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GOHAN'S METAMORPHOSIS -- Episode 5 (English dub)

Announcer: Previously on Dragonball-Z: Goku gave Piccolo enough time to energize his "Special Beam Cannon--"

Announcer: -- and defeat his evil brother Radditz; but he paid a heavy price. Summoned by Kami, he got permission from King Yema to travel Snake Way and received training from King Kai. After Piccolo regenerated his arm, he decided to take Gohan and train him in the martial arts. His goal? To awaken the hidden powers sleeping within the boy. And look out! After hearing about the Dragonballs, the other Saiyan warriors decided to head for Earth.

(Title Screen: "Gohan's Metamorphosis")

(Piccolo and Gohan are standing at the edge of the furrow Gohan accidentally dug with his power on the previous episode. Gohan is nervously removing his gold jacket)

(Gohan neatly folds his jacket and stands up with tears in his eyes)

Gohan: (hesitantly) I'm ready, Mr. Piccolo. What do I do first for the training?

Piccolo: (smirking unpleasantly) You don't have to do anything now but just live, Gohan.

Gohan: Huh? Just live??

Piccolo: That's right!

Piccolo: Survive out here for a little while. If you can do that, I'll teach you how to fight.

Gohan: Huh? Oh, no! I can't stay out here, alone...

Piccolo: Gohan, don't be weak! There's a great power sleeping in you! Use it; rely on it! Face your fears.

(Close-up of a sniffling, teary-eyed Gohan, looking around fearfully)

Gohan: But I'm scared to!

Piccolo: (chuckling as he turns away with a flourish of his cape) You'll laugh at your fears when you find out who you really are.

Gohan: No! Please! I'm come with you. I'll do what ever you want! Okay, Mr. Piccolo?

Piccolo: No, sorry, kid. It's time to grow up and handle things for yourself.

Gohan: (wailing as Piccolo takes off) Piccolo, come back! Please come back! You were just kidding, right? (Starts running after Piccolo) Come back!

(Suddenly:)

(Goku is sprinting along Snake Way)

Goku: Man! Talk about your long and windy roads!

Goku: (pulling up sharply and blinking, big-eyed) Huh?

Goku: That gives me an idea! I don't have to run, I can jump! (Laughing, Goku starts leaping from curve to curve of Snake Way.)

(After about the third hop, though, Goku over-shoots his mark and starts frantically waving his arms and pumping his legs, cartoon-fashion, to keep from falling through the yellow clouds)

(Goku 'swims,' free-style, back to Snake Way, starts to grab it, helps and holds his arm.)

Goku: That edge was razor sharp!

(Goku looks through the clouds and gets a glimpse of a black whirlpool)

Goku: I don't like the looks of that cloud!

Goku: AHH!

"Why is everyone grabbing me all the time?"

(A tendril of transparent black comes through the yellow cloud cover, then becomes a dozen or so transparent hands groping at Goku)

Goku: Sorry, I don't accept handouts!

(Goku slaps at the hands and leaps to the flat pathway of Snake Way)

Goku: Whew!

Goku: That was too close for comfort. I won't make that mistake again.

(Meanwhile, on Earth...Gohan's voice is heard complaining as the camera pans over the rocky terrain with its green-topped plateaus)

Gohan: Oh, great, I should have joined the Cub Scouts, but noooo! Mom made me study instead!

(The camera pan ends on a big dinosaur. Yes, a dinosaur. Just go with me on this...)

(The dinosaur stalks forward with ground-shaking steps)

(Gohan is finally seen, standing with his back to the dinosaur, facing a rock)

(Gohan whirls around, to see a very large dinosaur with protruding sharp teeth drooling right behind him.)

Gohan: (quavering in terror, big-eyed) H-hi, I'm Gohan... (terrified gibberish)

(The dinosaur strikes. Gohan, still uttering terrified gibberish, scrambles over the rock and sprints for his life. The dinosaur snaps at Gohan's tail)

Gohan: (between terrified gibberish) Help me! Please, somebody, help me!

(Gohan tries to protect his tail by grabbing it)

(Gohan trips over a rock and sprawls. The dinosaur swoops down on him. Just before he's about to be gobbled up, Gohan begins to glow. The dinosaur makes happy, munching noises as he chews. Then the dinosaur looks straight at the camera with a startled expression)

(The dinosaur begins to shift nervously, looking around. It finally looks up. Gohan is at the very top of a sheer-sided plateau, still making terrified gibberish sounds.)

(Gohan peers over the edge and starts wailing)

Gohan: I'm stuuuuuck!

(Meanwhile: a nervous Krillin, in his best suit and tie, wearing a wide brim hat, is practicing how he's going to tell Goku's wife that her husband is dead and her son is unavailable for the next year.)

Krillin: (sigh) Okay. Now. Here it goes. Okay. Now.

(Krillin takes off the hat and bows to Chi-chi's front door)

Krillin: (to the door) Chi-chi, you're not going to believe this, but Goku is -- gone and Gohan, well, we sort of let Piccolo borrow him for a while

Krillin: Grrr! Okay, how about this way? (He puts on a bright face) Goku's trapped in another dimension and Gohan's been kidnapped again! Ha-ha!

(Krillin is still laughing heartily at his own wit when Chi-chi suddenly opens the door)

Chi-chi: Oh, hi, Krillin.

Krillin: (recovering rapidly) Hi, Chi-chi. Guess what?

Chi-chi: Krillin, I thought Goku was with you.

"Chi-chi's hosting the Lodge party again."

Krillin: (nervously) Oh, well, he was, you know how plans get changed by, er, unexpected--

(Suddenly Chi-chi's father, the immense and physically powerful Ox King, steps in the doorway behind his petite daughter)

Ox-King: Hi, Krillin.

Krillin: (bowing again) Hi, Ox-King. Nice to see you.

Chi-chi: Krillin, why isn't Goku with you?

Krillin: He's late.

Krillin: (grimly) He's not coming back.

Chi-chi: (cheerfully) What do you mean by that? Of course he's coming back.

Chi-chi: Krillin, what in the world are you talking about! (She takes one threatening step toward him; Krillin cowers back)

Ox-King: (grabbing her by the shoulder) Chi-chi! Krillin, come on in. Chi-chi's got some good dinner cooking.

(Krillin looks flabbergasted)

(Suddenly, back out in the wilderness--it's night!)

(Hyena-like animals are making a meal of something at the foot of one of the plateaus. Suddenly there's a distant howl. They all look up from their meal, alert)

(A bunch of bats fly past)

(At the top of the plateau, Gohan is curled up in a miserable ball, sniffling and shivering)

Gohan: (quavering) I'm hungry...and I'm cold. I'm tired. I'm starving.

(There's a rush of wind--)

(--then a thud. Gohan looks up to see...)

Gohan: Apples! Wow, these look delicious! (He grabs one, laughing. Then he looks puzzled, and stares up at the sky). But I don't see any trees...

Gohan: (suddenly grinning carelessly) Oh, well! (He starts chomping on the apple)

(Overhead...a slow camera pan starts at a pair of dangling feet and moves up a male body...)

(...stopping at Piccolo's scowling face)

Gohan: (finishing the second apple and laying down; sleepily) Much better...

(Far away, his cape blowing in the breeze, Piccolo watches as Gohan sleeps)

Piccolo: Sleep well, my little friend...

(Meanwhile, at the little house that is Gohan's home...a falling star flashes in the night sky)

(Inside: Chi-chi is washing dishes, muttering to herself)

Chi-chi: (breaking about every third dish) Oh, I can't believe those two aren't back yet. Grrr! It's way Gohan's bedtime, and he hasn't even called. And then Krillin comes over here acting all weird and everything, grrrr--

Chi-chi: I'd really like to know what's going on. If they think they can hide anything from me, they're crazy.

(Close-up of a wastebasket filled with broken dishes).

Chi-Chi: Doesn't he know that this is the most important time for Gohan in establishing good study habits? Hmph! Goodness, all this worrying is going to give me wrinkles.

(A slow pan from the kitchen window to another, darkened window)

(Inside, the Ox-King is snoring away in one of two twin beds. Krillin kneels on the other one)

Krillin: Oh, man. (He turns to look at the Ox-King)

Krillin:What am I going to do now? (His gaze centers in on a picture next to the Ox-King's bed showing the Chi-chi, Goku, the Ox-King and Gohan).

Krillin: I really blew it! I don't know where you are Goku; I don't know what you're doing, but it couldn't be as hard as what I'm doing. I'm going to get out of here...

(Krillin starts to tip-toe toward the window, but the Ox-King suddenly speaks)

Ox-King: Wait! Where are you going?

Ox-King: Mommy said we can't go there any more... (He settles back down to sleep)

(Krillin sighs, and finishes sneaking away)

(The next day, early morning. A bright drop of dew shines on a blade of grass as the sun rises. On a dirt road, Krillin is driving a hover-vehicle of some kind.)

Krillin: Oh, great. Now I have to tell Bulma and Master Roshi that I couldn't break the news to Chi-chi. (He casts his eyes to the sky) I hope you're having better luck than I am, Goku...

(The little car drives off)

(Elsewhere, the sun is rising over a plateau-strewn landscape, big and orange)

(Gohan is sitting with his back to a cliff face, holding his tail in front of him and staring at it morosely. Suddenly the ground starts shaking.)

Gohan: Huh?

(He crawls to the edge of a plateau and looks down to see a herd of stampeding triceratops go by)

(Gohan waves to the stampeding beasts)

Gohan: Heeeeeeeeeey! Up here! Help! Hey! Yo!

(But the triceratops just sprint past)

Gohan: (sniveling) There they go... I'll never get down. (He sniffs, then starts sobbing)

(At Master Roshi's Kame house...)

Bulma's voice: How did she take it, Krillin? (sternly) Krillin...

Krillin: (standing at attention and looking abashed) I, uh, didn't tell her...

Bulma: What? Krillin, I can't believe you! What took you so long?

Krillin: Well...we ate dinner...and it started getting late...and they asked me to spend the night with them...

Bulma: You'd better march right back there and tell them what happened.

Krillin: No! Anything but that!

Roshi: Well...I can't blame ya.

Bulma: Why not? I just did.

Roshi: I'll write a letter to Chi-chi instead.

Krillin: Wow, I'm off the hook! Thank goodness.

Bulma: What about the Dragonballs? There were two at Goku's. Don't tell me you forgot to bring those with you.

Krillin: (gaping for a moment) Ah...I forgot.

Bulma: You're such a dweeb.

(Over a barren landscape dotted with groves of blue trees, Chi-chi is steering a red air- convertible. Her father sits in the back seat.)

Ox-King: Chi-chi! Try to calm down! Okay, be like that. But I don't think Goku deserves it!

Chi-chi: Ha! He kept Gohan out all night without even calling!

Ox-King: But it's been so long since he's seen his friends, he probably just lost track of time.

Chi-chi: Then he should have brought Gohan back! Gohan is attending school, you know.

Ox-King: (cajoling) Hey. C'mon. Goku's so good. When's the last time he got out and had some fun.

(Chi-chi glares over her shoulder)

Chi-chi: And what about Krillin? Why wasn't he with them? I think they're hiding something, and I'm going to find out what! (She floors the gas. The Ox-King grabs hold and screams as the air-car starts speeding and careening at precarious angles)

(As Chi-chi takes the air-car vertically through some narrow rock structures...)

(At Kame House, a yawning Bulma puts down a cup of coffee as she works on Raditz's scouter)

Bulma: Oh...man. I don't think I've pulled an all nighter since I got out of college...I hope that did it. (Droopy-eyed, she puts the scouter on and taps the side. She perks up as symbols start beeping at her)

Bulma: Hey, everyone! Hop to! I got this thing working!

(Sleepily, Roshi and Krillin get off the sofa. The turtle blinks)

Roshi: Hop who?

Bulma: C'mon. Stand up so I can see what your power level is.

(Bulma looks at Roshi through the green lens. A word at the top of the screen says 'fight;' arrows point at Roshi. The scouter runs through negative numbers then scrolls to a stop at 139)

Bulma: 139!

Roshi: One-thirty-nine, eh? Seems a little low to me.

Bulma: It's probably a good rating, considering you're an old man.

Roshi: I don't know what's worse...the power rating or the commentary that goes with it.

Krillin: Read mine, Bulma! I'd love to know what my power level is!

Bulma: (looking through the lens) Two-hundred-and-six! Not bad!

Krillin: (excitedly) Wow! My power rating's higher than yours, Master Roshi!

Roshi: (sourly) That settles it. The gizmo's busted.

Bulma: I know a way to find out! Okay, turtle; put up your dukes! (The turtle, looking startled, raises its flippers) I'm going to calibrate this thing. Point zero zero one. (Turtle looks disappointed) Sorry! I'd say it was pretty accurate.

Voice from outside: Hello?!

(The three inside look at each other)

Voice from outside: Hey, open up! I don't have all day, y'know.

Krillin: (going to the screen door) What visitor could possibly be so vulgar?

(Outside is a small, rotund man with shaggy black hair. He wears a samurai sword strapped to his belt).

Krillin: Hey...I remember you... You're Hokey-Pokey...aren't you?

Yajoribe: (shouting) You know I'm Yajoribe, you near-sighed cueball! Anyway, I'm suppose to tell you to report to Karin's Tower for special training, and to bring your friend Yamcha with you.

Krillin: Who told you to tell me that?

Yajoribe: (looking smug) Kami himself, you bird-brain. I told him I didn't want to fight those aliens, but that's what he's training us for. What could I say?

Krillin: I hear ya! You can't turn Kami down!

Yajoribe: I'm through. (Looking scornfully over his shoulder as he walks away) I gave you the message. (He walks to his own air-car, parked outside the house)

Krillin: I can't believe it.

Yajoribe: (at the car) Oh, yeah; almost forgot. Don't wish Goku back to life--

Yajoribe: --until the Saiyan's arrive, one year from now.

Bulma: But why?

Yajoribe: I'm just telling you what Kami told me. He's not even giving me anything for doing all this for him. It's such a rip-off! (He gets into the car and takes off.)

Roshi: That was weird.

Krillin: Look, he's coming back.

Bulma: I don't know. It looks like a different air-car to me.

Voice calling from the distant air-car: Ahoy, there!

Bulma: Huh?

(The Ox-King waves madly as his glowering daughter heads straight for the island)

"Oh-oh. I'd say she had a fighting- mad power level of a couple thousand!"

Ox-King: Permission to come aboard! Hello, my friends. Long time, no see!

(Bulma, Krillin and Roshi all react against exploding backgrounds)

Roshi: (squealing) It's the Ox-King with...Chi-chi!

(Chi-chi stares at them grimly)

Krillin: Let's vamoose! What d'you say?

Roshi: (firmly) No. It's better to meet life head on, Krillin.

(The Ox-King gets out of the car and bows to Roshi)

Ox-King: Master Roshi. My finest memories are still when you taught me as a boy!

Roshi: You were a good pupil. (In an undertone) Crazy, though. (He clears his throat) Ox-King, I'm glad you're here. There's something I need to talk to you about.

Chi-chi: (looking around suspiciously) All right, where are they!? I've had about enough of this.

Roshi: Well, you see, it's like this: an alien landed at our get-together yesterday and he told Goku that he was his brother--

(Close-up of Krillin and Bulma, looking worried)

(There's a screen-wipe to indicate time passing. Then back to Roshi.)

Roshi: --and that's the whole story!

(Chi-chi and the Ox-King look horrified)

Chi-chi: Aieee! You're saying that you let that green monster take my son!

Ox-King: You mean, Goku--Goku--

Roshi: (rather cheerfully) Yep, he's gonzo.

(Chi-chi turns blue and passes out.)

Ox-King: Chi-chi! Get the smelling salts, Krillin.

(And cut back to the sudden fall of night. Dark clouds play across the full moon. Piccolo, hovering near Gohan's plateau, seems to be asleep. Gohan wakes up.)

Gohan: (Yawn)

Piccolo: Wake up, kid.

(Gohan grabs the ties of his pants)

(Gohan notices a dark shape on the ground.)

Gohan: Huh? I have a shadow! But it's night.

(He turns around and looks up)

Gohan: Wow! That's the biggest moon I ever... (His voice trails off as his eyes get wide. He stares fixedly at the moon. A light seems to shoot from one ear through to the other.)

Gohan: Ah...ahhhhh.

(Piccolo seems to sense a problem. Gohan's tiny figure is silhouetted against a huge moon. Close up of Gohan's eyes going reddish pink. He starts making growling noises. The muscles of his legs swell, ripping his clothes.)

(Gohan grows fangs. His nails turn dark and long. He roars. Fur covers his arms. Red pupils fill his eye-sockets.)

"Piccolo got too close to the Leonid showers again."

(A great shadow covers the landscape. A giant monkey raises its fists to the sky and roars. The plateau cracks under his weight. Landing on the ground, the monkey smashes another outcropping of rock.)

Piccolo: (looking on in amazement) Man. This is nuts!

(Gohan rears back with his head. A ball of energy spits out of his mouth, leveling several nearby mountains. Piccolo covers his face as he is pelted with debris)

Piccolo: Yeow! What an awful, awesome power! He can use his breath as a weapon!

(Gohan pounds his chest)

Piccolo: If I don't figure out a way to stop him, there won't be an Earth left to defend! But how am I gonna to--

(Gohan looks right at him ...)

(...and spits energy at him)

Piccolo: (dodging) Whoa! --stop that big monster? (He spins in mid-air, staring at the moon, and has a red-tinged flash-back to Goku and Radditz speaking the day before).

Goku: My tail was removed a long time ago.

Radditz: You fool! You've lost your ability to transform at the full moon, like all Saiyans do!

"Hello. My name is Son Gohan. You killed my father. Prepare to die."

Piccolo: (as flashback ends) The moon! They need the moon! (His hand starts to spark. Screaming, he unleashes a bolt of energy at the moon; which blows up!)

(Gohan roars a couple of times...)

(...then shrinks)

(and ends up behind a rock)

Piccolo: (landing and panting) There's the other part of the problem right there. It's that tail. (He grabs Gohan's tail, and tugs it off; there's a popping sound)

Piccolo: There. Now you can't say that Piccolo never gave you anything. (He waves a hand over Gohan; the boy glows for a second, then is suddenly dressed in an orange martial-arts outfit. A sword materializes next to him. Smirking, Piccolo eyes the Japanese symbol on the back) The clothes are like your dad's; but the symbols show you're from my camp.

Piccolo: I have to go train myself; but soon, I'll be back. And that's when you'll learn the art of fighting...the hard way! So do me a favor while I'm gone. Stay alive. I'll be counting on it, Gohan. (He flies off with a flare of the white cape, leaving Gohan unconscious on the ground)

(On Snake Way, a sprawled Goku is taking a nap. But, before he can do anything:)

Announcer: Stay tuned for the next episode of Dragonball-Z!

Announcer: On the next episode of Dragonball-Z--

Announcer: --creatures of the wild decide to have Gohan for lunch!

Announcer: And can Gohan rescue his new-found dinosaur friend? Next time on Dragonball-Z!

Sounds from Dragonball Z: Gohan's Metamorphosis
"Yep, he's gonzo." (45K) "You're such a dweeb!" (69K)	Goku: "Talk about your long and winding roads!" (114K) Goku: "Sorry, I don't accept handouts!" (69K) Gohan: "I wanted to join the cub scouts, but noooo! Mom made me study instead." (140K) Roshi: "You were always a good pupil. Crazy, though." (54K) Chi-chi: "You guys let that crazed monster take my son?!" (90K) Piccolo: "Man. This is nuts!" (44K) Piccolo: "What an awesome, awful power!" (53K) Piccolo: "Even his breath is a weapon!" (51K) Piccolo: "If I don't figure out a way to stop him, there won't be an Earth left to defend! But how am I gonna--Whoa!" (140K) Piccolo: "There! Now you can't say Piccolo never gave you anything." (98K)
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