Dragon Ball/Tropes A to D: Difference between revisions

** There's still Yajirobe.

* [[Acting Unnatural]]: Frog Ginyu was trying to steal one of the Dragon Balls. When Gohan spots him, he starts leaning against the ball and whistling nonchalantly, which only makes him more suspicious because he's a frog.

* [[Adaptation Distillation]]: ''[[Dragon Ball Kai]]'', in recutting the ''Dragon Ball Z'' anime to match more closely to the manga original.

** There is an inherent problem with translating directly from the manga page, which the original anime did. Primarily showing an explosion on the comic page takes up one panel with a half-second glance while it takes 90 seconds of the anime to animate (To say nothing of [[Talking Is a Free Action]]). To fit one manga into a half-hour show meant that there was plenty of [[Padding]] and reaction shots. ''[[Dragon Ball Kai]]'' is cutting that down ''to a third'' of its original length and thereby allowing for a swift watch almost equal to reading the manga.

* [[Affectionate Gesture to the Head]]: Young Gohan is patted on the head quite frequently, even by ''Vegeta''.

* [[The Ageless]]: Master Roshi and Fortuneteller Baba, both having drank from the Fountain of Youth.

* [[Air Jousting]]

* [[A Lesson in Defeat]]: Master Roshi's reason for becoming "Jackie Chun"

** Frieza, especially in his Final Form.

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

* [[Backstab Backfire]]

* [[Badass]]: Loads.

** Dr. Briefs tries to give one to Goku (so he can go to Namek), even though he only needs a bare-bones transport.

* [[Crapsack World]]: Namek after Frieza showed up (and in the past, as the backstroy also tells of weird weather patterns on Namek that killed many or drove them off, which was the main reason Kami was sent to Earth)

** Played straight with the world of the timeline Future Trunks came from. There are no magic balls in that one.

* [[Crazy Consumption]]

* [[Does This Remind You of Anything?]]: Crowds of people joyously cheering for Mr. '''''Satan'''''.

** -> Grandpa Gohan(after accidentally ripping off Goku's tail): Goku, does your backside still hurt?

* [[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.

* [[Dragons Up the Yin-Yang]]: The titular Dragon Balls summon a wish-granting dragon when brought together.

* [[Drum Bathing]]: Goku commonly uses this as the default bathtub at his house. One notable moment is in the Tree of Might film when he bathes in it with Gohan.

** Played straight by The Ocean Group dub, during his first battle against Goku, Vegeta remarks that Bardock was [[Badass Bookworm|an average fighter, but a brilliant scientist]], and yet after this there's no mention of Bardock's influence or just what he did for the Sayans in the their scientific field; of course this remark about Bardock doesn't exist in the original manga nor the japanese dub of the anime.