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Budokai Tenkaichi trilogy

  • Winning a match in Cell's What If? saga in the first Tenkaichi has everyone (sans-Super 17) admitting that they failed and that they don't deserve to live. It's a lot funnier than it sounds.
  • There are several elements that don't change based on the characters fighting that can get a little weird sometimes.
  • The character's reactions to fighting someone they know at a different age, especially for Kid Goku and Kid Chi-Chi.
    • Kid Goku Vs. Yamcha
      Yamcha: Against this Goku, I might actually have a chance.
    • Kid Goku Vs. Goten
      Goku: You look just like me. Are you some kinda weird ghost or somethin'?
      Goten: Hey, who are you calling weird?!
    • Kid Goku Vs. Pan
      Pan: Grandpa! You totally forgot about me didn't you?
      Goku: What're you talking about? I'm still a kid!
      Goku (after winning): I know I haven't gotten that much older, but...
    • Kid Chi-Chi Vs. Adult Goku
      Chi-Chi: Goku! How did you get so big?
      Goku: Chi-Chi was sure cute back then.
    • Kid Chi-Chi Vs. Videl
      Videl: Huh? Mother-in-law!?
    • Kid Chi-Chi Vs. Goten
      Chi-Chi: You're not Goku! You're an imposter!
      Goten: Huh? What's wrong Mom?
      Goten (after winning): Hey, why is Mom smaller?
    • Kid Chi-Chi Vs. Pan
      Pan: What? Even Grandma is here!
      Chi-Chi: Who are you calling Grandma?
    • Kid Goku (GT) Vs. Chi-Chi
      Goku: Huh. Chi-Chi, you got smaller too.
  • In Budokai Tenkaichi 2's Fusion Reborn Story mode, after Gohan defeats Bojack and Zangya, both Frieza and Cell comment on how terrible Gohan's Great Saiyaman outfit is.
  • Just...Just Great Saiyaman in general. Especially when his pre-battle quotes with the Ginyu Force, both Trunks or Piccolo. Meanwhile Videl and Goten likes the costume.
  • If you or your opponent is a Dragon Ball player or Mr. Satan, expect them to start flailing their arms or feet when they can't maintain their altitude on flight-level with someone who can fly indefinitely.
  • If you linger long enough in BT3's Versus menu, you may hear this quip from Nappa: "Hey, uhh...think if I went Super Saiyan, my goatee would grow?"
    • Years later, in Xenoverse 2, Nappa would get Super Saiyan in a free update. It doesn't grow but it does turn blonde.
    • It gets even funnier in Super Dragon Ball Heroes, where Nappa's beard does grow in his Super Saiyan 3 form.
  • Great Ape Baby's "I believe it's time for this monkey to spank you!!" is as hilarious as it is inappropriate. The first game also had Jeice straight up call you a "wanker" and the second game had 18 outright calling Zangya a "skank" completely uncensored. It's almost a huge shame the radar caught on by 3, at least for Jeice and 18.
  • Vegeta's explanation of Tenkaichi 1's CPU vs. CPU mode.
    Vegeta: Have the computer fight itself. Wow. Sounds like fun.
  • Successfully beating Kid Buu with Hercule in Tenkaichi 3's story mode causes a brief but hilarious scene where Goku and Vegeta enter a Heroic BSoD. In a Ironic Echo they start believing they are dreaming much like Hercule spends most of the series doing after seeing what the Z-Fighters and villains can do.
  • Vegeta's Interaction with Spopovich in Tenkaichi 3
    Vegeta: Hey Baldy, What's the meaning of the M on your forehead? "Mama's Boy?"
    Spopovich: Wha- What Is This?!

Sparking! ZERO

General:

  • In DP Battle Mode, each team has a limited budget of Destruction Points, and each character costs a certain amount of points depending on their strength. Who is the ONLY character who costs one single point? Mr. Satan, obviously!
  • If a team is formed with Teen Goku, GT Goku, Mini Goku and Goten, they all react suspiciously to each other - Mini Goku is shocked with all the small hims around, GT Goku thinks someone used the Dragon Balls to play a trick, Teen Goku thinks Oolong and Puar are in disguise and Goten thinks he shouldn’t be here. It's even funnier when Mini Goku can only say it in Japanese while his other counterparts, plus his son, can speak in both the Japanese and English dub...at least until DLC 3 allows Mini Goku to also speak English like the rest.
    Goku (Mini): Holy cow...How come there're so many little me's?
    Goku (GT): You guys better not have been using the Dragon Balls for something sneaky...
    Goku (Teen): Hey, I bet you're just Oolong and Puar playing a trick on me, aren't cha?
    Goten: Uh... I don't think I'm supposed to be here...
  • If a team is formed with Goku, Bardock, Turles and Goku Black, Goku and Bardock are baffled, Turles is hilariously exasperated and wants nothing to do with the rest of them, and Goku Black finds the whole thing amusing.
    Goku: WHOA! How many different versions of me are there?!
    Bardock: I know father and son tend to look alike, but seriously...
    Turles: I want nothing to do with any of you idiots!
    Goku Black: To think there were this many others that would copy the visage of Goku... Perhaps I'm in good company, then.
  • In pre-battle dialogue between Frieza circa Super and the Ginyu Force, the Emperor of the Universe is approached by his former elite killers seeking permission to rejoin the Frieza Force. Frieza, however, voices his doubts about their poses, leaving them all shocked.
    Guldo: But Lord Frieza! Who even are we if we're not allowed to pose?!
    Jeice: W-what are you on about, m'lord?! A good fightin' pose makes a good fighter!
    Burter: But Lord Frieza! A pose isn't just a pose! It's about sending a message!
    Recoome: But...Lord Frieza! If we don't pose, how are people supposed to know we mean business?!
    Captain Ginyu: What?! But Lord Frieza! A signature pose is half the battle!
  • Goku Mini deserves a mention. His Ultimate rush move involves him beating his opponent senseless with his Power Pole, then a swift punch to the face. What happens if you do this on Namek when your opponent has two bars of health left? The whole damn planet explodes.
  • Remember the rock-paper-scissors duel Goku and Vegeta have to decide who gets to fight Kid Buu? Well... You actually play it out from Vegeta's perspective. And you actually win if you pick paper.
  • Just like in previous Tenkaichi games, matching Mr. Satan against Cell's Perfect Form gives you this intro dialogue:
    Mr. Satan: Cell, I'm gonna knock you out in one minute flat!
    Cell (Perfect Form): Who is this idiot?
  • Matching Yamcha against Turles has the former demand the latter to pay off the damages done to his cruiser. Turles still has no idea what Yamcha is even talking about.
    Yamcha: My new ride crashed 'cause of you! Better help me pay off the loans!
    Turles: A loan? What even is that?
  • Kid Trunks brings up his mom's past dating history when pitted against Yamcha. That's one way to be recognized beyond "death by Saibaman".
    Kid Trunks: Hey, so is it true you used to go out with my mom?
    Yamcha: What?! That's none of your business, kid!
  • Pitting Ribrianne against Goku Black will give you this gem:
    Ribrianne: Oh, you look awfully serious all of a sudden. Don't you wanna have fun with me? Fight on! Believe in yourself!
    Goku Black: Ah! Are you trying to incur my wrath? There are so many aggravating mortals as it is. You've got to be at the top of the list, certainly.
  • Post-transformation Zarbon tries calling Great Ape Vegeta ugly, but the big Saiyan monkey sees this is a case of the pot calling the kettle black.
    Zarbon (Post-Transformation): The Great Ape form... an offense to all things beautiful.
    Great Ape Vegeta: You're not much to look at yourself, Zarbon!
  • Cell being pitted against Cell Max. Regardless of form, the former cannot believe that the supposed "improved" version of him is basically a dumb hulking monkey. His forms even have different quotes, with his second form's reaction (mainly because Cell Max is based off this form) taking the cake:
    First Form: You're telling me that this... this is the ultimate perfection that I have been trying to achieve?!
    Second Form: Ugh... Enough with the screaming! Don't you see you're stretching out my beautiful face?
    (Super) Perfect Form: I heard you were the new-and-improved model... and yet you're already obsolete.
  • Many people felt that the Gammas not interacting with the Great Saiyaman in Super Hero was a missed opportunity. Fortunately, Sparking! ZERO delivers:
    Great Saiyaman: Behold, evildoers! I am justice's unswerving chaperone! Yes...the Great Saiyaman!
    Gamma 2: Ehh... C+. The pose is pretty good. And capes rule, obviously, but the rest of the costume looks...eh, let's just say...homemade?
    Gamma 1: Nothing special... Sometimes, looks aren't deceiving.
  • The Gammas will admit their awe and envy when they meet the the Pride Troopers in their intro dialogue.
    Toppo: We're defenders of peace and justice! We are the Pride Troopers!
    Dyspo: We are the defenders of peace of justice! The Pride Troopers!
    Gamma 2: Ugh... I hate to admit it, but you're like a thousand times cooler than me. Aw man, who would've thought there were heroes from other universes?
  • When the Gammas meet the Ginyu Force, they can only lament how their cool poses are used by evildoers:
    Captain Ginyu: Captain of the world's greatest fighting force! Ginyu!
    Recoome: Ginyu Force! Recoome!
    Burter: The Ginyu Force's Blue Hurricane! I am... Burter!
    Jeice: The Ginyu Force's Red Magma! Jeice!
    Guldo: It's me! Guldo of the Ginyu Force!
    Gamma 2: As a superhero, it makes my skin crawl to see the power of poses used for evil... Especially when they're so cool!
  • Gamma 2 loves the Maiden Squadron's poses:
    Ribrianne: Happiness to one and all... I send you my love! Ribrianne!
    Kakunsa: The thunder of the wild! And the roar of love! Kakunsa!
    Roasie: The strike of love, with dreams and magic! Roasie!
    Gamma 2: Talented. Brilliant. Incredible. Amazing. Show stopping. Spectacular. Superheroes from other universes don't mess around!
  • Vegeta and Gamma 2 try to play into each other's insecurities.
    Vegeta: Move it. I don't take on sidekicks.
    Gamma 2: Well, well, somebody's projecting. You know, it might do you good to accept the whole sidekick thing. And that's coming from Gamma 2.
  • Super Hero timeline Piccolo fighting GT timeline Pan has him thinking she had a very sudden growth spurt.
    Piccolo: I know that Saiyans get sudden growth spurts, but this is real sudden.
  • Golden Frieza and Orange Piccolo have a bit of Hypocritical Humor regarding their naming schemes:
    Golden Frieza: And to simplify things even further, let's call this Golden Frieza, shall we?
    Orange Piccolo: How juvenile... I can see dying didn't improve your sense of humor.
  • One immortal to another, pot meets kettle.
    Garlic Jr.: Ah, so Shenron granted you a wish for immortality as well. How's it feel?
    Zamasu: You disrupted the natural order and obtained immortality? Unforgivable!

The Encyclopedia:

The Encyclopedia in Sparking! ZERO features "Girl Talk", aka dialogue between Chi-Chi, Bulma and Videl for every character (except Mini Goku). There's quite a few laughs.

  • Just like back in Budokai Tenkaichi 3, Chi-Chi has a habit of using the word "delinquent", especially to describe the Super Saiyan form, mainly due to the stigma of dyed hair being a sign of delinquency in Japan.
    • Chi-Chi complains that when Gohan first became a Super Saiyan, he let his martial arts training get too much in the way of his studies. Because he was blonde. Videl notes that turning blonde wouldn't have had anything to do with that.
    • When the topic of Future Trunks comes up, Chi-Chi says Bulma will be next to go blonde. Doubly funny when you remember blonde hair runs in Bulma's family with her mother and older sister.
      Chi-Chi: Like delinquent father, like delinquent son! Next you'll be turning blonde, Bulma!
      Bulma: Hey, handsome is handsome! No matter the hair style or hair color!
      Videl: I-I doubt that...
    • On the topic of Super Saiyan Gogeta...
      Chi-Chi: Unbelievable... Goku's a delinquent even when he's dead!
    • With Super Saiyan 3 Gotenks, Chi-Chi despairs over him losing his eyebrows and how "his delinquency has reached a new level". Bulma can barely bring herself to agree. Slightly.
    • When Bulma compares Golden Frieza to Super Saiyan, Chi-Chi remarks, "in other words, it's Frieza's delinquent form."
    • Somehow, when the topic of Babidi's magic comes up...
      Chi-Chi: Think he could cast a spell that could rehabilitate delinquents?
      Videl: That's... one way to use your magic...
    • On the topic of Caulifla, she's the only person that Bulma and Videl can't disagree on her being a delinquent. She also calls Kefla a hussy. And then there's...
      Bulma: Pan and Bulla will be as tough as her someday.
      Chi-Chi: As long as they're not delinquents!
  • For Goku (Super), Chi-Chi remarks that not only is Goku actually acting responsible lately, but Bulma even reveals he actually got his driver's license. Videl finds it hard to picture Goku in a classroom.
  • Bulma can't help but grumble that Goku still looks like he's in his early 20s. "Ugh, those Saiyans and their graceful aging..."
  • The changing hair colors of Super Saiyan from yellow to red to blue to white is mercilessly lampshaded. This exchange becomes funnier considering that there are green (Legendary Super Saiyan) and purple (Ultra Ego) Saiyan forms.
    Videl: If he keeps finding new transformations, maybe we'll see Super Saiyan Green someday! Or maybe Purple! Eh... Maybe not.
    Chi-Chi: Yeah, let's not go there. [on the topic of Ultra Instinct Goku] Goku and I are getting older, sure, but... White hair? It's far too early for that...
    Videl: Sounds like it's black or nothing, huh, Chi-Chi?
  • Being from the Super timeline, the ladies are often very confused by the GT versions of the characters (timeline wise, GT would occur after Super, canon-wise, it's an Alternate Continuity after the ending of Z).
  • The ladies are confused by the difference between regular Super Saiyan Vegeta and Super Vegeta. Bulma remarks that even if she asked what the heck the deal with it would be, he probably wouldn't say much.
  • Bulma stumbles a bit trying to say "Super Saiyan God Super Saiyan", not unlike some fan comments on the form's awkward name.
  • What surprises Videl about Vegeta as he is as of Super is the fact that he's actually a good cook. It also turns out that Vegeta and Bulma's arrangement is that Vegeta basically is the protector of the household while Bulma is the breadwinner, to which Videl remarks This Explains So Much.
  • When Videl finds out that Mr. Satan "beat" Android 18 and took credit for beating Bojack, she grumbles about him taking the credit for something he didn't actually do again, and that he hasn't even been training properly lately.
  • When Videl points out Tien's third eye, Bulma has an idea... Of making special sunglasses for the guy! Granted, he'd probably appreciate it, but it's still worth a chuckle.
  • Bulma wonders if a fused person can eat the normal amount of food, or if they need to eat twice as much.
  • When Videl mentions that Chi-Chi gave her blessing for Gohan to Videl pretty much immediately...
    Chi-Chi: Hey, when I see a rich girl living in a house the size of a small village, you bet I want her engaged to my son.
    Bulma: You're a real mistress of subtlety, Chi-Chi...
  • When the topic of power levels comes up, Videl wonders how strong 530,000 (the amount Frieza's first form had) is in the grand scheme of things. Bulma has ''no idea."
  • All three of them wonder what on Earth is the deal with Frieza's skull in his third form. Videl wonders if it's deliberate or unintentional, while Chi-Chi notes she'd rather not know what's going on inside Frieza's head.
  • When it comes to Perfect Cell, post self-destruction...
    Bulma: Perfect... Perfecter Cell? It never ends with this guy!
  • All three of them are frustrated that Zarbon is so handsome and yet so sleazy.
  • Poor, poor Cui is dismissed by Bulma as "pretty unremarkable" and basically a speed bump for Vegeta.
  • Somehow, Bulma almost mistakes Recoome for Android 16 due to the similar mohawks.
  • Bulma reveals that she thinks Jeice is cute, Videl admits that she somewhat agrees but Jeice's poses ruin it for her, and Chi-Chi just doesn't get Jeice's outfit.
    Chi-Chi: Long sleeves and shorts? What is it, winter on his arms and summer on his legs?
  • When Videl mentions that Android 17 gave up his wish at the Tournament of Power to revive the other universes...
    Bulma: Well, I gave him an expensive cruiser, so... Wish fulfilled!
    Videl: Just what I'd expect from the richest woman on Earth...
  • When Bulma points out that the Frieza Force are well-equipped, well-organized and have their own uniforms, Videl wonders if working for Frieza has any good health benefits. If Ginyu in Dragon Ball FighterZ is to be believed, they have a killer health insurance plan under Frieza.
  • Garlic Jr. is described as "a competent version of Pilaf".
  • Bulma sheepishly tries to claim that she's never thought of using the Dragon Balls for eternal youth. Videl immediately calls her out on it.
  • Bulma admits under Lord Slug's entry she sometimes gets the urge to whistle in Piccolo's vicinity.
  • Videl wonders if Frieza's insecurity over his height is because his older brother Cooler is taller than him.
  • When the topic of Super Android 13's defeat is brought up...
    Bulma: After that, Vegeta and Piccolo kinda just... didn't come home for a while. Not 'til the fish jumped. Oh, and don't ask.
  • Bulma grumbles about Goku leaving it to Gohan to defeat Bojack... And then she remembers that Goku was dead at the time.
  • Somehow, Chi-Chi's comment about Super Janemba is "he's gonna catch a cold with his midriff exposed like that!"
  • Videl remarks that Vegeta was pissed when Hirudegarn destroyed his house.
  • Bulma casually remarks that Whis is her foodie buddy. Videl gets jealous, saying that she wants a foodie buddy too.
  • The girls do not hold back on Goku Black, calling him a narcissist and Videl remarking that the name "Super Saiyan Rose" is utterly pretentious.
  • Videl notes that there are so many types of gods that it's too hard to keep track of them all and what they actually ''do.''
  • Chi-Chi, after being informed that Hit is over a thousand years old, notes that an assassin should have their personal information be a little more private.
  • Bulma can't figure out whether Dyspo is a cat or a rabbit.
  • Turns out, Bulma is a fan of Ribrianne after seeing her Transformation Sequence.
  • For Cell Jr., Chi-Chi isn't sure if there were seven or eight of them, referring to an animation error in the anime, where despite Cell explicitly creating 7 of them, Gohan is later shown to kill eight of them.
  • Nobody realizes that Orange Piccolo is actually Piccolo. They're more confused on the existence of an orange Namekian and panic when they see his giant form.
  • Videl is surprised by Gohan Beast's wild appearance, but likes it anyway. Chi-Chi, on the other hand, cries and thinks her son has gone Prematurely Grey-Haired from overworking himself.
  • Bulma wonders why Gohan (Super Hero) can't stay in Super Saiyan form while he's working to negate the need for glasses, commenting that it's like training on the clock. Chi-Chi has to rein her in.
    Chi-Chi: Do you hear yourself?! Can you imagine my Gohan sitting in a lab as a Super Saiyan? Ugh, he'd look ridiculous.
  • Chi-Chi thinks Ultimate Gohan is just him having done something different with his hair.

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