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Dragon Ball Parodies/Homages

Post by dbzfan7 » Thu Jan 14, 2016 1:01 pm

Let's see if we can get a bunch of them together.

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Post by MajinMan » Thu Jan 14, 2016 1:41 pm

I think that Fairly Odd Parents had a reference to it, but I forgot what episode it might have been. I think it was that remote control movie. I may be completely wrong, so don't take what I said as fact lol.
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Post by DoomieDoomie911 » Thu Jan 14, 2016 2:32 pm

MajinMan wrote:I think that Fairly Odd Parents had a reference to it, but I forgot what episode it might have been. I think it was that remote control movie. I may be completely wrong, so don't take what I said as fact lol.
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Post by Wezenheim » Thu Jan 14, 2016 2:44 pm

Not a parody per se but this is from Gintama and I thought it was pretty funny. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WhhnN2Nlo28

Apparently Steven Universe is heavily inspired by anime like Dragon Ball (I haven't seen it yet), and I remember seeing somewhere that in some hospital scene there was a name plate on the wall and one of them was Dr. Gero. Also they have scouter-like things, I think.
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Post by Wezenheim » Thu Jan 14, 2016 3:05 pm

Doctor. wrote:Blood Lad had an homage: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wH6WPgaDqcw
Not available in the US, apparently. :(

BoBoBo has a ton of DB homages also, this is just one of the ones I could find: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQgduw2fUXY

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Post by Draconic » Thu Jan 14, 2016 3:59 pm

Codename: Kids Next Door had an episode where they referenced DBZ. Pretty funny, actually.

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Why Dragon Ball Consistency in something such as power levels matter!

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Post by Vijay » Thu Jan 14, 2016 8:55 pm

I'm envious of you guys who can post links & whatnot. I'm not a computer-pro so I'll just say the name of anime

Sket Dance. A gag show used DragonBall reference quite often. Its not episode-to-episode basis, but some of their parodies can be rollickin fun

Bossun (shows lead) havin hair-cut similar to Goku & his subsequent "Osu" or Switch suddenly emulating Cell's "kanzentai...." or some random guy putting on a gorilla costume to which they said "GT~) was funny.

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Post by Soppa Saia People » Thu Jan 14, 2016 10:09 pm

Pokémon X and Y has a 9000 reference. Just another reason to hate gen 6, just kidding but I really disliked gen 6 :lol: .
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Post by KentalSSJ6 » Thu Jan 14, 2016 10:48 pm

Teen Titans Go had this.

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Post by Gyt Kaliba » Thu Jan 14, 2016 11:04 pm

Does web animation count if it's from an official company? Because there's a fair few DBZ references in the 'That's my Uncle!' anime spoof from RoosterTeeth. It's mostly a parody of anime in general, but between the bad guy's design appearing to wear Saiyan-esque armor (and looking a bit Cell-esque), a mention of 'Challenge Crystals' that when gathered will let you make a wish, Burnie-san's Super Saiyan transformation...

...Actually, a lot more of this is DB riffed than I remembered. :lol: The dialogue is defnitely more Speed Racer-ish though, and there's still riffs on Gundam and Sailor Moon too.
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Post by Polyphase Avatron » Fri Jan 15, 2016 1:38 am

Wezenheim wrote:Not a parody per se but this is from Gintama and I thought it was pretty funny. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WhhnN2Nlo28

Apparently Steven Universe is heavily inspired by anime like Dragon Ball (I haven't seen it yet), and I remember seeing somewhere that in some hospital scene there was a name plate on the wall and one of them was Dr. Gero. Also they have scouter-like things, I think.
Sonic X also had Scouters, or things that were pretty much indistinguishable from them in appearance...
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Post by coola » Thu Oct 20, 2016 4:59 pm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fls7fkCa_Hg Flip Main characters of Flip Flappers, Cocona and Papika, undergo transformation that look similar to Blue and Rose, even fighting style is similar :D
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Post by nite_jay » Thu Oct 20, 2016 5:55 pm

Pretty sure this is another Dragonball reference in Gumball.
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Post by simtek34 » Thu Oct 20, 2016 6:52 pm

Well, his tail went SS3 at least!

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Post by Netter75 » Fri Oct 21, 2016 8:26 pm

Apparently Chiaotzu got a shout-out/homage in Naruto. Pretty funny given how strange looking he is. Mask on the left side of the panel.
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Post by DBZAOTA482 » Fri Oct 21, 2016 8:34 pm

South Park parodied DBZ in the movie with Cartman's swearing powers. He had the thick eyebrows, the speedlines, and SSJ aura.

Freeza was also in a cameo for Imagination land.
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Post by Kunzait_83 » Sun Oct 23, 2016 5:27 pm

Mentioned this one quite awhile back in the giant Wuxia thread, but here it is again.

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Wong Jing threw this little shout out into his bugfuck insane Future Cops (an utterly off its rocker and VERY early 90s Wuxia flick, ostensibly inspired by Street Fighter II). A few quick notes of Makafushigi Adventure punctuates the above giffed moment on the soundtrack.
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