#inspired by dragon ball abridged

[gothamite-rambler]

"Stop treating me like Gohan!" Jason shouted avoiding a baseball to the eye.

Bruce: Dodge!

Bruce tossed a soft ball toward Jason, aiming for his arm, hoping he’d catch it.

Jason: Dodg—SHIT!

The ball struck Jason's arm, making him wince in pain as he gripped it, glaring at Bruce in annoyance.

Jason: Remember when we talked about Dragon Ball Z and the abridged series back when I used to train with you as a kid?

Bruce: Yes. We should definitely watch that show again.

Jason: Exactly! So yelling "dodge" without any context is not a warning! It’s not like I’m expecting you to throw a soft ball at my arm—or a book—or that weight that one time!

Bruce (nonchalantly): But you never got seriously hurt.

Jason (raising his voice): I’m not Gohan!

Bruce: True, but Gohan is a strong fighter. The dodging clearly worked for him, and it can work for you too.

Jason (in disbelief): Oh my God, that’s your takeaway from this?

Bruce threw another softball at Jason.

Bruce: Dodge!

Jason caught the ball with his good arm, gripping it enraged.

Jason: Stop throwing baseballs at me, Piccolo!

Bruce (calmly): Then dodge, Gohan. You caught that, you have to dodge it.

Frustrated, Jason angrily threw the softball he was holding at Bruce, but the man easily sidestepped the oncoming object. He crossed his arms, smugly.

Bruce: See? Not that hard. You didn’t even need to say the word. Good job.

Jason: Okay, how the hell did you dodge like that? I hate this word!

Bruce (calmly): I’m Batman.

With that, he walked out of the Batcave, leaving Jason standing there, bewildered by his response.

Jason: That’s not an answer, you lazy ass!

Rubbing his bruised arm, Jason grumbled under his breath.

Jason: Sometimes it’s frustrating to be his son.

[jacquelinemerritt]

Dragon Ball Z: Abridged Episode 46 Review

Originally posted May 20th, 2016

Back to action-comedy at last.

“Percussive Maintenance” is a fairly straightforward episode of Dragonball Z: Abridged; it focuses on a single battle while cutting between various “B-stories” happening simultaneously, and it’s a prime example of just how entertaining Team Four Star’s work is when they’re in their comfort zone. There’s never a dull moment in this episode, and that’s because even the cutaway gags play to the strengths of the creators, as each involves some form of bickering, which Team Four Star has been excellent at since the beginning.

Their ability to balance all four stories in “Percussive Maintenance” shows how much they’ve grown as creators too; when compared to the fifth episode, “Vegeta: Kills Bugs Dead,” which I described as “too disjointed to clearly follow” and having “no real thematic or tonal connection” between its stories, “Percussive Maintenance” manages to keep a consistent tone throughout the entire episode and connect each story to a singular goal.

The consistent tone is achieved through the constant presence of bickering,1 and the stories each are all connected by a desire to stop the Androids and Cell: Bulma develops the remote detonator to destroy the Androids, Krillin and Yamcha argue against Tien, who wants to join Piccolo in the fight against Android 17, and Goku chooses to wait at the Hyperbolic Time Chamber so he can jump in and train as soon as Vegeta and Trunks are finished (to be able to defeat the Androids).

This episode also engages in a bit of meta-criticism as well, subtle though it may be, during Piccolo’s fight with Android 17. As he and the Android lock arms and scream into each other’s faces we cut back to Android 18, who complains about how useless their posturing is, and later, when the two of them are trading blows to the chest, she laments how much stupider their battle has become as we see them making anatomically impossible indentations in each other’s chests.

18’s comments are pretty clearly a criticism of the original series, which is notorious for including way too much screaming, posturing, and ridiculous/pointless violence, but it also serves the actual story too, as Cell shortly shows up and proves that Piccolo and 17 have done nothing more than waste their stamina on each other.

Rating: 4/5

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Stray Observations

1Fun fact: a lot of screenwriting books and teachers would tell you that leaving your characters to bicker is a terrible decision that isn’t going to help your story at all, but it works incredibly here because the bickering is not only entertaining dialogue on its own, but also rooted in character. Team Four Star also proved, way back in the eighth episode, that bickering can be an effective way to establish character too; we learned a hell of a lot more about our cast as Vegeta and Nappa argued with our heroes than we did from most anything in the seven preceding episodes. Take note, aspiring screenwriters.

This episode contains a number of clever cuts where one character will say something in one scene and have their thought continued by a different character in another scene, and I have to wonder if Team Four Star was drawing on Archer for inspiration here, as that’s a technique that that show has basically perfected.

Android 16: “I have spotted a pelican. So maje-*squawk* So majes-*squawk* Majesti-*squawk* That is a big bird.”

Goku: “We have to wait for Trunks and Vegeta to come out of the Hypertonic Lion Tamer.” Mr. Popo: “That one was on purpose.”

Dr. Briefs: “You can’t kidnap an orphan; they weren’t wanted in the first place.”

Dr. Briefs: “Gero puts explosives in strangers and that’s fine, but I want to do it to my children and your mother gets all uppity!”

Yamcha: “I’ve been stabbed and blown up, and left by the only girlfriend I ever had!” Krillin: “Same, but when my girlfriend left me, she took all of my money. When yours left, she took all her money.” Roshi: “Gonna need a Senzu for that one.”

Nail: “Why are you back-flipping?” Piccolo: “To gain some distance.” Kami: “You can fly!”

Yajirobe: “Why are you mad, the eggs weren’t even that good!” Dr. Briefs: “Most of those weren’t meant to be eaten that way!” Okay, so if those eggs are clones of his wife, how did he mean for them to be eaten? I am rather disturbed by the implications here (in a good way).

[kingoftherose]

I love DBZ abridged it's probably my favorite show of all time. I wanted to put out there that the phrase "There's no point in being afraid of the inevitable" has gotten me through more things in my life than any parent or therapist has said to me. If you feel that failure is inevitable, that doesn't mean there's no point in trying. It means that losing is guaranteed, so you might as well try for a miracle.

[jasper-pagan-witch]

For the AMA: What cartoons/shows did you enjoy as a child? Who were your favorite characters, and what archetypes do they represent?

Ooo, I like this question very much. I enjoyed many cartoons and shows as a kid, but of course my mind is blanking on them now that I'm actually answering this question. Of course, the vast majority of my favorite characters were from video games instead of cartoons, but...

Some of my favorites growing up were definitely Toph Beifong from Avatar: The Last Airbender (who frankly needs no introduction), Scorm from LEGO Legends of Chima (my insane little scorpion guy, I love him so much, he's so fucking stupid and needs anger management classes), Arcee from Transformers Prime (I stan women who are allowed to be badass), and...you know what, I'm gonna count Dragon Ball Z, I liked Vegeta a whole lot.

Toph is the incredibly powerful character with a severe drawback - you know, being blind and all. As someone who wears glasses and whose vision is only getting worse, I adore the fact that her disability didn't disappear or was magically cured.

Scorm is the archetype of the flat, 2D villain who does evil for evil's sake, because the Chima show was...pretty meh with writing when Scorm finally came around. But I love him very much regardless, to the point where I'm writing an entire fanfic series about him having his debastardization arc.

Arcee is the archetype of a female character who's had to become more stern and serious around her male coworkers (the rest of the Autobots), which admittedly isn't the best trope, but Little Jasper adored her growing up because I live in rural Missouri, where misogyny is still alive and well (unfortunately).

And Vegeta is...Vegeta. You need to understand, Little Jasper only had season 2 (part of the Namek arc) and season 4 (part of the Android arc) of the Dragon Ball Z Abridged series and only found out other information by looking up fanfiction and fan wikis on their 3DS. Little Jasper was grasping at STRAWS for information. But Vegeta is a major dick and Little Jasper found that to be very inspiring.

Thank you so much for sending this in! Sorry it took me a hot minute to get to it!

~Jasper

[canadiankazz]

WoD Month of Darkness 2024

6, 7, 8. Inspired by a video game, a book and a song.

As a Storyteller as well as a player, I've made vampire characters based on Dead by Daylight and other horror franchises. For example, I've made Trapper into a Nosferatu and Michael Myers into a murderous Malkavian. I also based characters off of Maladict, the vampire from Pratchett's Monsterous Regiment, and Silas from Gaiman's The Graveyard Book. I've made several vampire play lists, including one for Talon. Part of Talon's inspiration was the song Mack the Knife. Also This Is The New Shit by Marilyn Manson.

Talon's other inspirations were Laura/X-23 from the X-Men, Furiosa from Mad Max, Prince Vegeta from Dragon Ball, and Alucard from Hellsing. I would sometimes wear a T4S Hellsing Abridged shirt to games where I played Talon that said "Bitch, I eat people!" on it. It captured their personality perfectly.

[scumbag-the-hedgehog]

Making this reminded me how incredibly fucked up my son is, how he is constantly teetering between becoming "slightly better" and "significantly worse," and how his central characteristic is that he is incapable of defining himself except in relation to others.

Inspiration List:

Vegeta (Dragon Ball Z, especially the Abridged version)

The Monarch (Venture Bros)

Caliborn (Homestuck)

Macaque (Lego Monkey Kid)

The Joker (DC Comics, specifically Alan Moore's interpretation)

Beach Ken (Barbie 2023)

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[galaxa-13]

So I somehow got into the rabbit hole of watching reaction videos to Dragon Ball Z Abridged.

It surprises me how many people have not seen the original Dragon Ball Z or even just Dragon Ball. I remember not actually liking Dragon Ball Z all that much (which is why I seem to have gravitated to the abridged version for actual entertainment) and the only part I did like was the part the creators of DBZA stopped before (the Buu arc). Meanwhile I really enjoyed original Dragon Ball.

Just... going on adventures through this weird world loosely inspired by Journey to the West was a lot more entertaining than endlessly screaming and fighting stronger and stronger intergalactic foes. Then finding out that some of the creators of DBZA didn't really watch original Dragon Ball either? It's wild to me.

[prometheusunitr-66y]

The gods aren't dead, they're depressed af and self medicating. I met Zeus - he's sitting on his beanbag throne and vaping. Calls himself a "cloud chaser" and chuckles at his own joke. Poseidon is watching the episode of Dragon Ball Z Abridged where Aquaman suggests using whales over and over, and cry/laughing. Hades is popping Xanax like they're precious gemstones while he sits in a group therapy session called "You Can't Always Get What You Want - And That's Okay", being led by Dionysus.

Hestia is trying to sell yet another house to a worthy family and getting outbid by a corporation.

Ares is that one kid who got to eat ice cream and gummy bears for dinner and now has a tummy ache.

Aphrodite is streaming. She's playing the Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim and getting pissed at Dibella for "getting it wrong".

Apollo is manic (no you moron THIS is how you wear a mask get it RIGHT) and depressive (they won't even pay their creatives, they're a lost cause).

Athena is on the picket line with the teachers.

Hephaestus really got into video games. He inspired Todd Howard in the creation of The Elder Scrolls. He got Dibella wrong on purpose - he loves his wife and happily supports her interests, but she could still stand to be taken down a peg from time to time.

Hera invented the martini and she'd like to see YOU do better when all you have are olives, olives everywhere.

Artemis has a biker gang. She's doing ok.

[gothamite-rambler]

"Why does he keep aiming for that spot?!"

Batman lay face down on the ground, groaning in pain. His groin throbbed painfully from two brutal kicks delivered by Lex Luthor's nearly steel-toed boot, nestled within that ridiculous suit of his.

Superman stood nearby, sympathetic to his friend's plight but secretly grateful it wasn’t him on the receiving end.

Superman (comfortingly): So, uh, you doing okay, B?

Batman: He kicked me in the groin twice with that damn suit. You think I'm doing okay?

Superman: It can't be that bad, can it?

Batman growled in response, still writhing in discomfort. He was familiar with the idea of turning pain into strength, but this was an entirely different matter. Lex relished seeing the caped crusader in such distress.

Lex: Ah ha! Look at me, I've got the upper hand on Batman!

Superman (pointing at Batman): All you’re doing is kicking him in the crotch! That’s a low blow, literally!

Batman (deadpan): I hate you right now for saying that. And I hate Lex for putting me through this.

Lex: Well, that's what he gets for thwarting my plan to eliminate you! He’s lucky all I did was kick him where it hurts. With a limp dick like that, I can’t imagine he gets much action anyway.

Batman groaned and struggled to his feet. Fueled by frustration, he lunged at Lex, but the villain seized his fist and swiftly delivered a third kick to his groin. Batman whimpered and fell forward.

Batman (with a heavy sigh, fighting back tears): Oh God, that hurt even more than the first two!

Superman (glaring at Lex): Dude seriously, knock it off! That's the lowest type of fighting. I rephrased it for you, best buddy.

Batman (weakly, eyebrow twitching): Don't call me that while we're in the middle of a fight!

Lex: You’re losing this fight, Batman. You’re so stubborn—just stay down, you weak beta! Unlike me and my super suit!

Batman rose to his feet once more, refusing to give up, which made Superman groan in embarrassment as he shielded his eyes. Lex retaliated with a punch that sent Batman sprawling backward. Undeterred, Batman charged again, only to be knocked down once more. Superman quickly sidestepped, narrowly avoiding a collision with Batman as he crashed to the ground for the second time.

Superman (frustrated): Batman, can we team up to fight him already?!

Batman (on his knees, gasping): Just... give me a minute.

Lex (annoyed): Ugh, he is persistent.

Superman: You have no idea. He’s actually a really decent guy once you take the time to know him.

Lex: Doubtful.

Superman: He’s usually calmer than this, but you did insult some of his family. That’s a sensitive topic for him.

Lex (uninterested): Don’t care, Superpussy.

Superman rolled his eyes. Batman, clearly in agony, mustered the strength to spring to his feet one last time, but it quickly became apparent that Lex was enjoying this brutal exchange as he kicked him in the crotch for a fourth time. Batman was regretting not adding a codpiece to his suit.

Superman: Can we call for a time-out before he makes himself infertile?

Lex laughed and, with a triumphant nod, walked away. Superman approached Batman, who lay on the ground, desperately trying to suppress his screams.

Of course! Here’s the revised version with "dick" included:

Batman (pained confusion): He keeps kicking me in the dick—why? Why does he keep kicking me in the dick?!

Superman: He just doesn’t like you. Welcome to the Lex Club. But I think I have a good idea.

Batman (with fierce indignation): If you suggest you hit him really hard, I swear I’ll kick you in the dick with kryptonite shoes!

Superman: Well, we could... hit him really hard—

Batman growled in pain, doubled over.

Superman (nervous smile): Together?

Batman (with reluctant resignation): Whatever.

--- Three hours later ---

Wonder Woman laughed hysterically as Batman, now out of his suit, iced his groin while lying flat on the floor. Unfortunately, the ice didn’t take away the pain.

Batman (groggy): This is not funny!

Wonder Woman: I’m sorry—no, I’m not! I can’t believe he kept targeting your crotch. Why didn’t you stop charging at him after the second kick?

Batman (weakly): Because the Batman doesn’t go down easily!

Wonder Woman: Or because you’re the type of man to engage in a dick-measuring contest with a villain. And he wasn’t even one of yours!

Her laughter only intensified as Batman scowled, frustrated that she had a point. He certainly didn’t want Lex to get away with his jibes about Nightwing.

Wonder Woman: What happened to your pre-planning?

Superman: He was pretty enraged, to be honest. But at least we finally took him down together. I told you hitting him really hard would work!

Wonder Woman (still chuckling): I love that you risked your normal bathroom habits and the chance of having kids just because you didn’t want to let Superman help you.

Batman remained silent, choosing to lay there, engulfed in both pain and embarrassment.

[jacquelinemerritt]

Dragon Ball Z: Abridged Episode 42 Review

Originally posted April 1st, 2016

A reflection on my love for this series.

“Fear and Loathing in Ginger Town” is the episode that inspired me to review Dragonball Z: Abridged.

So naturally I think it’s pretty good.

But before I get into why I think it’s the best episode of theirs I’ve reviewed to date, I want to talk about how it inspired me to think critically about this series. Before I saw this episode, I was an invested, but ultimately passive, viewer of the show. I liked the show for two reasons: it was genuinely funny, and it helped me get through an incredibly dark time in my life. I got introduced to Dragonball Z: Abridged by a friend1 when I was coming out of the destruction of my closest friendship (which was entirely my fault), and he showed me The Christmas Tree of Might and sold me on the series.

I was hooked from the get-go (to the point where I didn’t even really notice season 1’s flaws), and DBZA served as one of the few sources of relief I had from the pain I was experiencing. I could watch episodes of the show and get a much needed laugh, all in a show that wasn’t afraid to be funny in the face of death, destruction, and melodrama. To say that the show saved me would be a bit of an overstatement, but it helped me to survive, to cope long enough to work my way into a better place.2

That is the reason that I love this show, but what inspired me to review it was the depth of Piccolo’s confrontation with Kami. It was at this point that the show first impacted me emotionally, as these two Namekians clash and Kami is forced to come to terms with his own mortality. He sees a world on the brink as an old man and questions his place above it, his place as an ineffectual guardian whose only remaining purpose is to surrender his body to his “son” so that he might have a chance at saving the world. When Kami grips his staff and says “I’m done anyway,” he is coming to a dark and somber recognition that the world he’s sworn to protect is better off without him, and that sacrificing his own agency is the only way he can do any good for anyone anymore.

That depth showed me that there was something more to Team Four Star’s storytelling; that this show was not just a series of clever jokes, but an exploration of the themes of heroism and power in its own right. From there, I began thinking about the way this show inverted tropes and did its best to inject good representation of women and members of the queer community, even if it stumbled occasionally (see: Dodoria).

I also began to think about how the show investigated the questions left open by the original, and how it made much more explicit the subtext and relationships between the characters (such as Gohan’s horrible relationship with his father). The depth in their conversation inspired the lines of questioning that have led to every single review in this series,3 and I probably would have never taken up this line of criticism if they hadn’t done such a damn good job with it.

The rest of the episode is naturally excellent as well. Unlike the last two episodes, where everything was essentially character-driven shuffling of characters, this episode actually sees our characters more directly advancing the story. Gohan and Trunks embark on an investigation of an abandoned time machine, and Gohan gets to be an adorably effective detective, solving mysteries and searching for clues.

Krillin spends most of his time at Kame House expounding on his love for Android 18, proving himself to be equally adorable and refreshingly respectful (especially when contrasted with the delightful douchebaggery of Master Roshi). And then there’s the very end of the episode, and its introduction of Cell, who enters singing “Mr. Sandman” and calling Piccolo his friend. His introduction is beautifully sinister, and Takahata101 makes it absolutely clear that this guy is not only the creepiest motherfucker alive, but the most fearsome villain we’ve seen yet in the series.

Rating: 5/5

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Stray Observations

1It’s probably worth noting that the friend who introduced me to DBZA was actually affected by the fallout, and would’ve been within their rights to not spend time with me. They were far more gracious than I deserved, and to this day I’m still really thankful for that.

2The show also helped me through a number of different hard times after that, and it was, for a while, the show I’d binge as a pick-me-up whenever I was feeling particularly down.

3Originally, the idea was to attempt to coalesce all of these ideas about the changes made by Team Four Star into an academic paper that’d critically explore the value of their revisions. But you can’t say “hella” in an academic paper, and reviewing these individually has honestly been much more rewarding in the long run.

“You blonde bimbo, you get back here this instant!” *Car backs up* “Oh no, n-no, n-n-n-no!”

Trunks: “Well, I suppose you take a lot after your father.” Gohan: “In what regard?” Trunks: “You’re the strongest, bravest warrior on the planet.” Gohan: “Okay good.”

Gohan: “Ooh, a mystery! I never get to solve mysteries, like Sherlock Homes or Batman! Usually we’re just fighting people. Like Bruce Lee. Or Batman!”

Gohan: “Whatever shot the canopy, came from the inside!” Trunks: “So what does that tell us?” Gohan: “That the blast came from the inside…”

Bulma: “As the daughter of the world’s leading class scientist with doctorates in both bioengineering and evolutionary biology, I can only deduce that this is a mutant coconut!���

Trunks: “Well at least one of use is having fun with this.” *Bulma makes Pac-Man noises with the egg* Trunks: “Two of us.”

Roshi: “So there’s a hot one now?” Krillin: “Oh yeah, like you wouldn’t believe. Her eyes are this beautiful piercing blue, her confidence is stunning, and she does this adorable little thing with her hair where she brushes it out of the way-“ Roshi: “Fantastic! How’s the rack? What are we talking here, apples, oranges, melons?” Krillin: “Is that really important?” Roshi: “Yes!”

Gohan: “I think I found a clue! Either that or a record setting cicada. I’m okay with both actually.”

Trunks: “Long shot, but you wouldn’t happen to carry hand sanitizer on you, would you?” Gohan: “Do, do you not?”

I swear, that reporter sounds just like Futurama’s Richard Nixon.

“I can’t say for certain how they disappeared, however, recreational marijuana use was recently legalized in the region, so I believe we can all come to the same conclusion.”

Krillin: “Oh hey, Gohan, do you like mysteries?” Gohan: “Do I!?”

Piccolo: “Goku doesn’t even look after his own kid! I look after his kid more than he does!”

Kami: “I’m sure you’re familiar with the technique. Now, lower.” Piccolo: “Yeah, not falling for that.” Kami: “I didn’t think so.”

Korin: “Well I know someone who’s not getting invited to Sunday Brunch. Oh, who am I kidding, we like him.”

“Now the libs are surely gonna shout ‘racism’ over this one, but this is just what happens when you elect a dog as king!”

[clownkiwi]

anyways, when it comes to akira toriyamas work, i dont think his first work of mines ive ever been a fan of was dragon ball. when i was like 9-10 i remember kids on the playground were like. OBSESSED with the show. ive known people throughout my life that were big fans. but if anything, my first work of his i enjoyed was only work he contributed character designs for, and that was dragon quest

dragon quest 9 specifically. it was something that felt like what all the kids at school were gravitating towards, but for me. i was just a huge fan of the character creation & class system in that game. i can attribute dq9 for my specific love of squaresoft rpgs, even squenix rpgs from the 2000s. dragon quest 9 would have to have been like. the 2nd or 3rd rpg i ever played on my ds after mario & luigi: bowsers inside story & pokemon heartgold. but i feel comfortable enough to say my gravitation towards the dragon quest series would have to be by akira toriyamas fun and cute & cool designs he's attributed to the franchise since day one back in 1986

it wouldnt be until high school that id become a dragon ball head (after having been acquainted with the series through teamfourstar's dbz abridged & dbs airing on toonami at the same time) that i would totally understand how much the series means to so many people and how much it influenced media over the last 30 years. i wouldnt be lying if i said dbz's fights or forms (as well as sonic's inspired forms) has influenced plans/plotlines/designs for my old/unfinished webcomic, superlove.

he has certainly touched my imagination & was definitely a major figure of inspiration when it came to my works, and i wouldnt wanna thank him more. if it werent for me being a dragon ball fan, then i wouldnt have met my current girlfriends, and i thank you very much, akira toriyama, for helping me meet people in my life that i love everyday of the years forever

[the-firebird69]

Dragon Ball Z Abridged: Episode 60 - Part 1 - #DBZA60 | Team Four Star (...

this is the style and you all use it are absurd. infight constantly.  and macs too. no.  you dont see them. so you see what we found your not bright use us and till y ou are out gone.  and shall and w es ay ok you serve them and yu hate it but do it.

are entrained

Thor Freya some go for the ships more shortly

tons to the uk to fight for it. tons.  and huge armies shortly adn shall beat up bja and he shall respond and die.  tons of times. here.  and others too. and over it.

and then this. the shoips launch they watch it ad use it.  and they shall try for ours. and we shall kill most of them yes.

we anticpate a launch of size shorlty adn will inspire.  and show them ok. and tons of them shall see small tommy f ships hit the empire fleets hard not psuedo empire. well ok shall hit them. and weaken them too. tons of times.

Thor Freya

Olympus

Zues Hera

 it is not for all no and he sits like he shoould good

stan

we need it he has to and does. so. we see.

sherry

[ardyartblog]

A drawing of my bud MugiMikey chilling with Krillin or Kuririn from Dragon Ball Z. Was inspired to draw this while watching some Dragon Ball Z Abridged.

[travelers-of-the-multiverse]

(Reyna turning counting insults into a game reminds me of Freeza from Dragon Ball Z Abridged. XD )

(That was actually my inspiration for that. It was a funny idea IMO, and one I'd like to see others do for their characters.)

[howlingday]

My intention is in general, though I can understand your confusion.

Freeza has an interesting history with me, starting when I was a kid playing with my best friend's DBZ fighting game. I saw Frieza and I thought, "Huh, who's that bald chick?" The next time I saw the intergalactic space emperor in an impactful way, it was in the ever famous Dragon Ball Z Abridged by TeamFourStar, who managed to make him this very effeminate but still very dangerous threat to be stopped. Also super racist.

Looking at Freeza now, with a much more aware understanding of what kind of villain he is, I can see why people are so fascinated by him to the point that he keeps coming back. From his sinister inspirations to his mysterious origins to the full weight of just what his presence meant for Dragon Ball as a whole, Frieza just stands at the top as one of the greatest villains in anime, if not all of storytelling.

Who's the best villain?

In rwby, Or in general?

Cause my favorite all time favorite villain is freeza, but if we're talking rwby um i'd have to say my favorite is tyrian because he so much fun