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Dragon Ball Z Movie #1
Give me back my Gohan
Toei Manga Matsuri, July 15, 1989
An evil little Namek-jin, Garlic Jr., is gathering all of the Dragon Balls
together to wish for immortality. Since young Gohan has the #4 Ball sewn to his
cap, Gohan is kidnapped by Garlic's minions. This causes Goku to seek out Garlic
(whose mansion is located on a black island to the south of Kame House). Garlic
also wants to get rid of Kami-sama, so his minions attempt to kill Piccolo (if
Piccolo dies, Kami-sama also dies, and vice versa.) So Kami-sama and Piccolo
join in the battle, as does Kuririn. The minions are wasted, but Garlic, Jr.
already made his wish, so he is unkillable. Garlic and Kami-sama fight it out,
and Garlic wins (he wants to get rid of Kami-sama to make way for his own "reign
of blood", but he doesn't kill Kami-sama right away.) Garlic, Jr. gets beaten up
a bit by Goku and Piccolo, so he decides to create a "Dead Zone" (a black hole)
which threatens to suck everyone in and kill them. But Gohan (who had eaten a
hallucinogenic apple, and is still feeling a bit of a buzz) gets angry, and
blasts Garlic into the Dead Zone. The Dead Zone closes, sticking Garlic into a
form of eternal hell.
Garlic, Jr. -- Evil little immortal Namek, lost and forgotten.
Ginger -- Garlic's green-skinned, red-eyed demon minion. Killed by Goku.
Nikki -- Garlic's blue-skinned, apple-eating minion. Killed by Goku.
Sanshi -- Garlic's big, purple-skinned demon minion. Killed by Piccolo.
Dragon Ball Z Movie #2
The World's Strongest
Toei Anime Matsuri, March 10, 1990
Oolong steals Bulma's Dragon Radar, and discovers that someone is gathering up
the Dragon Balls. He and Gohan go into the northern glaciers in time to see Dr.
Kouchin summoning Shenlon and wishing for Dr. Willow's lab to be released from
the ice. Piccolo arrives to save Gohan from Kouchin's bio-men, but the demon is
overcome by Willow's 3 androids (Gohan and Oolong escape). Later, Kouchin goes
to Kame House, and kidnaps Bulma in order to force Muten Roshi to go with him to
the lab. Muten Roshi is told to fight the three androids, and does well for a
while, before being defeated by rubbery Minkattsun. Bulma learns that Kouchin
and Willow plan on turning the Earth into a desert and peopling it with
androids. Dr. Willow's brain is encased inside a robot, and he wants the body of
the world's strongest man to house his brain. But, while Muten Roshi was the
winner of the Tenkai-ichi Budoukai 50 years ago, (when Willow's lab was iced
over) the strongest man is now Goku. Goku learns what happened to Muten Roshi,
and goes to the lab, where he destroys all three androids. Gohan and Kuririn
also arrive, and end up battling the brain-controlled Piccolo until Gohan's
shout of frustration causes the mind-control bands to shatter. Dr. Willow
decides to fight Goku, and as he pulls his robot body free of the wall, the
resulting destruction hurls Kouchin down an energy shaft, and Kouchin's outer
coating melts before his own robot body is destroyed. Willow fights the heroes,
and looks like he'll win, when Goku creates a Genki Dama and throws it at
Willow. Willow flies up into space to get a breather, and he is destroyed up
there. Afterwards, Muten Roshi says that Willow got one thing right -- Muten
Roshi is the world's #1 strong guy. Bulma corrects that to "the world's #1 dirty
old man."
Dr. Kouchin -- The Christopher Lee of bio-tech scientists. A robot, he is
accidently destroyed by Dr. Weelo.
Dr. Willow -- A large brain housed in a robot. Was a deranged scientist until
his lab was entombed in ice. Killed by Goku.
Kishiime -- Electrical android iguanaman. Destroyed by Goku.
Ebifuraiya -- "Fried shrimp." Hulking android with weather-control abilities.
Destroyed by Goku.
Minkattsun -- Blobby, yellow rubberman android. Punctured by Goku.
Bio-man -- Mindless blue attack robot; like Vegeta's old saibai-men.
Dragon Ball Z Movie #3
The Tree Of Might
Toei Anime Fair, July 7, 1990
Oolong, Kuririn, Bulma, and young Gohan are on a camping trip, when a spy
satellite crashes into the forest and starts a raging fire. Kuririn and Gohan
battle to put out the blaze, then gather the Dragon Balls to wish for the forest
to be restored. One of the animals they save is a Haiyaa Dragon (Higher Dragon)
that follows Gohan home to become his pet. The two of them (and Goku) play
together and have a lot of fun, but Chi Chi wants the dragon sent back to its
mountain so it'll stop disrupting Gohan's studies. Meanwhile, a Saiya-jin
fighter, Taurus, and his minions are scouting Earth to locate Kakarot. Taurus
wants Kakarot and/or Gohan to join him to go trash planets. The minions plant a
seed for an energy-eating tree near the restored forest -- Taurus plans on
eating the fruit of the tree to get a "power up." The tree grows quickly and
threatens to destroy Earth. Kaiou-sama alerts Goku to the danger, and everyone
(Chi Chi prevents Gohan from joining in, but Haiyaa Dragon kidnaps the boy to
take him to the battle) goes to fight Taurus. Piccolo joins in to save Gohan,
but the demon still plans on killing Goku later on. Goku denies his Saiya-jin
heritage, claiming that he's happy to have been hit on the head as a child,
rather than growing up to be like Taurus. There's a major battle, and Goku uses
a Genki Dama to kill Taurus and destroy the tree. Afterwards, the Genki Dama
breaks up, and the lifeforce energy repairs the damage from the tree.
Shinseiju -- The energy-eating tree.
Taurus (or Turles)-- A Saiya-jin Warlord that looks like Goku. Killed by Goku.
Amond -- Taurus' big Indian minion. Killed by Goku.
Daiizu -- Taurus' muscular punk minion. Killed by Goku.
Kakao -- Taurus' ugly, silent lava-man minion. Killed by Goku.
Rezun & Rakasei -- Taurus' arrogant twin runt minions. Killed by Goku.
Haiyaa Dragon -- Gohan's cute little pet. Fiercely loyal; like Piccolo is.
Dragon Ball Z Movie #4
You're Super Saiya-jin, Son Goku
(Lord Slug)
Toei Anime Fair, March 19, 1991
Young Gohan and the Haiyaa Dragon visit Piccolo to show the demon the new dance
that Gohan taught the dragon. But, Piccolo, in pain, yells for Gohan to stop. A
planetoid headed towards Earth causes a panic, and Kuririn and Goku go out to
try to deflect the thing with their energy blasts. It still crashes into Earth,
but it turns out to be a spaceship that needs to land for refueling. The ship is
commanded by the imperious Emperor of the Universe -- Slug, who demands that
they leave in 3 days. A weather satellite is launched to cause a cloud to cover
the planet, and freeze it over. Earth is now more hospitable for the soldiers
living in the ship, and they step outside to terrorize the Earthlings. Slug
recognizes the Dragon Ball that is sewn into Gohan's cap, and reads Bulma's mind
to learn about the Dragon Radar. The Dragon Balls are rounded up, and Slug
wishes for his youth back. Goku and Kuririn receive Senzu seeds from Yajirobee,
and they go to fight Slug. Piccolo shows up to save Gohan. Slug reveals himself
to be a Super Namek-jin. Goku wastes Slug's minions, and even turns into a Super
Saiya-jin for a while, but is trashed by Slug when the Super Namek-jin turns
into a giant. Piccolo tears off his own ears, then yells for Gohan to whistle
again; we now learn that Namek-jin hurt really bad when Earthlings whistle. Slug
drops to his knees, and Piccolo imparts his energy to Goku. The Goku/Piccolo
fusion beats up Slug, then Goku flies above the black cloud to get enough energy
to create a Genki Dama that kills Slug. (Slug accidently trashed his own
spaceship, so there's no bad guys left now.) The cloud dissipates, and Yajirobee
reappears to give Senzu seeds to the heroes. Piccolo's ears grow back. Finally,
Muten Roshi, who'd been sleeping through all this, wakes up from his dreams of
naked women, and exercises while saying that the weather is very nice today.
Slug -- A big, square-headed evil tyrrant Super Namek. Killed by Goku.
Kakuuja -- A Jawa that runs Slug's ship. Accidently killed by Slug.
Zeeun -- A Bull of a man who oversteps his authority and is killed by Slug.
Gyooshu -- A Jawa killed by Slug for saying that it would take 10 days to refuel
the ship.
Angira -- The blond god that can burrow underground to trap people's feet.
Killed by Goku.
Dorodabo -- The fat yellow winged demon. Killed by Piccolo.
Medametcha -- A big horned frog that can create energy-sucking copies of itself.
Killed by Goku.]
Slug's Soldiers -- Most were killed by Slug for running away from Goku and
Kuririn.
Dragon Ball Z Movie #5
The Strongest vs The Strongest
(Cooler's Revenge)
Toei Anime Fair, July 20, 1991
Back when Freeza destroyed Planet Vegeta, and killed Bardock, Freeza's older
brother, Koola had been watching from his own spaceship. Koola had seen
Kakarot's space capsule zipping off, but didn't interfere with it. 20 years
later, Koola receives a report stating that Freeza has been killed. Goku, Gohan,
and Kuririn go on a camping trip, and are attacked by Koola's henchmen. Koola
wants to fight Goku, and discover the true strength of the legendary "Super
Saiya-jin." At the end, Koola has been blown into the sun by a massive energy
ball, and apparently dies.
Haiyaa Dragon -- Gohan's cute pet dragon. Reappears for this movie.
Koola -- Freeza's older brother. Very arrogant and selfish. Not dead yet.
Sauzaa -- Cooler's blond, blue-faced pretty boy minion. Killed by Piccolo.
Neizu -- Cooler's lizard minion. Killed by Piccolo.
Doore -- Cooler's green-skinned ugly minion. Killed by Piccolo.
Dragon Ball Z Movie #6
Attack!!! 1 Million Power Fighters
(The Return of Cooler)
Toei Anime Fair, March 7, 1992
A giant metal planet lands on the new Namek planet, and begins eating it. The
Namek elders call to Dende for help, and Dende relays the call. This is why
Goku, Gohan, Kuririn, Muten Roshi, Oolong, Yajirobee and Piccolo get into a
spaceship and fly off. (Vegeta is in his own space capsule, and he arrives to
ensure that Goku lives long enough for Vegeta to kill him himself.)
Turns out that Koola has pulled a V'ger trick, and has become part of the ship
that is eating the Namek planet. Koola's robot are sent out to round up all of
the Namek-jin. Goku's ship arrives in time for the Z Fighters to also be picked
up to be used to power the ship. Goku and Vegeta fight Koola, and get trashed.
They are wired into the ship to provide power for Big Geta Star. Goku and Vegeta
push the limits of their Super Saiya-jin power, and cause Big Geta Star to
overheat. Finally, Goku blows the real Koola away, and Big Geta Star explodes.
(First time that Vegeta shows up in the movies.)
Koola -- Old Koola merged with some space junk to become the core of a giant
spaceship. Destroyed by Goku.
Big Geta Star -- The name of the planet-eating spaceship.
Metal Koola -- Koola-shaped robots, with self-repairing bodies. All were
destroyed when Big Geta Star exploded.
Muuri -- One of the Namek-jin elders. Lost and forgotten.
Dragon Ball Z Movie #7
Battle Limit!!! The Three Great Super Saiya-jin
(Super Android 13)
Toei Anime Fair, July 11, 1992
Right after Dr. Gero gets destroyed by his androids, #17 and #18, Gero's
computer triggers his earlier creations -- #13, #14, and #15. The androids have
orders to seek out and kill Goku (while Goku and company are on a shopping
trip). The resulting combat involves Goku, Kuririn, Piccolo, young Gohan,
Vegeta, and Future Trunks. After #14 and #15 are destroyed, #13 uses parts of
them to undergo a power up. The only way #13 can be destroyed is for Goku to
create a large Genki Dama, and then use the energy from it as he switches to
Super Saiya-jin. Afterwards, Gero's lab computer shuts down.
#13 -- Lean, white-haired android. Destroyed by Goku.
#14 -- Big, white skinned barbarian android. Destroyed by Trunks.
#15 -- Little, funky black android. Destroyed by Vegeta.
Dragon Ball Z Movie #8
Give it all you've got!!! Toughest, Roughest, Ultimate Battle
Toei Anime Fair/Toriyama Akira The World 2, March 6, 1993
Goku and Chi Chi go to interview for a school that Chi Chi wants Gohan to
attend, while everyone else is busy partying at a cherry blossom-viewing
drinkfest. The party is disrupted when a ship lands. Paragas steps out to invite
Vegeta to travel with him to the planet New Vegeta, to fight the Legendary Super
Saiya-jin. A drunk Muten Roshi, Kuririn, Trunks, and Gohan fly off as well.
Meanwhile, Kaiou-sama telepaths to Goku to alert the hero of the danger. Goku
teleports out of the interview, leaving Chi Chi in the lurch. Paragas introduces
Vegeta to Paragas' wimpy son, Brolly, and waffles over actually disclosing where
the Legendary Super Saiya-jin is. Goku teleports in, and Brolly goes bezerk.
After a lot of screwing around, we find out that Brolly and Goku had been born
on the same day. King Vegeta had ordered Brolly (baby Brolly had already been
determined to be a threat to the Saiya-jin) and Paragas to be killed and dumped
in the trash. But, baby Brolly's power saved them. Brolly grew up to be a
maniacal killer, and had poked out one of Paragas' eyes. Right after that,
Paragas had a headband created that effectively lobotomized Brolly. Brolly
overcomes Paragas' control and turns into a Super Saiya-jin; he trashes
everyone. Vegeta loses his nerve at seeing the Legendary Super Saiya-jin, and
can't fight anymore. Paragas knows that the planet New Vegeta will explode soon,
so he wants to fly away, killing two birds with one stone: revenge on the Vegeta
family, and disposing of his troublesome child. But, Brolly crushes the space
capsule, killing his father. Then, Goku summons the energy from his friends,
including Vegeta, to become a Super Saiya-jin himself, and killing Brolly.
Before the planet explodes, Goku teleports everyone to Piccolo's ship and they
return to Earth.
Paragas -- A one-eyed Saiya-jin killer with a hate against Vegeta's family.
Killed by Brolly.
Brolly -- A mad Saiya-jin, barely controlled by his father. Born on the same day
as Goku, and hence has an affinity for our hero. Apparently killed by Goku.
Shamo-saijin -- Ugly little creatures that have been carried off their planet of
Shamo to do Paragas' bidding. Saved by Goku.
Dragon Ball Z Movie #9
The Galaxy's In Danger!!! The Super Awesome Guy
Toei Anime Fair, July 10, 1993
The Money Family is hosting a Tenkai-ichi Budoukai as a birthday present for
10-year old Dollar Money. Dollar is hoping for aliens to come from space and
join in the tournament, so four of Mr. Satan's pro-wrestling students are in
costume as the "aliens" in the final rounds of the competition. Kaiou-sama and
Goku are on Kaiou planet (Kaiou is watching the game on TV, Goku is playing Go
Fish against Bubbles the ape -- the deck has Uranai Baba and Pilaf's crew on the
face cards.)
The elimination rounds are basically 8 batches of free-for-alls; the last person
standing in each free-for-all goes on to a one-on-one round. The Final Four each
get shot into one of four "Battle Stages" to face Satan's "aliens." The first
person to emerge from the Battle Stage wins the 100,000,000 zenni prize money, a
trip to a hot spa, and a chance to fight Satan. Kuririn, Future Trunks, teenaged
Gohan, and Dosukoi make it to the Battle Zones, where they are attacked by real
aliens (Satan's students have already been killed.) Kaiou-sama realizes that the
aliens are Bojack's team. A LONG time ago, the four Kaiou's had battled Bojack,
and imprisoned him far, far away. Bojack has escaped, and come to Earth to
destroy it and kill Gohan as revenge on Kaiou-sama, knowing that Goku is Kaiou's
student, Gohan is Goku's kid, and Earth is Goku's planet. There is a lot of
fighting as all of the Z Fighters show up to attack Bojack's 5-man team.
Eventually, the heroes are trashed, and Bojack is about to crush Gohan's throat.
Goku can't take it any more, and the dead hero teleports in from heaven just
long enough to kick Bojack in the face and save Gohan. With renewed anger, Gohan
goes to Super Saiya-jin 2 (SSJ-2), and kills Bojack's remaining minions before
killing Bojack. Satan had been trying to escape since seeing that the Z Fighters
had entered the tournament, but was pushed into a sled and sent to the Battle
Zone, where he succeeded in destroying the camera televising the fight with
Bojack. At the end of the movie, Satan is again declared savior of Earth, and no
one wins the prize money (Gohan, Trunks and Kuririn are recovering in a hospital
for some reason, while Piccolo and Vegeta are already fully healed. This movie
has lots of continuity flaws and plot holes. Definitely doesn't fit in with the
manga or TV series. The best part of the movie is the shot of the Pilaf card
deck.)
Gyousan Money -- Richest man on Earth. Short, fat, and balding. About 50.
Okkanee Money -- "Money Money". Gyousan's prim, tall wife.
Dollar Money -- Spoiled 10-year-old brat in short-leg bib overalls.
Producer -- The handsome "suit" producing the Budoukai for Gyousan is never
referred to by name.
Udou -- Huge, fat American cowboy wrestler defeated by Gohan.
Kanfuun -- Some martial artist defeated in the one-on-one by Dosukoi.
Dosukoi -- Huge sumo wrestler in the Final Four. Killed by Bidou.
Bojack -- Big Blue baddy dressed in a pirate's outfit. Is considered more evil
than Demon King Piccolo ever was. Killed by Gohan.
Gokua -- Blue-skinned punk with a sword. Quickly killed by Trunks
Bidou -- Kind of a Viking-Pirate mix. Is the most interesting of Bojack's team.
Evilly handsome; killed by Gohan.
Puujin -- Small arrogant Blue-skinned baddy. Killed by Gohan.
Sangya -- Pretty, evil Blue woman with LONG golden hair. A good fighter; killed
by Bojack. Bojack intentionally fired an energy blast at Gohan, through Sangya's
back.
Dragon Ball Z Movie #10
Dangerous Partners!!! Super Warriors Never Rest
Toei Anime Fair
Goten, Trunks and Videl are out gathering up the Dragon Balls When asked, Trunks
decides that he wants to have an amusement park just for him, while Goten wants
to have a park filled with delicious cakes and candy and succeeds in grabbing
the 5th one. Then they zip off to find the sixth one, they come upon a village
terrorized by a monster dragon. The last girl in the village is about to be
sacrificed to appease the monster, when Videl volunteers to take her place.
Goten, Trunks, and Videl hide next to the supper set out for the monster,
surprise it, and kill it (after much screwing around.) In return, Trunks
receives the Dragon Ball attached to the village Shaman's necklace. Meanwhile, a
Saiya-jin space capsule crashes to Earth nearby, and the sleeping Saiya-jin
inside is aroused by vibrations caused by Goten when the boy wanted to eat the
banquet set out for the monster. The Saiya-jin turns out to be Brolly. When
Brolly stretches his muscles the next day, Videl senses it, and goes to fight
him. Then she is followed by Goten and Trunks. Brolly thinks that Goten is
Kakarot, and there is much fighting. The final Dragon Ball is located during the
battle, but Goten doesn't know how to summon Shenlon, so Trunks gets trashed
while trying to distract Brolly (Trunks also has to take a piss after hiding
next to a bunch of waterfalls, and relieves himself on top of Brolly's head).
Gohan senses Brolly's ki, and arrives to join in the battle. Gohan's blast
causes lava to boil up, and Brolly is trapped in the magma. Gohan passes out as
the magma inches near him. (Kuririn is dressed up like Piccolo as a joke when he
saves Gohan.) But Brolly is a Super Saiya-jin, and the magma doesn't phase him.
Gohan and Goten use the Kamahameha on Brolly. (And, probably because of the
Dragon Balls nearby, Goku is allowed to show up to perform a Kamehameha as part
of, the trio.) Trunks manages to throw an energy ball that distracts Brolly, and
the triple Kamehameha blows Brolly into space, and into the sun. Videl recovers,
and thinks that Gohan was masquerading as Brolly, and attacks him. Goten and
Trunks go back to the village to get food, and Kuririn wonders why everyone has
forgotten about him. (The Dragon Balls disperse as if Shenlon had fulfilled a
wish.)
Koko -- Little Dutch girl, about to be sacrificed to the monster.
Chourou -- Leader of the forest village terrorize by the monster.
Kyouryuu -- The dragon terrorizing the village. Turned into cutlets by Trunks
and Goten. Eaten by the village members.
Kitou-shi -- "Shaman." The village magician that wants to sacrifice Koko.
Brolly -- The legendary Super Saiya-jin apparently wasn't quite completely
killed by Goku, and he found a space capsule that took him to Earth. Killed by
Goku, Gohan and Goten.
Dragon Ball Z Movie #11
Super Warriors Vanquish!!! I am the Champion
Toei Anime Fair, July 9, 1994
#18 has gone to Mr. Satan's house to collect on the 20 million zenni prize money
from the Tenkai-ichi Budoukai that she let Satan win. Satan claims that the
money hasn't been turned over to him yet. Then, a minion of a guy who was a
classmate of Satan's, arrives to blackmail Satan into going with him to fight
some bio-tech warriors. The minion, Menmen, threatens to tell the papers that
Satan was a bed wetter in 6th Grade. Satan caves in, and #18 goes along to keep
Satan from running away. Goten and Trunks hide in the back of the car to try to
fight these "bio-tech thingies", and Kuririn is forced to take his daughter back
to Kame House.
Baron Jagaa Badda has created some pro-wrestler-strength warriors, and he wants
them to fight Satan, just to put Satan back in his place. Satan pretends that
#18 and the two boys are his students, and they easily destroy the bio-tech
baddies. However, Goten recognizes the guy standing beside Jagaa as being the
Shaman from the forest village in the last movie. Turns out that the Shaman
collected some of Brolly's blood at the battle site, and sold it to Jagaa. Jagaa
had his scientists use the blood to create the "Ultimate Bio-tech Warrior."
Trunks and Goten try to use Kamehame-ha on Brolly's container before Brolly can
awaken, but it is too late. However, the process isn't complete, and Brolly is
badly misformed. There is much fighting, the chemicals used in the bio-tech
process get loose and eat up all living things, and Brolly trashes Goten,
Trunks, and #18. Kuririn arrives to protect his wife, and also gets trashed.
Finally, the heroes rescue the scientists, and all of the people living on
Jagaa's island escape onto ocean liners. The bio-tech chemicals try to eat
Brolly, and are instead turned into an energy source for him. Ultimately, Goten
discovers that the chemicals lose potency in sea water, so Kuririn, Goten, and
Trunks use a Kamehameha to create a tidal wave that cleanses the island. Brolly
keeps trying to kill Goten, but is now vulnerable to Goten's and Trunks' energy
blast. Brolly dies, and Mr. Satan tries to swim back home, rather than accepting
#18's offer of saving him for a total of 1 Billion zenni.
Baron Jagaa Badda -- Short, fat, prissy former classmate of Mr. Satan's. Has
lots of money, and is making bio-tech fighters because he can. Doesn't die, but
his island does receive much costly damage.
Menmen -- Jagaa's tall, blond-haired minion. Is actually very inept, but
pretends to arrogance.
Kitou-shi -- The Shaman is back, trying to make lots of money by selling
Brolly's blood to Jagaa. Dies when the bio-tech chemicals eat him as he is
trying to steal cash from Jagaa's office.
Dr. Korii -- The grey-haired scientist creating Jagaa's bio-tech fighters.
Nine -- Korii's chief assistant. A cute, but vacant-eyed woman.
Hei -- Jagaa's bio-tech wolf-dog. Eaten by the bio-tech chemicals.
Bio-Brolly -- A mis-formed bio-tech nightmare. Maybe stronger than the original.
Remembers when Trunks had taunted him in the last movie. Destroyed by seawater,
Goten, and Trunks.
Dragon Ball Z Movie #12
The Fusion Revival!!! Goku & Vegeta
Toei Anime Fair, March 4, 1995
We are back in heaven, during the Budoukai held by Dai-Kaiou tod etermine who
the greatest dead heroic fighter is. The four Kaiou's quarrel over who has the
best student, and the final round is about to start, between West Kaiou's Son
Goku, and South Kaiou's Paikuu-han. Both fighters want to win cleanly, and they
begin sparring. Meanwhile, Enma Daioh (Heaven's Gatekeeper) is being harsher
than normal, sending many, many souls to hell for one reason or another (the
ones going to heaven get to ride Ten Airlines, while the ones going to Hell get
to pass through a "Sprit Cleaner" machine that removes all the evil from them.
Once cleansed, the evil souls have their memories removed, and are reincarnated
to try again.) Psych Oni, the demon tending the Sprit Cleaner, is too busy
dancing to his walkman tape to notice that the Cleaner is running in the red.
The Cleaner regulator explodes, and all of the concentrated evil escapes. Psych
Oni tries to contain the mess before tearfully reporting to Enma Daioh. At this
point, the concentrated evil covering Psych takes effect, turning the boy into a
giant yellow squeeze toy named Janenba. Janenba immediately encases Enma's Gate
House in a magic crystal, and it then amuses itself by twisting the fabric of
space for a while. With Enma trapped, the dead residing in Hell can escape and
roam around on Earth. Gohan and Videl set out to combat the dead, while Goten
and Trunks search for the Dragon Balls to set everything right again. Gohan gets
to confront Freeza again, and very quickly destroys the monster. All of the
other supporting villians from the previous DBZ movies also surface, only to be
dispatched by the Great Saiya-man team. Shenlon is summoned, but the Dragon God
has to admit that it has no jurisdiction over the dead, and it can't fix the
problem involving Enma. So, Goten and Trunks spend the movie fighting the
endless masses of Hitler's zombie armies. (Satan is also dispatching zombies
easily, but he's upset that there's no TV crew around to broadcast his exploits;
he plans on calling in a report to the TV station later.) Dai Kaiou suspends the
Budoukai to let Paikuu-han and Goku run off to Enma's Gate House to resolve the
problem. At first, they try to play with Janenba, until Goku starts getting mad.
Unfortunately, Janenba can do transdimensional tricks, and it punches one way,
only to have his fist appear elsewhere to blindside Goku. Paikuu-han is told by
Dai-Kaiou to try to free Enma (eventually, Paikuu realizes that by swearing and
insulting people, he can make the magic crystal crack and flake off.) Janenba
can also make copies of itself, as well as warping Goku so that the hero will
appear in front of his own Kamehameha. Goku switches up to SSJ-3 and pummels
Janenba. The creature melts, only to turn into the next-stage version -- Changed
Janenba. Janenba now uses a series of warp tricks à la "Total Recall", and
trashes the SSJ3 Goku. Goku escapes deeper into Hell, first hiding in the Pool
of Blood; then he gets rescued by the dead Vegeta. (Vegeta reminds Goku that
only Vegeta has the right to destroy Goku.) Vegeta attacks Janenba, and also
gets trashed. Vegeta's body flies towards the Mountain of Needles, and is caught
by Goku. Goku tries to get Vegeta to do Fusion with him, but the Saiya-jin
Prince would rather die first (Goku points out that Vegeta IS dead.) Vegeta's
pride is tearing him up, and Janenba attacks the mountain, causing Goku to grab
Vegeta's shoulder and teleporting them both to a safe zone. Vegeta relents, and
Goku shows him the Fusion pose. Vegeta is appalled at the idea of having to do
something so stupid. But, there is no time left, so the two of them perform
Fusion. Vegeta forgets to extend his right forefinger, and the resulting Fat
Gojita attracts Janenba's attention. The ensuing battle is plain slapstick (Gojita's
only successful attack is a series of foul-smelling farts.) At the last moment,
just as Janenba is going to destroy Gojita, the Fusion wears off (it took 30
minutes) and the two Saiya-jin run away again. Kaiou (West Kaiou was receiving a
lot of abuse from his siblings for having such a useless student) telepaths out
that Vegeta botched the pose. So, they try again. And are interrupted by
Janenba. Paikuu-han succeeds in breaking the magic crystal, and he runs to
confront Janenba to give Goku and Vegeta more time. Janenba apparently kills the
dead Paikuu-han just as the Fusion takes hold. Gojita is formed. Trunks and
Goten are still fighting against bad guys (Hitler's army). Gojita looks like
Super Saiya-jin Goku, with a Persian-style vest and baggy pants. On Earth, Goten
and Trunks sense the energy levels of their fathers, and the two boys also do
Fusion to become Gotenks (Gotenks uses Kamikaze Ghost Attack to create 100
exploding ghosts to destroy Hitler's armies.) Gojita punches Janenba up a bit
before performing "The Crystal Wave". The ball blows up in the monster's chest,
and all of the evil within it dissipates. Psych returns to normal, takes one
look at Gojita, and runs away screaming. Enma is back in charge, and the dead
all return to Hell, including Vegeta (Vegeta says that he never wants to Fuse
again). Goten and Trunks promise each other to not tell Gohan and Videl who it
was that saved them all; Gohan and Videl chase the boys to get answers from
them. In the last panel, Shenlon asks if this means that no one is going to ask
him for a wish.
Paikuu-han -- A "Frog". A good-guy fighter created for the TV series to kill
time. Ignorable.
Saiku Oni -- Probably means "Psychedelic", or "work". A teenaged red-skinned
demon boy who tends the Sprit Cleaner. Wears a skull jacket, striped pants, and
a walkman.
Janenba -- Probably means "a place of evil." At first, this is a big yellow
goofball that hurts stuff for fun. After its transformation, it becomes a
human-sized Lucifer-type Master of Hell. Uses magic, and a magical sword.
Created when Psych was dowsed with concentrated evil. After Gojita defeats it,
Psych recovers, and runs away to disappear from sight forever.
Dragon Ball Z Movie #13
Dragon Fist Explosion!!! If Goku Can't do it, Who Else Can?
Toei Anime Fair, July 15, 1995
A long time ago, a group of evil magicians brought a huge, skull-faced demon --
Hildegarn -- to life to terrorize their planet. The demon could only be
controlled by two gourd whistles and a legendary sword. Tapion and his little
brother, Minosha, had used the gourd whistles to play a song that calmed
Hildegarn long enough for the demon to be cut in two, and trapped within the
bodies of the two brothers. Tapion was sealed in a music box and shot out into
space.... It's a busy day in Satan City for the crimefighting team Great
Saiya-man (Gohan is Great Saiya-man 1, and Videl is Great Saiya-man 2) when they
get a call that a crazy old man is trying to commit suicide by jumping from a
tower. The old man, Hoi, is rescued, and he shows Gohan a box that can't be
opened. The boy tries to turn the crank, but can't. The box is given to Bulma,
but her science toys can't see inside it. So, the Z Fighters round up the Dragon
Balls and ask Shenlon to make the box open. This happens, and Tapion steps out.
Minosha, who used to look just like young Trunks, was killed long ago, and his
half of the demon starts stalking Satan city and trashes it. Tapion escapes to a
deserted factory plant, and is followed by Trunks (Trunks keeps bringing food to
Tapion, but Tapion keeps chasing him away.) When Tapion falls asleep, his half
of the demon tries to escape from his body, but is then recaptured when Tapion
wakes up again. Eventually, Tapion is befriended, and he explains everything to
Bulma. Bulma tries to make a demon-capturing bedroom, but Hoi is using his own
magic to awaken Hildegarn. Tapion's half of the demon escapes Bulma's trap and
becomes whole again. The Z Fighters help trash the city in their attempt to
defeat the demon, and Goten and Trunks use Fusion to become Gotenks (but,
Gotenks' energy attacks cause the demon to go into a cocoon phase before
emerging as a giant WINGED demon.) The Z Fighters get mulched, Tapion tries to
use his whistle, but it shatters. Trunks tries to use Tapion's sword on the
demon, but Goku switches to Super Saiya-jin 3, and announces that Hildegarn is
HIS to defeat. Goku pulls out a Super Punch (Ryuuken) and destroys the demon.
Afterwards, Bulma makes a time machine to return Tapion to the time when the boy
had been shot into space, and Tapion gives the sword to Trunks (thereby
explaining how future Trunks came by the sword that had been used to carve up
Freeza and Freeza's Father in the manga.)
Tapion -- A teenaged elf with a bright red mohawk and a gold band connected to
the back of his head. Carries a sword and a gourd whistle. Has one half of a
demon trapped within his own body.
Minosha -- A smaller elf with an orange mohawk. He looked like Trunks. Carried a
sword and a gourd whistle. Killed in a flashback at the beginning of the movie.
Hoi -- An evil little magic user that wants the energy gained from the demon
when it destroys stuff. Pointed ears, red skin, long bushy white hair, and
catfish stickers on his cheeks. Stepped on by Hildegarn.
Hildegarn -- 1000 year old, VERY tall, fire-breathing skull-faced demon. Blown
into dust by Goku's Dragon Punch.
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