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* SpellMyNameWithAnS: The romanizations of many characters' names tend to vary between Japanese media. Even the English adaptations of the manga and anime can't seem to agree on which spelling to use.
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* PacifismBreakingPoint: Gohan is faced with Cell, a biological menace that will destroy the Earth if he cannot kill him, but he's a pacifist and doesnt want to fight in the first place. Cell would've killed everyone if not for a speech by the decapitated head of Android 16. This speech and the immediate murder of 16 at the hands of Cell drive out the rage in Gohan, causing to him erupt into Super Saiyan 2 and beat the absolute shit out of Cell.
-->'''16:''' Gohan, let it go. It is not a sin to fight for the right cause. There are those who words alone will not reach. Cell is such a being. You are gentle. You do not like to hurt. I know because I too have learned these feelings. But it is because you cherish life that you must protect it. Please drop your restraints. Protect the life I loved. You have the strength, my scanners sensed it. Just... let it go.
-->'''16:''' Gohan, let it go. It is not a sin to fight for the right cause. There are those who words alone will not reach. Cell is such a being. You are gentle. You do not like to hurt. I know because I too have learned these feelings. But it is because you cherish life that you must protect it. Please drop your restraints. Protect the life I loved. You have the strength, my scanners sensed it. Just... let it go.
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* TemporalAbortion: Upon discovering the cause of the ghost town epidemic, Krillin and Trunks travel to Dr. Gero's lab to find a solution. During their investigation, they find a sub lab containing the embryo of Cell. The rules of time travel in Dragon Ball mean that killing it then and there didn't kill Cell in the present, but it does prevent the prime timeline from having it's own Cell show up in the future.
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*TraineeFromHell: Son Goku of all people is this. Not because of being overpowered and [[DoesNotKnowHisOwnStrength not knowing his own strength]] a lot of the time. But his growth rate and mastery is so unbelievably high, his trainers need to keep devising harder and more difficult regimes for him almost constantly.
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* TheQuest: This is what this series started out as. The quest started when Goku originally left his home with Bulma to find the titular PlotCoupons.
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* TheQuest: This is what this series started out as. The quest started when Goku originally left his home with Bulma to find the titular PlotCoupons.{{Plot Coupon}}s.
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* SingleLanguagePlanet: The Namekians all speak the language of the same name. Justified as Namek is a rather small planet, and there are only a hundred Namekians left after a series of catastrophes nearly wiped out their race save for Guru, the only survivor who then hatched all the current Namekians.
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* PainAndGain: Part of Saiyan biology is the "Saiyan Power" (often erroneously referred to as "zenkai boost", after a line Goku said when referring to Vegeta's most recent energy boost in the Frieza saga) ability. Every time a Saiyan comes close to death, they will get stronger, and the closer they come to death without actually dying, the stronger the power increase will be. Plenty of characters have used the Zenkai boost to tactically gain a combat advantage. Vegeta introduces the concept, asking Krillin to mortally wound him because Dende is right there to heal him and give him the boost. Due to being partially made from Saiyan DNA, Cell also shares this power; it's what allows him to regenerate as his "Perfect" form after self-destructing in his "Semi-Perfect" form. Goku Black figures out the Zenkai intuitively, and applies it by stabbing his hand and pulling a ki scythe out of it.
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* SealedEvilInAnotherWorld: Lord Garlic was banished into the Dead Zone [[HoistByHisOwnPetard which he himself created]] where he died. His son, Garlic Jr, took after his father in this department. Bonus points for wishing for immortality before so, unlike his father, [[FateWorseThanDeath he will never die]].
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* SpartanSibling: A recurring theme throughout ''Dragon Ball'' is characters being estranged and occasionally outright antagonistic towards their own siblings, to the point that they rarely - if ever - worry about their siblings' wellbeing when they are not in each other's line of sight. Some examples:
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* SpartanSibling: A recurring theme throughout ''Dragon Ball'' is characters being estranged and occasionally outright antagonistic towards their own siblings, to the point that they rarely - if ever - --if ever-- worry about their siblings' wellbeing when they are not in each other's line of sight. Some examples:
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* SplitAndReunion: Demon King Piccolo is a result of Kami-sama's struggle against inner evil. They live separately as foes for a time. In ''Anime/DragonBallZ'', Piccolo Jr. then fuses with Kami-sama becoming more powerful.
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* ShooOutTheClowns: Or, more like kill off the clown. Krillin, the biggest ComicRelief character in the series, is murdered at the start of the King Piccolo Saga. This marked a major shift in tone for entire series, with the King Piccolo Saga being one of the darkest story arcs with little to no humor.
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* ShooOutTheClowns: Or, more like kill off the clown. Krillin, the biggest ComicRelief comic relief character in the series, is murdered at the start of the King Piccolo Saga. This marked a major shift in tone for entire series, with the King Piccolo Saga being one of the darkest story arcs with little to no humor.
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* TheWarlord: Frieza is the leader of the Planet Trade Organization, better known as the Frieza Force — a massive army that has conquered much of the known universe and operates by wiping out all life on planets of interest and selling them to the highest bidder. Frieza himself doesn't seem to have much of a bureaucracy beyond ruling his conquered territories through fear, and revels in conquest and genocide — even blowing up loyal planets to amuse himself.
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Renamed a long time ago
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** Swimming across a lake and back ten times while chased by a ''[[EverythingsWorseWithSharks giant shark]]'';
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** Swimming across a lake and back ten times while chased by a ''[[EverythingsWorseWithSharks [[ThreateningShark giant shark]]'';shark]];
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* TraumaCongaLine: The King Piccolo Saga was this for Goku. First, he loses the tournament because he's hit by a pick-up truck at the worst possible moment, and then his best friend and training partner is murdered because he forgot his Dragon Ball and Power Pole at the stadium. When he tries to avenge his murder, he's been beaten to a pulp because he's tired and hungry from the tournament. When he does avenge Krillin, he's been beaten close to death by King Piccolo and has the Dragon Ball that he was protecting stolen. He later learns that his master and father figure is also killed by Piccolo (although indirectly). By the time Goku is lying on the ground because Piccolo disabled both of is legs, you can tell that he reached his breaking point.
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* TraumaCongaLine: The King Piccolo Saga was this for Goku. First, he loses the tournament because he's hit by a pick-up truck at the worst possible moment, and then his best friend and training partner is murdered because he forgot his Dragon Ball and Power Pole at the stadium. When he tries to avenge his murder, he's been beaten to a pulp because he's tired and hungry from the tournament. When he does avenge Krillin, he's been beaten close to death by King Piccolo and has the Dragon Ball that he was protecting stolen. He later learns that his master and father figure is also killed by Piccolo (although indirectly). By the time Goku is lying on the ground because Piccolo disabled both of is his legs, you can tell that he reached his breaking point.
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** After Goku's first Oozaru transformation, Pilaf attacks him in an airplane in a clear reference to ''Film/KingKong''.
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** The Kamehameha technique's name is a pun, referencing both the creator Turtle Hermit (''Kame'' Sen'nin)'s name and the word "wave" (''Ha'') alongside the name of King [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamehameha_I Kamehameha I]] of Hawaii... But it's much more likely that, instead of being a pun based on a semi-obscure historical figure, it was one to the popular 1970s nursery rhyme song ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hh7SDZqQxy8 Minami no Shima no Hamehameha Daiō]]'' (King Hamehameha of the South Island), which describes the inhabitants of a Pacific Island where all the HollywoodNatives are named Hamehameha.
** After Goku's first Oozaru transformation, Pilaf attacks him in an airplane in a clear reference to ''Film/KingKong''.
** The Muscle Tower arc is clearly patterned after ''Film/GameOfDeath'', since both of them involve a tower where the main character fights a number of challenging threats from the bottom to the upper level.
** After Goku's first Oozaru transformation, Pilaf attacks him in an airplane in a clear reference to ''Film/KingKong''.
** The Muscle Tower arc is clearly patterned after ''Film/GameOfDeath'', since both of them involve a tower where the main character fights a number of challenging threats from the bottom to the upper level.
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** Major antagonist Tao Pai Pai's appearance is based on Sheng Kuan, the [[Main/AnimalThemedFightingStyle Eagle Claw]]-using villain from the 1978 film ''Film/SnakeInTheEaglesShadow''.
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** Goku's preferred method of transportation is the Kinto'un or Nimbus Cloud, a semi-sentient magic cloud that can be ridden only by those who are pure of heart. Anyone else falls through as one might when attempting to ride on a regular cloud. Chi-Chi, Good Launch and a mermaid are also shown riding successfully, so either purity is pretty common in the setting or the cloud isn't as harsh a judge as some examples of this trope.
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** Goku's preferred method of transportation is the Kinto'un or Nimbus Cloud, a semi-sentient magic cloud that can be ridden only by those who are pure of heart. Anyone else falls through as one might when attempting to ride on a regular cloud. Upa, Chi-Chi, Good Launch and a mermaid are also shown riding successfully, so either purity is pretty common in the setting or the cloud isn't as harsh a judge as some examples of this trope.
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** When Goku climbs Korin Tower for the first time so that he could follow the legend and drink the Sacred Water in order to become stronger. [[spoiler: Of course the sacred water was actually just normal tap water, and the strength Goku gained was in climbing the tower and training with Korin.[[note]]Of course let's not worry about the Ultra Divine Water.[[/note]]]]
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** When Goku climbs Korin Tower for the first time so that he could follow the legend and drink the Sacred Water in order to become stronger. [[spoiler: Of course course, the sacred water was actually just normal tap water, and the strength Goku gained was in climbing the tower and training with Korin.[[note]]Of course course, let's not worry about the Ultra Divine Water.[[/note]]]]
