17 ’90s Sitcoms That Went On Too Long (And 13 That Were Canceled Too Soon)
The ‘90s were a crazy time for television. Though it was a period when basic network sitcoms weren’t played out yet and could still be successful, it was also a time when extremely random ideas still happened in smaller supply. Furthermore, the ‘90s have gained a certain significance with the recent bout of sequelized reboots, as many fans still want to see where ‘90s characters are now. There’s a fascination with this era that gives it a strong power over viewers.
The ‘90s turned out a lot of incredible, formative television, as well as more than a few misfires. That being said, the metrics were how TV was measured and the number of alternatives that were available made television consumption in the ‘90s very different than it is today. It wasn’t that difficult for a show with a ridiculous premise to turn into a huge success or for something truly innovative to virtually go unseen. Much like today, a lot of incredible shows were canceled in the ‘90s, and in some instances, entire seasons wouldn’t even get a chance to air.
With that said, here are the 17 ‘90s Sitcoms That Went On Too Long (And 13 That Were Canceled Too Soon)!
30 Went On Too Long: Friends
Friends got very close to overstaying its welcome, but it fortunately didn’t push its luck too far. For some shows, ten seasons is the perfect time to end. However, Friends got boxed into a difficult situation during the end of its run because the show became so popular and important to the network.
Because of this, it had to coax the cast to stay onboard for another year. Accordingly, the final seasons of Friends still feature plenty of highlights, but the writing is very much on the wall. Ending a few years earlier before series low moments like Joey and Rachel’s relationship would have given the show a more pristine image.
29 Went On Too Long: Veronica’s Closet
NBC ran through a slew of middling sitcoms during the ‘90s in the hopes to find the next Friends or Seinfeld. Veronica’s Closet was developed as a vehicle for Kirstie Alley in which she plays the owner of a lingerie company. The show presented a unique take on a workplace sitcom and had plenty of strong female characters present. However, it’s idea never fully came together.
Veronica’s Closet lasted for three seasons, but each year saw a drastic change and it’s clear that the network was unsure of how to make the program work. The final few episodes didn’t even air. Perhaps one season would have been enough.
28 Canceled Too Soon: All-American Girl
All-American Girl deserves points for being the first sitcom from the US to feature an all-Asian family, but, unfortunately, the result was a misguided, confused comedy that arguably did more harm than good. ABC wanted to center a sitcom around the comedy of Margaret Cho, but as soon as All-American Girl went into production, she had any control of the project stripped away from her and had to deal with perpetual changes that undercut the show.
It’s frustrating to see Cho's chance to shine ruined by elements outside of her control. ABC canceled the show after one season and Cho was the one who took a lot of the ire in the end.
27 Went On Too Long: Suddenly Susan
Suddenly Susan is very much a companion sitcom to Veronica’s Closet. They both featured independent single businesswomen and NBC canceled both of the series at the same time, which seemed as if it couldn’t even tell the difference between the two shows.
Suddenly Susan starred Brooke Shields as Susan Keane, a magazine writer in San Francisco. The show balanced Susan’s love and work life as she learned more about herself. It it ran for nearly 100 episodes. The show was never a critical darling and its final season went through drastic changes in order to find a bigger audience. Quitting while it was ahead might have been the safer plan.
26 Went On Too Long: Step By Step
Step by Step was a pillar of ABC’s TGIF lineup for seven years and provided audiences with what was essentially a modern version of The Brady Bunch. The wholesome comedy looked at two single parents (who each had three kids) who spontaneously get married and become one big, blended family. The show tapped into ABC’s family-friendly approach, but it didn't exactly do anything new.
In spite of this, though, not only did the series run for over 150 episodes, but it even survived a network change and moved from ABC to CBS. Once the show’s tenure on ABC was done, it would have been a perfect time to call it quits.
25 Canceled Too Soon: Married... With Children
Married…With Children helped put the FOX network on the map and ran for over a decade as a flagship program on the network. For 11 seasons the crude, irreverent Bundy family entertained audiences and provided something much more humbling and flawed than people were used to seeing on TV. The Bundys were clearly fools, but the writers for the show weren’t and, because of this, the series took its time examining each of the oafish individuals.
Even though 11 season is an exceptionally long run, the series still thought that it would be getting one more year, so technically this one was canceled just a little too soon. It would've been a lot better if the show was given the extra season to tie up loose ends.
24 Went On Too Long: Coach
You never know what’s going to resonate with audiences, which is exactly why a simple sitcom about a football coach and his supporting staff lasted for 200 episodes over the course of nine seasons. Craig T. Nelson played Hayden Fox on Coach. The exploits of this proud coach’s career and his time with his family found an interesting balance that worked for many viewers.
The final few years of Coach saw Nelson’s Hayden Fox actually become a coach for an NFL team and stretch the limits of the show’s reality to some degree. Getting out a little earlier before the show had to start turning to wackier storylines probably would've been a better idea.
23 Went On Too Long: Dharma And Greg
Dharma and Greg is one of the most brilliantly basic shows out there, and yet it was still able to run for five full seasons and for over 100 episodes. Opposites attract is the entire premise of this sitcom. Dharma and Greg, two polar opposite individuals, decide to get married after one date and lead a crazy life together.
Greg is a straight-laced professional lawyer, while Dharma is a yoga instructor who follows more of a freewheeling mentality. These differing point of views lead to many of the show’s major conflicts. Dharma and Greg could have ended after one season to little consequence, but its low stakes storytelling and strange energy surprisingly captured viewers.
22 Canceled Too Soon: Caroline In The City
Caroline in the City features Lea Thompson as Caroline Duffy, a cartoonist of the popular “Caroline in the City” comic strip. The comedy examines Caroline’s life along with the number of interesting characters in her orbit. It was a popular addition to NBC’s “Must See TV” lineup. The show increasingly centered around Caroline’s romantic endeavors and her “will they, won’t they” relationship with Richard.
Caroline in the City saw a healthy run of nearly 100 episodes, but it ended on a major wedding cliffhanger and the show clearly wasn’t finished telling its story. It deserved the right to end on its own terms.
21 Went On Too Long: Mad About You
Seven seasons is arguably not too long for a network's flagship program. Mad About You was an anchor of NBC’s “Must See TV” schedule and the show won a dozen Emmy Awards over the course of its run. However, the series actually wanted to end earlier. While the show’s seventh season has a perfect finale, during the show’s fourth and fifth seasons, Paul Reiser and Danny Jacobson considered ending the series while they were on top.
The show went forward and found plenty of new territory for married couple Paul and Jamie Buchman (namely, a baby). The later episodes hold up, but ending earlier could have left an even stronger legacy.
20 Canceled Too Soon: Two Guys And A Girl
Two Guys and a Girl, or Two Guys, A Girl, and a Pizza Place, as it started, is the definition of a hangout sitcom that coasts on the chemistry and charisma of the cast. There was nothing remarkable about this show’s premise — friends live together, go to work, and pine for love together — but it featured the likes of Ryan Reynolds and Nathan Fillion, who helped to elevate the show's material.
The series went through a bunch of retooling in an effort to find audiences. However, even though the show saw a decent run of 81 episodes over the course of four seasons, it had the juice for one more and could have easily hit 100.
19 Went On Too Long: The Nanny
The Nanny was influenced by other works, such as My Fair Lady and Pretty Woman, as Fran Drescher’s Fran Fine indoctrinates herself into the life of the Sheffield family and slowly wins over Maxwell’s heart. The series saw a popular run for six seasons and nearly 150 episodes, but the tide started to turn during its final year.
The last season not only delayed the series finale by several weeks, but it then proceeded to broadcast a number of unaired episodes from earlier in the season, completely disrupting the show’s flow. It really seemed like CBS was over the show by its final season and ending earlier while the show were receiving better treatment would have avoided the sloppy conclusion.
18 Canceled Too Soon: Dinosaurs
Dinosaurs was a wildly bold project for its time. Jim Henson’s pet project to make a sitcom about a family of dinosaurs was continually deemed crazy, but when The Simpsons started to gain traction and popularity, ABC took a shot with the radical idea.
Dinosaurs looked at a regular working class family, but everything was set in a prehistoric setting. It’s an impressive, unique point of view that arguably works even better than The Flintstones. Dinosaurs lasted four years and went out on a conclusive finale, but there was no reason why it couldn’t have held off on that big finish after another year or two given its popularity.
17 Went On Too Long: Full House
Whatever happened to predictability, especially when a middle of the road family sitcom unceremoniously ends after a few years rather than lasting nearly a decade and then spawning a spin-off down the road that perpetuates even more of the same thing. Full House looks at the very extended Tanner family as the children grow up and learn and love along the way. It wasn’t trying to be high art, but that was fine.
Full House lasted for eight seasons and nearly made it to 200 episodes. Clearly nothing has been learned with the birth of Fuller House, as the later seasons are easily the weakest.
16 Canceled Too Soon: Ellen
Ellen DeGeneres’ day-time talk show is one of the most successful of all-time, but back during her sitcom days, she wasn’t always as fortunate. Ellen was basically DeGeneres’ Seinfeld in which she filtered her stand-up comedy and life experiences through a show. She played an exaggerated take on herself (but she ran a book store instead of being a stand-up comedian).
Ellen found success and ran for five seasons, but after DeGeneres and her character came out of the closet and the show began to center more on Ellen’s orientation, ABC began to view the series as “controversial” and later pulled the plug on it.
15 Went On Too Long: Sabrina The Teenage Witch
Sabrina the Teenage Witch was a formative vehicle for Melissa Joan Hart that actually provided viewers with a lot of original content. The problem that Sabrina faced was that the show became so successful that it was forced to keep running in a way that drastically changed the series and lost sight of what it was supposed to be.
As Sabrina moved from high school to college, the show’s cast changed and Sabrina’s aunts eventually left the picture. The show moved from ABC to the WB for its final year, but it failed to do anything worthwhile with Sabrina in its new settings.
14 Canceled Too Soon: Stark Raving Mad
Stark Raving Mad was a show that did everything right, but just couldn’t strike enough of a chord with audiences. The show featured Neil Patrick Harris as a neat freak editor who is paired up with a moody horror novelist who was played by Tony Shalhoub. In a sense, the series was a sly update of The Odd Couple, but the fact that Shalhoub’s character was supposed to be a Stephen King proxy and the fact that the show so often dabbled in horror territory made it even more distinct.
Neil Patrick Harris and Tony Shalhoub had fantastic chemistry in the show, but the series only lasted a season and four episodes went unaired.
13 Went On Too Long: Home Improvement
Home Improvement looked at the bumbling grunt-tastic adventures of Tim “The Tool Man” Taylor as his extreme DIY renovations drove his family crazy. Much like many of the sitcoms that were centered around comedians, the premise wasn’t as important, as the show instead focused on the comedy and charisma of its cast. Tim Allen would hilariously throw himself into handyman adventures that often went very gone wrong. It was one of the most popular comedies on television for a while and ran for over 200 episodes.
Home Improvement doesn’t jump through any hoops during its later seasons. Jonathan Taylor Thomas left during the final season, though, so ending the show a year earlier could have provided a better finale.
12 Canceled Too Soon: ALF
In some ways, it’s kind of a miracle that a family sitcom about a sardonic, wisecracking alien that eats cats could even last for four seasons, but the ‘80s and ‘90s marked a crazy era for television. ALF’s titular character has somewhat remained in the public and everybody seems to be aware of the oddball furry alien from Melmac. However, the sitcom didn't work out as well as the writers thought.
ALF turned out four strong seasons and easily could have gone on for longer, but the biggest reason why this cancelation came too soon was because the finale involved ALF getting captured by the government, which was a rather bleak last note.
11 Went On Too Long: Family Matters
Family Matters was a great example of the dangers that can happen when a series goes on for too long. Family Matters started as a look at Carl Winslow’s home life and the frustrations that he faced, but as time went on, it increasingly turned into “The Urkel Show.”
This became even more obvious in the show’s final seasons, which also decided to throw common sense and reality out the window, too. Urkel’s rudimentary science skills evolved to levels where he was able to travel through time, teleport, and do all sorts of impossible things that were clearly desperate attempts to keep the show exciting. Considering the fact that some episodes involved Urkel fighting pirates, it's pretty obvious that the show outstayed its welcome.
10 Canceled Too Soon: Action
Action was a sitcom that took a deeply cynical, nihilistic look at Hollywood culture and the nature of celebrities that seems extremely prescient now. The series centered around Jay Mohr’s Peter Dragon, the head of Dragonfire Film, and offered one of the more bitingly dark parodies of the entertainment industry (it was even the first FOX series to receive a TV-MA rating). The show even featured a Harvey Weinstein surrogate character doing extremely unscrupulous things.
Though Action made a strong impression, it was ultimately too much for FOX and audiences. Only eight episodes from the 13-episode season ended up airing before the plug was pulled on it.
9 Went On Too Long: Just Shoot Me!
Much like Suddenly Susan, Just Shoot Me! was a workplace sitcom that was set at a magazine publishing company. Just Shoot Me! handled the topic successfully and also benefited from having a strong cast that really gelled well together and knew how to sell its cynical brand of comedy.
Just Shoot Me! experienced a very strong initial run, but like many shows, the network tampered with the program and created a muddled final season that felt off to most viewers. Season seven introduced Rena Sofer to the cast and a bunch of broader storylines along with her. Though Sofer’s inclusion was not a total misfire, the show should've focused instead on ending things on a strong note rather than including a messy final year that never did the show justice.
8 Canceled Too Soon: NewsRadio
Seinfeld and Friends are heralded as the big sitcoms from the ‘90s — and rightfully so — but NewsRadio was a strong comedy that truly understood how to use its exceptional cast. Phil Hartman was obvious standout, but everyone in the cast was a gem. The show even found a way to make Andy Dick seem affable.
NewsRadio’s third and fourth seasons are some of the most consistent work you’ll find in a sitcom, but NBC was never fully on board with the sometimes-dark series. NewsRadio still got to have five strong years, but it had a lot more to say, and even though Jon Lovitz’ addition in the final season wasn't as strong, the show still found a way to make it work.
7 Went On Too Long: Spin City
Spin City was a Bill Lawrence sitcom that looked at the workings within the government of New York City and took a fairly unique approach to its comedy. The series centered around Michael J. Fox’s Deputy Mayor, but after the actor’s Parkinson’s Disease became too intense, he left the show after the fourth season and was replaced with Charlie Sheen.
Charlie Sheen actually did a commendable job in this show, but, unfortunately, a lot of the show’s spark was gone during its final two seasons. Several other cast members were also dropped between seasons without explanation. Because of this, ending the show with Fox’s exit might have been the better move.
6 Canceled Too Soon: Sports Night
Before Aaron Sorkin struck gold with The West Wing or found success as a director, his first foray in television was in an ABC comedy called Sports Night. Much in the style of Sorkin’s other works, the show looked at the people who worked at an average cable sports network and produced a nightly sports show.
Even for those with no interest in sports, Sports Night still sparkles. Sorkin’s dialogue and his character’s relationships were great and audiences truly felt like they knew the interesting and complex characters. It was a true gem that the network didn’t fully understand. It even tried to add a laugh track to Sorkin’s lighting fast dialogue, which didn't work for the quick-paced series.
5 Went On Too Long: The King Of Queens
The King of Queens was your standard “dopey husband, nagging wife” sitcom that CBS was somehow able to make successful. That’s not to say that The King of Queens wasn’t enjoyable or without its charm, but something so simple didn't need to last for eight seasons and more than 200 episodes.
So many of its’ storylines repeated the same basic idea. Just because something was popular, this didn't mean that the producers needed to milk the series to its absolute limit. Ending a few years earlier would have made for a stronger finish. However, with shows like Kevin Can Wait happening, people are clearly still eager to see Kevin James and Leah Remini together.
4 Canceled Too Soon: Freaks And Geeks
Though Freaks and Geeks was not technically be a sitcom, it brought up many of the touchstones of the genre. Back in the days when Paul Feig and Judd Apatow weren’t high school names, they put together a beautiful little show that authentically captured the high school experience, but from the perspective of the outcasts.
Honest relationships, flawed characters, and progressive storylines all helped Freaks and Geeks stand out, but it didn’t last beyond its one season at NBC.The show has since gone on to gain almost legendary status and it doesn’t hurt that basically everyone from the show’s cast is now a huge movie star.
3 Went On Too Long: Roseanne
Even without the fresh, new tenth season of Roseanne that came last year and The Conners that’s still on television, Roseanne was still running on empty during the original run of the series. The show was supposed to be an honest look at a relatable working-class family, and when it stuck to that mission statement, it could be fantastic.
Seasons eight and nine of the series pushed the show to its limits and featured outlandish storylines that were motivated by the Conners winning the lottery. The show soon got out of hand, as it pulled off crazy stunts that didn't feel true to its nature. Ending things earlier would have avoided some very silly decisions that diluted the show's brand.
2 Canceled Too Soon: Get A Life
Get A Life was a sitcom that lasted for two years on FOX. In it, Chris Elliott played a thirty year-old paperboy who still lived with his parents. The show was less interested in pleasing its audiences and more concerned with stretching the boundaries of what could be done in a sitcom.
The cult favorite show featured incredible writers like Adam Resnick, David Mirkin, Bob Odenkirk, and even Charlie Kaufman. The show broke reality whenever possible, as Chris even expired at the end of several episodes and then was miraculously fine the next week. Get A Life was an exciting, innovative sitcom that was clearly ahead of its time and went over most audience’s heads.
1 Went On Too Long: The Drew Carey Show
The Drew Carey Show began with a lot of promise. It was such a boon for ABC that the network made the bold move to renew the season for several seasons at once. This led to the show sticking around for nearly 250 episodes, even though viewership greatly dropped over the final few seasons. Not only that, but the show also featured multiple reinventions and Drew got married several times, all to catastrophic effect.
The series' final years changed even more and “event episodes” and “crossovers” with Whose Line is it Anyway? became regular occurrences. Ending the show back in season five or six before it had gone too off the rails would have been a good idea.
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Star Wars: 30 Mistakes Fans Completely Missed In The Original Trilogy
Over 40 years ago in 1977, George Lucas created a cultural phenomenon. The phenomenon came in the form of a movie called Star Wars. Three years later, a sequel called Star Wars: Episode V- The Empire Strikes Back released and, in 1983, the third film of the original trilogy called Star Wars: Episode VI- Return of the Jedi came out.
The movies were not only critically acclaimed, but they also made a lot of money at the box office as well. Lucas would go on to make a prequel trilogy and today, filmmakers are on the last movie of the sequel trilogy. With the amount of attention Star Wars movies still get today, it is pretty rare to find someone who hasn’t at least heard of the franchise.
While everyone has their opinion on what is the best Star Wars movie, many people believe that the first three movies that make up the original trilogy are the best in the series. While these first three films have become critically acclaimed over the years, there are still small mistakes in all of the movies. Even though these errors are minute and really don’t affect the overall quality of the movies, they are still mistakes that made it into the final cut of the movies. This list consists of mistakes that are present in not only the original theatrical releases of the original trilogy, but also mistakes that were created from Lucas’ special edition and widescreen versions of these movies.
Here are the 30 Mistakes Fans Completely Missed In The Original Star Wars Trilogy.
30 A New Hope: Darth Vader And Ben Kenobi’s Duel
It is clear to anyone who has seen all of the Star Wars movies that the technology surrounding the effects for the lightsabers improved over time. In A New Hope, the technology was present, but the effect with rotoscoping didn’t always match the movement of the lightsabers.
In early versions of the movie, some shots of the duel are completely missing the red and blue glow when the gang runs to the Millennium Falcon. It is also clearly noticeable when Darth Vader is walking towards the door as it closes. George Lucas later fixed this mistake in his special editions, so unless a fan has a VHS of Star Wars, this mistake was probably missed.
29 The Empire Strikes Back: Han Solo Frozen In Carbonite
One of the most iconic images of the original trilogy is Han Solo frozen in Carbonite. Han gets frozen on Cloud City in The Empire Strikes Back after Lando Calrissian is forced to betray his friend. During the scene, Han is wearing a white shirt, but in some of the closeup shots, it is clear that he is wearing his blue jacket that he wears for a good portion of the movie.
This mistake was somewhat fixed in later editions of the movie, but it is still clear that his shoulders are significantly darker in the closeup shots since color correction couldn’t completely fix the issue.
28 Return Of The Jedi: Jabba The Hutt’s Reverse Shot
In Star Wars: Episode VI- Return of the Jedi, Leia is unfortunate enough to come into contact with Jabba the Hutt. Leia quickly becomes Jabba’s servant and is forced to wear a decretive bikini. During one of the scenes were Leia is chained up and Jabba is drinking his wine, everything in the scene is completely flipped to the other side of the screen.
This was likely done in post-production, but it is apparent when watching the movie since Jabba is seen holding his wine glass in his other hand, and since Jabba’s left nostril is higher than his right.
27 A New Hope: Chewbacca Wears Shoes?
Up until recently, Peter Mayhew was the man behind the iconic character of Chewbacca. The costume essentially consisted of a big furry suit that Mayhew would run around in, but in A New Hope, shoes were apparently part of Chewie’s wardrobe.
It can only be seen in one shot, but after Han Solo runs into a huge group of Stormtroopers and starts yelling and running the other way, Chewbacca can be seen running alongside Han. The only issue is that if you look closely, you can see the rubber soles of the shoes Mayhew was wearing.
26 The Empire Strikes Back: The Wampa Just Wears Gloves
In Star Wars: Episode V- The Empire Strikes Back, Luke Skywalker is unlucky enough to run into a giant snow monster called a Wampa. The Wampa ends the life of Luke’s Tauntaun and drags Luke into his cave to snack on later. The Wampa swats Luke off of his ride and then goes back to attack the Tauntaun with one of his arms.
Unfortunately, the crew reached just a bit too far into the shot, which resulted in the edge of a crew members arm getting into the very edge of the frame. It’s a blink and you miss it moment, but the mistake still made it into the final cut.
25 Return Of The Jedi: Luke Walks The Plank
After Han Solo is awoken from his Carbonite and Luke is captured by Jabba the Hutt, the crime lord decides that he will feed Luke, Han, and Chewie to the Sarlacc, an omnivorous creature that will digest them over the course of a thousand years. Thankfully, the gang is rescued from this after Luke walks the plank, jumps off, and then uses the plank to flip back onto the ship.
When Luke first jumps off, the shot clearly shows that Luke just barely grabbed onto the plank by the fingertips of his right hand, but in the very next shot, Luke has a firm grip with both of his hands on the board.
24 A New Hope: The Rebel Soldier
For many people, Darth Vader is one of the most iconic movie villains that has ever graced the big screen. The character was immediately shown as a villain after he chokes a Rebel soldier for information, breaks his neck, and then throws him into a wall.
The scene showed Vader’s ruthless nature right away, but it doesn’t look like he actually ended the life of the Rebel scum. When Vader throws the soldier into the wall, the actor throws his hands up to protect his head from hitting the wall, even though he wouldn’t have been living at that point.
23 The Empire Strikes Back: Leia’s Outfits
While Lando Calrissian is often a fan-favorite character from the original trilogy, he does betray his friends -- although he really had no other choice. Lando hands over Han, Leia, and Chewbacca to Lord Vader, and the characters are then imprisoned on Cloud City.
When Leia comes face to face with her father, she is wearing a brown dress with a grey shawl, but when she is thrown in prison, she has a completely different outfit that is white. If she was a prisoner, it seems incredibly unlikely they would have let her change into a more comfortable outfit.
22 Return Of The Jedi: Han’s Reflection
Near the end of Star Wars: Episode VI- Return of the Jedi, Han Solo is successful at blowing up the shield generator on Endor. He quickly runs away to find cover, but when he runs away from the building, a reflection of him running can be seen on screen.
This is likely from some type of plexiglass that was in between Harrison Ford and the camera in order to protect the camera from the blast. When the generator actually blows up and viewers see a wide shot, they can also see debris bouncing off of the left and right sides of the set back into frame.
21 A New Hope: C-3PO’s Reflection
There are many traits that C-3PO has, but the character is most known for being a very shiny droid. While C-3PO’s golden plating is visually appealing, it created some continuity errors in the original trilogy. During several scenes in A New Hope, cameramen and crew can sometimes be briefly seen in C-3PO’s armor because of how shiny it is.
This happens during a few scenes in the first movie and the sequels, but one of the most obvious moments is when C-3PO is talking with R2-D2 on the Jawa’s transport. If you look closely at C-3PO’s head, the cameraman can briefly be seen.
20 The Empire Strikes Back: It’s Opposite Day
One of the first continuity errors comes pretty early on in Star Wars: Episode V- The Empire Strikes Back. In one of the first couple of scenes, Han enters the command center on Hoth as he says his goodbyes to the people of the Rebellion. There is a shot where Leia looks at Han whe the entire shot is completely flipped.
Leia is looking the other way, and both of the men sitting next to her are now on opposite sides. The shot was likely flipped in post-production for some reason, but the exact reasoning isn’t known.
19 Return Of The Jedi: Ewoks Are Human?
When Star Wars: Episode VI- Return of the Jedi was first released, George Lucas got a lot of hate for including Ewoks in the movie. The characters were basically walking teddy bears with giant eyes and were a way to make the movie more family friendly.
Unfortunately, one of the costumes didn’t have these fake giant eyes, so in one scene, fans can see the actor’s face behind the Ewok mask, which is honestly just kind of creepy. The shot comes during the scene where the Ewoks are praising C-3PO because they believe he is a god.
18 A New Hope: Luke’s Speeder
When Star Wars was first released in 1977, movie-goers were blown away by the futuristic technology present. One of the coolest aspects of the first movie was the presence of futuristic vehicles that looked completely different than conventional ones. One of these vehicles came in the form of Luke’s speeder.
The vehicle seems to hover across the land, never touching the ground. That being said, when the Tusken Raiders raid Luke’s speeder, the wheels from the vehicle underneath can be seen. It seems like the big rock on the side could have covered up the wheels, but the scene was shot from the back, making the cover of the rock useless.
17 The Empire Strikes Back: Cloud City’s Architecture
There are many planets and cities that have been created for the world of Star Wars, but one of the most popular is Cloud City. Even before George Lucas changed things with the special editions, Cloud City truly looked stunning.
That being said, one mistake does come from the building that Han, Leia, Chewie, and C-3PO are staying in. From the outside, the building has solid slopes leading up to the roof, but from the inside, the ceiling is completely flat and made of glass.
16 Return Of The Jedi: Lando’s Gloves
After Luke saves himself from falling into the Sarlacc pit, he unties Han and Chewie, but after that, things don’t go according to plan. Boba Fett briefly intervenes and Lando eventually falls off of the ship after being shot from a soldier on Jabba’s big ship.
When Lando first falls into the Pitt and is hanging from ropes, he is wearing a pair of black gloves. The gloves were likely to prevent actor Billy Dee Williams from burning his hands on the rope, but in the following scenes, the gloves are missing.
15 A New Hope: Clumsy Stormtrooper
Most fans have probably caught this mistake if they watched the special editions of A New Hope, but it is just too iconic of a mistake to not include. After a group of Stormtroopers break into the control room in A New Hope, one of the Stormtroopers on the right side of the screen bumps his head on the rising door.
The mistake wasn’t that noticeable in original versions of the movie, but George Lucas decided to turn the mistake into a joke for his special editions by adding a sound effect in when the Stormtrooper hits his head.
14 The Empire Strikes Back: Luke Hanging Upside Down
The Wampa scene in Star Wars: Episode V- The Empire Strikes Back may have created some iconic imagery for the movie, but it also created a few continuity errors. Not only did Mark Hamill think that Luke shouldn’t have hurt the Wampa, but the scene of Luke hanging has a glaring mistake.
In wide shots, Luke’s legs are far apart, but when the cameraman filmed a closeup shot, Luke’s feet are right next to each other. Also, the level of snow covering Luke Skywalker’s lightsaber changes in between different shots.
13 Return Of The Jedi: The Droid’s Burning Feet
Jabba the Hutt is no doubt a ruthless crime lord, but at times he can be just plain cruel. One of his more horrific scenes is when C-3PO is walking through Jabba’s palace and a Gonk droid’s feet are being burned by a red hot iron.
The droid screams in pain, but the iron didn’t even touch the bottom of his feet. The iron is clearly not touching the droid, and the steam can clearly be seen coming from big holes in the bottom of the droid’s feet.
12 A New Hope: Is That Kenny Baker?
Before Kenny Baker passed away in 2016, he was the actor responsible for bringing R2-D2 to life in the original and prequel trilogies. Baker had appeared in a few projects prior to 1977, but Star Wars was by far his most popular movie at the time.
In one scene during A New Hope, R2-D2 is captured by the Jawas and is being transported before he is bought by Luke’s Uncle. While R2-D2 is on the transport, there is one scene were Kenny Baker’s face can clearly be seen through R2-D2’s eye lens. Baker was indeed inside the R2-D2 costume, but the camera certainly wasn’t supposed to pick up his real face.
11 The Empire Strikes Back: Captain Needa Is Alive
Several aspects about Darth Vader make him unique, but one of his most iconic traits is his habit of using the Force to choke people. One person who falls at the hands of Vader is Captain Needa, played by actor Michael Culver.
Needa fails Vader for the last time and has his life taken by Force-choke. Needa falls to the ground and Vader summons other guards to drag him away, but if fans watch Needa, his legs start to bend almost like he is helping the guards drag himself away.
10 Return Of The Jedi: Luke Chops Off Vader’s Hand
Luke Skywalker is eventually able to bring his father back to the light side of the force, but not before he chops off his hand. In the brutal lightsaber battle in Star Wars: Episode VI- Return of the Jedi, Darth Sidious watches as the father and son try to end each other with their blades.
Luke is seen as the champion of the battle and actually cuts off Vader’s right hand. Vader’s hand is resting above a metal rail before Luke chops it off, but the metal rail already has a cut in it so that it looked like Luke cut through both Vader’s hand and the railing.
9 A New Hope: Tatooine’s Two Suns
Star Wars in general has a lot of iconic imagery and planets, but one of the most iconic scenes from the first movie is when Luke gazes at the sunset on Tatooine. While sunsets are usually visually pleasing, George Lucas made the scene look even cooler by giving the planet two suns.
The problem comes when Luke is staring off into the sunset and the wide shot doesn’t show a cloud in sight, but the closeup of the two suns has a few clouds drifting past the second sun.
8 The Empire Strikes Back: The Cloud City Betrayal
Several new characters were introduced in Star Wars: Episode V- The Empire Strikes Back, one of which was Billy Dee Williams’ Lando Calrissian. During the scene where Lando leads Han, Leia, and Chewie to Darth Vader, the group is walking down a hallway and Han and Lando switch sides of the hallway in between shots.
Also, after Darth Vader is revealed and the group is surrounded by Stormtroopers, the Stormtroopers’ feet are fairly far apart, but in the close-up shot they are almost touching. These mistakes don’t take anything away from the quality of the scene, but are mistakes none the less.
7 Return Of The Jedi: Leia Meets Wicket
While the heroes meet hundreds of Ewoks on the planet Endor, among the most famous is Wicket. Wicket is the first Ewok that Leia meets and befriends. Warwick Davis plays the character, and Return of the Jedi was actually his breakout role.
Wicket is initially scared of Leia, so she offers him food in her left hand. In the very next shot, the food is now in her right hand. Leia also takes her helmet off in one scene, which scares Wicket, but Leia is seen taking her helmet off again in the following shot from a different angle.
6 A New Hope: The Garbage Chute Hole
When Han and Luke venture off to rescue Princess Leia from the clutches of Darth Vader, things don’t go according to plan. They quickly realize that Leia isn’t just another damsel in distress as she can protect herself and even saved their skins more than once.
One of these rescues came in A New Hope when she shot a hole in the wall while on the Death Star that led to the garbage chute. The blaster hole isn’t big enough to fit a person in the first shot, but when the characters go to jump through the hole in the wall, the blaster hole is now much bigger.
5 The Empire Strikes Back: Luke’s Hand Didn’t Really Get Chopped Off
Every Star Wars fan knows that Luke Skywalker gets his right hand chopped off by Darth Vader right before he finds out that Vader is his father. Luke decides to fall into a pit rather than join his father, and Luke luckily slides down a chute that leaves him hanging off the bottom of the building.
Mark Hamill’s hand obviously didn’t get cut off during this scene, but did Luke’s? He may get a mechanical hand later on in the movie, but for a brief moment when Luke has his tumble, it is clearly seen that Hamill is hiding his hand in his shirt.
4 Return Of The Jedi: Lando Hits His Head
The Stormtrooper hitting his head in A New Hope is often thought as the most memorable and funniest mistake in the original Star Wars trilogy. Billy Dee Williams has a similar mistake in Star Wars: Episode VI- Return of the Jedi.
When Lando enters Jabba’s palace wearing his disguise, the actor can clearly be seen bumping his head on the ceiling of the set. The mistake was subtle enough that many people probably didn’t pick up on it, but it also stands as an unintentional shout out to the mistake in the original Star Wars.
3 A New Hope: Han Shot First
George Lucas has released several different versions of his original Star Wars trilogy over the years, all of which come with “improved” scenes and special effects. One of the changes to A New Hope that particularly angered fans was having Greedo shoot his blaster at Han first.
In the original version, Han did indeed shoot first. In fact, Greedo didn’t even get a chance to fire at Han. While this isn’t really a mistake, the continuity error comes when the blaster shot hits Greedo. A split second before the shot hits him, it is clearly seen that a dummy of Greedo was used so that the actor wasn’t put in harms way.
2 The Empire Strikes Back: The AT-AT Explosion
The AT-ATs (All Terrain- Armored Transport) was first introduced in Star Wars: Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back when the Empire attacks Echo Base. In one scene, Luke ran alongside one of the AT-ATs, hoisted himself up using a cable, threw a thermal detonator inside the AT-AT, and then detaches himself.
The AT-AT takes one step before it blows up, but in the wide shot, Luke is nowhere to be seen. Luke clearly wasn’t buried by the snow in the previous shot, and he definitely should have been seen in the wide shot since he was wearing a bright orange coat.
1 Return Of The Jedi: A Lightsaber Shadow
The lightsaber has definitely been evolved over the past 40 years, but one continuity error seems to always remain: shadows. Since a lightsaber gives off its own light source, a shadow shouldn’t be formed by the blade. In several of the movies, the weapon creates a shadow since actual sticks were used to film the scenes before the glowing effect was adding during post-production.
Most of the times the shadows are barely noticable, but during Luke and Darth Vader’s final battle during Star Wars: Episode VI- Return of the Jedi, shadows from the lightsabers can be seen on more than one occasion.
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11 Games Hurt By Their Extreme Difficulty (And 14 Saved By It)
Video game development is a tricky beast. It takes a dedicated group of people to build virtual worlds from scratch, tinkering with each aspect until it is perfect. Our hats go off to anybody involved in this endeavor, as it is a thankless task that sometimes involves sleepless nights away from family and loved ones. Many of them consider this dedication worth it, however, in order to bring these worlds to life. One of the most important things to consider during a game's development is difficulty. This alone can make or break an experience. If a game is too easy, people breeze through it and start to feel bored. Make it too hard and they'll feel it is unfair. There are also times when a game is too difficult because it plays poorly or certain mechanics are left unrefined.
The twenty-five games showcased in this article are all extremely difficult. However, some of them are made worse by their challenge, while the others are improved by it. It should be noted that none of the games listed are bad. In fact, most of them are all-time classics. Additionally, many of them are difficult for a variety of reasons.
So put on those reading glasses, because here are 11 Games Hurt By Their Extreme Difficulty (And 14 Saved By It).
25 Hurt: Grand Theft Auto III
GTA III revolutionized the industry and video games as an art form. Never before had a three-dimensional world felt so vibrant and full of life. Its campaign does not have the same weight as modern Rockstar games, but it is still entertaining to play through if one can manage to progress
The game should not be so hard, but the unwieldy movement and wonky auto aim make some missions almost impossible. There are times when an enemy is standing right in front of the protagonist, but Claude will lock on to an entirely different foe.
24 Saved: Tony Hawk's Project 8
There no difficulty modes to choose from in this open world skateboarding romp. Instead, every mission has three tiers of completion; amateur, pro, and sick. The first two are relatively easy to obtain, but completing certain missions with sick ranking takes patience and determination.
With this method, almost any player can complete the story by becoming one of the top eight skaters in the rankings, but only seasoned veterans of the series will even try to get to the number one spot. It's a crying shame the series went astray shortly after this game's release.
23 Saved: Dark Souls
What is there to say of the Souls series that has not already been said? Players are dropped off in a mysterious land with little direction and little understanding of what is going on. Then, they are tasked with traversing grueling dungeons brimming with powerful beasts. The challenge is enough to make anyone pull their hair out, but those who stick with it are rewarded with an indescribable satisfaction. It rarely feels unfair, encouraging players to master the gameplay and mechanics in order to fully explore this unforgiving world.
22 Hurt: Mortal Kombat 2
Mortal Kombat is best-played side by side with buddies on the couch, taking turns performing Fatalities on each other. The series will soon release its eleventh mainline entry, but the classics are still just as much fun today as they were two decades ago. However, playing through the old arcade ladders is a grueling gauntlet.
The second and third entries are particularly painful. Should players make it all the way to the final battle, they then must face off with emperor Shao Khan, who immediately destroys anyone unprepared for the boss.
21 Saved: Bloodborne
FromSoftware has a reputation for making games with punishing difficulty. This reputation is nothing new, with titles like Shadow Tower and King's Field bringing players to their knees all the way back in the mid 1990s. fans knew just what was in store for them when they booted up Bloodborne in 2015.
The game's aesthetic is a departure from the company's previous work, being inspired by authors like Lovecraft and Bram Stoker, but the title still offers that signature challenge that has made the developer so famous in the first place.
20 Saved: Spelunky
Derek Yu's Spelunky is a relevant title in the indie gaming scene. It was initially released in 2008 for free before being remade for consoles in HD in 2012 and ended up being an influence on countless indie titles afterward. The title is also extremely hard and changes with every playthrough due to its procedurally generated levels. For those who have beaten it, there is also the ultimate challenge of completing the game while holding onto the eggplant item. Known as an "eggplant run", this method has only been done by a few talented individuals.
19 Hurt: The Legend Of Zelda
Before the internet's ubiquity, gamers had to rely on magazines and word of mouth in order to learn a title's secrets. This built a sense of community and bonding amongst gamers tackling these same impossible adventures. Now, however, they just feel cheap and too hard for their own good. Beating The Legend of Zelda without the internet is an exercise in patience that few have the time for. Those looking for a more balanced challenge with similar gameplay are better off with the SNES title, A Link to the Past.
18 Saved: The Witness
The Witness is one of the most ambitious puzzle games ever made. It takes dozens of hours to figure out all of its secrets, but they genuinely feel like they are making the player smarter. Jonathan Blow, the game's creator, made it a point not to dumb down the sometimes confounding enigmas, and there are no tutorials to speak of on the mysterious island. It's a hard experience to describe with words and even videos don't do it justice, so it is best to play and find out for one's self.
17 Hurt: Castlevania II: Simon's Quest
The Castlevania series has switched up its basic formula several times, usually to success. Before the series had established trademarks, Konami tried for an ambitious sequel in Simon's Quest, which included more puzzles and NPCs. Ideally, the townspeople should drop hints on how to solve these riddles, but the messages they give Simon in this title are overly cryptic. While they were designed to be misleading, any subtle hints that were left are said to have been lost when the game was localized into English. There is a good game in there, it is just hampered by nonsensical dialogue.
16 Saved: Contra
The NES's technical limitations didn't stop high octane action games from releasing on the classic console. Several shooters made their way there and perhaps the most famous of them all was Contra. The side-scrolling romp is best played with a buddy, who can help make the onslaught of enemies more manageable. There is also, of course, the legendary Konami code, which granted the player thirty lives. This cheat, considered one of the first to exist, certainly comes in handy, and may still not be enough to make it through without a game over.
15 Hurt: Metroid
Complaints about modern gaming conveniences are sometimes justified, but there are times when they are just common sense. It is only right that games with maze-like worlds should feature maps. Without one, any player would get lost. The original Metroid lacked this and confused the life out of players who did not get one from a copy of Nintendo Power. Some ingeniously resorted to mapping out the areas themselves. Future titles in the series would go on to add a map and make the Metroid experience more enjoyable in several other ways.
14 Saved: Mega Man
Most people know what they are getting into when they pick up the controller to play a Mega Man title. The series offers countless games filled with grueling platforming and powerful enemies, all topped off with a unique boss fight. What makes the gameplay so addicting is the open-ended nature. Stages can be tackled in any order, so seemingly unbeatable ones can be left for last. Successfully destroying a boss also grants an additional power, potentially making certain sections easier. Players get further and further with each life lost until they finally nail it.
13 Hurt: Crash Bandicoot
It's hard to believe that a game marketed towards children would be so soul-crushing, but Crash Bandicoot's levels most certainly led to a few broken controllers in 1996. The developers themselves admit the game was too frustrating for its own good, which led to the sequels' challenge being carefully balanced to perfection. Some may think it is best to start with the first in any given series, but only experts should take a crack at Crash's first outing. Newcomers should start with the second and third game before tackling this one.
12 Saved: Super Meat Boy
Super Meat Boy prides itself on its ability to make players retry stages dozens, even hundreds of times. Taking a look at any given level will make novices give up on the spot. This may seem like the mark of a bad game, but it is designed with all of this in mind. Respawns are instant, creating an addictive cycle of trial and error. Every level is also short, so players won't lose minutes of progress if they fail. Anybody who plays will lose a lot, but that's what Super Meat Boy is all about.
11 Hurt: Metal Gear
The original Metal Gear created a new genre of gaming and established a formula the series would follow for decades to come. The protagonist sneaks into a base to foil a plot and then evacuates. Unlike other games in the series, it is nearly impossible to beat without the instruction manual or a walkthrough. The game's plot is still relevant to the rest of the series, but there are other ways to find out what happened that involve less frustration and confusion. Still, the gameplay itself holds up.
10 Saved: Ninja Gaiden
It doesn't matter which Ninja Gaiden series one is playing, Tecmo's original 2D games or the Team Ninja reboot, they both punish players in a way most other action adventure titles do not. It does not purposefully attempt to be unfair, it simply refuses to treat the gamer like a child. The boxing gloves here are off and any gamer who doesn't like it can shut off the system or put in a different disc. Those who do continue with the adventure are greeted with rewarding gameplay that has yet to grow stale.
9 Hurt: Battletoads
Rare's classic brawler is filled with classic stages that showcase the developer's vivid and varied imagination, it is just unfortunate that most people who played Battletoads never got a chance to see these levels with their own eyes. The game lacks any difficulty curve, immediately throwing the toughest foes at the heroes. The fighting isn't even the hardest part. One segment called the Turbo Tunnel destroys anyone with less than perfect reflexes. A new Battletoads is coming in 2019 and, hopefully, this one will be more forgiving to the average gamer.
8 Saved: Braid
Jonathan Blow's Braid became a hit before the indie scene really took off in the mainstream with the help of PSN and the Xbox Live Marketplace. The time bending masterpiece is a breeze to simply jaunt through, but that is not even half the game. Each stage contains head-scratching puzzles with ingenious solutions. Solving these reveals the game's true, melancholy finale about mistakes, redemption, and moving on. Anybody who completed it without a guide is a true master of puzzles, and those who needed some help cannot be blamed for seeking it out.
7 Hurt: Rayman
Rayman is a wholly unique character that dwells in a mystical world dreamed up by Michel Ancel. Those interested in the series' origins may be hard pressed to make it far into the first title. Its platforming challenge is on par with the more recent entries, but with the added stress of lives and less generous checkpoints. Thankfully, the sequel was easier for less experienced players, while still being engaging. The third entry went a little too soft before the series eventually returned to its roots with Rayman Origins 2011.
6 Saved: XCOM
Few games can say that one wrong move will ruin an entire round, let alone an entire playthrough. The X-COM games do not let the player revive their squad members; if somebody falls in battle, they are done for good. On top of this, it is possible to lose an entire game, forcing players to restart from the beginning. With this in mind, every turn has to be taken with careful consideration. One wouldn't think that stress would make a game fun, but X-COM proves that it enhances the experience when done well.
5 Hurt: Below
Below is the newest release featured on this list. It was announced in 2013 and indefinitely delayed a few years after, and finally came out in December of 2018. The game makes no illusion to its difficulty, but one pointless feature seems needlessly punishing. After every game over, the player must traverse to the place where they fell in order to recoup their equipment. In the later stages, this alone can end up taking hours and several retries. Maybe it is there to give game overs weight, but it comes off as a cheap way to extend the title's life.
4 Saved: Punch-Out!!
Video games are meant to make the player feel like they are doing things they otherwise would never be able to do. This does not mean the task should be easy, however. Punch-Out!! gives anyone the opportunity to be a world class boxer, eventually taking on Mike Tyson himself, or Mr. Dream in some versions. Early bouts are simple, but they get progressively more complex until the final match. It's all patterns, but it provided countless hours of fun for gamers everywhere in the 1980s. Those who beat it really did feel like a champion.
3 Hurt: The Elder Scrolls: Arena
The Elder Scrolls series is now one of the most revered franchises on the gaming landscape. Its most recent entry, Skyrim, is often called one of the greatest RPGs of all time. Its older days, however, are marred by game breaking bugs and confusing mechanics. It was more excusable before later titles improved upon the groundwork, but now the games are barely playable. Getting out of the first dungeon itself if a harrowing. It is worth to play as a curiosity, but few will play for more than a couple of hours.
2 Saved: Fez
Fez was a return to the old gaming days when people had to band together in order to figure out the impossible. Like schoolyard children trading secrets about The Legend of Zelda, people surfed forums searching for the answers to the game's most obtuse puzzles. One puzzle, in particular, was so enigmatic that a website endeavored to systematically go through every possible solution until they found the answer. This involved going through over ten thousand outcomes of the famous "Black Monolith" puzzle. Fez was one of a kind and gaming probably won't see another one ever again.
1 Saved: Hotline Miami
There is nothing quite like the two Hotline Miami games. The neon-drenched violence put players into sensory overload with their fast movement and hypnotizing soundtracks. Players are felled after one hit, sometimes two if they are lucky, but respawns are instant, barely even registering at times. All of this is wrapped up in a mysterious narrative set behind the backdrop of a 1980s Miami ever so slightly different than our own. Expect to restart stages dozens of times, but also expect to love every tense minute of it.
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The Originals: 20 Things Everyone Gets Wrong About The Mikaelson Siblings
The Originals was the first spinoff of The Vampire Diaries. Yet, the first vampires played a major role on that show before they took center stage on their own series. When the Mikaelson siblings were introduced on The Vampire Diaries, they were a menacing presence, and for years one of the major goals of Elena, Stefan, Damon, and the rest was to bring an end to the Originals, especially Klaus. Although Elijah occasionally attempted to work with them, more often Klaus and his siblings threatened and terrorized the people of Mystic Falls.
Nonetheless, the story of the Originals — siblings who had been turned by their mother over one thousand years ago — caught on with fans. Despite all the awful things they did, viewers wanted more. The fans’ passion for these characters resulted in the Originals moving to New Orleans to start their own series, leading Klaus, Elijah, and Rebekah to evolve from antagonists to the stars of the show. Their adventures remained as compelling as ever as fans watched them fight with, support, and sacrifice for one another.
At the center of The Originals was the idea that the Mikaelson siblings had sworn to be there for each other "always and forever." However, after living for a millennium, that story was necessarily intricate and complex. Over three seasons on The Vampire Diaries and five seasons of The Originals, there were many small details and blink-and-you’ll-miss-it facts people overlooked about the first vampires. Below, we shed some light on things you might have missed about the Originals and their inner circle.
Here are 20 Things Everyone Gets Wrong About The Mikaelson Siblings.
20 THERE WERE SEVEN MIKAELSON SIBLINGS
When the Originals were first mentioned in the second season of The Vampire Diaries, they were introduced slowly. First viewers met Elijah, then Klaus. In season 3, Rebekah came to Mystic Falls. That trio constituted the most prominent Originals, but they weren’t the only ones. Brothers Kol and Finn were also introduced on The Vampire Diaries. And fans got a brief glimpse at doomed youngest brother, Henrik, too. There was a seventh Mikaelson sibling as well. The family’s first-born daughter, Freya, who supposedly passed away from the plague but, in fact, lived and was finally introduced to her family during season 2 of The Originals.
While Klaus was the Mikaelson that was shown to have the biggest hold on the lives of the others, he was actually their half-sibling, a product of their mother’s infidelity. He was also the middle sibling — Freya, Finn, and Elijah were older than him, while Kol, Rebekah, and Henrik were younger.
19 NOT ALL THE MIKAELSON CHILDREN ARE VAMPIRES
Of the seven Mikaelson children, only five became vampires: Finn, Elijah, Klaus, Kol, and Rebekah. It was the untimely passing of youngest sibling Henrik at the hands of a werewolf that motivated the Mikaelson parents to turn their children into vampires. Their intention was to protect their children, although they got much more than they bargained for.
The spell that made the Mikaelsons vampires didn’t include Freya, who unbeknownst to everyone but mother Esther and oldest son Finn, was given to her aunt Dahlia as a child. Through Dahlia’s teaching, Freya became a powerful witch. In addition, because Klaus was the result of his mother’s affair with a werewolf, Klaus held the potential to become that creature as well. When he had his first meal as a vampire, Klaus triggered his werewolf side and became the first vampire/werewolf hybrid.
18 THE ORIGINALS ARE NOT THE OLDEST SUPERNATURAL BEINGS
Much is made of the Originals' advanced age. They have existed for over a thousand years as a result of their vampirism and are considered the most powerful creatures on earth. Yet, the Original vampires weren’t the oldest supernatural beings in the world. That dubious honor went to Silas and Amara. Silas was a powerful witch, but he wasn’t nearly as powerful as his fiancé Qetsiyah who he tricked into making an immortality elixir for the pair to drink on the night of their wedding.
Silas betrayed Qetsiyah and took the elixir with the woman he truly loved: her handmaiden, Amara. This made Silas and Amara the first immortals 1000 years before the Originals were born. Qetsiyah took her revenge on the couple by sealing Silas in a tomb and making Amara the anchor to The Other Side, a holding area for deceased supernatural creatures. As the anchor, Amara felt every supernatural being cross to the Other Side. The pair lived their separate plights for over 2000 years before they were finally set free.
17 KLAUS WAS NOT ALWAYS A TRUE HYBRID
When viewers first met Klaus, he had been pursuing his goal of becoming a true vampire/werewolf hybrid for years. After he became a vampire and triggered his werewolf side, his father was horrified to learn that Klaus wasn’t really his son. His mother placed a curse on Klaus to repress the werewolf in him. Hurt and damaged by the rejection of his parents and the secret his mother kept of his true origins, Klaus became determined to break the curse, and then to create a race of vampire/werewolf hybrids like him so he wouldn’t be the only one of his kind.
Klaus required some very specific ingredients to break the spell, which delayed his success for centuries. It wasn’t until he found Elena, the doppelganger he required, that he was finally able to become the true hybrid he’d always dreamed of being.
16 ELIJAH HAS NOT ALWAYS BEEN HIS BROTHER’S KEEPER
Elijah was obsessively loyal to his siblings, and especially his brother, Klaus. While his relationship with Klaus was codependent and unhealthy, Elijah nonetheless always reunited with him, hoping to push and prod Klaus towards redemption.
Yet, through the centuries there were several points at which Elijah got so frustrated with Klaus that he all but gave up on his brother. When he was first introduced on The Vampire Diaries, Elijah enlisted Elena’s help to take out Klaus. Elijah was furious at him for putting an end the rest of their family — that is, until Klaus informed him that their siblings weren’t actually gone. He also threatened to leave Klaus permanently and became estranged from him after Klaus dispatched his lovers. At these times, Elijah seemed determined to let go of his allegiance towards his brother. In the end, though, the pair always reconcile, and Elijah resumes his role as his Klaus' moral compass.
15 THE ORIGINALS RARELY FILMED IN NEW ORLEANS
The Originals was set in New Orleans in and around the French Quarter. The location gave the show a distinctive look and feel that distinguished it from The Vampire Diaries. Yet, in reality the series was rarely shot on location. Instead, a majority of the series was filmed in the suburbs of Atlanta., including the French Quarter where the show’s characters spent so much time. What viewers saw on screen was actually a street in Conyers, Georgia dressed to look like the famous area in New Orleans.
Yet, the show did occasionally come to New Orleans. The backdoor pilot for the series that aired during The Vampire Diaries' fourth season was shot almost entirely in the city, and the show continued to travel to New Orleans for quick shoots through its five seasons. Of periodically shooting The Originals in the city where it was located, co-executive producer Matt Hastings said, “That sense of place, we replicate it as best we can on stages...But…when we’re all here, it’s like we load up on New Orleans and what it feels like.”
14 THE SERIES WAS NOT ALWAYS SET IN NEW ORLEANS
Fans who also watched The Vampire Diaries know that Klaus and Rebekah spent some quality time in Chicago during the 1920s. And it turns out they almost returned there for their own series. Chicago was the first choice of location considered when the show’s creators considered a spinoff.
The problem was that the production was going to be shot in Atlanta and, as a result, they needed a setting that better resembled that location’s terrain. The producers considered Nashville but ultimately settled on New Orleans. Given how integral the city’s setting became to the mood of The Originals it’s hard to imagine the show being set anywhere else now. While New Orleans was chosen for practical reasons, it ended up having a strong impact on the series.
13 THE ORIGINALS WAS THE CW’S FIRST SPINOFF
When The Originals debuted in 2013, it became the CW’s first successful spinoff. Its success paved the way for many additional spinoffs on the network. While it seems like the Arrowverse has always been with us, the first spinoff of Arrow actually didn’t happen until The Flash debuted in 2014. The success of that series was then followed by Supergirl in 2015 (which spent its first season on CBS but moved to the CW for season 2) and Legends of Tomorrow in 2016.
Meanwhile, The Originals has spawned a spinoff of its own. After its series finale in August 2018, Legacies, a show focused on Klaus’ teenage daughter, Hope, debuted in the fall. The series brought back characters from The Vampire Diaries as well and continues storylines from both series.
12 THEIR AUNT IS A MORE POWERFUL WITCH THAN THEIR MOTHER
The Originals’ mother Esther was a powerful witch. She did the spell that made her family into vampires and repressed Klaus’ werewolf side. She also figured out multiple ways to return to the land of the living in order to correct the mistake she felt she made when she turned her children into monsters. Despite the substantial amount of magical power Esther wields, however, her sister, Dahlia is an even more impressive witch.
Dahlia’s magical skills were exceptional. She figured out how to enhance her magic by linking it with others and she also conceived of a way to be somewhat immortal by going into a magically-induced sleep for 100 years while only waking up — and aging — for a single year. This enabled her to live for centuries and eventually meet, and magically challenge, her nieces and nephews in the present day.
11 CLAIRE HOLT NEVER INTENDED REBEKAH’S DEPARTURE TO BE PERMANENT
Fans were shocked when Rebekah left New Orleans during episode 16 of The Originals’ first season. On the one hand, it was a great character moment. Klaus finally gave Rebekah her freedom after many lifetimes spent under the thumb of her damaged family. On the other, viewers weren’t expecting one of the show’s major characters to drive off into the sunset so early in the series’ run.
According to Claire Holt, the actor who plays her, Rebekah’s departure was discussed from the beginning of the show. During a 2014 PaleyFest panel, Holt explained that she had been away from her home for so long that she made a “life choice” to take the time to go reconnect with the people she loved. However, she thought of her absence as a “temporary hiatus” and was looking forward to coming back at some point. Rebekah did come back multiple times over the seasons, including for the series finale.
10 KLAUS IS NOT UNDEAD
Well, kind of, sort of. Unlike his siblings who are pure vampires, Klaus’ hybrid status grants him certain powers that they don’t share. One of the most important of these is also one of the most biologically human — the ability to procreate. While vampires are unable to conceive children, werewolves can. Even though Klaus is often dominated by his vampire nature, his werewolf side eliminates infertility that is traditionally part of the vampire condition. It’s a loophole that enables him and the werewolf Hayley to have a child together.
Unlike Klaus, whose undead status is open to interpretation, his daughter, Hope, is truly alive. Despite the fact that she is the world’s first and only tribrid — a combination of vampire, werewolf, and witch — she ages just like anyone else. Also, unlike most vampires who are unable to practice magic, Hope can, allowing her to take advantage of her family’s origins in all three supernatural species.
9 REBEKAH DID NOT TAKE THE CURE IMMEDIATELY
The cure for immortality was first put into play during The Vampire Diaries. Even then, Rebekah expressed a desire to take it. She had always wanted to be human, to get married, and have a family — opportunities she was denied because she became a vampire. However, when the cure was discovered it wasn’t Rebekah who was able to drink it. At the end of The Vampire Diaries, Damon took it in order to live a mortal life with Elena.
Then, in the series finale of The Originals, Klaus asked Caroline to procure the cure for Rebekah once Damon passed away. Rebekah has to wait a few decades until Damon is ready to end his life, but when that happens, Rebekah will be given the gift of mortality as well.
8 THE MIKAELSONS WERE ONLY BORN BECAUSE OF MAGIC
The Mikaelsons became vampires because of magic, but their very existence was the product of magic too. When Esther initially married Mikael she discovered that she was unable to have children. She badly wanted a family, though, so she asked Dahlia, her more powerful estranged sister, to cure her infertility.
Dahlia felt that she had been abandoned by Esther when she chose to marry Mikael instead of staying with her and was bitter and resentful towards her sister as a result. Nonetheless, she granted Esther’s request on the condition that she promised her first-born child and every subsequent first-born child in the Mikaelson bloodline to her. Esther went on to have the large family she dreamed of. However, she also had to give first-born, Freya, to Dahlia when she was five years old. Esther’s decision also came back to haunt her children when Dahlia comes to collect Klaus’ daughter in The Originals.
7 THE SERIES WAS NOT CANCELLED
Over the years, The Originals shed a great deal of its audience. While it debuted to an audience of over 2 million in 2013, only 870,000 viewers saw its finale in 2018. Given the decline, many believed the series was canceled. However, this wasn’t exactly the case.
Series creator Julie Plec took to Twitter to make the announcement that the series would be ending before the fifth season went into production. She wrote, “It’s both a gift and a burden to be able to control the ending of a series. Many shows are not lucky enough to have a hand in deciding when the end has come.” Her statement indicated that the network and producers came to an agreement about ending the series and the CW gave the producers the time they needed to finish the story the right way.
6 MARCEL CHOSE BECOMING A VAMPIRE OVER BEING WITH REBEKAH
Klaus adopted Marcel when he was a young child. Although Marcel was born to a slave, Klaus saw something in him and made him part of the Mikaelson family. Marcel loved Rebekah from an early age. Of course, Rebekah didn’t see him the same way at first. Once Marcel reached adulthood, however, Rebekah’s feelings changed towards him and they soon started a relationship.
Marcel always wanted to be a vampire like the rest of the Mikaelsons. So when Klaus daggers Rebekah in retaliation for her secret romance with Marcel, he gives Marcel a choice: become a vampire and leave Rebekah to sleep or un-dagger Rebekah and live out his life as a human with her. Although he loved Rebekah, Marcel decided to become a vampire, leaving Rebekah daggered in a coffin for 52 years.
5 KLAUS WAS SUPPOSED TO pass away ON THE VAMPIRE DIARIES
The gang in Mystic Falls spent most of seasons two and three attempting to dispatch Klaus — and they almost succeeded. In an interview, Julie Plec, mastermind of The Vampire Diaries and The Originals, confessed that the Original Hybrid was supposed to finally meet his demise at the end of The Vampire Diaries’ third season. The move was meant to be a happy ending to a long struggle against a formidable villain. Then plans changed.
“When you have actors [like Klaus actor Joseph Morgan] who are that good, making such a distinct mark in the roles that they are playing, you have to let your storytelling evolve… a little bit,” explained Plec. So, the writers changed their strategy, deciding not only that Klaus would stick around but that there was a lot more story to tell about the whole Original family.
4 MOST OF THE MIKAELSONS WERE BORN IN MYSTIC FALLS
As far as the historical record is concerned, no one from Europe found America until 1492. However, Originals lore puts the date much earlier. In the tenth century, Mikael and Esther decided to bring their young family to the New World after Esther tells Mikael that their eldest, Freya, passed away from the plague. They settled with other Vikings in a land where they were told everyone was healthy. It was an area they soon discovered was populated by werewolves who they co-existed with peacefully for years. Centuries later the land became the town of Mystic Falls.
Of the Mikaelson children, only Freya and Finn were born in the Old World. Esther was pregnant with Elijah when the family made the trip to the New World. His birth was followed by those of Klaus, Kol, Rebekah, and Henrik.
3 A DIFFERENT ENDING WAS ORIGINALLY ENVISIONED
Many fans hoped to see Klaus get together with Caroline from The Vampire Diaries in The Originals’ series finale. Klaroline had been an extremely popular couple since they first demonstrated their chemistry in The Vampire Diaries’ third season. And Caroline showed up periodically throughout The Originals to keep the fan buzz alive.
According to showrunner Julie Plec, her endgame for Klaus during the early seasons of The Originals was in line with many fans’ wishes. She originally envisioned Klaus going to Paris with Caroline after the series ended. What changed? Caroline married and then quickly lost Stefan in the series finale of The Vampire Diaries. To honor and protect that relationship, Plec no longer felt comfortable having Caroline be with Klaus as she believed any relationship between the characters would be at the expense of Stefan’s memory.
2 THE SERIES FINALE DID NOT IMPACT KLAUS OR ELIJAH’S SIRE LINES
One of the things that make the Originals special is their bond with their sire lines. Each and every vampire that was created by them or by someone connected to them was destined to perish should the originator of their sire line perish. So, each vampire had a vested in interest in making sure the Original they traced their lineage to stayed alive.
When Klaus and Elijah decided to end their lives together at the end of The Originals many viewers were confused about what happened to their sire lines. However, their passings didn’t impact any other vampires. Klaus’ sire line was broken by the witch Davina in the series’ third season. In the fourth season, Elijah’s sire line was destroyed when the Hollow took him out in order to power her physical resurrection with his end and the ends of all those bonded to him.
1 ELIJAH IS NOT AS HONORABLE AS HE SEEMS
Of the many characters on The Originals, Elijah is the most well-liked among the characters who fight for good. Elijah comes across as kind, moral, and fair-minded. He enhances this virtuous impression by always appearing impeccably dressed in a suit. Yet, as much as Elijah wants to be honorable, he’s just as brutal and unforgiving as his siblings. In fact, when his mother, Esther returns, she calls out Elijah specifically for the havoc he's wreaked over 1000 years. While he claims to be noble, his outward appearance disguises the monster he really is.
Throughout his time on both The Vampire Diaries and The Originals, Elijah has shown on more than one occasion that he is willing to do whatever it takes to get what he wants, especially when it comes to anyone threatening his family. Elijah’s ability to go from calm and reasonable to deadly and remorseless is disturbing, and repeatedly undercuts his desire to be genuinely honorable.
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Dragon Ball: 25 Things That Make No Sense About Bulma And Yamcha’s Relationship
In 1984 Akira Toriyama published the first ever manga edition of Dragon Ball in Japan. It is the story of a young boy named Goku with extraordinary strength and his adventures with Bulma, a rich city girl, as they search for the dragon balls. They follow rumors, whispering that if all seven dragon balls are collected, a dragon will be summoned to grant one wish.
Eventually, the characters in Dragon Ball grew older and a new series was released, Dragon Ball Z. After that are Dragon Ball GT (not considered canon because it wasn’t written by Akira Toriyama), Dragon Ball Super, and, most recently, Super Dragon Ball Heroes (also not directly written by Akira Toriyama). Throughout these fight-focused anime series, there has been the occasional background romance.
One of the original relationships, and probably the one most people have completely forgotten about, is the one between Bulma and Yamcha. Their romance lasted throughout the majority of Dragon Ball and through a good portion of Dragon Ball Z. There has been a lot of speculation about when exactly their relationship ended, how it ended, why it ended, and how that eventually led to Bulma falling for Vegeta. It was a fairly odd turn for Bulma, considering that Vegeta is the reason for Yamcha’s first death, but it does make sense in a way. Their personalities, social statuses, and interests match up very nicely. Unlike her and Yamcha, who never seemed to quite fit. Always awkward, like two puzzle pieces that had different edges and curves.
The following are 25 Things That Make No Sense About Bulma and Yamcha Relationship!
25 Yamcha Had A Fear of Women
At the beginning of Dragon Ball, when Goku and Bulma first encountered Yamcha, he was afraid of girls to a paralyzing degree. Every time he set eyes on Bulma he would freeze up. He definitely didn't have the ability to even talk to her, much less date her. Regardless of his character arc that has him quickly becoming used to being around Bulma, an extreme phobia like that doesn’t simply go away in a matter of weeks.
The phobia was such a problem to Yamcha that he desired the dragon balls to basically wish the problem away. It would certainly have been a more believable development if the two didn’t just suddenly get together after the dragon balls were scattered.
24 Their Relationship Was Based On Mutual Desires, Not Love
When Bulma and Yamcha were first introduced, Bulma wanted a boyfriend and Yamcha wanted a girlfriend in order to stop being afraid of women. Both of them chased the dragon balls for those romantic ideals but, when Oolong wasted the wish away, they figured they might as well get together since they fit each other’s specifications.
It was, in most meanings of the expression, a relationship of convenience and surface level attraction. Not one of the actual feelings of love. It’s extraordinarily odd that their relationship lasted for so long, based on such a shallow foundation.
23 Bulma Liked Strong Men
Throughout most of Dragon Ball and Dragon Ball Z, it’s demonstrated time and time again that Yamcha is not one of the character roster's stronger members. Granted, he may be one of the strongest humans in existence, but when put next to other characters like Goku and Vegeta, Yamcha comes up lacking.
In Dragon Ball, Bulma stated that she wanted the “Greatest” or “Perfect” boyfriend. Considering how often Yamcha died to relatively weaker opponents, there’s no doubt that he stopped fitting those descriptions in Bulma’s eyes relatively quickly. Yamcha just happened to be the strongest boy around her age at that time, other than a young Goku.
22 Bulma Frequently Flirted With Other Men
Bulma seemed to have adopted an "I can look and flirt as long as I don’t touch attitude" in Dragon Ball and Dragon Ball Z. Whether it was wondering if Jackie Chun would be good looking (Dragon Ball) or her flirting with Vegeta and Trunks (before she figured out who he was in DBZ), Bulma appeared to always be looking for a better option.
She was most likely never truly satisfied with Yamcha as women in fulfilling relationships don’t generally flirt with other men. It always seemed weird that a woman always flirting with other men and showing them more attention than she did her boyfriend, would continue to stay in that relationship for so long.
21 Yamcha Was Often Away For Training
An average couple, usually, spends time with each other and looks for ways to make more time for their significant other. From the beginning, however, Bulma and Yamcha were often apart. In nearly every arc where a significant threat was warned, Yamcha took off into the wild unknown in order to train. To become stronger.
Always ultimately leaving Bulma to her own devices for large periods of time. Long distance relationships are one thing, but when the entire relationship turns into a silent separation, something is off. Perhaps if Yamcha had spent more time with Bulma and less time away training, they wouldn’t have drifted so far apart.
20 Bulma Always Told Yamcha He Wasn’t Good Enough
Unlike an average relationship, Yamcha and Bulma were not exactly supportive of each other. In both Dragon Ball and Dragon Ball Z, during the time when Bulma and Yamcha were in a relationship, whenever something went wrong or a mistake was made, Bulma berated and blamed Yamcha. Even if it wasn't his fault or the entire situation was in her head.
If that wasn't enough to show the oddity of this relationship, Yamcha rarely argued back and usually just took the verbal assault without a word. Although, it is tough to blame Bulma for feeling like Yamcha wasn’t good enough when his character quickly devolved into the butt of most jokes in Dragon Ball Z, dying multiple times during initial contact.
19 They Broke Up Multiple Times
Some on and off again couples can make it through the turbulent times, but, needless to say, it’s not a healthy way to manage a relationship. There are reasons for the break-up and, if it happened once, it can happen again.
Much less if two people break up for the same reason multiple times like Bulma and Yamcha, whom almost always split because of suspected infidelity and mistrust. It makes no sense that such a relationship would last almost sixteen years with only short periods of time in between each break-up.
18 They Are Often Jealous Of The Other
With both Bulma and Yamcha being on the good-looking side, the two often felt uncomfortable when their significant other was met with other potential love interests. For Bulma, it seemed to be just about any girl who spoke to Yamcha. It only got worse when Yamcha became a famous baseball player and a fan club was started for him.
For Yamcha, the jealousy often occurred because of Bulma's flirting. The anime scenes and manga chapters depicting the change in gear from Bulma being with Yamcha to her falling for Vegeta, show Yamcha as being constantly jealous. Increasingly so with the introduction of Trunks in the Dragon Ball Z Android and Cell Sagas. No trust, no relationship.
17 Yamcha Was A Bandit
As one of the first villains Goku encounters in the Dragon Ball universe, Yamcha has no doubt progressed quite a bit in terms of character development. But, when Bulma and Yamcha first started dating, Yamcha was all about stealing the dragon balls away from her and Goku.
Despite the funny interactions ensued by a man afraid of women trying to steal from a woman, it doesn't change the fact that Bulma decided she wanted to date someone trying to rob her simply because of his looks and strength. It was an incredibly odd twist of fate for Bulma to fall for the, albeit handsome, thief who plotted against her multiple times, even being the cause of her losing consciousness.
16 Yamcha Was Originally Their Enemy
It's almost like Stockholm Syndrome the way that Bulma fell for her enemy. Acknowledging the fact that Yamcha did team up with Goku and Bulma against Emperor Pilaf to become a “good” guy, he started off trying to steal for them and probably would have had he not been afraid of women.
It would have made sense, to a degree, if there had been more time in between that demonstrated who Yamcha was beyond someone trying to steal the dragon balls for his own use. The general action to do when you meet someone trying to steal from you, even if they are good looking, is to get away from them. Bulma chose to date him instead.
15 Yamcha's relationships
It was noted many times that Yamcha became somewhat of a womanizer, especially in early Dragon Ball Z. Bulma was frequently shown to be freaking out or be extremely jealous whenever Yamcha was with a girl.
Although there isn't any absolute proof that Yamcha cheated from an in-character standpoint, in Dragon Ball chapter 141 Future Trunks did mention how Yamcha tended to not be the most faithful boyfriend. At first, some people speculated whether that was true or just what Trunks’ mom had told him, but when Akira Toriyama was asked why Yamcha and Bulma didn't end up together, he answered, while laughing, that it was because Yamcha just could not stay faithful.
14 Bulma Didn’t Want to Settle Down
In Dragon Ball, Bulma was always the type of girl who wanted to go on an adventure. Sure, she wanted a boyfriend, but that didn’t mean she wanted to be married and settle down in a house. Yamcha, on the other hand, even from his first few episodes, made it very clear that he wanted to get a girlfriend in order to get married. Regardless of how connected Yamcha was to the conflicts and all the time he spent training, there was always a disconnect in their mentalities.
To be fair, when Yamcha passed away in the Dragon Ball Z: Vegeta Saga, Bulma said that she would have married him had he asked. However, later on during the Android Saga, Yamcha suggested getting married but Bulma showed absolutely no interest in it. If she hadn’t gotten pregnant with Trunks, who knows if she would have even bothered to marry Vegeta.
13 Do As I Say, Not As I do
Whenever Bulma saw Yamcha with another girl, she always got really, really mad. In Dragon Ball Z, Krillin’s girlfriend, Maron, flirts with Yamcha and he returns it with a laugh. Bulma became furious at this. Then, two years later, she went ahead and suggested that Vegeta lives with her.
She was always telling Yamcha to not do something, to not flirt or talk to other women, then turning around to do it herself. Often times to an even larger degree. When you tell your significant other not to do something then do it yourself, it’s not surprising that the relationship doesn’t last. In fact, it makes almost no sense for it to last a long time, much less Bulma and Yamcha’s sixteen years.
12 High School Sweethearts
It’s statistically unlikely for two high school sweethearts to get married and spend the rest of their lives together. Though Bulma and Yamcha didn’t go to high school together, they met when they were both in their mid-teens. In fact, they were both each other’s first significant other. It’s no surprise that Bulma showed interest in other guys and Yamcha in other girls: they’d met when really young, before they had garnered any real-world relationship experience.
It actually made more sense for them to be looking at other possibilities than it did for them to have a sixteen-year long relationship. They made good firsts; two people meeting on an adventure and falling in love. But it should have been short and passionate, not long and choppy.
11 Yamcha Was Replaced
Although Yamcha started out as a member of the main character cast, along with Bulma and Goku, he became less and less of a focus. Eventually falling off the grid altogether, only seen again briefly during minor fights that lead up to the larger conflict. Bulma, on the other hand, is a rather persistent member of the main cast.
So when Goku married Chi-Chi and Yamcha became the anime’s joke character, there was no longer any romance among the main DBZ characters that could be teased. But Gohan was already born and Trunks needed a mom. He couldn’t be just the son of Vegeta. Thus, Vegeta replaced Yamcha as Goku’s enemy turned rival turned friend.
10 Distancing Interests
Unlike Vegeta and Goku, Yamcha never used Bulma’s technology to train. Instead, he went out into the wilderness to train himself for upcoming battles. As his power level relative to the enemies waned, so did their mutual interests. Bulma continued to help train the Z Team and stayed in-tune with ongoing events.
Yamcha drifted away from the main team, instead of going off to play professional baseball. Then Bulma became the CEO of Capsule Corp., further distancing their interests. They may have wanted the same thing early on in Dragon Ball, but the further the series went on, the less mutual interests they had.
9 Bulma Wanted the World's “Greatest” Boyfriend
In Volume 2 Chapter 18 of the Dragon Ball manga, Bulma says that she wants to have the “greatest” boyfriend. Only the best of the best can call themselves her equal. In the manga, she appears to be especially picky about her boyfriend being very handsome. Nothing less would do. While Yamcha seemed to fit the handsome part of the checklist at first, he very quickly fell from the title “greatest” with increasing speed every time he was killed.
Yamcha may have been the same realm of powers as Goku in Dragon Ball, but he fell from grace mighty quick when he was the only one to pass from one of Nappa's Saibaimen early on in the Vegeta Saga. It doesn't make much sense for Bulma, considering her personality, to be in a relationship with the team’s weakest fighter.
8 Personalities Don’t Match
If we look at the characteristics of Bulma and Yamcha, what do we see? In Bulma, we see a young woman with a genius-level intellect who wanted to travel the world and go on adventures with a boyfriend. Since she didn’t have the physical strength to fight the villains, she relied on her smarts and technology. In Yamcha, we see a young man who lived his childhood as a bandit and had a crippling fear of women.
His wish was to get a girlfriend and/or wife that he wasn’t nervous around. Using his strength as one of the strongest humans on Earth, he fought against many villains in Dragon Ball and Dragon Ball Z. Yamcha is a bandit turned traditional fighter who never relies on Bulma’s inventions and Bulma is a very stubborn scientist. Their personalities and overall characters simply never matched.
7 There's Barely Any Shown Interaction
Other than the first couple arcs where the main villains are Yamcha and then Emperor Pilaf, Yamcha and Bulma have barely any on-screen interaction. In fact, their off-screen interactions are implied to be just as low in Dragon Ball as Yamcha took off to go train in the wilderness for the World Martial Arts Tournaments. Even in the scenes with Bulma, Yamcha is rarely there.
In one episode, Krillin talks about all the girls around Yamcha and Bulma gets extremely angry. Not just because of how Yamcha was so popular, but because she didn’t know about it. So it’s not super surprising that two people who spent so little actual time together ran into relationship issues.
6 Vegeta Lives With Bulma While She’s With Yamcha
This is perhaps the most nonsensical part of Bulma and Yamcha’s relationship: she invited Vegeta to live with her while she was still in a relationship with Yamcha! Regardless of the fact that perhaps they weren’t in a happy relationship or were even on the verge of breaking up, it makes no sense that Bulma would invite the man who eliminated her boyfriend to live in her house.
When Bulma offered that to Vegeta, Yamcha (reasonably) showed obvious disgust and absolute surprise. Who can blame him? It’s rather hard to follow Bulma’s reasoning in this case.
5 The Break Up Was Never Shown
There was never an on-screen/depicted break up between the two. Not only that, but there’s not even an episode that shows how Bulma and Vegeta get together. In one episode we assume Bulma and Yamcha are still together, and in the next, she’s with Vegeta.
So we don’t actually know when or if there was a final event that forced the two into breaking up. There’s only speculation and interpretations based on previous interactions. Or the lack thereof. Of the many things that make no sense about their relationship, the fact that its ending was never shown is certainly near the top.
4 It Lasted About 16 Years With No Marriage Or Kids
For a relationship that was filled with breakups and fights, they lasted a very long time. From around 16-32 years old, Bulma and Yamcha were in an off and on again relationship. However, when looking at all of the problems they had, it’s amazing that they lasted that long.
Bulma hadn’t even known Vegeta for a quarter of that time before they had a kid together and eventually got married. It’s obvious if the two relationships are put next to each other that it wasn’t necessarily that Bulma didn’t want kids or to get married, she just didn’t want to do it with Yamcha. Why they were in a dead end relationship for so long remains a mystery.
3 Future Trunks Was Already Introduced
When future Trunks was introduced to the gang, Bulma and Yamcha were still in a relationship, if only sort of. Even as Bulma started to pay more and more attention to Vegeta, Yamcha continued to display fairly heated jealousy.
Perhaps this was just an example of dumb love on his part, but it’s hard to believe that Yamcha wouldn’t see the relationship was destined to end after meeting the future son that Bulma has with another man. The same man whom she had just invited to live in her house, and that had been the cause for his passing. That would’ve spelled a quick and definite end to most relationships.
2 Bulma Falls For Vegeta Over Yamcha
Love is a mysterious emotion. It can be dumb; it can be blind; it can be downright foolish. But the simple fact that Bulma even had the capacity to fall in love with the man who killed her boyfriend at the time, Yamcha, seems to imply she didn’t really love him. Sure Yamcha came back to life, however that doesn’t erase the fact that Vegeta eliminated him.
In most circumstances, the person who would do that to your significant other is generally off limits. At the time of Yamcha’s death, Bulma said that she would have married him if he had asked, so it doesn’t make much sense that she would then leave him for the person that killed him.
1 Bulma Has Much Higher Socio-Economic Status Than Yamcha
In modern times it’s not unheard of for someone very wealthy to start dating someone less wealthy. However, the disparity of their situations made the long-lasting relationship between Bulma and Yamcha hard to believe. Whereas Bulma was basically the young heiress of a massive technology corporation that people all around the world relied on, Yamcha was a poor dessert bandit that robbed passing people.
A passionate relationship during the adrenaline pumping adventures of the youth made their dating at least somewhat plausible, but they would have had such different mannerisms and expectations, not to mention knowledge, that it makes their long-lasting relationship hard to believe. It’s basically the anime version of Jasmine and Aladdin from Disney’s Aladdin. A story meant to be fantasy. Perhaps possible, but generally unrealistic.
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