Audio Play / Revelation 'F'

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Revelation 'F' is a fan-made Audio Play based on Dragon Ball, as a sequel to MasakoX's popular What If Frieza Turned Good? saga of his greater what-if series.

In this timeline, a Freeza left with nothing eventually decided to give up his evil ways and gained some allies, along with disposing of the utterly psychotic Trogen, King Cold's third son and attempted successor to his empire. With his older brother Cooler now taking care of the empire in his place, Freeza (under the alias "Captain F") and the crew of the Zinfaandel— Cuit the rugged mechanic, Cheelai the street-smart scout, Yamcha the extra muscle, and the ship's very playful AI— proceed to go on adventures across the cosmos, possibly to do some odd jobs or clean up some of the messes Freeza's old empire made.

However, one little excursion leads to them discovering the "Frigidarian Empire", a Trogen-worshipping cult with a recent history of stealing cloning tech and the like. Determined to prevent them from doing something especially bad with these resources, Freeza and his crew set off to learn more about this organization, running into a few choice characters and obstacles along the way.

The playlist for Revelation 'F' can be found here or on other digital audio platforms.

See Masako X - Dragon Ball What-If for MasakoX's other Dragon Ball stories.

Revelation 'F' contains examples of:

• Adaptational Badass: In addition to those already in the original page, there are also Yamcha and Cheelai, who get training on Yardrat.
• Adaptational Early Appearance: An unmajinified Pui Pui shows up on his home planet in the third episode, and indirectly mentions that Babidi and his "cult" are currently recruiting.
• Amazon Chaser: When Cheelai explains about her sister in S2 E5, Yamcha remarks about how hot it was that she's so strong.
• Because You Were Nice to Me: Moraine and Drumlin don't seem to have been too aggressive to begin with when they are introduced in Episode 3 of Season 2, but Frigid's gentle treatment of them, combined with their existing affection for their brother "Little Frigee", immediately cements their loyalty to him.
• Berserk Button: Freeza doesn't like being compared to Goku, as seen when Yamcha presses the "Goku button" in episode 11 and pins him against the wall, angrily telling him "I. Am not. Goku! As if I need to remind you! Again!".
• Big Damn Heroes: In episode 2, Cheelai looks like she's alone and about to be captured, by ten guys against one "itty-bitty thief" before she says "Well, I guess that's not quite accurate."
  Yamcha: One tiny thief... And a badass.
• The Brute: Moraine and Drumlin are characterized as powerful but stupid. To emphasize this, according to the thumbnail of season 2 episode 3, their baseline form is based on Freeza's 2nd Form, the tallest and most muscular of them all, whereas Freeza and Frigid are both normally found the small, surprisingly delicate-looking Final Form.
• Call-Forward: In the third episode, Pui Pui tells one of his minions that he's not interested in any cults or offers by potato-headed wizards. He changes his mind after Freeza makes a monkey out of him.
• Catch and Return: Parodied in Episode 8. While being chased by the Graspovs, one of their chakrams hits a nearby tree. Yamcha says "Maybe it's time to start returning the favor!" and picks up the tree and smashes one of the Graspovs.
• Clone Degeneration: Moraine and Drumlin were failed clones of Trogen that were strong, but very lacking in mental faculties. General Magnet used them to help build the Frigidarian asteroid ship and then put them in stasis. When Frigid learned of them, he had them released and took them under his wing as his siblings.
  • Episode 20 reveals that General Magnet actually tried again after Moraine and Drumlin, but he "rushed things", and this resulted in a clone that was defective in a whole new way: Moutonnée, the first ever female clone of King Cold's line.
• Computer Voice: The Zinfaandel's computer has a voice like a British woman. She later gets named Shiraz.
• Cool Ship: Freeza eventually named his heavily modified spaceship Zinfaandel after pressure from Cuit to name it. She has a AI computer that is revealed to be one of the last of its kind and named Shiraz.
• Cult of Personality: Trogen has a posthumous one called the "Frigidarian Empire".
• Curb-Stomp Battle:
  • In episode 3, Freeza is on the receiving end of one, from Pui-Pui, because an EMP fried his electronics.
  • In episode 4, after being repaired by Cuit, has Freeza immediately going Golden and beating the tar out of Pui-Pui, forcing him to give them the parts they need to fix the Zinfaandel.
• Damsel out of Distress: Cheelai and Yamcha get captured by Pui Pui's group, but they escape after Cheelai pickpockets a key.
• Darkest Hour: Season 1's finale ends with Freeza captured, Yamcha and Cheelai on the run and Cuit fighting for his life as he's under attack by Frigidarian ships while in the Zinfaandel.
  • For Frigid, Season 2 ends with Magnet completely sabotaging his attempts to make peace with his brothers, by attacking one of Cooler's ships, now forcing him into a war with Cooler (that he'll likely lose).
• Didn't Think This Through: When the Frigidarians unleash Frigid, they expect him to kill Freeza. However, being newly born, Frigid has no active hatred of Freeza, so Frigid releases him after a bit.
• Double-Meaning Title: Whereas "Revelation 'F'" could easily just refer to Freeza's own revelation that there's more to life than being evil and alone, it also refers to the continuous revelation of what the Frigidarian Empire is planning behind the scenes.
• Edible Theme Naming: Freeza's ship is named the Zinfaandel in episode 1, and her AI Computer Voice is later named Shiraz by a flirting "Spades". Both names refer to dark-skinned grapes used to make red wine.
• Expy: Diera is one of Spamton, as a suspicious but outwardly friendly personality with broken speech patterns and a hidden agenda. For bonus points, it's even voiced by unofficial fanon Spamton voice Alex Rochon.
• Four-Man Band:
  • Only Sane Woman: Cheelai, being the most street-smart and more often than not the voice of reason for the crew. Doesn't stop her from being especially playful, though, since she's still a kid.
  • The Smart Guy: Cuit, being the mostly laid-back and stoic mechanic for the crew with an encyclopedic knowledge of all things space engineering.
  • The Casanova Wannabe: Freeza, despite genuinely turning over a new leaf, is still rather smug and ego-driven.
  • The Butt-Monkey: Yamcha. Besides his usual luck, he's the Naïve Newcomer of the crew, and has never been to space before.
• Green-Skinned Space Babe: Haba in Season 2 Episode 4 is described by Yamcha as having green skin and white hair and purple eyes by Yamcha as to why he is attracted to her. He's not attracted to Cheelai, presumably because he sees her as more of a friend and she's implied to be pretty young, not like she is 15 or so years later in the Broly movie. Justified in Cheelai and Haba looking the same, though, since Haba is Cheelai's older sister.
• Hidden Depths: Yamcha is a good cook, apparently, according to episode 10.
• Hunting the Most Dangerous Game: The Graspovs in Episode 8 hunt Freeza, Cheelai and Yamcha.
• Hypocrite: As at the end of What If Frieza Turned Good?, Frieza and Cheelai both view all Saiyans as unforgivable monsters whom the universe is better off without. While they are not wrong by any means, they don't really care that the same can definitely be said about Frieza himself. Frieza committed just as many (if not more so) horrible and unforgivable crimes as Vegeta himself (and is even in fact, the same one who took Vegeta and his crew under his wing instead of just killing them along with the rest of their race, to begin with). So, no matter how much he's changed, the rest of the universe has no more reason to forgive him than he and Cheelai have to forgive the Saiyans. It doesn't help that half the time whenever any of Frieza's crimes and other past mistakes are called out by another character, all they usually have to say is "I SAID I was sorry!" and "He's not like that anymore! He's changed!" respectively. Finally discussed in Season 2 Episode 4 where Cheelai meets her long-lost sister Haba (who Frieza branded with his own hands), who rightfully calls her out on this.
• I Did What I Had to Do:
  • Even after turning good, when talking about blowing up planet Vegeta, Freeza says he has no regrets blowing up the Saiyans and would do it again without regret, since they were a bloodthirsty Proud Warrior Race and that Goku is an anomaly.
  • Freeza blows up planet Ronka 8 in episode 11, killing a few thousand people, but not blowing it up would have killed billions possibly.
• Idiosyncratic Episode Naming: Combined with Added Alliterative Appeal. Every episode's name starts with "R".
• Idiot Savant: Drumlin and Moraine aren't bright, but they can pick up on performing tasks such as ship piloting and excavation very quickly.
• Image Song: The crew of the Zinfaandel get one collectively with "Golden Glory", a song performed in-universe by Cuit, Yamcha and Cheelai.
• Just a Machine: Langoo has this opinion of Shiraz, as does the rest of the Galactic Patrol.
• Jerkass Has a Point: Face it. No one can refute Haba's reasons for hating Frieza with a passion or wanting to get her sister away from the former tyrant. After all is said and done, Frieza committed just as many horrible crimes as Vegeta himself (if not more so), including personally branding Haba with his own hands. He's destroyed countless planets and civilizations and has more than likely orphaned many other children out there like Cheelai. And even if Vegeta and his crew acted of their own accord in destroying the sisters' homeworld, the fact is, Frieza's still the one who personally took Vegeta, Nappa, and Radditz under his wing in the first place instead of just killing them alongside the rest of their people. So, at least some of the blame for Vegeta's crimes can still be laid primarily at Frieza's own feet. So, while she may have been harsh towards Cheelai, you really can't fault her for her anger and confusion at her sister's instance on defending Frieza, when so much of their suffering can all be traced back to him.
  • As unfair as Frieza and Cooler's treatment of Frigid in the finale of Season 2 may seem on paper, Cooler makes a few valid points. Even if Magnet acted of his own accord in firing on Cooler's ships all in order to spite and sabotage Frigid's attempts at making a peace treaty with his brothers, the fact of the matter is Cooler WARNED Frigid multiple times to just get rid of Trogen's most fanatical loyalist infiltrating his regime. Any ruler who can't keep his subordinates in line, or properly punish/dispose of them when they refuse to get their act together isn't fit to rule at all. He's right. Magnet has done nothing but repeatedly try to undermine Frigid multiple times throughout the story with Frigid always usually doing nothing but letting him off with a stern warning and a slap on the wrist, all the while failing to notice or even consider that Magnet's growing frustration with him not following Trogen's edict would one day to come back to bite him sooner or later. Frigid only finally gets the message, and promptly disposes of Magnet after the fact, but by then, the damage has already been done. Now, Frigid's brothers' trust in him is completely gone, and he's now being forced into a war with Cooler's empire (one that he'll likely lose). So, like it or not, Frigid really has no one to blame here but himself.
• Laser-Guided Karma: Langoo's ship gets stuck in a constant turn after he tries to delete Shiraz.
• Miles Gloriosus: "Spades"/Otiose in episode 5.
• Morally Superior Copy: Frigid is a clone of Trogen, however, since he's newly created, he has no active hatred for Freeza and lets him go, and doesn't listen to Trogen's posthumous instructions, wanting to be his own man and rule the Frigidarians as he sees fit.
• My Death Is Just the Beginning: Trogen planned for his own death, surprisingly, and left his DNA behind to resurrect him if he died.
• Mythology Gag:
  • The title itself is one to the Resurrection 'F' movie.
  • After getting fried by an EMP in the third episode, Freeza's voice starts glitching out much like in Abridged.
  • Another Abridged reference is in episode 10, where Yamcha and Cheelai start talking about "the jockstrap incident".
  • Gavel seems to be from the same planet as Zangya judging by her thumbnail art.
• The Needs of the Many: Freeza decides to blow up Ronka 8, killing thousands of people there, rather than letting it explode when hit by comet Komoori and possibly kill billions.
• Non Sequitur: After being fried by an EMP, the as-yet unnamed Zinfaandel's computer starts speaking in these.
• Obstructive Bureaucrat:
  • The Galactic Patrol are depicted as this in Episode 9.
  • Episode 11 depicts the lead scientists of Ronka 8 as lazy bureaucrats who would rather do nothing than listen to warnings about a comet about to hit the planet.
• Opposite-Sex Clone: Episode 20 introduces Moutonnée, a third failed clone created by General Magnet.
• Overly Narrow Superlative: Yamcha is occasionally referred to as the "second strongest" of the Zinfaandel crew, which is inarguably true, but Freeza's power still borders on godlike, in contrast to how he's… well… Yamcha.
• Shout-Out: Just like the prior video series, nearly every episode starts with a "Freeza Log..."
  • Similarly, habitable Earth-type planets are called Class-M planets and marginally habitable planets with mostly vegetation are Class-L.
  • The intro to Season 2 has Freeza giving a full on full length shout-out to the intro of Star Trek: The Original Series.
  • The Graspovs in episode 8 are expies of the Predator aliens.
  • Episode 15 cuts to Frigid consulting General Magnet with an introduction paraphrasing the ever-famous Steamed Hams short from "22 Short Films About Springfield."
  • Episode 22 has Merlo explain himself as “bigger, better, faster, probably stronger too”, replace bigger with harder and it’s almost a famous Daft Punk song.
• The Starscream: General Magnet is undermining Frigid since he doesn't approve of how different he is from Trogen.
• Strong and Skilled: While Yamcha isn't much compared to Freeza and some of the others of the Z-Fighters, he's light years ahead of regular mooks that they encounter on their missions. It's even frequently mentioned that he's the second strongest person on the ship.
• Sticky Fingers: In episode 4, Cheelai pickpockets a guard's key so she and Yamcha can escape.
• Surprisingly Realistic Outcome: In episode 20, Frigid exasperatedly explains that he wants to make peace with Cooler's kingdom for multiple reasons. On the purely pragmatic level, Cooler's forces vastly outnumber Frigid's and have far superior resources — and even if Frigid is technically a One-Man Army thanks to his inherited Person of Mass Destruction abilities, Frigid has no training in how to actually use his powers, whereas both Cooler and Freeza are experienced warriors who are well-practiced in using their Ki Attacks. Frigid actually doesn't even know how to launch a ki blast until Moraine and Drumlin teach him!
• Take a Third Option: Shiraz because of a virus from the Frigidarian Empire, refuses to power up and escape the path of comet Komoori, Yamcha puts on a spacesuit and starts moving the ship, with Freeza joining him.
• Theme Naming:
  • Frigid shares Freeza, Cooler and Cold's theme naming.
  • Moraine and Drumlin both differ in that they are named after remnants of glaciers, to signal their status as failed clones of Trogen. Similarly, their sadly deceased sister, Moutonnée is named after a rock formation created by the passing of a glacier.
• Walking Disaster Area: Spades/Otiose from episode 5 of Revelation F. Apparently he somehow started 25 wars and became legendary in the North Galaxy for being a disaster area and time waster.
• Wisdom from the Gutter: Despite their Dumb Muscle status, Moraine and Drumlin are able to teach Frigid how to use Ki Attacks in episode 20, when their smarter "little brother" had been struggling to figure it out on his own.
• Worf Had the Flu: Due to Freeza having Story-Breaker Power by the finale of the What If Freeza Turned Good story, he's on the end of this several times for dramatic tension.
  • Freeza gets defeated by Pui Pui after being fried by an EMP, making his mechanical parts nearly useless.
  • The Graspovs in episode 8 have a dampening field that prevents enemies from using ki-based attacks or flight. Freeza lampshades the fact that that keeps happening.
  • Once again, Freeza is poisoned in the finale of season 1 and captured, getting all of his mechanical parts removed.
    Freeza: One way or another, losing the ability to fight properly is getting rather old!

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"With their tropes finally described, our heroes continue on their epic quest across the galaxy! But will their journey be without obstacles? Will further adventures lead to greater tropes, and thus more opportunities for unsuspecting lives to be ruined? Find out in the next exciting installment of the chronicles of Good Freeza and the Zinfaandel crew in… Revelation 'F'!"