Some fans tend to forget just how important the dragon balls are to the world of Dragon Ball. Of course, it sounds obvious when you say it out loud, it's in the freaking name after all, but these magical orbs have somewhat faded into the background as the franchise went on. While the days of adventuring in search of the dragon balls are long gone -- since the series ending up focusing more on martial arts and battles -- the dragon balls are still an integral part of the series, as Akira Toiryama essentially used them to get out of corners he had written himself into, and the constant resurrections and rule rewriting of the dragon balls are some of the most beloved elements of the franchise.

Even in Dragon Ball Super, the dragon balls are used for key story points, as are the recently introduced super dragon balls: the original, planet-sized dragon balls that have no wish limitations. With all the wishes that have been made throughout the franchise, we thought it'd be interesting to take a look back at all of them and rank them from best to worst. We're going to be excluding Dragon Ball GT from this list and our ranking will be based on the impact these wishes had on the story and characters, as well as their overall scale.

30 WORLD-CLASS ICE CREAM

Let's start with some of the funnier, less impactful ones. This first one came out of Dragon Ball Super, as well as Resurrection F. When Pilaf, Mai and Shu were gathering the dragon balls, they were stopped by Sorbet, a minion of Frieza's. Sorbet commandeered the dragon balls from the Pilaf gang and used them to resurrect Frieza, but he didn't know the magical orbs had been modified to include two more wishes.

Sorbet hesitated to think of two other wishes, hesitation that Shu and Mai used to wish for some petty things. Mai wished for ice cream, but not just any ice cream! She got was the world's greatest ice cream, presented by Shenron in an ice box "for no extra charge." That ice cream better be world-class, or else it's kind of a waste of a good wish.

29 ONE-MILLION ZENI

As we just mentioned, Mai and Shu used the dragon balls to make somewhat inconsequential wishes in Dragon Ball Super, risking angering Sorbet by using up the last two wishes. Mai's wish for ice cream wasn't actually the first wish that was made after Frieza's resurrection. Shu jumped at Sorbet's hesitation first, Mai following his lead.

Where Mai wished for ice cream, Shu wished for One-Million Zeni. The only reason this ranks above ice cream is because it would last longer than the frozen dessert and could have actually been useful to the Pilaf gang. That said, we might not know the conversion rate of Zeni to USD, but seeing as the money was a lone stack, we're gonna go ahead and say that Shu needs to dream a little bigger.

28 CURING PAN'S FEVER

This is perhaps the most heartwarming one on the list. In Dragon Ball Super, Goku finally decides to resurrect King Kai after causing his death in the Cell saga. Goku gathers the dragon balls to make the wish, but Shenron only has two wishes left over from a previous summoning (where Beerus wished he would "scram"). This causes various characters to fight over who gets to use the second wish.

The gang decides to let Gohan have the wish, as he wants to cure his infant daughter, Pan, of her fever. The reason he needed a wish for this is because her Saiyan blood made her somewhat immune to human medicine. Gohan makes his wish and Pan is healed, but due to various circumstances Goku is unable to use the second wish to revive King Kai, which he gets yelled at for.

27 YOUNG PILAF GANG

This one wasn't actually ever depicted in Dragon Ball Super, but it is referenced in the first saga of the series. The last time we saw the Pilaf gang was all the way back in Dragon Ball, with no appearances in the sequel series. Toriyama brought them back for Super (and the movies before it), albeit much younger than we last saw them.

While these old-school baddies should have been in their late 50s or 60s, they were now children, appearing to be grade-schoolers. It was revealed that some time before Super, the gang wished for their youth, being turned into children, as they weren't too specific about how young they wanted to be. Though it was a nice way to reintroduce the oldest villains in the series (now as allies in true Dragon Ball fashion), this wish isn't that important.

26 BORA'S REVIVAL

We're gonna start getting into a long list of revivals that, while important, don't have that big of an impact on the franchise as a whole. The first of these is actually the second wish ever made in the series. Way back in the Commander Red saga of Dragon Ball, Goku and the gang came across Upa and his father, Bora, the protectors of Korin tower.

Bora was killed by Mercenary Tao, who was working for the Red Ribbon Army to kill Goku, the final blow coming at the hand of Bora's own spear. Bora died protecting Goku, but it would not be the last time that Upa saw his father. Goku got vengeance against the Red Ribbon Army and eventually located all the dragon balls, using his wish to bring back Bora.

25 YAMCHA'S REVIVAL

Though Yamcha was an integral part of the original Dragon Ball series, as time went on, he started to become less and less important. Sure, he is still one of the strongest humans on Earth, and he kept pace with other Dragon Ball characters, but he eventually faded into the background, fans and even Toriyama himself making fun of how useless he is.

It is both because of this and because Yamcha doesn't do much after coming back to life that his revival is somewhat pointless. The guy barely helps in any of the sagas that he's around for after his revival. Heck, even his revival was a consolation prize after Dende couldn't bring Goku back to Earth. No wonder he retired to a life of playing baseball.

24 CHIAOTZU'S REVIVAL

Perhaps we should place this one below Yamcha, but we're gonna leave it here, if only for the sake of continuing to make him the butt of every joke. Regardless, another revival wish that has very little effect on the larger scale of things is the revival of Chiaotzu. After the Namekian dragon balls were used, Dende waited 130 days (a Namekian year) to revive Chiaotzu from his death.

The adorable warrior died protecting the other Z-fighters from Nappa, using his body to self destruct while holding onto Nappa, an attack that barely left a scratch on the Saiyan. Though this revival had about the same effect as Yamcha's, Chiaotzu didn't contribute much afterwards, but he's at least more-liked than Yamcha, earning him a higher spot.

23 TIEN'S REVIVAL

One of the three wishes that Prounga could grant was used on Chiaotzu, but his best friend wasn't left out of the picture. Tien was also revived from his death in the Saiyan saga using the Namekian dragon balls. Tien was originally going to be revived during the first usage of the Namekian dragon balls as part of a group revival, but Porunga was not able to revive more than one person at a time.

Tien died while fighting Nappa and Vegeta, but not by either of their hands. After Chiaotzu sacrificed himself to attack Nappa, Tien was enraged and attacked with everything he had. Literally, everything, his final Tri-Beam attack used up so much of his energy that he died from fatigue. Luckily, his resurrection came after the Frieza saga and he got to get some training done with King Kai in the meantime.

22 RESTORING KING KAI'S PLANET

This is another one that was never officially shown in the franchise, but there was a brief depiction of it in the Dragon Ball Super manga adaptation. In a special chapter of the manga, King Kai gets the chance to restore his planet. Back in the Cell Saga, his planet was destroyed when Goku brought an explosive Cell to it. The planet was obliterated and was not seen again until Dragon Ball Super.

In fact, at the beginning of Super, Goku is seen rebuilding King Kai's house, but how the planet was restored was never explained. In the manga, however, we learn that King Kai used Porunga to ask for his planet to be rebuilt. He attempted to get a bigger planet with less gravity, but Goku interrupted and asked for it to be exactly the same, since he liked the gravity for training.

21 UNDERWEAR

Ah yes, we've finally come to the very first wish made in Dragon Ball, and perhaps the most infamous one as well. In the Emperor Pilaf saga of Dragon Ball, everyone wanted a wish from Shenron. Bulma wanted a boyfriend, Yamcha wanted to be less afraid of women, and Emperor Pilaf wanted to be king of the world. The last one almost happened, too, as Pilaf was the first to summon Shenron in the series.

Fortunately, Pilaf never actually got to make his wish as Oolong, in the comedic nature of the series, interrupted him and wished for a pair of women's underwear. Though they are insignificant on their own, their existence meant that Pilaf didn't get his wish, which earned this wish a high ranking on our list.

20 PICCOLO'S SECOND REVIVAL

Piccolo officially died twice over the course of the Dragon Ball franchise. The first time was during the Saiyan saga, and the second was in Dragon Ball Super. Both times were protecting Gohan, as the two share a close bond. Piccolo's second death came at the hands of Frieza, who had recently been revived and arrived on Earth to take his revenge.

Gohan, weak from not keeping up his training, was no match for Frieza, and Piccolo saved him from a killing blow. Luckily, Piccolo was revived by Porunga with the help of Goku after Frieza is defeated once and for all. This death actually ends up being the catalyst for Gohan to take up training again so he can protect his family the next time a threat comes around.

19 SUPREME KAI AND KIBITO'S SEPARATION

There are two main types of fusion in the world of Dragon Ball. The first is the fusion dance which only lasts a short amount of time. The other form of fusion is achieved with the potara, special earrings only given to the supreme kai. When two people wear the earrings on opposite ears, they're fused into a powerful warrior.

This type of fusion is demonstrated by Supreme Kai Shin and his attendant Kibito, who are told after their fusion that the process is permanent. This is actually only true when kais are involved, thus Kibito and Shin were stuck this way forever, that is until Dragon Ball Super, in which they reveal they asked to be separated by Porunga, returning to their normal selves.

18 REMOVAL OF THE ANDROID BOMBS

When Androids 17 and 18, originally named Lapis and Lazuli, were turned into cyborgs by Dr. Gero, he put a failsafe in them that the Z-fighters tried to exploit. In order to keep the androids under his control, Gero put a remote-controlled bomb inside the twins, ensuring they couldn't disobey him.

Of course, this didn't work out in the end, as 17 and 18 killed the doctor before he could use it. These bombs remained in the Androids even after the two were removed from Cell. When Krillin was making wishes after the Cell saga, he asked for the two of them to be turned back into humans, but when Shenron couldn't do that, he settled for having the bombs removed from their bodies, stating the reason to be that he had a crush on Android 18.

17 TRANSPORTING NAMEKIANS TO NEW NAMEK

During the Namek and Frieza Sagas, a large number of the Namekians were killed. After they were revived, they were sent to Earth to get away from the battle between Frieza and Goku. Their fight resulted in the destruction of Namek, thanks to Frieza, who blew up the planet's core. Because of this destruction, the Namekians had nowhere to go. For the time being they stayed at Capsule Corp, which was big enough to house them all.

However, eventually a new home for them was found, an empty planet with similar accommodations to Namek. The planet was dubbed New Namek and the Namekians planned to move there using their dragon balls, wishing for Porunga to transport them all there. It might not have had a big effect on the story, but this wish definitely had a lot of meaning as it ensured the survival of the Namekian race.

16 RELOCATING KRILLIN'S SOUL

When Krillin died in the Frieza Saga, it was on planet Namek. This posed a problem in wishing him back to life for two reasons. One, Porunga, who was being used to revive Krillin, only had the power to revive someone at the place of their death, and two, Namek had been destroyed by Frieza, so wishing him back would put him in the vacuum of space.

Thus, the first wish made using the Namekian dragon balls on Earth was to find a loophole in this system. Dende wished for Krillin's soul to be transported to Earth's otherworld check-in station so that their next wish, to revive him, could bring him back to Earth. The wish was also made for Goku's soul, but it could not be done as Goku was, to everyone's surprise, still alive.

15 KRILLIN'S REVIVAL

Krillin is easily the strongest human character in all of Dragon Ball. Countless videos and articles have delved into this claim and proven it using Krillin's many victories, his creation of the Destructo Disk attack and his overall stats. Why do we bring this up, you ask? Well, because he's the strongest human character, he's contributed a lot to the series and to the protection of the human race. Thus, his revival is one of the most important wishes ever made in Dragon Ball.

This isn't the first time that Krillin dies, and he has actually died the most of anyone in the series, but it is the only time he is wished back to life by himself. Other times, he'd been wished back as part of a mass revival, but this time he was brought back, after having his soul relocated of course.

14 PICCOLO'S FIRST REVIVAL

Piccolo is just as important to the series as Krillin, if not more so, which is why his resurrection, specifically his first return from death, is so important to the series. Piccolo first died protecting Gohan from Nappa, an act that solidified him as an official good guy and was one of the greatest points of the Saiyan Saga. It wasn't until the Frieza Saga that Piccolo got to return to life. However, he was the first of the Z-fighters to be revived, the first wish ever granted by Porunga in the series.

Piccolo demanded that he be resurrected first so that Kami and the dragon balls of Earth could be used again. But, this wasn't his only demand. Since he would be returned to his place of death, Piccolo would need a way of getting to Namek to join the fight. This is where the next wish comes in...

13 BRINGING PICCOLO TO NAMEK

The second wish to be granted by Porunga in the series was the second request of Piccolo, to be transported to Namek to help take on Frieza. This was a smart move on Piccolo's part, since Porunga would transport Piccolo back to the place of his death, somewhere on Earth, far from where he was needed.

The wish succeeds... sort of. Piccolo is brought to Namek, rejoicing in finally seeing his home planet for the first time. However, asking Porunga to transport Piccolo to Namek wasn't specific enough and he ends up at some random place on the planet, forcing him to find Gohan and the others. Luckily, this doesn't stop him, and Piccolo, now much stronger from training with King Kai, was able to help in the effort to stop Frieza.

12 KING PICCOLO'S YOUTH

As many fans know, Piccolo is actually "Piccolo Jr.," the son of one of the original Dragon Ball's biggest villains, King Piccolo. King Piccolo, also known as the Demon King, was an Evil Namekian who turned the world into a living hell. But, he wasn't always evil. In fact, he was once part of Kami, the guardian of the Earth. Kami split his personality in half so that his good half could be pure of heart enough to act as Earth's protector.

The evil half, however, went on to have a life of his own, bent on committing acts of great evil. But, as time went on, King Piccolo grew old, so he sought his youth with the help of the dragon balls. King Piccolo wished for his youth and then preceded to kill Shenron, marking one of the most striking wishes in the franchise.

11 TRANSPORTING BYSTANDERS OFF OF NAMEK

Any wish that saves, or even resurrects lives is always a good one, which is why this one ranks so high. The first two wishes from Porunga were used to get Piccolo to Namek alive, and the last wish was left up to Gohan. Vegeta tried to use it for immortality, but Grand Elder Guru, the creator of the Namekian dragon balls, dies just before the wish is granted, and Porunga disappears as a result.

However, all the victims of Frieza and his army are wished back to life using the Earth dragon balls, including Grand Elder Guru. With his life restored, Porunga returns and the final wish is used to get everyone except Frieza and Goku off of Namek to keep them safe from the battle and the planet's eventual destruction.