Dragonball Evolution is a 2009 action/fantasy film very very very very very loosely based on the best-selling manga/anime series, Dragonball.
Basically, the only reason it was made is because 20th Century Fox's ownership of the rights to a live-action Dragonball movie was about to expire, so they held a few hundred people up at gunpoint and forced them to churn this 73-minute steaming pile out.
Plot[]
What begins as an absurdly rushed search for the Dragonballs abruptly turns into a slapdash lesson on shooting fireballs at The Mask.
Notable characters[]
The Episode[]
- Originally, the hosts were going to review Waterworld, but decided that it wasn't shitty enough to discuss it. Also, Damien didn't want to synopsize a three-hour movie.
- This is the first episode to tackle a live-action anime-inspired movie
Grades[]
James - Tortilla
Damien - Roshambeau
Highlights[]
- What is Goku's last name?
- Damien subtlely blasts Final Fantasy VII and James piles on
- Master Roshi riding Yoshi
- James tries to workshop Yamcha's plan to trap people in the desert
- Chi-Chi's evil twin, "Ihc-Ihc"!
- Damien coins the word "boneriest"
References[]
- A Talking Cat
- Waterworld
- Revenge of the Fallen
- The Last Airbender
- Transformers
- Dark of the Moon
- I Know Who Killed Me
- Murder-Set-Pieces
- Dragon Ball Z
- Toonami
- Final Destination 3
- Black Christmas
- Final Destination
- The Final Destination
- Final Destination 2
- Final Destination 5
- Chuck Palahniuk
- Mortal Kombat
- Catwoman
- Bloodrayne
- Gatorade
- Street Fighter Red Tape
- Three Ninjas
- Alone in the Dark
- Street Fighter
- Will Sanderson
- Ben Wa Balls
- Final Fantasy 8
- The Mask
- Final Fantasy 7
- Xenogears
- Star Wars
- Power Girl
- Aeon Flux
- SNL
- The Creep
- ESPN
- Sam Witwicky
- Spider-Man 3
- Kids in the Hall
- Spiderman
- Family Guy
- Sailor Moon
- Torque
- Demolition Man
- Blade Runner
- The Matrix
- Batman and Robin
- John Woo
- Birdemic
- Captain Planet
- The Room
- Looney Toons
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
- Metal Gear Solid
- Metal Gear Solid 3
- Power Rangers
- Minecraft
- Lord of the Rings
- Super Mario World
- The Crow: Wicked Prayer
- Chuck Norris
- King of Fighters
- Bandfuse
- Rage Against The Machine
- Twilight
- Mortal Kombat: Annihilation
- He-Man
- Donkey Kong
- Hook
- The Dark Knight
- William Shatner
- Geico
- Little Tortilla Boy
- The Legend of the Titanic
- The Walking Dead
- Titanic: The Legend Goes On
- Titanic
- Jason Issacs
- Whoopi Goldburg
- Molly Ringwald
- The Legend of Zelda
- Animal Crossing
- Zardoz
- Mega Shark VS Giant Octopus
- Dropped D
- Nutcracker in 3D
- George Michael
Tiradesverse tropes[]
- Protagonists? - All of the good guys
- Ben Kingsley Paycheck - Ernie Hudson and Chow Yun-Fat
- Uma Thurman Paycheck - Chow Yun-Fat
- New Santroitcagobergville - The unnamed city where Goku and Chi-Chi go to high school
- Edited at gunpoint - More like "edited at firing squad"
- Clusterfuck Syndrome - Cramming this many characters into basically a 72-minute movie was...a choice.
- Plot convenience - Every single scene even loosely involving a Dragonball
- There Are No Police - A bully tries to run Goku over with his car, but is never even questioned, let alone arrested or indicted
- Nonsensical Title - Why is "evolution" tacked on after "Dragonball"?
- Finer Cronies and Goons, Inc. -
- Fuller's gang
- Piccolo's demon squad in the volcano
- Foot sweeps
- Nontendre - Yamcha: "Everything happens for a reason, bro. I learned that one from daytime TV."
- Exposition fairy - Gohan and Sifu Norris
- High School High
- Disrespecting the Dead - Both of these are atypical examples, but...
- Goku totally shrugs off talking about his recently murdered grandfather just so he can get closer to getting into Chi-Chi's panties
- Also, he resurrects a guy he's known for a week in lieu of his grandfather, who raised him for 18 years
- Unrealistic Real Estate - Chi-Chi's huge mansion home
- Power(less) of Faith
- H.U.R.T. - Chi-Chi gets kicked right in the face by the superpowered Goku, but appears in the final scene less than 15 minutes later without so much as a bruise.
- Gesticulation Masturbation
- Sequel That Will Never Happen
Ending song[]
South Park - Let's Fighting Love
Before and After[]
Previous Episode: Episode 31 - The Legend of the Titanic
Next Episode: Episode 33 - Godzilla (1998)