Dragon Ball/Memes

Ask me about Kakarot's power level. Go ahead... just *ask*.

There are lots of memes in Dragon Ball. Some examples:

Please add entries in the following format:

The meme. <ref>The explanation behind the meme.]]</ref> ^[1]

"It's OVER NINE THOUSAAAAAAAAAND!" ^[2]
- New life was breathed into this after Anonymous got Oprah to say "over 9000 penises" on live TV. Cue mashups.
- Even Bulbapedia is getting in on it^{[dead link]}. Bulbapedia, for the record, is a Pokémon wiki which has nothing whatsoever to do with Dragon Ball.
- This is also combined occasionally with Disgaea, thanks to the game actually letting you level up to 9999.
- Even World of Warcraft has gotten in on the act by adding in an achevement called It's Over Nine Thousand! It's not widely known at this point since getting to 9000+ achievement points is easier said than done. However it is in there.
- King of Fighters eventually caught on as well.
- In the new (2014-2016) North American dub of the original Sailor Moon anime for Hulu, Umino declares that Ami "Sailor Mercury" Mizuno's IQ is "Over 9000!" (The original line is "over 300".)
"I hope my body can take it." ^[3]
- "The balls are inert."
- Frieza wants to caresses the balls.
"I'M A WARRIOR! Not some... VARIETY OF FLOWER!" ^[4]
- "THEN THE WHOLE UNIVERSE IS GOING TO DIE!"
- "I AM THE PRINCE OF ALL SAIYANS!"
- "SAD FOR YOOOOOOOUUUUUUU!!" ^[5]
  - "You understaaaaaaaaaand?"
  - "YOU DO NOT HAVE TRUE PRIIIIIIIIIIDE!!"
- "I do a lot of push-ups and sit-ups. And I drink plenty of juice."
- "Being a hero is highly overrated."
  - "Meh."
- Vegeta vs. Paperclips ^[6]
- 'Holy cosmos that's one whopper of a lizard!
...Imma. Chargin'. Mah. Lazah.^[7]
- Shoop da Whoop.
- Imma firin' mah lazah!
- This has mutated further still, into e.g. "I'm in charge of Malaysia".
- Further mutated with The Lazer Collection, which also added Doctor Octogonapus into the mix.
"OH SHIT! ^[8]
- Now with Falcon Punch!
"Are they still on Namek?" ^[9]
- YES.
Piccolo blew up the MOOOOOON! ^[10]
- DOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOODDDDDGGEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!! ^[11]
- NEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEERD!!!!!!!!!!! ^[12]
- YES! YES! I'M ALIVE! I'M HOME! I! FEEL! GREAT! I! CAN! WIN! I! CAN! DO! THIS! HRGGH!
- Vegeta, Vegeeeeeeeeeeta, I'm haunting you.^[13]
  - NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!
- "I need an adult." "I am an adult." ^[14]
HFIL.^[15]
- "I'll send you to the next/another dimension!".^[16]
The fact that an elderly Krillin was able to land a hit on Goku during their friendly fight at the end of Dragonball GT (Goku was obviously not fighting at full power) has prompted a meme that Old Man Krillin is a Memetic Badass who could beat anyone with ease.
"SA-TAN! SA-TAN! SA-TAN!" ^[17]
"This isn't over yet. It'll continue for a bit longer." ^[18]
The "Yamcha pose".^[19]
- Yamcha's weakness in general is a meme, period. The man seems to be the Japanese equivalent of Charlie Brown or something. Krillin is given this treatment sometimes as well.
- Team Four Star's even written a song about it to the tune of "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" (available for download on their website).
- "Yamcha's here!" (Cue explosion) "Yamcha's DEAD!"
"HURRY UP GOKUUUUUU!" ^[20]
"If they set that android free, it will be the end of all of us! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!" ^[21]
"Você não é tão bom assim. É um fracassado." ^[22]
Professor Omega explains the workings of positive and negative energy.
The Ginyu Force pose. If there's a team in a series, someone has drawn them in this pose.
- To be more specific, Ginyu's pose has been mercilessly parodied.^[23]
Japanese women teach their sons how to masturbate! ^[24]
NEXT TIME, ON DRAGON BALL Z! ^[25]
"I LOVE CORNBREEEEEEAAAAAAAAD!!!!" ^[26]
"Dragonball GT doesn't exist."^[27]
"Thank you Goku I will take this bean without hesitation." ^[28]
Whoa! Mondo cool! ^[29]
ME EAT YOU UP. ME EAT YOU UP. ME EAT YOU UP! ME EAT YOU UP!!!^[30]
A 2019 Funimation leak of audio recorded in 1999 revealed the cast doing lewd and homophobic outtakes in their DB voices.
- "Apply the sacred ointment, Popo."
- "Hey! Look at those faggot-ass clothes! Faggot, faggot, fag! Fucking fag! My son's a fag."
- "Well, you know, I wouldn't keep anything from my fans. Not even this gorgeous cock!"

↑ Like this.
↑ One of Vegeta's lines from the first dub of Dragonball Z, refering to Goku's Power Level after his first return from the dead. Popular for its Narm, and used to describe any situation in which something is unexpectedly large, though it wavers between popularity and Discredited Meme every few years.
↑ The various dubs are absolutely filled to the brim with Accidental Innuendo, and fans love to mock them and/or put them in YouTube Poops.
↑ Dub!Vegeta is a Fountain of Memes even by the standards of such a memetic series, "Over 9000" only the most popular. Here, he makes a comment about a certain pink shirt.
↑ Like "Over 9000", anytime Vegeta inexplicably draws out his vowels (to better match the lip flaps) is about five times more likely to become a meme.
↑ Hell, just go here.
↑ A picture of Cell with terribly photoshopped blackface using a Breath Weapon added. Subject to endless copies and parodies.
↑ A lovely piece of Gratuitous English and Obligatory Swearing that the German dub added.
↑ The Namek/Frieza arc was dragged out even by DBZ standards. Used to mock any Story Arc that has long worn out its welcome.
↑ Piccolo destroyed the moon to prevent Gohan's Oozaru rampage. The Abridged Series noted that such a thing would utterly devastate the planet in ways we can't even imagine.
↑ More Piccolo goodness, this time a Running Gag in which he attempts to train Gohan to dodge while beating the crap out of him.
↑ Even more Piccolo goodness, this time mocking Gohan's level of intelligence and habit for Sesquipedalian Loquaciousness.
↑ Nappa became a massive Ensemble Darkhorse, so a method was devised to ensure future appearances. GHOST NAPPA!
↑ Gohan becomes the victim of some not-so-Innocent Innuendo.
↑ "Home For Infinite Losers", from the Bowdlerization of the dub. Used as an Unusual Euphemism for Hell, such as "What the HFIL?".
↑ The Bowdlerised dub was firmly in Never Say "Die" territory, and its abuse of this phrase and variants similarly led to a lot of jokes at its expense.
↑ From the Latin American dub, when people cheer for Mr. Satan, they say this. It's no wonder Funimation changed his name to Hercule.
↑ Muten Roushi says this to the readers at the end of 23rd Tenka'ichi Budokai in the manga. Which then went to run for six more years.
↑ The pose Yamcha ends in after dying to a Saibaiman (note Saibaimen are nothing more than weak, personality-less mooks). It was basically Yamcha's Character Defining Moment (defining how weak he was), because Krillin went to kill three of these Saibaimen right after that, in a single attack. Used to mock anyone that is considered pathetically weak.
↑ The line Krillin says after Piccolo is killed by Nappa. Because that was basically he (or anyone else) was all good for at this point: Stalling for time until Goku comes.
↑ Trunks' hilariously Narmy response to Androids 17 and 18 attempting to release 16.
↑ "You're not that good. You're a loser." A random, odd line from the Brazilian dub.
↑ The pose consists of Ginyu sticking his rear out, bent over showing his head between his legs, caused attention like from Team Four Star.
↑ One particular Moral Guardian's psychoanalysis of Dragon Ball, combining Freud with plenty of Insane Troll Logic. Except he thought it was Tarzan.
↑ The melodramatic voiceover for the "On the Next..." segment in the English dub gets lampooned a lot.
↑ Cell's final words before dying to Gohan's Kamehameha. He's actually shouting "I am perfect!", but it ends up sounding like he's shouting his love of cornbread instead.
↑ GT, the anime-only sequel to the series, is generally agreed to be of very poor quality compared to the rest of the series, so fans like to simply pretend it never happened at all. It helps that Toriyama himself seems to agree.
↑ A line from Funimation's Perfect Cell, wherein he accepts a Senzu Bean (which heals all wounds) from Goku. Usually written without punctuation.
↑ Krillin's reaction to Goku's healing process in the Saiyan medical machines on Namek.
↑ What Majin Buu chants while dancing towards Dabura with intent of eating him. As silly as it sounds, it's actually quite disturbing.

[1] Like this.

[2] One of Vegeta's lines from the first dub of Dragonball Z, refering to Goku's Power Level after his first return from the dead. Popular for its Narm, and used to describe any situation in which something is unexpectedly large, though it wavers between popularity and Discredited Meme every few years.

[3] The various dubs are absolutely filled to the brim with Accidental Innuendo, and fans love to mock them and/or put them in YouTube Poops.

[4] Dub!Vegeta is a Fountain of Memes even by the standards of such a memetic series, "Over 9000" only the most popular. Here, he makes a comment about a certain pink shirt.

[5] Like "Over 9000", anytime Vegeta inexplicably draws out his vowels (to better match the lip flaps) is about five times more likely to become a meme.

[6] Hell, just go here.

[7] A picture of Cell with terribly photoshopped blackface using a Breath Weapon added. Subject to endless copies and parodies.

[8] A lovely piece of Gratuitous English and Obligatory Swearing that the German dub added.

[9] The Namek/Frieza arc was dragged out even by DBZ standards. Used to mock any Story Arc that has long worn out its welcome.

[10] Piccolo destroyed the moon to prevent Gohan's Oozaru rampage. The Abridged Series noted that such a thing would utterly devastate the planet in ways we can't even imagine.

[11] More Piccolo goodness, this time a Running Gag in which he attempts to train Gohan to dodge while beating the crap out of him.

[12] Even more Piccolo goodness, this time mocking Gohan's level of intelligence and habit for Sesquipedalian Loquaciousness.

[13] Nappa became a massive Ensemble Darkhorse, so a method was devised to ensure future appearances. GHOST NAPPA!

[14] Gohan becomes the victim of some not-so-Innocent Innuendo.

[15] "Home For Infinite Losers", from the Bowdlerization of the dub. Used as an Unusual Euphemism for Hell, such as "What the HFIL?".

[16] The Bowdlerised dub was firmly in Never Say "Die" territory, and its abuse of this phrase and variants similarly led to a lot of jokes at its expense.

[17] From the Latin American dub, when people cheer for Mr. Satan, they say this. It's no wonder Funimation changed his name to Hercule.

[18] Muten Roushi says this to the readers at the end of 23rd Tenka'ichi Budokai in the manga. Which then went to run for six more years.

[19] The pose Yamcha ends in after dying to a Saibaiman (note Saibaimen are nothing more than weak, personality-less mooks). It was basically Yamcha's Character Defining Moment (defining how weak he was), because Krillin went to kill three of these Saibaimen right after that, in a single attack. Used to mock anyone that is considered pathetically weak.

[20] The line Krillin says after Piccolo is killed by Nappa. Because that was basically he (or anyone else) was all good for at this point: Stalling for time until Goku comes.

[21] Trunks' hilariously Narmy response to Androids 17 and 18 attempting to release 16.

[22] "You're not that good. You're a loser." A random, odd line from the Brazilian dub.

[23] The pose consists of Ginyu sticking his rear out, bent over showing his head between his legs, caused attention like from Team Four Star.

[24] One particular Moral Guardian's psychoanalysis of Dragon Ball, combining Freud with plenty of Insane Troll Logic. Except he thought it was Tarzan.

[25] The melodramatic voiceover for the "On the Next..." segment in the English dub gets lampooned a lot.

[26] Cell's final words before dying to Gohan's Kamehameha. He's actually shouting "I am perfect!", but it ends up sounding like he's shouting his love of cornbread instead.

[27] GT, the anime-only sequel to the series, is generally agreed to be of very poor quality compared to the rest of the series, so fans like to simply pretend it never happened at all. It helps that Toriyama himself seems to agree.

[28] A line from Funimation's Perfect Cell, wherein he accepts a Senzu Bean (which heals all wounds) from Goku. Usually written without punctuation.

[29] Krillin's reaction to Goku's healing process in the Saiyan medical machines on Namek.

[30] What Majin Buu chants while dancing towards Dabura with intent of eating him. As silly as it sounds, it's actually quite disturbing.

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