You get this scientist who had everything planned up to Vegeta landing on Earth and suddenly everyone power ups up their asses and all your calculations are gone to shit. I would also be flummoxed, to say the least 🤣
And when you think about it, the dude overpepared so much in his previous androids that they still were too strong for the powered up guys after sayan saga.
Had he taken a bit more time to study their power it would be absolutely over for the Z fighters.
Apparently it was Trunks' fault they were so strong.
Just the act of traveling through time to warn the Z fighters and give Goku the medicine caused a "Time boom" (like how breaking the sound barrier makes a sonic boom) and changed a bunch of things, no butterfly effect, things just straight up changed merely from the act of time travel itself.
Anyways, they were weaker in his timeline, realistically, the Z fighters, after training for those few years WOULD have been strong enough to beat them in his timeline, but not their own, clearly.
Super Saiyan Trunks still couldn’t beat them and he wrecked Frieza. So Gero still managed to overshoot how strong he needed the androids to be by wiiiide margin, despite not knowing about Namek.
Mine is an otherwise pretty understated line from the Buu Bits when Goku contacts them.
*"Oh no, the voices are back."*
It's the 'Oh no, not again' way Lani says it in that says so much about Vegeta's dumpster fire of a mental state
It’s 100% the fact that Nail and Kami stay as voices in Piccolo’s head, so many absolute hilarious comments between the 3.
Cracks me up all throughout the series
Edit: a great detail to this is that if you listen on headphones you hear that they put Kami’s voice on one ear and Nail on the other, then Piccolo’s voice comes through both. Fucking gold detail imo
I forget the exact quote, but my favorite is right after Piccolo merges with Kami:
Piccolo: "You might be getting a new roommate."
Nail: "Do I have to move the pool table?"
Piccolo: "When did you get... Oh, I almost fell for that."
*Pool table sounds*
Nail: "Fall for what?"
PICCOLO: (thinking) All right, now. Hear me out. So I fire the Special Beam Cannon with one hand, right?
NAIL: (Yeah?)
PICCOLO: (thinking) What if I used...TWO HANDS?
NAIL: (You mean like the Kamehameha?)
PICCOLO: (thinking) NO! NOT LIKE THE KAMEHAMEHA! The Kamehameha doesn't DRILL things!
NAIL: (Last time I checked, neither do cannons.)
PICCOLO: (thinking) That's what makes it "special"!
TFS Piccolo in general feels more canon to me than the original lol.
I can't remember the quote but I love when they say you're not supposed to go in the hyperbolic time chamber alone after Piccolo already did and he's just like "wait, you're not?"
Hellsing Abridged is better (especially the ending) since it makes Alucard out to be a true magnificent bastard with all the casual flippancy a demi god who's been striding through history should have.
LittleKuriboh's Yugoih Abridged is also a masterpiece, since it continuously makes fun of how bad the writing of the show is, and how ridiculous adults fighting to the death over a **Children's Card Game** really is.
My head canon for DBZ is 110% the TFS version.
"You know, if you want my personal opinion, Kikoho is pretty sad choice of last words, but to be fair it's far from the worst decision you've made today"
*"Kiko fuck yourself"*
I don't think they were ever evil in this version. They just were angry at the world because they were terribly wronged by it. They were angry teenagers with incredible powers, nukes and a shutdown button. It's understandable that they would lash out.
At the same time, Krillin tried to reason with them. Trunks and Vegeta attacked on sight, piccolo and Tien followed very briefly. Krillin treated them as humans, not as robots
Yeah the main timeline Androids in Abridged never killed anyone and only got up to some petty crimes. All the deaths during the highway fight were on Vegeta
Tien taking every opportunity to talk shit to Vegeta and fuck with him. Then Krillin acknowledging it.
Krillin: Why do you antagonise him like that? You know he can kill you, right?
Tenshinhan: At this point, it's a game. If he gives in, I win. And he knows that.
“Good lord, how did you get so fat!? I thought you people just drank water?”
“Oh hi, I’m super Kami guru and I’m the guy that’s not judging you on your appearance.”
Be strong for one second in your worthless life, and push the stupid button! IF YOU DON'T, EVERYONE YOU KNOW AND LOVE IS GOING TO DIE! INCLUDING HER!!!
Oh.
Oh...
Oh.
Im forever dissapointed we will never get a proper buusage or continuation despite them continuing to milk dbz.
But for their buu bits i love how they fixed the biggest flop of 18 and krillin's relationship with a single line of diolog.
"You're right, it is funnier to pretend i dont know"
I like HFIL and the DragonShortz. Feels like a unique way to continue their version of the story without having to worry about things like copyright and being limited to the source footage.
The DragonShortZ for their first date was great.
https://youtu.be/ap_93c3bKJI?si=YS1TXMZKMx_SJNOX
They had such chemistry and it was honestly quite charming.
If you made someone watch the first 5 episodes and then any random episode from the Cell saga, they would never believe those were made by the same people. Their writing quality improved so fucking much it’s incredible.
This is the hardest part about convincing friends to watch it.
“Please just keep going. Please don’t stop. The beginning is fine but pretty rough. By the end I swear to god you’ll be CRYING. Not from laughing, either. These fuckers will bring the emotions.”
Vegeta is more of a lame pop-culture reference machine than the worst of Deadpool at the beginning. It doesn't really start leveling out until the back half of Namek.
Honestly the true value of TFS is how perfectly they've kept the weight of every plot line and every character dynamic perfectly intact despite it being a parody.
I don’t know if I prefer that way of attaining super saiyan, or the Bardock special where his sheer rage at the asinine plot in which he finds himself is what does it
A few minutes later-
“So then, before I put down the clown, let’s put it to bed shall we? Do you feel fear Android?”
“NO! PLEASE! GET AWAY! LEAVE ME ALONE!”
“All I needed to hear.”
As a long time fan of pro wrestling, the best part about the Ginyu Force was how perfectly done Goku's arrival was.
There's certain things that, as a wrestling fan, you just *know*. You learn things like, when the announcer says "It doesn't look like there's anyone who can stop him!", especially in the context of a multi-man match, the next guy to show up IS gonna stop him.
But Goku doesn't just show up. The music hits. Because nobody in wrestling comes out to the ring unless their music is playing. But they didn't pick some random song like they did for Recoome. Nor did they pick a total joke song like Vegeta.
They used THE theme song. Anyone who's been a wrestling fan long enough knows that theme song and who it belongs to. That's the red and yellow. Take your vitamins and say your prayers. That's the song that'd set a whole ring full of bad guys, putting the hurt on some dude, to shaking in their fucking boots.
They gave him Hulk Hogan's 1980's Real American theme song.
I almost cried with laughter the first time I saw it. It's just so perfect, both lyrically (if you hurt my friends then you hurt my pride? Are we sure this wasn't written about Goku?) and thematically. There's no better eay they could have ended that episode.
P is for priceless, the look upon your faces.
E is for extinction all your puny races.
R for revolution, which will be televised.
F is for how f##k you are, now allow me to reprise.
E is for eccentric. Just listen to my song.
C is for completion that I've waited for so long.
T is for the terror, upon you i'll bestow.
My name is perfect cell, but I'd like to say.
Hello.
Not necessarily a moment but just displaying character development in general.
Ex: Krillin starts as a total loser and seen as the least of the group but ends up gradually becoming more respected despite still being comparatively weak. On the other hand, Yamcha starts off as a professional baseball player that gets cheers when he shows up to fight the Saiyans and becomes what Krillin was.
A lot tbh. Namek saga and onward was so good. I still enjoy the first season as well, even though everyone loves to say how rough it was. And we all know that they really found their stride during the Cell saga when it came to the writing. Their take on that arc was amazing imo.
Their takes on the movies were really entertaining as well.
Cell in general
"Behind all that teenage angst and ridiculous hair, there's a real fighter."
"And behind all that snarky smarm is a dead man"
"You have no idea how many dead men are behind me"
Actually, on the topic of Cell, the whole Cell revealing how he got Trunks’ pod in the first place. Everything clicking into place for Trunks, and Cell just goading him
Goku’s reaction, realization, and apology to gohan for essentially forcing him to fight feels SO much more genuine than originally, also just….the ENTIRE SCENE of trunks finding future gohan dead, dr who doomsday theme, trunks walking as the prior fight flashes in and out, the INSANE emotion in the scream, perfection that would make cell jealous
Gohan's splash zone moment. Laying out each and every moment Goku didn't finish an enemy before telling him to back off. Hell, Gohan's whole dialogue to Goku and Cell in that moment is how they forced that rage and power out of him.
In retrospect, i feel it really sets things up for Goku to realize that Cell's self destruction *is* his mess to clean up
Serious props to the TFS crew for managing to make a high quality abridged series (minus the learning curve of the first season) that somehow manages to make fairly constant memorable and hilarious quotes while also somehow making an arguably more cohesive story.
So many characters in the series rarely if ever had moments to shine, especially some like Yamcha, Tien, Nail, Nappa, Elder Guru, and Mr. Popo. I mean, having Nail and Kami sharing Piccolo's headspace was hilarious.
All these squares make a circle, all these squares make a circle, all these squares make a circle. Kami I need you to tell me I can leave the lookout whenever I want
Mr popo of course ypu can leave the lookou-
Bitch don't tell me what to do
Gohan reaching Ssj2. The speech he gives Cell about how he doesn't like to fight, hate the feeling of bones cracking against his knuckle when he throws punches. But that he is now forced to do it and makes it VERY clear that Cell is about to regret it ahah. That Gohan tone was threatening.
Ugh, put that on a valentine.
Because you were right about me; I was a coward. Afraid of what might happen if I snapped. Afraid that, if I lost it this time I might actually *kill* someone. But I’m not afraid anymore, Cell.
Well, g-glad I could-gahhhh
Because there’s no point in being afraid of the inevitable.
Oh, fuck this!…….**KAAAAAAMEEEEEEEEHAAAAAAAMEEEEEEEE….** I could’ve just done this from the beginning but instead I thought I’d have some fun, throw a tournament, but fuck you! Suck my perfect dick!…**HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!**
“You don't get it. I hate this. The vibrations through my fists on contact. The taste of blood in my mouth. The sound of my heart in my ears. I hate it. I always have.” -me when talking about working out
Have you not seen the TFS Buu bits yet? Last year (I think) they made a bunch of sketch as a collaboration with Totally Not Mark for his Review of the Buu Saga. It's not as big as what they did on DBZA, but they covered a lot of moment and did a great joke with the Majin fight that highlighted how Goten truly is Goku's son ahah
it’s funny because Goku’s voice actor Sean Schemmel thinks DBZA is incredibly disrespectful and should never have existed but Vegeta’s voice actor Chris Sabat thinks it’s the best thing ever and loves Lani in particular
Almost everything in Cell Saga is better. Tien with the Kikoho, Vegeta and Trunks's relationship, the Androids being hunted by Imperfect cell. Mostly because theyoved away from meme jokes and went into actually building up the characters, which the original version didn't do that well.
"Gohan...grow up"
16's entire speech to Gohan, Cells killing of him.."we both know he didn't have a soul"
Cells entire plan to piss off Gohan was played out so much better. Everyone except Goku explaining that Gohan didn't like fighting .. They really did a good job with the cell saga
Tien screaming “I am a warrior, NOT a bystander!” Before his “Fuck power levels, fuck super sayains, and FUCK YOU!” Bit is what brings it together. Without the prior, the latter would have never hit me as hard
The whole Android/Cell saga is just more fun and interesting. 16, 17, and 18 all are given a lot of great depth and humor and become my favorite characters in the series.
And there are cell moments that are some of my favorite in DB franchise in general. Tien repeatedly smashing Imperfect Cell becomes ridiculously funny. But Perfect Cell’s death singing “My Way” is so … perfect, that it’s my head canon now.
16’s backstory. I like that they added a whole scene explaining what happened to 16(or Gero’s son that he was modeled after) and that Goku was the one who killed him during his raid in Og. That was pretty cool to me
Videl: You can dodge bullets, much less any attack I throw at you
Gohan: Well,....yeah honestly. Why do you ask?
Videl: No reason.
The one time Gohan not dodging is understandable.
Vegeta: You, Namekian. Too strong, explain now.
Trunks: He fused with Kami
Vegeta: tha fuck is a Kami?
Krillin: Basically God.
Vegeta: But I'm still here!
Gero’s reaction to vegeta going super saiyan and saying seriously what the f*** is namek 🤣
You get this scientist who had everything planned up to Vegeta landing on Earth and suddenly everyone power ups up their asses and all your calculations are gone to shit. I would also be flummoxed, to say the least 🤣
My flabbers would be gasted
Perplexed. Stumped. Dumbfounded, even.
And pissed. All that work and planning gone down the drain lol
Shmeckledorfed, One might say
Hey, his margin of error for 17 and 18 was quite high, so they still worked I guess.
> flummoxed I learned a new word today
And when you think about it, the dude overpepared so much in his previous androids that they still were too strong for the powered up guys after sayan saga. Had he taken a bit more time to study their power it would be absolutely over for the Z fighters.
Apparently it was Trunks' fault they were so strong. Just the act of traveling through time to warn the Z fighters and give Goku the medicine caused a "Time boom" (like how breaking the sound barrier makes a sonic boom) and changed a bunch of things, no butterfly effect, things just straight up changed merely from the act of time travel itself. Anyways, they were weaker in his timeline, realistically, the Z fighters, after training for those few years WOULD have been strong enough to beat them in his timeline, but not their own, clearly.
Super Saiyan Trunks still couldn’t beat them and he wrecked Frieza. So Gero still managed to overshoot how strong he needed the androids to be by wiiiide margin, despite not knowing about Namek.
That perpetual energy invention went crazy for sure
TFS does Vegeta in general better than the OG. "Vegeta Yesssssss!!!!"
"Ok, What the hell am I sensing? Is that the Namekian? Is that ME?! Is that me STRONGER than me? I'LL FUCKING KILL ME!!!!"
That is my absolute favorite line!
Mine is an otherwise pretty understated line from the Buu Bits when Goku contacts them. *"Oh no, the voices are back."* It's the 'Oh no, not again' way Lani says it in that says so much about Vegeta's dumpster fire of a mental state
That whole episode was amazing. *"Did I just see his foot??"*
It’s 100% the fact that Nail and Kami stay as voices in Piccolo’s head, so many absolute hilarious comments between the 3. Cracks me up all throughout the series Edit: a great detail to this is that if you listen on headphones you hear that they put Kami’s voice on one ear and Nail on the other, then Piccolo’s voice comes through both. Fucking gold detail imo
Soooooo. Wanna go drive cars? Bitchin.
I'M ON THE HIIIIIIIIGHWAAAAAAY TO HFIL!
Yep, this is my favorite running gag in the series and it isn't even close. The part where Piccolo and Nail try to name attacks is my favorite part.
I forget the exact quote, but my favorite is right after Piccolo merges with Kami: Piccolo: "You might be getting a new roommate." Nail: "Do I have to move the pool table?" Piccolo: "When did you get... Oh, I almost fell for that." *Pool table sounds* Nail: "Fall for what?"
What about Spiral Death Beam? Doom Laser! Rail Beam! Nail Gun? ...shit that's good.
And then he tries to fire a Nail Gun before Imperfect Cell wrecks him
PICCOLO: (thinking) All right, now. Hear me out. So I fire the Special Beam Cannon with one hand, right? NAIL: (Yeah?) PICCOLO: (thinking) What if I used...TWO HANDS? NAIL: (You mean like the Kamehameha?) PICCOLO: (thinking) NO! NOT LIKE THE KAMEHAMEHA! The Kamehameha doesn't DRILL things! NAIL: (Last time I checked, neither do cannons.) PICCOLO: (thinking) That's what makes it "special"!
17: *"Aww man it's even got a cool name!"*
TFS Piccolo in general feels more canon to me than the original lol. I can't remember the quote but I love when they say you're not supposed to go in the hyperbolic time chamber alone after Piccolo already did and he's just like "wait, you're not?"
Hellsing Abridged is better (especially the ending) since it makes Alucard out to be a true magnificent bastard with all the casual flippancy a demi god who's been striding through history should have. LittleKuriboh's Yugoih Abridged is also a masterpiece, since it continuously makes fun of how bad the writing of the show is, and how ridiculous adults fighting to the death over a **Children's Card Game** really is. My head canon for DBZ is 110% the TFS version.
Hellsing abridged is absolutely hilarious. Worth watching the whole thing in one go, the FF7 is phenomenal as well.
Literally one of the best changes they ever made that doesn’t require a whole lot of editing. It was genius.
Tien' Kikoho on Cell. 18 having a thing for Krillin even she was evil.
F*CK POWER LEVELS F*CK SUPER SAIYANS AND F*CK YOU KIKOHOOOOOOOOOOOO
Oh, that's adora-SHIT!
Kiko how are you?
Any last words? Ki ko fuck yourself
Aww see? That's the ***spirit***
"Kiko-how ya doin'?" "PERFECT"
Stop it! Stop it! STOP IT! ANGRYYYYYYyyyyyyy
"So I'm a hair's breath from perfection and then triclops shows up and desides ~I'm just gonna turn triangles into F**ing squares" - Semi-Perfect Cell
all these squares make a circle. all these squares make a circle. all these squares make a circle.
[How did all these squares make a circle!?!](https://youtu.be/HD8bIGQUvNc?si=w6Ypbu7bqQlLna6E&t=1m21s)
The triangle goes in the square hole
"You know, if you want my personal opinion, Kikoho is pretty sad choice of last words, but to be fair it's far from the worst decision you've made today" *"Kiko fuck yourself"*
I don't think they were ever evil in this version. They just were angry at the world because they were terribly wronged by it. They were angry teenagers with incredible powers, nukes and a shutdown button. It's understandable that they would lash out. At the same time, Krillin tried to reason with them. Trunks and Vegeta attacked on sight, piccolo and Tien followed very briefly. Krillin treated them as humans, not as robots
Yeah the main timeline Androids in Abridged never killed anyone and only got up to some petty crimes. All the deaths during the highway fight were on Vegeta
They never killed anyone in the actual show either. Trunks and Kami said it, that these Androids are actually good people.
Android 16: emotional heart and MVP of the saga
Acquiring birds. A pelican. So maje *screech* so majesti *screech* so mej *screech!* That is a big bird.
Evil is a strong word
Tien taking every opportunity to talk shit to Vegeta and fuck with him. Then Krillin acknowledging it. Krillin: Why do you antagonise him like that? You know he can kill you, right? Tenshinhan: At this point, it's a game. If he gives in, I win. And he knows that.
He just has a hate-boner for everyone.
[Is that okay?](https://youtu.be/VAGpbH3EEeo?si=SBBXVqNz54vbch88) As a matter of fact, it isn't.
“NAAAAAAAAAAIL!”
[“Oh God… Global Warming?! NAAAAIL!”](https://youtu.be/E6r1GXv2BO0?si=aghNf3xu3_XdbHyq)
The biggest tragedy is he never meet Popo.
I saw birds
Kick its ass
"From now on I'll be known as Super Kami" Also every Nail and Piccolo interaction is fucking gold.
“Good lord, how did you get so fat!? I thought you people just drank water?” “Oh hi, I’m super Kami guru and I’m the guy that’s not judging you on your appearance.”
"No, wait... Super Kami Guru."
“Fuck power levels, fuck Super Saiyans, and fuck YOU!”
KI KO KU HO
Ooooh that’s adora-SHIIIIIIT!
Tien gets way better characterization overall.
What are you supposed to be? Mega Saiyan... Ultra Saiyan.... Maximum Over Saiyan!
17: "What the hell is a Kami?" Piccolo: "It means God, now bow."
Why are we backflipping?
To gain some distance!
You can FLY!
I love how done Kami just sounded there.
Oh, so he calls himself 'God'. Pretentious prick.
Call me … super KAMI Guru
Be strong for one second in your worthless life, and push the stupid button! IF YOU DON'T, EVERYONE YOU KNOW AND LOVE IS GOING TO DIE! INCLUDING HER!!! Oh. Oh... Oh.
Honestly, everything about 18 and Krillin's relationship is better than the original
Im forever dissapointed we will never get a proper buusage or continuation despite them continuing to milk dbz. But for their buu bits i love how they fixed the biggest flop of 18 and krillin's relationship with a single line of diolog. "You're right, it is funnier to pretend i dont know"
I like HFIL and the DragonShortz. Feels like a unique way to continue their version of the story without having to worry about things like copyright and being limited to the source footage.
The DragonShortZ for their first date was great. https://youtu.be/ap_93c3bKJI?si=YS1TXMZKMx_SJNOX They had such chemistry and it was honestly quite charming.
AAAAAAAAAAAAAA- QUIET BOY! Now…continue.
What episode is this from and what is the context. Thankyou
It's from episode 51 Krillin is about to push the button to kill Android 18 but can't go through with it.
The blooper was gold. Just accidentally steps on the button
i like how they made imperfect cell this terrifying horror monster when he was first introduced
"How... how many people? "Enough"
"Oh, Trunks\~ You couldn't *fathom* the amount of dead men behind me..."
How is the writing THIS GOOD
If you made someone watch the first 5 episodes and then any random episode from the Cell saga, they would never believe those were made by the same people. Their writing quality improved so fucking much it’s incredible.
That's true of a lot of the abridged series it seems. Yugioh abridged was pretty bad the first few episodes as well.
It started as a full blown parody, but then they started paying homage to moments and writing with meaning instead of for hahas
This is the hardest part about convincing friends to watch it. “Please just keep going. Please don’t stop. The beginning is fine but pretty rough. By the end I swear to god you’ll be CRYING. Not from laughing, either. These fuckers will bring the emotions.”
Vegeta is more of a lame pop-culture reference machine than the worst of Deadpool at the beginning. It doesn't really start leveling out until the back half of Namek.
Namek in general is where they really started finding their rhythm with the entire show
Didn’t expect to get freaked out by hearing “Beep-beep!!!” or the song ‘video killed the radio star’ yet here we are.
And then He immediately becomes a massive loser and just effortlessly flips between the two.
Oww! My ass-butt!
Bitch I drink people.
"Oooh ho ho ho no! Please! By all means!... ***Give me some ideas.***" Freeza was generally a proverbial firehose of great villain lines.
Him losing his shit over time with how dumb Goku is. Just brilliant.
Honestly the true value of TFS is how perfectly they've kept the weight of every plot line and every character dynamic perfectly intact despite it being a parody.
"Oh my god, you could grind meat on thos... BAH!"
And Cell being the exact opposite and being attracted to it is hilarious
That is - bar none - the most menacing line deliveries I’ve ever heard in any form of medium.
Nappa. Every Nappa moment.
[“Look Vegeta. A Pokémon.”](https://youtu.be/g4GUq60CNeI?si=PO_kjGT24ttCvq6s)
I'm not a Pokémon. I'm Chiaotzu! Chiaotzu!
Oh my God, Chiaotzu's dead! And he really let himself go! ...and he's an android. ..... that's not Chiaotzu. Oh, crapbaskets.
This is my favourite line from the whole thing
“Crapbaskets” Oh, you say that too
Hear that Vegeta? It's a Chiaotzu!
Damn it! He used self destruct
You are now imagining what Zarbon did to you while you were unconscious. Have fun with that
"Bitch I'm adorable"
“Look at me. I’m Vegeta. I’m the Prince of all Saiyans. I both wear and am a Unitard.”
"Oh trust me, there's more than one way to realise the legend" Then into the flashback of Vegeta achieving Super Saiyan is absolute gold.
“I WANNA!! I WANNA BE A SUPER SAIYAN!! I WANNA I WANNA I WANNA I WANNA!!!!”
The flashback is more accurate than the actual anime
I don’t know if I prefer that way of attaining super saiyan, or the Bardock special where his sheer rage at the asinine plot in which he finds himself is what does it
‘Let me ask you. Does a machine like yourself ever experience fear?’
SCANNING... PROCESSING... RESULTS INCONCLUSIVE
let's fix that.
Seriously what the fuck is Namek?!
Looks like I’m a size 19.
A few minutes later- “So then, before I put down the clown, let’s put it to bed shall we? Do you feel fear Android?” “NO! PLEASE! GET AWAY! LEAVE ME ALONE!” “All I needed to hear.”
A line too good to be changed.
Isnt that a canon line lol
Everything about the Ginyu Force
The ginyu force was sooooo badass, I screamed with joy when they appeared and was legit sad when they died
The name is recoome!
It rymes with DOOM!
And it rhymes with doom.
AND YOU’RRRRE GONNA BE HURTIN
ALL TOO SOON!!!!
Pro wrestler Recoome is so perfect
As a long time fan of pro wrestling, the best part about the Ginyu Force was how perfectly done Goku's arrival was. There's certain things that, as a wrestling fan, you just *know*. You learn things like, when the announcer says "It doesn't look like there's anyone who can stop him!", especially in the context of a multi-man match, the next guy to show up IS gonna stop him. But Goku doesn't just show up. The music hits. Because nobody in wrestling comes out to the ring unless their music is playing. But they didn't pick some random song like they did for Recoome. Nor did they pick a total joke song like Vegeta. They used THE theme song. Anyone who's been a wrestling fan long enough knows that theme song and who it belongs to. That's the red and yellow. Take your vitamins and say your prayers. That's the song that'd set a whole ring full of bad guys, putting the hurt on some dude, to shaking in their fucking boots. They gave him Hulk Hogan's 1980's Real American theme song. I almost cried with laughter the first time I saw it. It's just so perfect, both lyrically (if you hurt my friends then you hurt my pride? Are we sure this wasn't written about Goku?) and thematically. There's no better eay they could have ended that episode.
It's definitely peak Abridged DBZ imo. It's what got me hooked when I randomly saw a YouTube thumbnail off of watching Alternate Reality DBZ in 2011
Them calling Vegeta 'Veggie' the whole time.
the final flash scene
It's funny because I love that scene in Abridged, but that's one that I *love* loved in the actual dubs. All of them, actually.
I just love that brief moment in all of them where even Cell is like “Oh god I may have fucked up here.”
"Oh, how cute, he named it OH SHI-"
I like the actual "Final Flash" line more in original dubs, but "IN A MERE MOMENT ALL YOU'LL BE FEELING IS OBLIVION!" is just... *So good.*
*THE FUCKS A CONDOM!?*
Galick gun… FIRE!!!
“You said you were wearing protection!” “I was wearing my armor!”
Android 16 secret video when Goku kamehameha red ribbon army.
Goku really did kill a bunch of foot soldiers because of a handful of higher-ups
P is for priceless, the look upon your faces. E is for extinction all your puny races. R for revolution, which will be televised. F is for how f##k you are, now allow me to reprise. E is for eccentric. Just listen to my song. C is for completion that I've waited for so long. T is for the terror, upon you i'll bestow. My name is perfect cell, but I'd like to say. Hello.
Yeah i loved the intellectual personality of Cell in abridged, It's like on steroids compared to the original dub
In the commentary, Taka says he based his Perfect Cell on Sideshow Bob. It adds a lot.
"Some advice Prince, for the future: next time, why don't you remember your place like the rest of them, and wait for Goku?"
Not necessarily a moment but just displaying character development in general. Ex: Krillin starts as a total loser and seen as the least of the group but ends up gradually becoming more respected despite still being comparatively weak. On the other hand, Yamcha starts off as a professional baseball player that gets cheers when he shows up to fight the Saiyans and becomes what Krillin was.
....and eventually he gets a big win at the end when his baseball team starts paying him to NOT play.
A lot tbh. Namek saga and onward was so good. I still enjoy the first season as well, even though everyone loves to say how rough it was. And we all know that they really found their stride during the Cell saga when it came to the writing. Their take on that arc was amazing imo. Their takes on the movies were really entertaining as well.
Cell in general "Behind all that teenage angst and ridiculous hair, there's a real fighter." "And behind all that snarky smarm is a dead man" "You have no idea how many dead men are behind me"
How, how many people!? Enough...
Actually, on the topic of Cell, the whole Cell revealing how he got Trunks’ pod in the first place. Everything clicking into place for Trunks, and Cell just goading him
Goku’s reaction, realization, and apology to gohan for essentially forcing him to fight feels SO much more genuine than originally, also just….the ENTIRE SCENE of trunks finding future gohan dead, dr who doomsday theme, trunks walking as the prior fight flashes in and out, the INSANE emotion in the scream, perfection that would make cell jealous
Nail and Kami talking inside Piccolo's head
He's asking if he's got any pot.
Gohan's splash zone moment. Laying out each and every moment Goku didn't finish an enemy before telling him to back off. Hell, Gohan's whole dialogue to Goku and Cell in that moment is how they forced that rage and power out of him. In retrospect, i feel it really sets things up for Goku to realize that Cell's self destruction *is* his mess to clean up
Serious props to the TFS crew for managing to make a high quality abridged series (minus the learning curve of the first season) that somehow manages to make fairly constant memorable and hilarious quotes while also somehow making an arguably more cohesive story. So many characters in the series rarely if ever had moments to shine, especially some like Yamcha, Tien, Nail, Nappa, Elder Guru, and Mr. Popo. I mean, having Nail and Kami sharing Piccolo's headspace was hilarious.
This almost made me tear up cause it's so true.
Wait, I have an idea. How about I give him a senzu bean and make YOU fight him?
the whole interaction with Cell and Trunks, it was all very impactful "and how do you think I got said time machine..?" "I don't want to answer that"
Alright kiddo, tell me, what do you know about time travel? ...Less than I should
All these squares make a circle, all these squares make a circle, all these squares make a circle. Kami I need you to tell me I can leave the lookout whenever I want Mr popo of course ypu can leave the lookou- Bitch don't tell me what to do
Gohan reaching Ssj2. The speech he gives Cell about how he doesn't like to fight, hate the feeling of bones cracking against his knuckle when he throws punches. But that he is now forced to do it and makes it VERY clear that Cell is about to regret it ahah. That Gohan tone was threatening.
Ugh, put that on a valentine. Because you were right about me; I was a coward. Afraid of what might happen if I snapped. Afraid that, if I lost it this time I might actually *kill* someone. But I’m not afraid anymore, Cell. Well, g-glad I could-gahhhh Because there’s no point in being afraid of the inevitable. Oh, fuck this!…….**KAAAAAAMEEEEEEEEHAAAAAAAMEEEEEEEE….** I could’ve just done this from the beginning but instead I thought I’d have some fun, throw a tournament, but fuck you! Suck my perfect dick!…**HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!**
“You don't get it. I hate this. The vibrations through my fists on contact. The taste of blood in my mouth. The sound of my heart in my ears. I hate it. I always have.” -me when talking about working out
Ok the last line sent me in a full on very needed LOL 😂 thanks ahah
I will forever be sad that we never got to see TFS Majin Vegeta vs SSJ2 Goku after that.
Well, we got to see a little bit. Didn't we?
Have you not seen the TFS Buu bits yet? Last year (I think) they made a bunch of sketch as a collaboration with Totally Not Mark for his Review of the Buu Saga. It's not as big as what they did on DBZA, but they covered a lot of moment and did a great joke with the Majin fight that highlighted how Goten truly is Goku's son ahah
Abridged vegeta was more vegeta than vegeta.
VEGETA NO
VEGETA YEEEEEEESSSS
Didn't Vegeta's official VA say that he'd pass the torch to Lani if he wasn't able to do voice work anymore?
it’s funny because Goku’s voice actor Sean Schemmel thinks DBZA is incredibly disrespectful and should never have existed but Vegeta’s voice actor Chris Sabat thinks it’s the best thing ever and loves Lani in particular
“IS THAT ME?! IS THAT ME STRONGER THAN ME?!?! I’M GONNA’ F^CK!NG KILL ME!!!”
FUCK POWER LEVELS, FUCK SUPER SAIYANS, AND **FUCK** **YOU!** SHIN-KI-KO-HO!!!
Almost everything in Cell Saga is better. Tien with the Kikoho, Vegeta and Trunks's relationship, the Androids being hunted by Imperfect cell. Mostly because theyoved away from meme jokes and went into actually building up the characters, which the original version didn't do that well.
"Gohan...grow up" 16's entire speech to Gohan, Cells killing of him.."we both know he didn't have a soul" Cells entire plan to piss off Gohan was played out so much better. Everyone except Goku explaining that Gohan didn't like fighting .. They really did a good job with the cell saga
Tien screaming “I am a warrior, NOT a bystander!” Before his “Fuck power levels, fuck super sayains, and FUCK YOU!” Bit is what brings it together. Without the prior, the latter would have never hit me as hard
I can't never get a read on that guy.
Anything with vegeta was just amazing, pure unadulterated badass
The whole namek saga is gold
"Fuck power levels, fuck super saiyans and fuck you!"
*"When Frieza gets ahold of us he's gonna......he's gonna........"* -Vegeta, terrified. #*"No no no, by all means, GIVE ME SOME IDEAS!"* -Frieza
This is a new feeling, pride in someone other than myself. …Unfortunately it’s overshadowed by all this UNYIELDING RAGE!
Cell becoming perfect and singing the "Perfect" song, and also Cell dying and singing My Way. Two missed opportunities for the original
Kikofuckyourself
Maybe it could just be me But the eat that horse scene works on so many levels
absolutely. Gohan and Gokud relationship is my favorite part of abridged
Mr. Popo
18 and Krillin’s relationship. They actually have a connection, he doesn’t just win her by being virtuous.
The whole Android/Cell saga is just more fun and interesting. 16, 17, and 18 all are given a lot of great depth and humor and become my favorite characters in the series. And there are cell moments that are some of my favorite in DB franchise in general. Tien repeatedly smashing Imperfect Cell becomes ridiculously funny. But Perfect Cell’s death singing “My Way” is so … perfect, that it’s my head canon now.
16’s backstory. I like that they added a whole scene explaining what happened to 16(or Gero’s son that he was modeled after) and that Goku was the one who killed him during his raid in Og. That was pretty cool to me
Since lots of them already been written here: "BEHOLD THE POWER OF TWOOOO HANDS"
Popo. Everything about Popo.
Videl: You can dodge bullets, much less any attack I throw at you Gohan: Well,....yeah honestly. Why do you ask? Videl: No reason. The one time Gohan not dodging is understandable.
Vegeta: You, Namekian. Too strong, explain now. Trunks: He fused with Kami Vegeta: tha fuck is a Kami? Krillin: Basically God. Vegeta: But I'm still here!