Dragon Ball Z Abridged: Behind the Scenes | The Cell Saga

[@TotallyNotMark]

Special thanks to Team Four Star and Tom O'Regan for helping create this! And thank you all for watching!

[@TheRealGuywithoutaMustache]

Thank YOU for making this

[@Fallenecho45]

As someone who found you guys in 8th episode and hasn't missed one since. Thank you from the bottom of my heart for everything you gave us and thanks for showing us the thoughts behind your creative process. Thanks again for all the memories.

[@tyrano1982]

Thanks TFS, you are the damn best, I wish you all the best on your next projects!

[@themilkman5004]

WHY DID THIS MAKE ME CRY AT THE END !

[@NarniaJGC]

Mark, Are you planning to release the raw interview?

[@trailguidealex5010]

" trunks you can't fathom the amount of dead men behind me" That was one of the scariest and funniest lines I have heard

[@alexholker1309]

Agreed. The previous two lines are decent combat banter, but using them as a setup for *that* was amazing.

[@-_-murilo2865]

Takahata101 is just amazing

[@KissedByFire16]

with the musical sting as well, it's easily my favourite non-joke line

[@CornBreadtm1]

"Well, actually if you just calculate the amount of people on Earth verse your first forms initial movement speed then factor in the distance between each major settlement..." "NERD!!!"

[@markamanic]

Freeza: Ohoho, please. Give me some ideas.

[@PainCausingSamurai]

I love how Cells was a psychotic pervert through all three forms, he just gradually became more subtle about it.

[@Zombiewithabowtie]

"You all know what I'm about!"

[@alecazam6755]

I saw it as a way of evolving in terms of sophistication. At first he's a rapey animal Then he's a rapey thug Then he's the kind of guy who'd show up in a suit and rufee you.

[@daysand123]

@@alecazam6755 are you saying you wouldnt just let perfect cell shikebob you with his perfect tail?

[@thefullmetalass]

Alecazam ... I now want this.

[@kris8569]

@@daysand123 "SO handsome"

[@adriannaranjo4397]

"We have these characters, now lets let them breathe. Lets see what they can do and what they would do in these situations" *Immediately cuts to Vegeta throwing a tantrum*

[@Warrior_of_Fire]

Well, he wasn't wrong.

[@totalal4601]

WWVD = What Would Vegeta Do?

[@frankingy2008]

I wanna I wanna

[@westforlols1425]

@@frankingy2008 I WANNA BE A SUPER SAYIAN

[@SprinklesServant]

Haha 😂

[@EmperorSteele]

"You were hilarious, and we quoted everything you said" ...I almost made it through this without tearing up. Thanks, "Not Mark" =P

[@NoHandle44]

This is an extremely underrated comment.

[@corybolton7188]

dead ass Thanks #TFS you'll be missed!

[@NoHandle44]

Go to anyone DBZ OST and the comments will be quoting the abridged series.

[@dawill1657]

It almost went unnoticed by me until it hit me like a brick wall, and then I too teared up😭😂

[@phoebusapollo8365]

Time stamp?

[@JacobKaiju]

My favorite part is "What the Hell is a Kami?" "It means God, now bow!"

[@xNobodyOfConsequenceX]

That was peak Piccolo badassery for sure.

[@hardwirecars]

I see a light? WALK TOWARDS IT!

[@chrishowell6469]

I legit had to pause the episode at that point because I was overcome with awe. That line is up there with the best one liners I've heard. Seriously right up there with "Hasta La Vista, Baby" and "Get Away From Her, You BITCH!"

[@binhomeless1790]

Interesting how DBZA and Dragon ball as a whole both started as comedies and gag products that eventually grew into deeper stories

[@blueguygaming1330]

ka 8 I’m assuming by “deep” he meant “more complex”

[@absintchild]

@@rpllrp Its actually kind of a sptereotipical thing about DB nowdays, but its not true. The series itself tap a bunch of deep themes ad topic, have great life lessons and ispired by daoism, with great spiritual themes and winsdom. Its just do it more simple and easily understandable ways.

[@user-gk6nt5gi5n]

@@absintchild I'm here just to mention the god who turned into the universe's after he got sliced in half Or the tournament litteraly held because gods like earth food

[@theeverlastingman]

ka 8 dragon ball contains ancient themes and motifs that are invaluable and timeless.

[@user-gk6nt5gi5n]

@@absintchild I want u to explain one Give me an expamle Db can get deep but after cell everything kinda fell off

[@Riitje]

I am still positively one hundred percent convinced that the resurgeance of Dragon Ball nowadays is in very big part to Team Four Star. So many people, myself included, have regained their love for the franchise after it just being some awesome show from our childhood that was only really kept alive with the yearly games.

[@TortaHorta]

I whole heartedly agree. I will boldly claim that without DBZ abridged there is no DB Super

[@jackleveille9319]

Watching DBZ abridged actually made me want to watch the series proper.

[@marimason2939]

Jack Leveille tbh I was the abridged so much I forgot how the real characters personality and voices are like

[@yusukeurameshi9933]

@@TortaHorta Ahhahah man I love DBZA but you need to get real. Toei animation and Jump magazine don't give a flying fuck about the western market. What they offer and what they wanna do is capture the japanese market. They did super because DB was always super popular in Japan and the author (Toriyama) wanted to bring back in the spotlight what was lost with DBZ (characters and unique transformation, hence muten roshi having a significant role and getting rid of transformation to introduce the SSG). DBS was created because battle of god worked well and nothing more. Battle of God was released in 2013, back then DBZA was barely finished with Freeza arc and just started introducing future trunks.

[@yusukeurameshi9933]

@@zacharyearly4757 It didn't play any role. Supers goku is like this because DBS target young children from Japan (hence why it was aired at 9:00am in Japan). Manga and japanese animation never cared for what western country thought or loved. DBS was created because DB was always extra popular and battle of god worked so well.

[@Blazieth]

I won't lie, one of my favorite moments in the series is how they handled Gohan's SS2 transformation, and the leadup to it with Android 16. I left a big long comment about it on the video itself, but I *love* what they did with 16's peptalk to Gohan, turning it from a plea into a *savage* breakdown and beratement of Gohan, breaking down why he's in the wrong for refusing to fight, and putting the blame on *him* for having the power to end the threat (and Gohan KNOWS it), but refusing to act. Instead of feeling like Gohan's merely honoring 16's last request, Abridged 16 opens Gohan's eyes, and makes him realize *why* he needs to fight, makes him realize that he is, in fact, a worse person for having the power to do good, but selfishly refusing to use it.

[@thehomiedan6378]

This comment is perfect

[@tybuss6211]

Yeah that's why I liked it too it's not him honoring 16 it's 16 opening gohan's eyes to the ugly truth about himself he has the power to end this but he didn't

[@toddstone230]

Evil only triumphants when Good people stand around and do nothing. I love the theme here

[@Rodrigo_Apgaua]

And the buu saga ruins everything about it. It's so good they finished it on a high note.

[@jesseling6672]

@@Rodrigo_Apgaua on* but agreed.

[@TheodoricFriede]

Underrated line is Vegeta shouting "My baby boy!" when Cell kills Trunks. It is both funny, because its Vegeta is saying those words, but also extremely intense. In that moment he finally, truly, realizes that Trunks was his son, its his fault he's dead, and he will only die again when Cell destroys the planet.

[@sanderssides7390]

also, its the same thing king cold said when trunks killed freeza!

[@TheodoricFriede]

@@sanderssides7390 Ah! I never noticed that.

[@DemonSaine]

@@sanderssides7390 "Oh well you win some you lose some." XD

[@javalavadingdong]

I don't think he realises in that moment. I think he always loved Trunks deep down but never showed it and gave him a hard time because that's just how Vegeta is. It was the first time someone who he actually cared for got really hurt/killed causing that reaction from him.

[@hiero-green]

Another bit that's probably meant to be funnier than I take it is when, I believe Piccolo, says to Vegeta that they're going to bring back his "baby boy", and then flies off, leaving Vegeta to quietly mumble, "You fuckin' better." Like,, it's such a Vegeta moment with his petty bitterness, but something about that line always gets me -- there's no hint of comedy in his voice, there's no BGM, it's just Vegeta, in his Vegeta way, asserting that he better see his son alive and well on that lookout ;-;

[@Kaizo107]

You should be so god damn proud of that Video Killed the Radio Star scene, Kaiser. Even in this jokey-joke ridiculous show, that moment is chilling. Also Imperfect Cell is my favorite character in the whole damn thing.

[@mrquackadoodlemoo]

I literally grew up watching these guys. 13 then, 25 now. And it all started with a worried farmer concerned about his......patch.

[@Zombiewithabowtie]

You mean his carrot patch?

[@CriticalFeline]

@@Zombiewithabowtie yea

[@rajatahir2737]

Exact same ages as me man

[@1ULTRAKNIGHT]

I remember being a young boy trying to look up full episodes of Dragon Ball Z on KZbin. I was confused to hear Goku with such a higher voice than the FUNimation dub, and clicked off. By the time they hit episode 10, I properly began watching the show.

[@lastninja5]

I totally didn't realize I was 13 when this started. Like it just really hit home how big a part of my life this has been, and just how long they've been writing for this show. I'm sad to see them finish this but at the same time I couldn't imagine doing the same thing for 13 years.

[@JaxBlade]

8:23 HEY That DUDE Lives IN MY HOUSE!!!

[@mujahedawad]

You trained us well JaxBlade, but you didn't train us enough to handle all these feels 😭

[@MN_2003]

Yikes.

[@diamondgamebeats8826]

Help me

[@tobee_gamer5816]

Woah

[@vizualvibez9599]

JAXBLADE NO FRICKIN WAY!!!!!!!

[@DodgyDentist93]

I want another one of these where all the talk about is the Broly Movie they did. Just give me that

[@xman011101]

Enlightened Musket honestly, everyone like this so they see it

[@KevinGsWK]

Or just the process of the movies

[@MichaelBchicago]

Yea. Broly abridged was great

[@DodgyDentist93]

@@KevinGsWK Fuck that. I want half an hour dedicated to the masterpiece that was Broly Abridged. That shit could win comedy awards

[@kungfuman82]

They must do it in honor of Princess Trunks!

[@FnWeebs]

Anyone else cry at the line “you were hilarious and we quoted everything you’d say”?

[@limptoast]

When was that.

[@TheBarlassderek]

Who's cutting onions

[@elohim447]

@Tony Lamontw so did Napa and guru

[@dorktriogamer2865]

@@limptoast outro of the video

[@majoraswrath6182]

To this day, TFS's take on the Trunks story is the definitive version in my opinion. I never cease to tear up when Trunks just starts to scream "Gohan" with increasing anguish.

[@Clowdono]

Just like Frieza's "By all means, give me some ideas" is my favorite quote of him, when Imperfect Cell answers to a shivering Piccolo's "How... How many people?" with "Enough" it gives me chills everytime. Best villain quote of the serie for me and such a perfect way to solidify Imp Cell as the scariest one.

[@brolytriplethreat]

I think I have another one. "I'm impressed! Behind all that angst and ridiculous hair, there's a real fighter!" "And behind all that insufferable smarm is a dead man!" "Trunks, you couldn't fathom the amount of _dead men_ behind me."

[@LordAzrael707]

There are some scenes/lines that I'd say TFS did better than the original, and this is definitely one of them.

[@gamonstudios]

Idk why it reminds me of that scene with Dio in Phantom Blood

[@TheUltimateRare]

yeah freezer is pretty awesome.

[@0megaFan]

One of my absolute favorite moments remains to be when Cell interupts Piccolo and 17's fight. That little confrontation they have where Piccolo is frozen in fear from the power he feels in Cell and then. "How many... How many people!?" "... Enough."

[@StriderZessei]

They wrote Cell so perfectly.

[@VegetaLF7]

By far one of my favorite Cell moments. As hilarious as Semi-Perfect and Perfect Cell were, Imperfect Cell was just damn *creepy*.

[@toob_noob4381]

My personal favorite cell moment . . . A17: "But that still doesn't answer the question. Why is he here?" Imperfect Cell: "You know, it's rude to talk about someone when they're right in front of you." A17: "Okay. WHY ARE YOU HERE?" Imperfect Cell: "Because Bitch, *_I DRINK PEOPLE_* A17: *Looks in horror*

[@JGAnimefan]

“Sometimes its a Bojack” ...perfect analogy of creative process with how that went

[@zxtreme31]

Listening to them explain how they look to how a character would react to situations in season 3, I think I’m understanding a bit more why they’re not doing season 4. Aside from the fact that it was longer and not as good as cell saga, there really isn’t much opportunity for them to add anything positive to the characters and the story. Adult gohan (always found that name weird, he’s still a teenager here) is a much different character than 11 year old gohan. And for much of the season he’s away from the rest of the cast interacting mostly with video and gohan early on, then briefly reuniting with goku and vegeta before being separated again to a sub arc with the Kais. So they gotta center the series around essentially a new character who will mostly interact with 4 new characters just for it not to pay off with the story ending primarily with goku and vegeta. Then there’s writing a villain who will have 3 major character changes and figuring out how much to keep or buu’s characters and how much to change. And problem there is fat buu is like satan, he’s so over the top weird it’s hard to change much. Evil buu might have some potential but kid buu is just chaos, nothing there to add unless they go really weird. Then they have to figure out how much to keep or deviate of new characters videl, kid trunks, goten, kai, kibito and old kai, there’s characters are pretty bland and old kai is essentially a kai version of roshi, which I’m pretty sure goku actually referenced in the series. On top of that, fan favorites like vegeta are absent for much of the story, goku goes in and out, krill is barely a factor. So when you’re writing something that’s character based and much of those characters are written off, and the new characters don’t have satisfying payoffs I can see why the task would cause burnout.

[@WallerSon]

You know, I whole heartedly agree with everything you said. I can't imagine the amount of work and planning it would take to even begin charting a course through the yarnball that is the Buu Saga, but if anyone could ever restructure the arc into a meaningful and memorable experience... it's TFS. I will never not wonder what it could have been.

[@zxtreme31]

Walker Gates oh definitely. The impression I have isn’t that they can’t. I don’t think season 4 is the same problem as the bojack movie. The issue is that DBZA was a labor of love, and the love for season 4 just isn’t there. And if there isn’t a compelling reason for a creative to be invested it’s very difficult to make something good, especially since episode 60 was such a high note. They’re not going to surpass it and a big reason is that the original DBZ buu saga never reached the heights of cell saga from emotional pov. DBZ buu arc basically did one thing very well: introducing unique abilities and added some more world building. The addition of the kais, the saga with buu, bibidi and babidy, the introduction of Potara and dance fusion, buu’s absorption ability, the super ghost attack, SS3 all were great additions to the lore. But they sacrificed so much heart by throwing so much new shit at us after a really slow plodding and boring first half of the arc. The new characters introduced are not deep, interesting or fleshed out (and I count adult gohan as a new character) . The saving graces of buu arc from character POV is vegetas character development and ....I can’t believe I’m saying this....Satan’s character development. And I don’t feel like there’s much TFS could’ve done differently with those two. And I don’t think there’s a backstory they could’ve filled to make one of the other characters more endearing like they did with 16

[@zeallust8542]

Im happy with the cell saga being the end tbh, they did all the best dragon ball z sagas and did them justice.

[@TwilightFlower9]

Yeah. Buu Saga Gohan is a completely different character from Saiyan/Freeza/Cell Saga Gohan since he's been changed by the wonder that is actual participation in society. There are a few jokes I'm sad we'll never see (possibly a Super Saiyan speech from Majin Vegeta, Dende hating Videl because he's gay for Gohan, "even you, best buddy...", Super Dee Duper Saiyan (possibly a joke about how it looks like Raditz and is about as useful as Raditz unless your name is Gotenks), and probably something about how Gohan doesn't DOOOOOOOOOOOODGE those guys at the tournament or the Buu goo). The problem is that most characters in the Buu saga are either serious types (the Supreme Kai, Kibito), out of commission/not relevant for most of the saga (Goku, Vegeta, Krillin), or have the Mr. Satan problem of being already so ridiculous they're hard to parody (Gotenks, Fat Buu, Gotenks, Gohan's saiyaman persona, and did I mention Gotenks?)

[@zxtreme31]

FYI @nuclearfarts Lani did the "i do this for you" line for fans and posted it on his twitter account, last i checked it was his pinned tweet

[@ezmoney4598]

TJ and the Wombat were some of my favorite extras from DBZA. Especially during the epilogue where Wombat is the leader of the Cyborg defense.

[@azurestar-ch1]

He never forgot TJ, and we should not either

[@braiselcoanel2549]

All the emotions of DBZA are hitting me at once. God I didn’t think I was gonna cry when watching this. Thank you Mark, Tom, and Team Four Star so much

[@BigBangAttack-mt6pz]

Same for alot of us, (myself included) I would wager

[@philipwarden906]

I can understand thanking Tom and TFS, but Mark? That's Totally Not Mark.

[@rhythm1226]

Glad I wasn’t the only one

[@vaullus6074]

I would have cried, if I hadn't bounced through so many emotions as to leave my head dizzy. This is not to say it was confusing, but that there were too many great moments that brought about too many different emotions in me.

[@Jireninyourrecommendations]

At least Krillin got a good end when the series has ended, he deserves it

[@burnthetrolls5971]

That moment is one of my favorite by TFS

[@orangesoda4535]

He's the strongest human on earth despite being a midget. Imagine if his muscles had length comparable to Goku. His power level would probably triple.

[@tybuss6211]

Guess kriller time hot to happen it a different way

[@wanderlustwarrior]

If only Trunks could take Yamcha back with him.

[@Loonaticx]

That, and if he'd have wished to have been born with Saiyan biology, he'd be unstoppable 😏

[@JackalSlag]

My favorite line in DBZA is still when Cell ask "Where am I? Now I see a light" and 16 responds with "Walk towards it."

[@crispy2699]

Honestly the emotional high point of Season 3 for me was Vegeta snapping after Trunks died. Hearing Vegeta belt out an anguished "MY BABY BOY!" really gets me

[@nadamada8328]

I love that moment. It was one of the rare times in the series, Vegeta showed he cares about something other than himself.

[@samBrightuel]

@@nadamada8328 well I mean it's his son which has his DNA therefore is technically him

[@MfwPrivate]

@@samBrightuel that's definetely a Vegeta thing to do

[@a.g1796]

One of my favorite DBZA scene is probably Tien's Shin Kikoho. It's a man who knows that he'll never do any real damage to Cell but still does it because no one's left to stand against him. He prefers dying standing up to Evil to living in fear. A true warrior

[@AlmostZer0]

I'm a big Freeza fan myself, but got damn they did the Cell saga juuuust right

[@nexusaltair5761]

Guess you could say it was perfect?

[@TheOneLichemperor]

That's Mr Perfect Cell.

[@videogamemaster2869]

@@TheOneLichemperor Mr. Perfecter Cell

[@aundersave]

*Super Duper Saiyan!*

[@The810kid]

I would agree until we got to the Gohan transformation

[@MrBda241]

Cell blowing up the Helicopter was one of the best twist in the Abridged series.

[@GlinkBetweenWorlds]

Im forever grateful for TFS and DBZA. I grew up watching this hilarious show, from the Sayian Saga all the way to the end, and by the Cell Saga I was genuinely emotional. TFS Didn’t just add humor, they gave viewers the chance to appreciate these characters in completely new ways, forming deeper connections with them. Im so glad DBZA exists and it brings me joy knowing how many millions of others feel the same. Thank you Team Four Star, and thanks Mark for putting this amazing documentary together.

[@Sk8ingcasper12]

"Of fear and love, I fear not that I will die, but that all that I have come to love, the birds and the things that are not birds, might parish with me... "- Android 16 Thank you Team Four Star

[@GeminiRosche]

I am at least very glad they fulfilled the rule of threes with the “Z Warriors shoot energy blasts when they climax” joke. I do wish they could have done a fourth one later down the line with Gohan falling in love with Videl.

[@nanobyt0r]

there is a 4th one, with future gohan and future bulma

[@Ghajestis]

@@nanobyt0r wait really?!

[@nanobyt0r]

@@Ghajestis yep, in the trunks special directors cut

[@lordmaniel3603]

@@nanobyt0r YOU'RE LYING

[@nanobyt0r]

@@lordmaniel3603 you’re not looking hard enough

[@CronicDemise]

A friend of mine put it perfectly: season 3 went from an abridged series to a fan dub.

[@solusdeath]

I see dbza as a whole separate dub at this point. Shame we wont get buu to finish it off, but what we got was good.

[@MN_2003]

@@solusdeath It's funny because most comments I read said Buu Saga was the worst.

[@hailmuffins135]

@@MN_2003 As with everything on the net, people overreact. Yes, it's a step down from what came before, but the way people treat that arc you'd think it was responsible for the Holocaust.

[@MN_2003]

@@hailmuffins135 OOOOOOUH my lord that last sentence was just 0_0 I'm gonna use that holocaust reference in the near future. Thx man!

[@Wildlink123]

@@solusdeath I completely agree with that. Ever since season 2 hit, the jokes where a bit more thought out than random, there was a hell of a lot of their own character development, and then season 3 spoke for it's self, it was actually professionally done.

[@nenshoufox]

Early Seasons Goku:”Bye Son!” Haha! He’s abandoning his family! Final season Goku:”Bye son.” *gross sobbing* He’s leaving his baby booooooyyy!

[@MrMisfortune]

My brain immediately just checked in during that scene and I was just like "They just did the thing and made it brilliant"

[@KiramaruXVI]

Haha hes abandoning his family Final season: OH NO! HES ABANDONING HIS FAMILY!

[@richiesahlin6409]

"Bye, son." - The official Son family motto.

[@117kazekage]

Richie Sahlin gohan to pan while going to the universal tourney arc “byeeee daughter”

[@YoavSilver]

Baby boys :(

[@johnnybolanos716]

Not sure how I’d always missed that Gero’s son had a bird in his bunker, but damn...

[@Unyubaby]

Same, and the bird poster, annnnnd now I'm crying again.

[@davidlarkin1040]

*This is sad. I am sad.*

[@sirgarberto]

at least you noticed young Goku yelling "kamehameha" in the background right before the video cuts off, right?

[@BJGvideos]

Do you have parakeets? It would be easy to miss the bird on the show if you had chirping birds nearby. Speaking from experience.

[@ConstantlyJokin]

“Thank you Team Four Star. You were hilarious, and we quoted everything you said.” 😭😭😭😭

[@lazydelibird]

You say that like we arent still quoting them

[@pendragonfan42]

I suddenly have a giant urge to see a "Hellsing Abridged" Behind the Scenes!

[@theinimitablejora522]

Just Taka on a leash in front of a giant pile of cocaine, Kaiser BARELY able to hold onto that leash

[@lazydelibird]

@@theinimitablejora522 So DBZKA?

[@theinimitablejora522]

@@lazydelibird Nah. DBZKA, they ALL have some coke

[@atomicboyheroi]

Cell saga is literally my canon version of DBZ. Saiyan and Freeza still were most comedic but Cell... boy there are some scenes WAY better than the canon DBZ

[@Jack-qe5qm]

They really nailed Cell. He's the same but funnyer.

[@notch6801]

Although the story in FighterZ is below average. Cell's dialogue is pure gold in that game

[@XTonzaa]

I also loved the original Cell saga but the abridged version BLEW my mind. A total masterpiece.

[@Crazelord91]

I definitely agree. The other Sagas you could argue which did it better, the canon or DBZA. But goddamn did they just take the writing to another level with Cell in DBZA. I love the original but episode 60 was of DBZA was a masterpiece

[@TheLegendofphantom]

DBZA is the Definitive version of Dragon Ball Z. I'm still a classic man, but if I get the DBZ itch, I can't help but go to TFS for the scratch

[@thetruephoenixful]

One thing I gotta say: I loved the borderline romance that cell and Goku had.

[@StriderZessei]

It wasn't a romance; they wrote Goku as fightsexual, which Cell inherited.

[@MattManDX1]

"Borderline"

[@1ULTRAKNIGHT]

@@StriderZessei does that make it incest?

[@ShabreaChandler]

I did too 😍😍😍 it was a ship I didn’t know I needed

[@ShabreaChandler]

Until it was presented to me 😊

[@Alenyaa]

"Sometimes it's a Bojack." - Lanipator, 2020

[@davidcurtis7236]

I just want to say that I really loved DBZA's version of Android 16. He is the true canon version.

[@minitaur8693]

"Push yourself through writer's block, not burnout."

[@asucitsme]

Minitaur solid quote -

[@lordfabulous6198]

But I never know how to.

[@ssfbob456]

@@lordfabulous6198 Just sit down and Wright something, anything, just as long as you get yourself started

[@lordfabulous6198]

@@ssfbob456 I've tried that. All it did was waste time because I end up making ideas that dont work in the story, or just arent good and I cant find anything beneficial from the learning. I need motivation, it's what's driven my writing in the past because I had friends encourage and wanting more each week. I havent had that in 5 years.

[@AngelusKnight-r6z]

I Can't deny, everytime i hear or see the "That year in the time chamber was the best time of my life" moment, follow by "I'm proud of you Gohan, Goodbye son" . I get sad/emotional. TFS thank you for everything.

[@stevenreadicker2777]

It still chokes me up

[@Dante2831]

"And Maybe not kill Son Goku?" "LET'S NOT GET CRAZY" My favorite 16 line

[@LilKingKeith]

Dante2831 TOO LATE!!

[@coldore6734]

AND FORGET KILLING SON GOK- LETS NOT GET CRAZY TOO LATE

[@NITOENT1]

"You push yourself through writers block. NOT burn-out". - I felt that!

[@GMRay739]

Everybody: Goku Kaiser: Guh-kew Really enjoyed this series! Reminds me a bit of DVD commentaries!

[@Midori_Hoshi]

Kaiser is pronouncing it correctly. I do the same since I speak Japanese. His name is actually Gokuu.

[@blockyoxwinkle5829]

Thanks for taking the time to make this documentary. This show means a lot to me. It's not just a good parady. It's a good show in its own right. And I really appreciate that little moment with 16 at the end. Him getting his happy ending. I guess he kind of reminds me of my older brother, and DBZ meant so much to us growing up. We both really liked the character. Thanks guys

[@comm___4871]

P is for priceless, the look upon your faces

[@kingjj2282]

E is for extinction of all your punny races

[@richiesahlin6409]

R is revolution which will be televised.

[@fracturedlight8120]

F is for how fucked you are, now allow me to reprise.

[@mfrebel7831]

E is for eccentric, just listen to my song

[@lightstrike9448]

C is for completion that I've waited for so long

[@begottentech9139]

My favorite thing about tfs are their jokes that arent obvious, the ones you have to look closer to understand and just think "wow that's clever", and these are scattered all over the episodes, I'm sad that it ended, but I'm happy that it ended *perfectly*

[@DonkeyAndy]

"Nice shirt. Yeah, it's the kind of shirt that screams...... HE'S COMING!!!"

[@MegamanX174]

My favorite joke that no one seemingly got was during 16’s rant to Gohan when he’s saying how poor of a father Vegeta is and Vegeta is like “you wanna come up here and say that!?” “I am a head” “Well you should quit while you are”

[@TheSaiyanPrincess89]

"I didn't ask to be born, DADS!" ~Perfect Cell

[@TheRealHelvetica]

I understand why TFS ended it on the Cell Saga, trying to salvage the Buu saga into a coherent story sounds like an utter nightmare.

[@LilKingKeith]

Tony Lamontw true but ya don’t gotta go calling people “dumbass” you can correct someone without swearing, not saying that I don’t swear and that I’m a catholic little boy I just think you don’t have to insult people to correct them sometimes

[@reyonXIII]

And with all of the problems they faced? This was a great high note to end on. We can still think the Buu Saga happened, but that's not a story they are meant to tell, nor do they have the time, creative energy, or space to try to salvage it when most of their jokes and payoffs have already happened in the Cell Saga, and I think they kinda knew that writing those, just in case. Many shows that linger dip and end on a lesser note, so, shame as it is, I'm glad they're not forcing themselves to do Bojack OR the Buu Saga. Rather, I'm glad they're taking what they're legitimately good at, and doing something much more worthy of appreciation: the often unexplored time between the Sagas. Snippets of life in between them, born (literally in Goten's case), from plots and jokes built up. Not to drag them further, but to explore them. And that's an amazing prospect.

[@Zeromaru42]

Personally if they did do the Buu saga I'd rather them just do cliff notes and go straight into Super. I feel like Super works best with their style and Super Goku and Vegeta really feel like their Abridged Counterparts same with Trunks. I feel that Super definitely took some inspiration, and even though it's more tame than Z I like it more than GT. It just has that same charm to me. They literally could skip the Buu Saga and just go straight into Super. I really like the idea of Black's Goku side making him stupider. It would explain why he all of a sudden forgets to kill everyone. Then he proceeds to get his ass handed to him by Vegeta.

[@Martial_Autist]

@Tony Lamontw Actually they said in an interview that they just didn't know how to continue. Nothing they wrote felt right to them, and the last thing they wanted to do was 'final season of scrubs' it. They thought it better to end on the high note that was the cell saga.

[@galarstar052]

it's understandable yeah but i'm just disappointed there never was a DBZA version of Buu.

[@BearPumpkin160]

My perfect scene: aw cute he named it the... OH SHI........!!!

[@BearPumpkin160]

@Jorden Strother at least he isn’t completely insane

[@117kazekage]

VictoryVick completely being the operative word

[@GuilhermeAnalisa]

I see you also like the Donkey Kong Country OST, nice, keep up the good work!

[@frybread002_3]

Thank you so much for saying that! I was trying to remember where I heard that jingle from!

[@Corsavinho]

Mano n acredito q vc tá aqui

[@Xenovation3334]

For a second I thought you were Doug walker

[@cauaviniciusguedes2004]

Guilherme você aqui??? Caramba kk

[@teamtea3439]

CRL. TU É UM CAMIONEIRO DIGITAL!!!

[@BigBangAttack-mt6pz]

"They called me crazy, they all called me crazy for letting him reach his perfect form"

[@Zombiewithabowtie]

"But guess what, I'm gonna get out of here, I'm gonna be so much stronger, no one will be able to stop me, especially Cell, *Right Nappa!?!* "

[@BigBangAttack-mt6pz]

@@Zombiewithabowtie How, HOW DARE YOU *AHHH*

[@ryantan2444]

Taka: I got rid of 3 characters (names the 3 people with Mr. Satan) Me: Who?

[@TheShockVox]

Taka isn’t here. Its Lani and Kaiser

[@takagalore]

I’m Taka 😎

[@FulgurHalcyon]

TAKA no

[@spectre5314]

TAKA YES

[@sentientmustache8360]

@@spectre5314 Taka No *SLAM*

[@faraday1548]

For 12 years they followed their passion and breathed dedication, even when everything came up against them. That is the most Dragon Ball thing I have ever heard.

[@maximilianhadden9285]

Me: Hasn't watched DBZA Also me: Welp, time to go binge watch 60 episodes of DBZA

[@salvsays]

Youre in for an amazing time. And then very upset when you realize it stops there.

[@smooofer]

I wish I can erase my memory of watching DBZA just to watch it again

[@benjamingrant5970]

PLUS movies....

[@blueguygaming1330]

Maximilian Hadden you’re gonna love it so much

[@Archive_7802]

Saaaaammee!

[@smoov22_sonic]

Interesting comparison point knowing that the big point of TFS’s brand was getting rid of “I love you” but a big point of S1 of SAO abridged was *adding* it

[@AmanDisini]

"I know" - Asuna, SAO Abridged

[@alecazam6755]

Wdym

[@mrbiff3]

@@alecazam6755 So in Something Witty Entertainment's SAO Abridged they strip away the generic isekai protagonist parts of Kirito and Asuna, twisting them into actually interesting characters. Abridged Kirito is a socially inept teen suddenly thrust into a position where he's monstrously powerful compared to his peers. He lords it over them because that's what he thinks he needs to do to be cool. SAO Abridged transforms his arc into a cohesive journey from irredeemable asshat to an asshat who cares just enough to challenge the final boss and save everybody. In the beginning he would have done it to sate his own ego. The "I love you" scene takes place at the very end of the SAO arc, where Aincrad is falling to pieces. Kirito and Asuna don't know what's going to happen next. Once they're back in the real world everything will change. Kirito breaks down, bawling and tells Asuna he loves her. It's a raw, heart wrenching scene and serves as the emotional capstone of the season.

[@ButtersTheGreat1]

I remember at Phoenix Comicon in 2014 when Lani, Taka, and H were bullshitting with the crowd and came up with the Goten joke disappearing after Goku got hit in the nuts by Android 13.

[@vivimagedoomsdays]

This hit me hard. "Thank you Team Four Star, you were hilarious and we quoted everything you said." *tears*

[@walkernel]

The english rescore was definitely goosebump-worthy, and I loved it.

[@ChitenBugMan]

Late comment, but i worked Domino's at the time of Episode 60 coming out, and me and my coworkers would stop Everytime the episodes re-uploaded and watch until something needed done. it was amazing and the pure emotion from the Song sent chills down my spine and the coworker who watched the Japanese dub was literally squealing as they noticed it was the same. It's still on my damn Spotify workout playlist to this day

[@lukebisping1417]

Fun fact: in the first episode Krillin had a higher pitch voice, then Lani heard Goku & quickly switched his voice to be lowered as a perfect contrast to MasakoX's voice.

[@marsella527]

After the DBZA ending announcement, going back and watching the series brought a whole new appreciation to everything they did. And even more appreciative that they did it for basically on their own dime

[@TheTabby]

Oh, that ending quote of Goku's... I'm crying. I quoted that on TFS's DBZA is Over video. I felt it fit perfectly. And it fits perfectly here too. Episode 60 still gives me chills every time I watch it. Such amazing and talented people.

[@trevinodude]

MasakoX did such an amazing job on that speech. Makes me emotional every time. Truly TFS' version of the DBZ story be remembered as the fan made version that rivaled even official adaptations forever and forever!

[@noodle8061]

I wish instead of uploading the abridged version of the entire Buu saga they would just upload the abridged versions of the parts they wanted to abridge most (like Vegeta's sacrifice)

[@TheUltimateRare]

hmmmmmmmm maybe an idea for later... but it sounds like they stopped abridging cold turkey. they want to move on to other content.

[@EmoMetalMusicLuvr16]

This has aged well lol

[@imapirate186]

​@@EmoMetalMusicLuvr16yea seriously.

[@talliakara]

yOu cAN seE thE fuTuRe

[@unlabeledsoup]

Personally my favorite line was near the end of part 3 where vegeta outright apologizes when gohan goes off on him. It was so dark to see even vegeta giving up on the tough guy facade in the face of what they thoght was certain death. Even though I knew they’d win in the end it still made my stomach drop hearing him so defeatedly saying sorry

[@spinningninja2]

Gah I can’t believe Tien’s scene didn’t come up at all, that’s the scene that got me into the whole series!

[@Horatio787]

FUCK POWER LEVELS! FUCK SUPER SAIYANS! AND FUCK YOU!

[@Ay2Bee]

“I wanna be a super saiyan...” *sniffle* “I wanna , I wanna , I wanna , I wanna!”

[@zeallust8542]

And then cells "i wanna be perfect i wanna i wanna i wanna"

[@pedzad9528]

Push up, sit ups, and plenty of juice

[@alexandergregory5223]

Thank you. This is the closure I needed. I hadn't been able to look at TFS as... more than DBZA. It's been hard with it ending. And now I can finally let it go.

[@JustSomeDamnGinger]

In regards to the more emotional scenes and the way they re-did them, I have to sing my praises for the way they wrote and directed the voice acting for Vegeta seeing Trunks die. Lani, if you ever see this, the delivery on "My baby boy!" and "Vegeta, yes!" give me goosebumps every time I re-watch that episode. So much more memorable than Chris Sabat (no matter how much I may adore him and his Vegeta voice that I definitely didn't spend my teenage years trying to perfect) just going "Ceeeellllll" as he flies forward. I'll probably be re-watching the series and quoting Nappa well into my thirties.

[@potte2314]

I forgot about the bulma nightmare scene with vegeta and seeing it again made me laugh so hard my sides hurt

[@YoniIsrael]

my favorite part in DBZA cell saga (and DBZA overall) is the change the made for the androids summarized best in 2 different moments that someone tells the androids they making a bad choice, and then each in his/her own turn replies, "yes, but it's mine to make" very deep and very philosophical as in "what does having 'free choice' means". my favorite comedic moment in this saga is Vegeta vs Semi-Perfect cell (including the Vegeta vs Trunks part) and everything Vegeta in the Broly movie (yeah, Vegeta was just killing it in this saga) most badass moments are the epic Kikoho and far far away down in 2nd place is Trunks vs the androids in the Epilogue

[@kauelima2233]

I just wanna say: that Stickerbrush Symphony arrangement is just like Cell: PERFECT. Thank you Mark and all the guys at Team Four Star for the wonderful "bonus" content. And thank them for the best version of the animation I love so much.... (I just wish to see the freakin Majin Vegeta I have tattooed with Lani's voice)

[@Archive_7802]

Speaking of the bus horn joke, my brother, my dad and I do that whenever someone yells or honks a horn repeatedly.

[@Kal824]

That last speech that Goku gave, about change, and moving forward... That's what life's about. It's what its always been about. And you can't change that.

[@KingTwistedD]

Special thanks to Totally Not Mark for being the spark that gave TFS and us fans a chance to experience some of the Buu saga and I’ll always be grateful. Truly a magnificent way to be cement your status as Legend 🙏🙏🙏

[@ArchangelSteve]

To quote Vegeta: "SHUT UP, I'M NOT CRYING!"

[@ogichi32]

Mine was "VEGETA YES!"

[@_dani__]

I AM THE HYPE

[@doom7850]

God the season 3 finale has so much more meaning now that it’s truly over

[@TheRealHelvetica]

Like how PS&G ended, on a promised season that will never come.

[@doom7850]

Helvetica Neue at least Chris sabat wants a second season of that

[@RacingSnails64]

Ian Maher "I guess I'm just not afraid of change." -Goku

[@jotarokujo852]

on behalf of both of your fanbases, TotallyNotMark and TFS, we sincerely thank you, both of your channels have made our lives change for the better, whether it be Totally Not Mark's anatomy of anime series teaching us information about character, story and many other things such as going into depth when it comes to the dragon ball series as a whole or TFS's impact on youtube as a whole, both of your channels' content have changed so many people in such a positive way, Dragon Ball Z Abridged will live on forever in all our hearts, thank you Mark, Tom O'Regan and everyone working at Team Four Star, whatever you guys do later on in life, I wish you on behalf of all of us, good luck and thank you

[@mh473]

OMG IM SO GLAD TO SEE THIS VIDEO COMEBACK AFTER WHAT HAS HAPPENED A PRAY THAT MORE OF HIS VIDEOS COMEBACK

[@danielrosa9502]

they are :)

[@ryanoldham8744]

Team Four Star did an amazing job and I completely understand them stopping the series. I feel they ended it on a great note and I will forever remember it as one of the series that made my teenage/adult hood. I love this series and I will forever be a fan of Team Four Stars work. Kudos to you guys! I hope you continue to do great things!

[@coenisgreat]

A bit of me still wants to hope that, in a couple years, out of nowhere, they’ll do a Freeman’s Mind and suddenly start season 4 on April 1st, with the joke being that there is no joke. But that’s just me hoping. I do not expect that in any aspect

[@DeFactoLeader]

Now Ross Scott, THAT is a man who plays through the burnout. He literally capped an ancient comment I posted with a dead account that was on a Freeman's Mind vid (back when he was with Machinima) for his Half-Life 1 finale. I even remembered making that exact comment, I couldn't quite believe it. Never have I been prouder to see my dumb, teenage self put in his place.

[@smeltedfist4917]

@@DeFactoLeader He should give me lessons.

[@smeltedfist4917]

@@odond36 I think they shouldn't have said the Buu Saga is coming in the first place unless they actually have everything in order.

[@bman296]

@@smeltedfist4917 well they thought they would be able to. it wasn't until bojack that it became apparent

[@iug5672]

@@DeFactoLeader What comment is that? Lol

[@Zombiewithabowtie]

20:00 "It's really not uncommon for passion to conflict with responsibility..." There was absolutely no mistake in showing Goku on screen at that moment, was there?

[@victorhale]

*closes eyes and smiles* “just according to cake.”

[@lazydelibird]

For those who don't know. He meant keikaku. Keikaku meaning plan.

[@PokeHokage]

Don't be sad because its over, smile because it happened

[@dmmart42]

I was so happy the way they did Android 16. both hilarious and with heart. His back and forth with every character but especially cell was one of the best parts of season 3. Made his death hit that much harder and the SS2 transformation from it make more sense than the canon. Thank you so much team four star for everything.

[@tommytran8880]

The shift in tone on their faces when they start talking about editing breaks my heart.

[@stbd2773]

That last moment of DBZA where Goku talks about change still get's me every damn time and I'm crying on my keyboard now

[@aquelgamermexicano]

The fastest click i have ever made. Been waiting for this one the whole day

[@Pgatourclassic]

I love how this is edited it’s like an early 2000’s dvd bonus feature

[@aidinexmachina4232]

"I'm Katherine Echo" Gotta love the closed captions.

[@NeoTrggrTheGammer]

ah man that ending got me all emotional...loved watching these videos and DBZA itself...DBZA helped alot through my college years, giving me something good to laugh at and enjoy even during the most stressful moments...and of course many lines to quote among friends...I will never forget what DBZA and the talented people behind it did for me and I am forever thankful that I stumbled upon the show so many years ago and stuck till the end

[@AlvaroQN98]

My favourite moment was Android 16's speech to Gohan. It gives me chills every single time. Gohan was never wrong, the way he wanted to do things is right, but 16 was like "I'm talking to you straight, coward: We need you to fight right now. Stop holding back" and changed Gohans perspective completely. I love it

[@torgover-l1n]

I loved the Chrono Trigger music in the background of the Android 16 scenes.

[@spritemon98]

The recording of 16 before he died made me the saddest personally

[@patrickriggs9813]

The Chrono Cross music at the end is nice!

[@maxamillion7718]

Man, the end made me realize how often dads are mentioned in the series and how big a part of it they are

[@AquamanHoodie]

Love, love, LOVE their takes on Imperfect Cell. Easily my favorite version of him and why he’s my favorite Dragonball villain.

[@WillBNunn]

Who else got the feels when the Chrono Trigger music started playing? Really great documentary miniseries. I hope you do another one.

[@g.wilson536]

I like the Android 16 video scene with the son, because it being found on 16 or from the lab (can't remember which) adds more depth to Gero as well as how it's heartfelt, as it indicates Gero received the message, strengthens his hatred for Goku, and in a way more importantly, why 16 as a project was a failure. Gero wanted to have his now dead son back, at any cost, and without dragon balls his only way was building a robot, when making 16 he did it with his son in mind more than his usual agenda, leading to the relatively peaceful Android we know. Part of me thinks it could be because he couldn't bring himself to program his son to kill without remorse, and he kept it to keep his son around as opposed to scrapping it as a failure.

[@llomack12]

One of your best video interviews 👍🏾