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Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi

Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi (Sparking!, ドラゴンボールZ Sparking!) is Spike's 3D arena Dragon Ball fighting game series on PS2 and Wii (2005-2007), revived as Dragon Ball: Sparking! ZERO in 2024.

Dragon Ball Z: Cooler's Revenge (ドラゴンボールZ とびっきりの最強対最強)

Dragon Ball Z: Cooler's Revenge (ドラゴンボールZ とびっきりの最強対最強), aka The Strongest Rivals, is a 1991 Toei anime film, the fifth DBZ movie, in which Frieza's brother Cooler attacks Goku on Earth; 47 minutes, ¥2.38 billion gross.

Dragon Ball Z: Dead Zone (ドラゴンボールZ)

Dragon Ball Z: Dead Zone (ドラゴンボールZ オラの悟飯をかえせッ!!) is the 1989 Toei anime film, fourth Dragon Ball feature and first DBZ film, in which Garlic Jr. kidnaps Gohan seeking immortality.

Dragon Ball Z: Fusion Reborn (ドラゴンボールZ 復活のフュージョン!!悟空とベジータ)

Dragon Ball Z: Fusion Reborn (Fukkatsu no Fusion!! Goku to Vegeta) is the 1995, 51-minute 12th DBZ theatrical film directed by Shigeyasu Yamauchi, in which Janemba's rampage in the afterlife leads Goku and Vegeta to fuse into Gogeta for the character's debut.

Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot (ドラゴンボールZ カカロット)

Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot (ドラゴンボールZ カカロット) is a 2020 action RPG by CyberConnect2 and Bandai Namco covering the DBZ saga from Raditz to Kid Buu, with DLC through Goku's Next Journey and Daima; over 10 million sold.

Dragon Ball Z: Lord Slug (ドラゴンボールZ 超サイヤ人だ孫悟空)

Dragon Ball Z: Lord Slug (ドラゴンボールZ 超サイヤ人だ孫悟空), also called Super Saiya Son Goku, is Toei's 1991 seventh Dragon Ball film: evil Namekian Slug wishes for eternal youth and freezes Earth until Goku's climactic power-up.

Dragon Ball Z: Resurrection 'F' (ドラゴンボールZ 復活の「F」)

Dragon Ball Z: Resurrection 'F' (ドラゴンボールZ 復活の「F」) is a 2015 Toei anime film, the 19th Dragon Ball movie and the first with a screenplay by Akira Toriyama, reviving Frieza; it earned 7.7 billion yen worldwide and won a 39th Japan Academy Award.

Dragon Ball Z: Super Android 13! (ドラゴンボールZ 極限バトル!!三大超サイヤ人)

Dragon Ball Z: Super Android 13! (ドラゴンボールZ 極限バトル!!三大超サイヤ人), also called Extreme Battle!! The Three Great Super Saiyans, is Toei's tenth Dragon Ball film (July 11, 1992, 45 min), in which Goku, Vegeta, and Trunks fight Dr. Gero's Androids 13, 14, and 15.

Dragon Ball Z: The Return of Cooler (ドラゴンボールZ 激突!!100億パワーの戦士たち)

Dragon Ball Z: The Return of Cooler (ドラゴンボールZ 激突!!100億パワーの戦士たち) is Toei's 1992 sixth DBZ film, directed by Daisuke Nishio: Metal Cooler, revived by the Big Gete Star, attacks New Namek; first movie appearance of Vegeta and the series' top Japanese gross to that point.

Dragon Ball Z: The Tree of Might (ドラゴンボールZ 地球まるごと超決戦)

Dragon Ball Z: The Tree of Might (ドラゴンボールZ 地球まるごと超決戦), also known as Chikyū Marugoto Chōkessen, is Toei's 1990 sixth Dragon Ball film: Saiyan pirate Turles plants the energy-draining Tree of Might on Earth, and Goku fights him; non-canon, 60 minutes, directed by Daisuke Nishio.

Dragon Ball Z: The World's Strongest (ドラゴンボールZ この世で一番強いヤツ)

Dragon Ball Z: The World's Strongest (ドラゴンボールZ この世で一番強いヤツ) is the second DBZ theatrical film, released March 10, 1990, directed by Daisuke Nishio, in which Dr. Wheelo seeks Goku's body as a vessel.

Dragon Ball Z: Wrath of the Dragon (ドラゴンボールZ 龍拳爆発!!悟空がやらねば誰がやる)

Dragon Ball Z: Wrath of the Dragon (Ryū-Ken Bakuhatsu!! Gokū ga Yaraneba Dare ga Yaru), also called Explosion of Dragon Punch, is the 13th DBZ film, released July 15, 1995, featuring Tapion, Hirudegarn, and the Dragon Fist debut.

Dragon Ball: Curse of the Blood Rubies (ドラゴンボール 神龍の伝説)

Dragon Ball: Curse of the Blood Rubies (ドラゴンボール 神龍の伝説) is a 1986 Japanese animated film, the first manga adaptation, featuring Son Goku and Bulma seeking the Dragon Balls.

Dragon Ball: Sparking! Zero

Dragon Ball: Sparking! Zero (ドラゴンボール Sparking! ZERO) is a 3D arena fighting game by Spike Chunsoft and Bandai Namco, the first Budokai Tenkaichi sequel in 17 years, released October 2024 with 182 characters, 3 million first-day sales, and Unreal Engine 5 destructible arenas.

Dragon Ball: The Path to Power

Dragon Ball: The Path to Power (ドラゴンボール 最強への道, The Way to the Strongest) is Toei Animation's 1996, 80-minute, 17th and final Dragon Ball theatrical film, a tenth-anniversary retelling merging the Pilaf and Red Ribbon Army arcs, directed by Shigeyasu Yamauchi.

Dragon Beard Ditch

Dragon Beard Ditch (Longxugou) is a 1951 play by Lao She about the cleanup of a notorious open sewer in Beijing and the poor families living beside it.

Dragon Blade (天将雄师) (film)

Dragon Blade (天將雄師) is a 2015 Chinese-Hong Kong historical action film directed by Daniel Lee, starring Jackie Chan, John Cusack, and Adrien Brody as Han and Roman forces clash on the Silk Road; $65M budget, $122.6M worldwide gross.

Dragon boat

A dragon boat (赛龙舟) is a long paddled watercraft decorated with a dragon's head and tail, raced by crews of 10 to 20 paddlers, tied to China's Duanwu Festival.

Dragon Boat Festival (端午节)

Dragon Boat Festival (端午节, Duanwu Festival), a major Chinese festival on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month, marked by dragon boat racing, zongzi, and mugwort customs; origins tied to Qu Yuan and Wu-Yue dragon totem rites; UNESCO-inscribed in 2009.

Dragon Bravo Fire

Dragon Bravo Fire was a 2025 lightning-caused wildfire in Grand Canyon National Park. It burned for nearly three months, destroying the Grand Canyon Lodge, and killed one firefighter.

Dragon Challenge

Dragon Challenge, originally Dueling Dragons, was a pair of dueling inverted roller coasters at Universal Islands of Adventure in Orlando, operating from 1999 until 2017, built by Bolliger & Mabillard.

Dragon Con

Dragon Con: annual five-day multi-genre pop culture, sci-fi, fantasy, and gaming convention in Atlanta each Labor Day weekend; founded 1987, capped at 75,000 attendees, known for its parade and Dragon Awards.

Dragon dance (舞龙)

Dragon dance (舞龙, wǔ lóng), also called longwu or dragon lantern dance, is a Chinese folk performance in which teams manipulate a long cloth-and-bamboo dragon led by a dragon pearl; it originated in ancient rain-praying rituals and is widely listed as intangible cultural heritage.

Dragon drone

The dragon drone (Дрон-дракон) is a Ukrainian incendiary drone that drops thermite burning above 2,200 degrees Celsius to burn away tree cover concealing Russian troops, first seen in September 2024.

Dragon Fire (robot)

Dragon Fire, or Dragon Firefighter, is a Japanese firefighting robot developed at Tohoku University from 2016, a water-filled hose that flies on its own jets' thrust.

Dragon Gate (龙门) (Sweden)

Dragon Gate (龙门, Lóngmén) is an unfinished Chinese-themed hotel and culture complex on the E4 in Älvkarleby, Sweden, built from 2004 by mosquito-repellent billionaire Jingchun Li; its hotel never opened despite 200 million kronor invested, fines, and repeated ownership changes.

Dragon Gate sect

The Dragon Gate sect (龙门派) is a principal order of Quanzhen Daoism, traditionally credited to Qiu Chuji and named for Longmen mountain, where he practiced.

Dragon Hole

Dragon Hole, or Sansha Yongle Blue Hole (三沙永乐龙洞), is a 301.19 m deep karst blue hole in Yongle Atoll, Xisha Islands, South China Sea; deepest known blue hole until Mexico's Taam Ja' exceeded 420 m in 2023.

Dragon King

Dragon King (龍王, Longwang) is the Chinese title for divine rulers of seas, rivers, and lakes, adopted from the Buddhist nāgarāja, canonized by Daoist scripture and Song imperial decree, and worshipped at rain-prayer temples.

Dragon Lee (wrestler)

Dragon Lee (Muñoz González, born 1995, Tala, Jalisco), Mexican luchador in WWE's LWO on Raw and AAA; also Ryu Lee in NJPW. 12 major titles including NXT North American, WWE Speed, and World Tag Team with AJ Styles.