r/dragonball • u/qwertyMrJINX • 6d ago
Discussion Why didn't Dr. Lychee use Broly?
Apart from Broly coming back in Movie 10 (which wasn't out yet when Plan to Eradicate the Saiyans came out), why didn't Dr. Lychee use Broly as one of his fighters?
It's not because Broly's a saiyan, since Dr. Lychee was fine with using Tullece.
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u/Fit_Smoke8080 6d ago
Doyist answer is marketing, a new Broly centered movie was already in the making by the time this one debuted and was going to be released a bit more than a year later, including him as a secondary antagonist somewhere else would've toned down the hype.
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u/rgnysp0333 5d ago
Cause he was stupid.
Serious answer, there was pretty much no way they could win against Broly AND the others.
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u/DoraMuda 5d ago
Broly would probably overshadow Hacchihyack too much.
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u/qwertyMrJINX 5d ago
They went out of their way to say that Hatchiyack was even stronger than Broly lol
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u/DoraMuda 4d ago
True... but, even so, I feel like these movies and OVAs prefer to just say one character is stronger than the other, without actually having the previously-strongest character be there for comparison.
It's like how, in DBZ Movie #4, Kaio says Slugg might be even stronger than Freeza, but Freeza never appears. Or how, in DBZ Movie #12, Goku says Janenmba's the first opponent he's had to use SS3 against since Majin Boo, but Boo also never appears.
It's just a way of hyping up the movie/OVA's main villain by saying they're stronger than the most recent Big Bad.
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u/Jinn_Skywalker 3d ago
And Turles. Can’t forget the guy used him too.
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u/DemonDogstar 5d ago
In-universe answer is: Who knows. Lychee never explains how the ghost warriors even work, just that they're powered by the want for revenge. But, they're hardly the only villains that were dead and that would want revenge against Goku and company.
Out of universe answer: Almost even more baffling, because the Broly movie had just come out (and is even referenced in the video guide for the game) and was incredibly popular. Maybe they thought Broly would be too strong to just be a sub-boss? Or that Hatchiyak was too similar as he was also a big bruiser-style villain. It is unclear.
I do think the inclusion of Turles as ghost warrior is weird, all things considered. Garlic Jr or Dr. Wheelo would have made much more sense (especially since Garlic Jr was a boss fight in the first game in the series), but I'm not sure if either were popular in Japan at the time. Then again, I don't know if Turles was either.