Dragon Ball Episode 124

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The Temple Above the Clouds
Japanese English
雲の上の神殿 Kumo no Ue no Shinden
Air Date	24 August 1988 (Fuji TV)
Opening	Mystical Adventure!
Eyecatch	2nd Eyecatch
Ending	I'll Give You Romance
Episode Data
Chapters	Dragon Ball Chapter 162 (13-End) Dragon Ball Chapter 163
TV Rating	17.9%
Format	4:3 (NTSC)
Main Staff Credits
Scenario	Toshiki Inoue
Art	Tatsuo Yamamoto
Animation	Yukio Ebisawa
Director	Mitsuo Hashimoto
FUNimation English Dub
Title	Temple Above the Clouds
Air Date	8 October 2003 (Toonami)
FUNimation English Subs
Title	The Temple Above the Clouds
Subtitles	Clyde Mandelin
Sub Debut	Piccolo Jr. Saga Part 1
Release Date	15 July 2003

"The Temple Above the Clouds" is the one hundred and twenty-fourth episode of the Japanese animated television series Dragon Ball. The episode first aired in Japan on Fuji TV on 24 August 1988, receiving a ratings share of 17.9%. It was written by Toshiki Inoue and directed by Mitsuo Hashimoto.

Synopsis

Having brought back the Nyoi-Bō, Goku heads from the summit of Karin Tower towards the palace where God lives. Arriving at the temple once the stretching Nyoi-Bō latches onto it, Goku meets Mister Popo, who says he is God's attendant. Popo says that he will let Goku meet God if Goku can beat him in a match. But Popo is stronger than he imagined, and toys with Goku like he was nothing. Popo says that Goku won't be able to meet God with that level of ability. Goku is dumbfounded by Popo's strength, but...

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
Yajirobe	Mayumi Tanaka	Mike McFarland
Lunch	Mami Koyama	Meredith McCoy
Tenshinhan	Hirotaka Suzuoki	John Burgmeier
Karin	Ichirō Nagai	Christopher R. Sabat
Mister Popo	Toku Nishio
Oolong	Naoki Tatsuta	Brad Jackson
Pu'er	Naoko Watanabe	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): Mitsuo Hashimoto
• Animation Supervisor: Yukio Ebisawa
• Art Director: Tatsuo Yamamoto

• Key Animation: Yukio Ebisawa, Mari Tominaga, Hiroshi Takeuchi
• Special Effects: Kazuya Sakurada
• Assistant Director: Tatsuya Orime
• Production Progression: Yūichi Suenaga

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 The Suburbs of kenisu's Magicant.

^* First usage in the Dragon Ball TV series.

Dragon Ball Episode 124: Shunsuke Kikuchi OST
Catalogue	Scene	Catalogue/Title	Tonality	Releases
OP	Opening	Mystical Adventure (TV Size)	F Minor	Daizenshuu 2:1
K-519	Recap	M505		Daizenshuu 2:23(d)
K-24	Title Card	C3		Daizenshuu 2:14(a)
K-40	Goku goes up	K-40	F Major	Unreleased
K-36	Lightning storm	I20	F Minor	Daizenshuu 2:2(b)
K-204	Piccolo threatens a house	K-204		Unreleased
K-28	Piccolo inside the house	G12		Daizenshuu 2:13(c)
K-13	Eyecatch A	C2B-2		Daizenshuu 2:19(e)
K-12	Eyecatch B	C4		Daizenshuu 2:23(e)
K-77	The family looks around	K-77		Unreleased
K-57	Piccolo runs	I18		Daizenshuu 2:2(c)
K-8	The dog jumps	K-8	C˚7	Unreleased
K-320	Goku persists	M317	F Major	Daizenshuu 2:19(a)
K-95	Karin and Yajirobe	K-95	F Minor	Unreleased
K-203	God's Temple	K-203*
K-253	Mister Popo	K-253	B˚7
K-310	Goku prepares for his test	K-310	G+
K-424	Goku attacks Popo	K-424	F Minor
K-401	God watches over Goku	M401	C	Daizenshuu 2:3(a)
K-317	Goku attacks again	M308	A˚7	Daizenshuu 2:21(c)
K-51	God continues to watch	I15	F Minor	Daizenshuu 2:10(c)
K-49	Will Goku be able to meet God?	K-49		Unreleased
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 124