Dragon Ball Z Abridged (2008)

Action · Animation · Comedy

IMDb rating: 9.1 (2,664 votes)
Episode average: 8.8 -0.3 vs IMDb
Seasons: 3
Type: TV series

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Ratings refreshed Oct 3, 2026 · 3 seasons indexed

Seasons

Season 1 (2008)

8.48 avg 12 episodes 8.3 → 8.9 8 min avg

Slow burn

Season 1 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	The Return of Raditz! ... Wait...	8.3	89
2	And They All Lived Happily Ever... Oh...	8.1	79
3	Happily Ever Afterlife	8.0	74
4	Snakeway to Heaven	8.0	73
5	Vegeta: Kills Bugs Dead	8.3	71
6	No One Ever Listens to the Magical Dragon	8.0	73
7	Saiyans? On My Planet? (It's More Likely Than You Think)	8.8	73
8	Nappa's Best Day Ever	8.9	71
9	The Set Up	8.8	73
10	The Punchline Part 1	8.8	69
11	The Punchline Part 2	8.8	72
12	The Punchline Part 3	8.9	70

Season 2 (2008)

8.70 avg 23 episodes 8.1 → 9.1

Season 2 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
0	TFS Abridged Parody Halloween Special	8.1	64
1	Loolike the Z-Warriors Are Blasting Off Again!	8.4	65
2	A Rose by Any Other Namek	8.1	67
3	Dr. Briefs Made This Episode In a cave... WITHABOXOFSCRAPS!	8.4	64
4	No Country For Old Namekians	8.6	63
5	Operation: Dodoria Drop	8.5	63
6	Vam qan Namek	8.6	63
7	A Lovely Bunch of Dragonballs	8.7	64
8	It's A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad Saiyan	9.2	69
9	Romaji: Tochaku o Kyofu!! Keirei, Ginyu Tokusentai!!	8.9	62
10	Namekimania 2011	9.2	76
11	Stop! Celebrate and Witness, Goku's Back From 100X Fitness!	8.5	63
12	The Good, the Bad, and the Purple	8.5	61
13	Grand Theft Goku	8.5	62
14	The Best Laid Plans of Saiyans and Nameks	8.6	61
15	Nail is Piccolo, and so can you!	8.9	62
16	Alien VS. Piccolo	8.6	61
17	The Saiyan Formerly Known As Prince	9.1	61
18	Leave It To Freezer	8.8	63
19	Freeza Burn	8.6	63
20	Freeza: The Final Cut Part 1	9.0	69
21	Freeza: The Final Cut Part 2	9.1	69
22	Freeza: The Final Cut Part 3	9.1	74

Season 3 (2012)

9.03 avg 34 episodes 8.9 → 8.7

Saved best for last

Season 3 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
0	Celloween: A FLIGHT OUT OF CELL	8.9	37
1	There's Something About Maron	8.9	64
2	Battlefield Ee-arth	9.1	62
3	Cold Cuts	9.0	63
4	News of Future Past	9.1	63
5	The Island of Dr. Gero	9.0	62
6	Super Saiyan Swagger	9.1	63
7	Catch Me If You Can-droid	9.0	62
8	Dr. Gero or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Androids	8.8	62
9	Blood, Sweat, and Gears	8.9	63
10	16, 17, and 18 Things I Hate About You	8.8	62
11	The Trouble With Time Travel	8.6	63
12	Fear and Loathing in Ginger Town	9.1	61
13	Cell Service	9.1	60
14	Cell Reception	9.1	61
15	Hyperbolic Plot Device	9.1	60
16	Percussive Maintenance	9.2	61
17	Family Reunion	9.2	63
18	Advanced Geometry	9.1	61
19	Group Therapy	9.1	59
20	A Raging Semi	9.2	69
21	The "Perfect" Guy	9.1	75
22	Flashpoint	9.1	61
23	My Body is a Temple'O'Trunks	9.0	61
24	Tiles and Tribulations	9.0	59
25	It's Been A Year If It's Been A Day	9.1	58
26	Deities, Devils, and Doing the Dirty	9.0	58
27	Opening Serumonies*	9.0	58
28	Cell Mates	9.2	61
29	The Hard Cell	9.2	65
30	Cell-Out Part 1	8.8	100
31	Cell-Out Part 2	9.1	130
32	Cell-Out Part 3	9.2	110
33	Die, Robot	8.7	67

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