Eric Hates Dragon Ball Z
115 episodes - English - Latest episode: 10 days ago -Eric Hates Dragon Ball Z is a DBZ rewatch podcast where hosts John and Spencer undertake the impossible task of converting their friend Eric into becoming a fan of Dragon Ball Z.
Join them as they review and discuss five episodes at a time, leading up to a retelling of the bonkers DBZ story to Eric at the end of every saga.
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Episodes
Eric Hates The Sayiaman Saga (Saga in Review 6.5)
April 01, 2022 13:12 - 39 minutes - 49.2 MBRecapping the entire Saiyaman Saga, John and Spencer finally get Eric to admit that he likes Dragon Ball Z.
John and Spencer Delight in the Appearance of Anime Duke Nukem (DBZ Episodes 215-219)
March 25, 2022 13:31 - 1 hour - 108 MBCovering Episodes 215-219 of Dragon Ball Z, the World Tournament comes to a strange and sudden ending as a new mystery emerges. Meanwhile, what are John and Spencer up to? Discussing video games and MMA fighting, of course.
Spencer Finally Nails An Outro (DBZ Episodes 210-214)
March 11, 2022 14:25 - 1 hour - 128 MBCovering Episodes 210-214 of Dragon Ball Z, the World Tournament continues as kids punch each other and the grown-ups eat a bunch.
John Likes to See Videl Smile (DBZ Episodes 205-209)
February 25, 2022 14:12 - 1 hour - 110 MBCovering Episodes 205-209 of Dragon Ball Z, John and Spencer live in constant fear that the quality of the show is about to fall of a cliff. Luckily in these episodes, it doesn't. OR DOES IT?!
John Can't Handle When Spencer Does The 'Last Time' Segment (DBZ Episodes 200-204)
February 11, 2022 14:47 - 1 hour - 140 MBCovering Episodes 200-204 of Dragon Ball Z, John and Spencer take a look at the world of DBZ seven years after the Cell Saga, and very much enjoy Gohan's journey into High School. It's Saved by the Bell meets Sailor Moon!
Spencer Laments The Absurd Length of Pikkon's Blink (DBZ Episodes 195-199)
January 28, 2022 11:42 - 1 hour - 112 MBCovering Episodes 195-199 of Dragon Ball Z, John admires beefcakes fighting each other, Spencer gets confused by the sheer number of additional Kais that show up, and both of them have a really good time watching these episodes.
Eric Hates The Cell Games Saga (Saga in Review 6)
January 14, 2022 14:30 - 1 hour - 101 MBRecapping the entire Cell Games saga, the future of the podcast is on the line when Eric turns the Cell Games into March Madness as he tries to figure out who will win this absolutely insane tournament.
Bonus 11 - John and Spencer Ring in the New Year with One More Fan Mail Episode
December 31, 2021 14:30 - 1 hour - 72.1 MBPutting this strange filler arc to bed at last, John and Spencer dig through the last of their fan mail to answer more of your questions before undertaking the impossible task of getting Eric back for another Saga in Review.
Bonus 10 - Spencer and John Read Fan Mail and Get Cancelled
December 17, 2021 14:30 - 1 hour - 82.6 MBIt's been a WHILE since we've gone through the ol' mail sack, so let's jump into some of your fan questions! Topics covered include our first hate mail, John and Spencer rambling way too much, and Being Nappa.
Bonus 9 - John and Spencer Get Weird With It (The History of Trunks)
December 03, 2021 12:21 - 1 hour - 112 MBCovering the entire 45 minute History of Trunks TV Special, John and Spencer start off normal and then get into an argument about whether or not this the best thing DBZ has ever done. There's a lot of yelling, but somehow they're both on the same side of the debate.
Bonus 8 - Eric Vale Somehow Ended Up on this Podcast
November 19, 2021 14:30 - 1 hour - 136 MBConfirming that hell has in fact frozen over, Eric, John, and Spencer graciously invite starving voice actor Eric Vale on the podcast for a little chat about Trunks, anime, and erotic audiobooks.
Spencer Admires Bulma's Ultimate Form (DBZ Episodes 191-194)
November 05, 2021 13:30 - 59 minutes - 73.1 MBCovering Episodes 191-194 of Dragon Ball Z, the anime comes to its logical conclusion, three whole seasons before the end of the show. And John hates on Trunks' very own episode.
John Says It Best With 'The Stay Puft Marshmallow Cell' (DBZ Episodes 186-190)
October 22, 2021 11:47 - 1 hour - 126 MBCovering Episodes 186-190 of Dragon Ball Z, Spencer finally loses his cool while John sits back and just soaks it all in as the Cell Games saga begins to end.
Spencer and John Complain About Cell Juniors For Way Too Long (DBZ Episodes 181-185)
October 08, 2021 13:30 - 1 hour - 96.2 MBCovering Episodes 181-185 of Dragon Ball Z, the best and worst moments of maybe the entire show happen all at the same time, leaving John and Spencer both lost in a sea of glorious anime.
John and Spencer Love Pretty Much Everything About The Cell Games (DBZ Episodes 176-180)
September 24, 2021 13:00 - 1 hour - 82.7 MBCovering Episodes 176-180 of Dragon Ball Z, it's finally time to begin The Cell Games...or is it? The surprising arrival of a few guest fighters might delay things a bit. But hey, that's entertainment.
John and Spencer Cellebrate the Arrival of Maybe the Best DBZ Character (DBZ Episodes 171-175)
September 10, 2021 13:02 - 1 hour - 115 MBCovering Episodes 171-175 of Dragon Ball Z, the Cell Games draws ever closer, as the world prepares to fight against the dangerous Cell...and fails on a pretty substantial level.
Spencer Admires Cell's Creativity And Minimal Genocide (DBZ Episodes 166-170)
August 27, 2021 13:30 - 1 hour - 101 MBCovering Episodes 166-170 of Dragon Ball Z, the greatest fighters in the universe decide to take it easy for a bit as Cell continues his rampage across Earth. After all, gotta be rested for the big tournament coming up!
Eric Hates The Cell Saga (Saga in Review 5)
August 13, 2021 13:30 - 1 hour - 83.2 MBRecapping the entire Cell saga, John and Spencer have given up trying to top the last Saga in Review and settle on an idea so incredibly terrible that it just might work. But it doesn't.
Bonus 7 - Spencer and John Take Another Big Ol' Bite Out of Their Fanmail
July 30, 2021 13:30 - 34 minutes - 40.1 MBSo much of your delicious fanmail has entered our inbox that we figured the end of the Cell Saga was the perfect time to have our cake and eat it too. Except the cake is mail and eating it is reading it. Got it? Cool, let's do this!
John is Disturbed by the Bike Pump Power Up (DBZ Episodes 160-165)
July 16, 2021 13:01 - 1 hour - 104 MBCovering Episodes 160-165 of Dragon Ball Z, the Cell Saga comes to a pretty weird end, and we're here for it.
Spencer Admires How Vegeta's Hair Explodes (DBZ Episodes 155-159)
July 02, 2021 13:00 - 1 hour - 74.1 MBCovering Episodes 155-159 of Dragon Ball Z, it's Vegeta's time to shine again as he steps up to the plate to fight Cell. Then Krillin and Vegeta both do things that ruin everything forever.
Spencer and John Don't Want to Talk About Creepy Cell But Here We Are (DBZ Episodes 150-154)
June 18, 2021 13:30 - 55 minutes - 68.4 MBCovering Episodes 150 -154 of Dragon Ball Z, Cell just gets like really creepy, gross, and weird. And also Tien finally does something cool but not in the way John wanted so he's bitter about it.
John and Spencer Admire Goku and Chi-Chi's Parenting Skills For Once (DBZ Episodes 145-149)
June 04, 2021 13:30 - 1 hour - 111 MBCovering Episodes 145 -149 of Dragon Ball Z, Spencer and John continue their journey through the Cell saga with a few unexpected surprises along the way. Chief among them? A show of good parenting for Gohan, and one of the most pointless episodes in the history of this anime.
Spencer is Baffled by the Use of BUN! As An Exclamation (DBZ Episodes 140-144)
May 21, 2021 13:30 - 1 hour - 86.1 MBCovering Episodes 140 -144 of Dragon Ball Z, Spencer and John arrive at the beginning of the Cell Saga. Who is Cell? What happened to the Androids? Is Baby Trunks still adorable? Answers to all these questions and more as a terrible monster kills everyone.
Eric Hates the Android Saga (Saga in Review 4)
May 07, 2021 13:30 - 58 minutes - 71.4 MBRecapping the entire Android saga, Eric finally has a chance to prove he knows better than Akira Toriyama as he takes on the role of writing Dragon Ball Z himself. You're not going to want to miss this one.
Bonus 6 - John and Spencer Dive Back into the Fan Mailbag
April 23, 2021 13:00 - 39 minutes - 45.2 MBWith Eric on vacation, John and Spencer need to do something to stall until they can all record another Saga in Review. And it just so happens the fan mail's been piling up again...
Spencer and John are Freaked Out by Goku's Nightmare (DBZ Episodes 133-139)
April 09, 2021 14:36 - 1 hour - 122 MBCovering Episodes 133 - 139 of Dragon Ball Z, the Android Saga comes to a close as Goku continues to nearly die, Trunks discovers his dad kinda sucks, and the all powerful, super dangerous androids decide to go for a car ride.
Bonus 5 - The First Annual Jonathan Frakes Lovefest
April 01, 2021 13:30 - 23 minutes - 27.8 MBWhat started as an annual tradition could very well take over the entire podcast from here on out, so join us in celebrating the elegant, superb, and downright awesome Hollywood actor/director superstar, Jonathan Frakes.
John Loves the Reveal of Super Saiyan Vegeta - A Culturally Saiyan Saiyan (DBZ Episodes 128-132)
March 26, 2021 13:30 - 1 hour - 102 MBCovering Episodes 128 -132 of Dragon Ball Z, John and Spencer continue their love affair with the Android Saga as Super Saiyan Vegeta steps up to the plate, and the discover how many times they can use the word 'Saiyan' in an episode title. The answer, it turns out, is three.
Spencer and John Question the Nature of Toriyama's Childhood (DBZ Episodes 123-127)
March 12, 2021 14:30 - 1 hour - 95.5 MBCovering Episodes 123-127 of Dragon Ball Z, three years pass in the blink of an eye and some of the characters go on a driving test. I'm sure a lot more happens throughout these episodes, but honestly what more could you ask for? Yamcha nearly dying? Twice? Alright, we'll throw that in too.
John and Spencer are Elated to be Talking About Real DBZ Again (DBZ Episodes 118-122)
February 26, 2021 14:30 - 1 hour - 116 MBCovering Episodes 118-122 of Dragon Ball Z, John and Spencer begin talking about the Android Saga for real this time, and boy howdy is it a treat. New characters, new outfits, Chichi's kinda cool again. Seriously, it's just a real Chef's Suck for everyone.
John and Spencer are Elated to be Talking About Real DBZ Again (DBZ Episodes 128-132)
February 26, 2021 14:30 - 1 hour - 116 MBCovering Episodes 128-132 of Dragon Ball Z, John and Spencer begin talking about the Android Saga for real this time, and boy howdy is it a treat. New characters, new outfits, Chichi's kinda cool again. Seriously, it's just a real Chef's Suck for everyone.
Spencer Marvels at the Existence of the Belly Button Beam (DBZ Episodes 113-117)
February 12, 2021 14:30 - 1 hour - 95.9 MBCovering Episodes 113-117 of Dragon Ball Z, The Garlic Jr. Saga comes to a timely end with an absolutely amazing comeback story. Or is that just Stockholm Syndrome setting in? You decide!
John Suffers A Mental Breakdown Discussing The Special K Saga (DBZ Episodes 108-112)
January 29, 2021 14:30 - 58 minutes - 71.8 MBCovering Episodes 108-112 of Dragon Ball Z, The Garlic Jr. Saga begins and sadly it's just 10 episodes of straight filler. Luckily John has trouble coping with the insanity of the plot and Spencer finds that pretty funny.
Bonus 4 - John and Spencer Hope You Don't Mind That They're Reading More Fan Mail
January 15, 2021 14:30 - 35 minutes - 32.9 MBJohn and Spencer read some more fan mail as they reflect on the past year and hopefully you're here for it but let them know if this one gets too weird.
Eric Hates the Frieza Saga (Saga in Review 3)
January 01, 2021 15:00 - 58 minutes - 68 MBRecapping the entire Frieza saga, John and Spencer make Eric try and guess the plot of a number of episodes in the saga, using only the Japanese titles and their own personal notes. And yes, it's as hilarious and torturous as it sounds.
Bonus 3 - John and Spencer Unbox the iPhone of DBZ (Bardock The Father of Goku)
December 18, 2020 14:00 - 45 minutes - 52.8 MBThere's one last piece of canon to go over before our boys can finally call it quits on the Frieza saga. In this episode, they review the really rather excellent TV Special, Bardock: The Father of Goku, a prequel exploring...Bardock: The Father of Goku. It's pretty good! Both this episode, and the movie.
John Doesn't Know What A Prime Meridian Is (DBZ Episodes 101-107)
December 04, 2020 14:30 - 1 hour - 105 MBCovering Episodes 101-107 of Dragon Ball Z, John and Spencer finally - FINALLY - reach the end of the Frieza saga, and get to experience a concept fairly rare in Dragon Ball Z: Character Development. It's a wild ride for Gods, Mortals, and Saiyans alike as the destruction of Namek arrives at last.
John Becomes a Believer of the Flat Namek Theory (DBZ Episodes 96-100)
November 20, 2020 14:30 - 1 hour - 79.7 MBCovering Episodes 96-100 of Dragon Ball Z, Spencer and John break down the Dragon Ball Z Dance, which will follow them around until end of the show, and then John theorizes a cool new science theory.
Spencer and John Obsess Over An Elastic Band of Absurdity (DBZ Episodes 91-95)
November 06, 2020 14:00 - 1 hour - 71.6 MBCovering Episodes 91-95 of Dragon Ball Z, Spencer and John debate why Dragon Ball Z is the one anime they keep getting back to, as they discuss the moment in the show you've all been waiting for, and one of the reasons they created the podcast in the first place.
John Discovers Bulma is Much More Relatable in Japanese (DBZ Episodes 86-90)
October 09, 2020 13:00 - 1 hour - 75.9 MBCovering Episodes 86-90 of Dragon Ball Z, John turns the subtitles on for one particular scene and is blown away at the differences made in the American dub. Spencer is too enamored with Dr. Briefs to really say anything about that.
Spencer Apologizes for an Incredibly Off-Topic Intro (DBZ Episodes 81-85)
September 25, 2020 13:30 - 1 hour - 87.4 MBCovering Episodes 81-85 of Dragon Ball Z, John gets closer to finishing his doctoral thesis on power levels, while Spencer derails the entire episode within the first five seconds.
John and Spencer Admire The Way Krillin Wabboufets Frieza (DBZ Episodes 76-80)
September 11, 2020 13:00 - 56 minutes - 64.9 MBCovering Episodes 76-80 of Dragon Ball Z, Spencer once again comes to Krillin's defense, and John actually agrees with him. Other topics discussed? What about King Freaking Vegeta getting straight up murdered by Frieza? How's that grab ya?
Bonus 2 - John and Spencer Enjoy Reading Some Fan Mail
August 28, 2020 13:00 - 29 minutes - 34.3 MBFinally setting aside some time to answer your burning questions, John and Spencer spend way too much time talking about fusions, old Dragon Ball Z video games, potential fan fiction material, and a bunch of other crazy stuff.
Eric Hates the Ginyu Saga (Saga in Review 2)
August 14, 2020 13:00 - 1 hour - 81.8 MBRecapping the entire Ginyu saga, John and Spencer test Eric with trivia questions and offer him the deal of a lifetime. How happy will he be after another massive injection of DBZ lore? Not very, but you will be!
Spencer Enjoys John's Fumbling of The Brothers Grimm Lore (DBZ Episodes 71-75)
July 31, 2020 13:35 - 1 hour - 73.5 MBCovering Episodes 71-75 of Dragon Ball Z, John and Spencer recap the exciting events leading up to the end of the Ginyu Saga, which is more difficult than it sounds because this is when the whole body swapping thing starts.
Spencer Rewrites the Entire Future of DBZ Video Games (DBZ Episodes 66-70)
July 17, 2020 12:30 - 1 hour - 91.8 MBCovering Episodes 66-70 of Dragon Ball Z, John and Spencer appreciate multiple aspects of Goku's arrival on Namek and the fights following that event, while debating Saiyan slang, DBZ video games, and Recoome's secret origins.
Spencer and John Take the Arrival of the Ginyu Force Very Seriously (DBZ Episodes 61-65)
July 03, 2020 13:00 - 58 minutes - 68 MBCovering Episodes 61-65 of Dragon Ball Z, John finds his favorite episode of the entire anime and Spencer explores the merits of a weirdly deep backstory of one of the Ginyu Force, before questioning the entire organization altogether.
John Enjoys Being One With Toriyama (DBZ Episodes 56-60)
June 19, 2020 12:30 - 43 minutes - 50.4 MBCovering Episodes 56-60 of Dragon Ball Z, John and Spencer eagerly await the arrival of the Ginyu Force, and pass the time by talking about Goku's training regimen, the limitations of Senzu Beans, and take a minute to discuss their feelings about Star Trek Picard.
John and Spencer Have a Ball, Metaphorically Speaking (DBZ Episodes 51-55)
June 05, 2020 15:54 - 39 minutes - 45.3 MBCovering Episodes 51-55 of Dragon Ball Z, Spencer unveils his favorite episode title in the entire anime, while John fondly recalls the birthdays of his childhood. Also, they talk about Bulma, Krillin, Vegeta...you know, the whole gang and their fun adventures on Namek.