Dragon Ball Rewatch, Bonus Thread - 2008 Jump Super Anime Tour OVA

[Robo4900]

Hello, ladies, gentlemen, and everyone between and beyond, and welcome to the 2021 Christmas bonus of the first Dragon Ball rewatch of the decade.
We're doing five episodes a week, and we'll be watching every single episode of Dragon Ball, Dragon Ball Z, and Dragon Ball GT. All 508 episodes. Plus the TV specials and the movies, but today we're taking a brief, spontaneous sidestep into one of the OVAs.
You have no option but to watch in Japanese with subtitles, and that's if this special is even available to you.

Well, the rewatch proper is taking a break for two weeks, but KBABZ watched the 2008 Jump special, and was thus able to write trivia concerning this special. I didn't have time to look over it, so all the names and everything are exactly as KBABZ wrote them.
Merry Christmas everybody! See you all in the new year.

Current thread: Week 103 (GT 6-10)

Anyway, without further ado...

2008 Jump Super Anime Tour special - Heya! Son Goku and Friends Return!!
Originally released 21st of September 2008
Written by: Akira Toriyama & Takao Koyama
Episode director: Yoshihiro Ueda
Animation supervisor: Tadayoshi Yamamuro

Two years after the defeat of Majin Boo, a new battle takes place on Earth. Vegeta’s younger brother, Tarble, arrives to ask for help in defeating Avo & Cado, two of Freeza’s former henchmen that have been terrorizing his planet. Do the heroes of Earth stand a chance against such mighty foes?!

Trivia:

Spoiler:

• Missed Trivia: In Toriyama's Kanzenban artwork, he colours Dodoria with yellow skin rather than pink, which makes him resemble the Durian fruit more closely from which he gets his name.
• Missed Trivia: There were 17 Dragon Ball + Z theatrical films (3 DB, 13 DBZ and the 10th Anniversary Movie). Battle of Gods was released 17 years after the last of these movies.
• While this special bears the title card "Heya! Son Goku and Friends Return!!", it is often referred as the JSAT Special or "Jump Special", due to the event it premiered in. Kanzenshuu officially refers to it by its title card name, since six other anime also had their own specials and thus also have their own "Jump Specials".
  • Following the above logic, the original seventeen movies from the 80s and 90s could be called the "Toei Cartoon Festival Movies" or "TCF Movies".
• The Jump Special debuted on the 21st of September in 2008 as part of the Jump Super Anime Tour, which toured across various cities in Japan. At 34 minutes it's the longest of the specials shown, being a minute longer than One Piece's and seven minutes longer than Letter Bee's. Other anime with specials in this tour include Bleach and Yu-Gi-Oh!. Dragon Ball's special had the honor of opening the show, being first in the lineup.
• At 34 minutes, the Jump Special is ten minutes longer than a typical episode of the anime!
• As implied by the name of the festival, the Jump Special was not commisioned by Toei but Shonen Jump, the publishers of the original Dragon Ball manga. This is shown in the title card at the start of the opening: it displays "Dragon Ball", since Shonen Jump's manga never adopted the famous Z (in fact ViZ's US release is the only one that adds it to the manga).
• Historically the Jump Special is of great significance. While it's a rather throwaway piece of media today in the wake of Battle of Gods, it was the first original piece of standalone Dragon Ball animation since Dragon Ball GT Episode 64 in November of 1997, eleven years earlier.
• The Jump Special released half a year before Dragon Ball Kai in 2009 and three years before Battle of Gods in 2013. Since it's also the first digitally-animated episode of Dragon Ball, many fans (and by many we mean KBABZ) consider the Jump Special to be the start of the "Modern Era" of Dragon Ball that encompasses the modern movies, the Dragon Ball Super revival series, and Super Dragon Ball Heroes.
• Home releases of the Jump Special are exceedingly rare: for five years, the only source was a limited Mail-in order DVD. A proper home release of the original HD version wouldn't come until 2013, where it was included in the Special Edition release of Battle of Gods.
• Perhaps coincidentally, the basic premise of both the Jump Special and Battle of Gods are rather similar: a celebration is held a few years after Pure Boo's defeat and an exceedingly strong villain shows up who crashes the party (and Vegeta is humbled in both). Both also take place in the 10 year timeskip between Boo and End of Z, which is where Toriyama said he'd probably write new Dragon Ball stories to avoid overlapping GT.
  • It's also broadly similar to the "He's Always Late" filler episode, only with the focus being on the party rather than Goku forgetting about attending.
• The Jump special would later be adapted into two 36 page manga books in V-Jump in mid-2009 (while Kai was getting started). The seam between the two parts is Goten and Trunks walking up to Avo and Cado to begin the fight.
• Famously, the Jump Special remake the Ha La Head Cha La intro using digital animation and the Boo Era cast of protagonists, including teenage Gohan, Trunks and Goten, and Vegeta. Here's the list of changes:
  • The entire sequence has been recreated with digital animation under Yamamuro's art style. Every shot has been recomposed with a 16:9 presentation in mind. Background elements are 2D assets moving through 3D space (with motion blur), and the Dragon Balls are wholly 3D, with both moving at 24fps rather than the hand-drawn animation's 12fps.
  • The opening shot now shows all seven Dragon Balls rather than just the One Star Ball, and rather than the Z the images of Goku, Goten, Piccolo, Vegeta, Bulma, Trunks and Gohan are shown. The background is also orange rather than red.
  • The Dragon Ball logo has been completely redesigned and is unique to this intro and promotional pamphlets. For the mail-in DVD release, the logo was based on Toriyama's Boo Arc logo design.
  • The album version of the TV-size Ha La Head Cha La song is used, meaning the sound effect of the rocket blasting off isn't present.
  • In all shots, Gohan has been replaced with Goten due to their similarities at that age. As such, any mention of Goten below means that he's replaced Kid Gohan in that shot.
  • In the case of characters directly reprising their roles, such as Kuririn and Yamcha, their Boo Arc designs are used instead. The exception is Goku, who appears in the Kame Symbol and Symbol-less gis, and Bulma, who is wearing the same outfit but is in her Boo Arc age.
  • In the shot of Goku with Goten on his arm while on Kinto'un, Vegeta flies by with Trunks on his back.
  • Trunks has been added alongside Goten in the shot of them running along Shen Long's back. As well, Yajirobe is joined by Karin, Kibitokai and Old Kai when they run along Shen Long in the background.
  • At the end of the above shot, teenage Gohan flies past while carrying Chichi in his arms, replacing Tenshinhan and Chiaotzu.
  • Instead of the shot of Dr. Gero's eyes and the Android arm forming, three new shots are shown:
    • Krillin, Marron, 18, Turtle and Roshi on the beach outside Kame House.
    • Gohan and Goten eating food with Gyuumao.
    • Trunks eating a doughnut in the Capsule Corp. atrium while his grandmother (looking surprisingly young) appears with refreshments and Dr. Briefs appears on a bicycle with his cat.
  • Trunks and Goten run away from the chasing dinosaur MUCH faster than Gohan did in the original intro.
  • In the shots of Bulma escaping the dinosaur, she's now running on foot, and Oolong, Puar, Roshi, Turtle and Kid Gohan are no longer present (meaning Puar is cut from this intro completely). Bulma is instead joined by Chichi and Videl.
  • Trunks joins Goten in the shot where they leap across the landscape while Shen Long bursts through the clouds behind them.
  • Teenage Gohan joins Goten in the shot where he calls from the sky and is caught by Goku on Kinto'un.
  • The timing of the shot showing the three pods impacting the ground is off, meaning they no longer impact in time with the drum beat.
  • In the final shot (taken from the Android version of the intro), Future Trunks is replaced by Teenage Gohan, while Kid Trunks and Goten replace Kid Gohan.
• The shot of Earth's ki rushing away from Earth is recreated, and the "Sata-N!" chants are taken directly from the original Episode 285.
• The Jump Special is the final time that Kikuchi's score has been used intentionally in a Dragon Ball animated product (the Kai replacement score does use his score, but was far from planned!).
• The Jump Special takes place in Age 776, two years after the Majin Boo Arc and two years before Battle of Gods.
• The shot of Videl opening up her Capsule Box and picking out out recreates a similar shot of Bulma doing the same in the very first episode of Dragon Ball. Both include seven Capsules, with the No. 1 Capsule being double height on the left-hand side. Videl's however doesn't have colour co-ordinated labels on the inside of the lid (nor are the capsules grouped by colour), and she picks out the No. 7 Capsule while Bulma grabs the No. 9 one.
• The airship that Videl Uncapsulizes is the same one used by Bulma and co. after Majin Vegeta destroys the Tournament grandstands.
• The four pods rushing to the Earth are reminiscent of Raditz's pod doing the same in DBZ Episode 1, which is heightened because they use the exact same sound effects.
• Goku starts this episode tending crops, much as he does in Battle of Gods and Dragon Ball Super's opening moments.
• Curiously, this crop is directly outside Gohan's Hut, yet the next scene takes place inside the "canon" house designed by Toriyama that isn't located there.
• Chichi tells Goku to plant a radish seed, which harkens back to Goku's first opponent in Z. As well, the seed it reminiscent of the Saibamen (also known as Cultivars).
• The fact that the radishes all grow from a single seed in one day is only used for the drawing lots scene later in the episode.
• Gohan's desktop has icons of the One Star Ball, a Namek-like planet with a ring, Neko-Majin and Tori-bot wearing a hat similar to Luffy's from One Piece (which directly followed Dragon Ball's Jump Special in the Tour).
• Videl's preview window appear to have fast forward and rewind options, which would be impossible for a live feed.
• If you were wondering, the text at the top of Videl's video feed window reads "Videl".
• In the scene where Videl talks to Gohan about the hotel's opening, Bee can be seen in the background as a grown dog, the first time he's been depicted as such.
• Amusingly, Goku says he has no interest in going to a party. But oddly, so does Chichi, despite her insistent outlook in the "He's Always Late" episode.
• In the Son dining room, there's a mural of Shen Long hanging up on the wall behind Goten.
• In the dinner scene, Gohan eats a whole live lizard, similar to how Goku ate an entire spitroast wolf back in Chapter/Episode 2 of Dragon Ball.
• Goku's imagine spot of being buried in food has a two shish kebabs, meaning this is one of KBABZ's all-time Top 10 Dragon Ball episodes.
• Launch makes a reappearance in the Jump Special after her previous cameo in DBZ Episode 285 and an extended absence.
• Comedically, the entire Son family dresses up for the party except Goku, who attends in his Kame gi.
• The Jump Special makes a slight adjustment to the Kame gi: the symbol has been raised from just above the belt to on his left pectoral. This tweak is present on almost every modern depiction of his gi with a symbol on it today.
• This isn't the first time Roshi has perved on Chichi, having done so previously in the Pilaf Arc when she was only 10 (yes, really).
• Those critical of Dragon Ball Super would likely laugh their heads off today when Kuririn notes how Goten has grown since he last saw him two years prior at the end of the Boo Arc.
• Goku mistakes Umigame's name as "Umigare", which means "sea cliff" instead of "sea turtle" like Umigame does.
• Vegeta has returned to his Android Arc look with the Saiyan breastplate, much as Dragon Ball Super would do five years later.
• When Goku first meets Bee again, he says they fought well together. This is an odd thing for him to say because the two have never worked together or even met on-screen before this point.
• Goku says that his gi counts as formal wear. This is actually borne out: he wears his gi specifically to this party after wearing just pants and a singlet at his home.
• Somehow, Mr. Satan was able to invite Urunai Baba, God, Kaio, Gregory, Bubbles, Kibitokai and Old Kai. Notably, Kaio and friends are still dead, however they may be permitted as gods to be in the mortal realm, or have called upon Baba's services to visit the living realm for one day.
• 18's hoop earrings are red in the Jump Special rather than gold as they're supposed to be.
• When the Channel Z reporter talks to the camera, the screen on the camera has an entirely different animation that correctly shows its perspective, head-on to the reporter.
• Tarble and Gure's pods are the only Saiyan Pods depicted to not slam straight into the ground on arrival. Like Vegeta and Nappa's pods, however, they go straight through a building.
• The shot of Tarble putting his hand on the door of his pod is a visual reference to Raditz, Vegeta and Nappa doing the same.
• Tarble is the first character to use a teal-coloured Scouter (although cyan was used).
• Tarble's name is a pun on the latter half of the word Vegetable. Being brothers, Vegeta and Tarble's names together for the full word. This is thematically appropriate because the villains of the Jump Special also have names that two halves of the same word.
• Tarble's name should technically be spelt "Table", however Kanzenshuu, Raging Blast 2 and the official Jump website add the R to clarify the pronounciation; without it, one could easily just say "table", as in the piece of furniture.
• Gure's name meanwhile is a pun on grape (said "gureepu" in Japan). This is a very interesting decision because typically fruit puns are used exclusively for Frieza's lower-class servants. As well, a grape intended for eating rather than for wine or juice is called a "table grape".
• Tarble's reason for survival is the exact same one as Goku's: he was sent to a distant world because of his low Battle Power. That Vegeta never suggested him over Raditz's suggestion of Kakarot implies that Tarble is weaker than even Goku was, or that Vegeta knew his brother well enough that he wouldn't be able to help them over the rabid person Kakarot is (or used to be before his head injury).
• Vegeta's familiarity with his weaker brother Tarble also backs up his attitude in the Saiyan Arc: both Goku and Tarble are considered weaklings, so when Goku is able to best Vegeta, it suggests that Tarble could do the same if he put his mind to it.
• Tarble is referenced in the opening of Dragon Ball Super: Broly. After Planet Vegeta is destroyed, Raditz mentions that Vegeta has a younger brother, whom Vegeta immediately dismisses as not worth caring about.
• Tarble makes the exact same mistake as all of Frieza's men do by judging Goku's strength on the first reading the Scouter gives him.
• In one of the shots of Goku powering up, the tassels of his belt are black while the main belt remains the correct blue colour.
• When Krillin offers to assist in the fight, 18 chastizes him because there's no reward, which is a reference to 18 "winning" the Boo Arc Tournament.
• While not shown, Piccolo and Yamucha have also raised their hands to vie for the change to fight, despite the fact that Yamucha had retired from fighting after the Cell Arc.
• When Goku uses Instant Transmission to take everyone to Gohan's Hut, it's the first time that Roshi, Oolong, Yamucha, Puar, Kuririn, Piccolo, Goten, Trunks and Videl have been shown in that location (excepting GT's final ED). For many of them it's likely the first time they've even been there, with the exception of Goten and most likely Master Roshi, and Bulma hadn't visited it since she first met Goku at the very start of the story.
• Kuririn's effort in pulling out such a small radish heavily implies that he hasn't trained in a very long time (12 years to be precise, after the Cell Arc).
• When searching for a radish to pull, Trunks refers to Dende by his Namekian name rather than his title as God. It's not explained exactly what Dende's advice to him was.
• Vegeta sheepishly bowing to his sister-in-law is reminiscent of him having to perform karaoke to entertain Beerus in Battle of Gods, since both embarass him greatly to the point of him acting extremely out of character (for comedy, of course).
• After Avo and Cado's pods smash into the ground and cause Mr. Satan to faceplant into his food, he has two noodles stuck up his nostrils. Yum.
• Avo has one spike on his head while Cado has two. this idea would be revisited in Dragon Ball Super: Super Heroes where Gamma 1 has one crest on his head while Gamma 2 has two.
• The colour purple is used a few times for Avo and Cado: the skin near their eyes and their Scouter lens' are purple, and their Avocado fusion has purple skin. This is appropriate because their skin colours are blue and red, which when combined form the colour purple!
• Given that Goten tosses away his party clothes, he was wearing his gi underneath them the entire time!
• Tarble notes that Avo and Cado were on another planet when Freeza was killed. This suggests that Frieza brought MOST of his forces to Namek and then Earth, which belies the idea of a galactic empire as shown in later works like DBS: Broly. Regardless, the two are among Frieza's top men since their strength matches that of the Ginyu Force, Frieza's strongest warriors.
• Tarble also seemingly credits Vegeta for killing Frieza, when it was in fact Goku who defeated him and Future Trunks who finally killed him.
• The idea of remnants of Frieza's men would be revisited in Resurrection of F, where the last holdouts use the Earth Dragon Balls to revive their former Emperor.
• Goku seems to lack perspective by calling Frieza no much of an opponent in hindsight, when it was arguably his most personal battle in the entire story and one which he would have lost were it not for the Super Saiyan form.
• Goten continues his practice of bowing before his opponent, at this point doing it far more than Goku did at his age.
• Goten and Trunks both defeat Avo and Cado using the exact same moves, appropriate since they're arguably the most famous for their Fusion and thus would know each other quite deeply as fighters.
• When Oolong offers refreshments to the Dragon Team bystanders, he's dressed in a maid costume.
• While Dragon Ball has had a few "Double Blows" where both opponents strike each other at the same time, the Jump Special is the first to show a Quadruple Blow!
• Unlike Tenshinhan's duplication technique, Avo and Cado's don't seem to reduce their Battle Power to any notable degree.
• Vegeta chastizes Trunks for forgetting to read his opponents ki and other basics, which Trunks will do later on with frequency in GT.
• Goten closing his eyes to visualize his opponent's ki in the darkness is exactly how ki sensing was depicted when Goku was learning it from Mr. Popo in the Heavenly Training filler.
• Avo and Cado discard their Scouters, implying that they'll become so powerful they no longer need it.
• Interestingly, in the credits Avocado is credited as "Aka Merged" in the credits, despite being called Avocado in dialogue.
• Avocado's design had red lips and blue skin around the eyes, referring to Avo and Cado's designs.
• Avocado's arms and spiky jaw are similar to Dodoria: the spikes reference the Durian fruit, which is where Dodoria gets his name. Both also have very similar appearances overall.
• The mistake Goten and Trunks make when performing the Fusion Dance is that they both forget to pull their hands into a closed fist when the "-sion!" step of the dance. Instead they keep their hands in the "fan" pose from the "Fuuuuuu-" step.
• Bulma chastizes Gotenks for not taking the fight seriously. Clearly she doesn't know Gotenks very well!
• The Jump Special completely skips over the 30 minute wait for Gotenks to defuse, and in fact doesn't seem to suggest there's a gap at all given that Avocado is floating right where he was when Goten and Trunks try the fusion again.
• Gotenks use Tenshinhan's Volleyball Play, but the steps they perform are actually from their own volleyball move from the Boo Arc (but without Piccolo's help, of course).
• The Dynamite Rolling Thunder Punch is one of Mr. Satan's moves, and is in fact the only time someone other than Mr. Satan has performed it.
• That the Wolf Fang Fist is performed alongside Mr. Satan's Thunder Punch as one of Gotenks' goofy attacks doesn't bode well for the move's reputation!
• The use of the Wolf Fang Fist in the Jump Special is the only time the move is shown to actually work on its opponent with no assisting factors. The only other instance is the very first time when he uses it on Goku, however Goku was starving and weak at that point.
• Avocado's Wahaha no Ha is a pun on evil laughter, which may explain why it's fired from the mouth.
• Piccolo is able to charge a Makankosappo within a few seconds now, rather than needing several minutes when he first demonstrated it in the Saiyan Arc. When Cell copied the move, he didn't need to charge it up at all.
• The Jump Special features the return of many classic attacks that haven't been seen in an extremely long time, including a few one-time moves. These include the Wolf Fang Fist, the Volleyball Play, Yamcha's Sokidan, and even Yajirobe slicing his with Katana as he did with Vegeta's Oozaru tail. Roshi's "pat debris away in between pat pats" move is not among them, however.
• After firing his Kamehameha, Goku is lit in blue, giving him a strong similarity to Super Saiyan Blue from Dragon Ball Super.
• Kuririn and Yamucha both happen to be wearing the same gi as Goku was. This is reminiscent of the moment in the 23rd Tenkaichi Budokai where Kuririn reveals his gi only to discover Yamucha and Goku had the exact same idea.
• Despite Videl saying Mr. Satan promised to rebuild the hotel manually, he technically never made such a promise.
• Chichi tells Bulma that she should see their grocery bill. Considering one child Saiyan cost Roshi 470,000 Zeni at a restaurant, the mind boggles at the thought of having that AND two adult Saiyans! No wonder Chichi's desperate for money.
• The Narrator explains at the end that the events of this episode were forgotten because of how minor they were in the grand scheme of things, which would justify why it wasn't brought up at all in End of Z.
• The end credits is exclusive to the Jump Special, and contains several noteworthy scenes that chronicle the progression of the story and Goku's growing family:
  • The first shot is of the original Dragon Radar. It has two Dragon Balls in the center among one flashing one, meaning it's likely to be the reading Bulma saw when checking her Radar before walking with Goku back to Gohan's Hut in the beginning of the story.
  • The first family shot is baby Goku outside Gohan's Hut and being lifted by the old master just as he did at the end of the Bardock Special.
  • Next is Goku reuniting with Grandpa Gohan at Baba's Palace and hugging his face in joy.
  • This is followed by Goku practicing his Kamehameha in front of Fire Mountain as Chichi runs in and hugs him. Notably Mount Frypan is on fire; when Goku first performed the move, Roshi had already put out the fire by destroying the mountain. As well, Goku's gi is red like in the anime rather than the more accurate orange.
  • Next is Chichi hugging Goku's arm at the 23rd Tenkaichi Bodokai.
  • Next is Goku and Chichi standing in front of their first home that was only in the anime, as young Gohan runs up to them. The next shot is them and Gyuumao playing cards together.
  • Next is Goku, Chichi and teenage Gohan standing in front of their "Toriyama" house as Goten runs up to them. this is followed by them having a picnic with Mr. Satan and Videl.
  • After this is a recreation of the very first panel of the manga; Goku walking on top of the log holding a saw while smiling at the two happy monkeys hanging from a branch. While Goku's gi is in the Turtle School colours, it still has a bow on the front rather than a normal knot.
  • Shen Long has only two appearances in the Jump Special: once in the intro, and again during the credits.

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Trivia written by KBABZ. Episode summaries, airdates, and titles courtesy of Kanzenshuu's episode guide.

[Dragon Ball Ireland]

I remember this special being quite fun, sort of like a proto-Battle of Gods. It's aged quite well, largely thanks to the Kikuchi score and a more modern animation style that was closer to the cel look of the original series than all the revival material that followed.

[Robo4900]

I remember this special being quite fun, sort of like a proto-Battle of Gods. It's aged quite well, largely thanks to the Kikuchi score and a more modern animation style that was closer to the cel look of the original series than all the revival material that followed.

Yeah, it looks and sounds really great. If the Super era had been more like this, aesthetically, then I'd be at least a bit softer on it.

Honestly, while I haven't seen this or BOG in a while, I remember thinking this special was the more enjoyable of the two.

[Grimlock]

While this special bears the title card "Heya! Son Goku and Friends Return!!", it is often referred as the JSAT Special or "Jump Special", due to the event it premiered in. Kanzenshuu officially refers to it by its title card name, since six other anime also had their own specials and thus also have their own "Jump Specials".

"Tarble OVA" is a lot easier, for some reason.

Since it's also the first digitally-animated episode of Dragon Ball, many fans (and by many we mean KBABZ) consider the Jump Special to be the start of the "Modern Era" of Dragon Ball that encompasses the modern movies, the Dragon Ball Super revival series, and Super Dragon Ball Heroes.

I think I'm missing something, you mean only KBABZ considers that?

Both also take place in the 10 year timeskip between Boo and End of Z, which is where Toriyama said he'd probably write new Dragon Ball stories to avoid overlapping GT.

Eh, while we may never know the true reason, I don't think it has anything to do with Dragon Ball GT. The impression I got from the interview is that Toriyama avoids stories after the manga because the characters are getting old. Well, that's what Nakatsuru brings up and Toriyama agrees with, anyway.

The Jump Special takes place in Age 776, two years after the Majin Boo Arc and two years before Battle of Gods.

In fact, starting from this OVA forward, it's correct to refer to Gohan as "adult Gohan", as he is nineteen years old (unless your culture treats someone at this age as a teenager). As opposed to people wrongly referring to a sixteen-year-old (almost seventeen) teenager as an adult (and I don't think I've ever heard of a culture that does such a thing).

Tarble is referenced in the opening of Dragon Ball Super: Broly. After Planet Vegeta is destroyed, Raditz mentions that Vegeta has a younger brother, whom Vegeta immediately dismisses as not worth caring about.

In the subject of reference, we should also note that Tarble is mentioned in Movie 14 in a dialogue between Bulma and Vegeta.

Outside of movies, Tarble is referenced by name in this Dragon Ball website. His name also appears in this family tree material for Movie 1.

A lot of references, but nowhere to be seen.

Kuririn's effort in pulling out such a small radish heavily implies that he hasn't trained in a very long time (12 years to be precise, after the Cell Arc).

"After" or "start" of the Cell saga? Because AGE 776 - 12 = AGE 764.

Tarble also seemingly credits Vegeta for killing Frieza, when it was in fact Goku who defeated him and Future Trunks who finally killed him.

Makes sense. Tarble got information from Namekuseijins and most likely asked specifically about Vegeta, they probably assume Vegeta "and his friends" killed Freeza.

The idea of remnants of Frieza's men would be revisited in Resurrection of F, where the last holdouts use the Earth Dragon Balls to revive their former Emperor.

By the second time out-universe (or first time, in-universe). Dragon Ball Online did it first.

Gotenks use Tenshinhan's Volleyball Play, but the steps they perform are actually from their own volleyball move from the Boo Arc (but without Piccolo's help, of course).
The Dynamite Rolling Thunder Punch is one of Mr. Satan's moves, and is in fact the only time someone other than Mr. Satan has performed it.
That the Wolf Fang Fist is performed alongside Mr. Satan's Thunder Punch as one of Gotenks' goofy attacks doesn't bode well for the move's reputation!

One of the alternate slots for Gotenks in Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2 has all those techniques. Implying it's a Gotenks from/inspired by this OVA.

Those critical of Dragon Ball Super would likely laugh their heads off today when Kuririn notes how Goten has grown since he last saw him two years prior at the end of the Boo Arc.

[Luso Saiyan]

A proper home release of the original HD version wouldn't come until 2013, where it was included in the Special Edition release of Battle of Gods.

That was on DVD, so it's an SD release.

[KBABZ]

A proper home release of the original HD version wouldn't come until 2013, where it was included in the Special Edition release of Battle of Gods.

That was on DVD, so it's an SD release.

So the version I watched was an upscale?? DANGIT!!

[Asmo]

It did get a home release in Malaysia not long after the special premiered (iirc). The artwork has the 'official product' stamp on it that releases in Malaysia need to have, but as to its true authenticity I cannot say.