40 Fun Facts About Dragon Ball Z Abridged

Which fighter's every beating in Dragon Ball Z Abridged is tallied by an on-screen Owned Count?

Krillin's Owned Count ticks up whenever he is hit, insulted or embarrassed, starting with a tail-slap into Kame House in the very first episode.

Which gentle Dragon Ball Z character does the Abridged series turn into a menacing sadist?

Mr. Popo, the kindly Lookout attendant of the original, turns malevolent in the parody and ranks himself above the guardian he supposedly serves in his own Pecking Order.

Which slain Saiyan returns as a ghost to pester Vegeta through Season 2 of Dragon Ball Z Abridged?

Nappa became such a fan favourite in Season 1 that the writers kept him around after his death as a ghost only Vegeta can hear.

In Dragon Ball Z Abridged, Ginyu Force member Jeice and his accent come from which invented planet?

Space Australia is a planet-sized copy of the country where nearly everything has 'Space' in front of its name, down to the Space Dingos.

What gadget does Goku keep asking for aboard spaceships in Dragon Ball Z Abridged?

A muffin button finally turns up on Freeza's ship, and the pile of blueberry muffins it makes is how Goku survives the planet's explosion.

'Bald This Way', a Dragon Ball Z Abridged music video, parodies a hit song by which pop star?

Lady Gaga's 'Born This Way' became a 2011 anthem for the show's hairless fighters, credited to a band called The Baldest Kids You Know.

Which Dragon Ball Z story arc was promised as Season 4 of the Abridged series but never made?

The Buu Saga was teased at the end of the finale, but in February 2020 the creators declared the series over, citing burnout and copyright risk.

Which Japanese studio's copyright strikes repeatedly threatened Dragon Ball Z Abridged on YouTube?

Toei Animation sent the channel numerous strikes over its use of the anime's footage, and the whole channel was briefly taken offline.

LittleKuriboh, who voices Freeza in DBZ Abridged, pioneered the format by parodying which anime?

The Yu-Gi-Oh! parody was the first comedy fandub to call itself an abridged series, and its creator also narrates Dragon Ball Z Abridged.

Perfect Cell bows out of Dragon Ball Z Abridged with a cover of which Frank Sinatra standard?

My Way, Frank Sinatra's signature song, became the villain's swansong, released five days after the final part of the last episode in September 2018.

By what grander title does the Namekian Grand Elder insist on being known in Dragon Ball Z Abridged?

Super Kami Guru chose the name out of vanity: told that Earth's Namekian elder went by a word meaning 'God', he promptly awarded himself a bigger title.

The first Dragon Ball Z Abridged episode's title jokingly announces the return of which villain?

Raditz had never been seen before, which is the joke: the title plays on 'The Arrival of Raditz', the opening episode of the 1990s Ocean dub.

Which Earth defender does a dim Saiyan invader mistake for a Pokémon in Dragon Ball Z Abridged?

Chiaotzu's high voice and red cheeks are to blame, and the invader even throws a Poké Ball at him before their fight turns deadly.

Which Namekian warrior merges with Piccolo and lives on as a voice in his head in DBZ Abridged?

Nail was meant to fade into his host's subconscious as in the original anime, but instead keeps up a running commentary that distracts him mid-fight.

The DBZ Abridged song 'Do You Want to Kill a Planet' parodies a number from which Disney film?

Frozen had been in cinemas only four months when its 'Do You Want to Build a Snowman?' was rewritten for Vegeta and his fellow Saiyans.

The Ginyu Force's theme-song intro in DBZ Abridged spoofs which superhero franchise's roll calls?

Power Rangers is the Western face of Japan's Super Sentai shows, whose posing team introductions the Ginyu Force sequence copies, logo and all.

Which TeamFourStar co-founder voices both Vegeta and Piccolo in Dragon Ball Z Abridged?

Lanipator made voicing Vegeta one of his two conditions for helping to found the group; the other was a permanent seat as a writer.

Which British voice actor plays both Goku and Gohan in Dragon Ball Z Abridged?

MasakoX took his username from Masako Nozawa, the Japanese actress who voices the same father and son in the original anime.

Which Canadian TeamFourStar co-founder voices the villain Cell in Dragon Ball Z Abridged?

Takahata101 landed the part because his impression beat the director's own, even though the director had planned to play the villain himself.

Which co-founder directs Dragon Ball Z Abridged and read every opening disclaimer in Season 1?

KaiserNeko read the disclaimer in his own voice until episode 17, when featured characters took over, and he also plays Future Trunks.

Besides Dragon Ball Z Abridged, TeamFourStar spent 2010 to 2018 parodying which vampire anime?

Hellsing Ultimate Abridged kept the original's dark tone while rewriting its lead, Alucard, as a wittier and far more enthusiastic killer.

TeamFourStar's first Dragon Ball Z Abridged movie parodied which of the original films?

The Tree of Might became 'Christmas Tree of Might' in December 2010, even though it is only the third film in the original movie order.

The Dragon Ball Z Abridged episode title 'Vam qan Namek' is written in which fictional language?

Klingon, borrowed from Star Trek, also stands in for the Namekian language spoken in the episode; the title means 'This is the Old Namek'.

Episode 13 of DBZ Abridged has a title about Dr. Briefs building in a cave, echoing which film?

Iron Man supplied the line: a villain's furious outburst about what Tony Stark managed to build from scraps while held captive.

What is the pun title of episode 60, the three-part finale of Dragon Ball Z Abridged?

Cell-Out arrived in 2018 after a year-long hiatus that had left viewers hanging on the cliffhanger at the end of episode 59.

Episode 9 of Dragon Ball Z Abridged is 'The Set Up'; what is the three-part Season 1 finale called?

The Punchline was too long for one YouTube upload, so it went out in three parts in mid-2009, a year after the series began.

Which CG-animated DBZA spin-off follows Cell and other defeated villains in the afterlife?

HFIL stands for Home for Infinite Losers, and the series began in 2021 with original animation rather than recycled anime footage.

Which DBZA spin-off used new CG animation to follow the heroes' lives after episode 60?

Dragon ShortZ was first meant to bridge the gap to a fourth season, a plan dropped when the main series was declared over in 2020.

TeamFourStar's founders recorded custom-character voices for which Dragon Ball video game series?

Xenoverse players can choose Curtis Arnott as Male Voice 8, whose joke attack names nod to both the anime and the parody.

Which Funimation voice actor, a fan of DBZ Abridged, helped the parody's creators land official dub roles?

Christopher Sabat, one of Funimation's original voice actors, also turns up in the parody itself in a handful of small cameo roles.

Which Dragon Ball Z film did TeamFourStar drop from its Abridged movie plans as 'unabridgeable'?

Bojack Unbound had been hinted at as the next film at the end of the Broly parody, but it was scrapped in September 2019, months before the series itself.

The Dragon Ball Z Abridged cast reunited in 2023 to make clips for which YouTuber's review series?

Totally Not Mark's retrospective on the anime's unadapted closing arc got 30 abridged shorts, the nearest thing to a fourth season the team says it will make.

The makers of Dragon Ball Z Abridged explained its 2020 cancellation to backers on which platform?

Patreon carried the full reasoning: burnout, fading passion for the remaining story, and copyright claims that put the channel at risk.

Freeza's ringtone in DBZ Abridged, a Maximum the Hormone song, later featured in which film?

Resurrection 'F' used the song 'F' in 2015, five years after the parody did, and the show's director voiced one of Frieza's soldiers in it.

What pun on its makers' name is given to the Earthlings' uneasy pact with Vegeta in DBZ Abridged?

Team Three Star is the name proposed when Vegeta grudgingly sides with two Earthlings against the Ginyu Force, and he hates it at once.

Which DBZ Abridged role passed from Lawrence Simpson to Nick Landis because of a tricky laugh?

Master Roshi needed a cackling 'old prospector' laugh for the Season 3 opener, and his first actor agreed he could not do it.

From episode 17, characters read the DBZ Abridged disclaimer; which Freeza henchman went first?

Zarbon began a tradition with a dark twist: whoever reads the disclaimer tends to end up dead, injured or beaten by the end of the episode.

During Season 2, DBZA switched its footage to which DVD release, prized for its picture quality?

The Dragon Box, a DVD transfer from the anime's own Japanese studio, replaced Funimation's remaster because its video quality was better.

A 2019 holiday 'Cell Vs' short pits Perfect Cell against which Mike Judge sitcom character?

Bobby Hill's lines are recycled audio of Pamela Adlon from the sitcom itself, in a 14-second short released in December 2019.

In episode 19 of Dragon Ball Z Abridged, Vegeta mimics a famous commercial for which grooming brand?

Old Spice's patter gets borrowed while Vegeta tries to throw away a Dragon Ball, in an episode from November 2010, the year those adverts went viral.