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Preparations begin for the tournament at Bulma's
house. We learn that Vegeta will be entering, but more surprisingly
we learn Goku will be as well. Son is going to use his one day back
on Earth to participate in the tournament, and through Kaio tells
those waiting at Bulma's house.
Gohan flies around telling the others the big news: Krillen, his
wife #18, and his daughter Maron; Piccolo and Dende; and lastly his
mother and little brother. Surprisingly, Chi-Chi has no problem
letting Gohan compete with the prize money at 100,000,000 zeni.
With that, the Z warriors begin training with a month left until the
tournament. After a seven year period of peace, the fighters are
still a little rusty. Gohan and Goten begin sparring, and Gohan is
surprised at Goten changing into SSJ with no difficulty. Videl shows
up at the Son residence, and demands Gohan keep his promise of
teaching her to fly. They all continue to train, and eventually
Videl and Goten learn Bukujutsu. A month passes, and each fighter
finishes up their training. All hop into Bulma's flying car and head
towards the location of the tournament.
While on the island where the tournament is held, Goku teleports in.
Everyone is glad to see him, but Goten is hesitant. After all, he's
never seen his father before. When signing up for the tournament,
the boys learn that anyone 15 and under is entered in the kids
division. Goten and Trunks are disappointed.
The Z warriors meet up with their old friend the Budoukai announcer,
who knows that Mr. Satan is not the world champion. To qualify the
contestants, a special punching machine is set up to gauge strength.
The Z warriors barely tap the machine and produce impressive
results. When it's Vegeta's turn, he smashes it. A short
re-enactment of the Cell Game is played on a giant TV for the
audience just before the competition (This scene is pretty
funny...right down to the ZTV spoof).
After the eliminations, the youth division begins. Both Trunks
and Goten have no problem beating their opponents, and meet each
other in the final round. They fight fairly evenly, but Trunks is
just a little bit better. He eventually knocks Goten out of the
ring, and wins the youth division. As his reward, he gets to fight
Mr. Satan. Being the coward he is, Satan "lets" Trunks win
to save face.
Goten and Trunks aren't happy with the competition in the kids'
division, so they beat up one of the adult competitors (Mighty Mask)
and steal his clothes. The drawing for the match line-up begins, and
Krillen is the first Z warrior to fight. Krillen mangles Butter in
the ring for an easy victory.
Piccolo starts off against a mysterious warrior known as
Kaioshin. Kaioshin uses his magic to stop Piccolo from moving.
Piccolo senses Kaioshin's great power and forfeits the match. Videl
and Supopovitch who has a weird "M" on his forehead
are up next. Videl beats the crap out of Supopovitch, but no
matter what he always gets back up. Videl begins to get tired, and that's
when the match turns around. Supopovitch begins to attack Videl and
she is so tired that she can't defend herself. Unconscious Goku gets
a senzu and gives it to Gohan. Gohan brings her a senzu bean
and she is healed.
Gohan then goes up against Kibito. The fight begins and Gohan
turns SSJ. Supopovitch and Yamu, another competitor with the strange
“M” on his forehead, pull out a strange lamp that absorbs
Gohan's energy and he drops to the ground. The two mysterious
fighters fly away and the Z fighters are mystified as to what just
happened.
It is at this point that they are approached by Kaioshin.
Kaioshin, introduces himself and his assistant and restore Gohan’s
energy. We then find out that Kaioshin is the supreme God of the
Eastern Universe and he need the Z fighter's help to defeat an evil
being named Babidi. This evil magician is being helped by the Prince
of Darkness, Dabura. Babidi enjoys destroying all living things and
has the ability to turn people who have evil in their hearts into
slaves. Kaioshin reveals that Babidi’s plan is to revive an
ancient being named Buu. In order to do this, he must collect a
large amount of power. This is what Supobitchi did to Gohan. Kibito
allowed them to drain Gohan so that they could be followed to
Babidi’s ship.
Meanwhile, Supopovitch arrives back with the stolen energy and is
killed by Babidi. The energy is given to Buu, and Babidi is
surprised that Supopovitch was able to collect such a large amount
of energy. The Z fighters, during this time, have followed
Babidi’s two slaves back to the evil magician’s hideout.
Unfortunately, they are sensed by Dabura and are confronted by the
dark warrior. Kaioshin attempts to warn the fighters about
Dabura’s special attack, but it is too late. Piccolo and Krillin
are hit by his spit and are turned to stone. The only way to free
their friends is to kill Dabura. Gohan, Goku, Vegeta and Kaioshin
all enter Babidi’s lair to confront the evil prince.
The fighters enter the ship on the first floor and are confronted
by their first opponent. The only way to get to Babidi is to defeat
a strong opponent at each level. Vegeta easily defeats the first
fighter and they move to the next floor. Goku is next to fight and
he also defeats his opponent. Finally, Gohan is next. Suddenly,
Dabura appears and takes on Gohan. Gohan is loosing when Dabura
suddenly breaks off the fight. The Prince of Darkness returns to
Babidi and tells him of another plan to get the energy needed to
revive Buu. He had observed Vegeta and realized that he had evil in
his heart and could be made a slave by Babidi. Babidi casts his
spell and Vegeta is captured in its intensity. Realizing what was
happening, Kaioshin reveals that Vegeta is being made a slave in
order to defeat them. Goku and Gohan tell Vegeta to fight the spell
but Vegeta allows himself to become enslaved and an “M” appears
on his forehead just like the one that Supopovitch had.
Meanwhile, back at the tournament Mr. Satan calls for a battle
royale, consisting of 5 fighters. Eventually it's only #18
fighting Trunks and Goten with a Mr. Satan staring up at them in
amazement. #18 suspects that there are two of them when they keep
changing positions, fighting with a different technique each time.
When they transform into SSJ, Android 18 realizes it is Goten and
Trunks and splits their costume in half, revealing the two boys.
They look at each other with jaws down and fly off so that they will
not be caught. They meet up with Videl, who tells them that Vegeta,
Goku and Gohan have gone off to fight Babidi and Majin Buu. The two,
excited to see a wizard, rush off to join in the fight. At the same
time, Android 18 is left to fight Mr. Satan. She makes a deal with
him to allow him to win if he pays her the prize money from the
competition. He agrees and she basically throws herself from the
ring.
Back at the ship, Goku, Gohan and Kaioshin stand shocked at
Vegeta’s transformation. Babidi transports them to the middle of
the Tenkaichi Budoukai ring, where Mr. Satan is celebrating his
victory. Vegeta challenges Goku to a fight and when he refuses,
Vegeta blasts the stands, killing many spectators. Goku is forced to
agree and asks for them to be transported to a remote area. His
request is granted and the two begin what has got to be one of the
best fights in DBZ. As they fight and injure each other, their power
is donated to the resurrection of Buu. Gohan and Kaioshin arrive
just as Buu’s power level reaches maximum. Babidi transports them
outside the ship and Buu is resurrected.
The newly released Buu kills Dabura for doubting his powers and
fights Gohan and Kaioshin. As this happens, Vegeta is convinced by
Goku to stop the fight so they can deal with the problem of Buu
first. Just as Goku reaches for a senzu bean and turns his back on
Vegeta, the Saiyan prince hits him on the back of the head and
knocks him unconscious. Vegeta then realizes that he can no longer
be evil because Goku’s good always wins out in the end. He then
flies to confront Buu. Vegeta launches an assault on Buu, blow
after blow, Buu heals himself, Vegeta continues his assault till Buu
finally decides its his turn to "play". Buu is more
powerful and is able to get hold of Vegeta, beating him into
unconsciousness. Fortunately, Trunks intervenes and knocks Buu off
of his father. Trunks is soon joined by Goten and the two revive
Vegeta. Vegeta then asks Trunks to take care of his mother. He then
hugs Trunks for the first time and then knocks both of the boys
unconscious.
Piccolo who has been revived with Dabura’s death by Buu’s
hands, takes care of Babidi. He attacks and chops him in half.
Piccolo then flies to Vegeta and is asked by Vegeta to take the boys
to safety. Piccolo realizes what Vegeta intends to do and quickly
leaves the area with Krillin and the kids. Vegeta, truly good now,
decides to sacrifice himself for the good of others. He wishes,
Bulma, Trunks and Goku farewell and self-destructs. Buu is blasted
into a million pieces in the Explosion.
Unfortunately, Buu had not been defeated in the blast. All of the
pieces that were scattered with the blast emerge as miniature copies
and they gather and form the evil Buu again. Goku recovers and
teleports to Kami's temple where the others are. They needed
to collect the dragonballs, and the dragon radar is at Bulma's
house, Goku and Trunks are on the move and Goku tells trunks to find
the radar while he distracts Buu. Goku demonstrates the saiyan
forms then finally and turns SSJ3 (which he acquired on heaven, but
didn't use because it drains his energy to fast). Bulma, meanwhile,
has collected the Dragon Balls and wishes that all the people killed
by Babidi’s slaves be revived. Buu at this point, splits into two
beings, one of good and one of evil. The good Buu is no match for
his evil counterpart and is transformed into a cookie and eaten. Buu
then is able to transform into a taller, more adapted to fighting
form.
During this time, Gohan is transported to Kaioshin’s planet. He
travels with Kaioshin and his assistant to retrieve the Zed sword.
His clothes are transformed and look similar to that of Kaioshin. He
is able to pull out the sword and begins to train with the sword
then breaks it in half. The results of the broken sword revealed
an old kai of 15 generations back. Gohan begins his training
under Rou Dai Kaioshin (who came out of the Zed sword). It is here
we learn about Buu’s first appearance. Rou Dai Kaioshin tells
Gohan of an evil sorcerer named Bibidi, Babidi’s father, and how
he controlled Buu and used him to destroy the Kaioshins. Buu was
eventually cursed into a less powerful form, then trapped and Bibidi
was defeated.
Buu becomes irritated and demands to be taken to the powerful
fighters. Meanwhile, Goku has been teaching Goten and Trunks the
Fusion technique, he seems to believe this is the only way Buu will
be defeated. Because he used Super Saiyan level 3 his time is taken
up and he soon has to leave Earth, where he goes to Kaioshin's
planet to watch Gohan train. Buu threatens to kill everyone on
Earth, so Piccolo takes Buu into the room of time and spirit and
Gotenks fights him. They are evenly matched and it looks like there
is no chance to defeat the evil villain. Piccolo blasts the door of
the room of time and spirit to ensure that Buu can not escape. Buu,
seeing his exit destroyed, creates a portal from his loud screaming
that allows him to escape. Gotenks attempts to create the same
portal but can’t. He powers up tremendously and he turns Super
Saiyan Level 3, (he was saving this to show off in front of Piccolo)
He is now powerful enough to create the same portal as Buu and
escapes.
They battle again and Dende's Palace is destroyed during the
fight. Gotenks manages to blast Buu back down to Earth and he and
Piccolo fly down to search for his body. Unfortunately, Buu is still
alive and then Gotenks’ fusion wears off. The two young fighters
are no match for Buu in their unfused state. Fortunately, Gohan has
finished his training and is teleported back to Earth. He challenges
Buu and beats the crap out of him. Buu, seeing he is defeated, blows
himself up. The Z fighters believe that Buu has been destroyed and
fly off, but are surprised when they are again confronted by Buu.
Buu makes fun of Goten and Trunks saying they are to weak which
makes them want to fight. They fuse again but it was a trap to get
Gotenks' energy, Buu absorbs them. (he says he didn't absorb them
before because he wanted there strength for as long as he could get
it, the fusion wears off after 30 minutes). Because they were at
SSJ3 form, Buu is now more powerful than Gohan. Gohan is being
beaten and Buu sends a tremendous blast at him. Gohan attempts to
block the blast but suddenly, another blast knocks Buu’s blast
aside. Tien has appeared and has managed to repel Buu’s blast.
Unfortunately, Buu quickly forms another blast.
Vegeta’s soul is before King Yamma, and he is given life again
so that he may help in the fight against Buu. Kaioshin meanwhile
tell Goku about the Potora earrings that will allow the wearers to
fuse. Kaioshin and his assistant demonstrate how to wear the
earrings allowing the two fighters to fuse permanently. Goku is
given the earrings so that he and his son can fuse to beat Buu.
Kaioshin then gives up his life so that Goku can return to Earth to
fight. Goku teleports to Earth and arrives just in time to save
Gohan from another one of Buu’s ki blasts. Goku throws a Kienzan
(ki disc) at Buu and he is chopped in half. Goku then tosses one of
the earrings to Gohan and he drops it. One part of Buu manages to
consume Piccolo and the other consumes Gohan. Buu returns to his
powerful form. Suddenly Vegeta arrives on Earth and Goku gives him
the earring Gohan dropped. After much convincing, Vegeta agrees to
wear the earring and the two are pulled together and transform into
the powerful fighter, Vegetto.
Vegetto fights against Buu but allows himself to be absorbed. He
does this in order to rescue Gohan and the others that have been
consumed by the evil villain. When they are absorbed, the permanent
fusion of the earrings is counteracted and Vegetto splits back into
Goku and Vegeta. The two find their fallen comrades and rescue them,
escaping out of one of Buu’s pores. They return to their normal
size as they exit his body. Unfortunately, with the absorption of
Vegetto, Buu has enough power and now able to return to his original
form. He forms a huge blast and blows up the Earth.
Luckily, Goku with the help of Kaioshin, teleports Vegeta,
Trunks, Goten, Gohan, Piccolo, Dende and Mr. Satan to Kaio-shin’s
planet. They are followed by Buu who attacks Goku. Goku, it seems,
is no match for the fighter and Vegeta intervenes to allow Goku to
collect enough power for a Spirit Bomb. Vegeta is getting beaten
when Mr. Satan shows up. Mr. Satan, believing that he is dreaming,
approaches Buu. Buu attacks Satan, but he is able to dodge the
attacks (basically it is pure luck that he does this because he is
begging for mercy at the time). As he attacks, Buu suddenly stops
and seems to be consumed with pain. All of a sudden, Buu spits out
Fat Buu, who was friends with Mr. Satan. The two Buu’s fight, Good
Buu unfortunately, is weaker and begins to loose. Vegeta and Goku
must then take on Buu again.
Vegeta tells Kaioshin to collect the Namekian dragonballs and
three wishes are made. The first restores the Earth. The second
revives all those killed by Buu and the third wish is saved for a
later time. Vegeta distracts Buu long enough for Goku to form a huge
Spirit Bomb (Genki-Dama). The Z fighters ask that all the people on
Earth raise their hands so they can donate their energy to make the
Spirit Bomb bigger. Unfortunately, no one listens until they see
their hero, Mr. Satan do it. Goku is then able to gather enough
energy to form a large enough blast to kill Buu. Goku throws it at
Buu but he is repelling it. The last wish from the Dragon Balls is
used to restore Goku’s strength and the Saiyan is able to increase
the strength of his blast. Buu is overwhelmed and can no longer hold
off the blast. He is killed as the powerful attack consumes him.
After the battle, Fat Buu recovers and Satan pleas with the Z
fighters not to destroy him. They agree and Fat Buu joins
them. Goku then asks King Yamma to restore Buu, but in a good
form so he can have a sparring partner. Ubuu is born and Goku
and Ubuu go off to train, making this the end of DragonBallZ.
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