Never Live It Down in Dragon Ball.
- When Vegeta crushed his scouter after it was unable to register Goku's power level, famously accompanied by his declaration that it was "Over 9000!"note . It has long since spawned a meme about Vegeta shouting random numbers and crushing electronics he's holding.
- Vegeta's distaste for worms in a filler episode of the Majin Buu Saga. Fans always make jokes and many photos on DeviantArt about his dislike of worms along with Goku's fear of needles.
- Krillin is often mocked because he dies a lot. While he does die 3 times (4 counting Dragon Ball GT), there's another character who dies just as much, but never gets brought up: Chiaotzu. However, Krillin's first two deaths were important, memorable events that had a lot of emotional impact, the non-canon fourth one like this too, and only the third was minor (Albeit the anime made it a bit better). Chiaotzu's first two deaths were Senseless Sacrifices, and the third wasn't even pointed out, just inferred. But nobody remembers this. It should be noted that if one discounts GT and counts Dragon Ball Super, Goku himself has died the same amount of times as Krillin. Of course, he gets a pass, given that he's Goku and his third death literally lasted a minute and was in a Breather Episode. Counting all the series, Android 17 and Piccolo have also died four times, but nearly all of Android 17's deaths were offscreen, so it's hard to remember.
- Krillin's subsequent deaths are far more notable because he was revived with the Dragon Balls once already (and before they came up with new rules, the Dragon can only revive a person once). Krillin effectively cheated death twice, first by being revived and again when his friends circumvented the 1 revival rule. This may have contributed to his dying being memetic. Still, the same things could be said of Chiaotzu (As they die at about the same time; hell, Chiaotzu's second death comes well before Krillin's), but the show focuses more on Krillin, so it's understandable he's remembered more.
- Yamcha is often noted for dying to the Saibaman enemy's Suicide Attack, but fans often neglect to note that he was canonically taken off-guard and in the manga had no time to react at all. Fans also tend to ignore that as stated in the series, Yamcha also went ahead in the fight as a favor for Krillin who had already died once and thus couldn't be revived by the Dragon Balls, instead believing Yamcha was doing it for the glory or selfish reasons (see Ron the Death Eater). His Undignified Death has become so well-known in the fanbase that it's largely the thing he's best-known for. His pose upon dying is an Ascended Meme, with multiple video games making him unusually vulnerable to the normally-ineffective Suicide Attack of Saibamen, and in Dragon Ball Xenoverse, falling into the "death pose" is actually a move of his. It even crops up in Dragon Ball Super. By Dragon Ball Fighter Z, the joke had become so universal that it even got subverted, as Yamcha naturally has a Dramatic Finish when defeated by Nappa... but he can also return the favor, defeating Nappa in exactly the same way.
- In addition to the Saibaman's attack, Yamcha has the dubious distinction of being a "cuckold" whom Bulma eventually left for the man responsible for Yamcha's death. note While there are also some memes and humor surrounding this, Yamcha does notably get more sympathy for this one, considering how he was once Goku's first ally who created the blueprint for future rival-type friends but late into the series is still single with no job, has no family or children, and is considered one of the weakest, bottom-tier Z-fighters. Whereas Krillin at least got Android 18 to make up for falling behind Goku, Yamcha basically got nothing except for some "Forever Alone" memes of Bulma choosing Vegeta over him.
- DBZ is often poked fun at for its dragged out fight scenes... However, the only time it was really as bad as the jokes made them out to be were during the Namek Saga. Other times were not as bad.
- At the end of the Saiyan Saga, Chi-Chi was completely neglectful of Goku, caring nothing for his health and only showed concern for Gohan. This is what most fans best remember her for, and will use this incident as a supporting point in arguments on whether she's a good wife for Goku.
- Mr. Satan has yet to live down taking credit for beating Cell. Despite him redeeming himself by helping Goku save the world from Kid Buu, fans still won’t let him live this down.
- Goku gave Cell a Senzu Bean and threw Gohan into a fight with him, with Gohan being helpless and scared at the time. This incident is mentioned a lot when fans question his nobility and his good nature in general, ignoring all the times he protects Gohan. It's just that he thought the kid was ready when he really wasn't, and did not understand that Gohan wasn't the Blood Knight his father was. Goku has yet to live this down.
- Dragon Ball Z Kai is sometimes thought to be heavily censored. However, this isn't the case - while the original version does have some censorship (the scene where Piccolo blows a hole through Goku and Raditz is edited and shots of genitalia and Flipping the Bird are removed), it's largely negligible. This mistaken assumption can be largely attributed to the original broadcasts done on Nicktoons and Toonzai, which were heavily censored, removing blood and profanity, and, in the latter's case, removing all references to death and making Mr. Popo blue. However, the Toonami and home versions of the show don't have these changes, and when one compares the English dubs of the original show and Kai, Kai is much less censored.
- It doesn’t help that for the Latin American Spanish dub, Toei not just commissioned the Nicktoons edit, but changed most of the original cast, leading to a massive outrage in said region. The Final Chapters surely addressed many issues.
- A mistranslated joke in the English Dub of Dragon Ball Super resulted in Goku stating he never kissed Chi-Chi. Despite there being large amounts of evidence that contradicts this statement (even within the English Dub), the fanbase and general public ran with the idea, with many portraying Goku as the worst husband in existence.
