Dragon Ball Super Broly just came out, and it’s packing all of the punch we hoped it
would!
The film, which serves as a canon origin story for fan favourite Broly follows the Saiyan
as his destiny collides with Goku and Vegeta, who, of course, embark on one hell of an epic
struggle in fighting him.
So today, we’re counting down our favourite top 10 easter eggs you missed in Dragon Ball
Super Broly!
Some are easter eggs, some are references.
Many of the easter eggs that appear in the film play homage to the history of dragon
ball, from the manga to the anime itself, and some are easter eggs that fans have picked
up on that may be references to other major pop culture sweethearts.
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Alright, now onto the Easter Eggs!
Oh and heads up, there’s a bunch of spoilers in this list; not in terms of the outcome
of the major fight in the film, but still spoilers nonetheless.
You’ve been warned!
10 Introductions The way in which some of the antagonists in
Dragon Ball Super Broly are introduced is a throwback to both the anime and manga, from
a visually standpoint.
The film, which begins with the invasion on planet Vegeta, features King Cold, Frieza’s
father.
The easter egg here is purely aesthetic; King Cold appears in the exact same pose he is
depicted in for the first time in both the manga and the anime, with his chin resting
on his hand.
In addition to this, Frieza first appears in his first form, in which he has pink skin.
This is a reference to how he was initially depicted by Toriyama in the manga, where his
skin has a pinkish tone.
9 The Pilaf Gang After the epic transition scene that brings
us up to speed on what’s happened over the years between the invasion of planet Vegeta
to the aftermath of the tournament of power, (which, by the way, features a ton of great
little tidbits pulled from the anime), there’s a scene where Trunks calls his mother Bulma
to tell her about what just went down at Capsule Corp.
Take a look at the left hand of the screen.
Standing there are three familiar faces; the pilaf gang!
The pilaf gang in the anime is a trio that’s led by Emperor Pilaf who set out to collect
the dragon balls in order for him to rule the Earth; they fit the classic anime trope
of the reoccurring comedic villain trio.
Prior to the events of Dragon Ball Z Battle of Gods, the trio had gathered the dragon
balls and wished for youth, turning them into younger versions of themselves.
In that film, they sneak into Capsule Corp in an attempt to steal the dragon balls, but
then end up being found out by Trunks and Goten, the latter they mistaken for Goku.
Bulma, without recognizing who they are, ends up inviting them to her birthday party.
So needless to say, their presence, which is easily missed, is a nice inclusion.
8 The Sneeze Speaking of character cameos, there’s one
by Beerus (beer-us).
There’s a scene in which Goku mentions that he believes that Broly may be stronger than
Beerus, the god of destruction, we get a shot of Beerus sneezing.
Any of you out there who watch a ton of anime will be familiar with this; whenever someone
says someone elses’ name, that someone else will sneeze.
This is from a Japanese superstition that claims that whenever someone is talking about
you, you’ll sneeze.
This has become a reoccurring joke not only in the dragon ball manga and anime, but it
many other anime as well.
7 The Bite Goku has many a signature move in battle.
But one of the more odd moves he’s pulled over the years, something that’s become
a bit of a cheeky joke to many a fan, is that he tends to bite his opponents.
He’s done it ever since Dragon Ball in the anime; he’s bitten Frieza on the tail before,
he’s bitten Majin buu (which, to be fair, was after HE was bitten first), and he’s
even bitten Beerus.
So naturally, in Dragon Ball Super Broly, he takes a bite out of Broly, too.
It happens rather quickly during their fight scene, but it’s pretty darn great.
6 Avengers Some fans have noticed a few potential references
and Easter Eggs that may link to other big franchises outside of the Dragon Ball universe,
including Star Wars and Sonic the Hedgehog.
But this one in particular is perhaps one of the more obvious outside references.
There’s a moment during the fight between Goku and Broly, after Goku has gone super
Saiyan god, where Broly grabs him by his ankle and whips him around mercilessly.
Speculation is that this is an homage to The Avengers MCU film, in which the Hulk grabs
Loki by his leg and swings him around, calling him a puny god.
Broly may not call Goku a puny god, but it is a nice touch, considering the form that
Goku is in when it happens.
5 Fat Gogeta There’s a wonderfully hilarious moment mid
way through the film where Fat Gogeta aka Veku and Skinny Gogeta aka Skinny Veku make
an appearance as failed fusion attempts before Gogeta comes to fruition.
Veku appeared in the 12th Dragon Ball Z film, and fought Janemba (Gin-em-ba), due to what
may have been a result of Vegeta not fully extending his index finger while the two fused.
Veku is a fusion that doesn’t have nearly as great speed or ki, and can not perform
any special ki attacks.
This also feels like a nice little homage to the failed Gotenks fusion from Dragon Ball
Z, which, for obviously reasons, share a similar aesthetic.
4 The Final Line The very final line of the movie is one that
had a lot of Dragon Ball fans geeking out.
Goku refers to himself as Kakarot, his given Saiyan name.
This has NEVER happened before in the franchise; he’s always referred to as Kakarot by others,
but never actually uses the name himself.
This is also a nice little throwback to the original Broly non-canon film, in which Broly
aggressively refers to Goku as Kakarot.
What this could mean for Goku in the future is still unknown, but his use of the name
could imply that moving forward, he may embrace his Saiyan heritage a little more.
3 Ultra Instinct?
One moment in the film has really stirred fans of the Dragon Ball franchise up.
For the briefest moment, during one of Goku’s transformations mid-film, there’s a second
where it looks like Goku’s hair is going into his ultra instinct form.
It’s clearly intentional, and has become a hot topic of debate because of it.
It looks like his ultra instinct form, but isn’t quite, which brings up questions.
Prior to the release of the film, there was a lot of debate about what ultra instinct’s
tie to the movie would be after merch was released, along with artwork that was released
that depicted Ultra Instinct Goku.
So, does this hint of Ultra Instinct mean anything?
Or was it just an easter egg?
Considering that the way Goku has previously achieved ultra instinct the past three times
he’s done it, it’s likely that this is not Goku tapping into that form.
2 Fighting Stances When Goku and Vegeta first encounter Broly,
they get into their classic fighting stances; stances that have a long history in the franchise.
These stances are the ones that both Goku and Vegeta use initially in Dragon Ball Z,
in the dragon ball super manga, and yet again in the very last episode of Dragon Ball Super.
In addition to that, we also see Gogeta bust out both Goku’s fighting stance and then
Vegeta’s immediately after it when he first goes after Broly.
1 Saiyan Power Perhaps the neatest little easter egg hidden
into the film isn’t a visual one; it’s in the music.
So for context, back in 1996 when Dragon Ball was being dubbed in English, one of the producers,
a fellow named Barry Watson, made a mistaken and Sigh-en, which is actually the original
and arguably correct way of pronouncing sayien, was changed to sayien.
This was never changed over the years.
Now, in the film, during the fight between Goku and Broly, the music in the background
has an announcer as part of the track who shouts out ‘Sigh-en Power’.
It’s easy to miss; it’s there because the choice was made to keep the same music
from the Japanese version in the film.
There we have it friends!
What other references and Easter Eggs did you notice in Dragon Ball Super Broly?
Give us a shout in those comments below and let us know what you spotted!
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