Oolong the Terrible

The Dragon Radar leads Goku and Bulma to Aru Village, a place living in terror. The villagers hide indoors, convinced that a shape-shifting monster named Oolong will return to kidnap another daughter. Sherman Priest greets Goku with an axe to the head (which only gives the boy a small bump) and explains the situation. The village elder, Grandma Paozu, possesses the Six-Star Dragon Ball and will part with it only if Goku defeats Oolong and returns the missing girls.

Bulma devises a plan: Goku disguises himself as the next target, a girl named Pocawatha. Oolong arrives in the form of a sharply dressed devil, then shifts into a handsome man when the disguised "girl" does not respond. Bulma, watching from a window, is briefly charmed by the good-looking form. The ruse collapses when Oolong catches Goku relieving himself while standing up, blowing his cover completely.

Oolong cycles through increasingly desperate transformations: a giant bull, a metal ninja with a bowl of soup, a bat, and finally a rocket. None of them help. Goku breaks three bricks with one finger to prove his strength, and when Oolong tries to fly away, his five-minute shapeshifting limit expires mid-air, sending him crashing to earth. Goku ties him up and drags him back to the village, where Oolong's "captive" daughters are revealed to be living in luxury at his mansion, making demands and thoroughly running the pig ragged. Grandma Paozu happily hands over the Dragon Ball.

The comedy of Goku in drag is the episode's centerpiece, and the revelation that his disguise fails because he stands to use the bathroom is peak early Dragon Ball humor. Oolong's rapid-fire transformations keep the energy high, but the funniest moment may be the metal ninja accidentally burning his own finger in his prop soup.

The reveal at Oolong's mansion is the episode's sharpest twist. The kidnapped girls are not imprisoned; they are pampered, spoiled, and bossing Oolong around. The supposed monster is really just a lonely pig from shapeshifting school who could never hold a girlfriend. It flips the entire conflict on its head and earns Oolong his role as a reluctant member of the group.

Oolong's debut establishes him as a recurring companion whose cowardice and selfishness provide constant comic relief. His five-minute shapeshifting limit will become a key plot point later at Pilaf's Castle. The Six-Star Dragon Ball brings the group's total to five, ratcheting up the urgency of the hunt. This is also the first episode where Pilaf and his gang do not appear at all, keeping the focus squarely on the expanding cast of heroes.