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'''''Dragon Ball Z''''' (ドラゴンボールZ; ''Doragon Boru Zetto, ''commonly abbreviated as '''''DBZ''''') is the long-running sequel to the anime ''[[Dragon Ball (anime)|Dragon Ball]]''. The series is a close adaptation of the second (and far longer) portion of the ''[[Dragon Ball (manga)|Dragon Ball]]'' manga written and drawn by [[Akira Toriyama]]. In the United States, the manga's second portion is also titled ''Dragon Ball Z'' to prevent confusion.
The series follows the adventures of the adult [[Goku]] who, along with his companions, defends the earth against an assortment of villains ranging from intergalactic space fighters and conquerers, unnaturally powerful androids and near indestructible magical creatures. While the original ''Dragon Ball'' anime followed Goku through childhood into adulthood, ''Dragon Ball Z'' is a continuation of his adulthood life, but at the same time parallels the maturation of his son, [[Gohan]], as well as characters from ''Dragon Ball ''and more. The separation between the series is also significant as the latter series takes on a more dramatic and serious tone. The anime also features characters, situations and back-stories not present in the original manga.
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After ''Dragon Ball Z'', the story of Goku and friends continues in the anime-only series ''[[Dragon Ball GT]]''. This series is not based on a manga by Akira Toriyama.
Game Dude is a brand new satirical video game reviewer that is inspired by the Angry Video Game Nerd.
Toriyama's humor/parody manga ''[[Neko Majin|Neko Majin Z]]'' features several concepts introduced in ''Dragon Ball Z'' (several ''Dragon Ball Z'' characters even make various appearances), but that manga is designed as a parody and not a true continuation of the series.
He has been reviewing games for over 1 year now and mainly focuses on shitty games, although he has also reviewed good games such as Super Smash Bros. Brawl, the Mario Kart series, Star Fox, and Star Fox 64.
In April 2009, a new 'refresh' of ''Dragon Ball Z'' began airing on Japanese television. This recut is titled ''[[Dragon Ball Z Kai]]''.
His videos are tributes to the Angry Video Game Nerd and unlike the Irate Hack, credits the Angry Video Game Nerd in all his videos.
==Production history==
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[[File:Dragon_ball_z_3.jpg|thumb|Some of the series main heroes and villains ]]
The anime first premiered in Japan on April 26, 1989 (on Fuji TV) at 7:30 p.m. and ended on January 31, 1996. In the U.S., the series ran between 1996 and 2003, though not always on the same networks or with continuity of dubbing. For details on the dubbing problems, see [[Ocean dub]] and [[Funimation dub|FUNimation dub]].
It aired in the UK, albeit with the same dubbing problem, on Cartoon Network, premiering on March 6, 2000 and running on that channel until 2002. The [[Majin Buu Saga]], [[Fusion Saga]] and [[Kid Buu Saga]] were later broadcast on CNX (which later changed its name to "Toonami"), with the show ending on February 28, 2003. After the finished run it was repeated daily, until the Toonami merge with Cartoon Network Too. It has not been broadcast again in the UK since.
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===Censorship issues===
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''Dragon Ball Z'' was marketed to appeal to a wide range of viewers from all ages, and contains crude humor and occasional excesses of violence which are commonly seen as inappropriate for younger audiences by American standards. When it was marketed in the US, the distribution company [[Funimation|FUNimation]] alongside with Saban decided to initially focus exclusively on the young children's market, because the anime market was still small compared to the much larger children's cartoon market. This censorship often had unintentionally humorous results, such as changing all references to death so the dead characters were merely going to "another dimension", and digitally altering two [[ogre]]s' shirts to read "HFIL" instead of "[[Hell|HELL]]".
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Starting with the [[Captain Ginyu Saga]] on Cartoon Network, censorship was reduced due to fewer restrictions on cable programming. FUNimation did the dubbing on their own this time around with their own voice actors. In 2004, FUNimation began to [[Funimation dub|redub]] the first two sagas of ''Dragon Ball Z'', to remove the problems that were caused from their previous partnership with Saban. They also redubbed the first three movies.
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'''Alexander4488''' ([[Power word|Full name]]: Alexander [[Muslim|Jared]] [[Nazi|Hans]] [[Paki|Badr]]) is a hilarious and smart [[Canadia|Canadian]] filmmaker who creates wonderful video game reviews with the original schtick in them on [[YouTube]]. He also visits the Vancouver Film School, hoping to "become an even better director and filmmaker" and he is the greatest thing on YouTube next to the Angry Video Game Nerd, despite the fact that many of his reviews are funnier than the nerd's.
However, the show still retained some level of censorship, not out of FCC laws, but out of choice by Funimation, so as to cater to the possible sensitivity of western audiences. For example, [[Mr. Satan]] was renamed ''Hercule'' to avoid any religious slurs; his daughter, [[Videl]], was a play on the word ''Devil'', but FUNimation felt that the connection was obscure enough to not worry about.
[[Image:Alex is angry.png|thumb|left|Alexander4488 dealing with one of his trolls.]]
===Filler and differences from the manga===
But dare you ever insult or criticize him! Alexander4488 Googles other peoples names on a hourly basis to find out if anyone has ever written anything bad about him or his videos, so he can call their parents and get them grounded. If that is the case, he will mercilessly track you down and defend his good name while he deletes comments on his own videos that troll him. Fortunately, he responds to everything, showing that he really cares about his viewers.
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Filler is used to pad out the series for many reasons; in the case of ''Dragon Ball Z'', more often than not, it was because the anime was running alongside the manga, and there was no way for the anime to run ahead of the manga (since Toriyama was still writing it, at the same time).
The company behind the anime, [[Toei Animation]], would occasionally make up their own side stories to either further explain things, or simply to extend the series. Filler doesn't come only in the form of side stories, though; sometimes it's as simple as adding some extra attacks into a fight. One of the more infamous examples of filler is the [[Frieza Saga]]. After Frieza had set the [[Planet Namek]] to blow up in five minutes, the final fight with Frieza still lasted well over five episodes, much less five minutes.
== Video Game Journalism ==
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As the anime series was forced to expand 12 pages of manga text into 25 minutes of animation footage, these changes were introduced to kill time or to allow the (anime) writers to explore some other aspect of the series' universe. The Anoyo-ichi Budōkai (Afterlife Tournament) between the [[Cell Games Saga]] and the [[Majin Buu Saga]], and the [[Garlic Junior Saga]] (Garlic Jr.'s return from the ''[[Dragon Ball Z: Dead Zone]]'' movie) between the [[Frieza Saga]] and [[Trunks Saga]] are both good examples of this. They have also been known to contradict the manga and often create new plot holes.
{{quote|So far, my goal is to [[attention whore|have no 3.5 star rated videos]]. I have [[more|one]] curse that needs to be revised, and that's the awful Mario Kart review. After that, I must have no 4.0 star rated videos, than no 4.5 star rated videos. [[Realistic expectations|They all must have 5 stars each, and I will reach that goal for sure]].|Alexander|showing how much he cares about his fans}}
Besides having filler scenes and episodes, there are many changes from the original manga. Among them are the following:
{{quote|Actually, all my humor is very clever.[[lolwut|Maybe it's just too clever for you. ]]|Alexander|being a smart guy!}}
*When [[Tien Shinhan]] loses his arm when fighting [[Nappa]], his arm becomes a stump with only a small amount of blood seen. In the manga the scene is much more gory.
*In the manga [[Frieza]] kills [[Cargo]], but in the anime [[Dodoria]] kills him. (In the Ocean Dub Gohan and Krillin say that Cargo escapes)
*In the original manga [[Appule]] kills all the [[Namekian]]s in a village and tells Frieza, who is annoyed that he didn't ask them where [[Vegeta]] was. However, Frieza just tells him to call the [[Ginyu Force]]. In the anime the soldier is changed to another unnamed orange soldier [referred to as "Orlen" in the closed captioning for the Ocean Dub VHS tapes - it is unclear if this is canonical however], who is killed by Frieza when he tells of his mistake.
*In the manga, after Frieza survives [[Goku]]'s [[Spirit Bomb]], he immediately strikes down [[Piccolo]] with his [[Death Beam]] technique, but in the anime, he fires his beam at Goku, only for Piccolo to jump in the way and get struck down by the beam anyway.
*In the manga, Frieza's full power was still never a match for Goku's [[Super Saiyan]] form, but in the anime, Frieza appears to have the upper hand for a short time before he begins to tire.
*In the anime, when Vegeta is brought back to life on Planet Namek, he manages to witness some of the battle between Goku and Frieza, as well as Goku's Super Saiyan form, before being teleported to Earth by the Namekian Dragon Balls. In the manga, he is teleported to Earth almost immediately after being revived and does not get a chance to see Goku as a Super Saiyan for the first time until Goku returns to Earth himself later on.
*When [[Dr. Gero]] first appears in the series (as Android 20), he grabs a man by the neck and tears him through the roof of a car. In the original manga, he crushes the man's neck afterwards, tearing his head off.
*Though the flashback of [[Future Trunks]] and [[Future Gohan]] fighting [[Android 17|Androids 17]] and [[Android 18|18]] is present in both the anime and the manga, there are notable discrepancies between the flashback and the scene depicted in the TV special, ''[[The History of Trunks]]''. In the special, Gohan had lost his arm, Trunks had not yet achieved his Super Saiyan form, and there was no rain in the scene in question.
*When [[Vegito]] fights [[Super Buu]] (with Gohan absorbed) in the manga, Vegito immediately fights in his Super Saiyan form. In the anime, Vegito fought (rather successfully) in his base form for a while before becoming a Super Saiyan.
*When Goku begins his battle against [[Kid Buu]] in the manga, he transforms immediately into his [[Super Saiyan 3]] form. In the anime, however, Goku starts the battle as a [[Super Saiyan 2]], and manages to hold his own against Kid Buu for a while before ascending to Super Saiyan 3.
*The anime has two significant filler portions: the [[Garlic Jr. Saga]] and the [[Other World Tournament]] segment of the [[Great Saiyaman Saga]].
*In the manga, many of the characters have a different number of fingers on their hands; such as Piccolo (3 fingers and a thumb), Dodoria (3 thumb-like fingers), and Imperfect form Cell (two long fingers and a long thumb). In the anime, everybody has human-like hands with 4 fingers and a thumb.
==Reception and impact==
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The impact of ''Dragon Ball Z'' is enormous. For more than 20 years, the series has stood the test of time and has reached out to many children and adults alike across the globe. This is mainly due to the series' very clear representations of good overpowering evil, love overpowering hate, the importance of family and friends, and an unyielding passion toward achieving goals. The series also featured heavy sci-fi overtones, and a greater emphasis on fighting - making it extremely popular among adolescent boys who had grown up alongside the original series.
''Dragon Ball Z'' has also played a large part in contributing to the popularity of anime in westen culture. Though the first two seasons of the series were played on various networks in the U.S. in 1996, it would not take off for two more years until August 31, 1998, when Cartoon Network featured the show in its action-oriented Toonami lineup. Toonami heralded the show as "The Greatest Action Cartoon Ever Made," and it greatly boosted the popularity of Toonami, but unknowingly did so much more. ''Dragon Ball Z'''s newfound popularity helped to bring about a greater interest in Japanese cartoons in the eyes of western youth, which in turn fueled the western anime industry to new heights. Because of its success on Toonami, ''Dragon Ball Z'' was the first anime that made its way to the Wall Street Journal, who declared it, "A Huge Cartoon Hit."
Just like every [[Video Game Reviewers|video game reviewer]] on YouTube, he was influenced by the [[Angry Video Game Nerd]]'s videos, except Game Dude's videos are actually good. He says that [he has sent hand-written letters to James Rolfe, and James replied saying how funny he was. He also created a hilarious video game reviewing series on YouTube by the name of the [[Epic Fail|Annoyed Gaming Geek]]. However, Alexander realized that the name was too similar to the AVGN's and changed it -- his smartest decision so far -- to the '''Game Dude'''.
Many items such as apparel, backpacks, lunch boxes, writing utensils, candies, drinks, foods and more feature ''Dragon Ball Z'', in both Japan and North America. Action figures, collectible figurines, plush toys, bobble heads, and character model kits were also made. The fast food chain ''Burger King'' featured ''Dragon Ball Z'' toys twice in the early 2000's. Despite the TV series officially ending in Japan in 1996, and in 2003 in North America, ''Dragon Ball Z'' video games are created nearly every year for almost every console on the market, helping to introduce the ''Dragon Ball Z'' series to younger generations that never got a chance to see it air on television. These games usually do very well in the market. Popular sites such as ''YouTube'' have attracted large ''Dragon Ball Z'' fan communities over the course of the last few years, and ''Dragon Ball'' related videos receive many views. All of these examples showcase the incredible popularity of ''Dragon Ball Z'' in many countries of the world.
The name changed, the fad remained: in his rewiers -- which are actually more like hilarious rants -- the Game Dude sits there and harshly reviews the games that deserves it, and is funny as well!. At the end, he invents new swear words and combines them to the point where they are added to the English dictionary. There's even more: The Game Dude also [[retro|rants about new games]] from old [[Mario|Nintendo]] or [[Sonic|Sega]] franchises -- up to the point where he trashes them because they now suck and are terrible.
==Sagas==
To cut a long story short: Alexander4488's reviews are the best video game review series in the entire mother fucking universe!
===Toei sagas===
#Saiyan (Episodes 1~35); 1989–1990
#Freeza (Episodes 36~107); 1990–1991
#Cell (Episodes 108~194); 1991–1993
#Buu (Episodes 195~291); 1993–1996
===English dub sagas===
== Theme Song ==
Saiyan:
*The [[Vegeta Saga]] (Episodes 1~35; originally ''The Saiyan Conflict'')
Frieza:
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*The [[Namek Saga]] (Episodes 36~67)
*The [[Captain Ginyu Saga]] (Episodes 68~74)
*The [[Frieza Saga]] (Episodes 75~107)
Cell:
When Alex isn't re-uploading the same videos over and over with minute edits because they got 3 1/2 stars (even though he's not realized it's trolls downvoting them just to fuck with him) he's also re-editing his theme song over and over.
*The [[Garlic Jr. Saga]] (Episodes 108~117)
*The [[Trunks Saga]] (Episodes 118~125)
*The [[Androids Saga]] (Episodes 126~139)
*The [[Imperfect Cell Saga]] (Episodes 140~152)
*The [[Perfect Cell Saga]] (Episodes 153~165)
*The [[Cell Games Saga]] (Episodes 166~194)
Buu:
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*The [[Great Saiyaman Saga]] (Episodes 195~209)
*The [[World Tournament Saga]] (Episodes 210~219)
*The [[Babidi Saga]] (Episodes 220~231)
*The [[Majin Buu Saga]] (Episodes 232~253)
*The [[Fusion Saga]] (Episodes 254~275)
*The [[Kid Buu Saga]] (Episodes 276~291)
==Movies, TV specials, OVA==
But unfortunately for us there are [[Troll|enough people who are brave enough]] to remix said theme song and make it terrible.
===Movies ===
====Toei titles====
#[[Dragon Ball Z: Dead Zone|Return my Gohan!!]] (1989)
#[[Dragon Ball Z: The World's Strongest]] (1990)
#[[Dragon Ball Z: The Tree of Might|Super Deciding Battle for the Entire Planet Earth]] (1990)
#[[Dragon Ball Z: Lord Slug|Super Saiyan Son Goku]] (1991)
#[[Dragon Ball Z: Cooler's Revenge|The Incredible Mightiest vs. Mightiest]] (1991)
#[[Dragon Ball Z: The Return of Cooler|Clash!! 10,000,000,000 Powerful Warriors]] (1992)
#[[Dragon Ball Z: Super Android 13!|Extreme Battle!! The Three Great Super Saiyans]] (:1992)
#[[Dragon Ball Z: Broly - The Legendary Super Saiyan|Burn Up!! A Close, Intense, Super-Fierce Battle]] (1993)
#[[Dragon Ball Z: Bojack Unbound|The Galaxy at the Brink!! The Super Incredible Guy]] (1993)
#[[Dragon Ball Z: Bio-Broly|Super-Warrior Defeat!! I'm the One who'll Win]] (1994)
#[[Dragon Ball Z: Fusion Reborn|Fusion Reborn!! Goku and Vegeta]] (1994)
#[[Dragon Ball Z: Wrath of the Dragon|Dragon Fist Explosion! If Goku Can't Do It, Who Will? ]](1995)
#[[Dragon Ball: Yo! Son Goku and His Friends Return!!]] (2008)
====English dub titles====
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#[[Dragon Ball Z: Dead Zone]] (1997) <small>(Remastered/Re-released on May 27, 2008)</small>
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#[[Dragon Ball Z: The World's Strongest]] (1998) <small>(Remastered/Re-released on May 27, 2008)</small>
#[[Dragon Ball Z: The Tree of Might]] (1998) <small>(Remastered/Re-released on September 16, 2008)</small>
#[[Dragon Ball Z: Lord Slug]] (2001) <small>(Remastered/Re-released on September 16, 2008)</small>
#[[Dragon Ball Z: Cooler's Revenge]] (2001) <small>(Remastered/Re-released on November 11, 2008)</small>
#[[Dragon Ball Z: The Return of Cooler]] (2002) <small>(Remastered/Re-released on November 11, 2008)</small>
#[[Dragon Ball Z: Super Android 13!]] (2003) <small>(Remastered/Re-released on February 18, 2009)</small>
#[[Dragon Ball Z: Broly - The Legendary Super Saiyan]] (2003) <small>(Remastered/Re-released on March 31, 2009)</small>
#[[Dragon Ball Z: Bojack Unbound]] (2004) <small>(Remastered/Re-released on February 18, 2009)</small>
#[[Dragon Ball Z: Broly - Second Coming]] (2005) <small>(Remastered/Re-released on March 31, 2009)</small>
#[[Dragon Ball Z: Bio-Broly]] (2005) <small>(Remastered/Re-released on March 31, 2009)</small>
#[[Dragon Ball Z: Fusion Reborn]] (2006) <small>(Remastered/Re-released on May 19, 2009)</small>
#[[Dragon Ball Z: Wrath of the Dragon]] (2006) <small>(Remastered/Re-released on May 19, 2009)</small>
===TV specials===
== Fanbase ==
====Toei titles====
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#[[Dragon Ball Z: Bardock - The Father of Goku|A Lonesome, Final Battle: The Father of Z-Warrior Kakarrot, who Challenged Frieza]] (1990)
#[[Dragon Ball Z: Movie Overview Special|Movie Overview Special]] (1992)
#[[Dragon Ball Z: The History of Trunks|Resistance to Despair!! The Remaining Super-Warriors, Gohan and Trunks]] (1993)
#[[Looking Back at it All: The Dragon Ball Z Year-End Show!]] (1993)
====English dub titles====
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#[[Dragon Ball Z: Bardock - The Father of Goku]] (2000) <small>(Remastered/Re-released in February 19, 2008)</small>
#[[Dragon Ball Z: The History of Trunks]] (2000) <small>(Remastered/Re-released in February 19, 2008)</small>
===OVA===
His fanbase are the same scum that like the [[shit|wackiness]] of [[CAD|Ctrl+Alt+Delete]] or Irate Gamer's [[offended|unneeded swearing]]: [[13-year-old boys]], [[furries]], [[retard|retards]] and [[Ulrichthehedgehog|retarded 13-year-old furries]]. Like every [[fanboy]], they come to defend the person that - in their eyes - is the [[Lie|greatest and funniest video game reviewer of all time]], not realizing how much their [[God|idol]] sucks.
*[[Dragon Ball: Plan to Eradicate the Super Saiyans|The Plan to Eradicate the Saiyans]] (1993)
==Releases==
The reason why most of Alexander's fans are [[13-year-old boys|under the age of 16]] is that sooner or later they'll have to realize that Alexander's style of reviewing is just a [[ripoff|carbon copy]] of the [[AVGN]]'s style. Thus, they decide to leave the "fann comunity" and prefer to flame Irate Gamer's videos as AVGN Nazis.
===Japanese releases===
Originally, only the ''Dragon Ball Z'' movies, and the ''[[Dragon Ball Z Gaiden: Saiyajin Zetsumetsu Keikaku|Plan to Eradicate the Saiyans]]'' OVA were available for home viewing in Japan. The movies were released on both VHS and Laserdisc format. The ''Plan to Eradicate the Saiyans'' OVA was released both on VHS and on the PlayDia, as an interactive FMV.
===Dragon Box releases===
== [[Spam|"Promotion"]] ==
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Alexander4488 gained notoriety by his, let's say, "unconventional" way of promotion: [[Facepalm|spamming every gaming website and YouTube video ever]]. These hilariously blunt attempts to boost his popularity (and [[butthurt]] responses) can be seen here.
In 2003, all of the ''Dragon Ball Z'' TV series was finally released under the "[[Dragon Box]]" label for home viewing in Japan, on two large DVD boxed sets, following the release of a similar set for ''[[Dragon Ball]]''. Each ''Dragon Ball Z'' Dragon Box had a large amount of DVD extras, as well as an action figure and a book.
The video and audio transfers of the show used on these DVDs came off of the Fuji TV master tapes of the show, as this allowed [[Toei Animation|Toei]] to put out a far superior and completely accurate version of the show on DVD, which was helpful since the entire plot of a season could be summed up in about ten minutes. This allowed all episodes to have their original openings, endings, eyecatches, next episode previews, etc., compared to what was available in the US.
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Image:Alex4488trap.jpg|Looks like Alexander has [[MTF|repressed sexual urges]]
Image:Alex4488ITG.jpg|Alexander is a [[manchild]] that [[Internet tough guy|tries to act tough]]
Image:Alex4488_1.jpg|Spam
Image:Alex4488_2.jpg|More spam. These spam comments were found on one (!) Irate Gamer video
Image:Alex4488_10.jpg|And even more spam. Only a YouTube whore brags about his subscribers
Image:Alex4488_3.jpg|Alexander admits he's a spammer (and a smug douchebag)
Image:Alex4488_4.jpg|Alexander spams and admits he's into [[bestiality]] as he fantasizes about cow nipples
Image:Alex4488_5.jpg|You DO spam, you fucking idiot
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Image:Alex4488_6.jpg|Alexander admits he's into [[infantilism]]
Image:Alex4488_7.jpg|Even the [[retro|retrofags]] don't want to accept him, [[lol]]
Image:Alex4488_8.jpg|Alexander4488 is a fucking [[Attention whore|whore]]
Image:Alex4488_9.jpg|In a case of [[butthurt]], Alexander [[TL;DR|over-analyzes]] one of his video's [[Let's Play with YouTube|riffs]]
Image:Alex4488_11.jpg|Alexander fails at English...
Image:Alex4488_12.png|...and is a nit-picky asshole
Image:Alex4488_13.jpg|A nit-picky asshole who likes [[Seinfeld]]
Image:Alex4488_14.jpg|"Grammatica"? "Basica"? Alexander seems to [[Autism|live in his own dream world]]
Image:Alex4488_15.png|'''BREAKING NEWS:''' Alexander4488 likes to fuck sheep
Image:Alex4488_16.png|Alexander4488 loves zoology. No wonder since he likes to fuck sheep
Image:Alex4488_17.png|Wait a minute... "black person" = "black person"?
Image:Alex4488_18.png|There's only one conclusion...
Image:Alex4488_19.png|'''Alexander[[14/88|1488]] is a racist!'''
Image:Alex4488_TLDR.jpg|Did I also mention that he likes to fuck sheep?
Image:Alex4488faggotlol.jpg|And did I also mention that he's [[Gay|homophobic]]?
Image:Alex4488troll.jpg|Alexander [[Fails|explains]] [[trolling]]. Also, [[ED]] is ALWAYS right.
Image:Alex4488TVTropes.jpg|Alexander made it to [[TV Tropes]]. [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Horrible/WebOriginal Proof.]
Image:Alex4488vandalism.jpg|The TV Tropes page, minutes later.
Image:Alex4488TVTropes3.jpg|More TV Tropes
In late 2005 the Dragon Box Z DVDs were re-released in single volumes with six episodes per disc. While the packaging and DVD menus are different from the 2003 release, and so far no plans have been announced for the two TV specials and the Playdia footage released with the 2003 versions, the Audio and Visual quality is the exact same as those discs found in the 2003 Dragon Box release.
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In April 14, 2006, a "Dragon Box: The Movies" DVD box was released. This release contained all 17 ''Dragon Ball'' and ''Dragon Ball Z'' theatrical features, containing 8 DVDs in total, along with a book, and two scouters in the form of walkie-talkies. The video and audio are remastered; however, the video is cropped to 16:9 (widescreen) and contains less picture than the full-screen versions. This is a common occurrence for films from Toei based on long-running and popular TV series (See Saint Seiya, Fist of the North Star, and One Piece).
== Alexander4488 vs. [[Encyclopedia Dramatica|ED]] ==
All Dragon Box releases contain Japanese language audio only (with exceptions to foreign-language bonus clips), and no subtitles.
{{quote|That ED article is just more advertisement for me and [[Lie|all game reviewers have an ED article]].|Alexander|failing to see how exposing him as a sheep fucker can be classified as advertisement}}
===Pioneer DVDs===
During the late 90's/early 00's, the first 53 (Saban/[[Funimation|FUNimation]] version numbers, originally uncut as 67) TV episodes were released on to DVD by Pioneer Entertainment (now Geneon Entertainment USA). These contained only the edited, US-TV broadcast versions (dubbed by the [[Ocean dub|Ocean Group]]), and totalled 17 volumes, comprising the '[[Saiyan Saga]]' and the '[[Namek Saga]]'.
Along with these episodes, Pioneer also produced bilingual, uncut DVDs of the first three ''Dragon Ball Z'' theatrical features. These DVDs retained the original [[Ocean dub|Ocean cast]] for the English track, as well as being one of the first uncut and bilingual releases in the U.S. The English versions of these films were also subject to a different treatment than the series; rather than replacing the original music, the original OP and ED themes, as well as background music, were retained. The only noticeable differences besides languages are the inclusion of a few different sound effects which are not present on the original Japanese version. These films were released as a three-disc boxset by Pioneer.
Because Alexander is typing his name into a search engine in a hourly basis he had to find [[Video_Game_Reviewer#Alexander4488|the blurb about him]] in the [[Video Game Reviewers|"Video Game Reviewers"]] article. In a case of extreme [[butthurt]] and [[batshit insane|insanity]] Alexander registered and [http://www.encyclopediadramatica.com/index.php?title=Video_Game_Reviewers&diff=1998102573&oldid=1998101164 tried to delete his picture on said article] - [http://encyclopediadramatica.com/index.php?title=Image:Alexander4488.jpg&action=history with two accounts]. The ED sysops didn't [[ED:VIP|tolerate these dumb actions]] and [[B&|banhammered]] his ass(es).<br>
As of August the 31st, 2004, Pioneer's license for video distribution of the first 53 episodes ended, allowing FUNimation to re-release them. At the moment, the rights for these episodes and for the first three ''Dragon Ball Z'' movies belong to FUNimation.
But that's not enough! Alexander registered [[User:Mysterydude|a third account]], this time with the purpose of [[Alexander4488/Director_Commentary|"commentating" on this ED article]] and [http://www.encyclopediadramatica.com/index.php?title=Alexander4488&oldid=1998136769 vandalizing it]. This, of course, got his ass [[B&|"suspended"]] again - but us here at ED predict that [[butthurt|he will return]], not knowing how much [[lulz]] he will produce.
===FUNimation DVDs===
'''AND HE STRIKES AGAIN!'''
As of 2000, [[Funimation|FUNimation]] had released uncut versions of their [[Funimation dub|Texas-based English dub]] on to DVD, with Japanese language track, and English-translation subtitles. This release doesn't include the first two sagas, as the rights for the distribution of that episodes were still held by Pioneer Entertainment. These DVDs begin with the [[Captain Ginyu]] saga, and contain every episode covering (Japanese numbers) 68 till 291. Boxsets were release for the [[Garlic Jr. Saga|Garlic Jr.]], [[Androids Saga|Androids]], [[Imperfect Cell Saga|Imperfect Cell]], [[Perfect Cell Saga|Perfect Cell]], [[World Tournament Saga|World Tournament]], [[Majin Buu Saga|Majin Buu]], [[Fusion Saga|Fusion]], and [[Kid Buu Saga|Kid Buu]] U.S. sagas. However, in order to maximize profits, the DVDs were released out of continuity (certain amounts of one section of the series were released, and then FUNimation would go back and release others). With no noticeable numbering visible, this caused frustration to those trying to follow the series from start to finish.
FUNimation also released ''Dragon Ball Z'' movies 4-13, finishing the release of the movies with '[[Wrath of the Dragon]]', the 13th movie. These are all bilingual and subtitled, but do not follow the trend set by [[Ocean dub|Ocean]]'s first three movies. Music has been changed and altered, including the insertion of songs from rock bands such as Deftones, Disturbed, Breaking Point, and American Pearl. The movies utilize [[Funimation dub|FUNimation's TV series Texas cast]], though they also include the original Japanese version with subtitling by Steve Simmons.
This time [[User:Alexander4488|he]] [[ED:VIP|tried]] to [http://www.encyclopediadramatica.com/index.php?title=Alexander4488&diff=1998179176&oldid=1998178920 delete his dox]. But unfortunately for him he's a [[Retarded|dumb]] ass [[faggot]] and doesn't know that articles can be recovered really fast.
===FUNimation Ultimate Uncut DVDs===
'''AND HE STRIKES AGAIN!'''
{{Main|Ultimate Uncut Special Edition}}
After acquiring the video rights to the first 53 (67 uncut) episodes from Pioneer in 2004, [[Funimation|FUNimation]] announced that they would release these episodes uncut, with a new 5.1 English language track and uncut footage. The [[Ultimate Uncut Special Edition]] line was born. The release would be 22 volumes, bilingual, and with extras. The [[Saiyan Saga]] was renamed the 'Vegeta' Saga (Parts I and II, covering 12 DVDs), probably to avoid confusion with the Pioneer volumes. However, after DVD volume 9, FUNimation canceled these box sets and planned to re-re-release them in the DVD season boxsets. This upset fans who had purchased the expensive Ultimate Uncut DVDs, as the Vegeta Saga Part II will never be completed, and the Ultimate Uncut [[Namek Saga]] DVDs will not be created.
FUNimation had also acquired the rights for the first three movies from Pioneer in 2004, and re-released them. Even though the three had same cover style, only the first movie was released under the Ultimate Uncut line. All of these movies had a 5.1 English track, new subtitles, different DVD extras and come in a boxset titled 'First Strike'. However, they do not retain the original [[Ocean dub]], and contain a new English dub produced by [[Funimation dub|FUNimation's Texas cast]]. This version contains different music than the original dub and than the Japanese version.
[http://encyclopediadramatica.com/index.php?title=Alexander4488&curid=302806&diff=1998190610&oldid=1998190608 He just never learns.]
===FUNimation Remastered Box Sets===
== Alexander4488 vs. HeavybassX ==
{{Main|Funimation Remastered Box Sets}}
In November 2005, FUNimation announced they would release a remastered form of ''Dragon Ball'' Z on DVD beginning in 2007. All DBZ episodes were to be digitally remastered and released in boxset form.
The first season set (the entire [[Vegeta Saga]]) was re-released on February 6, 2007. The first 39 episodes of this season are spread across 6 discs, and cost $30-$50 USD (the original intention was for 5 discs, but there was a risk of quality reduction). FUNimation released a trailer for the new set on the Dragon Ball Z official website.
As with all attention whores, sooner or later they always gain their own Moriarty, their own Liquid Snake, their own Nemesis. [[Spax3]] has Boomstick545, [[Chris-chan]] has Clyde Cash and thus Alexander4488 has [http://www.youtube.com/user/heavybassX HeavybassX] (AKA Tarosan).
FUNimation released the second season set, containing both the [[Namek Saga|Namek]] and [[Captain Ginyu]] sagas, on May 22, 2007. Beginning with this release, several of the in-house voice actors re-dubbed their characters' lines to keep consistency with the remainder of the dub. The third season set, containing the [[Frieza Saga]], was released on September 18, 2007. The fourth season, containing both the [[Garlic Jr. Saga|Garlic Jr.]], [[Trunks Saga|Trunks]] and [[Androids Saga|Android]] sagas, was released on February 11, 2008. Season five, containing both the [[Imperfect Cell Saga|Imperfect]] and [[Perfect Cell Saga|Perfect Cell]] sagas, was released May 27, 2008. Season six, containing the [[Cell Games Saga]], was released September 16, 2008. Season seven, containing both the [[Great Saiyaman Saga|Great Saiyaman]] and [[World Tournament Saga|World Tournament]] sagas, was released November 11, 2008. Season eight, containing both the [[Babidi Saga|Babidi]] and [[Majin Buu Saga|Majin Buu]] sagas, was released February 10, 2009. Season nine, containing both the [[Fusion Saga|Fusion]] and [[Kid Buu Saga|Kid Buu]] sagas, was released May 19, 2009.
Despite giving the appearance of an overtly pissed-off four-eyed, overweight [[Wales|Welshman]]. HeavybassX has risen above the level of trolls to call out Alex on his faggotry and has [[Goronchev|intellectually checkmated]] the vein douchebag on several occasions.
The series has been re-transferred at 1080p resolution with digital restoration technology removing all grain and scratches from FUNimation's original prints of the series. It is important to note however, that like many late 80's-early 90's Toei productions (for example, Saint Seiya, Sailor Moon, Marmalade Boy, Ghost Sweeper Mikami and Slam Dunk), the series was produced on 16 millimeter film which tends to be fairly grainy and soft. The new restoration was supervised by colorist Steve Franko.
Unfortunately, Alex never gets the picture that maybe shutting the fuck up for five seconds will stop HeavybassX. But as he's an arrogant, idiotic [[retard|Canadian]] it means this will be a never ending [[forever|oroborus]] of [[LULZ]] for all of us!!!
The series is presented in widescreen format (1.78:1, cropped from the original full frame) for the first time. Comparison images from the new set show that while there is missing footage on the top and bottom, there is at least additional footage on the right and left that has not appeared in any prior release, having been taken straight from the original Japanese film master recording.
This format change was highly controversial among fans, as this is not how the T.V. episodes were intended to be seen and this substantially alters them. Many fans launched a letter-writing campaign against the release. In response to the negative fan outcry regarding the release's apparent cropping of the source video, a FUNimation representative has released a document from the team remastering the video, which explains the logistics of the new release. This document details how certain areas of the original film are damaged, and admits that though the video is cropped, this release will eliminate the grain that would be present on prior 4:3 releases. It has also been theorized that it is ultimately more inexpensive to transfer the series in 16:9 and thereby remove the damaged portions of the frame than to repair 291 episodes' worth of damaged film.
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The boxset contains a revised English track in Dolby Digital 5.1 surround sound (it contains the original Japanese score by Shunsuke Kikuchi, although it is unknown just how the English dialogue is revised). For the first time ever, there is a choice between having the Japanese dialogue with [[Toei Animation|Toei]]'s original Japanese music, or English dialogue with either FUNimation's dub music or Toei's original Japanese music.
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Special features include a featurette on the remastering of the original Japanese print and a 24-page booklet with episode summaries, character descriptions and a DBZ timeline.
===FUNimation Dragon Box Sets===
{{Main|Funimation Dragon Box Sets}}
FUNimation Dragon Box sets were confirmed for release by FUNimation Entertainment on July 19, 2009. The Dragon Box will be produced from the original Dragon Box masters after a frame by frame restoration and will span the entire 291 episode television series and all 13 of its movies.
This definitive DVD box release begins with Dragon Box One which includes the first 42 episodes, uncut, on 6 discs.
The Dragon Box releases will feature an aspect ratio of 4:3, the original Japanese audio (with options for an English track or English subtitles), the original episode previews, complete opening and closing credits and a collector’s booklet.
Dragon Box One was released on November 10th, 2009 with an SRP of $79.98, while Dragon Box Two was released on February 16th, 2010, Dragon Box Three was released on May 4th, 2010, and Dragon Box Four was released on September 21, 2010.
Laara Sadiq (ep.1-66 uncut)<br />Lisa Ann Beley (ep.108-291)
== [[Dox|Contact Information]] ==
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|[[Image:Alexander4488BeautifulDox.jpg|thumb|500px|[http://www.ecplaza.net/tradeleads/seller/4159462/ipods_psps_cell_phones.html And he calls us the retards...]]]
<center>{{fv|alexander4488par|background-color: white;|font-weight: bold;|<center><youtube>yCvKtPZDyvY</youtube></center><br /><center>'''Barbie is one of those shitty games'''</center>|<center><youtube>M5FVLcveQGU</youtube></center><br /><center>'''More shitty games'''</center>|<center><youtube>7ndgRhQ1Xh0</youtube></center><br /><center>'''And even more shitty games'''</center>|<center><youtube>j-4dWmky5XI</youtube></center><br /><center>'''Mario is one of those shitty games'''</center>|<center><youtube>oNAFKAC2NDU</youtube></center><br /><center>'''Horrible commentary on one of Alexander's horrible videos'''</center>|<center><youtube>oXhWTwAp-m0</youtube></center><br /><center>'''Another commentary'''</center>|<center><youtube>2jScJp_iNgg</youtube></center><br /><center>'''Alexander4488's TRUE and HONEST theme song'''</center>|<center><youtube>ysqPqiF71Mo</youtube></center><br /><center>'''Another commentary, <br>this time with more butthurtness by Alexander himself'''</center>|<center><youtube>roBE2vOdKxY</youtube></center><br /><center>'''Boomstick545 discovers Alexander4488'''</center>|<center><youtube>zHjxkV4q1z0</youtube></center><br /><center>'''Proof of Alexander4488's plagiarism <br>(like it wasn't obvious enough)'''</center>|<center><youtube>dff-27F3YgY</youtube></center><br /><center>'''The ultimate fight of the rip-offs'''</center>|<center><youtube>1lpPQCxR5Lc</youtube></center><br /><center>'''Alexander's weird fetishes'''</center>|<center><youtube>n6roEA-bLsU</youtube></center><br /><center>'''Alexander admits he's into the horse cock'''</center>}}</center>
== External Links/Examples of Alexander's Douchebaggery ==
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* {{youtube2|alexander4488|Alexander4488 on YouTube}}
* '''[http://www.facebook.com/people/Alexander-Badr/650201416 Alexander4488 on Facebook]'''
* '''Skype:''' gamedude4488
* {{youtube|ysqPqiF71Mo|Trolls riff on Alexander4488's videos, Alexander4488 comments with millions of alternate accounts}}
* [http://www.digitpress.com/forum/showthread.php?t=121524 "Official" Game Dude topic - he created four of them there]
* [http://metokur.org/fff/?p=90 Alexander is butthurt about the above video and writes TL;DR comments]
* [http://metokur.org/forum/index.php/topic,727.0.html EDiot writes about his dumb actions, gets responses from Alexander after a few posts]
* [http://trinitymugen.net/forum/index.php?topic=16.msg12687#msg12687 Random post on a M.U.G.E.N. forum criticizing Alexander, few posts later he appears]
* [http://trinitymugen.net/forum/index.php?topic=16.msg12893#msg12893 Later he re-registers under another name and tries to boost his popularity]
* [http://www.thatguywiththeglasses.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6465 Alexander visits TGWTG, but - oh snap! - he isn't accepted]
* [http://www.thatguywiththeglasses.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=28&t=6466 Second try]
* [http://vancouver.en.craigslist.ca/muc/1268127657.html This guy uses Craigslist to search his own theme song singer. What a faggot.]
==Theme songs==
=== SockPuppet Accounts ===
===Japanese themes===
* [[User:Gamedude8888|Alexander's first ED account]], which he vandalized the "Video Game Reviewers" article with.
**"[[Rock the Dragon|Main Title]]" (AKA "Rock the Dragon")
**"[[DragonBall Z (Song)|DragonBall Z]]" (AKA "DBZ Theme")
**"Dragonball Z" (Ocean Dub from episode 108 onwards[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qovFPmg0cmI])
**"[[DBZ Uncut Theme]]"
**"[[DBZ Movie Theme]]"
**"[[Eternal Sacrifice]]" (''[[Broly: The Legendary Super Saiyan]]'' theme song)
:Vocals: Tendril
*Endings
**Most English endings are simply shortened or otherwise altered versions of the openings, however The [[Ultimate Uncut Special Edition]] release used "[[Summon Up the Dragon]]".
==See also==
{{ytseries}}
*[[List of Dragon Ball characters]]
*[[List of Dragon Ball Z episodes]]
*[[List of video games|Dragon Ball Video Games]]
*[[Z Fighters]]
*[[Franchise|Dragon Ball Franchise]]
*[[Canon|Dragon Ball Canon]]
*[[List of Dragon Ball films|Dragon Ball Movies]]
*[[Dragon Ball Z Kai]]
==External links==
[[Category: Gaming]]
*[http://www.dragonballz.com English Dragon Ball Z website]
[[Category: People]]
*[http://www.toei-anim.co.jp/tv/dragonz/ Toei Dragon Ball Z website]
*[http://www.daizex.com Daizenshuu EX]
*[http://www.ultimatedbz.com Ultimate DBZ]
*[http://gokusite.proboards91.com/ DBZ HQ Forum]
*[http://kanzentai.com/ Kanzentai]
Revision as of 23:42, 21 April 2011
Game Dude is a brand new satirical video game reviewer that is inspired by the Angry Video Game Nerd.
He has been reviewing games for over 1 year now and mainly focuses on shitty games, although he has also reviewed good games such as Super Smash Bros. Brawl, the Mario Kart series, Star Fox, and Star Fox 64.
His videos are tributes to the Angry Video Game Nerd and unlike the Irate Hack, credits the Angry Video Game Nerd in all his videos.
(UNDER CONSTRUCTION)
For moar information on other great video game reviewers, see The Angry Video Game Nerd.
Alexander, smiling in glee at his efforts to fix and humor the internet.
[[Image:Alexander4488.jpg|thumb|right|A very hilarious picture that he would not want to deletedelete this picture. separateaccounts. He loves this picture a lot!
Alexander4488 (Full name: Alexander JaredHansBadr) is a hilarious and smart Canadian filmmaker who creates wonderful video game reviews with the original schtick in them on YouTube. He also visits the Vancouver Film School, hoping to "become an even better director and filmmaker" and he is the greatest thing on YouTube next to the Angry Video Game Nerd, despite the fact that many of his reviews are funnier than the nerd's.
Alexander4488 dealing with one of his trolls.
But dare you ever insult or criticize him! Alexander4488 Googles other peoples names on a hourly basis to find out if anyone has ever written anything bad about him or his videos, so he can call their parents and get them grounded. If that is the case, he will mercilessly track you down and defend his good name while he deletes comments on his own videos that troll him. Fortunately, he responds to everything, showing that he really cares about his viewers.
Regarding the two links: I fucked so many hot girls when I forced them to read your stupid comments.
„
—Alexander, exposing him as a pimp!
Just like every video game reviewer on YouTube, he was influenced by the Angry Video Game Nerd's videos, except Game Dude's videos are actually good. He says that [he has sent hand-written letters to James Rolfe, and James replied saying how funny he was. He also created a hilarious video game reviewing series on YouTube by the name of the Annoyed Gaming Geek. However, Alexander realized that the name was too similar to the AVGN's and changed it -- his smartest decision so far -- to the Game Dude.
The name changed, the fad remained: in his rewiers -- which are actually more like hilarious rants -- the Game Dude sits there and harshly reviews the games that deserves it, and is funny as well!. At the end, he invents new swear words and combines them to the point where they are added to the English dictionary. There's even more: The Game Dude also rants about new games from old Nintendo or Sega franchises -- up to the point where he trashes them because they now suck and are terrible.
To cut a long story short: Alexander4488's reviews are the best video game review series in the entire mother fucking universe!
Theme Song
When Alex isn't re-uploading the same videos over and over with minute edits because they got 3 1/2 stars (even though he's not realized it's trolls downvoting them just to fuck with him) he's also re-editing his theme song over and over.
The reason why most of Alexander's fans are under the age of 16 is that sooner or later they'll have to realize that Alexander's style of reviewing is just a carbon copy of the AVGN's style. Thus, they decide to leave the "fann comunity" and prefer to flame Irate Gamer's videos as AVGN Nazis.
As with all attention whores, sooner or later they always gain their own Moriarty, their own Liquid Snake, their own Nemesis. Spax3 has Boomstick545, Chris-chan has Clyde Cash and thus Alexander4488 has HeavybassX (AKA Tarosan).
Despite giving the appearance of an overtly pissed-off four-eyed, overweight Welshman. HeavybassX has risen above the level of trolls to call out Alex on his faggotry and has intellectually checkmated the vein douchebag on several occasions.
Unfortunately, Alex never gets the picture that maybe shutting the fuck up for five seconds will stop HeavybassX. But as he's an arrogant, idiotic Canadian it means this will be a never ending oroborus of LULZ for all of us!!!
Part One
Alexander4488: Uninspired AVGN rip-off worse than Irate Gamer
Looks like Alexander has repressed sexual urges
Alexander is a manchild that tries to act tough
Spam
More spam. These spam comments were found on one (!) Irate Gamer video
And even more spam. Only a YouTube whore brags about his subscribers
Alexander admits he's a spammer (and a smug douchebag)
Alexander spams and admits he's into bestiality as he fantasizes about cow nipples
You DO spam, you fucking idiot
Alexander admits he's into infantilism
Alexander4488 is a fucking whore
Alexander fails at English...
...and is a nit-picky asshole
A nit-picky asshole who likes Seinfeld
"Grammatica"? "Basica"? Alexander seems to live in his own dream world
BREAKING NEWS: Alexander4488 likes to fuck sheep
Alexander4488 loves zoology. No wonder since he likes to fuck sheep
Wait a minute... "black person" = "black person"?
There's only one conclusion...
Alexander1488 is a racist!
And homophobic, too!
Did I also mention that he likes to fuck sheep?
And did I also mention that he's homophobic?
The TV Tropes page, minutes later.
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Trolls riff on Alexander4488's videos, Alexander4488 comments with millions of alternate accounts