Episode Information

Episode Synopsis

After arriving at Kame House, the alien intruder enlightens everyone about Goku’s past, declaring that he is a Saiyan known as “Kakarrot”. He was sent to Earth to destroy all traces of humanity, and furthermore, he is Goku’s older brother, Raditz! When Goku refuses to help him invade another planet, Raditz takes Gohan hostage. As Goku and the others formulate a plan, Piccolo suddenly appears! Piccolo says that in order to defeat Raditz, who is interfering with his world domination, he will temporarily join forces with Goku. The two use the Dragon Radar to search for Gohan, who is wearing the Four-Star Ball. They soon confront Raditz but are overwhelmed by his power and rendered speechless when they hear that the other two Saiyan are even stronger than him!!

Episode Notes

• This episode begins with a flashback of Son Goku and Piccolo’s battle during the 23rd Tenka’ichi Budōkai, which was not originally shown in Dragon Ball Z.
• While the original broadcast of this episode featured Kenji Yamamoto’s musical score, the background music in all subsequent re-airings have been replaced by Shunsuke Kikuchi’s original musical score from Dragon Ball Z due to allegations of musical infringement. The credits below reflect those from the original broadcast in which Kenji Yamamoto is credited as the series’ musical composer, although Shunsuke Kikuchi is credited as such in all subsequent re-airings and home video releases featuring his replacement score.

Re-animated Scene Gallery

This collection compiles all re-animated scenes featured in this episode’s original broadcast, listed in order of appearance. Each re-animated scene will be presented with a screen shot from the original Dragon Ball Z TV series (left) and another taken from the Dragon Ball Kai TV broadcast (right). In Japan, Dragon Ball Kai was broadcast in widescreen, so these comparisons will maintain this proper aspect ratio. All original comparison screen shots were taken from the Japanese Dragon Boxes and maintain their proper 4:3 aspect ratios. It should be noted that some of these re-animated scenes only appear in the widescreen presentation of the series and were possibly omitted from fullscreen releases, both domestically and internationally.

Episode Credits

All credits listed below are as originally presented in the episode. The credit structure used in Dragon Ball is actually quite simple; the staff involved with the production of the series as a whole are listed in the opening credits and the staff involved with this specific episode are listed in the ending credits. All original credit errors have been corrected to maintain accurate spellings throughout the site. For more information and a complete listing of the series staff, visit the Production Guide.

Cast Credits

The cast credits are listed in order of character importance within the series. For more detailed information about the series cast, visit the Cast Guide.

Opening Credits

Ending Credits