Dragon Ball Z

Five years after the events of Dragon Ball, a mysterious alien warrior lands on Earth. After brushing aside a terrified farmer, the invader sets out in search of someone called "Kakarot," while Goku enjoys peaceful family life with his young son Gohan.

Goku introduces Gohan to his old friends at Kame House, but the reunion is cut short when the alien warrior Raditz arrives, reveals Goku's Saiyan heritage, and kidnaps Gohan to force his brother into submission.

Goku and Piccolo form an uneasy partnership to rescue Gohan and defeat Raditz. Using Bulma's Dragon Radar to track Gohan's hat, the two rivals fly off to confront a Saiyan warrior stronger than either of them alone.

Raditz overwhelms Goku and Piccolo, destroying Piccolo's arm with a devastating blast. Piccolo reveals a secret technique he needs time to charge, leaving Goku to stall the ruthless Saiyan alone while Gohan stirs inside the space pod.

Gohan's rage unlocks devastating power that wounds Raditz, but it fades as quickly as it appeared. Goku sacrifices himself by trapping Raditz in a Full-Nelson, allowing Piccolo's Special Beam Cannon to kill them both.

In the aftermath of Goku's death, Piccolo claims Gohan for training, Goku begins his journey along the million-kilometer Snake Way in Other World, and the surviving Z Fighters brace for two Saiyans arriving in one year.

Piccolo abandons Gohan in the wilderness for six months of survival training. On Snake Way, Goku nearly falls into Hell. At home, Krillin cannot bring himself to tell Chi-Chi the terrible news about her husband and son.

When the full moon rises, Gohan transforms into a rampaging Great Ape. Piccolo destroys the moon to stop the rampage, removes Gohan's tail, and clothes the unconscious boy in a new outfit before departing for his own training.

Gohan falls into an underground cavern and discovers an ancient robot buried for eighty years. The two form a brief friendship before the robot sacrifices itself to send Gohan back to the surface as the ruins collapse around them.

Gohan bonds with an injured dinosaur in the wilderness while Krillin recruits Yamcha from his baseball career to join the Z Fighters at Kami's Lookout. A predator attack teaches Gohan a harsh lesson about the limits of kindness.

Vegeta and Nappa detour to the insectoid planet Arlia, where they demolish a tyrant king and his forces for entertainment. After briefly being hailed as heroes by the freed inhabitants, Vegeta destroys the entire planet as they leave.

Piccolo trains alone with devastating telekinesis, Gohan narrowly survives an earthquake, Launch tries to win Tien's heart, Krillin recruits Tien and Chiaotzu, and Goku falls off Snake Way straight into Hell.

Trapped in Hell, Goku must outwit the guardian ogres Goz and Mez in a sumo match and a game of tag to find his way back to Snake Way. He escapes through a secret exit, only to end up at the very beginning of the road.

While traveling Snake Way, Goku stumbles upon the palace of Princess Snake, who tries to seduce him into staying forever. When charm fails, she reveals her true form as a giant serpent and attempts to devour him whole.

Piccolo pushes his training to the limit by splitting himself in two to fight his own clone. Meanwhile, Gohan discovers he is stranded on a deserted island, builds a raft to escape, and is caught in a violent ocean storm.

Gohan washes ashore and is taken in by a group of orphan children led by the resourceful Pigero. After bonding with the group and nearly reaching home, Gohan chooses to return to his training, inspired by the orphans' bravery.

Mr. Popo sends the Z Fighters into the Pendulum Room, where they face two Saiyan warriors in a simulated battle and learn just how outmatched they truly are against the coming threat.

Gohan's tail regrows and triggers a Great Ape transformation during training with Piccolo, while Goku finally reaches the end of Snake Way and meets King Kai and his monkey companion Bubbles.

Goku begins training under King Kai on his high-gravity planet, struggling to catch the speedy monkey Bubbles while Piccolo pushes Gohan harder than ever in the wastelands below.

King Kai reveals the violent history of the Saiyan race to Goku, while the Z Fighters complete their training on the Lookout and Fortuneteller Baba sees no future for Earth.

Goku is wished back to life with the Dragon Balls and races down Snake Way as the Saiyan space pods crash into East City, signaling that the battle for Earth has begun.

Vegeta and Nappa emerge from their pods and obliterate East City. The Z Fighters sense the monstrous energy and converge on the battlefield as Nappa plants six Saibamen seeds in the soil.

The Z Fighters face the Saibamen in a series of one-on-one duels. Tien dominates his opponent, but Yamcha's overconfidence proves fatal when a defeated Saibaman latches onto him and self-destructs.

Krillin annihilates the remaining Saibamen and Nappa enters the fight, severing Tien's arm with a single blow. Chiaotzu sacrifices himself in a desperate attempt to stop the unstoppable Saiyan.

Tien pours his remaining life force into a final Tri-Beam that fails to stop Nappa, dying alongside his best friend. Vegeta grants a three-hour reprieve for Goku to arrive.

Nappa terrorizes Earth's military and destroys cities during the three-hour wait, while Goku arrives at the Check-In Station and races back to Earth with Senzu Beans and the Flying Nimbus.

The tail-grab plan fails when Nappa reveals he has trained past that weakness. Krillin's Destructo Disc nearly kills the brute, but Piccolo ultimately shields Gohan from a lethal blast.

Piccolo dies shielding Gohan from Nappa's blast, taking Kami and the Dragon Balls with him. Goku arrives at the battlefield and overwhelms Nappa with a power level over 8,000.

Goku dominates Nappa with the Kaio-ken technique, breaking his back when the brute targets Gohan and Krillin out of spite. Vegeta then executes his own partner for being a disappointment.

Goku and Vegeta clash in an explosive duel at the Gizard Wasteland. Vegeta's overwhelming power forces Goku to push the Kaio-ken to a dangerous times-three multiplier.

Goku pushes Kaio-ken to times four and overwhelms Vegeta's Galick Gun with a supercharged Kamehameha. The battered prince responds by creating an artificial moon and transforming into a Great Ape.

Nappa's rampage reaches a horrifying peak as Chiaotzu sacrifices himself in a desperate self-destruct attack, only for the Saiyan brute to emerge completely unharmed. With Earth's defenders falling one by one, Piccolo and Krillin launch a surprise counterattack.

Tien channels every last ounce of his life force into a devastating final attack against Nappa, but even this ultimate sacrifice fails to bring down the Saiyan warrior. Vegeta grants a three-hour reprieve, waiting for Goku to arrive.

Krillin holds the Spirit Bomb with Earth's survival resting in his hands. When Vegeta dodges the throw, Gohan bounces it back with a pure heart, striking the Saiyan prince and sending him crashing from the sky.

Gohan transforms into a Great Ape and crushes Vegeta beneath his massive body. As Krillin moves in for the kill, Goku makes a telepathic plea for mercy that changes the course of history, allowing the Saiyan prince to escape Earth alive.

The survivors collect their fallen friends and learn about Planet Namek, where more powerful Dragon Balls could revive everyone. King Kai locates living Namekians, and Krillin produces a stolen Saiyan remote that may hold the key to getting there.

The heroes regroup at Wukong Hospital while a recovery team extracts Nappa's space pod. When Bulma accidentally destroys the pod via remote, all seems lost until Mr. Popo reveals an ancient Namekian spaceship hidden in the highlands of Yunzabit.

Capsule Corporation refits Kami's ancient spaceship for the long journey ahead. After an emotional send-off complete with Chi-Chi's wardrobe demands, Bulma, Krillin, and Gohan blast off for Planet Namek on mankind's first deep space voyage.

Seven days into their voyage, boredom gives way to danger when a giant mirror-plated spaceship pulls Kami's vessel inside. Bulma, Krillin, and Gohan navigate a gauntlet of booby traps only to find themselves surrounded by hundreds of armed children.

The orphaned children aboard the Mirror Spaceship mistake our heroes for agents of Frieza. A meteor swarm forces an unlikely alliance, and after escaping together, the crew hears the name "Frieza" for the first time. Vegeta arrives at Planet Frieza 79.

The crew crash-lands on what they believe is Planet Namek and meets two friendly locals, Raiti and Zaacro, who help them search for Dragon Balls. But Bulma begins to suspect their generous hosts are not what they seem.

The Dragon Ball hunt continues across increasingly bizarre terrain as Goku secretly escapes the hospital to train. On Planet Frieza 79, Vegeta completes his recovery and emerges from the Medical Machine stronger than before.

The elaborate illusion shatters as Raiti and Zaacro reveal their true monstrous forms. On Planet Frieza 79, Vegeta learns that Frieza has already departed for Namek to claim the Dragon Balls, and the Saiyan prince races to beat him there.

Gohan and Krillin break free from the sea creatures and defeat Raiti and Zaacro, escaping the fake Namek for good. After 34 days in space, they finally land on the real Planet Namek, only to discover Vegeta has arrived minutes behind them.

Frieza's scouts destroy Kami's ship, stranding the heroes on Namek. Vegeta confronts Cui and reveals a shocking power increase, eliminating his old rival with contemptuous ease. Krillin and Gohan hide in a cave as Frieza's army sweeps toward the next village.

Goku eats a Senzu Bean, makes a miraculous recovery, and blasts off for Namek in a Capsule Corp spaceship equipped with 100x gravity training. On Namek, Krillin and Gohan witness Frieza's army arrive at a Namekian village and begin terrorizing its people.

Frieza demands the village Dragon Ball and murders Namekian elders to make his point. Three warrior-class Namekians arrive and shockingly overpower Frieza's soldiers, while the clever elder Moori destroys every scouter in sight to blind the tyrant's forces.

Dodoria massacres the remaining Namekian warriors and murders elder Moori and young Cargo in cold blood. Gohan snaps, rescuing Dende in a burst of rage, and Krillin blinds Dodoria with the Solar Flare as the trio escapes into hiding.

Vegeta ambushes Dodoria after he separates from Frieza and Zarbon. The panicked henchman reveals the truth about Planet Vegeta's destruction at Frieza's hands, but Vegeta, unmoved by the revelation, executes him with a single blast.

Goku narrowly avoids being incinerated by a star after his ship is knocked off course, firing a Kamehameha to propel himself to safety. On Namek, Vegeta discovers an untouched village and begins his own brutal campaign for the Dragon Balls.

Vegeta slaughters an entire Namekian village, claims their Dragon Ball, and hides it underwater where Frieza can never find it. On King Kai's planet, the fallen Z Fighters arrive to begin training, while Krillin and Dende set off toward Grand Elder Guru.

King Kai identifies Frieza and desperately warns Goku to stay away from him. Piccolo overrides the warning, demanding Goku collect the Dragon Balls and revive them. On Namek, Vegeta intercepts Zarbon for a fateful showdown.

Zarbon reveals his terrifying hidden form, a grotesque reptilian beast that savagely beats Vegeta into submission. After pile-driving the Saiyan prince into a crater that floods with water, Zarbon leaves him for dead. Krillin and Dende finally reach Guru's home.

Guru reads Krillin's heart, deems him worthy, and hands over the final Dragon Ball. He then unlocks Krillin's dormant potential, dramatically boosting his power. Frieza executes a soldier for incompetence and summons the dreaded Ginyu Force.

Piccolo sparrs against Yamcha, Tien, and Chiaotzu simultaneously on King Kai's planet, pushing all of them to improve rapidly. Inside Frieza's ship, Vegeta awakens from the healing tank, kills Appule, and creates a diversion to reach the unguarded Dragon Balls.

Vegeta steals all five of Frieza's Dragon Balls right from under his nose and escapes the ship by swimming underwater. Gohan recovers the ball Vegeta hid in the lake, while Zarbon receives a one-hour ultimatum from a furious Frieza.

Vegeta and Zarbon clash for the second and final time. Powered up from his near-death recovery, Vegeta overwhelms Zarbon's transformed state and kills him with a devastating punch through the stomach. He then takes Krillin's Dragon Ball by force.

Vegeta secures what he thinks is the final Dragon Ball, but Gohan slips away with the real prize. Meanwhile, Frieza summons the dreaded Ginyu Force, and on King Kai's planet, the dead warriors sense a terrifying new threat heading for Namek.

Bulma's solo adventure kicks off when a Dragon Ball rolls into the Namekian ocean, leading her into a deep-sea encounter with a protective crab mother. On land, Frieza's soldiers Blueberry and Raspberry capture her, setting the stage for trouble.

Bulma outwits Frieza's soldiers by luring them into the crab's underwater nest, reclaiming her Dragon Ball in the chaos. Goku tests devastating new techniques in 100x gravity, while Vegeta catches wind of Gohan and Krillin's movements as the Ginyu Force closes in.

Guru unlocks Gohan's dormant potential, and the power surge alerts Vegeta to their location. With the Ginyu Force arriving on Namek, a desperate three-way alliance forms between Vegeta, Krillin, and Gohan as they scramble to gather the Dragon Balls.

The Ginyu Force intercepts Vegeta, Krillin, and Gohan just as they gather all seven Dragon Balls. Burter's blinding speed and Guldo's time-freezing powers crush every attempt to escape, and a Rock-Paper-Scissors game decides who fights whom.

Gohan and Krillin battle the time-freezing Guldo, whose psychic powers trap them in a deadly telekinetic bind. Just as Guldo prepares to impale them with a sharpened tree stump, Vegeta intervenes with a lethal blast that severs the little alien's head clean off.

Vegeta throws everything he has at Recoome, unleashing devastating combos that incinerate the landscape, but the towering brute emerges from each onslaught virtually unscathed. When Krillin intervenes and Gohan pulls Vegeta to safety, Recoome retaliates with bone-shattering force.

Gohan stands alone against Recoome and is brutally beaten, his neck snapped by a devastating kick. On Frieza's ship, the tyrant discovers the Dragon Balls require a secret password. Just as all hope fades, Goku's spaceship touches down on Namek.

Goku arrives on the battlefield, heals Gohan, Krillin, and even Vegeta with his last Senzu Beans, then drops Recoome with a single elbow strike. The Ginyu Force's scouters read his power at just 5,000, but Vegeta sees through the deception and utters two words: Super Saiyan.

Goku faces Jeice and Burter together, dodging every attack with effortless grace. Their combined techniques, including the devastating Purple Spiral Flash, fail to land a single clean hit. When Burter charges in frustration, Goku vanishes and reappears behind him.

Goku finishes off Burter with a devastating Kaio-ken strike, prompting Jeice to flee and recruit Captain Ginyu. Vegeta coldly executes the fallen Ginyu Force members, and the ruthless captain arrives on the battlefield hungry for revenge.

Goku squares off against Captain Ginyu while Vegeta sneaks toward Frieza's ship. After trading heavy blows, Ginyu realizes he is facing a warrior who has been holding back enormous power, and Goku begins an extended Kaio-ken power-up that stuns everyone.

Goku's Kaio-ken power-up peaks at 180,000, leaving Captain Ginyu shattered. Meanwhile, Frieza arrives at Grand Elder Guru's home, effortlessly dispatches Namekian warriors, and sets the stage for a showdown with Nail as Guru grants Dende the power to heal.

Frieza battles Nail while Guru buys time through telepathic misdirection. On the other front, Captain Ginyu stabs himself through the chest and unleashes his Body Change technique, trapping Goku in a broken, unfamiliar body.

Vegeta raids Frieza's ship for armor while Ginyu parades around in Goku's stolen body. Krillin and Gohan dig up the Dragon Balls but cannot summon the dragon without the password, and Ginyu arrives to reveal his deception through violence.

Ginyu maxes out Goku's stolen body at a pitiful 23,000, proving he cannot unlock the Kaio-ken. Gohan and Krillin gain the upper hand until Vegeta emerges from hiding, brutally kills Jeice, and pummels Ginyu into submission, only for the captain to prepare one final body switch.

Goku intercepts Ginyu's body swap beam to reclaim his own form, then cleverly throws a Namekian frog into the path of Ginyu's final attempt. The captain is trapped forever in a tiny amphibian body, and the heroes settle into Frieza's ship to recover.

Dende reaches Gohan and Krillin with the Dragon Ball password while Vegeta naps. Nail's sacrifice is revealed as a deliberate stalling tactic, sending Frieza into a rage. The Namekian dragon Porunga rises from the earth, granting three wishes instead of one.

Piccolo is revived and transported to Namek as Porunga's first two wishes. Vegeta wakes up, discovers the betrayal, and demands Dende wish him immortal. But Guru dies before the third wish can be completed, the Dragon Balls turn to stone, and Frieza arrives.

Piccolo discovers the dying Nail and performs the first Namekian fusion in the series, gaining a massive power boost. Vegeta, Gohan, and Krillin engage Frieza directly, with Vegeta matching the tyrant's first form and recklessly demanding he transform.

Frieza sheds his armor and begins transforming as a flashback reveals King Vegeta's doomed rebellion and the destruction of Planet Vegeta. In the present, Frieza's monstrous second form boasts a power level over one million, and he wastes no time impaling Krillin on his horn.

Frieza toys with Krillin's impaled body before discarding him into the sea. Gohan snaps, unleashing a rage-powered assault that briefly staggers the tyrant. But Frieza recovers quickly, and Gohan finds himself on the receiving end of a brutal beating with no one able to intervene.

Krillin makes a daring rescue, slicing Frieza's tail with a Destructo Disc and blinding him with the Solar Flare. Dende reveals his healing ability, restoring Gohan to fighting shape. But the real game-changer arrives when Piccolo touches down on the battlefield, ready to face Frieza alone.

Piccolo and second-form Frieza clash in a surprisingly even fight. The Namekian reveals his fusion with Nail, taunting Frieza for failing to keep up despite transforming. But when the dust settles from their fiercest exchange, Frieza blocked at the last moment; the combined might of Piccolo and Nail still falls short.

Piccolo sheds his weighted clothing and overwhelms second-form Frieza completely. But the tyrant reveals he has two transformations remaining and shifts into his grotesque third form. The power gap reverses instantly, and Frieza begins bombarding Piccolo with finger beams he cannot dodge.

Gohan's Wild Rush Blaster nearly overwhelms third-form Frieza, but the tyrant pushes it back. Vegeta convinces Krillin to blast a hole through his stomach so Dende's healing can trigger a Saiyan power boost. Frieza, meanwhile, completes his terrifying final transformation.

Final-form Frieza wastes no time, executing Dende with a Death Beam to eliminate the heroes' healing advantage. Vegeta, freshly powered up, declares himself a Super Saiyan and takes on Frieza alone. His attacks look impressive at first, but Piccolo sees through the display: Vegeta is still hopelessly outmatched.

Vegeta throws everything he has at final-form Frieza, but his most powerful blast is simply swatted back at him. Broken in body and spirit, Vegeta collapses in tears for the first time in his life. Frieza brutalizes him mercilessly, but a beeping medical machine signals hope: Goku has finally healed.

Goku arrives on the battlefield just in time and meets Frieza face-to-face for the first time. He kicks the tyrant square in the jaw, becoming the first person to hurt Frieza in his final form. Vegeta, mortally wounded by a Death Beam through the heart, tearfully reveals the truth about the Saiyan genocide before dying in Goku's arms.

Goku and final-form Frieza begin their legendary duel in earnest. The two seem evenly matched, trading blows that demolish the Namekian landscape. Frieza creates a lava pit to swallow Goku, but Goku survives and forces the magma back underground, warning Frieza to leave the planet out of their fight.

Goku and Frieza collide in a full-power slugfest across Namek's ravaged landscape. After being trapped in Frieza's deadly Imprisonment Ball, Goku escapes with barely a scratch, proving he belongs on this battlefield. Back on Earth, Chi-Chi's desperate mission to rescue Gohan spirals into comedy.

Frieza arrogantly challenges Goku to fight without using his hands, and their brutal exchange proves shockingly even. Meanwhile, Captain Ginyu, trapped in a frog's body, tricks Bulma into building him a translator device and steals her body with his infamous Body Change technique.

Frieza reveals he has been fighting at a fraction of his true strength and powers up to fifty percent, immediately turning the tide against Goku. On King Kai's Planet, the dead warriors sense the shift with dread. Captain Ginyu, hiding in Bulma's body, nearly blows his cover among Goku's allies.

Ginyu's body-swap scheme collapses when Gohan throws Bulma's frog body into the beam, restoring everyone to normal. On the battlefield, Frieza nearly drowns Goku, but a horrifying vision of his loved ones dying ignites a desperate Kaio-ken x20 Kamehameha that singes the tyrant's palm.

With every technique exhausted and Frieza battering him relentlessly, Goku plays his absolute final card: the Spirit Bomb. Arms raised to the sky, he begins gathering energy from the entire planet while Frieza ignorantly mistakes the gesture for surrender. A ghostly vision of Vegeta, Bardock, and King Vegeta fuels Goku's resolve.

The Spirit Bomb grows in the sky as Goku endures Frieza's relentless punishment with his arms raised. When Frieza finally spots the massive energy sphere reflected in the ocean, Piccolo leaps in with a last-second kick to buy the critical seconds Goku needs. The dead Ginyu Force wreaks havoc on King Kai's Planet.

Piccolo valiantly stalls Frieza but is beaten to near death. When Gohan and Krillin fire desperate blasts that enrage Frieza into attempting to destroy the entire planet, the timing aligns perfectly: Goku completes the Spirit Bomb and hurls the massive energy sphere directly into the tyrant, consuming him in a colossal explosion.

The Spirit Bomb fails. Frieza survives, shoots Piccolo through the chest, and murders Krillin by detonating him from the inside. Pushed beyond all limits by grief and rage, Goku undergoes the legendary transformation and becomes the first Super Saiyan in a thousand years. Anime history is made.

Super Saiyan Goku unleashes his fury on Frieza, and the difference is absolute. Every attack the tyrant throws is shrugged off or dodged with casual ease. Frieza's Death Beams bounce harmlessly off Goku's body as the newly transformed Saiyan delivers his legendary declaration of who he has become.

Unable to defeat Super Saiyan Goku through combat, Frieza fires a blast into Namek's core, triggering a countdown to the planet's total destruction. With five minutes until detonation and Frieza vowing to reach his full power, the final stage of their legendary battle begins on a world that is literally falling apart.

Goku allows Frieza to reach his full 100% power, ignoring King Kai's desperate plea to finish the tyrant early. The two warriors clash at speeds beyond comprehension, and Frieza begins to find his footing against the legendary Super Saiyan.

King Kai devises a brilliant plan to use Earth's Dragon Balls to revive Frieza's victims on Namek, restore the Namekian Dragon Balls, and ultimately teleport everyone to safety. On the battlefield, Goku slowly gains the upper hand against the full-power tyrant.

Shenron's wish revives Frieza's victims across Namek, restoring Guru, Dende, and Vegeta to life. When Frieza buries Goku in a lava pit, Gohan charges back to the battlefield alone, only for Goku to emerge from the depths, ready for the final round.

Goku overhears King Kai's evacuation plan and demands to be left on Namek to finish the fight. Dende races Frieza to Porunga and makes the wish just in time, teleporting everyone to Earth except Goku and Frieza, who now stand alone on a dying world.

With everyone safely on Earth, the focus splits between Goku and Frieza's escalating duel and the evacuees processing the weight of Goku's sacrifice. Piccolo reflects on his long history with Goku, while Vegeta reveals his true ambitions.

Goku lands a decisive blow to Frieza's stomach and walks away from the fight, declaring the weakened tyrant no longer worth his time. Humiliated and furious, Frieza refuses to accept defeat and launches a Death Saucer at the departing Super Saiyan.

Goku outmaneuvers Frieza's deadly energy discs, turning the tyrant's own weapon against him. Frieza is sliced in half by his own Death Saucer and, in a final act of compassion, Goku shares his energy to keep the broken emperor alive.

Grand Elder Guru passes the Dragon Ball power to Moori and dies peacefully, while on Namek, Frieza uses Goku's gifted energy for one final treacherous attack. Goku retaliates with a blast that apparently obliterates the tyrant once and for all.

Goku finds Frieza's wrecked spaceship and desperately tries to launch it, but the engines fail and the ship plunges into lava. Namek explodes moments later, and King Kai is unable to locate Goku anywhere in the universe. The heroes are left devastated.

Over 260 days, the Namekian Dragon Balls regenerate and Porunga is summoned twice. Krillin, Yamcha, Tien, and Chiaotzu are all revived, and the stunning truth emerges: Goku is still alive. He declines to return, and the Namekians depart Earth for a new homeworld.

Garlic Jr. escapes the Dead Zone and seizes Kami's Lookout with his Spice Boys, trapping both Kami and Mr. Popo in miniature bottles. With Earth's Guardian imprisoned, Garlic Jr. unleashes the Black Water Mist to enslave all of humanity.

The Black Water Mist blankets Earth, transforming ordinary people into violent thralls. At Kame House, Chi-Chi, Yamcha, Bulma, and Master Roshi all fall victim, leaving only Gohan, Krillin, and Maron uninfected as the Spice Boys arrive.

Piccolo battles the infected Z Fighters at Kame House while ordering Gohan to retrieve the Sacred Water from the Lookout. Despite a valiant effort, Piccolo is overwhelmed and bitten, seemingly falling under the mist's control.

Gohan faces Garlic Jr. on the Lookout while Krillin battles Mustard. After Krillin takes a devastating hit protecting him, Gohan's rage erupts and he obliterates both Salt and Mustard with a powerful Masenko, only to be blindsided by the infected Piccolo.

Gohan endures a brutal beating from Piccolo while Krillin pretends to fall under the mist's control. Just when all hope seems lost, Piccolo reveals the truth: the Black Water Mist never affected him, and both he and Krillin were faking it all along.

With dawn approaching and the mist's effects about to become permanent, Kami and Mr. Popo race through the Lookout's inner chambers to reach the Seven Air Currents. Above, Garlic Jr. transforms into his monstrous Super form as the Makyo Star draws near.

The Makyo Star supercharges Garlic Jr. and his remaining Spice Boys to terrifying new levels. Gohan destroys Spice and Vinegar with a Double Masenko, and Piccolo pushes his body beyond its limits by growing into his Great Namekian form.

Garlic Jr.'s immortality makes him nearly impossible to stop, shrugging off even a blow that punches clean through his torso. Mr. Popo pours the Sacred Water into the Seven Air Currents just in time, curing humanity, but a furious Garlic Jr. reopens the Dead Zone.

With the Dead Zone swallowing the Lookout, Piccolo identifies the Makyo Star as Garlic Jr.'s power source. Gohan drops his shield and fires a Full Power Masenko that obliterates the star, stripping Garlic Jr. of his strength and sending him into the void forever.

With Garlic Jr. gone and Earth at peace, Krillin considers proposing to Maron. After a soul-searching undersea quest for the legendary Mermaid's Tear, he realizes he is not ready and lets Maron go, hiding his heartbreak behind a pair of sunglasses.

Frieza and his father King Cold race toward Earth for revenge, while the Z Fighters sense the terrifying power approaching. Vegeta returns from space empty-handed, Gohan stands up to an abusive tutor, and Bulma plants the first seeds of her unlikely bond with the Saiyan prince.

Frieza's warship touches down on Earth as the Z Fighters gather at the Northern Wastelands. A haunted flashback reveals how King Cold salvaged his son from the wreckage of Namek and rebuilt him as a cybernetic weapon. Just as Frieza unleashes his soldiers, a mysterious sword-wielding stranger appears.

The mysterious stranger reveals himself as a Super Saiyan and faces down Mecha Frieza in one of the series' most iconic confrontations. Frieza's most powerful attack is caught barehanded, his Supernova detonated harmlessly, and his body cleaved in two by a single devastating sword strike.

The mysterious youth finishes off King Cold with the same efficiency he showed against Frieza, then leads the Z Fighters to the exact spot where Goku will land. Over cold drinks and mounting curiosity, the group waits until a Ginyu Force space pod crashes down and Goku finally steps out.

The stranger pulls Goku aside and reveals the truth: he is Trunks, the future son of Vegeta and Bulma, carrying a dire warning about deadly Androids that will devastate the Earth in three years. He hands Goku medicine for a heart virus that will otherwise kill him, then vanishes back to his own timeline.

Goku recounts his narrow escape from Namek and demonstrates his new Instant Transmission technique by swiping Master Roshi's sunglasses from across the planet. The Z Fighters commit to three years of intense training, Vegeta demands 300x gravity, and Chi-Chi grudgingly lets Gohan prepare for battle.

Vegeta pushes himself to the breaking point training at 300x gravity, causing the Capsule Corp ship to explode around him. A nightmare about Goku and the mysterious youth taunting him as Super Saiyans fuels his obsession, and he resumes training at 400x gravity before his wounds have even healed.

Chi-Chi forces Goku and Piccolo to attend driving school after growing tired of their lack of practical life skills. The unlikely students wreck their cars in a reckless race, but redeem themselves by rescuing a school bus full of children from a rockslide. They still fail the test.

Three years of training culminate as the Z Fighters converge on Amenbo Island for the prophesied Android arrival. Bulma arrives with baby Trunks, Yajirobe delivers Senzu Beans, and the team splits up to search the city. Yamcha finds the Androids first, and Android 20 repays his discovery by driving a fist through his chest.

Goku and the Z Fighters discover Yamcha impaled and near death. After a Senzu Bean saves him, Goku confronts the Androids and is horrified when Android 20 obliterates a section of the city with his eye beams. The battle relocates to an empty wasteland, where Goku reveals his Super Saiyan power to enemies who have been watching him since childhood.

Goku unleashes Super Saiyan power against Android 19, dominating early. But the heart virus strikes mid-battle, draining his strength while the android absorbs his energy blasts. The tide turns violently as Goku collapses, leaving his allies watching in horror.

The heart virus cripples Goku as Android 19 drains him dry. With every Z Fighter frozen in place by Android 20's threats, all seems lost. Then Vegeta arrives with a thunderous kick and a stunning revelation: the prince has achieved Super Saiyan.

Super Saiyan Vegeta systematically dismantles Android 19, ripping off both its hands before obliterating it with the Big Bang Attack. Android 20 flees into the mountains, and the desperate hunt begins as the remaining android plots to drain the Z Fighters one by one.

Android 20 ambushes Piccolo and begins draining his energy, but Gohan intervenes just in time. Piccolo then fights the android alone and overwhelms him, proving three years of preparation paid off. Future Trunks returns and drops a bombshell: these are not the androids from his timeline.

Android 20 shoots down Bulma's aircraft to create a diversion and escapes toward his lab. Bulma reveals the android's true identity as Dr. Gero, and Future Trunks describes the real threat: Androids 17 and 18. A desperate race begins to find the lab before Gero can awaken his deadliest creations.

Dr. Gero reaches his lab just ahead of the Z Fighters and activates Androids 17 and 18. The newly awakened machines show immediate defiance, with 17 snatching the emergency shutdown remote from Gero's hand. Vegeta blasts down the door, and the heroes come face to face with the real threat at last.

Android 17 kills Dr. Gero in cold blood, punching through his chest and crushing his severed head underfoot. Against the doctor's dying wishes, 18 activates the mysterious Android 16. The three machines leave together to hunt Goku, ignoring Vegeta entirely, which enrages the Saiyan prince into giving chase.

Vegeta challenges the androids and Android 18 accepts the fight. The Saiyan prince holds his own early, trading blows and landing his Big Bang Attack. But 18's infinite energy supply proves decisive as Vegeta's stamina drains with every exchange, ending with his arm snapped by a single devastating kick.

Future Trunks, Piccolo, and Tien all jump into the fight, but Androids 17 and 18 crush the entire group without breaking a sweat. Vegeta's arm is shattered, both Super Saiyans are knocked unconscious, and Krillin is the last one standing. Android 18 kisses him on the cheek before the trio walks away.

In the aftermath of total defeat, the Z Fighters scatter. Vegeta flies off in a rage, Krillin and Tien plan to relocate Goku, and Piccolo makes a fateful decision to visit Kami's Lookout. The Namekian warrior intends to reunite with his other half, even if it means sacrificing the Dragon Balls forever.

Piccolo demands Kami fuse with him to gain the strength needed against the Androids, but the Guardian hesitates. Meanwhile, 17, 18, and 16 hijack a van and tear through a biker gang on their joyride toward Goku's home, while Trunks and Krillin race to evacuate the ailing Saiyan.

Goku suffers a terrifying nightmare where the Androids slaughter his loved ones. Vegeta, humiliated by his defeat, vows to shatter the limits of Super Saiyan. The episode ends with a bombshell: Bulma receives a photo of a second Time Machine, identical to the one Trunks already has.

Future Trunks and Gohan investigate the mysterious second Time Machine, finding it moss-covered and four years old. Inside rests an empty egg of unknown origin. Nearby, they discover the freshly shed exoskeleton of something enormous and insectoid, still wet with fluid. Whatever hatched from that egg is already out there.

The people of Gingertown vanish without a trace, their clothing left behind in the streets. Kami, sensing a horror beyond the Androids, finally agrees to fuse with Piccolo permanently. The newly empowered Super Namekian flies to the ghost town and comes face to face with a mysterious insectoid creature lurking in the silence.

Piccolo confronts the Gingertown creature and watches it drain a man dry through its tail. The monster knows Piccolo's name, uses the Special Beam Cannon, and fires a Kamehameha, leaving the Z Fighters at Kame House stunned as they sense ki signatures belonging to Frieza, Goku, and Piccolo all radiating from one being.

The creature reveals its identity: Cell, an Android created by Dr. Gero's supercomputer using genetic material harvested from Goku, Vegeta, Frieza, and Piccolo. He traveled from the future in a stolen Time Machine to absorb Androids 17 and 18 and achieve his perfect form. Piccolo, having stalled long enough to regenerate his drained arm, prepares to resume the fight.

Cell blinds Piccolo, Trunks, and Krillin with a Solar Flare and escapes Gingertown to hunt fresh victims. He absorbs a group of athletes near Nicky Town before slipping into the city. Vegeta arrives at the battlefield, furious to learn Piccolo has surpassed him, while Piccolo briefs his allies on the full scope of the Cell threat.

Trunks and Krillin blast their way into the hidden basement beneath Dr. Gero's ruined lab, where they find the present-era Cell still growing in larval form inside a tank. They destroy the supercomputer, the embryonic Cell, and recover the blueprints for Android 17. Above ground, Cell devours the entire population of Nicky Town.

Krillin saves two siblings from Cell at Basil Airport in a desperate running battle, buying time with a Solar Flare before Piccolo and Tien chase the creature off. At Kame House, Chi-Chi discovers Goku's bed empty. He has recovered, and stands on the beach practicing his Kamehameha, declaring he needs to surpass Super Saiyan.

Goku uses Instant Transmission to gather Gohan, Vegeta, and Trunks and leads them to the Hyperbolic Time Chamber, where a single day equals a full year of training. Vegeta and Trunks enter first. The Androids reach Kame House demanding Goku, and Piccolo flies with them to a nearby island chain to settle things with Android 17.

Piccolo sheds his weighted gear and squares off against Android 17 in a fierce battle across the Tropical Islands. The two fighters trade blows evenly, while Cell, freshly powered from his absorption spree, senses the commotion and rockets toward them.

Piccolo and Android 17 push each other to the limit in an explosive clash across the islands, only for the real threat to arrive. Cell appears on the battlefield, drawn by the energy signatures, ready to absorb the androids and achieve his long-awaited perfect form.

Cell powers up by channeling the energy of over a thousand absorbed victims and enters the fray. Piccolo fights valiantly alongside Android 17, but Cell proves overwhelmingly superior. After snapping Piccolo's neck and blasting a hole through him, Cell leaves the Namekian for dead.

With Piccolo seemingly dead and Android 17 outmatched, the situation looks hopeless until the gentle giant Android 16 steps forward. Declaring himself equal to Cell in strength, 16 delivers a shocking punch that sends the bio-android flying and enters the fight no one expected him to join.

Android 16 unleashes his full arsenal against Cell, including the devastating Hell's Flash. But 17's overconfidence proves fatal as Cell rises behind him and absorbs him whole, transforming into his terrifying Semi-Perfect form. Tien Shinhan steps in with his Neo Tri-Beam as the last line of defense.

Tien Shinhan pushes his body past its limits, firing Neo Tri-Beam after Neo Tri-Beam to hold Semi-Perfect Cell at bay long enough for the androids to escape. Goku uses Instant Transmission to rescue both Tien and a still-breathing Piccolo, just as Vegeta and Future Trunks finally emerge from the Hyperbolic Time Chamber.

Vegeta and Future Trunks emerge from the Hyperbolic Time Chamber brimming with new power. Vegeta brashly declares he will destroy Cell alone and departs despite everyone's warnings. As Cell methodically demolishes islands to flush out Android 18, Goku and Gohan enter the Time Chamber to begin their own transformation.

Vegeta arrives just as Cell is about to destroy the island where Android 18 and 16 are hiding. After a tense standoff, Vegeta reveals his ascended Super Saiyan form and begins dismantling Semi-Perfect Cell with ease, leaving everyone stunned at the sheer magnitude of his transformation.

Vegeta toys with Semi-Perfect Cell, treating the bio-android as little more than a punching bag. Meanwhile in the Time Chamber, Gohan channels his rage to achieve Super Saiyan for the first time, while Krillin flies toward the islands with the shutdown remote and a growing sense of dread.

Vegeta continues to humiliate Semi-Perfect Cell at every turn, mocking him by turning his back and shrugging off a Galick Gun blast. Desperate and battered, Cell plants a dangerous seed in Vegeta's mind: let him absorb Android 18 so he can become a worthy opponent. The Saiyan Prince's pride begins to waver.

Krillin faces an impossible choice between duty and love as he confronts Android 18 with the shutdown remote, while Vegeta's pride leads him to let Cell pursue his quest for perfection.

Future Trunks battles his own father to prevent catastrophe, but Cell uses cunning and a Solar Flare to absorb Android 18, triggering his terrifying transformation into Perfect Cell.

Perfect Cell emerges in his completed form as the world reels from his power. Inside the Hyperbolic Time Chamber, Gohan's frustration finally pushes him to achieve his first true Super Saiyan transformation.

Vegeta's confidence crumbles as Perfect Cell systematically dismantles him in combat, while Trunks reveals to Krillin the painful secret that he has surpassed his father in power.

Vegeta unleashes the devastating Final Flash against Perfect Cell, blowing off his arm and torso. But Cell's Namekian regeneration turns triumph to horror, and a defeated Vegeta falls as Trunks' rage ignites.

Future Trunks powers up to Super Saiyan Third Grade and battles Perfect Cell to rescue his fallen father. A clever ruse draws Cell away from Vegeta long enough for Krillin to pull the prince to safety.

Trunks and Cell share their darkest memories before clashing. Flashbacks reveal the androids' brutal massacre of the Z Fighters in the future, while Cell recalls his own creation and purpose.

The fatal flaw of Super Saiyan Third Grade is exposed as Cell effortlessly dodges Trunks' bulked-up attacks. Goku independently discovers the same weakness and devises a revolutionary new approach to the transformation.

The Z Fighters regroup at Capsule Corporation to process Cell's tournament announcement. Android 16 asks for repairs, Dr. Brief begins the work, and Cell constructs his arena from raw stone.

Cell hijacks a live television broadcast to announce the Cell Games to the entire world, demonstrating his power by obliterating half a city. Gohan's nightmare in the Time Chamber foreshadows the battle ahead.

Goku and Gohan exit the Hyperbolic Time Chamber as fully mastered Super Saiyans, stunning their allies. After catching up on Cell's progress, Goku teleports to confront Cell directly, only to return and admit he cannot win yet.

Goku baffles everyone by refusing to train further, choosing instead to relax with Gohan and Krillin. After demonstrating half his power for Korin, Goku learns Cell still surpasses him, yet he remains completely unfazed.

Gohan visits a village terrorized by a protection scam and befriends a girl named Lime. When Mercenary Tao enters the picture, Gohan's connection to Goku sends the assassin running in terror.

The Son family celebrates Gohan's eleventh birthday with fishing, flashbacks, and cake. Chi-Chi and Goku recall the day they named their son, offering a heartfelt look at the family behind the fighter.

The Earth's military launches a futile assault on Cell, and Goku realizes new Dragon Balls are needed. He teleports to King Kai to track down the Namekians, setting a plan in motion to restore the Dragon Balls.

Goku recruits Dende from New Namek to serve as Earth's new Guardian, restoring the Dragon Balls. Meanwhile, Mr. Satan makes his bombastic debut, and Goku begins collecting the freshly scattered orbs.

Goku tracks two Dragon Balls to a fortress guarded by Mercenary Tao, who challenges him with three puzzle rings instead of a fight. Goku solves them all by dawn and collects the final seven orbs.

The day of reckoning arrives as all fighters converge on the Cell Games Arena. Goku volunteers to fight first, Mr. Satan preens for the cameras, and Android 16 reveals he was built to destroy Goku but has chosen peace.

Mr. Satan's pupils Caroni and Pirozhki challenge Cell first and are swatted away like insects. Satan himself follows with his Dynamite Kick, only to be flicked out of the ring. Cell then asks who will fight for real.

Goku steps into the ring against Perfect Cell, and the two exchange blows at breathtaking speed. After an intense warm-up that leaves everyone stunned, both fighters agree to stop holding back and fight at full power.

Goku and Cell drop all pretenses and fight at full power. Cell cycles through stolen techniques like Multi-Form, Special Beam Cannon, and Death Saucer, but Goku handles them all. When Cell fires an Earth-destroying Kamehameha, Goku uses Instant Transmission to dodge at the last second.

Cell destroys the arena and eliminates all boundaries for the fight. Goku unleashes a brilliant Instant Kamehameha at point-blank range, obliterating Cell's upper body. But is it enough to finish the bio-android for good?

Cell regenerates from Goku's devastating attack and the two continue fighting with dwindling energy. When it becomes clear his reserves are fading faster than Cell's, Goku stuns everyone by forfeiting the match and declaring that a new hero must step forward.

Goku names Gohan as his successor to fight Cell, stunning everyone. He tosses a Senzu Bean to Cell to ensure a fair fight. Gohan powers up and enters the ring, revealing a strength that catches even Vegeta off guard, though Cell quickly proves he still has the upper hand.

Cell pummels Gohan and buries him under rubble, but the young Saiyan emerges barely scratched. Gohan pleads with Cell to stop fighting, then reveals the secret behind his hidden power. Intrigued rather than deterred, Cell becomes obsessed with drawing out that dormant rage.

Cell tortures Gohan with a crushing bear hug, then steals the Senzu Beans to cut off any retreat. Android 16 attempts to self-destruct and take Cell with him, but the bomb was already removed. Cell destroys 16's body and spawns seven Cell Juniors to attack the Z Fighters.

The Cell Juniors brutalize the Z Fighters one by one, breaking Yamcha's arm and overwhelming even Vegeta. Mr. Satan musters unexpected courage to deliver Android 16's head to Gohan. After 16's final words, Cell crushes his head, and Gohan's fury triggers the legendary Super Saiyan 2 transformation.

Gohan completes his transformation into Super Saiyan 2 and immediately demonstrates his terrifying new power. He snatches the Senzu Beans from Cell in the blink of an eye, then systematically destroys all seven Cell Juniors with effortless, single-blow precision.

Gohan dominates Cell so completely that even the android's full power cannot land a meaningful hit. Two simple punches to Cell's gut and chin leave the so-called perfect being doubled over in agony, as the Z Fighters realize Gohan has surpassed every fighter they have ever known.

Cell throws everything he has at Gohan, from Destructo Discs to a planet-killing Kamehameha, and nothing works. Gohan's counterattack is so devastating that Cell bulks up in desperation, only to be kicked so hard he regurgitates Android 18 and reverts to his Semi-Perfect form.

Cell loses his perfect form after Gohan forces him to spit out Android 18, but the desperate bio-android triggers a self-destruct sequence. Goku teleports Cell away to save everyone, sacrificing himself. Cell survives, returns stronger than ever, and fatally blasts Future Trunks.

Super Perfect Cell reveals how he survived and taunts Gohan over Goku's sacrifice. Future Trunks succumbs to his wounds and dies. Vegeta, consumed by rage over his son's death, attacks Cell head-on but is nearly killed. Gohan shields Vegeta, losing the use of his left arm.

Cell charges a Solar Kamehameha powerful enough to wipe out the solar system while Gohan, injured and despairing, prepares to accept defeat. A flashback reveals Cell's origins in his own timeline. From the afterlife, Goku contacts Gohan and convinces him to fire a one-armed Kamehameha.

The Father-Son Kamehameha collides with Cell's Solar Kamehameha in an epic beam struggle. Piccolo, Tien, Yamcha, and Krillin attack Cell to give Gohan an opening. Vegeta delivers the crucial distraction blast, and Gohan unleashes everything, finally obliterating Cell for good.

Cell is destroyed and the fighters regroup at the Lookout. Vegeta vows never to fight again, shaken by Goku's sacrifice. The Dragon Balls revive Cell's victims, but Goku chooses to stay dead, believing Earth is safer without him. Mr. Satan claims credit for the victory.

Krillin uses the final wish to remove the bombs from Androids 17 and 18. Android 18 reveals she and 17 are twins, not a couple. Future Trunks returns to his timeline. The Z Fighters scatter to resume peaceful lives while Goku settles into the afterlife with King Kai.

Future Trunks returns to his devastated timeline and effortlessly destroys both Future Android 17 and Future Android 18. Three years later, he confronts and obliterates the Imperfect Cell of his era with the Heat Dome Attack, ending the Android nightmare forever.

Goku and King Kai travel to Grand Kai's planet, where they meet the eccentric Grand Kai and the warrior Pikkon. When Cell and Frieza cause trouble in Hell alongside King Cold and the Ginyu Force, Goku and Pikkon head down to restore order with impressive ease.

The Other World Tournament kicks off on Grand Kai's planet. Goku meets Olibu, races East Kai to earn his spot in the bracket, and wins his first match against Caterpy by default when the insectoid fighter enters a 1,200-year metamorphosis mid-fight.

The Other World Tournament quarterfinals deliver four explosive matches. Goku outsmarts the aquatic fighter Arqua by using a Solar Flare and Kamehameha combo. Pikkon defeats Olibu in a devastating clash that shatters nearby moons, setting up the semifinals.

Goku dispatches Maraikoh in the semifinals, then watches Pikkon crush Torbie. The two finalists meet at center ring, trading blows and energy blasts before Pikkon removes his weighted clothing. Goku responds by powering up to Super Saiyan, setting the stage for the ultimate showdown.

Goku and Pikkon wage a devastating final that carries them from the ring to the stadium ceiling. Goku discovers the weakness in Pikkon's Thunder Flash and wins with a point-blank Kamehameha, but both fighters are disqualified for landing out of bounds. Years later, a teenage Gohan heads to high school.

Seven years after the Cell Games, teenage Gohan stops a bank robbery in Satan City by going Super Saiyan, earning the label "Gold Fighter." He starts at Orange Star High School, meets Videl, Erasa, and Sharpner, and reveals his superhuman abilities during a baseball game before heading to Bulma for help.

Gohan visits Capsule Corporation, where Bulma builds him a costume activated by a wristwatch. After testing the suit and choosing the name "Great Saiyaman," he rescues a hijacked bus alongside Videl, making his superhero debut with an elaborate pose that leaves everyone confused and Videl deeply suspicious.

A classmate named Angela blackmails Gohan into a date by claiming she knows his secret. The outing drags through a boring movie and a sugar-loaded coffee shop visit before a building fire forces Gohan to slip away as the Great Saiyaman. Angela's "secret" turns out to be his teddy bear underwear, not his superhero identity.

Videl pursues the Great Saiyaman in her helicopter, demanding to know his identity. Later, the Red Shark Gang kidnaps the mayor of Satan City and calls out Mr. Satan, who hides in terror. Videl and the Great Saiyaman team up to dismantle the gang and free the hostage, though Videl vows she will eventually unmask the mysterious hero.

Gohan and Goten discover that baby pterodactyl Chobi has been stolen by a circus. Gohan infiltrates the show as the Great Saiyaman to free the creature, leading to a clash with Videl and the arrival of Chobi's furious parents. Videl deduces Gohan's secret and blackmails him into the World Tournament.

Gohan gets a turban and sunglasses from Bulma to replace his banned helmet for the tournament. Goku contacts his friends from Other World to announce he will return to Earth for one day. The news spreads fast: Vegeta, Krillin, Android 18, and Piccolo all commit to entering. Chi-Chi approves Gohan's training after learning about the prize money.

Gohan begins tournament training with Goten as his sparring partner, only to discover his seven-year-old brother can already go Super Saiyan. A flashback reveals Chi-Chi's horrified reaction to Goten's first transformation. Goten proves skilled in combat but cannot fly, and Videl arrives demanding her promised flight lessons.

Gohan teaches Videl and Goten how to fly by explaining ki control. Goten picks it up instantly while Videl struggles before producing her first energy sphere. In Other World, Goku silences South Kai's boasts. At Capsule Corporation, Trunks transforms into a Super Saiyan. Videl returns the next day with short hair, ready to train.

With Videl now capable of flight and training complete, the Z Fighters converge on Papaya Island for the World Martial Arts Tournament. Goku returns from Other World for 24 hours, finally meeting his youngest son Goten for the very first time.

Sharpner schemes to unmask the Great Saiyaman but Piccolo destroys every camera in range. At the tournament, a punching machine determines the final 16 fighters, and Vegeta obliterates it with a single strike.

The World Tournament kicks off with a hilariously inaccurate Cell Games reenactment and Mr. Satan's clumsy grand entrance. In the junior division, young Trunks demolishes the bully Idasa with just two kicks.

Goten flattens Ikose with a single punch and blazes through the bracket to meet Trunks in the junior division finals. Their championship battle begins, and the crowd quickly realizes these two boys fight harder than most adults.

The junior division final reaches its explosive peak as both Trunks and Goten transform into Super Saiyans during their battle. Trunks wins the championship with a clever left-handed blast, then faces Mr. Satan in the exhibition round.

Trunks earns his exhibition match against Mr. Satan and sends the champion flying into a wall with a single casual punch. Afterward, two mysterious strangers approach Goku, and Piccolo senses something deeply unsettling about their power.

Trunks and Goten knock out Mighty Mask and steal his costume to sneak into the adult tournament. The bracket draw produces explosive matchups, including Goku vs. Vegeta, and Piccolo grows deeply anxious about facing Shin.

Krillin dispatches the massive Pintar with a single effortless blow to open the adult tournament. In the second match, Piccolo faces Shin on the ring but forfeits without throwing a punch, having realized his opponent is the Supreme Kai.

Videl battles Spopovich with everything she has, even snapping his neck with a devastating kick. But the marked warrior twists his head back into place and keeps fighting, revealing a terrifying resilience that shocks every fighter watching.

Spopovich brutalizes Videl in a one-sided beating that pushes Gohan to his breaking point. He transforms into a Super Saiyan in rage before Yamu finally calls off his partner, ending the match. Goku teleports to Korin Tower for Senzu Beans.

Goku races to retrieve Senzu Beans while Gohan tends to the battered Videl. Once healed, Gohan faces Kibito in the ring, but the mysterious fighter has one unusual request: show your Super Saiyan 2 power. Meanwhile, the Supreme Kai's true identity stuns the Z Fighters.

Gohan powers up to Super Saiyan 2 at Kibito's request, but Spopovich and Yamu ambush him in the ring and drain his energy. The Z Fighters abandon the tournament to pursue the thieves, and the Supreme Kai reveals the terrifying legend of Majin Buu.

The Z Fighters track Spopovich and Yamu to Babidi's hidden spaceship. Videl learns the truth about who really defeated Cell, and the group watches in horror as Babidi murders his own loyal servants upon receiving the stolen energy.

Dabura strikes first, killing Kibito instantly and turning Krillin and Piccolo to stone with his spit. With their friends petrified and a trap laid before them, Goku, Vegeta, Gohan, and the Supreme Kai descend into Babidi's ship to face whatever waits below.

Vegeta squares off against Pui Pui on the first level of Babidi's ship. When the wizard warps them to Pui Pui's homeworld with ten times Earth's gravity, Vegeta laughs it off. He trains at 450 times gravity. The fight is over before it truly begins.

Goku takes on Yakon, a monstrous creature that feeds on light energy. Babidi teleports them to the pitch-black Dark Star, but Goku turns the tables by going Super Saiyan and deliberately overfeeding Yakon until the beast literally explodes from consuming too much power.

With the Z Fighters stalled inside Babidi's ship waiting for Dabura, the World Tournament shifts to a battle royal. Android 18 and the disguised Goten and Trunks dominate the ring while Mr. Satan watches in absolute terror from the sidelines.

Android 18 battles Mighty Mask in an increasingly intense tournament fight. When the disguised Goten and Trunks go Super Saiyan, 18 sees through the ruse and slices their costume apart with a Destructo Disc. The boys are disqualified and flee the ring in a huff.

Android 18 throws her championship fight against Mr. Satan for 20 million zeni, letting the fraud keep his title. Inside Babidi's ship, Gohan finally faces Dabura, the King of the Demon Realm, and powers up to Super Saiyan 2 as the real battle begins.

Gohan and Dabura trade heavy blows across an alien landscape, but Gohan's rustiness shows. Dabura, sensing Vegeta's simmering rage and buried darkness, abandons the fight to propose a sinister plan to Babidi: turn the Saiyan Prince into their newest weapon.

Babidi exploits the darkness in Vegeta's heart, transforming the Saiyan prince into his newest servant. Warped back to the World Tournament, Majin Vegeta unleashes devastation on the crowd, killing spectators and forcing a horrified Goku into confrontation.

Majin Vegeta reveals his true motivation: a lifetime of wounded pride demands he settle things with Goku once and for all. After threatening the Supreme Kai himself, Goku agrees to fight, and both Saiyans ascend to Super Saiyan 2.

Goku and Majin Vegeta clash at Super Saiyan 2 in a brutal rematch 200 episodes after their first encounter. Meanwhile, Gohan and the Supreme Kai push deeper into Babidi's ship, racing to reach the sealed Majin Buu cocoon.

Vegeta confesses his true reason for surrendering to Babidi: years of domestic life dulled the ruthless edge he needs to surpass Goku. As their evenly matched battle rages on, the energy meter for Majin Buu's cocoon reaches full power.

Gohan unleashes multiple Kamehameha waves at the sealed cocoon in a desperate bid to prevent Majin Buu's resurrection. The cocoon opens empty, but the steam gathering overhead takes shape as a pink, rubbery creature unlike anything the universe has seen.

Buu swats Dabura aside like an insect and sends Gohan crashing to earth with a single blow. Meanwhile, Vegeta ends his fight with Goku through deception, knocking him unconscious and taking the last Senzu Bean to face Buu alone.

Majin Buu ragdolls the Supreme Kai and blasts Gohan across the landscape with terrifying ease. Dabura's desperate spear attack proves futile as Buu regenerates instantly, while Goten and Trunks discover the petrified Piccolo statue on the cliff above.

Buu transforms Dabura into a giant cookie and devours him, inadvertently freeing Piccolo and Krillin from their stone prisons. Majin Vegeta arrives by destroying Babidi's spaceship, then faces down Buu with a power fueled by remorse and resolve.

Vegeta batters Majin Buu with everything he has, but the creature regenerates from every wound instantly. After Buu's Angry Explosion leaves a crater and injures Vegeta, the monster wraps him in his own body mass, prompting Trunks to rush to his father's rescue.

Vegeta hugs his son for the first time, knocks out Trunks and Goten, then detonates his own body in a blinding Final Explosion meant to destroy Majin Buu completely. The Saiyan prince dies standing, turned to stone and crumbling to dust.

Vegeta's sacrifice proves futile as Majin Buu regenerates from scattered remains. Piccolo races to warn the others, and the survivors retreat to the Lookout with Earth's youngest Saiyans, now humanity's last hope.

The Dragon Ball hunt goes sideways with dinosaur encounters and crash landings, while Goku awakens alone and teleports to the Lookout. The survivors begin piecing together a grim picture of what happened.

Goku introduces the concept of Fusion and Mr. Popo suggests Goten and Trunks as candidates. The first Shenron wish revives the tournament dead, and Goku saves the second wish for later use.

Babidi broadcasts a terrifying ultimatum to the entire planet, demanding that Goten, Trunks, and Piccolo surrender themselves. Buu transforms an entire city's population into candy, while Goku breaks the devastating news about Vegeta and Gohan.

Gohan is healed on the Sacred World of the Kai and tasked with pulling the legendary Z Sword. On the Lookout, Goku begins teaching the boys about Fusion while Babidi threatens to destroy the planet in five days.

Gohan powers up to Super Saiyan 2 and rips the legendary Z Sword from its resting place. On the Lookout, fusion training continues as Babidi turns another city's people into chocolate bars.

When Babidi discovers Trunks lives at Capsule Corp., the race is on. Trunks flies to retrieve the Dragon Radar while Goku uses Instant Transmission to intercept Buu, setting up a legendary confrontation.

Goku unleashes Super Saiyan 3 for the first time, shaking the entire planet with his transformation. His battle with Buu stalls for time while Trunks hunts for the Dragon Radar at Capsule Corp.

Goku's fierce Super Saiyan 3 battle with Buu reaches its conclusion as Trunks finally locates the Dragon Radar. With his mission complete, Goku departs, and Buu immediately turns on Babidi with lethal consequences.

With only thirty minutes of Earth time remaining, Goku teaches Goten and Trunks the Fusion Dance poses. The ridiculous-looking technique draws skepticism from everyone, while a masterless Buu continues ravaging cities.

Goku's remaining hours on Earth wind down as he teaches Goten and Trunks the Fusion Dance, demonstrates Super Saiyan 3 one final time, and bids an emotional farewell to his family and friends before returning to the afterlife with Fortuneteller Baba.

Goku discovers Gohan is alive after checking in with King Yemma and teleports to the Sacred World of the Kai. Meanwhile, Piccolo and Krillin awkwardly demonstrate the Fusion Dance, and Majin Buu performs his first act of kindness by healing a blind boy named Tommy.

The legendary Z Sword shatters against a block of Katchin, releasing the ancient Old Kai who had been sealed inside for generations. After proving he lacks fighting ability, Old Kai reveals his true gift: the power to unlock a warrior's hidden potential. He begins the lengthy ritual on Gohan.

Goten and Trunks attempt the Fusion Dance at full power for the first time, producing two comically failed forms before finally creating the warrior Gotenks. Overflowing with confidence, Gotenks ignores Piccolo's warnings and rushes off to fight Majin Buu, only to be thoroughly outmatched.

Mr. Satan steps up as Earth's supposed champion against Majin Buu. Armed with poisoned candy, video games, and explosives, he tries every trick to eliminate the monster. Instead of destroying him, Buu finds Satan hilarious and adopts him as a friend. On the Sacred World of the Kai, Old Kai completes the first phase of Gohan's power unlock.

Goten and Trunks achieve Super Saiyan Gotenks for the first time, though the fusion wastes most of its duration showing off. Meanwhile, Majin Buu befriends an injured puppy he names Bee and, through Mr. Satan's influence, vows to stop killing. The peace is shattered when two deranged gunmen arrive and shoot the dog.

Van Zant's cruelty pushes Majin Buu past his breaking point. After healing both Bee and a mortally wounded Mr. Satan, Buu's uncontrollable rage causes his evil side to physically separate from his body. The newly formed Evil Buu kills Van Zant instantly and turns to confront his good half.

Good Buu battles Evil Buu in a desperate clash between the two halves. When Good Buu fires his Chocolate Beam, Evil Buu deflects it back, turning his counterpart into candy and devouring him. The resulting fusion creates Super Buu, who immediately senses the fighters at the Lookout and heads straight for them.

Super Buu arrives at the Lookout demanding his promised fight. When Piccolo stalls for time, Buu unleashes a single devastating attack that wipes out nearly every living person on Earth. Piccolo negotiates one hour to prepare Gotenks and sends the boys into the Hyperbolic Time Chamber for emergency training.

Super Buu's patience snaps. He murders Chi-Chi by turning her into an egg and crushing it, then shatters the hourglass and demands his fight immediately. Piccolo leads Buu along the longest possible route to the Hyperbolic Time Chamber, buying Goten and Trunks a few final hours to prepare. The showdown between Gotenks and Super Buu begins.

Gotenks unleashes a barrage of bizarre, self-named attacks against Super Buu inside the Hyperbolic Time Chamber, but none of them deal real damage. After Piccolo's worried expression snaps him out of his antics, Gotenks transforms into a Super Saiyan and debuts the Galactic Donut and the Super Ghost Kamikaze Attack.

Gotenks deploys an army of Super Ghost Kamikaze copies against Super Buu inside the Hyperbolic Time Chamber. The ghosts detonate across Buu's body and reduce him to scattered pieces, but the monster regenerates from nothing. Piccolo makes the desperate decision to destroy the Chamber's only exit, trapping everyone inside the void forever.

Super Buu screams so hard he tears a hole through the dimensional barrier and escapes the Hyperbolic Time Chamber, leaving Piccolo and Gotenks trapped inside. He turns everyone remaining on the Lookout into chocolate and devours them all. Gotenks achieves Super Saiyan 3 for the first time and blasts his own way out of the void.

Super Saiyan 3 Gotenks and Super Buu wage an all-out war across the Lookout, destroying the palace in the process. Gotenks demonstrates devastating power with techniques like the Brain Crush Hammer and the Charging Ultra Buu Buu Volleyball, but Super Buu keeps regenerating from every hit. The Lookout crumbles beneath them.

Gotenks' Super Saiyan 3 power fades at the worst possible moment, leaving him helpless against Super Buu. On the Sacred World of the Kai, Old Kai reveals Gohan's power unlock was completed minutes ago. Gohan unleashes his Ultimate form for the first time, says a final goodbye to his father, and is transported to Earth by Kibito to join the fight.

Ultimate Gohan arrives on the battlefield and completely dominates Super Buu. After powering up on the Sacred World of the Kai, Gohan returns wearing his father's gi and proves that his new strength far surpasses anything Buu has encountered. Every punch and kick lands with devastating precision, leaving Super Buu humiliated and desperate.

After being thoroughly outmatched by Ultimate Gohan, Super Buu detonates himself to escape certain defeat. The survivors regroup and locate Dende and Mr. Satan among the wreckage. Their reunion is short-lived, as Super Buu returns one hour later and demands a rematch with Gotenks, concealing a sinister plan beneath his back.

Super Buu absorbs Gotenks and Piccolo through a cunning trap, gaining both raw power and heightened intelligence. With this terrifying new form, he challenges Ultimate Gohan again. What begins as an even fight quickly turns against Gohan as fatigue sets in and Buu's absorbed abilities prove overwhelming.

Super Buu batters Gohan with stolen techniques while the Old Kai devises a desperate plan. He sacrifices his own life to resurrect Goku, then reveals the Potara earrings as the key to a permanent fusion that could finally stop the rampaging Majin. Meanwhile, Mr. Satan and Bee provide an unlikely distraction that saves Gohan from the brink.

Goku races to Earth with the Potara earrings as Super Buu nearly destroys the planet. Tien Shinhan makes a surprise appearance to save Dende, and Goku arrives just in time to slice Buu in half. But when Gotenks defuses inside Buu and Gohan drops his guard, Buu seizes the moment to absorb the strongest fighter on Earth.

With Gohan absorbed and all other options exhausted, Goku prepares to fuse with Mr. Satan using the Potara. At the last moment, he senses Vegeta's energy and teleports to his rival. After a fierce debate and a brutal beating from Super Buu, Vegeta swallows his pride and puts on the earring. The Saiyan prince and the low-class warrior become Vegito.

The fused warrior Vegito makes his spectacular debut against Super Buu. Even without transforming, Vegito effortlessly outclasses the absorbed villain, shrugging off attacks that would have killed Goku or Vegeta individually. After kicking a planet-destroying energy ball into space like a toy, Vegito ascends to Super Saiyan and announces his full power.

Super Vegito dominates Super Buu so thoroughly that the villain nearly tears reality apart in a rage. Buu's attempt to break through the dimensional walls threatens to collapse the universe itself. Vegito halts the catastrophe by smashing through Buu's energy shield, while on the Grand Kai's Planet, Krillin and Yamcha observe the battle from the afterlife.

Super Buu throws everything he has at Vegito, combining Ghost Kamikaze Attacks, Kamehamehas, and Masenko blasts in rapid succession. None of it works. Driven to desperation, Buu lures Vegito close and fires his Candy Beam, transforming the fused Saiyan into a small piece of coffee-flavored candy.

Turned into a tiny candy by Super Buu's beam, Vegito shocks everyone by retaining all of his power and fighting ability. The miniature warrior pummels Buu in a comedic yet devastating assault. After Buu reverses the transformation out of sheer frustration, Vegito resumes his domination, only to be secretly absorbed by a severed piece of Buu's head tentacle.

Vegito allows himself to be absorbed by Super Buu, shielding himself with a Saiyan energy barrier on the way down. Once inside, the Potara fusion unexpectedly breaks apart, separating Goku and Vegeta. The two Saiyans destroy their earrings and begin a treacherous journey through Buu's body to find their sons and Piccolo.

Goku and Vegeta battle giant worms and navigate deadly traps inside Super Buu's body before reaching his mind. There, they fight illusions of Gohan, Gotenks, and Piccolo created by Buu's thoughts. When Buu's hunger shifts his focus to desserts, the illusions transform into cakes, and the two Saiyans finally discover their friends sealed in strange pods.

Goku and Vegeta tear down the pods containing their sons and Piccolo, causing Super Buu to revert to a weaker, less intelligent form. They discover the original fat Buu sealed away inside and learn the history of how two Buus once existed. A battle erupts within Buu's mind, but the villain proves impossible to destroy in his own domain.

Vegeta tears out the pod containing the original fat Buu, triggering Super Buu's complete regression. Goku and Vegeta escape with their friends as the villain dissolves into liquid, then reconstitutes outside as a smaller, wilder creature. Kid Buu, the original and most dangerous form of Majin Buu, has been reborn.

Kid Buu's true nature is revealed through a flashback spanning five million years. He destroyed the West and North Supreme Kais, absorbed the South and Grand Supreme Kais, and was only tamed by the Grand Supreme Kai's gentle soul. Now stripped of all absorbed influences, Kid Buu destroys the Earth. Kibito Kai barely rescues Goku, Vegeta, Dende, Mr. Satan, and Bee before the planet is gone.

After Earth's destruction, Goku, Vegeta, and the survivors regroup on the Sacred World of the Kai. Kid Buu regenerates and rampages across the universe, destroying planets while searching for the Saiyans. When the heroes refuse fusion via Potara earrings, they power up to draw Buu to their location for a final confrontation.

Goku and Vegeta settle who fights Kid Buu first with a game of rock-paper-scissors. Goku wins, and after a fierce opening exchange as a Super Saiyan 2, he realizes Buu's raw power demands everything he has. With Mr. Satan trapped on the battlefield and the Kais watching from afar, Goku ascends to Super Saiyan 3.

As Goku battles Kid Buu at Super Saiyan 3, Vegeta watches from the sidelines and undergoes a profound internal transformation. Through flashbacks spanning their entire rivalry, Vegeta finally acknowledges what he has long denied: Goku is the superior fighter, driven not by pride or bloodlust, but by a pure love of the fight.

Goku needs just one minute to recharge his Super Saiyan 3 energy, so Vegeta volunteers to hold off Kid Buu alone. Transforming into Super Saiyan 2, the Saiyan Prince endures a savage beating, refusing to stay down even as his body fails him. His desperate stand becomes a race against the clock.

With Vegeta nearly dead at Kid Buu's hands, an unlikely hero steps forward. Mr. Satan charges into battle, and something extraordinary happens: Kid Buu cannot bring himself to finish him. The reason lies within Buu himself, as the good Majin Buu trapped inside intervenes, eventually breaking free and joining the fight.

Vegeta devises a plan that requires the Namekian Dragon Balls. Dende and Kibito Kai travel to New Namek, where Porunga is summoned. Two wishes restore Earth and revive everyone who died since the 25th World Tournament. With the planet and its people back, Vegeta reveals his true strategy: a Spirit Bomb powered by every soul on Earth.

Vegeta broadcasts a telepathic plea to the people of Earth, asking them to raise their hands and donate energy for the Spirit Bomb. Goku begins gathering power, receiving massive contributions from their friends. But the ordinary citizens of Earth refuse to cooperate, leaving the Spirit Bomb dangerously underpowered.

When Vegeta's pleas fail to motivate Earth's citizens, Mr. Satan steps in and does what no Saiyan could: he convinces the entire planet to raise their hands and share energy. Familiar faces from across Dragon Ball history contribute, and the Spirit Bomb finally reaches full power. Goku prepares to launch humanity's greatest collective weapon.

Goku launches the completed Spirit Bomb at Kid Buu, but the ancient destroyer pushes back. With Goku's strength completely drained, Vegeta uses the final Namekian wish to restore Goku's full power. Reborn as a Super Saiyan, Goku drives the Spirit Bomb through Kid Buu, obliterating him forever and bringing peace to the universe.

With Kid Buu destroyed, the heroes return to the Lookout for an emotional reunion. Goku reveals he is alive again permanently and tells Chi-Chi he loves her. Vegeta reluctantly agrees to let Good Buu live with Mr. Satan. Six months later, Shenron erases the world's memory of Buu, and the reformed Majin adjusts to city life.

Goku misses Bulma's barbecue party because he is busy protecting a nest of pterosaur eggs from predators in the wilderness. Chi-Chi fumes, the party feels incomplete without him, and Goku arrives just as everyone is packing up. This lighthearted filler episode, the first of the Peaceful World Saga, captures life in a time of peace.

Ten years after Kid Buu's defeat, the world has changed. Gohan is a scholar married to Videl, and they have a daughter named Pan. Vegeta and Bulma have a new child, Bulla. When Goku reveals that a powerful human fighter has entered the World Martial Arts Tournament, the old warriors decide to compete one more time.

The World Martial Arts Tournament bracket is drawn, and Goku spots the fighter he has been waiting for: a timid boy named Uub from a remote island. Goku reveals that Uub is the reincarnation of Kid Buu, reborn as an innocent child carrying immense dormant power. Pan demolishes her opponent, and Goku begins provoking Uub to unleash his hidden strength.

The final episode of Dragon Ball Z. Goku and Uub's fight escalates into a surprisingly even exchange, confirming the boy's extraordinary potential. Goku decides to leave the tournament and train Uub personally, saying goodbye to his family and friends before flying off with his new student toward a future of endless possibility.