Dragon Ball GT (1996–1997): Season 1, Episode 1 - A Devastating Wish - full transcript

Start of the "Ultimate Dragon Balls/Black Star Saga". After finishing his training with Uub, Goku is turned into a child by a careless wish from Emperor Pilaf, who has summoned the eternal dragon using the black star dragon balls. Afterward, Goku, while re-adjusting to life as a kid, learns that if he doesn't find the black star balls, which are now scattered across the galaxy, in one year's time, the earth will be destroyed. Also, Pan stops a bank robbery.


[MAI] I don't know what's
going on, but it's madness

in there, sire! I'm telling you,
this isn't a good time.

[PILAF]
You clueless idiot!

There will never
be a better time.

It's the perfect diversion.

[blasts]

[DENDE] I know the Lookout is
designed for stuff like this,

but the cracking floor is
starting to make me nervous.

[SHU]
If they're gonna blow us up,

I'd rather go back to the base.

[PILAF]
No, you won't!



You'll proceed ahead with
your orders as ordered !

[PILAF] Now both of you, pull!
Get us over that edge!

[struggling]

[MR. POPO] The floor does
seem to look a little unstable.

[DENDE] Maybe we
should get out of here!

[PILAF] Finally, I did it! Now,
everyone, to the Dragon Balls!

[explosion]

[PILAF]
Am I bleeding?

[MAI]
I think you'll be fine.

[SHU]
I can't see you, sire.

[PILAF] Well,
something hurts pretty bad.

Thanks to decades of

gut-wrenching
perseverance and research,

this is the last pain I'll feel



in searching
for the Dragon Balls.

[PILAF] By day's end,
my reckoning will be at hand

and all of humanity will
know the name Emperor Pilaf.

It'll be synonymous
with fear and rage...

...and with power and strength!

The world will know me as
King... King Emperor Pilaf!

[GOKU]
We're finished, Dende.

Well... Don't keep us
in suspense. How'd Uub do?

He passed with flying colors.
I was really impressed.

I have to admit, though,

I haven't had a battle that wore
me out this much since Frieza.

How does it feel
to graduate, Uub?

Really good.

Uub, are you okay?

[crash]

Popo, get the first aid kit!

[maniacal laughter]

[PILAF]
I've found them!

At long last, I found them!

They don't look like any
Dragon Balls I've ever seen.

Oh, they don't, huh?

Well, feast your eyes on this!

The star is black?

[PILAF] That's right. These are
the Black Star Dragon Balls.

They were made long ago before
Kami separated from Piccolo.

And I know this because
I am a brilliant researcher

and an unrivaled mastermind...

with a special knack
for devious behavior.

[coughing]

Awesome... aren't they?

Aren't they?!

Uh... what now?

You idiot!!

[crash]

Oh, sire!

Emperor Pilaf!

You boneheads...

What's awesome
is that these balls

are twice as strong
as the other ones

because they were made when
Kami and Piccolo were still one.

Just like I told you
not ten seconds ago.

[MAI]
So, if these are stronger,

do they grant more
than one wish?

Or do they give you more
with each wish, like a bonus?

'Cause if all you get's a
stronger wish, then I'd--

Give it!

The wish is mine to make.

[PILAF] I order you to pick
the other Dragon Balls

out of those
skeletons immediately!

[MAI]
Yes, Emperor.

[GOKU] I hope you're as proud of
yourself as we are, Uub.

You certainly have earned it.

Thanks for everything you guys,

I just hate to leave
the Lookout like this.

[DENDE] Don't worry about it,
Uub. It's been a lot worse.

Mr. Popo and I can fix it
right up... Really... Besides...

You need to get back to your
family. I'm sure they miss you.

[UUB]
Thanks, Dende. Well, Goku,

I can't tell you how much
I appreciate everything.

[UUB]
You've changed my life.

[GOKU] Hey, don't thank me.
I got just as much out of it

as you did.

Really?

Yeah... you're a great teacher.

[UUB] That's funny, Goku. I'll
see you fellas later. Take care!

All we have ever worked for
has culminated in this moment.

Such a happy day. I don't know
what the word culminate means,

but I do know that I'm glad
you guys brought me along.

[sobbing]

[MAI]
Excuse me, guys...

But I've noticed that every time
we're on the brink of success,

something inevitably happens
to keep us away from it.

So what do you say
we hurry up with this!

Yeah, right... Of course.

Ahh...
That's what I call a meal!

[GOKU] When's the second
course gonna be ready?

Second... course?

And now...

Rise! Rise, Shenron!!

[hysterical panting]

Well, I better get going.

[GOKU] I haven't been
home in a few years

and I'm betting my wife
won't be too happy with me.

[hysterical panting]

[SHENRON]
Why have you summoned me?

[GOKU]
Hey, what's going on in there?

[terrified gasps]

Who's there?

[screams]

It's him!

Hey, I know you guys, don't I?

[GOKU] I can't place it,
but you look familiar.

Do... you know me?

[nervous groans]

[GOKU] What's wrong?
Cat got your tongue?

Hey, Shu? Who is that?

It's that little kid
Goku all grown up.

You mean the Goku?!

You're saying that guy
is the little brat

who always put himself
between me and my greatness?!

Only now, he's grown up.

And he's got a body
that looks like

it was chiseled out of marble.

Yeah, I remember you now.
You're Emperor Pilaf, right?

Uh, you must have me
confused with somebody else.

[attempts casual whistle]

No, you're
Emperor Pilaf all right...

I'd have a hard time forgetting
blue skin and pointy ears.

Shu! Mai! Annihilate him!

All these years, and the three
of you are still up to no good.

[frustrated groan]

[PILAF]
Oh, yeah?!

Well, you've grown
from a little nuisance

into an even bigger one!

Well, you're the bad guys.

I'm supposed to
stop your evil plans.

Get away from me!
You're three times my size!

I wish you were
a little kid again,

then I could really
teach you a lesson or two!

[SHENRON]
So be it.

[confused groan]

[panting]

What? Goku!

Wow, the room got
a lot bigger somehow.

Goku?

[SHENRON]
Your wish has been granted.

[SHENRON]
Until the next summoning...

Wait...
Don't go, dragon... Please.

So...uh... Do I have to
go back to school now?

Oh, no!! A wish was made on
the Black Star Dragon Balls!

[DENDE]
That's what I'm saying!

[KING KAI]
It's amazing to me that

they have survived
this long up there.

They must have been put in that
mausoleum a really long time ago

because none of us ever
knew they were there.

Goku, listen!

As horrible as this news is,
I hope you'll take it lightly

as long as it comes
from a friend.

The only way you
can return to normal

is if you gather the
Black Star Dragon Balls

and make another wish!

No biggie, King Kai.
I'll find the Dragon Balls.

Besides, being a kid again for
a while might be kind of fun.

It's not that simple.

[MR. POPO] After a wish is made
on the Black Star Dragon Balls,

they aren't just
scattered across the earth.

They're scattered
throughout the entire galaxy.

They could be on any planet,
anywhere in the Milky Way.

[MR. POPO] It could
take forever to find them.

[KING KAI] What Mr. Popo
says is correct, Goku.

Oh, well...

I guess I'll just have
to stay like this then.

I'll grow up eventually.

[DENDE]
Goku!

[MR. POPO]
My, he's gone!

Nothing ever phases
that guy, does it?

[siren]

Now! If your men don't
take a few steps back,

then I'm gonna start firin',
and I don't care who I hit!

How can I concentrate on
eating with all this ruckus?

We want a car readied to
take us to a waiting plane.

And bring us some
food while you're at it!

[gunfire]

All right! We'll agree
to your demands.

Just stop shooting at
everything in sight, okay?

[sirens]

[lauging]

You know, I was, like,
really nervous to ask you out.

I'm glad you said yes.

Why would I have
said no to you?

You are the coolest
guy at school.

[POPELL] But I've heard in
the halls from people

that you're
the coolest girl at school.

[PAN] Well, what do you
think about that?

[POPELL] Oh, I think
you're great! I mean...

Hey... I could carry your
book bag for you if you wanted.

[PAN] Oh, let's go to the
movies! What do you say?

[POLICE CHEIF] We are
sending in food and water.

Please do not shoot
the unarmed woman.

Before we eat anything,
we're gonna feed it

to this security guard
and see what happens.

[gasps]

[COP] A movie?
You're kidding...

We've got a hostage
situation here, kid,

so take your
boyfriend and amscray.

[COP] Come on, there's
nothing to see here.

[woman screams]

Just what I thought!

Now I'm gonna switch hostages
to show you I mean business.

Man... They think they can put
us to sleep with this stuff?

Fine! We hear you!
No more games from us!

Just please let the woman go!
She's only a meter maid.

I make the rules here!

Say, I'm only in town... for a
short while...

[ROSHI]
What do you say the two of us

get together and go dancing?

[LARGE WOMAN]
Sometimes our older generation

just doesn't know their place!
It's quite disgusting.

Does... that mean "no"?

[dog barks]

[gunfire]

[explosions]

[crash]

I've had enough of this. They
think they can ruin what could

be the best date of my
life?! I don't think so!

Listen up... I want you
guys to let that woman go!

[PAN] And then I want
you to hand back

the money you
stole from the bank.

Who do you think
you are, little girl?!

I'm someone who's not
missing any more of my date!

[gun cocks]

[thud]

Come on!

[GOKU]
Excuse me...

You know, guns are dangerous.

[GOKU] Especially in
the hands of the untrained.

What? Did school
let out early today?

Get outta here, kid. Leave the
adult stuff to the adults.

That's exactly why I'm here.
To take care of the adults.

You got a smart mouth!

Yeah, right!

Hey!

I appreciate you trying to
help me out, little boy,

but I think those guys might
have you out-matched...

And I doubt your mom
would want you to get hurt.

But you don't un--

You leave this
for the big kids.

I'm older and I've got much
more experience than you.

[PAN] Now, pick up any toys you
left behind and go home...

No!

--Why, you...
--Come on, let's go.

[RED BERET] Shoot her! Shoot
her! Somebody shoot that kid!

[gunfire]

[screams]

[screams]

[gunfire]

This is for shooting at girls!

[crash]

[sighs]

[PAN]
Popell, there you are!

Now... About that movie...

Yeah, about that... Umm...

Uh-huh...

I just remembered...
that I've seen that movie

and it's really bad,
so... Gotta go!

It's not...

[PAN]
It's not fair!!

[GOKU]
Are you okay?

[ROSHI] Oh, Pan!
What are you doing here?!

Pan?

Pan! Over here!

Master Roshi,
what are you doing here?

What's with the
big crowds around here?

[ROSHI] Excuse me, girls,
coming through.

Oh, Roshi, the ladies
can't get enough of ya.

You know... I don't think it's
that they're happy to see you.

Come on!

Don't you think all these
hotties are thrilled to see me?

[chuckles]

You never change,
do you, old timer?

Hey... Do you know me?
You look familiar.

Of course I know you.
It's me, Goku.

[ROSHI] Don't worry, ladies.
He's not my kid.

You know, you do kinda
look like Goku.

With that pointy hair and--

[ROSHI] Goku?!
Is that really you?!

[ROSHI] Well, bring on the good
times, my old friend is back!

But... what are you doing shrunk
down to the size of a child,

you adorable little tike?!

[crash]

[PAN]
That can't be right.

[PAN] There's no way that kid
could be my grandpa, is there?

Well? Tell me...

This much curiosity
could kill a man my age.

Emperor Pilaf summoned Shenron

and accidentally wished
for me to be smaller.

[laughs]

[PAN] This whole day has got to
be some kind of bad dream.

I wonder if ChiChi's mad at
me for being gone so long?

Uh... It is ChiChi.

[PAN]
You are not my grandpa!

I've got stuffed animals
at home bigger than you!

So... That would make you...
my granddaughter, Pan!

{ROSHI] Yep.
She's grown up a lot.

[ROSHI] It's been years
since you last saw her.

Well, I'm real
proud of you, Pan.

[GOKU] I guess
fighting is in the genes.

[sobbing]

[GOHAN] So they caught
you off guard, huh?

I had no idea that the dragon
was there when I walked in.

Then Pilaf made the
wish and poof! Here I am.

And now I have
a pint sized grandpa

who looks like he should
still be in diapers.

I was already aging
faster than him as it was,

but this... it's unnatural!

I bet you did this on purpose!

No, I liked being old.
Really, I did.

Dad... Let's think here...

The Dragon Balls are spread
across the entire galaxy, right?

[GOKU] Uh-huh.
That's what Mr. Popo said.

[crying]

If that's the case,
it might be easier for you

to just grow up
like any other child.

Can you imagine someone my age
married to someone like this?!

[crying]

[KING KAI] Goku!
Can you hear me?

We sure can, King Kai.

[KING KAI] Good.
Then listen carefully...

[KING KAI]
I'm afraid I have bad news.

I've done some research
on the Black Star Dragon Balls,

and what I dug up
is quite unsettling.

Just how unsettling?

Now that a wish has been made,

the Earth is in
danger of exploding

unless all of the Black Star
Dragon Balls are found

and returned to Earth
within one year!

[KING KAI] You see,
when a wish has been made

using the Black
Star Dragon Balls,

the negative energy left behind
begins to take over the planet,

causing massive instability
and eventual self destruction.

What? King Kai,
you've got to be kidding!

You mean we have one year to
get the balls back or kaboom?!

That's exactly right.

[thunderclap]

[NARRATOR] With less than one
year to travel the universe

and gather the mysterious
Black Star Dragon Balls,

Goku and his friends stare
into an uncertain future.

Will the inadvertent wish
of a clumsy old foe

be the beginning of
the end for the planet Earth?

Find out as
the journey gets underway

on the next Dragon Ball GT!