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Perfect Cell
"Ah ha ha!"
- "I'm Perfect Cell, bitch."
A bio-android originally created to kill Son Goku, but ultimately veered off that goal to hang out with his friends and fight anyone who steps into his arena.
- Abusive Parents:
- Initially of the emotional/neglectful variety, not really caring or compassionate about Junior and his feelings. He is forced to realize the error of his ways and gets better, though.
- In "The Perfect Son Part 3", Cell punches Junior into Kame House because he kept scratching his nose while holding a flashlight as Cell tried to break into Dr. Gero's lab.
- Adaptational Badass: Compared to canon, Cell has been shown to be capable of going toe-to-toe with stronger foes, has gone Ultra Instinct, or has gained the fan-popular Golden form. Other videos have shown him with a stand and another suggests he's made from the DNA of all shounen protagonists.
- Adaptational Nice Guy: Cell is notably not as evil as his canon counterpart. While still a villain from time to time, he's shown to have his own standards and a genuine friendship with several characters along with having none of the megalomaniac goals of his original counterpart.
- Adaptational Wimp: Is regularly beaten, humiliated, traumatized and even raped. Moreso since he is defeated by characters who logically shouldn't be able to harm him, even characters who shouldn't even have powers or super-strength at all (most notably Plank and The Penguins of Madagascar).
- Audience Surrogate: Sometimes fills this role when Kermit, one of his friends, or one of his opponents does something that weirds him out, usually in the form of an Aside Glance.
- Berserk Button:
- The presence of Ugandan Knuckles, depending on the circumstances. This has later extended to just about any mention of the words "the way."
- Gohan, even telling him to "go back to Daitomodachi's universe" in "The Perfect Show".
- Unwanted visits to and/or the destruction of his arena. (And to a lesser extent, living in the arena without paying rent.)
- Also being reminded that his videos are a ripoff of Team Four Star.
- Anything having to do with One Piece due to his problems with the fandom. However, this one appears to have finally stopped being a complete issue since he admitted the series wasn't that bad after Luffy managed to make him a One Piece fan in only 24 hours and Devil Artemis himself actually getting into reading the manga.
- Character Catchphrase: "Ah ha ha!"
- Character Development: Surprisingly, he starts to value family more and more as the series goes on, trying to be a good dad to Jr. and asking Gero if they (and the rest of his Androids) could have a family game night instead of resuming their attempts to kill Son Goku.
- Characterization Marches On: Cell initially acted as his original series' confident mass-murdering smug self and to a lesser extent the Team Four Star version, who was trying to keep his composure yet was constantly exasperated by the increasingly inane and/or insane actions of his opponents. It wouldn't be till later that he would act more in line with his more affable characterization that reluctantly embraces the oddness defined in the DevilArtemis Universe, and also taking steps toward being a better person in general.
- The Corruptor: Cell may be this to Kermit, given that in How Perfect Cell Met Kermit, Kermit is closer to his canon characterization than the ax-crazy borderline psychopath that he is in other DAU videos.
- Everyone Has Standards: Frequently calls out Kermit for his extreme actions, such as using the Infinity Gauntlet to wipe out half the universe and when the frog wanted to gun down all of the baby Yoshis.
- It's All About Me:
- Not to the degree of some others, but he does take pride in the fact that he is literally "Perfect" Cell.
- One of his recurring gripes about Gohan is that the boy would be nothing without Perfect Cell, since Cell played such a huge role in the Dragon Ball Z arc where Gohan peaked. He is also frustrated about not getting any work within the Dragon Ball franchise post-Cell Saga, with Frieza having more to do in Super than him.
- Jerkass Realization: Has one in "A Cold Epiphany", realizing what a poor father he has been for Jr. Subsequently, he's seen being a better father to the boy, even buying him One Piece manga (despite how much he hates the series).
- Laser Guided Tyke Bomb: Subverted. He was made to kill Son Goku, but he doesn't really care about it enough to actively look for and fight him, instead preferring to just hang around the arena.
- Like Father, Like Son: Cell (initially) views Cell Jr. as a disappointment, just like how Dr. Gero views Cell as a disappointment.
- Never Learned to Read: Downplayed. It is revealed in "The Perfect Saber" that he has trouble reading. As he points out, he was designed as a weapon and is chronologically six. Not much reason or time for him to learn.
- Only Sane Man: Cell finds himself in this role rather often with how both visitors and friends alike tend to act. Sometimes he ends up being an Audience Surrogate in the process.
- Out of Job, into the Plot: "How Perfect Cell Met Kermit" establishes that before Kermit came along, Cell was struggling to make ends meet because his character was no longer being utilized in recent Dragon Ball media. Kermit convinced him that he could earn money by aping Team Four Star's "Cell Vs." videos.
- Straight Man: To Kermit's Wise Guy.
- Underestimating Badassery: A folly of his is that he often underestimates and belittles opponents who end up kicking his ass. One such example is when he went up against Perry the Platypus and didn't think much of anything about the platypus before Perry beat him up then went Super Saiyan and obliterated him.
- Unsympathetic Comedy Protagonist: He's rude, arrogant and foul-mouthed, yet it's those aspects and the antics he gets into that make him all the more fitting as a comedic protagonist.
- Vitriolic Best Buds: With Kermit.
- Vocal Evolution: His voice was artificially deepened to help with the impression of how Dameon Clarke portrayed Cell in the official Funimation dub. In later videos, the effect used was no longer present as the Clarke impression became more spot on.
Cell Jr., a.k.a. Depressed Jimmy
"Please don't expect much from me, I'm depressed."
- Cell: "Look deep inside yourself. What do you see?"Cell Jr.: "Depression."Cell: "Junior, goddammit! Look fucking deeper!"Cell Jr.: "Mmmmm, no. No, more depression."
- Ascended Extra: Originally Jr. only showed up in a trilogy of Cell Vs. videos, one of which featured him aged up and another which was a different Cell Jr. entirely. Starting around late-2021 or so, Jr. began showing up much more frequently in the arena, and eventually even got a small story arc with Cooler.
- Adapted Out: Jimmy is the only Cell Jr., and Cell outright says that he's the only Cell Jr. in this universe. The entire purpose of the Cell Jrs. in canon was to act as mooks each with Cell's power level.
- The Dog Bites Back: A minor example, but when Kermit bakes cookies, Jr. takes a Gohan cookie specifically to annoy Cell, who had previously slapped them away.
- The Eeyore: Is in a perpetually depressed mood, and is typically apathetic to the antics of Cell and friends.
- Not So Above It All:
- He seems genuinely invested in Master Roshi's story about the Coochie Wars.
- At one point, he is the one who hits the button to start a fanservice episode.
- Perpetual Frowner: Due to his depressed nature, he usually has a frown on his face.
- Took a Level in Badass: "A Cold Epiphany" sees him learn how to fly and successfully fire a beam attack.
- Took a Level in Cheerfulness: Hanging out with Cooler has seemed to have helped to improve Jr.'s mood and self-esteem quite a bit.
- Wacky Parent, Serious Child: While Cell isn’t a complete goofball, he still does have his eccentricities. Jr. on the other seems to be much more down to earth, partially due to his depressed nature.
Dr. Gero, a.k.a. Android 20
"You're a failure, Cell. Perhaps my greatest one."
The creator of Perfect Cell and the other Androids. Frequently expresses his disappointment in Cell for failing to murder Son Goku.- Abusive Parents: Constantly tells Cell how much of a failure he is, despite the fact (as Cell points out) he actually succeeded in killing Goku.
- The Comically Serious: His main function, more often than not, is to be incredulous at all of the antics Cell gets up to in the Devil Artemis Universe.
- Henpecked Husband: Their initial interaction during the "Perfect Doctor" two-parter suggests Vomi brutally punishes Gero when he does something to displease her.
- May–December Romance: As in canon, he is in a relationship with the much younger Vomi, who he addresses as "my sweet".
- Offing the Offspring: He tried to do this using Android 22, built in the image of Ugandan Knuckles to play towards Cells fear of him. It doesn't work.
- Revenge: Still not over Goku destroying the Red Ribbon Army, to the point Cell and the other Androids become exasperated by his one-track mind and decide to override the plan in favor of killing Gohan instead.
Cell MAX
- Adaptational Intelligence: In Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero he was a mindless, screaming monster. In the DevilArtemis Universe he is fully articulate, having a voice similar to Canon!Cell's in his Semi-Perfect form.
- Adaptational Nice Guy: He also has a much nicer disposition than his canon counterpart, and even breaks down crying from Perfect Cell's mistreatment of him.
- Follow the Leader: In-Universe. Max decides to star in his own videos with his own "muppet", which turns out to be Pepe the Frog.
- Sibling Rivalry: With Perfect Cell.
Cellette
A female version of Cell created by Kermit to be the "ultimate sexual object" for the channel. She and Cell appear to have something of a relationship going on.
- Distaff Counterpart: A female version of Cell, who unlike him is more laid back and tolerant of the antics of Kermit and the others.
- Ms. Fanservice: Her explicit purpose, according to Kermit.
- Put on a Bus: Disappeared after her initial appearance in the Valentine's Day 2020 special, but began to reappear around 2022. Although this seems to once again be the case, as she hasn't appeared since "The Perfect Hot Tub" (posted April 11, 2022).
The Squad, a.k.a. The Super Friends
Kermit the Frog
"Do it, pussy! No balls!"
- "I'm sorry, Cell. But according to the rules of the DevilArtemis Universe, I must respect his gangster."
The main character of The Muppets franchise who becomes Cell's best friend and sidekick in this series.
- Adaptational Badass: Goes from a regular Muppet to someone who could even go Super Froggy Blue and Ultra Instinct at random points in this series. His current super mode seems to be an ultra-buff version.
- Adaptational Jerkass: More of an asshole than the usual Nice Guy he's depicted as. He's best friends with a murderous bio-android, and even the murderous bio-android comes off as a nicer guy rather often.
- Ax-Crazy: Usually when he's given chainsaws and machine guns.
- Berserk Button: Being called a Sesame Street character.
- Bullying a Dragon: Threatens to burn down the Tree of Might, and bets on fighting Turles. He gets a fruit to the face and getting knocked off Nimbus for his troubles.
- Borrowed Catchphrase: Uses Shallot's "Haha, I'm an X!" when [Shallot] accidentally goes Great Ape.
- Character Catchphrase:
- "Do it, pussy! No balls!" (Usually when goading Cell to fight somebody.)
- "I didn't think you were a bitch." (Usually when Cell refuses to fight somebody.)
- Comedic Sociopathy: Is decidedly more selfish and violent than even Cell at times, and is all the more hilarious for it.
- The Dog Bites Back:
- Ends up getting beaten up by Wigglytuff, the same one he abused when it was a Jigglypuff.
- Cell has, several times, reversed beatings he was about to receive so that Kermit would get the beatings, such as correctly pointing out that Kermit was the one to forget the drink in a pizza he was delivering, or editing the video's name and thumbnail so that Kermit was the one fighting.
- Everyone Has Standards: Calls out Cell for his emotional neglect of Cell Junior, and gives Junior a hug and words of reassurance in "Super Kermit Returns".
- Gag Penis: He had one, which was rather inconvenient, but he took some Viagra to fix it. Unfortunately, it made him want to "fuck everything that moves."
- Know-Nothing Know-It-All: Boasts to Cell that he knows how to properly train and evolve Pokemon, but mistakenly assumes that mercilessly beating Jigglypuff will give him a zenkai boost and isn't aware Jigglypuff needs a Moon Stone to evolve.
- Misery Builds Character: His stated purpose for his method of "Pokemon training".
- No-Holds-Barred Beatdown:
- His method for training Pokemon (mainly Jigglypuff) is to mercilessly beat them with baseball bats.
- Was subjected to this by the Doomslayer after he shot Isabelle.
- Also falls victim to this after Cell turns the tables on him during the pizza stunt with Escanor.
- Nominal Hero: His short career as the superhero Spider-Frog mainly consists of him being lazy or using his powers for selfish ends.
- "The Reason You Suck" Speech:
- Delivers one to Cell in a "A Cold Epiphany", calling him out on how he has no right to be upset with Jr. training with Cooler when Cooler acts like a much better father to Jr. than Cell ever was.
Kermit: Cell, just save it. You may have given him life but you were never his father.- Delivers another to Miss Piggy in the "League of Memes" arc, implying that her self-centered behavior is the reason why their relationship ended.
Kermit: So that's what this is about — using my feelings as leverage to get what you want.Miss Piggy: We'd be together again, Kermie.Kermit: You're doing it again, Piggy. It's clear you haven't changed. That's a shame. - Troll: When he's not managing the fights, he tends to do things to deliberately annoy Cell or get him in trouble.
- Unsympathetic Comedy Protagonist: While not as outright mean as Cell, Kermit is a far cry from his nicer original self, with his personality complimenting the series' sense of humor.
- Vitriolic Best Buds: With Cell.
Shallot
"Ha ha, I'm in a shark suit!"
An amnesiac Saiyan from an ancient time and the protagonist of Dragon Ball Legends. Initially an enemy of Cell before becoming buddies with him and Kermit.- Actor Allusion: One episode has him transform in the Red Power Ranger. Shallot’s official voice actor Alejandro Saab, also known as KaggyFilms, voiced the Red Ranger in a DEATH BATTLE! video.
- Adaptational Badass: In his first appearance, Shallot is achieved all of the Super Saiyan forms up to Blue. And later appearances had him going Ultra Instinct and Super Sayian 4.
- Butt-Monkey: Poor dude can barely catch a break. Almost all of his appearances end with him being killed, maimed, or demeaned in some way. Best shown in the "Among Us" trilogy of videos, the first one being already dead, the second being ejected despite the imposter being Cooler, and the third being thrown into lava by Kermit.
- Seemingly exploited (and thus subverted) during the League of Memes arc. Thanks to how many times he's been tossed around, it's pretty hard to forget that Shallot is a Saiyan, a species that grows stronger every time they are beaten to near-death. And since Shallot's been tossed around nearly all the time he's been onscreen, his zenkai boost is absolutely massive, which gives him enough strength to use all forms of Super Saiyan, including Ultra Instinct, and go toe to toe with more powerful foes like Buff Wigglytuff, Shrek and Shaggy.
- Borrowed Catchphrase: Replies to All For Ones final plan to destroy the DAU with Kermit's "Do it pussy, no balls".
- Character Catchphrase: "Ha ha, I'm a(n) [x]".
- The Comically Serious: Most of the time, he's the only one not to act comically. However, he does still obsess over a shark suit.
- Driven to Suicide: Is shown to have suicidal tendencies, which is played for laughs.
- The Dog Bites Back: In the "Destroy Shallot Ending" of Shallot's Revenge, he reveals that he despises the viewers laughing at him, killing the viewer. He does this in the "Spare Shallot Ending" as well, being fully aware the viewer clicked the other ending first.
- They Killed Kenny Again: Frequently dies as a result of Cell or Kermit's actions, his own incompetence, or his own suicidal tendencies. He is always brought back through the Dragon Balls.
- Throw the Dog a Bone:
- Cell actually honors Shallot's request to have one badass moment before Dragon Ball Super Friends ends. Shallot uses this to bitch slap Cell.
- Manages to have pretty impressive battles with Shrek and Shaggy during the "League of Memes" arc.
- Took a Level in Badass: Since Shallot has suffered a lot of abuse and is a Saiyan, he has gotten quite the zenkai boost and is now able to hold his own much better. Lamphashed by Cell in "The Perfect Movie" when Shallot catches his punch. In a video where Shallot has gone to prison, Cell even says that he's one of the strongest characters in the DAU.Cell: I liked it better when you were a bitch.
Cooler, a.k.a. Pump Daddy C
"Ha ha! Did someone call a pimp?"
Frieza's older brother and the Thiccest in the Universe.
- Adaptational Nice Guy: Similar to Frieza, in that he has an amicable relationship with the DAU cast (almost all of whom idolize him) despite being a tyrant who owns half of the galaxy.
- Always Someone Better:
- He is this towards Frieza. Everyone loves him, he has a sexier golden form, and it's implied that Cooler is King Cold's favorite.
- He also acts as one towards Cell, being a much better father and mentor to Cell Jr. than Cell himself ever was.
- He finally finds himself on the wrong end of this when he is confronted by Escanor, which deeply wounds his ego and causes him to curl up crying in a corner.
- Big Damn Heroes: Comes in out of nowhere at Frieza's request to save the day in the Super Friends season finale, with him and his armada blasting Mickey to smitherines.
- Even the Guys Want Him: Both Cell and Kermit fawn over him whenever he shows up, and he even won the title of Thiccest in the Universe, which was judged by Cell, Pika Juan and Zarbon.
- Parental Substitute: To Cell Jr., which eventually forces Cell to realize that he is a terrible parent.
- Sexophone: Plays the saxophone (as pictured), and his performances do nothing but enhance his sexiness.
- Sibling Rivalry: With Frieza.
- Volleying Insults: Encounters with Frieza usually descend into this.
Master Roshi
"There I was, back-to-back with Jesus. Bible in my right hand, machine gun in my left, ready to bless these unholy thots with our divine sauce..."
Powerful martial arts master and massive pervert.
- Adaptational Villainy: Was a Dirty Old Man in the source material, but here is a Serial Killer who has buried his victims beneath Kame House.
- Ascended Extra: Like Frieza and Zarbon, Roshi was not very prominent in Cell Vs., usually only showing up to talk about the Coochie Wars. However, Roshi would eventually gain quite the prominence and become a regularly appearing side character in the series.
- Character Exaggeration: While canonically Roshi has always been a pervert, this version has no compunctions against rape, incest, bestiality, coercion, torture, murder, and more. He is known to masturbate to very eclectic ranges of stimuli, not all of which are sexual in nature.
- Didn't Think This Through: Once robbed a bank of all the money in his own account... with a banana.
- Harem Seeker: As befitting his Dirty Old Man nature, he once sought out and had a harem of beautiful women, which he referred to as his Coochie Empire (until it came to an end in the Great Coochie War).
- Put on a Bus: Was not initially in "Dragon Ball Super Friends" when it switched to 3D due to not good models of Roshi existing at the time. He eventually returned in Episode 2 however.
- Raging Stiffie: Apparently has one all the time as his Quirk (as noted when Eraserhead used his power to suppress Roshi's Quirk).
- Serious Business: He's held Kermit at gunpoint to make cereal once.
- Shellshocked Veteran: Has lingering issues with PTSD stemming from his experience in the Great Coochie War.
Ban
"You guys are crazy. I kinda love it."
The Fox’s Sin of Greed of The Seven Deadly Sins.- Ascended Extra: He rather quickly went from another side character to a full member of the main group.
- Barbie Doll Anatomy: As he has no nipples, he and Kermit spent an arc searching for the Dragon Balls in order to wish him a pair.
- Death Seeker: Not that he can die by any account, but like in canon he'd prefer death to life.
- Nigh-Invulnerability: Thanks to his immortality, the guy has been stabbed multiple times by Kermit, won a fight against Golden Frieza when the latter gave up seeing there was point in continuing, and survived a freefall drop from Kami's Lookout.
- Sex Sells: Taking his shirt off boosts sales and tips of whatever job he has at the moment.
- Walking Shirtless Scene: Gets quite a few of these. It also apparently helps get him more tips when working as a waiter despite his boss constantly telling him to put one on.
- White-Haired Pretty Boy: Lampshaded by both Kermit and Cell.Cell: Cliched white anime hair? Drop dead sexy? Dressed like a stripper? He's in a boy band, isn't he?!
Frieza
Galactic tyrant and leader of the Frieza Force.
- Adaptational Nice Guy: While he's still definitely a villain like in the source material, most of his actions consist of amicably hanging out with Cell and Kermit.
- Affectionate Nickname: Kermit refers to him as "Frank".
- Butt-Monkey: Things rarely go right for Frieza.
- "Perfect Cell Vs. Mecha Frieza" shows that he had to become mechanical due to stepping on a Lego piece, something Frieza is very embarrassed by and covers up by saying it was Trunks.
- In "Perfect Cell Vs. Budget Increase 100% Frieza Episode 2", Cooler shows up and upstages him during the Thick Daddy Battle by showing off his new Golden Form.
- Cell bitch slaps him at the end of Episode 16 of Dragon Ball Super Friends.
- "A Cold Christmas" sees him losing his side of the galaxy to Cooler because King Cold didn't realize that Frieza's half of the universe was on the right side.
- "The Perfect Pit Stop" has Frieza landing on Earth because Zarbon's jacking off busted a hole through the hull of his ship, and Kermit's attempt to fix the ship ends up damaging it more.
- "The Perfect Brother" sees Frieza’s ship catch fire due to the electronics bursting, and it only gets worse as Dodoria had the bright idea to pour water on the electronics. Frieza then learns that there are no fire extinguishers on the ship due to an order from Cooler. Finally, after reluctantly giving up his hoverpod to his brother in order to get the parts to repair his ship, Cooler crashes and destroys it in only a few seconds.
- Demoted to Extra: Isn’t as prominent in Cell Vs. as he is in Super Friends, where he’s one of the main characters.
- The Dog Bites Back: Frieza actually gets a win over Cooler by calling him a “Deviantart OC”.
- Know When to Fold 'Em: Once he figured out that Ban has taken his strength for his own combined with immortality, Frieza realized that there's no point in continuing and let him have the ball while he still has his dignity left.
- Not So Above It All: Is furious at Zarbon for agreeing to help Cell in the gem heist in exchange for pizza, but then agrees to work with Cell immediately after he offers to throw in garlic knots.
- N-Word Privileges: Upon attaining his Black Frieza form, he permits Zarbon to use these. Dodoria calls out that he doesn't have them himself.
- Sibling Rivalry: With Cooler.
- Surrounded by Idiots: Frieza can be very condescending at times, and doesn’t seem to think highly of his men.
Zarbon
"Ooooh ho...!"
High-ranking soldier of Frieza and hyper-sexual deviant.
- A Day in the Limelight: Finally gets back into psychical appearances starting with "Zarbon's Day Off".
- Adaptational Villainy: Zarbon in both DBZ and DBZA was hardly a saint, but in neither continuity was he an indiscriminate rapist.
- Black Comedy Rape: Is known to rape other characters (including Cell himself) on occasion for laughs.
- Camp Gay: Even more so than in DBZA, which his characterization is referencing despite being actually gay.
- Character Catchphrase: Moaning "Oooooh ho...!" offscreen whenever another character engages in
Accidental Innuendo. - Character Exaggeration: Vis a vis his characterization from Dragon Ball Z Abridged. Whereas in DBZA Zarbon was Camp Straight and known to engage in constant innuendos and double-entendres (though revealed to be unintentional/subconscious on his part), here he is openly an amoral, sex-hungry pervert who could probably give Quagmire a run for his money, constantly on the prowl to have sex with anything that moves.
- Demoted to Extra: Arguably got hit with this the worst out of the original Super Friends main cast. Cell is the main character of Cell Vs., Roshi ended up becoming a very prominent side character in that series, and Frieza still gets the occasional video dedicated to him. Zarbon’s appearances on the other hand are rather few and far between, and are often off-screen moans.
- Extreme Omnisexual: And good god do we mean extreme. Often not using consent.
- Everyone Has Standards: Seems to draw the line at incest. In episode 20 of Dragon Ball Superfriends, he and everyone else is gobsmacked at Roshis...last experience with Fortune Teller Baba.
Goku Black
"I like weapons!"
The edgelord who owns many different kids of weapons.
- Adaptational Nice Guy: While he is far and away from being a "nice guy," he's not the Omnicidal Maniac as he is in canon, having abandoned the Zero Mortals Plan for reasons unknown.
- A Day in the Limelight: "The Perfect Roommate" features only him and Zamasu and their current living situations.
- Berserk Button: He does not take it well when Mickey blows up the Mystery Machine, transforming right away into his Rosé form.Black: Not only have you committed the most vile of crimes against me, you awoken a beautiful rage never have witnessed before.
- Demoted to Extra: While a main character in the Dragonball Super Friends episodes, he hasn't made an appearance in the actual Vs. videos since 2018 until his reappearance in 2023.
- Psychopathic Manchild: The psycho part isn't so prevalent nowadays, but Black's mindset seems to emulate a little kid much to Zamasu's exhaustion, best shown in their solo episodes.
- Shout-Out: He's got a lot of weapons from different media as seen in Super Friends season 2 opening, ranging from a Gravity Hammer, the Death Note, a Stone Mask, one Hellfire Shotgun, a Flying Thunder God Kunai, and tons more.
- Suddenly Ethnicity: Whenever he goes into Rose, he unexplicably gains a British accent like in canon.
- Who's on First?: Ends up on the receiving end of this in "Goku Black vs Chi-Chi" once he reveals his true identity to her. However, Chi-Chi misinterprets him declaring he's Black as Goku affirming his racial identity, citing it the one thing she refuses to support him on. Goten gets in on this too, asking if he's Black, possibly referencing the "Goten is Black" theories that was popular around the start of the Future Trunks Saga.
Pika Juan
A Latino Pikachu wearing a Pikachu Libre costume and Cell and Kermit's "pet".
- Demoted to Extra: He hasn't appeared that much in a while, only making sporadic appearances.
- Gratuitous Spanish: Dips into this at times.
- Masked Luchador: He's usually seen wearing a luchador outfit, mask and all.
- Overly Long Name: Juan's full name is Juan Carlos Santiago Dominguez Hernandez de la Santa Cruz.Cell: Jesus Christ, is that his full fucking name?
Antagonists
Ugandan Knuckles, a.k.a. The Legendary Elay
"Ebola!"
- "Do you know de wey, my brudah?"
A meme character based on Knuckles the Echnidna, and Cell's tormentor.
- Arch-Enemy: The closest thing Cell had to one in the channel's early years.
- Character Catchphrase:
- "Do you know the way?"
- "Ebola!"
- *click*
- The Dreaded: Cell comes to regard Ugandan Knuckles with such horror and disgust that when he meets the actual Knuckles, he suffers a mental breakdown and immediately tries to blast him away.
All For One
- Adaptational Dumbass: Nowhere near the cunning scheming mastermind he is in canon. At first.
- Adaptational Wimp: While he is the evil mastermind of My Hero Academia and was a very powerful and deadly supervillain with a fearsome reputation to boot, here he just constantly creates schemes that either involve mundane activities or have very minor consequences. Cell often defeats him with laughable ease. Subverted to hell and back by the finale of League of Memes, where after fusing with El Hermano, Shrek, & Shaggy gives him power only rivaled by Shallet, a fusion of the twin sons of the original Super Saiyan God.
- Anti-Climax Boss: Invoked. His plans are often so stupid that it isn't hard for Cell to thwart them, or to just kill All For One to get it over with. Played Straight at the end of the League of Memes movie since Cell and Kermit run out of budget for it before the fight is properly finished and forcing them to show him anti-climatically dying after Shallet slaps him.
- Big Bad: Slowly edges his way into this position within the Devil Artemis Universe. First he makes a 10-part series to establish himself as a Card-Carrying Villain with a penchant for Evil Plans, then once he's thoroughly established within the conciousness of the viewers as part of the Rogues Gallery, he pulls in a few other established Rogues (along with newcomer Miss Piggy) to form a Legion of Doom with himself as the leader, firmly establishing himself as the Big Bad of the DAU. How long this sticks remains to be seen.
- Character Catchphrase: Referring to his latest scheme as his "evil, devastating, unforgivable plan!"
- Dramatic Unmask: In Perfect Cell vs All For One Episode 9, he actually unmasks himself, revealing that this version of All For One is none other than KaggyFilms himself. No, seriously.
- Dark Reprise: Whenever he refers to his plans as evil, devastating and unforgivable, it's usually Played for Laughs. During his battle with Shallet, he bellows it out in the most serious tone possible, as he isn't kidding about it being evil, devastating and unforgivable. Especially the devastating part.
- Even Evil Has Standards: When Kermit accuses him of trying to ban anime titties, his response is that [All For One] is evil, not insane.
- Not-So-Harmless Villain: For all his bravado, All For One is mostly treated as a joke character and his evil schemes are silly for the most part. Until the League of Memes finale, where his absorption of El Hermano, Shrek, & Shaggy turns him into a nigh-unstoppable monster whose professed aim is destroying the DevilArtemis Universe.
- Serious Business: All of his schemes are treated as such, no matter how petty or mundane they are.
- You Have Outlived Your Usefulness: Delivers one to El Hermano after he unknowingly unlocks Shaggy's complete power, absorbing and/or killing him offscreen. He later does this to Shaggy himself.
Cermit, a.k.a. Kermit with a C
Kermit's evil older twin brother.
- Aside Glance: After he defeats Kermit on Kami's Lookout, tipping off the viewer as to his true identity.
- …But He Sounds Handsome: Cermit (while disguised as Kermit) is unable to resist indulging in this trope when confronted by the real Kermit, claiming that Cermit is better looking than him. This alone makes Cell very suspicious judging by his facial expression. Cermit saying he and Cell were friends with Broly (not Billy as Kermit and Cell like to call him) seals the deal.
- Evil Twin: Inverted. While he wants to kill the original, Cermit has generally been less dickish than the original Kermit and has helped Cell on a couple of occasions (and is even implied to have facilitated the deal with Team Four Star which lead to HFIL). But as far as Kermit's concerned, he's very much the trope.
- Kill and Replace: His intentions towards Kermit, and for a while he seemingly succeeds.
- Killed Off for Real: After years of seemingly dying and coming back to life in the earlier videos, Cermit appears to die for real after Cell learns that he was posing as Kermit and he kills him with a gun.
Farmer
- Adaptational Badass: Had just one scene in the original Dragon Ball Z where he was killed off by the series' Starter Villain. Here, he eventually gains several superpowers (such as being able to use a Stand) and is also able to pilot a Gundam mobile suit. Subverted in how he still gets his ass handed to him by Cell despite his new powers.
- Butt-Monkey: All of his appearances result in him getting humiliated, beaten, and generally treated poorly. To wit, he lost his weed farm in a fire, was trapped in the void by Shallot, and every fight he's been in has resulted in him being beaten.
- Revenge: Future appearances have him wanting revenge against Cell for what he and his friends did to him, all while ignoring how he started hostilities by temporarily erasing Kermit from existence.
Giblet
A time-displaced Saiyan as well as Shallot's disgruntled twin brother.
- Ain't Too Proud to Beg: Defiantly cusses out the DevilArtemis Universe (in this case meaning the fans), only to beg for mercy when Kermit asks for the DAU to decide his fate.
- Berserk Button: Being called "Gibby".
- Big Damn Heroes: Comes in clutch during the League of Memes finale, putting aside his differences with Shallot in order to fuse into Shallet.
- Fate Worse than Death: The Multiple Endings option to "destroy" Giblet in the "Super Kermit vs. Giblet" video is to strap him down and force him to watch Dragonball Evolution. He later states that the ordeal made him undergo "weeks of therapy".
Mickey Mouse
Mascot for the Walt Disney Company and a megalomaniacal psychopath out to dominate the universe. The main antagonist of DragonBall Super Friends.
- Ambition Is Evil: Is driven by a desire to conquer and own literally everything in the DAU.
- Arc Villain: Of DragonBall Super Friends.
- Corrupt Corporate Executive: Plays off as this due to being the embodiment of a massive entertainment conglomerate.
- Even Evil Has Standards: While Mickey is "Disney Evil," even he isn't that evil when he slaps Goku offering to negotiate terms for a new live-action Dragon Ball movie.
- Undignified Death: He ultimately goes out getting scorched by Cooler and Freezas army, and getting shot on the ground by Roshi, his last breaths being complaints of the bullshit power that brought upon his defeat.
- Villainous Breakdown: Throws a tantrum in the Super Friends season finale, after Frieza and Cooler show up to "ruin my finale".
Miss Piggy
"I'm nobody's sweetheart."
- "Let's get started, boys."
- All Women Are Lustful: Immediately propositions herself to Shaggy when he defeats El Hermano.
- It's All About Me: Kermit identifies her extreme vanity and self-centeredness as the reason they broke up.
- Negated Moment of Awesome: When it looks like she's about to turn things around in her favor by activating Bankai, Kermit immediately puts an end to Miss Piggy with a Zettaflare.
- Psycho Pink: The "psycho" part is downplayed, but she shares Kermit's love for violence and wears a pink costume (complete with pink katana).
- Red Is Violent: Just as violent as her ex, and her jumpsuit becomes red when she uses Bankai.
- We Can Rule Together: Offers this to Kermit, who sees through it and recognizes that she is simply trying to manipulate him.
Shaggy
"Like, you're fucked, dude!"
Former member of Mystery Inc. who has become a power-hungry fighter.
- Adaptational Badass: Was just a normal human in the source material, but, here, he achieves Ultra Instinct and Budget Increase forms.
- Adaptational Villainy: Goes from being the bumbling but ultimately heroic character from the Scooby-Doo franchise to being a megalomaniac who killed off the rest of Mystery Incorporated as part of his quest for ultimate power. Though a flashback establishes that last part was really an accident and Shaggy only became evil after getting his power boost.
- Ambition Is Evil: Desired power so much that he murdered his own friends for it.
- Explained in greater detail in The League of Memes saga: While hanging out with his friends, he found a book from the DAU that was actually cursed. Jokingly reading an incantation from it caused him to accidentally sacrifice all his loved ones for power. He certainly regretted it until the transformation was finished, at least.
- Big Bad Wannabe: Boasts about seeking ultimate power, only to be used and later completely absorbed by All For One.
- The Bus Came Back: Returns as part of the League of Memes.
- Character Catchphrase: "Like, [statement] dude (or man)!"
- Edible Ammunition: "Lets see how you deal with the full power...of my Pastrami Sandwich!!"
- My God, What Have I Done?: It's revealed during the League of Memes Saga that he attained his power completely by accident through reading an incantation from a cursed book as a joke. He was suitably horrified until the power boost consumed all the love he had.
Shrek
"You mortals destroyed my swamp? Then I will take your heads as reparation."
- "You call that an attack? Let me show you the true power... OF AN OGRE!"
An ancient evil entity who is angered about the destruction of his swamp.
- Adaptational Badass: Goes from a simple ogre to an evil, nigh-unstoppable super-being who is able to shrug off a beam attack from Shallot in his Ultra Instinct form.
- Adaptational Villainy: Is significantly more omnicidal than in his source material.
- Batman Can Breathe in Space: Can apparently breathe in the vacuum of space after Slick Gogeta knocks him out of the atmosphere.
- Berserk Button: The loss of his swamp in the Great Coochie War.
- The Bus Came Back: Returned as part of the League of Memes.
- Sealed Evil in a Can: Is mentioned by Vegeta as being this, until the destruction of his swamp weakened the seal containing him.
Wigglytuff (formerly Jigglypuff)
The Balloon Pokemon who desires to evolve into Wigglytuff and a victim of Kermit's abusive training.
- Butt-Monkey: Jigglypuff, wanting to evolve into Wigglytuff, has been repeatedly pummeled by a baseball bat, shot, blown up, and smacked around because of Kermit's "training." Unfortunately, all that abuse amounted to nothing because Juan pointed out that Jigglypuff evolve using moon stones and not by zenkai training.
- Character Catchphrase: "I can't feel my fuckin' legs!"
- Friendly Enemy: He's affable towards Cell and joined the League of Memes because of Kermit. Although, he still won't let Cell leave as he knows Shrek won't allow it.
- Throw the Dog a Bone: Jigglypuff does get to evolve into Wigglytuff and would later come back to pummel the living daylights out of Kermit in retaliation.
- Vocal Dissonance: Normally having a very high-pitched voice in the anime and games, DevilArtemis voices Wigglytuff with a 'very deep voice.
Bugs Bunny
- "Well... eh, confidentially, I think I saw... bitches."
The Wascally Wabbit. A powerful opponent capable of almost anything he wishes, and a master of messing with Cell and Kermit.
- Exact Words: He's said to be working on a Mecha Shark Suit, specifically by combining a mecha, a shark and a suit into one entity since Shallot burnt all of the Shark Suits.
- Heel–Face Turn: He shows up at the arena to play a friendly game of poker, and has a one-on-one with Cell about starting over their relationship from scratch, even giving him a favor for all the chloroforming.
- Toon Physics: Ayup.
- Troll: Ayup.
The "Holy" Knight
A medieval knight on horseback from another realm who first appears in "Kermits Lost VS. Episode: The 'Holy' Knight", hunting down Kermit on orders from the king he serves to kill him. Since then, he's made a few appearances here and there.
- Arch-Enemy: For Kermit, who tries and fails in the Knight's second appearance to get revenge for being shot by him in their first duel.
- Anti-Villain: Pretty much the only reason he's an antagonist is because he was ordered by the king he serves to hunt down and kill Kermit for sleeping with his daughter.
- Combat Pragmatist: He brandishes a Glock (a type of handgun) instead of a sword to kill Kermit with, much to the latter's dismay as he had spent a lot of time training in sword fighting for their eventual duel. When Kermit calls him out on how having a gun defeats the purpose of being a knight, the Knight retorts that it is the weapon of modern-day knights and accuses Kermit of living in the past before shooting him dead.
- Friendly Enemy: He's pretty affable towards Cell and anyone else not named Kermit.
- Handicapped Badass: Not even getting paralyzed from the waist down will stop him. In fact, he's outfitted his "Holy Wheelchair" to have dual rocket launchers at the sides!
- Horseback Heroism: He never gets off his horse, even when indoors.
- Large Ham: Oh, definitely.
Pepe the Frog
"Age always catches up."
Cell MAX's sidekick and Kermit's new nemesis.
- Arc Villain: Of Kermit: Across the Kermit-verse.
- Contrasting Sequel Antagonist: To Kermit's last rival, The "Holy" Knight. Both are after Kermit and him specifically for differing reasons. The "Holy" Knight isn't taken seriously and technically isn't even an antagonist at all; he was just sent by his king to punish Kermit for sleeping with the king's daughter. Pepe, on the other hand, is taken completely seriously, wanting to Kill and Replace Kermit not just in the DAU but across several universes.
Other Characters
Son Gohan
Goku's son and Cell's nemesis.
- Butt-Monkey: Cell routinely disrespects him in all of his appearances, and he often ends up assaulted, maimed, or killed.
- Driven to Suicide: Goku confusing a "Latino" with a type of coffee causes him to immediately figure there's no point living and let himself flatline.
- Hates Their Parent: Repeatedly expresses resentment towards Goku for neglecting him during his childhood.
- Sitcom Archnemesis: With Cell.
- Vague Age: Some appearances have him at adolescence (similar to his appearance when he defeated Cell) and others have him as a teenager/young adult.
Escanor
Who decided that?
The Lion's Sin of Pride of The Seven Deadly Sins.- Adaptational Badass: Averted; he's still as badass as he was in the source material.
- Always Someone Better: Is the someone better to Cooler, bearing many more things that have proven to put cracks in Cooler's ego.
- Berserk Button: Assuming you're better than him usually results in either physical or emotional damage.
- The Comically Serious: Never gives up his calm, yet sternful demeanor, even when he's doing things like ordering pizza.
- Murder Is the Best Solution: The first thing we see of him is beating up a Stormtrooper waiter at Space Chilis.
Zamasu
- I Need a Freaking Drink: Food variant; Zamasu nonchalantly accepts a pizza slice when Black reveals he tried to sleep on the dead body in their apartment.
- Villains Out Shopping: Tries to defy this whenever it gets brought up, but mostly will cave in if it involves mortal-genocide. Worked out when he and Black went to Disney World.
The Penguins of Madagascar
An elite strike force of penguins who show up every now and then to cause mischief.
- Came Back Strong: Their third appearance has them come back from the afterlife with the strength to effortlessly smack around Cell, with Private learning how to go Super Saiyan.
- Curb-Stomp Battle: Their first two fights against Cell has them on the receiving end of this. The third fight has them on the giving end. The fourth fight seems to have them on the receiving end once again when Cell destroys their Gundam, until Private crushes him with his Titan Shifter powers.
- Hypocritical Humor: Skipper claiming that Kermit’s nakedness offends him despite not wearing any clothes himself.
- Instant Expert: Private is able to learn both the Kamehameha and Rasenshuriken in ridiculously short timespans, much to Skipper and Kowalski's bafflement.
- MacGyvering: Skipper is able to craft a pipe bomb out of a toothbrush, a sponge, batteries, and lube to break himself and Kermit out of prison.
- Mugging the Monster: They try to take control of the Thousand Sunny and steal a devil fruit for the purpose of creating a monster. Zoro however isn't quick to let them have their way.
- Unexplained Recovery: Zig-zagged. Their second appearance has them back none worse for wear despite Cell pointing out that he vaporized them, although Skipper mentions that the reason was because of "petitions and non-stop whining in the comments section for over a year".
Guest Stars
Rex
Fight Me!
The protagonist of SXR 123's "T-Rex and..." series, a dumb yet boisterous Tyrannosurus rex who often tries to challenge Cell.For tropes regarding Rex's appearances in his own home series, see the respective characters page
- Adapted Out: Haruhi Suzumiya rarely appears in the DAU, as opposed to being inseparable from Rex in SXR's videos. She usually appears when Rex is animated by SXR himself.
- Boisterous Weakling: Like in his home series he boasts about his strength a lot, yet is a complete utter wimp the second he faces any adversary.
- Character Catchphrase: Nearly every single appearance in the DAU has him shouting "FIGHT ME!", almost always to Cell.
- Insane Troll Logic: He and Haruhi equip rabbit-eared headbands when protesting against fighting Bugs, saying that a bunny shall never fight a bunny.
- Madness Mantra: In "The Perfect Prison", when Kermit and Cell check up on Rex and Ban, Rex is just sitting in the room shouting "Fight Me!" over and over. Kermit mentions he's been doing this since he started.
Kermit: Y'know, i'm not sure if I should be concerned....or impressed.
- Put on a Bus: There was a noticeable gap of Rex appearances in videos posted between Halloween and Christmas of 2023. Justified since when he finally got his "fight" with Cell, it predictably killed him on top of Uberduck, the site used for Rex's voice, removing all community voices from the public. Rex's only appearances in the interim were silent cameos. However, both SXR123 and DevilArtemis started to look for a new voice actor for Rex so he can return properly. By "Perfect Cell Vs Bardock", Rex has started making regular appearances again, now voiced by Mitchell Lee.
- Screams Like a Little Girl: Usually before he gets killed.
Prince Vegeta
" series, an even more brash and egotistical version of the Prince of All Saiyans.- Adaptational Jerkass: Even compared to DBZ and DBZA. Try to imagine a version of Vegeta where his violent personality and his ego were both cranked to an even higher level than Team Four Star managed. You get this dude.
- He is shown to punch Bulma during the BBQ (see below), something he never did in the source material (and in fact, was the Berserk Button which triggered his fight with Beerus in Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods).
- Disproportionate Retribution: Twice against Shallot in "The Capsule Corp BBQ", first by assaulting him for being called a "Saiya-jin" (the Japanese word for Saiyan), then by dishing out the Final Flash (after powering up to Blue Evolved) when he acts like a wiseass.
- Domestic Abuse: Punches Bulma during the BBQ, sending her flying into a nearby building.
- No Indoor Voice: Always shouts his dialogue, sometimes to the point where one wonders how his voice actor hasn't blown his vocal cords.
- Worf Effect: Is the first victim of this during the showdown against Shrek.
Slick Goku
- Affectionate Nickname: Kermit and Cell refer to him as just "Slick".
- Birds of a Feather: Got along with Kermit when he gave a listen to his mixtape.
- Beast Man: He's always seen in Super Saiyan 4, giving off some of this trope.
- Beware the Silly Ones: While he might seem like a silly hood-comedy parody, Slick is still a version of Goku, meaning he's held his own against several foes before.
- Cool Shades: Never seen without them, even making Cell give them back in his Budget Increase form when he learns it doesn't have them.
- Fusion Dance: He does this with Prince Vegeta in order to defeat Shrek, creating a special form of Gogeta, now with Slick and Prince Vegeta's power levels added into the mix, known as Slick Gogeta.
- Nice Mean And In Between: Sometimes teams up and subsequently forms one with Cell and Cabba, with Slick as the mean one, Cabba as the nice one and Cell as the in between.
- Worf Effect: Second one to fall to this during the fight against Shrek.
Sammy Guevara
Sammy Guevara
- Voiced by: Sammy Guevara
- As Himself: Yeah, that's really Sammy Guevara voicing himself!
Naruto characters
Rock Lee
Member of the Lee Clan and a ninja-in-training with Team Guy.
- Butt-Monkey: Is basically treated as this in all of the DAU videos set in the Naruto 'verse, in a way similar to (though nowhere near as bad as) Shallot.
- Nice Job Breaking It, Hero: Ridiculously fails an escort mission with Neji, resulting in the escort being burned to death by Roshi.
Might Guy
- Blatant Lies: Denies being high to Rock Lee, despite his eyes being visibly bloodshot.
- Comedic Sociopathy: Isn't bothered (and is in fact impressed) when Cell tries to drown Rock Lee. There are also implied to be unsavory elements to his training with Lee, namely his insistence on lube.
Naruto Uzumaki
"Look at you, you sexy beast!"
- Voiced by: Corrine "Megami33" Sudberg
- Adaptational Jerkass: Naruto's first idea upon realizing he doesn't like his new job is to make Sasuke attack the village to give him something to do.
- Engineered Heroics: Has Sasuke attack the Hidden Leaf Village, just so that he can stop him and make his job more "important".
- False Flag Operation: Commands Sasuke to attack the village so that he can step in with Engineered Heroics, once he realizes how boring the job of hokage really is.
Obito Uchiha
"Have you ever busted half a nut before, Kakashi?!"
Antagonist of Naruto and member of the Uchiha Clan.- Adaptational Romance Downgrade: In canon, Obito started a highly destructive ninja war as a way of lashing out at the world for the death of Rin, his friend and love. In the DAU, Obito started the war over not having "coochie", Rin isn't mentioned at all, and Obito realizes at the end of the video that he's actually gay.
- Adaptational Sexuality: Is established to be gay in the DAU, while he was straight (his relationship with Rin being central to his entire motivation) in the source material.
