History DubInducedPlotHole / DragonBall

* Ocean went out of its way to avoid admitting that Freeza and his men were killing the Namekians by removing bodies onscreen, cutting scenes of the killings as well as one of Gohan burying one village, editing the dialogue to refer to them as though they were still alive ''and'' adding random grunts and moans whenever a pile of dead Namekian corpses were onscreen. They didn't even bother with the usual "another/next/new dimension" explanation; they simply pretended that the Namekians weren't dead. This becomes a problem when the "not-actually-dead" Namekians are wished back to life at the end anyway which by that time had already switched the dubbing cast along with the censorships that come with it due to the lack of funds.

* Another infamous example; Vegeta simply explaining how Saiyans turn into giant monkeys was changed to Vegeta explaining how [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F_DFJ-OXTzQ Goku's "brilliant scientist" father]] invented the method to transform Saiyans without a full moon, a bit of lore which the translation team ''completely made up'' and contradicts all other depictions of Goku's father, Bardock. This was likely meant to serve as a replacement for the information that Goku accidentally killed his adoptive father, which was a reveal from the previous series that had yet to be dubbed.

* According to Funi, Dr. Gero was the leader of the Red Ribbon Army who Goku had apparently spared long ago and "General" Tao wanted nothing more than world domination. In actuality, the Red Ribbon Army was led by Commander Red. Furthermore, Goku never met Gero during his childhood and Taopaipai was a ''mercenary'' who couldn't care less about world domination. This mistake was the result of [[SequelFirst ''Z'' being translated before]] the original ''Manga/DragonBall'', leaving the translators to guess at what happened based on untranslated video clips.

* Krillin complains about Vegeta almost letting him and Gohan [[NeverSayDie "go the way of the dinosaurs"]] -- which [[LivingDinosaurs still exist]] in the ''Dragon Ball'' universe, and both Krillin and Gohan have interacted with, making Krillin's line nonsensical.

* Another infamous example; Vegeta simply explaining how Sayains turn into giant monkeys was changed to Vegeta explaining how [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F_DFJ-OXTzQ Goku's "brilliant scientist" father]] invented the method to transform Sayains without a full moon, a bit of lore which the translation team ''completely made up'' and contradicts all other depictions of Goku's father, Bardock.

* In the Japanese version, Freeza kills the {{mook|s}} Namole who delivers the news of the Ginyu Force arriving because he showed fear. In the Ocean dub, Freeza instead kills Namole because he won't be needed with the Ginyu Force arriving, even though Freeza doesn't kill any of his other soldiers for this reason, including two other henchmen in ''this very scene'' who he lets live.

* Ocean went out of its way to avoid admitting that Freeza and his men were killing the Namekians by removing bodies onscreen, cutting scenes of the killings as well as one of Gohan burying one village, editing the dialogue to refer to them as though they were still alive ''and'' adding random grunts and moans whenever a pile of dead Namekian corpses were onscreen. They didn't even bother with the usual "another/next/new dimension" explanation; they simply pretended that the Namekians weren't dead. This becomes a problem when the "not-actually-dead" Namekians are wished back to life at the end anyway.

* Likewise, Goku's realization that ''he'' was the giant monster who killed his beloved grandfather was changed to Goku realizing that ''Vegeta'' killed him -- which not only makes no sense, it also makes Goku look deluded and in denial over what really happened. Either they didn't have the original ''Dragon Ball'' for reference, or they did and simply refused to imply that the main character ever killed innocents.

* Vegeta claims that the "Space Warriors" (Saiyans) can take on any form they want under moonlight, instead of becoming giant apes when exposed to it.

* Goku's original birth name Kakarot is never used in the French dub and its many European re-dubs, possibly for fear that having two names might confuse kids. Except for one episode, during the time Goku goes missing after Namek's explosion, in which Vegeta goes around searching for someone named "Cachalote." It is never explained who or what the name refers to and Vegeta returns to calling him Son Goku for the rest of the series. Compounding this nonsense, "Cachalote" means sperm whale in some languages, which makes it even stranger that Vegeta would go looking for [[SpaceWhale whales in outer space]].

* ''Anime/DragonBallSuper'': Episode 60 has Goku state he's never kissed Chi-Chi, and implies he doesn't even know what a kiss is, much to the horror of Vegeta. This is despite there being multiple instances in ''Z'' of Goku and Chi-Chi two kissing each other. In the Japanese version, Goku was expressing confusion towards Trunks performing a Main/MouthtoMouthForceFeeding on his mother, with Goku's wording making Vegeta '''think''' Goku [[Main/OneDialogueTwoConversations was talking about kissing]].

* In the Japanese version, Freeza kills the {{mook|s}} Namole who delivers the news of the Ginyu Force arriving because he showed fear. In the Funimation dub, Freeza instead kills Namole because he won't be needed with the Ginyu Force arriving, even though Freeza doesn't kill any of his other soldiers for this reason, including two other henchmen in ''this very scene'' who he lets live.

* Likewise, Goku's realization that ''he'' was the giant monster who killed his beloved grandfather was changed to Goku realizing that ''Vegeta'' killed him -- which not only makes no sense, it also makes Goku look deluded and in denial over what really happened (though Vegeta doesn't refute it). This is more than likely the result of not having the original ''Dragon Ball'' for reference.