Dragon Ball Episode 91

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A Sudden Turn-Around!! Kuririn's Great Strategy
Japanese English
逆転！！クリリンの８でんネ大作戦 Gyakuten!! Kuririn no Paaden ne Dai-Sakusen
Air Date	09 December 1987 (Fuji TV)
Opening	Mystical Adventure!
Eyecatch	2nd Eyecatch
Ending	I'll Give You Romance
Episode Data
Chapters	Dragon Ball Chapter 121
TV Rating	18.7%
Format	4:3 (NTSC)
Main Staff Credits
Scenario	Toshiki Inoue
Art	Tatsuo Yamamoto
Animation	Masayuki Uchiyama
Director	Daisuke Nishio
FUNimation English Dub
Title	Counting Controversy!!
Air Date	16 December 2002 (Toonami)
FUNimation English Subs
Title	A Comeback!! Kuririn's Gr-eight Strategy!
Subtitles	Clyde Mandelin
Sub Debut	Tien Shinhan Saga
Release Date	28 September 2004

"A Sudden Turn-Around!! Kuririn's Great Strategy" is the ninety-first episode of the Japanese animated television series Dragon Ball. The episode first aired in Japan on Fuji TV on 09 December 1987, receiving a ratings share of 18.7%. It was written by Toshiki Inoue and directed by Daisuke Nishio.

Synopsis

The Kamehameha that Kuririn fired hits Chiaotzu head-on! Angered, Chiaotzu uses his psychic powers to prevent Kuririn from moving, and attacks him! But Kuririn realizes that Chiaotzu releases his psychic powers through his hands, and instantly throws out a math question! He then defeats Chiaotzu as Chiaotzu tries to use his hands to do the calculations!! That night, Goku is attacked by Tsuru-Sen'nin! However, Tenshinhan enters and stops him, vowing that he will defeat Goku in their match!!

Cast

The following table provides the cast as credited in the original Japanese broadcast.

Character	Cast
	Japanese	English (FUNimation)
Son Goku	Masako Nozawa	Stephanie Nadolny
Bulma	Hiromi Tsuru	Tiffany Vollmer
Yamcha	Tōru Furuya	Christopher R. Sabat
Kuririn	Mayumi Tanaka	Laurie Steele
Oolong	Naoki Tatsuta	Brad Jackson
Turtle Hermit	Kōhei Miyauchi	Mike McFarland
Crane Hermit	Ichirō Nagai	Chuck Huber
Announcer	Kenji Utsumi	Eric Vale
Tenshinhan	Hirotaka Suzuoki	John Burgmeier
Chiaotzu	Hiroko Emori	Monika Antonelli
Narrator	Jōji Yanami	Brice Armstrong

Main Staff

The following list provides the main staff responsible for the production of this episode as credited in this specific episode's ending credits.

• Scenario: Toshiki Inoue
• Director (Storyboard): Daisuke Nishio
• Animation Supervisor: Masayuki Uchiyama
• Art Director: Tatsuo Yamamoto

• Key Animation: Tai'ichirō Ohara, Sano Tetsurou, Hiroshi Mochizuki, Naoki Mishiba
• Special Effects: Yukari Hashimoto
• Assistant Director: Tetsu Nakamura

Music

The following table is a scene-by-scene account of the musical tracks used in this episode. The background music is composed by Shunsuke Kikuchi, and our in-house K-catalogue numbers apply to tracks composed or arranged by him.

None of the background music (BGM) tracks have official titles, but the officially-released tracks generally do have official catalogue numbers, which are prefaced by letters other than K. These are included in the "Catalogue/Title" column. The documentation and scene descriptions are adapted from kenisu's Magicant.

^* First usage in the Dragon Ball TV series.

Dragon Ball Episode 91: Shunsuke Kikuchi OST
Catalogue	Scene	Catalogue/Title	Tonality	Releases
OP	Opening	Mystical Adventure (TV Size)	F Minor	Daizenshuu 2:1
K-321	Recap	K-321	D Minor	Unreleased
U-504	武	U-504	None
K-24	Title Card	C3	F Minor	Daizenshuu 2:14(a)
K-433	Kuririn vs Chiaotzu	M437		Daizenshuu 2:20(b)
K-432	Chiaotzu recovers	K-432		Unreleased
K-204	Kuririn catches Chiaotzu's head	K-204
K-424	Kuririn attacks	K-424
K-310	Chiaotzu advances	K-310	G+
K-407	Remembering Tao Pai-Pai	K-407*	F Minor
K-88	Chiaotzu attacks	K-88
K-13	Eyecatch A	C2B-2		Daizenshuu 2:19(e)
K-12	Eyecatch B	C4		Daizenshuu 2:23(e)
K-77	Chiaotzu eliminates Kuririn?!	K-77		Unreleased
K-316	Yamcha awakes; the fight continues	M303		Daizenshuu 2:21(b)
K-25	Papaya Hospital	K-25	F Major	Unreleased
K-63	Sunset math lessons	K-63	F Minor	Daizenshuu 2:6(c)
K-64	Sleep	B3	F Major	Daizenshuu 2:4(e)
K-65	The Crane Hermit awakes	K-65	F Minor	Daizenshuu 2:11(b)
K-143	Goku chases the intruder	K-143	C-9	Unreleased
K-147	The intruder attacks	K-147	F Minor
K-319	Tenshinhan claims Goku	K-319
ED	Ending	I'll Give You Romance (TV Size)	E♭ Major	Daizenshuu 2:27
K-23	Next Episode Preview	M23	F Minor	Daizenshuu 2:26(c)

The opening song "Mystical Adventure!" is performed by Hiroki Takahashi, and the ending song "I'll Give You Romance" is performed by Ushio Hashimoto.

External Links

• Kanzenshuu Episode Guide - Dragon Ball Episode 91