DragonBall Z Abridged

[Rob]

This was freaking awesome! I haven't watched any DBZA in a while so it was refreshing to die of laughter. Even though I felt it did lose a little bit of steam near the end, it didn't bother me.

I do have a question. Does anyone know the song that plays around 2:31 when Bulma changes the station of the radio?

"Robot Rock" by Daft Punk.

[Lance Freeman]

So, the only time Piccolo can get the name of his attack right is when a deranged Gohan's imaginary friend version of him says it. Sounds about right.

[TheBritWriter]

Another great movie. I guess my only complaint was towards the half way or 2/3 mark it kinda lost steam. Unfortunately the post credits scene was just the Roshi scene again, which left me bummed. Still enjoyed the whole thing overall. My opinion may change after multiple viewings.

Won't lie, by the end of the movie? We felt like it was going on a bit too long and we needed to wrap things up. It does lose a little bit of steam, but I can tell you, we definitely worked our asses off on this one, top to bottom. It was a toughie.

Thought the work was very good, some of the lines said (including the cyborgs) were very good, though the best bit was the credits, very well presented as well as the doctor who traits included. Can't wait for a breakdown video of this to see what you guys did.

Out of curiosity does TFS have any plans to dub any of the Revival of F trailers?

[Ex-Dubbie369]

Sooo TJ and the Wombat are quickly becoming some of my favorite DB characters. Where did the idea come from?

[miguelnuva1]

To be honest, i don't really believe that canon future cyborgs are weaker, Trunks thinks that, because he didn't know that they only used 50% to fight him, while present cyborgs could go all-out right from the beginning.

FYI, it's never stated anywhere the androids only used 50% against Trunks.

True, but it was stated by Bulma, that there was not much of difference in power between Gohan and Trunks

Trunks was about the same as the Gohan that 17 went 100%. Later a Trunks stronger than Yardart Goku fights the Androids again and he is able to somewhat hold his own.

Present 18>Future Androids>SSJ Trunks(Android saga)>SSJ Yardrat Goku>SSJ Trunks(Trunks) saga>/= 1 arm Gohan> less than 50% Future 17> Two arm SSJ Gohan.

[FortuneSSJ]

That was amazing. They outdone themselves! Again!
Trunks turning ssj scene made my scouter explode. I love how they showed bits of the fight while Trunks was walking towards Gohan's corpse.
I'm glad they took that scene serious.
*Repeats countless times over*

The only thing I think they missed is the "I need a adult" joke.
When Bulma was hiting on Gohan, should have been something like:

Gohan: I..need a adult?!
Bulme: You're already a adult!

It was a missed oportunity for me. All the rest, is perfect. Glad they didn't forget Vegeta's scream.

[Kawanakajima]

So, the only time Piccolo can get the name of his attack right is when a deranged Gohan's imaginary friend version of him says it. Sounds about right.

Well technically Piccolo said "makankoSAppo" when we all know it's closer to "makanKOsappo."

But I will give insane imaginary Piccolo a pass.

Sooo TJ and the Wombat are quickly becoming some of my favorite DB characters. Where did the idea come from?

They appear to be parodies of extremely dumb local radio station hosts that try to make things interesting and wacky through overuse of soundboard effects. If you listen to the radio on your commute you can probably find someone doing this.

You can also see the late John Candy portray a lower tech version of such a radio host in this clip from Little Shop of Horrors starting at about 1:15 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a3UcOUwK4Mk

[TheBritWriter]

Sooo TJ and the Wombat are quickly becoming some of my favorite DB characters. Where did the idea come from?

They appear to be parodies of extremely dumb local radio station hosts that try to make things interesting and wacky through overuse of soundboard effects. If you listen to the radio on your commute you can probably find someone doing this.

You can also see the late John Candy portray a lower tech version of such a radio host in this clip from Little Shop of Horrors starting at about 1:15 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a3UcOUwK4Mk

I heard similar stuff albeit slightly more exaggerated from the radio tune in on the GTA games (mainly GTA III in my case) TJ and Wombat remind me a bit of chatterbox written by 'Lazlow' who himself is a radio presenter.

[ShadowDude112]

Hey Kaiser, I know you're still a long ways off from completing the Z TV series, but have you guys talked about doing Dragon Ball or Dragon Ball GT Abridged?

[Babbu]

Hey Kaiser, I know you're still a long ways off from completing the Z TV series, but have you guys talked about doing Dragon Ball or Dragon Ball GT Abridged?

They've been pretty clear on their feelings toward GT.

[UltimateHammerBro]

Hey Kaiser, I know you're still a long ways off from completing the Z TV series, but have you guys talked about doing Dragon Ball or Dragon Ball GT Abridged?

They've been pretty clear on their feelings toward GT.

IMO, the bit in the Bardock special is enough DBGT.

[matt0044]

I'd like to see them take a crack at Dragon Ball. Maybe the movie trilogy if they don't have the time.

[BlazingBarrrager]

I'd like to see them take a crack at Dragon Ball. Maybe the movie trilogy if they don't have the time.

Agreed, although considering how it's been 6 years since they started and we're only in the beginning of the Cell saga we might not see it for a long time. Dragonball is also not as popular as DBZ (a joke Piccolo made in Kai Abridged 1).

[FoolsGil]

I'd like to see them take a crack at Dragon Ball. Maybe the movie trilogy if they don't have the time.

Agreed, although considering how it's been 6 years since they started and we're only in the beginning of the Cell saga we might not see it for a long time. Dragonball is also not as popular as DBZ (a joke Piccolo made in Kai Abridged 1).

But I wouldn't be surprised if the popularity skyrockets if they do Dragonball Abridged. Who knows how many people got interested in watching the real Dragonball Z after seeing Dragonball Z Abridged.

[BlazingBarrrager]

I'd like to see them take a crack at Dragon Ball. Maybe the movie trilogy if they don't have the time.

Agreed, although considering how it's been 6 years since they started and we're only in the beginning of the Cell saga we might not see it for a long time. Dragonball is also not as popular as DBZ (a joke Piccolo made in Kai Abridged 1).

But I wouldn't be surprised if the popularity skyrockets if they do Dragonball Abridged. Who knows how many people got interested in watching the real Dragonball Z after seeing Dragonball Z Abridged.

True, but again it all depends if they decide to go with it. Truth be told I see the team finishing the Cell saga (and movies that take place during this time) in at least 2 years or so, and we still don't even know if they'll do the Majin Buu saga at this point.

[Kawanakajima]

I don't see the point of Dragonball Abridged. The show already makes the dragonballs = testicles joke multiple times, has Yamcha fail at everything hilariously, and is delightfully absurd until maybe the Demon King Piccolo arc. I mean, what do you want them to do with a scene like the one where Hasky tells Goku she wants to see the balls hidden in his clothing so he drops his pants? Add a laugh track?

[Valerius Dover]

I don't see the point of Dragonball Abridged. The show already makes the dragonballs = testicles joke multiple times, has Yamcha fail at everything hilariously, and is delightfully absurd until maybe the Demon King Piccolo arc. I mean, what do you want them to do with a scene like the one where Hasky tells Goku she wants to see the balls hidden in his clothing so he drops his pants? Add a laugh track?

Hey, have some faith. The next movie is Super Android 13. If they can top the actual dub script for that one, they can surely handle DB.

[FoolsGil]

I don't see the point of Dragonball Abridged. The show already makes the dragonballs = testicles joke multiple times, has Yamcha fail at everything hilariously, and is delightfully absurd until maybe the Demon King Piccolo arc. I mean, what do you want them to do with a scene like the one where Hasky tells Goku she wants to see the balls hidden in his clothing so he drops his pants? Add a laugh track?

You obviously don't like the abridged series, you can take that response and apply it to beyond the first season, or first episode of Z Abridged.

[matt0044]

Agreed, although considering how it's been 6 years since they started and we're only in the beginning of the Cell saga we might not see it for a long time. Dragonball is also not as popular as DBZ (a joke Piccolo made in Kai Abridged 1).

But I wouldn't be surprised if the popularity skyrockets if they do Dragonball Abridged. Who knows how many people got interested in watching the real Dragonball Z after seeing Dragonball Z Abridged.

True, but again it all depends if they decide to go with it. Truth be told I see the team finishing the Cell saga (and movies that take place during this time) in at least 2 years or so, and we still don't even know if they'll do the Majin Buu saga at this point.

I think that it's at least worth a shot you know. Even if it takes a while, I don't mind if they just do their very best.

[Kawanakajima]

You obviously don't like the abridged series, you can take that response and apply it to beyond the first season, or first episode of Z Abridged.

This is a terrible post that you should be ashamed of.

Dragonball is already saturated with humor. There are only two ways to make Dragonball Abridged - literally abridge the show (to be honest I'd be thrilled to see Dragonball get the Kai treatment) or replace the jokes that are already in the show with dialog that turns the subtext into text. How would you "enhance" the scene where Krillin convinces Roshi to take him on as a student by giving him porn? Have a character in the scene say "wow, Roshi breaks his decades-long trend of shunning students just because someone threw a girly mag at him! Guess his convictions aren't as strong as his libido! What a wacky turn of events!"? That's already the subtext of the entire sequence.