Movie Summaries

DragonBall Movies 01-04

Dragon Ball: Shenron no Himitsu (12/20/86)
The Secret of Shenlon or: Shenron no Densetsu
The Legend of Shenlon

        Shenron no Himitsu is probably a misprint in the Anime Data Diary. The JAC book reprinted in January 1995 gives the title as "Shenron no Densetsu." Either way, the above two titles probably refer to the same movie. This is a retelling of how Gokuu began his adventures; from the first encounters with Buruma, Oolong, Puuaru, and Yamcha, up to his learning Kamehama-ha just by watching Kamesennin using the technique. This time, Gokuu's origins are tied in with the evil Emperor Gurumesu, who wants the Dragon Balls to wish for delicious food, and the Emperor's minions, Pasta and Bongo (these two are using the quest for the Dragon Balls to cover the fact that they are greedily raping the countryside to gather up valuable Richi Stones.) Buruma still wants to wish for a nice boyfriend (Yamcha wants the Dragon Balls to wish for a woman he can marry), and ends up summoning Shenlon before Gurumesu can, but the daughter of the local mayor, Pansy, shouts out her wish first -- for the countryside to be restored to its original state prior to the discovery of Richi Stones. Shenlon does this, and causes the stones to disappear. Gurumesu becomes a normal deformed human that likes to eat apples, and Gokuu zips off to find the #4 Ball again.
[Gurumesu -- A gluttonous monster that NEEDS to eat delicious new food. ]
[ Becomes a normal person eventually. ]
[Pansy -- A young girl that searches for Kamesennin to ask him to help ]
[ her village. Disappears from sight after this movie. ]
[Pasta -- A greedy blond woman that co-heads Gurumesu's army. ]
[Bongo -- A huge, mean man that works closely with Pasta. Both Bongo ]
[ and Pasta disappear from sight after this movie. ]
[Richi Stone -- "Rich Stone". The most valuable gem on Earth. ]

Dragon Ball: Majinjou no Nemuri Hime (07/18/87)
The Sleeping Princess of Demon Castle

        Young Gokuu seeks out Kamesennin to ask to be accepted as a student, while the little runt priest, Kuririn, arrives for the same reason (and uses a sukebe magazine as a bribe.) Kamesennin sends them on a quest far to the east, where "five mountains stand, called the 'Devil's Hand'." In a castle there, is the legendary, and pretty, "Sleeping Princess." Whoever brings back the Sleeping Princess will become the old pervert's student. The two boys set out, and Kuririn uses all the standard tricks to trip up Gokuu. A little later, Buruma, Oolong, Yamcha, and Puuaru -- who are on summer vacation -- arrive at Kame House to find Gokuu. Kamesennin says that the two boys have gone far to the east for training, so the friends fly in Buruma's Capsule jet to the Devil's Hand. When they near the castle, the jet is attacked by demons, and Buruma is taken to the Castle. The owner of the castle, Lucifer, pretends to treat her as a guest, until it becomes time to awake the Sleeping Princess. In the meantime, Gokuu and Kuririn are fighting monsters, and they drop in on Buruma just before Shitsuji can drain Buruma of her blood through a giant syringe (Buruma's blood is to be used to toast the awakening of the Sleeping Princess.) Then, Ranchi arrives to steal the Sleeping Princess -- which is really a giant jewel. Everyone is captured and encased in a wall of rock. It is the night of a full moon, and the moonlight is used to power the jewel. The moonlight also turns Gokuu into a were-ape, and everyone escapes. They fight Lucifer, and Gokuu uses Kamehame-ha to destroy Lucifer's Princess-powered laser cannon (the full-moon-light is to be used to destroy the sun, and begin the Reign of Darkness), and kills Lucifer. The heroes escape, and Kuririn acts contrite, but doesn't actually apologize to Gokuu for his behavior. The two boys return to Kame House with Kushami, and Kamesennin takes them both on as students. Then, Kushami sneezes, turns into Ranchi, and shoots Kamesennin full of holes.
[Lucifer -- A typical handsome demon who likes drinking blood, and killing ]
[ people. Killed by Gokuu. ]
[Shitsuji -- Lucifer's Igor-style henchman. Short, buckteeth, and one eye ]
[ bigger than the other. Carries a syringe around a lot. ]
[ Probably killed by Gokuu. ]
[Sleeping Princess -- A huge, priceless gem that is "awakened" by the light ]
[ of the Full Moon, and can be used as a power source for a ]
[ laser cannon. ]

Dragon Ball: Maka Fushigi Daiboken (07/09/88)
Mysterious "Maka" Adventure

        Another retelling of the Dragon Ball story. This time, young Gokuu and young Kuririn are training for a Budoukai to be held in the country of Miifan. The Emperor of Miifan, Chau-zu, is trying to find his lost "Ran Ran." "Duke" Tsuru-sennin stole a Dragon Radar from Pilaf, and is using it to locate the Dragon Balls. Duke Tsuru-sennin and Tao Pie Pie claim that they'll use the wish from Shenlon to locate Ran Ran, but are actually planning, with Tenshinhan's help, to kill Chau-zu and take over the country. Blue Commander announced that Ran Ran was being held in Tsuru-sennin's room, and was killed by Tao Pie Pie for it. Bora and Upa have located the final Dragon Ball and they take it to Miifan to use it to demand that Miifan's soldiers be forced to leave the land near Karin Tower. Bora is tricked into entering the Budoukai (the winner of the Budoukai will be granted one wish by Chau-zu), and is then killed by Tao Pie Pie. Buruma, Oolong, and Ranchi are looking for the other 6 Balls, so Buruma can wish for a boyfriend. But, when the Balls are located, they're accidently dropped to the bottom of the moat surrounding Chau-zu's castle. Tenshinhan realizes that he likes Chau-zu too much, and doesn't kill his friend; instead, Ten-chan blows away Tsuru-sennin. (The story of Blue and Gokuu entering Penguin village is included, but this time it is Tao Pie Pie and Gokuu that meet Arale-chan, and Gokuu kills Tao Pie Pie with Arale's help.) Gokuu throws the final Ball into the moat, and asks Shenlon to resurrect Bora.
[No new characters. Nearly everybody from the first series shows up here.]
[Ran Ran is the name of Chau-zu's favorite doll. ]

(Movie 4) (03/??/96)
Saikyou e no michi (A DB movie)
"The Road to Greatest Strength"

        This movie marks the return to the Dragonball storyline, and is yet another retelling of the very first quest for the seven Dragon Balls, and the first appearance of Shenlon. This time, while Bulma's and Gokuu's meeting is much like that in the manga, the meetings for Oolong, Yamcha, Puaru, and Kamesennin are slightly reworked and greatly streamlined. Pilaf, Shuu and Mai don't appear at all. Instead, the story goes directly into the Red Ribbon arc (ignoring Gyuumaoh, and Chi Chi.) Gokuu and company gather up the first few Dragon Balls easily enough, but they eventually discover Muscle Tower. Gokuu defeats the Muscle Tower minions, and White Shogun, while also befriending Android #8 -- Hatchan. This attracts the attention of Red Leader, and he sends his armies out to capture the Balls. In the ensuing battle, Kamesennin uses Kamehame-ha to destroy the battleships. Blue Shogun surfaces with his submarines, and Gokuu experiments with his first Kamehame-ha on them. But, it's the aircraft that does in the heroes. Because Blue missed finding the Ball that Gokuu keeps -- his grandfather's -- Red orders Blue killed. When Red's assistant, Black, discovers that the midget Red just wants to use the Balls to become taller, Black kills him. Crazed with his new position of power, Black decides to create "Black Ribbon." Black gets into a super mecha, and beats up Gokuu. Hatchan arrives on the island. (Hatchan can not fight for a bad cause, but defending Gokuu from Black is obviously a good cause.) Hatchan fights valiantly, but is outmatched by the Mecha. Hatchan dies at Gokuu's feet. Gokuu's rage is almost great enough to turn him into a Super Saiya-jin, but this doesn't actually happen. Instead, he concentrates all of his energy into his Kamehame-ha, and destroys Black. Bulma now has all of the Dragon Balls, and she summons Shenlon. She considers wishing for a sexy boyfriend, and Yamcha thinks about wishing to become unfazed by women. Then, Gokuu drags up the body of Hatchan, and begs to have the android repaired. Shenlon grants Gokuu's wish.
[There are no notible one-shot characters this time. We already know]
[all of the good guys, and most of the villians are the same as well.]
[Except for White and Blue. White has been completely reworked, ]
[looking a little like the ninja Murasaki, and is a complete coward. ]
[Blue is no longer the sexy he-man gay that he was in the manga; now ]
[he is just an ill-fated commander in Red's army. ]
[Note: Usually I spell Bulma's name as "Buruma". Except, she goes ]
[ through most of this film with her name spelled out on her ]
[ clothing as "Bulma". I guess I have no choice but to follow ]
[ suit. ]

        This movie has some of the best artwork, animation, and character designs of ALL of the DB/DBZ movies. Obviously, it is an attempt to get money out of young Japanese DB fans that are unfamiliar with the older manga. But, "Saikyou e no Michi" is a good enough movie in its own right to justify watching it as many times as you like. It is still not "canon", but since we can now see Bulma's butt when she thinks that she's showing her panties to Kamesennin, I can easily recommend this film to ALL DB fans. ;)

DBZ Movies 01-13

Movie 1: Dead Zone

(Original Air Date: 07-15-89)

        In the beginning (Dragonball), Kami landed on Earth and created the 7 legendary dragonballs. To become pure of heart, the Namek separated into two forms- one good and one evil. The evil replica had a son, who became known as Piccolo!After battling Gokou, Piccolo faced defeat. Because Piccolo and Kami are so related, they held a bond of life. When one perished, the other died as well.Garlic Jr., a rival of Kami, decided to kill Kami through the destruction of Piccolo. As a result, at the beginning of the movie, Garlic Jr. sends his minions to kill Piccolo. After a battle, Piccolo escapes with barely his life.

        Garlic Jr. decides that he must get stronger so he seeks the dragonballs to be granted the wish of immortality. Gohan, meanwhile, wore a hat that had the fourth star dragonball on it. Thus, he gets kidnapped for his hat. (He does not know how to fight at this time.) Then, Gokou goes to rescue his son with Klilyn. At Garlic Jr.'s black island, Gokou and Klilyn are joined by Piccolo. Gokou and Piccolo fight and kill Garlic Jr.'s minions. Klilyn finds Gohan and carries him and looks for a safe place to hide. Meanwhile, Kami faces Garlic Jr. and gets beat up. Gokou and Piccolo finally finds Garlic Jr., but Garlic Jr. has already been granted his wish! Garlic Jr. changes into his muscular battle form and fights Gokou and Piccolo. Gokou and Piccolo get beaten. Garlic Jr. praises how strong he's become and creates a portal that would suck everything into a world of eternal nothingness. Gohan regains consciousness and sees the threat of Garlic Jr. He gets angry and blasts Garlic Jr. through his own portal. Garlic Jr. is sucked into the dimension of nothingness and all returns to normal. At the end, Gohan forgets all that has happened and returns home with Gokou.

The first alliance between Piccolo and Gokou is shown. Gohan's secret powers are revealed for the first time.

Movie 2: World's Strongest Man

(Original Air Date: 03-10-90)

        Oolong steals Bulma's Dragon Radar to locate the Dragonballs. (Oolong wants to make a wish for a girl's underwear.) He and Gohan are in the northern glaciers to find the Dragonballs, but discover that someone else has already gathered them and made a wish. Upon the wish, a lab is rebuilt. Gohan and Oolong go near the lab to investigate, but are attacked by bio-men (sort of like the Saiba-men). Piccolo rescues them, but is defeated by three androids. Meanwhile, Gohan and Oolong escape.

        A few days later, an android appears in the Kame House and kidnaps Bulma. She is used to lure Master Roshi to its lab in the glaciers. In the lab, we meet Dr. Wheel. It turns out that he is a giant brain functioning inside a giant machine. 50 years ago, his he and his lab were destroyed and buried in ice. Now that they are released with the help of the Dragonballs, Dr. Wheel wants to find the strongest man on Earth and take over his body. (He believes that Master Roshi is the strongest because Master Roshi won the martial arts tourament at the time he got "iced".) Next, Master Roshi is put in a secluded room to fight the three androids that defeated Piccolo. Master Roshi is defeated.

        Meanwhile, Gokou is on his way to rescue Bulma and Master Roshi. Dr. Wheel's computer picks up Gokou's signal. Bulma sees it and exclaims that Gokou is the strongest man, not Master Roshi. Dr. Wheel fights this interesting and sends his three androids to fight Gokou. Gokou fights and is joined by Gohan and Klilyn. They kill the androids and find Dr. Wheel. Here, they meet with Piccolo, who is brainwashed by some golden straps placed around his head. Gokou and Piccolo battle while Gohan tells them to stop fighting. Because Dr. Wheel brainwashed his idol (Piccolo), Gohan releases a wave of energy at Dr. Wheel in an attempt to destroy the brain. This shockwave releases Piccolo from Dr. Wheel's control. Meanwhile, Klilyn tries to rescue Bulma but ends up running from another android's machine-gun. Master Roshi escapes Dr. Wheel's prison and aids Klilyn. Bulma is freed.

        With the tie of the battle turning, Dr. Wheel gets angry. It turns out that the machine Dr. Wheel is placed in is really a robot built into the lab. Dr. Wheel unleashes his body (thus destroying the lab) and begins to attack our heroes. The robot seems unable to be defeated, but Gokou creates a Genki-dama fireball and destroys Dr. Wheel.

Afterwards, the good guys stand together and joke that Master Roshi is really the world's dirtiest man.

Movie 3: Earth's Ultimate Deciding Battle

(Original Air Date: 07-07-90)

        The Z crew are camping in a forest. Meanwhile, Taurus and his crew are looking for a planet with rich energy sources that can support the life of their special tree. (This tree grows by eating away the energy of the planet it grows on. Whoever eats its fruits can receive a huge amount of energy- Taurus and his crew want the power from the fruits.) One of Taurus's space probes crashes into the earth and starts a forest fire. This probe tells Taurus that Earth is a planet capable of supporting his tree. At the same time, Gohan, Klilyn, and Gokou battled the forest fire and saved the wildlife living in it. Here, Gohan saves a baby purple dragon who later becomes his pet. The Dragonballs are then used to restore the burned-out forest.

        Back in the Kame House, Kaiou transmits the news of Taurus and his plot to Gokou. Gokou tells the rest of the Z crew about Taurus and they head out to destroy the energy-eating tree that has already been planted. Gokou, Gohan, Yamcha, Klilyn, Tenshin-han, and Chauzu all do fireballs against the tree, but the tree remains unharmed. The Z Warriors then encounter Taurus's minions and they battle. Piccolo joins the fight. At the end, all the Z Warriors are defeated except Gokou and Gohan. Gohan runs into Taurus and misunderstands him for his father. (Taurus and Gokou and twin brothers, except that Taurus is purple.) Taurus trashes Gohan and relizes that Gohan is a Saiyan. He asks Gohan to join him in the Saiyan Conquest, but when Gohan refuses, Taurus uses a fireball to create another moon. He forces Gohan's head to look at it and Gohan's tail grows back. As you can guess, Gohan enters his full-moon stage and begins to trash everything. Gokou, trying to get to Gohan to defend him from Taurus, is blocked by Taurus's crew. Gokou angrily kills all of them, but is too late; Gohan is another uncontrollable as full moon. Gohan sees his pet dragon and remembers who he really is; he regains control of his body as a giant ape and begins to smash Taurus. Gohan gets his tail cut off and returns into a normal boy.

        Now only Gokou and Taurus remain. When Gokou refuses to join his twin brother, they fight. Taurus heads for his tree and eats one of the fruits. He receives and enormous amount of power and defeats Gokou. But, Gokou keeps telling himself that he must save the earth so he cannot die. As a result, he creates a Genki-dama, which blasts Taurus through the tree. Both Taurus and his tree are detroyed. Upon the tree's destruction, energy is released are restores the damamge it has created.

Movie 4: The Super Saiyan, Gokou

(Original Air Date: 03-19-91)

        Gohan and his new dragon pet are showing Piccolo a dance, but Piccolo seems to weaken upon hearing Gohan whistle and tells them to stop. Meanwhile, the TV broadcasts that a planet is about to collide with the Earth. Gokou and Klilyn fly and shoot fireballs at the approaching planet, hoping to deflect the planet off its collision course, but fail. The planet crashes into the Earth anyway, but it turns out to be a spaceship instead. Aliens march out of the ship and demand that the Earthlings leave the planet in three days, or else! The humans laugh and are attacked. A satellite is launched and the sun is blocked. Thus, the Earth begins to freeze. The commander of the ship is Slug, who learns about the dragonballs and wishes back his youth.

        Yajirobe finds Gokou and Klilyn, who survived, and feeds them senzu beans. Meanwhile, Gohan attacks the aliens. Eventually, Gohan gets beat up and Piccolo appears. Piccolo once again protects Gohan by shielding him from an enemy fireball. Both get beaten down. Klilyn and Gokou appear at the scene. Slug comes out of his ship and shoots a fireball in it to destroy all his cowardly minions who ran from Gokou. Slug then takes off his helmet and reveals that he is a Namek like Piccolo. Kaiou mentally tells Gokou that Slug is a Super Namek. Both Klilyn and Gokou get beat up by Slug. Gokou gets angry and powers up incredibly. Kaiou wonders if Gokou is the Super Saiyan. Slug gets beaten, but powers up as well and grows in size. Once again, Gokou gets pounded. Piccolo reaches for Gokou's hand and holds it as he transfers his energy to Gokou. With new strength, Gokou flys through Slug. Next, he flies up to destroy Slug's satellite, but Slug survived Gokou's punch and is flying up to finish off Gokou. Gokou then gathers energy from the sun to create a Genki Dama. This fireball destroys both Slug and his satellite. Yajirobe appears again and gives senzu beans to all our beaten heroes.

Movie 5: Strongest Vs. Strongest/ Battle of the Strongest

(Original Air Date: 07-20-91)

        Coola, Freeza's older brother, learns that his brother was killed by a Saiyan. Hence, Coola flies to Earth to kill Gokou. He boasts that he will kill Gokou not for the revenge of Freeza, but for the termination of all Saiyans.

        Gokou gets blasted in the back and is severly injured. Klilyn hides with Gokou in a cave as Coola's minions look for Gokou. Gohan rides off on his dragon's back to Karin Tower to get senzu beans. On his way back, Gohan gets discovered and is attacked. Piccolo appears and defends Gohan again. Coola's minions are killed (but Gohan and Klilyn are also beaten in the fight), but Coola appears and beats Piccolo. Gokou heals after eating the senzu bean Gohan brought back. He and Coola fight. Coola transforms into a more powerful body and beats Gokou. Gokou gets angry and reaches Super Saiyan form. Coola launches a fireball at Gokou, but Gokou deflects fireballs back at Coola and Coola is blown into the sun.

Movie 6: Crash- The Ten-Billion Power Fighters/ Metallic Koola

(Original Air Date: 03-07-92)

        A spaceship lands of Planet Namek and begins devouring it. The Nameks ask Dende for help, and Dende asks the Z Warriors for help. Master Roshi, Oolong, Yajirobe, Vegeta, Piccolo, Gohan, Klilyn, and Gokou travel to Namek.

        Namek seems to have been invaded by robots. A metallic Coola appears (now with the ability to regenerate and rebuild himself after damage). Gokou battles this Coola while the others battle the robots. Vegeta appears and assists Gokou. All the others except Piccolo have been captured by the robots. After a long, enduring battle in Super Saiyan form, Gokou and Vegeta finally destroy Coola. Sounds are heard, and thousands of other Coolas appear over the cliff. They tell that the Coola they just killed is just another model and can easily be rebuilt. Gokou and Vegeta are shocked and also get captured. Inside, they see the real Coola, who is now a giant head attached to the spaceship invading the planet. He explains that when Gokou blasted him into the sun, he attached with advanced technical parts flowing in space and the spaceship (him) was formed. He plans to capture Namek to power his ship. Gokou and Vegeta and tied up, but they reach Super Saiyan mode anyway in hope of overloading the ship with power. Meanwhile, Piccolo enters the ship and rescues his comrades. (Gokou and Vegeta were held in a different room.) Gokou gathers some energy in his hand and attacks the real Coola. Coola explodes, and so does the ship. Piccolo and the the others managed to escape in time, but they mourn the loss of Gokou and Vegeta. It turns out that Gokou and Vegeta survived the explosion, and are blown to where their friends await them.

Movie 7: Battle to the Limits- The Three Super Saiyans

(Original Air Date: 07-11-92)

        When Dr. Gero was killed by Android 17, he had three other androids stored in the floor below. His death brought life to Androids 13, 14, and 15 (androids with the sole purpose to destroy Gokou)!

        Gokou and his friends are at a mall. Everyone is eating lunch. Meanwhile, Androids 14 and 15 enter the mall and destroy everything in their path. Together, they do a fireball and destroy the portion of the mall where Gokou is. Gokou and his friends carry all the civilians away from the explosion to safety. Gokou encounters Androids 14 and 15 and they battle. Trunks joins the battle. Gokou and Trunks lure the androids to the glaciers so that no civilian would get hurt. (Gohan and Klilyn follow as well, but they only hide and watch.) There, Android 13 makes his appearance. Piccolo and Vegeta also enter the battle. Trunks destroys Android 14 and Vegeta destroys Android 15. However, components from these androids flow up and combine with Android 13's body. Android 13 morphs into a super android and beats up everyone. Finally, Gokou creates a Genki Dama and uses the fireball's energy to kill the android. After his death, Dr. Gero's computer shuts down.

Movie 8: Bring Your Spirit to the Max- The Dangerous Bloody Battle

(Original Air Date: 03-06-93)

        Gokou and Chi-Chi are at an interview to get Gohan into a good school. Kaiou teleports Gokou a message to teleport to his planet at once. Meanwhile, Gokou's friends are at a picnic. A spaceship lands and Paragus comes out to seek Vegeta. Paragus tells Vegeta that his is a Saiyan and is working to create Planet New Vegeta. He tells that he wants Vegeta to rule this new planet, but there is a Legendary Super Saiyan that remains a threat. Vegeta falls for the lie and goes to "New Vegeta". Trunks, Gohan, Klilyn, Master Roshi, and Oolong follow as well. At Kaiou's planet, Kaiou also tells Gokou about the Legendary Super Saiyan, and Gokou teleports to "New Vegeta" as well.

        As days pass by, our heroes learn that Paragus's son, Brolly, is the Legendary Super Saiyan. Paragus wanted revenge on Vegeta because Vegeta's father sentenced him and his son, Brolly (an infant at the time), to death and their bodies were dumped as trash. When Planet Vegeta exploded, Brolly's strength saved them. Brolly was executed because Vegeta's father feared the baby's great power and did not want a threat in the future. As for Brolly, he is a maniac. Paragus put special bracelets and necklaces on him to control his son. Brolly also has a grudge against Gokou; he was born on the same day as Gokou and naturally hated him.

        Brolly turns into his Super Saiyan form and breaks free of Paragus's control over him. Brolly trashes everyone. Piccolo also arrived to battle, but was trashed as well. Meanwhile, Paragus tried to escape the planet because he knew Brolly is a maniac and will kill everyone he sees. Brolly spots Paragus inside a space-pod and crushes the pod; thus killing his father. No one is able to defeat Brolly and are all out of strength. Gokou tells his comrades to give him their strength. Everyone except Vegeta face their hands to Gokou and do this. This power is still not enough to defeat Brolly. Finally, Vegeta donates his energy as well. With this new strength, Gokou kills Brolly in one punch. The planet explodes, but not before Gokou teleports all his friends to a spaceship heading back to Earth.

Movie 9: The Strongest Man in the Universe

(Original Air Date: 07-10-93)

        Our heroes are fighting in a Tenkaichi Boukaidou tournament. Krillin shows off his skills by beating up a couple weak humans. He thinks that he will win the match easily but then realizes that Gohan, Picollo, and Trunks are also at the competition. The competetors get narrowed down to a select few. The first of the one-on-one starts matches start. Its Gohan against a giant named Udo. As soon as the bell rings to signal the start of the match, Gohan delivers one kick and sends Udo flying of the arena. Gohan is then declard the winner of the match. The next match is between Trunks and Tien. Trunks goes Super Saiyan and elbows Tien in the back. Tien gets knocked to the ground and Trunks wins. The third match is Krillin against Piccolo. Krillin tries his best but still screws up. He goes flying off the edge of the arena but Piccolo grabs him. He pulls Krillin back up onto the arena. Piccolo forfiets because Krillin is no challenge to him. The winners, which includes Klilyn, Trunks, and Gohan, are to enter special battle stages to battle Sataan's disciples.

        Sataan's disciples were all killed and replaced by Bojack's minions. Klilyn ecounters Sangya and gets up beat by her. Trunks encounters Gokua and they start to fight. Trunks kills Gokua by punching a whole in him, but then gets beaten by Bojack. Gohan encounters Pujin and battles him. (The other two contestants in the tournament were killed.) Now, Gohan is alone to battle Bojack and his minions.

        Tien and Yamcha fly to help, but quickly get beat unconscious. With that, Gohan goes Super Saiyan. Gohan continues the battle to protect the Earth from conquest himself. Vegeta and Piccolo appear and join the battle. Vegeta blows up the building that Pujin and Bido are standing on and throws Trunks his sword. Gohan's comrades are all beaten and Gohan is left to battle alone again. Gohan is is losing badly. Gokou sees this from Kaiou's planet and teleports to Earth to save his son. After a punch to Bojack, Gokou frees Gohan from Bojack's bear-hug. He tells Gohan that he must save the Earth. Afterwards, Gokou fades back to Kaiou's planet. Gohan hears his father as he regains consciousness and feels his inner strength. He powers up and reaches Super Saiyan 2. Gohan becomes immune to Bojack's minions' attacks. Puujin and Bidou are quickly killed by Gohan. Zangya becomes frightened and Bojack fires a fireball through her to try to kill Zangya and Gohan in one shot. Sangya is killed for her cowardness, but Gohan survives the blast. He punches Bojack and makes a huge whole in his stomach. Bojack then powers up a ki ball and then splits it into two. He then fires it a gohan and in return Gohan fires a huge Kamahamaha. Bojack explodes and dies. At the end, Sataan takes credit for saving the Earth again.

Movie 10: Dangerous Pair: Super Fighters Cannot Sleep

(Original Air Date: 03-12-94)

        Goten, Trunks, and Videl are gathering the dragonballs. Goten wants to wish for tons of junk food and cakes. Trunks wants to wish that he could ride on rides whenever he wants. Videl just wants to see Shenlong for the first time. At the same time, something- Brolly, survivor of the battle in Movie 8,- crashes to Earth.

        Goten, Trunks, and Videl encounter a village that is terrorized by a monster. They agree that if they vanquish the beast they would get Kitou-shi (the village omen teller)'s dragonball. Goten and Trunks have fun killing the monster and receive the dragonballs. Videl is surprised at the young boys' power. The village and our heroes have a feast eating the monster. Meanwhile, Brolly is recovering from the battle against Gokou. Upon thinking about Gokou, he gets angry and reaches Super Saiyan form. He breaks free from the water crystals that developed on him and awakens for revenge.

        Videl encounters Brolly and gets beat up. Brolly sees Goten and thinks that he is Gokou and a long battle starts. Goten and Trunks find the last dragonball in battle and Goten gathers it as Trunks distracts Brolly. Goten has all the dragonballs, but doesn't know how to summon Shenlong to save them from Brolly. Gohan senses Brolly and quickly races to join the battle. Gohan tricks Brolly into getting devoured by lava, and Klilyn (dressed up as Piccolo for fun) rescues Gohan from the approaching lava. But, Brolly survives the lava and beats everyone up. At the end, Brolly has a fireball match against Gohan and Goten. (Here, the dragonballs in Goten's bag fall out and connect in a row.) Goten says that he wishes his father was here to help. Gokou appears out of nowhere and aids his sons in the fireball match. Trunks throws another fireball at Brolly. Brolly is distracted and deflects away Trunks's fireball, only to let Gokou, Gohan, and Goten's fireballs blow him into the sun. Peace is restored. The dragonballs disperse. Klilyn askes why everyone forgot about him.

Movie 11: Super Fighter Shootout- I Will Win

(Original Air Date: 07-01-94)

        Android 18 is at Sataan's house demanding for the money Sataan promised to give her for letting him win a Tenkaichi Boukaidou contest. Then, one of Sataan's disciple's minion arrives and blackmails Sataan. He states that if Saatan doesn't go with him to fight (test) some bio-warriors, he will tell the press that Sataan wet his bed up to the 6th grade. Android 18 tags along to follow Sataan and Goten and Trunks hide in the trunk of the car to secretly follow.

        Goten, Trunks, and Android 18 easily trash the bio-warriors. The battle room opens to reveal a bio-warrior creation laboratory. Goten and Trunks explore and fight a shocking experiment- the creation of a clone of Brolly! (Kitou-shi of Movie 10 had taken samples of Brolly's blood and sold them to the lab for money. Brolly's DNA was studied and now Brolly was cloned.) Goten and Trunks attempt to do fireballs to destroy the developing creation, but Brolly awakens too early. Much fighting occurs. Chemicals pour over the Brolly clone so that the clone now looks like he's melting. Trunks tricks Brolly into melting into the chemicals. Much of the lab is destroyed, and most of the employees of the lab are killed in the spilling chemicals. At the end, Goten, Trunks, Android 18, Klilyn, Sataan, and a few scientists escape from the lab. Our heroes observe that water hardens the chemicals that are pouring over the city-island. Goten, Trunks, and Klilyn fly up and go fireballs on the sea. The sea water splashes over the island and the city is saved. The Brolly clone, now bigger that ever because the chemicals combined with his chemical body, appears out of the sea. After giving everyone a scare, the clone hardens. Goten and Trunks destroy the stiff clone. There is peace again, but Sataan is trying to swim home rather than having to pay Android 18 for rescuing him.

Movie 12: Fusion: Gokou and Vegeta

(Original Air Date: 03-??-95)

        Gokou and Paiku-han are fighting in a Tenkaichi Boudoukai contest in heaven. Dai-Kaiou wanted to see who was the strongest dead fighter. Meanwhile, King Yama is sending people to heaven or hell. A teenager is responsible for running the machine that cleanses the souls of those going to hell, but he is too busy dancing to his walkman to notice that the machine is in the danger zone. The machine explodes and the evil escapes. It takes over the teenager's body and the two become a big fat yellow creature, Janenba. Janenba twists the fabric of space for fun; King Yama and his building become trapped in a sphere and all the dead return to Earth.

        Dai-Kaiou suspends the tournament and send Gokou and Paiku-han to investigate the problem. The two find King Yama trapped in the sphere. Paiku-han is left to try to free King Yama while Gokou goes to fight Janenba. Paiku-han learns that the sphere can only be broken by screaming insults at it, so he does so. Janenba sees Gokou and becomes to create little replicas of himself to attack Gokou for entertainment. Gokou becomes angry at Janenba's games and reaches his Super Saiyan 3 form. Janenba is smashed into a glob. However, he survives and re-oozes himself into a stronger, more serious purple form. On Earth, the dead are plaguing the people. Gohan and Videl encounter Freeza and all the villains from the previous movies. Gohan quickly kills Freeza and all the other villains run away in fear. Goten and Trunks are elsewhere battling Hitler's giant army brought back to life.

        Back in heaven, Gokou is getting beaten by Janenba. Vegeta, who was also brought back to life, appears and rescues Gokou. He too gets creamed. Gokou and Vegeta hide and Gokou suggests that the only way to beat Janenba is to fuse. After a while of convincing Vegeta to fuse, Gokou teaches Vegeta the technique. The two fuse, but the result, Gozita, was fat because Vegeta accidently bent his pinky during fusion. Gozita spends his time running away from Janenba, but fisses back into Gokou and Vegeta. Paiku-han appears and distracts Janenba while Gokou and Vegeta attempt to fuse again. The fusion is perfect and Gozita easily beats the evil out of Janenba. Janenba is restored into the teenager. On Earth, Goten and Trunks fuse and Gotenks beats all of Hitler's army. All the dead return to heaven or hell.

Movie 13: Exploding Dragon Fist- If Gokou Can't Do It, Who Can?

(Original Air Date: 07-15-95)

        Long ago, little evil magicians used black magic to bring a statue to life. The evil statue became Hirudegarn. Hirudegarn terrorized the planet, and only 2 whistles could control it. Tapion and Minosha, his brother, each played the whistles. While Hirudegarn calmed, a priest cut the monster into two halves. The top half was absorbed into Tapion's body, and the bottom half into Minosha's. Each person was sealed into a box never to be opened so that the monster will never escape, and sent away in space. Years later, Hoi, one of the evil magicians, found one of the boxes and opened it. The bottom half of Hirudegarn was let out and killed Minosha. Now, Hoi seeks the other box to re-unleash Hirudegarn.

        The Great Saiyan-man team (Gohan and Videl) receive news that a man is about to suicide. The team comes to the rescue and the man is brought down. He tells that it was only an attempt to get the team's attention. Then he tells that he wants a box opened because a hero is trapped inside and is needed to fight a great evil. The box is brought to Bulma's house. After no one is able to open the box successfully, the Z cast agree to gather the dragonballs to wish for the box to open. This is done and Tapion is releashed. Tapion says nothing except that he is the evil.

        Trunks admires Tapion and wants him to act like his brother. After bringing food to Tapion everyday, Trunks is still ignored by Tapion. One day, Hoi runs in and snatches Tapion's flute. Trunks helps get it back and everyone learns that Hoi is evil. Tapion decides to talk to the others after seeing Trunks help him. At night, Bulma asks him why he's not sleeping and Tapion tells her his story. If he sleeps, the monster inside him might escape.

        Bulma builds a special room for Tapion to sleep so that the monster can't escape. But, the monster escapes anyway due to Hoi's magic. The next day, the Hirudegarn's lower body combines with his upper body and the monster becomes whole again. Hoi tries to control Hirudegarn, but the monster just steps on and kills him. A battle follows, and our heroes are losing. As the city gets trashed, Goten and Trunks fuse. Super Saiyan level 3 Gotenks attacks Hirudegarn. Hirudegarn stiffens like a rock. Then, a winged Hirudegarn emerges from the cocoon. Tapion attempts to use his whistle to calm the monster, but the whistle shatters. Everyone is beaten, except Gokou. Gokou repeatedly tells himself, "If I can't do it..." Finally, Gokou jumps up and uppercuts his dragon fist on Hirudegarn. A golden dragon engulfs the monster and destroys it.

        With Hirudegarn destroyed and peace restored, Bulma makes Tapion a time machine. Tapion gives Trunks's his sword as a gift since he won't be needing it anymore, and travels back to the time when he was shot into space. (In the ending song of this movie, we see Future Trunks use the same sword that was given by Tapion.)