The first thirteen Dragon Ball Z films are beloved by many for their great fights and for introducing many warriors who never appeared in the series, such as Cooler, Hirudegarn and Super Android 13. Some movie characters, like Broly and Gogeta, have even been reintroduced in Dragon Ball Super: Broly.

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Despite the love, most agree the films can’t fit into Dragon Ball’s canon, with the exceptions of Bojack Unbound and, if you squint, Wrath of the Dragon and Cooler’s Revenge. With some tweaking however, each could have easily fit into the overall continuity… or, at the very least, be set at a very specific divergence point in Dragon Ball history.

10 Dead Zone

Though set before Dragon Ball Z, Dead Zone’s placement in continuity is impossible, as Z’s first episode established Krillin, Bulma and Roshi did not know of Gohan’s existence until Goku brought him to Kame House. A simple fix would be to not have Goku visit Kame House in the movie and instead use an old Dragon Radar Bulma might have given him the last time they saw each other.

This would also explain why Goku had already found three Dragon Balls by the start of Z. By then, Goku’s Radar could have stopped functioning from age, explaining why Goku would borrow another one of Bulma’s when Raditz kidnapped Gohan.

9 The World’s Strongest

With Piccolo dead, the Dragon Balls inert, and Goku in the hospital while Gohan, Krillin and Bulma were still on Earth in the main series, The World’s Strongest simply can’t fit as a pre-Namek film like it’s meant to. Making it a Gohan and Krillin adventure to rescue Roshi and Bulma might have worked, although Gohan would have had to rely a lot on his rage-driven power boosts to put up a decent fight.

Since only Goku posed a real challenge to Doctor Wheelo and his minions in the film, The World’s Strongest would have worked best as a Goku/Roshi rescue adventure, with Roshi alone getting kidnapped after giving Goku a Senzu Bean to heal.

8 The Tree Of Might

Since Goku didn’t go Super Saiyan in the movie but knew the Kaio-Ken, The Tree Of Might is clearly also set before the gang’s journey to Namek. Yet over half the film’s main characters were dead at that point in the series, the Dragon Balls were inert, and Goku had the wrong symbol on his back.

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The Tree of Might would have worked better after Trunks’ arrival, as everyone would have been resurrected and Goku would have been back on Earth. By then, Turles would have surely eaten even more of the tree’s fruit and posed an interesting challenge for Super Saiyan Goku. That said, perhaps the film is set in a divergent timeline where Frieza didn’t go to Namek, meaning Goku never became a Super Saiyan, but everyone was still resurrected.

7 Lord Slug

In the Japanese version of Lord Slug, King Kai suggested a giant Lord Slug was even stronger than Frieza, implying that Goku has already been to Namek. Yet Goku’s strength resembled his pre-Namek levels, and he could not go Super Saiyan in the movie, instead transforming into the famous Pseudo Super Saiyan form to take on Lord Slug. The fix is simple—make Goku’s hair blonde and his eyes green in the Super Saiyan scene— and make the Spirit Bomb he used to defeat Slug a lot larger. Gohan probably wouldn’t have minded those few extra minutes of whistling…

6 The Return Of Cooler

Dende being Earth’s guardian suggests this film takes place in the 10 days before the Cell Games, yet Gohan looked younger than he should. Drawing Gohan on model and having him go Super Saiyan in the movie might have worked, although he and Goku would have needed to stay Super Saiyans the entire film (more on that later). Setting the movie earlier and replacing Dende with Kami is one option, but that would create other inconsistencies. Perhaps the film is best viewed as a divergent timeline, e.g. where Super Namek Piccolo killed Imperfect Cell in their first meeting, while Krillin or someone else used Bulma’s remote on the Androids.

5 Super Android 13!

Despite Daizenshuu 6’s claims that this movie is set after Android 17 killed Doctor Gero, but before Cell absorbed Android 18, this makes little sense: there is no way Goku, Trunks, Gohan, etc. would take a day off to shop while the Androids and Cell were terrorizing the Earth. Super Android 13! would have worked much better after Cell’s defeat, during Trunks’ return visit to tell the “Z Fighters” he defeated the Androids and Cell in his timeline.

Since Cell killed Goku, he wouldn’t have been in this version of the movie, meaning Super Android 13 would fight Super Saiyan 2 Gohan. The reworked film would have probably taken place around the same period as Bojack Unbound.

4 Broly- The Legendary Super Saiyan

Ignoring Dragon Ball Super: Broly, the most popular Z movie villain’s debut could easily have been canon if Goku and Gohan had been Super Saiyans the entire movie. Gohan’s ability to go Super Saiyan and Goku still being alive places the film in the 10 days before the Cell Games, during which time Goku and Gohan agreed to stay in their Super Saiyan forms the entire time to wield it more naturally.

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Perhaps the movie took place in a timeline where Super Vegeta or Trunks actually destroyed Cell, meaning Goku and Gohan no longer felt the need to stay Super Saiyans full-time after emerging from Hyperbolic Time Chamber.

3 Broly- Second Coming

Shenron can’t bring people back to life twice but got around the problem in Second Coming by bringing Goku back briefly as a half-ghost. Similarly, since Shenron didn’t actually appear when Goten asks him for help, Goten’s unspecific plea could have been seen as a partial wish, explaining why the Dragon Balls were already active again when Buu emerged.

The film’s bigger complication is Goku’s interactions with Goten, as Goku didn’t recognize Goten later in the 25th World Martial Arts Tournament. An easy change would have been making “Goku” an illusion only Gohan could see and hear, but one Goten could vaguely sense. Illusory Goku could have given the two Saiyans the adrenaline boost they needed to beat Broly.

2 Bio-Broly

18 demanding Mr. Satan hand over the money he owed her sets the movie after the 25th Tournament. What knocks Bio-Broly out of continuity, however, is the scene where Goku was still dead, leisurely eating in Other World. During that time period, Majin Buu was still destroying Earth, meaning Goku should have been with Gohan at the Supreme Kai’s planet, while Goten and Trunks would have been at the Lookout learning the Fusion Dance. Removing Goku’s scene saves the movie, though Bio-Broly would work as a divergent reality where Majin Vegeta successfully defeated Buu. That would also explain why Goten and Trunks didn’t fuse against Broly.

1 Fusion Reborn

Though set mid-Buu Saga (Gohan was back on Earth and Gotenks appeared, yet Goku and Vegeta remained dead), Buu was completely absent. Moreover, Goku never mentioned Gogeta in the main Dragon Ball Z series when convincing Vegeta to become Vegito. Fusion Reborn works better after the Buu Saga. An alive Goku and Vegeta could have teleported to Other World with Instant Transmission and, instead of fusing into Gogeta (which would contradict Dragon Ball Super: Broly), insulted Janemba with Pikkon before finishing him off. Although since “Fusion” is in the title, the film may work best as a divergent reality, where Gohan defeated Super Buu before the latter could absorb Gotenks and Piccolo. As a result, Old Kai never gave his life to bring back Goku.

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