Password is Porunga

The race for the Dragon Balls enters its final stretch as multiple plans unfold simultaneously. Krillin departs Frieza's ship to find Guru and learn the summoning password, while Vegeta, utterly exhausted, orders Gohan to guard the Dragon Balls and collapses for a nap. Inside the ship, the prince staggers to Goku's Medical Machine and sets a timer for thirty minutes, certain that when Goku heals and Vegeta claims his immortality wish, nothing will stand in their way.

Dende, carrying the password, encounters the corpses of Burter and Guldo along the way and briefly panics, mistaking them for Krillin and Gohan. Outside the ship, the frog-bodied Captain Ginyu attempts to drag one of the Dragon Balls away from Gohan, only to get stuck and chased off. Adding insult to injury, a female Namekian frog takes a romantic interest in the former captain.

When Dende and Krillin finally reconnect and return to Gohan, a plan forms quickly. They will sneak the Dragon Balls away from the ship and summon the dragon out of Vegeta's earshot. If he wakes up, the distance will buy them enough time. Meanwhile, Nail's brutal fight with Frieza reaches its end. As the tyrant prepares to deliver the killing blow, Nail reveals that the entire battle was a diversion so Dende could deliver the password. Frieza, suddenly remembering the small Namekian child he passed earlier, erupts in fury and rockets back toward his ship. He calls for the Ginyu Force, but no one answers. They are all gone.

Back with the heroes, Dende speaks the Namekian password and Porunga, the dragon of Namek, erupts from the seven glowing orbs. Unlike Shenron, this dragon grants three wishes. The race against Frieza is on.

Nail's revelation that his entire fight was a stalling tactic recontextualizes every punch he took. Every blow he absorbed, every limb he regenerated, every minute he bought was calculated. He never intended to win. He intended to bleed. And that willingness to sacrifice himself completely, knowing the payoff would go to strangers from another planet, elevates Nail from a supporting character into one of the saga's most noble figures.

Frieza's reaction is telling. He does not rage at losing the fight. He rages at being outsmarted. For a tyrant who conquered worlds through brute force, discovering he was played by a dying warrior is a humiliation that cuts deeper than any wound.

Porunga's introduction fundamentally changes the wish-granting dynamic established by Shenron. Three wishes instead of one means the heroes have options, but it also means more decisions to argue over and more time needed with Frieza closing in. The Namekian dragon's design reflects this elevated status: massive, muscular, and far more imposing than Earth's serpentine Shenron.

The frog-Ginyu subplot provides welcome comic relief during a tense stretch. His failed attempt to steal a Dragon Ball while Gohan watches, followed by his pursuit by a lovestruck female frog, is pure anime-original slapstick that keeps the episode from becoming too heavy.