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Frieza's 5 Minutes Was NOT A Mistake! (Dragon Ball Z)

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Tv & Film

4.8894 Ratings

🗓️ 6 December 2023

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Join Film Theory Host MatPat as he proves that Frieza from Dragon Ball Z wasn't as wrong as we all thought... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

How many sayans does it take to change a light bulb?

0:02.5

One, but it'll take him 17 episodes to do it.

0:05.0

Goku begins removing the light bulb from the box next time on Dragon Ball Z. Hello internet.

0:30.1

Welcome to film theory, where we aspire to reach Friza levels of dialogue.

0:35.3

What's the deal? Is your phone call over?

0:38.3

Good thing they reached you before I disconnected your number!

0:41.3

It's...

0:42.3

It's simply poetry.

0:43.3

People love Dragon Ball.

0:46.3

It played a major hand in popularizing anime in the West.

0:49.3

It gave Cartoon Network some of the highest ratings they'd ever seen.

0:52.3

And according to the NPD group, Dragon Ball Z is the number one selling anime brand of all time. I mean sure you may have gotten some odd glances from your parents when they saw you watch trunks scream at Friza for 12 seconds straight in slow motion, but at its heart it's really a show all about overcoming obstacles in the face of overwhelming adversity,

1:11.1

and screaming at each other's faces for prolonged periods of time.

1:14.1

But buried amongst the Dragon Ball franchise, 600 plus episodes, 19 movies, and one Vigita Mustache,

1:20.1

one battle in particular has gone down in infamy.

1:23.1

Not as the most insanely powerful, ridiculously destructive fight,

1:26.6

nor as the most satisfying and well-written story arc,

1:29.3

but as the longest, drawn-out fight that's ever graced our TV screens.

1:33.3

Dare I say the longest fight in the history of all of television.

1:36.3

Yes, I am talking about the Friza Saga.

1:38.3

For those of you who are nodding your heads or able to read a title. Now, for those of you who aren't familiar with DBZ, the Friza saga refers to episode 75 through 107 of the original Dragon Ball Z run. During this

1:49.2

arc, the Z fighters go to the planet Nammec in order to gather the dragon balls, which will

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