I just wanna point out that Krillin thought 18 was a smoking babe at a 9 . . . without the prospect of ever having sex with her. That's how hard he fell for her.

If I’m not mistaken, the reason they made 16’s speech less heartfelt is because the goal isn’t to get Gohan to “just stop holding back” or something like that, the goal is to piss him off, make him snap, or otherwise DRAG Super Saiyan 2 out of him, which is the LAST thing Gohan wants.

Gohan: "Down a arm and killed by a android. Why does it fell so familiar" daaaaaamn

3:58:52 Goku's instant transmission works by sensing a person's energy he's familiar with and willing himself there, he can't go somewhere he can't detect someone he knows, so there was basically nowhere he could go with Cell that wouldn't result in collateral damage, King Kai's planet was the absolute least loss of life, since because King Kai is already in Other World, he technically wouldn't have to go anywhere

1:38 the story of Dragon Ball Z was supposed to be about how Gohan gradually becomes stronger and more powerful than Goku and takes up the mantle of earth protector from him. But in the end, Goku and his rivalry with Vegeta just stole the show in every opportunity and so they just kept bringing him back from the dead and making him and/or vegeta the main focus

In hindsight, Cell's "Don't lose your head" line to 16 after becoming Perfect was a bit of foreshadowing lol

15:22 "Well, we can't climb down that - it's broken." apparently this is a line from one of the games as a absolutely weak excuse as to why you couldn't go somewhere.

The song when Gohan goes ssj 2 is the song from the actual show. It places in the original Japanese dub. TFS just remade the song in English to use over abridged, but it was originally in Japanese in the show.

2:36:11 Dende (Little Green) whistles at Gohan, Piccolo says "ow", Dende says "that hurt me more than it hurt you". Seems like everyone missed this as a tie in to Namekian heightened hearing, like when Piccolo heard Trunks talking to Goku when they (Trunks & Goku) first met. It'd be like if someone with super advanced arthritis cracked their knuckles to appear intimidating

How?! HOW MANY PEOPLE?! *Enough* Still gives me chills man that delivery is stellar

14:14 yes that happened in dragonball King Piccolo and his minions killed Krillin, Master Roshi, Chiaotzu and yes even the dragon Shenron. 1:57:17 no that’s 100% true Goku sent a rabbit to the moon and it’s been blown up twice since then so the rabbit is dead. 4:18:56 the reason king Kai is so mad at Yumcha is because Yumcha‘s wish was to bring back everyone killed ON EARTH by cell if he left out the “on earth” and just said everyone killed by cell king Kai would have also been revived, a lot of people don’t catch that. 4:28:12 krillin says “I am a grower” and then you hear “IT” hit the floor. That is the joke.

Krillin actually, no cap, canonically, has no nose. This has its roots in gag manga humor from Toriyama's early days that was carried into early Dragon Ball. Krillin faced an opponent who was really stinky and used this as his fighting style, however once he remembered he doesn't have a nose, he was fine.

The soundtrack at 3:42:00 is actually a cover of the japanese soundtrack played in the original release. Also the bird was not edited in. It was actually part of the original

So about Teen Gohan: Saiyans grow in spurts. They don't slowly get larger by a tiny amount every day over their lives into their adult form like humans do. They stay a baby until suddenly evolving like a pokemon into a child, then their next form is teen, then adult, and then silverback. Teen is just the name of the form Gohan will be through his teens. It doesn't mean they're actually a teenager yet.

They did make a full version of the mustache song. and they pulled in just about every single KZfaq content creator on the Internet at that time to make cameos in it. It’s one of the most beautiful things I’ve ever seen.

Was always funny how ruff simultaneously did and didn't care so much about intro skipping 😂

Yes, the rabbit sent to the moon was true. It was an early episode of DragonBall (within the first 10 episodes). It was when dragon ball still indirectly did folklore in the series. DragonBall was originally just Journey to the West with a new skin. Like Saiyuki. One of the reasons I enjoy dragon ball more. Also, the young girl shooting a boy in yhe face line is the very first 5 minutes of dragon ball. It was how bulma and goku met. She shot him in the face.

Chichi is fairly strong, at this point in the story she is probably the most powerful human woman in DBZ.

“I have hobbies.” “No you don’t.” My mind went straight to the Bald This Way video where Tien told Piccolo he had no friends and now I think Piccolo’s been holding that petty grudge this whole time.

People forget goku isn’t stupid he’s ignorant he lived isolated in the mountains till he was 12 only interacting with his adoptive grandfather for the first part then being completely alone for the second part he never had a day of education outside of roshi and launch teaching him how to read and do basic arithmetic when he was 12-13

I only just realized it now, but Goku did the same thing that Master Roshi did in Dragonball. (22nd Tenka-Ichi Budoukai) Halfway through the fight, just gives up without going all out, anticlimactically... and is like... Hey short monkey boy, beat this guy! It's time for the new Generation to take over.

"Gonna need a Senzu for that one" best line in this parody. Vegueta is so badass I want to see him dominate his enemies more often. Also watch the actual show BEFORE the parody...

Mid 80's baby here and I grew up with the original. When I stumbled upon abridged a decade or so ago I fell in love. Basically took a nostalgic show and revamped it with adult humor. Thanks TFS

It's 100% exclusive to offscreen, but we all know Vegeta went to confront Popo again in a serious match to discover he's stronger than even Perfect Cell in the Abridged continuity

I remember back in the day, the info about the android's name's and 16 being the doctor's was mentioned by the creator. I can remember if it was interview or publication but that info was supposedly released after the show or arc. It was so long ago it could have been a playground rumor or something like when he forgot that he changed Bullma's hair color. Her hair color was originally future Trunks' hair color and that's why Trunks had lavender hair.

One of the funniest things about episode 60 is that it took so long to make that the DBFZ reference in part 3 couldn't have been made at the start of the episode's production, because DBFZ didn't even get announced by the time episode 59 released.

Trunks' max power form is actually something that's been around since very early Dragon Ball. Roshi used it as early as episode 14, right before the first Kamehameha of the series. Trunks using it is a symptom of Vegeta's greatest disadvantage as a teacher- he's unapproachable. Goku and Gohan discussing the form while training probably stemmed from Gohan discovering it and coming to his father. If Trunks could've talked to Vegeta about it, he likely would have stopped pursuing it while training and could've gotten stronger in a more meaningful way.

When goku wakes up and mentions that he was a ninja but it ended. I believe that was the first episode after the Naruto shippuden manga ended.

If you listen carefully you can actually hear Grandpa Gohan at 2:30:00 '"He's the Ghost'"

Dbza will always be one of my favorite versions of the story lol it was done so well its just.... *perfect*

2:44:15 for context tambourine was one of the spawns of king piccolo (technically making him piccolos brother) who killed Krillin in og dragonball

if they added yamchas dna into cell, cell would’ve won

Just found you guys a couple weeks ago and just finished the android binge. Perfect timing, happy to be a brand new billy! 😂

If I remember rightly cell was voiced by Damien Clarke in the original who voiced handsome Jack in borderlands 2

Gohan gets his brains from his dad. Goku is a genius, but all his intelligence was put into fighting and training

1:25:09 i LOVE how much animosity Vegeta holds towards #18 since she broke both his arms and humiliated him in battle 😂

Lol, at 3:00:13 They're vibing to Lazy Town (A kid's TV program from ages ago) music and they don't even know it. That's the genius of music.

Jimmy Firecracker: “By the way, does the fat green one come back? Because he was pretty funny.” Cell: “Psh, I wish!” It makes it even funnier when you realize Takahata, Cell’s VA, also voiced Lord Guru

Also a TLDR to something they never really talk about in even the canon of 2:40:50 or so... Cell would know the parts he wasn't there for because these characters can often read minds. I always figure at this point that it was a reference to how the canon timeline seemingly ABANDONS mindreading for the Dragon Team after Namek, with only Gods like the Supreme Kai using it in the Buu Saga onward. Even though realistically, they could just be doing this the entire time. It doesn't exactly take physical contact; that's more if you aren't adept, or if your mind is in distress, like when Goku read Krillin's mind.

Yugioh the abridged series would be right up yalls alley.

I Just Loved that but at the start “Well good for you, your wrong” 😂

I just realized that there's also a solar flare image while Cell sings my way...bruh, knightmare fuel

1:57:14 Yes, that actually happened. It was during Goku's very first hunt for the dragon balls as a kid. Monster Carrot was a giant rabbit and mob boss that could turn people into carrots and eat them. Goku defeated him with his power pole and then used it to take him to the moon where he was forced to make treats for children for a year. However, the moon was then destroyed by Master Roshi to stop Goku when he turned into Oozaru during the World matial arts tournament.

Nappa being Mr. Satan's manager makes sense to me, considering how dumb he is regarding powers that are beyond his

Can we recognise how perfect the perfect cell song is.

If Cell didn't dodge the Final Flash, he would have died.

The disturbing thing isn't the clones its what does he does with the old ones once the new ones are ready? 🤔 I wonder if thats what the shotgun is for 🤔

"its hard to see this as a parody" and this is why Toriyama hated it

I'm only just making this connection now(in easily 50+ watchthroughs of Abridged), but I like how how they try to imply that 16 may never have given his speech to Gohan had Gohan chosen to wear a Gi like Goku's, because he hated orange so much.

This came at the perfect time

Literally just finished the Android Saga reaction and then yall dropped this 😂🤣🙌🏾💯

3:42:18 "they should have used this soundtrack in the actual show". They... they did. The original japanese dub had this song, it's named "Spirit vs Spirit". And it is substantially more emotional than the honestly crappy inner monologue Gohan has that takes away all the emotional buildup. *edit* regarding why they quit, it wasn't just the copyright nonsense. Well, it didn't help. But they were very burned out on the series. They were working on Bojack and had to shelve it because they couldnt get it to work. There was a fully year where they only had 2 or 3 episodes out (the semi perfect cell ones I think). And it took a full year to work on the final episode (which was essentially a feature-length film given its length). Also, they or at least Kaiser, strongly felt that this ending was about as good as it gets to end the series (and he only made 60-4 as a way to finish off remaining plot points and properly end the Cell saga). And finally they just were not major fans of the Afterworld Tournament, Gohan goes to Highschool, and the Buu saga. So despite initially saying "we will see you in season 4", they decided to just end the series where it did. Honestly, I feel it was a good call. As Lani puts it "I will be damned if we let DBZA turn into Scrubs season 9". And we got the Buu bits so, yay :) *edit 2* Oh wow I realised you guys missed the final episode of DBZA. Episode 60 had a 4th part, where Trunks returns to his timeline.

And about teleporting Cell to Kai's planet: Goku's Instant Transmission only takes him to places near people. He targets by sensing their energy. He can't just teleport to deep space unless there's someone there he knows. Hence, Kai.

Just thought about it, but Yamcha should be about as big a star as Hercule. Unless Baseball just isn't a big deal in the DBZ world. But in Japan it's a rather big deal. While Yamcha may be the weakest, he's had far more exposure than the others. Just would've been funny for them to acknowledge "even baseball superstar Yamcha is here to fight Cell" or something.

1:16:40 - Technically they covered it, just in clips and not full episodes. The videos are on their channel as compilations

I been sick at home all week and this brought me SO MUCH JOY 😂😂😂🙏

Saiyan's zenkai boost only works when they come back from close to death not just a bit beat up. Also at this point zenkai boosts are pretty insignificant boosts in power. Except later for cell when he blows himself up

Lol Kururin’s owned count also got inflated by Freiza, each time he thrusted the horn-repeat animation loop

It used to say to be continued in the buu saga at the end but they edited it out and then they posted a video saying that the Bojack movie was next, then post a video saying they weren't doing Bojack because they couldn't think of anything and then they said we aren't doing buu saga period. When people got upset and mad they posted video telling the fans that they don't give a shit about us and then took down the video after so many people started unsubscribing from their channel, my best friend was so upset from that video they post he had to be hospitalized and put under 48 watch, so it's a mix bag when I watch TFS now but I loved your reactions

What I compare dbz abridged to being to the original is like Ghost Stories made in the US compared to the one made in Japan (comical aspect not how different it is in quality). During the time of the cell saga and even the frieza saga it just is so good at making serious moments feel awesome and yet funny at the same time. Ghost stories was capable of making something into a comedy and actually being pretty good as well and I find it so damn impressive. They don't miss the marks with the character's personalities, they cut out a lot and still show so much, it's honestly my favorite thing to come back to every year because it's in a league of its own. It's like eating the best thing ever. Everything else doesn't feel like it can compare and it's just that meal you crave to have a 2nd time over, and then a 3rd, and so on.

To quote Einstein, Everyone's a genius, but if you judge a fish by it's ability to climb a tree, it'll live it's whole life thinking it's stupid, Goku might be simple but he's a fighting genius

For anyone who doesn’t understand the whole senzu bean stuff. Goku didn’t want cell to get desperate and blow up the planet after losing to Gohan therefore he powered him back up to further fuel Cells confidence we see that later on when Gohan starts toying with him and he gets desperate and almost blows up the planet. So to most it’s seen as a dumb move from Goku but it was all calculated even before fighting cell

You guys should watch DragonShortZ by TFS, their so funny. Also their HFIL series! They're both wonderful.

i do love how imperfect cell could go from crazy hilarious, to crazy creepy to crazy terrifying, lightning quick

Every single time I see that art of Android 16, I can't help but tear up. This series is such a masterpiece I think I've actually come to legitimately prefer it over the original. And that's no easy feat.

If u do the math Gohan is 10 to 11. 5 when the Saiyan's come few months later on name back to earth a year or so with Goku gone, so around 7 when trunks shows up, 3 years of training for the androids so around 10 and a year in the time chamber makes around 11

2:29:39 Not sure many people got the joke. Chichi keeps saying Go for ten! Goku's second son will be called Goten.

Damn it, you didn't get to see the epilogue. It was a perfect ending to the series, with one of the most fitting last lines ever.

3:00:00 I'm so happy none of them know what "We Are Number One" is lmao

During the commentaries, the transmission joke was the only one the creators said they wish they could've taken back (or at least reworded).

Imagine being Vegeta during this saga, gained super saiyan a few days ago and it's already obsolete

1:57:20 yes Goku did send a rabbit to the moon. It happened in Dragon Ball, not Z. Rabbit was part of a Mafia or something

When you realize Trunks could have blown up Android 18 right after he future kicks Cell. >.>

Everytime I watch the cell and trunks conversation about future gohan it gives me chills. Voice actor gives such good delivery

Team Four Star sure know how to make a damn fine transformative work.

In "DragonBall" Goku did send a rabbit to the moon with his power pole

Having grown up with this series since the namik saga, it always brings a tear to my eyes watching the ending again. Those guys at team four star poured their hearts into this series.

If you think about it cell became so much stronger than he was meant to be. He came from a weaker timeline (if we go by trunks observation that present androids are stronger than his) so in cells actual timeline his androids would have been weaker than the ones he absorbed making him much stronger than intended

1:15:52 this point made is extremely relatable. It does feel "natural", almost too "genuine" to be a parody, let alone fan-based. Funimation should EMPLOY team FourStar ❤

It's 100% better than the original, but we still deeply respect the original.

i love that gohan was studying. and said cells where boring to study. edit the linkin park stuff was cuz of that one video that blew up... it was an amv and it was the most fameous one at that.

That bit about sending a rabbit to the moon is actually true ol, it was like a manga only special chapter of Dragon Ball, back when he was a kid

8:33 blinded by the flies

Something I find funny about the whole “16 nuking cell” bit is that cell has the durability to survive planet shattering projectiles, yet it’s heavily implied that cell would have taken either massive damage or he would have died had the nuke gone off That or the radiation woulda gotten ‘em meruem style

That file video of android 16 is a great way to explain why 16 especially wants to kill Goku the most out of everyone.

Mr. Satan's first name is Mark, which in Japanese is Akuma (which means devil) with the letters rearranged. Hercule was strictly for the dub.

Please watch the HIFL series!

"This doesn't go past the Cell Saga does it?" About that... "Did he actually take him there?!" Yes, even in canon Goku took Cell to King Kai's planet and HE'S BEEN DEAD SINCE, in fact it's a running gag that whenever the Z fighters summon a dragon to revive people they ALWAYS forget about reviving King Kai

3:42:19 I love that they say it has a better soundtrack than the actual show but it is the actual soundtrack (kinda, cover) from the japanese version.

also yeah the actor for nappa. goku. and vegeta? or piccolo got voices for xenoverse :D and best of all. the nappa voices make stuff like destructo disk to pizza! or double pizza, with extra crust. but my favourite is : makansapolous.

2:27:17 actually according to a toriyama review, neither are his real name, there just titles. His name is actually mark

2:19:22 i never realized the captions show what the hetap agent was saying

28:30 funny u can watch a halloween special that ends up there... its about krillin saving a wife and a kid.

Imagine how hard it was to watch the Abridged series as they released. I remember the trauma still from the last three episodes being so far apart

If you didn't know recent media/card games changed the terms for gohan recently with Kid Gohan-Kid Goham Teen Gohan-Youth Gohan and then Adult Gohan - Teen Gohan so it makes more scene

Been waiting for this one😂 I always found it quite cool that the TFS VA for cell sounds hella like the one from the OG dub

"And he sent a rabbit to the Moon!" This is in reference to the very beginning of Dragonball [Issue 2; Chapter 7], after Bulma met Goku and Oolong, they started their adventure, and came across a town plagued by the Rabbit Mob. Bulma, at the time, was wearing a bunny suit [like a Playboy bunny] and this town was terrorized by a rabbit-man [named Monster Carrot; he could turn anyone into a carrot with the touch of his hand]. Long story short, Goku sent him and his henchmen to the moon to make marshmallow treats for children [presumably for eternity]. Yeah. After writing it out, it's very farfetched.

They did kind of cover the Buu saga with the “Buu Bits” little mini series, they basically just took a bunch of moments and made like 30 sec-2 minute clips through the whole thing, it’s pretty funny!

I'm still so impressed by Takada101 singing of My Way in Cell's voice, to sing it that well in another voice is absolutely crazy

I never noticed before but the music playing when they cut to kami house 11:47 is chemical bomb by the aquabats an awesome band