Dragon Ball Episode 6

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The Midnight Visitors
Japanese English
真夜中の訪問者たち Mayonaka no Hōmonsha-tachi
Air Date	02 April 1986 (Fuji TV)
Opening	Mystical Adventure!
Eyecatch	1st Eyecatch
Ending	I'll Give You Romance
Episode Data
Chapters	Dragon Ball Chapter 9 Dragon Ball Chapter 10
TV Rating	20.8%
Format	4:3 (NTSC)
Main Staff Credits
Scenario	Yasushi Hirano
Art	Yūji Ikeda
Animation	Masayuki Uchiyama
Director	Kazuhisa Takeno'uchi
FUNimation English Dub
Title	Keep an Eye on the Dragon Balls
Air Date	14 October 1995 (BLT) 27 August 2001 (redub)
FUNimation English Subs
Title	Midnight Callers
Subtitles	Clyde Mandelin
Sub Debut	The Saga of Goku (Australia) Dragon Ball Season One (US)
Release Date	10 March 2004 (Australia) 15 September 2009 (US)

"The Midnight Visitors" is the sixth episode of the Japanese animated television series Dragon Ball. The episode first aired in Japan on Fuji TV on 02 April 1986, receiving a ratings share of 20.8%. The episode was written by Yasushi Hirano and directed by Kazuhisa Takeno'uchi.

Synopsis

Yamcha attacks at night in an attempt to steal Oolong's capsules! As Yamcha checks in on his adversaries, he learns of the Dragon Balls. Yamcha and Pu'er try various different methods to steal the Dragon Balls from Goku & co., but they all fail!! At this point, they come up with the plan of waiting for Goku and the others to gather all seven Dragon Balls, and then steal them. Unaware of this, Goku & co. make their way toward Mount Frypan in search of the sixth Dragon Ball.

Summary

Prologue

In the evening after his battle with Son Goku, Yamcha sips a drink with Pu'er and plans their next move: they will try to steal their capsule again once the sub sets. Pu'er is concerned that Yamcha's fear of girls will strike again, but he assures his friend that he has a plan for that.

In a mobile home in the desert, Bulma scolds Oolong for not revealing that he was carrying a capsule like this around. Oolong cooks and Goku eats. Bulma asks if the motor home has a shower and Oolong takes her up into the bathroom, reassuring her that he has running water and shampoo. Bulma searches the room for peepholes, but finds none. She makes Oolong promise not to peek in on her, but Oolong gets a mischievous look on his face. He thinks to himself that he prefers to be more "direct".

Part A

A short time later, Mai and Shuu, dressed in hopping mech-style suits, approach the motor home. Mai radios back to Pilaf that they have found their target. Pilaf orders them to continue and the pair sneak up to the motor home. Shuu attempts to plant a bomb underneath, but mistakenly glues the bomb to his hand instead. Meanwhile, two other shadowy figures (Yamcha and Pu'er) approach. Mai is spooked and runs away, with Shuu following right behind, while still holding the bomb.

Yamcha and Pu'er take position just outside the motor home. Yamcha tells Pu'er to lure the girl out first, so he can enter without being distracted. Inside, Goku tells Oolong that he is confident that he could defeat the bandits if they return, now that he has eaten. Oolong asks Goku if they are serious about going to Mount Frypan and Goku explains that they must go to collect the Dragon Ball there. Goku shows Oolong his Four-Star Ball. In the bathroom nearby, Bulma continues showering.

Yamcha and Pu'er sneak up to the motor home and peek into a window. Unfortunately, they peer into the bathroom window where Bulma is showing and Yamcha gets more of a view than he bargained for. Fireworks explode in his head and he collapses to the ground. Bulma thinks she heard something, but sees nothing out the window.

Yamcha and Pu'er hear other voices nearby and move to another window. There, they hear Oolong and Pu'er discussing the dragon balls and the wish you receive when you collect them all. Yamcha learns that they have five balls already and are looking for the sixth on Mouth Frypan. The pair creep away to discuss and Yamcha is ecstatic. He will wish to not lose in cool in front of girls! Pu'er suggests wishing for power or money instead and Yamcha scolds him: he doesn't desire power and can steal all the money he needs, but he cannot fix his girl problems. Yamcha wants to be married! Inside, Goku and Oolong continue talking about wishes. Oolong considers that he could wish for a cute girl or a pair warm panties.

Bulma emerges from the shower and asks Oolong if he has any pajamas. He does, but none that will fit her. He instead offers both Bulma and Goku glasses of juice. Both Goku and Bulma drink as Oolong looks on with an evil grin. Very soon, Bulma goes up to bed and Goku falls asleep downstairs. Oolong things to himself that once she is asleep, he can feel her up.

Part B

Nearby, Shuu and Mai's bomb is about to explode, but it is still stuck on his hand. As they are about to run out of time, Shuu realizes that he can just reset the timer. Now, it will explode at 8:00 AM.

Oolong confirms that Goku is asleep and heads upstairs, a lecherous look on his face. Just outside, Yamcha and Pu'er spy in the window to see that Goku is alone. Pu'er transforms into a key and Yamcha enters the vehicle. Oolong is about to pull Bulma's covers down and he hears a noise downstairs. Yamcha sees that Goku is asleep and asks Pu'er to transform to look like Goku so that they can lure Bulma and Oolong outside. Oolong peeks downstairs and sees "Goku" coming up. Thinking quickly, he covers up Bulma and transforms to look like her. Neither transformation is very accurate, but neither Oolong nor Pu'er seem to notice. "Goku" asks "Bulma" where Oolong is, but the transformed pig just says that he is out on a walk. "Goku" asks "Bulma" if they can talk outside and "Bulma" agrees, stealing a last look over at the bed where the real Bulma is still sleeping. As soon as they are gone, Yamcha heads upstairs to search. He discovers some lumps under the blanket and goes to investigate.

When they are far enough away from the motor home, "Goku" transforms back into Pu'er and apologies for tricking "Bulma". "She" just transforms back into Oolong. They both fooled each other! Suddenly, they hear Yamcha scream from the motor home! While searching for the dragon balls, he saw Bulma naked again. Yamcha stumbles out into the desert, mumbling incoherently about breasts. Pu'er takes him home.

The next morning, Oolong sits in the driver's seat with a shotgun as Goku awakens. Oolong had stayed up all night keeping watch if Yamcha came back. Bulma comes downstairs and asks if Oolong washed her clothes, but in the excitement of the evening there had been no time. When Bulma hears that Yamcha had come by, she says that he is "always invited" and thinks dreamily about him. Oolong tells her that he might have clothes that would fit in an upstairs drawer; Bulma runs up to check them out. Oolong brushes his teeth and Goku complains that he is hungry again. Outside the motor home, Shuu and Mai have returned to plant the bomb that will now explode at 8:00 AM. They speak with Pilaf who checks his clock: it's now just before 7:00 AM. Bulma comes down wearing a bunny suit. She yells at Oolong that he would have such a thing, but she doesn't remove it.

A short time later, Oolong drives through the desert while Bulma puts on her makeup and dreams of Yamcha. As if on cue, Yamcha and Pu'er catch up to them in their own car. Yamcha readies a Panzerfaust. Bulma rushes to a window to see her new crush just as Yamcha fires the weapon. He makes a direct hit against the motor home, causing Oolong to lose control. Bulma is knocked unconscious as Goku and Oolong rush out to meet their attackers. Yamcha points a machine gun at the pair and demands that they turn over the Dragon Balls. Oolong is shocked that he even knows about the balls, but Goku rushes forward. The pair fight briefly, but Goku has the upper hand this time and breaks one of Yamcha's teeth. Pu'er transforms into a mirror so that Yamcha can see the damage better. Yamcha vows revenge and then drives off. Oolong says that they will just have to walk.

From a safe distance, Yamcha and Pu'er strategies. Since Son Goku and friends must gather all seven balls at once for their wish, the best thing for them to do is wait until all of the balls are together before stealing them.

Just before 8:00 AM, Shuu and Mai arrive to see the already-destroyed motor home. They head inside to search for the balls. Meanwhile, Yamcha and Pu'er have caught up again to Goku and their group. Yamcha apologies for his previous actions and gives them a new car capsule. Unknown to everyone, Yamcha has hidden a transmitter in the car so that he can follow them as they collect the Dragon Balls. Just then, the motor home explodes, leaving Shuu and Mai looking singed and surprised.

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 (BLT)	English (FUNimation)
Son Goku	Masako Nozawa	Saffron Henderson	Stephanie Nadolny
Bulma	Hiromi Tsuru	Lalainia Lindbjerg	Tiffany Vollmer
Yamcha	Tōru Furuya	Ted Cole	Christopher R. Sabat
Oolong	Naoki Tatsuta	Alec Willows	Brad Jackson
Pu'er	Naoko Watanabe	Cathy Weseluck	Monika Antonelli
Pilaf	Shigeru Chiba	Don Brown	Chuck Huber
Shuu	Tesshō Genda	Doug Parker	Chris Cason
Mai	Eiko Yamada	Teryl Rothery	Julie Franklin
Narrator	Jōji Yanami	Jim Conrad	Brice Armstrong

Funimation's 1995 dub was contracted out to BLT Productions in Vancouver, who hired Canadian voice actors typically associated with Ocean Group. Funimation redubbed the series in the early 2000s with their in-house cast.

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): Kazuhisa Takeno'uchi
• Animation Supervisor: Masayuki Uchiyama
• Art Director: Yūji Ikeda

• Key Animation: Yoriko Shirosu, Tai'ichirō Ohara, Akio Katada, Yasuhiro Kinda
• Special Effects: Yukari Hashimoto
• Photography: Motoaki Ikenoue
• Assistant Director: Mitsuo Hashimoto
• 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 6: Shunsuke Kikuchi OST
Catalogue	Scene	Catalogue/Title	Tonality	Release
OP	Opening	Mystical Adventure (TV Size)	F Minor	Daizenshuu 2:1
K-3	Yamcha makes a plan	H3	D Minor	Daizenshuu 2:7(c)
K-24	Title Card	C3	F Minor	Daizenshuu 2:14(a)
K-2	Spanning the landscape	H4	D Minor	Daizenshuu 2:7(d)
K-63	Shuu and Mai	K-63†	F Minor	Daizenshuu 2:6(c)
K-64	Bulma's shower	B3†	F Major	Daizenshuu 2:4(e)
K-65	The sleeping drug	K-65†	F Minor	Daizenshuu 2:11(b)
K-12	Eyecatch A	C2B-2		Daizenshuu 2:19(e)
K-11	Eyecatch B	C4	F Minor	Daizenshuu 2:23(e)
K-30	The bomb is reset	I22		Daizenshuu 2:2(d)
K-41	Oolong goes upstairs	G13		Daizenshuu 2:5(c)
K-66	Oolong is almost successful	K-66†		Unreleased
K-55	Oolong panics at fake Goku	G9		Daizenshuu 2:8(c)
K-56	Yamcha sneaks upstairs	G3		Daizenshuu 2:9(d)
K-67	Yamcha is traumatized	K-67†	F Major	Unreleased
K-28	The bomb is planted	G12	F Minor	Daizenshuu 2:13(c)
K-68	Bulma the bunny-girl	K-68†	F Major	Unreleased
K-69	Yamcha comes attacking	K-69†	F Minor
K-54	Yamcha fires the Panzerfaust	K-54
K-10	Yamcha's plan	K-10	C ♯˚7
K-70	Driving to Mt. Frypan	D1†	F Minor	Daizenshuu 2:5(d)
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.

Items

• Hoi Poi Capsules
  • Oolong's motor home
  • Yamcha's red car that he gives to Goku
• Nyoi-bō
• Dragon Balls
  • Goku's Four-Star Ball, being shown to Oolong

Setting

• September 8-9, Age 749.
  • Desert, in Oolong's motor home
  • Yamcha's Hideout
  • Pilaf's Castle

Tidbits

• Pu'er says that he has been with Yamcha for two years in one month. Therefore, they started together in October Age 747.

Background Text

• 
  Oolong's motor home includes the characters for 烏龍 (Ūron), the name of the tea in Japanese and Chinese. Oolong's character name is generally written in katakana as ウーロン (also Ūron). It is the same design as on his house in Dragon Ball Episode 4.
• 
  Shuu's bomb reads タイマー (taimā), naturally enough the Japanese word for "timer".
• 
  As Yamcha sees Bulma's nude body, he screams out ぎょえ〜‼︎ (Gyoeeee‼), a nonsense word for being frightened or surprised.
• 
  The word Vorsicht (misspelled) is written on the side of Yamcha's Panzerfaust rocket launcher. This is German for "Attention" and is part of a warning common on those anti-tank launchers. The manga has additional writing (Starker Feuerstrahl, "strong fire jet") and the correct spelling for "Vorsicht", but these are not present in any view in the anime.

External Links

• Kanzenshuu Episode Guide - Dragon Ball Episode 6