IN THE BEGINNING:

OUR STORY BEGINS WITH SONGOKU, A SMALL AND NATIVE YOUNG MAN, WHO AT THE AGE OF 12 IS LIVING ON HIS OWN IN THE WILD. HIS GRANDFATHER SONGOHAN, EARTH'S SECOND GREATEST FIGHTER, WAS KILLED SEVERAL YEARS EARLIER WHEN GOKU UNKNOWINGLY TURNED INTO AN OOZARU AND CRUSHED HIS (ADOPTED) GRANDFATHER. ONE MORNING, WHILE GOKU WAS RETURNING HOME WITH HIS CATCH, A YOUNG GIRL CRASHED HER CAR INTO GOKU. SHE THOUGHT SHE HAD KILLED GOKU WHEN SUDDENLY HE AROSE AND BEGAN ATTACKING HER AND HER CAR. SHE SOON REASONED WITH THE BOY THAT SHE WASN'T SOME KIND OF MONSTER, AND INTRODUCED HERSELF AS BULMA. REALISING THAT SHE WAS A GIRL, GOKU INVITED BULMA HOME FOR LUNCH (GOKU HAS NEVER SEEN A GIRL BEFORE).

UPON REACHING GOKU'S HOME BULMA NOTICED HE HAD WHAT SHE WAS AFTER, A DRAGON BALL. SHE QUICKLY CONVINCED GOKU TO FOLLOW HER ON HER QUEST TO FIND THE MYSTICAL DRAGONBALLS, AS HE INSISTED ON CARRYING HER DRAGON BALL. IN ADDITION TO THE DRAGON BALL, WHICH GOKU POSSESSED, BULMA FIGURED THAT HE WOULD MAKE AN EXCELLENT BODYGUARD. SHE NOTICES GOKU'S TAIL, BUT FIGURES IT'S JUST AN ULTRA TACKY ACCESSORY.

SEARCH FOR THE MYSTICAL DRAGON BALLS:

AS THEY HEADED OUT OUT THEIR JOURNEY WE LEAN THAT LORD PILAF, WHO IS BENT ON WORLD DOMINATION, IS ALSO AFTER THE DRAGON BALLS. GOKU HAS HIS FIRST ENCOUNTER WITH LORD PILAF'S HENCHMEN SHUU AND MAI DURING A HUNT ON THE FIRST NIGHT OF HIS JOURNEY. HE THINKS THEIR PLANE IS A BIRD, AND KNOCKS IT OUT OF THE SKY. THIS BEGINS LORD PILAF'S LONG STANDING HATE OF GOKU, WHICH CARIES ON TO DRAGON BALL GT.

THE NEXT MORNING, GOKU COMES ACROSS A LOST SEA TURTLE AND DECIDES ON HELPING IT RETURN TO THE OCEAN. UPON DOING SO HE IS REWARDED WITH THE FLYING NIMBUS. BULMA NOTICES THE MASTER ROSHI IS WEARING A DRAGON BALL AROUND HIS NECK. SHE OFFERS HIM A PEEK AT HER PANTIES FOR IT, ONLY SHE'S NOT WEARING ANY ( GOKU HAD REMOVED THEM THE PREVIOUS NIGHT TO SHE IF SHE HAD ANY "FAMILY JEWELS")!!! CONTINUING THEIR JOURNEY, GOKU AND BULMA RUN ACROSS A SMALL TOWN, WHICH IS BEING RAVAGED BY A SHAPE-SHIFTING MONSTER, OOLONG. GOKU REVEALS OOLONG HAS NO REAL STRENGTH AND THEY BRING HIM ALONG ON THEIR JOURNEY.

WITH OOLONG ON THEIR SIDE, THEY BEGIN THEIR TREK TOWARDS " MT. FRYING PAN". ON THEIR WAY THEY MET WITH YAMCHA, THE DESERT BANDIT. HE TRIES TO ROB THEM OF THEIR HOY HOY CAPSULES, BUT IS SCARED OFF BY BULMA (HE HAS  A FEAR OF GIRLS). AS THE CONTINUE THEIR TREK, YAMCHA FOLLOWS AND FINDS THEY ARE AFTER THE DRAGON BALLS. HE FIGURES HE SHOULD HELP THEM OUT, AND STEAL THE DRAGON BALLS WHEN THEY FIND ALL SEVEN. THEN HE CAN ASK SHENLONG  TO RID HIM OF HIS FEAR OF GIRLS.

AFTER SEVERAL FAILED CAPTURE ATTEMPTS BY LORD PILAF'S HENCHMAN, SHUU AND MAI, GOKU AND GANG (FOLLOWED CLOSELY BY YAMCHA) REACH MT. FRYING PAN. THEY EVENTUALLY MEET UP WITH THE BULL DEMON LORD ( OX SKIN ) , WHO WAS A GOOD FRIEND OF SONGOHAN AND ONE OF MASTER ROSHI PUPILS. OXSKIN IS KEPT FROM HIS HOME BY THE FIRES OF MT. FRYING PAN.

GOKU USES FLYING NIMBUS TO FETCH MASTER ROSHI TO PUT OUT THE BLAZE, WHICH KEEPS THE BULL DEMON LORD, FROM HIS CASTLE AND HIS DRAGONBALL. ALONG HIS WAY,HE FETCHES OXSKIN'S DAUGHTER, CHI CHI (GOKU'S FUTURE WIFE ). UPON RETURNING WITH GOKU, ROSHI USES HIS KAMEHAMEHA TECHNIQUE TO PUT OUT THE BLAZE, BUT UNFORTUNATELY HE DESTROYS THE MOUNTAIN  AND OXSKIN'S HOUSE. ON THE FLIP SIDE, GOKUS WATCHES, AND INSTANTLY MASTERS THE KAMEHAMEHA, A TECHNIQUE THAT TOOK ROSHI OVER 50 YEARS TO MASTER. ON THE NEXT LEG OF THEIR JOURNEY THEY RESCUE A SMALL VILLAGE FROM THE BUNNY GANG, AND SENDS ITS LEADER AND A FEW MEMBERS TO THE MOON.

FINALLY GOKU, BULMA, OOLONG, AND THE RECENTLY ACQUIRED COMPANION YAMCHA TREK TOWARDS LORD PILAF'S CASTLE AND THE FINAL DRAGON BALL. ALONG THE WAY ALL THEIR DRAGON BALLS ARE STOLEN EXCEPT FOR GOKU'S. THEY CHASE THE ROBBERS TO LORD PILAF'S CASTLE. UP ON ENTRY THEY FALL INTO A TRAP , AND THE FINAL DRAGON BALL IS STOLEN FROM GOKU. AFTER AN ESCAPE ANOTHER CAPTURE GOKU WATCH AS LORD PILAF WISHES FOR WORLD DOMINATION, BUT GOKU PERFORMS THE KAMEHAMEHA TO BLAST AN ESCAPE  HOLE IN THE WALL. OOLONG REACHES PILAF FIRST, AND WISHES FOR GIRL'S PANTIES BEFORE PILAF CAN MAKE A WISH. SHENLONG LEAVES AND THE DRAGON BALLS SCATTER, AND NOW PILAF IS ULTRA MAD AT GOKU    AND GANG.

PILAF EVENTUALLY CAPTURES THE HOLE GANG, AND LOCKS THEM IN A STEAL-ENCASED PIT WITH AN UNBREAKABLE GLASS TOP. HE PLANS ON LETTING THEM BE FRIED BY THE NEXT MORNING'S SUN BUT GOKU LOOKS UP AT THE MOON AND TRANSFORMS INTO OZOURU (BIG MONKEY). GOKU LOSES ALL CONTROL. HE TEARS DOWN PILAF'S CASTLE AND NEARLY KILLS HIS OWN FRIENDS BEFORE THEY ARE ABLE TO CUT OFF HIS TAIL.YAMCHA, PUARU, OOLONG AND BULMA RETURN TO THE CITY. BULMA NOW HAS THE PERFECT BOYFRIEND THAT SHE WANTED AND YAMCHA HAS OVERCOME HIS FEAR OF GIRLS.

PREPARATION FOR THE 21st TENKAICHI BUDOUKAI:

GOKU DOES NOT JOIN THEM HOWEVER, AS HE FLY'S OVER TO ROSHI'S ISLAND TO RECEIVE HIS TRAINING. LITTLE DOES GOKU KNOW IS THAT KRILLIN A BUDDIST MONK FROM THE ORINJI TEMPLE, IS ALSO ON HIS WAY FOR TRAINING. GOKU, WHO ARRIVES BEFORE KRILLIN, IS GIVEN HIS FIRST TASK: TO FIND A BOUNCY GIRL. NOT KNOWING ANYTHING ABOUT GIRLS GOKU FINDS THE LARGEST AND MOST REPULSIVE WOMAN EVER. ROSHI INSTRUCTS GOKU TO TRY AGAIN, AND THIS TIME HE SUCCEEDS. ROSHI WALKS UP TO THE GOOD LOOKING GIRL, TO FIND OUT SHE IS A MERMAID.  AFTER ASKING TO FEEL HER UP, ROSHI GETS SMACKED BY THE MERMAID WHO PROMPTLY SWIMS OFF. AT THIS TIME KRILLIN FINALLY ARRIVES IN HIS BOAT, BUT HE IS NOT INTIALLY ACCEPTED AS A PUPIL. HOWEVER, AFTER OFFERING A DOZEN PORNO MAGAZINES TO ROSHI, HE IS QUICKLY ASSIGNED TO HELP GOKU FIND A BOUNCY GIRL.

DURING THIS TIME, A WANTED CRIMINAL NAMED LUNCH WAS CAUSING HAVOC AROUND THE COUNTRY SIDE. LUNCH IS THE SPLIT PERSONALITY OF RAICHI, WHO CHANGES BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN SNEEZES. GOKU AND KRILLIN HAPPEN TO COME UPON RAICHI IN HER DOCILE FORM, AND TAKE HER BACK TO ROSHI. HE IS VERY EXCITED, AND FINALLY ACCEPTS BOTH AS STUDENTS.RAICHI IS ANXIOUS TO LEARN MARTIAL ARTS WITH THE BOYS, BUTROSHI MAKES SURE THAT SHE TAKES IT EASY. SHE COOKS FOR THE GROUP AND TAKES CARE OF THE HOUSE. ALTHOUGH RAICHI TURNS INTO LUNCH EVERY SO OFTEN, SHE IS NOT NEARLY AS STRONG AS HER ROOMATES AND NEVER CAUSES MUCH DAMAGE. ROSHI DECIDES THAT HIS HOUSE IS TOO SMALL FOR THE TRAINING SO HE CHANGED IT TO A CAPSULE AND THEY MOVE TO A MUCH LARGER PIECE OF LAND.

THE FIRST TEST INVOLVES RUNNING 100 YARDS AND SEEING HOW LONG IT TAKES. KRILLIN AND GOKU BOTH RUN THE LENGTHS IN AMAZING TIMES, BUT ROSHI WHOOPS THE BOTH. ROSHI CONDUCTS ANOTHER TEST AND THROWS A ROCK WITH THE TURTLE SYMBOL INTO THE JUNGLE BELOW. HE TELLS KRILLIN AND GOKU THAT WHOEVER FINDS THE ROCK FIRST CAN HAVE DINNER AND THE OTHER CAN'T.

THE REAL TRAINING BEINGS THE DAY AFTER, WHICH INVOLVES DELUIVERING MILK, PLOWING FIELDS, SWIMMING, STUDYING, AND WORKING AT A CONSTRUCTION SITE. THE ONLY THING THAT KEEPS THEM GOING IS THE THOUGHT OF ENTERING THE 21st TENKAICHI BUDOUKAI, A MARTIAL ARTS TOURNAMENT WHERE ALL THE GREATEST FIGHTERS MEET AND BATTLE. AFTER THE FIRST DAY GOKU AND KRILLIN ARE COMPLETLY WORN OUT, AND ROSHI INFORMS THAT THEY WILL BE DOING THE SAME THING EVERYDAY UNTIL THE TOURNAMENT, ALTHOUGH FROM THE NEXT DAY ON THEY WILL BE WEARING 20 KILOGRAM SHELLS ON THEIR BACKS. BOTH OF THEM ARE SHOCKED, BUT THEY ARE STILL DERTERMINED TO FIGHT IN THE TOURNAMENT. THE TRAINING CONTINUES FOR THE NEXT FEW MONTHS, AND ONE M0ONTH BEFORE THE TOURNAMENT BOTH KRILLIN AND GOKU ARE ABLE TO MOVE A MASSIVE BOULDER. ROSHI, INPRESSED BY THIER STRNGHT, TELLS THEM THAT FOR THE LAST MONTH OS TRAINING BOTH PUPILS WOULD BE WEARING 40 KILOGRAM SHELLS. IN THE MEANTIME, YAMCHA HAS BEEN PREPARING FOR THE TOURNAMENT BY LIVING OUT IN THE WILD. HE FINALLY RETURNS TO THE CITIY TO PRACTICE IN THE BUDOUKAI.

THE 21st TENKAICHI BUDOUKAI:

AFTER RIGOROUS MONTHS OF TRAINING , THE DAY OF THE TOURNAMENT HAS FINALLY ARRIVES. GOKU, KRILLIN, AND ROSHI ALL FLY OVER TO THE TOURNAMENT, AND BOTH BOYS SING UP. YAMCHA SINGS UP AS WELL, WHILE OOLONG, BULMA, AND PUAR PLAN TO CHEER FROM THE STANDS. THE PRELIMINARY ROUNDS TAKE PLACE INDOORS ON THREE FIGHTING RINGS. THE WAY GOKU, KRILLIN AND YAMCHA ARE SEEDED, THEY DONT BATTLE WITH EACH OTHER. DUE TO THIER HARD WORK, THEY HAVE EACH BECOME MUCH STRONGER THAN BEFORE. ALL THREE WIN RESPECTIVE SPOTS IN THE FINAL EIGHT MAN BRACKET.

THE FIRST BATTLE OF THE REAL TOURAMENT TAKES PLACE BETWEEN KRILLIN AND BACTERIUM, WHO HAS NEVER BATHED IN HIS LIFE, USES HIS HORRID STENCH TO DISSTRACT HIS OPPONATS AND MAKE THEM COVER THEIR NOSES. KRILLIN BEGINGS TO LOSE THE MATCH AS BACTERIUM USES HIS BREATH AND SWEAT AGAINST HIM. THE TIDES TURN HOWEVER WHEN GOKU REMINDS KRILLIN HE DOES NOT HAVE A NOSE, AND IS JUST IMAGINING THE SMELL. REALIZING WHAT WAS HAPPENING, KRILLIN EASILY DISPATCHES THE ODORUS BACTERIUM.

THE NEXT MATCH TAKES PLACES BETWEEN YAMCHA AND JAKIE CHUN. YAMCHA USES HIS "WILD-WOLF" TACHMIQUE AND ALL HIS TRICKS, BUT JACKIE CHUN EASILY DEFEATS HIM. YAMCHA BEGINGS TO BELIVE THAT JACKIE CHUN IS THE GREAT WISE ONE (ROSHI), AS THEY LOOK VERY SIMILAR, HAVE SIMILAR ATTACKS, AND SIMILAR HABBITS.

THE THIRD MATCH IS OF THE FIRST BRACKET IS BETWEEN NAMU AND RANFAN. NAMU IS IN THE TOURNAMENT BECAUSE HE NEEDS TO WIN MONEY TO BUY WATER FOR HIS VILLAGE, AND IS VERY DITERMANED. RANFAN USES HER LOOKS TO DISTRACT MANU, AND MANAGES TO GET IN A FEW HEAVY BLOWS. HOWEVER NAMU CLOSED HIS EYES SO THAT HE WOULD NOT BE DISSTRACTED, AND BEATS HER EASILY.

THE FINAL FIRST BRACKET IS BETWEEN GOKU AND GIRAN, A GIANT DINOSAUR-LIKE CREATURE, USES HIS SPIT TO BIND GOKU. HE GRABS GOKU AND TOSSES HIM OUT OF THE RIND. GOKU CALLS UPON FLYING NIMUS TO BRING HIM BACK, BUT GIRAN ACCUSES HIM FO CHEATING. THE JUDGES TALK IT OVER, AND DECIDES THAT GOKU WOULD NOT BE DISQUALIFIES, BUT RATHER NOT BE ALLOWED TO USE THE COULD AGAIN. GOKU MANAGES TO BREAK FREE OF THE BIND, AND EVENTUALLY KNOCKS HIM OUT. THUS ENDS THE FIRST BRACKET, LEAVING ONLY KRILLIN, JAKIE CHUN, NAMU, AND GOKU.

THE FIRST MATCH OF THE SEMIFINALS TAKES PLACE BETWEEN KRILLIN AND JACKIE CHUN, KRILLIN PUTS UP A GOOD BATTLE, BUT JACKIE CHUN PROVES TOO STRONG. HE IS KNOCKED OUT COLD AND THE VICTORY GES TO JACKIE CHUN. THE OTHER SEMIFINAL MATCH SEES NAMU AND GOKU PITTED AGAINST EACH OTHER. USING HIS DIVING-X ATTACK, NAMU MANAGES TO GET THE UPPER HAND ON GOKU FOR A BIT, BUT GOKU PROVES TOO STRONG AND WINS FAIRLY EASILY.

AFTER THE MATCH JACKIE CHUN READS NAMU'S MIND, AND SEES THE DROUGHT PROBLEMS IN NAMU'S VILLAGE. HE GIVES NAMU A LARGE CAPSULE TO STORE WATER IN, AND REVEALS THAT HE IS THE GREAT WISE ONE. ROSHI EXPLAINS THAT IN ODER TO MAKE GOKU AND KRILLIN STRIVE TO RAIN, THEY MUST KNOW THERE ARE OTHER STRONGE PEOPLE IN THE WORLD. HE TELLS NAMU TO DRESS LIKE HIM AND ENTER THE CROWD AS A FAVOR TO HIM. JACKIE CHUN ORDERS YAMCHA TO LOOK AT THE AUDIENCE TO PROVE HE IS NOT ROSHI.

THE FINAL BATTLE BETWEEN JACKIE CHUN AND GOKU. CHUN USES MANY VARIED TECHNIQUES, BUT GOKU SEEMS TO MIMIC AND IMPROVE ON THEM. EVEN WHEN JACKIE USES THE KAME HA ME HA, GOKU COUNTER IT WITH ONE OF EQUAL STRENGTH. BOTH COMPETITORS MANAGE TO GET KNOCKED OUT OF THE RING A FEW TIMES, BUT EACH AHS THIER METHOD OF RETURNING. JACKIE, SEEING THAT THE BATTLE WAS CLOSE, USES A TECHNIQUE WHERE HIS BODY ENERGY IS CONVERTED TOP ELECTRICITY. GOKU IS PARALYZIDE IN PAIN AS JACKIE  RUNS A THOUSAND VOLTS THROUGH HIM. GOKU IS ABOUT TO GIVE UP, BUT THEN HE GLANCES AT THE FULL MOON.  HE BREAKS  FREE OF THE BIND AND STARTS RUNNING AMOK. USING AN IMMENSE KAME HA ME HA, JACKIE BLOWS UP THE MOON, THUS TRANSFORMING HIM BACK TO A BOY.

MOW BOTH OUT OF ENERGY, THEY AGREE TO FIGHT THE REST OF THE MATCH ONLY USING HAND TO HAND COMBAT. THEY FIGHT FOR FOUR HOURS LIKE THIS, UNTIL JACKIE REALIZES GOKU'S WEAKNESS. BOTH FIGHTERS LEAP INTO THE AIR AND EXCHANGE KICKS TOT HE FACE. SINCE JACKIE CHUN'S LEGS WERE MUCH LONGER, GOKU TOOK A MUCH HARDER HIT. BOTH FIGHTERS ARE DOWN TILL THE COUNT OF TEN, AND IS ANOUCED THAT WHOEVER CAN STAND UP FIRST, MSILE AND SAY "I GUESS I'M THE WINNER" WILL WIN THE MATCH. GOKU TRYS HIS HARDEST, BUT PASSES OUT BEFORE HE CAN CALIM TO BE THE WINNER. JACKIE CHUN SLOWLY GETS UP, GLEEFULLY TAKING THE VICTORY.

THE RED RIBBON ARMY

AFTER ROSHI REMOVES HIS DISGUISE, HE TELLS GOKU AND KRILLIN THAT IF THEY EXPECT TO BE BEST IN THE WORLD, THEY HAVE TO CONTINUE THEIR TRAINING. AFTER EATING A HUGE MEAL, GOKU REVEALS HIS PLANS TO FIND THE FOUR STAR DRAGONBALL HIS GRANDFATHERS MONENTUM. KRILLIN DECIDES TO KEEP TRAINING WITH ROSHI, WHILE YAMCHA AND THE OTHERS RETURN TO THE CITY. BEFORE LEAVING, BULMA GIVES GOKU HER DRAGONBALL RADAR, AND INSTRUCTS HIM ON USING IT. THEY ALL EXCHANGE GOODBYES, AND GOKU GOES ON HIS WAY.

GOKU BEGINS HIS SEARCH FOR THE DRAGONBALL, WHEN HE COMES UPON NAMU BEING ATTACKED BY A TERADACTYL. RESCUING HIM, GOKU LEARNS THAT THE CAPSULE FULL OF WATER WAS RUNNING OUT FAST, AND THAT THE RIVER THAT NORMALLY SUPPLIED THE VILLAGE WAS BEING BLOCKED SOMEHOW. THEY FLEW UPSTREAM TO FIND GIRAN (ONE OF GOKU'S OPPONENTS IN THE 21ST TENKAICHI BUDOUKAI) AND HIS KIND BATHING IN A POOL THEY HAD MADE BY DAMMING THE RIVER.  NAMU PLEADS FOR THEM TO BREAK THE DAM, BUT THEY DO NOT LISTEN UNTIL GIRAN RECOGNIZES GOKU.  GIRAN GIVES HIM PERMISSION TO BREAK THE DAM IF HE CAN, AS HE SAYS IT IS INDESTRUCTIBLE.  USING A KAME HAME HA, THE DAM IS DESTROYED AND WATER FLOWS IN THE VILLAGE AGAIN.