Talk:Three's A Crowd/@comment-11467204-20140125194702/@comment-26973802-20140126013637

Icarus appeared in the Garlic Jr. Saga of Dragonball Z when he "first appeared" in the movie Tree of Might which is non-canon for various reasons. (Goku, Piccolo, Yamcha, and the gang fight Turles. If this was before Raditz, Goku wouldn't know Spirit Bomb. Between Raditz and Vegeta, Goku's dead. After Vegeta fight, Goku's in the hospital, immediately after recovery heads to Namek, and by the time he returns to Earth, he can turn Super Saiyan, which he would have done before using Spirit Bomb) So Gohan probably met Icarus in canon after the fight with Frieza. Garlic Jr. is anime canon even if it isn't manga canon.

However... if Flash Sentry did look at Twilight that way that they knew each other (I'd have to see it again), this is a different matter from Icarus and therefore EG is canon. They were probably more at ease canonizing it now they know it doesn't have as much hate as it did before it was even out.