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* HeyItsThatVoice: [[NorioWakamoto Where]] {{d|aisukeGouri}}o [[TakeshiKusao we]] [[MasakoNozawa even]] [[RyoHorikawa begin]]?

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* HeyItsThatVoice: [[NorioWakamoto Where]] {{d|aisukeGouri}}o [[TakeshiKusao we]] [[MasakoNozawa even]] [[RyoHorikawa begin]]?HeyItsThatVoice:



* NoExportForYou: Manga UK tries, bless it, but Toei wants far, FAR too much money for Dragon Ball. Might also be tied to...
** BadExportForYou: When Turner (The assumed previous holders of the license) saw fit to release the movies on DVD with an utterly atrocious dub produced in the armpit of the Netherlands.
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Blatant natter.


** Although Baba may have died when Majin Buu destroyed Earth. While Mr. Satan was explicitly shown to have survived (and Pan, Bra and Uub didn't exist yet), no word was given on whether or not Baba survived...
*** Baba definately survived. She has the ability to travel back and forth from the living world to the afterlife. She even tells Goku and Vegeta, before they went off to fight Super Buu, that she will be rooting for them in the afterlife.
*** I don't think Shenron ever really died and Porunga didn't die either (unless you count the dragon balls crapping out forcing him to dissipate). However, if this is wrong, please correct it!
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*** I don't think Shenron ever really died and Porunga didn't die either (unless you count the dragon balls crapping out forcing him to dissipate). However, if this is wrong, please correct it!
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*** One of the companion volumes that came out with the Dragonball Kanzenban had an interview with him where he said he thought after the Piccolo Daimaoh would've been a good place to stop. I haven't seen any evidence for the Freeza thing either.

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*** One of the companion volumes that came out with the Dragonball Kanzenban had an interview with him where he said he thought after the Piccolo Daimaoh would've been a good place to stop. I haven't seen any evidence for the Freeza thing either.
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** Similarly while the notion that Gohan became the single most powerful character not born through a form of fusion or absorption is heavily expressed in the manga and guide books it was never specifically stated by Toriyama himself. There was a magazine that claimed to have such an interview but it was proven to be a hoax.

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** Similarly while the notion that Gohan became the single most powerful character not born through a form of fusion or absorption is heavily expressed in the manga and guide books it was never specifically stated by Toriyama himself. There was a magazine that claimed to have such an interview but it was proven to be a hoax.hoax.

!!This show is the TropeNamer for:
* BackupFromOtherworld
* FromASingleCell
* FrothyMugsOfWater: Indirectly.
* FusionDance
* KamehameHadoken: Co-trope namer with ''StreetFighter''.
* MeteorMove
* PowerLevels
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*** Baba definately survived. She has the ability to travel back and forth from the living world to the afterlife. She even tells Goku and Vegeta, before they went off to fight Super Buu, that she will be rooting for them in the afterlife.
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** In Mexico this went to a whole other level. Goku's voice actor is so very recognizable to the point where some people can't watch other dubbed shows (or movies starring BruceWillis) without referring to a character as "Hey, that's Goku!".
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* AbridgedSeries: [[DragonballAbridged Easily one of the most popular]]. Even [[YuGiOhTheAbridgedSeries Little Kuriboh]] has made references to it, and he's the one everybody's supposed to be stealing jokes ''from''.

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* AbridgedSeries: [[DragonballAbridged [[WebVideo/DragonballAbridged Easily one of the most popular]]. Even [[YuGiOhTheAbridgedSeries [[WebVideo/YuGiOhTheAbridgedSeries Little Kuriboh]] has made references to it, and he's the one everybody's supposed to be stealing jokes ''from''.
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** Frieza, his family, and his race as a whole, have been given the name "Icejins." They have also been called "Changelings."
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** In France, Bulma and Chichi were given the recurring voice of JuliaRoberts.

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* FollowTheLeader: Inspired a lot of current {{shonen}} manga. The creators of ''OnePiece'', ''{{Naruto}}'', and ''{{Bleach}}'' have all admitted to being inspired by DragonBall to certain levels of degree.
** ''{{Naruto}}'' goes so far as to having the titular character wear florescent orange/yellow and blue attire, similar to Goku. ''Except he's a freaking ninja.'' Also in part two of the series Naruto switches to an orange and black suit similar in design to Goku's gi. They also share a massive appetite and both turn into giant monsters.
** Even Video Games such as Sonic the Hedgehog were influenced by it as well, even giving Sonic a Super Saiyan esque transformation as early as Sonic the Hedgehog 2.
* HeyItsThatVoice: [[NorioWakamoto Where]] [[DaisukeGouri do]] [[TakeshiKusao we]] [[MasakoNozawa even]] [[RyoHorikawa begin]]?

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* FollowTheLeader: Inspired a lot of current {{shonen}} manga. The creators of ''OnePiece'', ''{{Naruto}}'', and ''{{Bleach}}'' have all admitted to being inspired by DragonBall to certain levels of degree.
** ''{{Naruto}}'' goes so far as to having the titular character wear florescent orange/yellow and blue attire, similar to Goku. ''Except he's a freaking ninja.'' Also in part two of the series Naruto switches to an orange and black suit similar in design to Goku's gi. They also share a massive appetite and both turn into giant monsters.
** Even Video Games such as Sonic the Hedgehog were influenced by it as well, even giving Sonic a Super Saiyan esque transformation as early as Sonic the Hedgehog 2.
* HeyItsThatVoice: [[NorioWakamoto Where]] [[DaisukeGouri do]] {{d|aisukeGouri}}o [[TakeshiKusao we]] [[MasakoNozawa even]] [[RyoHorikawa begin]]?



* WordOfGod: Concerning DBGT's canonicity. [[CanonDisContinuity Or lack thereof]].

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* WordOfGod: Concerning DBGT's canonicity. [[CanonDisContinuity [[CanonDiscontinuity Or lack thereof]].
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* CrossDressingVoices: Most notably Masako Nozawa as Goku, Gohan and Goten. And Pauline Newstone (and later Linda Young) as Freeza in the English dub.
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* FollowTheLeader: Inspired a lot of current {{shonen}} manga. The creators of ''OnePiece'', ''{{Naruto}}'', and ''{{Bleach}}'' have all admitted to being inspired by DragonBall to certain levels of degree.
** ''{{Naruto}}'' goes so far as to having the titular character wear florescent orange/yellow and blue attire, similar to Goku. ''Except he's a freaking ninja.'' Also in part two of the series Naruto switches to an orange and black suit similar in design to Goku's gi. They also share a massive appetite and both turn into giant monsters.
** Even Video Games such as Sonic the Hedgehog were influenced by it as well, even giving Sonic a Super Saiyan esque transformation as early as Sonic the Hedgehog 2.
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thought it was a headscratcher page, realized it was trivia.


** And...?
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** And...?
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Wow, no. A year older than Pan? Who\'s only like 4 or 5 during the tournament when Uub, who\'s clearly at least a teenager, shows up? Uub, who couldn\'t possibly have existed before Buu was killed? Great job at the math, there.


*** Actually, Bra did exist at that point (she's a year older than Pan, so she would almost certainly have to). Basically, she's the only character to get aborted and brought back, due to Buu killing Bulma.
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*** One of the companion volumes that came out with the Dragonball Kanzenban had an interview with him where he said he thought after the Piccolo Daimaoh would've been a good place to stop. I haven't seen any evidence for the Freeza thing either.
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* FanNickname: 'Mystic Gohan' for his Buu Saga power-up, which was never given a name (although the recent videogames seem to be going with 'Ultimate Gohan').
** Mirai Trunks to the future Trunks, just plain Mirai, "Mirai Briefs" in some fanfiction when he returns to the normal timeline and lives with the 'other' Trunks. Crosses with GratuitousJapanese.
** Kushami (Japanese for "sneeze") for Lunch blonde form, Ranchi (the Japanese approximation of "Lunch") for her blue-haired form. The first was coined in early manga summaries before the series was translated, and they are/were very, VERY common {{Fanon}}.
** Majin Buu has several, depending on the people he's absorbed (the main ones being Buutenks/Super Buu 2, Buuccolo/Super Buu 1.5 and Buuhan/Super Buu 3.)
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* NoExportForYou: Manga UK tries, bless it, but Toei wants far, FAR too much money for Dragon Ball. Might also be tied to...
** BadExportForYou: When Turner (The assumed previous holders of the license) saw fit to release the movies on DVD with an utterly atrocious dub produced in the armpit of the Netherlands.
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* AbridgedSeries: [[DragonballAbridged Easily one of the most popular]]. Even [[YuGiOhTheAbridgedSeries Little Kuriboh]] has made references to it, and he's the one everybody's supposed to be stealing jokes ''from''.
** And now he's officially part of the cast.
** [[FanFic/AlternateRealityDBZ Alternate Reality Dragon Ball Z]]
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*** Actually, Bra did exist at that point (she's a year older than Pan, so she would almost certainly have to). Basically, she's the only character to get aborted and brought back, due to Buu killing Bulma.
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** Although Baba may have died when Majin Buu destroyed Earth. While Mr. Satan was explicitly shown to have survived (and Pan, Bra and Uub didn't exist yet), no word was given on whether or not Baba survived...

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* PlayingAgainstType: KenjiUtsumi has it half and half when he plays Commander Red (no pun intended). Although Commander Red is nonetheless a military dictator, which fits one aspect of the roles KenjiUtsumi plays, he's also extraordinarily short, something that KenjiUtsumi isn't known to play as (he usually voices giant characters).



* Even though it's "common knowledge" that Akira Toriyama intended to end the series with Freeza there is [[GodNeverSaidThat absolutely no proof for it in any interview he's ever had]].

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* ** Even though it's "common knowledge" that Akira Toriyama intended to end the series with Freeza there is [[GodNeverSaidThat absolutely no proof for it in any interview he's ever had]].
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* WordOfGod: Concerning DBGT's canonicity. [[CanonDisContinuity Or lack thereof]].

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* WordOfGod: Concerning DBGT's canonicity. [[CanonDisContinuity Or lack thereof]].thereof]].
* Even though it's "common knowledge" that Akira Toriyama intended to end the series with Freeza there is [[GodNeverSaidThat absolutely no proof for it in any interview he's ever had]].
** The key word here should be noted is "intended" which conflicts with the authors own word on his lack of planning for the series. [[http://www.kanzentai.com/intended_end.php?id=05 Even though it's possible Freeza was at some point looked at as a possible end there was never any specific plan for that to be the case]]
** Similarly while the notion that Gohan became the single most powerful character not born through a form of fusion or absorption is heavily expressed in the manga and guide books it was never specifically stated by Toriyama himself. There was a magazine that claimed to have such an interview but it was proven to be a hoax.
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* Fortuneteller Baba, Mr. Satan/Hercule, the Supreme Kai, Pan, and Uub are the only characters in the entire franchise who have never died.

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* Fortuneteller Baba, Mr. Satan/Hercule, the Supreme Kai, Pan, Bra, and Uub are the only characters in the entire franchise who have never died.
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* Fortuneteller Baba, Mr. Satan/Hercule, the Supreme Kai, Pan, and Uub are the only characters in the entire franchise who have never died.
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* HeyItsThatVoice: [[NorioWakamoto Where]] [[DaisukeGouri do]] [[TakeshiKusao we]] [[MasakoNozawa even]] [[RyoHorikawa begin]]?
** The {{FUNimation}} dub was their first major import, using hometown voice actors - everything they've done since mostly draws from this same pool.
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* According to a one-off line in the {{FUNimation}} dub, Vegeta wears a size 9 boot.

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* According to a one-off line in the {{FUNimation}} dub, Vegeta wears a size 9 boot.boot.
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* According to a one-off line in the {{FUNimation}} dub, Vegeta wears a size 9 boot.
** Of course (depending on when this is in the series), we're talking shoe sizes in Freeza's empire.
*** It was late in the series, in the Kid Buu saga

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* According to a one-off line in the {{FUNimation}} dub, Vegeta wears a size 9 boot.
** Of course (depending on when this is in the series), we're talking shoe sizes in Freeza's empire.
*** It was late in the series, in the Kid Buu saga
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** Of course (depending on when this is in the series), we're talking shoe sizes in Freeza's empire.

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** Of course (depending on when this is in the series), we're talking shoe sizes in Freeza's empire.empire.
***It was late in the series, in the Kid Buu saga

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