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* {{Retcon}}: Vegeta made sure he, Goku, Raditz and Nappa were the last surviving Saiyans (ch.334, ''Dragon Ball''), meaning him knowing his brother was alive is a change in the continuity of the series.
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The plot centers around Hercule Satan's party in honor of all those who helped defeat Majin Buu and the emergence of figures from Vegeta's past.
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* FantasticFruitsAndVegetables: Chi chi's quick growing radishes, which are also incredibly hard to pull after the seeds germinate(for the humans anyway) and can extend their roots to mesmerizing lengths.
* FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling: Morally Tarble's the responsible to Vegeta's foolish.
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* FantasticFruitsAndVegetables: Chi chi's Chi-Chi's quick growing radishes, which are also incredibly hard to pull after the seeds germinate(for the humans anyway) and can extend their roots to mesmerizing lengths.
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* FusionDance: Abo and Kado into Aka.
Aka. Goten and Trunks follow suit with Gotenks.
* HappilyMarried: Gure looking nothing like a human or a Saiyan certainly doesn't discourage Tarble from proudly introducing her as his beloved to Vegeta.
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* IdiotBall: The opening shows Bulma, Chi-chi and Videl being chased by a T-Rex as a homage to the original opening. What's glaring about it is that a.) Bulma is running when she's normally shown with at least one vehicle capsule on her b.) The last time Chi-chi was chased by a dinosaur, she stopped running and killed it with a ki blast and c.) Videl can fly.
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* ThemeNaming: Vegetable. Get it?
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* ThemeNaming: Vegetable. Get it?
* TokenGoodTeammate: Tarble is, among the Saiyans.
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* TheVoiceless: Tien doesn't speak in this special. This is due to a case of AuthorExistenceFailure.
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* ThemeNaming:Vegetable.Vege'''table'''. Get it?
* TokenGoodTeammate: Tarble is, among theSaiyans.Saiyans, being an ActualPacifist instead of a BloodKnight.
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: After Goku turns Super Saiyan and launches his Kamehameha, his aura, hair, and irises turn bright blue for a few seconds as he then charges and punches Aka. There's some fan debate as to whether this was a style choice, or whether it was in fact the first-ever on-screen instance of the [[Anime/DragonBallZBattleOfGods Super]] [[Anime/DragonBallZResurrectionF Saiyan]] [[Anime/DragonBallSuper God]] form.
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* PunnyName: Avocado, [[SubvertedTrope which in a Dragon Ball first, isn't actually his name]].
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* IWorkAlone: Vegeta stopped training Trunks after the Buu saga and also refuses to train Bulma, or work together with Kakarot.
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* PoliteVillainsRudeHeroes: Aka is polite, Gotenks is rude. Aka is also on Earth to kill people who defied Abo and Kado's reign of terror and doesn't really care who gets caught in the crossfire while Gotenks is outraged when Aka's attacks almost killed non combatants.
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''Dragon Ball: Yo! Son Goku and His Friends Return!!'' is the second ''Anime/DragonBallZ'' OVA and features the first Dragon Ball animation in nearly a decade, following a short story arc in the remade Dr. Slump anime series featuring Kid Goku and the Red Ribbon Army in 1999. The film premiered in Japan on September 21, 2008, at the Jump Super Anime Tour in honor of Weekly Shōnen Jump's fortieth anniversary.
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''Dragon Ball: Yo! Son Goku and His Friends Return!!'' is the second ''Anime/DragonBallZ'' OVA and features the first Dragon Ball ''Franchise/DragonBall'' animation in nearly a decade, following a short story arc in the remade Dr. Slump ''Manga/DrSlump'' anime series featuring Kid Goku and the Red Ribbon Army in 1999. The film premiered in Japan on September 21, 2008, at the Jump Super Anime Tour in honor of Weekly Shōnen Jump's fortieth anniversary.
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* TwentyFourHourArmor: Vegeta is called out on wearing combat armor at a party rather than formal wear, and replies that armor ''is'' Saiyan formal wear. And of course, both Tarble, Abo and Kado wear armor.
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* KarmaHoudini: As much of a nice guy Tarble is, he is still responsible for some collateral damage on a city before his arrival to the party, which includes the destruction of some vehicles, and some explosions. He is never called on this.
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* CallToAgriculture: Even though they are financially set thanks to Mr. Satan, Chichi still makes Goku get that job she promised back during the Cell saga and makes him farm with tools instead of his usual training, to teach him the value of hard work.
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* CallToAgriculture: Even though they are financially set thanks to Mr. Satan, Chichi still makes Goku get that job she promised back during the Cell saga and makes him farm with tools instead of his usual training, to teach him the value of hard work. This is actually the first appearance of Goku's job, which will appear again in ''Anime/DragonBallSuper.''
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* InformedAttribute: According to Krillin, Goten "has grown up quite a bit". Goten has the same design as the last series, only changing some clothes.
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'''''Dragon Ball: Yo! Son Goku and His Friends Return!!''''' is the second ''Anime/DragonBallZ'' OVA and features the first Dragon Ball animation in nearly a decade, following a short story arc in the remade Dr. Slump anime series featuring Kid Goku and the Red Ribbon Army in 1999. The film premiered in Japan on September 21, 2008, at the Jump Super Anime Tour in honor of Weekly Shōnen Jump's fortieth anniversary.
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* CantCatchUp: Here a villain [[VillainForgotToLevelGrind remembered]] to level grind, but simply wasn't as good at it as the main cast was.
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* ActionSurvivor: Despite having what his brother called an embarrassing power level, Tarble was able to survive a fight with two Ginyu force level fighters.
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* ActionSurvivor: Despite having what his brother called an embarrassing power level, Tarble was able to survive a fight with two Ginyu force level fighters. He needs a real ActionHero to get rid of them, though, especially as they go on to become two Frieza level fighters.
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* CallToAgriculture: Even though they are financially set thanks to Mr. Satan, Chichi still make makes Goku farm with tools instead of his usual training to teach him the value of hard work.
* CantCatchUp: Here a villain [[VillainForgotToLevelGrind remembered]] to level grind, but simply wasn't as good at it as the main cast was.
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* SceneryGorn: Tarble and Gure are terrible pilots. Abo and Kado care little for bystanders or their hotels.
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* RapidFireFisticuffs: Gotenks add's combines Yamucha's wolf wind attack to his with Tien's volleyball spike
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* SortingAlgorithmOfEvil: Abo and Kado were roughly as powerful as Vegeta and The Ginyu Force during the Saiyan and Namek sagas and are roughly as powerful as Frieza by the time of the OVA. However, [[LensmanArmsRace since the OVA takes place after Buu has been defeated]], that means they're barely a threat to the protagonists, [[LampshadeHanging something which the narrator comments on at the end]].
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* TerribleArtist: Mr. Satan's hotel is a fine work of art. The artwork on it, not so much.
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* CombatCompliment: Abo, Kado, Goten and Trunks acknowledge the skills of the others. This continues on with Aka but ''not'' with [[ArrogantKungFuGuy Gotenks]].
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* ActionSurvivor: Despite having what his brother called an embarrassing power level, Tarble was able to survive a fight with two Ginyu force level fighters.
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* MakeMeWannaShout: "''Super'' Wahaha no...haa", which leads to an all destroying BeamSpam.
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* BashBrothers: Abo and Kado, Goten and Trunks.
* {{Cameo}}: Mr. Popo, Yajirobe, Dende, Korin, Good!Launch, Kibitokai, Elder Kaioshin, Puar, Fortune Teller Baba, North Kaio, Bubbles The Monkey and even the filler character Gregory The Cricket are seen among the guests at Mr. Satan's party.
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'''''Dragon Ball: Yo! Son Goku and His Friends Return!!''''' is the second ''Anime/DragonBallZ'' OVA and features the first Dragon Ball animation in nearly a decade, following a short story arc in the remade Dr. Slump anime series featuring Kid Goku and the Red Ribbon Army in 1999. The film premiered in Japan on September 21, 2008, at the Jump Super Anime Tour in honor of Weekly Shōnen Jump's fortieth anniversary.
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!!This work contains examples of:
* AllThereInTheManual: Aka's name isn't given in the OVA itself; Gotenks just calls him "Abokado", combining the brothers' names.
* BigBrotherWorship: Despite not having seen Vegeta in over 20 years, Tarble has a very high opinion of him and even believes he defeated Frieza.
* BreathWeapon: Aka's "Wahaha no…Ha!!", a ball of energy similar to those used by Frieza, expelled from Aka's mouth.
* DefeatMeansFriendship: Abo and Kado are the quickest example of this in ''Dragon Ball'' history.
* DoppelgangerAttack: Abo and Kado use this kind of attack against Trunks and Goten.
* EvilLaugh: Aka has this weaponized with the "Wahaha no Ha!!"
* FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling: Morally Tarble's the responsible to Vegeta's foolish.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: After Goku turns Super Saiyan and launches his Kamehameha, his aura, hair, and irises turn bright blue for a few seconds as he then charges and punches Aka. There's some fan debate as to whether this was a style choice, or whether it was in fact the first-ever on-screen instance of the [[Anime/DragonBallZBattleOfGods Super]] [[Anime/DragonBallZResurrectionF Saiyan]] [[Anime/DragonBallSuper God]] form.
* FromNobodyToNightmare: Originally Abo and Kado were just FacelessMooks to Frieza, but after he died, they became just as strong and dangerous as their boss.
* FusionDance: Abo and Kado into Aka.
* PunnyName: Avocado.
* HappilyMarried: Gure looking nothing like a human or Saiyan certainly doesn't discourage Tarble from proudly introducing her as his beloved to Vegeta.
* InterspeciesRomance: While there's plenty of this in ''Dragon Ball'', Tarble and Gure really stand out.
* NiceGuy: See TheUnfavorite / WhiteSheep.
* OddCouple: Tarble and Gure, to the point that it's ''really'' hard to see what he saw in her... Or, provided she's indicative of what her species look like, what she saw in him.
* OlderThanTheyLook: Despite looking younger than even teenage Gohan, Tarble can only be, at most, 5 years younger than Vegeta. Which means he is in his 30s.
* OneHeadTaller: Tarble is quite taller than his lover, Gure.
* SiblingYinYang: Tarble is far more pacifistic than Vegeta and Saiyans in general.
* SortingAlgorithmOfEvil: Abo and Kado are roughly as powerful as Frieza by the time of the OVA. However, [[LensmanArmsRace since the OVA takes place after Buu has been defeated]], that means they're barely a threat to the protagonists, [[LampshadeHanging something which the narrator comments on at the end]].
* SpikesOfVillainy: On Aka's face, shoulders, and arms.
* StealthPun: Goku's family has a radish garden. It's probably an homage to Goku's evil brother, Raditz, whose name is derived from radish.
* ThemeNaming: Vegetable. Get it?
* TokenGoodTeammate: Tarble is, among the Saiyans.
* TheUnfavorite / WhiteSheep: Tarble was exiled for being too weak and kind. However, Vegeta, who would have killed him on the spot for being a weakling (like Nappa) 11 years ago, has become "nice" enough by the time they reunited to merely find him extremely annoying.
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'''''Dragon Ball: Yo! Son Goku and His Friends Return!!''''' is the second ''Anime/DragonBallZ'' OVA and features the first Dragon Ball animation in nearly a decade, following a short story arc in the remade Dr. Slump anime series featuring Kid Goku and the Red Ribbon Army in 1999. The film premiered in Japan on September 21, 2008, at the Jump Super Anime Tour in honor of Weekly Shōnen Jump's fortieth anniversary.
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!!This work contains examples of:
* AllThereInTheManual: Aka's name isn't given in the OVA itself; Gotenks just calls him "Abokado", combining the brothers' names.
* BigBrotherWorship: Despite not having seen Vegeta in over 20 years, Tarble has a very high opinion of him and even believes he defeated Frieza.
* BreathWeapon: Aka's "Wahaha no…Ha!!", a ball of energy similar to those used by Frieza, expelled from Aka's mouth.
* DefeatMeansFriendship: Abo and Kado are the quickest example of this in ''Dragon Ball'' history.
* DoppelgangerAttack: Abo and Kado use this kind of attack against Trunks and Goten.
* EvilLaugh: Aka has this weaponized with the "Wahaha no Ha!!"
* FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling: Morally Tarble's the responsible to Vegeta's foolish.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: After Goku turns Super Saiyan and launches his Kamehameha, his aura, hair, and irises turn bright blue for a few seconds as he then charges and punches Aka. There's some fan debate as to whether this was a style choice, or whether it was in fact the first-ever on-screen instance of the [[Anime/DragonBallZBattleOfGods Super]] [[Anime/DragonBallZResurrectionF Saiyan]] [[Anime/DragonBallSuper God]] form.
* FromNobodyToNightmare: Originally Abo and Kado were just FacelessMooks to Frieza, but after he died, they became just as strong and dangerous as their boss.
* FusionDance: Abo and Kado into Aka.
* PunnyName: Avocado.
* HappilyMarried: Gure looking nothing like a human or Saiyan certainly doesn't discourage Tarble from proudly introducing her as his beloved to Vegeta.
* InterspeciesRomance: While there's plenty of this in ''Dragon Ball'', Tarble and Gure really stand out.
* NiceGuy: See TheUnfavorite / WhiteSheep.
* OddCouple: Tarble and Gure, to the point that it's ''really'' hard to see what he saw in her... Or, provided she's indicative of what her species look like, what she saw in him.
* OlderThanTheyLook: Despite looking younger than even teenage Gohan, Tarble can only be, at most, 5 years younger than Vegeta. Which means he is in his 30s.
* OneHeadTaller: Tarble is quite taller than his lover, Gure.
* SiblingYinYang: Tarble is far more pacifistic than Vegeta and Saiyans in general.
* SortingAlgorithmOfEvil: Abo and Kado are roughly as powerful as Frieza by the time of the OVA. However, [[LensmanArmsRace since the OVA takes place after Buu has been defeated]], that means they're barely a threat to the protagonists, [[LampshadeHanging something which the narrator comments on at the end]].
* SpikesOfVillainy: On Aka's face, shoulders, and arms.
* StealthPun: Goku's family has a radish garden. It's probably an homage to Goku's evil brother, Raditz, whose name is derived from radish.
* ThemeNaming: Vegetable. Get it?
* TokenGoodTeammate: Tarble is, among the Saiyans.
* TheUnfavorite / WhiteSheep: Tarble was exiled for being too weak and kind. However, Vegeta, who would have killed him on the spot for being a weakling (like Nappa) 11 years ago, has become "nice" enough by the time they reunited to merely find him extremely annoying.
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