There is a scene where Bulma gets a bubble bath but is covered by bubbles where it counts. Bulma has a daydream about the good ol’ days and Kid Goku has his junk showing. I found H*ll, D*mn, and B***ard, and at least three people flipping the bird. Language: It’s a bit coarser in this season.
Once they come in it definitely spices things up. Season 2 in particular is known for introducing one of the most infamously comedic villain groups in the series. In the midst of an otherwise pretty dark season though, they do add a lot of humourous elements to try and balance things out. If you thought Season 1 was bad, oh cripes, this is brutal. For the most part the “revised” dialogue fits the scenes very awkwardly.Īnother negative note is that Season 2 is even worse for beating up on kids. And when Goku gets back to fighting he suddenly starts talking like a news reporter. For one thing, I distinctly remember Zarbon being Australian (I think he still is in a flashback in a later season). I’m watching these seasons on DVD, and for this season it is most obvious to me that the American dialogue has been changed from what I remember when I first caught these episodes on YTV all those years ago. It’s always looking at you and never blinks. We have only the word of his subordinates to tell us that he is male, and if he says so then they probably wouldn’t question that. Zarbon’s voice at least gives him away as a male, but there is nothing about Frieza that suggests he’s a dude. Since you will no doubt be wondering, yes, Frieza is in fact a man. Gohan is even given the chance early on to back out of the mission and refuses. They reluctantly rely on a former enemy to help them against a common threat, the odds are stacked impossibly against them and they do suffer through a lot before the journey reaches its end. The two heroes the season focuses on the most, in this case being Gohan and Krillin, are not at this point considered to be the best warriors the good guys have to offer, but they are the ones traveling to a far away land (a whole ‘nother planet), evading imposing hostile forces as they navigate through unfamiliar territory. I related the plot of this season to the journey of Frodo and Samwise in Lord of the Rings. It takes that giant a long time to get from his bed to the thing right next to his bed. It’s also the last big hurrah for Bulma, as her role as one of the adventurers pretty much closes after this story arc.
The early episodes in Season 2 harken back to the original series, when the show wasn’t so much about fighting but about adventure. The season is used mainly as a set up though, a kind of teaser of the third season, which is a lot more epic. It also takes a while for the combat scenes to get good, and then they don’t last long enough. I think I would enjoy it a lot more if the scenery of Planet Namek wasn’t so tedious. It took me a noticeably long time to get through this season for review, which says something about how much I was looking forward to watching this season again.