Dragon Ball: Shenron no Himitsu: (12/20/86)
The Secret of Shenlon, or
Shenron no Densetsu, or
The Legend of Shenlon
This is a
retelling of how Goku began his adventures; from the first
encounters with Bulma, Oolong, Puuaru, and Yamcha, up to his
learning
Kamehameha just by watching Kamesennin using the technique. This
time,
Goku'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.) Bulma 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 Shenlong 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.
Shenlong does
this, and causes the stones to disappear. Gurumesu becomes a
normal
deformed human that likes to eat apples, and Goku zips off to
find the #4
Ball again.
Characters
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.
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Dragon Ball: Majinjou no Nemuri Hime: (07/18/87)
The Sleeping Princess of Demon Castle
Young Goku
seeks out Kamesennin to ask to be accepted as a student,
while the little runt priest, Krillin, arrives for the same
reason (and uses
a nude 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 Krillin uses all the standard tricks to trick
Goku.
A little later, Bulma, Oolong, Yamcha, and Puuaru -- who are on
summer
vacation -- arrive at Kame House to find Goku. Kamesennin says
that the
two boys have gone far to the east for training, so the friends
fly in
Bulma's Capsule jet to the Devil's Hand. When they near the
castle, the
jet is attacked by demons, and Bulma 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, Goku and Krillin
are
fighting monsters, and they drop in on Bulma just before Shitsuji
can drain
Bulma 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 Goku uses Kamehameha 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 Krillin acts contrite, but doesn't actually apologize
to Goku
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.
Characters
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.
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Dragon Ball: Maka Fushigi Daiboken: (07/09/88)
Mysterious "Maka" Adventure
Another
retelling of the Dragon Ball story. This time, young Goku and
young Krillin 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 Shenlong 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.
Bulma, Oolong, and Ranchi are looking for the other 6 Balls, so
Bulma 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
Goku
entering Penguin village is included, but this time it is Tao Pie
Pie and
Goku that meet Arale-chan, and Gokuu kills Tao Pie Pie with
Arale's help.)
Goku throws the final ball into the moat, and asks Shenlong 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.
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(Movie 1) (07/15/89)
Dragon Booru Zeto:
DeadZone
An evil
little blue, Garlic Jr., is gathering all of the Dragon Balls
together to wish for immortality. Since young Gohan has the #4
Ball sewn to
his cap, Gohan is kidnapped by Garlic's minions. This causes Goku
to seek
out Garlic (whose mansion is located on a black island to the
south of Kame
House). Garlic also wants to get rid of Kami-sama, so his minions
attempt to
kill Piccolo (if Piccolo dies, Kami-sama also dies, and vice
versa.) So
Kami-sama and Piccolo join in the battle, as does Krillin. The
minions are
wasted, but Garlic Jr. already made his wish, so he is
unkillable. Garlic
and Kami-sama fight it out, and Garlic wins (he wants to get rid
of
Kami-sama to make way for his own "reign of blood", but
he doesn't kill
Kami-sama right away).
Garlic Jr. gets beaten up a bit by Goku and Piccolo, so he
decides to
create a "Dead Zone" (a black hole) which threatens to
suck everyone in and
kill them. But Gohan (who had eaten a hallucinagenic apple, and
is still
feeling a bit of a buzz) gets angry, and blasts Garlic into the
Dead Zone.
The Dead Zone closes, sticking Garlic into a form of eternal
hell.
Characters
Garlic, Jr. -- Evil little immortal Namek, lost and
forgotten.
Ginger -- Garlic's
green-skinned, red-eyed demon minion. Killed by Goku.
Nikki -- Garlic's
blue-skinned, apple-eating minion. Killed by Goku.
Sansho -- Garlic's big,
purple-skinned demon minion. Killed by Piccolo.
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(Movie 2) (03/10/90)
Kono yo de Ichiban Tsuyoi Yatsu:
The World's Strongest
Oolong
steals Bulma's Dragon Radar, and discovers that someone is
gathering up the Dragon Balls. He and Gohan go into the northern
glaciers
in time to see Dr. Kouchin summoning Shenlong and wishing for Dr.
Wheel's lab
to be released from the ice. Piccolo arrives to save Gohan from
Kouchin's
bio-men, but the demon is overcome by Wheel's 3 androids (Gohan
and Oolong
escape). Later, Kouchin goes to Kame House, and kidnaps Buruma in
order to
force Kamesennin to go with him to the lab. Kamesennin is told to
fight the
three androids, and does well for a while, before being defeated
by rubbery
Minkattsun. Bulma learns that Kouchin and Wheel's plan on turning
the Earth
into a desert and peopling it with androids. Dr. Wheel's brain is
encased
inside a robot, and he wants the body of the world's strongest
man to house
his brain. But, while Kamesennin was the winner of the Tenkaichi
Budoukai
50 years ago, (when Wheel's lab was iced over) the strongest man
is now Goku.
Goku learns what happened to Kamesennin, and goes to the lab,
where he
destroys all three androids. Gohan and Kuririn also arrive, and
end up
battling the brain-controlled Piccolo until Gohan's shout of
frustration
causes the mind-control bands to shatter. Dr.Wheel decides to
fight Goku,
and as he pulls his robot body free of the wall. The resulting
destruction
hurls Kouchin down an energy shaft, and Kouchin's outer coating
melts before
his own robot body is destroyed. Wheel fights the heroes, and
looks like
he'll win, when Goku creates a Genki Dama and throws it at Wheel.
Wheel
flies up into space to get a breather, and he is destroyed up
there.
Afterwards, Kamesennin says that Wheel got one thing right --
Kamesennin
is the world's strongest guy. Bulma corrects that to "the
world's dirtiest
old man."
Characters
Dr. Kouchin -- The Christopher Lee of bio-tech
scientists. A robot, he is
accidently destroyed by Dr. Wheel.
Dr. Willow -- A large brain housed
in a robot. Was a deranged scientist
until his lab was entombed in ice. Killed by Goku.
Kishiime -- Electrical android
iguanaman. Destroyed by Goku.
Ebifuraiya -- "Fried
shrimp." Hulking android with weather-control
abilities. Destroyed by Goku.
Minkattsun -- Blobby, yellow
rubberman android. Punctured by Goku.
Bio-man -- Mindless blue attack
robot; like Vegeta's old cybermen.
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(Movie 3) (07/07/90)
Chikuu Marugoto Chou-kessen:
Earth's Ultimate Deciding Battle
(The Tree of Might)
Oolong,
Krillin, Bulma, and young Gohan are on a camping trip, when a
spy satellite crashes into the forest and starts a raging fire.
Kuririn and
Gohan battle to put out the blaze, then gather the Dragon Balls
to wish for
the forest to be restored. One of the animals they save is a
Haiyaa Dragon
(Higher Dragon) that follows Gohan home to become his pet. The
two of
them (and Goku) play together and have a lot of fun, but Chi Chi
wants the
dragon sent back to its mountain so it'll stop disrupting Gohan's
studies.
Meanwhile, a Saiyan fighter, Taurus, and his minions are scouting
Earth to locate Kakarot. Taurus wants Kakarot and/or Gohan to
join him to
go trash planets. The minions plant a seed for an energy-eating
tree near
the restored forest -- Taurus plans on eating the fruit of the
tree to get a
"power up." The tree grows quickly and threatens to
destroy Earth.
Kaiou-sama alerts Goku to the danger, and everyone (Chi Chi
prevents Gohan
from joining in, but Haiyaa Dragon kidnaps the boy to take him to
the battle)
goes to fight Taurus. Piccolo joins in to save Gohan, but the
demon still
plans on killing Goku later on. Goku denies his Saiyan heritage,
claiming that he's happy to have been hit on the head as a child,
rather
than growing up to be like Taurus. There's a major battle, and
Goku uses a
Genki Dama to kill Taurus and destroy the tree. Afterwards, the
Genki Dama
breaks up, and the lifeforce energy repairs the damage from the
tree.
Characters
Shinseiju -- The energy-eating tree.
Taurus -- A Saiya-jin Warlord
that looks like Goku. Killed by Goku.
Amond -- Taurus's big Indian
minion. Killed by Goku.
Daiizu -- Taurus's muscular
punk minion. Killed by Goku.
Kakao -- Taurus's ugly, silent
lava-man minion. Killed by Goku.
Rezun & Rakasei -- Taurus's arrogant
twin runt minions. Killed by Goku.
Haiyaa Dragon (Icarus)--
Gohan's
cute little pet. Fiercely loyal; like Piccolo is.
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(Made-For-TV Special) (10/17/90)
Tatta Hitori no Saishuu Kessen:
Lonely Final Battle
Story of
Bardock, Goku's father. When Goku was still a baby, on the
Saiyan planet, Freeza was using the Saiyan as mercenaries to wipe
out
all intelligent life on other planets. Bardock gets cursed with
seeing the
future, and confronts Freeza as Freeza is about to destroy the
Saiyan planet.
The planet is wiped out, and the only surviving Saiyans are young
Prince
Vegeta, Nappa, and Kakarot (baby Goku). Goku was sent to Earth to
destroy
it, but is found and raised by Son Gohan. (The grandfather Son
Gohan)
Characters
Bardock -- Goku's father. Killed by Freeza.
Tooma -- Bardock's big, lean
henchman. Killed by Dodoria.
Toteppo -- Bardock's
grey-skinned, chrome-dome henchman. Killed by
Dodoria's peons.
Pan Buukin -- Bardock's fat
henchman. Killed by Dodoria's peons.
Seripa -- Bardock's female
henchman. Killed by Dodoria's peons.
Tooro -- The fishman that gave
Bardock the ability to see the future.
Killed by Bardock.
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(Movie 4) (03/19/91)
Super Saiyan da Son Goku:
This is the Super Saiyn, Son Goku.
Young Gohan
and the Haiyaa Dragon visit Piccolo to show the demon the new
dance that Gohan taught the dragon. But, Piccolo, in pain, yells
for Gohan
to stop.
A planetoid headed towards Earth causes a panic, and Krillin and
Goku go
out to try to deflect the thing with their energy blasts. It
still crashes
into Earth, but it turns out to be a spaceship that needs to land
for
refueling. The ship is commanded by the imperious Emperor of the
Universe
-- Slug, who demands that they leave in 3 days. A weather
satellite is
launched to cause a cloud to cover the planet, and freeze it
over. Earth is
now more hospitable for the soldiers living in the ship, and they
step
outside to terrorize the Earthlings. Slug recognizes the Dragon
Ball that
is sewn into Gohan's cap, and reads Bulma's mind to learn about
the Dragon
Radar. The Dragon Balls are rounded up, and Slag wishes for his
youth back.
Goku and Krillin receive Senzu Beans from Yajarobe, and they go
to
fight Slug. Piccolo shows up to save Gohan. Slag reveals himself
to be a
Super Namek. Goku wastes Slag's minions, and even turns into a
Super
Saiyan for a while, but is trashed by Slag when the Super Namek
turns
into a giant. Piccolo tears off his own ears, then yells for
Gohan to
whistle again; we now learn that Nameks get hurt really bad when
Earthlings
whistle. Slag drops to his knees, and Piccolo imparts his energy
to Goku.
The Goku/Piccolo fusion beats up Slag, then Goku flies above the
black
cloud to get enough energy to create a Genki Dama that kills
Slag. (Slug
accidently trashed his own spaceship, so there's no bad guys left
now.) The
cloud dissipates, and Yajarobe reappears to give Senzu Beans to
the heroes.
Piccolo's ears grow back. Finally, Kamesennin, who'd been
sleeping through
all this, wakes up from his dreams of naked women, and exercises
while
saying that the weather is very nice today.
Characters
Slug -- A big, square-headed evil tyrant
Super Namek. Killed by Goku.
Kakuuja -- A Jawa that runs
Slug's ship. Accidently killed by Slug.
Zeeun -- A bull of a man who
oversteps his authority and is killed by
Slug.
Gyooshu -- A Jawa killed by Slug
for saying that it would take 10 days to
refuel the ship.
Medametcha -- A big horned frog
that can create energy-sucking copies of
itself. Killed by Goku.
Slag's Soldiers -- Most were killed by
Slag for running away from Goku
and Krillin.
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(Movie 5) (07/20/91)
Tobikkiri no Saikyou tai Saikyou:
Fantastic Ultimate Strength vs Ultimate Strength
Back when
Freeza destroyed Planet Vegeta, and killed Bardock, Freeza's
older brother, Cooler had been watching from his own spaceship.
Cooler had
seen Kakarot's space capsule zipping off, but didn't interfere
with it. 20
years later, Cooler receives a report stating that Freeza has
been killed.
Goku, Gohan, and Krillin go on a camping trip, and are attacked
by
Cooler's henchmen. Cooler wants to fight Goku, and discover the
true
strength of the legendary "Super Saiyan." At the end,
Cooler has been
blown into the sun by a massive energy ball, and apparently dies.
Characters
Haiyaa
Dragon -- Gohan's cute pet
dragon. Reappears for this movie.
Cooler -- Freeza's older
brother. Very arrogant and selfish. Not dead
yet.
Sauzaa -- Cooler's blond, blue-faced pretty
boy minion. Killed by Piccolo.
Neizu -- Cooler's lizard
minion. Killed by Piccolo.
Doore -- Cooler's
green-skinned ugly minion. Killed by Piccolo.
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(Movie 6) (03/07/92)
Gekitotsu!! 100 Oku Pawaa no Senshi-Tachi:
Crash!! The 10 Billion-Power Fighters
A giant
metal planet lands on the new Namek planet, and begins eating it.
The Namek elders call to Dende for help, and Dende relays the
call. This is
why Goku, Gohan, Krillin, Kamesennin, Oolong, Yajarobe, and
Piccolo get
into a spaceship and fly off. (Vegeta is in his own space
capsule, and he
arrives to ensure that Goku lives long enough for him to kill
Goku
himself.)
Turns out that Cooler has pulled a V'ger trick, and has become
part of
the ship that is eating the Namek planet. Cooler's robot are sent
out to
round up all of the Namek. Goku's ship arrives in time for the Z
Fighters to also be picked up to be used to power the ship. Goku
and
Vegeta fight Cooler, and get trashed. They are wired into the
ship to
provide power for Big Geta Star. Goku and Vegeta push the limits
of their
Super Saiyan power, and cause Big Geta Star to overheat. Finally,
Goku
blows the real Cooler away, and Big Geta Star explodes. (First
time that
Vegeta shows up in the movies.)
Characters
Cooler-- Old Cooler merged with some space
junk to become the
core of a giant spaceship. Destroyed by Goku.
Big Geta Star -- The name of the
planet-eating spaceship.
Metal Cooler -- Cooler-shaped
robots, with self-repairing bodies.
All were destroyed when Big Geta Star exploded.
Muuri -- One of the Namek
elders. Lost and forgotten.
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(Movie 7) (07/11/92)
Kyokugen Batoru!! Sandai Suupaa Saiyan:
Battle Limit!! The Three Super Saiyans
Right after
Dr. Gero gets destroyed by his androids, #17 and #18, Gero's
computer triggers his earlier creations -- #13, #14, and #15. The
androids have orders to seek out and kill Goku (while Goku and
company are
on a shopping trip). The resulting combat involves Goku, Krillin,
Piccolo,
young Gohan, Vegeta, and future Trunks. After #14 and #15 are
destroyed,
#13 uses parts of them to undergo a power up. The only way #13
can be
destroyed is for Goku to create a large Genki Dama, and then use
the energy
from it as he switches to Super Saiyan. Afterwards, Gero's lab
computer
shuts down.
Characters
#13 -- Lean, white-haired android. Destroyed
by Goku.
#14 -- Big, blue skinned
barbarian android. Destroyed by Trunks.
#15 -- Little, funky purple
android. Destroyed by Vegeta.
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(TV Special) (02-24-93)
Zebbo he no Hankou!! Nokosareta Chou-Senshi:
Gohan to Torunkusu!! Resist Dispair!! The Ultimate Surviving Fighters: Gohan and Trunks
A TV version
of "Trunk's Story", from volume 33. #17 and #18 are
tearing
up the future Earth, and finally the Z fighters that we know and
love are
all dead. Only a one-armed Gohan, and a teenaged Trunks are left
(Gyuu Maou
and Chi Chi are still living out in the countryside, but with
Goku's death,
Chi Chi has been slowly wasting away.) Gohan trains Trunks to
become a
fighter, but the boy can't get angry enough to go to Super Saiyan
level.
Gohan faces the androids on his own and is killed. This pushes
Trunks over
the edge, but even in SSJ mode, when Trunks fights the androids,
he gets
crashed. Finally, Bulma completes work on the time machine that
Trunks
uses to visit the past to give Goku his heart medicine, and to
warn the Z
Fighters of the impending peril (also succeeding in creating the
alternate
timeline that allows Cell to travel to the past and start the
Cell Game.)
No new one-shot characters.
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(Movie 8) (03/06/93)
Moetsukiro!! Nessen . Ressen . Chou-gekisen:
Burn Your Spirits to the Max!!
A Close
Battle, Violent Battle, Super Bloody Battle.
Goku and Chi Chi go to interview for a school that Chi Chi wants
Gohan
to attend, while everyone else is busy partying at a Cherry
Blossom-Vewing
Drinkfest. The party is disrupted when a ship lands. Paragasu
steps out to
invite Vegeta to travel with him to the planet New Vegeta, to
fight the
Legendary Super Saiyan. A drunk Kamesennin, Kuririn, Trunks, and
Gohan
fly off as well. Meanwhile, Kaiou-sama telepaths to Goku to alert
the hero
of the danger. Goku teleports out of the interview, leaving Chi
Chi in the
lurch. Paragasu introduces Vegeta to Paragasu's wimpy son,
Burolii, and
waffles over actually disclosing where the Legendary Super Saiyan
is.
Goku teleports in, and Burolii goes berzerk. After a lot of
screwing
around, we find out that Burolii and Goku had been born on the
same day.
King Vegeta had ordered Burolii (baby Burolii had already been
determined
to be a threat to the Saiyan) and Paragasu to be killed and
dumped in the
trash. But, baby Burolii's power saved them. Burolii grew up to
be a
maniacal killer, and had poked out one of Paragasu's eyes. Right
after
that, Paragasu had a head band created that effectively
lobotomized Burolii.
Burolii overcomes Paragasu's control and turns into a Super
Saiyan; he
trashes everyone. Vegeta loses his nerve at seeing the Legendary
Super
Saiyan, and can't fight anymore. Paragasu knows that the planet
New
Vegeta will explode soon, so he wants to fly away, killing two
birds with
one stone: revenge on the Vegeta family, and disposing of his
troublesome
child. But, Burolii crushes the space capsule, killing his
father. Then,
Goku summons the energy from his friends, including Vegeta, to
become a
Super Saiyan himself, and killing Burolii. Before the planet
explodes,
Goku teleports everyone to Piccolo's ship and they return to
Earth.
Characters
Paragasu --
A one-eyed Saiyan killer with a hate against Vegeta's
family. Killed by Burolii.
Burolii (Brolly)-- A mad Saiyan, barely controlled by his father.
Born on
the same day as Goku, and hence has an affinity for our hero.
Apparently killed by Goku.
Shamo-saijin -- Ugly little creatures that have been carried off
their
planet of Shamo to do Paragasu's bidding. Saved by Goku.
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(Movie 9) (07/10/93)
Ginga Girigiri!! Butchi-giri no Sugoi Yatsu:
The Strongest Guy in the Universe!!
The Money
Family is hosting a Tenkaichi Budoukai as a birthday present
for 10-year old Dollar Money. Dollar is hoping for aliens to come
from
space and join in the tournament, so four of Mr. Satan's
pro-wrestling
students are in costume as the "aliens" in the final
rounds of the
competition. Kaiou-sama and Goku are on Kaiou planet (Kaiou is
watching
the game on TV, Goku is playing Go Fish against Bubbles the ape
-- the
deck has Uranai Baba and Pilaf's crew on the face cards. )
The elimination rounds are basically 8 batches of free-for-alls;
the last
person standing in each free-for-all goes on to a one-on-one
round. The
final four each get a shot into one of four "Battle
Stages" to face Satan's
"aliens." The first person to emerge from the Battle
Stage wins the
100,000,000 zenni prize money, a trip to a hot spa, and a chance
to fight
Satan. Krillin, Future Trunks, teenaged Gohan, and Dosukoi make
it to the
Battle Zones, where they are attacked by real aliens (Satan's
students
have already been killed.)
Kaiou-sama realizes that the aliens are Bojack's team. A LONG
time ago,
the four Kaiou's had battled Bojack, and imprisoned him far, far
away.
Bojack has escaped, and come to Earth to destroy it and kill
Gohan as
revenge on Kaiou-sama, knowing that Goku is Kaiou's student,
Gohan is
Goku's kid, and Earth is Goku's planet.
There is a lot of fighting as all of the Z Fighters show up to
attack
Boujack's 5-man team. Eventually, the heroes are trashed, and
Bojack is
about to crush Gohan's throat. Goku can't take it any more, and
the dead
hero teleports in from heaven just long enough to kick Bojack in
the face
and save Gohan. With renewed anger, Gohan goes to Super Saiyan 2
(SSJ2), and kills Bojack's remaining minions before killing
Bojack.
Satan had been trying to escape since seeing that the Z Fighters
had
entered the tournament, but was pushed into a sled and sent to
the Battle
Zone, where he succeeded in destroying the camera televising the
fight with
Bojack. At the end of the movie, Satan is again declared savior
of Earth,
and no one wins the prize money. (Gohan, Trunks and Krillin are
recovering in
a hospital for some reason, while Piccolo and Vegeta are already
fully
healed. This movie has lots of continuity flaws and plot holes.
Definitely
doesn't fit in with the manga or TV series. The best part of the
movie is
the shot of the Pilaf card deck)
Characters
Gyousan
Money -- Richest man on
Earth. Short, fat, and balding. About 50.
Okkanee Money -- "Money
Money". Gyousan's prim, tall wife.
Dollar Money -- Spoiled 10-year-old
brat in short-leg bib overalls.
Producer -- The handsome
"suit" producing the Budoukai for Gyousan
is never referred to by name.
Udou -- Huge, fat American cowboy wrestler defeated by Gohan.
Kanfuun -- Some martial artist defeated in the one-on-one by
Dosukoi
Dosukoi -- Huge sumo wrestler in the Final Four. Killed by Bidou.
Bojack -- Big Blue baddy dressed in a pirate's outfit. Is
considered more evil than Demon King Piccolo ever was.
Killed by Gohan.
Gokua -- Blue-skinned punk with a sword. Quickly killed by Trunks
Bidou -- Kind of a Viking-Pirate mix. Is the most interesting of
Bojack's team. Evilly handsome; killed by Gohan.
Puujin -- Small arrogant Blue-skinned baddy. Killed by Gohan.
Sangya -- Pretty, evil Blue woman with LONG golden hair. A good
fighter; killed by Bojack. Bojack intentionally fired
an energy blast at Gohan, through Sangya's back.
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(Movie 10) (03/12/94)
Kikenna Futari! Suupaa Senshi wa Nemurenai:
The Dangerous Pair! The Super Fighter Cannot Sleep
Goten,
Trunks and Vital are out gathering up the Dragon Balls (just for
the heck of it. When asked, Trunks decides that he wants to ride
cool
things to have adventures (pirate ship, train), while Goten wants
to eat
delicious cake whenever he wants) and succeed in grabbing the 5th
one. When
they zip off to find the sixth one, they come upon a village
terrorized by
a monster dragon. The last girl in the village is about to be
sacrificed to
appease the monster, when Vital volunteers to take her place.
Goten,
Trunks, and Vidal hide next to the supper set out for the
monster,
surprise it, and kill it (after much screwing around). In return,
Trunks
receives the Dragon Ball attached to the village Shaman's
necklace.
Meanwhile, a Saiyan space capsule crashes to Earth nearby, and
the
sleeping Saiyan inside is aroused by vibrations caused by Goten
when the
boy wanted to eat the banquet set out for the monster. The Saiyan
turns
out to be Burolii. When Burolii stretches his muscles the next
day, Vital
senses it, and goes to investigate. As do Goten and Trunks.
Burolii thinks
that Goten is Kakarot, and there is much fighting. The final
Dragon Ball is
located during the battle, but Goten doesn't know how to summon
Shenlong, so
Trunks gets trashed while trying to distract Burolii (Trunks also
has to
take a piss after hiding next to a bunch of waterfalls, and
relieves himself
on top of Burolii's head). Gohan senses Burolii's ki, and arrives
to join
in the battle. Gohan's blast causes lava to boil up, and Burolii
is trapped
in the magma. Gohan passes out as the magma inches near him.
(Kuririn is
dressed up like Piccolo as a joke when he saves Gohan.)
But Burolii is a Super Saiyan, and the magma doesn't phase him.
Gohan
and Goten use Kamahameha on Burolii. (And, probably because of
the Dragon
Balls nearby, Goku is allowed to show up to perform Kamehameha as
part of
the trio.) Trunks manages to throw an energy ball that distracts
Burolii,
and the triple Kamehamaha blows Burolii into space, and into the
sun.
Vital recovers, and thinks that Gohan was masquerading as
Burolii, and
attacks him. Goten and Trunks go back to the village to get food,
and
Krillin wonders why everyone has forgotten about him. (The Dragon
Balls
disperse as if Shenlong has fulfilled a wish.)
Characters
Koko -- Little Dutch girl, about to be
sacrificed to the monster.
Chourou -- Leader of the forest
village terrorize by the monster.
Kyouryuu -- The dragon
terrorizing the village. Turned into cutlets by
Trunks and Goten. Eaten by the village members.
Vital -- Gohan's girl friend
and future wife. Volunteered to take Koko's place.
Kitou-shi -- "Shaman."
The village magician that wants to sacrifice Koko.
Burolii (Brolly) -- The legendary Super
Saiyan apparently wasn't quite
completely killed by Goku, and he found a space capsule
that took him to Earth. Killed by Goku, Gohan and Goten's
triple kamehameha.
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(Movie 11) (07/01/94)
Suupaa Senshi Gekiha!! Katsu no Ore da:
Super Fighter Shootout!! I'm the One Who Will Win
#18 has gone
to Mr. Satan's house to collect on the 20 million zenni
prize money from the Tenkaichi Budoukai that she let Satan win.
Satan
claims that the money hasn't been turned over to him yet. Then, a
minion
of a guy who was a classmate of Satan's, arrives to blackmail
Satan into
going with him to fight some bio-tech warriors. The minion,
Menmen,
threatens to tell the papers that Satan was a bed wetter in 6th
Grade.
Satan caves in, and #18 goes along to keep Satan from running
away. Goten
and Trunks hide in the back of the car to try to fight these
"bio-tech
thingies", and Krillin is forced to take his daughter back
to Kame House.
Baron Jagaa Badda has created some pro-wrestler-strength
warriors, and he
wants them to fight Satan, just to put Satan back in his place.
Satan
pretends that #18 and the two boys are his students, and they
easily destroy
the bio-tech baddies. However, Goten recognizes the guy standing
beside
Jagaa as being the Shaman from the forest village in the last
movie. Turns
out that the Shaman collected some of Burolii's blood at the
battle site,
and sold it to Jagaa. Jagaa had his scientists use the blood to
create the
"Ultimate Bio-tech Warrior." Trunks and Goten try to
use Kamehameha on
Burolii's container before Burolii can awaken, but it is too
late. However,
the process isn't complete, and Burolii is badly misformed. There
is much
fighting, the chemicals used in the bio-tech process get loose
and eat up
all living things, and Burolii trashes Goten, Trunks, and #18.
Krillin
arrives to protect his wife, and also gets trashed.
Finally, the heroes rescue the scientists, and all of the people
living
on Jagaa's island escape onto ocean liners. The bio-tech
chemicals try to
eat Burolii, and are instead turned into an energy source for
him.
Ultimately, Goten discovers that the chemicals lose potency in
sea water (or any
liquid with salt, such as pee), so Krillin, Goten, and Trunks use
Kamehameha to
create a tidal wave that cleanses the island. Burolii keeps
trying to kill Goten,
but is now vulnerable to Goten's and Trunk's energy blast.
Burolii dies, and
Mr. Satan tries to swim back home, rather than accepting #18's
offer of
saving him for a total of 1 Billion zenni.
Characters
Baron Jagaa
Badda -- Short, fat, prissy
former classmate of Mr. Satan's.
Has lots of money, and is making bio-tech fighters because he
can. Doesn't die, but his island does receive much costly
damage.
Menmen -- Jagaa's tall,
blond-haired minion. Is actually very inept,
but pretends to arrogance.
Kitou-shi -- The Shaman is back,
trying to make lots of money by selling
Burolii's blood to Jagaa. Dies when the bio-tech chemicals
eat him as he is trying to steal cash from Jagaa's office.
Dr. Korii -- The grey-haired
scientist creating Jagaa's bio-tech fighters.
Nine -- Korii's chief
assistant. A cute, but vacant-eyed woman.
Hei -- Jagaa's bio-tech
wolf-dog. Eaten by the bio-tech chemicals.
Burolii -- A misformed bio-tech
nightmare. Maybe stronger than the
original. Remembers when Trunks had taunted him in the last
movie. Destroyed by seawater, Goten , Krillin, and Trunks.
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(Movie 12) (03/??/95)
Fukkatsu no Fushion! Goku to Vegeta (or)
The Fusion of Revival! Goku and Vegeta (or)
Strongest Fusion
We are back
in heaven, during the Budoukai held by Dai-Kaiou to
determine who the greatest dead heroic fighter is. The four
Kaiou's
quarrel over who has the best student, and the final round is
about to
start, between West Kaiou's Son Goku, and South Kaiou's
Paikuu-han.
Both fighters want to win cleanly, and they begin sparring.
Meanwhile,
Enma Daioh (Heaven's Gatekeeper) is being harsher than normal,
sending
many, many souls to hell for one reason or another (the ones
going to
heaven get to ride Ten Airlines, while the ones going to Hell get
to
pass through a "Spritz Cleaner" machine that removes
all the evil from
them. Once cleansed, the evil souls have their memories removed,
and
are reincarnated to try again). Psych Oni, the demon tending the
Spritz
Cleaner, is too busy dancing to his walkman tape to notice that
the
Cleaner is running in the red. The Cleaner regulator explodes,
and all
of the concentrated evil escapes. Psych Oni tries to contain the
mess
before tearfully reporting to Enma Daioh. At this point, the
concentrated evil covering Psych takes effect, turning the boy
into a
giant yellow squeeze toy named Janenba. Janenba immediately
encases
Enma's Gate House in a magic crystal, and it then amuses itself
by
twisting the fabric of space for a while.
With Enma trapped, the dead residing in Hell can escape and roam
around on Earth. Gohan and Vidal set out to combat the dead,
while
Goten and Trunks search for the Dragon Balls to set everything
right
again. Gohan gets to confront Freeza again, and very quickly
destroys
the monster. All of the other supporting villians from the
previous DBZ
movies also surface, only to be dispatched by the Great Saiyaman
team.
Shenlong is summoned, but the Dragon God has to admit that it has
no
jurisdiction over the dead, and it can't fix the problem
involving Enma.
So, Goten and Trunks spend the movie fighting the endless masses
of
Hitler's zombie armies. (Satan is also dispatching zombies
easily, but
he's upset that there's no TV crew around to broadcast his
exploits; he
plans on calling in a report to the TV station later.)
Dai Kaiou suspends the Budoukai to let Paikuu-han and Goku run
off
to Enma's Gate House to resolve the problem. At first, they try
to play
with Janenba, until Goku starts getting mad. Unfortunately,
Janenba
can do transdimensional tricks, and it punches one way, only to
have his
fist appear elsewhere to blindside Goku. Paikuu-han is told by
Dai-Kaiou to try to free Enma (eventually, Paikuu realizes that
by
swearing and insulting people, he can make the magic crystal
crack and
flake off.) Janenba can also make copies of itself, as well as
warping
Goku so that the hero will appear in front of his own Kamehameha.
Goku switches up to SSJ3 and pummels Janenba. The creature melts,
only to turn into the next-stage version -- Changed Janenba.
Janenba
now uses a series of warp tricks ala "Total Recall",
and trashes the
SSJ3 Goku.
Goku escapes deeper into Hell, first hiding in the Pool of Blood;
then he gets rescued by the dead Vegeta. (Vegeta reminds Goku
that
only Vegeta has the right to destroy Goku.) Vegeta powers up to
SSJ2,
attacks Janenba, and also gets trashed. Vejiita's body flies
towards the
Mountain of Needles, and is caught by Goku. Goku tries to get
Vegeta
to do Fusion with him, but the Saiyan Prince would rather die
first (Goku
points out that Vegeta is already dead.) Vegeta's pride is
tearing him
up, and Janenba attacks the mountain, causing Goku to grab
Vegeta's
shoulder and teleporting them both to a safe zone. Vegeta
relents, and
Goku shows him the Fusion pose. Vegeta is appalled at the idea of
having to do something so stupid. But, there is no time left, so
the
two of them perform Fusion Waza (Fusion Dance).
Vegeta forgets to extend his right forefinger, and the resulting
Fat
Gogeta attracts Janenba's attention. The ensuing battle is plain
slapstick (Fat Gogeta's only successful attack is a series of
foul-smelling
farts.) At the last moment, just as Janenba is going to destroy
Fat Gogeta,
the Fusion wears off (it took 30 minutes) and the two Saiyans run
away
again. Kaiou (West Kaiou was receiving a lot of abuse from his
siblings
for having such a useless student) telepaths out that Vegeta
botched
the pose. So, they try again. And are interrupted by Janenba.
Paikuu-han succeeds in breaking the magic crystal, and he runs to
confront Janenba to give Goku and Vegeta more time. Janeba
apparently kills the dead Paikuu-han just as the Fusion takes
hold.
True Gogeta looks a lot like Super Saiyan Goku, with a
Persian-style vest and baggy pants. On Earth, Goten and Trunks
sense
the energy levels of their fathers, and the two boys also do
Fusion to
become Gotenks (Gotenks uses Kamikaze Ghost Attack to create 100
exploding ghosts to destroy Hitler's armies.) Gogeta punches
Janenba
up a bit before hitting the monster with a special energy ball.
The
ball blows up in the monster's chest, and all of the evil within
it
dissipates. Psych returns to normal, takes one look at Gogeta,
and
runs away screaming.
Enma is back in charge, and the dead all return to Hell
(including
Vegeta. Vegeta says that he never wants to Fuse again.) Goten and
Trunks promise each other to not tell Gohan and Vital who it was
that
saved them all; Gohan and Vidal chase the boys to get answers
from
them. In the last panel, Shenlong asks if this means that no one
is
going to ask him for a wish.
Characters
Paikuu-han -- A "Frog". A good-guy
fighter created for the TV series
to kill time. Ignorable.
Psych Oni -- Probably means
"Psychedelic", or "work". A teenaged
red-skinned demon boy who tends the Spritz Cleaner.
Wears a skull jacket, striped pants, and a walkman.
Janenba -- Probably means
"a place of evil." At first, this is
a big yellow goofball that hurts stuff for fun. After
its transformation, it becomes a human-sized Lucifer-
type Master of Hell. Uses magic, and a magical sword.
Created when Psych was dowsed with concentrated evil.
After Gogeta defeats it, Psych recovers, and runs
away to disappear from sight forever.
Comment -- This is probably one
of the more lame DBZ movies, where
the set-up takes 55 minutes, and the final climax takes
only 30 seconds. Note that the "Other World" Budoukai
never happened in the manga, and was only created by some
TV scriptwriter to let the manga story get a few months
ahead of the TV series.
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(Movie 13) (07/15/95)
Ryuuken bakuhatsu!! Goku ga Yaraneba Dare ga Yaru
"Dragon-Fist Explosion!! If Goku Can't Do it, Who Can?"
A long time
ago, a group of evil magicians brought a huge, skull-faced
demon -- Hirudegarn -- to life to terrorize their planet. The
demon could
only be controlled by two gourd whistles and a legendary sword.
Taipon and
his little brother, Minosha, had used the gourd whistles to play
a song that
calmed Hirudegarn long enough for the demon to be cut in two, and
trapped
within the bodies of the two brothers. Taipon was sealed in a
music box
and shot out into space....
It's a busy day in Satan City for the crimefighting team Great
Saiyaman
(Gohan is Saiyaman 1, and Vital is Saiyaman 2) when they get a
call that
a crazy old man is trying to commit suicide by jumping from a
tower. The
old man, Hoi, is rescued, and he shows Gohan a box that can't be
opened.
The boy tries to turn the crank, but can't. The box is given to
Bulmal,
but her science toys can't see inside it. So, the Z Fighters
round up the
Dragon Balls and ask Shenlong to make the box open. This happens,
and Taipon
steps out playing the legendary tune.
Minosha, who used to look just like young Trunks but with red
hair, was
killed long ago, and his half of the demon starts stalking Satan
city and trashes it.
But Gohan attacks it with fireballs, and the creature disappears.
Taipon escapes to a deserted factory plant, and is followed by
Trunks (Trunks keeps
bringing food to Taipon, but Taipon keeps chasing him away.) When
Taipon
falls asleep, his half of the demon tries to escape from his
body, but is
then recaptured when Taipon wakes up again. Eventually, Taipon is
befriended, and he explains everything to Bulma. Bulma tries to
make a
demon-capturing bedroom, but Hoi is using his own magic to awaken
Hirudedarn. Taipon's half of the demon escapes Bulma's trap and
becomes
whole again.
The Z Fighters help trash the city in their attempt to defeat the
demon,
and Goten and Trunks use Fusion to become Gotenks (but, Gotenks'
energy
attacks cause the demon to go into a cocoon phase before emerging
as a giant
WINGED demon.) The Z Fighters get mulched, Tapeon tries to use
his whistle,
but it shatters. Trunks tries to use Taipon's sword on the demon,
but Goku
switches to Super Saiyan 3, and announces that Hirudegarn is HIS
to
defeat. Goku pulls out a Super Punch with a golden dragon
surrounding it (Ryuuken),
and destroys the demon.
Afterwards, Bulma makes a time machine to return Taipon to the
time when
the boy had been shot into space, and Taipon gives the sword to
Trunks
(there by explaining how future Trunks came by the sword that had
been used
to carve up Freeza and Freeza's Father in the manga.)
Characters
Taipon -- A teenaged elf with a bright red
mohawk and a gold band connected
to the back of his head. Carries a sword and a gourd whistle.
Has one half of a demon trapped within his own body.
Minosha -- Younger brother of
Taipon. A smaller elf with an orange mohawk.
He looked like Trunks. Carried a sword and a gourd whistle.
Killed in a flashback at the beginning of the movie.
Hoi -- An evil little magic
user that wants the energy gained from the
demon when it destroys stuff. Pointed ears, red skin, long bushy
white hair, and catfish stickers on his cheeks. Stepped on by
Hirudegarn.
Hirudegarn -- 1000 year old, VERY
tall, fire-breathing skull-faced demon.
Blown into dust by Goku's Dragon Punch.
There's some VERY GOOD special effects here, and lots of death
and
destruction as the demon wastes Earth.