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Clockwise from left: Perfect Cell, Kermit, Shallot, Cermit

"So hear me out. I watch these guys called Team Four Star that have these cool 'Vs.' videos that they used to do. So I figured, what if we do something similar to that... but worse? But not something too bad. Just, like, kind of cringe — but the good kind of cringe. You look down, you notice you're aroused, you question why you want more. We take that, throw in a perfect amount of unnecessary shit, music, fanservice, and mwah — plot."
Kermit the Frog, explaining the premise of the DevilArtemis Universe to Perfect Cell

DevilArtemis is a content creator who specializes in skits involving Perfect Cell going up against a variety of different characters, taking over the popular concept by Team Four Star during Season 3 of Dragon Ball Z Abridged, but putting a new spin on it. He's also the current animator and voice actor for TFS's HFIL series and serves a collaborator for recent SXR 123 videos.


The following tropes have appeared here.

  • Adaptational Badass:
    • Kermit the Frog goes from a regular Muppet to someone who could even go Super Froggy Blue and Ultra Instinct at random points in this series. His current super mode is an ultra buff version.
      • The League of Memes arc reveals he's also a Keyblade user, complete with his duel with Miss Piggy taking place in Kermit's own Dive to the Heart.
    • Even applies to Perfect Cell compared to canon as he goes toe to toe with stronger foes than possible in canon and achieves the Ultra Instinct or get the fan-popular golden form. Other videos have shown him with a stand and another suggests he's made from the DNA of all shounen protagonists.
    • Shallot got this treatment as in his first appearance, he revealed Super Sayian, Super Sayian God, Super Sayian Blue, Kaioken. And later appearances had him going Ultra Instinct and Super Sayian 4. His debut in the series was made around the time he got the basic Super Saiyan form.
    • Joe Swanson is a Stand User and specifically uses Silver Chariot
    • Shrek is now a former Sealed Evil in a Can, and serves as The Dreaded to nearly everyone.
    • Miss Piggy is now a skilled swordswoman, and can also use Bankai.
    • The Penguins Of Madagascar, thanks to an offscreen anime training arc, are a lot more stronger. We've yet to see what Skipper and Kowalski can do, but from what is gathered Rico can hork up a Gundam and fire lasers from his mouth, while Private achieved Super Penguin and is revealed to be capable of Titan-Shifting!
    • Plank, an ordinary plank of wood in his source material, has a superpowered form capable of kicking Cell's ass and can pilot a fighter jet.
    • Mr. Satans formerly imaginary Super Saiyan form is now real in the DAU. It's still not enough to beat Kermit, who somehow blocks the attack with one finger.
  • Adaptational Jerkass:
    • Kermit's also more of an asshole than the usual Nice Guy he is. He's best friends with a murderous Bio-android, and even the android comes off as a nicer guy rather often.
    • Mario in a number of appearances has come off as a quite massive dick, with the most recent occasion (thrashing Cell's couch, tv, and a few other things) sparks Cell to return the favor with the Mushroom Kingdom.
  • Adaptational Nice Guy:
    • Cell is notably not as evil as his canon counterpart. While still a villain from time to time, he's shown to have his own standards and a genuine friendship with several characters.
    • With the Dragon Ball Super Friends, this applies to Goku Black and Freeza to some degree who are content to hang around the house when in canon, their ambitions had very high death tolls.
  • Adaptational Villainy:
    • Master Roshi was a Dirty Old Man, but he was no serial killer who buried his victims around his house. He has gone from this to a Shell-Shocked Veteran of the "Coochie Wars".
    • Shrek is an ancient evil that was sealed away for a long time. When it breaks, he vows to destroy the world in revenge for his swamp being destroyed in the Coochie Wars.
    • Shaggy is a megalomaniac who killed off the rest of Mystery Incorporated in a quest for ultimate power. Though the latter is revealed to have been an accident and Shaggy's villainy is more a case of With Great Power Comes Great Insanity.
    • At one point, Hugh Neutron made an appearance as a malicious eldritch being.
  • Adaptational Wimp: Played for Laughs. In canon, Cell and Vegeta would wipe the floor with various characters that these shorts would depict them as the victims of.
  • Affectionate Nickname:
    • Cooler is regularly addressed as "Pump Daddy C".
    • Broly is addressed as "Billy".
    • In one video, Kermit addresses Frieza as "Frank".
  • Almighty Janitor: Shallot somehow ends up in prison. The average power level in the series is very far beyond any average human law enforcement could reach and Cell confirms him to be one of the strongest fighters in the DAU. Compared to anything else, the police somehow capturing Shallot would definitely count for this trope. Not to mention Kermit states it was because he committed tax evasion.
  • And Now for Someone Completely Different: DevilArtemis has made a few videos more relating to Naruto, mostly focusing on the misadventures of Rock Lee and Neji rather than Cell and Kermit.
  • Ambiguously Gay: Zarbon.
    • Black Comedy Rape: Inflicts this on Cell a couple of times and a Pikachu once.
    • Camp Gay: Considering all the times he's made a pass at Cell, Frieza, or mentioned wanting dicks, it's safe to say we can skip the "ambiguous" part.
  • All Just a Dream: In the "Perfect Cell Vs Zarbon", the whole event was revealed to have been a dream by Perfect Cell.
    • The first encounter with Ugandan Knuckles was said to be this.
  • Art Evolution: The videos started off as still images from the anime(and other sources) before evolving to SFM, and then branching off to Blender. Super Friends went on a similar evolution, starting off being animated with SFM, the later parts of Season 2 being animated with MikuMikuDance, and the upcoming third season is to be animated with Blender. The increase in art quality is lampshaded in-universe as a "budget increase."
  • Artifact Title: Despite the presence of "vs" in the title of the videos, there's rarely actual fighting involved. In fact, the videos were meant to be based on Team Four Star's videos where Cell faced off against various characters while waiting for the Cell Games to happen. Eventually, Cell states that the Cell Games have been cancelled.
    • Lampshaded by Shallot in the Fall Guys video, followed by Cell stating the reason why he barely does this anymore is that he could just blow up most of his opponents in the span of thirty seconds.
    • Also lampshaded in "How Pefect Cell Met Kermit", in which Cell stipulates that he doesn't fight his opponents in his videos with Kermit unless he wants to.
  • Ass Pull: Invoked regularly with the phrase "some bullshit", whenever a character reveals some sort of arbitrary advantage which allows them to overpower another character (usually Cell).
  • Ass Shove: Perfect Cell suffers one in his "fight" with Kale (with a pipe).
    • He suffers another one from GT Kid Goku ("DRAGON FIST!") in "Perfect Cell Vs GT Goku", which leaves him in a wheelchair.
    • He gets hit by one once again this time by Kakashi with his Jutsu "One Thousand Years of Death".
  • Barrier Maiden: Shallot's shark suit held reality together for a while until Shallot replaced it with the Farmer.
  • Badass Boast: Slick Gogeta gives one out to Shrek, doubling down as a Mythology Gag to two of the original Gogeta's boasts.
    Slick Gogeta: I am neither Slick Goku nor Vegeta, I am SLICK Gogeta! I am the one who's going to FUCK YOU UP!
    • Shallot also gets on in The League of Memes arc during his Big Damn Heroes moment against Wigglytuff.
    Shallot: Here's something you probably don't know about Saiyans, we get stronger everytime we get our asses kicked. So my zenkai boost, is off the fucking charts.
    Wigglytuff: Do you see me sweatin', boy?
    Shallot: Not yet, but you will be. And for the record? My name is Shallot.
    • Also, nearly everything that comes out of Escanors mouth. Special mention goes to this one:
    Escanor: You claim to be 'The Perfect Being.'
    Cell: (regenerating a lopped off arm) Brilliance at its best.
    Escanor: Who decided that? (charges up a Cruel Sun)
  • Berserk Button: Ugandan Knuckles is perhaps the thing Cell most hated for a long while, but these days his reaction varies. This is in part due to the two sometimes being on the same side.
    • Cell is also often angered by unsolicited visits to, or destruction of, the Cell Games arena. Also when other characters crash on his property without paying rent.
    • Gohan (teen or adult), on the other hand, remains the focus of Cell's hate, despite the Cell Games (and thus Cell's canonical death) not happening in this continuity.
    • Kermit's is being called a Sesame Street character.
    • Giblet doesn't like being called "Gibby".
  • Big Damn Heroes: The Super Friends are saved by a combined effort of Frieza, Cooler, and the Frieza Force in the final battle against Mickey Mouse.
  • Black Comedy Rape: Cell was unfortunate enough to face Fleece Johnson, aka The Booty Warrior who just happened to be looking for "The Perfect Being with The Perfect Ass".
    • Zarbon engages in this more than once, with his victims including Cell, Goku, and Dr. Gero.
  • Bob Ross Rib: "The Perfect TV Show" has Rex buy a television station and host a painting show in the style of Bob Ross in order to (what else) challenge Cell to fight him.
  • Breaking the Fourth Wall: Cell and Kermit are fully aware that they are characters in a series of YouTube videos and make repeated references to pleasing the fans either by releasing new content, abusing Shallot (who is or isn't aware of the audience depending on the video) or showcasing "great big booty bitches". Often the fans are addressed directly, and occasionally are even "killed" by the characters.
  • Bookends: Downplayed, but the first of the League of Memes to die (not counting El Hermano), Metal-Elay, attempted to use a ranged attack before getting struck down by Shallot. The last member of the League of Memes to get killed is Shaggy, who also tries to use a ranged attack but ends up getting struck and absorbed by All For One.
  • …But He Sounds Handsome: Cermit (while disguised as Kermit) is unable to resist indulging in this trope when confronted by the real Kermit, claiming that Cermit is better looking than him. This alone makes Cell very suspicious judging by his facial expression. Cermit saying he and Cell were friends with Broly (not Billy as Kermit and Cell like to call him) seals the deal.
  • Butt-Monkey:
    • Yamcha. Even when the Cell Games were going to happen, Cell laughed at the idea of fighting him. Years later, Yamcha still doesn't know the Cell Games were cancelled. Not even Ultra Instinct is enough to have him win against Perfect Cell in his base form.
    • Gohan. While still stronger than Yamcha, more often than not his appearances end with him being made fun and/or falling victim to some kind of misfortune, albeit not with the same frequency as...
    • Shallot. Poor dude can barely catch a break. Almost all of his appearances have him being killed, maimed, or demeaned in some way. Best shown in the "Among Us" trilogy of videos, the first one being already dead, the second being ejected despite the imposter being Cooler, and the third being thrown into lava by Kermit. Turns out he exploited and thus subverted this. Since he's a Sayian, all those times getting beaten up have given him several powerful zenkai boosts, witch also explains how he obtained all forms of Super Saiyan up to Ultra Instinct.
    • Frieza. Despite being the ruler of half the galaxy, he constantly finds himself in the shadow of his universally popular brother Cooler, and often ends up in a humiliating position with Cell and the gang.
    • Cell himself suffers from this quite often, as he is regularly beaten, humiliated, traumatized and even raped. Moreso since he is defeated by characters who logically shouldn't be able to harm him.
    • Jigglypuff, in his path to evolving to Wigglytuff, is repeatedly pummeled by a baseball bat, shot, blown up, and smacked around because of Kermit's "training," not knowing that Jigglypuff evolves from using a Moon Stone and not from regular training.
  • The Cameo: Curtis "Takahata101" Arnott as Nappa in "Gogeta vs. Shrek".
  • Cats Have Nine Lives: Explicitly stated as the reason Puss In Boots reappears after Cell murders him in a previous episode. Cell responds to this by shooting Puss eight more times.
  • Characterization Marches On: Cell initially acted as his original series' counterpart's confident mass-murdering smug self and to a lesser extent the Team-Four-Star Vs. Battle version, that was trying to keep his composure constantly exasperated by the increasingly inane acts of his opponents. It wouldn't be till later that he would act more in line with his more affable characterization that reluctantly embraces the oddness defined in the DevilArtemis Universe.
  • Cessation of Existence: Kermit temporally thanks to the Farmer. Though for the Muppet, he's appeared in the real world. It takes two months to bring him back.
  • Disappointed in You: Dr. Gero regards Cell as such a disappointment because he's been more interested in skits than destroying Goku.
  • Distaff Counterpart: Cellette, a female version of Cell who after her debut appearance is shown to be rather mellow and more tolerant of Kermit's antics.
  • Distracted by the Sexy: Cell and Mario after Bowser transforms into Bowsette.
  • Dwindling Party: The eventual fate of the League of Memes in their arc. By the finale, El Hermano, Metal-Elay, Wigglytuff, Shrek, Miss Piggy, Shaggy and All For One either dead or incapacitated. Android 21 and Shallot's newly mechanized shark suit are all that remain.
  • Early-Installment Weirdness:
    • In contrast to how Cell is largely restrained in talking about his flings these days, early on he had a fling with Chi-Chi which Goku was very upset about. That has only come up since then in series of different videos by DevilArtemis, done in large part to mess with Gohan. And later videos have him back to being buddies with Goku.
    • In his first appearance, Mario's Italian accent was revealed to be fake at the end. This is no longer the case for any of Mario's appearances following this.
    • From a visual standpoint, it utilized traditional animation clips for the first few episodes before gradually shifting to the CGI style that would define its identity.
  • Even the Guys Want Him: Cooler, aka Pump Daddy C. Both Cell and Kermit fawn over him whenever he shows up, and he even won the title of Thiccest in the Universe, which was judged by Cell, Pika Juan and Zarbon.
  • Everyone Has Standards: Even Cell felt Kermit went too far when he used the Infinity Gauntlet to wipe out half the universe.
    • He was also aghast about Kermit wanting to gun down all the baby Yoshis.
    • When All For One attempted to recruit Cell to replace all the clean drinking water in the world with gamer girl bath water, Cell’s immediate response was to set him on fire. In fact, this is the basic setup for all of the "Perfect Cell Vs. All For One" videos.
    Perfect Cell: We have standards, godammit.
  • Evil Twin:
    • Inverted with Cermit (Kermit with a C and a mustache) that while he wants to kill the original, has generally been less dickish and has helped Cell on a couple of occasions. But as far as Kermit's concerned, he's very much the trope.
    • Played more straight with Giblet, Shallot's twin brother from Dragon Ball Legends, though he's portrayed as more pathetic than evil.
  • Explain, Explain... Oh, Crap!: Perfect Cell tries not to panic when the Farmer appears with a shotgun, until Kermit states that by the rules of the DevilArtemis universe, the weapon could erase you from existence.
    Perfect Cell: Okay, now we worry.
  • Fusion Dance: Present in Gogeta Vs. Shrek; aside from the obvious Gogeta but this time with Slick Goku's power level and shades, and Cellmit makes a reappearance to stall Shrek.
    • Shallot and Ugandan Knuckles are also capable of fusing to create, as Cell puts it, a "god-forsaken fanfiction fusion" known as Shackles.
    • At the end of the League of Memes arc, Shallet is created to combat the recently fused-with-Shaggy All For One.
  • Groin Attack: Happens a number of times, with one key example being Jotaro's way of beating Cell.
  • Hypocritical Humor: Perfect Cell mocks King Vegeta for naming both the planet and his son after himself. Gohan and King Vegeta retort that Perfect Cell himself named both the tournament and his children after himself.
  • Insane Troll Logic: "Perfect Cell Vs SSJ4 Goku" has Ichigo calling Perfect Cell gay for refusing the offer of sucking his dick. Perfect Cell promptly calls him out of this.
  • In Love with Your Carnage: Broly (Z version) ends up greatly overjoyed upon seeing a Berserk Kale smack Cell around.
  • Karma Houdini Warranty: Kermit shot down Isabelle back in "Cell vs Bugs Bunny". In "Cell vs Doomslayer", the Doomguy appears just to beat the shit out of Kermit.
  • Multiple Endings: DevilArtemis is fond of posting videos with these. Examples include:
    • "Shallot's Revenge": Kermit gives the viewer the choice to either kick Shallot's ass or spare him. Both endings have Shallot drawing a gun and killing the viewer.
    • "Five Nights at Shallot's": Shallot is woken up in his bedroom by noise. Checking the closet ends with Shallot getting shot by Master Roshi. Turning left ends with Shallot being attacked (and likely killed) by The Slender Man. Going to the bathroom ends with Shallot turning Super Saiyan while taking a massive shit. Finally, the secret ending is an Anti-Climax that has Shallot seeing Kermit talk to a wall, then stumbling across Legoshi kidnapping his pet rabbit.
    • "Super Kermit vs. Giblet": After he is defeated by Super Kermit, the viewer can either "spare" Giblet by letting Zarbon attack him or "destroy" him by forcing him to watch Dragonball Evolution.
    • "Kermit's Jedi Training": When Kermit and Yoda are confronted by Stormtroopers, the viewer can either attack the Stormtroopers (with Yoda using his lightsaber and the Force to dispatch them) or surrender to them (with Kermit, Yoda, and the Stormtroopers insulting the viewer for apparently wimping out before making the viewer choose the first option).
    • "A Day at Kame House": Searching for a Dragon Ball near Roshi's outdoor table ends with Shallot getting blown up by a Saibaman. Searching the interior of Kame House leads to either visiting Roshi's forbidden second floor (death by Roshi's hot dog) or having a drink (being serenaded by Kazuma Kiryu). Searching behind Kame House finds Cell, Kermit, Roshi, Shallot and Snoop Dogg having a party; taking a hit from Snoop's joint leads to a dance routine from Snoop while refusing it leads to Kermit killing the viewer with his spit.
  • No Budget: In-Universe example. In order to keep making videos, Kermit usually has to find ways to keep him and Cell from running out of money by using a lower budget for many of their activities which leads to hilarious antics. One notable example would be when they ran out of budget for the League of Memes Movie near the end before the fight against the monstrous All For One and Shallet ends which leads to an Anti-Climax Boss where Shallet just kills All For One with a slap when Kermit describes the scene to Cell, leading to Cell bringing back Super Friends at the end.
  • No Fourth Wall: To the extreme. Most episodes revolve around Kermit and Cell trying to come up with episode concepts that will keep the channel running while steering clear of YouTube demonetization, with token attempts to maintain some level of creative dignity. Characters are aware of camera movements, vie for "screen time" and "main character status", discuss their popularity with the audience, appeal to DevilArtemis himself, and even weaponize the show's budget or lack thereof, up to and including a gun that reduces the production quality of whatever it hits.
  • Noodle Incident: The Great Coochie Wars served as one for a lot of time, little being known of it other than Roshi being a heavy part of it, Jesus being there for some reason, and the destruction of Shreks swamp. This video has given us a glimpse of the Coochie War's aftermath and the impact it left on Roshi.
  • Odd Friendship: An evil biological android being best friends with one of the Muppets? Not a friendship one would imagine.
  • Only Sane Man: Cell finds himself in this role rather often with how both visitors and friends alike tend to act. Sometimes he ends up being an Audience Surrogate in the process.
  • Other Me Annoys Me: DBZ Broly and Super Broly don't seem to like each other.
  • Out of Job, into the Plot: "How Perfect Cell Met Kermit" establishes that Cell agreed to make videos with Kermit because he was struggling to get by without his character being utilized in recent Dragon Ball media.
  • Overly Long Name: Pika Juan's full name is Juan Carlos Santiago Dominguez Hernandez de la Santa Cruz.
  • Pædo Hunt: During "Kermit: Love X Love", Captian Falcon tries to make moves on Camie Utusushimi... until she pulls out a card that states she's a 17-year old student, after which, the police go after him.
  • Pay Evil unto Evil: Parodied in "Another Hot Tub Episode"; Cell and Wesker burn down an evil spa because it had no free refills.
  • Rage Against the Author: In-Universe: Cell's reaction upon being informed by Akira Toriyama (represented by his Doctor Slump avatar) that the new Dragon Ball movie will about Gohan is to burn down Toriyama's office.
  • Really Gets Around: Android 21, who is said by the narration to have "legendary ways of being a thot". When asked who she slept with in the courtroom, just about everyone raised their hands.
  • "The Reason You Suck" Speech:
    • Kermit is a master of these:
      • Delivers one to Cell in a "A Cold Epiphany", calling him out on how he has no right to be upset with Jr. training with Cooler when Cooler acts like a much better father to Jr. than Cell ever was.
      Kermit: Cell, just save it. You may have given him life but you were never his father.
    • Delivers another to Miss Piggy in the "League of Memes" arc, implying that her self-centered behavior is the reason why their relationship ended.
      Kermit: So that's what this is about — using my feelings as leverage to get what you want.
      Miss Piggy: We'd be together again, Kermie.
      Kermit: You're doing it again, Piggy. It's clear you haven't changed. That's a shame.
    • Shallot delivers one to the viewer in the form of a You Bastard!, after shooting them in each of the Multiple Endings of "Shallot's Revenge".
      • From the "Destroy Shallot" ending:
      Shallot: Look at me, you son of a bitch. Look at me! You think I wanted revenge against [Kermit and Cell]? Please. This was a trap for you. They do this every day, but it's you who laughs at me. It's you who makes the Shallot comments, the ones that people upvote and laugh at for hours. But I'm done being laughed at. It's your fault. And now, I finally get revenge. Goodbye. Also, like the video and please subscribe.
      • From the "Spare Shallot" ending:
      Shallot: You know, not gonna lie. You choosing to spare me? Wholesome. But don't pretend you didn't click the other video first. The best part about this is, I get to kill you twice.
  • Ruder and Cruder: DevilArtemis creates quite possibly the raunchiest pieces of Dragon Ball media ever produced, containing many overt drug references and Camp Gay stereotypes.
  • Running Gag: Anytime someone makes an innuendo, Zarbon can be heard making moaning noises in the background.
  • Sadistic Choice: "Perfect Cell vs. The Omni King" has Zeno erase the entire DevilArtemis Universe from existence save for Cell himself and seemingly offers to bring it back only if Cell agrees to kill Kermit. Subverted in that Zeno actually wants to kill Cermit, not Kermit; Cell is then only too happy to oblige.
  • Schmuck Bait: Bugs Bunny tells Kermit that he can find "bitches" if he crawls into a cannon. Kermit hears female laughter coming from inside the cannon, so he climbs in. Guess what happens.
  • Sugar Apocalypse: "Goku Black Vs Goofy" ends with Black and Zamasu razing Disney World and topping it off with Black killing Goofy with the Sickle of Sorrow.
  • Take That!: The videos mock Dragonball Evolution more than once, with Cell and Kermit torturing Giblet by subjecting him to a screening (which, according to Giblet in his next appearance, required "weeks of therapy"); the Penguins of Madagascar coercing Master Roshi into training them by threatening to show him a DVD of the sequel; and Mickey Mouse slapping Goku when he suggests Disney produce a live-action reboot.
  • Too Kinky to Torture: Getting pimp-slapped by Cell actually turns on Chi-Chi, to the point where she demands sex from him in response (and he accepts).
  • Twin Switch: Cermit decides to take over his twin Kermit's place. It works, fooling Cell into blasting Kermit while Cermit walks away with Kermit's life. It lasts until Kermit comes back and Cermit outs himself before getting the shit kicked out of him by Super Buff Kermit.
  • Unsympathetic Comedy Protagonist: Cell and Kermit have done every horrible thing in the book and then some. And it’s all hilarious.
  • Unwitting Pawn: The League of Memes were implied to be an entire team of them, as All For One's plan involved absorbing their power in order to destroy the DAU. Firstly, El Hermano gets absorbed after he unlocks Shaggy's true potential, and All For One seemingly absorbed the rest of the League's corpses (sans Miss Piggy) before finally absorbing Shaggy.
  • Vitriolic Best Buds: Cell and Kermit will jokingly trash talk and poke fun at each other, and sometimes put each other in physical danger for yuks, but they are still the best of friends.
  • Visual Pun: Joe Swanson uses Silver Chariot here. Makes sense, since, as he's paraplegic, he usually seen in a silver chariot (his wheelchair).
  • Vocal Evolution: The Dameon Clarke impression DevilArtemis has been doing for Cell since the start has been developed to the point where it is near identical to the real thing.
  • What Happened to the Mouse?: A mechanized shark suit is revealed during the penultimate episode of the League of Memes arc, but despite being heavily teased beforehand it plays no role in the arc's resolution.
  • What Kind of Lame Power Is Heart, Anyway?: What Shota Aizawa's quirk is reduced to. Since Cell and Kermit don't have a quirk or need one, Aizawa doesn't have any advantages. Even though his quirk did take effect, the only person effected was Roshi, whose quirk is that he has a boner 24/7.
  • With Friends Like These...: Billy (Broly) seems to feel this way about the rest of the cast, being annoyed when they come to visit him or act friendly.

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