Episode 102. Krillin’s Proposal
Krillin becomes acutely aware of his upcoming marriage to Maron. Umigame tells Krillin a tale about a giant pearl in the middle of the sea. Thinking that Maron would be overjoyed at such a wedding present, Krillin takes Gohan and sets off to the ocean floor. Krillin realizes that the pearl is a treasure that belongs to the creatures of the sea, and decides not to follow through. Thinking he doesn't have what it takes to make Maron happy, Krillin breaks off the engagement and says his goodbyes. As he leaves, Maron tells him that she feels fine about becoming his wife, but Krillin does not realize what she means. Later, when he comes to his senses about Maron's meaning, he discovers that she has taken off with another man. With tears rolling down his cheeks, Krillin can't help but feel he's been jilted.

Episode 103. Frieza’s Counter Attack
One year has passed since Goku defeated Frieza Chichi hires a private tutor named Shu Saiaku to help Gohan with his studies. Saiaku is a terrible man who presents Gohan with difficult problems. If Gohan is unable to solve the problems, Saiaku disciplines him to the tune of a whip! Saiaku speaks ill of Goku, saying that his not returning home is the reason Gohan is so rebellious. Upon hearing this, Chichi gets angry and drives Saiaku out of the house. Vegita returns from his trip through space, and grows annoyed that Goku is still nowhere to be found. Bulma suggests to Vegeta that he's done all he can for now, and to stay at the Capsule Corporation unril Goku finally does show up. While studying in his room, Gohan senses a large, menacing Ki in the distance. Could this Ki belong to ... Frieza?

Episode 104. The Mysterious Youth
Gohan races off in the direction he feels Frieza's and one other large Ki. The other familiar faces of the Z Team arrive at the same location, but Goku is still not among them. A huge flying saucer lands, and Frieza, his father, King Cold the Great, and a horde of foot soldiers exit the craft. Near death, what was left of Frieza had been floating among the debris from Planet Namek's explosion when he was rescued by King Cold's ship. Frieza was treated for his injuries and given cybernetic replacements for the parts of his body that were lost, giving him an even greater strength! Goku is on his way back to Earth, but several hours behind Frieza's arrival. Frieza plans to greet Goku with the extinction of Earth, and dispatches his soldiers to see to it. However, a lone boy steps forward to face Frieza's men, and in the blink of an eye, manages to take several of them out with his sword!

Episode 105. Another Super Saiyan?
The young man faces Frieza, saying that he knows that Frieza is going to die here and now. The remainder of Frieza's foot soldiers charge toward the young man, but are quickly defeated by his swordsmanship. The young man tells Frieza that there is more than one Super Saiyan in the universe, and to Freeza's horror, undergoes the transformation to Super Saiyan! From a distance, Vegita can tell how powerful the young man must be, and grows angry at his strength. Seeing the form of a Super Saiyan before him, Frieza flashes back to the battle he underwent with Goku, and becomes enraged. Frieza attacks the young man with a force ten times greater than what he used to destroy Namek! The young man catches the energy, and is uninjured even after Frieza detonates the energy. The young man catches Frieza by surprise, and as Frieza dodges the attack, the young man brings his sword down on him, cleanly cutting him in two!

Episode 106. Welcome Back Goku!
The young man cuts Frieza's body into progressively smaller pieces, then vaporizes the pieces with an energy blast! A short distance away, the Z Team cannot believe what they have just witnessed. King Cold the Great talks the young man out of his sword, then turns to attack him with it. The young man calmly catches the sword, and blasts Cold through the chest! As Cold begs for his life, the young man finishes him off, then destroys the spacecraft they came in on. The young man faces the others, saying that Son Goku will return shortly, and invites them to come wait with him. Vegita challenges the young man, saying that except for himself, Kakarrot and Gohan, there are no more Saiyans. The young man refuses to divulge his name, revealing only that he is 17 years old. A short while later, just as the young man predicted, a round space pod with Goku inside crashes to the ground near where everyone is waiting. Bulma assumes that Goku must know who the young man is, but Goku claims they've never met.

Episode 107. Mystery Revealed
The young man wishes to speak privately with Goku, and they fly off a short distance from the others. The young man identifies himself as "Trunks," the son of Vegita, who has travelled back through time to meet with Goku. He warns Goku that in three years' time, a pair of cyborgs will appear, and that in his timeline, they kill most of the Z Team. Only Gohan survived, and Trunks learned his fighting skills from him. Eventually, Gohan is also killed. Goku died before the fighting broke out, the result of a viral heart infection. Trunks gives Goku a potent medicine that exists in his time that will counteract the disease and spare Goku's life. Trunks tells Goku that his mother, Bulma, was the one who built his time machine, and Goku is stunned by the revelation! Trunks leaves in his time machine, saying he will return in three years when the cyborgs are scheduled to appear. Piccolo, who overheard the entire conversation thanks to his Namekian ears, relays the important points of Trunks' story, without revealing any parts that would jeopardize his still-future birth.

Episode 108. Goku’s Special Technique
Goku tells everyone that as Planet Namek was exploding, he happened upon the Ginyu Special Corps' space pods, and climbed inside one of them. The pod crash landed on the planet Yardrat, and Goku was given treatment by its inhabitants. Goku learned a technique from the Yardratians, whereby he seeks out a distant Ki, and is able to instantaneously move to that location. Goku demonstrates his technique by disappearing, then reappearing a moment later with the Turtle Hermit's sunglasses. The assembled warriors commit to training for their encounter in three years, and are about to go their separate ways, when Bulma has a thought. She proposes tracking down Doctor Gero, the Red Ribbon scientist who will develop the cyborgs, and killing him before he gets the chance to complete his inventions. Vegita, Goku and the others oppose her idea, saying that they look forward to the battle that awaits them, and Bulma brands them all as sickos. Krillin reminds Bulma that without having a common enemy to focus against, Vegita, Goku and Piccolo may just turn on each other. Goku invites Piccolo to come train with him and Gohan, and everyone else goes their separate ways. Vegita has Dr. Briefs build him a gravity room, similar to the one he built for Goku.

Episode 109. The King of the Fighting Saiyan People
Vegita trains hard in the gravity room that Dr. Briefs constructed for him. Yamcha later sneaks into the gravity room when no one else is around and tries the 300-G environment for himself. Unable to withstand it, he is overcome by the severity of Vegita's training program. Vegita trains even harder under these conditions and ends up destroying the housing of the gravity room, injuring himself in the process. Bulma attempts to help Vegita out of the rubble, and Vegita angrily yells at her to leave him alone. Elsewhere, as Goku and Piccolo train, Gohan shows great progress himself as he does his best to keep up with their pace. As Vegita lies in bed recovering from his injuries, he has a dream that takes him back to his youth. Vegita's father speaks to him, reminding him that he is the prince of the entire Saiyan race. Angered by the position he has taken behind Kakarrot, Vegita arises from his bed and returns to training in a repaired gravity room under a whopping 400-G force!

Episode 110. Goku’s Newest Trial
After being chased home from a shopping trip by a wild boar, Chichi sees a married couple riding in an Aircar. She becomes infuriated with Goku's shortcomings, and orders him off to earn his driver's license. Piccolo also finds himself caught up in Chichi's fury, and heads off to driver's school with Goku. Goku draws an elderly man named Used Carr as his instructor. Piccolo's teacher is a young speed demon named Cynthia. While the two are practicing driving on wet roads, a busload of preschoolers gets trapped in a mudslide. As the bus falls from a cliff, Goku and Piccolo rescue the bus in mid-air. Carr amd Cynthia agree that with their powers, there's little reason for Goku and Piccolo to get driver's licenses. As Goku and Piccolo return without their licenses, Chichi collapses in shock.

Episode 111. Which Ones are the Artificial Humans?
Goku and the others assemble at the island where the Artificial Humans are scheduled to appear. Bulma holds Trunks, her and Vegita's infant son, in her arms. The time of their appearance comes and goes. Yajirobe shows up in his Air Car to deliver a fresh crop of Senzu beans to the rest of the Z Team. Not staying to fight, Yajirobe takes off to return home. Moments later, his Air Car explodes over the city! Nobody was able to feel any Ki from the source of the attack. Gohan realizes that cyborgs may not necessarily have the strong Ki energy they are accustomed to dealing with. The two Artificial Humans descend upon the city and start to kill its inhabitants. Goku and the others spread out around the city to find the Artificial Humans, who strike without warning and leave only victims. Yamucha is the first to locate them, but before he is able to take any action, he is siezed upon by No. 20 and has his chest run through!

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