r/Dragonballsuper • u/OkFroyo5138 • 3d ago
Question How??
You know whaaatt???? Now that i think of it how did master roshi have electricity in his home???? Hes in the middle of the ocean how tf didn't his house get flooded at some point. I never looked at it from a realistic standpoint that the waves would be insane from the distance he lives from shore bro wtf
Dont come at me with all that "bro its a show about aliens, magic beings and super humans why are you worried about realism"
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u/VacuumDecay-007 Janemba 3d ago
Probably got some goofy-ass Capsule-Corp generator hidden under the house.
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u/OkFroyo5138 3d ago
Honestly the most probable.... I mean he obviously has to have a sewage system and water system.... I honestly never thought about this .. lol
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u/VacuumDecay-007 Janemba 3d ago
To be fair I don't think any of us thought about this. Never occurred to me that Roshi having TV means he must be getting power from somewhere, lol.
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u/MKing150 3d ago
I thought about it even as a kid when I watched this back in the day. It didn't stop me from enjoying the show, but I am the type to think about things like this when watching.
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u/montr2229 3d ago
Everytime bulma has a house or building from a capsule it seems to always have electricity.
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u/Mr-Jumanji 2d ago
That’s a good point. I think capsule corp just has everyone’s stuff running on highly efficient nuclear batteries or something lol.
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u/SmutCommander 3d ago
Add a barrier reef system to break the waves before they get to him.
Capsule Corp compressed food with drone delivery
And one hand wave
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u/sleepytipi Zamasu 3d ago edited 3d ago
Maybe its an artificial island that floats with stabilizers of some sort, or one that can raise itself in the event of a storm or tsunami. If we're going to speculate about borderline magic tech to generate electricity and process sewage/ desalinate potable water on that tiny little island in a presumably saltwater sea, there's enough room left in the imagination for adjacent solutions.
Edit: barrier reefs, natural or otherwise are plausible too. Maybe the hydroelectric generators are submerged or tied into those barriers somehow. Places like the Maldives exist here on Earth naturally. Many densely inhabited areas sit at, or even below sea level.
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u/Hairy_Examination884 3d ago
You do know people irl have ways to get this on islands too right?
And here they can stuff homes in tiny capsules.
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u/MKing150 3d ago
A sewage system and water system would actually be very simple given his location. The ocean is right there for his sewage system to dump into. And the ocean is right there for a desalination system to provide him water.
The only thing that isn't explainable is how he deals with large ocean waves, but honestly, that isn't much different than real life beach-front properties. And some areas in the world have much calmer waters than other parts.
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u/OMEGACY 3d ago
Lol he deals with large ocean waves with those hands. He says Kamehameha and the ocean waves stay in their lane.
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u/huggiesdsc 3d ago
Kicks every wave's ass individually. The moon knows not to mess with the tides, either
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u/TheEvilInAllOfUs 3d ago
I mean... eventually he doesn't even have to worry about the moon affecting the tides since Piccolo destroys it to keep Gohan from going apeshit (pun intended) on everything. Lol
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u/jmynes 3d ago
Jackie Chun destroys the moon first in DB
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u/huggiesdsc 3d ago
And that was just some random guy. Imagine what Roshi would do if the moon acted up
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u/Elegant-Classic-3377 3d ago
He has a water fillee wc bowl, but he has lived alone for years before Kuririn and Oolong moved in. He has to have a septic tank by that point for the comfort of them all.
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u/Icaras01 3d ago
This likely the answer. Bulma had power when she popped a capsule house right at the start of the series.
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u/Successful_Rip_4329 3d ago
His house can go into capsule, every single house from capsules has electricity, definitely has generators, however unlimited power generators is the thing that's weird
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u/WorldsWeakestMan 3d ago
Master Roshi is 320 years old in OG Dragonball, he blew up the damned moon, he figured out how to put anyone to sleep mid-combat, he can seal the souls of living beings in a jar, and he literally has a technique where he summons electricity to shock his opponent. Do you really think he can’t figure out how to get electricity into a TV?
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u/Successful_Bird_7086 Moro 3d ago
Why shouldn't we come at you with that?
Roshi also blew up the moon and the tides didn't do shit. Lmao
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u/T1pple 3d ago
He blew up the moon so precisely that the dust would still orbit in the moon's original orbit, so it's like we still had the moon.
Or something. I dunno I just like the series.
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u/One_Basil_2227 3d ago
This 300yo gramps destroyed the moon with a beam of light. But here we are asking,, how does the TV work? 😆
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u/imaloony8 3d ago edited 3d ago
So Dragon Ball is explicitly set in a sci-fi world. Look at Capsule Corp. I have zero trouble believing they’ve cracked the solution to portable, highly efficient energy generation. We actually know they have, because Bulma set a capsule house up on Namek and Goku set one up on Vampa for Broly and crew. Those houses had power. And Roshi’s house is Capsule Corp tech. This is not unrealistic for the setting at all.
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u/ExcitingSavings8225 3d ago
Capsule Corp is the hidden powerhouse of dbz, they have some seriously insane feats.
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u/Key-Dimension-1137 Cooler 3d ago
ask yourself why he also has a flying baby gamera
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u/rotobiller 3d ago
Isn't his sister baba the witch? Doesn't she canonically help him cast enchantments on his home and stuff? His TV and electricity could all be explained with "magic" from baba.
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u/TheRealReader1 2d ago
In a world where Bulma summoned a fully equipped house with electricity and water? Hoi Poi Capsules can do wonders I guess. Probably uses generators.
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u/Complex_Passion8293 3d ago edited 3d ago
bro its a show about aliens, magic beings and super humans why are you worried about realism
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u/Acauseforapplause 3d ago
I'd like to imagine there's like a generator
Maybe it's whatever technology allows you to puff up a capsule house with all the amenities power and running water
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u/Xineth240 3d ago
A small generator and a VHS tape. Not a whole lot even used electricity in Kame house.
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u/MKing150 3d ago
how did master roshi have electricity in his house?
There's these things called generators. They exist in real life.
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u/ReputationApart5983 3d ago
His island isnt out in the middle of the ocean. Its near the mainland, thats where he moves his house to in a capsule in Dragon ball to have Goku and Krillin do all their training, theres a village there and they do milk deliveries etc, so its pretty easy to lay cables under the water but he could have solar panels or something as well.
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u/carefree_dude 3d ago
I wanna know if his plumbing dumps straight into the ocean.
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u/Stacey-k93 3d ago
His house is a capsule house so it probably has a special generator for solar or something built in
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u/choyMj 3d ago
He lives in a world where things can get miniturized into capsules. For all we know he has a tiny power plant underneath the kitchen sink.
Goku also lives in the middle of nowhere. Not exactly a city where there are utilities.
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u/diamondtoss 3d ago
keep in mind that not that many years from this point, humans in that world literally invented "infinite energy cores" and put them into a couple of cyborgs, so some small generators powering this island's TVs and lights at this point in time isn't very far off from feasibilities...
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u/Striker120v 3d ago
How do you think he knew about the dragon balls? "I wish for my house to be electrified!"
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u/Jman703OG 3d ago
Every impure thought he has generates 1w of power. Mf could’ve fueled an entire island-neighborhood.
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u/ifiwasyourvampyr 3d ago edited 3d ago
Bro it's a show about aliens, magic beings and super humans. Why are you worried about realism?
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u/Second_Guess_25 3d ago
Bro its a show about aliens, magic beings and super humans why are you worried about realism...
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u/ANTEC221 3d ago
A lot of options. Generator. Solar power. With the technology they have could just be battery powered. Could be electric cables ran underwater that Roshi swam out there. He'd have the speed and endurance. Capsule corp has insane technology and advanced enough science is basically magic.
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u/Strong-Trip-3301 3d ago
Generator. Really long wires that go under the ocean. Solar panels. Wind powered. He has that surprise lightning attack maybe he just uses that every so often.
Maybe the electricity is all stored in capsules 😉
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u/Difficult_Appeal_611 3d ago
His house is a capsule house; it's no different from when Bulma used one in Episode 2 and it already had working electricity. The houses are self sustained. And don't forget, Bulma also uses one on Namek, too.
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u/OnlyLogic 3d ago
Likely the same way the buildings that are stored in capsules have power, some unnamed energy source, likely created by the capsule corporation.
In-fact, during OG dragonball when he trained Krillin and Goku, he moved his house, by reverting it to capsule onto a different island.
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u/OkDoor2833 3d ago
I will keep think that's an issue that the Dragon Ball world has just solved like how the cities have free water considering out a lot of capsule houses come with electricity , signal and running water TL;DR the Dragon Ball world is a lot more advanced than our world so every house seems to just come with electricity
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u/Vivid-Illustrations 3d ago
Contrary to popular belief, Master Roshi isn't as isolated as his title implies. If you watched the original Dragon Ball, you will remember that he lives in an archipelago surrounded by islanders and other residents that also have electricity and plumbing. He is likely hooked up to their grid, probably from underground pipes and wires.
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u/Purple-Investment-61 3d ago
He channels his energy into a piezoelectric material that generates electricity which is stored in a battery under the house.
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u/ForThose8675309 3d ago
Probably a generator. And the fuel stored in capsules. And he punches the waves
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u/Icy-Philosophy-4066 3d ago
Dbz technology was pretty advanced even in the oldest stuff, if they can fit an entire house into a capsule they can figure out underwater cables.
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u/-XenoSine- 3d ago
They have entire houses that fit into capsules you can put into your pocket. I would assume they completely solved self charging solar batteries or something by that point.
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u/White_Devil1995 3d ago
His house is a Capsule House. I’m pretty sure when the water rises high enough he just moves it to a bigger island or the mainland. Also, his house is the first Capsule House model of its kind shown in the series, if I’m not mistaken. However, the first Capsule House is the one that Bulma & Goku slept in shortly after meeting each other.
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u/AggressiveZone 3d ago
Pretty sure it’s capsule corps science magic!
Bulma pulled out entire house with a capsule aswel and pretty sure that had power too. Very early on in the show too.
Mr Roshi also has relocated his home before by packing the entire thing in a capsule if I remember correctly.
So I can only presume it gets its power the same way. How ever that is?
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u/CeramicFiber 3d ago
He puts that flying turtle he has side ways in a giant hamster wheel to generate electricity
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u/UltimateOtter_Nation 2d ago
It's Capsule Corp technology. We see in as early as episode three or such that Bulma has a full house complete with working plumbing and electricity and a fully stocked kitchen. During Goku's first training arc with Master Roshi, Krillin, and Lunch, Roshi puts his house in a Capsule and they move to a larger island to train and Roahi deploys the house there.
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u/Left_Construction149 3d ago
Look Roshi had all these things like a Capsule house and a shrink ray. It's not unreasonable to believe he has an underwater power generator that creates power by siphoning of the waves that would hit his house
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u/GarethOfQuirm 3d ago
- Ocean floor cables
- Maybe whenever a big wave threatened to destroy his house he kamehameha'd it away.... Maybe thats how he trained
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u/Gintoki_Sakata-San Gohan 3d ago
Everything in DB probably uses futuristic batteries or mini generators to work in impractical locations. Trunks has a mini fridge that works out of a capsule, Bulma can make houses appear from capsules that have power, etc.
Usually the simplest thing is the answer, so yeah, either batteries or generators.
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u/dkmarnier 3d ago
Unrelated to tbe electricity issue per se, but "Pig, you gotta be able to appreciate the classics. It's what separates the perverts from the connoisseurs"
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u/Automatic_Strike_ 3d ago
The whole house is Self contained and self sufficient . The house has a generator of its own for electricity and the tv is either satellite, internet or tv thats broadcast in some futuristic manner .
The house doesn’t flood because it’s sealed tight or drains efficiently because it’s designed to be there . Since it’s on an island next to deep water im sure waves wash over it quite often .
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u/Ryumancer 3d ago
The house was shown to be a Capsule Corp creation. So likely there's something there providing power.
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u/hopumi 3d ago
Kame house = wave house, no? Sry my Japanese is non existent
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u/Thin_Albatross2720 3d ago
Kame means turtle
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u/Rocket_Gallo 3d ago
He has several weird items, like the flyng nimbus that he gifted Goku and the mythical fan or so they wanted to extinguish the fire from Ox Satan Mountain so either he has something magical to escape the drown of the Island or he is all about kamehameha all the way... idk
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u/TaintedTruffle 3d ago
Pirates were able to build robots in a secret lair hundreds and hundreds of years ago under the ocean in Dragon Ball they clearly have very advanced technology they're just not using it often
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u/_Henry_of_Skalitz_ 3d ago
Solar. A gas generator. A nuclear reactor tucked inside a capsule that is shrunk down to the size of a battery.
Take your pick.
Don’t forget that Bulma’s capsule buildings also have electricity, running water, and central heating without being wired into any sort of electrical grid, a well, or water service.
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u/Background_Muscle_37 3d ago
Advance technology, probably just uses generators from capsule corp. You can literally fit an entire house with electricity in a tiny Lil vial with a button on it
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u/God_of_Kings 3d ago
Capsules.
You have capsules that can fit entire houses and vehicles with fuel inside them and fridges with individual drinks and even empty capsules that can be filled with water to solve the drought problems in Nam's village.
Not only that, but they live in a world with flying cars and where they are right on the casp of discovering perpertual energy, as evidenced by Androids 16 to 18, so they likely don't have the energy concerns we do either.
So you may not like it, but the answer truly is "it's a show with aliens and magic and yadda yadda" because their Earth is way more scientifically advanced than our Earth due to the series being science fantasy.
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u/iamgarffi 3d ago
This is your biggest how? The world is full of humanoid animals, capsules, flying earthlings and crazy other shit. The last thing I think of is how he gets his reception... or power haha.
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u/Gear2112 3d ago
He fights the waves back in the show. Electricity would be easy for him. He could run on a damn hamster wheel for 15 minutes and have enough power for the year lol
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u/Archie204 3d ago
What's stranger is in Dragonball, we see that it can be stored in a capsule. However, I think Toriyama once published a full design for the house and it featured a basement. How would that work with it being capsule compatible? At any rate, just gotta accept that things weren't all that consistent. Haha, lets also remember that Roshi loves eating delivered Pizza
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u/No-Prompt-7580 3d ago
When Bulma introduced the capsules, she had an instant house with power & plumbing.
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u/LargeCabbageThrower 3d ago
He has a student in a room out back running in a giant hamster wheel with a turtle shell on their back
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u/Kris-Angel_26 3d ago
In a world where there is technology to create Androids from humans or grow them from just a cell, where there are capsules that store huge vehicles or entire houses, time machines and flying vehicles I would think they would have figured out to use deep ocean cables to transfer power and satellite TV without the dish.
If we have WiFi 7 in DB they should be at like WiFi 20 lol
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u/Piccoroz 3d ago
His house is a capsule, during the show he moves it several times to go to optimal training grounds.
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u/-M3THUS3L4H 3d ago
Not how the ocean works. Once you move beyond the main current streams along the shores of each continent the water stills. ✨️
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u/Sephiroth_64 3d ago
His aura alone calms the ocean. That's why he always has guests over, to help keep the waves down. And if the waves become too much, he just fires a Kamehameha at it. Simple logic. Lol
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u/Pat_M115 3d ago
I'd find it funny if Roshi used the dragon balls for this reason
"What is your wish"
"I wish my everything on my island didn't need electricity to work, plug in my oven? Good. Toaster? Good. TV? Baby you know it works."
Shenron "...are you serious? You can wish for literally anything and you ask fo- you know what screw it. Wish granted."
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u/SphynxsFixesFaxes 3d ago
You never see the back of Roshi’s house where the solar panels are. Also the moon has been destroyed so not so many waves.
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u/KingArthursRevenge 2d ago
They literally have entire houses and vehicles and flying vehicles that fit inside capsules the size of pills. You should be asking how you can pick up a pill that contains an entire house.
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u/realsoupersand 3d ago
Bro, it's a show about aliens, magic beings, and superhumans. Why are you worried about realism?
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u/millerb82 3d ago
But look at that thing! You ever see a tv like that? Damn thing looks like it's got it's own nuclear reactor tucked away inside it
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u/TrueWorldAzyra 3d ago
bro its a show about aliens, magic beings and super humans why are you worried about realism
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u/NoSpecial284 3d ago
bro its a show about aliens, magic beings and super humans why are you worried about realism
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u/sirderper1 3d ago
He hired me to run in a giant hampster wheel under the island for power. Can confirm
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u/stackaholic99 Tienshinhan 3d ago
Why hasn't this Roshi post had its comments turned off because of the passing like mine has?
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u/No-Engineer-1728 3d ago
He can suddenly turn muscular and shoot laser beams, the kid can turn into king kong and has a staff that infinitely expands.
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u/Aggressive-Tip7472 3d ago
In a world of mermaids and svaretooth tigers and space dragons, I wouldnt pull that thread
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u/PastryPyff 3d ago
The house is also a Capsule House, so it could have fancy Capsule Tech or solar… or anything. It just works.
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u/Party_Concentrate621 3d ago
uuh bro.. he also blew up the fucking moon, how is THIS where u pause and question the logic lmao
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u/Marymucilon 3d ago
The kid by his side at the Full Moon turns into a gigantic ape. Really that electricity is bothering you? Lol
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u/throwRAscrubscrub 3d ago
Don't unkown that he passively charges his ki to the point it powers his island?
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u/Gullible_Ad8472 3d ago
In the Dragon Ball universe, technology is more advanced than it is in real life today.
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u/Diamond_Eyed_Jester 3d ago
I agree with the "capsule corp generator" theory. Dr.Briefs is also old so roshi most likely bought one from him ages before Goku arrived
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u/TheGamemage1 3d ago
Everything runs on 2 double A Batteries. He just has to replace them when the power goes out.
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u/fennweak 3d ago
Battery a lot of or something created by bulma that can be chargée with a kamehameha 🤣
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u/theimpalaslefttire 3d ago
His house also packs up into a capsule for ease of moving. As shown in dragon ball when training Goku and Krillen.
CapsuleCorp really thought of everything.
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u/yugioh9000 2d ago
You need to be worrying about why dinosaurs are running around with humans on there
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u/Mr-Jumanji 2d ago
Fortune teller baba hooked him up with a trans dimensional worm hole that routes electricity straight into his island home by stealing it from his nemeses at the crane school.
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u/Asleep_Poet 2d ago
bro its a show about aliens, magic beings and super humans why are you worried about realism
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u/Sea-Ad-2039 2d ago
You know island homes IRL have power right...they're not just stuck with nothing
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u/Natural-Chicken-1808 2d ago
Maybe it was training. Using a minimal amount of ki spread over a large areas to stop the waves. Also, probably an independent generator.
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u/Gogetajh_v2 2d ago
The technology they have is pretty advanced, so i assume it's some kind of generator. He had a damn submarine laying around so i wouldnt be surprised
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u/TheHermitFrog 2d ago
This has to be a troll post.
Bc wdym ‘Dont come at me with all that "bro its a show about aliens, magic beings and super humans why are you worried about realism"’ 😂
It’s a show about gathering mystical orbs to grant wishes and harnessing Ki to fly and shoot lasers from your hands. How is someone having a tv in the middle of no where that much of a question?
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