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4->''"We will reenact legendary encounters!"''
5-->-- '''Goku'''
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7''Dragon Ball Multiverse'' is a FanSequel [[FanWebComics Web Comic]] set ten years after ''Anime/DragonBallZ'' (ignoring ''Anime/DragonBallGT'' and ''Anime/DragonBallSuper''). Goku, Vegeta and their children are contacted by the Vargas, a race who discovered a way to travel through {{Alternate Universe}}s and want to hold a tournament reuniting the strongest fighters of TheMultiverse. The heroes, always looking for new challengers, naturally accept. The main appeal of the comic is the potential for UltimateShowdownOfUltimateDestiny and WhatIf stories.
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9Originally available in both French and English, but now it can be read in 35 different languages, most up to date. It used to be updated 3 times a week (Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday), but due to the creators recently becoming overwhelmed by the amount of work to do, it's been reduced to twice a week (Wednesday and Sunday). The website can be found [[http://www.dragonball-multiverse.com/en/accueil.html here]], but the story starts [[http://www.dragonball-multiverse.com/en/page-0.html here]].
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11The many universes are numbered from 1 to 20, being called 'Universe 1' and so forth (our heroes come from Universe 18). For the sake of simplicity, it will be sometimes shortened to U[Number] (like "U16") and similar characters will be called U[Number] [Character name] (like "U13 Vegeta")
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13''Dragon Ball Multiverse'' also had several spinoffs released:
14* ''Namekseijin Densetsu'' explores the past of the Nameless Namekian. It was released on May 15, 2021.
15* ''Chibi Son Bra Does Her Best!'' stars Son Bra of Universe 16 and features the rest of the characters in a SuperDeformed style while featuring a more comical take on the tournament's story. It was released on January 31, 2022.
16* ''[=321Y=]'': The story takes place 321 years after the events of ''Dragon Ball'' and tells the story of a young boy named Tambo who goes on a quest for the titular orbs so he can find his MissingMom. It was released on September 6, 2022.
17* ''Bardock Tales Kai'' explores Bardock's life as a Saiyan in Frieza's army while incorporating aspects from various stories featuring him. It was released on November 21, 2022. The story is complete as of January 29, 2024.
18* ''Dragon Ball Blancoverse'': A fan comic starring Gohan taking place shortly after the events of the movie ''Anime/DragonBallSuperSuperHero''. It was released on March 20, 2023.
19* ''Dragon Ball Multiverse Colors'': The main comic rereleased in full color with new pages expanding on the story. It was released on May 30, 2023.
20* ''Super Dragon Bros. Z'': A parody of ''Dragon Ball'' starring [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Mario and his friends]]. It was released on January 8, 2024.
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23!!''Dragon Ball Multiverse'' provides examples of:
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25* AbsurdlySharpBlade:
26** Tidar's (from U19) [[BladeBelowTheShoulder God Blade]] which he used to effortlessly cut Uub's arm and the whole arena in a single swing. And that one pales in comparison with the Ultra armor used by his comrade Xeniloum.
27** Special mention should go to the Krillin vs. Salza battle, which seems set up [[UltimateShowdownOfUltimateDestiny answer the question of which ki-blade is sharper]]: Kienzan or the Salza Blade.
28* AcceptableBreaksFromCanon: Retroactively became a case of this. ''Multiverse'' began long before new ''Dragon Ball'' content would enter production, so many of the explanations for certain plot points never had a chance of matching up to canon.
29* ActionMom: ''Goku's'' mother, Hanasia, one of the Saiyan Elite, is this in ''spades''. If Bardock wasn't awesome enough, it's really easy to see where Goku gets his power from when you see Hanasia on the battlefield.
30* ActuallyADoombot: Pretty much any time something really bad happens to a Buu, there are more fragments of it lying about.
31* AdaptationalBadass:
32** Downplayed with the Saiyans as a species. According to supplemental material from Akira toriyama, the average Saiyan was weaker than Raditz. In this continuity, Raditz is considered a below average loser, so the Average Saiyan in the multiverse is stronger than Raditz.
33** Super Saiyan 2 plays this straight as it has a 500x multiplier from base form (Databooks originally said it's 100x), but Super Saiyan 3 [[ZigZaggedTrope zig zags this]]. On one hand, WordOfGod eventually retconned it to have a 5000x multiplier from base form, which's much higher than the original manga's 400x (Though that was mentioned only in databooks, never in the manga itself). On the other hand, its power drain is ridiculously exaggerated, to the point that the stronger a character is, the less time it remains active (Vegetto can only maintain it active for a few seconds and Gotenks defuses surprisingly quickly when using it), something that was never implied to have been the case in the original manga, and if anything it contradicts it since Gotenks could keep [=SS3=] active for longer than Goku in Buu saga. Much like the example above, this increases the average power level, as every [=SS2=] and [=SS3=] level character from the original manga is now much stronger so they can still be at around the same level.
34** Buu in general has two perks the original manga lacked, the first one is the ability to keep the memories of people they absorb, in the manga, Super Buu only has access to Fat Buu's memories, as he remembers fighting other characters as Fat Buu, but fails to recognize Dende and his healing abilities despite absorbing Gotenks and Piccolo. The second one is the ability to divide himself into many small Buus that are just as strong as him. The closest thing to an ability like this in Buu saga is Fat Buu creating a bunch of mini Buus after Vegeta's self destruct, but they immediately reform into a singular Buu. Not even the more pragmatic Super Buu ever divided himself in such ways and if anything, he's shown to ''manually'' control his separated body parts. While this could be said to be an ability he learned later, U4 Buu is capable of doing it despite never seeing Zen Buu use it.
35** "Vegetto's technique that can kill Buu" is far deadlier in DBM, with Zen Buu himself eventually saying [[https://www.dragonball-multiverse.com/en/page-2051.html#h_read it's disintegrative energy]], and it's strong enough that Super Saiyan 2 Bra used it and accidentally hit Gohan and a weakened Vegetto, it seriously hurt both of them. In the original manga that technique was just a simple kiai.
36* AdaptationalWimp: Oozaru form, went from having a 10x multiplier in the original manga, to 2x in DBM.
37* AdaptationExpansion: The novelization is this, with more detailed conversations, longer fights, more explanations, more events and even a side tournament. In a few cases the comic can feel like a CompressedAdaptation even though it's the original one because some lines of dialogue are cut for pacing while the novelization has full dialogue. Essentially the novelization is very much like the anime adaptation of the original DB manga with what they add [[AdaptationInducedPlotHole plot holes created by change of plans included]]. For a specific example of the expanded dialogue:
38--> From the comic:
39-->'''[[spoiler:Bardock]]''': ''[[https://www.dragonball-multiverse.com/en/page-1452.html Master I had a vision! Even Buu can't defeat him! But we have a few minutes to prepare a trap for him!"'']]
40-->From the novelization:
41-->''[[https://www.dragonball-multiverse.com/en/fanfic_dbm_en/chapter-150.html “The twin of the Saiyan that fought Cell, he’s here in our apartment, back in the other dimension. In a moment, he’s going to break through the barrier that separates our realities and kill you.”]]''
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43-->''“What!? That’s not possible!” Babidi exclaimed, frightened. “And you just sat back and watched?”''
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45-->''“Buu attacked, but even he couldn’t defeat the Saiyan. We only have a minute to prepare, and we don’t have the power to fight him off. But, you might be able to trap him somewhere and get rid of him for good. That would make one less strong opponent for us to deal with.”''
46** The Full Color release promises to add new pages which will expand on the comic's story.
47* AdaptationInducedPlotHole: The novelization vastly expands the events and characterizations. While it's supervised by Salagir so that nothing contradicts the manga, when ''[=DBM=]'' is such a LongRunner, it's inevitable that later events end up contradicting what was expanded much earlier in the novelization:
48** In Chapter 11 of the novelization, Bojack is willing to forgive Bujin's defeat because he "did not want to repeat the same mistake he did by killing Bido for his incompetence", which implies Bido was killed by Bojack's own hands in some sort of YouHaveFailedMe moment. [[spoiler:Chapter 18 of the manga reveals that Bido was killed by Vegeta's Final Flash, and Bojack only "killed" Bido by inaction due to not warning him of the danger.]]
49** In Chapter 32 of the novelization, Kat is stressed after her previous defeat and wants to go back to U6 immediately, with the other girls agreeing to do it when the first round ends if they're all disqualified by then. [[spoiler:Chapter 85 of the manga reveals that the only reason why they're there is because Mai needs to stay more than 30 hours near Bojack to weaken him, which would have been impossible if they all left early. Mai's spell isn't brought up when Kat asks for leaving.]]
50** In Chapter 42 of the novelization, Broly's internal monologue mentions him having personally killed Goku in U20. [[spoiler:Chapter 81 of the manga reveals that Broly never killed Goku directly, since Goku was absorbed by Buu before Broly had a chance to kill him.]]
51** In Chapter 110 of the novelization, Bardock's internal monologue after his fight with U8 Cold says that the Saiyans wouldn't have been able to defeat U3 Cold, had the latter shown the same power as U8 Cold. This implies that the U3 Saiyans had a fight against U3 Cold, similar to the one against U3 Frieza, where the Saiyans only gained the upper hand because Cold used a reduced form. [[spoiler:Chapter 64 of the manga reveals that both Cold and Coola were killed by Legendary Super Saiyan Broly. Considering how powerful the Legendary Super Saiyan transformation is in DBM, it's doubtful U3 Cold would have stood a chance against Broly even if he had transformed into his final form.]]
52** Probably the worst example. In Chapter 127 of the novelization, after the battle between U13 Kakarotto and U18 Vegeta where the former gets badly beaten, Raditz says Kakarotto's wounds are enough to kill him in a few hours unless he gets healed. He's also worried about Vegeta killing both Raditz and Kakarotto after the tournament in a YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness moment. [[spoiler:Chapter 74 of the manga reveals that Kakarotto is immortal, and the other U13 Saiyans know it. Raditz may not like seeing Kakarotto agonizing from his wounds, but he shouldn't be worried about him actually ''dying'' from them. And it's obvious Vegeta already wanted to kill Kakarotto before the tournament; he hasn't done so because he outright ''can't'', and nothing has changed in that regard. Before chapter 74, this particular section of the novelization was often brought up in discussions about Kakarotto's immortality by opponents of the theory.]]
53** However, it's also averted at one point in the most unexpected possible way. In the novelization, [[spoiler:Buu's attempt to take control of the tournament after Vegetto's defeat]] is vastly expanded, and he has time to force U16 Gohan and Cell to fight [[spoiler:before Gast Carcolh subdues him]]. During said fight, Cell hatches four more Cell Jrs against Gohan, only for Gohan to kill them immediately (so as not to interfere with later events as shown in the manga). One would expect a plot hole to appear when the Dragon Balls are used after the second round to revive all deceased: since the second Cell Jr secretly killed by Cell is also revived, the novelization has no other choice but to revive the four novelization-exclusive Cell Jrs as well. However, those four extra Cell Jrs eventually don't end up causing problems, since [[spoiler:manga Majin Cell hatches more Cell Jrs to bolster Babidi's forces during the Majin rebellion. The novelization easily gets rid of the potential problem by claiming the new Cell Jrs were those already existing four.]]
54* AdaptedOut: While this fancomic adapts many of the villains from the non-canon movies, is quite noticeable the creators ignore characters from the first three movies (Garlic Jr., Dr. Wheelo, and Turles, who is noticeably absent in the alternate universes where the Saiyans are alive). From the comical universe with joke characters from non-''Dragon Ball'' series, Kuriza, the son of Frieza is not adapted but Neko Majin is.
55* AlasPoorVillain: [[spoiler: The first Cell Jr.'s death by his own father's hands.]] Especially after he had a HopeSpot of becoming more powerful.
56* AllAnimalsAreDogs: Or cats, in this case. It's revealed in the novelization that the Vargas enjoy being scratched and will start purring.
57* AllThereInTheManual: The official novelization and official fanfictions telling the story of U12, 14, and 16 reveals bits of information unavailable in the main comic. Presumably the most important of them will be revealed later in the main comic or in the specials.
58* AlternateContinuity: The main Dragon Ball protagonists come from one where the author combines many of the movies with certain twists in order to fit. However, the comic has rarely touched upon some of the more interesting stories, presumably out of suspense. One arguable point is that the author has complaints about things that didn't make sense in the original story. Now, despite having alternate universes be the ultimate fan fiction tool, Universe 3 is strange. [[spoiler: In this universe, Bardock gets his psychic powers in a different method and leads a successful rebellion against Frieza.]]
59* AlternateUniverse: In total there are 20 competing in the tournament, each going down a different path in DBZ history (Goku becoming evil, the Namekians fusing to form a Super-Namekian, etc).
60* AlternateUniverseFic: [[OutdatedByCanon Even before many of the fancomic ideas]] were shown to be outdated by modern ''Dragon Ball'', there is the fact ''Multiverse'' relies on the {{Non Serial Movie}} antagonists and rewrites them to fit the manga timeline, making the whole webcomic into a giant AlternateUniverse.
61* AlternateUniverseReedRichardsIsAwesome: Some more than others, as shown in the character page. Of special mention, [[spoiler: Pan and U9 Yamcha]].
62* AntiClimax: Vegito vs XXI was one of the most hyped up matches in the tournament. [[spoiler:Not even 5 seconds in, XXI teleports Vegito to a place where time flows faster. By the time he breaks out, the match had been over for 2 hours, thus eliminating one of the most powerful characters in the tournament in just 4 pages.]]
63* AppliedPhlebotinum:
64** The fighters from U19 use "nano technology" and "chemicals" to fight to compensate for their lack of energy attacks.
65** So what exactly did the Vargas use to create shields that can withstand nuclear-like blasts and rooms that [[spoiler: can shield spiritual energy]]?
66* ArtShift:
67** The Specials are done by different artists, with different styles each.
68** There was an obvious shift in art as Gogeta left the project.
69* TheAssimilator: Zen Buu attempts this with [[spoiler: [[OhCrap Broly]], but is thwarted by the efforts of U16 Vegetto, Gohan, Bra, and the Namek that pushed the button to send him back because he didn't think leaving [[NotQuiteDead Broly]] in their universe was a good idea.]] Later played straight with Xeniloum's armor, and he says he did that in his universe with one of the musicians at the Figrindan orchestra.
70* AuthorAvatar: Creator/AkiraToriyama, the creator of ''Franchise/DragonBall'' appears in the strip as a fighter only to quit when he realizes that the fighter he is up against is not his creation. While leaving, he meets the {{Author Avatar}}s of the creators of ''WebComic/DragonBallMultiverse'' who ask him for his autograph, which he gives them, in Japanese.
71* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: U8 King Cold, who is inexplicably far more powerful than Cold as depicted in the original manga, is the strongest fighter in his universe.
72* AwesomeButImpractical: While Super Saiyan 3 suffered this in the original, ''Multiverse'' makes it worse by having it drain the user's ki and stamina faster the stronger they are. Meaning that someone like Vegito can't even use the form for a minute before he reverts back into his base form. [[spoiler: The failure to take this drawback into account is what leads to U13 Vegeta's death against Raichi]].
73* AxCrazy: U13 Kakarotto. Come on, just [[http://www.dragonball-multiverse.com/en/page-605.html look at]] [[http://www.dragonball-multiverse.com/en/page-608.html his face.]] And that's just the tip of the iceberg. [[http://www.dragonball-multiverse.com/en/page-610.html Seriously, holy shit.]]
74* BackFromTheDead: [[spoiler: Everyone that died since the tournament started was wished back to life by a set of Dragon Balls after the second round ended.]]
75* BadassBoast:
76** Broly gets exactly ''one'' line that isn't incoherent screaming, when powering up.
77-->"''I AM THE LEGENDARY WARRIOR!''"
78** King Cold too, when fighting Bardock.
79-->"''You think I'm afraid of an opponent who can see the future... my opponents have no future!''"
80** U19 Helior warriors boast that their weapons would be able to take down Broly. Everyone scoffs at that, [[spoiler:but an U3 special reveals that carbonite CAN kill Broly.]]
81* BadassBystander: When [[spoiler: Babidi makes his move to take over the tournament]], audience members all over the arena decide to team up and fight back against [[spoiler: Babidi's Majinized spectators]] instead of letting themselves get taken hostage, [[ZergRush jumping on them en masse and dogpiling them]].
82* BadBoss: Frieza. [[spoiler:Just see how and why he kills Burter.]]
83** Bojack too. This version keeps the idea that he randomly kills or lets his men die and doesn't care if they die. After only him and Bujin are alive, Bojack gets drunk and acts all chummy, reminiscing on how big their group used to be. "20? 30?". Bujin has to tell him it was 27 with Bojack still not remembering if that was the case. Bujin also thinks that Bojack will just kill their friends who died at the tournament again if they are revived.
84* TheBadGuyWins: The villains taking part in the tournament are all from universes where they won.
85* BatmanCanBreatheInSpace:
86** Subverted by Vegetto, Bra, and Gohan, who have to hold their breaths and use their ki to protect themselves from the vacuum of space. Played straight by Majin Buu.
87** Completely averted by Krillin in the Cell special, who suffocates. Gross.
88* BattleAura: Most characters have one when they power up. This is DBZ after all.
89* BeamOWar: One appears during the Trunks vs Vegeta fight, as a reference to the one between Goku and Vegeta at the start of ''Anime/DragonBallZ''.
90* BeamSpam: Comes with the territory. The Saiyans use this [[spoiler: to overkill Frieza and Zarbon in Universe 3]].
91* TheBerserker: As one would expect from him Broly is more monster then man but U16 Bra also becomes this whenever she goes [=SSJ2=] [[spoiler:at least until she gets Majinized.]]
92* BestOfAllPossibleWorlds: The majority of universes featured in the comic are far worse off than the "main" U18, featuring a devastated Earth, a VillainWorld, and/or large portions of the cast dead. For some idea: the only universes where Goku is alive are U18, U13 (and he's evil there), and likely U7. Even some what-if changes that seem like they might have been good in the moment (for instance, Krillin killing Vegeta at the end of the Saiyan Saga, or the Android Saga being resolved peacefully without Cell's presence) ultimately came to bad outcomes.
93* BlindIdiotTranslation: Overall, the comic is perfectly readable, but it is ''very'' obvious that the authors aren't native English speakers.
94** Chapter 27, for some reason, had unexpectedly some moments of this, such as calling the scouters "detectors", but it reached its top in page 593, where Yamcha's line "Enough, Tenshinhan, stopped!" could be found. It has since been corrected, although you can look how it was [[http://postimage.org/image/ya79tr40b/ here.]]
95** To some extent, averted in the Latin American translation. It's been stated by the most regular translator that, if they aren't sure about one translation, they talk all five to solve the issue, even if the issue is ONE word.
96* BloodierAndGorier: The original manga had a scant few instances where the violence was horrifically graphic, often employing the GoryDiscretionShot instead. ''Multiverse'' is far more willing to show raw, in your face gore whenever something nasty happens to people.
97* BodySurf: [[spoiler:It turns out U8 Ginyu body changed with King Cold after Frieza [[YouHaveFailedMe disposed of him]]. He later uses it on Bra and most of the Supreme Kais.]]
98* BoringButPractical:
99** While Zen Buu is [[spoiler:going to different rooms and giving the contestants new powers and strategies to make the matches more interesting]], all he does for U11 Buu is explain the rules of the tournament to him so he doesn't do something stupid. This works when U18 Uub tries to get Buu disqualified in their match by tricking him into playing hide and seek.
100** What’s the new form that Goku and Vegeta appear to have obtained that lets them climb back to the top of their universes’s food chain? [[spoiler:A variation of Gohan’s Mystic form that they can activate at will. The two of them having long realized that with [=SSJ3=] the Super Saiyan transformations have started becoming too impractical to make stronger.]]
101* BrainwashedAndCrazy: [[spoiler:After his Universe is defeated, Babidi plans out his revenge by brainwashing several of the fighters in the tournament. He also does this to the Vargas and the audience as well.]]
102* BreakingTheFourthWall: Chapter 42's name and cover both point towards featuring Piccolo Daimao as its main character, yet he doesn't appear until the eleventh page. Once he appears, he's quick to point it out:
103-->"''It's about damn time. It was supposed to be my chapter after all!''"
104* BreakTheHaughty:
105** Son Bra of Universe 16 is a SmugSuper and a condescending, sometimes outright [[{{Hypocrite}} hypocritical]] KnightTemplar with major temperament issues. After she defeats U8 King Cold in a fashion that, in official canon, is regarded as a very cheap way to win a fight [[spoiler:(she snuck some senzu beans into her gloves and ate them to restore herself to full strength after being pummeled to near-death by King Cold)]] and gloating about how clever she was in using such an underhanded move, it comes to bite her in the ass when [[spoiler: Captain Ginyu, who has been inhabiting Cold's body for who knows how long, body swaps with her and leaves her trapped in Cold's mutilated form while he gets to enjoy owning her young, naturally powerful Saiyan body.]]
106** She gets a second helping of it when she gets hit with the Majin spell, and nearly kills everyone, only to be broken out of it when her U18 self shoves it in her face how vain she is, in such a way she can't avoid facing the hard, cold truth. She then vows to become better, and stronger in spirit.
107* BrickJoke:
108** [[spoiler:Dabura reappears many chapters after last being seen, having been healed by Majin Buu offscreen after offering him some candy, the same candy Majin Buu had conjured during the lunch break too.]]
109** Uub [[spoiler:losing his arm to a U19 attack for a second time, and having to get healed by Buu again. "Coming~!"]]
110* BroadStrokes: The movies and specials are altered to fit in better into the timeframe of DBZ proper.
111* ButterflyOfDoom: Many of the universes where the villains won are the result of a seemingly minor change in the timelines that snowballed into the heroes losing. [[https://postlmg.cc/bD1Z2kVh This diagram]] can help with understanding all the changes.
112** Universes 1 and 10 had the Kaioshin eradicate every threat they found. Freeza being dead, the Saiyans never had a technology or power boost and never became space pirates. Additionally, the Vargas of Universe 1 are the only ones who discovered a way to travel to different universes.
113** Universe 3 diverged when Bardock acquired the power of prophetic visions, put them to good use and managed to take Freeza down, with Saiyans taking over the galaxy, Kakarot never being sent to Earth, and then Raichi taking revenge on the Saiyans. [[spoiler:Piccolo Daimao also fused with Kami, with an evil Piccolo being the dominant personality, to weather the Saiyan attack upon Earth in year 752, as stated by a timeline comparison minicomic and confirmed by chapter 87. Interestingly, from Earth's point of view, U3 and U9 end up identical until this specific event, the Saiyan attack headed by Raditz.]]
114** Universe 4 diverged when Majin Buu opted to quickly absorb Vegeta when he threatened to remove Fat Buu from his cocoon rather than plead with him. Goku is then forced to fight on his own, where he is horribly outclassed; even his Hail-Mary of expending his full power to blow Buu up failed miserably and Buu simply absorbed him as well. Because of this, Buu comes to love the Earth and decides to devote his life to doing both good and evil, granting wishes both as a BenevolentGenie and as a JerkassGenie, depending on his mood; and to acquire as much knowledge as he can, mastering the mystical arts.
115** Universe 5 diverged millions of years ago, as mentioned by a timeline comparison minicomic. We know nothing else about it, except that the Elder Kaioshin of U9 has a [[OhCrap minor freakout]] upon hearing XXI's name.
116** Universe 6 diverged when the dead Goku did not warp back to Earth to save Gohan against Bojack and give him a pep talk.
117** Universe 7 diverged when all the Nameks, [[spoiler:starting with Nail and Guru]], decided to fuse into one being to take down Freeza, [[spoiler:losing forever the ability to create Dragon Balls in the process, and to sire children]].
118** Universe 8, where Freeza and his family won, [[spoiler:came about because Krilin killed Vegeta on Earth before Goku could stop him. Since Vegeta doesn't show up on Namek, he's not around to provide an extra distraction to Freeza or his henchmen, which eventually culminates in Freeza killing everyone on Namek (except Goku and Nail, who remained alive long enough to destroy Freeza's capital).]]
119** Universe 9, diverged when [[spoiler:Cooler and his men did act on the impulse of killing baby Goku after the destruction of planet Vegeta, which was hinted to since Cooler's special chapter stating that events around planet Vegeta's destruction went down differently in Universe 9. Also, in an early chapter, Krilin refers to the Frost demons as "Cooler's empire", which turns out to be because Freeza got shifted out of the picture, dying at Cooler's hands when acting uppity over the intrusion in his territory that killed baby Goku. This led to an universe where non-human heroes never came into being, leading the Earthlings to step up their game and face threats from outer space on their own.]]
120** Universe 10, where it should be noted only the East Kaioshin has appeared in the novelization (the only one alive in canon DBZ), is otherwise similar to Universe 1, the only difference being the Vargas' interuniversal travel.
121** Universe 11, where Babidi kept his control over Buu and defeated the heroes. [[spoiler:It is now confirmed that U11 is the unseen timeline, the universe in which Trunks came back in the past to save Goku from his heart disease, but not deal with Cell (because Cell was killed by Trunks in the future). Without Cell, Kami decided there was no compelling reason to fuse back into one being. Fortunately, this resulted in the Android situation being defused peacefully at first, but this eventually snowballed into a situation with our heroes not being strong enough to face Babidi and his goons. It is further known that Babidi tried possessing Vegeta, but ended up with the same results as in canon.]]
122** Universe 12, where Trunks came back strong to the future and saved his world from the scourge of the androids and Cell.
123** Universe 13, where Kakarot never hit his head and thus never lost his Saiyan mentality. So, instead of him becoming the cheerful and kindhearted man in canon, he becomes a ruthless killer who is more than a little mentally unbalanced from a life of loneliness on Earth due to his brainwashing into killing all humans. It goes without saying that humanity isn't around in U13 anymore. [[spoiler:Culminating in Kakarot becoming immortal thanks to the Dragonballs of Earth!]]
124** Universe 14 diverged when Trunks never came back to the future after his U17 counterpart got killed by Cell, thus ensuring the cyborgs could have free reign. [[spoiler:The novelization shows Bulma finding Dr. Gero's underground lab, and the cyborgs kill Cell's embryo there, thus ensuring their survival.]]
125** Universe 15 is stated to be a "Future" universe (like U12 and U14) since Gohan fought Babidi and Dabura there. [[spoiler:It is likely the timeline where Trunks got intel from the past but never found Cell's embryo, came back to the Future to deactivate the cyborgs, but got killed by Cell who stole his time-machine, thus creating an universe with no strong warriors left.]]
126** Universe 16 diverged when Vegito made the choice to not remove his shield aura effect when inside Buu, and remained fused forever, freeing everyone and destroying Kid Buu before he could destroy the Earth. Also, Enma did not listen to his request to reincarnate Buu into Oob, so in this universe there is no Buu.
127** Universe 17 diverged when Vegeta did not strike Cell in the back to distract him, allowing Cell to overpower [=SSJ2=] Gohan.
128** Universe 19 diverged when Raditz killed Goku, Piccolo, and Gohan on Earth, according to the novelization. This led to Raditz, Nappa and Vegeta attacking Helior with reduced numbers, which means Helior probably weathered the assault, and stepped up their game.
129** Universe 20 diverged when Broly survived his second coming, after being thrown into space by the heroes, and did not burn in the Sun. [[spoiler:It is further revealed that it otherwise started near identical to U18 with a victorious Goku and a reincarnated Buu as Uub, but the divergence took 12 years to manifest itself. Besides, it is also revealed in the U20 special chapter that they stumbled upon the variation where Broly had become so powerful he blew the whole galaxy before a good version of Zen Buu could teleport themselves to a black hole.]]
130* ButtMonkey:
131** Frieza. Put simply, ''no one'' in the tournament is at [[SoLastSeason his level]], since the story is post-series and everyone else has either [[AlternateUniverseReedRichardsIsAwesome beaten him]] or [[VillainWorld beaten the guys who beat him and trained up.]] The only exceptions are the people who are ''too'' weak to fight him, Jeice and Nappa, who forfeit instantly. To make things worse, he gets humiliated and killed in Universes 3, 7, and [[spoiler:9]] and even in the Universe where he won, he still had some trouble unlike the other {{Villain World}}s. [[spoiler:Despite him putting up more of a fight against U18 Goku (thanks to some help from Buu), he ultimately goes down in one punch.]]
132** To a ''much'' lesser extent, Dabura. [[spoiler:He spends many chapters weakly asking to be healed before actually being healed.]]
133** The U1 South Kaioshin just can't catch a break. He constantly complains about participants breaking the rules, only to be completely ignored (even by the other Kaioshins). People [[https://i.ibb.co/R3yXcJY/South-Kaioshin-Groundhog-Day.png joked]] that he was trapped in a GroundhogDayLoop.
134** U10 is downright stated to be the weakest universe, which shows. [[CurbStompBattle Mahissu gets knocked out from Goku simply punching the air, Vegeta loses to his "disgraceful" U18 counterpart and lands in his space completely naked and Bardock suffers from Pan ''fangirling him'', using Kid Goku's arsenal from the original series to knock Bardock out.]] To make matters worse, the official novelization following U10's forfeit shows Vegeta attempting to hijack the Varga's ship, only to be stopped by Nail and Cargo. The kicker? He and Bardock watch Porunga revive everybody BUT the Saiyans and they are forced to work labor on planet Namek until Vegeta is thrown back to planet Vegeta and beaten for a second time by Nail, in front of his entire planet. Yikes.
135* TheCameo: Too many to count, but we will try to list them all.
136** Goku with Ginyu's body (or Ginyu's body with Goku's gi) can be seen in the audience in Chapter 11, page 236.
137** [[Franchise/StarWars Figrin D'an and the Modal Nodes]] (the Star Wars Cantina band) do a cameo for a musical interlude in Chapter 24, page 539 to 542.
138** One member of the [[WebVideo/FranceFive France Five]] and [[Film/MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail The Black Knight]] appear in chapter 39, page 874.
139** The [[Series/DoctorWho Tenth Doctor]] and a [[Franchise/MassEffect Krogan (probably Urdnot Wrex)]] can be seen in the audience in chapter 42, page 952 alongside some other pop culture characters.
140** [[Film/HotFuzz Police officer Nicholas Angel]] can be seen among others like [[Franchise/ResidentEvil Claire Redfield]], [[VideoGame/TheLastOfUs Ellie]] and more in the audience in chapter 44, page 984.
141** [[Anime/DragonBallZBattleOfGods Beerus and Whis]] appear with the audience in chapter 51 asking the members of the crowd (which includes [[Anime/MegaManNTWarrior Megaman]] and [[Anime/YuGiOh Yugi Muto]]) about the Super Saiyan God before [[http://www.dragonball-multiverse.com/en/page-1164.html deciding to leave.]]
142** [[Anime/DragonBallSuper Cabba]] appears in the crowd of Chapter 64, "Hanasia the Queen of Saiyans". He sticks like a sore thumb because [[http://www.dragonball-multiverse.com/en/page-1485.html#h_read he is the only Saiyan without a tail and wearing a different armor model]].
143** [[Anime/YuGiOh Marik]] appears in the audience on [[https://www.dragonball-multiverse.com/en/page-1832.html page 1832]]
144** The end of chapter 79 has [[VideoGame/DragonBallXenoverse Towa, Mira, Demigra]], [[VideoGame/DragonBallHeroes Mechikabura]], Garlic Jr, and [[VideoGame/DragonQuestVIII Dholmagus]].
145* CanonImmigrant: Even though the authors are ''not'' fans of ''Anime/DragonBallGT'', U18 Bra is clearly the non-fighting, typical teenager GT incarnation. She even wears the same outfit. Word on this is that one of the authors liked her character even though in their minds, she's from a bad series.
146* CavalierCompetitor: Most of the U2 participants seem to be this. They don't take their fights seriously, and when the last one of them is eventually defeated, they return to their universe, disgusted at how everyone seems to consider the tournament SeriousBusiness.
147* CerebusSyndrome: Chapter 6. Prior to then, all fights either ended with knockouts or fairly minor deaths and there was quite a lot of humor. [[spoiler: In Chapter 6, U6 Bojack ''kills U16 Pan by [[NeckSnap breaking her neck]] with his bare hands while she was in Super Saiyan form''.]] The official novelization of the chapter's events has the U18 fighters fully realize they need to take these fights much more seriously afterwards.
148* CharacterizationMarchesOn:
149** It's been [[https://dbmenglish.freeforums.net/thread/1223/bras-character-point-went-wrong pointed out]] how U16 Bra was, for the first 300 pages, much different than the better-known version that would later be so negatively received.
150** [[https://www.dragonball-multiverse.com/en/page-728.html During the fight between U3 Bardock and U8 Cold]], the latter takes advantage of the former's distraction due to Vegetto's interruption to attack him. This is completely consistent with Cold's portrayal as a CombatPragmatist during his short appearance in the original manga. However, [[spoiler:this does not sit well with the later revelation that he's actually Ginyu in Cold's body, considering he was portrayed as a NobleDemon who got angry at Jeice for trying to help him against Goku because he considered it dishonorable - especially considering that he didn't even ''need'' it, as he's later shown to be able to beat Bardock in a fair fight. Either Ginyu was trying ''very'' hard to uphold his masquerade (something that the novelization, which shows his internal monologue, doesn't suggest at all), or Ginyu's identity hadn't been decided yet at that point.]]
151* ContinuityNod:
152** The Multiverse aspect, especially for changed or alternate versions of the established DBZ cast, allows for callbacks or pokes to aspects of the series. However, the movies have been rewritten to fit within DBZ history. Most notably, aspects like Bardock's visions and the Tuffles were rewritten or removed from some universes.
153** During his fight against U13 Vegeta, [[https://www.dragonball-multiverse.com/en/page-893.html U3 Raichi summons a bunch of ghost Saiyans]], among them a female Saiyan who claims to be Vegeta's cousin. This character was not made up for this fight, she had appeared [[https://www.dragonball-multiverse.com/en/page-293.html much earlier]], in a flashback in one of the specials.
154* CoversAlwaysLie:
155** The cover of Chapter 55 shows Gast surrounded by several of Raichi's ghosts. In the chapter itself, Gast and Raichi's fight only covers five pages -- a fifth of the chapter. Instead, most of it is dedicated to [[spoiler:Ginyu stealing U16 Bra's body and Vegito getting Ginyu to undo it. Not only that, but Gast never gets to fight any of the ghosts featured on that cover.]]
156** The cover for Chapter 86 would have you believe it focuses on the fight between XXI and Zen Buu. In actuality, [[spoiler:it only lasts six pages.]]
157* CrazyEnoughToWork:
158** U17 Cell ''rips off his own head'' to avoid U11 Dabura's [[TakenForGranite stone spit.]]
159** Uub using ramen bowls to seal U11 Boo, hiding him from view just long enough to technically win the fight.
160* CrossCounter: Gotenks does this to [[spoiler: AU Gotenks]]. [[spoiler: Several times as it's played for Laughs.]]
161* CurbStompBattle: We get a lot of these. Given how strong the protagonists become - and the comic is set post-DBZ - this is to be expected.
162** Uub practically mocks a Tech-warrior during their match, promptly loses an arm and so [[DisproportionateRetribution reduces the guy to atoms]].
163** U18 [read: Manga] Vegeta versus his Planet Vegeta native counterpart, who never left their home planet. Even turning into the Oozaru didn't help the poor guy.
164** U8 Cooler vs. U12 Future Trunks. Cooler takes his defeat ''hard.'' Part of this may have been Trunks saying that he wasn't worth killing.
165** [[ParodySue Mary Sue]] vs. [[LethalJokeCharacter Arale]]. Textbook case?
166** Tenshinhan to Sun Wukong. See MythologyGag for more.
167** U18 Goku vs U10 Mahissu and U13 Kakarot vs U6 Kat.
168** Bra vs Zangya.
169** DoubleSubverted when Gast faces Frieza, at first its more-or-less a curbstomp battle for Gast, because Gast stomps Frieza's first form, then loses to the second. When they fight again, Gast stomps every last one of Frieza's forms.
170** [[spoiler: Universe 18 (main) Goku vs Android 17. OneHitKO!]]
171** [[spoiler:U17 Cell vs U6 Bojack. Bojack's only attack that even works is his Energy Bonds, for which Cell easily finds a counter (he can still use his eye beams), and kills him by breaking his spine.]]
172** [[spoiler: When Zen Buu decides to take control of everything, and start giving ''everyone'' trouble (plus Vegito is nowhere to be found), Gast casually stands there, tells him to stop, and then uses his psychic powers to suck every little bit of Zen Buu into a ball, completely trapping him and leaving him virtually powerless.]]
173** [[spoiler: Buu's rampage itself counts. With just a few gestures, pieces of him start devouring the whole stadium, effortlessly restraining everyone. Even Ultimate Gohan and Super Saiyan Bra of Universe 16 were helpless to resist. The only ones who do resist it are the inhabitants of Universe 18, due to ''everyone''- Gohan, Goku, Uub, Vegeta, Trunks, Goten, Piccolo, and Pan- combining their power into a barrier. Even then, it was about to fail on them before Gast intervened.]]
174** Surprisingly, [[spoiler:U8 King Cold vs U3 Bardock turns into this once King Cold uses 100% power.]]
175* CyberneticsEatYourSoul: [[spoiler:Yamcha]] implies this is happening to #18. He also implies that it happened to himself at one point in time, but that he recovered.
176* DeathIsCheap:
177** The Vargas race who run the tournament promise that any casualties will be revived by a random universes' Namekian Dragon Balls (the specification of using Namekian Dragon Balls implies that Earth doesn't have a set in every reality). Having the fighters unrestrained helps put on a good show. Doesn't stop the deaths of [[spoiler:Tidar, U16 Pan, and Syd]] from causing misery to their teammates.
178** One panel shows how non-seriously the Vargas take death as a whole, likely because of this tendency; when the one who was killed by Broly is resurrected, he's immediately ordered to get back to work.
179* DeathOfAChild: [[spoiler:In Chapter 9, when Bojack snaps U16 Pan's neck.]]
180* DetachmentCombat:
181** U4 Majin Buu likes to form mini versions of himself and swarm his opponents.
182** U4 Buu also taught that trick to U11 Buu in order to avoid being blasted into oblivion by Uub's Super Kamehameha.
183* {{Determinator}}:
184** Dabura manages to survive [[spoiler:a giant hole in his chest]] far longer than should be possible.
185** The same can be said of U13 Kakarot who survived a sucking puncture wound long enough to wake up and call for medical attention, when everyone fully expected him to be dead after U18 Vegeta was through with him. [[spoiler:Turns out that U13 Kakarot is immortal and U13 Vegeta knew that and just wanted him to suffer since it's the best he can manage to do.]]
186** Nail. He was not willing to go down in his fight and persisted long after a lot of the competitors would have quit.
187** Just like in the anime, it took a lot for Recoome to go down, too. The man is a damage sponge.
188* DissonantSerenity: After being thwarted in absorbing Broly, U4 Buu returns to the arena pissed off, and looks like he's about to kill Vegito, Bra, and Gohan (and probably would, considering how weakened they are) and then... calmly congratulates them, thanks them for a fun fight, wishes them luck, and walks back to his booth. It comes off as incredibly creepy and foreboding.
189* DrowningMySorrows:
190** Cooler does this during the lunch break after his CurbStompBattle against Future Trunks.
191** [[http://www.dragonball-multiverse.com/en/strip-42.html A minicomic]] did the same with [[ButtMonkey Frieza]], with hilarious results.
192* EarthIsTheCentreOfTheUniverse: It's so subtle that it can be missed, but it's there. When the Vargas arrive to Universe 18, ''the very first thing'' they do is checking Earth. The reason? It seems to be a magnet for the most powerful warriors across many different universes. Six different universes (3, 9, 12, 14, 16 and 18) had at least one of its members coming from Earth. More specifically, they search for any high power level, they're all in the same place and it's Earth, "again". Meaning that it's not the first time it happened. But this time they are different enough from previous versions they encountered to warrant a visit and an invitation to the tournament.
193* EldritchAbomination: [[https://www.dragonball-multiverse.com/fr/page-1983.html#h_read Case in point with XXI finally showing himself.]] Also an example of TheFourthWallWillNotProtectYou.
194* EvilCounterpart: Kakarotto from U13 (the "Super Saiyan's Universe") is this for Son Goku. He attempted to unnerve Goten and Gohan with tales of how he murdered their friends, [[InsultBackfire only to be shocked by the revelation that he's their father]].
195* EvilerThanThou: The match between Raichi and U13 Vegeta has Raichi repeatedly try to mindgame Vegeta with the massacre of the Saiyans in his universe, only to be stunned when Vegeta not only doesn't care, but ''enjoys'' the chance to slaughter them all as Raichi's ghosts.
196* EvilVersusEvil: Some of the matches have the villains from different universes facing off against each other.
197* ExcusePlot: Essentially the tournament is just a place where WhatIf fights can take place, which's why one shouldn't think too hard about why about half of the universes with so many villains are allowed to participate, specially when U1's Kaioshins are the tournament's hosts, and there's two Majin Buus participating, and Namekians from a bunch of universes are there to offer their dragon balls to be used, and they're okay with the possibility of Frost Demons getting their wish. It took until [[https://www.dragonball-multiverse.com/en/page-1988.html#h_read page 1988]] for any explanation at all to be given for why Kaioshins allowed so many villains, and that's 14 years after the webcomic started (And still doesn't explain why Zen Buu was allowed to participate even before talking with Grand Kaioshin telepathically).
198* ExplosiveDecompression:
199** Unfortunately invoked during Chapter 16. After killing the rest of the Z-Fighters, Cell nabs Krillin and drags him into outer space. Once there, Krillin's ''brain and lungs explode'' almost immediately.
200** Averted most of the time, though it does not go in BatmanCanBreatheInSpace territory. Vegetto, U16 Bra, U16 Gohan battle in space for long periods of time with no more inconvenience than the inability to breathe. Heck, Vegetto even goes to SULK a few light-years away from the ring in space to cool down his head, only to remember he NEEDS to breathe. And let's not even get into Broly pulling interplanetary travel without breathing.
201* FacePalm: Cell when his fight-happy Cell Jr [[spoiler: risks disqualification after punching his opponent without touching the ring.]]
202* FanonDiscontinuity: {{Invoked|Trope}} DBM ignores the events of ''Anime/DragonBallGT'' and several of the ''Dragon Ball Z'' movies (specifically, the first four, the sixth and seventh, and the eleventh, while the fifth, eighth, and tenth happened somewhat differently [[NonSerialMovie to slot them into canon]]). Since it was created long before ''Manga/JacoTheGalacticPatrolman'' and ''Anime/DragonBallSuper'' it also ignores the events of those series.
203* FanRemake:
204** Two of the specials are a remake of the two movies Broly appeared, so it can fit in the chronology.
205** The first of the two chapters about U3 can be seen as this too (in this case, a remake of the Bardock TV special).
206** The Cooler special is one to [[Anime/DragonBallZCoolersRevenge Cooler's Revenge]].
207* FantasticAesop: If, by any chance, you have a child who is capable of planetary destruction, goes uncontrollably berserk when at max power, and [[spoiler:has several killing sprees to their name]], it is morally wrong for you to try and protect the universe by [[spoiler:killing them preemptively]].
208* FantasticRacism: The Vargas don't seem to have a very high opinion of humans. In particular, [[HypocriticalHumor they think all]] [[YouAllLookFamiliar humans look the same]].
209* FauxAffablyEvil: [[spoiler: U4 Buu. Even as he's ''absorbing the entire stadium'', he doesn't fail to crack a few jokes, but it's clear from, well, the fact that he's absorbing the entire stadium shows that he has no remorse or desire to hold back.]] Of course, in this case, he's holding them hostages [[spoiler:and not actually absorbing the people because he wants to change the rules and continue the fights with Vegitto back on the roster.]]
210* {{Filler}}: Plenty of the specials fall under this with their main purpose being to give the main artist more time to draw out the main story.
211* FirstLawOfGenderBending: Subverted. Said transformation lasts for only five pages. It didn't stop people from drawing [[http://www.dragonball-multiverse.com/en/strip-51.html a minicomic]] about the possible implications, in the case it was permanent.
212* FlyingBrick: Most of the tournament fighters.
213* ForegoneConclusion:
214** Gogeta will make an appearance. We just don't know when.
215** In-universe as a sort of handwave, Raichi from Universe 3 is competing to kill Saiyans, but none had joined the tournament by the time he did, since his was an earlier universe. This discrepancy is addressed by the Vargas who offered him a spot, mentioning that the Saiyans' warlike ways and powers mean they're sure to join from some universe.
216** [[spoiler: The Majin rebellion]] was doomed to failure considering that one of Bardock's visions showed characters that were [[MoreThanMindControl no longer under Babidi's control.]]
217* {{Foreshadowing}}: In spades.
218** U4 Buu giving hints to the events in his universe when he mentions South Kaioshin has been using a shield, and that he knows about that tactic.
219** U9 participants mentioning "Cooler's" Empire and not "Frieza's" in a throwaway line to Goku!
220** [[spoiler:Kakarotto's immortality]] had already been hinted [[https://i.postimg.cc/HnVvSttR/Kakimmortality.png several times]] before the reveal in Chapter 74.
221** The [[spoiler:back-up machine]] that eventually [[spoiler:sends U4 Buu back to his universe]] was already seen being built in [[https://www.dragonball-multiverse.com/en/page-1922.html page 1922]]. Unfortunately, due to it being very easy to miss, and because of the similarity to the transmitter previously used (without success) in [[https://www.dragonball-multiverse.com/en/page-1990.html page 1990]] to [[spoiler:send back Buu]], many reader didn’t understand what had happened and felt confused. [[note]]The back-up system was already functional for the Buu vs XXI tournament match. However, as described on [[https://www.dragonball-multiverse.com/en/page-2061.html page 2061]], there is a 10-minute time gap in which the Vargas are basically powerless. Basically, when mechanic Varga on page 1990 wanted to send Buu back to the U4, Buu prevented that by damaging the main machine again. The command to the replacement engine/drone in space arrived only (at most) 10 minutes later on page 2059. From a chronological point of view, this fits: the cocoon cannot be sent back -> Buu escapes from the cocoon -> short discussion -> Battle Buuyale begins -> drone reappears in U0 and receives instructions to send Buu back to his universe 4 -> the replacement machine sends Buu back.[[/note]]
222* ForWantOfANail: Each universe is different because of ONE small change compared to the main timeline. Butterfly-effects all around!
223* GenderBender: [[spoiler:Syd is the Captain Ginyu of sex changes, [[http://www.dragonball-multiverse.com/en/page-477.html as King Vegeta learned the hard way.]]]]
224* GivingSomeoneThePointerFinger: U13 Yamcha does this to Raditz, when the latter arrives on Earth.
225* GoMadFromTheIsolation: [[spoiler: U13 Kakarot has this happen to him, as a result of being on Earth.]]
226* GoodThingYouCanHeal: Cell and Majin Buu. Piccolo and the other Namekians also seem to get dismembered a lot. [[RunningGag Sadly, the same can't be said for Dabura]].
227* GracefulLoser: [[spoiler: Zen Buu takes getting sent back to his own universe and failing to take over the tournament fairly well, merely admitting that they “got him good there”.]]
228* GrandTheftMe: Turns out that U8 Ginyu is still alive and is currently possessing someone within the U8's group to avoid Frieza's wrath. [[spoiler:Turns out he's in King Cold's body, and he temporarily takes over U16 Bra's body after she won their match]].
229* GroinAttack: Dodoria's killing of a Saiyan in [[http://www.dragonball-multiverse.com/en/page-448.html page 448]]. WordOfGod says he actually hit him in the abdomen. Believe what you want.
230* GuiltByAssociation: Despite the Mini Cell Jr. being nothing but kind and benevolent and offering words of comfort to Gohan (since he was created to be good support minions), Gohan kicks him out of his universe's section simply because he came from Cell.
231* HappyEndingOverride: Universe 20 is the only universe whose divergent point is after the end of Z, involving an even more powerful Broly returning to Earth and destroying the planet in the fight. In the end, even after the heroes do everything they can to try to stop him, including [[spoiler:letting Buu absorb all of them]], they are ultimately unable to beat him [[spoiler:and are forced to sacrifice themselves to put Broly in a blackhole... and while that works for most universes where Broly attacked a third time, U20 has Broly miraculously survive again and destroy the entire universe.]]
232* HeIsAllGrownUp: One of the early fights features a version of Dende's little brother, Cargo, who by this point in time is an adult.
233* HeroicSacrifice: According to the South Kaioshin, the Grand Kaioshin did this in most universes to tame Majin Buu.
234* HeroOfAnotherStory: Salagir explained in the comments on page 1431 that the U9 saga is this to such an extent that DBM would suffer if they had to tell both stories at the same time.
235* HijackedByGanon: [[spoiler:Babidi is actively trying to pull something like this by turning everyone he can in Majins. To date, he has turned quite a few people among the spectators, everyone in U13 barring Vegeta, Bardock from U3, and pretty much everyone in U8. He even got Cell, Android 17, and someone in U19! Ultimately failed however, and he ends up getting his just deserts as a SmugSnake.]]
236* HowWeGotHere: The first 10 pages are chronologically placed in the gap between chapter 9 and 11 (10 is a [[WholeEpisodeFlashBack special]]). They also work as a trailer.
237* {{Hypocrite}}: When Uub kills one of the universe 19 soldiers, he brushes off U19's sorrows explaining that he will just be wished back. When U16 Pan is killed, everyone from U16 and U18 is horrified and angry. It just goes to show that even if DeathIsCheap, it's still painful for those left behind.
238* IAmAHumanitarian: [[spoiler:U13 Kakarot as he comments "Yum, tender flesh..." before biting U13 Yamcha's arm.]]
239* ImprobablyHighIQ: One of the funniest parts has a character introduced who is literally named MarySue. [[ParodySue She has an IQ of 250, is immortal, can talk to animals, and enter dreams.]] All she wants is to save her doomed people, her friends in prison, her evil inter-dimensional double and the [[{{Squick}} baby of Trunks, Goten, Piccolo and Vegeta that she bears.]] [[spoiler:She gets [[OneHitKO knocked out in one hit]] by [[JokeCharacter Arale]] from ''Manga/DoctorSlump''.]]
240* InformedFlaw: Oozaru had its power nerfed compared to the original manga, where it had a 10x multiplier, and in DBM it's 2x. The problem is this makes the Kakarotto vs U18 Vegeta fight not make much sense. Kakarotto used Oozaru stacked with Super Saiyan, and [=SS1's=] 50x multiplier stacked with Oozaru's 2x, give a 100x multiplier, which would put it on the same level as [=SS2's=] multiplier from the original manga's databooks, but it shouldn't match up at all to DBM's [=SS2=] multiplier, which is 500x, so Kakarotto should be outclassed by Vegeta still, yet U13 Raditz and Nappa wonder why Vegeta didn't go SS3 to counter Kakarotto, and he managed to hurt Vegeta enough that it even looks like he had the power advantage.
241* InterdimensionalTravelDevice: The Vargas have one; it drives the plot, as they're able to cross between universes (timelines). They come from a different universe than the one the protagonists live in, and they offer them a chance to participate in a tournament among fighters from different universes. [[spoiler:One of them is hijacked by King Vegeta and the Saiyans of Universe 10 in a coup d'état. But this part of the plot is in a galaxy far, far away... and only discussed in the novelization.]]
242* JustAMachine: The warriors of U19 seemingly subscribe to this school of thought, regarding Android 16.
243* JuxtaposedHalvesShot: The [[http://www.dragonball-multiverse.com/en/page-790.html cover page for chapter 36]] does this with [[RedOniBlueOni Bardock and King Cold]]. Bardock's side depicts people from the Planet Trade Organization and Cold's side features Saiyans.
244* KamehameHadoken: Aside from the Kamehameha, most energy attacks are of this variety.
245* KickTheSonOfABitch:
246** The CurbStompBattle between Perfect Cell and Bojack is incredibly satisfying after seeing the latter [[MoralEventHorizon brutally snaps]] [[WouldHurtAChild U16 Pan's neck.]] Especially since Bojack is killed right in front of the other members of U16, and, ironically, by a broken spine.
247** U16 Bra vs. Cold has a short-lived one of these when Cold catches Bra by surprise. After several hundred pages of Bra relentlessly mocking several other characters for being weak (including Cold), seeing her underestimating Cold and getting pummeled for it can be therapeutic to some. She gets better quickly, though. [[spoiler: Then, while she's gloating about her win, she gets her body stolen by Ginyu.]]
248%%* LackOfEmpathy: Frieza and the other villains, of course.
249* LamarckWasRight: U16 Bra is so strong because her father is Vegito, rather than Vegeta like in canon.
250* LaserGuidedKarma: U7 Vegeta goes to Namek to steal the Dragon Balls and wish for immortality. Qui follows him hoping to end their (arguably) petty rivalry and to earn brownie points with Frieza. Gast finds them both and tells them that they will either operate Frieza's ship for him or he will kill them. From the looks on their faces, Gast successfully pressgangs them.
251* LastOfHisKind:
252** As shown in Chapter 48, in half of the universes Cooler happened to be the last living Frost Demon... at least, until he went to Earth. Interestingly, the novelization mentions in Chapter 32 that he's sterile, so he would have been the last Frost Demon even if he hadn't gone there.
253** Gast Carcolh in Universe 7. He's sterile, and can't produce Dragon Balls, so he wants to win the tournament to find a way to recreate his race.
254* LeaningOnTheFourthWall:
255** [[http://www.dragonball-multiverse.com/en/page-355.html At one time]], Vegeta complains that his waiting after his first fight seems to him like two years. Guess how much real time had passed since the fight.
256** [[http://www.dragonball-multiverse.com/en/page-1556.html In another instance]], one of the Trunks complains about feeling like the group has been stuck somewhere for months (it has been months IRL), when in universe it been less than 10 minutes as stated by #16.
257* LethalJokeCharacter: Universe 2 appears to consist solely of this character type. Zen Buu's comment suggests that some of them can subconsciously alter reality to make the universe obey RuleOfFunny.
258* LoopholeAbuse: The tournament rules get bent so much one wonders why there even are rules anymore.
259** Only two people can enter the arena at a time. Keyword being ''enter''. Meaning that Goten and Trunks can get away with fusing as Gotenks, entering the arena, and eventually defusing and competing as two people cause hey, only ''one'' actually entered the arena. [[spoiler:Which happened with ''two'' incarnations of Gotenks. This also accidentally happened to U9 Videl when her Z Sword broke and released the Old Kai in it. Since he came from the sword he was ruled an ally and allowed to stay in the arena.]]
260** [[spoiler:Much later, U3 Raichi summons the Frost Demons, all of Planet Vegeta AND the previously defeated combatants. Doesn't stop U13 Vegeta from instantly wiping a few of them out.]]
261** A few characters have taken advantage of the rule made to prevent excessive hiding or leaving, that if the judges cannot see you for more than thirty seconds you forfeit. XXI uses it against [[spoiler:U16 Vegetto, trapping him in another dimension where time ran differently just to be sure]], and later against [[spoiler:U4 Buu, using Babidi's sealing spell to trap him in a cocoon for a while]], while U18 Uub uses it on U11 Buu, vaporizing him down to one small final bit and then putting that bit in a container before he could reform (technically the judges could not see Buu, and thus he lost).
262* LosingYourHead:
263** [[spoiler: Cell does this to himself to avoid being petrified by Dabura.]]
264** #18 threatens to do this to Arale. Arale detaches her own head and asks "like this?" causing #18 to FaceFault.
265** [[spoiler:U13 Kakarot has this done to him courtesy of Vegeta in a special. It didn't stick, much to the latter's surprise.]]
266* MacrossMissileMassacre: Tidar, from Universe 19, uses it against Uub. It's about as effective as you would think.
267* MassOhCrap:
268** Pretty much everyone except Broly and Vegetto during their fight is freaking the ''fuck'' out. Averted with Zen Buu, though. While he freely admits that the fight was impressive, he doesn't appear shocked, or even worried. And that's ''after'' he saw Vegetto go [=SS3=].
269** Another such moment when it is revealed that U3 Broly CAN go Legendary Super Saiyan against Gast. Everyone in U18 sports the expression, with rightful fear so, as it is revealed by Ghost U13 Vegeta that Raichi can only control him a limited time before his sanity runs out.
270** The Vargas have yet another collective one when they see Broly power his way through the supposedly unbreakable barrier.
271* MegaCrossover: Applies to the comic, but for U2 it is even more of a crossover fest; a collection of many characters drawn by Creator/AkiraToriyama. [[http://bk-81.deviantart.com/gallery/#/d2t2urt How many can you recognize]]? In fact, Toriyama HIMSELF appears.
272* MeteorMove: Being a DBZ fan comic, this is bound to happen a lot.
273* MindRape: Failed. Syd hoped to win against U13 Vegeta by [[GenderBender swapping genders]] with him and hoping the "psychological impact" would leave him with his guard down. His response?
274-->"[[PreAssKickingOneLiner I'm a girl... So what?]]"
275* MirrorMatch: One of the chapters has U16 and U18 Gotenks fighting each other, thus causing this trope to be in play. And boy, is it played to the hilt, as the two do the ''exact'' same things. So much that when they inevitably defuse, one of the halves has to ''ask'' which of the two other fighters is from his Universe. One of them just gives up.
276* MisappliedPhlebotinum: So, you're the only race that found the key to inter-dimensional travel. Well, do something with it! Save the Namek race in places where it went extinct? Save alternate universes from Frieza, marauding Saiyans or other grand threats? Nah, [[RuleOfCool let's make an inter-dimensional tournament!]] Subverted by the fact that these tournaments will gain its winners the prize of three wishes, [[FridgeHorror but if designated villains win...]]
277* MisterSeahorse: King Cold, according to Cooler. He destroyed an entire planet during Frieza's birth.
278* MistreatmentInducedBetrayal: [[spoiler:Frieza pulled a YouHaveFailedMe on his Ginyu. This resulted in Ginyu using his [[GrandTheftMe Body Change]] to switch bodies with King Cold and become the new ruler of the universe.]]
279* [[ThingsThatGoBumpInTheNight Monster Under The Bed]]: [[OverlyLongGag Milked for all it's worth]] in Chapter 14.
280* MookChivalry: A heroic example happens when the heroes fight [[spoiler: Majin Bra.]] where the heroes never think about attacking her in groups of more than two at most while the rest of the group just stares. What makes this even more noticeable is that this tendency was mocked by the members of U19 and [[spoiler: Cell]] during a break in the fight.
281* MrExposition:
282** Expect the members of U18 to fill in on the details of a fight whenever they can
283** The South Kaioshin fills that role for a while during his fight against Majin Buu.
284** King Kai's usual role as this in the series is lampshaded in [[http://www.dragonball-multiverse.com/en/page-952.html page 952]].
285* TheMultiverse: The opening few comics imply that the Multiverse is infinite and that the numbers assigned to the various realities are for the sake of the tournament alone. DBM actually goes against tradition by having the "canon" universe receive a moniker other than "One" or "Prime", that honor being reserved to the universe that invented the multiverse travelling technology.
286* MythologyGag:
287** Someone allowed [[Literature/JourneyToTheWest Sun Wukong]] to compete in this tournament. No one is safe. Luckily, Tenshinhan looked like Buddha. Guess who eventually defeated the Monkey King in ''Literature/JourneyToTheWest''?
288** During U18 Pan's fight with U13 Kakarot, a gag occurs that goes back to the original series. [[spoiler: When Kakarot grabs Pan so she can't use the Kamehameha, she simply directs it out of her feet - something only done before with Goku during the 23rd Budokai Tenkaichi.]]
289** In Chapter 22, Dabura expresses his approval of Beelzebub, saying he'd like to have a son like that; in ''Sand Land'', Beelzebub's father Satan (Lucifer in the Viz translation) looks exactly like, and is even implied to be, Dabura.
290** In the U8 "The Two Last Survivors" special, when Goku gets paralyzed by Guldo, he tries to break free by asking him a math problem. This is a CallBack to the 22nd Budokai Tenkaichi where Krillin breaks free of Chiaotzu's telekinesis this way. Unfortunately it doesn't work as Guldo doesn't share Chiaotzu's [[BookDumb lack of education]] and answers the equation immediately.
291* NeckLift: U6 Bojack does this to U16 Pan [[spoiler: before [[NeckSnap crushing her neck]]]] in their battle.
292* TheNeidermeyer: Bojack, according to the novelization.
293* NothingExcitingEverHappensHere: When selecting the fighters in U3, the Vargas were surprised to find a strong fighter on Earth, and one of them said "I don't think we'll find powers there in other universes". Check the EarthIsTheCentreOfTheUniverse entry...
294* NotQuiteDead: [[spoiler:Captain Ginyu from Universe 8.]]
295* OffingTheOffspring: [[spoiler:Cell kills his first Cell Jr in order to create a more powerful one.]]
296* OhCrap:
297** U16 Piccolo gets one when he realizes that Vegito is injured... which has ''never happened before''.
298** Jeice gets a BIG one when it's announced that he has to fight Frieza. Yes, ''that'' Frieza. Needless to say, he immediately forfeits.
299** Raichi and [[spoiler:Ghost U13 Vegeta]] have one when [[spoiler:Gast respawns behind him, again breaking his shield like it was nothing, and proceeds to break the sphere Raichi is sitting on, that presumably allows him to materialize.]]
300** U18 Piccolo has one again when facing [[spoiler:Frieza, Coola and Cold and witnessing them transform to their augmented forms. Doubly so since Frieza was NOT capable of that before. Goten and a warrior from U19 probably have one now that Kakarot has broken through to [=SSJ2=].]]
301* OldMaster: [[spoiler:Krillin]] from U9.
302* OriginalFlavour: The art style of the tournament chapters are very similar to Toriyama's. However, later chapters have been drawn by several different artists, each putting their own spin on certain facial expressions.
303* OtherMeAnnoysMe:
304** Bra from U16 and Bra from U18 find each other's life (an incredibly powerful and dedicated warrior, and an irresponsible spoiled brat uninterested in training) a total waste.
305** The novelization reveals that U13 Vegeta feels a bit of this for U18 Vegeta because HE has a family, and is content with his life.
306* OverlyLongGag: Almost turned into an arc with the whole [[ThingsThatGoBumpInTheNight monster under the bed]] thing.
307* OvershadowedByAwesome:
308** Many characters feel they are this after watching Vegetto and Broly's fight.
309** Yamcha continues his own RunningGag using this as an excuse. Smart.
310* PhantomZone: Universe Zero, chosen because life never formed there.
311* PhysicalGod:
312** [[spoiler: Both Vegito and Broly.]]
313** Zen Buu fits the bill too. He's basically immortal, insanely powerful, incredibly intelligent and, unlike the above two, he doesn't have to worry about things like the vacuum of space. [[spoiler:Not to mention his RealityWarper powers.]]
314* PokeThePoodle: Beelzebub, when up against U3 Piccolo, tells him that he is a mere Namekian, while he himself is a true demon. One of Beel's dastardly demonic deeds was ''not'' sharing chocolates with his friends, and eating them ''before'' dinner!
315* PowerCreepPowerSeep: Salagir made the Super Saiyan forms ascended after the original greater in power from the Dragon Ball canon.
316** Super Saiyan Grade 3 (the bulky form Future Trunks uses against Perfect Cell) is equal in power to Super Saiyan 2, but still makes the user much slower than a "true" Super Saiyan 2.
317** Super Saiyan 2 goes from a x 100 base form multiplier to a x 500 multiplier. This makes it more powerful than Super Saiyan 3 was in canon.
318** Super Saiyan 3 jumps from an already incredibly x400 multiplier to a massive x5000 multiplier.
319** Broly's "Legendary Super Saiyan" form is the best of all however, as it increases Broly's Power Level the longer he stays in it. This makes his power potentially infinite.
320* PoweredArmor: The Heliorians from U19 use them to compensate their lack of ki abilities, and they are INCREDIBLY effective. Their weapons could arguably make short work of anyone below [=SS2=] tier, and without a HealingFactor, so they just had bad luck in the tournament proper with opponents that could shake off the damage, but the armors get a proper showing during the Majin Rebellion, namely against Dabra or U3 Piccolo.
321* PowerLevel: As befitting of a Dragon Ball setting, power levels abound, often to freakish degrees.
322* ThePowerOfHate: This seems to be Raichi's specialty. He claims to be able to channel the hatred left behind when someone dies a violent death, using it to adopt the deceased's essence and create a ghost, with the deceased's might and powers, as well as some degree of personality.
323* PrecisionFStrike:
324** U13 Raditz makes one during his fight against U3 Bardock, when Bardock becomes a Super Saiyan:
325--> '''U13 Raditz''': Oh fuck... that's so unfair!
326** U13 Vegeta also utters one right before [[spoiler:he gets vaporized by the ghost of his U3 version.]]
327* PregnantBadass: When Vegetto displays a lack of sensitivity over Bulma being tired after giving birth, he explains [[http://www.dragonball-multiverse.com/en/page-293.html#h_read that Saiyan women were not as affected by the strain as human ones]]
328* PreMortemOneLiner: Gast Carcolh to Frieza: "He who lives by the sword... will perish by the sword!"
329* PullingThemselvesTogether: Majin Buu can do this thanks to his extremely strong HealingFactor.
330* PunchParry: Done during the Vegito vs Broly fight.
331* PunnyName:
332** Merkit (Yakon's sister) is a pun on [[Series/TheMuppetShow Kermit the frog]].
333** The people of Helior from universe 19, being technologically advanced, all have names that are anagrams of household appliances brand or household appliances specialized chain stores, (sometimes modified): Tidar (Darty), Xeniloum (Moulinex), Eleim (Miele), Phipsil (Philips), Naurb (Braun), Magsuns (Samsung), Loopwhirl (Whirlpool), Nedwook (Kenwood)
334* RapidFireFisticuffs: A staple of fights, being based on ''Manga/DragonBall''.
335* RealityWarper: Zen Buu recognizes Arale as this during her fight with U14 Android 18.
336* RedShirt: The poor Vargas who woke up Broly.
337* ResetButton: True to the setting, the titular Dragon Balls.
338** [[spoiler:U4!Buu turns out to be capable of wielding a literal one after the Majin Rebellion, and it was foreshadowed by the Grand Kaioshin saying Buu wielded powers superior that of the Dragon Balls. It makes sense since he was seen in the novelization and the special chapters casually granting wishes. The novelization for U4 further confirms he absorbed the Namekian elder Muri and his Dragonballs for study!]]
339* {{Retcon}}:
340** In [[https://www.dragonball-multiverse.com/en/page-79.html page 79]], U8 Recoome says to U10 Nail "No Resistance! You're no different from the Namekians we slaughtered back home!", which implies Recoome took part in the invasion of Namek, and he never met a Namekian able to give him a fight. [[spoiler:Chapter 56 reveals that Recoome never went to Namek, and the only Namekian he ever met was U8 Nail, who ''did'' offer a good resistance.]]
341** It's stated [[https://www.dragonball-multiverse.com/en/page-197.html on]] [[https://www.dragonball-multiverse.com/en/page-202.html several]] [[https://www.dragonball-multiverse.com/en/page-217.html pages]] that Vegetto had never transformed into Super Saiyan 2 before his fight with Broly, because not even U16 Bra was strong enough to push him to that edge. Yet, [[https://www.dragonball-multiverse.com/en/page-1258.html later]] [[https://www.dragonball-multiverse.com/en/page-1793.html pages]] show that [=SSJ2=] Bra requires [=SSJ2=] Vegetto to overpower her, and Vegetto had used [=SSJ2=] at least once before the tournament.
342* {{Roboteching}}: In Chapter 61, [[spoiler:Piccolo demonstrates that he's developed the Makankousappou/Special Beam Cannon to the point where he can make it bend multiple times (as well as firing it from both hands at the same time) -- and uses it to turn Freeza and Cooler into Swiss cheese.]]
343* RubberMan: Majin Buu can stretch his body in any way he pleases.
344* RuleOfCool: Broly was found unconscious and transformed (powered-up) at the same time, which does not happen in DBZ. The authors stated they did that for the coolness, and the readers didn't approve.
345* RuleOfFunny: Arale and Nekomajin have this as a power: Arale's basically an unconscious RealityWarper on Buu's level, and could have wiped the floor with Cell, and Nekomajin easily holds his own against Gotenks... as long as they can make a joke out of it.
346* RunningGag:
347** Even when he's got the outcome of the match wrapped around his finger, Yamcha ''cannot'' get past the preliminaries of a tournament.
348** All of U18 Goku's battles end in a single punch.
349** Someone saying "Ugghh... Heal me!"
350* ScrewThisImOuttaHere:
351** Universe 6 does this after Bojack, Zangya, and Syd are revived.
352** Akira Toriyama/Tori-bot when facing Dr. Raichi also does this after discovering he didn't create him and can't control him.
353** Universe 10 after two of their strongest fighters are defeated with ease.
354** Universe 3 as well after their members are revived.
355* SelfMutilationDemonstration: Done by Cell and Gast Carcolh in one of the minicomics.
356* SerialEscalation:
357** Super Saiyan 2 Vegetto, followed quickly by ''Super Saiyan 3'' Vegetto and his colossal "Final Dragon Shine" finishing move. He became so strong his ''mass increased to roughly that of a moon''. And even ''that'' didn't kill Broly!
358* {{Shoryuken}}: How Arale [[CurbStompBattle dealt]] with [[ParodySue Mary Sue]].
359* ShoutOut:
360** [[http://www.dragonball-multiverse.com/en/page-466.html Page 466.]] [[Film/ThreeHundred That's madness!]]
361** The band that plays [[http://www.dragonball-multiverse.com/en/page-539.html just before the second round starts]] looks like the cantina band from ''[[Film/ANewHope Star Wars: A New Hope]]''.
362** When U1 King Kai [[http://www.dragonball-multiverse.com/en/page-952.html talks about Namekians' weakness to whistles]], we can see next to him spectators who look like [[Manga/FullmetalAlchemist Edward Elric]], [[Franchise/MassEffect Urdnot Wrex]], [[Anime/MyHime Mai Tohika]], VideoGame/{{Catherine}} and [[Series/DoctorWho the Tenth Doctor]].
363** Right [[http://www.dragonball-multiverse.com/en/page-984.html after the mass resurrection]], several characters from several zombie-related franchises make an appearance, such as [[Franchise/ResidentEvil Claire Redfield]], [[VideoGame/TheWalkingDead Lee Everett, Clementine]], [[VideoGame/TheLastOfUs Ellie]] and [[VideoGame/StarOceanTillTheEndOfTime Fayt Leingod]]. There's also Nicholas Angel, though that doesn't make sense since he's from ''Film/HotFuzz'', where as it should have been [[Film/ShaunOfTheDead Shaun]] to keep with the zombie theme. He's even eating an ice cream, in reference to the ''Film/ThreeFlavoursCornettoTrilogy'' so the authors knew what they were referencing, at least to a degree.
364** "The mountain of caviar and the tiny toast that goes with it" at the end of [[http://www.dragonball-multiverse.com/en/page-693.html Goku's monstrous restaurant order]] references ''WesternAnimation/TheTwelveTasksOfAsterix'', as you can see [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-hsP7tSGNGc here]] at 2:02.
365** In the last frame of [[http://www.dragonball-multiverse.com/en/page-1158.html 1158]], another host of characters appear, including [[Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann Simon the Digger]], [[WesternAnimation/WreckItRalph Vanellope von Schweetz]], [[Manga/NegimaMagisterNegiMagi Zazie Rainyday]], [[Manga/{{Naruto}} Deidara]], [[Anime/OnePunchMan Saitama]], and some others.
366** In the ''321Y'' spin-off, a trio of lawyers introduce themselves as [[Series/{{Angel}} Wolf, Ram and Hart]].
367* SmugSuper: Vegetto. WordOfGod regarding [[Anime/DragonBallZ the original]] incarnation says [[InformedAttribute he has Vegeta's ego]]. Now we actually see it full stop; after [[spoiler: he loses [[CurbStompBattle instantaneously]] against [=XXI=]]], he outright throws a tantrum.
368* SpectatorCasualty: The Vargas have powerful shields set up around the spectators in order to [[DefiedTrope specifically avert this]], but unfortunately, it [[DoubleSubverted doesn't stop]] Universe 19's [[AbsurdlySharpBlade God Blade attack]] or...''any'' of Broly's attacks.
369* SufficientlyAdvancedAlien: The Vargas, who organize the tournament. Also the guys from U19, who rely on technology to fight.
370* SummonBiggerFish: U3 Bardock's attempts to prevent the Saiyans' doom soon end up becoming this. [[spoiler:It all starts with Frieza wanting to blow up Planet Vegeta, which seems relatively easy to counter, as he's soon killed when all Saiyans team together. However, this earns the attention of Frieza's even stronger brother and father. Bardock is forced to spare Broly, so that he eventually kills Cold and Coola and gets rid of that problem for them. However, this means there's now an unstoppable, alive and fully grown Legendary Super Saiyan out there. Bardock eventually teams up with Super Saiyan Vegeta and sets up a plan involving the Heliorites' carbonite to kill Broly. However, this means the vengeful Raichi now has a Legendary Super Saiyan among his Ghost Warriors...]] [[YouCantFightFate See the pattern here?]] What makes all of this fit this trope is that Bardock, thanks to his visions, always seems aware of the new threat that his current plan will eventually make appear, but he has no real choice but to stick with it.
371* TakeThatMe: Raditz makes a comment about Dabura "being affected by such a simple technique." The technique in question: the Makankousappo. Kakarot however takes the cake, quipping one would have to WANT to take the blow to be wounded so badly. To Raditz.
372* TalkToTheFist: Nail does this to Frieza during the Universe 7 backstory.
373* TangledFamilyTree: Thanks to U16 Vegetto, the Son and Briefs families are now one.
374* TemptingFate:
375** The Nameks at the beginning go out of their way to mention ”[[OhCrap nothing bad can happen]]”. May double as a SuspiciouslySpecificDenial.
376** Also, Vegetto during the lunch break. [[spoiler: He's certain he won't need to face Broly, because the maniac'll break the rules and get sent back... guess who gets chosen as his first opponent?]]
377* ThemeNaming:
378** The Saiyan/Vegetable theme naming continues with Hanasia (some sort of aloe), Mahissu (maize, as in corn), Romanesco (a kind of cauliflower) and Gerkin (like the pickle).
379** The Namekian/Snail themes continue with (Es)Cargot, Lumaca (Italian for "slug"), and Gast Carcolh (the former name brings to mind "gastropod", the latter [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lou_Carcolh a French mollusk beast]]).
380** Also (overlapping with SdrawkcabName in many cases), the Heliorites from U19 are named after different brands of electrical appliances: Eleim (Miele), Xeniloum (Moulinex), Tidar (Radit), Naurb (Braun), Phipsil (Philips), Magsuns (Samsung), Loopwhirl (Whirlpool) and Nedwook (Kenwood).
381* TheyKilledKennyAgain:
382** Strangely, despite his acceptable survival rate in the original series, Gohan is starting to become this, due to all the times he gets [[NoKillLikeOverkill ruthlessly killed]] in the specials. [[spoiler:Not to mention Bardock's vision in Chapter 19 of a Vegetto that has attacked and ''might'' have killed Gohan.]]
383** Frieza is becoming this too, for similar reasons.
384* ThisCannotBe: [[spoiler: If a major villain is about to become mind-controlled by Babadi, expect this to happen.]]
385* TookALevelInBadass: ''And how.'' A ton of characters in various universes have improved in both skill and power over their U18 counterparts. To form a list:
386** U3 Bardock, who keeps the future sight, has gone Super Saiyan, and has become older and wiser, and even took the Saiyan throne from Vegeta Sr.
387** U4 Zen Buu, basically a Super Buu who managed to absorb ''everyone'' with a power in his universe. And even this is just the start, the novelization elaborates his quest to understand himself and master the mystical arts.
388** U6's Bojack Gang, who actually defeated the Z-Fighters.
389** U7's Gast Carcolh... Who is basically ''the entire Namekian race'' fused with Nail, who defeated Freeza, Cell and Majin Buu in his universe.
390** U8's King Cold. In U18, he begged for his life like a coward when Trunks turned up. This time, despite knowing that he's outmatched by many fighters, he goes up to his true form anyway, which, had U18's version used in his fight with Trunks, would've allowed him to defeat him ''and Goku.'' [[spoiler:Part of this may be because he's ''not'' King Cold anymore, but CombatPragmatist Ginyu possessing Cold's body.]]
391** ''Nearly everyone in U9''. Yamcha is an android, Tien easily defeats Sun Wukong, and Videl not only has the Z-Sword, she can use the Kaio-Ken and actually give King Cold a good fight in his intermediate form, not to mention actually kill a pretty buffed Cell Junior (albeit with help from her mates).
392** U10 shows off what Nail would be capable of, had he actually helped fight the Ginyu Force on Namek - let's put this into perspective, this Nail could've defeated Recoome, who Vegeta couldn't defeat back then. Yes, Nail has been listed twice, but he is pretty awesome.
393*** For that matter U8 also has Nail get a good showing, though he is more overshadowed there.
394** Future Trunks, from U12, actually managed to give U18 Vegeta a good fight, despite not being quite up to his level in power (U18 Vegeta has Super Saiyan 2, U12 Trunks can only use Super Saiyan Grade 3[=/=]Ascended Saiyan, a form Goku and Vegeta considered useless, but got more mileage out of it through clever usage).
395** U13 Nappa and Raditz, the latter of whom has a technique allowing him to become an Oozaru at will without a full moon (fake or otherwise), and in such a form actually managed to put up quite a fight against the U3 version of his father. Same with Nappa, who, while he can't quite keep up with his Super Saiyan comrades either, [[TheGadfly manages to]] [[IShallTauntYou mock]] the hell out of Freeza.
396** U16 has a couple - Vegito was ridiculously powerful in U18, sure, but here we see the ''true'' extent of his power against Broly, and it is ''awe-inspiring''. Bra, being his daughter, isn't the girly-girl like her U18 counterpart (which is lampshaded in a side-comic), and is ''ridiculously'' powerful in her own right, even if she does have some ''serious'' anger issues.
397** U17 Cell, who defeated Gohan in their final clash, and slaughtered the Z-Fighters easily, and went on to kill the Bojack Gang. Then he goes and takes more levels in badass during the tournament.
398* TooPowerfulToLive: As the story goes, it's clear that Salagir is getting rid of the characters who are "too broken". [[spoiler:Buu was close to omnipotent, so he had to go before the climax, and thus he got sent back to his universe. Raichi was similar, because of his ability to not only summon deceased characters from his own universe, ''but also'' create copies of deceased tournament participants and summon ''those'' (even resurrecting the participants doesn't prevent him from summoning the copies), which would have turned him more and more unstoppable as stronger participants got killed: the Majin rebellion (which would have added lots of powerful warriors to his arsenal) took place conveniently ''right'' after he was out of the scene temporarily, and as soon as he got revived, he went back to his universe as well.]]
399** During the Majin rebellion [[spoiler:Cell Juniors and Heliotes are this. Babidi teleported most contestants to another planet so they don't interfere with the rebellion, the only ones who stayed who weren't possessed by Babidi were in their apartments (Meaning just U18 Goten, and U9 as a whole). This means the most powerful fighters like Vegetto, Zen Buu, Gast, Goku and both U18 and U13 Vegetas were out of the picture and Gotenks couldn't be fused.]]
400*** [[spoiler: The Cell Juniors that Cell created for the rebellion are at around Super Saiyan 2 levels, this means that the only characters who were strong enough to deal with them are both Gohans and Heliotes, as everyone else is way below Super Saiyan 2 levels, so for Cell Juniors to not be too threatening against everyone else, they're the first casualties.]]
401*** [[spoiler: Heliotes' Ultra armors are strong enough to injure even Cell, so they could hold back a bunch of the most powerful Majins or even trim their numbers, and to prevent that from happening, Naurb is turned into a Majin and is killed while also managing to kill Magsuns and Loopwhirl, making them be among the first casualties, right after Cell Juniors. Unlike Cell Juniors, the two other Heliotes, Phipsil and Nedwook, survived, and they did a lot to turn the tide during the rebellion, with Phipsil saving Kaioshins from Dabura, which allowed the Kaioshins to help Piccolo to kill the Frost Demons and to keep King Piccolo distracted, and Nedwook dealt with Kakarotto temporarily, fought Cell and killed King Piccolo as collateral while fighting Cell.]]
402* TournamentArc: So far, the whole comic (excluding the special chapters).
403* TranquilFury: Son Gohan. Especially when [[spoiler:his daughter is killed and he can't do a thing about it]].
404* TransformationIsAFreeAction: Subverted with Frieza in U3, where Saiyans manage to kill him because he was midtransformation at the time. Also, [[spoiler:U18 King Cold would've won if Trunks hadn't killed him before he could even transform into his third form]]. When fighting Vegeta, Cell says he could kill Vegeta before he even transformed, and when Vegeta dares him to try it, Cell goes for it, [[https://www.dragonball-multiverse.com/en/page-1928.html#h_read but Vegeta transformed while dodging]].
405* TrappedInVillainy: The novelization implies this is pretty much the only reason why Bujin still hangs out with Bokack.
406* UngratefulBastard: Bra again, unsurprisingly, [[spoiler:as she's dying in Kind Cold's body, Vegito manages to trick Ginyu into switching with her.]] The first thing she says. "You took long enough".
407* UnstoppableRage: As implied by the title, Zangya is on the receiving side on one from Son Bra. All it took was one air pressure attack, and Zangya was already dead.
408* UnusableEnemyEquipment: The Heliorian Ultra armor only works if synchronized with its rightful owner's brain waves. Despite this [[spoiler:U4 Buu finds a way to bypass that security measure]].
409* VillainBall: Future Babidi forcing Future Dabura to give his energy to Buu's cocoon ''before'' he has defeated Future Gohan.
410* VillainForgotToLevelGrind:
411** The comic zigzags this, with many of the original series's villains having set up {{Villain World}}s and not seeing the point in pushing their limits without competition. Freeza's family and troops, Bojack's gang, and Dabura haven't improved at all from their original level of skill, and the Androids are actually breaking down from lack of maintenance. However, Cell's BloodKnight attitude has left him training constantly since the Cell Games (he's able to give Mystic Gohan a fight), Buu's been on an all-absorption diet since the end of the series and won the SuperpowerLottery to begin with, and Broly's power requires no training to grow.
412** Also [[spoiler:subverted with U8 King Cold, who if his family's statements and expanded universe material are any indicator, has gotten stronger since Frieza was born, as he once ''couldn't'' control his power in his higher forms at all, but now spends most of the tournament in his final form with no problem at all, much to Cooler's shock, and is powerful enough to curbstomp U3 Bardock when he uses 100% power, something he can access in ''seconds'' as opposed to the minutes it takes his son. Then he goes OneWingedAngel. ''Twice.'']] Then it gets sort of double subverted: [[spoiler:it turns out it never was the original King Cold in the first place! Plus, it is shown in the novelization of his attack on Earth (In U12/U14/U15, where Trunks never interfered), and in a U7 special that he has a world of trouble controlling that much power. So, original King Cold would never have leveled up, but U8!Ginyu in King Cold's body? He sure as hell did.]]
413* VillainousBreakdown: [[spoiler:U4 Zen Buu goes ''berserk'' when Vegetto is eliminated from the tournament by XXI's magic and XXI refuses a rematch.]]
414* WebcomicTime:
415** Lampshaded when an annoyed U18 Vegeta mentions that it felt like two years since his fight in the tournament, when only a couple of hours have passed in the comic.
416** Lampshaded again [[spoiler:when Trunks points out it feels like months they've been stranded far away from the tournament, to which Android 16 answers it's only been ten minutes.]]
417* WeHaveReserves: Bojack's gang was composed of twenty-seven members when it was formed, according to Bujin; according to the novelization, this is the reason why there were only five members left when they met the Z-Warriors.
418* WhamEpisode:
419** Chapter 19 IN SPADES.
420*** [[spoiler:King Cold [[OneWingedAngel transforms]] into his never seen third form, and a few pages later into [[BishonenLine his fourth form.]]]]
421*** [[spoiler:U9 Videl is seen using the Kaioken. Her sword broke, [[SealedGoodInACan setting free the U9 Old Kai]].]]
422*** [[spoiler:The mysterious shadow in U3 that had appeared several chapters earlier is revealed as Dr. Raichi... Only for ''yet another'' unknown shadow to immediately appear in U3...]]
423*** [[spoiler:And a few pages later, it's revealed that there's [[SerialEscalation ''even another'']] unseen new character at U3, U3 Bardock, who can even turn Super Saiyan.]]
424*** [[spoiler:And, when everyone thought the chapter had long reached its top, Bardock has a vision of a NotHimself Vegetto attacking Gohan and Piccolo screaming that all universes are now in danger, which is then followed up on the next page with Buu in a much less solid state yelling out "This Masquerade ends now!", Frieza revealing that Ginyu might have an important part to play, Goku allying with a Cell Jr. and the Super Namek speaking!]] HOLY SHIT. The chapter title [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin could not be more accurate.]]
425** On a much smaller level, the U7 Special has an in-universe example, when Krillin, Bulma, and Gohan arrive on Namek... Their very first encounter with a Namekian is... [[http://www.dragonball-multiverse.com/en/page-501.html this]].
426** Chapter 33. Vegetto finally squares off against XXI ... [[spoiler:which ends in an epic anticlimax. This angers Vegetto enough that he nearly disqualifies his whole universe. It angers U4 Buu enough that ''he reveals he's been manipulating everyone the entire time'' and then he TRIES TO ABSORB EVERYONE IN THE STADIUM.]]
427** Chapter 35: [[spoiler:"King Cold" is revealed to have been Ginyu possessing him all along when, after Bra defeats him, he uses his [[GrandTheftMe Body Change]] technique to steal her body with nearly anyone being the wiser.]]
428** Chapter 68: [[spoiler:Babidi's "Plan B"... was summoning a Majinized Bra.]]
429** Chapter 74: [[spoiler:In a U13 flashback, Vegeta decapitates Kakarot in front of Frieza for his lack of respect. The implications are staggering and could explain a few instances of NoOneShouldSurviveThat... Is this Kakarot immortal? Turns out, yes, yes he is.]]
430* WhamLine: From the beginning of Chapter 55:
431-->[[spoiler: '''"King Cold"''']]: [[spoiler:Change!!]]
432* WhamShot:
433** During [[spoiler:the Majin rebellion]] we cut to XXI in his room..... [[spoiler: Clutching one of the Earth's Dragon Balls.]]
434** Right when it appears the [[spoiler: Majin Rebellion]] is about to end a figure comes out to save [[spoiler: Babidi.]] That figure ends up being [[spoiler: Bra.]]
435* WhatIf: The basis of all the other universes, sans Universe 18, and ''even then'', Universe 18 is an alternate universe where most of the {{non serial movie}}s happened.
436* WholeEpisodeFlashBack: Certain chapters retell the origins of various universes. Chapters 8 and 12 retell the Broly stories, Chapter 10 has U12 Trunks reviving Android 16, Chapter 14, 16, and 18 showcase Universes 16, 17, and 6, respectively, and Chapters 20-21 tell the beginnings of Universe 3.
437* WhyAreYouNotMySon: U18 Vegeta appears to have this briefly when he see's how strong U16 Bra is, and gets annoyed with his own daughter when she rejects his suggestion for her to train to get as strong as her counterpart.
438* AWizardDidIt:
439** The author doesn't bother to explain how Buu's egg can enter into Babidi's ship through the door, and invokes this trope.
440** When U4 Buu [[spoiler:gave Frieza the power to make any fight with a Saiyan more interesting, up to creating a mental landscape for them,]] he made Frieza believe a wizard taught him.
441* WolverinePublicity: Chapter 25 was announced as Bibidi's special, even though he only appears during the first part of the special and the Kaioshins have much more screen time.
442* WorthyOpponent: During Chapter 88, U4 Buu admits out of all the fighters (including Vegetto) Gast Carcolh is only one that actually made him nervous. [[spoiler:Which is why Buu promptly disposes of him when he decides to take over.]]
443* WouldHurtAChild:
444** Though [[IDidWhatIHadToDo they knew it had to be done]], the Kaioshin of U1 executed Freeza, Coola, and Broly when they were all children to prevent them from becoming the threats their alternate universe counterparts become.
445** Bojack, in Chapter 6, when he [[spoiler:murders U16 Pan]].
446* YouHaveFailedMe:
447** [[spoiler:Babidi does this to Dabura]] (it gave us a couple of funny moments, though)
448** [[spoiler:Frieza did this to Ginyu in the U8 backstory. It completely backfired in the end, as Ginyu not only survived but stole King Cold's body without Freeza even knowing]].
449* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: Happens a couple of times.
450** [[spoiler:Bojack does it to Bido in his special.]]
451** [[spoiler:Cell to his Cell Jr. when he needs a more powerful one.]]

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