The sequence, while ultimately frustrating, is useful in the sense that now everyone has taken on Beerus unsuccessfully, so clearly some new plan of action is going to need to be taken. Vegeta is clearly not the Super Saiyan God that Beerus has been seeking, but that revelation allows for the show to move on. That being said, it still feels like this battle could have been handled a little more creatively. We’ve had a number of instances where a super powerful warrior attacks someone new with the result being simply no effect at all. The visual hits diminishing returns at a certain point. There are other ways in which Beerus could have demonstrated Vegeta’s helplessness here. Maybe every time Vegeta tries to attack him he quickly moves Bulma in the way? Maybe he tells Vegeta that for every hit he can connect with the God, that’ll mean one bone he won’t break in his son’s body. Seeing Vegeta getting all revved up, then totally overwhelmed still holds a certain degree of effectiveness, but more could have been done in what ends up feeling like a placeholder-y installment of the show.

As random as rock, paper, scissors is, it’s honestly likely for the best that Beerus confused Oolong for Buu. Rock, paper, scissors might not be a tricky game by any means, but I could easily see it evading Buu’s limited comprehension. Besides, things wouldn’t have gone very well if Buu tried turning Beerus’ fist into a bar of chocolate. Oolong never gets an opportunity to shine anymore, so this minor moment—as ridiculous as it is—happens to work.

The rock, paper, scissors match makes for one of the more ridiculous, suspenseful set pieces from Dragon Ball Super so far. It surprisingly manages to be a very effective moment for the show, even it does happen to all be for naught in the end. Beerus is about to deal with the results of his match with Oolong, when all of a sudden Goku shows up—in a fairly kick ass moment, mind you—with an actually decent answer regarding how to learn a thing or two about this Super Saiyan God urban legend: Why not ask the all-knowing Shenron?