Funny / What If Raditz Turned Good?

Dragon Ball R&R

General

• In general, most of what Raditz says is bound to be hilarious. Unlike his original Hate Sink canon self, here he's a mix of Goku's goofiness and Vegeta's boisterous nature at the same time!
  • Also, in what must be a reference to the intermission animations from the original Dragon Ball, we have Ranch effortlessly grab a Dragon Ball in the first intermission animation, and then Raditz initially struggling to get a grasp on it in the second.

Episode 1: A Fusion of Fancy?! Trunks and Ranch Join Forces!

• Goku tries to get Raditz to teach him the Double Sunday. Raditz refuses, so Goku tells him he'll teach him the Kaio-ken in response… which is a Comically Small Bribe in itself since Super Saiyan renders it useless. (For now, at least.)
• Goku proclaims that Ranch'll grow up to be a great fighter someday. Raditz counters with the idea that she might want to be more like her mother, Launch.
  Goku: What… blonde?
  Raditz: Wha— yes, Kakarot, blonde.
• The running joke about the male fighters comparing the size of their… power levels.
• This exchange:
  Good!Launch: Try not to get too banged up, okay, kids?
  Ranch: No, mom.
  Good!Launch: I know you'll be fine, but I'm just... Saiyan. (giggles)
  Raditz: She keeps making that damn pun.
  Goku: Well, I thought it was funny.
  Raditz: You would, Kakarot.
• Raditz telling Goku to get out of his Super Saiyan 3 form because his hair looks stupid.
• Trunks asks the real questions at the end: when a boy and girl fuse, what happens with their-- (Ranch gives Trunks a Dope Slap)

Episode 2: The Final Cut! Goten's Big Decision!

• Trunks having an emotional breakdown when Goten points out that his own hair is the same as his mom's.
• Goten mistaking Vegeta's usual spiel about being a proud, credible Saiyan warrior "following in the footsteps of the master" for advice that he should keep his hairstyle the same.
• Goten's desperate enough to ask Master Roshi, Krillin, Tien and Chiaotzu for advice on how to change up his hairstyle. Krillin tells him in a smugly manner that he shaved off the hair he grew back in the Buu saga because "the original was always best". For a second, it seems like Goten is subtly considering if he should do the same.
  • Then Roshi is set to tell Goten a very important life lesson he told Goku many years ago… one the young martial artist should have always kept close to his heart… a long pause happens, and…
    Roshi: …Ladies.
    Goten: Excuse me?
    Chiaotzu: I don't like where this is going.
    Tien: Neither do I.
    Roshi: Young ladies simply love gentlemen with shiny young heads if ya know what I mean! (cheerfully cackles, with a horrified Goten about to make a run for it)
    • Also counts as a possible Call-Forward to the ladies' man persona Goten gets as an adult.
  • Roshi then reassures the kid that he doesn't need to be like his father, and that he'll find what he's looking for sometime soon. It's heartwarming, and then Roshi bids the little Goku farewell.
    Roshi: Eh, I mean Goten! Dagnabbit!
• Raditz says that Goten's new hairstyle looks like Yamcha's. But it's still great hair, honest!

Episode 3: A Misunderstanding? Gohan's Peace Offering!

• Ranch asks Piccolo what Gohan was like at her age. While Piccolo talks about how good a kid and fighter he was, a fair amount of the YouTube comments are instead referencing his brutal murder of the Cell Jrs.
• In the flashback sequence of Raditz and Piccolo's meeting following Gohan's first Oozaru transformation, we have this little exchange:
  Raditz: As much as I hate to admit it, the brat has potential. He was able to get a hit on me in my Great Ape form, and he was a completely wild beast unlike myself.
  Piccolo: Yeah, you're totally not a wild—
  Raditz: Finish that sentence and I will turn your antennae into a skipping rope!
  • "Where could that brat and the green man be!? Surely I can't miss him, he's green!"
• Goku decides to get Gohan and Videl to pay a visit to Ranch and the others… via the express route!
  Goku: We can see 'em anytime! Don't tell me you've forgotten! (Instant Transmissions away)
  (Raditz, Launch, Chi-Chi, Goten and Ranch all give concerned expressions)
  Chi-Chi: Oh, please don't tell me he—
  (Goku Instant Transmissions back with a dazed and confused Gohan and Videl in tow)
  Goku: Ta-dah! There ya go, Ranch! Gohan for ya!
  Chi-Chi: (speechless) I… you… Goku! (cheerfully) Gohan! I… DON'T KNOW WHAT TO SAY!
• When Chi-Chi sweetly forgives Goku for the above act of brazenness, Raditz… well, you can't miss him either, he's green!
  Raditz: He gets away with murder sometimes, that Kakarot! "Oh, we love you, Goku! Oh, you're so great, Kakarot!" Oh, yeah, Kakarot's allowed to do whatever he wants!
  Bad!Launch: What're you tryin' to say, bub!?
  Raditz: (eating his words) Nothing, dear…

Episode 4: STRIKE! Yamcha's Curve Ball!

• Possibly unintentional, but the voice of the game announcer is oddly reminiscent of that of DBZA!Nappa.
• An exchange starting off with Goku being Innocently Insensitive as usual:
  Goku: So… remind me why we're here again?
  Krillin: Come on, Goku. We're here to celebrate Yamcha's final game. He's retiring after this one!
  Goku: Retire? But Yamcha's not old!
  Master Roshi: Old!? Well, to me, he's still in diapers! Come back to me in three hundred years and then tell me that you're old.
  • According to Krillin, Yamcha's stated reason for retirement was that the money for being a big TV star was "mondo cool" and that he needed to get a rest after saving the world so many times.
• Even Vegeta came to see the game! Because Bulma would keep the power to the gravity chamber turned off otherwise. Chi-Chi's impressed.
  Vegeta: I could watch that bumbling fool [Yamcha] make an idiot of himself at home.
  Raditz: Trust me, the feeling's mutual.
• Goku gets bored and decides to take a snack break. For the fifteenth time since the game started.
  Goku: Do you feel like you're gonna throw up?
  Chi-Chi: No…
  Goku: Therefore, you need more snacks!
  • And then later Raditz excitedly joins in for the next run.
    Chi-Chi: More? Poor Yamcha's getting mauled out there and all you can think about are snacks?
    Vegeta: Huh. They are weak. A true Saiyan warrior knows when not to succumb to the temptations of food. Their hunger speaks volumes.
    Raditz: Shut up, Vegeta.
    Vegeta: Whatever, Meh-ditz. Go let your stomach rule over you.
    Raditz: Oh, it must be really hard to feed all three feet of ya!
    Vegeta: That goes for you too, Kakarot.
    Goku: Can do!
  • It's then revealed that Vegeta was hiding a chocolate bar in his hands the whole time. Even funnier if you interpret that he stole it from the Son brothers under their noses.
    Vegeta: (facing the camera) Not a word.
  • And then Bad!Launch gets ranty about Goku smothering Chi-Chi with snacks since Raditz is taking too long to get hers.
• Vegeta, in classic form, tries to snark about how Yamcha doesn't have "groove".
  Bulma: And since when did you know about baseball terminology?
  Vegeta: (with a hilarious angry expression) I HAVE HOBBIES, WOMAN!
• This exchange between little Marron and Trunks:
  Marron: So we're stopping bad guys?
  Trunks: The baddest of bad guys! Men… in suits! Mom hates 'em for some reason.
• While it's sad to see Yamcha still losing his last baseball game, you can still hear an offscreen Vegeta yelling "called it!"
• The kids Yamcha's teaching in baseball call him "Master Yamcha." He finds it flattering.
  Master Roshi: (pops up out of nowhere gag-manga style) You said it, kiddo!
  • And then the mom of one of the kids (named Sprintt in the credits) calls him that too. He finds it super flattering, complete with his inner-voice making a cheeky face straight out of the original Dragon Ball.

Episode 5: Respect Your Roots, Kiddo! A Glorious Story Of The Saiyan Race!

• The meat of the episode is mostly about Raditz telling the family his own take on the history of the Saiyans, and it getting less and less convincing as he goes on.
  • In his defense, Ranch does find it easier to listen to than Vegeta's version of the story. Evidently, the only word she could make out of the whole thing was— you guessed it— "pride".
  • It becomes a little less funny when you learn near the end that Raditz is afraid of letting his family down by letting them know he's forgotten a lot of his past.
• Everything Goku says and does in this episode is hilarious, really.
• Raditz struggles to find a reason how the "Legendary Super Saiyan" can be considered legendary if he ultimately lost to the evil Saiyans.
  • On that note, "You're not dealing with the average Saiyan legend anymore!"
• When discussing how much of a great elite warrior Bardock was, Raditz describes him as one of the Saiyans' most brilliant minds. Ranch then asks if Bardock was a brilliant scientist… or rather, a Saiyan-tist! With the picture in the flashback changing to show Bardock in science gear.
  Raditz: What? No. A Saiyan scientist? Does Kakarot look like the son of a scientist?
  (Goku quietly makes a nonchalant face as if to say "I dunno, you tell me?")
  • A bonus for those at home: Scientist!Bardock's lab coat has a pin with "I <3 Blutz" labelled on it.
• Raditz tells the totally accurate story of Freeza and King Vegeta's alliance:
  Raditz: [Freeza] was an evil, self-obsessed and ugly tyrant.
  "Freeza": "I'm an evil, self-obsessed and ugly tyrant! And I command you filthy monkeys to conquer planets for me! (evil cackle) Did I mention that I'm evil? Because I am. Very much so."
  "King Vegeta": "I care for my peoples' well-being, but you are indeed correct. Especially regarding the ugly part!"
  "Freeza": "Good! Your presence disgusts me as much as my face disgusts you, I imagine! However, I do see a lot of promise in the young one they call "Raditz". I like him so much that I want him to command an entire unit! He seems like a really hoopy frood! I feel he might possess a great power that I, Lord Freeza, can utilize! Gosh, that Raditz is so cool!"
  (return to the real world with Raditz standing triumphantly as everyone stares, and with faint cricket chirping)
  Good!Launch: That's funny, I'm sure I remember that part of the story a little differently.
  Raditz: Well, you know me, I'm a very humble guy. I didn't want to brag or anything.
  • And then Trunks tells Vegeta's side of the story:
    Trunks: I'm pretty sure that Freeza guy never said that. My father told me that he was the one that got you the spot in Freeza's army. Apparently, you cried to be let in! (chuckles)
    Raditz: (with an embarrassed face) Your father and I remember things… differently.
• Raditz unfortunately describes Gine as like a "rose in a bed of swords".
  Ranch: Just like mom?
  Raditz: (stammers) You got a basically fifty-fifty shot on that one.
  • Good!Launch responds to Raditz's brash comparison with the same demureness as ever, all the while using a few choice words to threaten him into biting his tongue on the subject:
    Good!Launch: That's right, dear. Your mommy is special. She's the rose… and the sword. And I'd be careful, daring. You know that this rose has a real bad case of the sniffles…
    Raditz: MOVING ON!
• Probably the most golden moment of the whole episode: Raditz's recollection of his last talk with Bardock, who has a suspiciously familiar face and voice, and Goten falling for all of it. Watch for yourself.
  • Though, despite all the Blatant Lies seen throughout this episode, Raditz genuinely joins in with Goten's fanboying, so it's not a stretch to think that Bardock acting just "like a real superhero" could be how Raditz actually remembers his father. Oddly counts as heartwarming, too.
  • There's also his recollection of his comforting of the cowardly and neurotic Kid Vegeta. Sure enough, this doesn't convince Goten.
• When Trunks points out one too many plotholes:
  Raditz: …Trunks? Are you enjoying your pudding?
  Trunks: Hmm, yeah, it's pretty good.
  Raditz: Good. So shut up and eat it. Or. Wear. It.
  Trunks: Mmmmm! Mmm-mmm-mmm!

Episode 6: A Mighty Ransom! Tenshinhan's Turmoil!

• Ranch takes Goten on a very early two-hour-long run while they're both continuously in Super Saiyan form.
  Goten: (exhausted) Why did we walk here!? We can fly!
  Ranch: Uh… I'd rather not say. It was noisy at home.
  Goten: Oh, did the twins wake you up or somethin'?
  Ranch: Yes… the twins.
  • One especially for veteran Dragon Ball Z Abridged fans: Ranch later admits to Tien that Raditz and Launch were "up all night". Guess we now know the real reason why she took Goten and ran.
• Ranch expresses how big a deal turning ten might be, and Goten teases her by saying maybe he should call her "Miss Ranch" from now on. The reaction on Ranch's face is pure gold.
• Tien politely states that he came to Mount Pauzu to see Goku and Raditz about something.
  Chiaotzu: He's after some cold hard cash!
  (dramatic sting followed by shots of a deadpan Ranch, incredulous Goten and embarrassed Tien)
  Tien: Chiaotzu! It's… not about that!
  Chiaotzu: Yeah, it is!
• Tien tries to ask Goku for help with putting together a new dojo, but Goku's not really that up for taking a job as a teacher. Chi-Chi, who would like for Goku to stop being lazy, gives a second opinion.
  Tien: Goku, are you sure you won't consider my offer?
  Goku: Ehhh, I'm not much of a "master" kinda guy. I kinda like the one-on-one training thing more.
  Chi-Chi: (straight out of bed) What's the difference?
  Goku: There is so a difference!
  Chi-Chi: (increasingly angrily) There is not. When a person teaches another person something, that's the master-pupil dynamic. So therefore, that would make you a "master". Like when you took Gohan to train in the Room of Spirit and Time and wasted a WHOLE YEAR of his life that he will NEVER! GET! BACK!
  Goku: (proudly reminiscing) Oh, yeah, we did do that. But… sorry, can't help you, Tenshinhan.
• Next on the list is the "tryhard" Raditz. And Launch by proxy, with Tien in particular dreading her given his… experience with her (her blonde side especially even scares Chiaotzu).
  Chi-Chi: Are you that scared of someone who's more hair than man?
  Tien: It's not Raditz I'm worried about. Oh, well. Worth a shot.
  Chiaotzu: Sounds like it's worth two shots.
• And then we get to Raditz and Launch's place, where lightning strikes upon arrival. For a minute or so, the music and cinematography even switches to that of a horror thriller, with Ranch blissfully ignorant of the tension in the air.
  • As a Funny Background Event, Raditz's TV is playing a movie or show where Mr. Satan is a detective. Given his previous track record, it's a shame we never get to watch it.
    • It gets even funnier if you remember that one of the most famous detectives in fiction also has "Hercule" as a name.
  • Another one of the shows is "Late Nite With Nappa". Timeline stuff aside, it seems some things are just that universal.
• Raditz being overly chummy to Tien, running right out of the shower.
• Launch unfortunately ends up sneezing into her blonde form and the two fighters immediately get the hell out of dodge.
  Bad!Launch: You… you gotta some nerve showin' your tri-clops mug here! You didn't think to call or nothin'!? Do ya even know what a phone is!?
  Tien: Well, um…
  Raditz: (still only wearing a towel) RUN, BITCH!
  • After Bad!Launch briefly guns for Tien and fails, we get this sweet mother-daughter interaction:
    Bad!Launch: I'LL GET YA NEXT TIME, YA INGRATE!
    Ranch: Men! Am I right, Mom?
    Bad!Launch: You can say that again! (the two high-five)
• Raditz gives his informed opinion on Tien's dojo.
  Raditz: Hmm. Impressive. Looks very… tidy. A little too tidy, if you ask me. I mean, where's the battle damage? Plus, it doesn't even look anything like a wasteland! How am I supposed to visualize where we usually fight!?
• It's said a few times in the first half of this episode that Tien only has one pupil for his dojo thus far. It's played as if they're going to be a new or unexpected character central to the plot, and when Raditz asks to meet him… it turns out it was really just Chiaotzu the whole time.
  Raditz: Oh. Oh. Well. This is awkward.
• Raditz and Tien's fight gets the attention of Yamcha and Sprintt, the latter of whom asks if Yamcha can go Super Saiyan, too. Yamcha answers that yes, of course he can.
• The Stinger, where Chiaotzu gives Raditz his share of the dojo's profits before Bad!Launch appears to swipe it.
  Bad!Launch: Don't forget what we said at our weddin', schnookums! What's yours is mine! And what's mine is also mine! (chuckles)
• Tien's answer to how he was able to beat Raditz as a Super Saiyan?
  Tien: Oh, that. You showed off too much.
  Raditz: I...did? That's so unlike me...

Miscellaneous

• Raditz is displeased that Arc System Works hasn't put him in "Fighter-Z" yet despite giving nearly every other major Saiyan combatant at least one spot on the roster. Even Nappa.
  Raditz: And I know what you're going to say, "but you only lasted a few episodes in the show!" How, you… shut up! I am beautiful! Have you seen my armor!? Have you seen my hair!? Have you seen those beautiful little bands I wear!? Those other Saiyans, they don't have my patented Raditz charm!