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Goku then intervenes in order to clear up the misunderstanding (oh, and resgue his friends), fighting through Kochin's death traps and the three elite Bio-Warriors with the (dubious) help of Krillin and Gohan, before facing off against a BrainwashedAndCrazy Piccolo. They're this close to saving Bulma (Master Roshi having already saved himself) and escaping when Dr. Wheelo decides he's had it with watching Kochin's atrocities and stupidity helplessly without a body, and activates the powerful exoskeleton he'd had the whole time but never realized. Wheelo kills Kochin by breaking the floor he's on and sending him falling to his death, before engaging the Z-fighters.
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Goku then intervenes in order to clear up the misunderstanding (oh, and resgue rescue his friends), fighting through Kochin's death traps and the three elite Bio-Warriors with the (dubious) help of Krillin and Gohan, before facing off against a BrainwashedAndCrazy Piccolo. They're this close to saving Bulma (Master Roshi having already saved himself) and escaping when Dr. Wheelo decides he's had it with watching Kochin's atrocities and stupidity helplessly without a body, and activates the powerful exoskeleton he'd had the whole time but never realized. Wheelo kills Kochin by breaking the floor he's on and sending him falling to his death, before engaging the Z-fighters.
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Dr Wheelo's evil assistant Kochin seeks a new body for his master. The search for the World's Strongest man leads him to a conflict with Son Goku and friends.
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Dr. Wheelo, a completely normal scientist by ''Dragon Ball'' standards, has passed away from cancer, but his assistant Dr. Kochin has saved his brain. Wheelo wants a body again, and the moronically evil Kochin decides to get one for him ... but determines that it should be from a) the strongest warrior, and b) someone with a penis (against Wheelo's
Goku then intervenes in order to clear up the misunderstanding (oh, and
But instead of being shot into space and destroyed by a spirit bomb, this Wheelo gets thrown a bone. Gohan realizes that he's not evil, just desperate, and persuades Goku to drop the spirit bomb and get Wheelo a new body the obvious way that Kochin never thought of - summoning Shenron and just ''wishing'' him a new one. Wheelo can live a normal life, the Z-fighters still have their bodies, and Piccolo is no longer brainwashed. All is well, until the next movie at least.
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* ComplexityAddiction: Kochin kidnaps Bulma and Master Roshi, puts Goku in death traps, and summons Shenron just to de-ice his lab in order to get Dr. Wheelo a body... when he could have just used a random Bio-man, Bulma, Piccolo, or even gathered the dragon balls again to wish Wheelo a body.
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* TheDogBitesBack: Once Wheelo starts using his exoskeleton, he sends Kochin falling to his death with a stomp of his foot.
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* OnlySaneMan: Poor Dr. Wheelo doesn't see why they have to jump through so many hoops and antagonize the Z-warriors just to get him a body. Unfortunately, he's a brain in a jar and only finds out he has a powerful exoskeleton when he goes insane from Kochin's idiocy.
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* ButtMonkey: Yamcha, once again. He gets killed by the Biomen when they abduct Piccolo, and Piccolo regards as no more than an example of what not to do. His death is even treated as FunnyBackgroundEvent when Gohan reflects on the event.
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* ButtMonkey: Yamcha, once again. He gets killed downed by one of the Biomen when they abduct Piccolo, in the exact same fashion as a Saibaman did to him, and Piccolo regards as no more than an example of what not to do. His death defeat is even treated as FunnyBackgroundEvent when Gohan reflects on the event.event. About the only bones thrown to him were that the cold of the Arctic didn't bother him like it did Piccolo and Gohan and that at least he survived this time.
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* DoWrongRight: When Goku finds out that Master Roshi was kidnapped because he was mistaken as the World's Strongest, Goku immediately hops on Nimbus to fix this mistake.
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* SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong: A non-time travel example. When Goku finds out that Master Roshi was kidnapped because he was mistaken as the World's Strongest, Goku immediately hops on Nimbus to fix this mistake.
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* MyBrainIsBig: Dr. Wheelo's brain is estimated to be the size of a golden retriever. Not the dog's brain, the actual golden retriever. When Gohan suggests that it's the size of a greyhound, he gasps out in horror "The BUS?!"
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* MyBrainIsBig: Dr. Wheelo's brain is estimated to be the size of a golden retriever. Not the dog's brain, the actual golden retriever. When Gohan suggests that it's the size of a greyhound, he gasps out in horror "The BUS?!"BUS?!" When he gains a human form, thanks to Shenron, the almighty dragon doesn't shrink the size of his brain leading to a mass at least twice his body on top of his head.
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* BrainCriticalMass: Everybody seems to think that, being a BrainInAJar, Dr. Wheelo ''has'' to have PsychicPowers. Dr. Wheelo himself is mystified by this assumption.
-->'''Gohan''': Dad, I think Dr. Wheelo's controlling [Piccolo]!\\
'''Wheelo''': But I am a BRAIN in a jar!\\
'''Goku''': So you admit it!
-->'''Gohan''': Dad, I think Dr. Wheelo's controlling [Piccolo]!\\
'''Wheelo''': But I am a BRAIN in a jar!\\
'''Goku''': So you admit it!
* RedEyesTakeWarning: Mind-controlled Piccolo has red eyes. Goku asks if [[IntoxicationEnsues he's been hanging around Master Roshi]] (who was previously seen baking pot brownies).
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-->'''Turtle''': I'm 900 years old. I don't give a ''fuck''.
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-->'''Turtle''': I'm 900 999 years old. I don't give a ''fuck''.
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** Subverted by the time Broly rolls around, as it turns out Wheelo has passed away of brain cancer.
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-->'''Turtle'': I'm 900 years old. I don't give a ''fuck''.
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* ContinuityNod: When Chi-Chi asks if Gohan is on drugs, he affirms that "it was just the one apple, Mom." This refers to the drug trip he took after eating an apple in Garlic Jr.'s castle.
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* ContinuityNod: When Chi-Chi asks if Gohan is on drugs, he affirms that "it was just the one apple, Mom." This refers to the drug trip he took after eating an apple in Garlic Jr.'s castle. castle in the ''Dead Zone'' movie.
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* NoSell: Krillin ignores Kochin blasting him with simple gun fire from his machine-gun-arm.
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* KarmicDeath: After spending so much time repurposing Dr. Wheelo's inventions for evil, Kochin ends up getting killed when the doctor himself sends him falling into a dark abyss with the exoskeleton suit that Kochin designed for him.
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* KarmicDeath: After spending so much time repurposing Dr. Wheelo's inventions for evil, Kochin ends up getting killed when the doctor himself sends him falling into a dark abyss with the exoskeleton suit that Kochin designed for him.
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* HeelFaceTurn: Wheelo was an AntiVillain who just wanted a new body because his old one died (ironically of cancer) and ultimately snaps from [[AndIMustScream having spent 50 years alone as an immobile brain and then having to watch Kochin perform atrocities while being helpless to do anything]], but in the end when Gohan thinks of a way to give him a new body (namely wishing for one from Shenron), he willingly surrenders to wait until they can summon Shenron to do it.
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* HeelFaceTurn: Wheelo was an AntiVillain ''oncologist'' who just wanted a new body because his old one died (ironically of cancer) and ultimately snaps from [[AndIMustScream having spent 50 years alone as an immobile brain and then having to watch Kochin perform atrocities while being helpless to do anything]], but in the end when Gohan thinks of a way to give him a new body (namely wishing for one from Shenron), he willingly surrenders to wait until they can summon Shenron to do it.
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* ButtMonkey: Yamcha, once again. He gets killed by the Biomen when they abduct Piccolo, and Piccolo regards as no more than an example of what not to do. His death is even treated as FunnyBackgroundEvent when Gohan reflects on the event.
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* BadassBoast: Roshi's response to Kochin saying he'll be abducted shortly after kicking the crap out of the Biomen.
-->'''Roshi''': Are the bodies not a clear indication of how this is gonna go down?
-->'''Roshi''': Are the bodies not a clear indication of how this is gonna go down?
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* CurbStompBattle: Roshi beats the shit out the encroaching Biomen, claiming he doesn't hold back when he's high.
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* InsistentTerminology: Everyone mistakes the Biomen for Saibamen, to their chagrin. Even Kochin makes the error, and one of the angrily corrects him midsentence.
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* ShutUpHannibal: When the Biomen start to threaten Turtle:
-->'''Turtle'': I'm 900 years old. I don't give a ''fuck''.
-->'''Turtle'': I'm 900 years old. I don't give a ''fuck''.
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* NonSequitorThud: When Goku gets blown up by his own Spirit Bomb, he groans out "Good work, team...!"
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* NonSequitorThud: NonSequiturThud: When Goku gets blown up by his own Spirit Bomb, he groans out "Good work, team...!"
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Dr Wheelo's evil assistant Kochin seeks a new body for his master. The search for the World's Strongest man leads him to a conflict with Son Goku and friends.
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* DidntSeeThatComing: Shenron, being so used to only ever being summoned by the Z warriors and their group, wakes up and casually starts asking "what do you assholes want 'this' time", only to be utterly stunned when he sees he's been summoned by Kochin, who he's never seen before, and hastily gets into character.
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* DidntSeeThatComing: Shenron, being so used to only ever being summoned by the Z warriors and their group, wakes up and casually starts asking "what do you assholes want 'this' ''this'' time", only to be utterly stunned when he sees he's been summoned by Kochin, who he's never seen before, and hastily gets into character.
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* MyBrainIsBig: Dr. Wheelo's brain is estimated to be the size of a golden retriever. Not the dog's brain, the actual golden retriever.
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* MyBrainIsBig: Dr. Wheelo's brain is estimated to be the size of a golden retriever. Not the dog's brain, the actual golden retriever. When Gohan suggests that it's the size of a greyhound, he gasps out in horror "The BUS?!"
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* NonSequitorThud: When Goku gets blown up by his own Spirit Bomb, he groans out "Good work, team...!"
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* SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong: A non-time travel example. When Goku finds out that Master Roshi was kidnapped because he was mistaken as the World's Strongest, Goku immediately hops on Nimbus to fix this mistake.
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* BeyondTheImpossible: Dr. Wheelo somehow manages to cry while bemoaning his inability to see [[TheWorldIsJustAwesome the Earth's beauty]], despite lacking tear ducts.
-->'''Gohan''': Hey, Dr. Wheelo, I... wait. Are you ''crying''?\\
'''Wheelo''': I physically ''can't'', but I'm just so sa-a-a-a-ad!
-->'''Gohan''': Hey, Dr. Wheelo, I... wait. Are you ''crying''?\\
'''Wheelo''': I physically ''can't'', but I'm just so sa-a-a-a-ad!
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* DarkIsNotEvil: Despite being a giant BrainInAJar with a robot body in a frozen lair with an evil assistant, Dr. Wheelo is er much not evil, spending most of the movie horrified at Kochin's deeds.
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* DarkIsNotEvil: Despite being a giant BrainInAJar with a robot body in a frozen lair with an evil assistant, Dr. Wheelo is er very much not evil, spending most of the movie horrified at Kochin's deeds.
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* DidntSeeThatComing: Shenron wakes up and casually starts asking "what do you assholes want 'this' time", only to be utterly stunned when he sees he's been summoned by Kochin, who he's never seen before, and hastily gets into character.
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* DidntSeeThatComing: Shenron Shenron, being so used to only ever being summoned by the Z warriors and their group, wakes up and casually starts asking "what do you assholes want 'this' time", only to be utterly stunned when he sees he's been summoned by Kochin, who he's never seen before, and hastily gets into character.
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* DidntSeeThatComing: Shenron wakes up and casually starts asking "what do you assholes want 'this' time", only to be utterly stunned when he sees he's been summoned by Kochin, who he's never seen before, and hastily gets into character.
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* ShoutOut: The end credits are played over a song about Wheelo and Kochin done in the tune of the ''WesternAnimation/PinkyAndTheBrain'' theme.
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* AntiVillain: Dr. Wheelo. All he wanted was a body, and even then he was horrified when it turned they didn't need to kidnap anyone for it
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* AntiVillain: Dr. Wheelo. All he wanted was a body, and even then he was horrified when it turned they didn't need to kidnap anyone for itit.
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** The Biomen being mistaken for Saibamen.
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* HeelFaceTurn: Wheelo was an AntiVillain who just wanted a new body because his old one died (ironically of cancer) and ultimately snaps from [[AndIMustScream having spent 50 years alone as an immobile brain and then having to watch Kochin perform atrocities while being helpless to do anything]], but in the end when Gohan thinks of a way to give him a new body (namely wishing for one from Shenron), he willingly surrenders to wait until they can summon Shenron to do it.
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* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: Wheelo finally snaps thanks to Kochin's cruelty, discovers he has a giant mechanical exoskeleton, and proceeds to go completely berserk until he gets launched into orbit and sees the Earth from space.
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* ContinuityNod: When Chi-Chi asks if Gohan is on drugs, he affirms that "it was just the one time, Mom." This refers to the drug trip he took after eating an apple in Garlic Jr.'s castle.
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* ContinuityNod: When Chi-Chi asks if Gohan is on drugs, he affirms that "it was just the one time, apple, Mom." This refers to the drug trip he took after eating an apple in Garlic Jr.'s castle.
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* AntiVillain: Dr. Wheelo. All he wanted was a body, and even then he was horrified when it turned they didn't need to kidnap anyone for it
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* SympatheticVillain: Dr. Wheelo. All he wanted was a body, and even then he was horrified when it turned they didn't need to kidnap anyone for it.
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* ArmCannon: Kochin's arm turn out to be a minigun.
* BrainInAJar: Dr. Wheelo. He repeatedly states this, because apparently it's unclear to the other characters.
* BrainwashedAndCrazy: Piccolo ends up hitting Gohan after Kochin experiments on him. Goku, of course, checks whether or not this counts as training.
* BrainInAJar: Dr. Wheelo. He repeatedly states this, because apparently it's unclear to the other characters.
* BrainwashedAndCrazy: Piccolo ends up hitting Gohan after Kochin experiments on him. Goku, of course, checks whether or not this counts as training.
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* DarkIsNotEvil: Despite being a giant BrainInAJar with a robot body in a frozen lair with an evil assistant, Dr. Wheelo is er much not evil, spending most of the movie horrified at Kochin's deeds.
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* LampshadeHanging: ImmuneToBullets: Krillin no longer feels them.
* LampshadeHanging:
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* MythologyGag: Wheelo's original names for Electrocutioner, Bouncy Butcher, and Freezer were Zap Zap, Blub-Blub, and Brr, noting the names they had back in the Neighborhood Cluck adaptation.
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* MyBrainIsBig: Dr. Wheelo's brain is estimated to be the size of a golden retriever. Not the dog's brain, the actual golden retriever.
* MythologyGag: Wheelo's original names for Electrocutioner, Bouncy Butcher, and Freezer were Zap Zap, Blub-Blub, and Brr, noting the names they had back in the Neighborhood Cluckadaptation.adaptation.
* ParentalSubstitute: Goku cheerfully agrees that he's a bad role model for Gohan, but that's what Piccolo is there for.
* MythologyGag: Wheelo's original names for Electrocutioner, Bouncy Butcher, and Freezer were Zap Zap, Blub-Blub, and Brr, noting the names they had back in the Neighborhood Cluck
* ParentalSubstitute: Goku cheerfully agrees that he's a bad role model for Gohan, but that's what Piccolo is there for.
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* SparedByTheAdaptation: Rather than destroying him with the Spirit Bomb, the heroes decide to wish Dr. Wheelo a new body. Unfortunately, due to the large size of his brain, his head is left looking oddly disproportionate to the rest of his body. That said, Wheelo happily thanks the Z-Warriors for their generosity, so he either doesn't notice or feel pain from the change or is comfortable enough with it.
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** Kochin's obsession with finding a body with a penis.
** Wheelo having to state he's a BrainInAJar.
* SparedByTheAdaptation: Rather than destroying him with the Spirit Bomb, the heroes decide to wish Dr. Wheelo a new body. Unfortunately, due to the large size of his brain, his head is left looking oddly disproportionate to the rest of his body. That said, Wheelo happily thanks the Z-Warriors for their generosity, so he either doesn't notice or feel pain from the change or is comfortable enough withit.it.
* SympatheticVillain: Dr. Wheelo. All he wanted was a body, and even then he was horrified when it turned they didn't need to kidnap anyone for it.
* UpToEleven: Dr. Wheelo is aghast to find out his brain is the size of a golden retriever. When someone thinks it's the size of a greyhound, he's shocked and whimpers "the BUS?!"
** Wheelo having to state he's a BrainInAJar.
* SparedByTheAdaptation: Rather than destroying him with the Spirit Bomb, the heroes decide to wish Dr. Wheelo a new body. Unfortunately, due to the large size of his brain, his head is left looking oddly disproportionate to the rest of his body. That said, Wheelo happily thanks the Z-Warriors for their generosity, so he either doesn't notice or feel pain from the change or is comfortable enough with
* SympatheticVillain: Dr. Wheelo. All he wanted was a body, and even then he was horrified when it turned they didn't need to kidnap anyone for it.
* UpToEleven: Dr. Wheelo is aghast to find out his brain is the size of a golden retriever. When someone thinks it's the size of a greyhound, he's shocked and whimpers "the BUS?!"
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** The "Kaio-What?" gag returns, with Wheelo being the one confused this time.
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** The "Kaio-What?" gag returns, with Wheelo being the one confused this time.time.
* SparedByTheAdaptation: Rather than destroying him with the Spirit Bomb, the heroes decide to wish Dr. Wheelo a new body. Unfortunately, due to the large size of his brain, his head is left looking oddly disproportionate to the rest of his body. That said, Wheelo happily thanks the Z-Warriors for their generosity, so he either doesn't notice or feel pain from the change or is comfortable enough with it.
* SparedByTheAdaptation: Rather than destroying him with the Spirit Bomb, the heroes decide to wish Dr. Wheelo a new body. Unfortunately, due to the large size of his brain, his head is left looking oddly disproportionate to the rest of his body. That said, Wheelo happily thanks the Z-Warriors for their generosity, so he either doesn't notice or feel pain from the change or is comfortable enough with it.
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* ContinuityNod: When Chi-Chi asks if Gohan is on drugs, he affirms that "it was just the one time, Mom." This refers to the drug trip he took after eating an apple in Garlic Jr.'s castle.
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** Just as in the Neighborhood Cluck version of the movie, Shenron notes that it would make much more sense for Kochin to have used the wish to give himself powers in order to melt the ice. At the very least, it would have helped out in case the lair got frozen over again.
** When Gohan says that he wants to help Piccolo because he heard screaming, Oolong asks him to name a fight that ''doesn't'' feature somebody screaming.
* MythologyGag: Wheelo's original names for Electrocutioner, Bouncy Butcher, and Freezer were Zap Zap, Blub-Blub, and Brr, noting the names they had back in the Neighborhood Cluck adaptation.
** Just as in the Neighborhood Cluck version of the movie, Shenron notes that it would make much more sense for Kochin to have used the wish to give himself powers in order to melt the ice. At the very least, it would have helped out in case the lair got frozen over again.
** When Gohan says that he wants to help Piccolo because he heard screaming, Oolong asks him to name a fight that ''doesn't'' feature somebody screaming.
* MythologyGag: Wheelo's original names for Electrocutioner, Bouncy Butcher, and Freezer were Zap Zap, Blub-Blub, and Brr, noting the names they had back in the Neighborhood Cluck adaptation.
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* KarmicDeath: After spending so much time repurposing Dr. Wheelo's inventions for evil, Kochin ends up getting killed when the doctor himself sends him falling into a dark abyss with the exoskeleton suit that Kochin designed for him.
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** Immediately after getting unleashed from his brainwashing, Piccolo tells Gohan to dodge before striking him.
** The "Kaio-What?" gag returns, with Wheelo being the one confused this time.
