Dragon Ball Z: Season 1

Goku and Gohan arrive at Goku's old sensei Master Roshi's island to meet Goku's old friends Bulma, Krillin, Master Roshi, and Master Roshi's Turtle. The others quickly notice the difference between Gohan's behavior and that of Goku as a child. Goku informs his friends that his wife Chi-Chi refuses to allow Gohan to fight, preferring that he instead he study constantly. The same mysterious alien arrives at the island and reveals himself: he is a Saiyan warrior named Raditz, part of a war-like rac

In order to get Goku to join him, Raditz kidnaps Gohan and orders Goku to kill 100 Earthlings before the next day as proof that he really has joined the Saiyans. Goku tries to stop him, but not even he can stop his brother's power. Even though he's no match for him, Goku will do whatever it takes to save his son. Krillin and Roshi volunteer to join Goku and save Gohan, however Goku refuses. They both had died during the events of Dragon Ball, and while the Dragon Balls may grant resurrection, th

Goku and Piccolo throw everything they've got against Raditz, but it seems that even with the weights removed, it seems their combined power stops short of Raditz's own strength. Both get injured and Piccolo even loses an arm. However, Piccolo has an idea that might beat him: the Makankosappo (Named "Special Beam Cannon" in the first english dub), his newest and most powerful technique that he was planning on using against Goku. But, he has to power up to make it work, and he requires five minut

To prepare for this threat, Kami, the guardian of Earth, takes Goku to a special place in the afterlife (or "Other World") for training with the legendary martial arts master of the afterlife, King Kai. But in order to get to King Kai, he must first cross a treacherous path called Snake Way. Only one person has ever successfully crossed it, King Yemma, who judges the souls of the dead. King Yemma tells Goku not to fall off Snake Way or he will never return. Goku starts the long journey by flying

As Krillin and the others try to find the Dragon Balls after Bulma adjusts the eyepiece for their use, Chi-Chi arrives with her father Ox-King to search for Goku and Gohan, and Master Roshi is forced to tell Chi-Chi the truth himself about Raditz's attack, Goku's sacrifice and Gohan's taken by Piccolo, upon which she faints. Yajirobe appears with a task for Krillin: he must bring Yamcha, Tien, and Chiaotzu to Korin Tower in preparation for the Saiyans' arrival. Before he leaves he also tells the

Krillin and Bulma find Yamcha and Puar. Krillin tells Yamcha of the important news, and they start heading to Korin Tower on the Capsule Corp. ship with the others. As Gohan becomes more like his father in bravery, power, and benevolence, he finds a wounded dinosaur, and aids it in recovering. He then tries to defend it from a hungry predator.

Goku continues his seemingly endless journey on Snake Way. Deep in space, the Saiyan warriors, Vegeta and Nappa, make a stop on a planet called Arlia and "become prisoners" to their tyrant king. When they are called before the king, they break their bonds and kill the guards. The king summons his giant monster on them, but they easily take care of them both. The other Arlians are grateful of the Saiyans for killing their tyrant king. They proclaim that Vegeta and Nappa will always receive a hero

Goku accidentally falls from Snake Way into Hell, where he finds a fruit tree. Goku is famished, so he tries to take a piece. However, the tree belongs to King Yemma, and the two oni there, Goz and Mez, will do anything it takes to stop Goku from acquiring the fruit. They explain that it is a special fruit that will keep whoever eats it full for a long time. Goz and Mez have their own tests to give. The first isn't very successful (even though he won), but the second was. To their great surprise

Even though Goku has to start all over on Snake Way, he quickly catches up to where he was last thanks to King Yemma's fruit. He sees a castle in up ahead, and assumes it must belong to King Kai. He enters the castle, only to find out that it belongs to Princess Snake. The Princess finds Goku very attractive, so she does everything she can to keep him there. Goku tries several times to leave, but finally, she is forced to show her true form. In her new, horrible form, she captures Goku, but he i

Gohan is able to survive the storm, and he washes up on the shore. There he finds a group of orphans living on their own. The adults in the area are trying to capture them and take them to an orphanage. After telling them his goal, Pigero, their leader, designs a plan to get Gohan home, and get all of the orphans to a safe location. The adults come, and Pigero and Gohan are able to defend themselves against the adults, but Pigero suddenly realizes something: the children will be better off at th

Gohan's real training is about to begin, as Piccolo trains him in the martial arts. On Kami's Lookout, Yamcha, Tien, Krillin and Chiaotzu want to get the same training as Goku did. So, Mr. Popo takes them to the Pendulum Room where the past, present, and future intertwine. Krillin and the others use the room and are sent to Planet Vegeta in the past, facing two powerful Saiyan warriors. After a horrifying battle, the Z Fighters continue their training with more motivation.

After a rough day of training with Piccolo, Gohan rests for the next day. Gohan has a bad dream involving Raditz beating his father, and he suddenly wakes up. Gohan looks up at the moon which has mysteriously reappeared, and overcome by his nightmares of Goku's death, he loses control of himself and attacks Piccolo, who has arrived to see what's going on. Piccolo does his best to stop him, but once Gohan grows his tail back and changes into a Great Ape with another gaze at the moon, he is powerl

As Gohan's training gets harder every day, Goku officially meets King Kai. King Kai reveals the Saiyans will arrive on Earth in less than 6 months. His first task is to catch the monkey, whose name is Bubbles, but it's not going to be easy. The gravity on this tiny planet is 10 times that of Earth, making it hard for Goku to even stand up. Just when Goku is losing hope, he gets inspired after learning that his people withstand different fighting conditions and that Planet Vegeta's gravity is the

Goku's next task in King Kai's training is to hit the grasshopper, Gregory, with a heavy mallet. After a long chase, it seems that Goku can't hit Gregory yet. While taking a break, King Kai tells Goku about the Saiyan people. They were a warrior race who shared Planet Vegeta with the smarter, though weaker, Tuffles. After a long war, the Saiyans overpowered and destroyed the Tuffles and stole their technology. The Saiyans became space pirates and began cleansing planets of civilizations and sell

After days of hard training with King Kai, Goku has gotten much stronger and faster. But, the Saiyans are going to arrive the next day, so Goku speaks to Master Roshi telepathically through King Kai. He asks him to use the Dragon Balls to wish him back. Suddenly, King Kai realizes that he forgot to account for the time it will take Goku to go back down Snake Way. With no time to waste, Goku leaves King Kai's planet and races down Snake Way.

After a year of space travel, the two Saiyans, Vegeta and Nappa, arrive on Earth. To celebrate their arrival, Nappa completely destroys East City with ease by creating an energy blast. Vegeta chastises Nappa, as he could have also destroyed the Dragon Balls. Sensing their power, the Z Fighters mobilize for an attack. The Saiyans search for any large power levels with their scouters, and they head toward Piccolo and Gohan. Just when Krillin shows up to help, the Saiyans also arrive. Piccolo learn

Just to have some fun, Vegeta and Nappa grow some weird creatures, called Saibamen, to test their opponents' strength. Suddenly, Tien, Chiaotzu, and Yamcha arrive to join the battle. Tien is the first to go up against one of the Saibamen. Thanks to his training, Tien easily beats one of them. Angry at his failure, Vegeta destroys the losing Saibaman. Yamcha is up against the next Saibaman, and it seems he, too, is stronger, but his opponent grabs Yamcha and self-destructs, killing them both.

Yamcha has been killed by the Saibaman's surprise explosion. Back at the Kame House, everyone mourns his death, especially Bulma and Puar. Angered by losing him, Krillin fights the remaining Saibamen. He fires a powerful energy attack that completely destroys four of the remaining Saibamen, with Piccolo killing the last Saibamen. However, the real battle is about to begin, because the Saiyan Nappa steps up to fight, who proves to be much stronger than any of them. As Tien gets beaten up by Nappa

With Tien dead, only Piccolo, Krillin, and Gohan remain to fight, and they begin to wonder when Goku will show up. They tell Vegeta that Goku is far more powerful than any of them, and the Saiyan Prince can't resist the thought of a better fight, as he has grown bored of the relatively weak Earthlings. He tells Nappa that they will wait three hours for Goku. Instead of standing around for three hours, Nappa flies around the world to have fun and destroying everything in his path to kill some tim

As Goku heads toward the battlefield on his Nimbus cloud, Piccolo, Krillin, and Gohan devise a plan to stop Nappa: they plan to pull his tail, which will weaken him enough to take him out. As Piccolo grabs Nappa's tail, Gohan rushes to finish the fight. However, it seems that Nappa and Vegeta have evolved past their weaknesses, and they are no longer crippled when their tail is grabbed. With their plan a failure, Nappa begins to pound on Piccolo and Krillin. Only Gohan is left to fight, and the

Piccolo makes the ultimate sacrifice, and dives in front of Gohan to block Nappa's attack. As Piccolo dies, he tells Gohan that he is his only friend and how sorry he is about being so hard on him during training. With Piccolo dead, Kami and the Dragon Balls are also gone, meaning that no one can be wished back. When all hope seems lost for Earth, Goku finally arrives. After giving Gohan and Krillin a Senzu bean, Goku learns what happened to his friends. Angered, Goku takes out his frustration o

Goku is able to easily beat Nappa, thanks to King Kai's training. With a measured power level in the thousands, he is vastly superior to the Saiyan who so easily defeated his friends. Goku avenges all of his friends. Having seen enough of the fight, Vegeta orders Nappa to stop and let him fight Goku. To have some more fun, Nappa decides to attack Gohan and Krillin, only to be stopped by Goku's Kaio-ken attack. Unable to move, Nappa asks Vegeta for help, but the cruel prince does not tolerate wea

Thanks to the Kaio-ken x3 technique, Goku has the upper hand against Vegeta, which infuriates the Saiyan Prince. He decides that if he can't beat Goku, he will destroy the Earth, and flies high up in the air and fires his Galick Gun attack. Goku unleashes the Kamehameha wave, and the two energy blasts meet in midair. Goku and Vegeta pour all of their energy into this attack, and after a long struggle, Vegeta's blast is pushing Goku's back, even with Goku using the Kaio-ken x3 attack. With no cho

By creating an artificial moon with a specialized ball of energy completed with Blutz Waves, Vegeta transforms into a Great Ape. But unlike Goku and Gohan, Vegeta has complete control of himself while in this transformed state. Upon seeing Vegeta's Great Ape form, Goku remembers his childhood how see the full moon and trasnform into Great Ape with rampage as a child, realizing he unintenionally killed his Grandpa Gohan. Luckily, Goku has one last attack that could finish Vegeta: the Spirit Bomb.

As Gohan fights against Vegeta, Goku gives Krillin the part of the Spirit Bomb that he was able to save. As Krillin prepares to unleash the ball, King Kai telepathically contacts him to instruct him not to use his eyes to throw it, but to feel it out. Sensing the right moment, Krillin fires the bomb, but Vegeta is able to dodge it. Goku telepathically communicates with Gohan, telling his son to redirect the blast at Vegeta, who has jumped into the air. As the Spirtit Bomb won't harm anyone with

Vegeta attempts to finish off Gohan to prevent him from looking at his artificial moon and transforming when Yajirobe jumps in and stops him by cutting through his armor with his sword, resulting in a heroic distraction. As Vegeta pummels Yajirobe for his interference, Gohan recovers, and then on Goku's telepathic commands, he looks at Vegeta's moon and transforms into a Great Ape. However, unlike Vegeta, Gohan can't control himself in this state. Alerted quickly by Goku and Krillin's cries for

Bulma destroys the Saiyan ship by accidentally pressing the self-destruct button on its remote. Mr. Popo arrives, and tells them that he knows of another spaceship: the Namekian ship that Kami used to come to Earth when he was a boy. A hesitant Bulma goes with Mr. Popo despite her fear of him and together they uncover the secret of how to control the ship.

Gohan, Krillin, and Bulma blast off to Namek. On the way, they run into what appears to be an invisible spaceship. They enter the ship, only to discover that it's full of traps. After getting through what seems to be all the traps, Gohan, and Krillin feast on a table full of food despite warnings from Bulma. They soon realize their mistake when children with guns holding Bulma hostage come into the picture, forcing the two young warriors to stand down in order to ensure her safety.

Locked in battle with the Saiyans, Goku gives Nappa a brutal demonstration of the training he received from King Kai. Broken and defeated, Nappa must now face the ferocious wrath of Vegeta!

Goku decides to take on mighty Vegeta all by himself! The two appear evenly matched, but both are hiding their true strength. The epic battle is underway - which mighty warrior will claim victory?