Recaps

He-El took Dandy from Planet Namek, trained Nail, and spent six years traveling the universe with Bulma and Dandy before Raditz invaded Earth. Earth’s fighters defeated Raditz, but Goku spared him to learn about his Saiyan origins, leaving Piccolo refusing Goku’s request to heal him.

• Bulma wished for a body that could breathe in space, and Porunga altered her respiratory system before He-El used his final wish to create a World Tree Sapling.
• He-El and Bulma settled on Planet Namek, where Bulma helped build their spacecraft and the Grand Elder asked He-El to take a Namekian under his protection.
• The Grand Elder created Dandy, and He-El trained Nail while Dandy developed his abilities and visited Namekian villages to understand his people.
• Dandy passed He-El’s trial and left Planet Namek with He-El and Bulma aboard their new spacecraft, promising to make the Namekians proud.
• He-El, Bulma, and Dandy traveled across the universe for six years, helping worlds at King Kai’s request, while He-El warned Nail that he could return to Namek when its predicted invasion began.
• Raditz landed on Earth seeking his brother Kakarot, and Yamcha, Tien Shinhan, Krillin, Chiaotzu, and others went to confront him as Goku and Piccolo hurried from Snake Way.
• Krillin and Tien Shinhan each overwhelmed Raditz in turn, and Tien pinned him down and prepared to kill him before Goku and Piccolo arrived.
• Goku deflected Tien’s attack and spared Raditz to question him about their origins, then asked Piccolo to heal him, but Piccolo refused to be treated as Goku’s subordinate.

Goku defended Raditz from the others, but Raditz died of fright during their battle and the group prepared for the Saiyans’ arrival. After training, Goku and his friends confronted Vegeta and Nappa, with Yamcha chosen to face Nappa as Vegeta challenged them all.

• Piccolo healed Raditz, who revealed that Goku was his Saiyan brother Kakarot and that their race and Planet Vegeta had been wiped out.
• Raditz transformed into a Great Ape under the moon, but the fighters cut off his tail and Goku stopped Tien Shinhan from killing him.
• Goku challenged Tien Shinhan, Yamcha, Chiaotzu, and Puar to a fight over Raditz’s fate, and Puar transformed into He-El to defeat Goku.
• He-El possessed Puar and revealed that Raditz had died of fright while watching the fight, then told the group to train for the aliens due in a year.
• Tien Shinhan, Chiaotzu, and Krillin searched for Dragon Balls, while Tien Shinhan and Launch confirmed their relationship.
• He-El and Bulma traveled toward Planet Namek as the fighters trained in Kami’s Hyperbolic Time Chamber before Vegeta and Nappa arrived on Earth.
• Vegeta and Nappa met Goku and the others, and Nappa’s Scouter showed that several Earth fighters exceeded his battle power.
• The group used rock-paper-scissors to choose Yamcha to fight Nappa, while Vegeta challenged everyone to attack him together.

After defeating Vegeta and Nappa, Goku and the others traveled to Planet Namek, where they learned Frieza’s forces planned to destroy the planets in the system. He-El prepared to confront Frieza, while Tien Shinhan took command and asked Vegeta about the Ginyu Force.

• Goku defeated Great Ape Vegeta but spared him, and the group brought Vegeta and Nappa’s corpse to Kami’s Lookout.
• He-El learned the Saiyans had not told Frieza about Earth’s Dragon Balls and decided to take his students to confront Frieza.
• Goku fed Vegeta a Senzu Bean, then used his overwhelming power to make Vegeta promise not to endanger Earth.
• Goku, Vegeta, Tien Shinhan, and the others departed for Planet Namek aboard Dr. Briefs’s Earth One, while He-El and Bulma returned to Namek ahead of them.
• During the journey, the fighters trained in the Gravity Chamber as Beerus and Whis investigated an anomalous region and Beerus discussed Frieza’s mission to destroy its planets.
• The group captured Frieza Force scout Tetea, who revealed that Frieza’s teams had already destroyed nearby planets and planned to destroy them all.
• Goku and the others reunited with He-El and Bulma on Namek, and Tien Shinhan reported Tetea’s warning to He-El and Nail.
• He-El identified Frieza as the threat and planned to confront him, while Tien Shinhan took command and asked Vegeta to describe Frieza’s strongest fighters, the Ginyu Force.

Tien Shinhan led the group in infiltrating Frieza’s headquarters, where they defeated the Ginyu Force and fought Frieza through several transformations. As Yamcha prepared to gather enough Ki for a finishing blow, Beerus and Whis arrived, identified He-El as the anomaly, and set Frieza against the fighters.

• Tien Shinhan organized the group’s infiltration of Frieza’s forces, and Puar disguised himself as Tetea to lead them to the reconnaissance team.
• Vegeta overwhelmed Cui, and Tien Shinhan’s group used hypnotized officers and a disguised Puar to reach Frieza’s headquarters and capture Dodoria.
• Captain Ginyu took Nail’s body, but Nail seized Ginyu’s body in return while the group killed the other members of the Ginyu Force.
• Vegeta confronted Frieza, who admitted destroying Planet Vegeta, and the fighters attacked him as he transformed and revealed increasingly greater power.
• Goku, Piccolo, Tien Shinhan, and Yamcha powered up against Frieza’s final form, while Piccolo fused with Nail and Goku raised his Burst.
• Frieza survived the group’s combined assault and reached his full power of 120 million, while Yamcha began gathering Ki for a single finishing attack.
• Beerus and Whis arrived, stopped Frieza’s destruction of planets, and identified He-El as the anomaly they had been seeking.
• He-El warned the others to move away, but Beerus ordered Frieza to fight them as a test and then commanded him to kill them all.