Difference from the original series

This a list of Differences from Dragon Ball Z: Abridged and Dragon Ball Z

Season 1
===Season 2 Edit ===
 * Piccolo only joins Goku in getting Gohan back in exchange for friending him on MySpace.
 * Goku is notably much less intelligent than he is in the actual manga/anime. In episode 11, Chi-Chi mentions that Goku thought she was hiding "Cinna-Buns" under her shirt, while in reality she was pregenant with Gohan. And in episode 21, he "corrects" Gohan when he explains how Rabies is contracted, mistaking it for Tetanus, because "animals don't eat people, people eat animals. Silly Gohan."
 * Raditz knows that Piccolo is a Namekian and even mentions it to Goku before their fight. In the real series Nappa was the first to expose Piccolo's heritage.
 * Nappa has the intelligence and maturity of a child, much to Vegeta's frustration. But he actually went to Saiyan University, majored in Child Psychology and minored in Pain.
 * Krillin is more of a coward than he was misconceived in the original series.
 * Piccolo only destroyed the moon because he thought it was mocking him.
 * Krillin also has a fear of Chi Chi castrating him. This is also the reason why he decided to go and recruit Tien, Yamcha and Chiaotzu, narrowly escaping Chi Chi before she arrived at Kame House. Additionally, he freaked out about this when Bulma let Gohan retrieve a dragon ball unescorted, fearing that Chi Chi will castrate him should Gohan get hurt.
 * Goku was killed by Piccolo's new attack only because he trusted Piccolo too easily to give him an advanced signal before firing.
 * Everyone already knows Piccolo is an alien from outer space, including Piccolo himself.
 * King Yemma is crazy about the phrase "mahogany", of which he claims his desk is made from.
 * Piccolo's attempt at unleashing Gohan's hidden potential via throwing him at a plateau isn't as successful; Gohan just hits the mountain with a loud splat, causing him extreme pain.
 * Piccolo took Gohan in only to train him so the two of them could take over the world; Piccolo didn't have a clue about the Saiyans headed towards Earth.
 * Popo is highly sadistic and intimidating, contrary to his gentle, friendly persona from the original series.
 * It was Goku who (very stupidly) told Raditz about the Dragon Balls by asking him if that's why he was on Earth, all of which Vegeta and Nappa heard through Raditz's scouter.
 * When asked about the Gravity of Kai's Planet, King Kai explains that the reason for the heavy gravity is that the space pirate Bojack is sealed in his planet. The true reason is because King Kai's planet is so small, the gravity is more intense accoridng to the show.
 * Catching Bubbles and then hitting Gregory with the hammer weren't even part of King Kai's training session; Goku simply did those two things because he is easily distracted and very impulsive.
 * In a bizarre twist with his stature as a "space pirate", Bojack is portrayed, at least verbally, as a stereotypical pirate, having the same type of accent, always starting off his words with "Yaurgh!".
 * Gohan is portrayed as bipolar; he'll often snap and cuss at anyone, as he did after Piccolo is killed, he threatens to "SKULL-F**K" Nappa just before attacking him. His bipolar disorder resurfaced during his recovery in the hospital when his mother forbade him from going to Namek, he finally snapped and told her to "Shut her F***ing face!".
 * Goku gets back onto Snake Way by tricking Goz and Mez into telling him the way out of hell, rather than defeating them in a test of strength and speed (Which he would have had to do had it not been for Goz and Mez's stupidity).
 * Usually when Gohan is mad he explains the textbook definition of simple threats to his enemies before explaining the simple word or phrase to them like for example when Nappa kills Piccolo Gohan yells out "I am gonna eviscerate you and use your gastrointestinal tract as a condom whilst I fornicate with your skull!!" Nappa only responds with "Huh?" whilst Gohan explains "I'm gonna SKULL F**K YOU!!!" He did the same thing to Great Ape Vegeta, explaining in textbook definition "The bigger they are, the harder they fall".
 * Two factors led to Goku arriving to the battle against the Saiyans too late to save Piccolo's life:
 * Goku stopped at Princess Snake's palace for another huge meal (and ends up forgetting about the Saiyans), only to realize what he's supposed to be doing after Princess Snake reminded him.
 * After Goku returned to Earth, he requested Mr. Popo to teleport him to the battlefield, but Mr. Popo was pre-occupied with "making toast", so he's forced to take the Flying Nimbus.
 * Nappa is killed by Vegeta because he killed Piccolo (thereby making the Dragon Balls useless) In the original Vegeta told Nappa they didn't need Piccolo because they could use the Namekian Dragon Balls and instead killed him because he was crippled by Goku. In TFS' DBZ Kai Abridged, Vegeta killed Nappa because he (Vegeta) is a monkey.
 * In the original series, Master Roshi was Korin's old student, but in Episode 11 when they visited Goku, Gohan and Krillin in the hospital, Master Roshi had no idea who Korin was, because when Korin introduced Mr. Popo to everyone, Master Roshi replied with "Did that cat just talk?".
 * Rather than demonstrate it by channeling his energy in front of his opponents, Vegeta provides proof of becoming stronger from near-death injuries with an "Official Saiyan Handbook".
 * References to Cooler and King Cold abound in the abridged series, where in the original series Frieza's family was only introduced before the Cell Saga.
 * Dende is much more skeptical of their chances and is very cynical in general. He states that he is "weighing my options" between staying with Krillin and Gohan or going back to certain death.
 * Cui kept on talking about reproducing asexually. Zarbon says that he would've liked him if he wasn't all in his face about it.
 * Vegeta first learns that Frieza was behind the destruction of planet Vegeta, not from Dodoria, but from Frieza himself via "space-twitter" ("You really should have kept frieza off the twitter")
 * Dodoria's gender is changed from male to female (by word of mouth only), and to Vegeta's incredible disgust, she considered to be the most beautiful and fertile woman on her home planet (Which Frieza blew up).
 * Zarbon is believed by many characters, including Frieza himself, to be homosexual. Despite this, he is in fact straight and has a girlfriend (whom Frieza is convinced is named "Chuck").
 * He could possibly be bisexual, as hinted at in a few scenes from the Bardock Abridged film: Once Frieza decides to confront Bardock alone Zarbon describes him as "a dashing rouge" to which a disturbed Dodoria responds with "What?"
 * Lord Guru is annoying, senile (especially towards Nail who assists him), considers Dende to be like Batman (due to his parents dying), and wastes a lot of time, instead of wise and intelligent. However, he appears to be in good health, talking normally instead of coughing. He ends up dying just to pull a "dick move".
 * The Ginyu force, rather than play "Rock, Paper Scissors" to determine who fights who, plays their favorite TV game, "Wheel of Death" (an obvious play on "Wheel of Fortune"), where they spin the wheel and whoever it lands on, that contestant kills.
 * Instead of hating Vegeta for insulting him for his breath, Guldo hated Vegeta for treating him like a dog and even throwing dog treats at him.
 * Ginyu is contractually obligated to perform the Dance Of Joy by King Cold, and the Daddy's Little Princess Dance by Cooler. As well as the Dance of Solitude for no real reason.
 * Recoome is a professional wrestler (Or so he seems).
 * Burter actually is not the fastest being in the universe, even slower than Guldo (who can stop time, technically making him the fastest), but just doesn't want to be labled just as "the Blue Snake Guy"
 * Burter and Jeice's ultimate attack is called Seizure-Procedure, which owns Krillin for the thirteenth time.
 * Goku punches Jeice in the face multiple times, instead of just once, and even cuts off Jeice while he is having a flashback in which Ginyu explains to Jeice what he should he do if he finds himself being punched in the face repeatedly, which was simply to dodge the attack.
 * Unlike the anime, Goku and Ginyu retain their voices after the body switch, the only difference being their accents spoken in each other's voices.
 * Goku only threw the space frog in the path of Ginyu's body switch by accident; he was grossed out from seeing it on his hand, so he threw it.
 * Rather than let Space Frog Ginyu hop away, Vegeta crushes him under his foot, making his kill count "8 for 8" (thus TFS Vegeta is responsible for the death's of all TFS Ginyu Force members).
 * Frieza rips Nail's arm off 24 times, as opposed to only once in the original show. Many fan's believe this to be a reference to the episode's number.
 * Porunga only speaks Namekian, while in the original show he can speak English.
 * It was Krillin's idea to bring Piccolo to Namek, which Piccolo thought was a terrible idea.
 * Guldo is the one who reveals to Vegeta that Frieza can transform. In the original anime, it's revealed by Zarbon.
 * Burter is revealed to be a homosexual by Guldo during his conversation with Vegeta. In the series there is no evidence or mentioning of Burta's sexuality by the other characters.
 * Cooler is occasionally referred to as a prick by Frieza.