It can't be helped that the series is formulaic to an extent when a similar adventure/action shonen like OP generally follows the formula of Luffy and Zoro taking the top two dogs of the opposing force and winning under a time limit. But are the Cell and Boo arcs in particular too similar in...
The rivalry could've been done so much better if Toriyama's go-to plan for Goku wasn't to either kill him off or have him bedridden at the beginning of every Z arc so he can come back and mop the floor with the final boss's goons.
Vegeta seems to consider being a "brat" as younger than 16-17 where Saiyan puberty typically begins, so Vegeta could have been as old as 15 when he surpassed King Vegeta. I give it to the King here
AT would probably have Trunkten/Potara Gotenks knocked off to avoid giving them too much spotlight. Majin Boo would probably be targeted first as his abilities were already exposed during the exhibition match. Maybe Future Trunks could last until the end and redeem his erased timeline, I dunno.
Right, but Piccolo Daimao, Vegeta and Freeza all showed instances of a villain with a massive superiority complex flipping his shit when surpassed or challenged so it was nothing new. In fact Cell's whole schtick of appearing on TV to announce he'd drive the world into fear and chaos is a ctrl+v...
He was overrated imo. Hefelt more like a mishmash of characters than his own person, and the only parts that could have been well explored to give him his own brand of evil ("They should feel honored to be part of my power!") were touched upon only in one off panels. As Perfect Cell he was only...
His calmness in this case stems from complete confidence in being able to stomp the Ginyus. Vegeta openly said afterwards that Goku's power had surpassed Saiyan limits.
Judging by the Boo arc alone that seems about right, I think Super would retcon that what with that V-Jump SSJ3 Goku ~ Gohan-Boo nonsense but who cares.
I think his utter calmness in the face of such powerful enemies is what caused Vegeta to suspect he might have become the SSJ. Later Vegeta also says "Only I can become the SSJ Kakarrot, you aren't able to be merciless" suggesting Vegeta also thought the SSJ was a ruthless warrior of legend...