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That’s right, it’s Penguin Village! The setting of everyone’s favorite Akira Toriyama series, Dr. Slump! After the requisite crossover hijinks, Arale sends Blue packing and Goku goes on his merry way before anyone can think too deeply about continuity issues
Complicating things even more: Silver’s men say they’ve already been searching for the dragon ball for 20 days, meaning presumably the balls have been registering on the RR’s radar for at least that long.
I suppose I’ve got to stop putting this off: in the manga, after Oolong’s wish Bulma says the dragon balls will stay inactive for “at least a year”. Then Goku goes to Roshi’s, trains 8 months, goes to the tournament, then goes DB-hunting again. Are we missing 4 months, or what?
In the film Path to Power though, No.8 gets torn apart, and looks fully mechanical so far as can be seen.
Obviously Gero himself is a no-show during the Red Ribbon arc, not yet a gleam in Toriyama’s eye. But the official parody manga DB SD shows White complain to Gero about his failed creation. Gero vows to make some sexy androids next time, but White thinks he’ll screw those up too
Less successfully, the anime also alters Popp’s way of verifying Maam’s identity. In the manga he pokes her boob and gets slapped (the slap is the proof). In the anime he just kinda stands too close to her and gets slapped.
(Is this special cane what Mayumi uses in Nisei? Shame they don’t delve into this more what with all the old Chojin in that series, but that’s Yude for you)
With the tournament over, Goku takes off in search of his keepsake Four-Star Ball. Hang on, didn’t he only train for eight months? Why are the dragon balls active again? Short answer: plot hole. But I’ll probably have to go more in-depth next week.