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Totally Not Mark argues Vegeta's comedy is character growth

A cut takoyaki routine prompts Mark Fitzpatrick to defend the Saiyan prince's willingness to look ridiculous for his family.

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Toei DELETED Toriyama’s Vegeta

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1:04Mark argues that Toei's adaptations emphasise different character traits from Toriyama's manga.
5:50He reads Vegeta's Bingo Dance as a continuation of his growth, not a break from character.
7:22The Buu sacrifice and Bingo Dance both protect Vegeta's family, but the dance costs him his pride.
13:52Mark cites production notes crediting Toriyama with changing a serious scene into a life-or-death gag.
15:45His verdict: removing the comedy sacrifices character development for a more static, nostalgic Vegeta.

For Vegeta, saving his family can mean something harder than throwing himself into a fight: swallowing his pride and becoming the joke. That is the argument at the heart of Totally Not Mark's new essay, "Toei DELETED Toriyama's Vegeta", which has drawn roughly a quarter of a million views in its first 19 hours.

The immediate trigger is Dragon Ball Super: Beerus cutting Vegeta's takoyaki routine. Mark Fitzpatrick connects that removal to the much-debated Bingo Dance in Battle of Gods, when the fiercely proud warrior makes a fool of himself to keep Beerus appeased.

Mark's point is that the silliness follows Vegeta's development rather than contradicting it. He compares the dance with Vegeta's sacrifice against Majin Buu: both put his family ahead of himself, but demand different things from him.

"And to someone like Vegeta, dying for his family is one thing, but willingly and unceremoniously making a complete fool of himself for them, that's an entirely different kind of sacrifice."

The essay also examines how adaptations shape our memories of characters. Mark argues that the anime and English dub emphasised qualities that left some viewers with a more rigid idea of Vegeta. Later, he cites production notes saying Toriyama intervened to turn an initially serious scene into a life-or-death gag.

Viewers are discussing where to draw the line between meaningful comedy and overdoing the humiliation. Some favour toning the routine down without removing it; another thread asks whether comedy is more fundamental to Dragon Ball than martial arts.

This is not a blanket rejection of the remaster. Mark previously praised its rebuilt Goku-Beerus fight. Here, his objection is to what improved visuals cannot replace: a character choosing his family over his dignity.

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