History Fridge / DragonBallZResurrectionF

* Despite all their training alongside Frieza, the soldiers of his army are all pathetically weak. They make amateur mistakes like relying heavily on numbers against a single target, following someone within a cave where they could ambush them, and just firing ki-blasts to whatever they see. This makes sense, however, as they had only 4 months to train, and they lacked Frieza's hidden potential to make up for it. Given how they've been losing planets without Frieza being around, it's entirely possible the soldiers have grown so reliant on him that their own potential as fighters has been stunted.

* Despite all their training alongside Frieza, the soldiers of his army are all pathetically weak. They make amateur mistakes like relying heavily on numbers against a single target, following someone within a cave where they could ambush them, and just firing ki-blasts to whatever they see. This makes sense, however, as they had only 4 months to train, and they lacked Frieza's hidden potential to make up for it. Given how they've been losing planets without Frieza being around, it's entirely possible the soldiers have grown to reliant on their leader, that they are unable to act or fight efficiently on their own.

* Beerus mentions to Bulma that, because he likes the food on earth, he would protect her in case Frieza did win and so she should stick close to him. He meant this literally; Whis's protection bubble only saved about 8 feet of Earth from Frieza's planet buster.

** Remember, Frieza [[spoiler:lost because [[RevengeBeforeReason he went off to kill Goku before mastering his new form]], resulting in PowerIncontinence.]] [[NoNonsenseNemesis King Cold wouldn't be as rash]], so it's likely he'd train his [[spoiler:GoldenSuperMode ''[[DangerouslyGenreSavvy not to have that withdrawal]]'']]. Add to the fact he's at least almost as strong as Frieza to start, and even if only he was revived [[spoiler:Goku and Vegeta wouldn't have the advantage they had against Frieza]].

* [[spoiler:Rather than being some imaginative new concept ala Cooler's Shredder-like super evolution form, Frieza's ultimate evolution is a GoldenSuperMode with the same shape of his initial final form. Initially one would think the biggest statement about this (if one doesn't think Creator/AkiraToriyama's just being lazy) is here's yet another example in how the most powerful character forms in the ''Dragon Ball'' universe aren't necessarily the ones packing the biggest pythons (see the ''[[Fridge/DragonBallZBattleOfGods Battle of Gods]]'' fridge for more details on that one). However, what people might more easily overlook is that, while a bit rearranged, his second most prominent color is still {{purple|IsPowerful}}. The color combination of purple and gold have long been associated with royalty. ''Frieza is reclaiming his place as the Emperor of the Universe.'']]

* Frieza's hell. It isn't the first time we see an evil ruler (although, by then Darbula was reduced to EliteMook) who died on Earth getting a similar fate.

* FridgeBrilliance:
** [[spoiler:It makes sense that Goku and Vegeta's new forms are basically 'Super Saiyan with the power of Super Saiyan God'. Remember that the Super Saiyan God form burned out incredibly quickly, while Super Saiyan is a form they already mastered. By channeling that power through that form, they're basically using a ''stable'' version of Super Saiyan God without the draw backs.]]
*** [[spoiler:Furthermore, the movie outright confirms that the Super Saiyan God is both a unique transformation unto itself as well as the first step in the Saiyan's body absorbing a divine tier of power and becoming what's referred to as a Saiyan Beyond God. Also, the Super Saiyan God transformation, and thus a Saiyan's true entry into the God tier, first begins to manifest itself through a bright heavenly turquoise blue aura. Keeping those things in mind, it's only fitting that going Super Saiyan while consciously tapping into that divine tier would appear as a bright heavenly turquoise blue Super Saiyan.]]
** [[spoiler:Rather than being some imaginative new concept ala Cooler's Shredder-like super evolution form, Frieza's ultimate evolution is a GoldenSuperMode with the same shape of his initial final form. Initially one would think the biggest statement about this (if one doesn't think Creator/AkiraToriyama's just being lazy) is here's yet another example in how the most powerful character forms in the ''Dragon Ball'' universe aren't necessarily the ones packing the biggest pythons (see the ''[[Fridge/DragonBallZBattleOfGods Battle of Gods]]'' fridge for more details on that one). However, what people might more easily overlook is that, while a bit rearranged, his second most prominent color is still {{purple|IsPowerful}}. The color combination of purple and gold have long been associated with royalty. ''Frieza is reclaiming his place as the Emperor of the Universe.'']]
*** It's been suggested that Frieza's ascension to such a high level of strength is something of a cheap excuse, but in Daizenshuu 7 listed Frieza's 100% power as 120 million, whereas Super Saiyan Goku's just edged him out at 150 million. This means that Goku's base strength at the time was three million. Frieza is just that strong naturally without a day of training to hone his skills or grow stronger. Knowing how Dragon Ball power scaling tends to go, it only makes sense that he'd ascend to such terrifying heights once he actually applied himself.
*** [[spoiler:Frieza's ultimate form in terms of raw power being stronger than God-tier Goku but then quickly wearing out due to low endurance is this on two levels. First off, it's an exaggerated CallBack to how the anime played out Frieza's 100% final form transformation (in the manga Super Saiyan Goku's clear superiority to 100% Frieza was more readily apparent from the start).[[note]]In fact, the retelling arc in ''Anime/DragonBallSuper'' goes ''even further'' with this than the movie does.[[/note]] Second, it's explained as a result of Frieza never bothering to master his newfound power before coming back for revenge against the Saiyans. Of course he wouldn't—not just because of his implacable rage, but also because he'd never trained his body or acquired any real new form before in his life (his pale ghost "final" form is his true base form and all the prior forms are {{power limiter}}s) so he wouldn't know to pay attention to little details like that.]]

** [[spoiler:Super Saiyan ''Gods'' vs. Frieza's Ultimate ''Evolution''.]]

** The humor still comes across as hypocritical considering that Roshi often mourns throughout the series about being unable to help and how he was once the strongest in the world. This is despite not really doing anything to improve himself. So he really isn't in any position to criticize Gohan who chose for himself to live a peaceful life, while Roshi wants to be top tier again.
** That's not hypocritical, though, that's just the old man being ignorant or unsympathetic about why the son of his most outstanding student, someone whose potential for strength is much higher than his own ever was, chooses not to tap into that potential when he himself would give anything just to be useful in battle again. And again, for him to curb stomp several soldiers at least as strong as Raditz he had to have been training somewhat in this time, the difference is he's a visibly-aged pure human as opposed to the walking vats of perpetually-untapped power known as the Saiyans.
* [[spoiler: Why does Frieza's weakness always turns out to be the stamina? Because it's the one thing he never had any reason to consider. Until his fight with Goku, he was used to just [[NoSell no selling]] and [[CurbStompBattle curb stomping]] his opponents without making any efforts. Hence, he never had his endurance actually tested. When you think about it, it's completely possible that the stamina drain was never an actual flow of his 100% original form or his new, golden one, but Frieza's own incapability of fighting long battles]].

** More than that, Gohan straight-up hates fighting and always has. The other characters (including every single member of his family, blood, and by marriage) learned how to fight for fun and profit, and tested their skills in friendly sportsmanlike tournaments -- which Gohan is also shown enjoying. But Gohan didn't learn how to fight for fun, he was basically drafted because he was born immensely powerful. For that matter, ''Goten and Trunks'' also quit training in their teenage years.
* Earth's special forces should be many leagues beyond Frieza's soldiers by this point, yet they still break a sweat fighting them off. Given that they've only ever been seen fighting in one-on-one battles where they only have to focus on the enemy in front of them, it stands to reason that they're unprepared for a 100-to-1 fight where they would have to watch every angle.
** In fact, the only characters who do have experience fighting entire armies are Goku and Vegeta, both of whom are busy training with Whis.
* Jaco doesn't kill any of his opponents. That's not because he's weak, but because he's part of the space police. When a law enforcer uses lethal force on a target, they can always expect to be rewarded with a pile of paperwork.
* At first, one may wonder why Frieza was merely in pieces since Trunks also blasted them into ash but it makes sense, Shenron brought Frieza back in the state he died in. Frieza would have died instantly after being chopped up, prior to Trunks blasting them.
* Why did Beerus tell Whis to be quiet about telling Vegeta that he (Beerus) asked Frieza to blow up planet Vegeta? [[spoiler: Considering how in the last movie when Vegeta's berserk button was pushed his Super Saiyan 2 became stronger than Super Saiyan 3 Goku (at least 4 times stronger) and that Super Saiyan God Super Saiyan Vegeta is stronger than Goku when he became a god, who was roughly 60% of Beerus's power, it was probably due to it being the first time in his life he was terrified because based on what he was doing to Frieza. If Vegeta knew what Beerus did, there was a good chance he would try to kill him.]]
** Beerus never ordered or asked Frieza to do anything. He only supported Frieza destroying Planet Vegeta and would have done it himself if he wasn't so lazy. And Beerus made his statement before Vegeta did anything to Frieza.
** Beerus may be thinking with his stomach, too. If Vegeta gets angry, it may stop Bulma from making more tasty treats.

* FridgeHorror:
** Yes, even before the movie has premiered! Dende's Shenron can grant '''2''' wishes. As revealed by the trailers, one will be used to revive Frieza but what about the second? Though his {{Mook}}s wasted the second wish, it's not hard to imagine Frieza would have wished for immortality if he had had the chance.
** The fact that Frieza gets revived by a wish means that the Earth Dragonballs ''don't'' have the 1 year time limit like before. Who knows who else can come back now...
*** The one year limit seems to be on whether Shenron can revive their bodies rather than their souls. Not like that matters for creatures like [[FromASingleCell Cell and Buu]] though. Hurry up with being reincarnated, Uub!
*** At least in Uub's case, he seemed to pretty much be reincarnated immediately (he's ten years old ten years after the defeat of Buu), so no worries there.
*** Cell, however, is made up of the cells of Saiyans and Frieza's race, both of which have been shown to have forms with power capable of battling Gods. Now imagine if he was able to tap into the potential of both of those races...
*** In Cell's case, it's not possible to tap into the powers of Super Saiyan God. Frieza's new gold form, however...
*** If they hadn't been interrupted, Frieza's men had every intent of bringing King Cold back as well, who was either only a little weaker than Frieza himself or ''stronger'' than him. What would have happened if King Cold had trained with his son and [[spoiler:reached his GoldenSuperMode]]?
*** Remember, Frieza [[spoiler:lost because [[RevengeBeforeReason he went off to kill Goku before mastering his new form]], resulting in PowerIncontinence.]] [[NoNonsenseNemesis King Cold wouldn't be as rash]], so it's likely he'd train his [[spoiler:GoldenSuperMode ''[[DangerouslyGenreSavvy not to have that withdrawal]]'']]. Add to the fact he's at least almost as strong as Frieza to start, and even if only he was revived [[spoiler:Goku and Vegeta wouldn't have the advantage they had against Frieza]].
*** Knowing King Cold's character and the fact he was left mostly intact when he was killed, he would have most likely destroyed the Earth once Sobert and Tagoma cleared the planet, taking the most practical solution in getting his revenge and being done with the entire thing so he can go back to running his empire.
*** Alternatively, King Cold would probably listen to Togoma's advice and simply leave the Earth alone. Especially if he learns that Goku defeated Buu.
*** It's quite possible Cold would have murdered Frieza right then and there (due to Frieza's actions getting him killed in the first place) and leave to repair the empire, leaving the Saiyans and Earth alone.
*** Also, King Cold was killed so quickly by Trunks that we never got to see whether he too could transform to gain power. The concept is terrifying, especially since King Cold's base form is possibly at least in the ballpark of Freeza's (then) FINAL form.
*** Then again-again, since King Cold and Cell were killed via vaporisation instead of being cut into pieces like Frieza was, there's a distinct possibility that they could only be revived in a state beyond their ability to heal or be healed. (Which was, after all, a rather fundamental part of killing Cell in the first place.)
** As mentioned in the NightmareFuel page, it took only ''four months'' of training for Frieza to be on par with Super Saiyan God Goku which begs the question ''how strong can his species get?''
*** It has been stated by the author that Frieza and King Cold (and the Ginyu Force, incidentally) are mutants that are much more powerful than any among their race and also more cruel. So, although Frieza's species maybe naturally strong, Frieza is a freak of nature even among them.
** Back during their first fight on Namek, Goku reasoned that Frieza held back with his [[ApocalypseHow Planet Buster]] because he wanted to fight the legendary Super Saiyan on somewhat even terms, noting that if Frieza ''really'' wanted to destroy the planet, there was nothing Goku could do to stop him. [[spoiler: Here we get to see that Goku was right.]]
** Imagine if this film was set in Future Trunks's timeline. The one where he's the ''only'' surviving Saiyan (Tarble notwithstanding) and Goku was responsible for defeating Frieza when he came to Earth for revenge. [[TheBadGuyWins It's hard to imagine Trunks, as strong as he is, would prevail in this case, given the circumstances.]]
*** It couldn't happen since one of the reasons why Trunks' time is all messed up is because there are no Dragon Balls to revive people. Frieza also got as strong as he is because he was told Goku killed Majin Buu, [[TheDreaded one of the two people he should never crossed]].
*** A glaring oversight on my part, I admit. Due to how time travel works in the verse, there could be another timeline out there where Trunks is the last Saiyan, the Dragon Balls are still around, and Majin Buu is (somehow) gone, but it'd be incredibly {{contrived|Coincidence}} since [[WhatAnIdiot you'd wonder why no one bothered to wish anyone back to life]].

* FridgeLogic:
** Whatever happened to Majin Buu? It's been established that Buu can survive an explosion on a planetary scale while the only way to kill him is to destroy completely, down to the last atom. [[spoiler: when Freeza destroyed Earth]], Buu should be able to rematerialized right then.
*** If Buu is blown up enough it can take him a while to reform. When Vegeta self-destructed on Buu he was in pieces for several minutes before putting himself back together. Fat Buu's regeneration isn't as powerful as Super or Kid Buu who can reconfigure in only a few seconds. [[spoiler: The time of Earth's destruction was under three minutes, in accordance with Whis' power. Add the fact that Buu was still in hibernation, and it makes sense that Whis most likely rewound time before Buu could reform.]]

*** [[spoiler:Frieza's ultimate form in terms of raw power being stronger than God-tier Goku but then quickly wearing out due to low endurance is this on two levels. First off, it's an exaggerated CallBack to how the anime played out Frieza's 100% final form transformation (in the manga Super Saiyan Goku's clear superiority to 100% Frieza was more readily apparent from the start). In fact, the retelling arc in ''Anime/DragonBallSuper'' goes ''even further'' with this than the movie does. Second, it's explained as a result of Frieza never bothering to master his newfound power before coming back for revenge against the Saiyans. Of course he wouldn't—not just because of his implacable rage, but also because he'd never trained his body or acquired any real new form before in his life (his pale ghost "final" form is his true base form and all the prior forms are {{power limiter}}s) so he wouldn't know to pay attention to little details like that.]]

*** [[spoiler:Frieza's ultimate form in terms of raw power being stronger than God-tier Goku but then quickly wearing out due to low endurance is this on two levels. First off, it's an exaggerated CallBack to how the anime played out Frieza's 100% final form transformation (in the manga Super Saiyan Goku's clear superiority to 100% Frieza was more readily apparent from the start). Second, it's explained as a result of Frieza never bothering to master his newfound power before coming back for revenge against the Saiyans. Of course he wouldn't—not just because of his implacable rage, but also because he'd never trained his body or acquired any real new form before in his life (his pale ghost "final" form is his true base form and all the prior forms are {{power limiter}}s) so he wouldn't know to pay attention to little details like that.]]

*** If Buu is blown up enough it can take him a while to reform. When Vegeta self-destructed on Buu he was in pieces for several minutes before putting himself back together. Fat Buu's regeneration isn't as powerful as Super or Kid Buu who can reconfigure in only a few seconds. [[spoiler: The time of Earth's destruction was three minutes, in accordance with Whis' power, so it is possible that Whis rewound time before Buu could reform]].
*** You mean Buu being unable to reform at all, or simply Whis deciding to rewind time before the point he reformed? Also, Buu was still in a hibernation, so he simply didn't reform yet.

* Frieza's hell. It isn't the first time we see an evil ruler (althought, by then Darbula was reduced to EliteMook) who died on Earth getting a similar fate.

** More than that, Gohan straight-up hates fighting and always has. The other characters (including every single member of his family, blood and by marriage) learned how to fight for fun and profit, and tested their skills in friendly sportsmanlike tournaments-- which Gohan is also shown enjoying. But Gohan didn't learn how to fight for fun, he was basically drafted because he was born immensely powerful. For that matter, ''Goten and Trunks'' also quit training in their teenage years.
* Earth's special forces should be many leagues beyond Freeza's soldiers by this point, yet they still break a sweat fighting them off. Given that they've only ever been seen fighting in one-on-one battles where they only have to focus on the enemy in front of them, it stands to reason that they're unprepared for a 100-to-1 fight where they would have to watch every angle.

*** [[spoiler:Furthermore, the movie outright confirms that the Super Saiyan God is both a unique transformation unto itself as well as the first step in the Saiyan's body absorbing a divine tier of power and becoming what's referred to as a Saiyan Beyond God. Also, the Super Saiyan God transformation, and thus a Saiyan's true entry into the God tier, first begins to manifest itself through a bright heavenly turquoise blue aura. Keeping those things in mind it's only fitting that going Super Saiyan while consciously tapping into that divine tier would appear as a bright heavenly turquoise blue Super Saiyan.]]

* Why did Beerus tell Whis to be quiet about telling Vegeta that he (Beerus) asked Frieza to blow up planet Vegeta. [[spoiler: Considering how in the last movie when Vegeta's berzerk button was pushed his Super Sayain 2 became stronger than Super Sayian 3 Goku (at least 4 times stronger) and that Super Sayian God Super Sayian Vegeta is stronger than Goku when he became a god, who was roughly 60% of Beerus's power, it was probably due to it being the first time in his life he was terrified because based on what he was doing to Frieza. If Vegeta knew what Beerus did there was a good chance he would try to kill him.]]

** Beerus may be thinking with his stomach. If Vegeta gets angry, it may stop Bulma from making more tasty treats.

* Super Saiyan God is created by five righteous saiyans channeling their power into another and is also entirely distinct from the power they used to create it. It starts as a blue aura that fizzles and turns red. This is because it is not actually generated by the saiyans themselves but phenomenon that is attracted to them. Properties shift blue when they rapidly approach and shift red when they rapidly depart. Super Saiyan God turned red in the previous cases ''because'' the users couldn't hold onto it.

***** In Cell's case, it's not possible to tap into the powers of Super Saiyan God. Frieza's new gold form however...

** As mentioned in the NightmareFuel page, it took only ''four months'' of training for Frieza to be on par with Super Sayan God Goku which begs the question ''how strong can his species get?''

** It couldn't happened since one of the reasons why Trunks' time is all messed up is because there are no Dragon Balls to revive people. Frieza also got as strong as he is because he was told Goku killed Majin Buu, [[TheDreaded one of the two people he should never crossed]].

*** If Buu is blown up enough it can take him a while to reform. When Vegeta self-destructed on Buu he was in pieces for several minutes before putting himself back together. Fat Buu's regeneration isn't as powerful as Super or Kid Buu who can reconfigure in only a few seconds. [[spoiler: The time of Earth's destruction was three minutes, in accordance with Whis' power, so it is possible that Whis rewind time before Buu could reform]].

* Frieza declaring that after training, his power levels might rise to 1.3 million is [[SoLastSeason pretty funny]], but there are several reasons behind it. 1) He's never trained before in his life, so he has no idea what increase to expect; it's an estimate. 2) Because of the scouter's inability to read exceptionally high power levels, no one has been able to assign a power level to his forms, aside from the first - that one is the only fact to go on. 3) Also going off of #2, it clearly means Frieza's estimate of his ''base'' power level would go up from 530 thousand to 1.3 million... while his other, non-power-limiter forms, would increase in magnitudes beyond that because of the limiters' removal.

* Frieza declaring that after training, his power levels might rise to 1.3 million is [[SoLastSeason pretty funny]], but there are several reasons behind it. 1) He's never trained before in his life, so he has no no idea what increase to expect; it's an estimate. 2) Because of the scouter's inability to read exceptionally high power levels, no one has been able to assign a power level to his forms, aside from the first - that one is the only fact to go on. 3) Also going off of #2, it clearly means Frieza's estimate of his ''base'' power level would go up from 530 thousand to 1.3 million... while his other, non-power-limiter forms, would increase in magnitudes beyond that because of the limiters' removal.

* Why did Beerus tell Whis to be quiet about telling Vegeta that he (Beerus) asked Frieza to blow up planet Vegeta. [[spoiler: Considering how in the last movie when Vegeta's berzerk button was pushed his super sayain 2 became stronger than super sayian 3 Goku (at least 4 times stronger) and that super sayian god super sayian Vegeta is stronger than super sayian god goku, who was roughly 60% of Beerus's power, it was probably due to it being the first time in his life he was terrified because based on what he was doing to Frieza, if Vegeta knew what Beerus did there was a good chance he would try to kill him.]]

** Why did Beerus tell Whis to be quiet about telling Vegeta that he (Beerus) asked Frieza to blow up planet Vegeta. [[ spoiler: Consdering how in the last movie when Vegeta's berzerk button was pushed his SSJ2 became stronger than SSJ3 Goku (at least 4 times stronger) and that super sayian god super sayian Vegeta is stronger than super sayian god goku, who was roughly 60% of Beerus's power, it was probably due to it being the first time in his life he was terrified because based on what he was doing to Frieza, if Vegeta knew what Beerus did there was a good chance he would try to kill him.]]

** Why did Beerus tell Whis to be quiet about telling Vegeta that he (Beerus) asked Frieza to blow up planet Vegeta. [[ spoiler: Consdering how in the last movie when Vegeta's berzerk button was pushed his SSJ2 became stronger than SSJ3 Goku (at least 4 times stronger) and that super sayian god super sayian Vegeta is stronger than super sayian god goku, who was roughly 60% of Beerus's power, it was probably due to it being the first time in his life he was terrified because based on what he was doing to Frieza, if Vegeta knew what Beerus did there was a good chance he would try to kill him.