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* [[The Abridged Series]]:

** [[Dragon Ball Abridged]]. Easily one of the most popular.

** Frieza, especially in his Final Form.

*** And even more-so when he gets pissed.

* [[Back from the Dead]]: Probably the most granted wish from the eternal dragon in the series.

* [[Backstab Backfire]]

** Some of the villains such as Ninja Murasaki and Guldo would qualify.

** Actually it's '''Mr. Satan''' who takes the cake here, [[Amusing Injuries|for being injured in just about any conceivable manner.]] It's usually the only reason for his existence. [[Iron Butt Monkey|He could very well upgrade his status]], as being the only character never to die against Cell and Buu is an achievement no one else can boast of. Even his injuries are gone the next time he appears in a shot.

* [[Cash Lure]]: Appears in the censored version, to replace Bulma using a lure of panties.

* [[Call Back]]: They pop up from time to time, but the king of this is the Strongest Coffee Candy in the Universe - a similar visual shows up near the end of [[Dr. Slump]].

** Trunks, Gohan, Goten, Goku (Dragon Ball and GT).

* [[Cute Is Evil]]: Majin Buu. Naturally the fat pink guy is a [[Our Genies Are Different|genie]] who destroys the world.

* [[Dangerous Forbidden Technique]]: Both the Kaioken and the Spirit Bomb can kill the wielder (the Spirit Bomb can destroy the world if Goku's not careful).

** The ''Mafuba''/''Evil Containment Wave''. The original and classic Dangerous Forbidden Technique, seen specifically in the original series. Using it would allow you to seal someone (usually an baddie or [[Big Bad]]) inside of a small household object like a little jar or a electronic rice-cooker. However it always kills the user (with the sole exception of when Kami does it and Piccolo ''reverses'' it on him, and it's likely only because both [[Human Aliens|weren't human]] that they didn't die from it), ''even if it fails'', like Muten Roshi does when trying to stop Piccolo Daimaou.

* [[Doing In the Wizard]]: DBZ kinda does this. It doesn't do away with fantasy elements completely, mind you, but it does explain Goku and Piccolo's powers as being alien rather than supernatural. It doesn't explain all the other weird stuff in the series though...

* [[Do Not Adjust Your Set]]: Piccolo Daimao introducing himself as the [[President Evil|new ruler of the world]], and Cell announcing the Cell Games.

* [[The Dragon]]: Pretty much one per story arc, from Mr. Black to Commander Red all the way to Dabra to Babidi. The best example being Captain Ginyu, leader of the [[Quirky Miniboss Squad]], The Ginyu Force, to Frieza.

* [[Dragon-in-Chief]]: Quite common: