Dragon Ball Z TV Special 2

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Defiance in the Face of Despair!! The Remaining Super Warriors – Gohan and Trunks
Japanese English
絶望への反抗！！ 残された超戦士・悟飯とトランクス Zetsubou e no Hankō!! Nokosareta Chō-Senshi · Gohan to Torankusu
Air Date	24 February 1993 (Fuji TV)
Opening	CHA-LA HEAD-CHA-LA
Ending	The Blue Wind's Hope
Episode Data
Chapters	Trunks the Story –A Lone Warrior–
TV Rating	23.6%
Format	4:3 (NTSC)
Main Staff Credits
Scenario	Hiroshi Toda
Art	Hiroshi Washizaki
Animation	Minoru Maeda
Director	Yoshihiro Ueda
FUNimation-Ocean English Dub
Title	The History of Trunks
FUNimation English Dub
Title	The History of Trunks

"Defiance in the Face of Despair!! The Remaining Super Warriors – Gohan and Trunks" is the second TV Special of the Japanese animated television series Dragon Ball Z. The TV Special first aired in Japan on Fuji TV on 24 February 1993, receiving a ratings share of 23.6%. The episode was written by Hiroshi Toda and directed by Yoshihiro Ueda.

Synopsis

Everyone has gathered at Son Goku's house, mourning the condition of his heart disease. By time his son, Son Gohan, arrives, Goku has passed away. Shortly thereafter, a pair of devilish Artifical Humans appear and begin a rampage of death and destruction. The Z Warriors step in, but are mercilessly killed, leaving Son Gohan as the sole survivor and plunging the Earth into the depths of despair. Thirteen years have passed and Trunks is now a teenager. He has been diligently training under his mentor, Gohan, in hopes of defeating the evil Artificial Humans. Bulma has also been building a time machine with the purpose of rewriting history. Gohan is eventually killed while confronting the Artificial Humans, and upon finding his body, Trunks' rage unleashes his Super Saiyan power. Even with his newfound powers he is still no match for the Artificial Humans, and is badly beaten. Having recovered, Trunks agrees to travel back to the past with the hope that with Goku's help he can defeat the Artificial Humans once and for all. This is the history of the lonesome warrior, Trunks.

Summary

Prologue

In an alternate timeline, Son Gohan races back to his family home. All of Son Goku's friends are already gathered there: Vegeta, Piccolo, Chaotzu, Tenshinhan, Kuririn, Son Goku, Yamcha, Yajirobe, Bulma, Baby Trunks, Oolong, and Pu'er. Chi-Chi, her father, and Turtle Hermit wait by Goku's bed. Everyone is relieved that Gohan made it. Gohan rushes into his father's room, but it is too late. Son Goku is dead.

Six months later, Artificial Humans 17 and 18 emerge and attack a city on a southern island. Goku's friends scramble to fight off the attack, but they are quickly killed: first Piccolo, then Super Saiyan Vegeta, Tenshinhan, Yamcha, and Kuririn. The world is plunged into chaos.

Part A

Thirteen years later, a Peppertown appears surprisingly normal with people going about their lives. A little girl runs by with a balloon. Suddenly, an explosion rocks the area and 17 and 18 attack. They seem bored and give the townspeople ten seconds to flee. Once ten seconds are over, the city is leveled. A reporter from CQV observes the attack, reminding his listeners that the Artificial Humans have already destroyed Earth's military. There is nothing to protect the world from their attacks. In a submarine near Kame House, the Turtle Hermit, Oolong, Pu'er, and Turtle hide from the Artificial Humans while listening to the report of the attack on the radio. They are concerned that the Artificial Humans could approach and they must remain hidden until it is safe. The Turtle Hermit is furious and wants to emerge to attack the Artificial Humans himself, but Pu'er and the others talk him out of it; he would be killed, just as the other heroes were. But, he wonders, if they cannot be destroyed is there any hope for the future? Back in Peppertown, 18 enjoys trying on some clothes while a salesman looks on in terror. She walks out with several new outfits as the man begs for his life. As soon as she leaves the building, 17 destroys it. 18 is upset, telling her brother that he could at least have spared the clothes. In another part of town, reporters from OBC comment on the destruction before being buzzed by 17 driving an aircar, screaming for everyone to run away.

Some distance away, Bulma and a 14-year old Trunks drive in their own aircar. Bulma knows that 17 and 18 killed their creator, Doctor Gero. She wonders aloud if anything can be done about them. Just then, Trunks asks her to stop the car and return home without him. She stops the car but scolds him when she realizes what he is thinking to do. He flies off towards Peppertown. 17 is still trying to run people down with his car as 18 looks on. She scolds him for playing around. He jumps out of the car, sending it careening into a building. It starts a fire which envelopes a gas station. Soon the city is ablaze as the Artificial Humans walk away. Trunks arrives to find that 17 and 18 are already gone. He cries as he surveys the rubble, finding bodies and a child's rabbit toy. Just then, Gohan arrives, wearing a gi similar to his father's except with a "han" symbol on the back. Trunks asks him why the Artificial Humans are doing this, but he just stands silently.

Later at Capsule Corp Headquarters, Trunks continues crying to Gohan and asks him to train him even harder so that he can defeat the Artificial Humans. Gohan agrees, telling the boy that he reminds him of himself when he was younger. Bulma arrives home with groceries, relieved that Trunks is okay and they he did not go to Peppertown. She offers dinner but asks that Gohan and Trunks not do anything dangerous.

Part B

Bulma serves dinner to Gohan and Trunks, remarking on just how much like his father Son Gohan has become. Gohan says that he made his own gi so that he could feel powerful like his father, but thus far it doesn't seem to be helping. Bulma says that she has heard stories about Gohan, facing off against the Artificial Humans by himself. She doesn't want Trunks to look up to those stories and get hurt or killed. She asks Gohan to help Trunks listen to reason and not try to fight against 17 and 18. Despite her admonitions, Gohan trains Trunks, pushing him to reach Super Saiyan. Gohan is impressed with his ki, but Trunks cannot transform. They spar on a beach and Gohan knocks Trunks into a whirlpool. When Trunks calls out for help, Gohan just asks if that is all he has to give. Trunks eventually makes it out of the water by himself and Gohan hands him a towel. As they rest for a moment, Trunks asks Gohan to tell him about Vegeta. He has no memories of his father and Bulma does not like to talk about him. Gohan just responds that he was a proud man, strong but difficult to please.

Some time later, the Ox Demon King visits Chi-Chi, much older but still alive. He tells her that half of the world's population has been killed off since the Artificial Humans attacked, but he's heard stories about Gohan and Trunks fighting against them. Chi-Chi is sad that Gohan never became a scholar. As she looks at a picture taken when Gohan was just a baby, she implores Gohan to return home soon. Meanwhile, Trunks and Gohan are still training at the beach, trying to help Trunks reach Super Saiyan. Gohan tells him that he needs to be angrier to unlock his power, but Trunks is unable to do it. Even so, Gohan senses that Trunks is powerful-- perhaps even stronger than he is-- and hopes he will one day be able to defeat the Artificial Humans.

Artificial Humans 17 and 18 arrive at an amusement park. One of the workers comment that they have a military guard and that this is the last amusement park left in the world. 17 and 18 enjoy the rides, including a roller coaster and swings, as the patrons flee the scene. One worker calls in the military, but it is too late: the Artificial Humans have killed their military regiment already. Gohan and Trunks arrive and confront the Artificial Humans. 17 comments that it is them again, implying that Gohan and Trunks have faced off against the pair before. 17 faces off against Gohan while 18 enjoys a ride on a carousel. Gohan turns into a Super Saiyan and is able to land some blows on 17, but just as it looks like Gohan has him on the ropes, 18 appears and knocks Gohan back. 17 scolds his sister for interfering, but 18 only replies that Gohan had almost killed him. Besides, she wants to hurry up and get back to playing in the amusement park. With two against one, they have no problems getting past Gohan's defenses. To even back up the fight, Trunks dives in and fights 18, eventually fighting on top of a ferris wheel. Trunks is vastly outclassed by 18 and she has no problems dodging all of his attacks. She toys with him until Trunks manages to land a single kick. 18 gets angry and knocks him off of the ferris wheel. Before he can even hit the ground, 18 grabs him again. As she prepares to kill Trunks with a single large ki blast, Gohan rushes in to stop her. Gohan takes the brunt of the blast and flees the scene with an unconscious Trunks, eventually hiding behind some rubble. 18 tries to locate the pair, but Gohan remains hidden. Eventually, she launches a ki blast to level the whole area, destroying what remained of her amusement park. Since they can no longer play there, the pair fly away, figuring that Gohan and Trunks may be dead, but even if they are not they will see them again. No need to search.

Underneath the rubble, a bloodied Gohan tries to move. He lost his arm in the explosion, but he still crawls to Trunks to see if he is okay. He only has one sensu left. He forces Trunks to eat it, telling him that he is their last hope, then collapses into the dust.

Part C

In Capsule Corp, Bulma is working on the plans for her Time Machine as Trunks arrives, carrying Gohan after their disastrous battle. She calls a doctor to stabilize Gohan and he will survive. She reveals to Trunks that she was aware of his and Gohan's activities. Trunks apologizes, but it doesn't matter. Soon, she says, her time machine will be complete and Trunks will be able to travel to the past when Son Goku was still alive. Just then, Gohan wakes in terrible pain and curses the Artificial Humans.

Some time later, Trunks is still training to become a Super Saiyan. Even with Gohan's injury, he is unable to get angry enough to transform. Trunks is surrounded by a golden aura and his eyes flash green, but he collapses in exhaustion before completing the transformation. Gohan reveals that becoming a Super Saiyan was difficult for him also, but he thought about the deaths of Piccolo and Kuririn to take himself over the edge. Just then, an explosion rocks the nearby city. Gohan transforms and is about to fly off, but Trunks interrupts and wants to come as well. At first, Gohan says no, but then seems to change his mind, only to knock Trunks unconscious. He thinks to himself that Trunks will be their last hope and capable of defeating the Artificial Humans in a few years; he cannot risk being killed now. He flies off towards the explosions. In the city, No. 17 is taking his time destroying the buildings. The Artificial Humans have become bored and No. 18 suggests that they make a game of it, or just destroy the city all at once. She sees a survivor and blasts him. Gohan rushes in and catches 17 off guard, knocking him into a building and ruining his clothes. 18 just laughs at her brother, while 17 complains that he has only four more identical outfits left. No. 18 says that they will fight Gohan at full power this time and kill him, while Gohan reveals that someone stronger will emerge even if he dies. Gohan battles the Artificial Humans and even seems to have the upper-hand at times, but he is eventually overpowered and cut down under a volley of ki blasts.

Trunks awakes and rushes to the city, but the battle is long over. The Artificial Humans are long gone and Son Gohan lies dead. In his anger and despair, Trunks finally transforms into a Super Saiyan!

Part D

Three years later, Trunks arrives just as Bulma has nearly completed her time machine. It took eight months to generate enough fuel for one round-trip journey twenty years in the past. Bulma says that she could have done it better if her lab had not been destroyed, still she is sure it will work. Trunks says that he is already powerful enough to defeat the Artificial Humans and he does not need to travel to the past to learn from their departed friends. Bulma disagrees saying that he has reached the same level of skill as Gohan had, but he was still killed by the Artificial Humans. Just then, an alert comes on the radio: Nos. 17 and 18 are attacking Bridgetown, only 900 meters south of Metro West. Trunks is concerned about how close they are to the lab. Against Bulma's protests, he straps on his sword and races off to face the Artificial Humans and avenge Son Gohan.

Bridgetown has been destroyed and the Artificial Humans are about to leave, but not before Trunks appears as a Super Saiyan. The three of them begin to fight, but Trunks is obviously outmatched even as a Super Saiyan. Even with his sword, he is only able to slice off a few of No. 18's hairs. He manages to knock the Artificial Humans around again, but they are unfazed. Nos. 17 and 18 remark to themselves about how even though Trunks is several times more powerful than before, he is still too direct in his techniques and will soon exhaust himself. Trunks fires off a ki volley, but the Artificial Humans dodge each attack. Just as Trunks realizes he is outclassed, the Artificial Humans disappear, reappearing moments later to ambush and play with Trunks as he tries desperately to run away. Trunks seems to lose the will to fight so No. 17 blasts him and walks off, but his departure was premature. Trunks gets up again, only to be blasted again by No. 17. He gets up again and feebly punches the siblings, but they do not even flinch. They beat him to a pulp before No. 18 asks to land the finishing blow, striking Trunks with a huge ki attack.

Trunks wakes up in the hospital five days later. Trunks agrees that he is nowhere near as powerful as the Artificial Humans and he is ready to use the time machine. Bulma tells him the plan: to travel twenty years in the past to give Son Goku his heart medication. Trunks asks about Goku and Bulma flashes back to memories of him when they were younger. She tells Trunks that Goku was always someone you could turn to when things got rough. Trunks also says that he would like to meet his father, but Bulma recommends that he not expect too much of him.

Some time later, the time machine is ready. Bulma hands Trunks the heart medication. He says goodbye and blasts off into the past, little realizing the adventure in store.

Epilogue

Over the closing credits, Trunks is depicted defeating Freeza and his father, meeting Son Goku and his friends, and eventually coming face to face with the main timeline's version of Artificial Human 17 and Artificial Human 18.

Cast

The following table provides the cast as credited in the original Japanese broadcast. Additional characters/cast members not originally credited, or with speaking roles exclusive to a specific dubbing, have been included at the bottom of the table.

Character	Cast
	Japanese	English (FUNimation)
Son Gohan	Masako Nozawa	Daemon Clarke (Adult) Stephanie Nadolny (Young)
Trunks	Takeshi Kusao	Eric Vale
Bulma	Hiromi Tsuru	Tiffany Vollmer
No. 17	Shigeru Nakahara	Chuck Huber
No. 18	Miki Itō	Meredith McCoy
Kuririn	Mayumi Tanaka	Sonny Strait
Chi-Chi	Naoko Watanabe	Cynthia Cranz
Gyūmaō	Daisuke Gōri	Mark Britten (Original) Kyle Hebert (Remastered)
Vegeta	Ryo Horikawa	Christopher Sabat
Oolong	Naoki Tatsuta	Brad Jackson
Kame-Sen'nin	Kōhei Miyauchi	Mike McFarland
Announcer	Shinobu Satōch	Unknown
Shoekeeper	Shin'ichirō Ōta	Unknown
Woman	Naomi Nagasawa	Unknown
Clerk	Kazushige Tanaka	Unknown
Narrator	Jōji Yanami	Kyle Hebert

Items

• Capsule 80 Submarine
• Four-star Ball (in a photo of Gohan as a young child)
• The final sensu
• Nyoi-Bō (in Bulma's flashback)
• Heart medication

Settings

The events of this story take place entirely in Trunks's Timeline, the alternate history that Future Trunks lived through.

• Approximately December Age 766
  • Son Goku's house on Mount Paozu.
• May 12 Age 767
  • A southern island where Artificial Humans 17 and 18 first emerge.
  • Kame House
• Age 780
  • Peppertown
  • Kame House & a nearby Capsule 80 Submarine
  • Capsule Corp Headquarters
  • Chi-Chi's house
  • A city (called a "metroplex") where Gohan and Trunks train
• Age 783
  • Bulma's Time Machine lab in Metro West
  • Bridgetown
• Bulma's flashback to the 23rd Tenka’ichi Budōkai.

Over the closing credits, Trunks is depicted as fighting Freeza, meeting Son Goku and his friends, and eventually coming face to face with Nos. 17 and 18, all in the main timeline.

Tidbits

• Trunks's Timeline takes place 13 years after the arrival of the Artificial Humans, but much of the world is still intact and people go about their lives. There is peace enough that they can still develop new medications. It appears as if the Artificial Humans are taking their time and not causing widespread destruction, instead just ensuring that all humans live in fear of them. But after 13 years of that, half of the world's population has been killed.
• Chi-Chi's picture of her family was taken sometime prior to the arrival of Raditz in Age 761.

External Links

• Kanzenshuu Episode Guide - Dragon Ball Z TV Special 2