Sound bytes at the end of the experiment
Sound bytes at the end of the experiment
Announcer: Previously on Dragonball-Z: Piccolo left Gohan behind, and the survival training began.
Announcer: Once more Gohan used a glimpse of his hidden powers, and used them to get out of one bind ... and into another. But at night, the young Saiyan ravaged and raged! That is, until Piccolo figured out the cause of the transformation. A little handiwork, and Piccolo was able to -- blow up the moon! And turned the beast...back into a boy.
(Title Screen: GOHAN MAKES A FRIEND)
(The sun rises. Gohan stands up and looks at it.)
Gohan: Wow. How'd I get down from the cliff? It looks like it caved in or something. Oh, well. Yeech. I need to wash my face. (He starts to walk toward the water, but then staggers about) Wha--? (He falls over, gets back up, and falls over again). What in the world? (There's a glimpse of a big cat on a rock, and of eyes in the water. Gohan puts his hands behind his back and makes a rubbing motion).
Gohan: AHHH! My tail! It's missing! Gosh, I wonder how that happened.
(He staggers to the water's edge, and looks at his reflection)
Gohan: Hmmmm.
(Suddenly, a shadow from under the water lunges at him. It's a hungry crocodile. Gohan staggers away, still unable to get his balance. The croc comes out on land, lumbering after Gohan. Gohan falls, and cowers against an outcrop of rocks. )
Gohan: Don't come any closer!
(Gohan reaches behind himself, and accidentally grabs the sword Piccolo left for him. He stares at it in disbelief, but starts waving it around frantically as the croc continues to approach)
Gohan: Stay away! I mean it!
(The watching big cat leaps down from its rock, racing toward Gohan from the other side.)
Gohan: I'm going to be fondue if I don't get out of here!
(Gohan outdistances the crocodile, but the cat closes in. Gohan leaps on top of a tall rock, not noticing that it's already occupied.)
Gohan: You guys are mean!
(Suddenly, Gohan is grabbed by a giant bird of prey)
(The bird of prey lifts off the rock, wings flapping ponderously)
Gohan: (screaming) Let me doooown!
(The bird gains altitude, but is suddenly swooped on by a pterosaur)
(The bird of prey and the pterosaur battle as Gohan's eyes bug out in disbelief. The bird drops Gohan.)
(Gohan screams as he falls toward a gaping crevasse)
(A shot from ground level shows rays of light fanning out. Then Gohan's crumpled body is seen on the ground. A dust cloud blows around him.)
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(Gohan, groaning, starts to move. There's a distant shot of the bird returning to its giant next on top of a nearby mountain. Gohan looks up at it and sighs)
(A night sky. Organ music, the sort heard at sporting events, is playing. The camera plays down, and centers on a distant, flood-light baseball stadium)
Baseball Announcer: It's the bottom of the ninth. The defending champions are leading the Titans six to three! And there's the pitch--
(A baseball is seen against the night sky)
(A baseball player swings and misses. A rowdy crowd holding up signs and waving banners cheers)
Baseball Announcer: Swings on the change-up! Oh-oh, boy! you know he's gonna to be mad about that!
2nd Baseball Announcer: Aaand you can bet the intimidation factor from this man here had something to do with that lapse in concentration.
(Close-up of the scowling, brawny pitcher. He has brown hair and long sideburns)
Baseball Announcer: Rocky Rivers has hit more batters and pitched fewer innings than any other pitchers in the league!
(Rocky's lip curls)
Baseball Announcer: (as the camera pans over to Titans' dugout) And the pressure's got to be mounting for that man.
(Close-up of a man, cap pulled over his eyes, who seems to be asleep)
2nd Baseball Announcer: Yep, Yamcha's already hit three solo homers, but how's he going to do against Rocky Rivers?
(Behind Yamcha, a round face with whiskers and pointy ears pops up)
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Yamcha: (bored) What's up, Puar?
Puar: (who speaks in a high-pitched, squeaky voice) Gee, I thought you were snoozing. Aren't you nervous about winning the game?
Yamcha: (big sigh)
(Full-body shot of Puar, a cat-like creature with short, stubby limbs. Puar appears to be floating in mid-air)
Puar: Yamcha? What's wrong with you?
Yamcha: I'm a fighter, Puar, not a ... ballplayer.
Puar: Don't talk like that.
Puar: You have to make money somehow!
Yamcha: (another big sigh)
Coach: Hey, Yamcha! We got two on for you, hotshot. You can bring 'em in, can't cha? It's worth a bonus. (Slyly) Well, what d'ya think?
Yamcha: (smirking) It's a pretty big game, the pennant. (He holds up two fingers) Twenty thousand dollars. How's that for a nice bonus.
(Close-up of meaty coach going "eeeee! eeeee!")
Yamcha: (casually) Hard to believe the entire season's resting on my shoulders! That's an awful lot of pressure.
Coach: (grinning, then laughing nastily) Twenty thousand. (He also holds up two fingers)
(Puar looks between Yamcha and the Coach, concerned)
Puar: That'll pay the rent.
Baseball Announcer: And there's the Titan's slugger Yamcha in the batter's box. (Yamcha kneels in the box, again looking like he's catching a nap). Bottom of the ninth, two men on, two out, tying run at the plate.
(The coach goes into a flurry of hand gestures)
Baseball Announcer 2: And look at the coach signaling Pepper Johnson! You have to wonder, with all the pressure, if he even knows what he's doing!
(Close-up of batter with a big sweatdrop on the side of his face)
Baseball Announcer: He looks like he's had too much coffee to me.
(Gritting his teeth, the batter takes his stance. The pitcher throws. Johnson closes his eyes and trembles. The umpire calls a strike)
Baseball Announcer: Johnson caught looking...or rather, not looking. And you have to wonder just what signal the Titan's coach sent in earlier!
(The pitcher looks over at the coach, who is again signally frantically)
Pitcher: Here it comes, ladies.
Baseball Announcer: And here's the pitch...breaking ball...
(Johnson acts freaked. There's a dull sounding 'thud,' then a baseball cap is suddenly spinning in the dirt in front of home plate).
Baseball Announcer: And now Johnson's been hit! That's two in one inning!
Baseball Announcer 2: (cheerfully) Oh, boy, that's not going to go over very well!
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Baseball Announcer: Pepper Johnson is obviously shaken up! I wouldn't be too surprised if a fight broke out here, Ed.
(The pitcher smirks as Pepper leaps to his feet and shakes a fist)
Pepper: That's it, meathead! (He charges the mound)
Baseball Announcer: And now both benches clear!
(Lots of dust-filled scenes of players choking and pounding each other. The crowd cheers. Yamcha is still kneeling in the on-deck circle when a can comes out of the mass of fighting players--)
(--and hits Yamcha on the head, knocking his cap off. Blinking, he stands up. Then he stares, transfixed, at the fight).
Baseball Announcer: And there's the Titan's slugger, Yamcha. So far he's one of the few players who have chosen not to get involved.
(A slow grin splits Yamcha's face. He stares in delight. Puar floats up to him.)
Puar: Yamcha, stay out of the fight! You don't want to hurt anyone, do you?
Yamcha: (waving his fingers) Oh, Puar. I'll be careful... (Laughing maniacally, he skips into the fight)
Puar: (cheerfully) Okay! Have fun! (concerned) Oh, my.
(Laughing in delight, Yamcha weaves through the fight. He pushes members of both teams over. He punches and judo kicks members of the opposing team. The pitcher charges. Yamcha casually knocks him away. He kneels amidst the carnage, grinning)
(Out of the dust cloud, and hand covers Yamcha's shoulder)
Voice: Hey.
Yamcha: (reaching up and covering the hand) Hello...
Yamcha: Krillin! What are you doing here!?
Krillin: Oh, just hanging. I do have something I need to tell you though, Yamcha. Why don't we go over there?
(One of Yamcha's teammates charges out of the dust cloud; his wrist held at a ninety-degree angle, Yamcha's casually knocks him out as well)
(Yamcha, Puar and Krillin are seen at the end of a long, dark tunnel).
Puar: What! Goku can't be--!
Krillin: Yeah...he sacrificed himself.
Puar: (high pitched, distressed squeal. Yamcha leans against the wall of the tunnel)
Krillin: (brightly) But don't forget about the dragonballs! We can wish Goku back! C'mon, follow me! (He runs out of the tunnel with his arms outstretched)
(Bulma is outside leaning against a lamppost. For a moment she and Yamcha seem really happy to see each other. Then Bulma turns away.)
Bulma: You jerk!
Krillin: (distressed, looking between the two of them) Um...guys?
Puar: (whispering) Bulma's still upset about the time you stood her up.
Puar: You should explain that you were out of money!
Bulma: (overhearing, sharply) Yamcha was broke ninety percent of the time anyway. Besides, he took Becky Haffer to the concert three nights later.
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Yamcha: (casually leaning against the wall of the tunnel) Who cares? You didn't want to go.
(Bulma turns, puts her hands behind her head, and leans against a lamppost)
Bulma: Man, I guess being a jerk just comes naturally to you.
Yamcha: (dryly) Yeah. Well. I guess I owe all my training in that area to you, Bulma.
(Puar holds his paws over his mouth and squeals in distress)
Yamcha: (swinging a duffel bag over his shoulder and starting to walk back into the tunnel) Krillin, if you need any help with those Saiyans, let me know.
(Krillin throws himself in front of Bulma with his arms outstretched, a nervous expression on his face)
Krillin: Wait a second, that's what I've been trying to tell you! Kami has requested that we report to him for special training, Yamcha!
(Yamcha suddenly appears in front of Krillin)
Yamcha: For real, Krillin!?
(Krillin sheepishly nods. A very happy Yamcha suddenly appears against a background of floating Japanese writing)
Bulma: (still leaning against the lamp post) Too bad! You're gonna miss out.
(But Yamcha has raced to the open door of a nearby car)
Yamcha: (calling) Hey, what are you waiting for? Kami's waiting for us!
(Someplace else in the dark night, the camera pans down from the stormy sky to the dark ground. The camera centers on a dark lake. Suddenly Gohan, struggling with a fish about the same size he is, pops out of the surface. The next scene he is dragging the fish away)
Gohan: It's harder bringing you back than it was catching you!
(Along the way to where-ever he is going, Gohan stops and gets some boysenberries. Then he spies some pointed apple-like fruit in a tree. He starts to climb the tree.)
Gohan: Just a little bit further...
(When he reaches the tree branch, a snake is coiled around it.)
Gohan: Oh-oh.
(Gohan looks at the worsening storm)
Gohan: Oh, no, I'd better get back! (He slips and falls) WAUGH! (He struggles up) Oh, boy. (Then lighting starts striking. Screeching, Gohan grabs the fish and races back to a cave.)
(Inside the cave, Gohan is sitting next to a fire and whining. The fish is propped up next to the fire.)
Gohan: I can't believe I'm doing this! I never thought this was something I'd do! Why me?
(Gohan has taken a stick and is rolling it over a leaf that is oozing yellow goo.)
(Gohan has a blurry flash-back, where he's wailing over a skinned knee that Goku has just put runny brown stuff on)
Goku: I know that it stings a little bit, but (he winks) it has to be done.
(Back in present time, a wincing Gohan has finished his preparations and dabs some on the scrap on his arm, wincing. Then, behind him, glowing green eyes are seen in the cave.)
(On Snake Way, Goku is taking a snooze in the middle of the road when he suddenly leaps to his feet, screaming.)
Goku: Man, that's sharp! Ow, poor arm.
Goku: (complaining) It all looks the same. I don't even know how many weeks I've been running now. If I were any more whipped I'd be butter! (He slaps himself on the face several times, trying to wake up).
(Goku starts running again)
(The camera does a slow pan up a sleeping Gohan, starting with his feet. Behind him, a long shadow sticks out of the deep cave. Gohan's supply of fruit starts disappearing. Then the sun comes up, waking the boy. Gohan yawns and stretches. Then he feels behind himself for some of his food stash.)
Gohan: Wow, I slept like a rock. (He pats a big gray object)
(Camera shot of the cave's outside. A scream echoes, shaking the cave. A heavily-perspiring Gohan scrambles out. He clings the side of the rock face.)
Gohan: (frantically) My heart feels like it's going to burst right out of my chest! (He looks down at himself) Stay there! (He begins to sprint away, but stops.) Wait, I can't run away.
(Gohan makes his way back to the cave.)
Gohan: I'm not going to run away. Besides, my sword's in there.
(A large brontosaurus-type dinosaur stomps out of the cave, shaking the ground with every step.)
Gohan: AHHH! 'scue me!
(Foaming at the mouth, the dinosaur collapses)
Gohan: Wha--? Huh? (He runs up to the dinosaur, and sees that it has a huge plank stuck in its side.) Goodness. That's going to have to come out. It's going to hurt, but you'll feel better when it's over.
(The dinosaur's eyes narrow.)
(Gohan summons all of his strength, grabs the plank, and starts pulling. And pulling. And pulling. Finally he gets the plank out and goes sprawling.)
Gohan: Wow, poor guy. That was in deeper than I thought. (He runs back to the dinosaur) Awwww...
(Gohan sets about making more medicine.)
Gohan: This will make you feel like you've been stung by a bee. But you're not the only one! (He points to his own wounded arm) Uh-huh! (He puts a big leaf over the dinosaur's wound; the dinosaur grumbles. Gohan winks at the dinosaur.) I know; it stings! But it has to be done.
(Next scene, Gohan is hopping around, grabbing foodstuffs, drinking from a waterfall, etc.)
Gohan: Now I need to start looking for food for my friend. I know where to get tons of berries for him. (Gohan skips off)
(Ominous music sting. A great green tail rattles some bushes.)
(Somewhere, in the sky, Bulma is piloting an air car. A grinning Yamcha sits in the back, with a worried-looking Puar hovering next to him.)
Yamcha: (pounding his fist into his opposite hand) Wow, I haven't felt like this in a long time!
Yamcha: We've got Piccolo on our side and Goku's going to be back stronger than before!
Puar: There's going to be a fight, isn't there?
Bulma: Yes. And it's not going to be pretty.
(Krillin glumly nods)
Yamcha: Well, I'm not going to bow down to those Saiyan jerks!
Yamcha: Piccolo's on our side! And Goku will be back, stronger than ever!
Puar: That's true.
Yamcha: Besides, it's not often you get the chance to be trained by the Guardian of the Earth.
Krillin: (brightening) Hey, right, Yamcha! We'll be stronger, too!
Yamcha: That's right, it's possible! In any case those sorry Saiyans are going to have their hands full. I'll make sure of that.
Bulma: (big grin) Wow, now you're talking, Yamcha.
Krillin: (suddenly gloomy) What luck; she still likes him.
Puar: How romantic!
Krillin: (staring out the window, crossly) Grrrr.
(Happy, cheerful music starts playing. Gohan is high in a tree, picking fruit.)
Gohan: Y'know, Mr. Piccolo was wrong. I don't have to survive alone out here. I made a friend! I'm not alone!
Gohan: (flexing his biceps) Wow, my arms are getting pretty beefy. (He looks down, and notices how high up he is). Oh, man! I guess today's the day... (He leaps out of the tree, screaming)
(Waving his arms and screaming, Gohan free-falls down the side of a cliff, but lands safely in a deep knee bend at the cliff's base. He trembles, then strides off with his knees still deeply bent.)
Gohan: Wow! I think it's time I tested my strength out.
Gohan: My dad could make rubble out of this rock! (Gohan takes up a martial arts stance in front of a rock several times his own size.) Hai! (He bruises his hand) Not even a crack. (He walks away; the rock cracks after he leaves)
Gohan: (carrying a big leaf stuffed with fruit, happily) Do-dod, do-dod, do-dod...
(There's a roar from up ahead. Gohan drops the fruit. He sees the T-Rex attacking his dinosaur friend)
Gohan: Noooo!
(The T-Rex knocks the other dinosaur down. He grabs the dinosaur by the neck and starts thrashing.)
Gohan: Let him go! I said, let him go!
(Gohan rips out his sword)
Gohan: I mean it!
(The T-Rex continues chomping on the other dinosaur's neck. Gohan charges, but is slapped aside by the T-Rex's tail. He struggles up. Crying, he races to help his friend. The T-Rex turns on him, slapping the sword into the side of a tree. Gohan grabs it, and tries to use it against the T-Rex, but is slapped against a rock and knocked unconscious. The T-Rex returns to his other prey item. Chomping noises are heard as the camera closes in on Gohan's unconscious face.)
(The light of the setting sun catches the sword's blade.)
(Gohan struggles up)
Gohan: What happened? (He sees ribs sticking up.) Oh, no. My friend...
Announcer: The course of nature isn't always easy to accept...
(A determined looking Gohan, tears in his eyes, strides away)
Announcer: ... but sometimes there is little choice but to forge ahead. Stay tuned for the next episodes of Dragonball Z.
(As he walks, Gohan gets a strange little smile on his face)
Announcer: Next time on Dragonball Z -- Nappa and Vegeta decide to stop at Arlia. And the inhabitants will get an experience they'll never forget! Look out, Earth; you're next!
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