History WebVideo / AlternateRealityDBZ

** Saving Christmas: Episode 10

* BrickJoke: Piccolo's love for Celine Dion in Episode 2. At the beginning of the episode, he is seen singing it, while at the end of the episode, [[spoiler:Piccolo just wanted to listen to it one last time before he died, thus accidentally weakening Cell.]] Vegeta gets very pissed about it though.

* AdaptationalSexuality: Cell is gay in this version, and Goku is bi.

** This gets [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] by Burter in episode 28.

** The Garlic Jr. saga gets a few itself as it wasn't adapted, which gets [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] by the narrator in episode 38, and Maron, a character introduced in that saga, gets killed the same episode she is introduced.

** All the movies after Bojack weren't adapted, Broly was also never adapted despite it coming before Bojack.

** A good example being the Android Saga, Anrdoid 18 barely has any lines in the saga, 17 doesn't get any, this gets worse when you realize Androids 19 and 20 both get more lines them in one episode.

** All the movies after Bojack, excluding Broly which came before, weren't adapted.

** Dabura shows no signs of working for Babidi and actually almost helps the Z-fighters disarm their bombs. Until Goku calls him out for doing women's aerobics [[BlatantLies after he denied it]].

* [[Flanderization]] : Gohan went from being hated by only Vegeta for calling himself "Mystic" to being hated by just about everyone (Except for Videl and maybe Piccolo) for the same reason.

* Flanderization: Gohan went from being hated by only Vegeta for calling himself "Mystic" to being hated by just about everyone (Except for Videl and maybe Piccolo) for the same reason.

* [[Flanderization]]: Gohan went from being hated by only Vegeta for calling himself "Mystic" to being hated by just about everyone (Except for Videl and maybe Piccolo) for the same reason.

* Flanderization: Gohan went from being hated by only Vegeta for calling himself "Mystic" to being hated by just about everyone (Except for Videl and maybe Piccolo) for the same reason.

* ADayInTheLimeLight / VillainEpisode - Episode 33 focuses on Vegeta and Nappa, with Goku only a getting a minor appearance in a flashback.
* AbusiveParents - Goku to Gohan (at least mentally). Vegeta is implied to be this.
* AdaptationalHeroism - Raditz is very different from his canon portrayal and actual survives and defeats Cell and helps Goku make his spirit bomb.

* AffablyEvil - A lot of the villains in the series are this.
* AlternateUniverse - Not only is the name of the series "Alternate Reality," the universe is sometimes even called "Alternate Reality"

* AscendedExtra - Despite dying after the second episode, Raditz shows up repeatedly. Gozar's making up for the lack of screentime this villain gets (especially compared to other villains.)

* BerserkButton- For Vegeta, anything involving steroids or "Mystic" [[strike: Gohan]] ''anything''

* BreadEggsBreadedEggs - Happens in episode 33

* BreakingTheFourthWall - Gozar has shown up many times for a few non sequitur. At one point, the actual voice actor for Adult Gohan shows up, defending his character.

* TheBrute- Nappa: "Now to further stereotype the big dumbass who likes to attack the weak."
* BumblingDad- Frieza's dad King Cold.

* ButtMonkey- "Mystic" Gohan

* CatchPhrase- "I'm Mystic!"
** PhraseCatcher- "Shut up!"

* DemotedToExtra - Every character that isn't Goku, Piccolo, Vegeta, Krillin, Gohan, and the main villain of the saga usually get hit with this in saga retellings.

* DeusExMachina- Vegeta in the movies.
* DisproportionateRetribution - Vegeta to...well, anyone, really.

* [[EverythingsBetterWithPenguins Everything's Better With Penguins]] - The moral of episode 52 is that penguins are awesome.
* FateWorseThanDeath- "AT LEAST I'M NOT A MYSTIC LOSER!"

* FoeRomanceSubtext - Goku and Cell
* {{Flanderization}} - Gohan went from being hated by only Vegeta for calling himself "Mystic" to being hated by just about everyone (Except for Videl and maybe Piccolo) for the same reason.

* GilliganCut- While not in the strictest definition, earlier it is stated that Piccolo is a huge fan of Celine Dion. In episode 14, Bardock states that he sees a vision of his son defeating Vegeta, The king responds with "That is about as likely as a badass Namekian warrior being a huge Celine Dion fan."

* HypocriticalHumor - In the first Christmas special, Vegeta scolds Piccolo for getting the lyrics to Deck The Halls wrong. A minute later, he's shown altering the lyrics to Silver Bells wrong to make it sound vulgar.

* InsistentTerminology - [[strike: Android]] Jinzoningen. Gohan flips out when Cell mispronounces manga.
* IronicEcho - Not the strictest definition but in episode 12 Cell accuses Goku and Vegeta of tricking him despite them telling him their plan. Later Vegeta accuses of Cell tricking him despite Cell telling him his plan.

* KilledMidSentence- Happens to both Android 17 and 18 in Trunks' timeline, as well as one of Garlic Jr's minions.

* PsychopathicManchild- Dodoria

* RunningGag- Piccolo's love for Celine Dion, Frieza's bad sense of time, Goku being stuck in a lifeless marriage with Chi-Chi, and Vegeta blowing up while holding [[strike: Krillin's]] Dorky's iPod.

* SuicidalOverconfidence - Bardock is certain he can defeat Frieza despite losing to Dodoria.

* TakeThat- In episode 24, Gozar mocks the Naruto series.

* ThrowTheDogABone- The only person who liked Gohan (especially Mystic) was Piccolo in the early episodes. However, Piccolo later jumped on the Gohan-hate Bandwaggon. This was lampshaded at the end of the Majin Buu Saga retelling when Trunks [[ContinuityNod reminds him of his meltdown when Gohan went on his first date.]] After that, Piccolo seems to be Gohan's friend again.
* TooCoolToLive- "Future" Gohan, ironically. Lampshaded in a title opening: [[invoked]]

* UnexplainedRecovery - Raditz, who [[spoiler: got killed in Episode 1]] but returns as a recurring character in later episodes, notable where he [[spoiler:saves the world from Cell]] and hosts a Pineapple Head segment.

* UnusualEuphemism- "HOLY HFIL" and "Son of a Scientist"

* WhatTheHellHero - Vegeta calls out Goku in episode 26 for calling Dabura out on doing women aerobics after he denied it, thus screwing them out of getting the bombs defused.

* WithFriendsLikeThese - In episode 36 when Turles says Goku needs a super hero name, Goku's friends all come up with very unflattering names.
* YankTheDogsChain- In Episode 43 Goku gives Gohan a chance to become a hero by defeating Cell. [[spoiler:However in Episode 45 Gohan fails and Raditz, in a BigDamnHeroes moment, succeeds instead. ]]

* BrokenPedestal: Vegeta to Freddy Mercury when he finds out Freddy is gay.

* Broken Pedestal: Vegeta to Freddy Mercury when he finds out Freddy is gay.

** Broly: Second Coming and Bio-Broly aren't adapted despite the first one, technically, being adapted by ARDBZ.

* Serious Business: Korin and Raditz's staring contest.

* SeriousBuisness: Korin and Raditz's staring contest.

** The Garlic Jr. saga seems to be this too as it wasn't adapted, which gets [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] by the narrator in episode 38, and Maron, a character introduced in that saga, gets killed the same episode she is introduced.
** [[Anime/DragonBallGt Dragon Ball GT]] also gets a fair amount of jokes at its expense also.