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Episode Summary

Goku and Botamo’s match kicks off. At first Botamo seems to have the upper hand, bouncing all over the arena and giving Goku a hard time. It turns out though that Goku simply ate too much earlier, making his movements sluggish. After doing a few quick warm-up exercises, Goku is good to go. Although Goku’s attacks have finally started connecting, Botamo still seems unfazed. Even a Kamehameha does not harm him! He stands confidently and simply lets Goku shower him with blows. Finally, Jaco explains that Botamo is nullifying Goku’s attacks by transferring the damage to another dimension… although when questioned by Bulma, he sheepishly admits this is only “probably” the case. Though Goku seems beaten, Vegeta shouts at him to use his head. Goku promptly changes tactics, picking Botamo up by the legs and simply throwing him out of bounds. Botamo thus loses by ring-out. Champa throws a temper tantrum, but Vados assures him that they do not need to win every match, and still have four fighters remaining.

Goku’s next opponent is Frost, who seems to be Universe 6’s equivalent of Freeza. However, Goku and the others are surprised when Frost says he wants a good, clean fight. He finds it unfortunate that their two universes find themselves on opposing sides, but stresses that this is nothing more than a friendly competition. The fight begins, but Goku soon grows dissatisfied, because he can tell Frost is simply holding back and trying to gauge Goku’s power, something he knows due to his previous experience fighting Freeza. He encourages Frost to not hold back, and go all-out. Frost agrees, and claims he will now transform into his final form… but instead turns into something that looks suspiciously similar to Freeza’s third form.

As the fight recommences, the referee explains that this form of Frost’s is called his “Assault Form”. He goes on to say Frost leads a peace-keeping force to quell conflicts across Universe 6, and uses this form when charging into war-torn areas. After war has ended, Frost then pours his efforts into helping children and war recovery efforts in those areas. He has been awarded the “Universal Peace Prize” three times in recognition for his achievements, and it turns out that Champa recruited him by promising to lend his support to Frost’s peace-keeping efforts if he won the tournament. Hearing all this, Bulma and the others in the audience are no longer quite sure who to root for. While Frost starts to overwhelm Goku, Goku says that Frost is still hiding another transformation… just like him! With that, Goku transforms into his gold-haired Super Saiyan form. Champa is surprised. He asks Cabba if Saiyans can transform, but Cabba responds no, he has never seen or heard of anything like this before.

Seeing Goku’s transformation, Frost resolves to transform as well, turning into a form closely resembling Freeza’s final form. He explains that he has difficulty controlling his power in this form, resulting in him once accidentally killing an evil-doer “unnecessarily”. Since then, Frost has avoided using his final form, but believes Goku will be able to handle it. Indeed, the tables turn once again, and Super Saiyan Goku starts decidedly gaining the upper hand against Frost. Since Frost is such a good guy, Goku does not want to hurt him any more than necessary, and advises Frost to surrender. But Frost adamantly refuses to give up, saying that he has a responsibility to the children, and must win the match in order to gain Champa’s support for his peace-keeping efforts. Hearing this, Bulma even cheers Frost on, confusing Kuririn. Just as it looks like Frost’s chances are hopeless, Goku suddenly starts acting extremely fatigued. Before anyone quite knows what is happening, Frost seizes the opportunity to knock Goku out of bounds, where he promptly reverts to his base form. Frost has won the match!

Episode Notes

• Though the episode is narrated by Naoki Tatsuta, he is not credited.
• There are many parallels with the Botamo fight and Goku’s fights against both Buyon and Yakkon in the original series, and even Misokatsun from Dragon Ball Z Movie 2: large, roundish opponents that are difficult to fight with traditional hand-to-hand combat moves, and improvisation with their body-types and the surrounding area must be exploited to defeat them.
• Frost’s name falls in line with the same “cold”-based puns associated with Freeza and his immediate family. Similarly, as with most Freeza-related characters (i.e. Coola, Chilled, etc.), Frost is voiced by Ryūsei Nakao. His name is spelled exactly the same as the Japanese approximation of the English word “frost”.
  フロスト (fu·ro·su·to)

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