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TFS DragonBall Z Abridged
- Thread starter flintstryker
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StalkerUKCG
Banned
Yes, many will say start with "dragonball" but i found that entirely boring.
DBZ has alot of filler episodes but some are worth watching, The 3 main story arcs are great.
DBZ has alot of filler episodes but some are worth watching, The 3 main story arcs are great.
SouthernDragon
Member
Watch Abridged first.
The Dutch Slayer
Member
Wont get most of the jokes, it only works if you know the show inside out.
That is what makes it so funny.
If you can handle the glacial pacing, it's a fun power level battle series. If you can't handle the pacing, watch Kai instead.
3? You mean 4?
StalkerUKCG
Banned
TacticalFox88
Banned
Catalix
And on the sixth day the LORD David Bowie created man and woman in His image. And he saw that it was good. On the seventh day the LORD created videogames so that He might take the bloody day off for once.
Wheeljack539
Member
I love that as he says that you can see the cheese stretching in his eyes.
StalkerUKCG
Banned
Frezia (Sayian saga is essentially the Prelude)
Cell (Android saga is the Prelude)
Buu
Everything else is filler or small story arcs. DBZ has 3 main villians and 3 Story arc's
It is known
Cell (Android saga is the Prelude)
Buu
Everything else is filler or small story arcs. DBZ has 3 main villians and 3 Story arc's
It is known
SouthernDragon
Member
I watched it only in passing and don't know it inside and out.
And it's STILL hilarious.
Huw_Dawson
Member
Saiyan is the first half of the Namek saga, because unlike the Cell and Buu sagas it is not discreet. Vegeta flees Earth and the Namek stuff directly follows on.
The background banter between Goku, Kai, Mr Popo and Kami was definitely the best bit of the episode. It's a shame that you can't do all that much with Frieza at this point.
edit: Fixed the spelling of Frieza.
The background banter between Goku, Kai, Mr Popo and Kami was definitely the best bit of the episode. It's a shame that you can't do all that much with Frieza at this point.
edit: Fixed the spelling of Frieza.
Huw_Dawson
Member
The King Cold/Mecha Frieza stuff is very tangential and not important to the Cell saga's opening. It's an overlap but definitely not the same thing as the Saiyan/Namek and Android/Cell overlaps.
StalkerUKCG
Banned
Garlic Saga breaks it up
EmCeeGramr
Member
Filler, wasn't in the manga.
The manga literally jumped straight from the dragon saying Goku didn't want to go back to Earth, to King Cold and Frieza arriving at Earth.
Keru_Shiri
Member
I've said this before in another thread, but I still think Garlic Jr. Saga was filler done correctly. There was still conflict, quite a bit of action, and it gave several side characters a chance to shine. Plus, the end fight was a bit more involved than a beam struggle/spirit bomb shenanigans.
That said, I see them doing Garlic Jr. Saga as a side movie (like Lord Slug) than as part of the actual continuity.
That said, I see them doing Garlic Jr. Saga as a side movie (like Lord Slug) than as part of the actual continuity.
The Dutch Slayer
Member
MMaRsu
Member
I really enjoyed it because gohan was awesome in it
And it was short.
Wasnt short enough
TheVampire
Banned
"It's just like Vegeta said"
"No you fucking dont!"
lol
"No you fucking dont!"
lol
Spoiler warning: This is sort of where the Freiza saga ends, so...yes.
Phaethon0017
Member
I really enjoyed it because gohan was awesome in it
And it was short.
This.
And what a dick move by Trunks. Shows up when nobody really needed him to kill Frieza (Goku said he would've teleported if he'd needed to) and doesn't help people kill Garlic Jr.? Dick move Trunks.
I was done by the Chaotzu line. :lol
I'd just like to mention, one problem I've always had was Goku's SSJ transformation was kinda shitty if you think about it. Compare how the environment reacted around him to how it reacted when Goku came back from the dead and displayed his power to Vegeta and Nappa. Or compare it to Vegeta powering up against Goku in their first fight. Or a wide variety of instances throughout the series. I'm just saying it should have been more tense and impressive looking.
Ironically, this was one of the few instances where Toei spending several minutes on a power up scene would have been appropriate.
I'd just like to mention, one problem I've always had was Goku's SSJ transformation was kinda shitty if you think about it. Compare how the environment reacted around him to how it reacted when Goku came back from the dead and displayed his power to Vegeta and Nappa. Or compare it to Vegeta powering up against Goku in their first fight. Or a wide variety of instances throughout the series. I'm just saying it should have been more tense and impressive looking.
Ironically, this was one of the few instances where Toei spending several minutes on a power up scene would have been appropriate.
Part 2 is out!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2YkEDGD_sDs&feature=g-u-u
I really wanted the elder to die by just saying: "BYE!"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2YkEDGD_sDs&feature=g-u-u
I really wanted the elder to die by just saying: "BYE!"
TheVampire
Banned
"What is going on?"
"Are these inverted controls?"
haha
"Are these inverted controls?"
haha
Dark Phoenix
Member
"Now I can die with a clear conscious..."
"Uh oh."
So good.
"Uh oh."
So good.
The Dutch Slayer
Member
MMaRsu
Member
OH SWEET A NEW ONE
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Wow this one was even funnier than the last! Need part 3 stat!
Sho_Nuff82
Member
He noted to Frieza that even though he elevated his power level to 100% and fought evenly with SSJ for a while, it had rapidly drained during the course of their fight, so he was no longer a threat to Goku and not worth killing. He then depowers and basically tells him to live with the shame
"deal with it"
Keru_Shiri
Member
Pretty much this. Goku concluded that Frieza had lost the fight, and told him to come back and challenge Goku again, after training.
Man. Goku's idiocy in Abridged really isn't all that exaggerated, is it?
FlashbladeGAF
Member
holy shit
never knew these existed
these 'Abridged' are awesome
Thanks gaf
never knew these existed
these 'Abridged' are awesome
Thanks gaf
Wheeljack539
Member
He didn't. He pretty much told Freeza he didn't want to see his face anymore just before he took off.
Keru_Shiri
Member
Yeah, TFS is pretty spot on with a lot of their character depictions (except when they're comically different). Hell, Goku even gives Frieza energy to leave the planet AFTER he's been sliced by his own Kienzan. It's only when Frieza uses that energy to blast Goku, does Goku finally reach the point of trying to kill Frieza.
Keru_Shiri
Member
I guess it depends on the version. Last version I saw, was the orange brick subbed, and I'm pretty sure that's how the exchange went, but it was probably different in the dub.
The Dutch Slayer
Member
You have soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo much funny to watch
have fun.Best part is still "this is vegeta and he is a
prison bitch
Hot Coldman
Banned
Nail... NAAAAAAAAAIIIIIL
Wheeljack539
Member
Where he told him he didn't want to see his face was from the original manga. I'll double check on it later, but from what I remember it went something like, "Omee no tsura wa mou mitakuneeze/I don't wanna see your face anymore".