Can we really get enough Dragon Ball/Dragon Ball Z/Dragon Ball Super (No GT included)? Can we really get enough memes in general? No! Of course not! Now, if we are addicted to both DB and memes, then that means we’ll be double addicted to Dragon Ball memes! That’s why we’ve collected twenty-five of the most hilarious memes that will have you belly laughing similar to the way you did when Piccolo and Goku tried to get their driver’s license! That was a good filler (if they exist).
During our search for the best DB memes, we go way back with Dragon Ball. The first episode aired in Japan in 1986 and it was history from there. The only thing better than Dragon Ball is Dragon Ball Z which aired in 1989. Both shows were fantastic, hilarious, and so action-packed, we were shooting phantom ki blasts for years (not that we still are of course). Then GT started up and we thought we’d see more of that awesomeness. Sadly, most fans agree that it did not live up to expectations. However, Super seems to be doing fairly well for itself (story wise, not animation wise). Although they have made us cry, want to smash someone’s face in, and feel really bad about how weak we are, they’ve also made us nearly bust our own guts from laughing. So to honor all four series, let’s take a look at some of the most hilarious Dragon Ball memes that fans have ever created!
25 Insecurity Or Pride?
This depiction of Vegeta has us rolling on the floor. Literally. We all know the meme well and all of its versions. But there’s something about the Vegeta one that is unbeatable. Think about it. Vegeta asks like a spoiled, insecure brat (don’t get me wrong, he’s still my favorite). It’s so obvious with his inability to go “five minutes” without telling everyone that he’s the prince of all Saiyans!
This meme shows that side of him realistically. He’s big, tough, and cool most of the time. But when you look at it realistically, you realize he’s pretty much this kid that can hardly contain himself when he doesn’t blurt out what he’s thinking to the world. I love this base meme and I love what some genius did to it.
24 Ah…Memories
Did anyone remember how Goku became Super Saiyan the first time? Frieza tries to kill Goku with a Death Beam but Piccolo blocks it, finally proving his loyalty. This is just after Goku uses the Spirit Bomb to almost kill Frieza. As if killing Piccolo wasn’t enough, Frieza decides to kill Krillin from the inside by imploding his innards. This was all in the rules of war as Krillin did cut his tail off. This pushed Goku over the edge and caused him to turn into a Super Saiyan for the first time.
The meme is making fun of the fact as well as the harsh truth that Krillin can’t stop dying. It’s become so normal that Goku will even do it. Ah, he’ll be back in no time.
23 What A Low Blow
Harsh, but true. Dragon Ball was such a great series that we expect the live-action remake to be at least half as good. But nope! We get Dragon Ball Evolution, full of bad acting, inaccurate plots, and characters that Toriyama would end himself (even Goku would end himself). The meme is cruel, but does that mean it’s not true? Of course it doesn’t! The truth hurts! The only thing is, that emoji has more merchandise and fans than that movie does by a longshot. And The Emoji Movie was one of the worst movies of the decade!
So saying that a pile of crap is what the Dragon Ball: Evolution movie was, was really mean. But is in untrue? To each their own I guess.
22 The Saddest Wish Ever
This could hardly be real unless you are innocent enough to ride on the Nimbus. But still, it’s the saddest wish I ever did hear. He wants revived because his girl stopped loving him, he is “dead to her”. This is not in a literal since so I highly doubt Shenron can help with that. Actually, I know he can’t which is why he says, “oh boy,” after the revelation.
The sad part is that some people are actually this heartbroken and innocent. The funny part is that someone was this heartbroken and innocent. That’s the kind of world we live in, those that get a laugh out of the pain that others feel. Just keep laughing, but get your heart broken and you’ll do anything to get your hands on those dragon balls.
21 This Spoiler Just Leeked
See what I did there? See what they did there? It takes a true Dragon Ball Z fan to understand this. Piccolo shoots a beam at Radish and Carrot! The best jokes, the best memes, are those as pure as this one. Just a good old pun to get you through to Friday. This meme is best viewed on Monday or set as your background for your phone. Without “Dragon Ball Z” written under it, it seems shadily strange. But with that written, you got your back covered and are funny, rather than someone with a veggie fetish.
Though I know most of us have a DBZ fetish, with the right people, that’s cool rather than something equivalent to a veggie fetish. Because even vegetarians think that’s weird.
20 No! Not My Best Friend…
How many times has Krillin died? How many times have they been told that he couldn’t be revived? This is where kids learn to hope. They learn to believe in miracles. We know that Krillin can’t die for good, but Goku doesn’t. Maybe he does? He probably acts surprised every time just so he can fool himself into getting stronger and fool everyone into believing that he cares more than he does.
We’ve talked about this already in this very article. Goku will even kill Krillin himself because Krillin is practically immortal. He may get hurt easily, but die is not in his vocabulary. Dying to him is just a trip to King Kai’s planet. Which isn’t all that bad, him and Yamcha have had lots of fun in the afterlife.
19 The Visual Though
This made me laugh out loud. Not due to the actual joke, because it’s far too old. But because of the visual, the faces. I chuckled a little at Vegeta, Buu, etc. But when it got to Broly, and I saw that “pff” face, I lost it. Followed by the face of pure fear, the whole thing was too much. Plus, that hair. It seems the only thing you need to make a DBZ meme is to paste Goku’s hair on the meme face and voila!
If you make your own sound effects to the laughing Goku, it’s pure gold. Try it. At first, he’s chuckling, then at Broly, he huffs big time, then, at ChiChi, he screams a little and that chuckle turns into frightened pants.
18 He The Real MVP
Piccolo was the father that Gohan never had. His methods weren’t always the best but he was always looking out for Gohan. Goku would rather be off training, not thinking about his kid. He was actually a horrible husband and father, in fact. He was a great friend and wonderful fighter, but his family life was lacking. Piccolo, on the other hand, had no family of his own but treated Gohan like he was his own. But, of course, it’s Goku who takes credit for raising Gohan.
That’s so typical. Goku was pretty much just the baby daddy for Chi Chi. Piccolo was the real father to the boys. He never had kids of his own and thus he treated Gohan and even Goten, like they were his.
17 Story Of Poor Yamcha’s Life
Yeah, so, like Krillin, Yamcha dies a lot. He’s the only one in the series or in the entire world, that sees Yamcha the way Yamcha sees himself. The poor man can’t stop dying, can’t keep a girl, and will never be anyone’s hero. That’s why our most vivid memories of him in DBZ are of him laying on the ground, defeated. He’s the only one that could possibly see himself as a Super Saiyan. We laugh at the thought. Yamcha as a Saiyan in general? Please! Chiaotzu would make a better Saiyan than Yamcha.
But of course, in Dragon Ball, Yamcha thinks he’s hot stuff and so does Bulma. We knew that he wasn’t, but it wasn’t until Bulma met Vegeta that she realized the truth.
16 This Is What They Really “Battled” On
Everything you’ve ever known has been a lie. All of that scenery in Dragon Ball Z was actually just a green screen! Does that mean that Frieza wasn’t real? That Goku is just a human? That there are no dragon balls? Or is it just the scenery that’s fake and all of those fights were just live broadcasts? It’s all so confusing and it hurts my heart more than it hurts my poor, weak mind. There was a green screen in every episode of Dragon Ball Z.
Okay, so, for those still behind, we know, we know, this is fake. The events in Dragon Ball Z actually did happen! But we had you going there with this photoshopped lie. Long live Goku! May Super never end.
15 The Strongest Force Of All
The strongest force in the world is love…who are we kidding? The strongest force is Goku! Goku may be weaker than every enemy he faces when he meets them but he never fails to defeat them by growing even stronger than they are. In season one of Dragon Ball Z, modern-day Yamcha or Krillin could defeat Goku with ease. But everyone, especially Goku, only gets stronger and stronger each day. They prove that nothing is inevitable (except for Krillin’s deaths).
But for real, they think that love is the strongest force in the universe, but do you really think that Goku couldn’t get in the way of it if he really wanted to? What’s love got to do with it anyway? It’s not tangible! But that doesn’t mean Goku can’t destroy it. Besides, has love ever saved the world? Don’t answer that.
14 Vegeta Being A Hot Dad
What can make Vegeta hotter than he is in early Dragon Ball Z? Being a dad! Although he had Trunks early on, he really wasn’t a great dad to Trunks until Trunks got older. As for Bulla, she reminds him so much of Bulma that he can’t help but treat her like a princess. The thought of him facing everyday dad decisions makes women weak, trust me. It also gives hope to men everywhere that being a dad can be cool.
There’s a reason that Vegeta is the most popular character amongst women. He’s that bad boy that they want with the biggest heart hidden under his rough exterior. Plus, he’d do anything for his Bulma (we all remember it). Best moment of the last ten years!
13 Snoop Beerus?
Snoop Dogg can make the best memes. The only thing that makes them better is merging him with Beerus. What is this? It’s meme perfection. To be able to make a meme without needing words is quite the miracle. It goes into the Meme Hall of Fame. Actually, most Snoop memes can be shown without words. He’s not an ugly guy, but his face is just so meme-worthy. Which isn’t a bad thing. But realizing that he kind of looks like Beerus is what this meme is all about.
Does that make Snoop a god? I don’t know. The man changes religions every six months so we can never be sure where he stands. Last I heard he was smoking on YouTube, telling people that the hate needs to stop from both sides. Interesting…
12 Humans Are So Weak
This is literally me (and probably everyone reading this) as a kid. You couldn’t get through an episode of Dragon Ball Z without shooting a phantom energy blast and shouting, “Ka-me-ha-me-ha!” Don’t lie, you’ve done it and you know it, probably in the last couple of years (or months). Nothing to be ashamed of. We thought our toys were alive as kids and we thought we could actually channel enough energy to shoot a Kamehameha Wave. Those are facts.
I believe that to this day that if we unlocked the potential that we have stored in our minds, we could shoot blasts without any problems. That in itself would cause problems because we’d be killing people all of the time because the human race is scum. “Another shooting in Chicago, looks to be another Saiyan wannabee.”
11 Right In The Childhood…Three Whole Years Of It
As in, it would take three years, not three episodes for Goku alone to screw in a light bulb. Do you remember the fight with Buu? Do you remember!? If there was one thing we didn’t like about DBZ, it was how long it took to do stuff. That’s why they had sagas that actually consisted of about three minutes each in real time. The entire Dragon Ball Z series minus the time skips, literally lasted about ten minutes, right? Trunks must have had trouble knowing where to go since everything happened right on top of each other.
This may be exaggerated, but do you remember how when you watched the show in primetime how the first five minutes was just a recap? I was never so glad to get internet so I could binge watch anime.
10 He Has A Right To Be
Chichi is scary, I give him that. At times, we’re not sure if she has a soul. All kidding aside, he isn’t afraid Chichi will hurt him, he’s afraid she won’t feed him or will take Gohan away from him. Or maybe make him sleep outside for a few years. She obviously makes the rules for the house, not him. But who can blame her, he’s an absent husband who only comes home to use her. Goku has a pure heart, but it’s far too childish to be a husband.
That’s no surprise there, but it’s this childishness that makes him afraid of Chichi because he feels as if Chichi is his mother. He’s afraid of her in that way, which explains a lot. He and four-year-old Gohan are on the same level.
9 The Pun Master Cell
There’s a reason he likes games. He’s a whiz with puns! Get what he said? He shot a hole in Trunks, who is Vegeta’s son. Get it? It’s Vegeta’s trunks! Like shorts, only it’s not. It’s his son. The son that Cell killed! He beamed a hole in him. Good one, Cell, good one. You win this time, but I bet Vegeta has a few tricks up his Saiyan sleeves too. It would be amazing to see the two in a pun battle (like a rap battle). Sorry that I enjoy puns so much but I do, and I always will. That’s why I am so proud of Cell for this one and will definitely be adding him to my new list of favorites. All because some bored teen made a meme.
8 Frieza Is A Liar
As we’ve said, it takes three years to do anything in Dragon Ball Z. However, Frieza himself said that the world would explode in five minutes. Like, for real, girl? Five minutes? You freakin’ let him throw a Spirit Bomb in those five minutes. Since he said this, a new term has surfaced called Frieza Time. Whenever Frieza sets Namek to blow up, it takes 7 episodes! So at 30 minutes an episode, that is 3hours 30 mins for 5 minutes to pass in Frieza Time. Thus, 1 Frieza second is 42 seconds, 1 Frieza minute is 42 minutes, 1 Frieza year is 42 years. Get it? Now it all makes sense, so use Frieza Time instead of lying to bosses, co-workers, and Great Aunt Linda.
7 How We See Ourselves Gaming
This is exactly how it feels to play DBZ games. We become our characters. Who knew that those characters actually played too! This is like some alternate reality. I can imagine Vegeta being a better gamer than Goku. After all, he’s more competitive and as long as he doesn’t let the anger get the best of him, he’ll remain focused and come out on top. But I can assure you that Vegeta gets tilted far too easily. Goku, on the other hand, would remain calm and luck would be on his side. He’d want a fair fight but would win without even knowing the game was over.
It would be very interesting to watch either way. You know what I want? I want to see the Z-Fighters have a Smash tournament!
6 No Need To Break Them Up
Why get your crush to break up with their boyfriend when you can just kill him? While he’s dead, woo his woman and get her pregnant. A sure way to keep her forever. I’m sure Saiyans have all sorts of dating skills and you just know that when Vegeta wants to be he can be really romantic. But just in case, I guess it was a good call killing Yamcha. After all, Bulma did choose him even though he killed Yamcha. So It’s really a win-win. Yamcha used the time away wisely, anyway, and Trunks was conceived, so hey, it’s all well that ends well.
However, it’s not recommended because Vegeta was “evil” when he did this so he had an excuse. An excuse that doesn’t work in real life, “sorry, I’m evil”.
