History TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot / DragonBallSuper

* During Gohan's sparing match with Goku, he states that he wants to obtain a never before seen "ultimate form" that will be an ascension of the form he's using. The fight against Top could've been the perfect way for him to obtain the new form, what with Top being his toughest opponent in the tournament. Instead, he abandons the fight against him to help Frieza out against Dyspo, sacrificing his participation to ensure Dyspo's elimination and ending up not obtaining a new transformation.

* During Gohan's sparing match with Goku, he states that he wants to obtain a never before seen "ultimate form" that will be an ascension of the form he's using. The fight against Top could've been the perfect way for him to obtain the new form, what with Top being his toughest opponent in the tournament. Instead, he abandons the fight against him to help Frieza out against Dyspo, sacrificing his participation to ensure Dyspo's elimination.

* Goku and Top having their rematch in the Tournament of Power. Considering their fight before the tournament was put to an halt, along with Goku being eager to fight the Pride Trooper leader again (even immediately head towards him when the tournament starts, only for other fighters to get in his way) and Top wanting to pound Goku to the dirt for bringing up the tournament to Zen'o, one would think that they could've finally fought again once they weren't interrupted, even more so when Top unleashes his God of Destruction mode. Instead, the rematch never happens as Jiren becomes Goku's main rival and Top gets eliminated by Vegeta.
* During Gohan's sparing match with Goku, he states that he wants to obtain a never before seen "ultimate form" that will ascend the form he's using. The fight against Top could've been the perfect way for him to obtain the new form, what with Top being his toughest opponent in the tournament. Instead, he abandons the fight against him to help Frieza out against Dyspo, sacrificing his participation to ensure Dyspo's elimination.

* The idea of the Potara fusion for the Tournament of Power is a neat idea, but only Universe 6 uses it. Universe 2 tries it, but the U2 gods, instead of giving them to Ribrianne and Rozie who are strong enough on their own, give their earrings to Rabanra and Zarbuto, who screw up the process and Kefla blows them up along the Potara. Universe 7 toys with the idea of allowing the androids to fuse into a hypothetical Android 35 (like in ''Heroes'' and ''Fusions''), but the idea is dismissed due to reasoning that doesn't make sense; since fusions are depicted as being stronger than the sum of their parts (depending on compatibility), 35's increased ability to defend themself should have been well worth the risk of losing two fighters at once.

* The idea of the Potara fusion for the Tournament of Power is a neat idea, but only Universe 6 uses it. Universe 2 tries it, but the U2 gods, instead of giving them to Ribrianne and Rozie who are strong enough on their own, give their earrings to Rabanra and Zarbuto, who screw up the process and Kefla blows them up along the Potara. Universe 7 toys with the idea of allowing the androids to fuse into a hypothetical Android 35 (like in ''Heroes'' and ''Fusions''), but the idea is dismissed due to reasoning that doesn't make sense; since fusions are depicted as being stronger than the sum of their parts (depending on compatibility), 35's increased ability to defend themself should have been well worth the risk of losing two fighters at once.
* Kale's backstory not being explored at all, or not fully adopting the Legendary Super Saiyan legend is this for many viewers. In the series, Kale is just introduced as Caulifla's lackey (bringing the question of how such a meek person ended up being the lackey of the brash leader of a gang) which is InexplicablyAwesome for her unique Super Saiyan transformation. Unlike other fighters from Universe 6 which have some backstory to explain how powerful they are, Kale's power remains a mystery. For some, it makes her CharacterArc quite weak to follow.
** Averted in the manga, where it's revealed Kale's power is the same as Broly's, a Legendary Saiyan who appears once every 1,000 years. Only now with the caveat that she's doomed to destroy herself with her own power. She also mentions being picked up by Caulifla at some point and that's why she follows her.

* The idea of the Potara fusion for the Tournament of Power is a neat idea, but only Universe 6 uses it. Universe 2 tried to use it, but the gods, instead of giving them to Ribrianne and Rozie who are strong enough on their own, they give it to Rabanra and Zarbuto, who screw the process and Kefla blows them up along the Potara. Universe 7 toyed with the idea of allowing the androids to fuse into a hypothetical Android 35 (like in ''Heroes'' and ''Fusions''), but the idea was scrapped. The in-universe reasoning for this doesn't even make sense, since fusions are depicted as being stronger than the sum of their parts (depending on compatibility), 35's increased ability to defend themself should have been well worth the risk of losing two fighters at once.

* The idea of the Potara fusion for the Tournament of Power is a neat idea, but only Universe 6 uses it. Universe 2 tried to use it, but the gods, instead of giving them to Ribrianne and Rozie who are strong enough on their own, they give it to Rabanra and Zarbuto, who screw the process and Kefla blows them up along the Potara. Universe 7 toyed with the idea of allowing the androids to fuse into an hypothetical Android 35 (like in ''Heroes'' and ''Fusions''), but the idea was scrapped.

* The ''Resurrection F'' arc ''completely'' skips over how Goku and Vegeta acquired the Super Saiyan Blue form, with them achieving it offscreen. While this was one thing in the original film, it's quite another in a series that had a lot more runtime to work with. Considering that one of the biggest complaints about Blue was that it came off as just "Super Saiyan, but with blue colors and more power," it would have been an excellent opportunity to define it as its own thing. For that matter, we also never see how Vegeta acquired regular ol' Super Saiyan God, even though it's a form that relies on the power of others and therefore something Vegeta would be reluctant to assume.

* As pointed out in the character tropes, the idea of an evil Kai was pretty interesting, and could have brought a nice piece of continuity into the series about the extinction of the Supreme Kais in Universe 7. Zamasu's plan could also have been motivated by knowing about the destruction done by Buu to his fellow Kais, especially since in the manga version Zamasu and the U7's Supreme Kai are shown to be in friendly terms. Instead, Majin Buu doesn't appear in the story at all and Zamasu never brings up Majin Buu's genocide as an argument. [[spoiler:The fact that Zamasu becomes an even worse eldritch monster than Majin Buu by consuming the multiverse could have made a chilling observation by the characters about his [[YouAreWhatYouHate ironic nature.]]]]

* Kale's backstory not being explored at all, or not fully adopting the Legendary Super Saiyan legend is this for many viewers. In the series, Kale is just introduced as Caulifla's lackey (bringing the question of how such a meek person ended up being the lackey of the brash leader of a gang) which is InexplicablyAwesome for her unique Super Saiyan transformation. Unlike other fighters from Universe 6 which have some backstory to explain how powerful they are, Kale's power remains a mystery. For some, it makes her CharacterArc quite weak to follow.

* Ever since Akira Toriyama mentioned that 17 has a family, fans had been wondering what they look like. When Goku talks to 17 after their sparring match, 17 shows Goku (but not the audience) his family. Even after the tournament, he's on a cruise liner taking to his sister and brother-in-law by himself. Fans were once again disappointed, since they really wanted to know what his wife and three children looked like.

* Present Zamasu fell into this with parts of the fandom who wanted him to have a HeelRealization after seeing or hearing about the horrible things his [[spoiler:future counterparts have done in Trunks' timeline]]. They wanted Zamasu to realize that not all mortals were evil, that he has [[HeWhoFightsMonsters become the very monster he wanted to fight against]], and would get a redemption arc similar to Piccolo and Vegeta. Instead, Zamasu was happy to hear that his dream had came true when Goku told him about the chaos [[spoiler:Goku Black and Future Zamasu]] had caused and then [[TooDumbToLive stupidly tries to attack Goku in plain sight of everyone]] where Beerus proceeds to [[OneHitKill finish him off]].

** The idea of the Potara fusion for the Tournament of Power is a neat idea, but only Universe 6 uses it. Universe 2 tried to use it, but the gods, instead of giving them to Ribrianne and Rozie who are strong enough on their own, they give it to Rabanra and Zarbuto, who screw the process and Kefla blows them up along the Potara. Universe 7 toyed with the idea of allowing the androids to fuse into an hypothetical Android 35 (like in ''Heroes'' and ''Fusions''), but the idea was scrapped.

* Super does ''nothing'' to reveal how exactly Vegeta was able to gain the ability to tap into god ki to transform into Super Saiyan Blue. It's revealed that Vegeta simply reached this level with his own power by training under Whis, which fans are still divided on if this was a good enough reason.
* In the same vein, Frieza's training is only very superficially shown.

* Despite Goku and Vegeta being responsible for saving Gowasu's life in the previous arc, Universe 10 is presented as antagonistic due to Rumshii vocally despising Beerus. It would have made a good opportunity for Universe 7 to have a third ally during the Tournament along Universe 6.
* Alongside that, Universe 6 being allies with Universe 7 is never presented as an option, as only Hit and Cabba show some camaraderie with their counterparts (Hit and Goku being rivals, Vegeta and Cabba master and student). The rest of the members have either some grudge (Botamo and Magetta) or consider them {{Worthy Opponent}}s at best (like Caulifla). In fact, pretty much every Universe 6 members not named Hit ended up being eliminated by their Universe 7 and ultimately, gets erased mid-way in the tournament, which also meant that they do not get the opportunity to participate in the final battle against Aniraza and Universe 11.