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Dragon Ball Z: Son Goku Super Star (1989)
"Doragon bôru Z" (original title)

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In order to wish for immortality and avenge his father, Garlic Jr. collects the dragon balls, kidnapping Goku's son Gohan in the process. Goku, Kami, Piccolo, and Krillin unite to rescue ... See full summary »

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Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Sean Schemmel ...
Goku (voice)
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Gohan (voice)
Christopher Sabat ...
Piccolo / Kami / Shenron (voice)
Tiffany Vollmer ...
Bulma (voice)
Sonny Strait ...
Krillin (voice)
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Ox King / Narrator (voice)
Cynthia Cranz ...
Chi-Chi (voice)
Mike McFarland ...
Master Roshi (voice)
Chuck Huber ...
Garlic Jr. (voice)
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Ginger (voice)
Eric Dillow ...
Sansho (voice)
Doug Burks ...
Nicky (voice)
Masako Nozawa ...
Son Gokû / Son Gohan (voice)
Hiromi Tsuru ...
Bulma (voice)
Mayumi Tanaka ...
Kuririn (voice)
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Storyline

In order to wish for immortality and avenge his father, Garlic Jr. collects the dragon balls, kidnapping Goku's son Gohan in the process. Goku, Kami, Piccolo, and Krillin unite to rescue Gohan and save the world from being sucked into a dead zone. Written by page8701

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Trivia

When Cartoon Network aired this movie, they edited all uses of the word "Hell" and removed the opening, pre-credits scene. But since the pre-credits segment sets up the rest of the movie, Piccolo's line "I'm gonna pay you back for what you did to me!" no longer makes sense. See more »

Quotes

Piccolo: Goku... this time I'm gonna finish you off for good!
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Crazy Credits

Just before the credits start, we see a glass shard that contains Garlic JR. and he is banging on the shard, trying to get out (Garlic JR. eventually does escape the dead zone). See more »

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References Aliens (1986) See more »

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"Dete Koi Tobikiri ZENKAI Power"
Performed by 'MANNA'
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Kamehameha!
9 September 2000 | by (Beaumont, TX) – See all my reviews

Though not the first Dragonball movie despite what many people thing (there were movies based on the original TV series that tells of Goku's adventures with Bulma when he was still a child), this movie is a pretty neat romp for Goku and his friends, as long as you don't think TOO hard about it...because then you'd notice there's no way it could fit into the continuity of the TV series (since Goku has mastered obviously been to King Kai's already and mastered the techniques he taught him there, but is not yet a Super-Saiyan). But if you ignore this, it's a well-animated but badly dubbed fight. Any real fan of Dragonball Z should check this out as soon as possible.


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