Episode Information

Episode Synopsis

Kakarrot, the son of the Saiyan warrior Bardock, was sent to Earth to destroy all humanity. Son Gohan finds Goku and adopts him as his own, naming him Son Goku. Goku grows up on Earth, facing many fierce opponents and expanding his fighting abilities. After defeating Ma Junior, Goku settles down and has a son, Gohan, named after his adoptive grandfather. After five peaceful years, everyone reunites at Kame House, but their celebration is disrupted by a mysterious alien warrior!

Episode Notes

• The word “paradise” was misspelled as “paradice” in the opening theme lyrics of this episode’s initial broadcast. This error did not appear in any other subsequent episode and has since been corrected for all re-airings and home video releases of this episode.
• This episode begins with a recap of Son Goku’s origin and growth on Earth, which were not originally shown in the series. Scenes from the first Dragon Ball Z TV special are also shown, along with brief clips from throughout the Dragon Ball series. These clips highlight most of the major events from the series, but for some reason skip over both the Red Ribbon Army and Uranai Baba story arcs.
• The name of Kame-Sen’nin’s voice actor, Masaharu Satō, was erroneously misspelled in the ending credits as “佐藤正浩” rather than the correct spelling of “佐藤正治”.
• While the original broadcast of this episode featured Kenji Yamamoto’s musical score, the background music in all subsequent re-airings have been replaced by Shunsuke Kikuchi’s original musical score from Dragon Ball Z due to allegations of musical infringement. The credits below reflect those from the original broadcast in which Kenji Yamamoto is credited as the series’ musical composer, although Shunsuke Kikuchi is credited as such in all subsequent re-airings and home video releases featuring his replacement score.

Re-animated Scene Gallery

This collection compiles all re-animated scenes featured in this episode’s original broadcast, listed in order of appearance. Each re-animated scene will be presented with a screen shot from the original Dragon Ball Z TV series (left) and another taken from the Dragon Ball Kai TV broadcast (right). In Japan, Dragon Ball Kai was broadcast in widescreen, so these comparisons will maintain this proper aspect ratio. All original comparison screen shots were taken from the Japanese Dragon Boxes and maintain their proper 4:3 aspect ratios. It should be noted that some of these re-animated scenes only appear in the widescreen presentation of the series and were possibly omitted from fullscreen releases, both domestically and internationally.

Episode Credits

All credits listed below are as originally presented in the episode. The credit structure used in Dragon Ball is actually quite simple; the staff involved with the production of the series as a whole are listed in the opening credits and the staff involved with this specific episode are listed in the ending credits. All original credit errors have been corrected to maintain accurate spellings throughout the site. For more information and a complete listing of the series staff, visit the Production Guide.

Cast Credits

The cast credits are listed in order of character importance within the series. For more detailed information about the series cast, visit the Cast Guide.

Opening Credits

Ending Credits