DragonBall
Our story begins with Goku, a
small and naive young man, who at the age of 12 is living on his own in the
wild. His grandfather Gohan, earth's second greatest fighter, was killed several
years earlier when Goku unknowingly turned into an Oozaru and crushed his
(adopted) grandfather. One morning, while Goku was returning home with a fish, a
young girl crashed her car into Goku. She thought she had killed Goku when
suddenly he arose and began attacking her and her car. She soon reasoned with
the boy that she wasn't some kind of monster, and introduced herself as Bulma.
Realizing that she was a girl, Goku invited Bulma home for lunch (Goku has never
seen a girl before).
Upon reaching Goku's home Bulma
noticed he had what she was after, a Dragonball. She
quickly convinced Goku to follow her on her quest to find the mystical Dragon balls, as he insisted on carrying his Dragon Ball. In addition to the Dragon
Ball, which Goku possessed, Bulma figured he would make an excellent bodyguard.
She notices Goku's tail, but figures it's just an ultra tacky accessory.
The Search for the Mystical Dragon Balls:
As they headed out on their
journey we learn that Lord Pilaf, who is bent on world domination (what villain
isn't), is also after the Dragon Balls. Goku has his first encounter with Lord
Pilaf's henchmen Shu and Mai during a hunt on the first night of his journey. He
thinks their plane is a bird, and knocks it out of the sky. This begins Lord
Pilaf's long standing hate of Goku, which caries on to Dragonball GT!
The next morning, Goku comes
across a lost sea turtle and decides to help it return to the ocean. Upon doing
so, he is rewarded with Kinto Un ("candy cloud" or Flying Nimbus for you
American DBZ fans).
Bulma notices Master Roshi is wearing a Dragon Ball around his neck. She offers
him a peek at her panties for it, only she's not wearing any (Goku had removed
them the previous night to see if Bulma had any "Family Jewels")!!! Continuing
their journey, Goku and Bulma run across a small town, which is being ravaged by
a shape-shifting monster, Oolong. Goku reveals Oolong has no real strength and
they bring him along on their journey.
With Oolong at their side, they
begin their trek towards "Mt. Frying Pan". On their way they met with Yamcha,
the desert bandit. He fights goku and beats him so he could them, but he gets
frightened by Bulma
(he has a fear of girls). As they continue their trek, Yamcha follows and
finds they are after the Dragon Balls. He figures he should help them out, and
steal the Dragon Balls when they find all seven. Then he can ask Shen Long to
rid him of his fear of girls.
After several failed capture
attempts by Lord Pilaf's henchmen, Shu and Mai, Goku and gang (followed by
closely Yamcha) reach Mt. Frying Pan. They eventually meet up with the Ox King
Lord, who was a good friend of Gohan and one of Master Roshi's pupils. The Ox
King Lord is kept from his home by the fires of Mt. Frying Pan.
Goku uses his "Kinto Un" to
fetch Master Roshi to put out a blaze, which keeps the Bull Demon Lord, form his
castle and his Dragon Ball. Along his way, he fetches the Bull Demon Lord's
daughter, Chi Chi (Goku's future wife). Upon returning with Goku, Roshi uses his
Kamehameha technique to put out the blaze, but unfortunately he destroys the
mountain and the Bull Demon Lord's house. On the flip side, Goku watches, and
instantly masters, the Kamehameha, a technique that took Master Roshi over 50
years to perfect. On the next leg of their journey they rescue a small village
from the Bunny Gang, and send its leader and a few members to the moon.
Finally, Goku, Bulma, Oolong,
and the recently acquired companion Yamcha trek towards Lord Pilaf's castle and
final Dragon Ball. Along the way all their Dragon Balls are stolen except for
Goku's. They chase the robbers to Lord Pilaf's castle. Up on entering they fall
into a trap, and the final Dragon Ball is stolen from Goku. After an escape and
another capture, Goku nearly has to watch as Lord Pilaf wishes for world
domination, but Goku performs the Kamehameha to blast an escape hole in the
wall. Oolong reaches Pilaf first, and wishes for girl's panties before Pilaf can
make his wish. Shen Long leaves, the Dragon Balls scatter, and Pilaf is ULTRA
pissed at Goku and gang.
Pilaf eventually captures the
whole gang, and locks them in a steal-encased pit with an unbreakable glass top.
He plans on letting them be fried by next morning's sun, but Goku looks at the
moon and turns into his Ozouru form. Goku loses all control. He tears down
Pilaf's castle, and nearly kills his own friends before they are able to cut off
his tail. Yamcha, Puaru, Oolong, and Bulma return to the city. Bulma now has the
boyfriend she has always wanted, and Yamcha has overcome his fear of girls.
Preparation for the 21st Tenkaichi Budoukai:
Goku does not join them however,
as he flys over to the Roshi's island to receive his training. Little does Goku
know that Kuririn, a Buddhist monk from the Orinji temple, is also on his way
for training. Goku, who arrives before Kuririn, is given his first task: to find
a bouncy girl. Not knowing anything about the opposite sex, Goku retrieves the
largest, most repulsive woman ever. Roshi instructs Goku to try again, and this
time he succeeds. Roshi walks up to the good looking female, to find out that
she is a mermaid. After asking to feel her up, Roshi gets smacked by the mermaid
who promptly swims off. At this time Kuririn finally arrives in his boat, but he
is not initially accepted as a pupil. However, after offering dozens of porno
magazines to Roshi, he quickly is assigned to help Goku find a bouncy girl.
During this time, a wanted
criminal named Lunch was causing havoc around the countryside. Lunch is the
split personality of Raichi, who changes back and forth between the two when she
sneezes. Goku and Kuririn happen upon Raichi in her docile form, and take her
back to Roshi. He is very excited, and finally accepts both as students. Raichi
is anxious to learn martial arts with the boys, but Roshi makes sure she takes
it easy. She cooks for the group and takes care of the house. Although Raichi
turns into Lunch every so often, she is not nearly as strong as her roomates and
never causes much damage. Roshi decides that the island his house is currently
on is too small for the training; he changed it to a capsule and they move to a
much larger piece of land.
The first test involves running
100 yards and seeing how long it takes. Kuririn and Goku both run the length in
amazing times, but Roshi whoops them both. Roshi conducts another test and
throws a rock with the turtle symbol into the jungle below. He tells Kuririn and
Goku that whoever finds the rock first will get to eat dinner, while the other
will not. Kuririn attempts to make his own rock, but Roshi sees through the
forgery and promptly tosses him out. Goku finds the real one, but Kuririn, using
his trickery, manages to take it from Goku. It is brought back to Roshi, who
declares Kuririn the winner. Raichi has prepared a huge fish dinner, who all but
Goku devour. Unfortunately, the fish they ate was the poisonous puffer-fish.
Raichi, Roshi, and Kuririn all fall ill, and take the next day off.
The real training begins the day
after, which involves delivering milk, plowing a field, swimming, studying, and
working at a construction site. The only thing that keeps them going is the
thought of entering the 21st Tenkaichi
Budoukai, a martial arts tournament where all the greatest fighters meet and
battle. After the first day Goku and Kuririn are completely worn out, and Roshi
informs them that they will be doing the same thing every day until the the
tournament, although from the next on they would be wearing 20 Kilogram shells
on their backs. Both of them are shocked, but they are still determined to fight
in the tournament. The training continues for the next few months, and one month
before the tournament both Kuririn and Goku are able to move a massive boulder.
Roshi, impressed by their strength, tells them that for the last month of
training both pupils would be wearing 40 Kilogram shells. In the meantime,
Yamcha has been preparing for the tournament by living out in the wild. He
finally returns to the city to participate in the Budoukai.
The 21st Tenkaichi Budoukai:
After rigorous months of
training, the day of the tournament finally arrives. Goku, Kuririn, and Roshi
all fly over to the tournament, and both boys sign up. Yamcha signs up as well,
while Oolong, Bulma, and Pooaru plan to cheer from the stands. The preliminary
rounds take place indoors on three fighting rings. The way Goku, Kuririn, and
Yamcha are seeded, they don't battle with each other. Due to their hard work,
they have each become much stronger than before. All three win their respective
spots in the final eight man bracket.
The first battle of the real
tournament takes place between Kuririn and Bacterium. Bacterium, who has never
bathed in his life, uses his horrid stench to distract his opponants and make
them cover their noses. Kuririn begins to lose the match as Bacterium uses his
breath and sweat against him. The tides turn however when Goku reminds Kuririn
he does not have a nose, and is just imagining the smell. Realizing what was
happening, Kuririn easily dispatches the odorous Bacterium.
The next match takes places
between Yamcha and Jackie Chun. Yamcha uses his "Wild-Wolf" technique and all
his tricks, but Jackie Chun easily defeats him. Yamcha begins to believe that
Jackie Chun is the Great Wise One (Roshi), as they look very similar, have
similar attacks, and similar habits.
The third match of the first
bracket is between Namu and Ranfan. Namu is in the tournament because he needs
to win money to buy water for his village, and so is very determined. Ranfan
uses her looks to attempt to distract Namu, and manages to get in a few heavy
blows. However, Namu closes his eyes so that he would not be distracted, and
beats her easily.
The final first bracket duel is
between Goku and Giran. Giran, a giant dinosaur-like creature, uses his spit to
bind Goku. He grabs Goku and tosses him out the ring. Goku calls upon the Kinto
Un to bring him back, but Giran accuses him of cheating. The judges talk it
over, and decide that Goku would not be disqualified, but rather not be allowed
to use the cloud again. Goku manages to break free of the bind, and eventually
knocks him out. Thus ends the first bracket, leaving only Kuririn, Jackie Chun,
Namu, and Songoku.
The first match of the
semifinals takes place between Kuririn and Jackie Chun. Kuririn puts up a good
battle, but Jackie Chun proves too strong. He is knocked cold and the victory
goes to Jackie Chun. The other semifinal match sees Namu and Goku pitted against
each other. Using his diving-X attack, Namu manages to get the upper hand on
Goku for a bit, but Goku proves too strong and wins fairly easily.
After the match Jackie Chun
reads Namu's mind, and sees the drought problems in Namu's village. He gives
Namu a large capsule to store water in, and reveals that he is the Great Wise
One. Roshi explains that in order to make Goku and Kuririn strive to train, they
must know there are other stronger people in the world. He tells Namu to dress
like him and enter the crowd as a favor to him. Jackie Chun orders Yamcha to
look at the audience to prove he is not Roshi.
The final battle begins between
Jackie Chun and Goku. Chun uses many varied techniques, but Goku seems to mimic
and improve on them. Even when Jackie uses the Kame Hame Ha, Goku counters it
with one of equal strength. Both competitors manage to get knocked out of the
ring a few times, but each has their method of returning. Jackie, seeing that
the battle was close, uses a technique where his body energy is coverted to
electricity. Goku is paralyzed in pain as Jackie runs thousands of volts through
him. Goku is about to give up, but then he glances at the full moon. He breaks
free of the bind, and starts running amok. Using an immense Kame Hame Ha, Jackie
blows up the moon, thus transforming Goku back into a boy.
Now both out of energy, they
agree to fight the rest of the match using only hand-to-hand combat. They fight
for four hours like this, until Jackie realizes Goku's weakness. Both fighters
leap into the air and exchange kicks to the face. Since Jackie Chun's legs were
much longer, Goku took a much harder hit. Both fighters are down till the count
of ten, and it is announced that whoever can stand up first, smile, and say "I
guess I'm the winner" will win the match. Goku trys his hardest, but passes out
before he can claim to be the winner. Jackie Chun slowly gets up, gleefully
taking the victory.
The Red Ribbon Army:
After Roshi removes his disguise,
he tells Goku and Kuririn that if they expect to be the best in the world, they
have to continue their training. After eating a huge meal, Goku reveals his
plans to find the four-star dragonball, his grandpa's momento. Kuririn decides
to keep training with Roshi, while Yamcha and the others return to the city.
Before leaving, Bulma gives Goku her dragonball radar, and instructs him on
using it. They all exchange goodbyes, and Goku goes on his way.
Goku begins his search for the
Dragonball, when he comes upon Namu being attacked by a Teradactyl. Rescuing
him, Goku learns that the capsule full of water was running out fast, and that
the river that normally supplied the village was being blocked somehow. They fly
upstream to find Giran (One of Goku's opponents in the 21st Tenkaichi Budoukai)
and his kind bathing in a pool they had made by damming the river. Namu pleads
for them to break the damn, but they do not listen until Giran recognizes Goku.
Giran gives him permission to break the dam if he can, as he says it is
indestructible. Using a Kame Hame Ha, the dam is destroyed and water flows into
the village again