History Trivia / DragonBallFighterz

** Trunks' files included a 3D model for the "Sword of Hope" from the battle against Fused Zamasu in ''Super'', which strongly suggested Fused Zamasu would be added to the game as DLC. [[IKnewIt Sure enough, it was later announced that Fused Zamasu would appear in the game as a DLC character roughly three months later in April 2018]], with the Sword of Hope being used in a Dramatic Finish that reenacts the moment Trunks defeats Fused Zamasu.

* IKnewIt:
** When the game's official Japanese website went live in August 2017, fans noticed that Teen Gohan and Fat Buu's profiles had the [=URLs=] "gohan-y" and "majinboo-z", respectively; this lead to speculation that alternate versions of the two characters would be present in the game, with Adult Gohan and Kid Buu being seen as the most likely candidates. Sure enough, both characters were confirmed the following November.
** [[spoiler:Due to them looking alike, a number of fans figured Android 21 was the mother of Gero's son, whom 16 was modeled after. We find out later on that she is in fact the mother of Gero's son, but she has forgotten Gero besides the fact that the thought of him makes her want to cry.]]
** Both Broly and Bardock were predicted to be DLC, due to the popularity of both the characters and a leak stating that they would be among the first. They were the first two DLC characters announced for the game.
** One of the predictions for ''[=FighterZ=]''[='s=] second season of DLC would be that Jiren would be a new fighter. He was one of the very first characters confirmed for Season 2. The ''Super'' incarnation of Broly was also predicted, and ended up confirmed before the third and fourth DLC characters of the season.

** After real-life [[RoleEndingMisdemeanor sexual harassment allegations]] resulted in Creator/{{Funimation}} severing ties with Creator/VicMignogna, Creator/JohnnyYongBosch was cast as his replacement for the Super incarnation of Broly.
* TheOtherMarty: Creator/VicMignogna had already reprised his role as the original incarnation of Broly, as well as playing the ''Super'' incarnation [[Anime/DragonBallSuperBroly in his debut film.]] It's likely that he was originally meant to return as the latter before the above allegations led him to being replaced.

* WordOfSaintPaul: Creator/ChristopherSabat [[http://shoryuken.com/2017/10/15/vegetas-english-voice-actor-christopher-sabat-reveals-more-about-dragon-ball-fighterzs-story-mode/ revealed a few tidbits about both the Story Mode and English dub]] prior to the game's release. Specifically, he revealed that Android 21 would be voiced by Jeannie Tirado, and the story would have a more ''Dragon Ball Classic''-esque comedic tone, with the characters occasionally BreakingTheFourthWall.[[note]]Like Yamcha thanking the player for making him look awesome in battle.[[/note]]

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Chris Ayres ''wanted'' to reprise his role as Frieza for this game. Unfortunately, his COPD reached a critical, and later-terminal stage, which forced him to focus almost entirely on his health.

* {{Jossed}}: Before ''[=FighterZ=]'', "Android 21" was a fairly popular FanNickname for Cell. This game introduces a character explicitly called Android 21, which pretty much kills of the idea of Cell being just that.

* RelationshipVoiceActor: Several members of the Japanese voice cast have been featured in other offerings by Arc System Works; from ''VideoGame/GuiltyGear'' alone you do currently have Creator/NorioWakamoto (Cell/Johnny), Creator/TakeshiKusao (Future Trunks & the Trunks half of Gotenks/Ky), Creator/HikaruMidorikawa (Android 16 & Tenshinhan/Bedman) and Creator/TetsuInada (Nappa/Leo) together in another game (one that's even styled closer to ''Xrd'' nonetheless with the character comparisons in question).

* TalkingToHimself:
** Creator/MasakoNozawa and Creator/SeanSchemmel as Goku and Goku Black, with Nozawa herself adding both Gohans, Bardock, and half of Gotenks, to the mix.
** Creator/ChristopherSabat with a whopping ''eight'' characters. In no order: Vegeta, Piccolo, Yamcha, Recoome, Burter, Jeice, Shenron, and Porunga.
** Creator/HikaruMidorikawa as Android 16 and Tenshinhan.
** [[spoiler:Creator/HoukoKuwashima and Creator/JeannieTirado as Android 21's good and evil halves.]]
** Creator/JohnBurgmeier as Tenshinhan and Saibaman.
** Creator/TakeshiKusao as Trunks and half of Gotenks.
** Creator/SonnyStrait with Krillin and Bardock.
** Creator/RyuseiNakao voices both Frieza and his older brother Cooler.
** Creator/KaraEdwards as Videl and half of Gotenks.
** Creator/ColleenClinkenbeard as Teen Gohan and GT Goku.
** Both incarnations of Broly speak with each other in the Japanese dub due to being voiced by Creator/BinShimada. This doesn't translate in the English version with [[TheOtherDarrin the recast of Broly's voice actor]].
** Creator/MikeMcFarland as Master Roshi and Super Baby 2.

* DynamicEntry: When a fighter is KO'd, the next fighter on that player's team will charge into the battlefield. They and the opponent clash arms-first before dashing from each other, resetting positions for the next round.

* {{Jossed}}: Before ''[=FighterZ=]'', "Android 21" was a fairly popular FanNickname for Cell. This game introduces a character explicitly known as Android 21, killing off the popularity of that title.

* GodCreatedCanonForeigner: Creator/AkiraToriyama designed Android 21 specifically for this game. [[spoiler:She's actually a reasonably important character to the backstory of Dr. Gero and Android 16, and could fit into the primary canon.]]

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Chris Ayres ''wanted'' to reprise his role as Frieza for this game. Unfortunately, his COPD reached a critical, potentially terminal stage, which forced him to focus almost entirely on his health.

* QuoteSource: UniquenessDecay.

* [[SlidingScaleOfGameplayAndStoryIntegration Gameplay and Story Integration]]:
** A "Dramatic Finish" to a match can be achieved if a player recreates scenes from canon, such as Goku defeating Frieza in a battle on a destroyed part of Namek.
** When it comes to the characters in the same team, certain elements are mutually exclusive. For example, Adult Gohan can't use the Brothers[=\=]Family Kamehameha if Gotenks is on his team (since Goten is preoccupied with being half of Gotenks).

* DoingItForTheArt:
** The developers put in an incredible amount of work to make everyone's animations look like they were ripped straight out of the manga. [[https://twitter.com/tamoorh/status/880035689915711489 Best shown off here.]]
** They could've made Gotenks' intro animation the fusion into Super Saiyan 3. Instead, along with the Goten and Trunks models, [=ArcSys=] created models of Gotenks himself in his normal form, and as a Super Saiyan as well.
** [=ArcSys=] went the extra mile by adding Dramatic Finishes, which will play a SignatureScene if you manage to recreate the canon battles. They went [[UpToEleven even further]] in the cases of Yamcha and Bardock, who received ''original'' Dramatic Finishes that invert their canonical deaths at the hands of a Saibaman and Frieza, [[RussianReversal instead ending with the deaths of their tormentors]].

* FanNickname:
** Super Attacks and Meteor Attacks are generally referred to as "Level 1 (Supers)" and "Level 3 (Supers)" by fans.
** Owing to being an [=ArcSys=] game, transformation Meteor Attacks are known as "[[VideoGame/GuiltyGear Installs]]".
** Goku and Vegeta in their Saiyan Saga forms included as DLC are often called "Base Goku/Vegeta" to differentiate them from Super Saiyan Goku/Vegeta, and Super Saiyan Blue Goku/Vegeta.
** Android 16's self-destructing Meteor Attack --officially named "The Final Power that should never be used" ("Last Resort" in the English releases)--requires 16 to grab his opponent for it to work. If it lands, it takes out the opponent's character in one hit while taking 16 down to a pixel of health. No one should be surprised, then, that people have referred to this move as "The Hug of Death."
** "Lord Yamcha", after the series's biggest MemeticLoser became this game's biggest MemeticBadass from how cool he was in his trailer.
** "Team [[HasTwoMommies My Two Dads]]" for the team of Gohan, Goku, and Piccolo, since Gohan's fighting alongside both his dad and his most prominent, non-blood-related father figure.
** "Majin Bae", "Majin Thot", "Majin [[{{Pun}} Boobs]]" or "Majin [[VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom Rogue]]" for Android 21, specifically her playable form, for having Majin characteristics and being able to take the powers of her opponents. She's also commonly just called "Majin 21" or "Majin Android 21" for the same reasons, though she's never referred to as a Majin in the story.
** Some of the alternate color palettes are rife for nickname potential like "Pillsbury Dough Buu"/"Stay Puft Marshmallow Buu" for Fat Buu's white color palette, or "Kool-Aid Buu" for his red color palette.
** "King of Roast" for Cell, because while [[WorldOfSnark everyone and their mother gets at least a few digs in on other characters]], the vast majority of this game's "roasts" come from Cell.
** The PC version, when lowered to the minimum settings, has been affectionately dubbed "the [[UsefulNotes/Nintendo3DS 3DS]] port."
** Goku Black has gotten the nickname "Hot Topic Goku" because of his pink hair.
** Bardock's Saiyan Spirit super was inevitably named "[[VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom3 Bionic Arm]]" because it's, well, exactly the same as Spencer's Bionic Lancer Hyper Combo (except with the possible follow-up in Bardock's case).
** "Dunkmaster 16" for, well, 16, since not only is his Flying Powerbomb really useful for bringing airborne opponents to the ground, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VswG0lZ9REM#t=2m52s it's just generally fun to dunk your opponent as many times as you can in a single combo.]]
** [[Anime/DragonBallGT GT Goku]] is derisively referred to by his detractors as "the rat," "ratku," and other variations of rat for his omnipresence within the competitive community.
** For a wider example, if an attack was the subject of a memorable joke in ''WebVideo/DragonBallZAbridged'', the community will often use that joke as the attack's name. For example, Base Goku's smash attack gets called "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ctd84NLgTxw&t=6m27s Goku Time]]" while Cooler's Fatal Combination is "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BZstUJQ2QLg&t=13m30s (Planting a) Dumbass Tree]]".

* ApprovalOfGod: [[https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/daily-briefs/2019-12-08/voice-actor-johnny-yong-bosch-confirms-role-as-broly-from-dragon-ball-franchise/.153993 In light of being chosen as the new English voice actor of Broly]], Creator/JohnnyYongBosch had a brief talk with Creator/VicMignogna and the latter understood that it's impossible for him to continue voicing Broly in the wake of the scandal he got saddled to, but he's glad that Bosch was the one who replaced him.

** After real life [[RoleEndingMisdemeanor sexual harassment allegations]] resulted in Creator/{{Funimation}} severing ties with Creator/VicMignogna, Creator/JohnnyYongBosch was cast as his replacement for the Super incarnation of Broly.

--> ''I recently had a daughter and she is two years old. As I watch her grow up it reminds me of Gohan. He’s smart and strong, maybe not as strong in the recent episodes, but he’s tough. My favorite [arc of the manga], because I love Gohan, is the Cell arc from Dragon Ball Z and when he started going to high school as the Great Saiyaman.''

** As noted in BreakthroughHit, the game itself is this to Creator/ArcSystemWorks as a company, giving the developer a greater footing of attention that ranks itself up to the likes of Creator/{{Capcom}}'s mainline fighting games, especially after the fans' falling out with Capcom's TroubledProduction of ''VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcomInfinite'' and the fans' desire to play a newer ''Marvel vs. Capcom''-styled game.

** GT Goku is derisively referred to by his detractors as "the rat," "ratku," and other variations of rat for his omnipresence within the competitive community.

** After real life [[RoleEndingMisdemeanor sexual harassment accusations]] resulted in Creator/{{Funimation}} severing ties with Creator/VicMignogna, Creator/JohnnyYongBosch was cast as his replacement for the Super incarnation of Broly.
* TheOtherMarty: Creator/VicMignogna had already reprised his role as the original incarnation of Broly, as well as playing the ''Super'' incarnation [[Anime/DragonBallSuperBroly in his debut film.]] It's likely that he was originally meant to return as the latter before the above accusations led him to being replaced.

%%** Fans have often wondered why Krillin never [[StoryBreakerPower used the Destructo Disc after a Solar Flare]]. In one of this game's auto-combos, likely inspired by ''Extreme Butōden'' for the 3DS, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2gm_f85J3T0#t=2m6s he does just that.]]

* RoleReprise: All of the characters retain their current Japanese and English voice actors (with the exception of the Super incarnation of Broly, who is voiced by Creator/JohnnyYongBosch rather than Creator/VicMignogna in his debut film instead).

* RoleReprise: All of the characters retain their original Japanese voice actors (and counting those who have already [[TheOtherDarrin darrin'd]] someone).