Tien is just mister pull up. Saiyans who can destroy planets? He pulls up Androids who have infinite stamina and power? He pulls up An abomination created to consume those androids and the world? He pulls up Literal evil given form? He. Pulls. Up. Hes throwin hands with everyone
A god of destruction that threatens to erase the planet, Tien still pulls up. He's a true warrior through and through. He's one of the only Z warriors that seems to have no fear and always stands on business
I have had to tell so many people this. He is the ride or die of the series. He knows he is out classed so often but knows he can buy others' time to get there or get away. That's enough for him. He is the G.O.A.T.
Tien holding off cell is one of the best moments in the whole series. He knew he couldn't stop cell or even really hurt him but would give his life just to buy a little bit of time.
@FirstLast-wk3kc 4 straight hours of *Shin Ki Ko Hou!* Insane even before you take Into account the toll that technique takes on the user from *one* use
I just love characters who manage to punch outside of their weight class, people who stand no chance, know it, and fight anyway because they know they have to.
Won’t Lie, Team Four Star made me realize how badass Tien really is. “Fuck Super Sayains, Fuck Power Levels, AND FUCK YOOOOU!!” Toriyama just always did him dirty :(
Tien is a top tier character simply because he's the only Human on planet Earth who saw Super Saiyans, Gods, Emperors of the Galaxy, and Bio-Androds and was not discouraged.
Out of all the Earthlings, Tien has put in the most work to improve his skills as a fighter, despite being shown up constantly by beings with less experience but much stronger genes. He's persistent, unwaivering and completely aware of how outclassed he is but still works around it. Krillin is known for being the creative fighter, Piccolo is known for being the strategic one, but Tien should be recognized as both.
Tien pioneering the equivalent of a reusable Flashbang makes Tien the best character by far. What are you gonna do with all that power if your ears are ringing and you've been blinded by the brightness of 50 suns
Bro, his moment in Buu should be celebrated more. Buutenks, a being so powerful that he ran through Ultimate Gohan (the most powerful infused character in dbz) like paper, brags about being able to defeat a “legendary” warrior like Tien with a single kick. We always see Tien at his worst because he’s always up against the strongest fighters, but if even the strongest being in the universe has enough respect to brag about defeating a legendary warrior like him, he must be insane. No doubt in my mind Namek Freeza would be a joke to him
Considering Tien is twice as powerful as Chiaotzu typically, and the latter survived an attack that killed 17 (who is beyond 18 **who is beyond the Goku that was over the kid that made confetti then ashes of his cyborg self**)… Him being comfortably more powerful than Frieza is a given.
Honestly, yeah. Frost would be a good opponent for Tien since he was a sneakier Frieza. Seeing Tien beat Frost with his knowledge of assassination tricks and sheer martial ability would be a contrast to how Goku beat Frieza. Goku gained more power to overwhelm Frieza, Tien after years of fighting people stronger than him would put Frost down with his skill. Both the Turtle and Crane schools repping their universe.
YES!! I’VE BEEN STANNING TIEN FOR YEARS. dude had his arm ripped off, watched his best friend die in vein, and still got back up to kick some ass. Screw Nappa.
Actually beat Goku ✅️ Won WMA tournament ✅️ Pumped, and ghosted Launch ✅️ Taught Z-crew flight chi, Solar Flare and telepathy ✅️ OG Sigma bro. People also forget that while Yam, Krillin, Roshi and even Gohan we're giving up martial arts to be simps just cuz Goku outclassed them, my boy Tien was pump-dumpin h0s and training harder than ever; even after realizing he'll never catch up to the Saiyans.
He stays on his own path to be a master martial artist. Not for fame or glory, not to be the best. But just because it's what he loves to do. He's a true sigma fr fr
Stuff like this is why I liked OG Dragon Ball the best. Ki attacks were special ultimate moves to pull out when needed and were special/dramatic. The story between the character and all that along with the adventure. New BD kind of feels off, it’s basically just a series of fights that Goku and Vegeta have to deal with because everyone else is much too weak with ever bigger beam attacks that don’t seem any more powerful than they used to be.
I feel like only Tien, Roshi and Krillin kept that feel of something "special" to their Ki attacks. The tri-beam with Cell was amazing, each time Roshi pulls out a Kamehhameha it FEELS like he's going all in and Krillin disc of light is one of the few attacks that each big villain actually fear everytime it's used (Vegeta yelling at Nappa to dodge, Frieza sacrificing his tail to keep his head etc.) For the other they lost that presence and aura for 90% of the time
Even though he didn't defeat cell, him holding cell down when he knows he's going to probably die is my absolute favorite moment in the series behind Gokus first super saiyan transformation
i was ranting about this the other day!!! barely ANYONE in the whole crew was able to even TOUCH Cell, until Tien pulled up at a desperate moment and was able to not only hold Cell off for what some ppl say is HOURS, but LIVED! AND HE'S *JUST* AN EARTHLING among all these god-like alien fighters, a race that everyone either shit talks or puts down in some way. he fought so courageously in the face of an unstoppable monster with a power level that (i would assume) is wayyyyy lower than any of his comrades. In that moment he represents so much of what the series stands for: fighting for others courageously, even in the face of death. Ugh he is so fucking cool
In Xenoverse 2 Whis has a line where he points out something that's easy to miss: Tien was the only human we ever see take a swing at Beerus. That's how little he cares about power levels.
5:24 - fun trivia: originally in this manga panel Yamcha shows a middle finger to Tien. It got censored in later releases but I still have the first edition of the manga where the finger is seen
Tien and Piccolo are my favorites, unique techniques, cool character designs, and iconic moments (Sadly less in super), I was so happy when Piccolo got the Orange Power, I really hope Tien and the humans get something
For me it was Tien for Dragon Ball Z Abridged. As they simplified one of my favorite moments. Tien vs Cell. The rest of the human fighters acknowledge they were no useless and simple cannon fodder to get beaten up to show how powerful the villains are... And Tien refuses to be left as a spectator and might have actually ended the Cell Arc if he arrived early to fight Cell (1st version) through his trademark attack.
Something cool i noticed when he holds cell back in the manga, is that the reason he could go from doing 1 tri-beam and nearly killing himself, to shooting a 2-3 per second was due to King Kai's training. So aside from Goku we get to see how that training improved his skills. The power gap between him and semi-cell makes it even more crazy.
Tien has been butchered and gutted as a character and it's very painful. Even in Z he was being left behind in favor of the new guys (Piccolo, Vegeta...) but Toriyama, even if Tien wasn't a character he particularly beloved, still gave him small moments. These are basically absent in the modern era and Tien has been consistently clowned, downgraded, crushed, humiliated and worse. A huge character assassination, deliberate or not.
It really sucks ever since his final battle with Goku, he has lost techniques to never use again. And in Z he flat out never uses his own technique that he created (Solar Flare) but is still acceptable bcs his attitude and character is more and less the same. But Super just flat out butchers him. Bro lost everything, his goal, backbone, attitude, drive to fight, combat IQ and turned into a Tribeam one trick pony (Until TOP where he used his clone ability in such a low iq way). We all know that the Solar Flare 100x shouldve created by Tien.
sometimes i feel that with soooo many characters, and all of them being so beloved with their own fanbases, creators unfortunately have to leave some on the backburner. tien's story was kind of "over" after that first tournament, but i for sure would love to see him more and have new arcs
I really believe that everything is owed to Tien, nobody learned to fly until after the time skip after meeting Tien. I think he taught everyone how to fly
I love Krillin the most because even though he's constantly terrified (for good reason) he always does his best and gets up when he gets knocked down just as much as Goku. Short king inspo Tien is cool AF though.
Tien is the best,he meditated so much he even opened his third eye,he s mentally strong,he was always fighting even when knew he doesnt have a chance,and he was so caring,he was like older brother to Chaotzu,look after him,took him with himself everywhere,great great character,had so much potential,sad they ruined him😢
I agree, i wish they showed the same respect they showed to yamcha in dbs with tein. Remember its the fandom that views him like that died to saibamen , eventhough he was kicking ass.
I’m a yamcha fan, I respect tien and he’s probably my second favorite. I just like yamcha more because I feel like I relate to him more, and he’s always the underdog yet always keeps trying, I love the spirit ball and the wolf theming etc, honestly just everything about him. but both characters just got dropped for the goku and vegeta show. Yamcha vs Tien is one of the best rivalries in the series, they’re both my goats :) p.s. at the very least tien’s character didn’t get completely ruined and turned into a scaredy cat like yamcha, I could go on for hours about how bs yamcha being terrified all the time is, but then again I could probably rant about every misunderstood part of his character for hours too like how he stopped krillin and fought the Saibaman instead because he felt something was off and didn’t want krillin to die permanently if something happened since he’d already been revived once, and he gets clowned on for dying to a sneak attack that any of the other fighters would have died to (they confirmed it) after beating the Saibaman fair and square with little effort. Yeah maybe I like yamcha a little too much. Tien gives me the same kinda feeling though especially with the cell scene.
Good to see Tien getting some respect. He got done so dirty later in the series. My favorite characters in DB are Trunks, Videl, and Gohan Sidenote: I can't wait to play Sparking Zero! I hope Zangya is in the game.
For me it’s android 17 (the one that became good) because of his cool personality and calm demeanor and despite all the odds he rarely ever loses his posture.
@@Prosody.Frissonhe’s a human turned cyborg who ended up learning to appreciate nature to which he learned from 16 (who was an actual android unlike 17 and 18) and he even decides not to murder the poachers that come to his island despite what they tried to do countless times.
Especially in DBS they did his character so dirty. They should've had him unlock new abilties with his third eye right before the tournament of power. Maybe to help nerf opponents, amp his allies, and other techniques of his mysterious third eye clan
If i recall a book Akira T basically said that if Tien ever mastered his third eye power he would gain power equal to that of the gods. Seems like a pretty easy way to make him relevant again. If gohan can just have it whenever he eneds it and Pic can wish for it then let's have Tien visit elder kai and unlock some power. He always struck me as the tactile and pinpoint fighter. Let him be the one who figures out how to master suppressing his energy to nothing, and going for kill shots. Since most of the enemies they fight regenerate anyway there's no reason not to. Bring Tien back to the frontlines~!
These guys definitely need some love from the new media, tien is such an underated character. The humans always fought no matter the strength of their opponents.
I'm kinda sad you didn't talk about one of my favorite Tien moments in dragon ball where he runs into that one guy who he beat up years ago in a match while trying to find the dragon balls during the King piccolo saga. the man had gotten permanent injuries and was broke with a wife and kid. He even called the cops on Tien to have him be taken away. Tien got on his knees and asked for forgiveness. The episode was 107 if anyone else is interested in what episode it was. Besides that this video is GREAT!
@@Misscouchpotato- damn that does sound great. I'm sorry, my knowledge on the filler episodes is limited. When I made this video I followed along the manga then found the corresponding episodes. But I'm glad you enjoyed what I did talk about
i wanted yamcha to run after and save tien after the semi cell tri beam exhaustion, i wanted to see kaio ken yamcha vs semi perfect cell; hed still lose but id like to see the fight, besides goku could carry one more person with the anti transmission, also on the g o on comment, Ranfan
Don't watch the early American dub if you wanna experience the source material. The dub changes a lot and mischaracterizes a few characters. People only recommend that out of nostalgia
Did good to show his character development; really enjoyed the OG DB deep dive. Super doesn’t exist, 'tis only bad furry-fanfiction. Thanks for another beautiful DB character analysis. Looking forward to when you get around to Raditz, especially if you include his video game appearances like you did here with our OG boy.
I'm late but man I had to leave a comment on this video. Tenshinhan is my favorite character and it's really nice to see others take the time to spotlight what makes Tenshinhan such a cool and great character or how poorly more recent Dragon Ball content has treated him. He's an extremely talented and committed martial arts master and definitely deserved better. It's ashame we don't know more about him, especially since he fell out of focus relatively quickly. The late Toriyama barely talked about him, we hardly know anything about him in external material, and he has little to no past, family, or future, something he has in common with Yamcha. Super tried to flesh Tenshinhan by having him build a generic dojo where somehow he didn't even teach his pupils how to use ki for some reason, even Gohan taught Videl the basics with relative ease, but Tenshinhan couldn't? To add salt to the wound, Roshi is there as an honorary master but doesn't care for being there, he upstages Tenshinhan in his own tournament recruitment episode (then later by Gohan, who wasn't really training at that time and got a plot power up, even Krillin was allowed to 1-up Gohan. But Tenshinhan's 40+ years of martial arts experience and skill did him no good against the uncommitted Gohan with his only 5+ years total of experience.), and Chiaotzu could barely handle his own mind-controlled students. It was a disater, Roshi pasted the torch to Ten, but all that seem to have been forgotten. Speaking of which, it was super insulting that Goku didn't even think of Ten for the tournament at first and Oolong had to remind Goku that Ten exists, Goku thought of recruiting ROSHI before Ten. Needless to say, Tenshinhan is a role model, Obviously, his discipline, hard work, dedication, relatable character arc, coolness factor, and plethora of techniques are what draw me to this character. As I mentioned before, Tenshinhan, Chiaotzu, and even Yamcha have no family, no past, and frankly, no future (unfortunately). Which is why I really think they could have benefitted from that. There is a reason Piccolo's death in the Saiyan Arc and his last words to Gohan hit a little harder with fans compared to Tenshinhan and Chiaotzu deaths despite being sad as well. It's because Toriyama actually cared about exploring and focusing on the former pair, we got to see much more of Piccolo and Gohan's friendship develop, thus resonated more with fans. All we know about Tenshinhan and Chiaotzu is that they've been together since their days at the Crane School and outside material says they play beach volleyball together, a nod to Ten's volleyball technique, they train in private on the mountains, and Ten is relatively reclusive compared to others in Goku's friend and ally group, even more than Piccolo. So much so that, Tenshinhan and by extension Chiaotzu were completely omitted from the anime version of the special Yo! Son Goku & Friends Return from 2008, they were in the manga version, but you'd be forgiven for not really noticing their lack of presence in the anime due to how reclusive Tenshinhan is as a character it seemed natural. Tenshinhan something gets left out of stuff like in Super they at times forget to add him in a scene he should be in I believe. But in the case of the 2008 special, it came out a year or 2 after the death of Tenshinhan's original Japanese voice actor, so he was excluded out of respect. Ten's character definitely could have benefitted with more screentime of him and Launch, who Toriyama mentioned dated Tenshinhan at one point, maybe they could have had a family and a child of Tenshinhan would be apart of the next generations of fighters and such along with Goten and Trunks. Anyways, a lot of DB characters suffered a lot because when their arcs wrapped up, thay was pretty much it for them other than the extremely rare cool moment or two. A common complaint by fans even since the heyday of DB was Torino poor utilization of these fun characters. As soon as they turn to the good side, they became bland and directionless. What harms them more is their tenuous relationship and lack of interaction with the other cast members. Goku and Vegeta have become so strong and otherworldly, you can't imagine a scenario where they would interact with a ancillary cast member without it being forced. They're isolated and unfortunately you get an impossible situation when you have a beloved cast that contributes nothing to the plot but have to stick around because it would be odd if they just up and vanished entirely.
Tien is my favorite. He's great. He used to have so many interesting techniques and he's been boiled down to Neo Tribeam....he never stopped training. He should be far stronger than he's been depicted. I wish he'd unlocked the full power of his third eye.
Tien is my favorite human Z Fighter of the bunch. His move sets, his mind set, his dedication to his path...it's all so well done in my opinion. I'm right there with you in the outrage of how he was treated in DB Super. Him becoming a master of his own dojo is where I hoped he'd end up. And even when he's teaching others, he's still trying to improve himself, always! True martial artist, right there.
Never seen this channel before. Glad that this video is blowing up, I love seeing underrated characters get the shine they deserve. By the way, I paused at 29:34 and I was like “how did I get here, did I already finish the video about Tien?” For a second I thought I clicked on a gaming video and had been watching it for several minutes LoL.
Tien was piccolo and vegeta before tien. He had his arc in only one arc and then he was a team player because of his respect for roshi. He was dying to become a good man after the sins he committed under crane hermit and taopaipai. Tien is always cool. He’s a role model for me. The way he dealt with Taopaipai had me giving him all my respect. The fact he even SHOWED UP at all in the buu saga showed toriyama really did love tien as a character.
Damn, Dragon ball z attack of the saiyans on nintendo DS was the first game of the franchise i've played. It was so coooool, i still play it when i think about it.
@@ChitinChazz still have my first save with OP broly's collar item. The game's sprites are REALLY cool 😀 And each characters having their solo arc is the cherry on top of it all
Tien is the goat fr, though I think Tien went through some decent development in the Saiyan Saga as bro pushed himself harder than he had pushed humself. Tien VS Nappa is like Top 3 fights of the Arc, and the Saiyan Saga is filled with giated fights. U should do a Demon King Piccolo video next
@ssbasix7704 just his story he went from a nothing bandit living on scraps in the desert to a protector or humanity mastered marshal arts gaindx superhuman powers and although he didn't end up with the girl still worked hard and became rich doing what he love which was baseball.
It's nice to have someone just compile why Tien is simply so appealing. You're right about Tien getting like nothing in Z besides cool moments. There was potential with his relationship with Launch stalling rather than evolving some new status quo like we expected, he and Chiaotzu spent the longest with King Kai and his long-standing grudge against Vegeta. Could've given him an arc to stop being a workaholic as a contrast to Yamcha and Krillin which gives him a breakthrough in his mindset and training.
I wasn’t expecting a tien guide for fighterz but I’ll take it I didn’t know you could tiger knee the volleyball fist as a tien main I’ll use this on people and friends alike
Remember you can jump cancel any normal on block during sparking, so his stand medium becomes a true 50/50 guess between the volleyball fist or his down medium. Destroy your friends😈
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Finally someone respects Tien my fav character
Thank you for your support .
Is that okay?!
What
I always think and feel tientnis cool. He always comes to help back up everyone. A real bro
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Tien is just mister pull up.
Saiyans who can destroy planets? He pulls up
Androids who have infinite stamina and power? He pulls up
An abomination created to consume those androids and the world? He pulls up
Literal evil given form? He. Pulls. Up.
Hes throwin hands with everyone
A god of destruction that threatens to erase the planet, Tien still pulls up. He's a true warrior through and through. He's one of the only Z warriors that seems to have no fear and always stands on business
I have had to tell so many people this. He is the ride or die of the series. He knows he is out classed so often but knows he can buy others' time to get there or get away. That's enough for him. He is the G.O.A.T.
🔥🔥
This comment is pretty fucking amazing
Now if only he'd used training weights and a gravity chamber or trained with a strong partner. 😞
"Tien is a goddamn rolemodel" someone on the internet.
I'm that someone!
@@ChitinChazz I heard it first from @Saiyan Scollar ruclips.net/video/9JO1PPw9IF8/видео.html
@@ChitinChazz I heard Saiyan Schollar saying it before. The video called "Why Tien is a ROLE MODEL in Dragon Ball Z"
Saiyan scholar all day
Saiyan Scholar!! My favorite videos of his 😂
The guy who said the joke first: Tien
The guy who said it louder: Goku
Tien told the joke first, Piccolo said it louder, and Vegeta made a career in stand-up out of it.
@@jsb6975.ah.crapbaskets Well said
Tien holding off cell is one of the best moments in the whole series. He knew he couldn't stop cell or even really hurt him but would give his life just to buy a little bit of time.
it's not about winning. it's about sending a message
And he managed to stoll for hours, supposedly
@FirstLast-wk3kc 4 straight hours of *Shin Ki Ko Hou!* Insane even before you take Into account the toll that technique takes on the user from *one* use
It's an impressive feat tbh.
@@FirstLast-wk3kcno, he held it for a few seconds.
Tiens growth from a cool asshole to a cool and caring yet distant guy is interesting to me
I just love characters who manage to punch outside of their weight class, people who stand no chance, know it, and fight anyway because they know they have to.
Tien will step up to fight no matter what. It's so badass
You would love Kidd from One Piece
@@meganefanatic9218 I'm a big one piece fan. Kidd just rolling up with a giant metal arm always looks cool. Him vs shanks looked soooo good imo
Not only Kidd but Luffy has always been like that too
Same like Ikki from saint seiya
But Tien, the doctor said if your shoulders get any bigger
"And I told you we're not seeing him anymore" tfs is so funny
“That’s why we don’t see him anymore”
@@natebennett7557see or seek?
Won’t Lie, Team Four Star made me realize how badass Tien really is. “Fuck Super Sayains, Fuck Power Levels, AND FUCK YOOOOU!!” Toriyama just always did him dirty :(
....SHIN...... KIKOUHO!!!!!
Btw I could hear the Lines you wrote, you can hear em too
@@Nero_9000 Absolutely. I just suck at recalling quotes 😅 definitely should look them up before quoting so I don’t mess em up
Tien is a top tier character simply because he's the only Human on planet Earth who saw Super Saiyans, Gods, Emperors of the Galaxy, and Bio-Androds and was not discouraged.
Out of all the Earthlings, Tien has put in the most work to improve his skills as a fighter, despite being shown up constantly by beings with less experience but much stronger genes. He's persistent, unwaivering and completely aware of how outclassed he is but still works around it. Krillin is known for being the creative fighter, Piccolo is known for being the strategic one, but Tien should be recognized as both.
He's just THAT guy it's simple
He got that DAWG in him
Tien pioneering the equivalent of a reusable Flashbang makes Tien the best character by far. What are you gonna do with all that power if your ears are ringing and you've been blinded by the brightness of 50 suns
“I. HATE. EVERYTHING ABOUT YOU”
“WHY. DO I LOVE YOU”
Fucking badass
He pulled up on Buu with 0 fear
Bro, his moment in Buu should be celebrated more.
Buutenks, a being so powerful that he ran through Ultimate Gohan (the most powerful infused character in dbz) like paper, brags about being able to defeat a “legendary” warrior like Tien with a single kick.
We always see Tien at his worst because he’s always up against the strongest fighters, but if even the strongest being in the universe has enough respect to brag about defeating a legendary warrior like him, he must be insane.
No doubt in my mind Namek Freeza would be a joke to him
Considering Tien is twice as powerful as Chiaotzu typically, and the latter survived an attack that killed 17 (who is beyond 18 **who is beyond the Goku that was over the kid that made confetti then ashes of his cyborg self**)… Him being comfortably more powerful than Frieza is a given.
17:45
Tien should have DEFINETLY defeated frost, i remember reading that and being SO pissed.
Zero respect for both Tien and Krillin, I get they had to have some characters go out easy, but not the ones we actually care about 😭
@mistta8129 and not in such a disrespectful way like come on
Honestly, yeah.
Frost would be a good opponent for Tien since he was a sneakier Frieza.
Seeing Tien beat Frost with his knowledge of assassination tricks and sheer martial ability would be a contrast to how Goku beat Frieza.
Goku gained more power to overwhelm Frieza, Tien after years of fighting people stronger than him would put Frost down with his skill.
Both the Turtle and Crane schools repping their universe.
Cant stress how much I feel you on Super Tien.
The thing I hate the most about super tien is he could've been great. They had good ideas, but they wasted them.
@@ChitinChazz We still have time!
Tien is so underrated. He deserve for much more...
YES!!
I’VE BEEN STANNING TIEN FOR YEARS.
dude had his arm ripped off, watched his best friend die in vein, and still got back up to kick some ass.
Screw Nappa.
Tien went out on his own terms. His one handed tri beam is so cool, wish it was in dbfz. Hopefully it'll be in sparking zero
OG Dragon Ball was such a cool martial arts story. With the mysticism and the life lessons.
Actually beat Goku ✅️
Won WMA tournament ✅️
Pumped, and ghosted Launch ✅️
Taught Z-crew flight chi, Solar Flare and telepathy ✅️
OG Sigma bro. People also forget that while Yam, Krillin, Roshi and even Gohan we're giving up martial arts to be simps just cuz Goku outclassed them, my boy Tien was pump-dumpin h0s and training harder than ever; even after realizing he'll never catch up to the Saiyans.
He stays on his own path to be a master martial artist. Not for fame or glory, not to be the best. But just because it's what he loves to do. He's a true sigma fr fr
Absolutely Based
“h0s”
I’m pretty it was just one and her name was launch and there didn’t seem to be anyone else after her.
@@ChitinChazzKikoho !!!! 😅
women's martial arts?
Anytime someone steals his technique it’s a feat for Tien
Do you think tien gets paid every time someone uses a solar flare?
@@ChitinChazz Cell and Krillin are about to buy Tien a car
A 35 minute video on tien? This is a dream come true as a fellow tien stan
Stuff like this is why I liked OG Dragon Ball the best. Ki attacks were special ultimate moves to pull out when needed and were special/dramatic. The story between the character and all that along with the adventure.
New BD kind of feels off, it’s basically just a series of fights that Goku and Vegeta have to deal with because everyone else is much too weak with ever bigger beam attacks that don’t seem any more powerful than they used to be.
I feel like only Tien, Roshi and Krillin kept that feel of something "special" to their Ki attacks. The tri-beam with Cell was amazing, each time Roshi pulls out a Kamehhameha it FEELS like he's going all in and Krillin disc of light is one of the few attacks that each big villain actually fear everytime it's used (Vegeta yelling at Nappa to dodge, Frieza sacrificing his tail to keep his head etc.)
For the other they lost that presence and aura for 90% of the time
Even though he didn't defeat cell, him holding cell down when he knows he's going to probably die is my absolute favorite moment in the series behind Gokus first super saiyan transformation
i was ranting about this the other day!!! barely ANYONE in the whole crew was able to even TOUCH Cell, until Tien pulled up at a desperate moment and was able to not only hold Cell off for what some ppl say is HOURS, but LIVED! AND HE'S *JUST* AN EARTHLING among all these god-like alien fighters, a race that everyone either shit talks or puts down in some way. he fought so courageously in the face of an unstoppable monster with a power level that (i would assume) is wayyyyy lower than any of his comrades. In that moment he represents so much of what the series stands for: fighting for others courageously, even in the face of death. Ugh he is so fucking cool
In Xenoverse 2 Whis has a line where he points out something that's easy to miss: Tien was the only human we ever see take a swing at Beerus. That's how little he cares about power levels.
5:24 - fun trivia: originally in this manga panel Yamcha shows a middle finger to Tien. It got censored in later releases but I still have the first edition of the manga where the finger is seen
Tien and Piccolo are my favorites, unique techniques, cool character designs, and iconic moments (Sadly less in super), I was so happy when Piccolo got the Orange Power, I really hope Tien and the humans get something
The only human that would get powers up is oob the writers don't care about the other humans anymore
tien is not pure human tho, i think they originally had some plan for him since triclop is such a mysterious race
I swear to god solar flare has not once failed its the best tactical move in Dragon Ball
For me it was Tien for Dragon Ball Z Abridged.
As they simplified one of my favorite moments.
Tien vs Cell.
The rest of the human fighters acknowledge they were no useless and simple cannon fodder to get beaten up to show how powerful the villains are...
And Tien refuses to be left as a spectator and might have actually ended the Cell Arc if he arrived early to fight Cell (1st version) through his trademark attack.
Something cool i noticed when he holds cell back in the manga, is that the reason he could go from doing 1 tri-beam and nearly killing himself, to shooting a 2-3 per second was due to King Kai's training. So aside from Goku we get to see how that training improved his skills. The power gap between him and semi-cell makes it even more crazy.
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I'm not a pokemon, I'm chiatzou chiatzou
Chazz it 🆙
Literally came down here to say this exact thing
@@miimiibeschde4818it a chiatzou Vegeta
@@dga155 I'm Gonna Catch it
Tien has been butchered and gutted as a character and it's very painful. Even in Z he was being left behind in favor of the new guys (Piccolo, Vegeta...) but Toriyama, even if Tien wasn't a character he particularly beloved, still gave him small moments. These are basically absent in the modern era and Tien has been consistently clowned, downgraded, crushed, humiliated and worse. A huge character assassination, deliberate or not.
Well yeah they hate his ass lol it's evident
It really sucks ever since his final battle with Goku, he has lost techniques to never use again. And in Z he flat out never uses his own technique that he created (Solar Flare) but is still acceptable bcs his attitude and character is more and less the same.
But Super just flat out butchers him. Bro lost everything, his goal, backbone, attitude, drive to fight, combat IQ and turned into a Tribeam one trick pony (Until TOP where he used his clone ability in such a low iq way).
We all know that the Solar Flare 100x shouldve created by Tien.
sometimes i feel that with soooo many characters, and all of them being so beloved with their own fanbases, creators unfortunately have to leave some on the backburner. tien's story was kind of "over" after that first tournament, but i for sure would love to see him more and have new arcs
I really believe that everything is owed to Tien, nobody learned to fly until after the time skip after meeting Tien. I think he taught everyone how to fly
My man Chiaotzu. He’s just a lil guy
Vegeta: Piccolo you look ridiculous in that white cape and Turban
Also Vegeta: oh Tien, new style. Suits you.
Piccolo: but he's copying my fashion...
I love Krillin the most because even though he's constantly terrified (for good reason) he always does his best and gets up when he gets knocked down just as much as Goku. Short king inspo
Tien is cool AF though.
Triangle hands, circle beam, square hole.
Tien is the best,he meditated so much he even opened his third eye,he s mentally strong,he was always fighting even when knew he doesnt have a chance,and he was so caring,he was like older brother to Chaotzu,look after him,took him with himself everywhere,great great character,had so much potential,sad they ruined him😢
8:55 This **** so strong that after years of the Saiyans surpassing his strength, he could still stall SEMI PERFECT CELL
I do love how Tien became apart of the Trurtle hermit crew. While he never wore the Gi, he became family, and respected Goku, yamcha, and Krillin.
I agree, i wish they showed the same respect they showed to yamcha in dbs with tein. Remember its the fandom that views him like that died to saibamen , eventhough he was kicking ass.
He was cool in dragon ball, dragon ball z, and dragon ball super
I’m a yamcha fan, I respect tien and he’s probably my second favorite. I just like yamcha more because I feel like I relate to him more, and he’s always the underdog yet always keeps trying, I love the spirit ball and the wolf theming etc, honestly just everything about him. but both characters just got dropped for the goku and vegeta show. Yamcha vs Tien is one of the best rivalries in the series, they’re both my goats :)
p.s. at the very least tien’s character didn’t get completely ruined and turned into a scaredy cat like yamcha, I could go on for hours about how bs yamcha being terrified all the time is, but then again I could probably rant about every misunderstood part of his character for hours too like how he stopped krillin and fought the Saibaman instead because he felt something was off and didn’t want krillin to die permanently if something happened since he’d already been revived once, and he gets clowned on for dying to a sneak attack that any of the other fighters would have died to (they confirmed it) after beating the Saibaman fair and square with little effort. Yeah maybe I like yamcha a little too much. Tien gives me the same kinda feeling though especially with the cell scene.
Honestly, the og cast is goated just cuz they are cool asf.
Krillin, Yamcha, Tien! All are goated
Good to see Tien getting some respect. He got done so dirty later in the series. My favorite characters in DB are Trunks, Videl, and Gohan
Sidenote: I can't wait to play Sparking Zero! I hope Zangya is in the game.
Yeaah she cute
Unironically wish that Tien edit was canon
1:13 bro i like videl js cuz i think shes cool af wym
yeah fr, same here
4:00 Master roshi? He's clearly fighting Jackie chun. Even yamcha knows that's jackie!
"I, HATE EVERYTHING ABOUT YOU" 🗣️🗣️🗣️🔥🔥🔥🔥🦅🦅🦅🦅💯💯💯
Tien clones will always be a favorite moment of his those clones were insanely strong during the tournament in Dragon Ball.
super cool and awesome tien shinhan AMV:
I do love Tien's later outfits.
For me it’s android 17 (the one that became good) because of his cool personality and calm demeanor and despite all the odds he rarely ever loses his posture.
His an artificially modified man which feels less human but I see your point
@@Prosody.Frissonhe’s a human turned cyborg who ended up learning to appreciate nature to which he learned from 16 (who was an actual android unlike 17 and 18) and he even decides not to murder the poachers that come to his island despite what they tried to do countless times.
Tien..., I can never read that guy.
"I'm not a spectator! I'm a warrior!"
TIEN IS SO FREAKING COOL 😢😢 I WISH HE DID MORE
For real! He deserved so much better in dbs
Especially in DBS they did his character so dirty. They should've had him unlock new abilties with his third eye right before the tournament of power. Maybe to help nerf opponents, amp his allies, and other techniques of his mysterious third eye clan
17:50 "Why did Dragon Ball Super do Tien so dirty?" Lol, why does Super even exist?
So real. Z>DB>GT>Super
To cover the 10 year gap between Z and End of Z?
The absolute unit Tienshinhan being the same age as baby chibi 15 y/o Goku is hilarious
Liking one second in. Everything you said is correct.
So glad you mentioned attack of the saiyans. Thats the game that made Tien one of my favorite characters
If i recall a book Akira T basically said that if Tien ever mastered his third eye power he would gain power equal to that of the gods. Seems like a pretty easy way to make him relevant again. If gohan can just have it whenever he eneds it and Pic can wish for it then let's have Tien visit elder kai and unlock some power. He always struck me as the tactile and pinpoint fighter. Let him be the one who figures out how to master suppressing his energy to nothing, and going for kill shots. Since most of the enemies they fight regenerate anyway there's no reason not to. Bring Tien back to the frontlines~!
These guys definitely need some love from the new media, tien is such an underated character. The humans always fought no matter the strength of their opponents.
Me, myself, personally as a person liked Tien. Not really knowing anything about him, just playing the fighting games. Give me that three eyed bad boy
It's simple. I want big damage and tien gives it to me.
I'm kinda sad you didn't talk about one of my favorite Tien moments in dragon ball where he runs into that one guy who he beat up years ago in a match while trying to find the dragon balls during the King piccolo saga. the man had gotten permanent injuries and was broke with a wife and kid. He even called the cops on Tien to have him be taken away. Tien got on his knees and asked for forgiveness. The episode was 107 if anyone else is interested in what episode it was. Besides that this video is GREAT!
@@Misscouchpotato- damn that does sound great. I'm sorry, my knowledge on the filler episodes is limited. When I made this video I followed along the manga then found the corresponding episodes. But I'm glad you enjoyed what I did talk about
@@ChitinChazz Yea. That's alright! It's understandable. Especially when it was mostly towards the end of the episode.
i really like how this video is just him talking about a character he really likes. I wish more youtube videos were like this.
also i love tien a LOT.
Well done. All respect to Tienshinhan. Just subscribed notifications bell on!!!
i wanted yamcha to run after and save tien after the semi cell tri beam exhaustion, i wanted to see kaio ken yamcha vs semi perfect cell; hed still lose but id like to see the fight, besides goku could carry one more person with the anti transmission, also on the g o on comment, Ranfan
For someone who appreciates fighting games autism, I appreciate the Tiger Knee tech to get Tien's instant overhead.
I still need to watch DBZ. 😔 you and Totally Not Mark have really made me want to watch it GRIGGA.
Do yourself a favor and watch the ones with Bruce Falconer score, it is more genuine to the original airings in the States.
Don't watch the early American dub if you wanna experience the source material. The dub changes a lot and mischaracterizes a few characters. People only recommend that out of nostalgia
If anything, dragon ball z kai is your best bet or the manga as well.
@@DMMDestroyeryes bruce adds so much power and emotion to scenes. Its a completely different experience
Try to get the remaster version that caame out like 10 or so years ago has specials behind the scenes. Movies all episodes langjage and ausio options
Did good to show his character development; really enjoyed the OG DB deep dive.
Super doesn’t exist, 'tis only bad furry-fanfiction.
Thanks for another beautiful DB character analysis. Looking forward to when you get around to Raditz, especially if you include his video game appearances like you did here with our OG boy.
I'm late but man I had to leave a comment on this video. Tenshinhan is my favorite character and it's really nice to see others take the time to spotlight what makes Tenshinhan such a cool and great character or how poorly more recent Dragon Ball content has treated him. He's an extremely talented and committed martial arts master and definitely deserved better. It's ashame we don't know more about him, especially since he fell out of focus relatively quickly. The late Toriyama barely talked about him, we hardly know anything about him in external material, and he has little to no past, family, or future, something he has in common with Yamcha.
Super tried to flesh Tenshinhan by having him build a generic dojo where somehow he didn't even teach his pupils how to use ki for some reason, even Gohan taught Videl the basics with relative ease, but Tenshinhan couldn't? To add salt to the wound, Roshi is there as an honorary master but doesn't care for being there, he upstages Tenshinhan in his own tournament recruitment episode (then later by Gohan, who wasn't really training at that time and got a plot power up, even Krillin was allowed to 1-up Gohan. But Tenshinhan's 40+ years of martial arts experience and skill did him no good against the uncommitted Gohan with his only 5+ years total of experience.), and Chiaotzu could barely handle his own mind-controlled students. It was a disater, Roshi pasted the torch to Ten, but all that seem to have been forgotten. Speaking of which, it was super insulting that Goku didn't even think of Ten for the tournament at first and Oolong had to remind Goku that Ten exists, Goku thought of recruiting ROSHI before Ten.
Needless to say, Tenshinhan is a role model, Obviously, his discipline, hard work, dedication, relatable character arc, coolness factor, and plethora of techniques are what draw me to this character. As I mentioned before, Tenshinhan, Chiaotzu, and even Yamcha have no family, no past, and frankly, no future (unfortunately). Which is why I really think they could have benefitted from that. There is a reason Piccolo's death in the Saiyan Arc and his last words to Gohan hit a little harder with fans compared to Tenshinhan and Chiaotzu deaths despite being sad as well. It's because Toriyama actually cared about exploring and focusing on the former pair, we got to see much more of Piccolo and Gohan's friendship develop, thus resonated more with fans. All we know about Tenshinhan and Chiaotzu is that they've been together since their days at the Crane School and outside material says they play beach volleyball together, a nod to Ten's volleyball technique, they train in private on the mountains, and Ten is relatively reclusive compared to others in Goku's friend and ally group, even more than Piccolo.
So much so that, Tenshinhan and by extension Chiaotzu were completely omitted from the anime version of the special Yo! Son Goku & Friends Return from 2008, they were in the manga version, but you'd be forgiven for not really noticing their lack of presence in the anime due to how reclusive Tenshinhan is as a character it seemed natural. Tenshinhan something gets left out of stuff like in Super they at times forget to add him in a scene he should be in I believe. But in the case of the 2008 special, it came out a year or 2 after the death of Tenshinhan's original Japanese voice actor, so he was excluded out of respect. Ten's character definitely could have benefitted with more screentime of him and Launch, who Toriyama mentioned dated Tenshinhan at one point, maybe they could have had a family and a child of Tenshinhan would be apart of the next generations of fighters and such along with Goten and Trunks. Anyways, a lot of DB characters suffered a lot because when their arcs wrapped up, thay was pretty much it for them other than the extremely rare cool moment or two. A common complaint by fans even since the heyday of DB was Torino poor utilization of these fun characters. As soon as they turn to the good side, they became bland and directionless. What harms them more is their tenuous relationship and lack of interaction with the other cast members. Goku and Vegeta have become so strong and otherworldly, you can't imagine a scenario where they would interact with a ancillary cast member without it being forced. They're isolated and unfortunately you get an impossible situation when you have a beloved cast that contributes nothing to the plot but have to stick around because it would be odd if they just up and vanished entirely.
Tien is my favorite. He's great. He used to have so many interesting techniques and he's been boiled down to Neo Tribeam....he never stopped training. He should be far stronger than he's been depicted. I wish he'd unlocked the full power of his third eye.
Tien is my favorite human Z Fighter of the bunch. His move sets, his mind set, his dedication to his path...it's all so well done in my opinion. I'm right there with you in the outrage of how he was treated in DB Super. Him becoming a master of his own dojo is where I hoped he'd end up. And even when he's teaching others, he's still trying to improve himself, always! True martial artist, right there.
Man i love that lil Dbfz breakdown you sneaked in 😂
Haha thank you. I could've talked about a lot more, but I didn't want to go on for too long with that section.
Tien and Krillin really need some superhuman powerup fr
The fact that this dude was able to injure Semi-Perfect Cell when all the Androids and the Super-Namekian can do is run was impressive.
Vanilla sagat unexpectedly mentioned, like button pressed
I had no idea about the mini arc with Tien fighting a Demon. Thanks for the info
Yeah, Tien is pretty strong
Everytime i train shoulders i think of Tien. Tein vs Cell and Tein vs Buu are my some of my favorite moments in the series
Never seen this channel before. Glad that this video is blowing up, I love seeing underrated characters get the shine they deserve. By the way, I paused at 29:34 and I was like “how did I get here, did I already finish the video about Tien?” For a second I thought I clicked on a gaming video and had been watching it for several minutes LoL.
Great vid, man. I also love Tenshinhan!
the most tactical, useful and crazy tecniques come from him
Have never been able to nail down a fave character but Tien kicks ass.
Tien was piccolo and vegeta before tien. He had his arc in only one arc and then he was a team player because of his respect for roshi. He was dying to become a good man after the sins he committed under crane hermit and taopaipai. Tien is always cool. He’s a role model for me. The way he dealt with Taopaipai had me giving him all my respect. The fact he even SHOWED UP at all in the buu saga showed toriyama really did love tien as a character.
Tiens been my favorite character for well over 20 years. I even have a tattoo of him that I got in 2010.
Damn, Dragon ball z attack of the saiyans on nintendo DS was the first game of the franchise i've played. It was so coooool, i still play it when i think about it.
Let's go! Attack of the saiyans is underrated!
@@ChitinChazz still have my first save with OP broly's collar item. The game's sprites are REALLY cool 😀 And each characters having their solo arc is the cherry on top of it all
Always love to see a OG like Tien gettkng his flowers after all these years.
You remind me of Tien dialogue with Gotenks talking about how effortlessly cool he is. I want to see a tag team Volleyball technique between the 2
Tien has so much aura man. Bro gets screen time in all the arcs (minus names) and does something randomly badass asf
Tien is the goat fr, though I think Tien went through some decent development in the Saiyan Saga as bro pushed himself harder than he had pushed humself. Tien VS Nappa is like Top 3 fights of the Arc, and the Saiyan Saga is filled with giated fights. U should do a Demon King Piccolo video next
chiaotzu holds tien back so much
TIEN IS THE GOAT!!!!!!!!!
Me being a Yamcha fan
You have great taste. Yamcha is great too
Why may I ask. I am searching for character inspiration for my story
@ssbasix7704 just his story he went from a nothing bandit living on scraps in the desert to a protector or humanity mastered marshal arts gaindx superhuman powers and although he didn't end up with the girl still worked hard and became rich doing what he love which was baseball.
@@Sanjixoxo Yamcha is my boi! It's so great seeing other people like him!
It's nice to have someone just compile why Tien is simply so appealing. You're right about Tien getting like nothing in Z besides cool moments. There was potential with his relationship with Launch stalling rather than evolving some new status quo like we expected, he and Chiaotzu spent the longest with King Kai and his long-standing grudge against Vegeta. Could've given him an arc to stop being a workaholic as a contrast to Yamcha and Krillin which gives him a breakthrough in his mindset and training.
Going through every characters sweet and relatable moments then majin Vegeta is insane
I wasn’t expecting a tien guide for fighterz but I’ll take it I didn’t know you could tiger knee the volleyball fist as a tien main I’ll use this on people and friends alike
Remember you can jump cancel any normal on block during sparking, so his stand medium becomes a true 50/50 guess between the volleyball fist or his down medium. Destroy your friends😈
thank you for making a real non-ironic video about Ten-Shin-Han
Well if it isn't Chi Tien Chazz making video about the GOAT of Dragon Ball
"F*ck power levels, F*ck super saiyans, And F*ck You!!! SHIN- KIKOHO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" -Tienshinhan