Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-98.156.76.157-20140327235837

I am starting to notice quite a few allusions between the Marvel Cinematic Universe and the Dragon Ball Z series. In the latter series, a group of misfit individuals are trying to protect powerful alien objects (the Dragon Balls) from insane extraterrestrials, such as Vegeta. He serves Frieza, a powerful alien warlord who rules over various alien species. In the MCU, Loki, an arrogant alien prince, is trying to steal a powerful alien object (The Tesseract) for selfish needs, and is backed up by an alien warlord, Thanos, who rules over or is at least allied with various alien species.

Then, the Guardians of the Galaxy shows heroes fighting this warlord and his forces in outer space, just as the characters in DBZ did against Frieza. Then, back on Earth, the characters battle Cell and the Red Ribbon Army, which in the MCU is filled in by Ultron and HYDRA, respectively. Dr. Gero is similar to Baron Von Strucker, while Androids 16-17 are similar to Vision, Quicksilver, and Scarlet Witch as they start out as slaves to the enemy group before defecting and joining the heroes. 