Dragon Ball Live-action Universe/Tropes

The Dragon Ball Live-action Universe would be a shared universe and film franchise produced by Walt Disney Pictures and Toei Company, and based on Akira Toriyama's manga Dragon Ball and its related series.

Tropes

 * Disney Villain Death:
 * Dragon Ball:
 * Subverted with Teeths, who falls off a cliff while fighting Goku, but survives.
 * Played straight when a dinasour-transformed Puar throws Pilaf's majordomo, Sabanto, from the top of the castle to his death during the climax.
 * Subverted in Dr. Slump: Arale's First Live-action Movie, where it first seems that Dr. Mashrito fell to his death, only for a mid-credits scene to reveal he survived.
 * In Dragon Ball: Krillin's Adventure, Krillin would manage to punch Blue in a plane mid-flight and with a door open, causing him to lose balance and fall to his demise.
 * Dragon Ball: Tao:
 * Played straight with Commander Red, who would be forced by General Tao to jump off the Red Ribbon Army's headquarters to his death, so Tao could take over the Red Ribbon Army.
 * Subverted with Tao, as it would appear that Tao falls to his death after Goku throws him a granade that ends up exploding. However, in a mid-credits scene, it would be revealed that Tao barely survived his fall.
 * Parodied in Dr. Slump 2: OH NO! WE GOT TO THE SEQUEL!, where it would appear that Dr. Mashirito is falling to his death. However, he uses a potion to turn himself into a dragon and survive. Lampshaded when Obotchawoman would say that she believed Mashirito died due to the fall.
 * In Dragon Ball: The Story of Tien, a gravely injured Master Shen ends up falling of his temple (which would be in a very tall mountain), as the place would be crumbling due to the film's final battle taking place there. Notably, instead of screaming while falling, he would be LAUGHING, assuming his enemies will suffer the same fate, while his dorpse would also be seen smiling shortly after hitting the ground.
 * King Piccolo's first defeat at the end of Roshi would serve as this in a way, as he would "fall" to his prision.
 * In Dragon Ball Z: Super Saiyan, Frieza would accidentally cut himself in a half while trying to kill Super Saiyan Goku with his Destructo Disc. Goku offers his hand to save Frieza, but he in turn would use whatever power he has left to attack his enemy. Just after that, the part of the soon-to-explode Planet Namek in which Frieza would have fallen would explode, almost as if the universe would be sentencing him to die for his crimes somewhat in the same way he killed thousands of people... By causing a planet to explode. Frieza would then scream in horror, and what would follow would be a shot of Frieza falling to the planet's unstable core.
 * In Teeths, Tao would finally meet his demise by falling after his insanity drives him to try to kill his former abused servant, Teeths, by trying to punch him mindlessly, only to instead punch a bridge. The strength of Tao's punches would cause the bridge to become unstable and, while the title character manages to get to safety, Tao isn't as lucky, causing him to plummet to his demise and finally end his years-long revenge-induced rampage.
 * In Gohan: The Great Saiyaman, Mr. Masuka would end up falling from a tower to his circus in flames. However, he would use a parachute to save himself from the fall, only to find the animals he tortured and abused in his circus waiting for him. After some taunting and hints from one of the animals, they would proceed to maul him and eat him alive. The audience would even see things from his point of view.
 * In Chi-Chi, after Watagash and Otōsan are split up in the sky by Gohan, the strength of the attack would cause both to be separated by a few miles and, while Chi-Chi would catch Otōsan with Jaco's spaceship, Watagash would end up falling to the ground and to his death, which would be confirmed by Jaco shortly after.
 * Dr. Gero would have a slightly curious story with this trope throught the franchise. First it would seem that he died after the rebelling Android 17 cutted off his head (which would still function due to Gero having been turned into an Android himself) and later dropped him to a river feets below Gero's lab. However, in 17 2, it would be revealed that Gero's head actually survived and managed to use an AI computer in a secret lab to recreate his body. However, he would be undoubtly killed in the latter film, as he would end up falling from the hightest point of his (very tall) burning secret lab in an attempt to kill Android 17. The following scene would show Dr. Gero barely alive, througth with his new body (including his head, which would hold his brain) heavily damaged from the fall. Then, the part of his head holding his brain would break, releasing his brain, which would be strongly implied to have been burned by the fire. And even if it didn't, the lack of any sustance that could keep Gero's brain alive would cause his brain to malfunction and die neverthless.
 * In The Legend of Yamoshi, a heavily injured Chilled ends up climbing to the top of a mountain in Planet Namek, which crumbles, causing Chilled to fall to his death, but not before telling his soldiers to warn his family about the threat of Super Saiyans.