Dragon Ball Episode 116

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The Turtle Hermit's Alive?!
Japanese English
生きていた亀仙人！？ Ikite Ita Kame-Sen'nin!?
Air Date	22 June 1988 (Fuji TV)
Opening	Mystical Adventure!
Eyecatch	2nd Eyecatch
Ending	I'll Give You Romance
Episode Data
Chapters	Dragon Ball Chapter 151 (1-8, 12-End)
TV Rating	16.7%
Format	4:3 (NTSC)
Main Staff Credits
Scenario	Michiru Shimada
Art	Tatsuo Yamamoto
Animation	Tomekichi Takeuchi
Director	Daisuke Nishio
FUNimation English Dub
Title	A Taste of Destiny
Air Date	24 September 2003 (Toonami)
FUNimation English Subs
Title	The Turtle Hermit's Alive?!
Subtitles	Clyde Mandelin
Sub Debut	King Piccolo Saga Part 2
Release Date	03 June 2003

"The Turtle Hermit's Alive?!" is the one hundred and sixteenth episode of the Japanese animated television series Dragon Ball. The episode first aired in Japan on Fuji TV on 22 June 1988, receiving a ratings share of 16.7%. It was written by Michiru Shimada and directed by Daisuke Nishio.

Synopsis

After passing through numerous difficulties and advancing deep into the labyrinth, before Goku's eyes appears Kame House, which shouldn't be in the ice labyrinth! Goku is tempted by the sweet words of the supposedly dead Kame-Sen'nin, Yamcha, and the others. However, it turns out that this was all the work of the labyrinth's master, "Darkness," who was testing Goku. After recognizing Goku's power and granting him the Super God Water, "Darkness" informs him that it is a powerful poison, and that powerless people who drink it will die. As soon as Goku braces himself and drinks the Super God Water, he clutches his throat in pain, 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
Turtle Hermit	Kōhei Miyauchi	Mike McFarland
Piccolo	Takeshi Aono	Christopher R. Sabat
Karin	Ichirō Nagai
The Darkness	Hidekatsu Shibata	Unknown
Oolong	Naoki Tatsuta	Brad Jackson
Pu'er	Naoko Watanabe	Monika Antonelli
Kame	Daisuke Gōri	Christopher R. Sabat
Narrator	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: Michiru Shimada
• Director (Storyboard): Daisuke Nishio
• Animation Supervisor: Tomekichi Takeuchi
• Art Director: Tatsuo Yamamoto

• Key Animation: Tomekichi Takeuchi, Masako Misumi, Yōko Iizuka, Masahiro Shimanuki
• Special Effects: Yukari Hashimoto
• Assistant Director: Mitsuo Hashimoto
• 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 Dragon Ball.

Dragon Ball Episode 116: Shunsuke Kikuchi OST
Catalogue	Scene	Catalogue/Title	Tonality	Releases
OP	Opening	Mystical Adventure (TV Size)	F Minor	Daizenshuu 2:1
K-316	Recap	M303		Daizenshuu 2:
K-24	Title Card	C3		Daizenshuu 2:14(a)
K-314	Yajirobe and Goku go in	K-314	G+	Unreleased
K-49	Muten Rōshi?!	K-49	F Minor
K-65	Yajirobe climbs up	K-65		Daizenshuu 2:11(b)
K-150	Lizard makes Yajirobe hungry	I14	C+	Daizenshuu 2:10(b)
K-310	Goku follows the old man	K-310	G+	Unreleased
K-107	Goku hangs out with his friends	K-107	F Major
K-77	Muten Rōshi challenges Goku	K-77	F Minor
K-129	Goku vs Muten Rōshi	M121		Daizenshuu 2:23(c)
K-86	Goku gets serious	M9		Daizenshuu 2:15(b)
K-89	Muten Rōshi gets the upper hand	K-89		Unreleased
K-13	Eyecatch A	C2B-2		Daizenshuu 2:19(e)
K-12	Eyecatch B	C4		Daizenshuu 2:23(e)
K-93	Hanging over the cliff	K-93	C7	Unreleased
K-88	Goku pummeled	K-88	F Minor
K-99	Electrocution	K-99
K-220	Earthquake	K-220
K-253	The Darkness	K-253	B˚7
K-224	Super God Water	K-224	C♯˚7
K-150	Goku drinks	I14	C+	Daizenshuu 2:10(b)
K-524	Goku is poisoned	K-524†	F Minor	Unreleased
K-504	Piccolo takes the throne	M501		Daizenshuu 2:21(a)
K-509	Goku's hidden power	M517		Daizenshuu 2:23(a)
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 116