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I'm watching Dragon Ball Z Kai and never really thought about it - If Bulma
was able to pack up her cave back into capsules, why couldn't she put the
Dragon ball(s) in the house, then pack up the house?

The resulting capsule would be small enough to cause confusion for anyone who
had the dragon radar, as it would be in the vicinity (if it still showed up),
but could be hidden in someone's pocket or even swallowed / regurgitated as
necessary. It could have even served as a "this radar is on the fritz, we
don't have any of the balls to hand over, they're still out there somewhere"
excuse if cornered.

Was this simply a case of the characters not thinking to try it or is there
something that would prevent the dragon balls from being shrunk down / stored
in a capsule? And on that note, could you store a person / animal in a
capsule?


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Why didn't Krillin and Gohan store the Dragon balls in a capsule?


I haven't come across a solid answer yet, but
<http://dragonball.wikia.com/wiki/Capsule> might have an explanation.

In the article, they mention that a capsule can't be stored within another
capsule (as "the results were catastrophic") so in that regard it is possible
for an object to impact a capsule, at least negatively. I then wonder if
storing a Dragon ball would negatively impact it, as Colonel Silver in
Dragonball said that the balls were unbreakable (and by unbreakable, perhaps
unmodifiable and therefore unable to be stored)

It also mentions that "organic corpses" were stored in capsules, but no
sapient creatures. To me, this sounds like no "animal testing" has occurred
(possibly because a lot of the universe's inhabitants are talking animals and
it would be morally / ethically wrong) but I don't know.

So this may be a partial answer, but it'd be nice to have "official"
confirmation of why these things haven't taken place before.


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