History Recap / TheNostalgiaCriticS10E30

* CoolLoser: Goku is somehow bullied for no clear reason other than having a grandpa that knows about the alien invasion that no one else believes. Otherwise, he's this trope.

* WhatAnIdiot: InUniverse, the trio point out how Goku, Bulma and Roshi spent hours in a hole dug by Yamcha despite Roshi having superhuman jumping powers.

** The Critic theorizes that the film's version of Son Goku is the same annoying character his actor Justin Chatwin played in ''Film/WarOfTheWorlds''.

** While trying to comprehend how bad ''Dragonball Evolution'' was compared to the source material, the Critic compares it to [[Film/GhostInTheShell the film adaptation]] of ''Anime/GhostInTheShell'' (one of Doug's favorite anime), with [=LittleKuriboh=] confirming his guess.

* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Kyle Hebert, once the film references ''Film/TheLastAirbender'' ([[FridgeLogic Even though that film came one year later than Dragonball Evolution]]).

Tagline: [[Creator/LittleKuriboh LittleKuriboh]] and Creator/MasakoX join the fight against the worst anime adaptation of all time, Dragonball Evolution. It kicks you right in the Dragon Nards.

** When he learns that Bulma is played by Creator/EmmyRossum, the Critic asks if [[Film/ThePhantomOfTheOpera2004 she sings in this film]], and is relieved when [=LittleKuriboh=] says she isn't.

* TheBully: The group make fun of how generic the bullies are. And also point out that said bullies have ''zero'' reason to actually bully him.

* ActorAllusion: Three InUniverse cases:

* DarthWiki/SoBadItsHorrible: The trio's final verdict on the film. Even the Critic, who isn't very acquainted with ''Dragon Ball'', agrees that it is bad both as an adaptation and as a stand-alone film.[[invoked]]

Film: ''Film/{{Dragonball Evolution}}''

* DarthWiki/SoBadItsHorrible: [[InUniverse The trio's]] final verdict on the film. Even the Critic, who isn't very acquainted with ''Dragon Ball'', agrees that it is bad both as an adaptation and as a stand-alone film.

* AffectionateParody: The opening sketch pokes fun at the source material (featuring [=MasakoX=] as Goku, [=LittleKuriboh=] as Vegeta, and the Critic as Krillin, but in a way that's ironically way more faithful than the actual movie. The Critic even lampshades it within the review itself, with a lot of hands raised in agreement when he suggested so.

* EnemyMine: Masako!Goku and Kuriboh!Vegeta team up against the despised live action movie.

** The trio, Malcolm and Slumming-It Fairy lazing around and smoking weed for every scene they gave up on trying to understand.

* SoBadItsHorrible: [[InUniverse The trio's]] final verdict on the film. Even the Critic, who isn't very acquainted with ''Dragon Ball'', agrees that it is bad both as an adaptation and as a stand-alone film.

* {{Wangst}}: InUniverse, the trio parody Goku's insecurities about his uniqueness by summoning "Slumming-It Fairy" (Tamara), who gives them a box full of stock angst lines.

* ReadingsAreOffTheScale: The famous "Over 9000" gag is played by by Kuriboh!Vegeta, who smashes his smartphone when he discovers that the film's ''Website/RottenTomatoes'' freshness rating went up from 9% to 14%.

** When Goku kicks Agudes, one of his bullies, into a fountain, that scene is played in such gratuitous slow-mo the trio imitate him, with the Critic imitating him and exclaiming that [[Film/BatmanVSupermanDawnOfJustice he got]] [[Creator/ZackSnyder "Snydered"]].

* WhatAnIdiot: InUniverse, the trio point out how the gang spent hours in a hole despite Roshi having superhuman jumping powers.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: As revealed in the "Making of" video for the episode, the script for the opening sketch originally had [=MasakoX=] cast as Vegeta and [=LittleKuriboh=] as Goku, until Malcolm pointed out the obvious regarding the former's role on his abridged series - though funnily enough, both Malcolm and [=MasakoX=] had initially assumed that it was an intentional BaitAndSwitch gag.

** When Master Roshi first appears in the film, [=MasakoX=] snarks that his actor Creator/ChowYunFat found a worse role than [[Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanAtWorldsEnd Captain Sao Feng]].

** When Master Roshi first appears in the film, [=MasakoX=] snarks that his actor Creator/ChowYunFat found a worse role than ''Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanAtWorldsEnd''.

* ActorAllusion: InUniverse, the Critic theorizes that the film's version of Son Goku is the same character his actor Justin Chatwin played in ''Film/WarOfTheWorlds''.

* ReadingsAreOffTheScale: They do the "OVER 9000" gag by seeing the movie's Rotten Tomatoes score has gone up over 9% to 14% freshness.

** Malcolm, a real-life fan of ''Dragon Ball'', attempting to shoot down the film for its inconsistencies, with the trio trying to restrain him.
** The trio, Malcolm and Slumming-It Fairy lazing around and smoking blunts for every scene they gave up on trying to understand.

** While trying to comprehend how bad ''Dragonball Evolution'' was compared to the source material, the Critic compares it to [[Film/GhostInTheShell the film adaptation]] of ''Anime/GhostInTheShell'' (one of Doug's favorite anime), with [=LittleKuriboh=] confirming his assumptions.

* ThereAreNoRules: The trio mocks the film's use of this, which they point out counts as a rule anyway.

* WhatAnIdiot: InUniverse, the trio point out how the gang spent hours in a hole despite Roshi having superhuman jumping powers.

** The trio, Malcolm and Tamara!Fairy lazing around and smoking blunts for every scene they gave up on trying to understand.

* AffectionateParody: The opening sketch pokes fun at the source material (featuring [=MasakoX=] as Goku, [=LittleKuriboh=] as Vegeta, and the Critic as Krillin, but in a way that's ironically way more faithful than the actual movie.

* TheCameo: Creator/KyleHebert, the English voice actor of teenage Son Gohan and the second narrator of ''Manga/DragonBallZ'', reprises his role as the latter.

* EveryoneHasStandards: During one of the "Next Time on Dragonball" scenes, when the movie gets compared to ''Film/TheLastAirbender'', Kyle Hebert bails out once [[Creator/MNightShyamalan Shyamalan]] is brought into the picture.

* RunningGag: Malcolm (a real-life fan of ''Dragon Ball'') attempting to "kill" the film for its inconsistencies, with the trio trying to restrain him.

** When Master Roshi first appears in the film, Creator/MasakoX snarks that his actor Creator/ChowYunFat found a worse role than ''Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanAtWorldsEnd''.

* ThisIsGonnaSuck: When the Critic finds himself bored with the opening narration, [=MasakoX=] and [=LittleKuriboh=] warn him to get used to that feeling.

* AffectionateParody: The opening sketch pokes fun at the source material, but in a way that's ironically way more faithful than the actual movie.

* {{Crossover}}: With Creator/TeamFourStar's Lawrence "Creator/MasakoX" Simpson (himself also a Channel Awesome reviewer) as Son Goku and Martin Piers "Creator/LittleKuriboh" Billany as Vegeta, with the Critic as Krillin.

* {{Narrator}}: Creator/KyleHebert is enlisted for the opening sketch and to punctuate the movie's fight scenes with [[OnTheNext "Next Time On..."]]s.
* PropRecycling: The cards from the Schlock container are the ones from ''WebVideo/PopQuizHotshot'', the logo of which can be seen since Critic hides it the worst of the three. This was pointed out in the Channel Awesome forums by Fard Muhammad, who played General Anesthetic on the show.

Release: Nov 8, 2017