Dragon Ball/Tropes A to D: Difference between revisions

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Tropes E-N [[Dragon Ball/Tropes E to N|HERE!]]<br />

Tropes O-Z [[Dragon Ball/Tropes O to Z|HERE!]] }}

** Really, this trope applies to anyone who isn't Goku and Gohan (and anyone who isn't fused with them). The series reaches a point (arguably around the time Perfect Cell shows up) where not even Saiyan blood is enough to make you relevant.

** The fighters of Dragon Ball ''lampshade'' it after Krillin, Roshi, and Chiaotzu's resurrection.

* [[Cash Cow Franchise]]: For the ''twenty-'''five''''' years and counting.... here's to another 25.

* [[CCG Importance Dissonance]]

* [[Combined Energy Attack]]: The Spirit Bomb.

* [[Comically Missing the Point]]:

'''Goku''': (sighing) Vegeta, you're already dead. }}

* [[Coming of Age Story]]: In [[Dragon Ball]], the only thing that actually changes about Goku is his age and strength; he's still [[Man Child|basically the same person throughout the entire story.]] [[Dragonball Z]], on the other hand, has his son [[Supporting Protagonist|Gohan]] gradually getting stronger with each battle, eventually surpassing his father.

* [[Detonation Moon]]: Many many times. It comes back several times though, for various reasons.

* [[A God Am I|A Devil am I]]/[[Card-Carrying Villain]]: Broly in this exchange:

'''Broly''': Monster? Wrong, I'm the devil! }}

* [[Did You Just Flip Off Cthulhu?]]: ChiChi slaps Majin Buu, the scourge of the universe, ''in the face'' and gets turned into an egg and crushed in response.

*** Then again, in the anime, Mr. Satan stuck out his tongue, slapped his butt, and called Cell weak, while the reporter he was with proceded to flip Cell off. Luckily for the both of them Cell was able to ignore them.

** During the Frieza saga (befor Goku turned Super Saiyin) Goku caught Frieza's tail, and decided to say this to him:

* [[Did You Just Punch Out Cthulhu?]]: Demon King Piccolo does the unthinkable after getting his big wish and ''blows the Dragon into pieces with one shot.'' At that time in the series, that was pretty much equivalent to killing God.

** Arguably this happens constantly from that point onward, as every villain after that is ''way'' stronger than Piccolo.