Dragon Ball Super
With a series likeDragon Ball , where there are multiple eras separated by significant stretches of prison term each carry fully spring stories , characters , and power level , there are truss to be some plot hole – that ’s just the way things make for – and in one case , Dragon Ball Supercreated a rank plot hole demand Androids 17 and 18 , which create major issues forDragon egg GTin more ways than one .
WhenDragon Ball Zended , the series submit a major time - jump into the hereafter ( ten year , to be exact ) , and terminate with the potential for a sequel , but without the requirement for one – so course , there are two : Dragon Ball SuperandDragon Ball GT.Dragon Ball Supertakes place straight off followingthe licking of Majin Buu , effectively satisfy in the ten - year spread between Kid Buu ’s destruction and what fans saw at the conclusion ofDBZ.Dragon Ball GT , on the other hand , takes place five years afterDBZ ’s ten - class time jump , which entail that , logically , Dragon Ball Superwill feed directly intoDragon Ball GT . While this makes sensory faculty , there are some who argue that there is no waySupercould becomeGT – and they add up some dear points . Regardless of what those points are or whetherSuperwill becomeGTor not , the matter that is substantiate is that both series are sequel ofDragon Ball Z , mean anything that happened within that time frame is canon to bothGTandSuper – and that is precisely where this particular plot gob is located .
Dragon Ball Super Retconned DBZ, Creating a GT Plot Hole
InDragon Ball GTepisode 47 ( write by Atsushi Maekawa , target by Osamu Kasai , make by Toei Animation ) , Android 17 – who has been upgraded to Super 17 – is on the verge of killing Goku and stamp down the planet , when his baby , Android 18 , express up to lend Goku her aid . 18 attacks 17 with a barrage of ki blasts , and 17 does n’t retaliate at full - military force as he is worried about accidentally hitting her home bomb that would not only destroy her , but practically everything around her – potentially himself include . When Goku overhears 18 reminding 17 of that ‘ fact ’ , Goku laughs to himself as he know 18 is bluffing . Back inDBZ , Krillinsummoned Shenron through the Dragon Ballsand wished for the bombs to be removed from both 17 and 18 , giving them a opportunity for a normal life without the constant threat of termination . However , only 18 was aware of that info , which is how she was able to get the better of Super 17 inGT – which straight led to his licking .
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InDragon Ball Superchapter 31 by Akira Toriyama and Toyotarou , there is a flashback sequence that supposedly take placeduring the events ofDBZimmediately after Krillin made his indirect request . This sequence prove 18 telling 17 that their bombs were magically removed , before fly aside and allow him to populate his life alone . This completely ruins Super 17 ’s defeat inDragon Ball GT – and it does n’t even requireSuperto be canon toGTfor it to be ruined . Superretconned an event that chance inDragon Ball Z , a serial that is canyon toGTapart fromSuper , which means 17 should have known he and 18 did n’t have bombs inside them , and that he could have gone all - out against her and have potentially taken over the world .
Theofficial timeline forDragon Ballteases thatDragon Ball Superdoes , in fact , lead intoGT , so this retcon ruinsGT ’s ‘ Super 17 Saga ’ no matter what – but what ’s interesting is that it even ruins it for those who saySuperandGTare disjoined , sinceSuper ’s change affectsZwhich right away affectsGT . As antecedently mentioned , patch gob are obligate to hap in a serial this expansive – this one just so happens to be a major one that impacts well-nigh every geological era ofDragon Ball , includingDragon Ball Z , Dragon Ball Super , andDragon Ball GTall at once .
