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OP
OP
Oct 25, 2017
26,560
If these memes result in a bunch of grown adults meeting in a room to talk about maybe putting Shaggy in MK11 or the next Injustice, then it would've all been worth it.
 

Bakercat

Member
Oct 27, 2017
10,154
'merica
I could understand the meme if they only used swollen Shaggy, but just using regular shaggy and writing bad anime lines over him isn't really that great. That's been done to death already with better characters tbh.
 

RecRoulette

One Winged Slayer
Member
Oct 25, 2017
26,044
Sorry guys but this meme is already dead
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JonnyDBrit

God and Anime
Member
Oct 25, 2017
11,022
Why the Spanish names lmao, this got me cackling.

Okay so, Dragon Ball is arguably even bigger in Central and Latin America than it is in the US, with public screenings of the last few episodes of Super because the hype was that absurd. Back when Ultra Instinct was first floating around in particular, the reaction of a pseudo-canonisation of 'Goku Blanco', which had been - as I understand it anyway - a way of referring to the 'Super Saiyan 5' design that was done up as an April Fools joke for the purported sequel to GT, called Dragon Ball AF, really set the regional fandom aflame.

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Subsequently people went nuts with joke transformations and characters, to be wholly retained in Spanish names as part of the joke
 
Oct 29, 2017
13,507
Could u explain the meme? And why Shaggy? Why now? Now they even want him in MK11
Same type of humor as Chuck Norris and Shrek memes, take something that is absurd enough that no one will mistake it from being a serious premise, and then act like it is gospel and never acknowledge its silliness. There is real demand for worshiping things ironically in the internet.

Shaggy because there were memes about him making fun of the idea of power levels in Dragon Ball, and they just kept the ball rolling and got mainstream.
 

sibarraz

Prophet of Regret - One Winged Slayer
Avenger
Oct 27, 2017
18,107
Okay so, Dragon Ball is arguably even bigger in Central and Latin America than it is in the US, with public screenings of the last few episodes of Super because the hype was that absurd. Back when Ultra Instinct was first floating around in particular, the reaction of a pseudo-canonisation of 'Goku Blanco', which had been - as I understand it anyway - a way of referring to the 'Super Saiyan 5' design that was done up as an April Fools joke for the purported sequel to GT, called Dragon Ball AF, really set the regional fandom aflame.

Subsequently people went nuts with joke transformations and characters, to be wholly retained in Spanish names as part of the joke

I always felt than the Gohan Blanco was born after a mexican db fan page posted spoilers of an upcoming Super of episode showing Gohan with his untapped potential, calling him "Gohan Blanco"

From there, the joke gained traction thanks to how fans love to came up with bullshit powerups and weird discussions of "who would win" between x and y character. Casual fans don't know about Dragon Ball AF, but the SSJ 5 design always appeared on street markets selling bootleg posters of Dragon Ball with that design, which also worked as fuel for those bullshit rumors that kids loved to say about upcoming spoilers for Dragon Ball Z/GT
 
Oct 25, 2017
4,775
Same type of humor as Chuck Norris and Shrek memes, take something that is absurd enough that no one will mistake it from being a serious premise, and then act like it is gospel and never acknowledge its silliness. There is real demand for worshiping things ironically in the internet.

Shaggy because there were memes about him making fun of the idea of power levels in Dragon Ball, and they just kept the ball rolling and got mainstream.
Careful fam, sometimes memes have to be controlled or they can ruin the shape of the world and internet.
 

Akronis

Prophet of Regret - Lizard Daddy
Banned
Oct 25, 2017
5,451
admitting you find something funny or like something on this forum is verboten

all the actual cool, likeable people hate everything you like and act smug about it