New shirts and hats! sharkrobot.com/collections/te... Freeza's sass meets Goku's dumb-er...you know the rest. DBZA Episode 28: • DragonBall Z Abridged:...
I love the simple idea of an articulate, refined villain growing increasingly frustrated as his beautifully crafted threats and one-liners are wasted on an innocent, cheerful hero who just simply doesn't get them.
The first episode where I don't cringe at my Goku voice no more. Also in the earlier episodes, I think I was TRYING to NOT sound too similar to Gohan so the bass was kinda there to compensate. Now I don't need that no more!
My wife and I just started a rewatch and at episode 3 she said "Man I love Goku's voice actor so much." We both quote your inflections and tones in your delivery a looooot.
Even in the original dbz I never managed to see goku as anything related to smart. Its true he had the occasional good idea but I dont feel that was something that was carefully planned and then executed it was more like he felt it out and it worked and sometimes it doesn't
When you think about it, Frieza really is the lord of disrespect because between the king, the planet, and now the prince, he killed Vegeta three times over.
I love how Frieza getting the chance to finish saying "Kaio-What" is not only the point in the series where kaioken stopped being relevant, but also the point in the series where "Kaio-what" ended as a joke
I always liked how Freeza actually getting to say "Kaio-what?" without interruption put a nice capstone on that joke and it was then retired with grace, Death Battle notwithstanding.
I think a nice one if they ever do more could be when he went super saiyan kaioken in other world against pikon And simply says super kay-o-ken causing king Kai to say “super what!?” Just a nice switch up on the joke
@@Praisethesunson Death Battle is a long running internet series looking into 2 different characters and deciding who would win a battle to the Death. The episode in question was their episode Goku vs Superman, where MasakoX voices Goku and the refer to that “Kaio-what?” Joke in the episode.
Vegeta's "NOOOooo!" is still one of the funniest lines because there's so much emotion behind it that didn't need to be there, but the fact that it is makes it about 100x better.
As a kid, I actually remember the reveal that Goku had been using the Kaioken the whole fight. It hit me hard because the whole time kid me was going "I can't wait til Goku uses the Kaioken. That'll show Frieza" So learning that the Kaioken had been useless was a little devastating to child me.
That felt like a huge asspull from Toriyama to speed through the fight. Refusing to show us the kaio-ken's aura just so he can pull the rug out from under you and be like "actually he's been using it the whole time!" Like 🥷 what?
@@fiddlesticks7245to be fair, toriyama only had his hands in the manga, where its just black and white, meaning no one could really know if he was using kaioken or not. The anime i think did more of the asspull, since they just showed scenes from before then adds in the kaioken aura, and toriyama isn't really responsible of how the anime portrays things
@@kal973 Toriyama constantly drew Goku using the kaio-ken and having a distinctive aura around himself when he used it. He did that for Goku VS Nappa, VS Vegeta, when he shows his power level to Ginyu, and when he tries the x20 Kamehameha on Freeza. What you said is wrong, especially as Toriyama was so slow that the anime more than caught up with him and was doing the Goku VS Freeza fight BEFORE Toriyama made the "he's actually been using the kaio-ken this whole time!" bullshit. Don't blame the anime, they were working with what Toriyama gave them in the manga.
Masako really did a great job with Goku / Gohan. Dubs tended to go "Japanese Clark Kent" with a deep booming chad voice, whereas Japan made Son Goku a playful childish trickster like... well, like Sun Wukong. He was really able to somehow capture the best of both worlds, in no small thanks due to the writing. This Goku isn't an embodiment of justice, or kung fu monkey goblin, he's a moron and a fighting savant.
Yeah, it’s an underrated art but it always sorta bums me out when a specific voice portrayal of a character gets so big that all va’s just try to do an impression of that voice rather than their own spin on things It especially wounds characters like Harley Quinn in most modern media Makes me so glad that her new show didn’t just feature an actress try and force herself to twist her voice into something that it just isn’t and makes a forced corny accent. I ADORE shit like steve blums ver of goku or the martin burke OVA version of sonics voice
What does bothers me is that adult Gohan and Bardock also have the same voice, despite having very different personalities from what you described. Did puberty just skip all three of their throats?
20:59 is probably my favorite joke in Season 2. Idk why, it just kills me the way Frieza doesn't even respond, he just lurches forward, almost like he's trying to assess exactly HOW Goku can be this stupid, and the sound effect choice is just perfect.
It is a good one to be sure, but my favorite joke in Season 2 (and quite possibly the series as a whole) is when Vegeta and Zarbon are bantering and then Zarbon says “Alright Vegeta I’m going to be totally honest with you. This is sounding REALLY GAY.” So much about that just hit me the right way. The line itself, the characters, the delivery. Perfection.
I think the word you were looking for with Frieza is "novel". What Goku provided Frieza was a novel experience, something fresh and exciting. Frieza is so used to certain kinds of reactions that he keeps lengthy lists of cliche responses, but then along comes Goku and it like nothing else before.
The character writing from the Frieza + Ginyu force did it for me, but this definitely seals it. A far cry from the quality of Season 1, and I’m proud on that front alone.
Oh man, I came in to the series late. The first episodes I saw were when guru was introduced. When I went back to watch the rest of the series I was like "are these the same guys even..?"
5:56 this is why I love the Kai version of this moment. Where Z tries to make it so that Vegeta was made to be a killer because of Frieza, the Kai version is of Vegeta telling Goku to be ruthless and be a true saiyan or he will never be a super saiyan. Vegeta also uses his final moments to tell Goku what really happened to planet Vegeta and starts crying at “After we saiyans served him faithfully, and blindly followed his every last order he…he betrayed us; he disposed of our race like common trash, wiped us from existence.” Capping it off by begging Goku to kill Frieza before finally dying.
In the manga he only tears up for his last sentence, in the French translation it's something like "I beg you, kill Freeza. He must die at the hands... of a Saiyan..." ("Je t'en supplie, tue Freeza. Il doit mourir... des mains d'un Saiyan".) Great scene.
Yes, i also like KAI version of Vegeta better. American dub of DBZ made him an asshole, like when Nappa cuts Tien hand , Vegeta literally says " He s been disarmed" ( TFS took it straight, just adding reactions like wind whistle)
I kind of like how Goku's speech about Freeza being evil and murdering everyone feels kind of stiff. It's like Goku is so giddy about fighting Freeza that he has to verbally remind himself that Freeza is actually a monster and not just a challenge.
“You deserve a proper burial.” “Oh yes a ‘proper burial’. An unmarked grave on an empty planet in the middle of nowhere space… honestly I’d say it’s too good for him.” Hands down, my favorite quote in this entire episode 😂
The whole dynamic between Frieza and Goku in DBZA is what makes the whole "what does repugnant mean" joke from DBS Broly hit so hard for me. It seriously felt like the official dub taking a cue from you guys. It's one of my favorite moments from that movie.
If they actually made more Super Shorts with movies, DBZA Goku will misinterpret the word as "Impregnate", "Who's the daddy who put a baby in the planet, is it the old Saiyan or the big stronger one?" and Freeza won't correct it for him and respond to Paragus, "This is why I have to kill him...". Which makes the ending way funnier with him going to Vampa and gifted Broly and friends his "Baby Shower" gifts
In Vegetas defense he is a child soilder that never knew a moment of peace utill he came to earth. He's a monster, but he never really had room to grow out of it
That's basically society in a nutshell. Introduce them to violence, death and inflicting suffering since childhood so they grow up cynical, aggressive and callous. It took a years of getting humbled repeatedly and possitive reinforcement from actual genuinely good people to get him to let go of that conditioning enough for him to become a non sociopath (for the most part) and actually enjoy it
"Oh please, everyone is always on about the children. I already tried leaving THEM alive, but all they end up doing is growing under my rule or dedicating their pathetic lives to revenge. Usually both. Really, killing them is a kindness. I can retract that kindness if you like, but then whose the villain?" My favorite line from this episode because it says so much about Frieza
Freeza's "Are you real?" in response to Goku's comment about being dead is one of my favorite responses in this show, just the absolute bewilderment in his voice rules so hard lol.
Fun fact about the whole Kaio-Ken aura thing: they didn't want to break the reveal in the anime, so Goku's aura only turns red after King Kai says he's been using it the whole time, even though Goku's aura had been blue up to that point. I find this to be quite amusing.
I freaking love that even though Frieza has very witty and savage insults Goku just kills Frieza’s momentum with his stupidity. I think of it as like if Vegeta and Frieza were playing tennis and Frieza was dominating Vegeta, then Goku shows up and when Frieza serves the ball Goku catches the ball and starts playing basketball with it, then while yelling FOUR kicks it into a soccer goal and says TOUCHDOWN, just taking the wind out of Frieza’s sails.🤣🤣
The "Gerominoooo!" kick is honestly one of my favorite bits in the fight in terms of actual combat because they gave it just the right amount of force. Lingers on the kick for half a second, cuts to a literal single frame of Freeza flying through the air, and then BOOM, mountain! The visual and sound editing on it was top tier.
"Are you real?" Simple as this line is, it's always been one of my favorite Frieza lines. Like everything Goku says is more ridiculous/stupid than the thing before, so it's gotten to the point where Frieza's just staring in shocked bewilderment, legitimately wondering if he's hallucinating Goku. At least that's how I always took it, it's the look on his face as he says the line.
LittleKuriboh is amazing as Frieza *period* ,but I think that he arguibly shines the best in this final stretch of Season 2 The fact that you can just *hear* Frieza slowly losing his composure and patience with every sentence out of Goku's mouth is hysterical
@@warlordofbritannia Chuck is a woman though! Lol. Well, apparently to Zarbon. Regardless, we ain't sure what their name is. Frieza just assumed it was Chuck because he's a dick! 🤣😂🤣
I always thought the "are you coming on to me?" line was referring to the fact that Chi Chi is most definitely a sadist and he's just used to stuff like that being someone coming on to him
Lani making a pun and staring at Kaiser waiting for his response is the most real thing, and then when he doesn't get it he just plays it cool and let's it go that takes effort. If you see this Lani, I noticed the pun and I enjoyed it.
I think it was the Mr. Beef pun at the end of the video after Recoome strips. Mr. Beef is also the name of a Chicago Italian restaurant that inspired a TV show called "The Bear".@@elnumbrotres
@@the-nina-beans88 i think he called himself masako because he started to dub goku, so it's not a reference, he did just for that. plus in season 1 they had a small cast: if you need 1 person to voice piccolo vegeta and krillin...
@@valentds ntm masako wasn’t even gohans va in the first episode Its more of a happy coincidence that ties a nice little bow around things Anyone who remembers the early abridging/early voice acting era of the internet will tell you that pretty much everyone was playing everyone Unless you had a lot of money, tech, connections and networking skills; you were gonna be playing a LOT or characters yourself, most which don’t even fit your voice at all but someone had to do it. Case-in point: Kira buckland 💀 Or….just look up the full cast of Naruto Abridged-
Goku knowing at least that basic fact about bats actually makes sense when you consider he spent his childhood in the wilderness, meaning he'd probably encountered a few before.
It probably be amazing. The actress who voiced Tifa in the FF7 Machinabridged voiced kid Videl, so I can predict I can get a abusive/tsudere vibe from Abridged Videl.
I liked his roshi in season, and I think if there a dragon ball abridged I'd wanna hear it with his Roshi. (Just saying that as a hypothetical.) Lani has a great bombastic Roshi voice but I really do like hearing all of Masako's takes on the characters.
I always thought the reason Goku didn't react to the blast at Vegeta was because it caught him off guard. He was expecting Frieza to be focused on him, and didn't think about him finishing off a defenseless bystander.
"I thought you had it." "NAOOoo!" "Are you real?" "Good lord I traded Vegeta for this." "Piccolo should really have a talk with him." "He's has Bat-Vision!" "I miss Zarbon." "How do you function?!" "Are... you coming onto me?" "YoU'rE WELcome." "But can you block?" Just so many great, great lines in this episode.
And when you get down to it, if you’re being grappled by a far more powerful opponent, biting WOULD be your best tool in that instance. It’s effective AND hilarious!
I really like hearing you guys react to your own work. And don't be too hard yourselves. When I was a broke teenager living with people thanks to my drug addicted mom, Dbz Abridged Literally helped me get through those hard times. I would even go to the public library to watch dbz abridged
This episode easily has one of my favorite Kamehamehas by Lawrence. That combined with the Kaio-Ken was just amazing, it really showed how much he grew into the role.
My gran passed the other day and I was in a completely understandable catatonic state, going through the motions and processing stuff. This comes up in my subscriptions and I just have to have something going while I’m cleaning. And even though I knew the punchline and repeated it for years, the “rhetorical answer” gag was the first thing all say to make me bust out laughing uncontrollably, took me out of my shock. This stuff is still gold is all I want to say. Your writing and everyone’s delivery is still gold to this day.
Damn, my grandma slipped away...gracious, a month ago? Less? About four years after my grandpa, and I had swapped out with my dad to housesit with her, saw her off to the ambulance he called to get her checked out, and a week later, my dad back for the night after his daily time up with her at the hospital, we got the call. That absence is no doubt gonna hit as time goes on, but the world keeps turning all the same, so here's hoping we keep coming into more of this world to turn ourselves toward as we move along with it all.
Finding out that this infamous “remix” you guys refer to is the infamous “weeklytubeshow2” from my middle school days has brought me an insurmountable amount of joy and I thank you guys for doing this series as a huge fan
MasakoX is so good at doing both Goku and Gohan that I had no clue they were played by one guy until I read it somewhere but it also immediately made perfect sense.
That opening with "'Why didn't you block that one?' 'I thought you had it' 'NO!!!!'" landed this as my favorite episode right off the bat. Then Frieza bashing his metaphorical head against the brick wall of Goku's ignorance just kept cementing that fact.
I like to think that after escaping Freeza, the crab crawled to Vegeta, stuck to him for the longest time, then helped him achieve Super Saiyan much later
10:56 I appreciated moments like this in DBZA, there was a very infamous nightmare inducing animation error during the Android Saga - in DBZA it was literally reduced to one frame 😂
Might be my most watched episode of season two. The humor, the deliveries, the pacing, all of it is SO GOOD. In particular Goku using his instincts is my absolute favorite scene in this saga, and Vegeta's "NOOO"
On the subject of the anime's pacing, I think I made a note once of there being around nine minutes between Tenshinhan showing up and 18 leaving after Cell eats 17. She sits there and watches him put triangular pegs into square holes for most of that time. It's not just the filler and flashbacks that make it suffer; the pace of dialogue and simple interaction is glacial as well.
Which TFS does make a huge running gag out of in that fight. 18's continued presence on that island in canon can best be described as "because plot needs Cell to absorb her at the end".
It was early 2012 when a uni friend mentioned that DBZA was a thing. I binged episodes 1-27 in 2 days and from then on, I saw each episode as they premiered. Thanks for the memories!
Yeah Masako is good at making his Gohan and Goku sound different, I remember him doing that well in Kämpfer abridged as well when he voiced both male and female natsuru
The ‘Frozen Peas’ joke works on a multitude of levels. There’s the obvious bit (as was pointed out) regarding The Brain from ‘Animaniacs’ and how Maurice Lamarche nailed the Orion Wells connection. As Lani also alluded to, Lamarche also did a bit portraying the actual Orson Wells on ‘The Critic’ (criminally underrated show btw) using the exact same voice. The peak of all of this is in the ‘Animaniacs’ episode ‘Yes, Always’, (probably my favorite episode of the entire show) which features Lamarche as The Brain portraying Orson Wells while making the Frozen Peas commercial, an episode that had its genesis in the fact that Lamarche uses the whole Frozen Peas bit as his mic check for The Brain and the writers eventually just ran with it and built a whole episode around it. Probably nothing that everyone didn’t already know, but I just had to fangirl about that for a minute.
I thought the brain joke was a reference to when homer is looking for peanuts and finds $20. He’s upset but then his brain tells him he can get a lot of peanuts
i like it when you guys talk and discuss things around the episode a lot more than just watching the episode itself, don't be afraid to pause it! we're here for your commentary on things!
I've always appreciated how much the voice acting has come in this season if DBZA and I'm really happy to hear them compliment the performances. I'm sure they didnt expect to learn and grow so much from this silly project but they changed the game when it comes to abridged series. Thank you for giving us your all guys!
Loved how the freeza saga flowed in your series, this was definitely where I felt the story telling of the abridged series went up to a new high guys. Loved watching through these episodes.
When Freeza was drowning Goku and we heard the brain say 'frozen peas' I thought it was saying 'rest in peace '. It's like a misheard lyric and I cannot unhear the 'rest in peace' in my mind.
