Dragon Ball Episode 31

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Ge-ge! A Fake Goku Appears!!
Japanese English
ゲゲ！ニセ悟空出現！！ Gege! Nise Gokū Shutsugen!!
Air Date	24 September 1986 (Fuji TV)
Opening	Mystical Adventure!
Eyecatch	1st Eyecatch
Ending	I'll Give You Romance
Episode Data
Chapters	None (Filler Episode)
TV Rating	23.8%
Format	4:3 (NTSC)
Main Staff Credits
Scenario	Yasushi Hirano
Art	Iwamitsu Itō
Animation	Masayuki Uchiyama
Director	Daisuke Nishio
FUNimation English Dub
Title	Wedding Plans?
Air Date	13 February 2002 (Cartoon Network)

"Ge-ge! A Fake Goku Appears!!" is the thirty-first episode of the Japanese animated television series Dragon Ball. The episode first aired in Japan on Fuji TV on 24 September 1986, receiving a ratings share of 23.8%. It was written by Yasushi Hirano and directed by Daisuke Nishio.

Synopsis

The army that was searching for the Dragon Ball was in fact Captain Silver's Red Ribbon Army unit. Silver and Pilaf go after the Dragon Ball. The Dragon Ball turns out to be inside the stomach of a monster that Gyūmaō defeats. Hearing that Goku is coming, they prepare a reception for him. Pilaf makes Shuu into a fake Goku, and enters the village, but the Silver Corp. attacks! Taking advantage of the confusion, Pilaf gets the Dragon Ball and flees to his moving base. Having reunited with Chi-Chi, Goku perceives that something is amiss, and hurries to the village!!

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
Pilaf	Shigeru Chiba	Chuck Huber
Shuu	Tesshō Genda	Chris Cason
Mai	Eiko Yamada	Julie Franklin
Chi-Chi	Mayumi Shō	Cynthia Cranz
Old Housekeeper	Takigawa Mariko	Unknown
Host	Hiroshi Ōtake	Unknown
Commander Red	Kenji Utsumi	Josh Martin
Captain Silver	Banjō Ginga	Christopher R. Sabat
Gyūmaō	Daisuke Gōri	Kyle Hebert
Bear	Kōji Totani	Unknown
Soldier A	Kōzō Shioya	Unknown
Soldier B	Ryōichi Tanaka	Unknown
Narration	Jōji Yanami	Kyle Hebert

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: Yasushi Hirano
• Director (Storyboard): Daisuke Nishio
• Animation Supervisor: Masayuki Uchiyama
• Art Director: Iwamitsu Itō

• Key Animation: Akio Katada, Tai'ichirō Ohara, Yasuhiro Kinda, Naotoshi Shida
• Special Effects: Yukari Hashimoto
• Assistant Director: Tatsuya Orime
• Production Progression: Toshihiro Ishikawa

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 Dragon Ball.

Dragon Ball Episode 31: Shunsuke Kikuchi OST
Catalogue	Scene	Catalogue/Title	Tonality	Releases
OP	Opening	Mystical Adventure (TV Size)	F Minor	Daizenshuu 2:1
K-129	Recap	M121		Daizenshuu 2:23(c)
K-24	Title Card	C3		Daizenshuu 2:14(a)
K-134	Goku tails Pilaf's ship	J16†		Daizenshuu 2:9(e)
K-4	Goku chases the cracked ball	K-4	G7	Daizenshuu 2:
K-59	Ox Demon King's new village	I9	F Major	Daizenshuu 2:4(c)
K-65	The bird has the ball	K-65	F Minor	Daizenshuu 2:11(b)
K-135	Dragon Ball eaten	K-135†	C+	Unreleased
K-56	Silver spots Pilaf's ship	G3	F Minor	Daizenshuu 2:9(d)
K-30	Pilaf dreads the Ox Demon King	I22		Daizenshuu 2:2(d)
K-13	Eyecatch A	C2B-2		Daizenshuu 2:19(e)
K-12	Eyecatch B	C4	F Minor	Daizenshuu 2:23(e)
K-3	Preparing for the wedding	H3	D Minor	Daizenshuu 2:7(c)
K-128	Goku encounters Chi-Chi	M116	F Major	Daizenshuu 2:26(a)
K-136	The food marches in	K-136†		Unreleased
K-100	Army vs Ox Demon King	J6	E˚7	Daizenshuu 2:11(a)
K-131	Troops raid the village	M106	C Minor	Daizenshuu 2:16(a)
K-137	Goku and Chi-Chi to the rescue	M109†	F Minor	Daizenshuu 2:18(b)
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 31