Goku … Yamcha … Vegeta …. The names are synonymous with action, thrilling adventure and excitement. It is animation at its best that has been thrilling audiences since 1984. That’s right 33 years and still going stronger than ever, the Dragon Ball world cra𓆏shed onto the scene and the world has never looked back.
Considered a huge Japanese media franchise today, it was created by Akira Toriyama and the colorful cast of characters struck a chord with not only Japanese fans, but young viewers the world over. It was all inspired, interestingly enough, by the classic Chinese novel, Journey To The West. It has grown to become a conglomerate𒆙 business that has spawned numerous books, comics, TV shows, movies and video games. Not to mention tons and tons of merchandise.
Well, these days, with such fame and adoration, a little fun-poking goes with the territory, and many, many online fan-made comics, memes, and running jokes have appeared online depicting the multitude of Dragon Ball characters in rather mocking and hilarious circumstances. And as fans we know that it’s all in good fun and we laugh along, 🐷amused.
That’s why we’ve combed through the internet and have found some memes depicting some of our favorite characters, and if we do say so ourselves they are indeed hilarious … so brace your ribs as you roar uncontrollably with laughter at these 25 memes. And yeah ... they'll have you going Super Saiyan in a New Yo♔rkᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚ Minute, so hold onto your hats, readers.
25 Sꦦuper Saiyan Mode
The Super Saiyan transformation is a phenomenon that 𝄹characters undergo in the franchise when they’ve transformed and advanced, becoming a more powerful being. Sounds really scientific, but it isn’t. Really, it’s just that the characters look like they’ve drank about a dozen Red Bulls and taken a few caffeine pills to boot. It’s actually pretty awesome to see, as the animation is done quite well, the characters lighting up and transforming🃏 into a heightened version of themselves. Hence the absolute hilarity of this meme.
Music definitely has the power to inspire, especially in the gym or on the road as you jog your way to a slimmer waist.
For some, it’s dance or step music, but for a few, it’s metal or rock. There’s not🔜hing like the opening riff to﷽ “Back In Black” by AC/DC to get you moving on that treadmill.
24 Poking Fun At Your 🍒Bud's Favorite Charact♋er
The great thing about a franchise that has this many characters is that fans can pick and choose the ones they like and, of course, the ones they don’t. This only adds to the fun and, fun it is, as memes like thi🌠s show.
If we go back in time, to🎉 the nineties, fans were doing this, but probably in simpler terms … sitting 𒀰around the lunch table at the cafeteria at school, chomping on Jamaican Meat Patties and drinking juice, pawning over tons of comics and commenting on who they liked and which characters they found “lame.”
Ah! Simpler times indeed.
Well, today that still goes on, only online, and a meme like this is t🅠he best way to tell your friend what you really think about his favorite character.
23 A Little Bit Of Awes♚ome Tunes While You Wait!
Well, as you'll read on in this article and as this meme so perfectly addresses, the show tends to drag on a tad, especially when something big is about to happen, but as draggy as it can sometimes get, there are a lot of awesome pluses that carry the 𝔉viewer forward while waiting to see what and when something spectacular will happen. Case in point: the soundtraꦬck.
Now here’s something you may not have known about Dragon Ball as the casual viewer and reader: the series has also spawned numerous recordings and soundtracks and they’ve done conside🎀rably well in the Japanese market and across the globe when considering how many times the music was either purchased, shared or downloaded online.
The numerous films and shows have always had music produced to accompany the action on screen, but the soundtracks give the fans a chance to appreciate the music as it sꦫtands alone without any accompanying images.
22 Extremely Successf♏ul Despite Its Few Kinks! 🦹
But all negative aspects aside, such as the afo𝔍rementioned tendency to take a little too long to get to the point--and as this meme so tactfully d𝔍isplays--the series is undeniably successful. How successful, you ask?
Try 5 Billion dollars worth!
Yup … that’s right and no it’s not a typo. The🉐 fr🌊anchise has generated 5 billion dollars as of 2012, and who knows what heights the franchise will reach.
That’s definitely quite the sum of money, even for these days. And yes, albeit, it is a franchise th🦂at has been producing content and merchandise for the better part of 33 years, but still … there are other franchises out there that have been around for longer that haven’t generated that amount of income or ev🀅en come close to that same amount of success.
It’s indeed huge and it just goes to show how the power of a good and loyal fan base can be impact🌠ful and have such an influence in terms of sales.
21 Original Desi🐲gn
In the above meme, a couple of Saiyans share an inside joke and as we look upon the image behind the meme, we can only be reminded and amazed at how intricate and innovative the Dragon Ball designs actually are.
In the 80s and 90s cart🍸oons were indeed the height of entertainment for young viewers, especially for the 5-13 year old demographic, and a lot of Canadian and American produced programming was released and to rave reviews and acceptance.
And although the format was popular even before, i.e.: Looney Tunes and the like, the 80s brought along with them, the heightened ability to produce better quality work and showcase characters that the viewers fell in love with, hence The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and other shows like it.
But when Dragon Ball came onto the scene, the world was shown a rather original𝓰 artwork and the lively characters called to viewers everywhere, as the style of design was indeed something very different and awesome to behold.
20 ඣ Filler C༺ontent
As we eluded to earlier, it is rather obvious in this meme, fans of the franchise tend to like to poke fun at the fact that the content in some of the shows is at times rather long in getting to the point. True fans of the show really don’t mind, as they love watching and reading about their favorite characters, but the novice Dragon Ball fan can certainly get a little irritꦇated at first.
When thinking about the plethora of content out there, writers and creators need to drag it on a little more … leading fans to keep watching.
It’s the oldest trick in the book and it works … hence the incredible success of the franchise. Besides, so what if it takes the time for something important to finally happen on the show! Dragon Ball is awesome a𝔍nd we watch because we can’t get enough.
19 Everything's Better With Bacon🎀 🌠
Powerful🦂 characters have influence in the media and in the world. It’s just that simple and there’s no ifs and or buts about it. That’s why advertising companies have been using huge celebrities to endors🃏e products and it’s smart at the end of the day … very smart.
If you see Dwayne Johnson on TV saying he drinkꦺs Gatorade post workout, or during, you bet your bottom dollar that millions will flock to their local 7/ꦦ11s and buy as many neon colored Gatorade flavors they can carry.
And this influence is shown now on social media. If you want 🅠to get a certain point across, pick an influential character and st꧟ick a comment on it and BAM! You’ve got yourself an influential meme.
The argument in the above meme is that Bacon is indeed🐻 awesome and well, we’d have to agree. BLT anyone?
18 Vegeta's Plight 🅠
Vegeta’s journey is indeed an interesting one, and one that has gone through many twists and turns, and as fans have watched the character evolve, a love and respect for him has also grown among fa𒀰ns everywhere.
Vegeta started as a villain … very cruel and ruthless and cold-spirited. He was a fierce warrior and he showed no mercy in how he dealt with foes. But, as his story moved on from chapter to chapter, he left The Galactic Frieza Army 🥀(the evil-doers of the series).
He decided to stay on earth, eventually becoming a hero himself, no longer performing any evil deeds.
It’s interꦍesting to see how charact🉐ers such as this evolve as the series moves forward and if it can be said, the story is almost Shakespearean in scope, and shades of classic literature are indeed apparent.
17 You Like Drago🍌n Ball Too!
Hey… I’m sure we’ve all been there. We’ve got🅷 a pretty 🐻good feeling that you wouldn’t be reading this if you hadn’t. We think, by now, we can all admit that it wasn’t always “cool” to like the things we like. If you don’t believe us, let’s think back.
Back in the mid to late 90s, was it really all that okay to tell the girl you had a crush on that you secretly collected Overpower cards in your spare time? Or that you played Pokémon on Game Boy?
Don’t lie. It’s okay… you can tell us, we’re all friendsඣ here. Of course it wasn’t okay, but hey, we got by, didn’t we? You millennial(s) probably don’t understand, seeing that most people are pretty accepting about this stuff, but trust us when we tell you, we had it tough back then.
16 🐷 A Great Find 🔴
Memes are such a huge part of our culture these days. You can’t go online without seeing one. If it isn’t on Facebook, then you find it in your emails, and if not there, somebody at work is calling you over to their desk to get a load of a meme depicting a tiny bear cub who’s seemingly screaming at the top of his lungs, with the tagline: It’s Friday!!! strewn across the top of the photo.
This Dragon Ball meme takes the cake, as it’s an evident and shameless play on words and well, jokes like that are always pretty funny.
Memes are definitely good for a chuckle or two and they’re great fun, but we’ve gotta admit, not all a♛re epic like this one.