Characterization Marches On: Seems to be in the making with regards to his relationship to Gohan. Before Episode 27, he has been a somewhat attentive father to Gohan. As of Episode 27, he makes conversation with Krillin, Piccolo, and Vegeta while he responds to Gohan's "Hey Dad!" with a disinterested "Hey".
Cloudcuckoolander: Wonders if Piccolo's a Yoshi, thinks that sarcasm is food, and asks if the moon is made of cheese. He most definitely qualifies.
Half the time when he's fighting, he doesn't even understand that he's in a fight. He just... does things. Which badly hurt his opponents.
Early Installment Weirdness: In the two abridged DBZ movies that Lanipator, Vegeta3986, and MasakoX made before Team Four Star came together, Goku was a lot smarter and a majorJerkass.
Good People Have Good Sex: Not-so subtly implied between him and his wife Chi-Chi in Christmas Tree of Might
Goku: Well, what am I getting for Christmas? Chi-Chi: The same thing as last year, Goku. Goku: Oh, so that thing you do with your mouth...? Chi-Chi: NOT IN FRONT OF GOHAN!
And later in the same special:
Goku (thinking): Oh, man! If Chi-Chi finds out about this, I might not get mouth present.
In the same episode, Goku explains eating a Senzu bean will not work because he has a hole in his esophagus (after getting a hole blasted in his chest in his Heroic Sacrifice to kill Raditz).
Fooling Goz and Mez into telling him where the exit is without having to take them up on their challenges.
Badass Boast: Prone to giving them, and usually has the power and skill to back it up. The problem is, he's usually facing someone a lot stronger than he is, leading to an Oh Crap moment.
Early Installment Weirdness: He's one of the most intelligent characters these days, but back in the Dead Zone Abridged movie, he needed schooling to know how many fingers a fish had.
Hulk Speak: Engages in a little of this after Freeza supremely pisses him off by nearly killing Krillin.
Parental Issues: Episode 23 reveals that Gohan holds a lot of pent up resentment towards Goku for being a neglectful parent. He lets it out on Ginyu while he's in Goku's body, and it slowly starts slipping out afterward.
In a twist of irony, while in the canon series the thought of Ginyu looking like Goku made him not able to fight at full strength, in Abridged it just motivated him even further.
Comically Missing the Point: He doesn't pick up on the fact that Dende doesn't like being called "Little Green" despite Dende repeatedly saying "My name is Dende" in response, nor does he realize that no one likes the name Team Three Star (including himself) even though Vegeta repeatedly threatens him over it. Gohan has to say it outright for both of these.
Magus being a similar character designed by Akira Toriyama
. He then proceeds to send Freeza flying with a single punch.
In the Lord Slug movie he shows up to save Gohan while the theme song of Stone Cold Steve Austin plays, and one mook asks if he's Batman. It's hard to find a bigger damn hero than that.
Piccolo: Now now, that truck is not your eating disorder.
Dordabo: You're a penis!
Piccolo: So long since you've seen yours you don't even recognize one, do you?
There's also this exchange with borderline Bishōnen Angira.
Angira: We're just here for your planet. But if I had to pick [a gimmick] I'd say I'm the pretty one. Piccolo: Meh. 6 out of 10. Angira: You sassy bitch.
Heroic Sacrifice: Like in the original, he shielded Gohan from Nappa's attack and died. Lampshaded due to the fact that he realized he could just grab him, and save them both.
Alright, it's time to redeem myself. Through one final act of redemption, I'll save Gohan an- wait a second, why didn't I just grab him? I can probably still do that now, actually. Yeah, that's it, I'll grab him, and throw him out of the wa—AAAARRRRRGH!
Jerkass: During the first time he talked to Gohan, AKA before his Heel Face Turn was cemented. "Hate to tell ya, kid. But your dad's DEAD!... Actually, I kinda like saying that. HA HA! YOUR DAD'S DEAD!"
Vitriolic Best Buds: Seems to be developing this with Nail. The relationship seems to form a weird symbiosis. Piccolo finally has someone to fill his social void and Nail finally has someone he can bicker with.
Weaksauce Weakness: Turns out in Lord Slug Abridged that WHISTLING causes intense pain and discomfort to Namekians. But only if they can hear it.
"WHAT?!"
Vegeta
Adult Child: Has shades of it... probably because he spent too much time with Nappa
Some Fridge Brilliance in there, since one of the convention extras reveals Nappa's Psychopathic Manchild persona is a result of the childhood trauma of his parents' death. And what happens to Vegeta at age five?
After killing Dodoria and Zarbon, Vegeta goes to the spot where he hid the Dragonballs......they're not there. Vegeta couldn't even speak Angrish properly after that.
Cry Cute: Episode 27, much like the original, when he realizes that his strongest attack is barely worth Freeza's notice. Almost a Tear Jerker, given Lanipator's amazing voice acting.
Jerkass: "By the way, I only hit you because I have pent-up aggression against your father. Take that." After kneeing Gohan in the stomach in Episode 18.
Hair-Trigger Temper: Throughout season 2, Vegeta has been steadily losing his cool more and more.
I Just Want to Be Special: He's always going on about the Saiyans being the greatest fighters in the universe, and he's completely and utterly obsessed with becoming a Super-Saiyan
To the point there Freeza kills him mid-sentence just because he's sick of hearing the Super Saiyan speech
"Let me put it to you in a way you'll understand: I'm about to blow my load all over your insides [...] No homo".
Red Eyes, Take Warning: In Episode 18, he apparently bursts a blood vessel in one of his eyes when Gohan puts one over on him and Ghost Nappa shows up to torment him, causing it to go red.
Straight Man: To Nappa, and the others sometimes as well.
Tien as well in the "Born This Way" parody—he manages to ruin the song and make Piccolo run off set crying in less than 30 seconds.
Know When To Fold Them: When the fight with Nappa starts disastrously, Tien seriously considers grabbing Chiaotzu and running. Unfortunately Chiaotzu had already gotten involved in the fight and was going for a Taking You with Me attack.
Dirty Old Man: "Could you speak up, I'm not wearing pants."
That's more of a Shout Out to a scene from the season 5 Simpsons episode "Bart Gets Famous" *
The one where Bart gets a job as Krusty's personal assistant, then becomes known as "The 'I Didn't Do It' Boy" when he botches a live sketch
in which Homer rushes out of the shower at work to pick up the phone and tells the person on the other line, "Can you speak up? I'm wearing a towel."
Frothy Mugs of Water: Parodied. First it's O.J., then it's apple juice, and finally it's beer (which is what it was supposed to be in the actual cartoon, but is often changed to milk or water in the English dubs shown in Canada, America, and the UK). In the postscript, it's a Nestle Crunch bar, then a gummi bear, and finally Nappa.
Nappa: Wait, what the hell?
Chi Chi
Abusive Parents: Not exactly, but this little tidbit from "Christmas Tree of Might" may play on fans' suspicions:
Gohan:Santa Claus's just gonna bring me books again...
Chi-Chi (threateningly): He brings you what you like! And what do you like?!
Gohan (scared): I like books!
Ax Crazy / Beware the Nice Ones: Though not as creepy and scary as Mr. Popo, Chi-Chi is still feared amongst the male characters, especially Krillin*
he likes his penis where it is, thank you
Krillin: Hypothetically... what would you do if you were told that your husband was dead and his son was kidnapped by his worst enemy?
Chi Chi: I'd castrate the messenger in his sleep with a rusty carving knife.
Negated Moment of Awesome: Almost has one in Lord Slug Abridged when she charges into battle and takes out one of Lord Slug's mooks with the 'Housewife Style Kick Of A Thousand Menstrual Cycles'.
Chi Chi: You see, just because I'm a woman-Promptly punched in the face by another mook
Bulma: ...That actually lasted longer than I expected.
The Other Darrin: Krisrix in an episode from Season 1; voiced by Hnilmik in Season 2.
Evil Laugh: Done twice. One when Kami told him Popo would be training Krillin, Yamcha, Tien, and Chiaotzu, and two, when he saw Tien and Yamcha dying, in his training.
The Other Darrin: Vegeta3986 replaces Lanipator as Raditz in the first episode.
As of Dragon Ball Z Kai Abridged, Lanipator has gone back to playing Raditz since Vegeta3986 left the show.
Parental Neglect: The Bardock special implies that Raditz was a victim of this. It seems like Bardock didn't pay any attention to his children and was already preparing to go off-planet just as he had been fully healed, without so much as meeting his newborn son Kakarot. When called out on his attitude, Bardock answers "Don't worry about it! I didn't pay any attention to Raditz as he was growing up either" which prompts one of the doctors to say "Yeah, and we all know how [Raditz] turned out..." After hearing that, Bardock immediately pays a visit to his son Kakarot.
Your Mind Makes It Real: Possibly. So far, only Vegeta is able to see his ghost, which is possibly just his inner rage.
"I think your rage broke, Vegeta."
Shenron
Benevolent Genie: When Roshi and the rest summon him to bring Goku back to life to fight the Saiyans, he suggests - even offers to make use of a loophole in the rules of the wishes in order to kill Vegeta and Nappa without any trouble. Later, he offers to restore the devastated forest that Oolong burned down, but becomes a...
Jackass Genie: ...when he learns that not only are the same guys summoning him again, but they didn't care about the burned down forest and just want to get the perfect Christmas tree. Because of this, he summons Turles and co. to plant the Tree of Might.
In fairness, he has had to deal with the idiocy of people making pointless wishes. One can only be pushed so far before they begin taking sweet vengeance.
Only Sane Man: He notes that, with the Dragon Balls, you have serious potential to stop a later threat, he even gave out wishes. And when he discovered he was granting their wish again in the Christmas Special...
Kami
No Respect Guy: "You know, I am the Guardian of Earth. Can I please get a little more respect here?"
Number Two: Right below Mr. Popo on the Pecking Order. Whether he's The Lancer or The Dragon depends on how you view Popo.
The Other Darrin: Voiced by Vegeta3986 in Season 1, and by WeeklyTubeShow afterward.
Retired Badass: The Z-Warriors go to receive training from Kami in preparation for fighting Vegeta and Nappa, but since he is "quite old", he leaves their training to Mr. Popo.
Of course, it's not like he can do anything about it. Pecking order...
The Stoner: Apparently. He says smoking pot helps with his glaucoma.
King Kai
Adaptational Badass: In the series proper, King Kai lets the Z-fighters take down the dead Ginyu Warriors to showcase his training regimen. In this, he kicks their asses himself.
The Aloner: He thinks he's this, but he's got plenty of (unwanted) company with Bubbles, Gregory, and Bojack.
A Million is a Statistic: When told that the line outside his office will soon increase by six billion, he just says that he can judge six billion souls faster than Kami can take a piss, unaware of or unconcerned with the massive loss of life.
Jerkass Gods: He isn't worried at all about the potential death of Earth, forces the dead to strip as he judges them for his own amusment, and Heaven itself seems to be a rather draconian place where people are sent to Hell for skipping in line.
The Gods Must Be Lazy: He doesn't lift a finger for the people of Earth, stating that he can judge six billion souls faster than Kami can take a piss, and seems to be quite bored of his job.
While he healed Krillin after he got stabbed in the chest, he also told him he was immortal, possibly under the hopes that Freeza would kill him while serving as a distraction. It fails, but still...
To be fair he did heal Gohan since he is the only one he respects and acted the way he did because he obviously does not like Krillin.
He refuses to heal Vegeta in episode 26. Not unjustified given Vegeta's earlier treatment of the Namekians, but still...
Vegeta: You... green thing... heal me
Dende: Oh, I'm sorry, I'm having a hard time hearing you over the smell of my peoples' blood on your hands
Vegeta: Oh no... do not be that guy right now...
Dende: Oh I'm gonna be that guy right now.
Ungrateful Bastard: Not only does he show no gratitude to Gohan or Krillin for saving and protecting him from Freeza and his forces, he actually reveals the identity of their home planet to Freeza and tries to use Krillin as a distraction to lure Freeza away.
Dare to Be Badass: Gives a speech like this to Nail in order to make him stand up to Freeza. Turns out he wasn't very sincere.
Early-Bird Cameo: Gives us a preview of his quirks in episode 5.
Guru: "I saw a bird. It was pretty. Kick its ass."
Even Evil Has Loved Ones: When Freeza makes a crack about a slug, Guru exclaims "Leave my brother out of thiiis!" as Slug is his brother and a senile nutcase could interpret the statement Freeza made as a threat toward him.
Even Evil Has Standards: Going by his scenes with Gohan and Freiza, he seems to draw the line at child molestation and judging people by their appearances. Not above using a Mind Screw on the former though.
Jerk With A Heart Of Jerk: Revealed as a colossal one when he encourages Nail to fight Freeza, telling him that he is "Namek's prodigal son". As it turns out, he is fully aware of how powerful Freeza is and that his assistant stands absolutely no chance of winning. Not to mention the fact that Super Kami Guru did not train him in the "New Way" that might have given him a chance of winning.
He dies simply because it would be "a real dick move" to kill the dragon off with him. Yes, that's right. Super Kami Guru pulled a JerkassSacrifice.
Obfuscating Stupidity: One gets the impression that he's not as stupid as he looks and just acts that way to mess with people, especially Nail.
Pet the Dog: He does seem to care about his good half Slug as shown by his retort to Freeza "Leave my brother out of this" and when he writes Slug a letter mentioning Dragon Balls on Earth.
Krillin: Looks like a total F.A.G. Gohan: Krillin! Krillin: What? A Freaky Alien Genotype. What did you think I meant? Gohan: Ohhh... I thought you were using a derogatory term to refer to a homosexual. Krillin: THAT THING'S A GUY??!!
He keeps a list of how many times he's heard various heroic Stock Phrases before. He's heard "I'm gonna F$*K YOUR FACE!" 12 times, apparently.
And when battling Gohan:
Freeza Oh no! The invincible Lord Freeza defeated by a mere child! What Dramatic Irony... (chuckles) Just kidding.
As of Episode 28, it's revealed that he kills children because it's just easier than waiting for them to grow up and seek revenge. He's obviously read at least some of the Evil Overlord List.
And we have this Inner Monologue from episode 22 which demonstrates that Freeza plans to use his immortality to yank the narrative chain of his subjects:
Freeza: So, for the first century I'll go easy on them, lure them into a false sense of security, and then when they think I'm not so bad, BAM! I'll go full tyrant on them in the second century. Then I'll disappear for a millennia and make them wonder if I even existed to begin with, just to come back and kill them all.
Deadpan Snarker: Turns against him with a vengeance in the fight against Goku, who horriblymisinterprets every single one of his clever one-liners.
Evil Sounds Deep: After his transformation. Think about Yami Yugi. Now think about Season 0's Yami Yugi (who is sadistic and evil as hell). Now amplify that about 20x and you have form 2 Freeza. Unfortunately...
Snake Talk: It devolves into this upon transforming into his third form. With even more of a Marik-like inflection and a German accent to boot. But, thankfully...
Vocal Evolution: At the end of episode 26 when he reaches his final form, his voice becomes somewhere in-between his first and second forms. He has the tone of the first form, but the smooth sound of the second.
Freeza: I can't believe we came all the way out here and spent a week in the space boonies for nothing! Seriously, I'm surprised we didn't hear banjos on the way in, because everybody's inbred and looks the f**king same! ...
Nail: This is my people's sacred battle ground. Freeza: We flew over an hour for this? It looks exactly the same as everywhere else on this godforsaken rock!
Faux Affably Evil: Big time. Need I remind you of his list of Stock Phrases, which he casually counts while the Namekians make their heroic speech?
Namekian warrior: We're going to...f*ck your face!
Freeza: Ohohohohoho my... twelve.
Go Look at the Distraction: Blows up a minion (who was bringing somewhat important information) to save himself from an awkward conversation with Zarbon.
Minion: Lord Freeza! Vegeta's broken out of the healing taaaaank! Freeza: Oh no that minion died, could you go fix that, we'll continue this conversation never.
He forgot about Goku's humongous Spirit Bomb because Piccolo provoked him into a fight whilst Goku charged it. He only gets reminded of it when it's far too late to actually do anything about it.
Freeza: Somehow I completely forgot about that.
Villainous Breakdown: Freeza had a few brief moments of this, but it really started when he met Goku and it snowballed from there. After he finishes beating down Piccolo, Freeza is clearly off the deep end.
The really amazing thing is that it's not because Goku is beating him. It's simply trying to make sense of Goku's mind.
Applies it on a planetary scale, every planet he acquires gets renamed Freeza Planet (number).
Zarbon
Brainless Beauty: Although he's quite competent in a fight, Freeza has to sometimes slowly spell things out for him and explain the implications of his actions.
Camp Straight: Though Freeza and Vegeta aren't convinced.
Punch Clock Villain: Possibly. Doesn't seem to enjoy killing the way Dodoria does, and one conversation with Freeza implies that he's practically Freeza's slave and would be slaughtered if he didn't do what Freeza says.
Freeza: I'm starting to think that my people don't understand what I pay them for. Zarbon: You don't pay us- Freeza: -Allow them to live for.
Retirony: Sort of. He and his girlfriend's anniversary was coming up shortly before he's killed.
Sissy Villain: Definitely, even though it's revealed that Zarbon isn't gay.
Psycho for Hire: Massacres a whole team of Namekians without even batting an eye. And that's before killing a youngling, the village elder and almost killing Dende.
World's Most Beautiful Woman: While unattractive by human standards, she was considered the most beautiful (and fertile) woman on her home planet...until Freeza blew it up.
Heterosexual Life Partners: Burter and Jeice come off as these. Though Burter is apparently gay according to Guldo, albeit without any apparent romantic interest in Jeice.
Show Within a Show: They set up a TV segment called Wheel of Death... while deciding who gets to kill who.
Also, Namekimania.
Sympathetic Murderers: While they are a squad of hired killers, they are the most sympathetic villains to appear yet. Frankly, they can even be considered more sympathetic than several of the heroic characters.
Large Ham: He is contractually obligated to perform "The Dance of Joy", as ordered by King Cold, and the "Daddy's Little Princess Dance", as ordered by Cooler, after each successful mission. He also does the "Dance of Solitude" when he's left alone and has nothing else to do.
Noodle Incident: "And if it's anything like that jockstrap incident, Ginyu probably buried them somewhere close by."
Berserk Button: Questioning his claim as the fastest in the universe. And comparing him to Guldo.
The Chick/ The Dark Chick: Seemingly not very special, besides forming a yin/yang duo with Jeice.
Comically Missing the Point: When Jeice asks for support Burter starts complimenting him instead of aiding him in the fight. Still managed to cheer him up, though.
I Just Want to Be Special: Says this verbatim to explain his somewhat flimsy claim of being "the fastest in the universe", because without it he's just "that big blue snake guy."
And it's later revealed that this is why Ginyu had him on the team: a tall blue guy to balance out Jeice's short red guy.
Smug Snake: Comes of as this at first about his supposed unrivaled speed, but it turns out he's actually a lot more insecure and self-critical than he first appears.
Even Evil Has Loved Ones: Jeice is genuinely dismayed at Burter getting curb stomped by Goku, and spends much of the episode Burter gets thrashed in cheering him up over his not being the fastest in the universe.
Bread, Eggs, Milk, Squick: A list of the Recoome Memorabilia; Baseball hat, t-shirt, keychain, action figure, purse, jock strap, and vibrator.
Calling Your Attacks: Recoome's tendency to both do this and name all his moves after himself is canon (even "Recoome Eraser Gun", as of Kai), but, of course, it gets lampshaded.
Recoome: RECOOOOOOME— Krillin: Does every move you have start with—? Recoome: KICK! (kicks Krillin square in the face, bringing up his owned count a point higher).
Gag Penis: King Yemma sure thought so in episode 28.
Actually a Brick Joke from episode 20. When the Ginyus were talking about the last time they ...you know, Recoome comments he didn't even have enough room in his pod.
In episode 29, Guldo helps him up by pulling on his "middle leg".
Unexplained Recovery: He later pops out of Freeza's ear after he knocks some water out of his head, in one piece even though Freeza bit him in half while eating him.
Toma: Hey, Bardock. Heard you got another kid. Congrats. Who's the mom? Punbukin: I bet it's Celipa. I see the way you two look at each other. Bardock: Nah, it'd never work out between us. Toma: Why not? Bardock: Are you kidding? She's a raging dyke. Celipa (offended): I'm right here, you asshole! Bardock: ...And? Celipa: God, this is why I hate men! Bardock: Point proven.
The Smurfette Principle: Bardock, while mention that Toma was the only one he cares about in the group and that everyone else was bland, he mentions Celipa as an exception, also. Mainly because she the only one with a decent pair of tits.
Freudian Excuse: He hates Christmas because Santa Claus never visited Planet Vegeta, thus denying him the joy other planets received. Ironically, Santa did try to visit Planet Vegeta, but the Saiyans kept trying to shoot down his sleigh.
Beru: And then there's my brother and I! Jinga: We were once elves working in Santa's workshop. Beru: Until one of the robots we made to aid production went on a murderous rampage. S.N.O.W.Man: Falalalala, lalalalaDIE!
Dub Name Change: The Turles Crusher Corps in the series become the Misfit Minions, and the name changes don't stop there:
