List of censorship in the Dragon Ball series

This is a list of various edits, significant dialogue changes, and scenes that have been removed in early releases of the Dragon Ball series. Most of them are often for covering up violence or sexual references. It should be noted that most of these edits were done by Funimation, although they were being demanded by outside companies that Funimation were working with early on (such as Saban Entertainment and BLT Productions).
Even since the 2000s, the middle fingers were edited into fists in Dragon Ball Z Kai and even the current releases of Blu-rays of Dragon Ball Z movies. Also, nudity is censored too, and as well as toning down most of the epileptic flash effects, and even the violence, too.
In the Dragon Ball Super anime, most of the blood was not shown.
==Dragon Ball==
===Emperor Pilaf Saga===
====The Secret of the Dragon Balls====
*In the Harmony Gold dub, the scene where Goku skinny-dips to catch a Giant Fish was removed entirely (as well as the scene of him urinating), and it immediately cuts to Goku dragging the fish home just before he meets Bulma.
*In the BLT dub, Goku is wearing underwear in the scene where he skinny-dips to catch a Giant Fish. Also, the part where he pees in the water, just before he starts fishing with his tail, was removed. In the Blue Water dub of this scene, Goku is wearing a thong. In the Funimation dub, however, this scene was left completely unedited (as were all other scenes involving Goku naked).
*The part where Goku lifts Bulma's skirt up to see if she has a tail is still present in the BLT dub, but her panties are oddly repainted pink to match her skirt. The part was absent from the Harmony Gold dub and Toonami's broadcast of the FUNimation dub.
*The part where Bulma shoots Goku with a gun was completely removed in the Harmony Gold dub, BLT dub, and Toonami's Broadcast of the FUNimation dub.
*The scene where Bulma lifts up her skirt and offers to let Goku touch her butt if he gives her the Dragon Ball was completely removed in the Harmony Gold dub, BLT dub, and the Toonami broadcast of the FUNimation dub.
====The Emperor's Quest====
*When Goku is naked standing in front of Bulma at the beginning of Goku's bath scene, there is a stool digitally added to cover his private in the BLT dub. During his bath scene, the lower part of the screen was cropped to make it, so his crotch was not visible. In the FUNimation dub, this scene was left uncensored. The Harmony Gold dub removed this scene.
*The dialogue in Bulma's bubble bath scene was completely changed in all of the English dubs. In the Japanese version, Goku is talking to her about her breasts, but in the English versions, he is saying that he wants to scrub her back.
*The scene of Pilaf passing out due to the gas he (unknowingly) used against the Pilaf Gang is cut from the Toonami broadcast. In the Harmony Gold dub, the scene was cut, and the dialogue was altered so that Pilaf instead tortures Shu for not bringing him a Dragon Ball.
*In the Harmony Gold dub, BLT dub, and Toonami broadcast, the scene where Goku takes off Bulma's panties and discovers that girls don't have male private parts was completely removed. In the Harmony Gold dub, however, the dialogue was altered so that, instead of telling Bulma that her "balls are gone", he just tells her he's hungry.
====The Nimbus Cloud of Roshi====
*In the Harmony Gold dub, the storyline of Bulma unknowingly missing her panties was written out entirely. Also, the scenes of Roshi asking to see her underwear was removed.
*In the BLT dub, the blood in the fight between Goku and the Bear Thief was removed.
*The scene of Bulma lifting her dress up for Master Roshi was removed from the Harmony Gold and BLT dubs. Instead, Roshi just gives her the Ball.
*When the episode aired on Toonami, Roshi asks to see Bulma's belly button instead of her underwear. The scene of her exposing herself was removed, but the later shot of her lifting her dress back up to get the ball was curiously left in.
*In the Harmony Gold dub, BLT dub, and Toonami broadcast, the scene where Bulma loads her machine gun and shoots at Goku for taking off her underwear was completely removed. The FUNimation dub kept this scene.
====Oolong the Terrible====
*Goku touching Pocawatha's crotch was removed from the Harmony Gold, BLT, and Blue Water dubs, but him touching Grandma Paozu's is still present in the Blue Water dub, but the dialogue is changed to make it seem like Goku is dusting off the old lady's apron. In the Harmony Gold dub, the dialogue was changed so that, when Bulma hits Goku, it's because he told Pocawatha that she's prettier than Bulma.
*In the Harmony Gold dub, the scene of Goku peeing was removed.
====Yamcha the Desert Bandit====
*Goku touching Oolong's crotch to check to see if he is male or female was cut from the BLT and Blue Water dub.
*The scene where Bulma lured Oolong as a fish with underwear was changed to dollar bills. However, the Blue Water and FUNimation dubs retained the scene.
*The scenes of Oolong's diarrhea in the bush and coming out with toilet paper were cut from the Harmony Gold and BLT dubs. In the Harmony Gold dub, the pill Bulma gives Oolong instead makes his ears sensitive to high sounds.
*The scene where Oolong turns into panties in front of an angry Bulma was removed from the BLT dub. However, the Blue Water and FUNimation dub versions retained the scene.
====Keep an Eye on the Dragon Balls====
*In the BLT dub, the sequence of Bulma in the shower is shortened, and the risque shot of Yamcha seeing Bulma walking around naked is replaced with a tamer silhouette. In the FUNimation dub, this scene was left unedited.
*When a nude Bulma looks out the camper window, there is glare covering her breasts. There is a common misconception that this glare was added for the edited dub. The glare was originally there but was thickened to cover her entire cleavage.
*Bulma was digitally covered up in the early dub with the Dragon Balls in one scene, and just with more covers in another. This was also done to disguise the original plot of Oolong attempting to molest Bulma in her sleep.
====The Ox-King on Fire Mountain====
*The scene in which Chi-Chi decapitates the dinosaur is edited and it shows the shadow instead.
*The moment when Yamcha hits Chi-Chi is edited in the BLT dub. Instead, it shows Puar's face with the sound effects of Yamcha knocking her out in the background. The FUNimation dub retained the scene.
*A paint error in the original version left Bulma's legs naked in one scene. When the episode was dubbed in English, FUNimation caught this and changed the color of her legs back to the blue of her pantyhose. While this could be seen as a correction rather than censorship, the eventual unedited English dub restores the original cels with Bulma's legs, incorrectly matching her skin tone.
*In the original uncut Japanese version, Chi-Chi pushes Goku off the Nimbus for patting her crotch. In the edited dub, it is because he criticizes her revealing outfit. The FUNimation dub retained the scene of Goku patting Chi Chi's crotch (in this dub, he pats people's crotches to confirm their gender).
====The Kamehameha Wave====
*Master Roshi's desire to see Bulma's breasts is covered up with dialogue of him asking for something else in edited dubs.
**In the BLT dub, he wants Bulma to set him up on a date with a woman around his age.
**In the edited FUNimation dub shown on Cartoon Network, Master Roshi wants Bulma to walk on the beach with him.
*In the early English dub, the scene where Oolong is disguised as Bulma and exposing his breasts to Master Roshi resulting in giving him a nosebleed was completely removed.
====The Penalty is Pinball====
*The scene where Bulma shows the middle finger to Emperor Pilaf while being captured was removed from the BLT dub. The Funimation dub retained the scene and had Bulma say, "My magic finger says it's in the ceiling!".
*A scene where Yamcha freaks out from Bulma exposing her cleavage while waking up Goku is removed from the BLT dub.
*The edited TV airing removed Oolong's private part, which was visible when he was in his bat form.
====A Wish to the Eternal Dragon====
*Like the previous episode, the penis that is visible in Oolong's bat form was removed in the American TV airing.
*Oolong says that he wishes for the world's most comfortable underwear in all of the English dubs (including a flashback in an uncut episode of Dragon Ball Super), but in the Japanese version, he says that he wishes for some hot chick's panties.
**In the German dub, Oolong says that he wishes for "A hat with 2 holes for my ears".
*The panties Oolong wishes for have Shenron on them in the BLT dub.
====The Legend of Goku====
*When Goku turns back into his normal form from a Great Ape, there is a crude digitally painted flower covering his private area as an edit in the BLT dub.
===Tournament Saga===
====Goku's Rival====
*In the edited Toonami version of the FUNimation dub, the dirty magazines are altered so the women on them appear to wear clothes, and the word "dating" is added to the cover of the most prominent one.
*When Master Roshi takes Goku behind the house to inquire about the second girl he brought him, he asks (In the English translation) for him to invite her on a walk, much like his invitation to Bulma in the last saga. In the Japanese version, he instead tasks Goku to retrieve the girls' panties and bring them to him. In the English version, Goku returns to tell him that she will not walk with him and would rather they go for a swim together. In the Japanese version, he returns to tell him that she is not wearing panties and has nothing but a t-shirt on. Master Roshi then has some inner dialogue, in which he declares his plans to toggle her behind the cover of his sunglasses while pretending to make polite conversation. 
====Look Out For Launch====
*Master Roshi asks Launch for a walk around the island, but, in the Japanese version, he asks her to take a bath with him. 
====Milk Delivery====
*The scene of Master Roshi and Goku accidentally waking up Launch was shortened in the TV airing. The part where she's still in her panties, shoots, and gets knocked out by Goku and Roshi attempting to touch her breast after she gets knocked out was removed from the English TV airing.
====The Turtle Hermit Way====
*Goku and Krillin's penises were not shown when they swim in the shark-infested waters naked during the English TV airing.
====The Tournament Begins====
*The scene of Roshi touching the flight attendant's rear was taken out of the Toonami broadcast.
*In the Japanese version, as Master Roshi was greeting Bulma, he asked her to let him bury his face in her breasts, whereas in the English versions (both cut and uncut), he simply commented on the bunny outfit she wore the last time he saw her.
====Elimination Round====
*All the panty shots you see of Bulma were taken out of the Toonami broadcast.
====Smells Like Trouble====
*The speech the announcer makes about hitting in the private parts along with the part of Ranfan replying with "What about my parts?" was taken out of the Toonami broadcast.
*Krillin farting in Bacterian's face was edited in the Toonami broadcast to make it look like he was simply mooning him.
*Master Roshi buys Bulma some gifts, and then asks her to try them on for him to "show off her curves". In the original Japanese, he instead asks her for "pafu-pafu" (trans: puff-puff) which is a slang term for burying your face in between a woman's breasts. 
====Quarterfinals Continue====
*Ranfan's stripping was removed in the Toonami broadcasting. Instead, the scene of one of Nam's failed attacks is shown followed by her twitching foot to show she was knocked out. This is strangely not edited in the recaps in later episodes, which clearly shows her in her underwear.
====Krillin's Frantic Attack====
*The scene of Goku dropping his pants in front of the crowd and shows his bare bottom to the stage to prove his tail is real was still present in the Toonami broadcast, but the shot showing his penis was removed.
*The scene of Krillin trying to distract Roshi by throwing a pair of panties was taken out of the Toonami broadcast.
*Jackie Chun (Chun Chan in the Japanese version) sings a song before his fight. In English, it's a narcissistic rapish thing. In Japanese, it has a childishly naughty line in it. Here are the lyrics:
:::::: ​​​That cute kid over there is a girl
::::::She has boobies but she doesn't have a peepee
::::::I invite you to the village festival, we'll take my tractor
:::::: When you dance with the drums, it becomes a Bon Festival Dance
====The Grand Finals====
*Roshi's Drunken Fist attack was changed to Mad Cow Attack in the Toonami broadcast. The uncut dubbed version from the DVDs uses the more accurate name of "Drunken Boxing."
====The Final Blow====
*Any shots that show Goku's penis when he was naked, as well as a shot that shows his balls from the rear, were removed from the Toonami broadcast.
*In the sub, the women in the crowd who are giggling at naked Goku mention explicitly that are amused by his penis, which allows Goku to infer that they're girls. In the dub, they are generally amused by Goku in the nude with no reference to genitals are made. 
===Red Ribbon Army Saga===
====The Roaming Lake====
*The scene of Master Roshi at the Underwear store was completely removed in the Toonami broadcast.
====Danger in the Sky====
*The scene where Goku shows Hasky his testicles after misinterpreting her request to see his Dragon Balls is edited in the Toonami version by showing her his boxers with Dragon Balls on them that Bulma made him.
====The Pirate Treasure====
*Bulma and Krillin's accusations of General Blue being homosexual were altered, such as referring to Blue as being "scared easily" for a big guy, a "prude" (both occurring when Blue first ignores Bulma's advances) as well as Bulma claiming that she was a "powerful sumo wrestler" after her second failed attempt at flirting with him (she claims she is a man in the original version). In addition, when Krillin in the anime only taunts Blue by daring him to deliver his best shot just before falling victim towards his Psychic Eyes ability, the dub removes Krillin baiting Blue by calling him a "flaming homo." Blue's response to their first accusations is also altered to have him say "You wouldn't find me so funny when you're dead" as well as specifically threaten Krillin with dying first, as in the Japanese version he takes offense at their deduction at his homosexual leanings.
**After the second attempt at seducing him failed, Bulma in the English dub simply remembers that trying to flirt with him won't actually work and tries to think of a different strategy without elaborating on why. In the Japanese version, she specifically states that the reason it didn't work was because of General Blue being gay as well as hating women as a result.
====The Strange Visitor====
*The scene with General Blue and Obotchaman's encounter is changed in the dub to have Blue mistake Obotchaman for his long-lost brother Samuel due to the original scene passing for pedophilia (Blue having a crush on Obotchaman). The Castilian Spanish dub largely kept Blue's attraction to Obotchaman, although they changed Obotchaman's gender to female in order to remove hints at Blue's homosexuality and possible pedophilia.
===Fortuneteller Baba Saga===
====We Are the Five Warriors====
*In the Toonami broadcast version, during Fangs' breakdown at the sight of Upa's cross, the words "Jesus Christ!" and "Oh, God!" were removed.
====Deadly Battle====
*Originally to help Yamcha defeat the Invisible Man, Krillin brings over Master Roshi and Bulma from a picnic, he then yanks down Bulma's top exposing her breasts and causes Master Roshi to have a massive nosebleed that covers the Invisible Man in his blood. In the Blue Water dub and the Toonami edit of the Funimation dub, this was edited so that Master Roshi hands Krillin a can of tomato soup, using footage from a previous episode, and splashes the soup on the Invisible Man.
*In the Japanese version, when Fortuneteller Baba told Goku that it's impolite to ask about a woman's age, the latter replies, "So, you have a wiener, then?!". In both the edited and unedited versions of the English dub, Goku merely reiterates the question about Baba's age.
===Tien Shinhan Saga===
====Rivals and Arrivals====
*In the Japanese version, during the Dragon Team's trip to Papaya Island, Launch says that she feels like hijacking an airplane whenever she's in one. In the English versions (edited and unedited), she instead rants about Jackie Chun defeating Goku in the previous tournament, shortly after the former was mentioned by Oolong.
**As a result of the above change, Roshi's request to the stewardess is changed from him having to use the bathroom to wanting to leave the plane in case of Launch finding out about his identity.
**Later on, his reference to being in the airport bathroom was downplayed in the English dub. When he returns from signing up as Jackie Chun, another bathroom related excuse was removed. It happens a fourth time when he comes back from talking with the restaurant manager.
====Stepping Down====
*In the Japanese version and the manga, Jackie Chun asks if Tien's going to show him a dirty magazine, to which the latter angrily replies, "Why would I have such things?!" In the English versions (cut and uncut), the dialogue was changed so that Jackie Chun tells Tien that he's making a mistake by serving the Crane Hermit, and Tien instead barks back that he's correcting one.
===King Piccolo Saga===
====Tambourine Attacks====
*In the uncut version, Tambourine tells King Chappa that he's come to kill him, while in the Toonami airing, the former says that he has come to "end" the latter instead. The same occurs with nearly all subsequent uses of the word "kill" throughout the entire saga.
====Mark of the Demon====
*The scene where Bulma beats Master Roshi for looking at her underwear was cut from the TV airing.
*The scene with Man-Wolf's dead body floating along a river stream with a trail of blood behind it was cut from the Toonami broadcast.
====Here Comes Yajirobe====
*The pages of the "family album" that Emperor Pilaf tries to show to King Piccolo are blanked out in the TV airing.
====Terrible Tambourine====
*In the Japanese version, as Tambourine was shuffling through papers to determine his next target, he finds a picture of Bacterian, commenting that the latter was "weaker than shit". In both the edited and unedited English versions, Tambourine instead says that Bacterian was "hardly worth the effort".
====Goku vs. King Piccolo====
*In the Japanese version, King Piccolo insulted Goku by saying that the latter "amounts to nothing more than ant shit", while in the English versions (cut and uncut), it was changed to "tiny and pathetic". Likewise, Goku's "slug shit" retort was changed accordingly.
*The blood shown when Goku bites Piccolo's hand is edited out.
====Roshi's Gambit====
*The blood that Master Roshi wiped off his face after getting struck by Piccolo was painted over.
*In the Japanese version, Master Roshi told King Piccolo that the latter was getting in the way of the former being able to watch dirty videos in peace, whereas in both English versions (censored and uncensored), it was changed to "exercise programs".
====A Taste of Destiny====
*The scene where King Piccolo chokes King Furry for speaking against him during the broadcast was removed from the TV airing.
*Launch's reply to King Piccolo's announcement, "Uh, I don't know, it doesn't sound that bad..." was cut out of the Toonami broadcast.
====The Final Showdown====
*Although most of the scene with King Piccolo using Tien as a shield was left intact, the part where the former began squeezing the latter's head to keep Goku in place was cut.
*When Goku used the Penetrate! ability on Piccolo, nothing was shown other than a flash of white light. The following scenes which showed a large hole in Piccolo's stomach ended up getting removed entirely. Additionally, the blood on Piccolo's hands was painted over in the process. Strangely enough, the scene was left entirely unchanged during a flashback in an edited episode of Dragon Ball Z.
===Piccolo Jr. Saga===
====Temple Above the Clouds====
*During the scene where Oolong poses as Goku and tries to get a kiss from the female reporter as well as her panties, the latter bit was cut out on both the edited and unedited versions of the English dub.
====Changes====
*The conversation that Master Roshi and Oolong have in the Japanese version regarding the latter's collection of women's underwear is changed to them talking about Oolong's ear length in the English versions (both cut and uncut).
*Although the scene of Bulma elbowing Master Roshi is left intact, the TV airing never shows precisely why it was done. In the uncut version, Bulma elbows Master Roshi for touching her butt, while in the English version, it is seemingly done in response to him asking "Hey, remember me?"
====Preliminary Peril====
*The scene where Master Roshi gets slapped by a random woman in the crowd for "accidentally" burying his face into her breasts was cut out of the Toonami airing.
====Kami vs. Piccolo====
*Originally, when Master Roshi compared Hero's fighting strategy to his own, Launch asked him, "Eh? Ya mean ya ain't just an old pervert?", whereas, in the edited and unedited English versions, she instead tells him that Hero's "a buffoon by skill", while Roshi's is "all-natural".
====Battle for the Future====
*In the Japanese version, when Bulma wondered where Master Roshi was going, Launch jokingly said that the latter was probably "touchin' some girl's ass", much to Oolong's amusement. Bulma then replied that he was in no position to laugh. In the English version, Launch instead says that Roshi was "probably lookin' for a date", and when Oolong laughs at that comment, Bulma simply tells him to "put a sock in it", without pointing out his hypocrisy on the matter.
*Launch's "Kick his ass!" chant was changed to "Pummel 'im!" in both the edited and unedited English dub.
====Goku Hangs On====
*The blood that oozes from Goku's right shoulder as a result of Piccolo blasting a hole through it is edited out. One of the following scenes, where the blood is shown dripping onto the ground, is cut.
====The Victor====
*Originally, when Kami commented on how excellent a teacher Master Roshi was to Goku, the latter commented that the Turtle Hermit was "a little perverted". In the edited and unedited versions of the English dub, Goku merely said "No one's as wise or as goofy" as Roshi.
==Dragon Ball Z==
===Raditz Saga===
====The Arrival of Raditz====
*After the farmer gets killed with the bullet Raditz threw back at him, a voice clip of him saying "That smarts..." was added in.
*In the scene where Master Roshi is holding a mug of beer, the beverage has its color changed to blue (possibly to indicate water).
*The scene with Bulma bashing Master Roshi in the head for trying to touch her breasts was removed.
====The World's Strongest Team====
*Strangely, for unknown reasons, Gohan's tears were censored as he was being kidnapped by Raditz.
====Gohan's Hidden Powers====
*The blood that was dripping from Piccolo's shoulder after getting his arm blasted off was recolored green.
*The scene where Raditz backhands Gohan was cut. However, Gohan can still be seen rolling across the ground as if he had been knocked down.
====Goku's Unusual Journey====
*While Goku and Raditz are being blasted by the Special Beam Cannon, the blast is only seen going through the latter. Additionally, all of the blood was edited out.
*As Goku's dead body was phasing into "another dimension", the glob of blood he left behind in the grass was edited out.
===Vegeta Saga===
====Gohan's Metamorphosis====
*When Krillin was on his way to Chi-Chi's house to deliver the news about Goku's death, he claims that the latter was "trapped in another dimension". From this episode onward in the Saban dub, that term is frequently used to sugarcoat most death scenes.
*For unknown reasons, the thought bubble where Gohan is imagining an apple tree is edited out.
*In the original Ocean Group dub, Gohan's genitals aren't shown.
====Princess Snake's Hospitality====
*The scene where one of Princess Snake's attendants plays (and loses) Russian Roulette is cut from most major dubs, including the original Saban English dub.
====A Black Day for Planet Earth====
*Shortly after Nappa and Vegeta landed on East City, the latter says "Too bad it's Sunday. Those buildings would've been filled up tomorrow". For further emphasis, after leveling the city, Nappa goes on to claim that it was "evacuated".
====The Battle Begins... Goku, Where Are You?====
*There are two scenes in which Nappa destroys manned helicopters; the first, where an off-screen news crew member says "They blew up the cargo robot!" while in the next, Tien Shinhan exclaims "Look! I can see their parachutes! They're okay..."
====The Saibamen Strike====
*Various shots of Yamcha's corpse are painted over to show an empty crater.
*Master Roshi groping Bulma's rear is cut.
====Nappa... the Invincible?====
*When Nappa chopped Tien's arms off, the latter claims that he could grow his arm back, very likely to tone down the severity of such amputation.
====Tien Goes All Out!!====
*When Nappa goes on a rampage to pass 3 hours' worth of waiting, various lines are inserted to cover-up the fact that Nappa killed all those people. For example, when Nappa murdered the filming crew, the crew supposedly fled the scene with Nappa claiming that the cowards "run away". Then when wiping out the navy, lines are inserted where the men successfully evacuate the ship with Nappa even declaring, “Hope you Navy boys like to swim!”. Finally, when he destroys a city, he claims that "these Earthlings are such cowards! A little target practice on some empty buildings and they scatter!" with the scenes of people burning being cut.
====The Return of Goku====
*When Piccolo dies, his body fades away. In the uncut version, his corpse remains on the battlefield.
====Goku Strikes Back====
*This episode marked the debut of "censorship stars", which were used to cover direct hits to the face in the Saban dub.
====The Battle Ends====
*Vegeta's foot is never actually seen connecting to Yajirobe's face; instead, the latter was immediately seen flying across the ground. The following scene where Vegeta beat Yajirobe while he was on the ground ended up getting removed entirely.
*After Gohan's tail was cut off by Vegeta and turns back into his normal form from a Great Ape, Gohan's naked buttocks were covered with a blue piece of Vegeta's clothing.
===Namek Saga===
====A New Goal... Namek====
*Yajirobe picking his nose was edited into him shaking his fists.
====The Ruthless Frieza====
*The scenes with the dead Namekian bodies had breathing and moaning sounds added to them for them to appear as if they were merely injured/knocked unconscious.
====The Nameks Versus Frieza====
*When Dodoria stabs his hand through one of the Namekian warriors, the hole was painted over to make it seem as if he simply punched him in the back.
*In addition to breathing noises being added to the dead body of the Namekian that Dodoria killed, the blood was edited out.
*The scene where Dodoria kills Cargo with an Energy Cannon was cut. Instead, some dialogue was added to make it seem as if Moori was the one that he was aiming for. Additionally, Dodoria, later on, claims that Cargo simply ran away.
*Dodoria killing Moori by snapping his neck was removed. Instead, sound effects were added as the camera cut to the Namekians' reactions, not showing exactly why Moori was seen falling to the ground shortly afterward.
*The scene where the nurse was getting angry at Master Roshi for touching her butt was removed.
====Zarbon Transformed====
*Before Zarbon transforms, he has some blood running down his lower lip and, on his hands, both of which were edited out.
*Zarbon's beat-down of Vegeta is heavily cut. After Zarbon transforms, he proceeds to headbutt Vegeta eight times in consecutive succession. This entire scene was edited out. Additionally, Vegeta has some blood trickling down his forehead during the entire fight and this is also edited out.
====The Eldest Namek====
*Grand Elder Guru's imminent death is danced around many times in this episode (phrases such as "His time is near," "He's leaving," and "I won't be around much longer" are used.)
*As Orlen flies over the Namek village, numerous dead lying Namekian bodies were edited out.
*When Orlen zaps a Namekian, smoke is removed, perhaps to indicate that the Namekian is still alive.
====A Heavy Burden====
*The scene where Vegeta jammed his fist through Zarbon's stomach was cut and edited to make it look as if it was an average stomach blow. In addition to the blue blood being erased from Vegeta's gloves, the Final Galick Cannon blast is never actually seen going through Zarbon. Instead, a flash of light occurs during the camera's close-up on Vegeta, and then Zarbon is sent flying shortly afterward while shouting Vegeta's name.
====Time Tricks And Body Binds====
*The scene where Vegeta slices Guldo's head off was edited to look as if the latter's head was still on his body. The following scene where Guldo's disembodied head was speaking was removed entirely. Instead, they skipped to the part where Vegeta finished him off while claiming that he has been sent to "the next dimension". This marks the final time that phrase was used during an on-screen killing, save for the narration in the next episode's recap.
====Goku's New Power====
*The scene where Recoome flips off Goku in response to his power was removed during the airings of the episode.
===Frieza Saga===
====Piccolo's Return====
*In the Toonami UK version of this episode, Dende's "don't piss off the god of love" line was censored. The words "piss off" were muted for one second, only leaving him saying "don't the god of love". In the later Toonami USA airings, as well as the Canadian YTV airings, the scene along with the quote were cut out. However, this quote was retained in the (uncut and edited) English VHS releases.
===Garlic Jr. Saga===
====Suicidal Course====
*The scene where a boy and a girl being attacked by cats and mices were cut out.
*Just as Spice's teleporting behind Gohan and Krillin before being stabbed to a wall, were cut out.
*The scene where Vinegar waking up when his master is transforming were cut out.
===Cell Games Saga===
====Cell's Break Down====
*The scene where Cell vomits up Android 18 after Gohan's crippling blow is cut out. Instead, while Cell is clutching his mouth, it cuts to Gohan forming a smirk as Cell is heard screaming in agony off-screen.
===Majin Buu Saga===
====Find the Dragon Balls====
*The scene where Master Roshi buried his face into Android 18's breasts after the airplane crash was removed.
====Buu's Mutiny====
*The scene with Videl slapping Master Roshi for attempting to touch her breasts was not shown in the TV airing.
*The scene where Babidi flipped Goku off (shortly after grunting in annoyance) was cut out of the Toonami broadcast.
*In the Toonami airing, the scene where blood was gushing out of Babidi's headless body was removed.
====The Fusion Dance====
*The scene at the beginning with Babidi's headless body was cut out of the Toonami broadcast, skipping straight to the part where Majin Buu disintegrated it with a Ki Blast.
===Fusion Saga===
====I Kill No More====
*In the German dub, the episode, along with the next episode, was not premiered in RTL II due to the , and the attempted assassination on Mr. Satan in the episode.
====The Evil of Men====
*Most of Mr. Satan's near-fatal confrontation with Van Zant was removed from the Toonami broadcast, with the only indication of it being the sound of a gunshot, and the latter fleeing the scene shortly afterward.
*The scene where Van Zant attempts to kill Evil Buu by shooting him was removed from the TV airing.
*In Germany, the episode, along with the previous episode, was not premiered in RTL II due to the Erfurt school massacre, and the attempted assassination on Mr. Satan in the episode.
====Empty Planet====
*In the uncut version, Piccolo says to Super Buu, "There's plenty of people you could kill for your amusement while you're waiting for this fight.". In the edited version, it was changed to, "There's plenty of people you could amuse yourself with while you're waiting for this fight."
*Any scenes that involved people getting killed by Super Buu's Human Extinction Attack were removed from the Toonami airing.
====Time Struggle====
*The scenes where Master Roshi touches Bulma's butt and gets slapped for burying his face into her breasts as they were watching Piccolo led Super Buu to the Hyperbolic Time Chamber were cut.
====A Whole New Gohan====
*In the uncut version, Gohan tells Super Buu that he wants to kill him, while in the TV edited version, it was changed to "destroy".
====Mind Trap====
*The scene where Super Buu materialized an outhouse toilet was removed from the TV airing.
===Peaceful World Saga===
====Granddaughter Pan====
*The televised airings edited the punk's "sign language" gesture towards Pan after bumping into her to resemble a fist due to it originally being depicted as him flipping her off.
====Buu's Reincarnation====
*The scenes involving Otokosuki were largely excised to avoid the references to his homosexuality.
==Dragon Ball GT==
===Shadow Dragons Saga===
====Until We Meet Again====
*In the German dub, the flashback scenes where Frieza kills Krillin, Cell getting destroyed by Gohan's Father-Son Kamehameha, Kid Buu getting disintegrated by Goku's Super Spirit Bomb, and Baby getting disintegrated in his spaceship by Super Saiyan 4 Goku's 10x Kamehameha which pushes him to the sun, were cut.
==Dragon Ball Z Kai==
===Raditz Saga===
====Prologue to Battle! The Return of Goku!====
thumb|The blood and scar were removed from Bardock's face. Original (Left) Toonzai / Nicktoons (Right)
*The scene that shows Bardock elbowing a Frieza soldier in the face and as well as showing a close up of Bardock, the blood and scar were digitally removed.
*The scene that shows Piccolo coughing up blood was edited to him just coughing and spitting.
*The scene that shows a cigarette in the farmer's mouth was modified so the cigarette was not shown.
*The farmer's bullet is made to glow in the Toonzai version, although Raditz flicking it back at him and hurting him was not removed.
*The scene where Piccolo says, "Then unless you're in a hurry to die, keep moving!" was changed to "Then unless you're looking for trouble, keep moving!"
*The scene where Piccolo says "Why, you! I should kill you where you stand!" was changed to "Why, you? Do you have any idea who you're talking to? No one talks to me like that and gets away."
*The beer that Master Roshi was holding was recolored to look like milk.
*The scene that shows Roshi trying to grab Bulma's breasts was cut.
*The scene where Bulma says "Yamcha, that jerk! How should I know?! He could be out chasing every girl in the city for all I care, I'm done with him! I didn't even tell him we were getting together today! But who needs that guy right? We can still have fun without him!" was changed to "That idiot! I don't even wanna think about him! He made me so mad I didn't even tell him I was gonna be here today! I never wanna see him again I'm done with him for good! I mean can you believe it? He took another girl on a date!"
*In the scene that shows Raditz hitting Krillin which results in him flying past Goku, the blood was changed to spit.
*The scene where Raditz says "What the hell have you been doing here all these years?" was changed to "What the heck have you been doing here all these years?"
====The Enemy is Goku's Brother?! The Secret of the Mighty Saiyan Warriors!====
*Piccolo's blood was removed.
*Blood on Goku's face and neck were removed.
*The scene where Raditz says "What the hell happened to you?" was changed to "What has happened to you?"
*The scene where Goku says "I'll die before I help you murder an entire world full of people!" was changed to "I'll die before I join a ruthless gang of pirates like you!"
*The scene where Goku says "Damn you!" was cut.
*The scene where Raditz says "If you want your boy back, you'll eliminate 100 humans. And bring them here before I return in 24 hours. If you do, then you'll have the privilege of rejoining our race. If you don't, if I come back and don't see 100 dead humans, your son dies!" it was changed to "If you want your boy back, you'll eliminate 100 humans beings. If you do, I'll bring your boy back and let you join our team. But of course, if I find out you're just a single human off, your son is mine."
*The scene that shows Goku lying on the ground; Raditz's laughs were cut.
*The scene where Raditz says "You're going to slaughter 100 human beings by this time tomorrow. If you get a taste for it, feel free to kill more. Stack the bodies over there on the beach." was changed to "You're going to annihilate 100 human beings by this time tomorrow. It should be an easy job once you set your mind to it. Just stack them here on the beach."
*The scene where Roshi says "It doesn't matter what you do, Goku would never kill anyone!" was changed to "It doesn't matter what you do, Goku would never hurt anyone!"
*The scene where Raditz says "So that's it, damn thing's broken." was changed to "So that's it, it's malfunctioning."
*The scene where Raditz says "Damn scouter!" was changed to "Stupid scouter!"
*The scene where Raditz says "And for disgracing the Saiyan race... you will die!" was changed to "You're a disgrace to all Saiyans... Say goodbye!"
====A Life or Death Battle! Goku and Piccolo's Desperate Attack!====
*The scene where Raditz says "I tried to warn you brother, I asked you to see reason but you refuse to listen. And for that, you'll die!" were changed to "I tried to warn you brother, I asked you to see reason but you refuse to listen. And now you'll pay for that!"
*The scene where Raditz says "I suppose I'd feel the same way if I ever found myself staring death in the face." was changed to "But enjoy the feeling while it lasts, very soon, you'll be feeling nothing at all."
*The scene where Goku says "Damn!" was cut.
*In the scene that shows a close-up on the ground, Piccolo's blood was removed.
*The scene where Raditz says "Who are you kidding? You're half-dead already!" was changed to "Ridiculous, you're even more pitiful than I thought!"
*The scene where Raditz says "Why don't you die already and quit wasting my time!" was changed to "Let's say you quit wasting my time and give up!"
*The scene where Piccolo says "Die, Saiyan! Makankoappo!" was changed to a more accurate: "Take this, Saiyan, Special Beam Cannon!"
*The scene where Raditz says "See you in hell!" was changed to "Say goodbye!"
*The scene that shows Raditz jumping onto Goku's chest was cut.
*The scene where Piccolo says "Damn, I can't, he'll just dodge it again." was changed to "Of course I can't, he'll just dodge it again."
*The scene that shows Gohan falling due to Raditz slapping him was cut.
*The scene where Raditz says "It's best that I kill him now before he learns how to use it." was changed to "If he ever learns how to use that power, he could become a real threat."
*The scene where Raditz says "Now die!" was changed to "Aaahhhh!" as to make it look as if he was screaming.
*The scene where Raditz says "You're standing right behind me, when it fires, the blast will kill you too!" was changed to "You're behind me! When he fires, the blast will hit you too!"
*The scene that shows Piccolo's energy attack going though Goku and Raditz was cut.
*Scenes that show a close up on Raditz were cut or edited to remove the blood.
*In the scene that shows Raditz lying on the ground, the blood was removed.
*The scene where Raditz says "Kakarot, I didn't think he would do it, just to throw away his own life." was changed to "Kakarot, I didn't think he would do it, sacrifice himself...".
*The line: "Don't worry, I doubt Goku will stay dead for long." was changed to "Don't worry, I doubt Goku will stay gone for long."
*The scene where Piccolo says, "Even if it means bringing someone dead back to life." was changed to "I'm sure Goku's friends will gather them to wish Goku back."
*The scene where Raditz says "You can go to hell!" was changed to "You're gloating!"
*The scene where Raditz says "When they learn that I've been killed...They'll come to avenge me. They'll wipe out you and every living thing on this planet. You won't have a chance. You're as good as dead already!" was changed to "When they learn that I've been beaten...They'll come to avenge me. They'll wipe out you and every living thing on this planet. You won't have a chance. You're as good as gone already!"
*The scene where Piccolo says "It's over, he's dead." was changed to "It's over, he's gone."
*The scene where Goku says "Krillin, this dying, it's not... not much fun, is it?" were changed to "Krillin please take... take care of Gohan for me."
*The scene where Krillin says "Hey, what the heck are you talking about? No one's dying here! You're gonna be fine, you got that!" were changed to "Yeah, sure, buddy, but it's not gonna come to that, OK? You're gonna make it and that is all there is to it!"
*The scene that shows a close up on Goku closing his eyes was cut.
*When Goku is closing his eyes while dying, the screen becomes orange.
===Vegeta Saga===
====Run in the Afterlife, Goku! The One Million Mile Snake Way!====
*In the scene that shows Goku lying on the ground, the blood that was on his chest was removed.
*After Goku disappeared, blood on the glass was digitally removed.
*The scene where Piccolo says "He's probably come up with some sort of meddling plan, just like always." was changed to "My guess is he's planning on taking Goku to see King Yemma in Other World."
*The scene where Krillin says "Gohan's gonna die, or worse he's gonna turn out like Piccolo." was changed to "If he survives he's gonna turn out like Piccolo."
*All of the scenes where Goku has a halo have been changed in the Toonzai version to feature a glowing orb.
*The scene where King Yemma says "Now he's on his way to Hell." was changed to "Now he's on his way down below." That means Hell.
*The scene where King Yemma says "You shouldn't talk that way about someone who can send you to Hell." was changed to "Maybe you need a demonstration of how strong I am."
*"Hell lies beneath those clouds and once you go there, you can never come back." were changed to "Down there is where the bad people go, once you fall in, you can never come back."
*The scene where Piccolo says "If you don't stop that crying I'll snap you in half!" was changed to "Quiet! Before I give you something to cry about!"
*The scene where Piccolo says "Your daddy was killed today." was changed to "You daddy didn't make it..." Despite Raditz were killed off in the previous episode.
*The scene where Piccolo says "Stop your whining unless you want me to kill you right now!" was changed to "Stop your whining or else you'll see me really angry!"
*The scene that shows Piccolo grabbing Gohan was cut.
*The scene that shows Piccolo holding Gohan's head was cut.
*In the scene that shows a close up on Piccolo holding Gohan's head, the camera zooms in on Piccolo; as a result, you can no longer see Gohan.
*In the scene that shows Piccolo preparing to throw Gohan, the camera zooms in on Piccolo; as a result, you can no longer see Gohan.
====Wilderness Survival! A Moonlit Night Awakens Gohan!====
*In the scene where Goku is running on Snake Way, he says, "Note to self: Do not go to Hell." This was changed to he saying: "That was to close for comfort, maybe running isn't so bad after all."
*The scene where Goku says "Oh crap..." were changed to "Oh man..."
*In the scene that shows Bulma using a machine gun to shoot Krillin and Master Roshi, the machine gun was digitally removed, and the bullet wounds were digitally removed. In the censored version, Bulma punches both of them.
*The scene where Master Roshi says "He's...kinda dead..." was changed to "He's...in the Other World."
*Mr. Popo is recolored from black to blue in the Toonzai version.
*Gohan is wearing a diaper, or a badly drawn pair of briefs after shrinking back from his Great Ape form. It is worth noting that even in the so-called "uncut" version, though, Gohan's tail is positioned to hide his genitals.
*The scene where Piccolo says "Once you learn what I have in store for you, I promise, you're gonna wish that you had died." was changed to a nonsensical "Once you learn what I have in store for you, I promise, you're gonna be happy to see me."
====The End of Snake Way! King Kai's Bizarre Test!====
*Three scenes during Gohan's training were cut for unknown reasons:
**The scene that shows Gohan flying above the dinosaur was cut.
**The scene that shows Gohan copping pieces of meat off the dinosaur was cut.
**The scene that shows Gohan cooking the dinosaur meat was cut.
*The scene where Goku says "Those Saiyans don't stand a chance in hell!" was changed to "Those Saiyans don't even stand a chance!"
*The scene where Goku says "Damn!" was muted.
*The scene where Goku says "Damn! It's no use." were changed to "Man! It's no use."
====The Battle with Ten-Times Gravity! Goku's Race Against the Clock!====
*The scene that shows Gohan punching Piccolo was shortened.
*The scene that shows Piccolo knocking Gohan off the cliff was cut.
*The scene that shows Gohan falling off the cliff was cut.
*The scene that shows Piccolo landing on a rock, and helping Gohan up was cut.
*The scene that shows Gohan bruised was heavily censored.
*The scene where Goku says "Damnit!" was changed to just he saying "Ow!"
*In the scene where Goku running into a tree, the blood on his face was removed.
*The scene that shows Piccolo punching Gohan was cut.
*The scene that shows Gohan hanging onto the cliff's ledge was cut.
*The scene that shows Piccolo stepping on Gohan's fingers, while Gohan is trying to hold on the cliff's ledge, were cut.
*The scene where Yajirobe bites Krillin was cut.
====Shenron Appears! The Saiyans Arrive Sooner than Expected!====
*The scene where Goku says "Everybody is gonna die!" were changed to "The others don't stand a chance."
*The scene where Roshi says "You've been a naughty girl haven't you!" was changed to "Hmm, there's a move I wasn't having failure with."
*The scene that shows Roshi going into the toilet was cut.
*In the scene where Roshi busting out of the toilet, the nude girl on the calendar was replaced with blue stars.
*The scene that shows scratches on Gohan's face was heavily censored: the scratches were reduced and the remaining scratches were digitally recolored black.
*The scene that shows Oolong grabbing Bulma's dress after being scared was cut.
*The scene where Bulma says "What about Goku, you want him to just stay dead?" were changed to "You want us to leave Goku in the Other World forever?"
*The scene where Piccolo says "Goku's resurrection is underway..." was changed to "So, they decided to wish Goku back early..."
*In the scene that shows a car flipped over, the pool of red blood surrounding the car was digitally recolored black, making it look like oil.
*The scene where Tien says "Damn! They aren't supposed to be here yet!" were changed to "Ugh! They aren't supposed to be here yet!"
====Yamcha's Struggle! The Terrible Saibamen!====
*The scene where Tien says, "Damn it!" was changed to "Darn it!"
*The scene where Vegeta says, "The first thing we need to do is find the one that killed Raditz." were changed to "The first thing we need to do is find the one that beat Raditz."
*The scene where Vegeta says, "Finding the one that killed Raditz should be as easy as that." was changed to "Finding the one that beat Raditz should be as easy as that."
*The scene where Vegeta says, "You were the lucky one who was able to kill Raditz." was changed to "You're the one that defeated Raditz a year ago."
*When Vegeta sees Tien has the upper hand in this battle, he destroys the Saibaman as a warning to the others to go all out from the start. The Saibaman blowing up and having its guts spewed on the ground are cut out.
*When Yamcha's dead body is shown, the Saibamen's claw is edited out.
*After Yamcha gets blown up by the Saibaman, he is heard groaning in pain.
*In the scene where Krillin checking Yamcha to see if he is dead, the blood was removed.
*The scene where Krillin says "Damn it!" was changed to "Darn it!"
*The scene where Nappa says "What the hell was that Saibaman thinking?" was changed to "What was that idiot Saibaman thinking?"
====Sit Tight, Chiaotzu! Tien's Screaming Tri-Beam!====
*The scene that shows Piccolo punching the Saibaman's stomach was cut.
*The scene that shows Chiaotzu hitting a mountain was cut.
*The scene that shows Nappa cutting Tien's hand was heavily censored so no one could see Tien's hand cut off.
*In the scene where Tien holding his arm up in the air, and screaming, the blood was removed.
*The scene where Tien says "I'll kill you!" was changed to "Take this!"
*In the scene that shows a close up on Tien looking up at Nappa, the blood on his face was removed.
*The scene that shows Nappa crashing into a mountain was cut. It's because no young boys wanted to see a brutal man crashing into a mountain as it's considered dangerous.
*In the scene that shows a close up on Chiaotzu when he is talking to Tien telepathically, the blood on his face was removed.
*The scene where Chiaotzu says "Whatever you do, don't let him kill you, ok?" was changed to "Whatever you do, stay alive for me, ok?"
*Chiaotzu's death explosion is altered to feature sparkles in the Toonzai airings.
*The scene where Krillin says "Chiaotzu's dead! He blew himself up for nothing!" was changed to "Chiaotzu... Chiaotzu... He blew himself up for nothing!"
*The scene where Nappa says "If you're worried your friend is lonely in Hell, you'll be joining him soon enough." was changed to "You miss him already huh, well, you'll be joining him soon enough." Despite that Chioatzu training on King Kai's planet after he has blown up into nothing.
*The scene where Tien says "I'll kill you!" was muted.
*The scene that shows Nappa punching Tien in the face, and then the stomach, was cut.
*The scene where Nappa says "Now, die!" was changed to "Lights out!"
*In the scene that shows a close up on Tien, the blood on his face was removed.
*The scene where Nappa says "I've decided to change up the order I'm gonna kill you in." was changed to "Too bad your little trick didn't work."
*The scene where Kami says "My death is upon me." was changed to "My last moments are upon me."
*The scene where Kami says "...Piccolo will be killed." were changed to "...Piccolo will not survive."
*The scene where Tien says "You... bastard..." was changed to "You... monster..."
*The scene where Vegeta says "He died fighting Raditz..." was changed to "He lost to Raditz..." Despite Raditz were killed for good.
*The scene where Nappa says "Don't you wanna kill these guys just a little?" were changed to "Don't you wanna fight these guys just a little?"
====Will Goku Make it in Time?! Three Hours Until the Battle Resumes!====
*The scene where Vegeta says "By making him watch his friends and loved ones die." was changed to "By making him watch his friends and loved ones suffer."
*The scene where Vegeta says "Get the Namekian to tell us everything he knows about the Dragon Balls, then kill him." was changed to "Be sure to get the information we need about the Dragon Balls, from the Namekian."
*The scene where Nappa says "This is gonna be one hell of a party." was changed to "This is gonna be one heck of a party."
*The scene that shows Nappa shooting an eye beam at a crowd of cameramen and reporters was cut.
*The scene where Krillin says "Damn it, what the hell is taking so long?" was changed to "Darn it, what the heck is taking so long?"
*The scene where Nappa says "You son of a..." was cut.
*The scene that shows the camera zooming out to reveal a bruize on Piccolo's head was cut.
*The scene that shows Nappa holding Piccolo up was cut.
*The scenes where Nappa beating Gohan was cut.
*The scene where Nappa says "No one said you could die!" was changed to "No one said you could give up!"
*The scene that shows Krillin kicking Nappa was cut.
*Blood on Nappa's face was removed. This was later carried since this episode.
*The scene where Krillin says "Damn." was changed to "Darn."
*The scene where Nappa says "Cocky green antenna having bastard." was changed to "You just had to go and get all cocky."
*The scene where Piccolo says "It's about damn time!" was changed to "Talk about cutting it close."
*The scene where Piccolo says "Damn it!" was changed to "No!"
*The scene where Nappa says "Die!" was changed to "Bye!"
====Farewell, Piccolo! Goku's Furious Counterattack!====
*The scene that shows Gohan being caught in the middle of Nappa's ki blast was cut.
*The scene shows Piccolo jumping in front of Gohan, and as a result, taking the blast head-on was cut.
*The scene that shows a close up on Piccolo after he got hit by the blast was cut.
*The scene that shows Piccolo falling onto the ground was cut.
*The scene where Gohan says "You can't die like this, not after saving me!" was changed to "Why'd you do that? You were supposed to save me...."
*The scene where Piccolo says "Damn it boy, run away while you still can!" was changed to "I said get away from here... while there is still time..."
*The scene where Goku says "Someone is dying!" was changed to "Someone's in trouble!"
*Purple blood on Piccolo was digitally removed.
*The scene that shows a close up on Piccolo dying was cut.
*The scene that shows the camera panning past Gohan and showing Piccolo lying on the ground dead was cut.
*"He's going to kill you!" was changed to "He's coming for you!"
*The scene where Nappa says "Be sure to tell you dead friend I said hello." was changed to "There's no one left to save now, ya little runt."
*The scene where Gohan says "He died trying to protect me from them." was changed to "He was trying to protect me from them."
*The scene where Nappa says "Does seeing these losers dead send your blood pressure through the roof?" was changed to "Seeing these losers must send your blood pressure through the roof!"
*The scene where Goku says "These bastards! They killed Chiaotzu and now Kami too? Damn it!" were changed to "Even Chiaotzu? And now Kami and the Dragon Balls are gone forever. Those monsters!"
*The scene where Krillin says "They died, all of them, it's a miracle any of us even survived." were changed to "The others, we lost them it's a miracle any of us even survived."
*The scene that shows Goku punching Nappa in the back of the neck was replaced with a flash screen.
*The scene that shows Goku punching Nappa's stomach was cut.
*The scene where Nappa says "Damn you!" was changed to "Why you!"
*The scene that shows Goku hitting Nappa's head was replaced with a flash screen.
*The scene where Nappa says "Bastard!" was changed to "That's it!"
====The Power of Kaio-Ken! Goku vs. Vegeta!====
*The scene that shows Goku holding Nappa over his head was cut.
*The scene where Vegeta says "Die!" was changed to "Bye!"
*The scene where Krillin says, "He just killed his own partner!" was changed to "He just wasted his own partner!"
*Violence between Goku and Vegeta's fight was toned down:
**The scene that shows Goku and Vegeta punching each other as they fly higher and higher were cut.
**The scene that shows Vegeta hitting Goku with a barrage of punches was cut.
**The scene that shows Vegeta kicking Goku in the stomach was cut.
**The scene that shows Vegeta hitting Goku on the top of his head was cut.
**The scene that shows a close up on Goku punching Vegeta in the face was replaced with a flash screen.
**The scene that shows Vegeta surprising Goku with a kick was replaced with a flash screen.
**The scene that shows Goku punching Vegeta multiple times and then kicking him was cut.
**The scene that shows Vegeta kicking Goku in the back was replaced with a flash screen.
*Blood on Vegeta's face was removed.
*The scene where Goku says "Damn..." was changed to "Wow..."
====An All-Out Kamehameha! Vegeta's Terrible Transformation!====
*The scene where Vegeta says "Urg! Darn, you!" were changed to "You wretched little..."
*The scene that shows a close up on Goku punching Vegeta's stomach was cut.
*The scene that shows drool coming out of Vegeta's mouth after being attacked were edited out.
*The scene that shows Goku's head hitting Vegeta's face was cut.
*The scene that shows Goku kneeing Vegeta was cut.
*The scene that shows a close up on Vegeta's glove was cut.
*The scene where Yajirobe says "What the hell?" was changed to "What the heck?"
*The scene where Yajirobe says "Goku! You magnificent bastard!" was changed to "Goku! You're the man son!"
*The scene where Vegeta says "Bastard!" was changed to "Curse him!"
*The scene where Goku says "The monster who stomped my grandpa Gohan to death...." was changed to "The monster who took my grandpa Gohan away from me...."
*The scene where Goku says "...even if it kills me!" were changed to "...even if it takes everything I have!"
*The scene where Vegeta says "Die!" was changed to Vegeta roaring.
*The scene that shows Vegeta kicking Goku was cut.
====Goku on the Ropes! Pin Your Hopes on the Spirit Bomb!====
*The scene where Goku says "Damn!" was changed to "Whoa!"
*The scene that shows Vegeta stepping on Goku's legs was cut.
*The scene that shows Goku screaming in pain was cut.
*The scene where Vegeta says, "Even if you do manage to come back to life, this planet won't be around anymore!" was changed to "Even if you manage to get wished back, this planet won't be around anymore!"
*The scene where Vegeta says "Die!" was changed to Vegeta roaring.
*The scene that shows a close up on Vegeta after Goku blasted his eye was cut.
*In the scene where Vegeta throwing his head back due to the pain, the blood was removed.
*The scene where Vegeta says "Damn!" was changed to "You...You!"
*Scenes that show Goku screaming was cut.
*The scene where Krillin says, "If we can't pull this off he's as good as dead!" was changed to "If we can't pull this off it's over!"
*The scene where Krillin says, "Damn it!" was cut.
*The scene that shows the stump on Vegeta's tail was cut.
*The scene where Vegeta says "Damn it! Where the hell has that one been hiding all this time?" was changed to "But how? You mean to tell me there were three of them this whole time?"
*The scene where Vegeta says, "No reason why I can't start with you!" was changed to "I'm told Saiyan half breeds are tenacious."
*The scene that shows Vegeta punching Gohan in the gut was cut.
*The scene that shows Vegeta stepping on Gohan's head was cut.
*The scene that shows Vegeta headbutting Gohan was cut.
*The scene where Vegeta says, "You certainty blood just like your father, it seems only fitting you should die alongside him." was changed to "Well, you certainty scream just like your father, it seems only fitting you should be lying side by side."
*The scene where Gohan says, "Would Piccolo just want you to lay down and die!" were changed to "Imagine what Piccolo would have wanted you to do!"
*The scene that shows Vegeta kneeing Goku in the stomach was cut.
*In the scene where Goku coughing up, the blood was removed.
*The scene that shows Vegeta kicking Goku in the face was cut.
*The scene that shows Gohan reacting to Goku getting kicked was cut.
*The scene where Krillin says, "Why the hell didn't you tell me your arm was broken?" was changed to "Why the heck didn't you tell me your arm was broken?"
*The scene where Krillin says, "Holy crap!" was changed to "There it is!"
*The scene where Goku says "Unless you can take him out in one shot we're dead." was changed to "You've only got one shot so make it count."
===Frieza Saga===
====Awaken, Legendary Warrior! Goku the Super Saiyan!====
*In the Nicktoon's broadcast of the episode, Goku's line, ""You ruthless, heartless, bastard! I will, make you, SUFFER!!!" when he is turning Super Saiyan is changed to "You ruthless, heartless, monster! You're going, to pay, for that."
====Goku's Final Attack! Countdown to Planet Namek's Destruction!====
*In the Nicktoons broadcast of the episode, Frieza's line, "Or better, still, to die, in disgrace, at the hands of your master!" has been changed to "Or better, still, to be crushed, like an insect, at the whim of your master!" Also, he calls Goku a "simian upstart" instead of a "simian bastard" to fit the TV-Y7-FV rating. In the 4Kids version, the line was cut.
*The words "die" and Goku screams out "You fool!" was muted out in the 4Kids version.
*The beam struggle was cut in the 4Kids version.
*The entire scene where Frieza being vaporized by Goku's Angry Kamehameha were cut in the 4Kids version. In the Nicktoons version, as Frieza is being vaporized as camera zooms to his surprised face, the screen fades to white with scenes with Frieza being vaporized is cut.
===Androids Saga===
====A Sweet Face and Super Power? Android 18 vs. Vegeta!====
*In the dubbed version, when Vegeta blows up the truck that interrupts the fight, the paperclip truck driver yells "Dude, my truck!!", indicating that he did not die. Although it's clearly censorship, it was left in the uncut version, which may have been an oversight.
==Dragon Ball Super==
===God of Destruction Beerus Saga===
====A Peacetime Reward Who Gets the 100,000,000 Zeni?!====
*In the UK Pop! airings, the fight scenes with Goku, Vegeta and Kid Buu in the recap at the beginning of the episode was cut.
*In the UK Pop! airings, the close-up scenes of Trunks punching the giant snake was cut out.
====To the Promised Resort! Vegeta Takes a Family Trip!====
*The flashback scene where Vegeta punches Trunks in the face was cut out in the UK Pop! airings.
*Vegeta's "Bastard" was changed to "fool" in the UK Pop! airings.
====Where Does the Dream Pick Up? Find the Super Saiyan God!====
*The entire scene where Master Roshi lusts over women on the beach before Chi-Chi interrupts were cut out in the Toonami France airings. Also, in the UK Pop! airings, the scene was edited to cut out scenes that shows beach women and as well as Roshi's nosebleeds.
====Bid for the Dragon Balls! Pilaf and Crew's Impossible Mission!====
*The scene where Master Roshi watching dirty magazine and nosebleeds alongside Oolong while Ox King and Puar smiling were cut in the UK Pop! airing.
*The scene where Bulma punches Krillin in the head for asking a question about her age and she says "What I told you, you should never ask for women's age!" was cut in the UK Pop! airing.
====Don't Anger the Destroyer! A Heart-Pounding Birthday Party====
*When Master Roshi tries to touch Bulma's breasts (and she slaps him), "creep" was changed to "hey" in the UK Pop! airing.
*Vegeta says "damnit" were changed to "come on" in the UK Pop! airing.
*Beerus' "considering that you won't be alive for much longer" were changed to "considering that you won't be around for much longer" in the UK Pop! airing.
*In Vegeta's flashback, scenes where Beerus kneeling King Vegeta's head were cut in the UK Pop! airing. Also, the cracking sound when Beerus crushed King Vegeta's head was removed in the UK Pop! airing.
*Good Buu punching Beerus' head repeatedly and Whis went to Edomae Sushi stall were cut in the UK Pop! airing.
====How Dare You Do That To My Bulma! Vegeta's Metamorphosis of Fury?====
*In the UK Pop! airing, the scene where Beerus slaps Gotenks' arm repeatedly was cut.
*In the UK Pop! airing, like the previous episode, scenes with Beerus kneeling on Vegeta's head, and as well as flashback where Beerus done the same to King Vegeta were cut.
*Beerus slaps Bulma were cut in the UK Pop! airing.
====Goku Makes an Entrance! A Last Chance from Lord Beerus?====
*In the UK Pop! airings:
**Scenes where Beerus punches Vegeta in the face, causing him to spin and bash Beerus in the face, were cut.
**In the scene where Vegeta says "Lord of Destroyer! Stop screwing around and fight me for real!", the line was changed to "Lord of Destroyer! Stop playing around and fight me for real!"
**In a scene, "Bastard" was changed to "Tyrant".
====Show Us, Goku! The Power of a Super Saiyan God!====
*In the UK Pop! airings, scenes where Beerus punches Goku in the stomach and in the face, chasing Goku and punches Goku in the face again, were cut.
====Let's Keep Going, Lord Beerus! The Battle of Gods!====
*In the UK Pop! airings, scenes where Goku repeatedly punches Beerus in the stomach and then in the face, Goku uppercuts Beerus and kicks him in the sky, Beerus punches Goku in the face and in the stomach, and repeatedly punches him, Goku kicks Beerus in the face, Beerus clutches Goku's face and pushes him downwards at such a high velocity (though a few scenes of it were kept), Goku blocks Beerus' punches and punches him, and Beerus forces his hand through Goku's chest were cut.
====The Universe Will Shatter? Clash! Destroyer vs. Super Saiyan God!====
*In the UK Pop! airings, the scene where Old Kai shows Kibito Kai his favorite dirty magazine was cut.
====Goku, Surpass Super Saiyan God!====
*In the UK Pop! airings, scenes where Goku headbutts Beerus or punches him in the face were cut.
====This is All the Power I've Got! A Settlement Between Gods====
*In the UK Pop! airings:
**Scenes where Goku punches Beerus in the stomach, Beerus slaps Goku and punches him four times and holds his neck in the underwater, were cut.
**In the scene where Goku gets surrounded by Beerus clones and says, "Oh crap!", the line was muted out.
**In the scene where Goku says "What the hell is that thing?!" while saws a Sphere of Destruction, the line was changed to "What the world is that thing?!"
**Any instances of "Shut up!" were changed to "Be quiet!"
====Vegeta Becomes a Student?! Win Over Whis!====
*In the UK Pop! airings:
**The flashback scene where Goku and Krillin stand naked before swimming the sea filled with sharks was cut.
**The close up scene of Krillin getting punched in the face by Goku was cut.
====Pan is Born! And Goku Goes on a Training Journey?!====
*In the UK Pop! airings:
**The scene where the robbers shoot at a cop was cut.
**In the scene where Bulma says "What the hell is this?" when given a ticket by Krillin, the line was changed to "What the heck is this?"
**In the scene where Goku panics and says "It's Chi-Chi! Oh, crap!", the line was changed to "It's Chi-Chi! Oh, no!"
====I'm Here, Too! Training Commences on Beerus' World====
*In the UK Pop! airings:
**In a scene where Goku says "I have to pee, I'm not sure how much longer I can hold it!", the "pee" word was changed to "tinkle".
**In a scene where Goku says "But... uh... Mr. Whis, it looks like you stepped in poop.", the line was changed to "But... uh... Mr. Whis, I think you stepped in something."
====Despair Redux! The Return of the Evil Emperor, Frieza!====
*In the UK Pop! airings:
**The flashback scenes where Future Trunks cuts Mecha Frieza in half and chop him in pieces were cut.
**The scene where Frieza vomits water after being resurrected was cut.
====A Warning from Jaco! Frieza and 1,000 Soldiers Close In====
*In the UK Pop! airings, scenes where Frieza shoots Death Beams at Tagoma were cut.
====The Start of Vengeance! The Frieza Force's Malice Strikes Gohan!====
*In the UK Pop! airings:
**The flashback scene where Frieza blows up Krillin at Namek was cut, leaving only the explosion scene intact.
**Scenes where Tagoma fires a ki blast at Shisami's back, the close-up scenes of the hole on Shisami's back, and the hole on Gohan's chest were cut out.
====Change! An Unexpected Return! His Name Is Ginyu!!====
*In the UK Pop! airings:
**Scenes where Piccolo punches Tagoma in the face and gets his left hand cut off, and Piccolo regenerates his left hand were cut.
**The flashback scene where Future Trunks cuts Mecha Frieza in half was cut.
**The scene where Captain Ginyu (in Tagoma's body) punches Tien Shinhan in the stomach was cut.
**Scenes where Frieza shoots Death Beams at Gohan were cut out or edited to uses a close-up scene of Frieza's finger shooting the Death Beam (which was cut in the UK Pop! airings).
**In the scene where Frieza says "Now die!", the line was changed to "You're done!"
====Earth! Gohan! Both on the Ropes! Hurry and Get Here, Goku!!====
*In the UK Pop! airings:
**A close-up scene of a pierced hole in Piccolo's body was cut out.
**A close-up scene of the holes in Gohan's body was cut out.
====Clash! Frieza vs. Goku This Is the Result of My Training!====
*In the UK Pop! airings:
**The scene where Goku and Frieza headbutts each other was cut out.
**In the scene where Vegeta says "Congratulations on coming back to life, Frieza.", the line was changed to "Congratulations on coming back to us, Frieza."
====A Full-Throttle Battle! The Vengeful Golden Frieza====
*In the UK Pop! airings:
**The scene where Golden Frieza punches Goku in the face and in the stomach was cut.
**The scene where Goku punches Frieza in the face and Frieza kicks Goku in the face were cut.
**Another scene where Frieza punches Goku in the stomach was cut.
**The scene where Frieza punches Goku, and karate chops him were cut.
====A Chance Appears in a Tight Spot! Launch a Counteroffensive, Goku!====
* In the UK Pop! airings:
** The scene where Golden Frieza suffocates Goku with his tail and repeatedly punches him in the stomach was cut.
** In the scene where Vegeta says "What an idiot", the line was changed to "How ridiculous".
** The scene where Frieza punches Goku in the face while suffocating Goku with his tail, Goku biting his tail, kick his head, and karate chops him was cut.
** The scene where Goku and Frieza punches each other's heads was cut.
** The scene where Goku blocks Frieza's punch, Frieza punches Goku in the stomach, and Goku and Frieza fights each other in the smoke was cut.
** The scene where Frieza repeatedly punches Goku in the face was cut.
** The scene where Goku punches Frieza in the face was cut.
** The scene where Sorbet fires a laser blast through Goku's chest was cut.
** The scene where Frieza kneels his foot on Goku's chest was cut.
====The Earth Explodes?! A Decisive Kamehameha!====
* In the UK Pop! airings:
** The scene where Vegeta deflect a laser blast to Sorbet was cut.
** The scene where Vegeta punches Frieza in the stomach, Frieza trying to punches Vegeta only to get punched in the face was cut out.
** The scene where Vegeta repeatedly punches Frieza in the face was cut.
** In the scene where Frieza says "Damn you Goku!" as he's disintegrated by Goku's God Kamehameha, the line was changed to "Curse you Goku!"
==Dragon Ball Z movies==
===Dragon Ball Z: Dead Zone===
*In the Toonami airing, the scene of Gohan urinating on Krillin's head was removed.
*All instances of the word "hell" were removed from the Toonami airing.
*A shot of Goku's naked butt when he jumps out from the river is removed in the Toonami broadcast.
===The Tree of Might (three-part television episode)===
*Blood has been removed from all characters in the Saban TV dub.
*In the Saban TV dub, there is an infamous censorship edit to Gohan's face while it is being held by Turles, in which digital paint is used to cover Turles' fingers. However, this does not apply to the opening sequence where the fingers weren't digitally painted over when using footage from the movie.
*In the Saban TV dub, the scene where Gohan is falling nude after Goku cuts off his tail is edited using digital light to cover Gohan up, although a shot that was zoomed in to hide Gohan's penis still features it by mistake. The scene where Icarus wakes up a nude Gohan is edited using a digital bush, also covering Gohan.
*Various digitally painted "stars" are used to cover blows to the head in the Saban TV dub. A white fog-like substance was also added for the same reason.
*The violence in the fight between Goku and Turles is toned down in the Saban TV dub. For example, two kicks to Goku by Turles from when he uses Kaio-ken x10 are cut.
===Dragon Ball Z: Super Android 13!===
*Televised airings of the film have Android 13's dialogue altered slightly when first meeting Goku, due to his use of the word "ass" twice.
**Incidentally, the last bit of Trunks' sentence (when he referred to Android 13 as a "Red Ribbon Redneck") was cut towards the end of the sentence.
**Similarly, it also cuts out Super Android 13's exclamation of "Damn you!" when he fires a blast at Goku.
*Televised airings and the first DVD release censors Android 13's punch to Goku's groin with a digitally painted "star".
===Dragon Ball Z: Broly - Second Coming===
*The scene where Videl proudly declares herself as the "daughter of Mr. Satan" was changed to "the daughter of the great Hercule" in the Nicktoons version.
*Broly's beat-down of Trunks and Goten is heavily cut in televised airings. Shortly after Broly appears after firing a Planet Geyser at Goten and Trunks and attacks them, he proceeds to slam Goten and Trunks' faces into concrete hard enough to leave noticeable cracks twice. The slams were edited out.
*Trunks' distracting Broly by mooning him is heavily censored. Even in the uncut version, Trunks' taunt to Broly is toned down to him simply saying "Smile! Boo!" in a mocking manner (he originally told Broly to kiss his ass).
*Goten's relieving himself near the crystal balls before formally beginning his search for the remaining Dragon Ball after he lost it in the chaos caused by accidentally destroying a crystal ball container was edited out in TV airings. Similarly, Trunks wetting on Broly was also omitted.
====Dragon Ball Z: Bio-Broly====
*Like above, Trunks' mooning and flipping off to Bio-Broly in the climax was heavily censored by zooming in close to Trunks' face.
===Dragon Ball Z: Fusion Reborn===
*While the Nicktoons airing of this movie was almost entirely uncut, this did not apply to any scenes that included The Dictator. The same happens to the French, German, Hebrew and Castilian Spanish dubs, due to strict laws in Germany about references to the Nazi regime, as well as avoid offending Israelis and Holocaust survivors after World War II.
==Manga to Anime censorship==
Even the original Japanese manga was censored for the Japanese anime adaptation.
===Dragon Ball Z===
*Tien Shinhan's arm is dripping blood after Nappa cut his forearm off, in the anime, it's clean, with little to no blood.
*After being hit by his own attack, Frieza has guts hanging out in the manga, in the anime, it's a clean cut.
*Dr. Gero actually rips his victims head off in the manga, instead of dropping his dead body off on the ground like in the anime.
*Dr. Gero's death at the hands of Android 17 is gorier in the manga, showing his brains under 17's foot. In the anime, his head being crushed is heard but not directly shown save for a comparatively small blood splash.
*Android 16's death is gorier in the manga, showing his eyeball popping out of his sockets.
*When Gohan kills Cell Juniors, guts are seen from their corpses, in the anime they explode.
*The old man was shot by Future Android 17 in the manga, he was saved by Future Trunks in the anime. In the English version of the manga, the old man is killed either by being shot or being punched (depending on the manga version; see below).
*Yakon's eyeball is seen in the manga after he was overloaded by Goku's ki.
==Manga self-censorship==
In some cases, the Japanese manga ended up censored while being localized.
===Dragon Ball===
====Dragon Balls in Danger!!====
*Bulma's shower scene was left uncensored in the original VIZ releases but in the early releases and VIZBIG editions, soap bubbles were placed to cover her buttocks and her breasts.
====The Treasure!====
In the VIZ release, Bulma after General Blue refused her advances, she says "Phooey... Must be gay..." In the Full Color version, Bulma's reaction was significantly coarser, saying "Gege... He's a f--...", which is a derogatory term towards homosexuals. Blue's response was likewise toned down in the VIZ release to have him say "W-Who are you calling a... a you-know-what?!", implying he was closeted. In the Full Color version, he instead angrily reacted to Bulma's aforementioned coarse terminology of him.
====Bright Blue Eyes====
When Bulma attempts to seduce General Blue in an attempt at saving Krillin (and herself) from being killed by him only for him to reject her, she originally remembered that Blue was gay and hated women. While the VIZ translation does retain her deduction for the most part, she makes no reference to his misogyny. The original manga also has Blue angrily denounce Bulma's attempt to trick him by claiming she was actually male by citing that no male would ever have breasts, especially none that were as large as Bulma's. The VIZ translation avoids referencing her breasts and instead had Blue yelling that she was a sick freak of nature (implying both that he believed her, and he held anti-Transvestite views). On a similar note, Blue's statement when rejecting her advances was toned down slightly by him barely attempting to politely tell her to stop doing that in the VIZ translation. In the Full Color Manga, he used far stronger wording by calling her an indecent girl for trying to seduce him like that.
===Dragon Ball Z===
*In the original manga, Future Android 17 kills the Parsley City old man by shooting him up his chin with his own pistol. In the VIZ edition, this was changed to 17 instead punching the old man hard enough to kill him.
==Censorship in Kakarot==
Several scenes that were adapted in Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot have been censored from the way they were in the anime.
*Instead of him flying back and crashing into the car, the farmer is knocked to the ground after Raditz shoots back his bullet at him.
*When Raditz beats Goku and kidnaps Gohan, he didn't use Heavy Finish on Goku's stomach.
*Aside from Nappa amputating Tien's arm, all scenes of characters being amputated are cut out.
*The hole left from the Special Beam Cannon Piccolo pierces Goku and Raditz with is depicted without blood and is painted black to reduce the severity of the attack.
*Gohan's pants remain intact after reverting from his Great Ape form as opposed to being entirely naked in the anime.
*Instead of snapping his neck, Dodoria instead dashes into Moori and punches him in the face, knocking him away instead.
*Dodoria isn't shown being disintegrated by Vegeta's energy wave, he is simply shown looking back at it before a large explosion.
*Instead of using Final Galick Cannon against Zarbon after punching a hole in his stomach, he is simply shown badly beaten, falling out of the sky into the Namekian Waters.
*Guldo isn't decapitated by Vegeta in this version, he simply dies after losing to Gohan and Krillin.
*Gohan's neck isn't snapped by Recoome, he simply gets beaten to near death before Goku heals him with a Senzu Bean.
*The scene where Vegeta mercilessly executes a defeated Recoome and Burter is cut out.
*Vegeta doesn't chop Jeice in the ribs before his Genocide Breaker, instead he simply teleports behind him and fires the attack.
*Instead of Frieza throwing Vegeta into a boulder and torturing him by punching his back several times, he just throws him to the ground before Goku arrives.
*Goku hasn't buried Vegeta's corpse after Vegeta being killed by Frieza, unlike in the manga and anime. However, his corpse disappears when Goku fights Frieza, but he reappears after he was revived by the Dragon Balls during the fight between Super Saiyan Goku and Frieza.
*Frieza's bisection is depicted without any blood compared to the anime.
*The Frieza Force soldiers that Future Trunks killed kept their bodies intact as opposed to being chopped into pieces in the anime. Likewise, Mecha-Frieza gets quickly disintegrated just as he is shown to get bisected.
*Instead of pulling Android 19's arms off before finishing him off, Vegeta instead beats him before destroying him with his Big Bang Attack.
*Instead of being inflated by Babidi until he explodes, Spopovich gets disintegrated along with Yamu by Pui-Pui's attack.
*Instead of being bisected in half, Babidi simply gets struck to near death by Piccolo.
*Babidi is not decapitated before being killed by Majin Buu, instead he is simply thrown before being blasted.
*Smitty's fate in the game ended up being the same as Van Zant's in that he gets disintegrated albeit by Super Buu instead of Evil Buu as opposed to him entering Smitty's body and expanding until he explodes.
*Nobody is shown being struck during Super Buu's Human Extinction Attack.
==See also==
*BLT Productions Ltd.
*Funimation dub
*Ocean Group dubs
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