History Narm / Dragonball

-->'''King Kai:''' "Now I see! Black human beings dislike the sound of rubbing glass, probably the soundwave of the whistle which a human being blows might [[PerfectlyCromulentWord echoessummly]] irritating the ears of the Namek people, the nerve cut any other phase!"\\\

* Piccolo has Gohan whistle to incapacitate Lord Slug, and King Kai offers [[https://youtu.be/Upy2SEnP9MU?t=166 an explanation as to how this works]]:
-->'''King Kai:''' "Now I see! Black human beings dislike the sound of rubbing glass, probably the soundwave of the whistle which a human being blows might [[PerfectlyCromulentWord echoessummly]] irritating the ears of the Namek people, the nerve cut any other phase!"

-->'''Piccolo''': Take your hands off from Gohan!

'''Meta-Cooler:''' At last, you show your real shape[[labelnote:explanation]]The amount of people who've misheard this word as "[[ObligatorySwearing shit]]" is astronomical, thanks to bad sound mixing.[[/labelnote]], Saiya People. If it is not so that is uninteresting.\\

*** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gl2-xuUffi4 PERISHED AT THE HAND OF MY OWN SON! NOT THAT! NO, WHY HAS DESTINY CONSPIRED AGAINST ME SO TRAGICALLY?!]]

* A lot of {{filler}} often results in [[ContinuitySnarl continuity issues]] or even wildly varying characterization of characters from one scene to another, resulting in Narmy moments. One specific example is Son Goten in the Majin Buu saga. The anime (both the original cut and the ''Anime/DragonBallZKai'' version) had Goten bonding over with his father. So when Goku reveals [[ILetGwenStacyDie he let Gohan and Vegeta die]], Goten has a major BrokenPedestal moment. In the manga, Goku still managed to talk Goten into training with him and he only agreed because that way he would be able to avenge [[BigBrotherMentor Gohan's]] death. This is followed by Goku deciding to distract Majin Buu when the situations went South and revealing he has the Super Saiyan 3 transformation, which results in Goten having [[RebuiltPedestal his faith in his father restored]]. Unfortunately, the anime ends up adding Goten saying he fully trusts his father and knows he can distract Buu with his powers and even cheering for him when he does power up, ''along with the scenes'' where he is giving Goku a WhatTheHellHero lecture and then having his RebuiltPedestal moment, where Goku is puzzled by the respect both he and Trunks are giving him and Piccolo revealing that this is because they witnessed Goku's power. So, basically in the anime, Goten has a BrokenPedestal moment, ''then'' he openly cheers for Goku, says he knows his dad can hold Buu off, boasts how super cool his dad is, both in front of him and then behind his back and then, when he acts respectfully towards Goku, both Piccolo and Goku act like it is a sudden change in his behaviour.

** The fact that every super power in the AB Groupe dub is inexplicably referred to as a Kamehameha. Kaioken? That's now a Kamehameha. Throwing a Spirit Bomb? Kamehameha. Even the act of transforming into a Super Saiyan- sorry, ''Super Space Warrior''- sorry, ''Space Super Warrior'' is a Kamehameha now!

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4wG84efH4sw The "Speedy" dub (aka "Malaysian DBZ") in its entirety.]] To wit, Turles encounters Gohan and tries to turn him to his side:

-->'''Piccolo''': Take you hands off from Gohan!

* More tidbits from the Speedy Dub:

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ksr2d8BPjpQ&feature=youtu.be This scene from the Garlic Jr. saga.]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l1di6imyXCc Meet Whiskers the Wonder Cat!]]

-->'''Paragus:''' Is it possible the sensed power of Kaka-roe-toh, called Goku, has awakened the spirit of Space Warrior within you, and made you impossible to control, and all of my work was for nuh, thing?!

-->'''Paragus:''' Is it possible the sensed power of Kaka[[ItIsPronouncedTroPAY roe]]toh, called Goku, has awakened the spirit of Space Warrior within you, and made you impossible to control, and all of my work was for nuh, thing?!

** This dub even has its own Engrish version of the infamous "Let that child alone!" line from the "Big Green" dub:

** In ''Anime/DragonBallSuper'', when King Kai yells or exhibits emotion, [[VocalDissonance his seiyuu delivers his lines in a flat monotone voice.]]. Granted, Creator/JojiYanami (King Kai's voice actor) was pushing ''86'' at the time and was [[TheOtherDarrin darrin'ed]] pretty soon afterwards.

* When Vegeta knocks out Trunks, after [[FinalFirstHug hugging him for the first time]], the original Creator/{{Funimation}} dub has Goten saying ''"You're his dad! Dads aren't supposed to do that to their son!"'' Yeah, big talk coming from the kid who didn't even have a dad before that day. Thankfully, the Kai version (and thus the Japanese script) has him calling Vegeta mean for attacking someone who just wanted to help, lessening the narm-factor.

* The scene used in Gogeta's introduction toward the end of ''Fusion Reborn'' is different in-between versions, due to FillingTheSilence in the English dub. In the Japanese version, Gogeta only speaks when his mouth is actually seen moving:
--> '''English!Gogeta''': I am not Goku nor Vegeta! I am Gogeta! It's over, Janemba! I've come for ''you!''
--> '''Japanese!Gogeta''': *[[TranquilFury Dead]]-[[DeathGlare serious silence]]*

'''Meta-Cooler:''' At last, you show your real shape[[labelnote:explanation]]The amount of people who've {{Mondegreen}}ed this word to "[[ObligatorySwearing shit]]" is astronomical, thanks to bad sound mixing.[[/labelnote]], Saiya People. If it is not so that is uninteresting.\\

** The original dialogue is pretty much the same, but with "a glass of milk" instead of "milk coffee". The translation takes the original joke and dials it up by using "coffee milk", which in Brazil is an expression meaning that someone (usually a small kid) is so bad at an activity the others have to play a watered down game without using their full abilities against them (just like milk coffee milk is a softened up version of coffee). Vegeta is telling the others they're the equivalent of a little kid playing with the adults.

'''Vegeta''': *turns super* Very well. You all can go back home and drink coffee milk. And don't interfere with the fight!\\
'''Krillin''': Ah, you miserable!... ''Nobody tells us to drink coffee milk!''

* The scene used in Gogeta's introduction toward the end of ''Fusion Reborn'' is different in-between versions, "thanks" to the English dub's LullDestruction. In the Japanese version, Gogeta only speaks when his mouth is actually seen moving:

** Hell, ''every'' instance of AdaptationalHeroism in the dub is this. It was apparent in the Japanese version to a certain extent, but the original English dub straight-up turned Goku into a ComicBook/{{Superman}} {{expy}} for fear that Goku's [[BloodKnight actual character]] might be a turn-off for western audiences. Hearing all these lines in narration and spoken dialogue about how Goku is a "protector of the innocent" with not a single bad bone in his body becomes all the harder to take seriously when you know how Goku actually operates. [[note]]This, however, is a {{Downplayed}} example since Goku is seen as an IdealHero even in the original manga by his friends and family (and by most fans), and experiences a subtle MessiahCreep.[[/note]] Unsurprisingly, Creator/{{Funimation}} consider the original dub an OldShame and have since made their dub of ''Anime/DragonBallZKai'' more accurate, with Goku's proper characterization in mind.

* ''Anime/DragonBallZ'''s "It's over NINE THOUSAND!", thanks to MemeticMutation, has become one of the most (in)famous pieces of {{Narm}} of all time. While the Ocean Group version of the line is better known, the Creator/{{Funimation}} version (which is the version Creator/TeamFourStar chose to parody) is pretty silly itself, although that might have been done on purpose to lightly parody the original version.

* The way Frieza is beaten by Goku on Namek. As Goku is flying off and leaving the bisected Frieza behind, Frieza starts screaming "I will make you pay for opposing the MOST POWERFUL BEING IN THE UNIVEEEEEEEEEEERSE!" and shooting a beam of energy at Goku. Goku turns around, screams "YOU FOOOOOL!", and blasts it back. Then Frieza's face and the way he's screaming makes it look like he's having an ImmodestOrgasm. Also, Frieza says that he's "the most powerful being in the universe" about five times throughout that scene despite the fact that he's dying.

* Creator/KyleHebert's deep narrator voice can sometimes lead to Narm, like in the episode "Gohan Goes to High School" where he says in his standard, Creator/DonLafontaine-esque tone, "Hurry, Gohan! You'd hate to be late to class..." This is immediately followed by the title card with the standard "guitar riff episode title" theme. Basically, a rockin' guitar riff set to white text saying "Gohan Goes to High School". Doubly funny because [[TalkingToHimself Kyle Hebert is talking about Kyle Hebert]].

* The English dub of ''Kai'' has Raditz shrieking "NOW DIIIIIIIIIIIIIE!!" before trying to kill Gohan. With a scream and hair like that, he could've been the lead singer for an 80's hair metal band!

* Practically every other one-liner to come out of Frieza's mouth in the original Funimation dub of ''Z'' can come off as unintentionally hilarious (especially during scenes when he's supposed to be intimidating), considering how refined and eloquent he is in canon. Thankfully, like with Goku, when it came to Funimation's English dub of ''Kai'', Frieza was given his proper characterization.

* The scene used in Gogeta's introduction toward the end of ''Fusion Reborn'' is different in-between versions, "thanks" to the English dub's LullDestruction:

* Anything Yakon does. Basically, one of the most dangerous species in the galaxy is called dumb by Goku.

** In ''Anime/DragonBallSuper'', when King Kai yells or exhibits emotion, [[VocalDissonance his seiyuu delivers his lines in a flat monotone voice.]]. Granted, the actor was pushing ''86'' at the time and was [[TheOtherDarrin darrin'ed]] pretty soon afterwards.

* In the first Broly movie, Goku investigates the sight of one of Broly's attacks, observing the wreckage and supposing that Legendary Super Saiyan is stronger than anyone they've encountered. He seems to be referring to Broly's leftover ki, but if you take it as him meaning the physical damage done, it comes off as pathetic when ''the planet is still there.''

* For those who have read the manga, it is often very easy to tell what part is a {{filler}} added to [[{{Padding}} pad out]] a scene. Characters are in position X, and take action A in the manga, but in the anime version, they are in position X, take action A which fails for whatever reason then they move to position Y and take action B, then conveniently move back to position X and try A again and this time things work out the way it did in the manga. Two examples that come to mind:
** In the Namek saga, Freeza blasts open the ground he and Goku are fighting on creating a huge crater behind which, Goku stand when he starts making the spirit bomb. In the anime, Freeza creates the crater, Goku gets a vision from [[TheRival Vegeta]] his father, the king and his own father, Bardock (both of whom he has never even seen in his life, let alone having met them), he attempts to fight Freeza again and after a brief useless fight, he is kicked back behind the crater and then he starts making the spirit bomb.
** In the Majin Buu saga, Piccolo sneaks up behind [[SquishyWizard Babidi]] the two have a little back and forth before Babidi [[OhCrap realises that he is screwed]] then gets [[HalfTheManHeUsedToBE cut in half]]. In the anime, when Piccolo attempts his attack, Babidi manages to create a force field barrier around himself saving himself, then attacks Piccolo, who easily [[NoSell no sells his move]], then Piccolo destroys his barrier, forcing Babidi to run, only for Piccolo to sneak up behind him again, and this time, Piccolo manages to slice him off, properly.
* When Vegeta knocks out Trunks, after [[FinalFirstHug hugging him for the first time]], the original Creator/{{Funimation}} dub has Goten saying ''"You're his dad! Dads aren't supposed to do that to their son!"'' Yeah, big talk coming from the kid who didn't even have a dad before that day. Thankfully, the Kai version has him calling Vegeta mean for attacking someone who just wanted to help, lessening the narm-factor.

->'''Gero''': Grr! That does it! [[ThatMakesMeFeelAngry Now I am mad!]]

** There's also Goku's "realization" upon seeing Vegeta's Great Ape form. Why the quotation? It's because in this version, Goku apparently believes that ''Vegeta'' is the one who destroyed the World Tournament arena and killed his grandfather. Putting aside the huge amount of FridgeLogic that comes out of this, this {{Bowdleris|e}}ation turns the critical moment from Goku realizing that ''he'' was the one responsible for Grandpa Gohan's death into an InsaneTrollLogic-fueled NeverMyFault moment.

** Every time a character threatens to send someone [[NeverSayDie "to another dimension!"]]

** Nappa saying [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_xoxwMFJ0I "Bus stop to the next dimension!"]] during his fight with the Z Warriors. Maybe Goku should've taken the bus to and from King Kai's.

* Vegeta's InternalMonologue about [[JerkassRealization how much he treated Trunks like crap]] is interrupted by Trunks ''throwing up his own blood onto the screen''. Talk about IdiosyncraticWipes!

* [[Anime/DragonBallZWrathOfTheDragon Hirudegarn's]] introduction is very effective, with Gohan and Videl investigating the monster's sudden attack while the thing itself hidden from view with only its lower half visible. Partway through the fight, however, it becomes apparent that Hirudegarn actually ''is'' just a big pair of legs and a tail stomping around.

* The Bang Zoom! dub of ''Super'' isn't too bad per se since it features well known voice actors like Creator/JamiesonPrice and Creator/KaijiTang who did their best (and Creator/WendeeLee got to reprise the role of Bulma from 20+ years ago), but while the choice of Creator/LexLang as Goku isn't a bad idea on paper, the result is basically this. Goku is supposed to be a super strong BookDumb hillbilly but Lang's version of Goku goes so far with that it loops straight into Narm territory. His normal speaking voice has this odd whiny twang that tends to veer towards sounding like [[Franchise/RickAndMorty Morty]], his BigWhat attempt against Beerus sounds more like an imitation of a SassyBlackWoman and during battle, Goku lets out these odd [[FunnyBruceLeeNoises battle cries]] that sound like he's taken up [[Anime/FistOfTheNorthStar Hokuto Shinken]] (funny given who Lang has voiced before.) Its almost a shame they only managed to proude around 50 episodes before getting quietly cancelled.

* [[Anime/DragonBallZWrathOfTheDragon Hirudegarn's]] introduction is very effective, with Gohan and Videl investigating the monster's sudden attack, the thing itself hidden from view with only its lower half visible. A ways into the fight however it becomes apparent that Hirudegarn actually ''is'' just a big pair of legs and a tail stomping around.

** Hell, ''every'' instance of AdaptationalHeroism in the dub is this. It was apparent in the Japanese version to a certain extent, but the original English dub straight-up turned Goku into a ComicBook/{{Superman}} {{expy}} for fear that Goku's [[BloodKnight actual character]] might be a turn-off for western audiences. Hearing all these lines in narration and spoken dialogue about how Goku is a "protector of the innocent" with not a single bad bone in his body becomes all the harder to take seriously when you know how Goku actually operates. Unsurprisingly, Creator/{{Funimation}} consider the original dub an OldShame and have since made their dub of ''Anime/DragonBallZKai'' more accurate, with Goku's proper characterization in mind.

---> "If that android is set free, it will be the END OF US ALLLLLLLL! NOOOOOOOOOO!

---> "Just another ordinary, peaceful morning in a quiet little town, right? [[SuddenlyShouting WRONG.]]

* Practically every other one-liner to come out of Frieza's mouth in the original Funimation dub of ''Z'' can come off as unintentionally hilarious (especially during scenes when he's supposed to be intimidating), considering how refined and eloquent he is in canon. Like with Goku, when it came to Funimation's English dub of ''Kai'', Frieza was given his proper characterization.

** There's also Goku's "realization" upon seeing Vegeta's Great Ape form. Why the quotation? It's because in this version, Goku apparently believes that ''Vegeta'' is the one who destroyed the World Tournament arena and killed his grandfather. Putting aside the huge amount of FridgeLogic that comes out of this, this {{Bowdleris|e}}ation turns the critical moment from Goku realizing that ''he'' was the one responsible for Grandpa Gohan's death into a NeverMyFault moment.

* Super Saiyan Goku's "I am" speech in the original Funimation dub of ''Z'' is hilariously bad. Not only because of the cheesy writing, but because it took the original point of the speech (Goku finally embracing his Saiyan heritage and making it clear that he's not fighting for fun, but to ''kill Frieza''), chucked it out of the window and replaced it with a generic, gaudy "I'm better than you because I'm the good guy" speech lifted straight out of an old ''{{Franchise/Superman}}'' comic.

* Practically every other one-liner to come out of Frieza's mouth in the Funimation dub can come off as unintentionally hilarious (especially during scenes when he's supposed to be intimidating), considering how refined and eloquent he is in canon.

* The Bang Zoom! dub of ''Super'' isn't too bad per se since it features well known voice actors like Creator/JamiesonPrice and Creator/KaijiTang who did their best (and Creator/WendeeLee got to reprise the role of Bulma from 20+ years ago) but while the choice of Creator/LexLang as Goku isn't a bad idea on paper, the result is basically this. Goku is supposed to be a super strong BookDumb hillbilly but Lang's version of Goku goes so far with that it loops straight into Narm territory. His normal speaking voice has this odd whiny twang that tends to veer towards sounding like [[Franchise/RickAndMorty Morty]], his BigWHAT attempt against Beerus sounds more like an imitation of a SassyBlackWoman and during battle, Goku lets out these odd [[FunnyBruceLeeNoises battle cries]] that sound like he's taken up [[Anime/FistOfTheNorthStar Hokuto Shinken]] (funny given who Lang has voiced before.) Its almost a shame they only managed to proude around 50 episodes before getting quietly cancelled.

* The English narrator for ''GT'' speaks in a dramatic growl, as if to emphasize how intense the action is. Even if said action is Trunks dressing up as a woman to marry a doofy looking space monster.

->'''Gero''': Grr. That does it! [[ThatMakesMeFeelAngry Now I am mad!]]