History DBZAbridged / TropesAToC

* AstonishinglyAppropriateInterruption: In one of the Buu Bits, when Mr. Satan has just convinced Buu that he doesn't need to eat people anymore:

'''Mr. Satan':''' Fucked.

** Raditz running around loose in the afterlife gets dropped after a couple episodes. [[spoiler:Averted; he landed in WebAnimation/{{HFIL}}.]]

'''Vegeta:''' I've lived my entire life under Frieza's rule... My entire kingdom, my race, was enslaved to his bidding...\\

** Unintentional, as Episode 30 pre-dates ''Dragon Ball Super'' by a few years, but Goku mentions "being the hope of [[TheVerse the Omniverse]]" during his heroic monologue to Frieza after going Super Saiyan for the first time. ''Anime/DragonBallSuper'' establishes that there are 12 universes in existence under the rule of the Grand Zeno, who wants to erase them and start over from scratch. It's in no small part thanks to Goku's actions (like suggesting that the universes hold a tournament, something he's highly likely to win) that Grand Zeno not only spares Goku's universe but ultimately allows the others to continue existing as well.

* AccidentalMisnaming

*** This becomes FauxAffablyEvil when he is perfectly nice to Yamcha, even supportive, but then admits that he was going to kill him for "halftime entertainment" and finds Yamcha getting [[CurbStompBattle mercilessly curb stomped]] by one of his children to be funny.

--->'''Slay:''' You know, you look like one of the kids I let sit on my lap once. ‘Course, he was [[LittlestCancerPatient a cancer patient]]. Asked me if I could get rid of his cancer.\\

** Lanipator's voicework is a deadringer for [[Creator/ChristopherSabat Chris Sabat's]] Piccolo, Vegeta, Shenron, and his early work for Popo; [[Anime/DragonBallGT Dan Gascon]]’s Krillin; Linda Young's Freeza (albeit briefly); and Justin Cook's Raditz ([[RuleOfFunny until the recast]]). He also replaced Creator/MasakoX as the voice of Master Roshi in season 3, sounding much closer to Creator/MikeMcFarland's version of him.
** [=Takahata101=] for Phil Parsons’ Nappa and [[Creator/DameonClarke Dameon Clarke]]’s Cell.
** [=KaiserNeko=] for [[Creator/SeanSchemmel Sean Schemmel's]] King Kai, Creator/EricVale's Future Trunks, Christopher Sabat’s Zarbon, and a remarkably good Yajirobe.

** [=Vegeta3986=] for Sabat's Yamcha.

** General Ivan's Cooler for Tom Hardy's Bane, especially after he transforms.
** Similar to Creator/LittleKuriboh with Freeza, [=Megami33=] as Bulma sounds like Monica Rial as Bulma before the latter ever cuts a line for ''Dragon Ball Kai''.
** It seems Shudo Ranmaru's Android 18 heavily resembles Creator/ColleenClinkenbeard's role as 18 in Kai, but this was probably deliberate since the Cell saga of Kai was finished for a while once TFS got this far.

** The original Abridged version of the Dead Zone movie (even before the rest of the series) had surprisingly different characterizations for some of the characters, such as Gohan being of average or lower intelligence for his age and Goku being rather callous about his son's well-being.

** Nappa becomes [[PsychopathicManchild FAR too insanely stupid to live]], Piccolo becomes a lonely and [[DeadpanSnarker sarcastic]] JerkAss (and frequently the straight man to Goku's idiocy), Krillin's ButtMonkey status has increased to crazy levels (right down to having a counter for the many times he's been "owned"), and Vegeta becomes pretty much the sanest character (when he's calm), and he's the bad guy (for now).

* CombatCommentator: Jeice and Burter during Episode 20: Namekimania 2011 for the confrontation between Vegeta and Recoome, treating it like a wrestling match.

*** However, this change leads to another plot hole later on when [[spoiler:Cell returns post-regeneration without explanation in Episode 60. In the original he duplicated Goku's Instant Transmission, but in DBZA that's obviously impossible for him to do.]]

* AdaptationalSexuality: DBZA puts Korin and Yajirobe in a relationship. They get married in the DBZA version of Movie 8. It also goes into fairly lurid and explicit details on the desires of Bulma and her mother, as well as the sexual aspects of the relationships between Bulma and Vegeta, Chi-Chi and Goku, and 18 and Krillin.
* AdaptedOut: In ''Buu Bits'', some details are skipped such as most of Babidi's minions fighting the heroes, Piccolo and Krillin getting petrified, Evil Buu and the criminals that shot Bee.
* ADeathInTheLimelight:
** A sort of common pattern in the Namek arc; whenever a character is going to die in the episode, they read the disclaimer. Otherwise, it's a character that gets the focus (usually Vegeta). Made [[LampshadeHanging painfully obvious]] in episode 29.
--->[[spoiler:'''Krillin:''']] "The following is a non-profit, fan-based parody. ''Manga/DragonBall'', ''Anime/DragonBallZ'' and ''Anime/DragonBallGT'' are all owned by Creator/FUNimation, Creator/ToeiAnimation, Fuji Tv and Creator/AkiraToriyama. Please support the official release." Phew. Alright, how was that?\\
'''Voice Director:''' That was perfect [[spoiler:Krillin]]. Eh... don't worry about your check. We'll send it to your next of kin.\\
[[spoiler:'''Krillin:''']] ...what?
** Continues after the Namek Arc if there is a death; [[spoiler:Cyborg Freeza/King Cold and Android 17]] read the disclaimers for episodes 33 and 47, respectively.
** Later Yamcha:
--->'''Yamcha:''' The following is a-- oh wait, ah, I- I did this last time, didn't I? What- what's going on? [...] I have a bad feeling about this...[[note]]Yamcha read it straight in Episode 34, where it was revealed that Future Yamcha was DrivenToSuicide. Then for Episode 35 he notices he's reading it again, and the episode ends with him getting ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice, though he survives.[[/note]]
** Played with in the Cell Saga. In any episode where Cell transforms, the form he's leaving (which can be said to be dying, as his personality changes somewhat in each form) reads the disclaimer.

* AGodAmI:
** Vegeta thinks of himself in this way after he became a Super Saiyan. Everyone else knows better.
--->'''Vegeta:''' [[PunctuatedForEmphasis YOU! NAMEKIAN! TOO STRONG! EXPLAIN NOW!]]\\
'''Future Trunks:''' He fused with Kami to become stronger.\\
'''Vegeta:''' WHAT THE F***'S A KAMI?!?\\
'''Krillin:''' Basically God.\\
'''Vegeta:''' BUT I'M STILL HERE!
** Cell later begins thinking the same way [[spoiler:after he achieves his Perfect form]].
--->'''Cell:''' Also, make sure you pray to your god. But, spoilers, I won't be listening.
** Similarly, Garlic Jr. acts this way when he achieves immortality in the Deadzone movie.
--->'''Garlic Jr.:''' Now you can pray to your God, and just like everybody who ever prayed to you, I'll ignore it.

%%** The events of episode 12. [[OrWasItADream Well, maybe.]]

** Goku's [[Manga/{{Naruto}} Ninja Dream]] and [[Manga/OnePiece Pirate Dream]].

** [[spoiler:Mr. Popo's backstory is revealed in the ''DragonBallXenoverse'' Let's Play. It was a fan theory, and the creators said [[AscendedFanon Sure Why Not]] and declared it canon. Mr. Popo is Demon God Dumplin.]]

** Zarbon, very much so. At least until [[spoiler:we find out he has a girlfriend.]]

* AMindIsATerribleThingToRead: King Kai tries to telepathically link with Mr. Popo. [[YourHeadAsplode Bad move]].
-->'''King Kai:''' ''[recovering]'' How do you work with this guy?\\
'''Kami:''' Believe me, it's easier than it looks.

%%* {{Anticlimax}}: The ending of episode 31, intentionally.

** That is, until the Abridged version of the Abridged version. Vegeta screams the meme, and then has a brief shouting match with Nappa before killing him.

** Inverted in ''Plan to Eradicate Christmas'' when Goku starts telling [[BadSanta Santa]] about the true meaning of Christmas. Our heroes add:
--->'''Piccolo:''' Goku's right. Christmas is about the bonds that bring us together!\\
'''Trunks:''' It's about friends!\\
'''Gohan:''' And family!\\
'''Vegeta:''' And killing Santa!

* AuthorAppeal: [=KaiserNeko=] has a preference for the original manga and Japanese anime and an open dislike of the first Funimation dub, the filler arcs and anything that deviates from the original story. For this reason, the abridged series mostly uses the Japanese names, terms and music and ignores most of the filler.

* BadBadActing
** The way Future Trunks and Future Bulma act to lure out the Cell of their timeline in the Episode 60 Epilogue. It works, but it's pretty hard to watch.

--->'''Goku:''' I am the hope of the Omniverse. I am the light bulb in the darkness. I am the bacon in the fridge for all living things that cry out in hunger. I am the Alpha, and the Amiga.[[note]]Not a misspelling; this is a nerdy reference to the alpha line of RISC [=CPUs=] and the Amiga computer.[[/note]] ''[[WesternAnimation/DarkwingDuck I am the terror that flaps in the night]]''. I am Son Goku! And I am a Super- ''[[Main/NoSell takes Freeza's attack to the face, but is completely unharmed]]'' ...Saiyan.

--->'''Vegeta/Cell:''' “Either you're perfect, or you're not me.”

--->'''Cell:''' Feel free to pray to your God but, spoilers, I won't be listening.

** This is practically Vegeta's CatchPhrase.

** And Krillin when he hears that they have to face the Saiyans a second time.
** Nappa does this on the bug planet after he [[spoiler:kills a giant bug that he wanted to keep as a pet.]]

** And Gohan when Piccolo was killed by Freeza in chapter 29.
** Yamcha does this when he hears that Goku is killed in Namek's explosion in #30.

** And of course, Vegeta's epic, despair-filled BigNo upon learning that he's [[spoiler:being haunted by Ghost Nappa]].

** Piccolo, while channelling Wrestling/StoneColdSteveAustin in ''Lord Slug''. Mostly yelled at Gohan.

** And the title card at the end of season one was "PLTLH (finished)".

*** In the same episode, Android 16 talks with a bird who says it is called Toriyama. Outside of the obvious reference to the series creator Creator/AkiraToriyama, this name literally translates to "mountain bird".

*** A callback in Episode 29, while Freeza is demolishing Piccolo in combat:

** The series begins and ends with Chi-chi threatening to castrate a person over the danger Gohan is put in.

** When Krillin uses Solar Flare on Dodoria, there's a [[FreezeFrameBonus single frame]] of [[spoiler:Freeza in the shower]]. Each time Solar Flare is used after that there's a new one. So far, they are [[spoiler:Dodoria in a lace teddy, Lanipator dressed as [[Film/TheRockyHorrorPictureShow Frank-N-Furter]], two cicadas mating, [[Franchise/{{Halloween}} Jason]] and [[Franchise/ANightmareOnElmStreet Freddy]] gazing longingly into each other's eyes, and Semi-Perfect Cell sexually assaulting Android 18]].

** After Goku escapes Hell with a fruit in hand, Goz and Mez namedrop the Demon King, Dabura. Dabura won't even make a major appearance until the Buu Saga.

** Goku mentions "being the hope of [[TheVerse the Omniverse]]" during his heroic monologue to Frieza after going Super Saiyan for the first time. ''Anime/DragonBallSuper'' establishes that there are 12 universes in existence under the rule of the Grand Zeno, who wants to erase them and start over from scratch. It's in no small part thanks to Goku's actions (like suggesting that the universes hold a tournament, something he's highly likely to win) that Grand Zeno not only spares Goku's universe but ultimately allows the others to continue existing as well.
** In episode 15, Krillin states that he's glad he took out a life insurance policy on himself. This becomes relevant in episode 31.

** Played straight with the [[EarlyInstallmentWeirdness sloppy]] Dead Zone and World's Strongest parodies, which were made before Team Four Star really formed. Both movies were re-abridged years later.

** TFS canceled an anticipated abridged version of [[Anime/DragonBallZBojackUnbound DBZ Movie 9]] due to what [=KaiserNeko=] described as an insurmountable lack of dialogue they could convert into parody. This orphaned some setup in Episodes 5 and 6 involving Bojack being trapped in King Kai's planet.

* CatchPhrase:
** "Goddammit, Nappa!" is a common one for Vegeta, to the point where he keeps saying it even after Nappa dies. The last time he says it is when [[spoiler:Nappa's been revived, and calls Vegeta to catch up and brag about how he's become a Hollywood producer independent of Vegeta.]]
** "Mine! Mine! Mine! Mine! Mine! Mine! Mine! MINE!"
** "Doooodge!!" said frequently from Piccolo to Gohan.
** "NERRRRD!", also said frequently from Piccolo to Gohan, and also eventually [[PhraseCatcher picked up by others.]]
** "Wait... what?", also used by Piccolo and Krillin when someone (usually Goku or Krillin) does something stupid.
** Mr. Popo's response to any question he doesn't want to answer is, "[[ImpliedDeathThreat Pecking order.]]" At least, [[CharacterizationMarchesOn it was in the first season.]]
** "NAIL!!!" and for a moment, "BIG GREEN!!!" by Lord Guru.
*** Nail's response includes, [[BeleagueredAssistant "Ughh... Yes sir?"]] and [[BadBoss "What is it, Lord Guru?"]]
** Nappa has "Hey, Vegeta...".
** King Kai has "Shut up, Bubbles/Gregory/Bojack!", usually in groups and usually ending with Bojack.
** "THE NAME'S RECOOME, AND IT RHYMES WITH DOOM, AND YOU'RE GONNA BE HURTIN', ALL TOO SOON!"
** [[IdiotHero Goku]] has "[[AttentionDeficitOohShiny Bored now!]]" for a catchphrase.
** Gohan has [[OhCrap "Crap baskets!"]]. It rubbed off on Future Trunks as well. Cell also borrows it, showing their connection.
** Freeza's "[[TermsOfEndangerment Adorable.]]"
** "Ginyu Force: MOVE OUT!"
** Piccolo tends to exclaim "Bitchin'" when offered something good

** Goku's abandoning his family to train is taken to new levels (along with his idiocy and appetite), Tien is TheComicallySerious and straight man while his relationship as HeterosexualLifePartners with Chiaotzu is constantly exaggerated by the others, Yamcha is CannonFodder, Chi-Chi is an overprotective MamaBear and Gohan is a child genius with [[ParentalAbandonment issues about Goku's attitude]]

* ChristmasSpecial: Now two to date.
** ''Christmas Tree of Might'', adapted from the third DBZ movie ''Tree of Might''.
** ''Plan to Eradicate Christmas'', adapted from the ''Plan to Eradicate the Super Saiyans'' special.

* CombatCommentator: Jeice and Burter during [[ColonCancer Episode 20: Namekimania: Vegeta vs. Recoome]].
* CombinedEnergyAttack: The Spirit Bomb. And charging too long ends up draining so much energy it kills a deer.

* CoversAlwaysLie: The new intro sequence for episode 31, [[spoiler:and the pre-intro scene all show that we'll get into the Garlic Jr saga. The entire episode is about Krillin and his new girlfriend, at the end of which Garlic Jr attacks the lookout and gets [[CurbStompBattle devoured by Mr Popo immediately.]]]] Almost certainly deliberate.

'''[[spoiler:Ghost Nappa]]:''' You fell down some stairs.\\

** And as the series is now cancelled, the entirety of the Buu Saga, with the teaser redacted from the end of episode 60. The series would get a semi-adaptation of the Buu Saga via the Buu Bits made for Creator/TotallyNotMark's video review.

** Because TFS couldn't figure out how to work with the source material, the ''Bojack'' movie was cancelled, and with it all the setup with [[Recap/DragonBallZAbridgedE5 being trapped inside King Kai's planet in Episode 5]], as well as Goku telling Gohan that his movie was going to be next in the [[Recap/DragonBallZAbridgedM11 Broly abridging]], was left without resolution.
** And as the series is now cancelled, the entirety of the Buu Saga, with the teaser redacted from the end of episode 60.

%%*** Going from the pinball gag where Freeza enters his high score, it seems that he's already at half power, as the other scores match up with the characters' power levels at that point. Though it does open a new plot hole concerning why nobody mentioned their opponent suddenly getting several times more powerful.

* AffectionateParody: The creators clearly have a great deal of love for the source material, and it shows.

* AwesomeButImpractical: Vegeta's Final Flash. Arguably the most powerful technique in the series, it is completely useless in actual combat as it takes several minutes to charge, is in ''no way'' subtle (unlike the Makankosappo or Spirit Bomb, both of which have been charged discreetly while the target was distracted), and requires the target to stand completely still. Even then, when Cell actually allows Vegeta to use it against him, the majority of the blast misses completely, bouncing off the Earth's surface and discharging into space. What portion ''did'' make contact inflicted almost as much damage as a point-blank Kamehameha. WordOfGod by Creator/AkiraToriyama says that if Cell hadn't dodged at the last second, it would have vaporized Cell, despite him being significantly more powerful than Vegeta, and ending the Cell saga then and there.

** Recoome delivers an absolutely epic one in Episode 20.

** Later, Goku delivers a boast even Freeza hasn't heard before.

** Subverted again twice in Episode 25, as Vegeta already knew Freeza could transform and cuts him off, while Freeza grows increasingly exasperated with Vegeta's speeches about the Super Saiyan.

** Freeza gets one in Episode 28.
--->'''Freeza:''' You know what the difference between you and I is? You can punch a board and it will break in half. ''I'' can punch a board and ''wipe out its entire race''.
** Super Saiyan Goku gets one in episode 30.
--->'''Goku:''' I am the hope of the Omniverse. I am the light bulb in the darkness. I am the bacon in the fridge for all living things that cry out in hunger. I am the Alpha, and the Amiga.[[note]]Not a misspelling; this is a nerdy reference to the alpha line of RISC [=CPUs=] and the Amiga computer.[[/note]] ''[[WesternAnimation/DarkwingDuck I am the terror that flaps in the night]]''. I am Son Goku! And I am a Super- ''[[Main/NoSell smugly takes Freeza's attack to the face unharmed]]'' ...Saiyan.

** Future Trunks delivers a good one when Freeza dismisses him as a mere distraction until the Super Saiyan shows up.

'''Piccolo:''' [[AGodAmI It means 'god.']] '''Now bow.'''

** Another one from the Cell Arc is delivered by both Vegeta and Perfect Cell;

** Master Roshi in the ''Cooler's Revenge'':

'''Vegeta:''' Oh, no! [[CardCarryingVillain I'd]] ''[[CardCarryingVillain definitely]]'' [[CardCarryingVillain still be evil!]] If this situation were reversed, this conversation would never had happened. You'd be dead, and I'd be laughing.

[[center:[[WMG:[-'''Tropes A to C''' | DBZAbridged/TropesDToK | DBZAbridged/TropesLToR | DBZAbridged/TropesSToZ | [[YMMV/DragonBallZAbridged YMMV]] | [[CallBack/DragonBallZAbridged CallBack]] | [[FamousLastWords/DragonBallZAbridged Famous Last Words]] | [[Foreshadowing/DragonBallZAbridged Foreshadowing]] | [[MythologyGag/DragonBallZAbridged MythologyGag]] | [[ShoutOut/DragonBallZAbridged Shout-Out]]-]]]]]

[[center:[[WMG:[-'''Tropes A to C''' | DBZAbridged/TropesDToK | DBZAbridged/TropesLToR | DBZAbridged/TropesSToZ | [[YMMV/DragonBallZAbridged YMMV]] | [[FamousLastWords/DragonBallZAbridged Famous Last Words]] | [[Foreshadowing/DragonBallZAbridged Foreshadowing]] | [[ShoutOut/DragonBallZAbridged Shout-Out]]-]]]]]

** Taken to a {{Meta}} level in the episode where Cell absorbs the Battleball teams: the captain of the East City Westmen is voiced by [=Takahata101=] ([[TalkingToHimself who of course plays Cell]]), which is a nod to the fact that in the Funimation dub, Cell's VA Dameon Clarke plays the same character.

* AwesomeButImpractical: Vegeta's Final Flash. Arguably the most powerful technique in the series, it is completely useless in actual combat as it takes several minutes to charge, is in ''no way'' subtle (unlike the Makankosappo or Spirit Bomb, both of which have been charged discreetly while the target was distracted), and requires the target to stand completely still. Even then, when Cell actually allows Vegeta to use it against him, the majority of the blast misses completely, bouncing off the Earth's surface and discharging into space. What portion ''did'' make contact inflicted almost as much damage as a point-blank Kamehameha.

* ADateWithRosiePalms:
** In Episode 12, Krillin has to go a month with Bulma walking around in her underwear and no "alone time" because the toilet keeps yelling at him. He is finally able to relieve that tension in Episode 13.
--->'''Bulma:''' Oh god, it's everywhere!
** In the beginning of Episode 20, Burter, Jeice, and Recoome briefly talk about the last time they felt the urge.
** In Episode 22, Ginyu makes it into a BrickJoke.

--->'''Vegeta:''' You c*nt!

--->'''Vegeta:''' What, she is a c*nt! A c*nty c*nt! What are you gonna do, you big ol' c*nt? Are you gonna c*nt all over me with your c*nty hair and your c*nty boots and your...*beat*...VAGINA???