Dragon Ball Z
TV Show • 1989 • Animation
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Majin Buu's dog gets shot, but is later revived.
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CrayolaColor
Not on screen as far as I can remember, at least in Z. But someone can correct me if I'm wrong.
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Hunting in mainly a source food from character living in the wild (Gohan’s first training and Goku’s life before being found by bulma)
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Dinosaurs are killed on Namek after they try to eat Bulma. Their bodies are shown briefly.
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Nasty221
Not specifically cats, but feline-like characters
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CrayolaColor
While it ultimately survives, Majin Buu's dog appears to be dead for several minutes.
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Porunga, the wish granting dragon of Namek, is killed as a result of his creator dying but is later revived.
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Early in the saiyan saga, Goku has to cross snake way, where he has to fight a giant snake during a portion of it
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CrayolaColor
I'm sure there's normal bugs too that I can't recall, but Cell is very bug-like in appearance. An important scene foreshadowing his appearance involves some of the main cast finding a cicada-esque shed skin that he left behind.
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The main character purposefully leaves his family for a year and a half in order to continue his martial arts training.
The main character's child is kidnapped and then abandoned by the main character's nemesis to fend for himself in the wilderness(with some intervention to make sure that he didn't just die).
The main character's child is kidnapped and then abandoned by the main character's nemesis to fend for himself in the wilderness(with some intervention to make sure that he didn't just die).
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It does take a while, but the Z fighters eventually forgive Vegeta for coming to Earth, killing several of their friends, and being a general evil person.
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DrunkPigeon
There is an instance in the Cell Saga where Goku tells his son "Do It Gohan! Don't you want to become a scholar?" when encouraging him to fight Cell. The very idea of him being a scholar was forced onto him by his mother, and Goku's character makes it more likely that this was more a sign of how little he really knows his son than intentional gaslighting.
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Vegeta is pretty absent in Trunks' life when he's young. He is also dismissive towards and bad-mouths an older version of his son.
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If u consider kidnapping the child of ur enemy and training him brutally so that he can be used against enemies coming in the future child abuse then yes
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During multiple fights, a character on the sidelines has to be physically grabbed and held back to keep them from entering the fray.
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baipopaibo
During the leadup to the Tournament of Power in Dragon Ball Super, there is a scene concerning Master Roshi attempting to overcome his perversion that heavily toes the line of sexual assault being played out on screen through sound. The "victim" is merely Puar taking the form of a woman and acting, but it can be extremely triggering, especially since it is played for laughs.
Aside from this, there are many moments in the series where female characters are unwillingly groped, one at least being a minor for some instances (Bulma). These are often played as gags.
Aside from this, there are many moments in the series where female characters are unwillingly groped, one at least being a minor for some instances (Bulma). These are often played as gags.
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During their fight on Namek, Frieza holds Goku underwater in an attempt to drown him.
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OJAndToothpaste
General Blue is a pedophile with a sexual interest in underage boys.
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Android 20 grabs Yamcha and clamps a hand over his mouth.
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In the cell saga, Cell squashes Android 16 head.
It isn't graphic, tho
It isn't graphic, tho
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Cell stabs several people with his tail, which ends in a needle-like tip.
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Diamond10
When Vegeta is killed by Freeza, Goku buries his body. When Shenron resurrects everyone murdered by Freeza and his army, Vegeta digs his way out.
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While in his great ape form, Vegeta gets blasted in the eye by Goku. The damage isn't permanent however and is healed.
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Frieza uses his flexible tail to choke Vegeta. He tries it with Goku but Goku bites him.
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Cell sucking the life out of people is pretty graphic. One man in particular is shown being drained of life and his body deflates. There are also several transformations that could classify as body horror. The Saiyans can turn into giant apes and other villains transform, like Frieza and Cell. There is usually bulging muscles or other contortions of the original form.
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CrayolaColor
Though I don't recall every instance, there are several instances where one character uses a chokehold on another character during a fight.
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During many fights one or both combatants will get very winded and breathe heavily or even gasp for air. Several times characters also get the breath knocked out of them, such as by getting punched in the gut really hard.
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CrayolaColor
This happens relatively frequently during fight scenes.
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TheBigGuy
Tien breaks Yamcha's knee in mid Dragon Ball
Vegeta also has his arms broken by Android 18 in the cell saga
Vegeta also has his arms broken by Android 18 in the cell saga
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There are several instances where characters fighting turns into a one-sided, cruel beating. Videl vs Spopovitch is pretty infamous for its brutality. Though there are plenty of other fights, like Buu vs Gohan and the Supreme Kai and probably half of Freeza's fights on Namek, that cross the line into torture.
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Vegeta tears off Android 19's hands and then kills him. One of Android 20's hands is removed a few episodes later.
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TheBigGuy
The Namekian race has regenerative abilities, which has often been shown off through regrowing limbs.
For example the character Piccolo loses an arm in a fight against the saiyan Raditz, only to regrow it later.
Another Namekian Nail loses his arm while fighting the tyrant Frieza, he also regrows it.
As for non-aliens though, Tienshinhan has his arm chopped off when fighting Nappa.
For example the character Piccolo loses an arm in a fight against the saiyan Raditz, only to regrow it later.
Another Namekian Nail loses his arm while fighting the tyrant Frieza, he also regrows it.
As for non-aliens though, Tienshinhan has his arm chopped off when fighting Nappa.
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TheBigGuy
Recoome gets blasted in the teeth, leaving him with several missing or broken
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Android 16 is decapitated. Since he is a robot, the severed head is still alive until Cell steps on it.
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DeenGray
In Dragon Ball, Bulma flashes herself to Roshi. And Kid Goku’s penis is shown sometimes
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TheBigGuy
In the Namek saga, the 2 Namekian children Cargo and Dende are killed at different points. Both are later brought back to life however.
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CrayolaColor
This also happens a lot. Goku himself does it at least twice, once in the Saiyan saga and once in the Cell saga. Vegeta does it in the Buu saga. Piccolo does it in the Saiyan saga IIRC. Android 16 tries to during the Cell saga but isn't able to. This is probably not even all of the instances, but enough to say that it happens frequently.
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Throughout the series, the populations of whole planets have been wiped out.
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Many major characters have died once or more. The Dragon Balls are usually used to wish them back, though.
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CrayolaColor
A lot of the characters in Dragon Ball Z aren't human, and a lot of them die. The good guys are almost always wished back, though.
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OJAndToothpaste
Gohan's insulting remark to Buu is subtitled this way.
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Melange Gel
They come back to life, though.
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baipopaibo
In some adaptations, it is implied Yamcha cheated on Bulma, hence why they are no longer dating after the Frieza Saga.
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bbcme
The beginning of the saiyan arc (start of dbz) Goku’s child gets kidnapped.
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Bulma has a couple in Dragon Ball and Dragon Ball Super.
Goku has a couple of bathing scenes. More as a kid in Dragon Ball. But there are a few instances of adult Goku bathing in an oil drum hot tub.
Vegeta has one in Dragon Ball Z at the beginning of the Trunks Arc.
Goku has a couple of bathing scenes. More as a kid in Dragon Ball. But there are a few instances of adult Goku bathing in an oil drum hot tub.
Vegeta has one in Dragon Ball Z at the beginning of the Trunks Arc.
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During the Namek saga, Vegeta hides a Dragon Ball by dropping it in a lake. There is later an underwater scene where Gohan dives in to find it. Later in season, when Frieza tries to destroy Namek, there are scenes of the lakes/seas of the planet.
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Belmod, the God of Destruction for Universe 11, resembles a clown. This is seen in Dragon Ball Super, which redirects here.
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baipopaibo
In the Majin Buu Saga, the wizard Babadi is able to possess people like Dabura, signified with an M on their forehead. For a portion of the saga, Vegeta is under the Majin possession and goes on a rampage.
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Characters can come back to earth as a ghost (Goku in the start of the Majin Buu saga and Grandpa Gohan in the fortune teller baba saga in dragon ball)
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andymoo
Emperor Pilaf farts during the original Dragon Ball and blames it on one of his minions.
As for spitting, the Majin Buu saga features a villain who can turn people to stone by spitting on them.
As for spitting, the Majin Buu saga features a villain who can turn people to stone by spitting on them.
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Buu turns people into food, usually candy, and then eats them.
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During The Cell saga, Gohan kicks cell in the gut and cell audibly and visibly vomits
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CrayolaColor
Some of the sound effects during fights could be considered this, most often in the form of bone crunching sounds.
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Several Saiyan characters, most notably Vegeta, insist on referring to Goku by his saiyan birth name.
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The Dragon Balls of both Earth and Namek have been destroyed at various points.
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Diamond10
A common running gag is Goku’s immense fear of syringes.
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MysticFlames
After the Saiyan saga all the main characters are sent to the hospital to heal
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There are many scenes of Goku eating noisily. He needs more food than a human, so in these scenes, he's basically shoveling in food.
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There are several times during the Saiyan and Namek sagas where Gohan, who is a kid, will become overwhelmed and either freeze or begin to panic.
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Nasty221
Possibly?? Depends on how you interpret it but one character has multiple personalities that change via sneezing. As someone with OSDD I don't mind it too much
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Some characters die by using a kamikaze attack. Most are brought back though.
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Many of the villains (Vegeta, Frieza, Cell) have screaming meltdowns when they realize they are losing a fight.
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IgnisActivate
It is not implied, however some main characters are shown and mentioned to eat way more than the average person throughout the entire show.
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Piccolo rips off his arm after it gets injured by Imperfect Cell, it grows back quickly though
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CrayolaColor
Not in these exact words IIRC but there are some instances where characters openly say they're going to do something that would kill them.
Android 18 threatens to self destruct during the Cell Saga to avoid being absorbed by Cell, and Android 16 does the same thing later in an attempt to destroy Cell, but isn't able to.
Android 18 threatens to self destruct during the Cell Saga to avoid being absorbed by Cell, and Android 16 does the same thing later in an attempt to destroy Cell, but isn't able to.
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There is a TON of screaming in this show. Basically any time someone powers up, which is almost all fight scenes, there is a lot of screaming as they gather energy. There is also often screaming in rage from villains, especially when they are losing.
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Diamond10
A lot of energy beams are tossed around, which can give the effect of strobe lights.
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It depends on the sub/dub. Some of them do have some swearing, such as bastard, hell, and damn.
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There are a couple underwater scenes on Namek. In one, Gohan swims underwater to recover a Dragon Ball from a lake. During the fight between Goku and Frieza, Frieza tries to drown Goku and he is seen underwater.
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andymoo
Gohan cries a lot during the Saiyan Saga after Raditz kidnaps him.
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It's shown that Dr. Gero used tiny drones to spy on the Z fighters to learn their techniques.
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Baby Trunks shows up a lot in the Android and Cell sagas.
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There is no onscreen childbirth
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General Blue dies
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Mr. Popo looks like a blackface caricature. And there are very rare gay characters who are shown as predatory
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There are racist caricatures of black people in the anime.
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Some dubs include ableist language.
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This is basically Yajirobe's entire existence.
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baipopaibo
Some dubs and subtitling of the anime include homophobic slurs, especially during the General Blue saga.
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Goku has trouble early on distinguishing between genders. He will pat the crotch to determine a person’s sex. He eventually grows out of it, but is still sometimes confused on someone’s gender and will ask, such as when he meets Videl for the first time.
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Some alien characters resemble blackface and the appearance of a few black characters is kinda stereotypical.
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Nasty221
Some mild religious references and characters who are gods
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Some characters have kids but the actual process isn't explained
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bbcme
Bulma is often sexualized for gags. Mostly in dragon ball but in z it is toned down.
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baipopaibo
In the Japanese version of the General Blue saga, it is heavily implied if not outright stated that Blue has a younger brother who he is sexually attracted to. He confuses Obatchaman for his younger brother and pursues him. This was during a time in Japan where homosexuality was popularly thought to be directly tied to pedophilia. Whether or not this is adapted in other dubs varies, but the English dubs omit this.
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Nasty221
Just butt
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CrayolaColor
Master Roshi is usually the culprit for this, but there's also a subplot during the Majin Buu saga that involves Goku offering some inappropriate things involving Bulma to another character in exchange for his help.
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Goku in Trunks' time line is stated to have died from a fatal virus that attacks the heart. In the regular time line he gets very sick but lives.
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Technically yes. Every episode tends to have a short clip of the next episode and the narrator giving a brief summary of the coming episode.
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It has a very happy ending
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The Androids (19 and 20) shoot down Yajirobe's plane. Several witnesses comment on the burning wreckage.
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MysticFlames
Goku does multiple times but it doesnt hurt him at all
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andymoo
The whole series begins with Bulma accidentally hitting Goku with her car. Later in Z, there's an episode where Goku & Piccolo are forced to take driving lessons and one of the instructors has a bad case of road rage. Hilarity ensues.
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Diamond10
Freeza is seen attempting to drown Goku. He breaks out of it with Kaio-Ken
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Characters are often shown with bloody lips, scrapes, and sometimes much worse in fights. Characters have had limbs torn off and holes blasted in them, too, but that's rarer. Most fights have a little battle damage blood.
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Diamond10
Yes but guns are very ineffective in Dragon Ball, since characters have superspeed and can dodge easily, catch bullets easily, or even tank them with very little damage. An example is Gohan stopping a robbery. A criminal unloads a machine gun on Gohan, but he easily catches all the bullets in one hand and dramatically drops the bullets.
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Nasty221
Many attacks are explosive
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