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The Dragon Ball Z story picks up several years after the
original Dragon
Ball series. Goku
now has a son named Gohan,
after his grandfather. All of a sudden, a mysterious guy named Raditz
comes form outer space. He tells Goku
that he is his brother and that they are Saiyajins, a race of
warriors who take over planets. He hits Goku
and takes Gohan.
Goku
has to go get his old enemy, Piccolo,
to help him defeat Raditz.
They both fight Raditz,
and Goku
sacrifices himself to kill him. (Piccolo
uses a makankosappo to drill through both) In his dying breath, Raditz
tells Piccolo
that two more powerful Saiyajins, Vegeta
and Nappa,
are coming to earth in a year. Goku,
in heaven (or whatever you wanna call it), has to run across a
1,000,000 mile road that will take him to Kaio-sama, the
ultimate martial arts teacher. Piccolo
kidnaps Gohan
so that he can train him.
Kami
gets together Krillin,
Tenshinhan, Yamcha,
and Chauzu to train. Yaijorobee
just sits and eats. Over the year that passes, Goku
learns Kaioken and the Genki Dama, the Z senshi's skills
improve, and Piccolo's
heart is sofened by love (paternal) for Gohan.
After a year, the Saiyajins arrive. Yamcha,
Tenshinhan, Piccolo,
and Chauzu die in the initial fight with Nappa.
(Yamcha
is killed by a Sabai man who self destructs, Piccolo
is killed by Nappa
as he saved Gohan,
Chauzu self destructs to kill Nappa,
and Tenshinhan drains all his energy to try to kill Nappa)
Goku
finally arrives (Kame
Sennin wished him back with the Dragon Balls), sees how
almost all of his friends were killed, and kicks Nappa's
arse. Vegeta
then kills Nappa
for being stupid and weak.
Vegeta
fought Goku
for a long time with Goku
demonstrating the Kaio techs, before he finally gets up to
Kaioken 3. In this state, he is a match for Vegeta.
However, Vegeta
turns into an Oozaru (were-monkey) by making a small moon. He
beats the crap out of Goku
and is almost unstoppable. Luckily, Yaijorobee
happens to finally be around to cut off his tail with his sword.
Vegeta
still fights though,and beats up Gohan.
However, Gohan
has also seen the light of the mini moon, and turns into an
Oozaru himself. The weakened Vegeta
notices this, and quickly shoots off Gohan's
tail. But as Gohan
reverts, he falls on Vegeta,
almost killing him. Krillin
wants to finish him off, but Goku
stops him because he always likes a challenge, and Vegeta
was leaving the planet anyway. Now they must go back to Piccolo's
home Piccolo(Namek)
to restore Piccolo so that the Earth Dragon Balls will be
brought back on line, so they can bring back their friends
(phew!)...
Besides the TV seasons, there are also
thirteen main movies, and two TV Specials:
Dragon Ball Z Movies
- Movie 1: The Dead Zone
- Movie 2: The World's Strongest
- Movie 3: The Tree of Might
- Movie 4: Lord Slug
- Movie 5: Cooler's Revenge
- Movie 6: The Return of Cooler
- Movie 7: Super Android 13
- Movie 8: Broly, The Legendary Super Saiyan
- Movie 9: Bojack Unbound
- Movie 10: Broly: Second Coming
- Movie 11: Bio - Broly
- Movie
12: Fusion Reborn
- Movie 13: Dragon Fist Assult {Accorrding to Anime Insider}
Dragon Ball Z TV Specials
- TV Special 1 - Bardock, Father of Goku
- TV Special 2 - The History of Trunks
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