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Controversial Things Dragon Ball Z Has Done. Akira Toriyama’s. Dragon Ball series has been dominating the airwaves for the better part of three decades now.

What started out as an ignominious fad for prepubescent teens, quickly turned into a full- blown cultural phenomenon, with Dragon Ball Z – the original anime’s unrestrained sequel – as the franchise’s creative high point. Before the world knew what happened, Goku, Vegeta, and the rest of the Z- Fighters were on every television, lunchbox, and t- shirt imaginable. However, Dragon Ball Z’s propensity for violence, nudity, Western censorship, racial stereotypes, and even more violence has laid a foundation for natural controversy, provoking outrage from parents, critics, and even diehard fans. While the show has always been divisive to one group or another, it’s hard to defend certain moments where things clearly went off the rails. For this list, we’re taking a look at the DBZ’s most controversial moments that left viewers with their mouths open and with their hands scratching their heads.

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Though we all have fine memories of Goku blasting away enemies with a kamehameha, there’s no ignoring the instances that were uncomfortable, embarrassing, and just plain crazy. From nauseating carnage to cringe- inducing jokes and from misogynistic tropes to racial stereotypes, here are the 1. Controversial Things Dragon Ball Z Has Ever Done. Mass Genocide. Let’s get the biggest thing out of the way first: Dragin Ball Z is one cartoon that’s not afraid to kill people off.

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In fact, its obvious fascination with death has led to mass genocide on more than one occasion. Stars, planets, and entire races have been wiped from existence in a blink of an eye without a second thought. The first taste of on- screen annihilation comes at the hands of Vegeta, who blows away a fully inhabited planet while on his way to Earth. Even more disturbing is when Frieza decides to wipe out the entire planet of Saiyans, as we’re forced to watch the many citizens scream and stare down their fate in the form of a giant fireball. Sure, it’s not exactly Hotel Rwanda, but these moments are still pretty brutal for a cartoon show that features talking dogs and cats as comic relief. Yamcha Dies by Suicide Bombing. Cocky, conceded, and a self- professed womanizer, Yamcha was never really anyone’s favorite Z- Fighter.

He gets points for having an adorable cat sidekick Puar, but besides that, he’s about as charismatic as a senzu bean. Still, not even Yamcha deserved to go out the way he did. During the Z- Fighter’s climactic bout with Nappa’s little green goons called the Saibamen, Yamcha steps up to the plate first. Through a series of well- time punches and badly- timed puns, Yamcha easily pummels the spastic gremlin into submission. Unfortunately, it all goes horribly wrong when the knocked out pygmy grabs hold of Yamcha from behind and unleashes an explosive kamikaze attack. After the dust clears, Yamcha is left huddled in a ditch as a lifeless mess. It’s a brutal kill that hits home for viewers watching their TV sets where events like these play out on the 6: 0.

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Cell “Drinking” His Victims. Blasted out of airlocks, limbs torn from sockets, impaled by a giant alien; DBZ characters have met their demise in some pretty heinous ways over the show’s nine seasons. Despite the gruesome results, many a fighter in DBZ will go down swinging, but not when it comes to the poor victims of the bio- android Cell. This metamorphic killer needs energy before he becomes the big, bad bug ready to take on the world. In order to get that energy, he slurps down the insides of his unsuspecting victims like a milkshake through his scorpion- like tail– what a way to go.

Cell shriveling up human civilians to the point that they look like rolled- up tubes of toothpaste are some of the most horrifying moments of DBZ. However, while kids were grossed- out and fascinated, parents were hitting the off buttons on TV remotes and writing strongly worded letters to the folks over at Funimation. Master Roshi is a Sexual Predator.

At first glance, Master Roshi seems like your sweet old pop- pop who would give you some sage advice while complaining about his back trouble. Alas, behind those glasses and that toothy grin is a notorious womanizer, an anime lecher, a cantankerous pervert, and dare we say, a sexual predator. Instead of that sweet grandpa, Roshi is more like that dirty neighbor you’ve heard rumors about who keeps staring at you from the window. Over the run of Dragon Ball, the Turtle Hermit’s libido has gotten more and more out of control to the point where it would rival the likes of Hugh Hefner’s. On a typical day, Roshi is frequently caught nose- deep in a nudey mag, drooling over the scandalous figures on the front. His actual treatment of the opposite sex is even more deplorable, having fondled and grabbed at more women than fighters Goku has fought.

While the show frames these unwanted sexual advances as light- hearted farces, Roshi’s pervey escapades are far more creepy than side- splitting. Killa Stereotype. Dragon Ball Z has never been immune to claims of racial insensitivity, and a character like Killa only proves the naysayers right.

Showing up during the World Martial Arts Tournament, this obvious stereotype looks like every Blaxploitation film rolled neatly into one anime character. However, truth be told, his appearance is far from the biggest problem.

The Funimation dub made the bizarre change to have all of Killa’s lines come across as inaudible gibberish. We’re not kidding; subtitles are almost required here. It wouldn’t be such a problem had he simply had a line or two, but Killa shows up a lot and even has to deliver some lengthy exposition that turns into indecipherable jive. You could make the case that Funimation was simply poking fun of all major athletes who sound like they’re mumbling in interviews, but you have to wonder why there weren’t any other meatheads at the tourney that talked like Mr. T gave Boomhauer speech lessons. Vegeta Sacrifices Himself. When we first met infamous blowhard Vegeta, Prince of the Saiyans (a title that doesn’t amount to much), he was a ruthless alien hell- bent on conquering Earth and destroying everyone in his way.

Over the course of the series, Vegeta becomes the reluctant ally of the Z- Fighters, even taking an Earthling– Bulma– for his bride and having a child– Trunks. During the Buu Saga, when all hope seems lost, Vegeta makes the decision to sacrifice himself to defeat the evil pink menace. After a tearful farewell to his son, he uses his last bit of energy to take out Buu, even though the attack doesn’t go as planned.

This moment left a lot of Z fans perplexed, mostly because, throughout the series, Vegeta seemed to only care about one thing: himself. Though it’s a nice moment of growth for the character, giving him a well- rounded arc, it does seem to come out of left field and stands as one of the more shocking deaths in the series. Piccolo Destroys the Moon. Along with insane amounts of violence, DBZ- – and to a higher degree, Dragon Ball Super- – is notorious for its wanton amounts of destruction. Over the series’ run, buildings have been pummeled, cities have been decimated, and entire planets have been blown to smithereens.

One of the earliest overblown acts of violence happens in the very first season, when Piccolo makes the brilliant decision to blow up Earth’s moon. After realizing that Gohan is able to transform into a giant ape by the moonlight, destroying the astronomical body seemed like the best possible option to Piccolo. Of course, if Earth’s moon was actually destroyed, it would spell disaster for the human race: ocean currents would change, the planet’s rotation would be completely off, and there would be cataclysmic seasonal changes.