirl and Dragon Ball
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Have you ever wondered how similar the characters of Supergirl/Superman and Dragon Ball are? Well wonder no more! In this hilarious tale, Bra fields questions(for her blog for those who haven't read Supergirl Z) asking her to do just that! You may be surprised at how similar they are!
Supergirl/Dragon Ball Z crossover Bra Briefs
Humor/Parody
Disclaimer: I don't own Supergirl or Dragon Ball! They belong to their respective owners; please support the official release! The only things I own are Bra's "email" and the call in number for the studio! (btw I think the number was clever using Shenron as the "theme" maybe I should "introduce" every broadcast with the Opening to Dragon Ball Super hmmm...)
A WORD FROM THE AUTHOR(ME)!: Last time I put in Bra's Facebook/Twitter accounts and yes if you're asking those are actual valid accounts!
"Hey guys its me Bra and I'mmmm back! with another broadcast for my lovely listeners! Thanks to mom who helped me out last week on our first broadcast and creating an introduction for my show. Apparently it comes from something called Dragon Ball Super...anyway enough of that! Many of you have been very receptive of seeing how my 'training sessions with a Martian' have been going and I have to say it's been...interesting to say the least. He has so many weird techniques and that's saying something considering Piccolo! Well other than his weird eye beams(which he calls his "Martian vision") and his ability to shape-shift into anything(which I think is a bit creepy considering he can become a Saiyan theoretically speaking") he can also do something call "phase-shifting". Now what that is(according to him) is that ability allows John to become intangible which means he can go through any objects solid or otherwise. Now I know that many people think that phase-shifting is the same as after-imaging but the difference is that phase shifting allows John to turn completely invisible to other people! Now this does help in the human world but to a Saiyan or even to a Kryptonian like Kara, its of no use since we can "sense" him and Kara can see/hear him with her abilities. John has also read my mind a few times(which Trunks warned me that he would do during the whole Astra revelation/prisoner exchange thing) and you may think ok Piccolo can read minds to how is that different? Well I guess you can say his ability of telepathy is far greater than Piccolo's and when I told that to my brother he said that it reminded him of King Kai because he too can project his thoughts into other people's mind. I mean c'mon! Trunks told me that King Kai mentally communicated with Goku on Planet Namek and that planet only had like 5 minutes until it was destroyed! The greatest difference between him and Piccolo is that he absorbs energy attacks and that he can move object with his mind but other than that-and the fact that he originated from Mars rather than Namek-the similarities between Piccolo and John will never end. Some have even asked "who is stronger" but I rather not say!"
"With that out of the way you know how to reach me 800-shenron that's 800-743-6766 and even though this is my second broadcast, it'll be the first time I'm going to the phones! Line one you're on!" "HI Bra!" said the excited voice of Marrion5(A/N shout out to her) "I love Dragon Ball and I want to know who does Eliza Danvers remind you of? Keep up the good work!" "Thanks for the kind words Marrion5 they mean a lot to me! As to who Eliza(Alex's mom and Kara's step-mom) reminds me of that's easy: from what Trunks and Gohan have told me of, Eliza reminds me an awful lot like Chi-Chi when she was alive. Now here me out on this one! Chi-Chi and Eliza aren't the same in terms of romancing their husbands(in fact many people outside of my family) believes that Chi-Chi roped Goku into a situation that he wasn't ready for. Now there is some truth to that I mean Goku did think that marriage was a type of food, but in the same breath many people looked at Goku and Chi-Chi's marriage and say "why doesn't Goku or Chi-Chi divorce? I mean they don't look like a 'normal couple, Chi-Chi yells at her husband, and Goku himself is often away". Now if you think of it from that perspective there's a lot of validity behind those doubters claims, but we know better! Chi-Chi loved Goku from the day that he poked her breasts on that nimbus cloud(btw that was a bit perverted) to the day he died! She NEVER THOUGHT of straying when he was alive, and even when he was dead when everyone was preparing to fight she didn't remarry! I think that's part of the reason she was so devastated when Goku died to that heart virus; if he died in battle like he did when Raditz came, Shenron could revive him, even IF he didn't want to stay dead after Cell was killed during my brother's time traveling adventures, Porunga could revive him. However, the heart virus is classified under death by natural causes and as such, Goku couldn't be revived which is why his death was so final to Chi-Chi and when he did pass on, her spirit was completely and utterly broken and it was no surprise that she committed suicide a few years later. Now mom does theorize that if Chi-Chi had another child to replace Goku, she wouldn't have committed suicide. I for one doubt it after all there was only a week between Cell becoming "perfect" and the "games" he hosted. I may be young, but even I know that a week is not sufficient enough to become pregnant never mind showing the signs of pregnancy."
"In any case that isn't the only reason that I think that Chi-Chi and Eliza Danvers are similar! The way they raised their children are also very similar as well! Now I know- from what Trunks has told me- that Kara is an exception because she's alien and wasn't raised on Earth the same way that Goku wasn't born on Earth and was "raised"(if you can call it that) by an old man who was the friend of the world's most infamous pervert Master Roshi! However, in terms of Alex for Eliza, she was "expected" to be better than her adopted sister; she knew the rules and defied them anyway by being "recruited" by the DEO despite the bad blood concerning Danver's employer Hank Henshaw and Eliza due to her husband's death. In the same way Gohan was "expected" to be a scholar(according to Gohan himself) and despite this he was "recruited" to be a Z fighter despite the bad blood between his kidnapper Piccolo and Goku in the 23rd Tenkachi Budokai. Another similarity was their children were forced to fight the bad guys despite their parents insistence of not fighting! Alex was recruited to keep her sister safe from outsiders, and when she joined the DEO, Eliza protested the notion because she believed her daughter would be endangered by Hank. The same thing could be said of Chi-Chi; Gohan felt guilty over the death of his mentor Piccolo and decided to go to Namek to revive him with their Dragon Balls. Chi-Chi refused but Gohan told her it was something he had to do. Eliza favored Kara over Alex something many outsiders say that Chi-Chi favored Gohan over her own husband which is another similarity between the two of them."
"Of course Eliza accepted the fact that Alex was part of the DEO and despite the dangers that the job entailed that she was proud of him. Chi-Chi also accepted that Gohan was a fighter during the android conflict(albeit under different circumstances); according to Mom, she accepted Gohan being a fighter the moment her husband died(because it was only right that he carry on his father's legacy). HOWEVER, according to my brother(during his time-traveling adventures), Chi-Chi only accepted the fact that Gohan was a fighter because of another promise. She said that "Gohan will train and be as strong as possible but then afterwards, he will become a scholar!" Goku did think that was only fair because of the love he had for his wife but he didn't tell Gohan that he was the only one that could beat that creep Cell. I think from what Trunks told me he told her after that battle but also said that Goku wouldn't want them to be sad because he was so proud of his son. I think that's the final similarity; both their wives consider their husbands to be heroes. John even called him a good man, but to Eliza Jeremiah was her hero in the same way Goku was Chi-Chi's hero. It's no secret that Trunks replicated Jeremiah's grave to be alongside of Goku's along with Chi-Chi, Grandpa Gohan and Jonathan Kent. But the comparison for Jonathan is for another day! I hope that you are happy with my comparison of Eliza Danvers to Chi-Chi Son and I'll see you guys next time and remember: No matter how dark the situation is heroes find a way to rise above! Goodbye!"
End Chapter
Me: That's the end of this chapter, I hope that the explanation for Eliza/Chi-Chi was well thought out! Many Dragon Ball Fans give Chi-Chi a LOT of flack because of the way Gohan turned out but you have to remember that she was raised in a sheltered environment(the Ox King) with no mother(she died at a very young age). As such, Chi-Chi had this "mentality" of what romance and love should be and when Goku came along, he "represented" her thinking. I mean she and Goku "flirted" after their first meeting and they later met for "date" (even though that scene in the Buu arc is filler) so one can't blame her attitude at the 23rd WMAT when Goku didn't recognize her.
Furthermore, she always thought that fighting/training was "fun" but when she saw the brutality of the 23rd tournament with the fight with Piccolo(who was evil at the time) I think it scarred her attitude about fighting for many years. I don't think I need to repeat what she said in Z in terms of fighting Vs. saving the world when they found out about the android threat and Goku ASKED HER PERMISSION to train Gohan. Of course when Goten was born her attitude shifted again as she felt(I think) a significant amount of guilt over her attitude with fighting as she thought that her attitude led to her husband's death(btw I think she's fully justified for thinking that way). So she set aside her hatred for fighting(after the 23rd) and trained Goten(and mind you she was a far inferior fighter) which resulted in her son turning Super-Saiyan at the age of 7. Besides Goten looks and resembles Goku so much that I think every time Chi-Chi looked at him, it was like looking at her husband which also added to her guilt hence her change.
If you guys want a more detailed explanation I HIGHLY recommend that you watch Geekdom 101's analysis with Super Jaiyan(on YouTube of course) of Chi-Chi's relationship with Goku as it delves really deep into "why did Goku hitting Chi-Chi in the crotch (to check her gender) led to her infatuation with him?". The answer may surprise you; I also would recommend the YouTube collaboration of Blackenfist, Qaaman, MistareFusion AND GEEKDOM dealing with the subject in a Thought for Talk entitled Is Chi-Chi crazy? Even those of you who don't like Chi-Chi will be challenged in their thinking; oh and before you guys ask I FULLY support Goku/Chi-Chi pairing and don't quite get the hate for her character. I understand the mentality because of what happened with Gohan(and as another note SSJ2 Teen Gohan is my 2nd favorite character after Goku of course) but I don't understand the hatred for Chi-Chi's character in light of EVERYTHING that she has gone through.
Think about it out of the 20+years(give or take) Goku and Chi-Chi have been married Goku has only been with his wife for only 8 years. The 8 years? The initial 4 years after Dragon Ball before Raditz came to Earth , the Three years before the androids came to Earth in Z, and the year before Pan's birth in Super. That's IT and other than the 6 months after the defeat of Kid Buu(in Super not the movie) and the 7 days of peace before the Cell Games in Z Goku was either dead/training! Oh and don't throw the argument that Goku "left" his wife to train Ubb at the end Z( that is being rewritten by Super) or Shenron at the end of GT(which fans don't consider canon). Either way, it's very clear that he did so because he WAS concerned for her safety by looking out for the next generation by training Ubb and having Goten/Trunks(in Z) and Vegeta/Pan(in GT) take up his mantle. Like I said in Supergirl Z to one of my reviewers a woman who has endured ALL of that shows that despite what the naysayers say about her marriage to Goku, Chi-Chi not only loves her husband but is extremely loyal to him and its clear he feels the same way. If you doubt me watch the end of episode Spirit Bomb triumphant(in the Buu arc) and the last 10 minutes(or so)of the Battle of Gods movie! I didn't mean to go off like that on a rant but I just wanted to wanted to defend my reasoning that Chi-Chi is similar to Eliza Danvers to those of you who are Supergirl fans as well as present a reasonable well thought out defense of Chi-Chi to the haters!