Released
in: Japan
Japanese Release Date: 3/19/1991 Producer: Toei
Synopsis: The fourth DBZ Movie starts out with a scene of
Piccolo meditating by a waterfall--something that he does often.
His quiet time is interrupted by Gohan and Higher Dragon. Gohan
has taught his little pet dragon to dance to his whistling, and
he wants to show it to Mr. Piccolo! Before the Namek can stop
him, Gohan begins his little song-and dance routine. Before the
sickening display becomes enough to harm us, though, Piccolo
screams out in pain (I would, too, but this is apparently
because Namek's can't stand human whistling), and Gohan is
forced to stop. Then, after that little "cute scene,"
the actual "plot" begins. In the movie, a giant
planetoid looks like it's going to hit the earth, yet explodes
just before it makes impact. The inhabitants of the planet, a
group of space-pirates, land on the Earth in their little ship
to terraform it and use it as a new home base. They are a bunch
of horned, sun-sensitive oddities led by Lord Slug--a strangely
familiar green alien. Slug learns of the Dragonballs by reading
Bulma's mind; he immediately collects them and makes his wish:
restore his youth. After becoming young again, the fight begins.
Gohan and Piccolo face off against Slug's three main henchman:
Dorodabo, a fat gargoyle (Blown to bits by Piccolo early),
Angira, a Zarbon look-alike, and Medametcha, an extremely
strange frog with the ability to create energy-sucking clones of
himself. After a little bit of fighting, Goku steps in and kills
Medametcha and Angira rather easily. Then it's Goku vs. Slug in
one of the most predictable DBZ movie battles ever. Slug Trashes
Goku. Goku goes "Super Saiya-jin" (Well, not
really...his hair remains black) Goku trashes Slug. Slug proves
to all that he's a Namek. Slug grows to super size and trashes
Goku. Piccolo joins in and gets hurt. Ho-hum. Then more
wierdness enters the story, as Piccolo tells Gohan to
whistle--causing Slug to fall to his knees in pain. Goku flies
through Slug's stomach, and then creates a small Genki-dama and
defeats the Evil namek. The Earth returns to normal, birds sing,
and Master Roshi wakes up from his nap and comments about the
beautiful weather.
