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[NARRATOR] Previously, on Dragon Ball Z...

Think again!

[NARRATOR] After a long and grueling battle,

Vegeta was finally defeated.

But, at Goku's request, he was allowed to escape.

The Saiyan Prince promised that one day,

he would return for his revenge...

[NARRATOR] Though the day had been won,

it wasn't without its casualties.

As his fallen friends were gathered from the battlefield,

Krillin thought of a way to wish them back...

The Namekian Dragon Balls!

Yeah, that's a great idea!

And if Piccolo comes back, then so will Kami!

And that means we'll have all the Dragon Balls

on Earth back here again, too!

Oh, it's that easy. Well, I've got news for you!

I've done all the calculations, and the numbers don't lie!

Your little cruise to Planet Namek

is going to take 4339 years!

Okay. But, hypothetically speaking,

what would happen if we used, say, a Saiyan spaceship?

[laughter]

[NARRATOR] So now, with a new plan and restored hope,

Bulma, Krillin and the others

prepare for the voyage to the Planet Namek.

The quest begins today, on Dragon Ball Z!

[INVESTIGATOR] Come on! Let's get this thing outta here!

The sooner we do, the sooner we can go home!

[GOKU screaming]

[KRILLIN whimpering]

[GOHAN whimpering]

Gohan, you've got to catch up on your homework!

Keep studying!

[GOKU screaming]

[KRILLIN whimpering]

Why are you shaking like that, Krillin?

Uh, because I'm cold!

[DOCTOR] Stop squirming! You're only making it take longer!

All we're doing is changing the bandages.

What is this guy's problem anyway?

[GOKU screaming]

I just can't take it anymore!

I've got to do something!

I'm gonna find that Saiyan spaceship!

Just leave that to Bulma. You need your rest, Krillin!

Yeah, but...

Vegeta could return to attack the Earth at any time.

You boys need to be healthy and ready!

You just leave my little Gohan out of this!

His fighting days are over!

Next patient, please...

Don't worry about me! I think I've recovered!

Me, too!

[CHICHI and ROSHI growling]

[KRILLIN] See ya!

[ROSHI] Oh, no you don't!

[CHICHI] Get back here!

[CHICHI] You've got to let the doctor check you over!

[laughing]

Yeah... But the good news is there's no serious injuries

and we'll be outta here in no time!

Ohhh... Lucky you, but I think I'm going to be stuck

in this contraption for a good while...

But the worst thing is,

this is going to slow down my training...

Don't you worry, Goku.

I'll see if I can grow some Senzu Beans

to help speed your recovery up a bit.

Heh, heh. Hey Goku, you should have seen Yajirobe fight...

Well, I didn't see you guys doing any better...

It's hard to see when you're hiding...

Yeah, he really showed Vegeta. He was so brave...

I wasn't trying to hurt you!

I was just playing around!

Ha... Nice one!

Heh, heh, heh. It was strategy! I was distracting him!

[ALL laughing]

Well, I'm just so glad that everyone here's

going to be all right!

But I just hope that real soon we can say the same thing

about all of our friends...

Heh. We just gotta get the Namekian Dragon Balls.

They'll be fine. You'll see...

Hey, guys! Quick! Turn on the TV!

Oh, it's Bulma! I thought it was a hot new nurse!

Can't you be serious for a change?

[ROSHI] I was serious!

I am now standing in front of the alien spacecraft

that was recovered from the ruins

of East City late last night!

For our safety, it has been placed

inside this isolation chamber!

The Saiyan spaceship!

Right!

[GOKU] I can't see!

[MALE REPORTER] Eyewitnesses at the scene

reported a second spacecraft that mysteriously lifted off

and flew away during the recovery operation...

What do we do now?

They've got that ship under lock and key!

But, we need it!

And we'll have it...

I'll fly it out of there

using this remote control that Vegeta left behind!

We'll be on Namek in no time!

You know how that thing works?

You've gotta be kidding me! I can work anything!

I'll just take this and aim it at the TV... No sweat!

[BULMA] It's just like something my dad would make!

All I have to do is punch in a few coordinates...

Here, these ought to do nicely...

And then... We watch...

[beeping]

[GOKU] Watch what?

I can't see anything! What's going on?

[REPORTER screaming]

The spaceship has exploded!

It powered up and went into some sort of

self-destruct mode!

The building around me is in shambles!

[BULMA] Wait! It can't be! Nooo!

[screaming]

What happened? How could it just blow up like that?

The remote was supposed to bring it here, not destroy it!

Now what are we supposed to do?!

We'll never make it to Namek now! Never! Never!

Sure seems that way...

Good job with that remote, Bulma...

[KRILLIN whimpering]

[BULMA] C'mon, think, Bulma!

There's got to be another way...

Just calm down...

I'm sure that we can come up with something, Bulma.

[BULMA growling]

If we don't do something soon,

we'll never get our friends back!

Maybe we should ask Mr. Popo and see what he thinks...

Mr. Popo?

Hello.

[BULMA screaming]

[KRILLIN laughing]

Hey, Mr. Popo!

[MR. POPO laughing]

[MAN screaming]

Did I hear that you are looking for a spaceship?

[ALL gasping]

Yeah, why do you ask? You don't have one, do you?

Maybe...

Uhh...

Who's that guy?

That's Mr. Popo...

Mr. Popo?

Yeah, that's right, Mr. Popo.

He lives with Kami at The Lookout, high above the Earth.

He and Kami have watched over this planet for years.

Ooohhh!

So, where's this other spaceship, then?

If it's a spaceship... I'm not quite sure what it is...

But, I... I know that it's not from this planet...

If it would help, I could take one of you with me

and show you where it is...

Hey, Bulma!

Uh, me?

Well, Bulma, you are the only spaceship expert around here.

[BULMA whimpering]

Hey! What's wrong?

I... I can't do it...

That guy just totally gives me the creeps.

[PATIENTS murmuring]

[PEDESTRIANS murmuring]

[KRILLIN] Bulma, please!

You're the only one who can do this! Come on!

[BULMA] Oh, all right...

[ROSHI] Careful, Bulma! Here! Let me help you...

[BULMA] Hmm?

[PATIENTS gasping]

[BULMA[ Aaahh! Get me off this thing! Somebody help me!

I'm too young and pretty to die!

[BULMA screaming]

Huh?

Uhh?

[CROWD murmuring]

Good luck, Bulma!

Take it easy, okay?

I mean, I've never ridden on a flying carpet before.

Yes, alright...

[BULMA] I just hope all this is worth it...

They... They just... vanished!

I sure hope Popo's right... We really need a spaceship!

We're here.

Huh? We are?

[BULMA] Are you sure this is the place?

I mean, there's nothing here!

[MR. POPO] Don't be so certain... You'll see.

What's wrong?

I'm freezing! Just where are we?

Yunzabit Heights.

Yunzabit? But how? That's on the other side of the world!

[MR. POPO] Follow me... This way...

Hey! Wait up!

So, where exactly is this spaceship, anyway?

Boy, you don't talk much, do you?

[BULMA] Hrrm...

[BULMA] Ah.

I'm beginning to think you're lost!

We walked all the way down here

and now there's nowhere left for us to go!

It's a dead end!

Wait! Stop!

What now?

I'm no rabbit! How am I supposed...

[MR. POPO] Climb, I guess...

There it is!

[BULMA gasps]

What do you think?

It's a ship, alright...

What is this? It's not metal... How weird...

All right! I've had it!

What exactly do you know about this thing?

Well, I only know what Kami told me about it

from the stories of when he was very young...

It's hard to remember...

The last time he mentioned it was over 100 years ago,

but I'll do my best to recall what I can...

One day, not too long after lunch,

Kami began telling me about his mysterious past...

You see, Mr. Popo, when I was a child,

I used to live in a place called Yunzabit Heights.

It was very cold and lonely...

Why would you live there?

I'm not sure... I was in a strange accident

and somehow lost my memory...

How awful... Then what happened next?

He told me that he remained here,

waiting for his parents to return...

Staring out into the distant skies...

[KAMI] I was certain that someone

would come looking for me...

I thought that if I wandered too far from where I awoke,

no one would be able to find me.

So there I stayed,

patiently awaiting the arrival of my salvation...

But my light of hope grew more and more dim

as the days passed me by...

Days led into weeks, weeks led into months,

and months led to years...

Finally, after more years than I care to remember,

I left Yunzabit Heights behind me...

Sometimes I would return there,

but I never found any sign of my people...

Sad, but what does your story have to do with this ship?

Because during his time here, he found this ship.

One day, I discovered something very strange...

It was round and had four legs.

It looked like some kind of giant alien insect...

As I examined the strange sphere...

a word seemed to appear in my head...

I found that if I spoke this word aloud, a door would open.

Pic-co-lo...

What in the world?

What are you waiting for? Go.

So how do we get up there?

You just say the word again... Piccolo!

[BULMA] Wow... Look at this place!

If this is some sort of spaceship,

then how did it get here?

I got it! Kami was a Namekian!

King Kai told us that a long time ago,

Planet Namek was in great danger of being destroyed...

Yes, I believe I've heard that story before as well!

They thought their planet was done for,

so they started evacuating everyone

on Namek to other worlds!

If this ship really is from the Planet Namek...

It kinda makes everything fall into place!

When their planet was in danger,

Kami's parents must have put him on board and

sent him here to save his life...

I'm sure they intended to join him here later

but for some reason, something happened

and they never made it... The poor little fella...

Popo! If we can just get this old thing working,

then maybe we can... Hey, wait a minute!

If the door opened, it is working!

But I don't know how these controls work...

It's alien technology,

so I don't even know where to start...

Well, uh, when in doubt...

Just start pressing some buttons...

[BULMA growling]

It's no use... It... It won't work!

It must be missing something...

Spaceship Expert... Yeah, whatever!

I don't have the faintest idea what I'm doing!

But I've got to keep trying. Everyone's counting on me!

Man, I really hope they've found that spaceship...

[ROSHI] If it's a spaceship...

[ROSHI sighs]

[GOKU thinking] Please, Bulma... Hurry!

[BULMA] Move, you hunk of junk!

What will I say to everyone?

Hmm?!

What is it?

It's what we say that makes it work!

I don't think I understand...

It must be run by voice command,

just like before when you opened the entry hatch.

But, that would mean all of the commands are in Namekian!

[BULMA screaming furiously]

That's just great! Unless you speak Namekian, we're stuck...

Wait a minute.

I'm pretty sure I remember hearing some Namekian

back at the World Martial Arts Tournament.

Did you really think you could fool me

with that fragile disguise?

Your skills have improved!

But I don't remember it enough to speak it...

Well, I don't speak the entire language,

but I think I know a word or two...

You do?

Sometimes Kami would mix in strange words

when he would speak to me.

I learned their meanings by what context

he would say them in.

Well, let's try some of them!

If we can just figure out one or two simple commands,

we'll be out of this place in no time!

Can you think of any words that might make this thing move?

[MR. POPO] I can say fly.

Let's try it...

See if you can tell it to fly us to Jupiter.

Topurukuppa Jupe!

[BULMA] Something's happening!

[MR. POPO] What's that sound?

[COMPUTER] Topurukuppa Jupe.

[whimpering]

[whimpering continues]

Just hang on! We don't have any safety belts!

[beeps]

[COMPUTER] Sefte Bette.

Just what in the world is that?

A toilet! You asked for one in Namekian!

That's what sefte bette means!

I didn't say that! I just need a chair to buckle into!

[COMPUTER] Juznee Achur.

Juznee Achur means bedtime!

[BOTH] Huh?

We're here! We're already at Jupiter? All right!

It works! We did it! We did it!

Now we can fly this thing to Namek!

Oh, Kami... Soon you'll be with us again!

[NARRATOR] Now that Bulma and Mr. Popo

have discovered Kami's long-lost spaceship,

a universe of possibility has opened up!

The search for Planet Namek continues,

next time on Dragon Ball Z!