Planet Monmath

Planet Monmath
惑星モンマース (Wakusei-Monmāsu)
The Capsule Corporation spaceship approaches Planet Monmath.
English Name(s)	Monmaasu (Transformation)
Name Pun	Mammoth
Anime Debut	Dragon Ball GT Episode 6
Locational Data
Area	Universe
Galaxy	Milky Way
Location	Universe 7

Planet Monmath is a planet of giant creatures, and the second stop on the Grand Tour. It appears in Dragon Ball GT Episode 6 which debuted on Fuji TV on 13 March 1996 in Japan.

On Planet Imegga, Giru uses his newly-absorbed Dragon Radar functionality to identify the location of the nearest Dragon Ball, which leads Trunks, Pan, and Goku to Planet Monmath.

Overview

As the spaceship approaches Monmath, Giru lights up and announces that he has located the Dragon Ball ahead at four-point-five-hundred. Pan threatens to turn him into scrap if there is no Dragon Ball on this planet, hitting him on the head. Trunks tells them to take their seats; they are about to enter the planet's atmosphere. After they make it through, Giru announces that the air pressure is normal and there are no hazardous substances. Trunks decides to land in a rocky area; it is a rough landing, and Trunks apologizes; he has never piloted a spaceship before.

The giant alligators of Planet Monmath.

Goku suggests they should hurry up and go outside, but then the ground underneath the spaceship lurches. Pan thinks Trunks did something at first, but then she notices that the nearby "mountains" are moving around in the water, and then a giant alligator head emerges from the water, snapping at them. Trunks is quick to react, taking the spaceship into the air to avoid them. Pan wonders if they have come to a planet of giant alligators. Goku waves at Trunks and Pan from outside the ship, and Trunks wonders when he got outside. Goku tells them that the alligators are not the only giant things on this planet, urging them to come see. Pan thinks it is not fair that Goku is outside, so she goes outside too, leaving Trunks to land the spaceship.

On the planet's surface, Goku rides a giant bug, and Pan, suddenly costumed as a bug, slides down giant blades of grass. She asks Goku what he thinks about her new look, and he is just confused. Annoyed, Pan flies into the air where she encounters a swarm of giant butterflies. She thinks they are pretty, so she flies off with them. Meanwhile Trunks asks Goku what he is playing around for; they need to find the Dragon Ball. Trunks calls out for Pan, but Goku suggests they should leave her and find the ball quickly. Trunks seems concerned, but Goku is sure she will be fine.

Pan and the butterflies alight in a field of giant flowers. Pan has a flower of her own; she tastes the nectar and then stretches out on the bed of anthers until she is attacked by giant bees. Several of them grab her limbs and carry her away. Meanwhile, Goku and Trunks fly through a forest, and Giru tells Trunks that the Dragon Ball is ahead at two-point-five. While Goku eats a giant apple, Trunks comes to a halt, and Giru helpfully points at the Dragon Ball on the ground, but then Goku's apple falls on top of it and a giant bird steals the apple along with the Dragon Ball. When Goku and Trunks realize the Dragon Ball is gone, Giru points at the apple, and they can see that the Dragon Ball has become embedded in its side. Then a giant humanoid creature stomps through, and the bird delivers the apple to him. He puts it inside a sack; the giant bird lands on his shoulder and he walks away. Trunks realizes they need to get it back quickly, but then they hear Pan screaming. Goku tries to tell Trunks that Pan will be okay, but Trunks says they can find the Dragon Ball again later with the radar; for now, they need to help Pan.

Pan watches baby bees hatch.

The bees carry Pan inside their hive, depositing her in the comb itself. Pan tries to reason with the bees; she could destroy this place if she wanted. Then she notices that the eggs throughout the comb are about to hatch, and she realizes that there are probably larvae in them. Grossed out, she screams, but then the first egg hatches, and it is a cute baby bee. One by one, baby bees emerge from their shells, and Pan is delighted.

Meanwhile, Trunks and Goku search for Pan. Then Trunks spots a bee trapped in a giant spiderweb, and he thinks it is Pan. As the spider moves in to eat the bee, Goku angrily rushes in to save Pan. He bops the spider on the head, and then it attacks him with fresh webbing, but Trunks kicks the spider into a tree branch; it falls to the ground while Goku struggles to free himself from the webbing. Trunks tears apart the swaddling webs and discovers that it is actually a queen bee. Goku observes that she seems to be pretty weak.

The giant beehive where Pan is taken.

Back at the giant beehive, the worker bees bring deposits of honey to Pan and then fly outside again. Pan finally realizes that they have mistaken her for the queen bee. She apologizes to the babies and then flies outside, but the worker bees pursue her. She flies past the giant who has captured a fish for his lunch, but she does not stop until she runs into Goku. She notices that Trunks is carrying something, and Trunks explains that she is a queen bee, but she has been weakened, so they are trying to take her some place safe, but then the worker bees show up. Pan takes off her costume, pointing to their queen bee on Trunks's back. They take her and depart, and Goku observes that it is strange they mistook Pan for their queen bee. Trunks suggests they get back to searching for the Dragon Ball. Goku dances with Giru as Trunks and Pan catch up; Trunks explains that the Dragon Ball was taken by a giant, and then Pan remembers having seen it on her way there. Just then, Goku notices that the Dragon Ball has disappeared on Giru's radar; Pan grabs Giru, telling Goku that you have to hit these things to get them working again. She proceeds to smack Giru repeatedly on the head while he protests that his energy is insufficient to make the radar function.

They fly towards the location where Pan spotted the giant; Trunks does not think that there is anything on this planet that could replenish Giru's energy. Pan complains that he is good for nothing at such a critical time. Goku smells fish cooking, though; his stomach growls, and says his energy is insufficient too. Pan chastises him for having no sense of anxiety, but Trunks realizes that the smell must mean that the giant is nearby. Goku agrees; he has never heard of alligators cooking their own fish. Pan remembers that the giant was holding a fish when she saw him. Goku sniffs out the location, and they see a column of smoke rising above the forest.

The arrow follows Trunks, Goku, and Pan as they sneak up on the giant.

They find the fire and the fish, and Goku's hunger is aroused, but then the giant arrives, so they hide behind a tree. The giant is surrounded by creatures who seem to be his friends; the giant bird eats from his hand, and then he grabs an apple from a pile for a giant ram. Trunks tells everyone that the Dragon Ball must be stuck inside one of those apples; they make their way to the pile to retrieve it, and Pan observes that this gentle giant is not the scary beast she expected, but Trunks admonishes her to be quiet. As the giant picks up his fish, though, Goku complains loudly that he wants some. Trunks admonishes him too, but Goku whines that he is hungry. Finally, they reach the pile of apples and they can see the Dragon Ball stuck in the top one. Goku says to leave it to him; he hops up on top of the apple, but then one of the giant rams knocks the apple over with his nose. Goku falls, and the giant picks up the apple, eating the entire thing in one bite and spitting out the core.

Goku flies down, and says they will just have to wait for it to come out the other end. Pan is grossed out; if they have to search through that, she does not care what happens to the Earth. Goku imagines how upset Chi-Chi would be if he stayed small, and Trunks suggests that they leave this planet for now and come back later. Then the giant screams, clutching the side of his face and knocking over his fire. Goku flies up in his face to ask him what is wrong, and then he sees that the Dragon Ball is stuck in a cavity in one of the giant's teeth. The giant knocks him to the ground, so Goku tells the others the situation and then flies into the giant's mouth, prying it open. He tells Trunks to take the Dragon Ball, but Trunks does not think much of his chances. Goku uses a Kamehameha to extract the tooth with the Dragon Ball, and then the giant realizes the pain is gone. Goku pries out the Four-Star Ball, and they celebrate their victory. Trunks encourages everyone to get going to find the other Dragon Balls. Goku returns the tooth to the giant and advises him to brush his teeth as they fly away, and the giant waves goodbye.

Name

Planet Monmath (モンマース Monmāsu) is confirmed to be derived from "mammoth" (マンモス manmosu). The name was never named in the anime; it was first named in supplementary material. It was called "Monmaasu" in the North American Game Boy Advanced game Dragon Ball GT: Transformation; this is simply a direct transliteration of the name.

Production

Akira Toriyama's setting illustration.

The general setting for Planet Monmath was designed by Akira Toriyama, along with the giant (and another giant that was not depicted in the anime). Toriyama's illustration was reproduced on a two-page spread along with his design of the Capsule Corporation spaceship in the issue of Weekly Shōnen Jump released on 28 November 1995, more than three months before episode 6 aired on Fuji TV. A poster of the illustration was the prize in a giveaway contest advertised on its first page.

Planet of Giants — Monmath
A nation of giants, where anything and everything is enormous!

There are as-of-yet unknown lifeforms and cultures in space. Among them is the Planet Monmath. Though its environment is the same as Earth's, for some reason everything on the planet is huge. Even the spaceship is but a tin toy to these giants. Will Goku's power be of use?!
— Weekly Shōnen Jump, 1995 #52

The illustration received a half-page reprint in "Rare Illustrations" section of Daizenshuu 7, and a much smaller reprint in the "Dragonball GT" section of Chōzenshū 3. It was not reprinted in the Dragon Ball Chōgashū ("A Visual History").