Budget Increase

Budget Increase is a type of physical transformation that appears in some of DevilArtemis's videos.

Description and power
The power of Budget Increase causes a change in a character's body. The character's body and it's unique features become more impressive-looking and realistic, while anything that looks shiny will radiate when light comes into contact with it. The realism isn't just for show however. Anyone who uses the form will gain a large increase in power, allowing most people to crush the majority of their enemies easily, including a Super Saiyan.

However, as shown in the Perfect Cell Vs Beerus episodes, Cell's Budget Increase and Golden form are not enough to fight against the God of Destruction Beerus. As shown in Part 2, Kermit was easily defeated by Beerus even as Super Kermit, a transformation caused by Budget Increase. It was only through a combination of Budget Increase and Ultra Instinct was Cell able to defeat him. Additionally, in Perfect Cell Vs Shrek, Shrek the Ogre was able to easily overcome the power of Budget Increase and defeat Vegeta, Slick Goku, and Cell (the former two using a combination of Budget Increase with Super Saiyan and Super Saiyan Blue respectively), though Cell claimed it was their lack of teamwork that lead to them defeated. It is only through both Slick Goku and Vegeta fusing into Gogeta Blue with a combination of Budget Increase to stand a chance against Shrek.

Additionally, if a character like Godzilla is too powerful after activating Budget Increase, the video's budget gets taken up, and the video's resolution and framerate get progressively worse, making "budget cuts" necessary, as shown in Perfect Cell Vs Budget Increase Godzilla.

An alternate version of Budget Increase, called "Budget Decrease" also exists in the DAU. It makes the character look less realistic and even ugly at times. In some characters, it completely changes their physical appearances, an example being Piccolo, who ended up turning into a pickle (and calling himself the "Ultimate Pickle" to boot) upon using Budget Decrease. In The Perfect Budget Decrease, there is even a “Budget Decrease Gun” sold on eBay, and Kermit tests it out on Sonic the Hedgehog. The result was a weird-looking, polygonal, and badly-animated Classic Sonic running around the Cell Games Arena while playing a cheap meme version of the classic Green Hill theme.

In a Q&A, DevilArtemis claimed that the reason why Cell doesn't always use Budget Increase combined with Ultra Instinct was because the two transformations take up too much of the budget.