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[NARRATOR] Last time on Dragon Ball Z!

[NARRATOR] The Androids have picked themselves up a new van

and they're getting ready to go for a little drive.

Their final destination: Goku's house!

And if they have their way,

they'll see to it that Goku is dead on their arrival!

[NARRATOR] However, Piccolo might have something

to say about that.

He's returned to Kami's Lookout in the hopes

of merging with the aging Guardian of the Earth.

Once reunited, these two powerful forces

will form a single "Super Namek",

strong enough to stop the Androids in their tracks!

Meanwhile, the gang is moving Goku

to a safer location.

[YAMCHA] I think Goku has packed on a few pounds.

[KRILLIN] Give him a break!

He hasn't been himself lately!

[NARRATOR] Can they keep the ailing Goku hidden

from the Androids?

Find out today!

[ROSHI] All right, Chiaotzu!

Let's see if this soup of yours

passes the "Master Roshi Taste Test"!

[OOLONG] Well it smells good to me!

That's for sure!

[slurping]

[ROSHI] Not too bad...

[slurping]

[CHIAOTZU growls]

[slurping]

[CHIAOTZU] Well, how is it?

Great!

[CHIAOTZU gasps]

[ROSHI] That was delicious, Chiaotzu!

You really know how to make a fine bowl of soup!

Thanks, Master Roshi!

[slurping]

[OOLONG] Mmm!

This might be the best soup I've ever had!

Please tell me there's some more where this came from!

I could go for a couple helpings of seconds!

And maybe even some thirds, too!

Where did you learn to cook like that?

I used to cook for Tien when he was training

and I came up with a few of my own recipes...

Here's a thought!

Why don't you stay here and train with us, Chiaotzu!

Huh?! Stay with you?

Sure, you could stay here and train with all of us!

Train?! C'mon, admit it!

The only reason you want him to stay

is so he'll cook for you!

[ROSHI] That's ridiculous!

I-I just thought it would be nice if he--

[OOLONG] Nice if he cooked for you!

[ROSHI] That's not true!

[OOLONG] Huh?

[CHIAOTZU] Tien!

[OOLONG] Oh... Hey there, Tien!

Chiaotzu... we're leaving.

Huh...?

[TIEN] We have to get back to our training.

Hey, wait a minute!

Fill us in, at least!

Were you able to take care of those Androids?

Well, what then?!

What happened?! Tell us!

Tien? Is everyone okay?

Everyone's fine...

You don't have to worry about them...

Krillin is on his way here now with Goku

and he'll explain everything.

They'll be safe with you...

No, wait!

You can't go!

[CHIAOTZU] Hey, wait up Tien!

I'd say something terrible has happened out there!

[ROSHI growls]

[KRILLIN] Look at it this way, Gohan.

It's all just a game to these Androids.

And until they've found Goku and destroyed him,

the game's not over.

Are they really that powerful, Krillin?

[KRILLIN] Afraid so, bro.

They're even more powerful

than the Androids Trunks told us about!

Huh...?

[YAMCHA] But I thought those were the Androids

Trunks told us about!

[TRUNKS] No. They're different somehow.

[CHICHI screams]

[ALL gasp]

Oh no! What in the world was I thinking?!

We don't have a minute to waste!

We've got to hurry! Before it's too late!

What are you talking about?

[CHICHI grunts]

Well, let's hit those books, Gohan!

[GOHAN gasps]

I can't study now!

Don't you dare talk back to me!

Now go to it!

Wow, Gohan!

And I thought I had it rough!

Hey! What do we do now?!

Beats me, Yamcha. I'm all outta ideas...

Well, maybe there's something I can do to help.

[CHICHI growls]

[TRUNKS] I could travel to the past in my time machine

and destroy the Androids

before Dr. Gero has a chance to activate them!

It shouldn't be that hard

now that I know where his laboratory is!

Hey, yeah! That's a great idea!

Hold on...

I don't think I like the idea of you going

after the Androids by yourself...

No...

What if something goes wrong?

Besides, didn't you once say that your time capsule

only had enough energy to make one more trip?

I mean, how would you make it back home?

You could be trapped in the past forever!

Maybe...

Hey, if you go back to the past

and destroy the Androids before Dr. Gero wakes them up,

what happens to the Androids that are here in this time?

They wouldn't just vanish, would they?

Because if changing the past makes them vanish,

what happens to the re--?

Gohan, that's none of your business.

You mind your studies!

No! He's right!

What was I thinking?!

Huh...?

If I go back in time and destroy the Androids,

I can only save the future of that world!

But I can't change anything that they've already done

once they've been activated!

Which means there's really no point in me going back!

Can you try that in English?

Ah, alright... let's see...

You know how Goku is alive now

because of the medicine that I brought back from the future?

Well, in the future world that the medicine came from,

Goku didn't make it!

That's because I can only change one reality, not both...

Huh?

In other words, there are two realities out there.

In one of them Goku survives, in the other, well...

Let's just say he wasn't so lucky.

Let me try to understand this.

[KRILLIN] You're saying that even if Goku

beats the Androids in our world,

they'd still be alive in your world of the future?

Boy, that sounds like some kind

of a parallel universe or something!

[TRUNKS] Exactly!

So then, why'd you bother to come

back in the first place, Trunks?

You just said you couldn't change anything.

--Hm? --Huh?

My mother...

You see, it was my mother's idea to send me back to the past.

She didn't think there was anything more

we could do to help the people in our world...

But she knew there were others we could help!

Maybe we can't change

what the Androids have done to this world, Trunks,

but I think I know of a way we can make a better world.

A peaceful world, free of the Androids forever!

[TRUNKS] I agreed with my mother

that I should travel back in time,

but I had my own reasons for wanting to go.

I hoped that in the past, with Goku's help,

I would find the Androids had some weakness.

That way, I could go back to the future,

and even though I still wouldn't be able

to bring back all those already gone,

I might be able to save the people who are left!

Huh...?

[WOMAN cries, GIRL whimpers]

[TRUNKS whimpers, MOTHER sobs]

[KRILLIN] Trunks! Trunks! Trunks!

[TRUNKS gasps]

[KRILLIN] Are you okay, man?

Ah... Sorry about that.

Anyway, I thought this whole plan would work out perfectly,

except that I didn't count on

there being such major differences

between the timelines of my world and this world.

I thought Goku's heart problems

would come much earlier than they did.

And I only thought there would be two androids,

but instead there's three.

And now everything's going wrong!

[TRUNKS yells]

[VEGETA grunts]

[VEGETA] No, don't!

[TRUNKS yells]

[TRUNKS & VEGETA grunt]

[TRUNKS growls]

But... there's still something that bugs me.

How could you have miscalculated so--

I don't know...

I wish I did!

I guess something...

changes when you travel back from the future?

[CHICHI] Try not to worry, Trunks.

If you hadn't come when you did,

Goku wouldn't be alive right now.

And, that's all that really matters.

Yeah, she's right, you know. We all owe ya!

Yeah... we owe you big time!

[KRILLIN laughs]

[KRILLIN] So I guess we all should look

on the bright side once in awhile, huh?

I mean, we're all safe and sound thanks to... me!

[KRILLIN laughs]

[KRILLIN] Hey, Trunks, lighten up!

I was just kidding! Really...

[ANDROID 18] I'm enjoying the scenery 17,

but, one question: Where is Goku?

Relax, 18, we'll be there before you know it.

That's no answer. Admit it!

You have no idea where we're going!

Goku's house is in the mountain village,

East District 439.

Wow! I'm impressed!

Did Dr. Gero tell you that?

He did.

We will get there faster if we fly.

You're right! That's what I've been saying.

It makes no sense for us to drive.

What a complete waste of time!

Chill out, 18.

It's not a waste of time if we're having fun.

[GOKU grunts]

[GOKU] Who are you?

What do you want?

Wait... I know you...

Androids! How did you find me here?!

Easy!

All we had to do was listen for your whimpering!

We came to put you out of your misery!

Why, you...

[KRILLIN] Hold it right there!

[GOHAN] One step closer and you'll be sorry!

Gohan! Krillin!

It looks like these two mean business!

Let's get this over with.

No, don't!

[GOHAN yells]

[GOHAN & KRILLIN grunt]

[GOKU gasps]

[GOKU growls]

You! You're going to pay for that!

Perhaps... although it's highly unlikely.

[ANDROID 18 giggles]

[GOKU growls]

[yelling]

Huh...?!

[CHICHI] Stop it! Stop it right now!

ChiChi!

[ANDROID 18] Stop?

I don't think so.

[CHICHI grunts]

What did you think would happen?

[GOKU yells]

[bones crack]

[GOKU] ChiChi! No!

[GOKU sobs]

[GOKU growls]

[GOKU yells]

Huh?!

No, Trunks!

[ANDROID 18] Well, look who's here!

[TRUNKS growls]

[GOKU] Wait! Trunks! Stop!

[TRUNKS growls]

[bones crack]

[TRUNKS gasps, slicing]

[TRUNKS rasps]

[GOKU yells]

You monsters!

[ANDROID 17] Look!

[GOKU yells]

[GOKU gasps]

[GOKU] What's... going on?!

[ANDROID 17 chuckles]

That's enough!

[GOKU screams]

[GOHAN] Dad!

Just hang in there, Goku!

Get out of the way!

[GOKU yells]

[KRILLIN] Phew... Well, it looks like he's resting again...

How intense... Even in his dreams, he's still fighting.

Yeah... you're right.

But then-- that's Goku for you.

[ANDROID 18's voice echoing] Tell me, Vegeta,

what is it like to feel this kind of pain?

He'll be cleaning you up off the highway...

How sad... to work so hard for so little...

How sad...

Such a little man...

He'll be cleaning you up off the highway...

To work so hard for so little...

He'll be cleaning you up off the highway...

[VEGETA growls]

[VEGETA yells]

[VEGETA growls]

[VEGETA screams]

[screams echoing]

No...

The Super Saiyans of legend were an invincible warrior race!

I am their son!

And at long last I have risen to claim my birthright.

I have stepped into the ranks of greatness!

All my life I have worked toward this goal, and for what?

To be brushed aside as easily as a common housefly by an Android?

A true Super Saiyan would not have fallen.

Maybe I'm not who I think I am...

[VEGETA] Perhaps there are still new plateaus for me to reach.

Far greater heights to which I must ascend!

Yes!

I will ascend!

The universe will marvel to see

the ultimate Saiyan potential once again realized!

And I will be... legendary!

And then Kakarot...

Then I will see you bow before your prince...

[YAMCHA] It looks like we'll be at Master Roshi's island

in no time.

Oh, and Krillin?

Don't you think we'd better tell Bulma what we're up to?

Good idea...

Wait, are you saying that I should call her?

No way!

C'mon Krillin, I'm flying the plane here.

Thanks, buddy.

Alright...

No offense, man.

Your mom's just hard to deal with sometimes.

[TRUNKS laughs]

Believe me, I know what you mean!

[receiver rings]

[OPERATOR] Capsule Corp.

Oh, hello? This is Krillin speaking.

I was wondering if I could speak to Bulma.

[OPERATOR] Bulma? Yes.

Please hold while I transfer your call.

Thank you.

[receiver plays music]

[BULMA] Krillin?! What's wrong?! Is everyone alright?!

Talk to me!

I've been so worried. Where are you calling from?

I've tried calling Gohan at his house and there's no answer.

It just rings and rings.

By the way, is my son there?

I-I mean Trunks?

You know, the one from the future...?

Huh?

Yeah, ah, he's sitting right behind me.

He is?!

Well then, put him on the line!

He can hear you on the speaker

so go ahead and say whatever you need to say, Bulma!

[BULMA] Well, tell him we received a call today

from this guy who lives out in the middle of the country,

somewhere to the west of here.

He claims he found some sort of weird,

old abandoned vehicle and wants to keep it.

But he doesn't know how to fly the thing

so he phoned us and asked us if we knew.

Yeah, go on...

He tried to explain what kind of vehicle it was,

but he didn't make any sense.

Well, we didn't know for sure

if it was one of our products or not,

but he swore to me that it had "Capsule Corporation"

written right across it.

So we asked him to send us a picture of it.

I couldn't believe my eyes when I saw it!

It was a picture of the time machine Trunks came in,

and I've got some bad news for you:

It was a wreck!

Huh?!

B-But that can't be true!

Here, look! I put it up!

I put it back into its capsule when I landed!

He says the time machine's right here!

Seriously?

But then... well, the time capsule in the picture...

It's the same... but I guess

it does look like it's been sitting there for a while.

It's almost completely overgrown with moss and stuff.

So exactly how many time machines

did we make in the future?

H-How many?

Well, we barely managed to make one.

[BULMA] What? That's strange.

I'm sure this is a time machine in the picture.

But I want to make sure.

Hang on. I'll just send you a copy of the photo

through the fax.

Trunks, I want you to take a good look at it.

Here. Check it out.

Huh?!

That's my capsule!

There's no mistaking it, guys!

That's the one I came back in!

Wait a second...

What's going on here?!

[NARRATOR] Is this in fact the time capsule Trunks arrived in?

Or is someone playing a cruel joke on our heroes?

There's only one way to find out:

Tune in next time for another exciting episode

of Dragonball Z!