I was going to try to let this slide, but the subs seem very insistent that I discuss this. Now that I think about it, I seem to recall Gohan calling Buu “Boo-boo” or something like that in the dub. No, wait, he said “Hey, nice day, isn’t it?” at the end of the last episode, probably because they didn’t want to get bogged down in this.
Suffice to say, there’s parts of this show that just haven’t aged well. But between Mr. Popo, Master Roshi’s groping underage girls, and that leatherboy who was supposed to fight Trunks in the finale, Gohan calling Buu the “R” word is pretty easy to overlook.
The purpose of this is supposed to be that Gohan can piss Buu off as he pleases, and Buu can’t do anything about it. Gohan is just beating this guy up at will.
But then Buu composes himself, and explains that he knew there was someone strong out there, because he could sense an enormous power in a “faraway place”, during his fight with Gotenks. When he sensed this, he decided to bide his time until that person arrived, because he knew he would eventually come here. And it turns out that this was Gohan.
In other words, Buu was just playing the whole time he was fighting Gotenks. It was something for him to do while he waited for the real challenge posed by Gohan.
Buu’s motive is simple: He refuses to accept the existence of anyone stronger than himself. Everyone else he was fighting was for fun, but he seems to see Gohan as an affront to his very existence. Not necessarily a threat, though. He seems quite confident that he can kill Gohan, even though he admits that he’s stronger.
Gohan doesn’t see how that’s possible, but then he senses that Buu is about to blow himself up, so he flies away and grabs Piccolo and the boys on his way to a safe distance.
I’d be remiss if I didn’t include this shot of Piccolo, Trunks, and Goten having a sleepover in Piccolo’s cape.
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