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While Universe 7 (and all the others) prepare for this big tournament thing, John and Spencer continue their little tiff about Krillin and get really confused watching Jeremy's terrible editing job.

Welcome to the extra special Super Eric Hates Halloween Special! Where we definitely had the forethought to realize this episode airs on Halloween and planned accordingly! This year the spooky surprise is we only ACT like we forgot this episode was going to air on Halloween. Enjoy Goku becoming the villain of the show and everyone getting mad at him!

John and Spencer talk about life, the universe, and everything while they wait for the metaphorical manga to catch up to their metaphorical anime. Do they even say the word Goku in this one? 

Covering Episodes 155-159 of Dragon Ball Z, it's Vegeta's time to shine again as he steps up to the plate to fight Cell. Then Krillin and Vegeta both do things that ruin everything forever.

Covering Episodes 150 -154 of Dragon Ball Z, Cell just gets like really creepy, gross, and weird. And also Tien finally does something cool but not in the way John wanted so he's bitter about it.

Covering Episodes 145 -149 of Dragon Ball Z, Spencer and John continue their journey through the Cell saga with a few unexpected surprises along the way. Chief among them? A show of good parenting for Gohan, and one of the most pointless episodes in the history of this anime.

Covering Episodes 140 -144 of Dragon Ball Z, Spencer and John arrive at the beginning of the Cell Saga. Who is Cell? What happened to the Androids? Is Baby Trunks still adorable? Answers to all these questions and more as a terrible monster kills everyone.

Recapping the entire Android saga, Eric finally has a chance to prove he knows better than Akira Toriyama as he takes on the role of writing Dragon Ball Z himself. You're not going to want to miss this one.

With Eric on vacation, John and Spencer need to do something to stall until they can all record another Saga in Review. And it just so happens the fan mail's been piling up again...

Covering Episodes 133 - 139 of Dragon Ball Z, the Android Saga comes to a close as Goku continues to nearly die, Trunks discovers his dad kinda sucks, and the all powerful, super dangerous androids decide to go for a car ride.

What started as an annual tradition could very well take over the entire podcast from here on out, so join us in celebrating the elegant, superb, and downright awesome Hollywood actor/director superstar, Jonathan Frakes.

Covering Episodes 128 -132 of Dragon Ball Z, John and Spencer continue their love affair with the Android Saga as Super Saiyan Vegeta steps up to the plate, and the discover how many times they can use the word 'Saiyan' in an episode title. The answer, it turns out, is three.

Covering Episodes 123-127 of Dragon Ball Z, three years pass in the blink of an eye and some of the characters go on a driving test. I'm sure a lot more happens throughout these episodes, but honestly what more could you ask for? Yamcha nearly dying? Twice? Alright, we'll throw that in too.

What could be better to celebrate the return of Future Trunks than the return of...Bulmalo? Yes, you read that right. Eric is once again writing Dragon Ball Fan Fiction. 

Covering Episodes 128-132 of Dragon Ball Z, John and Spencer begin talking about the Android Saga for real this time, and boy howdy is it a treat. New characters, new outfits, Chichi's kinda cool again. Seriously, it's just a real Chef's Suck for everyone.

Covering Episodes 113-117 of Dragon Ball Z, The Garlic Jr. Saga comes to a timely end with an absolutely amazing comeback story. Or is that just Stockholm Syndrome setting in? You decide!

Covering Episodes 108-112 of Dragon Ball Z, The Garlic Jr. Saga begins and sadly it's just 10 episodes of straight filler. Luckily John has trouble coping with the insanity of the plot and Spencer finds that pretty funny.

John and Spencer read some more fan mail as they reflect on the past year and hopefully you're here for it but let them know if this one gets too weird.

Recapping the entire Frieza saga, John and Spencer make Eric try and guess the plot of a number of episodes in the saga, using only the Japanese titles and their own personal notes. And yes, it's as hilarious and torturous as it sounds.

There's one last piece of canon to go over before our boys can finally call it quits on the Frieza saga. In this episode, they review the really rather excellent TV Special, Bardock: The Father of Goku, a prequel exploring...Bardock: The Father of Goku. It's pretty good! Both this episode, and the movie.

Covering Episodes 101-107 of Dragon Ball Z, John and Spencer finally - FINALLY - reach the end of the Frieza saga, and get to experience a concept fairly rare in Dragon Ball Z: Character Development. It's a wild ride for Gods, Mortals, and Saiyans alike as the destruction of Namek arrives at last.

Covering Episodes 96-100 of Dragon Ball Z, Spencer and John break down the Dragon Ball Z Dance, which will follow them around until end of the show, and then John theorizes a cool new science theory.

Covering Episodes 91-95 of Dragon Ball Z, Spencer and John debate why Dragon Ball Z is the one anime they keep getting back to, as they discuss the moment in the show you've all been waiting for, and one of the reasons they created the podcast in the first place.

Covering Episodes 86-90 of Dragon Ball Z, John turns the subtitles on for one particular scene and is blown away at the differences made in the American dub. Spencer is too enamored with Dr. Briefs to really say anything about that.

The (other) Future Trunks saga is over! What did our boys think of the ending? Uh...they've got opinions, that's for sure. Let's do this.

Covering Episodes 81-85 of Dragon Ball Z, John gets closer to finishing his doctoral thesis on power levels, while Spencer derails the entire episode within the first five seconds.

Covering Episodes 76-80 of Dragon Ball Z, Spencer once again comes to Krillin's defense, and John actually agrees with him. Other topics discussed? What about King Freaking Vegeta getting straight up murdered by Frieza? How's that grab ya?

Finally setting aside some time to answer your burning questions, John and Spencer spend way too much time talking about fusions, old Dragon Ball Z video games, potential fan fiction material, and a bunch of other crazy stuff.

Recapping the entire Ginyu saga, John and Spencer test Eric with trivia questions and offer him the deal of a lifetime. How happy will he be after another massive injection of DBZ lore? Not very, but you will be!

Covering Episodes 71-75 of Dragon Ball Z, John and Spencer recap the exciting events leading up to the end of the Ginyu Saga, which is more difficult than it sounds because this is when the whole body swapping thing starts.

Covering Episodes 66-70 of Dragon Ball Z, John and Spencer appreciate multiple aspects of Goku's arrival on Namek and the fights following that event, while debating Saiyan slang, DBZ video games, and Recoome's secret origins.

Covering Episodes 61-65 of Dragon Ball Z, John finds his favorite episode of the entire anime and Spencer explores the merits of a weirdly deep backstory of one of the Ginyu Force, before questioning the entire organization altogether.

Covering Episodes 56-60 of Dragon Ball Z, John and Spencer eagerly await the arrival of the Ginyu Force, and pass the time by talking about Goku's training regimen, the limitations of Senzu Beans, and take a minute to discuss their feelings about Star Trek Picard.

Covering Episodes 51-55 of Dragon Ball Z, Spencer unveils his favorite episode title in the entire anime, while John fondly recalls the birthdays of his childhood. Also, they talk about Bulma, Krillin, Vegeta...you know, the whole gang and their fun adventures on Namek.

Covering Episodes 46-50 of Dragon Ball Z, John and Spencer strap in for a very long stay on the Planet Namek, while things get back to normal in the first string of solid episodes in quite a while.

We found something amazing in the depths of the Internet, and even more mysterious...Eric isn't completely against it? At the very least he ran away a lot less often than a usual episode.

Covering Episodes 41-45 of Dragon Ball Z, the awful string of filler continues - but not for long! By the end of this episode, the characters have made it to Namek, and everything clicks back into place. The question is, can John and Spencer make it there without losing their sanity? I give it a 50/50 shot.

Covering Episodes 36-40 of Dragon Ball Z, John and Spencer both marvel at the emotional complexity and realistic portrayal of grief the show is capable of producing, and how quickly it can all come crashing down as they transition to a new block of filler episodes.

Recapping the entire Saiyan saga, John and Spencer take Eric through a pop quiz journey of epic proportions. Can he handle a concentrated dose of Dragon Ball Z chaos and mayhem? Well, no. But you probably guessed that when you saw the title of this episode.

Covering Episodes 31-35 of Dragon Ball Z, the battle for Earth continues as both Vegeta and Goku pull out all the stops in the beginning of a long, long rivalry. Meanwhile everyone else just tries to feel useful.

Covering Episodes 26-30 of Dragon Ball Z, Vegeta gives everyone three hours to face their mortality, Nappa gets bored and later regrets everything when Goku finally shows up.

Covering Episodes 21-25 of Dragon Ball Z, the Saiyans finally arrive on Earth, and everyone starts fighting and dying and yelling and screaming and holy crap DBZ as we know it is here at last.

Hit hard by the news of the official end of Dragon Ball Z Abridged, John and Spencer sit down and talk about what might have led to that decision, their thoughts on the Abridged series, and compare it all with their own experiences as creatives throughout the years.

Covering Episodes 16-20 of Dragon Ball Z, where a lot of normal things happen, like Gohan committing police brutality, the war of jokes and the prince of puns, and the appearance of an otherworldly monkey. Yep.

Covering Episodes 11-15 of Dragon Ball Z, Spencer and John hit a massive wall of filler episodes, and Spencer nearly goes insane talking about them. Highlights include Snake Ladies and Goku in Hell.

Covering Episodes 6-10 of Dragon Ball Z, this episode has John and Spencer talking about crazy stuff like Gohan's "character arc," and how the real friends are the robots we killed along the way.

It's time for this saga to start winding down, which means the action is really heating up! Plus John and Spencer talk about their latest Patreon escapades and why YOU should care. Or not.

Covering Episodes 1-5 of Dragon Ball Z, John and Spencer realize how the series doesn't actually start out quite how they remember, and how Raditz was a waste of a character but a pretty good bad guy.

Who are we and what do we want with Dragon Ball Z? Find out the answer to that question and more as we introduce ourselves and the concept of this crazy podcast. Join John and Spencer undertake the impossible task of converting their friend Eric into becoming a fan of Dragon Ball Z.

Well, they did it! An incredibly entertaining few episodes that don't disappoint in any way. After all, how could someone possibly complain about something that's 96% perfect?