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1	''Guardian'' is a Franchise/DragonBall fanfic written by Mr. Arkham, best known for writing ''FanFic/TheFallOfLordFrieza''. Much like the previously mentioned fic, this story is a WhatIf tale but unlike it's predecessor, this tale takes the DBZ universe in much more radical new directions.
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3	The story involves a small malfunction in Kakarot's space-pod causing him to crash down not in Grandpa Gohan's mountain, but right on Kami's Lookout. Reminded of his own coming to earth, and fearing what might happen if an aggressive alien child is set loose on the planet, Kami decides to adopt the Saiyan child as his own and starts to raise him as a successor for the title of 'Guardian of Earth.'
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5	And from there, the universe diverges VASTLY from canon, showing what would happen to the Franchise/DragonBall universe if Goku hadn't been around. The results are...interesting to say the least. WordOfGod claims that the story was inspired by Comicbook/SupermanRedSon and Comicbook/TheNail, so that should give an indication of how different this world is.
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7	[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/8684933/1/Guardian It can be read here.]]
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10	!!Guardian Contains Examples Of:
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12	%% * AbsurdlySharpBlade: Yajirobe's sword.
13	* ActionGirl: Chi-Chi, Tanip and Inyon have proved themselves as this.
14	* AdaptationExpansion: The planet trade and the wider galaxy of the Dragon Ball universe are shown in greater detail here than in the manga/anime.
15	%% * AlternateUniverse: ForWantOfANail.
16	* AlternateUniverseReedRichardsIsAwesome: Many elements of Dragon Ball lore such as Senzu Beans get put to much more use than they were in canon. [[spoiler: Characters like Nam, Dr. Gero, Chi Chi and Raditz among others also prove themselves as far more capable than their canon counterparts.]]
17	* AsskickingLeadsToLeadership: Kakarot is the strongest warrior on Earth, and is also the Guardian of it. [[spoiler: He also leads the Galactic Parliament after defeating Frieza and his family.]]
18	%% * TheAtoner: Dr.Gero
19	%% * AttackOfTheFiftyFootWhatever: Oozaru Raditz
20	%% * BadassCape: Kakarot, from time to time.
21	%%* BadFuture:
22	%%* BeamOWar: Comes with the territory, being a Dragon ball fic.
23	%% * BewareTheSuperman: When the Androids come about, they render King Furry's army completely impotent.
24	* BigGood: Kakarot is the official Guardian of Earth in this verse. Then he starts up a galactic parliament.
25	* BishonenLine: The canon examples remain though the change is also more drastic with Cell, going from a hunched and insectoid beast straight to a more handsome and humanoid shape.
26	* BloodKnight: Whenever an Android absorbs the power core of another Android, their anger levels and craziness seem to rise in addition to their power as they suffer from personality clashes.
27	* BodySurf: Captain Ginyu. [[spoiler:It allows him to steal King Cold's body in his pursuit of revenge against Raditz and his allies]]
28	* BrokenPedestal: [[spoiler:Chiaotzu once believed Tien was an unstoppable badass, and that he'd be the one to save him. Years of MindRape and having his brain forced into a robot body left him so jaded that he hates Tien most of all.]]
29	* CantCatchUp: Explored and treated with sympathy. Despite their best efforts and abilities like an enhanced Kaioken, the non-Saiyans can't attain the same level of strength that a Saiyan can. It's most notable when Kami gives it his all against Cell, just to be of some use to the others.
30	* ChildhoodBrainDamage: Averted for Kakarot. He never received a blow to the head to remove his Saiyan instincts, he simply has to suppress them through meditation and training.
31	%% * {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Tanip, Kakarot's daughter.
32	%% * ComboPlatterPowers: Cell, as in canon.
33	%% * CoolOldGuy: Kami [[spoiler: Until he got his youth restored and became a cool young guy.]]
34	%% ** Master Roshi and Grandpa Gohan
35	%% * CoolShip: The Valiance, a mercenary craft in Kakarot's employ.
36	%% * {{Cyborg}}: [[spoiler: Tien becomes Android 17 in this universe.]]
37	%% ** [[spoiler: Mr. Satan]] also seems set to go down this route.
38	%% * DeadpanSnarker: Kakarot.
39	* {{Deconstruction}}: The story takes a deeper look at the galactic politics of Frieza's rule and how many problems a power vacuum there could cause.
40	%% * DeepSouth: Android 13
41	* DemonicPossession: [[spoiler: King Piccolo manages to take over Kami's body when he's sufficiently enraged. Merging with Nail seems to remove the problem.]]
42	%% * DrillSergeantNasty: Raditz, briefly.
43	%% * TheDragon: Android 13 becomes this to the Emperor. [[spoiler: AKA Chiaotzu.]]
44	%% * EarnYourHappyEnding: Definitely the case for [[spoiler: Gohan and Tanip in the future timeline.]]
45	%% * EarthShatteringKaboom: Averted for Namek this time.
46	%% * EdibleThemeNaming: All over the place, but considering the source material...
47	%% * EmergencyEnergyTank: Senzu Beans, in addition to Bulma's newly created Senzu Tonic.
48	%% * EvilCounterpart: Turles to Kakarot. Funnily enough, they never actually encounter each other.
49	%% ** Also Lord Slug to Kami.
50	%% * EvilOverlord: King Piccolo, Frieza, Lord Slug, Cooler, [[spoiler: Chiaotzu]], Garlic Junior.
51	* {{Expy}}: The story really plays up the comparisons between Goku and Superman, to the point where there seems to be no ties to the Sun Wukong character of ''Literature/JourneyToTheWest''.
52	%% * EyeBeams: Quite often.
53	* EyeScream: [[spoiler: Raditz in the future timeline had his eyes gouged out.]]
54	%% * FatBastard: Yajirobe
55	%% * FlipPersonality: Launch.
56	%% ** [[spoiler: Kami for a brief while after merging with King Piccolo.]]
57	%% * FlyingBrick: Every major player.
58	* {{Foreshadowing}}: Broly was first referenced about halfway through the Cell Saga when a group of refugees from the South Galaxy tell Kakarot of a mysterious green entity wiping out worlds in their galaxy.
59	%% * FreudianTrio: The Redcoats
60	%% ** TheId: Android 14
61	%% ** TheEgo: Android 13
62	%% ** TheSuperego: Android 16
63	%% * FromASingleCell: Guess who...
64	%% * FromNobodyToNightmare: [[spoiler: Chiaotzu]]
65	* FutureBadass: [[spoiler: Future Raditz.]] Even after getting his eyes gouged by the Androids, he manages to train his other senses to the point where he can still fight them efficiently.
66	%% * GentleGiant: Android 16
67	%% * GodJob: Guardian of Earth, first Kami and then Kakarot.
68	* {{Gorn}}: The author indulges in this from time to time. Most notably,[[spoiler: Android 13 tearing a man's tongue out and then stomping his head.]]
69	%% * GrandTheftMe: [[spoiler: Ginyu hijacks King Cold's body.]]
70	* HalfTheManHeUsedToBe: [[spoiler: Vegeta, after getting ripped clean in half by a Piccolo-possessed Kami.]]
71	* HappilyAdopted: Kakarot to Kami. He views the old man as a father.
72	%% * HeelFaceTurn: Raditz, as well as[[spoiler: Jeice and Burter]]
73	%% * HeroicBSOD: Tien [[spoiler: after Chiaotzu blows himself up.]]
74	%% * HeroicRROD: The Kaioken, initially.
75	%% * HeroicSacrifice: Attempted by [[spoiler: Android 16]].
76	%% * HeroKiller: Cell
77	%% ** The future Android's count as well.
78	%% * ImplacableMan: Frieza.
79	%% ** Tien [[spoiler: after he became an Android]]
80	%% * InterspeciesRomance: [[spoiler: Kakarot and Bulma, and Raditz and Chi-Chi.]]
81	* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Raditz started off as the BloodKnight he was in canon, but has come to care for his brother, comrades and even Earth.
82	%%* MessianicArchetype: Kakarot
83	%%* MindOverMatter: Frequently, from several characters.
84	%% * MindRape: What wound up driving [[spoiler: Chiaotzu]] over the edge.
85	%% * MissingMom: Kakarot and Raditz's mother is briefly mentioned but never brought up again.
86	%% * MosesInTheBulRushes:
87	%% ** Kakarot.
88	%% ** Kami was forced to grow up alone in an foreign barren wasteland.
89	%% * NanoMachines: The Big Gete Star
90	%% * ANaziByAnyOtherName: The Red Ribbon Regime
91	%% * TheNeedless: Namekians, Frieza and Cell.
92	%% * NighInvulnerability: Several characters.
93	%% * NoSocialSkills:
94	%% * ObsoleteMentor: Kami
95	%% * OneManArmy: Every Z-fighter.
96	* PalsWithJesus: The group know various gods/godly figures such as Korin and King Kai.
97	%% * PersonOfMassDestruction: '''Everyone.'''
98	%% * PintSizedPowerhouse: [[spoiler: Chiaotzu]]
99	%% * PsychicPowers: Frieza and [[spoiler: Chiaotzu.]]
100	%% * RapidFireFisticuffs: Well, yeah.
101	%% * Reality Ensues: [[spoiler: Kakarot hoped that creating a galactic parliament would bring an everlasting peace to the galaxy. Politics, economics and old feuds make that very unlikely.]]
102	%%* Really700YearsOld:
103	%%** Kami is several hundred years old.
104	%%** The members of the Cold Family are in the same boat.
105	%%* RedOniBlueOni:
106	%%** Tanip is red to Gohan's blue.
107	%%** Raditz is red to Kakarot's blue.
108	* ShoutOut: Several
109	** Some of the alien races mentioned in the galactic parliament include the Ood from ''Series/DoctorWho'', and the Kree and Skrull races from Creator/MarvelComics
110	** Some chapters are named after comic books, such as {{ComicBook/Irredeemable}}
111	** Mr. Arkham references [[Fanfic/TheFallOfLordFrieza his other well-known DBZ fanfiction]] during the fight between Kakarot and Frieza, stating that "in another time, another life, they could have been allies. Friends even."
112	** Kakarot has attacks named after the titles of different Franchise/DragonBall games, such as Raging Blast and Sparking Meteor.
113	** [[spoiler: The author also admits Bulma`s armor idea is based off the Extremis armor from the Iron Man comic series ]]
114	%% * SmugSuper: Android 13
115	%% * TheStoic: Kakarot is very much this, especially compared to the original Goku. Gohan takes after him in this regard.
116	%% * SuperMode: The Super Saiyan forms. Chi-Chi's Ox Charge.
117	%% * SuperPoweredMooks: The Ginyu Force for Frieza, and the Redcoats for the Red Ribbon Army.
118	%% * TeamDad: Kakarot and Kami play this roll off and on.
119	%% * TheMentor: Kami.
120	%% ** [[spoiler:Future Raditz becomes this to Tanip and Gohan.]]
121	%% * TheMole: [[spoiler: Android 16]]
122	%% * TheUnmasquedWorld: Kakarot makes himself and his allies known to the whole world, making sure they fully understand his alien nature and powers.
123	%% * TinTyrant: [[spoiler: Chiaotzu]] after being forced into a robot shell.
124	%% * TokenGoodTeammate: Android 16 to the other three Androids.[[spoiler: Later he's revealed to be TheMole]]
125	* TookALevelInBadass: Kami, Raditz and all the human fighters are much stronger and play more important roles. [[spoiler:Even Chiaotzu took a level after becoming the Emperor.]]
126	%% * TookALevelInKindness: Raditz. [[spoiler: Also Gero.]]
127	%% * TragicMonster: [[spoiler: Chiaotzu and Cell]]
128	* UnderestimatingBadassery: Two of Garlic Junior's lords learn the hard way that Mr. Popo is far more powerful than %% he lets on.
129	%% * UnwillingRoboticisation: [[spoiler: Poor Chiaotzu...]]
130	%% * WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: [[spoiler: Chiaotzu, Cell]] also seems to be shaping up to be this.
131	%% * WorldOfBadass:
132	%% * WrenchWench: Bulma
133	%% * YoungerThanTheyLook: Cell is only a few years old, but has the body and mental faculties of a grown adult.
134	* WhatIf: Without Goku around in the 'Dragon Ball' period of the series, we get things like: The Red Ribbon Army never being destroyed and becoming a global superpower, Chi Chi becoming more interested in her royal duties and training to be a warrior rather than obsessing over romance, Mister Satan never becoming a global mega-star, etcetera.

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