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* LampshsdeHanging: Gohan comments how much easier gathering Dragon Balls has become overtime. Relying on Bulma's Dragon Radar may have something to do with it.

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* LampshsdeHanging: LampshadeHanging: Gohan comments how much easier gathering Dragon Balls has become overtime. Relying on Bulma's Dragon Radar may have something to do with it.
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* LampshsdeHanging: Gohan comments how much easier gathering Dragon Balls has become overtime. Relying on Bulma's Dragon Radar may have something to do with it.
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* ButtMonkey: Poor Yamcha. Shortly after buying a new car, an explosion throws it onto his house. Because he used all of the money he had from his current baseball salary, he is forced to crash with his friends.
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* LighterAndSofter: The third movie was the darkest ''Dragon Ball'' adaptation in the Z banner where the protagonists are trying to prevent the Earth from being a drained and desolate planet. This adaptation turns it into a ChristmasEpisode, and cuts back on the Earth literally dying as the result of the titular Christmas Tree of Might.
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* FrivolousSummoning: Krillin summons Shenron because he wants to wish for a Christmas tree instead of restoring the burned forest. This pushes Shenron over the edge, and he grants the wish by directing Turles and his evil tree to Earth in retaliation.
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* RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil: Of all of the Misfit Minions, Reese earns this title and a permanent spot on Santa's Naughty List for ''raping WesternAnimation/RudolphTheRedNosedReindeer''. Krillin also thinks this as when Slay reveals he killed a kid to get rid of his cancer, he comments that Slay's one of the worst mall Santas ever, right behind the ones who molest children (implying murdering them is less evil than molesting them). Slay's response?

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* RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil: Of all of the Misfit Minions, Reese earns this title and a permanent spot on Santa's Naughty List for ''raping WesternAnimation/RudolphTheRedNosedReindeer''.Literature/RudolphTheRedNosedReindeer''. Krillin also thinks this as when Slay reveals he killed a kid to get rid of his cancer, he comments that Slay's one of the worst mall Santas ever, right behind the ones who molest children (implying murdering them is less evil than molesting them). Slay's response?

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* AdaptedOut: Icarus, almost entirely, who goes from taking up about half the movie to being a CreditsGag.

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* AdaptedOut: Icarus, almost entirely, completely, who goes from taking up about half the movie to being a CreditsGag.



* TakeThat: When King Kai tells Goku that the Christmas Tree of Might is sucking up all the holiday joy from the world, what's Goku's response?
-->'''Goku:''' That's Disney evil!
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* RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil: Of all of the Misfit Minions, Reese earns this title and a permanent spot on Santa's Naughty List for ''raping WesternAnimation/RudolphTheRedNosedReindeer''. Slay is implied to have been one of the Mall Santas who molest children while he killed one to "cure" his cancer.

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* RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil: Of all of the Misfit Minions, Reese earns this title and a permanent spot on Santa's Naughty List for ''raping WesternAnimation/RudolphTheRedNosedReindeer''. Krillin also thinks this as when Slay is implied reveals he killed a kid to have been get rid of his cancer, he comments that Slay's one of the Mall worst mall Santas ever, right behind the ones who molest children while he killed one to "cure" his cancer.(implying murdering them is less evil than molesting them). Slay's response?
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* RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil: Of all of the Misfit Minions, Reese earns this title and a permanent spot on Santa's Naughty List for ''raping WesternAnimation/RudolphTheRedNosedReindeer''. Slay is implied to have been one of the Mall Santas who molest children while he killed one to "cure" his cancer.
-->'''Slay:''' So I'm the ''worst'' Mall Santa.
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!!If Chi-Chi finds out about these tropes, I might not get that mouth present:
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* TitleDrop: Said word for word when the Misfit Minions plant the tree. Humorously, the one who plants it doesn’t know what the lead one means because he isn’t sepsific enough, so he has to drop the title for it to get planted.

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* TitleDrop: Said word for word when the Misfit Minions plant the tree. Humorously, the one who plants it doesn’t know what the lead one means because he isn’t sepsific specific enough, so he has to drop the title for it to get planted.
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* TakeThat: When King Kai tells Goku that the Christmas Tree of Might is sucking up all the holiday joy from the world, what's Goku's response?
-->'''Goku:''' That's Disney evil!
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* TitleDrop: Said word for word when the Misfit Minions plant the tree. Humorously, the one who plants it doesn’t know what the lead one means because he isn’t sepsific enough, so he has to drop the title for it to get planted.
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* CallBack: Tien calling [[AsianSpeekeeEngrish Jinga and Beru]] "f**king weeaboos" is a call-back to TheStinger of [[Recap/DragonBallZAbridgedE16 Episode 16]], where King Kai refuses to teach the Earth Z-fighters the Kaioken because Yamcha misprounced its name.

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* ChristmasEpisode: Yes.
** Hilariously, Lanipator has stated that this is his favourite installment in the abridged series because of the fact that the joke he came up with for the title, Christmas Tree of Might, is what the whole Christmas-themed plot and humour is written around. This title is pretty much the entire reason for the movie being a ChristmasEpisode.

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* ChristmasEpisode: Yes.
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Yes. Hilariously, Lanipator has stated that this is his favourite installment in the abridged series because of the fact that the joke he came up with for the title, Christmas Tree of Might, is what the whole Christmas-themed plot and humour is written around. This title is pretty much the entire reason for the movie being a ChristmasEpisode.



* NonSerialMovie: The movie being non-canon is heavily lampshaded in the credits and post credits scene.[[note]]Ironically, Maron and Icarus, who appear in this movie, later became {{Canon Immigrant}}s in the actual anime and subsequently the Abridged series itself.[[/note]]

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* NonSerialMovie: The movie being non-canon is heavily lampshaded in the credits and post credits scene.[[note]]Ironically, Maron and Icarus, who appear in this movie, movie and are stated to be non-canon in the credits as a CreditsGag, later became {{Canon Immigrant}}s in the actual anime and subsequently the Abridged series itself.[[/note]]

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* NonSerialMovie: The movie being non-canon is heavily lampshaded in the credits and post credits scene.
-->'''Vegeta''': This is so non-canon, it hurts.
** And yet, despite the movie claiming that Maron and Icarus are not canon, they do appear in material that is canon to the Abridged series (Maron appears in and gets mentioned in later, canonical episodes, while Icarus is mentioned in the Season 1 finale as having existed at some point, and appears in the Revenge of Cooler Abridged movie, which is implied to be canon.) So the movie is so non-canon that even the statements it makes about what isn't canon are non-canon.
*** Then again, this is the abridged series, it all works better when it funny.

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* NonSerialMovie: The movie being non-canon is heavily lampshaded in the credits and post credits scene.
-->'''Vegeta''':
scene.[[note]]Ironically, Maron and Icarus, who appear in this movie, later became {{Canon Immigrant}}s in the actual anime and subsequently the Abridged series itself.[[/note]]
-->'''Vegeta:'''
This is so non-canon, it hurts.
** And yet, despite the movie claiming that Maron and Icarus are not canon, they do appear in material that is canon to the Abridged series (Maron appears in and gets mentioned in later, canonical episodes, while Icarus is mentioned in the Season 1 finale as having existed at some point, and appears in the Revenge of Cooler Abridged movie, which is implied to be canon.) So the movie is so non-canon that even the statements it makes about what isn't canon are non-canon.
*** Then again, this is the abridged series, it all works better when it funny.
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*** Then again, this is the abridged series, it all works better when it funny.
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* AdaptedOut: Icarus, almost entirely, who goes from taking up about half the movie to being a CreditsGag.
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* WhatTheHellHero: Shenron actually seems begrudgingly okay with being summoned to return the forest that Gohan, Krillin, Bulma and Oolong (semi) accidentally burned down. Then Krillin says he just wants a Christmas tree. You can hear the complete and utter ''disgust'' in Shenron's voice as he [[JerkassGenie agrees]].

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* WhatTheHellHero: Shenron actually seems begrudgingly okay with being summoned to return the forest that Gohan, Krillin, Bulma and Oolong (semi) accidentally burned down. Then Krillin says he just wants a Christmas tree. tree, despite being surrounded by the now-homeless forest creatures at that very second. You can hear the complete and utter ''disgust'' in Shenron's voice as he [[JerkassGenie agrees]].agrees]], kicking off the film's conflict.
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* WhatTheHellHero: Shenron actually seems begrudgingly okay with being summoned to return the forest that Gohan, Krillin, Bulma and Oolong (semi) accidentally burned down. Then Krillin says he just wants a Christmas tree. You can hear the complete and utter ''disgust'' in Shenron's voice as he [[JerkassGenie agrees]].
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** And yet, despite the movie claiming that Maron and Icarus are not canon, they do appear in material that is canon to the Abridged series (Maron gets mentioned in later, canonical episodes, while Icarus is mentioned in the Season 1 finale as having exited at some point, and appears in the Revenge of Cooler Abridged movie, which is implied to be canon.) So the movie is so non-canon that even the statements it makes about what isn't canon are non-canon.

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** And yet, despite the movie claiming that Maron and Icarus are not canon, they do appear in material that is canon to the Abridged series (Maron appears in and gets mentioned in later, canonical episodes, while Icarus is mentioned in the Season 1 finale as having exited existed at some point, and appears in the Revenge of Cooler Abridged movie, which is implied to be canon.) So the movie is so non-canon that even the statements it makes about what isn't canon are non-canon.
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-->'''Vegeta''': This is so non-canon, it hurts.
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** Hilariously, Lanipator has stated that this is his favourite installment in the abridged series because of the fact that the joke he came up with for the title, Christmas Tree of Might, is what the whole Christmas-themed plot and humour is written around. This title is pretty much the entire reason for the movie being a ChristmasEpisode.
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* YankTheDogsChain: The credits state that Krillin got a girlfriend, but wasn't allowed to keep her because she wasn't canon.

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* NonSerialMovie: The movie being non-canon is heavily lampshaded in the credits and post credits scene.
** And yet, despite the movie claiming that Maron and Icarus are not canon, they do appear in material that is canon to the Abridged series (Maron gets mentioned in later, canonical episodes, while Icarus is mentioned in the Season 1 finale as having exited at some point, and appears in the Revenge of Cooler Abridged movie, which is implied to be canon.) So the movie is so non-canon that even the statements it makes about what isn't canon are non-canon.
* YankTheDogsChain: The credits state that Krillin got a girlfriend, girlfriend (Maron), but wasn't allowed to keep her because she wasn't canon.
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It's Christmas time, and Krillin decides that there's only one way to get a decent tree- Dragon Balls! Naturally, Shenron takes offense over being summoned for such a trivial thing, and brings to Earth a group of SpacePirates who plant a tree that sucks up all of the joy in the world...the ''Christmas Tree of Might''.

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* ChristmasEpisode: Yes.
* MotiveRant: Turles gives one on why he hates Christmas.
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: The whole special happened because Krillin wanted a Christmas tree from Shenron. Asking for it right in front of the animals that lost their home to a forest fire probably didn't help.
* YankTheDogsChain: The credits state that Krillin got a girlfriend, but wasn't allowed to keep her because she wasn't canon.

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