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[NARRATOR] Last time on Dragon Ball Z...

As the two evil Saiyan warriors hurtled towards Earth

in their space pods,

the Z warriors were busy

beefing up their martial arts skills.

Goku had made it to King Kai's planet

but he was finding the gravity a little tough to take.

And it didn't help matters

when he mistook the King's pet ape Bubbles

for the mythical martial master...

Once the proper introductions were made,

Goku was put to the test to see if he was worthy enough

to train with the legendary King Kai...

His first assignment, catch Bubbles,

and then he would be permitted to move on

to the next phase of his training...

It all seemed easy enough at first,

but it proved to be a lot harder than Goku imagined.

That little monkey sure could move!

And don't forget the intense gravity of King Kai's planet.

It can really bring a guy down!

While King Kai watched with amusement from the sidelines,

Goku did his best to grab the speedy little monkey!

Time and time again they traveled around the planet

and before long they were going in circles!

Then Goku made one last leap of faith

and managed to get a grip on Bubbles!

[GOKU] Heh. Gotcha! Yeah!

[NARRATOR] It was then that King Kai realized that Goku

could indeed be a worthy student.

But things are only going to get harder from here on in...

And one question remains...

What kind of bizarre training

does the King have in store for Goku now?

[GOKU] Woo-hoo! I did it! I caught him! Ha, ha, ha, ha!

Look King Kai! I caught the monkey!

[BUBBLES chatters]

I'm ready for the next phase of my training King Kai!

Okay... If you say so.

Let's see now... Phase two, huh?

Yeah!

No more monkey business!

[snickers]

Heh!

[kissing sounds]

Can I do my next training session without Bubbles?

He'll just get in the way!

Hey! Don't be so rude!

All right then! Let's start training!

Yeah! Let's get to work!

[long inhale]

[intense yelling]

Hm?

What did you do?

I yelled at the top of my lungs!

Yeah, I'll say...

Um... Am I missing something here?

Why did you do that, King Kai?

You'll see...

[GOKU] Uh...

[intense yelling]

That, my boy, is a long distance call!

[snickers]

Don't you get it?

He can't be a martial arts master!

[GREGORY] Hey! I heard that!

Huh?

[GOKU yells]

What is it?

[GREGORY] I'm not an it, you lunk-head!

Hey! It's a little grasshopper man!

Yeah! So what?

Little grasshopper man?

[KING KAI snickers]

Be quiet! And listen up!

My name's Gregory!

And I'm King Kai's most trusted attendant!

So you watch yourself!

Uhh...

That's right! I'm also a fearless

martial arts master with no equal!

Except for King Kai!

[KING KAI snickers]

[KING KAI] I think it's your ego that has no equal!

A-hem. Yes, now where was I?

Right! Who do you think you are?

I heard what you said about King Kai!

So you don't think he's for real, huh?

No! His methods just bug me!

[KING KAI growls]

[KING KAI] Heh! Oh, I get it! My methods bug him!

[KING KAI snickers]

King Kai? Please! It's hard to concentrate with you laughing!

Yes, of course! Sorry about that!

Goku, Gregory will be your next test! Are you ready?

The bug?

Hey, buddy, I'm a grasshopper!

But King Kai...

I thought you were going to train me personally?

You'll take on just about anyone these days, won't you?

How am I supposed to work with a guy like this

who doesn't know the first thing

about showing respect for his elders?!

You'll manage!

Now let's get started!

What's that for?

That's kinda big! Are you sure you're not overdoing it, sir?

Of course not! Goku, catch!

[GOKU yells]

How's that? Heavy enough?

[GOKU grunts]

[GREGORY giggles]

Now Goku. Take that hammer

and see if you can hit Gregory with it!

Hit him? Uhh...

And if you can complete this task

I will allow you to train under me directly!

Hey, all right!

Don't get your hopes up, buddy!

There's no way I'm gonna let you hit me with that hammer!

[GREGORY] Heh, heh! Catch me if you can!

Ahhhh...

Ahaa!

All right! Here I come!

[GOKU yells]

[GREGORY chuckles]

Man! What speed! Ahh!

Creep!

[KING KAI thinking] Hmmm? I've never given a trainee a hammer

as heavy as that one! Good luck, Goku.

C'mon Bubbles, this could take a while!

I'll get him this time!

[grunts]

Aahhh! He's all mine!

[GREGORY] Bye now!

Come back here!

[GOKU] I'm going to squash you like the bug that you are!

[GOKU yells]

[glass shatters]

Be careful!

Huh?

Aaaahhhh!

[GREGORY laughs]

And I just finished the wax-job, too!

[whimpers]

[BUBBLES chatters]

[GOKU yells in distance]

[yells]

[GOKU] Slow down, would ya?!

[BUBBLES chatters]

[NARRATOR] While Goku plays bug exterminator,

on Earth, Piccolo is busy trying to push Gohan

to the next level of martial arts training!

[PICCOLO yells]

[PICCOLO] Heh! You're too easy a target for me!

[GOHAN and PICCOLO yell]

Aahh!

[GOHAN laughs]

[PICCOLO chuckles]

So you've figured out how to dodge my punches and kicks.

Now try this!

Uh?

[PICCOLO yells]

[footsteps]

[GOHAN groans]

[GOHAN] Aw, come on Piccolo! Gimme a break!

[PICCOLO chuckles]

[GOHAN screams]

[GOHAN screams]

[PICCOLO] Get up here! We've got work to do!

[GOHAN breathes heavily]

[PICCOLO scoffs]

[grunts]

[thinking] At this rate he'll never be able

to face those two Saiyans!

[GOHAN grunts]

[GOHAN yells]

[GOHAN breathes heavily]

Hey! I'm stuck! Piccolo! Come on!

Help me! I can't get out! Please Piccolo! Help me!

Just this one time! Please...

I'll do better next time... I promise!

Help me Piccolo... Please!

[NARRATOR High above the Earth on Kami's lookout,

the other Z warriors continue

their intensive training regime!

Tien and Yamcha seem about equal!

They're looking good!

[KAMI] Mm-hm...

[TIEN yells]

[YAMCHA yells]

[TIEN chuckles]

[YAMCHA chuckles]

[KRILLIN yells]

Hey come on! Stop kidding around!

[YAJIROBE] Heh!

[KRILLIN yells]

[KRILLIN yells frantically]

[GOKU] Aw, come on, slow down a little!

I won't hit you that hard... I promise!

Time out!

[GOKU] Huh?

Whoa! Hey! What's the deal?

It's break time! Dinner!

[GOKU laughs]

Woohoo!

Uh--Don't feed him!

[eating noises]

[GOKU belches]

[eating noises continue]

You worked up quite an appetite, didn't you?

[GOKU] Boy, oh boy! I sure did!

Will it slow him down?

Oh, no, it makes him much faster...

And it won't give him a cramp!

[GOKU] You betcha!

[KING KAI] The Saiyans are remarkably fast too!

But you are not there yet!

Huh? Ah, the Saiyans!

What do you know about them, King Kai?

What do you mean, what does he know about them?

King Kai knows everything!

There, there, Gregory!

Goku, you told me earlier that you too are a Saiyan,

am I correct?

Huh?!

Yeah! But I don't know anything about the Saiyans...

You see, they sent me to Earth when I was just a baby!

Ah, well then... I can probably tell you a few things

about the Saiyans that you don't know!

[GOKU] Wow! Really?

[KING KAI] Mm-hm!

[GOKU] Hold on!

Ah! How kind of you!

Ah, I feel like a king!

[GOKU] Mm-hm...

Mm. Yes... Now a long time ago, before you were born...

There were two tribes that lived on Planet Vegeta.

There were your ancestors, the Saiyans...

And the other tribe was known as the Tuffles.

[GOKU] The Saiyans and the Tuffles, huh?

[KING KAI] That's correct. Now, the Tuffles

were a so-called advanced civilization...

They had cities much like the ones on Earth

and enjoyed all of the modern conveniences

such as air-travel and mini malls.

They had long ago outgrown energy sources

which polluted their planet

and were enjoying health and prosperity.

Not far from the big cities, in the arid wastelands of Vegeta,

the Saiyans lived in primitive fashion.

They were much larger in size than the Tuffles

but much smaller in number.

One thing all Saiyans had in common

was that they all had tails.

Another was their brutal and violent nature...

They loved to fight.

But because they were so few in number,

the Tuffles never worried about the Saiyans.

That is until the day...

...they attacked!

And so the great war for planet Vegeta began.

With the element of surprise in their favor,

the Saiyans quickly gained a strong foothold

in the war against the Tuffles.

The Tuffles had technology on their side.

They had devices that measured their enemies fighting power

and advanced weaponry

which they used to hold the Saiyans at bay.

Though few in number,

the Saiyans strength was so incredible

that they too won their fair share of the battles.

[SAIYAN #2 laughs]

[KING KAI] And just when it seemed that there was

no end in sight to this horrible war,

something happened on Vegeta

that only happens there once every eight years.

There was a full moon!

A decisive factor in the war for planet Vegeta!

As you must know, Saiyans have the ability to transform

into huge ape-like creatures when the moon is full.

[roaring]

[TUFFLE #2] Let's get out of here!

[roaring]

[KING KAI] It didn't take long for these monsters to destroy

the Tuffles and their advanced civilization...

But then a new problem began for the Saiyans.

Without the technology of the Tuffles,

the Saiyans couldn't travel in space.

This meant they couldn't satisfy the one desire

that they all shared, the desire to fight.

I'm sure you've heard the joke,

how many Saiyans does it take to build a rocket-ship?

[GOKU] Uh? No...

[KING KAI chuckles]

It's a really good one!

[GOKU] Later King Kai!

[KING KAI] Fine! Well, not far away,

the Saiyans met the Archosians...

Now, the Archosians had money and technology,

but the planet Archos was a dump.

So they hired the Saiyans to conquer a planet for them!

An unholy partnership was formed.

With Saiyan might and Archosian ingenuity combined,

they formed a fleet of planet pirates.

The plan that these two sinister races

hatched meant that there was nothing

they wouldn't do to achieve their goals...

An armada of space pods was designed to travel

the vast distances of the universe.

They even sent babies like yourself to distant planets.

The Saiyan leaders were more than happy to send specimens

of their race into the great unknown.

They knew that when the babies grew up

they would extinguish any and all inhabitants

of the planet they landed on.

I'd like to extinguish them!

Well, all misdeeds gather their just rewards.

You see, like Earth, the planet Vegeta also had a guardian.

This good man used his power

to attract a vast system of meteors to the planet.

He could no longer tolerate the horrible burden

of the Saiyans' dark deeds.

So he brought destruction upon the planet,

which was plagued by the weight of its inhabitants' evil.

Planet Vegeta was demolished!

It kind of got a major spanking you could say,

except with meteors.

Only four Saiyans survived the destruction

of planet Vegeta,

and you are one of them.

No!

I'm not one of them! I'll never be!

[KING KAI] Easy now...

Listen you might despise your heritage, but at this point

the fact that you are a Saiyan is a great asset!

Channel your anger. Use it to enhance your training.

You're right! I can't wait to start training again.

I'm in! If it's okay with King Kai of course!

[KING KAI] Mm-hm! Mm-hm!

[GOKU] I am really anxious to get started,

but uh, let me wolf this down first!

[eating noises]

[GOKU thinking] C'mon... C'mon...

[GREGORY] Huh?!

[GOKU thinking] Missed him!

[KAMI] Gentlemen, Mr. Popo and I are both very pleased

with the progress you have made here.

Each of you has reached a new level

of strength and technique.

But the time has come for you to go back down to Earth.

The future of the planet is in your hands.

May you fight with honor!

[ALL] Right!

Kami, can I take these weighted clothes off now?

You may do as you please.

So what are you guys going to do down below?

Well, I say we go somewhere and continue training.

That's a good idea.

[thinking] Hm. I wonder how much Goku has improved...

[GOKU] Ha, ha, ha! I got you now!

[GREGORY] Oh, no you don't!

[clanking]

[KING KAI] What a mess!

I hope my insurance covers this!

[GREGORY laughs]

[thinking] I almost got him!

Hm. That was a close one!

Yeah!

That oughta do it!

Aahh!

Aahh!

All right! Here goes!

Gotcha!

[BUBBLES chatters]

That wasn't too bad now was it, Gregory?

What is that, a joke? Come on my body is in super condition!

You couldn't hurt me with that thing if you tried!

Really? Well, is that a lump I see?

Oh! What did you do to me?

[GOKU laughs]

[thinking] Goku is indeed a rare man.

Perhaps he is the one!

There are seventy days left. He could do it!

He could master Kaio-Ken and defeat those Saiyan warriors!

No one's ever been able to master Kaio-Ken.

It's been like a dream in my head.

Like a horse that's too wild to ride!

But now, there is a chance!

King Kai you promised remember?

Do you really think you're ready to learn

the mystic art of Kaio-Ken from me as you are?

Well, do you?

Yes, I do!

All right, first I want you to visualize yourself

at your very best! Both in body and in spirit! Got it?

Got it!

Now that you understand, uh... let's go take a lunch break!

[ROSHI] Well sis, I should know better then to ask but,

can you tell us what your crystal ball says

about the future?

Who's future? Be specific!

Our planet's future... Mother Earth's!

Hm. What's up? You heard something?

No matter!

If it's going to happen, I'll see it!

I always do!

[incantation vocalization]

Huh? Oh no!

As things stand right now, the Earth has no future!

Eh?!

No! Attack! Don't just dodge! Use your strength!

[GOKU yells]

[KING KAI snickers]

[NARRATOR] While our heroes push themselves to the limit

with their martial arts training,

on the outer edge of the solar system,

a great evil approaches.

The Saiyans, who are intent on destroying Earth,

are already passing by Jupiter.

Only one day remains until their arrival.

Have the Z warriors properly prepared themselves

to face their wrath?

And will Goku make it back in time

to fight side by side with his son Gohan?

All these questions and more will be answered

on the next exciting episode of Dragon Ball Z!