Episode guide part 1 - Dragonball - http://maxpages.com/trunksrage/Dbz_Episode_Guide

1 - 4) The Arrival - Born long ago of a primeval force on a faraway
planet, the Saiyans developed into a warrior race so devastating and
relentless that their own planet did not survive their centuries of
destruction. Now, one of them is coming to earth to find his younger
brother Goku! The mighty Saiyan warrior Raditz arrives on Earth
searching for his brother Goku, who was sent to Earth as a baby with
a mission to destroy all traces of human life on Earth. However,
Goku received a blow to his head upon his earthly arrival, causing
him to forget his mission of destruction. Goku has instead become
earth's most powerful defender. When Raditz arrives, he tells Goku
to destroy 100 earthlings by the next morning or Goku's son Gohan
will be killed. After Goku refuses his request, Raditz kidnaps Gohan.
Goku is baffled about what to do until his arch enemy, Piccolo,
appears. Piccolo joins forces with Goku to battle against the Saiyan's
threat to Earth. Both use every technique they possess against Raditz,
but discover there is no power on Earth capable of stopping Raditz.
When Raditz has almost finished Goku, his power sensor goes off.
Gohan has broken free of the space capsule in which Raditz had
imprisoned him. In a remarkable burst of power against Raditz,
Gohan's Saiyan blood shows through. Raditz is weakened by
Gohan's burst, allowing Goku to grab Raditz in a bear hug. Piccolo
summons an extra powerful screw blast to finish off Raditz, but his
attack also ends Goku's life. Before Raditz dies, he tells Piccolo that
two other Saiyans who have even greater power are heading for
Earth and will arrive within the year! While Piccolo trains Gohan,
Goku travels through the other world to visit Martial Arts Master
King Kai to get superior training from him in preparation for the
coming battle against the Saiyans!

(5) Gohan's Metamorphosis - Piccolo takes Gohan to a deserted
wasteland to train him to utilize his incredible power. Gohan is left
alone to survive for six months, while Piccolo watches over him from
afar. On the night of the first full moon, Piccolo witnesses an
incredible transformation as Gohan becomes a gigantic ape!

(6) Gohan Makes a Friend - Gohan gradually gets used to living in
the wasteland, even though he misses his parents. One day, he helps
an injured dinosaur and the two become friends. Later, Gohan's new
friend is attacked by another evil dinosaur! See if Gohan can save his
new friend!

(7) Trouble on Arlia - The evil Saiyan warriors, Vegeta and Nappa, are
getting closer to earth, eager to gather the seven Dragon Balls and
realize their wish for immortality. On the way to earth, the two
warriors decide to stop by Planet Arlia to have some fun. Watch out
because fun to a Saiyan warrior means destruction!

(8) Home for Infinite Losers - Goku has fallen off Snake Way into
the land of no return. There, two ogres give Goku a test; they
promise that they will show him the way back to Snake Way if he
wins a competition against them.

(9) Princess Snake's Hospitality - A selected group of warriors
have gathered at the top of Korin Tower. There they will under go
the special training that will prepare them for the Saiyans.
Meanwhile, Goku reaches the end of Snake Way only to fall into the
treacherous hands of the beautiful Snake Princess.

(10) Escape from Piccolo - Gohan misses home very much. One
day, he escapes the wilderness, but his handmade boat is wrecked in
a storm. Gohan is saved by orphan children on an island and makes
some new friends. When he almost reaches home, Piccolo reminds
him of his mission: to save Earth!

(11) Showdown in the Past - Earth's warriors, Krillin, Tien, Chiaotzu
and Yamcha, are training at Kami's lookout, but get frustrated at the
speed of their training. Kami's assistant, Mr. Popo, instructs them to
know themselves to become stronger and to learn about their enemy
to defeat it. Mr. Popo sends their spirits to the virtual reality of the
Pendulum Room, where the warriors experience the overwhelming
power of the average Saiyan. Then they learn the terrible reality that
the two Saiyans who are approaching are twice as strong!

(12) The End of Snake Way - Gohan is continuing his training under
Piccolo. One night, Gohan suddenly transforms to a giant ape again
and attacks Piccolo! Piccolo discovers that a moon image is
projected from Goku's old Saiyan space pod and Piccolo must
destroy the pod before Gohan destroys him! Meanwhile, Goku finally
reaches King Kai's small planet at the end of Snake Way. There,
Goku finds that he must train in the gravity of a planet that is ten times
stronger than Earth's!

(13) A Fight Against Gravity... Catch Bubbles! - After Goku
passes King Kai's test to make King Kai laugh, the training begins!
Goku's first task is to catch King Kai's pet monkey, Bubbles, in a
gravity ten times stronger than Earth's. King Kai tells Goku that the
planet Vegeta, the Saiyans' homeworld, had the same gravity as his
place and that the two Saiyans that are on the way to Earth are even
stronger than King Kai himself! This fact reinforces Goku's
determination to train even harder to defeat them.

(14) The Legend of the Saiyans - Goku's next task in his training is
to hit Gregory, a super fast grasshopper, with a heavy hammer. King
Kai is amazed to see how quickly Goku can conquer the gravity and
decides to teach him the ultimate techniques called "Kaio-Ken" and
"Spirit Bomb". One day, King Kai reveals more to Goku about his
Saiyan heritage. Goku learns that the planet Vegeta had vanished and
he is one of only four Saiyans that survived. Goku will have to
confront the rest of the surviving Saiyans soon!

(15) Black Day for Planet Earth - Goku completes his training
under King Kai, and is ready for the battle against the Saiyans. While
Goku hurries back on Snake Way to Earth, the evil Saiyans, Vegeta
and Nappa, finally land and launch a diabolical wake-up call for the
planet Earth. They first sense the power of Piccolo and Gohan and
proceed to them. Their purpose is to find the Dragon Balls and make
their wish -- immortality. Can Earth's Special Forces hold out until
Goku arrives?!

(16) The Battle Begins... Goku Where are You? - Vegeta and
Nappa reach Piccolo, Gohan and Krillin. Vegeta recognizes Piccolo
as the one who told Raditz about the Dragon Balls before finishing
Raditz off, and then reveals that Piccolo is an alien from the planet
Namek! The Saiyans then grow plant monsters, called Saibamen, to
fight Earth's warriors first, just as Tien, Chiaotzu and Yamcha arrive
to help!

(17)The Saibamen Strike - The Earth's Special Forces show their
newly developed power in their battle with the plant monsters known
as the Saibamen. Unfortunately, the Saibamen are only a prologue to
the real battle against their creators - the evil Saiyans, Vegeta and
Nappa.

(18) Nappa... The Invincible? - Nappa powers up and picks Tien
as his first prey. Chiaotzu tries a sneak attack, but Nappa's enormous
power prevents anyone from helping Tien. Piccolo plans a new
attack, but will it work on one who seems invincible?

(19) Tien Goes All Out!! - Tien uses all his powers to help Piccolo
and Krillin attack Nappa, but Nappa continues to dominate the
Earth's Special Forces. Just as Nappa is about to finish off Piccolo
and Krillin, Vegeta calls a three hour break to see if Kakarot (Goku)
will show up. Where is Goku?

(20) Times Up!! - When the three hour truce ends Goku has not
arrived, so Nappa resumes his devastating attack. Suddenly everyone
senses that Goku will arrive soon. When Vegeta discovers that
Goku's power level is at least 5000, he orders Nappa to finish off the
remaining three warriors before Goku arrives!

(21) The Return of Goku - Nappa defeats Krillin and fires a
massive power blast to finish off Gohan. Piccolo saves Gohan by
sacrificing himself, but this also sacrifices Kami and the seven Dragon
Balls necessary to wish everyone back alive! Gohan is enraged and
uses all of his power to avenge Piccolo, but Nappa is too strong.
Luckily for Gohan, Goku finally shows up!

(22) Goku Strikes Back - Goku arrives and surprises everyone with
his new power. Vegeta orders Nappa to retreat, but the enraged
saiyan attacks Krillin and Gohan instead. Goku stops Nappa by using
his new Kaio-ken technique, and the injured Nappa pleads to Vegeta
for help. The powerful Saiyan shows his ruthlessness by blowing up
Nappa instead! Now it is time for the showdown between Goku and
Vegeta!

(23) Goku Vs. Vegeta... A Saiyan Duel - Goku must now face
Vegeta, the prince of the planet Vegeta, the strongest Saiyan warrior,
and a villian so ruthless he destroyed his own partner, Nappa, for
being injured. When Goku's double Kaio-Ken attack fails, Goku
breaks his promise to King Kai and uses the triple Kaio-Ken. Vegeta
becomes so angry he decides to blow up Earth!

(24) Vegeta... Saiyan Style! - Vegeta realizes that "Kakarot" is
stronger than he expected, so he uses the ultimate strategy -
transforming to a giant ape. Goku is in great danger! On the way to
Master Roshi's, Gohan and Krillin sense Goku's crisis and hurry back
to help him. Meanwhile, Goku decides to try his other new technique,
the Spirit Bomb. But does he have enough time to gather the energy!?

(25) Stop Vegeta Now!! - As the giant ape almost crushes Goku,
Yajirobe manages to cut off his tail! A furious Vegeta now attacks the
other three warriors, while Goku tells Gohan to fight against Vegeta
to give Goku a chance to give the Spirit Bomb to Krillin. As Vegeta
corners Gohan, Krillin throws the Spirit Bomb at Vegeta!

(26) Battle's End - Even after getting hit by the Spirit Bomb, Vegeta
is still alive! Although he is injured and weak, Vegeta seems still too
strong for the Earth's warriors. Just as Vegeta is about to finish off
Gohan, Gohan's tail grows back again! Gohan then transforms to a
giant ape and starts attacking Vegeta!

(27) A New Goal... Namek! - The damaged Vegeta leaves the
Earth, promising he will be back to destroy everyone. Goku wants to
bring back the other Earth's warriors, but the Dragon Balls don't exist
any more on Earth! Krillin remembers that the Saiyans had said that
the Dragon Balls could be found on the planet Namek, so Mr. Popo
and Bulma go to find out if Kami's original spaceship will still work.

(28) Journey to Namek - Kami's spaceship is reconstructed and
ready for the long journey, so the Dragon Balls search crew -Bulma,
Krillin and Gohan- takes off to Namek. At first, they enjoy a nice
ride, but all of a sudden they are attacked and captured by a
mysterious spaceship run by refugees! Meanwhile, the injured Vegeta
travels back to his army base to recover.

(29) Friends or Foes? - Bulma, Gohan and Krillin are captured by a
mysterious group of militant, heavily armed refugees on the way to the
planet Namek. At first, the refugees accuse the trio of being the
henchmen of the evil Frieza that destroyed their home planet.
However, when the earthlings help in a dangerous situation, the
refugees allow them to continue on their journey to the planet Namek.

(30) Hunt for a Dragon Ball - On the planet Namek, Bulma, Gohan
and Krillin begin the adventurous hunt for the Dragon Balls with the
help of two Namek natives. On the Earth, Goku starts his training
early even though he has not yet healed, while far away in the
universe, Vegeta rests in the recovery room at one of Frieza's bases.

(31) Who's Who? - Just as Gohan and others are about to find all of
the Dragon Balls, the two 'Nameks' reveal their true identity! The
Earthlings are in big trouble! Meanwhile, Vegeta finds out that Frieza
has already left for the planet Namek to search for the Dragon Balls.
Quickly, Vegeta also takes off to Namek!

(32) Touchdown on Namek - After escaping two vicious aliens,
Bulma, Gohan and Krillin finally arrive on the real planet Namek.
Their joy doesn't last long, because soon they see Vegeta's space
pod flying over them, with a second space pod following it! Yet, they
don't even know the worst part: Frieza is already on Namek
searching for the Dragon Balls!

(33) Face Off On Namek - One of Frieza's assistants senses the
power of Gohan and Krillin, and sends a reconnaissance party to
investigate. The scouts break into the space ship, but Gohan and
Krillin beat the scouts easily. Meanwhile, Vegeta is challenged by his
long time rival, Cui. However, Cui is no match for Vegeta, who has
increased his power level.

(34) The Ruthless Frieza - When Frieza and his troops pass by,
Gohan and Krillin sense the great power from Frieza! To make
matters worse, Frieza has already collected four of the seven Dragon
Balls! On Earth, Goku instantly recovers thanks to a Senzu bean, but
when he learns Gohan may be in trouble, he hops on a space ship to
rush to Namek!

(35) The Nameks vs. Frieza - As Goku continues his long journey
to Namek, Gohan and Krillin watch as the Nameks struggle to
defend their planet from Frieza's henchmen. Frieza is continuing his
search for the fifth Dragon Ball, and will stop at nothing to get it.

(36) Escape From Dodoria - Frieza's henchmen threaten a Namek
child during their search for the Dragon Balls, but Gohan and Krillin
become enraged and rescue the child. They soon find themselves
pursued by Frieza's henchman Dodoria, but they manage to give him
the slip.

(37) Secrets Revealed - Vegeta intercepts Dodoria who hopes that
Vegeta will spare his life if he reveals that Frieza destroyed the Saiyan
home planet! Vegeta decides to destroy Dodoria anyway, and then
begins to search for Gohan and Krillin. When he cannot locate them,
Vegeta decides to search for the Dragon Balls instead. Meanwhile,
Gohan and Krillin locate Bulma who tells them that Goku will reach
Namek within the week!

(38) A Collision Course - Goku struggles to fix his ship during his
trip to Namek, and barely avoids getting barbecued! Vegeta beats
Frieza to the Namek village containing the fifth Dragon Ball and he
takes it for himself.

(39) Stay Away From Frieza - Piccolo and the others reach King
Kai's and begin their training. On Namek, Frieza's henchmen continue
their search for the Dragon Balls while Gohan and friends learn about
the eldest Namek. Krillin soon sets out to find the last Dragon Ball,
but Vegeta decides to amuse himself at the expense of Zarbon.

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