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Goku leaves home to enjoy a reunion at Master Roshi's place, where Krillin, Bulma, and Oolong are. He introduces them to his son, Gohan, and they're all surprised to see that Goku has a son. While meditating in the desert, Piccolo senses an approaching power, which is revealed to be Raditz, Goku's brother from the Saiyan homeworld. He doesn't waste his time confronting Piccolo, and takes off in search of Goku. The reunion is cut short when Raditz arrives at Master Roshi's, and tells Goku about who he is and where he came from, a complete shock to the Saiyan who had no clue as to his origin. Raditz asks Goku to join him and rule the universe alongside of him. When Goku refuses, Raditz kidnaps Gohan and takes off.
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The World's Strongest Team |
As Goku, Krillin, and Master Roshi leave to rescue Goku from Raditz. Piccolo arrives and explains to them that it will be useless. He proposes a partnership with Goku to take down the Saiyan, which Goku accepts, and the two fly off towards Raditz' location with the help of Bulma's Dragon Radar. which detects the Dragon Ball on Gohan's hat. Goku and Piccolo do their best to defeat Raditz, but he is too powerful.
Goku grabs Raditz' tail, rendering him powerless, as Piccolo charges up his beam cannon. Raditz tricks Goku into letting go, and proceeds to give Goku a thrashing. Just as things are getting worse, Gohan explodes from the pod he was being held in, and flies towards Raditz engulfed in energy. he strikes him in the chest, severely weakening him. Goku then grabs Raditz in a chokehold, to let Piccolo charge up for the kill.
Goku sacrifices himself to destroy his brother, as Piccolo's beam cannon kills them both. Piccolo tells a dying Raditz that Goku will be wished back with the Dragon Balls, and Raditz informs him of the transmittor on his power reader that lets his Saiyan comrades hear everything he has said, and will arrive on Earth in one year to claim the Dragon Balls as their own.Goku's spirit finds himself at the checkpoint of where all souls go after death. Kame takes him to the desk of King Yemma, who allows Goku to travel along Snake Way to get to King Kai, who will train him for the upcoming battle with the Saiyans. On Earth, Piccolo takes Gohan with him, to train him as well, seeing as how he has one of the greatest fighting powers on the planet which needs to be developed.
While training Gohan, Piccolo discovers that a full moon transforms Gohan into a giant rampaging monster. Piccolo takes care of the situation by destroying the moon and removing Gohan's tail. Meanwhile, Goku continues his year long travel along Snake Way, and Yajirobe arrives on Master Roshi's island to tell Krillin that he has been summoned by Kame to train on Corin Tower.
After being left alone in the desert to fend for himself, Gohan encounters a friendly dinosaur, who is later killed by another not so friendly dinosaur. Meanwhile, Krillin and Bulma pull Yamcha away from a baseball game to tell him that Kame has summoned him to train for an upcoming fight, something he is all too eager to hear.
On their way to Earth, the Saiyans Nappa and Vegeta stop off at Arlia, a world ruled by an evil dictator who enslaves everyone and forces them to fight in an arena. Vegeta and Nappa voluntarily participate, and take delight in destroying everyone who challenges them, as well as overthrowing the rulers and inadvertantly granting freedom to Arlia's inhabitants. After leaving Arlia, Vegeta destroys it with a powerful blast. So much for heroics.
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Home for Infinite Losers |
Goku falls asleep and falls off Snake Way, landing in a place where two trolls guard King Yemma's tree of magic fruit. Goku accepts the trolls athletic challenges in exchange for information on getting back on Snake Way. Goku beats them, and is shown the secret passageway to get back on.
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Princess Snake's Hospitality |
Goku reaches the midpoint of Snake Way - a palace where a beautiful Princess lives. He stays, thinking Princess Snake is King Kai, and is given the royal treatment. When he tries to leave, however, Princess Snake shows her true colors as a man-eating monster, and Goku uses speed and cunning to escape her and get back on track to see King Kai.
Gohan builds a raft, and sails away to escape Piccolo's harsh training. After sailing into a storm, he washes up at the home of some orphans, who he helps in evading capture by some social workers. Piccolo finds Gohan as he's about to go home, and convinces him that he needs to go back for training, so he can defend Earth.
Team Dragon Ball undergoes training at Corin Tower, home of Kame. Ready for some real action, the Team uses a telepathic simulator to train in Vegeta's past and take on two Saiyan warriors.
Goku finally reaches the end of Snake Way, and leaps up to a small planet with incredible gravity, which is the home of King Kai. He mistakes a silly chimp for King Kai, and foolishly mimicks his monkeying around as if it were training. The real King Kai steps out of him home and introduces himself to Goku.
After a lesson in speed with Gregory, a cricket friend of King Kai, Goku takes a rest and eats, while King Kai tells him the story of Vegeta and how it was destroyed. Team Dragon Ball completes training at Corin Tower, and they take off for Earth to continue training. The year passes, and Goku completes his training. He reviews all he has learned, including the Spirit Bomb, which he charges up to fire at an oncoming projectile launched by King Kai.
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The Legend of the Saiyans |
After a lesson in speed with Gregory, a cricket friend of King Kai, Goku takes a rest and eats, while King Kai tells him the story of Vegeta and how it was destroyed. Team Dragon Ball completes training at Corin Tower, and they take off for Earth to continue training. The year passes, and Goku completes his training. He reviews all he has learned, including the Spirit Bomb, which he charges up to fire at an oncoming projectile launched by King Kai.
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A Black Day for Planet Earth |
Goku prepares to head back to Earth, and discovers that he will arrive on Earth two days after the Saiyans arrive. He telepathically tells Master Roshi to summon the Eternal Dragon and wish him back. Once restored to the physical plane, Goku heads for Earth at top speed. Nappa and Vegeta arrive on Earth, and Nappa immediately begins to destroy buildings. Using their power readers, the Saiyans find the most powerful people on the planet and make their way towards them - Gohan and Piccolo. The others on the team sense the Saiyans, and make their way towards Piccolo and Gohan's desert location as well.
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The Battle Begins - Goku Where Are You? |
Nappa and Vegeta reach Gohan, Piccolo, and Krillin in the desert. Tien, Chaosu, and Yamcha arrive soon after. Nappa unleashes his Saibamen, little green creatures that zip around the special forces, until they decide they will fight them one on one. Tien goes first.
Tien strikes, and overpowers the Saibaman he had to face. Yamcha goes next, and after defeating one, asks to take on all four. Before he gets the chance, the Saibaman he thought dead latched onto him and exploded, killing them both. Enraged by the death of his friend, Krillin takes on all four Saibaman and defeats them. With the Saibamn destroyed, Nappa charges up to battle the special forces.
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Nappa.. the Invincible? |
Nappa attacks the special forces, and gives them quite a beating, knocking Tien out cold. In an effort to destroy Nappa himself, Chaosu grabs onto Nappa's back and self destructs, leaving Nappa unscathed, but Chaosu dead. Krillin and Piccolo perform the triform manuever, splitting into three identical components, giving Nappa six fighters to face. Meanwhile, Goku continues to race towards Earth.
Tien recovers, and gives every last bit of energy to fire a blast at Nappa, but misses, and dies shortly afterwards. Vegeta decides to call a time out, and give Goku three hours to get back to Earth for a more interesting fight. A bored Nappa takes off and destroys a few battleships and jet fighters.
The three hours are up, and so Nappa begins fighting the special forces once more. Piccolo devises a plan to grab Nappa's tail, but it doesn't work, since these Saiyans have overcome that weakness. Goku arrives at the checkpoint, and Kame transports him to Corin Tower, where he leaps off and boards Nimbus, racing to the battle ground as fast as he can.
Piccolo, Krillin, and Gohan continue fighting Nappa, and Piccolo is killed after taking a blast from Nappa that was meant for Gohan. Goku arrives and finds the special forces on the brink of defeat. He confronts Nappa and gives him a run for his money, not allowing the brutish Saiyan to even lay a hand on him.
Goku continues fighting Nappa, whipping up on him badly, until Vegeta orders Nappa to give up. Nappa then goes after Krillin and Gohan, and Goku eventually takes him out using the Kao-Ken attack, which enhances all of his abilities, but takes quite a toll on his body. Goku sends away Gohan and Krillin and lures Vegeta to another location, where the two face off against each other.
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Goku vs Vegeta - A Saiyan Battle |
The two Saiyans continue their battle in which the fate of the world hangs. Vegeta overpowers Goku's Kao-Ken attack, but proves to be no match for his triple Kao-Ken attack. Vegeta decides to stop fighting Goku and just destroy the planet with an energy blast. He flies up and charges up, while Goku stays on the ground and charges up a Kamehamea blast to counter Vegeta. The two fire, and Goku has to shift into Kao-Ken times four to overpower Vegeta's blast, and sends him off into the sky. An enraged Vegeta returns to the ground and launches an energy sphere that simulates a full moon.
The simulated full moon transforms Vegeta into the gigantic monster that all Saiyans with tails can transform into. All Goku can do is avoid him, but the monster is too fast. Vegeta jacks Goku pretty badly, crushing both of legs. Krillin and Gohan sense that Goku is in trouble, and fly towards the fight. The get there and see Vegeta holding Goku in his hand, crushing him like a bug. The two devise a plan to cut off his tail and turn him back into normal Vegeta.
Gohan and Krillin take on the transformed Vegeta. Krillin tosses a Destructo Disc at his tail while Gohan distracts him, but misses. To everyone's surprise, Yajirobe leaps out of nowhere and chops off Vegeta's tail with his sword, reverting him back to a normal Saiyan. Krillin is knocked out cold, and Gohan holds his own against Vegeta. Krillin awakens, and Goku gives him a Spirit Bomb formed with his last bit of energy. Krillin launches the Bomb, but Vegeta dodges, and it heads for Gohan, who deflects it up at Vegeta, hitting him dead on.
Vegeta recovers, and once again attacks the team. First he takes out Krillin, and then Gohan. Before he can remove Gohan's tail, Yajirobe take a slash at him with him sword, severely wounding him. Vegeta gets back up and knocks Yajirobe out. Meanwhile, Gohan has managed to begin his transformation into a monster, and a frightened Vegeta cannot stop it. After gaining focus through a mental link with Goku, Gohan fights Vegeta. Vegeta is no match for him, but ends up cutting his tail off, only to have Gohan fall on him, which takes all the fight out of Vegeta. Vegeta escapes in his space pod, and only because Goku stopped Krillin from killing him. Master Roshi, Bulma, and Chi-chi arrive in an aircraft to pick up the weary but victorious warriors.
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