History Anime / DragonBallSuperBroly

** This is mostly due to the first trailer portraying Broly as outright evil rather than [[spoiler:TheTragicVillain ForcedIntoVillainy he actually is.]]

* BookEnds: The movie starts with Broly arriving to Planetoid Vampa and Gine screaming to Kakarot's name while he leaves Planet Vegeta. The movie ends with Broly on Planetoid Vampa [[spoiler:after being sent there by Shenron]] and Goku introducing himself as Kakarot to him.

* ClothingDamage: The fighters' clothing takes quite a beating over the fight. Broly loses his chest armor, Goku loses his shirt and, impressively, Vegeta straight up loses his armor entirely.

* AntagonistTitle: Averted, while The movie is simply titled ''Broly'', he isn’t actually the antagonist, as the movie Centers around Broly adjusting to his surroundings and meeting new people. It is instead Frieza and Paragus who are the real antagonists.

* AntagonistTitle: The movie is simply titled ''Broly'', who is also the antagonist.

* MundaneUtility: Bulma and Frieza's reasons for wanting the Dragon Balls. To become five years younger and five centimeters taller respectively. Any more and people would think Bulma had a facelift and Frieza's trying to bluff that he's still growing naturally.

* AsteroidThicket: Lemo easily steers his ship through one on the way to Vampa.

* InLoveWithYourCarnage: Not as explicit as this trope can get but most ''definitely'' played on. From the beginning, Frieza can sense Broly's immense latent potential and means to see him grown into it, Paragus merely an accessory to his actual investment. During the battle against Goku and Vegeta, it's honestly more of an exhibition, with Frieza willing to call it quits but only as soon as he sees Broly's true ceiling. [[KickTheSonOfABitch This backfires in the most cathartic and spectacular fashion]], but even as Frieza lies helpless in the side of a cliff after being beaten senseless by Broly, he's come full circle from indignant rage and can only comment on how ''magnificent'' the monster before him is. [[spoiler: At the end of the film, he actually ''doesn't want revenge''. He wants to let Broly grow and master his power, so that [[WeCanRuleTogether he can make him his]] [[TheDragon right-hand man]].]]

* KickTheSonOfABitch: [[spoiler:Frieza kills Paragus simply to make Broly stronger. While undeniably tragic for Broly, Paragus was still an abusive father who wouldn't hesitate to electrocute his son if he steps out of line]].

* DigitalDestruction: Funimation's North American home media release has a green tint due to their footage being damaged during post-production.

* SherlockScan: Bardock does this after being recalled to Planet Vegeta with the rest of the Saiyans. It wasn't sitting well with him that all of the Saiyans were recalled to Planet Vegeta in the first place. Bardock even pokes holes in the logic in-universe -- if Frieza wanted to send all of the Saiyans a message, the Frieza Force had universe-wide communicators, so why not just send them a message on their scouters? Once Bardock gets down to the surface of the planet, scanning the activity around the landing site convinces Bardock that something's up, figuring out what Frieza is planning to do and why, thus leading to Bardock convincing his wife Gine to send their son Kakarot away.

* SherlockScan: Bardock does this. It wasn't sitting well with him already that all of the Saiyans were recalled to Planet Vegeta in the first place. Bardock even pokes holes in the logic in-universe, such as that if they wanted to send all of the Saiyans a message, they had universe-wide communicators, so why not do that? Once Bardock gets down to the surface of the planet, scanning the activity around the landing site convinces Bardock that somtihng's up, figuring out what Frieza is planning to do and why, thus leading to Bardock convincing his wife Gine to send their son Kakarot away.

* CharacterDevelopment: [[spoiler:Impressively enough, it happens to Goku at such a late point in the franchise: Goku finally introducing himself as Kakarot to Broly is such a big a deal that there's even a theme tune to put emphasis to this event. Goku absolutely denied his Saiyan name before; he just accepted Vegeta calling him as such as time went on, but Goku himself never accepted the name until this movie happened. The name Kakarot now carries the good legacy of his parents Bardock and Gine, not of a bloodthirsty race anymore]].

** Gine yells for Kakarot not to forget them before sending him off Planet Vegeta...viewers who have watched the entire series know that not long after landing on Earth, Goku hit his head and forgot his past life.

* SicklyGreenGlow: Broly retains his signature green aura.

* OffModel: In his brief cameo (1 second to be precise), Cell in his semi-perfect form has the beak colored wrong, with it being colored green instead of black.

-> '''Vegeta:''' Because YOU!! You decided to bring back that devil, you [[PrecisionFStrike dumbass]]!! Of all the people you could have returned back to life!!

* LogoJoke: The Toei Company logo is set in darkness and glows green, replicating Broly's green Saiyan aura.

* MaleGaze: Most scenes featuring Cheelai -- who's wearing a skin-tight purple biketard underneath her armor -- focus predominantly on her backside (read: buttocks). There's also one scene where she demonstrates to Broly and Paragus how flexible her battle-vest is when they receive their new uniforms; complete with [[{{Gainaxing}} a close-up of her breasts jiggling]] as she pulls and snaps it shut.