Dragonball Z: Android Saga (Brief)
Dragonball Z: Cell Saga (Brief)
Dragonball Z: Garlic Jr. Saga (Brief)
Dragonball Z: Buu Saga (Brief)
Dragonball GT: Bebi Saga Summary (Brief)
Dragonball Z: Android Saga (Brief)
After a period of 3 years, Trunk’s fateful prophecy regarding the arrival of monstrous Androids has finally come to pass. Two ruthless Androids, namely Androids 19 and 20, have come forth and are destroying everything in sight. As Earth’s Special Forces comb the city looking for the source of the mayhem, Yamcha is the first to sight them and pays a heavy price as Android 20 strikes him with a horrendous blow. Goku and the others arrive just in time to save their fallen friend, and as Krillen hauls Yamcha to safety, Goku squares off to fight Android 19.
Goku appears to be making short work out of Android 19, as he hits the maniacal monster with a flurry of blows. But strangely enough, Goku’s power is fading, and Android 19 appears unimpaired. It seems Goku has fallen prey to the vicious attack of the heart virus as Trunks predicted. Surprisingly, before Android 19 can finish off Goku, the Super Saiyan is rescued by none other than Vegeta!
Vegeta launches into Android 19 with a merciless assault, and quickly puts an end to the robotic menace. Android 20, realizing the danger he’s up against, flees the scene. While in pursuit, Earth’s heroes make a shocking discovery……..Android 20 is Dr. Gero, the evil scientist. A frantic race ensues. Android 20 speeds to his lab where he will activate his killer robots, being pursued by Earth’s forces intent on stopping him.
Dr. Gero eludes the Earth’s forces, and arrives back at his laboratory before the heroes can reach him. All hope appears lost as the worst fears are realised…….Android 17 and Android 18 are brought back to life! Dr. Gero appears to finally be achieving his dream of conquering the world. But all that abruptly changes as Android 17 and Android 18 rebel against Dr. Gero and destroy him.
Battling the Androids seems hopeless as Earth’s forces prove no match for their power. But desperate times call for desperate measures. Piccolo, in a brazen move, approaches Kami with a proposal that they unite to form a Super Namek! Meanwhile the Androids make a joy ride of destruction as they head to their new destination……..Goku’s house! The Androids plan to strike Goku while he’s down. While Goku has moved to avoid the Androids, Bulma makes another startling discovery. There is a second Time Capsule……..identical to the Capsule Trunks uses!
As Trunks, Krillen and Bulma search the strange wreckage of the second time capsule they discover the eerie shell of large, locust-like creature. Whatever was in the capsule is obviously something like they’ve never seen before. Meanwhile, in the quiet metropolis of Gingertown, an evil such as the world has never seen has arrived. In the wake of this mysterious insect-looking monster, a haunting silence is all that remains of the townspeople.
Piccolo, realizing the severity of the danger, convinces Kami of the need to combine their forces. Irreversibly uniting together, the two fuse into one being…….a Super Namek! But by doing so, the Earth’s Dragon Balls are gone forever.
Piccolo, now strengthened by his fusion with Kami, confronts the hideous beast in Gingertown and discovers his horrible secret. This beast viciously sucks the life force from humans, using their energy to fuel his own being! The monster is known as Cell, and is the Ultimate evil creation of Dr. Gero. Created through synthesizing cells, from all the great fighters into a single computer-enhanced android he has the strength and abilities of all the great fighters including Goku, Frieza, Vegeta, Gohan and many others.
In their conflict, Cell destroys entire armies without effort, and manages to severely injure Piccolo’s arm. But Piccolo is a Namek, and cleverly stalls Cell long enough to regenerate his arm. As Krillen and Trunks arrive to back Piccolo up in battle, Cell decides to withdraw for the moment and pursue his primary goal…..to absorb Androids 17 and 18!
While Cell has the power and abilities of all of the great fighters, his Ultimate form will not be available until he can absorb Androids 17 and 18. In doing this he will truly be without equal. For this reason he must find Androids 17 and 18. The two Androids, traveling along with Android 16, are intent on destroying Goku as they were programmed to do. But now Goku is back on his feet he comes up with a clever plan of his own. To save the world he, Gohan, Trunks and Vegeta will go to Kami’s lookout. There is a room there known as the Hyperbolic Time Chamber where time bends, allowing a year’s worth of training in only a day.
As the Androids arrive looking for Goku, it is up to Piccolo, the Super Namek, to hold them at bay. And it appears his newly acquired skills will be enough to do so. But just as he seems capable of bringing the menacing duo down a new peril appears on the battlefield. It’s Cell! With Earth’s greatest hope still training, Piccolo makes the decision to stop Cell from fulfilling his evil plan. But even Piccolo can’t stop this creature. It appears all hope is lost when an unlikely ally arrives…..
The silent giant, Android 16, boldly walks onto the battlefield and makes a bold claim He is just as strong as Cell! And in an instant it appears he’s telling the truth, as he pelts Cell with a blur of intense blows. But Cell is devious, and through some crafty trickery manages to sneak up on the unsuspecting Android 17 and absorb him. Now Cell is transformed and the tables have turned.
Android 16 grabs Android 18 and flies away, as fast as he can, but apparently it's not fast enough. Cell steps in front of the two fleeing androids and blasts Android 16 in the head, tearing a part of it off. As Android 18 frantically threatens to destroy herself, Tien steps into the battle.
The first blast hits Cell and drives him into the Earth. Tien tells the Androids to get away, and continues to use his Kikoho attack on the monster. Since the area of affect is quite large, Cell is unable to escape the hole in the ground Tien has confined him to. However, this was taking a massive toll on his body, and he couldn't keep it up for long. With the last of his energy gone, Tien's unconscious body drifts to the ground. Cell gets ready to evaporate his body for letting the androids get away, but Goku teleports in. He tells Cell that in one day he will be ready to defeat him. Goku senses Piccolo's ki, and realizes that he's alive (but barely). He teleports to his body, then transports both fallen warriors to Kami's palace just before Cell can get a hit on Goku.
Krillen and Bulma finally reach each other, and she gives him the device to destroy the androids. Cell begins his search for Android 18, who is hiding with Android 16 on an island. Vegeta and Trunks finally emerge, and inform the others that they have both surpassed Super Saiyan. Trunks and Vegeta then rush to find Cell. Cell is becoming increasingly frustrated with being unable to locate Android 18. He threatens to destroy each and every island until Android 18 comes out, and begins to do so. With the room of spirit and time now vacant, Goku and Gohan begin their "year" of training.
Cell continues to obliterate island after island until only one is left. He charges a large energy attack, but Vegeta interrupts him. To his surprise, Vegeta has suddenly become a lot stronger. He shows Cell what is beyond Super Saiyan, and Cell does not like it one bit. After taking blow after blow, Cell is powerless to stop the onslaught. Cell begins to whine about not being complete, as he was nowhere near Vegeta’s new power level..
Meanwhile, Krillen had arrived on the island, and was searching for Android 18 to deactivate her. After finding her, the emotional hero begins to have second thoughts about destroying the woman who gave him a peck on the cheek earlier. Cell desperately tries to convince Vegeta that he will be a challenge if he becomes perfect. Luckily for him, it works. Vegeta lets Cell search for Android 18, but Trunks stands in the way. He refuses to let Vegeta's pride endanger the lives of the people of Earth. Krillen finally makes a decision, and walks into Android 18's field of view, and smashes the controller. The Androids are very surprised by Krillen's action. While father and son are bickering, Cell spots Android 18.
As Cell swoops down towards them, Trunks once again blocks his path. Trunks begins to beat Cell up a bit. Cell then retreats to hiding, and sneaks up on Android 18. Trunks tries to prevent Cell from devouring her with his tail. However, Vegeta wants to see Cell reach perfection, and pushes his own son away. Android 16 and Krillen try to interfere, but are easily dispatched. In his desperation, Trunks launches an energy ball at Vegeta, and blasts him far from the battle scene. Cell makes more advances on Android 18, but yet again Trunks kicks him away. Frustrated by all the interference, Cell uses a Taiyoken on the Z warriors. With everyone blinded, he quickly absorbs Android 18. Cell begins his transformation to perfection.
Cell finally completes his transformation. In the room of spirit and time, Goku and Gohan are still busily training. When Goku finally goes all out on Gohan, his son finally reaches Super Saiyan. Back on the ground, Cell is admiring his new body...so much that he just ignores Krillen and Trunks who are busy trying to kill him with a flurry of attacks. Krillen forms a Kienzan, and chucks it at Cell. To his surprise, the attack bounces right off him. Cell smashes his body in response, but Trunks aids him with a Senzu almost immediately. Vegeta flies down to challenge this new Cell, and seems fairly even with him in power at the beginning.
His confidence slowly fades as he realizes he's not putting a dent in Cell. Vegeta is kicked around a bit, and becomes severely frustrated. He flies into the air and challenges Cell to take his energy attack head on. Cell stubbornly obliges. Vegeta's Final Flash packs a huge punch, and disintegrates Cell's right arm and shoulder. But thanks to Cell's regenerative capabilities, he just grows a new one in its place. He quickly knocks Vegeta unconscious, and is about to kill him...until he notices Trunks is charging up a massive amount of energy.
Trunks and Cell begin to do battle, and it looks like Cell has the upper hand. As Trunks lies on the ground from one of Cell's hits, he looks at Krillen and points at Vegeta's body. Krillen realizes that Trunks was letting himself get attacked on purpose so that Vegeta would not be harmed. As he flies away with Vegeta, Cell tells Trunks to fight all-out. The warriors exchange more attacks, this time not holding back. Trunks powers up a huge amount, and grows tremendously strong. Cell admits that Trunks has much higher power level than he does, but the Saiyan had no chance of defeating him.
After finding out that it was impossible to defeat Cell, Trunks orders Cell to finish him off. Cell however has a different objective. He decides to host a martial arts tournament. He tells the Z warriors that it will be held in 10 days, and that if anyone can kill him, the Earth will not be destroyed. When asked what his goal is, Cell informs them that he has none. He just fights for the fun of it, and is not interested in world conquest or killing Son Goku...
The saga starts off with the destruction of a small town, and the appearance of a small, icon of evil, the immortal Garlic Jr. He is laughing manically, whilst killing innocent people.
Gohan swims in a small lake, hunting fish for his dinner. He laughs as he does so, throwing out a great deal of the aquatic creatures. He then climbs out, and sees a man dressed in black. It’s Krillen! He tells Gohan that there’s a party at Roshi’s place later. Gohan is upset, because he doesn’t think that he’ll be able to go. Before the two of them can say much more, they are joined by an attractive, but dim-witted female, revealing herself to be Marron. She says hello, and she and Krillen say bye to Gohan, and walk back to the red, handsome car. As they speed into the distance, Gohan realizes that Krillen has finally got himself a girlfriend!
Meanwhile, Kami visits Piccolo, and realizing that the Namek has changed, he wonders if he wants to become the successor to his throne. Piccolo rejects the offer blatantly, but tells Kami to watch out. He has foreseen danger for the Earths God in some disturbing dreams that he has been having as of late.
Over in Kami’s lookout, Mr Popo idly waters the plants, vividly daydreaming, until he is distracted by the presence of some individuals. They fly around the place, destroying everything. They then reveal themselves to be the Spice Boys. Their leaders steps forward, and Mr Popo immediately recognises him – It’s Garlic Jr, back from the deadzone!
Garlic explains that a small planet called the Machio star allowed him to become far stronger, and break out of the deadzone. Mr Popo attempts to run, but Garlics henchmen are too fast, and they catch him in some sort of web, then Garlic shrinks him, and places him inside a small bottle.
Over at his house, Gohan requests that he be allowed to go to the party. His mom predictably says no, and Gohan walks off to his room dejectedly. He then sneaks off, and goes to Roshi’s party anyway, on a small bird-type creature called Baby Icarus. He is upset at disobeying his mom, but at the same time, excited at going to the party.
Kami returns to his lookout, and sees the destruction. Garlic Jr steps out, and he fights Kami for a small while, with the Namek having the overall advantage. Before Kami can try to finish off his opponent though, the Spice Boys step in, and entangle him in the same web as they did with Popo. Giving him equal treatment, Garlic Jr shrinks Kami, and places him inside a small bottle, then places it in his pocket, next to Popo’s bottle. They are both now smaller than Garlic’s hand.
Garlic Jr’s minions then find a bottle called the Black Mist, and spread it across the Earth, with it making everyone who gets touched by it, turn into a merciless, evil fiend. It spreads to Gohan’s destination, and he and Icarus narrowly avoiding it by flying into an isolated hole, away from the clouds path.
At Roshi’s house, everyone is playing around, with the mist nearing. Marron and Krillen duck under water playfully, and the mist passes over them. They then coincidently pop up, after the mist has gone. They wonder where everyone has gone, and venture forth towards the house. Krillen sees Chi-Chi, and sees how angry she is, obviously finding out about Gohan deserting her, and coming over to tell him off. She looks different though, and suddenly attacks the bald midget. She has been taken over by the mist! Krillen doesn’t know that, and continues to run. Everyone at Roshi’s begin attacking Krillen and Marron, leaving them defenceless to stop it, because they don’t want to harm their friends. Before much more fighting happens, the Spice Boys arrive. They tell Gohan that the only way to set his friends free from the mists spell is to get the sacred water in Kami’s lookout. Gohan charges at them, but is easily beaten. Before they can though, a blast comes down. It’s Piccolo! He fights the Spice Boys for a while, but in the end he is swamped by the affected people at Roshi’s house too, and is bitten by them. Piccolo orders Krillen and Gohan to get the sacred water, and they do so obediently.
Gohan and Krillen arrive on top of Kami’s lookout, but are intercepted by the four Spice Boys. They fight Gohan and Krillen, beating them both nearly senseless. Gohan gets really mad when one of them almost kills Krillen, and powers up, killing two of the Spice Boys outright with massive Masenko’s. Before Gohan can attack Garlic, the little evil fiend pulls out the bottle with Kami trapped in it, making the kid power down. He then reveals Piccolo, who has changed after the bite. Garlic Jr tells him that he is now under his control, and allows the Namek to attack the boy. Piccolo beats Gohan senseless for a long time, until he is ready to finish him. Garlic Jr stops him, and says that he wishes to finish him off. Seizing the opportunity, Piccolo grabs the bottles, and throws them to Krillen, who catches them, and releases Kami and Popo. Piccolo reveals that he is a demon, and can’t be affected by the bites, and that it was all a clever ploy, and he wasn’t really evil. He then fights Garlic Jr, whilst Gohan and Krillen take on the remaining two Spice Boys, whilst Popo and Kami go to release the sacred water at the 7 winds of the world (Under the lookout). Gohan is informed about Piccolo’s plan, and is annoyed that he was roughed up so bad, but knows it was necessary.
The fights that ensue are not one sided in the least. Gohan eventually manages to defeat the two Spice Boys, thinking that Krillen was dead (Just like the first time) with his anger taking control of him. Piccolo couldn’t beat Garlic Jr because he kept fading, due to activity that was undergoing Kami, hurting him, and as the two Nameks are of one spirit, they both got hurt.
Garlic JR. opens up the dead zone, and Gohan forms a KI shield, protecting everyone. Mr. Popo pours the sacred water in the wind funnel, spreading it across the world, whilst Kami distracts the guardians. Garlic’s dead zone sucks up the roof, forcing Kami and Popo to the top, having to hold onto something. Piccolo and Krillen leave Gohan’s shield, and tell him to destroy the star. He does so eventually, making Garlic lose all his power, and fall into his own Dead Zone, locked up for eternity. And so ends the saga, with good triumphing over evil. Everyone is rejuvenated back to their old, good selves.
This summary is entirely based on the manga, which was the original version, so don’t be surprised if there is the occasional shortened fight, etc.
It starts off with all the old characters being introduced, 7 years on from the Cell Game. Gohan is a lot older now, and Trunks is grown up and a Super Saiyan. A kid called Goten is there too, another Super Saiyan, this time the son of Goku. As they prepare for the martial arts tournament, they are told that Goku is entering it, being granted one day from the afterlife by Baba.
The martial arts tournament begins, and it appears that it is going to go relatively well, until the world champions daughter Videl fights a previously only average fighter with a strange ‘M’ implanted onto his head, and gets destroyed.
Gohan has this guy next, and with hatred in his heart for what he did to Videl, he charged up ready to inflict some damage, only to be tricked into going up to SSJ2. All of his energy was then sucked out of him by a weird machines carried by the people with the ‘M’s on this head. Gohan goes down, and is healed by a man called Kaioshin, one of the highest ranked Gods. Goku, Gohan, Vegeta, Kaioshin, Piccolo, and later Goten and Trunks follow the weird, yet strangely powerful people who stole Gohan’s energy, and reach a spacepod owned by the evil magician Badibi.
Whilst there, they are forced to fight three people, with Vegeta easily killing the first, and Goku easily beating the second, but when Gohan fights the third, the strongest man in the evil universe – Dabura, he is slightly winning, but the devil walks off, saying that he has discovered something important for Badibi.
Dabura returns to the evil magician and says that one of them has evil in their hearts, referring to Vegeta. Badibi then agrees, and says that he can turn him into a Majin, just like the other two fighters were, making them far stronger. He says that once this is done then they will finally have enough energy to deal with Buu.
Badibi attempts to turn Vegeta into a Majin, and because of the evil in his heart it is accomplished, with Vegeta suddenly becoming evil, and baring that strange ‘M’ on his head. He and Goku go off to fight, with the Saiyan prince being ruthless, and not listening to anything that is said. Every bit of damage done to Goku is energy that Badibi can steal in order to wake up Buu from his previous eternal slumber. The two fighters are about equal for a long period of time, until they sense that Buu has finally been awakened. Goku suggests that they stop their fighting and find out what the source of the power is, with Vegeta agreeing, then attacking Goku when is guard is down and knocking him out.
Meanwhile Gohan is fighting Buu, and is destroyed, with everyone thinking he is dead, but he is later saved them bought to a planet in the afterlife for a special power up.
Trunks and Goten then arrive with Piccolo, and Vegeta knocks both of them out in one punch, then asks Piccolo to take them away, as there is something that he has to do. He has finally decided to fight for someone other than himself, and knows that he has screwed everything up, so wants to make up for it. He flies off to where Buu’s KI is, and fights him, resulting in him self-destructing, sacrificing his life to kill Buu. Unfortunately Buu manages to regenerate though, and under Badibi’s evil influence, he begins destroying everything, purely because Badibi is threatening to return him to his prison, trapped inside it forever. At this time Goku arrives after regaining consciousness, thinking that Buu has killed everyone, and powering up to super Saiyan stage 3, a form that is very tiring and uses great deal of energy. He seems to match Buu, but has a plan, teleporting off to Kami’s lookout.
Eventually, Badibi is killed by Buu, as the evil fiend gets tired of his name-calling. Mr Satan is sent to fight Buu, but of course cowers away and tries to be his friend instead, discovering that Buu isn’t really that bad, and asking him not to kill people, with the supposedly evil fiend deciding on not hurting anyone else because Mr Satan said. Satan had a dog follow him, and Buu became quite attached to it, until it was shot, along with Satan. Buu managed to heal them, but became so angry that he released a skinny, evil version of himself, which defeated him in battle and absorbed him, becoming Buu in an extremely powerful form.
Goku teaches the kids who to use fusion, but it takes them a while to master it. He is then taken back to the afterlife by Baba, because him turning SS3 used a lot of energy, cutting his time short. Whilst in the afterlife, he senses Gohan, and goes over to him, seeing that he is being powered up by a very old Kaioshin.
Buu immediately teleported to Kami’s lookout, where he challenged Goten and Trunks, who were in the room of spirit and time practicing the fusion that Goku had just taught them. Buu kills all humans on Earth with one attack, then demands that Piccolo leads him to the kids. Walking slowly, Piccolo stalls as much as possible before finally entering the room. Goten and Trunks fuse then go up to SS3, beating up Buu slightly. It ended in them losing badly though, with Buu turning everyone to chocolate and eating them, except Gotenks, and Piccolo, whom he doesn’t waste his time fighting. Just then Gohan arrives, fully powered up, and battles with Buu for a while, with an advantage. Realizing he can’t win, Buu runs off, and later comes back and absorbs Piccolo and Gotenks from behind their backs, making him stronger than Gohan.
Back in heaven, the old Kaioshin gave Goku his life, and then a pair of Potara earrings which he could use to fuse with a powerful fighter, with it ending in a permanent fusion. Goku takes them gratefully, and teleports down to help Gohan. He tosses him an earring, but Gohan misses it and it falls to the floor. Goku zooms down and retrieves it, but by that time Buu had launched another sneak attack and absorbed Gohan. Goku knew he didn’t have a chance, until he sensed Vegeta’s KI, teleporting to him. Vegeta explained that the demon lord had allowed him back for a while so he could save Earth. Goku gave him the earring, and Vegeta eventually decided to fuse, with them turning into Vegetto, and powering up to SS. After a short fight, Vegetto destroys Buu, then lets himself get absorbed in order to save everyone else. Whilst inside Buu, they cut everyone down from weird casings, and somehow unfuse. They even find the first, original Buu, and cut him down. Buu’s body went through a strange change, and Vegeta and Goku quickly left with everyone except for the original Buu, waiting for the change to happen, and with it eventually leading to Buu to turn into his ultimate form, a small evil, destructive fiend, who doesn’t even have control over his evil self.
Buu immediately blows up the Earth, with Goku only managing to save himself, Vegeta, Satan, and Dende by teleporting away to the old Kaioshin’s planet in the afterlife. Buu soon follows, and Vegeta and Goku decide to finish it, with Goku going first, and powering up to SS3 straight away. He fights with Buu and they are about equal, but Goku can’t finish him off. He then tells Vegeta that he needs to get to full power to win, so Vegeta turns SS and fights Buu, getting pulverised. Goku’s plan doesn’t work though, and instead of gaining energy, he loses it, and is stuck in his normal form, leaving Vegeta on the floor hurt badly, and him vulnerable.
Satan throws a stone at Buu, but it only makes the evil one try and attack him but fail. He then spits out the original Buu, allowing him to attack Satan. The original Buu, we’ll call him fat Buu, then sees his friend hurt, and attacks Buu. They fight with an obvious winner.
Vegeta gets in contact with the Nameks, and gets them to wish for the Earth, and all good people on it to be restored. The third wish is left for the time being. Vegeta then contacted everyone on Earth via King Kai, and asked them to hold their arms in the air to help Goku draw power, but they wouldn’t do it. Goku then realizes the plan, and begins preparing a Spirit Bomb. Goku then tries asking them, but it doesn’t work. Hearing what is going on, Mr Satan appeals to them, and of course they all oblige. Goku then gains enough energy, and throws it at Buu. He doesn’t have enough power left to finish it off though, until Vegeta asks that they wish for the Saiyans power to be restored, allowing him to finish Buu off.
A few years pass, and it’s the martial arts tournament. Fat Buu and Satan are good friends, and Goku is expecting someone to be there with power that rivals his own. The announcers says that Uubu is next, and Goku asks fat Buu to make him face him. The Boudoukai starts, and Pan (Goku’s grandchild) manages to beat a huge, muscular guy. Goku then faces his opponent, and realizes he is a great fighter, and that he is a good incarnation of Buu in his ultimate form. He then flies off with him to give him some training so they can fight properly. Vegeta watches them leave, annoyed that he didn’t get his fight with Goku.
And so Dragonball Z ends – Krillen got his girl #18, they had a daughter, Videl and Gohan married and had a daughter called Pan, and everyone lived happily ever after.
The Bebi Saga Number of Episodes: 40 (Japanese) The time is 10 years after the very end of Dragonball Z. While training Uubu on Kami's lookout, Emperor Pilaf used the mysterious Black Star Dragonballs to transform Goku back into a child, Chibi Goku. Shortly after, Goku finds out that he must search the galaxy for the Black Star Dragonballs in order to restore himself to his normal physical state. Trunks and Pan volunteer to come with Son Goku on his quest for the Black Star Dragonballs. After searching many planets, and collecting many of the Dragonballs, Goku comes across Bebi, a Tsufuru-jin. He can possess any mind he wishes. His main goal is to destroy all of the Saiya-jins.He sneaks aboard their ship and comes home with Goku, Pan, and Trunks. Once on Earth, Bebi, in hopes of finding a good host, possesses Goten and Gohan. But soon after learning there was someone stronger, he goes for Vegeta.Vegeta is then transformed into Bebi Vegeta. Goku is no match for him. The battle seems pre-lost, but in hopes of allowing Goku to reach the Oozaru stage, Kaioshin pulls out Goku's tail. It works, but Goku goes out of control and still is not able to defeat Bebi Vegeta, who is now transformed into Super Bebi. Then, somehow, Goku gets in control of his Oozaru body and transforms into Super Saiya-jin 4 Goku. After turning SSJ4, Goku is finally able to defeat Super Bebi. And so ends the Bebi Saga.