Has team four star been good for dragonball?

[Ssjcell]

Rewatched team four star episodes and I'm wondering was tfs a catalyst for dbs? Did it help the shows popularity? Has it been bad for the franchise?

[ABED]

Why would anyone think a parody on the net was a reason for DBS?

[CTAkuma]

Quite ridiculous to assume TFS is the reason Dragonball is popular or got DBS started

[ricky84]

Team4Star has no impact on how the franchise develops. Barely anyone outside of USA, Canada and the UK even knows it exist. I doub't anyone who works for Toei in Japan has even heard of it, let alone Toriyama.

[sunsetshimmer]

DBS exists because of Battle of Gods success which was response to Dragon Ball Evolution.

That silly parody has absolutely nothing to do with DBS existence.
If something, DBS exists because of DB Evolution lol.

[Kataphrut]

They certainly got me back into it after all these years, and I know I'm not the only one.

They have no direct impact on the franchise or current state of it's progress, that much is certain. The closest you could maybe argue is maybe they helped contribute to the resurgence of the series' popularity in the West that propelled the movies to success. That's it.

[Xeztin]

No, TFS Parody is a fan made product, it has just as much impact on the franchise that Toyble had with AF. It’s a gag parody that I watch every once in a while but nothing really more than that. I doubt any Japanese fans know what it is as it seems they are uhh... more into hentai related works with the exceptions of doujin.

[BlazingFiddlesticks]

They provided a new entry point into the series for some, refreshed it for others, and provided an increasingly well-crafted piece of shared enjoyment for the types of fans who need to continuously interact with their favorite properties (the "in the gaps between the US dubs and new movies" mentality), and those who do not. I cannot see anything wrong with that even if you think their work itself is utterly terrible.

[GreatSaiyaJeff]

TFS may have an impact on the meme's of the franchise but overall on the franchise. Not really.

[sintzu]

It helped get DB out to more people and although it's not a huge contribution as the vast majority of people were probably already fans to begin with, it's still worth mentioning so I think it's been good.

DBS exists because of Battle of Gods success which was response to Dragon Ball Evolution.

Toriyama's return to the franchise is thanks to Evolution but regarding BOG, it was already being made and Toriyama decided to get involved with it to prevent another evolution. Who knows how things would've turned out had Toriyama let them do their version of BOG.

[Baggie_Saiyan]

I hate whenever something humorous happens in the show dub or sub some people are quick to throw "omg TFS" like they invented humour in DB, like people were so convinced Toei referenced TFS with Popo that one time.

[Dragon Ball Ireland]

It has helped some people get back into the franchise after a long break, that of course worked in BOG and ROF's favour, but it wouldn't have influenced any of TOEI's decisions to create those movies, or indeed Super.

For better or for worse I do think they had an influence on the Super dub specifically with inserting jokes that weren't in the Japanese version.

[Kuwabara]

It's definitely had an impact on the western fandom. Before Super came out, I heard people talk about TeamFourStar more than the actual series. Just recently, when I was asking local theaters about the limited screenings for the first Broly movie, one of the staff members chimed in, "Are they showing the TeamFourStar version?"

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Yeah, they're showing the TeamFourStar version.

I'm upset that there aren't subbed screenings and this guy is asking about fan parodies. I can't say I'm not irritated by things like that, but I don't want to knock people for what they enjoy either.

[PFM18]

I doubt a fan parody influenced the decision to make Super or was a catalyst in any capacity.

Whatever this catalyst was, I thank God for it's existence.

[Michsi]

I recall an interview where someone from Toei stated that DBKai was essentially a test run to see if the franchise could still attract viewers. DBK came out in 2009, shortly after TFS started working on their parodies and long before they reached today's level of popularity. Despite DBK not being a huge success it still did well enough to convince them to make a new movie. I'd say Battle of Gods is the catalyst for DBS.

But as for the question in the subject title. Yeah, over all, I think TFS has been good for the franchise. It helped keep the interest alive in some parts of the world and since they are all genuine fans of the show and not just mocking it for fun and views, DBZA definitely did the fandom good.

[ABED]

On net, I guess it's a positive. It's not my taste, but if it keeps people interested in the series, then good for them, but I don't think it's nearly as influential as some claim.

[ekrolo2]

I'd say so, even it a lot of people throw around things from it or force its obvious exaggeration of personalities onto the actual characters.

[TheBigBoy]

I like the Abridged Series just fine but the fans really need to get a grip. The top rated comment on every video is some geek talking about the episode made them cry and how it's superior to the original product in every way.

[CTAkuma]

I like the Abridged Series just fine but the fans really need to get a grip. The top rated comment on every video is some geek talking about the episode made them cry and how it's superior to the original product in every way.

I agree, another thing is posting unrelated references from them on everything DB related, which is very obnoxious in my opinion.

[Robo4900]

TFS is good for the western fandom, because tons of people either got into or got back into the franchise because of the joy TFS's version has brought them. TFS is also good because of the joy their parody has brought people in and of itself.

Far as I'm concerned, that's the be-all end-all; their version has brought people joy, and it's got people back into the main series which has also brought people joy. These can only possibly be good things.