Episode Information

Episode Synopsis

Piccolo and the others are revived with the senzu. Vegeta leaves, frustrated at having been completely defeated by No. 18. Piccolo, who was effortlessly defeated by No. 17, heads for God’s temple in order to merge with God and become the single Namekian he once was, and thereby obtain his strongest power. Meanwhile, Kuririn and the others head for Goku’s house in order to move the endangered Goku to Kame House. At this time, Piccolo arrives at the temple. Piccolo pressures God to merge with him. But God is hesitant, saying to wait until they can confirm whether or not the artificial humans will wreck havoc on the Earth. Meanwhile, Kuririn and the others head for Goku’s house. Tenshinhan heads for Kame House ahead of them to get Chiaotzu and do some special training. As this is happening, the artificial humans obtain a car and continue on, aiming for Goku’s house. Kuririn and Trunks arrive at Goku’s house. Placing the sleeping Goku on a plane, they carry him to the safety of Kame House.

Episode Notes

• At the end of May 2010, prior to recording the dialogue for this episode, Takeshi Aono suffered a stroke shortly after his surgery for an aortic aneurysm. Veteran voice actor Bin Shimada was brought in to replace the majority of Aono’s anime roles, including the voice of “God” in Dragon Ball Kai. Shimada had previously provided voices for Dragon Ball characters, such as Broli and West Kaiō, but this is the first episode to feature him as “God”.
• 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of this episode featured Kenji Yamamoto’s musical score, the background music in all subsequent re-airings have been replaced by Shunsuke Kikuchi’s original musical score from Dragon Ball Z due to allegations of musical infringement.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