Movie 3

(Original Air Date: 07-07-90)

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

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

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