Dragon Ball Z Episode 164
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| A Future of Despair!! Trunks, the Man Who Lived Through Hell | |||
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| Air Date | 11 November 1992 (Fuji TV) | ||
| Opening | CHA-LA HEAD-CHA-LA | ||
| Eyecatch | 1st Eyecatch | ||
| Ending | Come Out, Incredible ZENKAI Power! | ||
| Episode Data | |||
| Chapters | Dragon Ball Chapter 387 (Pages 1-3) | ||
| TV Rating | 18.2% | ||
| Format | 4:3 (NTSC) | ||
| Main Staff Credits | |||
| Scenario | Hiroshi Toda | ||
| Art | Tomoko Yoshida | ||
| Animation | Minoru Maeda | ||
| Director | Kazuhito Kikuchi | ||
| FUNimation English Dub | |||
| Title | Ghosts from Tomorrow | ||
| Air Date | 07 November 2000 (Cartoon Network) | ||
"A Future of Despair!! Trunks, the Man Who Lived Through Hell" is the one hundred and sixty-fourth episode of the Japanese animated television series Dragon Ball Z. The episode first aired in Japan on Fuji TV on 11 November 1992, receiving a ratings share of 18.2%. It was written by Hiroshi Toda and directed by Kazuhito Kikuchi.
Synopsis
Endlessly raising his ki, Trunks transforms into a form with even more enlarged muscles. His ki far surpasses Vegeta's, and even Cell's. Trunks came from a miserable future overrun by the artificial humans. In order to change this future, he must defeat Cell. After reaching his full power, Trunks fights while using power greater than Cell's. But for some reason, Cell announces Trunks' defeat.
Summary
Part A
Trunks powers up to a new highly-muscular form while Cell waits patiently to see his new strength. Artificial Human No. 16, still laying injured on the ground, is very impressed by Trunks's power. Even Kuririn, flying away with a prone Vegeta, can see the effects of Trunks's power surging around him. As far away as Kame House, the Turtle Hermit and his guests feel tremors from Trunks's rapidly growing ki. Chi-Chi thinks it is an earthquake! On God's Temple, Tenshinhan is impressed by how powerful Trunks has become: he's now stronger than Vegeta. Surely, he will be able to defeat Cell? As Trunks finishes powering up, he tells Cell that he will not allow is own miserable future to be recreated.
Trunks narrates to Cell a story from his past, this world's future: No. 17 and No. 18 attacking a city. The population tries to fight them off with guns, but it is no use and the city is destroyed. The Artificial Humans complain that they are bored and wish for someone more challenging to face them. Trunks described how the Artificial Humans defeated Son Goku's friends, with No. 17 taking out Vegeta and Kuririn, while No. 18 did the same for Piccolo, Yamcha, and Yajoribe. Eventually, there were only two fighters left: Trunks and Son Gohan. Back to the story, Gohan and Trunks appear in the city that the Artificial Humans demolished. Gohan turns into a Super Saiyan and goes in for the attack, leaving Trunks behind. Gohan is no match for the Artificial Humans and they nearly defeat in, before Trunks rushes in his with sword.
Part B
Cast
The following table provides the cast as credited in the original Japanese broadcast.
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: Hiroshi Toda
- Director (Storyboard): Kazuhito Kikuchi
- Animation Supervisor: Minoru Maeda
- Art Director: Tomoko Yoshida
- Key Animation: Masaki Satō, Takeo Ide, Takashi Nashizawa, Hideko Okimoto, Chikako Uesugi, Kuniko Iwagami, Katsuyoshi Nakatsuru, Naoki Miyahara, Tetsuya Numako, Naotoshi Shida, Hitoshi Inaba, Hiroyuki Yokota
- Special Effects: Yukari Hashimoto
- Assistant Director: Akihiko Yamaguchi
- Production Progression: Kazumi Fujioka
Items
Setting
- An unidentified island, as well as on the flightpath from that island to Kame House
- Kame House
Variations
Notes
- This episode depicts Trunks and Cell swapping stories about their respective origins. These stories are their views on how these events shook out and are known to be contradicted in later material. These should be considered Trunks's and Cell's narration, which may be edited for their respective audiences or just incorrect.
- The alternate timeline Kuririn is killed by No. 17 alone in this story, while in the later Trunks special thee Artificial Humans are depicted killing him together.
Production
Tidbits
- This is the first episode of the series to not include present-day scenes with either Son Goku or Son Gohan, although both are depicted in flashbacks from Trunks's timeline. Goku last missed an episode during the Garlic Jr. arc (ending in episode 120), while Gohan had not missed a regular episode since episode 55.
- This episode features flashbacks to both Trunks's and Cell's timelines. In the former, Trunks is depicted resisting the androids with the help of Gohan, while the latter depicted Cell emerging into a world where the world had been destroyed but the androids had been subsequently defeated.
- Future Yajirobe is killed by the androids in this episode, but subsequent appearances in Dragon Ball Super show that he survived the androids' rampage.
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