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* [[Cleavage Window]]: Although Mai mostly has adequate protective gear, she leaves her chest unprotected. [[Fan Service|Huh.]] |
* [[Cleavage Window]]: Although Mai mostly has adequate protective gear, she leaves her chest unprotected. [[Fan Service|Huh.]] |
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* [[Composite Character]]: Goku and Chi-Chi could just as well have been called Gohan and Videl. |
* [[Composite Character]]: Goku and Chi-Chi could just as well have been called Gohan and Videl. |
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* [[Convection Schmonvection]]: Goku ''hops across'' a lava flow by using Mook bodies as stepping stones. |
* [[Convection, Schmonvection]]: Goku ''hops across'' a lava flow by using Mook bodies as stepping stones. |
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** [[Fridge Brilliance|Goku's]] [[Made of Iron]] [[Fridge Brilliance|though.]] |
** [[Fridge Brilliance|Goku's]] [[Made of Iron]] [[Fridge Brilliance|though.]] |
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* [[Conveniently-Timed Attack From Behind]]: Mai is chasing Bulma and about to deal a killing blow when {{spoiler|Yamcha shoots her from behind}}. A deleted, alternate version of that scene actually has her {{spoiler|impaled by shrapnel, but still taken out by Yamcha}}. |
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* [[Dangerous Sixteenth Birthday|Dangerous Eighteenth Birthday]] |
* [[Dangerous Sixteenth Birthday|Dangerous Eighteenth Birthday]] |
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* [[Deadly Dodging]]: When Goku is confronted by a couple of bullies at the big party, he informs them that he promised he wouldn't fight them - before smoothly allowing the bullies to beat the crap out of each other and the head bully's very expensive car. |
* [[Deadly Dodging]]: When Goku is confronted by a couple of bullies at the big party, he informs them that he promised he wouldn't fight them - before smoothly allowing the bullies to beat the crap out of each other and the head bully's very expensive car. |
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* [[Did You Just Punch Out Cthulhu?]]: Goku takes on Piccolo, [[Informed Ability|who is hyped all movie long as an extremely powerful badass]]. [[Anticlimax|He isn't]]. |
* [[Did You Just Punch Out Cthulhu?]]: Goku takes on Piccolo, [[Informed Ability|who is hyped all movie long as an extremely powerful badass]]. [[Anticlimax|He isn't]]. |
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* [[Dropped a Bridge On Him|Dropped A House On Him]]: The sad fate of {{spoiler|Gohan}}. |
* [[Dropped a Bridge On Him|Dropped A House On Him]]: The sad fate of {{spoiler|Gohan}}. |
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* [[The End |
* [[The End - Or Is It?]]: {{spoiler|The last shot of the film shows us that [[Big Bad|Piccolo]] has survived Goku's attack and is now being nursed back to health by a woman, for who all we know could be Mai in another guise.}} |
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* [[Everybody Was Kung-Fu Fighting]]: Most of the bullies use the usual assortment of [[Good Old Fisticuffs|punches you'd expect from untrained jocks]]. The one Asian in the group, though, adopts a fighting stance and tries to use a flying kick. |
* [[Everybody Was Kung-Fu Fighting]]: Most of the bullies use the usual assortment of [[Good Old Fisticuffs|punches you'd expect from untrained jocks]]. The one Asian in the group, though, adopts a fighting stance and tries to use a flying kick. |
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* [[Everything's Better With Monkeys]]: True to the source material, Oozaru is a giant monkey. |
* [[Everything's Better With Monkeys]]: True to the source material, Oozaru is a giant monkey. |
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*** Observant tropers may have noticed his t-shirt, with a sexy anime girl in it. |
*** Observant tropers may have noticed his t-shirt, with a sexy anime girl in it. |
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* [[Race Lift]]: In the original, everyone was [[Mukokuseki|vaguely Japanese]]. In this movie, the two leads are white and everyone else is Asian. |
* [[Race Lift]]: In the original, everyone was [[Mukokuseki|vaguely Japanese]]. In this movie, the two leads are white and everyone else is Asian. |
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* [[Red Eyes Take Warning]]: Goku's kept changing color {{spoiler|after his transformations into Oozaru form}}. |
* [[Red Eyes, Take Warning]]: Goku's kept changing color {{spoiler|after his transformations into Oozaru form}}. |
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* [[The Reveal]]: It's no real shocker to those who are DB fans {{spoiler|but Goku and Oozaru are one and the same}}. |
* [[The Reveal]]: It's no real shocker to those who are DB fans {{spoiler|but Goku and Oozaru are one and the same}}. |
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* [[Schizo |
* [[Schizo-Tech]] |
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* [[Sealed Evil in A Can]]: Piccolo is originally bound up in a jar, but escapes offscreen. Subverted, sort of, when Roshi later tries to trap him again, Piccolo fights his way out. |
* [[Sealed Evil in A Can]]: Piccolo is originally bound up in a jar, but escapes offscreen. Subverted, sort of, when Roshi later tries to trap him again, Piccolo fights his way out. |
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* [[Sequel Hook]]: See [[And the Adventure Continues]] and [[The End |
* [[Sequel Hook]]: See [[And the Adventure Continues]] and [[The End - Or Is It?]] |
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* [[Shallow Love Interest]]: Possibly Chi Chi for Goku and defenitely Yamcha for Bulma. |
* [[Shallow Love Interest]]: Possibly Chi Chi for Goku and defenitely Yamcha for Bulma. |
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* [[Shout-Out]]: There are actually a TON of references to the original series including (but no limited to): |
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** Goku makes mention of a race called "Nameks" |
** Goku makes mention of a race called "Nameks" |
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** Gohan finding Goku in a crater |
** Gohan finding Goku in a crater |
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