History Creator / TeamFourStar

** ''Goku's Gonna Show You'', in which Goku plays popular games on ''UsefulNotes/{{Steam}}''. Typically joined by Gohan.

** ''VideoGame/MassEffect3'' (In progress)

* OverlyLongGag: Them saying "Dad" like how Bobby Hill does in reference to Stephanie Nadolny voicing Gohan during their ''Budokai'' playthroughs.
* OverlyLongName: In the group's ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' campaign, HBI's character Eloy (a redneck [[OurCentaursAreDifferent donkey-centaur]] [[TheBard bard]]) refers to the god his people worshiped as "Old Lady Big Rock Mountain". He also refers to his hometown as this. Usually he says the name fairly quickly so it kind of runs together as [=OlLadyBigRockMountain=].

** In their playthrough of Budokai 3, they mention Space Harvard, Space Battleball, and [[UsefulNotes/{{Baseball}} Spaceball]].

** Puddin from their ''VideoGame/DragonBallXenoverse2'' LetsPlay is the daughter of Dumplin[=\=]Popo from the first one (as well as the BigBad, Towa).

* ''VideoGame/SuperKnockoffVS'', the team's very first video game![[/index]]
* ''[=FourStarBento=]'', an anime-themed and general TFS side channel.

** ''VideoGame/DragonballXenoverse2'' (Featuring Puddin, the daughter of Dumplin and Towa. Later also features Lirran, fusion of Lani and Kirran, as well as Frogurt, the time-displaced child of Puddin and Cooler).
* [[index]]''LetsPlay/TwoSaiyansPlay'', a takeoff on ''WebVideo/TwoBestFriendsPlay'' in which Lani and Taka provide commentary [[InCharacterLetsPlay in-character as Vegeta and Nappa]].[[/index]]

** ''WebVideo/TheUnexpectables'', an ActualPlay roleplaying series involving Taka and Zito, hosted on Taka's channels.[[note]]The series now has its own Twitch channel, but the vods are still archived on Taka's personal Youtube channel.[[/note]]
* [[index]]''WebVideo/TFSAtTheTable'', A stream for tabletop games, including a pirate themed D&D campaign that ran from 2017-2019, with Chris Zito as the DM.[[/index]]

** ''VisualNovel/TheLetter''
** [[index]]''[[Manga/HellsAngels Hells]]''

[[/index]]

* ''WebVideo/AttackOnTitanAbridged''[[note]]On indefinite hiatus/cancelled due to [[Main/ScrewedByTheLawyers legal issues]].[[/note]]

* ''LetsPlay/TwoSaiyansPlay'', a takeoff on ''WebVideo/TwoBestFriendsPlay'' in which Lani and Taka provide commentary [[InCharacterLetsPlay in-character as Vegeta and Nappa]].

** ''The Memestream'', where Taka and Zito play games with an emphasis on [[invoked]][[MemeticMutation meme jokes]] and generally DenserAndWackier than the other streams. Currently on indefinite hiatus and replaced with Zito's ''Bargain Barrel'' streams.
** ''WebVideo/TheUnexpectables'', an ActualPlay roleplaying series involving Taka and Zito, hosted on Taka's channels. [[note]]The series now has its own Twitch channel, but the vods are still archived on Taka's personal Youtube channel.[[/note]]
* ''WebVideo/TFSAtTheTable'', A stream for tabletop games, including a pirate themed D&D campaign that ran from 2017-2019, with Zito as the DM.

** ''[[Manga/HellsAngels Hells]]''
* ''VideoGame/SuperKnockoffVS'', the team's very first video game!

After the completion of their channel's keystone project, ''WebVideo/DragonBallZAbridged'', the team has shifted to mostly original works, as seen with various TFS Original video shorts, along with parody works like ''WebVideo/XinXMinutes'' and ''WebAnimation/{{HFIL}}'' (which took place in ''DBZA''[='=]s canon).

** ''Dragonball Z'' video games (including the ''[[VideoGame/DragonBallZBudokai Budokai]]'' and ''Super Butouden'' series)

* ''LetsPlay/TwoSaiyansPlay'', a takeoff on ''WebVideo/TwoBestFriendsPlay'' in which Lani and Taka provide commentary in-character as Vegeta and Nappa.

* ''WebVideo/TFSAtTheTable'', A stream for tabletop games, including a pirate themed D&D campaign, with Zito as the DM.

* Creator/LittleKuriboh's works (''WebVideo/YuGiOhTheAbridgedSeries'', ''WebVideo/NarutoTheAbridgedComedyFandubSpoofSeriesShow'', etc.) [[note]]Hosted on website due to Little Kuriboh's constant battles with Website/YouTube copyright.[[/note]]

* ''VideoGame/SuperKnockoffVS'', their very first video game!
* ''Four Star Bento'', an anime-themed and general TFS side channel.

As of August 2017, they have entered the realm of official, non-parody dubs, starting with a dub of the anime film ''[[Manga/HellsAngels Hells]]'', based on the manga ''Hell's Angels''.

* Creator/{{Lanipator}} (Nick Landis) [[note]]Writer of ''Dragon Ball Z Abridged''[[/note]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/user/takahata101 Takahata101]] (Curtis Arnott) [[note]]Writer of ''Dragon Ball Z Abridged''. Director, Producer, and Writer of ''Hellsing Ultimate Abridged''. Director, Producer, and Writer of ''Final Fantasy VII Machinabriged''.[[/note]]
* Creator/MasakoX (Lawrence Simpson) [[note]]Graphic Artist and Editor of ''Final Fantasy VII Machinabriged'', Assistant Editor of ''Dragon Ball Z Abridged''[[/note]]
* Antfish (Anthony Sardinha) [[note]]Director, Producer, and Editor of ''Final Fantasy VII Machinabriged'', as well as host of the TFS podcast[[/note]]
* Krosecz (Stephan Krosecz) [[note]]Editor of ''Hellsing Ultimate Abridged'', Creator and Animator of ''Fist Master'', Creator of ''Unabridged''[[/note]]
* [[https://twitter.com/AinTunez AinTunez]] (Cliff Weinstein) [[note]]Music Producer[[/note]]
* Tyler Coy [[note]]Cinematographer, Camera Operator, chaos gremlin[[/note]]
* Nowacking (Jesse Nowack) [[note]]Actor, Editor, thirst trap[[/note]]

* [=TehExorcist=] (Creator/HowardWang)

* Kirbopher (Creator/ChrisNiosi)

[[AC:Former Contributors]]

* [=Vegeta3986=] (Brandon Rainsford) - Left midway through Season 2 of ''DBZ Abridged''
* Creator/{{Hbi2k}} (Ben Creighton) [[note]]Chief Executive Officer, Co-Writer of ''Hellsing Ultimate Abridged''. Left the team in January 2019.[[/note]]
* [=CZBacklash=] (Creator/ChrisZito) [[note]]Graphic Designer, Dungeon Master at ''TFS at the Table'', Let's Play contributor. Left the team in December 2022.[[/note]]
* [=MasterWuggles=] (Grant Smith) [[note]]''TFS Plays'' Commentator and Social Media Manager. Left the team in January 2023.[[/note]]
* [=LordMoonstone=] (Kirran Somerlade) [[note]]''Dragon Ball Z Abridged'' Writer and Let's Play Editor. Left the team in January 2023.[[/note]]

* ''WebVideo/DragonBallZAbridged''
* ''WebVideo/HellsingUltimateAbridged''
* ''WebAnimation/FinalFantasyVIIMachinabridged''
* ''WebVideo/AttackOnTitanAbridged'' [[note]]On indefinite hiatus/cancelled due to [[Main/ScrewedByTheLawyers legal issues]].[[/note]]

*** ''[[VideoGame/PokemonSwordAndShield Pokémon Shield]] Nuzlocke'' (Featuuring the protagonist Granrran.)

** Mr. Stake in ''Pokémon [=SoulSilver=]'' Nuzlocke. [[EmbarassingLastName His very name]] in reference to his LowTierLetdown nature is bad enough, but he also slams his head into things and is only capable of saying his new name. Although after he starts to become more [[NighInvulnerable unkillable]] he transitions into being more of an IronButtMonkey.

** Sora [=GirlVoice=] represents how all the male actors (particularly LK) are terrible at girls' voices.

* DoNotCallMePaul: They all call each other their nicknames way more than their real names. Lani in particular mentioned the only people who call him by his real name consistently are his parents and his wife. Some of the team averts this, including Kirran, Grant, and Zito, presumably because their actual names are shorter than their nicknames (Lord Moonstone, Master Wuggles, and [=CZBacklash=] respectively).
** A running gag during the Legacy of Goku II playthrough is their refusal to accept Piccolo's name, saying repeatedly "I am neither Kami nor Piccolo." They then frequently add "But you can call me Piccolo."
* DownerEnding: The team acts as if the ending to Reach will not be this, as long as they keep fighting. PlayedForLaughs, obviously.

** PlayedWith and ultimately [[spoiler: {{subverted}}]] during the finale of the [[VideoGame/Fallout4 Fallout 4 Nuka World]]. After managing to activate the power to Nuka World the guys declare that this marks the end of their play through. They note that after all the Cpt. has done (which includes [[spoiler:murdering, and then eating, his son, massacring the residents of Vault 81, and allowing the residents of Far Harbour to be consumed by monsters]]) the Cpt. is now retiring (as symbolised by changing into his ''vacation clothes'') and has decided to live out his days riding the Nuka World rides. [[spoiler:However as the guys discover only the Galaxy Zone coaster is actually rideable the rest are just there cosmetically. Cue Lani screaming in impotent rage and [[SuddenDownerEnding deleting Fallout 4 from his PS4's memory]]]].

** After the main story of "[[VideoGame/DragonBallXenoverse2 The Adventures of Puddin]]", they began to create new {{Player Character}}s of each race to earn every possible achievement. Their first new character is an Earthling, and they decided to make Lirran.

* GuestStarPartyMember: In 2014, fellow Youtuber [=LordMoonstone=] would join the group for their LetsPlays and Streams. He's since joined on full time as another writer and editor of their Let's Plays. In 2015, Grant, a mutual friend of Lani and Moonstone, started joining in on their Let's Plays and tends to be the third member of their trio.

* KarmicTwistEnding: After all the murder, racism, and general douchebaggery of [[VillainProtagonist Captain Ravager;]] the Fallout 4 Let's Play ends with him unable to ride the rides he wanted to.

* RecycledInSpace: Space Vancouver, Space Europe, and Space Guantanamo in ''Reach'', Space Batman in ''Mass Effect 3''.

* SpaceX: In addition to the many SpaceX jokes they make in ''WebVideo/DragonBallZAbridged'', they make references to Space Europe, Space Guantanamo, Space Obama, and Space Vancouver during their play of Reach.

* SpotlightStealingSquad: Taka was a one-man squad when he [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8j2mBle5_JM crashed Chris Sabat's panel]] at Sakuracon. Thankfully he had the decency to give him his panel back after a few minutes.

(Realises he's out of Ki)\\

(Gets knocked out by Vegeta)\\

* VoicesAreMental: The trope is briefly discussed in their ''Xenoverse'' Let's Play. The guys don't care for it, which is presumably why they didn't use it in ''Abridged'' when dealing with the Goku/Ginyu body swap.

* WhatIf: Over on his own Youtube channel, Masako does a once-a-month "What If Week" where he posts videos positing on possible scenarios for the ''Dragon Ball'' franchise. His most popular series by far is ''Fanfic/WhatIfRaditzTurnedGood'', though the rest of TFS playfully teases him about the concept.

* WebVideo/DevilArtemis

* MsFanservice: In their [[https://youtu.be/hle2-bGDh10 "MOUSTACHE"]] music video, ShudoRanmaru cosplays as Android #18 (except her leggings are replaced by nylon stockings) and dances suggestively.

* TookALevelInBadass: Mr. Stake the Chikorita in the ''Pokémon SoulSilver Nuzlocke'' goes from being considered a mentally retarded [[TheLoad millstone]] of a party member[[note]]Chikorita is a Grass-type in Johto, where the first few gyms specialize in Flying and Bug-type Pokemon, both types that are super-effective on the mon[[/note]] to becoming a powerful [[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure Stand-user]], even getting the final kill on [[spoiler: Lakigr's Raichu, Buttdork]].

*** Creator/Takahata101: [[TheBerserker Chain saws]] (when he can get them).

** Mr. Stake in ''Pokémon [=SoulSilver=]'' Nuzlocke. [[FailOSuckyName His very name]] in reference to his LowTierLetdown nature is bad enough, but he also slams his head into things and is only capable of saying his new name. Although after he starts to become more [[NighInvulnerable unkillable]] he transitions into being more of an IronButtMonkey.

** Reviews and video essays by [=KaiserNeko=]
** A series of [[DVDCommentary Director's Commentary]] videos going over the entirety of ''DBZ Abridged'', started by Lanipator and [=KaiserNeko=] in 2022, with [=Takahata101=] doing his own starting in 2023.

* AlternateDVDCommentary

* LetsSeeYOUDoBetter: During Krillin's playthrough of ''VideoGame/TheEvilWithinII'', he struggles with the boss battle against Stefano until a frustrated Vegeta comes in and demands the controller to show him how it's done. Krillin gladly obliges, only to be left gob-smacked when Vegeta actually manages to beat the boss in only two tries; to rub salt in the wound, he did it using the same strategy Krillin had tried several times before and failed with[[note]]luring Stefano into electric crossbow traps and blasting him with the shotgun while stunned[[/note]].

* TakeThatUs: While the "Abridgimon" episodes have had plenty of digs at stuff on the web or fan culture that bothers the team (including the Fine Brothers), each of the [=DigiDestined=] is set up to make fun of one of themselves.
** Joe has Creator/LittleKuriboh's busy convention schedule (to the point it distracts him from releasing new content) and hatred of United Airlines.
** Izzy represents Lani, who used to be a video reviewer for TGWTG.
*** Speaking of which, Creator/DougWalker even gets in on the fun as Gennai:
----> '''Gennai:''' Hi! I'm Gennai! [[WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic I remember it because]] [[WebVideo/DemoReel nobody wanted to watch my other show.]]
** Tai represents ShadyVox, since both rap and are admitted bronies.
** Sora GirlVoice represents how all the male actors (particularly LK) are terrible at girls' voices.
** The Dark Masters are voiced by Lani, Taka, and Kaiser (the core members of the team) and only care about money and selling T-shirts.
** Devimon declares that he learned having money is more important than having an opinion, a play off the perception that Grant "sold out to the enemy" by joining a group he'd spent years critiquing[[note]]Though obviously he's friends with TFS and simply doesn't care for the style of humor ''DBZ Abridged'' used past Season 1[[/note]].
*** The "Kai 2.9" April Fools special shows Lani, Taka, and Kaiser as a bunch of coked-out drunks doing nothing but referencing their old memes so they can sell more shirts. [[TheAlcoholic Taka's even shown drinking an entire box of wine on his own]] ([[RealitySubtext Taka would quit drinking entirely shortly after the special premiered]]).

* TheFourthWallWillNotProtectYou: Occasionally during their ''Xenoverse'' Let's Play, someone will notice that Dumplin seems to be [[AsideGlance staring straight into the camera]]. It comes to a head in Episode 39, when [[spoiler: Dumplin kills Lani and Kirran]].

* [=Vegeta3986=] (Brandon Rainsford) -Stopped midway through Season 2 of ''DBZ Abridged''

* ''Four Star Bento'', an anime-themed side channel.

* CompanionCube: Kaiser, Lani, and Gan all have their own cubes in VideoGame/Left4Dead2. Lani's is Gnome Chompski, Kaiser's is propane tanks, and Gan's is gas cans.

* StupidStatementDanceMix: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hle2-bGDh10 "Moustache"]], from DBZ Abridged episode 49 got a 3-minute treatment.

** ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamKnight'' (Wherin they explore all the roads of Gotham city as Arkham Batman, Adam West, and finally as Terry [=McGinnis=] ; Kaiser starts as part of the cast but as it took time from his editing and voice acting he ceded his position to Grant roughly 1/2 way through with intermmitent appearances from then on)

-->'''Taka:''' "Lani, just get a room with (the sword)."
-->'''Lani:''' "I WILL WHEN REACH IS SAVED!"

* General Ivan (Christopher Guerrero)

* [=LordMoonstone=] (Kirran Somerlade) [[note]]''Dragon Ball Z Abridged'' Writer and Let's Play Editor[[/note]]

* [=MasterWuggles=] (Grant Smith) [[note]]''TFS Plays'' Commentator and Social Media Manager[[/note]]

* [=CZBacklash=] (Creator/ChrisZito) [[note]]Graphic Designer, Dungeon Master at ''TFS at the Table'', Let's Play contributor[[/note]]

* WeaponOfChoice:

** Mr. Stake in ''Pokémon [=SoulSilver=]'' Nuzlocke. [[FailOSuckyName His very name]] in reference to his TierInducedScrappy nature is bad enough, but he also slams his head into things and is only capable of saying his new name. Although after he starts to become more [[NighInvulnerable unkillable]] he transitions into being more of an IronButtMonkey.

** For Mr. Stake during the team's ''Soul Silver'' Nuzlocke. At the start of the stream the guys hated him for his derpy design and TierInducedScrappy nature and alternated between screaming at him to shut up and plotting ways for him to die. However as the play through went forward Mr. Stake became [[TookALevelInBadass consistently more badass]] and [[NighInvulnerability unkillable]] which turned the guys opinion around on him. By the end of the play through [[spoiler:Mr. Stake became one of their few original Pokémon to survive the entire Nuzlocke and defeated Lakigr's final Pokémon Buttdork]] fully earning the guys respect and love.

* OverlyLongGag: Them saying "Dad" like how Bobby Hill does in reference to Stephanie Nadolny voicing Gohan during their ''Budokai'' playthroughs. It's only funny a few times at the beginning of Budokai 3's playthrough and gets very old very fast after that, but they dragged it out over almost every one of the videos after it's introduced. To add insult to injury, if you don't agree that that's how she said it, or you prefer her Gohan voice to Colleen Clinkenbeard's, it can be even more annoying when they relentlessly make fun of her with it.

* ''Machinima/FinalFantasyVIIMachinabridged''

* [=TehExorcist=] (Howard Wang)

* TookALevelInBadass: Mr. Stake the Chikorita in the ''Pokémon SoulSilver Nuzlocke'' goes from being considered a mentally retarded [[TheLoad millstone]] of a party member[[note]]Chikorita is a Grass-type in Johto, where the first few gyms specialize in Flying and Bug-type Pokemon, both types that are super-effective on the mon[[/note]] to becoming a powerful [[Anime/JojosBizarreAdventure Stand-user]], even getting the final kill on [[spoiler: Lakigr's Raichu, Buttdork]].

* [[WebVideo/NarutoTheAbridgedSeries Vegeta3986]] (Brandon Rainsford) -Stopped midway through Season 2 of ''DBZ Abridged''