The Earth Explodes!! Piccolo Sacrifices His Life

At Kami's Palace, the thought of only 2 weeks left is still settling in... Trunks thought that all they had to do was bring the Dragon Balls back to the Earth... Pan tells them that Bebi used the Dragon Balls to create the Tsfuru-jin planet, and now they are scattered across the galaxy... Goku doesn't see a problem... He thinks they should just go search for them again... Pan explains that they only got 2 weeks, it's impossible to find them all...

The Earth shakes violently again... A city feels it's effects as we see some windows shatter, and items falling... The people wonder why they've been having so many earthquakes recently...

At the Capsule Corp Mansion, Goku reveals to us that the earthquakes are happening more frequently and becoming more intense... Vegeta walks by pissed at Bebi... No only did Bebi possess him... He created this mess, and he curses him... Pan agrees, then finds Mr. Satan cowering under a table.

Trunks runs in and tells them they've re-established contact with the Tsfuru-jin planet... Goku and Pan like that. The vid screen goes on and an angry Bulma is shown (Kaioubit is in the background)... She demands to know why she was ditched there. Goku tells her that he's relieved she's looks ok now. She tells him she's confused and don't know where she is now.

Gohan pushes her aside to talk... He reports that everything is finished, everyone there has been restored, and will soon use the spaceship to transport everyone back. Goku tells him to not do that... And Chi Chi starts yelling asking him why, and is it because he doesn't want her to return to the Earth. Goku denies that, then Chi Chi gets paranoid thinking Goku ditched her there so he can chase some younger girls on Earth, and starts crying.

Goku asks why she would think such a thing and tells her that the Earth will explode soon. Gohan pushes his way back to inquire about this further; he asks if they failed in getting all 7 Dragon Balls. Pan tells her they did find all seven, and it was all due to her efforts, but... (she trails off)

Vegeta steps up saying there isn't a problem... They can just transport everyone on Earth to the Tsfuru-jin planet. Trunks agrees, but Pan mentions that there's a lot of people on Earth... Vegeta asks Goku (Kakarotto) if he can still teleport; Goku tells him that he can do it as long as he's a Super Saiya-jin 4. Vegeta smiles and calls him despicable. He then asks Trunks if the spaceship is ready to be used anytime, and he tells him yes.

Vegeta tells them the plan shall be to use the spaceship and Kakorotto's teleportation to transport everyone. Goku praises him for being so smart. Vegeta tells him that the Saiya-jins are used to migrating to another planet; there's nothing special about this. Goku then asks Kaioubit for his help, he agrees and teleports right to them, then tells them that they must tell everyone too. The problem is how...

Pan agrees, this is all so sudden and wonders how they can tell everyone... Trunks tells them that even if they did, they may not believe them... They all now stand thinking... thinking... thinking... Then they all realize something and look at Mr. Satan. All in unison they say "Found it! Found the person!".

A news helicopter and a crowd are outside Mr. Satan's mansion... He's just finished telling them the story, and tells them that the Earth is doomed... His message is also being broadcasted, and they all watch... Goku, Trunks, and Pan are nearby watching... Goku says Mr. Satan is already a hero back on the Tsfuru-jin planet, and Trunks goes on to say that he helped beat Majin Buu by talking to the people. Pan then sees that her grandpa Mr. Satan is indeed someone with a special quality.

Mr. Satan then goes on to say that there is hope, and that they should all migrate to the Tsfuru-jin planet. He holds up a button with his face on it, and tells them to listen to their instructions on what to do. At first the crowd is hesitant to believe, but they agree that Mr. Satan can't be wrong and cheer in support.

They cheer, and we see people already packed and ready to go... Behind Mr. Satan, Goten, wearing a Satan Badge, gives one to Vegeta, but he refuses and walks away. Elsewhere, Trunks flies over top a great mass of people telling them to all hold hands. We get to see Maron, 18, and Krillen in it. 18 wonders why they have to go, Maron wants to stay, and Krillen tells them that if they have the energy to complain they should help him carry the luggage (he's holding it all again).

After Trunks finished going through the HUGE crowd, Kaioubit transmits them away instantly (lol)... Elsewhere, SSJ4 Goku teleports a whole stadium of people away. Mr. Satan, now at the King's Palace, thanks the King of the World (still that dog) for his support.

At a casino, Goten is trying to recruit some people, but they refuse since they want to continue gambling. Suddenly, they are all knocked out... Vegeta tells Goten to take them all away now. At a farm, a family (parents and blonde boy with dog) gather their farm animals into a truck.

At a snowy place, Goku teleports Hatch-chan, Snow, and the rest of the village away... Kaioubit handles Ubuu and his village... Goku goes for Upa and Bora's tribe... Kaioubit takes Yajirobe, and Karin (who's being held by the tail by Yaj)... Goku takes Pilaf, with Shu and Mai trying to drag him back... On the Tsfuru-jin planet, we get to see others too like Tenshinhan, Chaotzu, and Yamcha...

(Commercial Break)

The streets are now empty... The whole city is empty... The big TV has a reporter saying this will be the last warning, and this is doomsday. At the spaceship, the earth shakes the crowd gathered there... They run in, and so do some animals, lots of animals of various kinds... Goku even puts a hamster on a horse to help it in... Then a couple of big dinosaurs come along, and they are just to big, so Goku teleports them himself.

The reporter and her crew scramble to get to the spaceship... Mr. Satan motions them in... Inside, there little room left, then Pan turns around to see a truckload (same family we saw before) of farm animals, and Goten helping them. Their dog runs out of the truck as Pan helps with the animals too, and the boy runs after him.

Goku teleports back, asking if that's everyone... He starts scanning and sees some drunk in the city, a shipwrecked couple out in the ocean, and a man in meditation in the mountains... The ship can't wait, so Goku goes to retrieve them himself. Pan tells the family to hurry, so they drive their truck right in, and the doors close behind them.

The drunk is picked up, as debris begin to fall on him... The shipwrecked couple is taken as a giant wave was about to sweep them away... Then the meditating man is saved as the mountains he's in turns into a firey inferno. Goku brings them all to the spaceship, which is now in space heading away from the Earth.

The farmers count their animals and find that they are all here... Then realizes their kid is gone. On Earth, now a violent wasteland, the boy and his dog wonder where everyone went... The earth opens up and they both plunge in screaming to their deaths... But someone grabs them...

Goku teleports to Earth and starts looking for the boy (teleporting without sensing ki?)... Piccolo answers from behind... The dog is well, and he holds the unconscience boy... He gives the boy to Goku, and Goku asks why he's still here... Piccolo just says they haven't seen each other in a while and Goku's changed a lot... Goku tells him there's not much time, so hold on to him to teleport...

But then Goku glows and returns to being a kid again... He tries to teleport as a kid but nothing happens (before it just screwed up)... Teleporting so much has used up his SSJ4 energy... Goku loses all hope... Piccolo goes "Goku... You are Son Goku! There is nothing that makes Goku lose hope... There is nothing Goku can't do..." Piccolo grabs his arm and positions it for him to teleport.. Piccolo starts to glow gold, which makes Goku do the same, then appears to be sending energy to him... He then goes "You must believe in yourself Son Goku! Do it!"...

After the transfer, Goku screams to teleport, and he succeeds, but it seems Piccolo has let go to remain... Goku returns the boy to his family on the ship... Pan congratulates him... Goku turns to Piccolo to tell him they succeeded but finds no one is there... Goku realizes Piccolo... is... still... on... Earth! (heh, tried to capture the effect in the show here lol)

On Earth, where Piccolo is, lava is now flowing everywhere... Piccolo stands alone... A ship lands on the Tsfuru-jin planet... Piccolo starts speaking to Gohan... Gohan senses that Piccolo is still on the Earth... Piccolo tells him that he has decided to disappear with the Earth... He tells Gohan he heard that the Black Star Dragon Balls were created when Kami and Piccolo Daimao were once one... That means if he dies, so will that Shenlon, and the Dragon Balls will turn to ordinary stones... Piccolo goes on saying he doesn't want the Dragon Balls to do this to another planet... Sealing them is only a temporary solution... They must be eliminated...

Gohan starts crying... An image of Piccolo appears in front of him... He tells him not to cry... "You have grown a lot... Your Kamehameha is really impressive..." (flash back to episode 26 where Bebi Gohan shot Piccolo) Now we see Piccolo with a bleeding hole in his stomach (no regenerative powers?)... Piccolo tells him to take care, and the Earth explodes.

Pieces of the Earth start raining down on the Tsfuru-jin planet... Gohan collapses to the ground... crying... "PICCOLO-SAN!!!" Later, the Dragon Balls on Planet Namek were used to restore the Earth. Everything is "normal" again... Trunks is a Capsule Corp President again, Gill is fixed, etc, etc... But Piccolo is still dead, and Goku is still a kid...

End of Episode 40

Episode 41