Freeza Saga
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The Freeza Saga or the Frieza Saga is the second major plot arc of the anime Dragon Ball Z (after the Saiyan Saga and before the Garlic Junior Saga). In FUNimation's naming conventions for the English language release of the anime, the Frieza Saga is broken up into three sub-sagas: the Namek Saga, the Ginyu Saga, and the Frieza Saga. This article refers specifically to the events in the third sub-saga. In Japan, this saga aired in 1990 and 1991. In U.S., it aired in 1999.
The original Dragon Ball creator, Akira Toriyama, originally intended to end the series with the Frieza saga, with a major symbolic event which would provide closure to the series. However, despite some fan response that the series was losing momentum, the popularity of the series was high enough that the series continued.
Nearly all of the Frieza Saga takes place on the Planet Namek.
This is the second part of US season three (the first part being the Ginyu Saga and the final part being the Garlic Junior Saga.)
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[edit] Major characters
[edit] Supporting characters
- King Kai
- Yamcha
- Tien
- Chiaotzu
- Master Roshi
- Zarbon
- Dodoria
- Recoome
- Guldo
- Jeice
- Burter
- Captain Ginyu
- Oolong
- Puar
- Yajirobe
- Chi-Chi
- Ox King
- Dr. Briefs
- Mrs. Briefs
- Guru
- Mr. Popo
- Kami
- Korin
- Launch
[edit] Plot summary
[edit] Fight Against Freeza
With the fate of Namek at stake, Guru sends the young Namek Dende to give the important password to Krillin and Gohan that will summon Porunga, the Namekian Dragon.
Meanwhile, Frieza arrives at Guru's where he is met by some Namekian warriors, all of whom he kills except Nail, and fails at getting Guru to tell him the password. Just as Frieza is about to kill him as well, Nail warns Frieza that if Guru dies, the Dragonballs will become useless. As a distraction to buy Dende more time, Nail takes Frieza to a field to do battle. Frieza is impressed that Nail's maximum battle power is 42,000, but he surprises Nail by claiming that his battle power is 530,000. He then easily overtakes and brutally injures Nail with no problem but rushes off to his ship when he realizes that the fight is a ruse to stall him, leaving Nail for dead.
As Dende finally reaches Krillin with the important message, they take the Dragonballs from a sleeping Vegeta and head off to Frieza's ship. Dende uses the password to summon the Dragon, Porunga. Meanwhile, back on Frieza's ship, Vegeta awakens to see that the Dragon has already been summoned.
Gohan, Krillin, and Dende set out to make their wish, which is to revive Yamcha, Tienshinhan, and Chao-tsu. The Dragon informs them that he can only wish back one person at a time. Piccolo, with King Kai's help, communicates telepathically to Gohan and asks Gohan to restore his life. His reasoning is that if Piccolo is resurrected, Kami will return to Earth and that will also bring back Earth's dragon balls, in effect allowing for another wish. Piccolo asks for the second wish to teleport him to Namek. Gohan, Krillin, and Dende agree to this, and make the wishes.
Vegeta arrives at the scene after the second wish is made. Since the first two wishes had already been used to bring Piccolo back to life and then to Namek, Vegeta wants to save the last wish for eternal life for himself. Just as Dende asks the Dragon, Guru dies and the Dragonballs turn to stone. Vegeta's wish isn't granted, but worse yet, Frieza has arrived and is extremely angry that the Dragonballs have already been used. Vegeta fights his former boss, but as Frieza shockingly realizes they are evenly matched, Vegeta abruptly tells him to transform and reveal his true strength. Freiza amusingly wonders how Vegeta knows this, and Vegeta tells him Zarbon spilled it out before. Frieza transforms into his second form, one that is even stronger than before. Freeza tells them that while most transform to increase their battle power, he does it to decrease his power because it is so enormous it's hard to control himself. Vegeta, realizing that he underestimated Frieza's strength, is shocked.
Meanwhile Piccolo, who was just teleported to Namek by a wish, senses the fighting and heads to the battlefield. Along the way he sees the dying Nail, who informs him on what has been happening. He also requests that Piccolo fuse with him to be more of a challenge to Frieza. At first, Piccolo is reluctant, but after Nail assures him that his personality won't change by fusing, Piccolo decides to accept, increasing his strength and speed tremendously. Back on the battlefield Frieza's new power level is said by him to be over one million. He also tells Vegeta about the destruction of the planet Vegeta and his father. Vegeta simply scoffs at this, saying that he surpassed his father when he was a child. After fully transforming he stabs Krillin, who was trying to protect Dende and tosses him to the sea. Gohan tries to save him but when Frieza stops him, an incredibly angry Gohan easily beats down Frieza and pummels him with many Ki blasts. Despite Vegeta's shocked reaction, the attack isn't enough and Freiza recovers. Angry that he was actually was hurt by the attack Freiza then toys with Gohan, hurting him severely. Vegeta tries to attack, but it is completely ineffective and Gohan is left almost dead. Gohan is saved when Krillin throws a Kienzan at Frieza and cuts off his tail. Dende then uses this time to heal Gohan as Vegeta watches. It was revealed that Dende was the one who plucked Krillin out of the sea and healed him. Krillin continues to distract Frieza using many evasive maneuvers, such as Taioken. Soon Gohan is healed and now stronger than ever.
Just then Piccolo arrives, claiming that he can beat Frieza. Vegeta scoffs at Piccolo, claiming that reviving him was a waste of a wish. However this turns to shock and envy for Vegeta that the Namekian who was easily killed by Nappa had now become powerful enough to challenge Freeza. The fight begins as Piccolo remains confident that he can take Frieza down. Thanks to his fusion with Nail his power is slightly higher than that of Frieza's. Through much of the battle Piccolo has the upper hand, but Frieza transforms again into his third stage, earning yet another power increase. Piccolo, still confident that speed can be utilized, is proved wrong when Frieza launches finger blasts at him that are too fast for him to dodge at all. Soon Piccolo is severely wounded. Gohan is furious at Piccolo's defeat and powers up, revealing his hidden powers as he once again takes on Frieza. Surprising to Frieza and Gohan's teammates, Gohan launches a giant ki wave that proves to be too much for Frieza, until he deflects it back. Luckily Piccolo saves Gohan in the nick of time. Frieza realizes that Gohan is a Saiyajin and that he and Vegeta are constantly getting stronger. He then decides to transform into his final and strongest form, at the very least quadrupling his base power from his first form. Vegeta comes up with the idea for Krillin to beat him to near death and for Dende to heal him afterwards, increasing his power enough to become a Super Saiyan. Although Krillin is highly reluctant at first, he shoots Vegeta in the stomach, piercing him through. Because of Saiyan heritage, recovery from a near-death experience causes Vegeta to increase in strength significantly. While Frieza transforms, Dende heals Piccolo and reluctantly heals Vegeta. Vegeta becomes confident that he has become a Super Saiyan.
Frieza sees how everyone was defying death using Dende's healing, so he takes to the root of the problem. After transforming, he quickly kills Dende with a Frieza Beam, meaning the fighters will have no more chances to be healed. He tries to blast Gohan as well but Vegeta quickly saves him. A confident Vegeta decides to commence battle with Frieza and his newfound power. To his horror, no matter what Vegeta does he is no match and Frieza still has the upper hand throughout the whole battle. Vegeta actually begins to cry in frustration when he realizes that the situation is hopeless. Because he drops all his defenses in desperation, Frieza hurts him mercilessly. Goku, still in the rejuvenation tank, awakens and realizes what is taking place and quickly rushes off to save his fellow comrades. As Goku arrives, Vegeta swallows his pride and tells Frieza that Goku is the legendary Super Saiyan that will kill him. Frieza gets angry and blasts a hole through Vegeta's heart. Dying and with tears in his eyes, he tells Goku the truth of Planet Vegeta and Goku's history as a Saiyan, and he asks Goku to take vengeance for all Saiyans. Goku buries Vegeta and begins to fight Frieza.
Using merely 1% of his full power in his fourth stage, the battle between Frieza and Goku begins. They seem perfectly equivalent for some time. During the match, Goku seems to have more clever ideas on how to fight and tricks Frieza several times. Goku used to his advantage the fact that Frieza needs to see his opponent and is unable to feel their energy. While Goku was under water during one attack, he used the Kamehameha wave as torpedoes to trick Frieza. Frieza then revealed that he was only using about 2% of his power, and that he'll power up to 50%. At Kaio-ken x10 Goku was being brutally beaten. Frieza claimed he allowed Goku to think he had a chance, and even offered for Goku to replace Ginyu as his bodyguard. Goku refused, but after one rigorous attack after another, Piccolo, Gohan, Krillin, and even King Kai began to see the situation as hopeless. Goku tries to raise his power using the Kaioken x20 and shoot a Kamehameha wave at Frieza, but it barely does any damage and leaves him completely drained. Having no choice, Goku prepares the Genki Dama in desperation. Piccolo, Gohan and Krillin step in to try and hold off Frieza while Goku gathers energy for the attack. Once the Genki Dama is finally finished and unleashed upon Frieza, it does significant damage to him, causing the Z Warriors to believe Frieza was finished off. Krillin and Gohan take Goku and Piccolo away from the damage. A few minutes of celebration was soon turned into a horrid sight once Krillin saw Frieza furiously standing on the top of a rock.
[edit] Super Saiyan Goku
Enraged and surprised that Goku had such ability for a Saiyan, Frieza lashes out against the other warriors. He first decides to kill Goku. As he blasts at the Saiyan, Piccolo jumps in the way of the blast and saves his life. Though it doesn't kill him, Piccolo is hurt very badly and falls to the ground unconscious, enraging Goku. Next, Frieza kills Krillin by making his whole body explode in the air, mockingly saying "Pop Goes the Weasel" to the remaining fighters right afterwards. Seeing his best friend destroyed in front of his eyes with Frieza laughing about it strikes a much greater nerve in Goku than what happened with Piccolo, and he erupts with even more rage. The new, enraged Goku fiercely yells to Gohan that he must leave the planet now. In a display of gathering energy, the angry Goku pulls out his strongest emotions ever before reached. His hair turns golden and his eyes turn green. He is now a Super Saiyan, with his power tremendously increased. He yells at Gohan to take Piccolo to the ship and head back to Earth.
Goku announces he's now a Super Saiyan. Frieza remains unimpressed until Goku toys with him and starts treating him as if he was a ragdoll. The humiliated Frieza decides to boost his energy level usage to 70%. After he's defeated, he decides that if he can't beat Goku then he'll blow up Namek instead. He fires a huge fireball towards planet's core, hoping to destroy it. However, Frieza realizes he held back too much power, and the planet only begins to crumble. Frieza then claims it will explode in five minutes.
Back on Earth, Kami and Mr. Popo have gathered all of the Dragonballs and with King Kai's help they devise a plan to bring back all who were killed by Frieza. Since this brings back Guru, King Kai telepathically asks him to wish all of those on Namek, for Frieza, back to Earth. However Goku intercepts their telepathic communication and requests that he be left behind on Namek as well which King Kai reluctantly gives in. King Kai notices that Super Saiyan Goku is no longer the Goku they used to know, he is now only acting on blind Saiyan instincts. Vegeta, who was also resurrected as well by the wish, is surprised to see that Goku had become a Super Saiyan just before he is teleported off of Namek.
As the battle on Namek rages on, Frieza decides to use 100% of his final stage, providing a showcase for his true power. Although this significantly increases his power level, it still wasn't quite enough to take down the mighty Super Saiyan, only about equivalent to 80% of Goku's strength. Soon Goku notices that Frieza is losing stamina too much to be a match for him. He then stops that fight and begins to leave, telling Frieza to train and comeback for a rematch. Enraged, Frieza decides to release an Energy Disc that he can direct to attack Goku with. Goku easily outmaneuvers this attack. Frieza realizes that one is not enough and releases another Energy Disc, attempting to outsmart Goku. Goku maneuvers at the last minute, blasting into the ground creating a blinding blanket of dust. Frieza is unable to detect energy without physically seeing it, so one makes its way to cut Frieza in half. Even then, Goku still warned him beforehand. As he is dying, Frieza begs Goku not to leave him like this. Goku couldn't stand seeing a life, even one as evil as Freeza's, suffer in such a painful and humiliating manner. Yet he was still concerned about the harm Frieza has done, and could still possibly do. Eventually Goku took pity on the pathetic monster, and gave him some of his energy. Goku clearly showed that Frieza couldn't beat him and says, "Do what you want. I'm tired of fighting, I'm going home." Frieza then explains that there is no way Goku is going to live, as the planet is about to explode. As Goku leaves Frieza makes one final attempt to kill Goku, throwing a wave of energy at Goku. Goku is too strong, screams "You Fool!"(or "You stupid bastard" in uncut version), and pushes the blast back at Frieza with his own energy blast, destroying him. For a moment he lingers at the crater where Freeza used to be, eyes filled with sadness after being forced to murder a life he tried to save. This emotion was more obvious in the Manga than in the Anime-version.
Goku then notices the planet doesn't have that much more time, and decides to leave fast. He struggles to find a working ship, but only finds Frieza's, which is in fact in no working condition. Goku, frustrated and desperate, realizes that he will not make it off of Namek. Seconds later, the planet explodes.
[edit] Aftermath
On Earth, Dende heals Piccolo and realizes that he has merged with Nail. The Namekian Dragonballs follows Saichoro to Earth, evading the explosion. As Saichoro is dying once more, he transfers his role as Senior Elder to Muri, a trusted Namekian village leader, so the Dragonballs won't die with him. Dende also informs Gohan that the Namekian Dragonballs can also resurrect a deceased person more than once. This is good news since it would mean that they could resurrect Krillin, Chaozu, and Goku who had been killed before until Bulma reminds them that Krillin and Goku can't be resurrected because Namek was destroyed and they would only appear in empty space and die again. However, Vegeta suggests that they use a wish to transport their remains to Earth first.
Transferred to a new caretaker, the Namekian Dragonballs are re-energized early. They are first used to transport Goku and Krillin's remains to Earth. However, Porunga reveals that he is unable to transport Goku's remains because he isn't actually dead. After the second wish is used to bring back Krillin, the final wish is made to bring Goku to Earth, Porunga then informs them that Goku refuses to come back and will eventually come home on his own. This leaves our heroes greatly perplexed, but arrive at the conclusion that Goku is coming home either way, and they accept his absence. All, that is, except Vegeta, who leaves in a space ship to search the universe for Goku and the key to becoming a Super Saiyan. With one wish remaining it is used to resurrect Yamcha.
Four months (one Namek year) later, the Namekian Dragon Balls are ready again, the first two wishes are to resurrect Tenshinhan and Chaozu, and the final wish is to transport the Nameks to a new Planet Namek that would have similar living conditions to their old planet. Gohan and Dende share a tearful goodbye as the Nameks disappear to their new home, and life on Earth returns to normal...for now.
[edit] DVDs
- Frieza - The Summoning (61-63)
- Frieza - Transformation (64-66)
- Frieza - Revealed (67-69)
- Frieza - Death Of A Prince (70-72)
- Frieza - Clash (73-75)
- Frieza - Desperation (76-78)
- Frieza - Super Saiyan Goku (79-81)
- Frieza - Eleventh Hour (82-85)
- Frieza - Fall Of A Tyrant (86-89)
- Frieza - Namek's End (90-92)
[edit] Episode list
English anime episode list.
[edit] Uncut version (33 episodes)
- 75. Password is Porunga
- 76. Piccolo’s Return
- 77. The Fusion
- 78. Fighting Power: One Million??
- 79. Gohan Attacks
- 80. Piccolo the Super-Namek
- 81. Déjà vu
- 82. Frieza’s Second Transformation
- 83. Another Transformation?
- 84. Dende’s Demise
- 85. The Renewed Goku
- 86. The End of Vegeta
- 87. The Ultimate Battle
- 88. Clash of The Super Powers
- 89. Frieza’s Boast
- 90. Bold and Fearless
- 91. Embodiment of Fire
- 92. Trump Card
- 93. Keep Chances Alive
- 94. Power of The Spirit
- 95. Transformed At Last
- 96. Explosion of Anger
- 97. Namek’s Destruction
- 98. A Final Attack
- 99. Approaching Destruction
- 100. Gohan Returns
- 101. The Last Wish
- 102. Duel on a Vanishing Planet
- 103. Pathos of Frieza
- 104. Frieza Defeated!!
- 105. Mighty Blast of Rage
- 106. Namek's Explosion...Goku's End?
- 107. Goku’s Alive!!
[edit] Edited version (32 episodes)
- 61. Password is Porunga
- 62. Piccolo's Return
- 63. The Fusion
- 64. Fighting Power: One Million??
- 65A. Gohan Attacks
- 65B. Piccolo, The Super Namek??
- 66. Déjà Vu
- 67. Frieza's Second Transformation
- 68. Another Transformation?
- 69. Dende's Demise
- 70. The Renewed Goku
- 71. The End of Vegeta
- 72. The Ultimate Battle
- 73. Clash of the Super Powers
- 74. Frieza's Boast
- 75. Bold and Fearless
- 76. Embodiment of Fire
- 77. Trump Card
- 78. Keep the Chance Alive
- 79. Power of the Spirit
- 80. Transformed at Last
- 81. Explosion of Anger
- 82. Namek's Destruction
- 83. A Final Attack
- 84. Approaching Destruction
- 85. Gohan Returns
- 86. The Last Wish
- 87. Duel on a Vanishing Planet
- 88. Pathos of Frieza
- 89. Frieza Defeated!!
- 90. Mighty Blast of Rage
- 91. Namek's Explosion...Goku's End?
- 92. Goku's Alive!!
