Dragon Ball

- Season 1

(1986)

The legend of the Dragon Balls is explained. After doing his chores and fishing, Son Gokû meets Buruma, who is on a quest to find the seven Dragon Balls, two of which she already has. She goes to Son Gokû's house and sees that he has a Dragon Ball, which his adoptive grandfather gave him before he died. When she can't convince him to give her his Dragon Ball, she convinces him to join her on her quest to unite the dragon balls. After leaving, Son Gokû must rescue Buruma from a pterodactyl. Meanwhile, Pilaf finds a Dragon Ball of his own.

Bulma and Son Gokû have started their travel. They stop and Bulma throws one of her Hoi Poi Capsules, displaying a house inside, much for Son Gokû's surprise. While helping him taking a bath, Bulma realizes Son Gokû's tail is real and functional, A little bit in shock, she takes a bath while trying to deal with this innocent and bit annoying wild boy. Meanwhile, the cruel Pilaf sent Mai and Shû after a Dragon Ball Mai have tracked. Son Gokû told Bulma a little about his past before falling asleep. Then an awkward situation occurs that makes Bulma think the Dragon ...

Bulma and Son Gokû left for a while their search for the Dragon Balls in order to help Son Gokû's new friend, turtle Umigame, reach the sea. Bulma is not comfortable with Son Gokû's choice, but she decide to join him, afraid of being left alone and in danger. Soon they face an enemy but Son Gokû will not surrender and he will stand up for his new turtle friend. Son Gokû defeat with no problem their enemy, and soon they arrive to the beach, where the turtle thank Son Gokû and ask him to wait for him to bring a present. Meanwhile, Pilaf receive a phone call saying that ...

It's been 3 days since Kame Sen'nin gave Son Gokû the Kinton Cloud, and Bulma the Dragon Ball he had. Now, Bulma and Son Gokû are traveling to a valley in order to collect a fifth Dragon Ball (thanks to Bulma's invention, the "Dragon Radar"). They soon reach a village that seems abandoned, but truth is that people were hiding their young daughters from the terrible Oolong. Bulma arranges that Son Gokû will confront Oolong in exchange of the Dragon Ball that an old lady have, helping the villagers to rescue their daughters. But when Gokû finally confront the kidnapper ...

Bulma and Son Gokû continue their quest for the sixth Dragon Ball, alongside Oolong, who, Bulma thought, might be useful due to his shape-form abilities. As soon as Oolong heard that they must pass through the Desert, he's terrified and tried to escape. Bulma manages to get Oolong under control in a very impressive and clever way. Bulma realizes that she has lost her Hoi-Poi capsules, meaning she doesn't have any transportation. The three of them begins to walk into the Desert in order to reach their destination. But the heat and exhaustion overwhelms Bulma who fell ...

It's been 1 week since Bulma and Son Gokû started their journey in search of the 7 Dragon Balls, and they already have 5 of them. After Gokû and Oolong's meeting with Yamcha and Puar, and the fight between Gokû and Yamcha, Oolong finally reveals to Bulma that he was hiding a Hoi-Poi capsule, with a little trailer inside. While Son Gokû is eating Bulma goes for a bath, not forgetting to check first if there are any "peep-holes" in the bathroom, from which Oolong may spy on her. While taking a shower, Yamcha and Puar attempts to steal the Dragon Balls, as well as Mai ...

Goku, Bulma, and Oolong arrive at Fire Mountain, with Yamcha and Puar following closely behind. There, they meet the Ox King, who lives in the castle on Fire Mountain.

Master Roshi agrees to let Goku borrow the Bansho fan, but when he goes to retrieve it, he remembers that he spilled juice on it and threw it out. He decides to put out the fire himself.

Son Goku, Bulma and Oolong arrive at a village in which the villagers seem scared of Bulma. It is soon found out to be due to her outfit having the rabbit ears associated with the Rabbit Gang, lead by Usagi Ninjinka.

Shu runs off with Bulma's suitcase, which contains their Dragon Balls. Luckily, Goku still has the Four-Star Ball.

Mai steals the Four-Star Ball from Goku. When they wake up, Pilaf sends giant pinballs rolling after them.

To stop Emperor Pilaf, Oolong interrupts his wish for world conquest with a wish for underpants. A furious Pilaf orders them burned to death. Then Goku looks up at the full moon and unleashes an ancient evil.

Goku, now the Great Ape, begins destroying Pilaf's castle. Bulma, Yamcha, Oolong, and Puar are able to escape as Pilaf, Mai, and Shu start attacking Goku.

Goku heads towards Master Roshi's island. Suddenly, another boy named Krillin requests training from Master Roshi.

Goku and Krillin bring Launch back to Master Roshi's island. Unknown to either of them, when she sneezes, she turns into a violent blonde criminal.

Master Roshi gives the boys their final test for the day. He throws a stone into the woods, telling them to find it, and the loser must go without dinner.

Master Roshi has the boys deliver milk in many exhausting runs.

Goku and Krillin continue their intense training.

After months of training with heavy turtle shells, the boys are eager to learn fighting techniques in time for the 21st World Martial Arts Tournament.

The preliminaries of the 21st World Martial Arts Tournament begin with Goku, Krillin, and Yamcha eager to advance.

In the quarterfinal matches, Krillin is in the first match against Bacterian, a giant whose stench overwhelms the enemy.

In the quarterfinals, Yamcha fights the powerful Jackie Chun. Nam fights Ranfan, who relies on seduction to win.

Goku's quarterfinal opponent, the monstrous Giran fights him with cheating tactics.

The semifinals begin as Krillin and Jackie Chun fight. Unfortunately, Jackie Chun's too fast for Krillin.

Goku starts his semifinal match against Nam, who uses aerial attacks.

After many impressive battles, the final match of the World Martial Arts Tournament has finally arrived. This ultimate showdown features crafty veteran Jackie Chun taking on the rambunctious youngster Goku.

The final match between Goku and Jackie Chun continues as Jackie's hypnosis and Goku's janken fail to yield results. They are then forced to unleash their deadliest techniques.

Jackie Chun reveals that the actual target of his Kamehameha wave was the moon, to de-power Goku. With both of them exhausted, they agree on a straightforward finish to the fight.

The river at Nam's village has run dry, and Goku finds that a dam has been built upstream by Giran and his fellow monsters.

When the dragon radar is stolen, Goku follows the thief to to an antique shop with a Dragon Ball.

The much pursued Dragon Ball ends up in the possession of the great and powerful Ox-King - who just happens to be busy planning his daughter's wedding.

Both the Red Ribbon Army and Goku pursue Pilaf for the Dragon Ball.

Master Roshi tells everyone the legend of the Dragon Balls.

Goku and the Red Ribbon Army race each other in a search for the five-star ball.

The girl called Snow explains to Goku that the Red Ribbon Army is forcing their village to help them look for the Dragon Ball.

Goku enters Muscle Tower and fights a large android named Major Metallitron.

Ninja Murasaki is sent to kill Goku. They engage in games of hide and seek, racing, and shuriken throwing.

Murasaki decides to use his ultimate ninja technique and splits into five clones.

Ninja Murasaki releases Android 8 to fight Goku, but Android 8 refuses to fight.

General White releases a monster, Buyon to destroy Goku and Eighter.

Goku fights General White for the fate of Muscle Tower as Eighter looks on.

Eighter still has the bomb inside him, so they go to Dr. Flappe to sort the problem as Murasaki stalks them.

Goku reaches West City but has no idea where to find Bulma.

General Black hires a master thief, Hasky, to get the balls from Goku.

Hasky plans to steal the Dragon Balls while Goku's group is having fun.

Goku and Bulma head to an island to look for a dragon ball, but it is under the control of General Blue of the Red Ribbon Army.

Goku makes it to Roshi's island and Launch and Krillin return.

General Blue plans to tail and attack Goku and company at Roshi's Island.

General Blue continues to chase Bulma, Goku and Krillin's submarine. Meanwhile, Master Roshi is having a bit of trouble with Captain Dock and an aggressive Launch.

Goku, Bulma and Krillin surface into a pirates' hideout full of traps.

Goku and Krillin fight the giant Pirate robot.

The heroes find the treasure chest and General Blue finally shows himself.

Goku and Blue continue fighting and Goku is winning until Blue powers up.

As the ceiling collapses, the heroes flee to the getaway submarine.

After a chase, Goku and General Blue fly into a strange land called Penguin Village.

In Penguin Village, Goku meets Arale. Blue loses his patience with the locals.

Goku finds Blue and Blue threatens Arale, who begins a fight with him.

In the Land of Korin, Captain Yellow threatens the locals for another dragon ball.

Mercenary Tao is hired to kill Goku and retrieve the dragon balls. Meanwhile, Bora tells Goku about the legend of Korin Tower.

Red is displeased with Blue and offers him a second chance if he can defeat Mercenary Tao. Bora tells Goku the legend of the Korin Tower.

Goku eventually reaches the summit of Korin's tower, but Korin is not about to hand the sacred water to Goku.

Goku attempts to snatch the sacred water from Korin.

Goku arrives for a rematch with Tao, who finds out about the legend of Korin's tower and the sacred water.

Tao reaches the tower summit and treats Korin arrogantly as Goku relaxes.

As Goku makes his way to the Red Ribbon HQ, Colonel Violet tracks another dragon ball.

Goku gets past the defenses and attacks the Red Ribbon base. The entire Red Ribbon army attacks him.

The Red Ribbon soldiers begin fleeing. Red leaves an increasingly frustrated Black to face Goku as he retreats.

The war with the Red Ribbon Army comes to an epic conclusion.

Roshi suggests that Goku visits Fortuneteller Baba to find the last Dragon Ball with her clairvoyance.

Goku must battle five warriors of Baba. Krillin starts against Fangs the Vampire.

Yamcha must fight an invisible warrior that he cannot defend himself from. Goku collects Roshi and Bulma to help out.

Thanks to Roshi's fascination with Bulma's curves, Yamcha advances to the third round, but his next fight is in the Devil's Toilet against Bandages the mummified mauler!

Goku challenges the mummy to a fight.

Goku goes head-to-head with Spike the Devilman, a winged freak known for feeding off negative vibes. If the little man survives, there's a fifth fighter waiting in the wings, and he smells strangely familiar.

The final fight begins between Goku and the masked man.

Pilaf, Shu and Mai set off to Fortuneteller Baba's palace to defeat Goku and steal his last six Dragon Balls. Gohan is about to defeat Goku.

Pilaf, Shu and Mai get in their power suits and challenge Goku to a battle, with the dragon balls at stake.

Goku takes all the dragon balls to the Land of Korin, and the dragon rises again.

Goku encounters a village which is being terrorized by two men called Terror and Plague.

Goku goes to challenge Master Chin, who is busy fending off Rising Dragon and Sky Dragon.

Goku faces the demon Shula to rescue Princess Misa.

Goku sees a monster named InoShikaCho terrorizing a village, just as two men arrive to "defeat" it.

It is the day before the World Martial Arts Tournament, and Goku heads to Papaya Island.

Krillin and Yamcha are eager to test their strength after training under Master Roshi, and the World Martial Arts tournament is the perfect place to show off their new moves. There's just one problem - Goku is missing in action!

Goku, Krillin, Yamcha and Jackie Chun advance through the preliminaries. Master Shen's two students, Tien Shinhan and Chiaotzu insult the heroes.

The preliminaries end with Goku fighting King Choppa.

In the finals, Yamcha and Tien start fighting.

Yamcha uses his powerful techniques, but they have no effect on Tien.

Man Wolf angrily fights Jackie Chun for revenge.

Chiaotzu attacks Krillin with the same technique used by Mercenary Tao.

Krillin continues his fight with Chiaotzu.

Pomput's manager realizes Pomput cannot beat Goku, and resorts to cheating.

In the semifinals, Jackie Chun and Tien Shinhan begin their match.

Tien and Jackie Chun continue their fight as Jackie tries to show him the error of his ways.

Goku and Krillin fight their semifinal match.

Goku and Krillin continue their fight as Goku gets the upper hand.

Goku fights Tien in the final match of the tournament.

Goku reveals that throughout the tournament he had only been using a fraction of his power to protect his opponent, but now he is going to fight at full power, and unleashes an assault on Tien.

Chiaotzu uses his powers to paralyze Goku so Tien can win easily.

Tien grows two extra arms and gains an advantage over Goku.

Since Tien can fly and knock Goku out of bounds with the Tri-Beam Cannon, Goku seems to have no chance of winning.

Goku finds Krillin murdered and the Dragon Balls stolen by King Piccolo, assisted by Emperor Pilaf.

Goku fights Tambourine, but Goku is weak from hunger.

Tambourine begins killing everyone on the list of tournament participants as King Piccolo sends Cymbal to gather the remaining dragon balls.

Goku fights with the mountain man Yajirobe as Cymbal approaches their location.

Tambourine next targets Yamcha as Goku requests for Yajirobe's dragon ball.

Master Roshi and Tien continue their search for the dragon balls, and Tien's brutal past comes back to haunt him.

Goku begins his fight with Tambourine and gets the upper hand.

King Piccolo steps down to face Goku himself.

King Piccolo wounds Goku and goes to get the rest of the dragon balls.

Roshi, knowing that he is no match for King Piccolo, toys with him during the fight.

King Piccolo makes his wish to the Eternal Dragon and becomes younger.

As King Piccolo prepares to attack Chow Castle, Goku intends to climb Korin's tower.

King Piccolo kills King Furry's subjects and demands Furry tell the world of his conquest. Yajirobe meets Korin.

Korin tells Goku about his last hope, the Ultra Divine Water hidden deep in an icy labyrinth.

Yajirobe and Goku press on in the labyrinth and are shocked to see Master Roshi.

Goku has survived the Ultra Divine Water. King Piccolo frees criminals throughout the world.

King Piccolo chooses to destroy Bulma's homeland.

Tien is forced to fight Drum and waits for his chance to perform the evil containment wave on Piccolo.

Goku starts his fight against King Piccolo in Chow Castle.

Goku continues to fight King Piccolo in a destructive clash.

Sensing he is in a losing battle, King Piccolo resorts to a cowardly act, threatening to kill Tien, if Goku moves a muscle. Yamcha reaches the place and lands his plane. Yajirobe has also arrived to watch Goku fight. Upon discovering that King Piccolo killed Shenron, Goku resigns himself to endure repetitive pains getting his limbs crippled. With Goku incapacitated, King Piccolo prepares to finish him off.

As the eternal dragon is dead, Goku must find the creator of the dragon balls, Kami. King Piccolo's egg is about to hatch.

Goku extends the Power Pole from Korin's Tower to reach Kami's temple above.

Kami reveals himself to Goku, and agrees to revive the Eternal Dragon if Goku will stay and train.

Kami revives Shenron, the Eternal Dragon, who Goku's friends call.

Kami and Mr. Popo send Goku on a training mission to fetch a crown.

Mr. Popo sends Goku to a forest to find someone who can train his mind.

Goku goes back in time and meets the young Master Roshi, Crane Hermit, and Mutaito.

Goku trains with a powerful clay version of himself.

Tien, Krillin, Yamcha, and Chiaotzu continue their search for Korin's Tower and find a small village at the base of a mountain.

Tien, Krillin, Yamcha, and Chiaotzu each try to stop the flow of lava towards the village.

Three years have passed and the heroes reunite for the 23rd Martial Arts Tournament.

Goku and Tien are horrified that Piccolo's son is at the tournament, as the preliminaries begin.

Tien, Tao, a familiar girl, Goku, Krillin, Piccolo, Yamcha, and Hero advance to the finals.

Tien proves to be much stronger than his former master Tao.

Goku fights his female opponent, who is angry at him for some reason.

Krillin struggles to fight the unstoppable Piccolo.

Hero easily dominates Yamcha, who still refuses to listen to advice.

Goku removes his training weights and becomes much faster in his fight against Tien.

Tien splits his body into four separate Tiens and attacks Goku.

Kami battles Piccolo, intending to destroy his evil half for good.

Goku realizes that it is up to him to stop Piccolo in the final match.

Goku starts to win against Piccolo, who decides to unleash his most devastating attack.

Piccolo reveals to everyone that he is the reincarnation of King Piccolo and turns into a giant form of himself to fight Goku.

Goku jumps down the giant Piccolo's throat to save Kami, then continues the fight alone.

Piccolo resorts to his ultimate attack, destroying the entire island and seemingly Goku.

Piccolo flies to the sky to finish off his nemesis. However, Goku has a surprise in store for him.

Goku and Chichi prepare for their wedding.

The people are unable to extinguish the fire consuming the castle, so Goku and Chi Chi seek another Bansho fan.

Goku and Chi Chi search for the Bansho fan in a snowy mountain.

Goku realizes that the fan won't work and he must go to the Dark World.

In the series finale, Goku and Chi Chi fight to make their wedding go as planned.