Great Saiyaman Saga

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Great Saiyaman Saga follows the Cell saga, in which Goku dies while trying to save the world, and Gohan taks on the role of the protector of Earth. It deals with the Other World tournament, and Gohans adventures as the masked hero, the Great Saiyaman.

[edit] Episode by episode summary

The following episode names are as per the FUNimation dub.

[edit] Ep#180: Warriors of the dead

Goku and King Kai, dead at the hands of Cell, fly over to the Yemma's place, and catch a plane to the Grand Kai planet. Once there, they meet several warriors who, like Goku, were allowed to keep their bodies. West Kai arrives with Pikkon and starts quarrelling with King Kai. Meanwhile, in HFIL, havoc is wrought by Frieza, King Cold, the Ginyu Force, and cell. Goku and Pikkon arrive in HFIL to take care of them. Goku finishes off the Ginyu force, and Pikkon finishes off the others, even managing to dispatch Frieza with a single hit.

[edit] Ep#181: Tournament Begins

King Kai intrdouces to Goku, another of his pupils, Oilbu, of earth. The other Kais arrive on the scene, and make fun of King Kai, for his being dead. The West Kai suggests tat they have a tournament to decide whose pupils are the strongest. The Grand Kai agrees to the idea, and leads them to the arena. The East Kai asks Goku to race against her, to see if he was worthy of entering the tournament. They have a race, and arrive at the finish line at the same time. The Grand Kai places the medal upon himself. The tournament startes, and Olibu faces off against a short fighter from the East quadrant, and beats him. Goku faces off against Catapee from the South quadrant, and wins by disqualification, when Catapee starts a metamorphosis, which, according to South Kai, would take 1200 years to finish.

[edit] Ep#182: Water fight

In the quater-finals, Goku faces Arqua, from the East quadrant. East Kai urges Arqua to use his special attack, and he does, turning the arena into water. Goku uses a solar flare on him, and then a Kamehameha, beating him. Oilbu then fights Pikkon. They seem evenly matched, but Olibu later drops out of the ring, and cannot fight anymore.

[edit] Ep#183: Final round

In the semifinals, Goku faces Maraikoh, of the West quadrant. After a furious fight, which destroys the moons around the planet, Goku wins the match. Pikkon wins his match, and the two of them move on to the finals. The fight between Goku and Pikkon starts with a flurry of punches and Ki attacks. Both land on the floor, and Pikkon is impressed. He takes off his weighted clothing. Goku decides that the warm up is over, and becomes a Super Saiyan.

[edit] Ep#184: Goku vs. Pikkon

The Kais are amazed by the power of the Super Saiyan. Goku and Pikkon start fighting again, and Pikkon uses his tornado attacks. They land on the floor, and Pikkon reveals his trump card, the Thunder Flash. Goku blocks it when Pikkon uses it the second time, and starts fighting once again at close range, both the fighter spiralling out of control. They land on the ceiling, and descend. Pikkon attempts to use his Thuder Flash, but Goku spots a weak point in the attack. He teleports behind Pikkon as he is charging the attack, and uses a Kamehameha on him, beating him. owever, the Grand Kai proclaims that both of them are disqualified as they touched the ceiling. Many years later, on Earth, Gohan leaves for school on the Nimbus cloud.

[edit] Ep#185: Gohan goes to high school

Gohan, being kate for school, decides to fly at high speeds. On the way, he sees some thieves robbing a bank. So that no one would recognize him, Gohan turns Super Saiyan, and takes out the theives. He returns to base, and goes away, but bumps into Videl, who is then told about the "Golden Fighter" by a old man on the scene. Gohan arrives at the Orange Star High School, where he is made fun of by the boys, and thought as cute by the girls. In a baseball match, although Gohan wishes to hide his powers, he accidently flies into the sky to catch a ball, and later is unfazed as a ball is thrown right at his face, while he is batting. At the end of school, Gohan, who wants to help people without revealing himself, goes to Bulma for advise.

[edit] Ep#186: I am Saiyaman

Bulma agrees to make a costume for Gohan. Gohan tries it out, and likes it, although Bulma and Turnks think that it looks ugly. Bulma tells him that he can put it on anytime by pressing a red button on his watch. Gohan returns home. On the way, he spots a car speeding above the speed limit, and stops it, proclaiming that he is the Great Saiyaman. He returns home and practices changing into his costume. The next day, a bus is hijacked, and Videl is called to help the passengers. Gohan leaves the room, under the pretense of going to the bathroom, but instead, goes to the bus, and saves it before it runs off a cliff, while Videl deals with the hijackers.

[edit] Ep#187: Gohan's first date

Gohan goes to school in his costume, and lands behind the school. He changes back to his normal clothes, and sees a redhead on the roof, looking down. Later, the redhead confronts Gohan, and says that she would reveal his secret to everyone unless he took her out for a date. Chi chi gives permission, and Gohan goes out with her. He falls asleep in the movie theatre, but apologizes and goes to a coffee shop with her. He sees a burning building, and changes into his costume. Videl also arrives at the scene, but is almost crushed by a water container which she tries to open, to put out the fire. Saiyaman saves her, and puts out the fire. Videl later sees Gohan leave the scene, and talks to him. The redhead arrived there, and, furious at them being together, sayas that she will reveal Gohans secret to everyone- Teddy bear underwear! Gohan is surprised, and finds out that she never knew about him being the Saiyaman.

[edit] Ep#188: Rescue Videl

Gohan goes to school as the Saiyaman, and is chased by Videl. Later, managing to lose her, he arrives at school. Videl is excused for being late, as she is a crimefighter. Meanwhile, the Red Shark ganghave kidnapped the Mayor, and insist that Hercule come and fight them, as they know that Hercule is a fake. Videl is called to deal with them, and Gohan has to wait for an earthquake to hit before he can leave the school and go to help Videl as Saiyaman. He makes short work of the gang, and Videl takes out the leader. Videl thanks Gohan for his help.

[edit] Ep#189: Blackmail

Gohan and Goten start out to meet Chobi, a baby dinosaur they have known for a long time. They don't find him at his home. On TV, they see a trainer making Chobi perform tricks, and being cruel to him. Gohan goes to talk to the trainer, who refuses to hand over Chobi. He changes into the Saiyaman and returns, and takes Chobi with him. Videl spots him and stops him. He says that if Chobi is ot returned to his home, his parents would wreck havoc on the city. Indeed, his parents come and start searching for Chobi.They attack Videl, but Saiyaman save her, receiving a scratch in the process. Videl understands what he is trying to do. The police arrest the trainer, and Chobi is returned. Videl later sees Gohan with a scratch at the same place where Saiyaman got a scratch while protecting her. She threatens him that she would reveal his secret to everyone, unless he participated in the World Tournament, and teaches her how to fly. Gohan reluctantly agrees.

[edit] Ep#190: I'll fight too!

The episode starts off with Saiyaman saving a plane from crashing, and giving an interview to a television reporter. He then goes over to Bulmas house, and tells her about the blackmail. She gives him a head cloth and sunglasses, as helmets are not allowed in the tournament. Vegeta comes to him and says that he would beat him in the tournament. Just then, Gokus voice sounds and tells them that he is being granted a one day pass, and is coming to earth for the tournament. Gohan heads to Roshis to relay the news, and sees a few men terrorizing a woman in her car. He stops them, but find out that it was just a movie, and he ruined the take. He reaches Roshis place, and tells Krillen and #18 the news. He goes to Dendes place and tells the same to Piccolo and Popo.

[edit] Ep#191: The newest Super Saiyan

Gohan tells Chi-chi about the tournament, who gives him permission to participate when he says that there would be prize money. Goten helps him train by throwing rocks at him. He turns into a Super Saiyan, much to Gohans shock, who thought that he himself was the youngest Super Saiyan. Goten reveals that he became a Super Saiyan while sparring with Chi-chi, and reveals that Trunks can also turn into a Super Saiyan. He then asks Gohan to teach him to fly. Videl also arrives at the scene, and reminds Gohan of his promise to teach her to fly.

[edit] Ep#192: Take flight Videl

Gohan starts by teaching Videl about Ki and how to manipulate it, but Videl thinks that Ki is nothing but trickery. After a lot of training, she finally learns how to create a Ki ball. She haves dinner with the family, and causes Gohan some embarrasement. In the other world, South Kai brings his fighter to King Kai, saying that he is better than Goku, and will participate in the tournament. They have a weight lifting match, which Goku wins by going Super Saiyan. It is now 28 days to the tournament. On earth, Gohan starts teaching Gaten and Videl how to fly. They eventually succeed. Gohan tells Videl to cut her hair short. Videl blushes, and under the assumption that he is flirting, asks him if he prefers short haired girls, but he just says that short hair is more convenient while fighting. Videl gets angry and goes away. Meanwhile, Vegeta asks Trunks what he would do by entering the tournament. Trunks answers by turning into a Super Saiyan. Vegeta says that if Trunks manages to punch him, he would take him to the park. Trunks succeeds. Back at Gohans, an aircraft lands, and someone comes out. Its is Videl, and she has cut her hair short. She is ready to continue her training.

[edit] Ep#193: Gather for the tournament

Videl finally masters how to fly. Gohan and Goten train a little. On the day of the tournament, all the Z fighters gather on the island on which the tournament in going to be held. Goku arrives, and there is a happy reunion. Goku meets his second son, Goten, for the first time.

[edit] Ep#194: Camera shy

Videl makes Sharpener, a classmate of hers, jealous by going to the stadium with the Saiyaman, hand-in-hand. Sharpener vows to find out the secret identity of the Saiyaman. Goku meets #18 for the first time after she becomes good, and is surprised to find that she is Krillins wife, and that they have children. Hercule arrives on the scene, and starts his bragging routine. Piccolo, tired of his publicizing, blasts all the cameras, including the one which Sharpener had just used to take a picture of the Saiyaman without the glasses. Hercule then goes to the punching machine, and gets a score of 137. #18 barely taps it and gets a 775. The other Z fighters control themselves and get scores of around 200. Vegeta, tired of the punching game, punches the machine out of the building. Meanwhile, all of Sharpeners attempts to reveals the identity of the Saiyaman are foiled.

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