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* [[Earthshattering Kaboom]]: Happened to Planet Vegeta, Planet Namek... and even Planet Earth itself (''twice'' if you include [[Canon
** Also, the Saiyans (excluding Goku and the Saiyan children), Freeza and Majin Buu have had histories of doing this for kicks.
** Kid Buu in fact did this to [[Apocalypse How|pretty much almost every planet in existence at the time]] in a matter of seconds.
* [[Easily Forgiven]]: Goku toward villains, over and over again. If Goku ''ever'' says he "won't forgive" someone or that there'll be "no mercy" for that person, don't believe him; he's lying.
** Generally, forgiveness comes after he has given said villain a massive beatdown, or if the villain has been [[Hoist
* [[Edible Smelling Salts]]: In the first Tournament Arc, Master Roshi hypnotizes Goku to sleep, mainly as a desperate move on his part. Later, the old master claims there's no stimulus to wake up the sleeping Goku. Bulma realizes there is a way, the only way, it's to announce that it's dinnertime. Goku instantly wakes up.
* [[Education Mama]]: Chi-Chi.
** To the point that she will insist that Gohan stay at home and study even if the fate of the world depends on it.
*** She gave up with Goten, and trained him personally until he became a Super Saiyan.
* [[Effeminate Misogynistic Guy]]: General Blue, who is some sort of gay Aryan superman.
* [[Egocentric Team Naming]]: The Ginyu Force, named after Captain Ginyu.
* [[Egopolis]]:
** Satan City is named after [[Fake Ultimate Hero|Mr. Satan]] [[Blatant Lies|following his courageous defeat of Cell]]. He's not actually in charge, but he does have a large influence.
** Also deserving of mention is Planet Vegeta, which was renamed after the royal line of the Saiyans' king<ref>''Every'' male member in this family who ascends the throne seems to bear this name.</ref> after they defeated the Tuffles.
* [[Emergency Energy Tank]]: Senzu beans, which instantly restore physical energy to 100%, as well as instantly heal injuries (as shown when eating a bean put Vegeta's arm back in place after it was dislocated by a kick from Android 18).
** Conveniently, though, they ''don't'' work on deadly heart viruses. [[Weaksauce Weakness|Guess what happens to a certain main character?]]
* [[Endless Daytime]]: the planet Namek had multiple suns shining on it from all sides, keeping it in perpetual daylight.
* [[Enemy Mine]]: Just about all the villains who eventually [[Heel Face Turn|switched sides]].
* [[Mr. Fanservice]]: Trunks
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* [[Evil Laugh]]: Garlic Jr. engages in this a fair bit, as do the evil incarnations of Majin Buu.
* [[Evil Versus Evil]]: Freezer vs Vegeta and Bardock.
* [[Exactly What It Says
** Tien Shinhan's "Volleyball Technique." He hits his opponent into the air like a volleyball. Lampshaded by the announcer.
* [[Executive Meddling]]: The entire Android and Cell arc is the result of Toriyama's former editor, Torishima, not liking the character designs of the villains.
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* [[Eyedscreen]]: When Trunks falls.
** {{spoiler|When Trunks dies.}}
* [[Eyelid-Pull Taunt]]: Kid Goku does this to "Jackie Chun" during their match.
* [[Eye Lights Out]]
* [[Eye Scream]]: Ironically, Goku in the early series gave this to Yamcha using his Jan Ken Fist (otherwise known as "Rock, Paper, Scissors Attack") Goku delivers a "Rock" (a punch), which Yamcha blocks, delivers the "Scissors" (eye poke) to his eyes, then finished it off with "Paper" (a slap) that knocked him away.
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* [[Fantastic Racism]]: Freeza's fear-driven extermination of "the Saiyan-monkeys." The Saiyans themselves were, as a rule, disdainful of anyone who isn't a Saiyan.
* [[Fantastic Voyage Plot]]: Vegito gets absorbed by [[Blob Monster|Buu]] and looks around his insides for Gohan, Piccolo and Gotenks (now defused as Goten and Trunks). They also find {{spoiler|the Fat Buu}}.
* [[Fate Worse Than Death]]: Garlic Jr. from the anime continuity is one of the few villains who actually got his wish for eternal life... except soon after, he [[Hoist
* [[Fiction 500]]: Bulma's family, due to them owning Capsule Corp.
* [[Filler]]: DBZ is one of the most notorious of all anime series for this, including not just adding extra arcs, but stretching out battles because the manga hadn't concluded them yet. And we mean ''stretching them out''.
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*** [[The Hero]]: Goku
*** [[The Lancer]]: Piccolo
*** [[The Smart Guy]]: Krillin
*** [[The Big Guy]]: Tien
*** [[The Chick]]: Gohan, Chaotzu
*** [[Eleventh-Hour Ranger]]: Yajirobe
** ''Dragon Ball Z'' - Namek Arc:
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** ''[[Naruto]]'' goes so far as to having the titular character wear florescent orange/yellow and blue attire, similar to Goku. ''Except he's a freaking ninja.'' Also in part two of the series Naruto switches to an orange and black suit similar in design to Goku's gi. They also share a massive appetite and both turn into giant monsters.
** Even video games such as ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog]]'' were influenced by it as well, from giving Sonic a Super Saiyan-esque transformation as early as ''Sonic the Hedgehog 2'' to the existence of [[Kid From the Future|Silver the Hedgehog]] in ''Sonic 2006'' being credited to Trunks.
* [[The Force Is Strong
* [[Forehead of Doom]]: All over the place. In fact, it's something of an iconic trait of Toriyama's artstyle.
* [[Foreshadowing]]: Any time a character in the first anime comments on how Goku must be from another planet due to his quirks (having a tail, being a [[Big Eater]], etc). Despite this, it still comes as a shock to everyone when they discover that Goku really is from another planet.
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* [[From a Single Cell]]: Cell and Buu. Even more so with Buu.
* [[Full Set Bonus]]: The Dragon Balls.
* [[Fun
* [[Future Badass]]: Future Trunks.
** Future Gohan takes this to extremes compared to his present day counterpart.
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* [[Game-Breaking Injury]]: The final fight between Goku and Piccolo.
** Still didn't stop him, somehow.
* [[Generational Saga]]: The life and times of Goku's and Bulma's families.
* [[Genius Bruiser]]: Nappa, though it isn't shown much. That attack he uses to blow up a city? It requires ''a degree in nuclear physics.''
** Gohan fits this to a T.
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** Vegeta in the Namek saga. He didn't take on a fight he knew he couldn't handle.
** Just about everybody of the Main Cast in the 25th Martial Arts Tournament. It was a forgone conclusion to everybody involved that the Final Match of the Junior Division was going to be Trunks Vs. Goten. Krillin lampshades once or twice, and Videl is surprised when Gohan shows very little interest in one Goten's victories.
* [[Genre Shift]]: The franchise started as a comedic ''[[Journey to
** Well, actually, when you look at the sagas in "Z", there are other expy's to describe. Like:
*** Saiyan Saga: ''[[Journey to
*** Freeza Saga: ''[[Journey to
*** Android/Cell Saga: ''[[Journey to
** ''Z'' is sci-fi, while the orginal series is more fantasy.
* [[The Gloves Come Off]]: Vegeta does this in the Buu Saga, by {{spoiler|letting Babidi take control of him}} solely for the power boost that it involved.
* [[God Is Flawed]]: Very apparent with the Supreme Kai, [[Exactly What It Says
* [[Going to Give It More Energy]]: Son Goku does this once. You ''think'' Vegeta's going to try this against #19, but he just rips off his arms and blows him away conventionally.
* [[Good Is Not Dumb]]: Goku may be a [[Idiot Hero|complete and utter moron]], but his eldest son Gohan is a full fledged [[Genius Bruiser]] who gets straight A's and smashes around beings stronger than ''the Gods themselves!!''
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* [[Heel Face Turn]]: Many, many characters starting with Yamcha and Oolong. Vegeta is but one example.
** Vegeta is an example of a [[Heel Face Revolving Door]].
* [[She
** Chichi's reappearance during the 23rd Tenkaichi Budokai counts as well.
*** Goku's reappearance at the same tournament is the same way. Even Bulma was starting to fall for him.
* [[Heroic BSOD]]: (well, more like anti-heroic) Vegeta suffers one for about half of the first Broly movie after [[The Reveal]] that Broly is the "Legendary Super Saiyan" and therefore unbeatable. Even a peptalk from Piccolo is unable to clear it up, Vegeta only joins the fight when his royal pride gives him a kick in the pants.
* [[Heroic RROD]]: Especially Goku's Kaiou-ken power-up technique. It strained his body so hard that Yajirobe's congratulatory slap on the shoulder was agonizingly painful to him.
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** It's less severe since they both do get married and have families, but Goku and Krillin were this from almost the very beginning to the very end.
* [[High School Sweethearts]]: Gohan and Videl.
* [[Hoist
** Tao Pai Pai was killed by his own grenade. (He got better.)
** Freeza was killed by his own Kienzan-like energy attack. (He got better.)
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** [[Averted]] in the Cell saga. Perfect Cell waited until everyone had time to get in extra training before the Cell Games.
** [[Subverted]] with Super Buu. When they had to hold him off so Gotenks could learn Fusion in the Hyperbolic Time Chamber, he responded to a request for patience by ''[[Apocalypse How|killing every person on Earth in a single attack]]''.
* [[Homage]]: ''Dragon Ball'' is a homage to the classic ''[[Journey to
* [[Honor Before Reason]]: Son Goku's unfailing and unconditional love for all life has turned practically every villain he met, with the exception of Freeza and Cell, into paragons of heroism.
** Even Buu, who is pretty much evil incarnate, was transformed into an incredibly nice yet timid person after being '''killed''' simply on Goku's wish, and '''NOT''' to a dragon.
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* [[Hulking Out]]: Goku and Gohan's Oozaru transformation.
** And, to and extent, their initial Super Saiyan and SS2 transformations(respectively), both being shown to increase their muscle size noticeably(Gohan actually appears to get TALLER).
** And of course there's the "Ascended Saiyan" (AKA "Super Saiyan 1.5") as shown in the Cell Saga by {{spoiler|Goku, Vegeta, and Trunks (who actually took it so far he hulked out to the point of losing speed and mistook that for surpassing Vegeta).}}
* [[Humans Are Morons]]: It turns out that humans are selfish, childish, misguided idiots who only worry when something bad happens to them, can't put ''anything'' in perspective, and will only do anything as simple as, say, raise up your hands to fuel the Spirit Bomb when a voice encompassing the Earth asks (Vegeta ''actually'' said "please" the ''first'' time, although he didn't even give them that much detail 'cos [[Too Dumb to Live|they're so dumb]]), and defeat the [[Big Bad]] when their [[Fake Ultimate Hero]] tells them do it. Not that the aliens are any better...
** After Vegeta fails to convince humanity to raise their hands he delivers this gem: "Raise your hands in the air, ''right now'', OR YOU'RE ALL GOING TO DIE!"
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** Or [[Detonation Moon|blowing up the moon.]]
* [[Invulnerable Attack]]
* [[I Was Beaten
** A mechanical and physically augmented girl nonetheless.
* [[It Got Worse]]: Famous examples occur in: the very first arc of the manga, the Piccolo Daimao Arc, the Saiyan Arc, the Namek/Frieza arc, the Cell Arc, and the Buu Arc.
* [[Jerkass]]: Vegeta and Piccolo. Even though they both end up being the [[Jerk
* [[Join or Die]]: This is Frieza's main method of recruitment. According to dialogue amongst Frieza's henchmen (which was drastically changed in the Funimation dubbing), Frieza's modus operandi was to wipe out all but a handful of a race save for the most promising or useful individuals and offer them a place in his empire. He promised those that joined that their race would eventually gain a more prestigious place in his New Order and those that refused were simply made extinct.
* [[Journey to
* [[Keep the Reward]]: 18 subverts this during the Buu Saga. She agrees to throw her fight with Mr. Satan in exchange for ''double'' the prize money.
* [[Kiai]]
* [[Ki Attacks]]: ''Z'' is one of the most infamous examples in all of anime for using this trope as stable.
* [[Kick the Dog]]: All the villains, and even all the heroes who used to be villains, are guilty of this, especially Piccolo and Vegeta.
** Heck, there's a [[Shoot the Dog]] moment which causes Buu to [[Take a Level In Badass]]. Unfortunately, he also [[Took a Level
* [[Kid Hero]]: Subverted with 9-year-old (physically 10) Gohan during the Cell Games. Gohan's hybrid human-Saiyan heritage make him potentially the most powerful being on earth. Too bad his gentle personality rendered him unable to use that power and potentially kill Cell, even when the villain threatened not only his life but the lives of his friends.
** Played straight with Goku in the original ''Dragon Ball''. A caring, gentle boy who unlike Gohan was perfectly capable of using his status as one of the strongest guys on the planet.
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* [[Large Ham]]: Mr. Satan. Honorable mentions to Vegeta and Frieza.
* [[Last Villain Stand]]: Frieza's last shot at Goku. Frieza had lost all his minions, failed to obtain immortality, had been demonstrated as not being the strongest in the universe, had even been cut in half, and was only alive because Goku decided to give him enough energy to survive his injuries. Instead of using that energy to try to escape Namek before it exploded, Frieza tries to kill Goku one last time.
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* [[Laughably Evil]]: Almost every single major villain had his fair share of comedic traits. Majin Buu takes this trope to the extreme.
* [[Lawful Stupid Chaotic Stupid]]: Goku offers to spare Raditz' life and ends up spending his own to make up for that blunder. He doesn't get smarter later on, but his power level ''usually'' made up for it.
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* [[Lego Genetics]]: The logic of Cell's creation: He's created from Goku, Vegeta, Piccolo, Freeza, King Cold, Tien, Gohan, Krillin, and Yamcha's DNA. He's born knowing all their techniques and possesses all their strengths.
** It's even implied that many of Cell's personality traits derive from some of his 'parents'. He inherited Goku's love and desire for a challenge, while at the same time getting Frieza's tendency to lose it when he realizes he's outmatched. His politeness comes from Freeza, and his arrogance from Vegeta and Freeza.
* [[Licked
** Also happens to Buu later on.
* [[Lightning Bruiser]]: While this applies to every fighter in the series, Broly is the ultimate example of this trope. He's a walking mountain of muscle, with the power and brute force to match, but still possesses speed enough to completely avoid the attacks of Goku, Gohan, Vegeta, Future Trunks and Piccolo (he simply chooses not to for most of the fight). This trait also nullified whatever advantage Future Trunks may have had when he temporarily became a similar [[Mighty Glacier|Mass of Muscles]] to fight Perfect Cell.
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** Keep in mind Broly's speed was compared to Goten and Trunks', both of whom were Super Saiyans. It's the equivalent of a middle-aged man chasing two hyperactive kids.
** At 100% power, Freeza's final form is almost three times bigger than it is at base level power. Unlike the other examples, the additional bulk does not slow him down, and in fact he is at his fastest while in this state. In fact, the drawback is that this power is ''uncontrollable''.
*** Not actually three times taller, though. Just three times as wide, with the extra 200 pounds of muscle.
* [[Like Father, Like Son]]: Does anyone remember Vegeta shoving a ki blast in Cell's face to distract him during Teen Gohan's Ultimate Kamehameha? Now what was it that Trunks did during the second Broly movie again…
** Frieza kills Vegeta with a death beam, Cell does the same to Trunks.
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* [[Look What I Can Do Now!]]
* [[Losing Is Worse Than Death]]: Goku is guilty of this at least twice, once when fighting Piccolo and again during the Cell Games.
** Vegeta explains that ''all'' (full-blooded) Saiyans are like this. It's part of their race's [[Blood Knight]] heritage. [[Fridge Brilliance|It's also pretty much the prime reason why Vegeta was so hell-bent on surpassing and/or having a re-match with Goku]]. Him sparing his life was [[Don't You Dare Pity Me!|the equivalent of a peasant]] [[Exactly What It Says
*** It was quite literally that.
* [[Ludicrous Gibs]]: When the Cell Jrs. are killed in the manga, they get gibbed. Also, the result of {{spoiler|Frieza getting hit by his own destructo discs.}}
* [[Mad Scientist]]: Doctor Gero.
* [[Make Room for
* [[Male Gaze]]
* [[Maniac Monkeys]]: The Saiyans.
* [[Market-Based Title]]: While the animated adaptations have the same name as they do in Japan, the manga version is only called ''Dragon Ball'' there. The French version followed the same title pattern as the Japanese one, but in the United States, the parts of the manga that correspond with the ''[[Dragonball Z]]'' anime were released with the Z attached.
* [[Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game]]: ''Dragonball Online''. Double plus for fans who hate ''[[
* [[Master Apprentice Chain]]: Several, starting with Mutaito > Mutenroshi > Son Gohan, Sr. > Son Goku > Uub
** Also: Mutaito > Tsurusennin > Tenshinhan & Chaozu
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*** In that case, Piccolo > Son Gohan > Trunks in the alternate timeline
* [[Mayfly-December Romance]]: Implied. Saiyans appear to age more slowly than humans. This becomes quite noticable later in the series, where pure-humans Chi Chi and Bulma have gradually aged while pure-Saiyans Goku and Vegeta have barely aged at all. Even Pan, who is one quarter Saiyan, is confirmed to live to at least 110.
** This also appears to be the case with Krillin and #18's relationship. In ''GT'' Krillin is almost an old man while 18 hasn't changed at all; likely due to her cybernetic enhancements slowing down her aging considerably.
* [[Meaningful Funeral]]: In ''Dragon Ball Z'', when Vegeta dies at Frieza's hand on Namek, Son Goku buries him on the spot with a few understanding words. In the English dub, the eulogy is a bit more long-winded.
* [[Megaton Punch]]: It's not played for laughs; the characters are simply very strong. Often followed up by the character moving quickly behind the victim (like he just teleported there) and hitting him with a downwards blow that sends the victim crashing to the ground.
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* [[Mix-and-Match Man]]: Cell.
* [[Monster Protection Racket]]: Tenshinhan and Chaozu do this in their debut appearance until Goku puts a stop to their scheme.
* [[Moses in
** Kami. (Also a variation, as he raised himself.)
* [[The Movie]]
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* [[My Kung Fu Is Stronger Than Yours]]
* [[My Name Is Inigo Montoya]]: It's not a narrative conceit here; all Saiyans become stronger after recovering from an injury.
* [[Names to Know
** In the dub, [[Christopher Sabat]] and [[Sean Schemmel]] amongst others, and [[Scott McNeil]] in the Ocean Group version.
* [[The Napoleon]]: Commander Red and Vegeta.
* [[The Needless]]: The Namekians don't need food, only water. Frieza (and presumably the rest of his family) doesn't need to breathe.
* [[Nemean Skinning]]: As Goku said to Bulma and the others when appearing in an attire based on the skin of a tiger: "It was either him or me, I swear!"
* [[Never Say "Die"]]: Taken to the extreme in the first 53 episodes of the Ocean Group dub. Getting blasted into ashes was called "being sent into another dimension". After the Ocean dub resumed in [[Australia (2008 film)|Australia]], the [[United Kingdom]], and [[Canada, Eh?|Canada,]] as well as other English-speaking countries, the show went from that to merely saying "destroy", "hurt", and "gone" as well as other words that essentially meant to kill or be dead. Late into the Buu saga, however, the dub suddenly stopped this, and "kill" and "die" were used as often as in the [[FUNimation]] dub, which was completely exempt from this. The "another dimension" thing is sort of [[Justified Trope|justified]] as death is a [[The Multiverse|multiverse]] of many heavens for different planets that even a few living people can freely travel too. (Going back after death has limits, though.)
** This only took effect from the fifth episode of the original broadcast. Some lines were re-recorded for subsequent airings of the first two episodes but episodes three and four kept references to death even (or especially) on the DVD release. Episode 66 of [[Daizenshuu EX]] featured some sound clips.
* [[Nice Job Breaking It, Hero]]: Vegeta is behind everything. ''Everything''. Read the page for more details than your mind can handle.
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*** Of course, by the time the androids arrived everyone would have been significantly weaker had the Saiyan and Namek sagas never happened, and everyone probably would have been killed.
*** The androids themselves might have been weaker too, since they were modeled after the various heroes, and Dr. Gero would not have had access to data on the other Saiyans or Freeza and King Cold. Of course, none of this would have prevented Babidi from coming, and then everyone would have truly been screwed. (He possibly might not have gathered enough energy to resurrect Buu, but he still had Dabura. . . .)
**** The arcs with Buu and Babidi are only shown to occur in the main timeline where Future Trunks did a lot of unnecessary time traveling (stopping Mecha-Frieza and King Cold being the first). That in itself plays the trope straight, but again, the events of Future Trunks' timeline (and most of DBZ) would not have happened if Piccolo didn't tell Raditz about the Dragon Balls. Nappa, Vegeta, Mecha-Frieza, and King Cold would have never come to Earth for revenge and Goten, Trunks, and all of the other kids would have never been born. Piccolo would have never merged with Nail or Kami and Dr. Gero wouldn't have the data to make the Androids as strong as they were.
** Kami making the Dragon Balls in the first place. He made them to make the world better but people only wanted them for selfish purposes (Pilaf taking over the world, Oolong wanting gold, Vegeta wanting [[Immortality]], etc.).
*** Piccolo has another one when he fights 17 for the second time. Because he powers up, Cell can locate him and therefore the androids, speeding up his plans to absorb them. Had he waited for Vegeta and Trunks, 17 and 18 would have gone the same way as 19 in half the time, before Trunks takes out Cell like he does upon returning to the future.
*** Gohan does it too during the Cell Games, letting his rage cloud his judgment and refusing to finish off a clearly outmatched and half-destroyed Cell because he ''hadn't suffered enough''. Of course, Cell can regenerate, and then he decides to just blow everything up...
*** Even moreso than Kami making the regular Dragon Balls; how about the [[Dragon Ball GT
** The entire premise of the Shadow Dragon Saga in ''GT''. The threat is their own fault for using the Dragon Balls too much throughout the history of the show. Then again, GT has a serious [[Canon
*** Not using too much, using too nicely. Negative energy built up because all the Z-Fighters' wishes were nice, such as bringing back the good guys/innocents who had been killed. If something like Oolong wishing for lots of money had happened, the issue wouldn't be one.
**** Seriously: count how many times people were resurrected with Dragon Balls. It's THE most common wish they made.
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* [[No-Holds-Barred Beatdown]]: Vegeta, Gohan, & Videl took some of the worst beatings in the series history. Vegeta and specially Gohan also got to pummel others into submission.
* [[No Ontological Inertia]]: Half the tension and drama in the entire series is based around the Dragon Balls vanishing if their creator dies.
* [[Normal Fish in
* [[The Noseless]]: Krillin. Parodied early in the manga when he's fighting someone who defeats enemies through his body odor, which he struggles with until Goku points out he's drawn without a nose.
* [[No Social Skills]]: Goku and ChiChi had both lived pretty sheltered lives before they turned 12, the latter's was only so because her dad was needlessly violent and overprotective of his wealth and daughter, not to mention living on top of Frypan Mountain. Goku, on the other hand turned into an Oozaru in a full moon, and accidentally killed his grandfather, and he only taught him how to fight, fish, and be nice to girls, and that's it. No important social skills were taught to Goku, unfortunately, and he had to learn some of them himself (such as, humorously, the difference between boys and girls). Even to this day, he still struggles, but at least [[Badass in
** Then there's Majin Buu, the [[Laughably Evil]] [[Big Bad]] who isn't actually all that evil, just misguided. Ironically, when Goku fought him and the relationship between Babidi and Buu was now breaking down, he asked him as to why he listens to Babidi as Buu is too gifted a fighter to do so. This ironically played a part in Buu getting rid of Babidi. When Mr. Satan asked why he kills, he answered that his creator Bibidi said "kill", while Babidi said "destroy". Mr. Satan pointed out that those two are gone, and he could do something better and kinder with his time. When Buu asked if killing is bad, Mr. Satan said it is. Afterwards, Buu simply said "Okie-dokie! Buu no kill no more." For that short time, Mr. Satan actually saved the world by ''asking'' the [[Big Bad]] to stop.
** There was also the Saiyans, notably Vegeta, who were raised for fighting, not really manners or socially acceptable actions.
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* [[Not Quite Dead]]: Some villains were quite notorious for this, more so in the movies.
* [[Not So Different]]: This exchange between Goku and Frieza:
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'''Goku''': They paid for their mistakes!
'''Frieza''': Heh heh heh heh. Is that why they died? I thought it was because I killed them!
'''Goku''': You're just a beast, with no conscience!
'''Frieza''': Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha! So I'm a beast, huh? Oh, and what about you, Mr. Super Saiyan! Aren't you just like me?
'''Goku''': Hmph.
'''Frieza''': So the jury's still out on that one. Let's just give it a little more time. }}
* [[
* [[Not So Harmless]]: General Blue. Goku made such quick work of the other Red Ribbon officers, it came as a tremendous surprise when Blue turned out to have the edge over ''him''. Especially given that Blue's own superiors were dismissive of him as a bungling idiot who they'd probably dispose of after his next failure.
** Pilaf. Oh, you thought the first arc's pathetic megalomaniacal loud mouth villain is nothing to worry about? {{spoiler|[[Sealed Evil in
*** Then all that trouble he caused in ''Dragon Ball GT'' in just the first episode?
* [[Novelty Decay]]: The titular magical orbs start out as the awesome [[Holy Grail]] of all mystical artifacts, then eventually become relegated to fuel for resurrections as the series continues.
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