History Recap / DragonBallZAbridgedM4

* EatTheDog: At the end of the special, Goku eats Icarus.

-->'''Sauza:'''As a space Frenchman, I must say I find this food completely detestable. Ze pork is completely overcooked.

* AffablyEvil: Unlike his brother, Cooler is a lot more amicable towards Goku even though he's trying to kill him. He even rolls with Goku's response of "Cooler than Freezer? You must be ice cold" with "No, that woud be my father". They even had an underwater conversation where he gives (unspecified) explanations about his family history, and their equal contempt of Freeza. Goku even pities his DaddyIssues. This characterization gets dropped in the sequel.

* MythologyGag: The part where Goku heals a dying bird when he becomes a Super Saiyan, and then named it Toriyama and asks it to teach a dinosaur to ride a ball? That is a reference to lyrics from the anime's original Japanese opening song ''Cha-La Head-Cha-La''.

* SkewedPriorities: Despite Goku focusing on dealing with Cooler and protecting his friends, he's even more focused on wanting to eat Gohan's pet dragon Icarus throughout the plot. Which he does offscreen, because as the credits rolls we get a good look at Icarus's bones, picked completely clean of meat.

* SkewedPriorities: Despite Goku focusing on dealing with Cooler and protecting his friends, he even more focused on wanting to eat Gohan's pet dragon Icarus throughout the plot. Which he does as the credits roll.

** Nail compares Piccolo's battle with Sauza in the forest to [[Franchise/StarWars]]. He even compares Sauza's Energy Hand Blade to a [[LaserSword Lightsaber]], both which emit the same sound.

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** Nail compare's Piccolo's battle with Sauza in the forest to [[Franchise/StarWars]]. He even compares Sauza's Energy Hand Blade to a [[LaserSword Lightsaber]].

* SkewedPriorities: Despite Goku focusing on dealing with Cooler and protecting his friends, he even more focused on wanting to eat Gohan's pet dragon Icarus.

* RunningGagged: This is the third time in the movie series where Piccolo tends to make fun of a featured villain's QuirkyMinibossSquad. In the Lord Slug Abridged movie, he takes a step further and labels who is "pretty", who is "stupid", and who has "weird powers". Thanks to they being ObliviousToHisOwnDescription, he gives up and declares them "all stupid".
* ShoutOut: Both reference characters in live-action movies whose steel face masks resemble Cooler's final form.

* SpaceX: Sauza, who identifies himself as a "space frenchman". There's also his final words:

-->I will see you in Space Hell... Cousin Jeice.

* ShoutOut:

* GenreSavvy: Cooler refuses to believe Goku is dead [[NeverFoundTheBody without seeing a body]], ordering his minions to search the forest.

* CliffhangerCopout: Toward the end of ''[[Recap/DragonBallZAbridgedM1 Bardock: Father of Goku Abridged]]'', when Sauza asked why Cooler would let Kakarot's pod go, Cooler simply replied, "Because I'm a prick!" At no point in this film does Cooler refer to himself as a prick, and his dialogue in that scene is changed into a rant about Freeza needing to take responsibility for his own messes.

** After tranforming, Cooler says, "[[WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles1987 Tonight, I dine on monkey soup.]]"

* ShoutOut: Cooler tells Goku, "[[Film/TheDarkKnightRises When your planet is in ashes, then you have my permission to die.]]"

--->'''Cooler:''' Well, I do hope somebody answers that phone... ''because I f*cking CALLED IT!''

* AbusiveParents:
* CallBack: When Cooler's squad do their poses, Goku gets a sense of [[{{Malaproper}} deja mustard.]]

* GenreSavvy: Cooler refuses to believe Goku is dead [[NeverFoundTheBody without seeing a body]].
* SpaceX: "I will see you in Space Hell...Cousin Jeice."

-->'''Oolong:''' BURN IN HELL, KRILLIN! I ALMOST ATE THAT!