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Toriyama Handjob 

A term referring to the practice in media (notably in shounen manga/anime) of powering up side characters off screen to bring them up to par, or surpassing, the protagonist. These powerups happen regardless of sense, often with little explanation. Named for Dragonball creator Akira Toriyama due to how often it happens in the Dragonball media.

Coined by youtube user PlagueofGripes in his video on the treatment of the character Tien from Dragonball, highlighting how everyone in-series gets a Toriyama Handjob except Tien.
"This is after a long series of episodes about how Krillin had given up fighting and was so weak that bullets were now a serious danger to him, so he got a shit-licious power up. That is a Toriyama Handjob." - PlagueofGripes

Akira Toriyama 

1. Most talented ass genious in the known world famous for his humorous storytelling in the form of comics. Most famous for the wildly popular Dragonball and Doctor Slump as well as various art for video games.
This comic will save your life! Trust me, it was written by Akira Toriyama.

Akira Toriyama's other works besides the DB series 

Things that no one in the US knows about, since so many pathetic fanboys are obsessed with DBZ.
DBZ fanboy: OMG, DBZ is teh coolest!!

Me: Can you name any of Akira Toriyama's other works?

DBZ fanboy: Umm... uh... Vegeta rocks!!

Me: (sigh)

Toriyama world 

A extremly slow manga scanlation group.
<cooldude> Why is HnG being released so slow?
<anothercooldude> It's a TW-project.
Toriyama world by Chrippa May 14, 2003

theinambal 

This name in Tamil,means :goddess of honey
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Theinambal:It's a girl name
theinambal by Sweetheart ❤ May 25, 2019

Toriyama handjob 

Previously seen characters from the Dragon Ball series that get immense power-ups off screen, first seen in Dragon Ball Super.
"Oh, did you remember how Krillin got that Toriyama handjob and outwitted Gohan?"
Toriyama handjob by Big-Boy Pants September 21, 2017