MISTIERS: Joel Boutiere

TITLE: Dragon Ball Wars by Ali Tavakoly

CHARACTERS: Mike, Pearl, Brain Guy and Bobo (Season 8)

SUMMARY:
In a quiet suburban town, children play, until their father, the great
Saiyajin Vegeta, threatens to kill them.  His wife, Bulma, likes
naming children after lingerie. After witnessing an exciting day of
eating breakfast, we take a quick jaunt over to another universe,
where Roshi/Kamesenin/Kurririn (this fanfic is big on multiple names)
makes a pass at an alternate Bulma, who also names her children after 
underwear.  Her daugher Panty escapes from her planet's
destruction by Darth Vader (who is the only cool part of this fanfic),
witnesses an apocalyptic fight between two preteens, and does
nothing.  Fun for the whole family.


CATAGORIES: Star Wars, Anime, Crossover

HOST SEGMENTS:
Opening:   Crow and Tom debate: Duke
           Nukem vs. Quake.

Segment 1: Pearl has Observer beam
           over a Borg to improve Mike's non-
           existant ratings.  He turns out to be
           a real sourpuss.

Segment 2: Mike and the Bots ponder
           Bulma's underwear obsession, and
           give themselves new clothing names.

Segment 3: Crow is assimilated by
           the Borg (or so he tries to convince
           Mike)  Eventually, Crow breaks down
           and it's really pathetic.

Segment 4: Inspired by the "fusion
           dance" performed by two characters
           in the story, Tom and Crow fuse
           themselves into one robot.  It lasts
           about 1 minute before they decide
           they were happier by themselves.

REFLECTIONS:
After writing this MiSTing, I was e-mailed by Ali, the author, who, if
I interpreted his never-capitalized, infrequently-punctuated letter
correctly, was basically apologizing for how bad it was.  It was kind of
refreshing to have someone be such a good sport about it.  He's like the
Ratliff of Star Wars/Anime crossovers, and I think we should
give him a round of applause.

On another note, Ali's website says he plans to write another part.  Boy,
I can't wait.

On yet another note. the "broken nail" reference is a reference to a 
song by KMFDM.  Excellent band, pick up one of their thirty or so CDs.

CHRONOLOGICAL NOTES:
As stated in the MiSTing, this takes place between 815 and 816.


RECOMMENDED READING:
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