History Recap / DragonShortZE5

* FunWithAcronyms: The episode's title, "DTF", typically stands for "Down To Fuck". For this, however, It's clearly meant to stand for "Down To ''Fight''", which certainly details Vegeta.

* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: With Goku and Future Trunks gone, Freeza dead, and Cell blasted to pieces, Vegeta has no one left that can give him a challenge. The only ones who could are Gohan, who doesn't want to fight him, Piccolo and 18, who outright hate him, and Popo, who's so far out of his league that Vegeta is terrified of him. This episode is one long HumiliationConga for him as he can't find ''anyone'' who would bother engaging him.

** In order to avoid Vegeta, Piccolo blasts apart a pot and blames Vegeta on it. We hear an offscreen Popo unhappy that someone broke [[Recap/DragonBallZAbridgedE53 the sixth rule of his training ("don't wreck Popo's stuff").]]

* NotEvenBotheringWithAnExcuse: When Piccolo refuses to fight Vegeta, Vegeta asks if he has something better to do, only for Piccolo to give another blunt "nope".

* NotEvenBotheringWithAnExcuse: When Piccolo refuses to fight Vegeta, Vegeta asks if he has something better to do, only for Piccolo to give another blunt "no".

* {{Foreshadowing}}: Despite TFS never having plans to adapt the Buu saga, this episode establishes Vegeta's midlife crisis and lacking a purpose in life, causing him to eventually allow himself to be willingly enslaved by Babidi several years down the line.

It's now been over a year since Cell's death and Goku's sacrifice. With no imminent threats to the world in the meantime, Gohan is enjoying his more quiet and down-to-earth life with his friends and family. Vegeta, on the other hand, lacks a challenging enough sparring partner now that both Goku and Future Trunks are gone, so he repeatedly insists that Gohan come out and fight him.

* ArmorPiercingQuestion: After learning that Vegeta has nobody else to spar with, Gohan, while sympathetic towards such, still tells Vegeta to his face that engaging him would be meaningless.

** In order to get rid of Vegeta, Piccolo blasts apart a pot and blames Vegeta on it. We hear an offscreen Popo unhappy that someone broke [[Recap/DragonBallZAbridgedE53 the sixth rule of his training ("don't wreck Popo's stuff").]]

* CharacterExaggeration: PlayedForLaughs, but one must understand that ''Dragon [=ShortZ=]'' is a parody. Vegeta's need for fighting is exaggerated for humor, but in the source material Vegeta gave up on fighting during the seven years of peace, something the parody quietly ignores. That said though, the short plays it up by foreshadowing Vegeta's midlife crisis in the Buu saga, which will allow Babidi to take control of him.
* DespairEventHorizon: After Gohan continues to refuse to fight Vegeta, and says that it would be nothing but a "pity fight", Vegeta is left unable to respond and stands alone long after Gohan leaves. With nobody agreeing to fight him, he resorts to calling ''Nappa'' of all people, and even ''he'' ignores Vegeta's calls.

* {{Foreshadowing}}: In a way, despite TFS having no plans to adapt the Buu saga, this episode establishes Vegeta's midlife crisis and lack of a purpose in life, which will eventually lead to him willingly enslaving himself to Babidi several years down the line.
* TheFriendNobodyLikes: This episode is basically one big deconstruction of the trope, all applying to Vegeta. Having alienated pretty much anyone else left in the cast, naturally, nobody's willing to indulge Vegeta's tantrums. When pushed, they give him speeches so harsh that he's incapable of even defending himself. Sadly, given canon, things will only get worse before Vegeta finally shakes this trope.
* FunWithAcronyms: The episode's title, "DTF", typically stands for "Down To Fuck". In this case, it's clearly meant to stand for "Down To ''Fight''", which certainly describes Vegeta.

* InnerThoughtsOutsiderPuzzlement: When Vegeta tries to get Piccolo to fight him, Nail and/or Kami has a brief mental exchange with Piccolo suggesting how he could get rid of Vegeta. Piccolo visibly reacts to what they're saying and asks them a question out loud, resulting in Vegeta being puzzled by the whole thing and asking who the heck Piccolo is talking to.

* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: With Goku and Future Trunks gone, Freeza dead, and Cell blasted to pieces, Vegeta has no one left that can give him a challenge. The only ones who could are Gohan, who doesn't want to fight him, Piccolo and 18, who hate him, and Popo, who's so far out of his league that Vegeta is terrified of him. This episode is one long HumiliationConga for him as he can't find ''anyone'' who would bother engaging him.

* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: With Goku and Future Trunks gone, Freeza dead, and Cell blasted to pieces, Vegeta has no one left that can give him a challenge. The only ones who could are Gohan, who doesn't want to fight him, Piccolo and 18, who rightfully hate him, and Popo, who's so far out of his league that Vegeta is terrified of him. This episode is one long HumiliationConga for him as he can't find ''anyone'' who would bother engaging him.

* RealityEnsues: With Goku and Future Trunks gone, Freeza dead, and Cell blasted to pieces, Vegeta has no one left that can give him a challenge. The only ones who could are Gohan, who doesn't want to fight him, Piccolo and 18, who rightfully hate him, and Popo, who's so far out of his league that Vegeta is terrified of him. This episode is one long HumiliationConga for him as he can't find ''anyone'' who would bother engaging him.

* CharacterExaggeration: PlayedForLaughs, but one must understand that ''Dragon Short Z'' is a parody. Vegeta's need for fighting is exaggerated for humor, but in the source material Vegeta gave up on fighting during the seven years of peace, something the parody quietly ignores. That said though, the short plays it up by foreshadowing Vegeta's midlife crisis in the Buu saga, which will allow Babidi to take control of him.

* CharacterExaggeration: PlayedForLaughs, but one must understand that ''Dragon ShortZ'' is a parody. Vegeta's need for fighting is exaggerated for humor, but in the source material Vegeta gave up on fighting during the seven years of peace, something the parody quietly ignores. That said though, the short plays it up by foreshadowing Vegeta's midlife crisis in the Buu saga, which will allow Babidi to take control of him.

* CharacterExaggeration: PlayedForLaughs, but one must understand that ''Dragon Short Z'' is a parody. Vegeta's need for fighting is exaggerated for humor, but in the source material Vegeta gave up on fighting during the seven years of peace, something the parody quietly ignores. That said though, the short plays it up by foreshadowing Vegeta's midlife crisis in the Buu saga, which will allow Babidi to take control of him.

* DespairEventHorizon: After Gohan continues to refuse to fight Vegeta, and says that it would be nothing but a "pity fight", Vegeta is left unable to respond and stands alone long after Gohan leaves. With nobody agreeing to fight him, he resorts t calling ''Nappa'' of all people, and even he ignores Vegeta's calls.

* LiteralMinded: When Gohan tricks Vegeta into going into the store to buy pears for him, Vegeta comes out shortly afterwards and yells "PAIRS OF WHAT!?" and later when Gohan angrily asks him what his damage is, Vegeta retorts "I haven't ''taken'' any damage, ''that's'' the problem,".

* YouRemindMeOfX: Android 18 says that Vegeta reminds her of her dad, in that they both beat their kids[[note]]This is probably based off his treatment of Future Trunks, whether her own observations or what she got from Krillin.[[/note]], ignore their wives[[note]]This one, however, is certainly true on Vegeta's part prior to the Buu saga.[[/note]], and constantly start fights due to their own egos.[[note]]This one ''also'' hits the nail on the head for Vegeta.[[/note]] The only difference according to her is that, unlike Vegeta, at least her dad had the "common courtesy" to stay dead.