The series begins as Freeza goes in search of the Dragonballs on Planet Namek. Bulma also discovers that there are Dragonballs on Namek (Picclo's home planet)but it would take thousands of years to get there. Mr. PoPo appears and tells about the ship that Piccolo and Kami used to travel to Earth. With the faster spaceship, Bulma, Krillen, and Gohan set out on a journey to Namek. However, just as they reach there, they discover that both Vegeta and Freeza, with his henchmen, have arrived. All are after the Dragonballs, some for different reasons.Goku later travels to Namek after recovering from the fight against Vegeta. During his trip, he trains at one hundred times Earth?ravity. Meanwhile, Vegeta begins to fight against Freeza?enchmen. He first dispatches a scout that Freeza sends out by first hiding his power level. Then he fights Dodoria and defeats him. Then follows the fight with Zarbon. At first, it looks as if Vegeta will win easily. Then Zarbon turns into his second form and almost kills Vegeta. Surviving the fight, Vegeta gets stronger and in the second fight with Zarbon, he kills him easily. Vegeta joins up with Krillin and Gohan only to ensure that Goku is around so he help take out freeza. Freeza then calls on Team Ginyu to dispatch Vegeta. Gohan and Krillin fight Guldo first, but Vegeta winds up killing him. Vegeta is then beaten by Recoome and Gohan tries his luck, but is also beaten. Goku then shows up and kills Recoome, Burter, and Jaice. When fighting Captain Ginyu, Goku has his body switched into Captain Ginyu's. After more fighting, Goku gets his body back. Then, Ginyu tries to swap bodies with Vegeta, but Goku throws a frog in his path and Ginyu is turned into a frog. Then the fight against Freeza takes place. Freeza goes through 3 transformations to reach his perfect form. In one of the battles, Krillen is killed and Goku gets so angry that he turns into his Super Saiyan form for the first time. He severely beats Frieza, but Namek is about to blow up. The Dragonballs are used to wish everyone back who died as a result of Frieza. Then, everyone on Namek except Frieza and Goku are teleported to Earth with another wish. Namek blows up and everyone thinks Goku is dead................ |
