Recaps

After the battle paused, Goku reunited with Gohan, who had survived years of hardship alone, while Trunks learned Tien Shinhan had revived him with a Senzu Bean. The group prepared to visit Bulma’s hideout, where the young Bulma discovered Trunks was her son and Yamcha learned Trunks’s father was Vegeta.

• Goku embraced Gohan and comforted him, and the two reunited across different timelines.
• Gohan hugged Trunks, praised his Super Saiyan transformation, and explained that Tien Shinhan had revived him with a Senzu Bean.
• Tien Shinhan suggested that everyone return to Bulma’s hideout to explain what had happened and discuss their timelines.
• Trunks told the young Bulma that his mother was alive, then confirmed that she was his mother from another timeline.
• Yamcha asked Trunks if he was his son with Bulma, but Trunks said Vegeta was his father, leaving Yamcha stunned.

Tien Shinhan and the others reunited with Bulma in the Future Timeline and explained that their arrival could not change her world’s past. Goku located the surviving Namekians, giving Bulma hope that their Dragon Balls could remedy past losses after the androids were defeated.

• Trunks brought Son Gohan and the others back to Bulma’s hideout, where the two Bulmas met and recognized each other.
• Tien Shinhan explained that the group had come from another timeline and that a Time Machine probably could not return to its own world’s past.
• Future Timeline Bulma insisted on completing her Time Machine, and Tien Shinhan encouraged her by saying they could still remedy past regrets with Planet Namek’s Dragon Balls.
• Goku sensed the Namekians on a planet at the edge of the North Galaxy, though they would need a spaceship to reach them.
• Future Timeline Bulma offered to prepare a spaceship, and Tien Shinhan said they first had to defeat the androids.

Tien Shinhan reassured Future Bulma that their stronger fighters could defeat the androids, then explained that their lack of detectable ki made tracking them difficult. He proposed that the two Bulmas use their inventor skills to build a detector for the androids’ high-energy reactions.

• Trunks told Future Bulma that he and Gohan could transform into Super Saiyans, Goku could too, and Tien Shinhan had blasted apart Android 18’s arms.
• Future Bulma expressed astonishment at Trunks’s and Tien Shinhan’s strength and praised Tien Shinhan for being powerful and insightful.
• Tien Shinhan warned that the androids’ energy could not be tracked with a Scouter and that their limited time meant they had to take the initiative.
• Tien Shinhan proposed that the two Bulmas build a high-energy reaction detector to locate the androids as machines rather than search for their ki.

Tien Shinhan proposed building a high-energy-response detector to find the androids, and the two Bulmas began making one with the young Bulma’s stored materials. As Gohan and Trunks reconciled over Gohan’s missing arm, Tien Shinhan offered an uncertain way to restore it, and Gohan agreed to try outside.

• Tien Shinhan proposed using a high-energy-response detector to search for the androids, and the two Bulmas said they could build one within five days.
• The young Bulma produced stored manufacturing materials, and Bulma from the Future Timeline joined her to start developing the detector.
• Gohan reassured Trunks that he did not regret losing his left arm, and the two clasped hands as comrades.
• Tien Shinhan offered to try restoring Gohan’s arm through a painful, uncertain method, and Gohan eagerly agreed.
• Tien Shinhan led Gohan outside to attempt the restoration.

Tien Shinhan reopened Son Gohan’s healed arm stump with a Dodon Ray so a Senzu Bean might restore his arm. He reassured Gohan and Trunks by revealing he had plenty of beans, then gave them ten as they prepared to try his method.

• Tien Shinhan fired a Dodon Ray at Son Gohan’s arm stump, reopening the healed wound and alarming Son Goku, Trunks, and the others.
• Son Gohan stopped Son Goku and Trunks from attacking and realized Tien Shinhan had injured him as part of a plan.
• Tien Shinhan gave Son Gohan a Senzu Bean, but Gohan hesitated because the beans were scarce in his timeline.
• Tien Shinhan revealed he had ten Senzu Beans, then produced another ten and gave them to Son Gohan and Trunks.
• Son Gohan explained that Yajirobe had eaten the Senzu Bean stock in their timeline, and Son Goku, Krillin, and the others understood why the beans were so precious to them.

After Tien Shinhan’s plan restored Son Gohan’s arm with a Senzu Bean, the group trained Future Timeline Gohan and Trunks while the two Bulmas built High-Energy Reaction Scouters. With the devices complete and distributed, they prepared to search for Android 17 and Android 18.

• Son Gohan ate a Senzu Bean and regrew his missing arm, confirming Tien Shinhan’s method worked.
• Tien Shinhan, Son Goku, Krillin, Yamcha, and Chiaotzu trained Gohan and Trunks to improve their martial arts fundamentals and combat experience.
• Yamcha sparred with Trunks using Wolf Fang Fist while Goku practiced transforming into a Super Saiyan and conserving stamina.
• On the fifth day, the two Bulmas completed the High-Energy Reaction Scouters and explained that the devices detected all high-energy mechanical devices, not just androids.
• Bulma distributed Scouters to Tien Shinhan’s group and the human survivors so they could search for Android 17 and Android 18 and alert one another when they found a signal.

Mr. Satan discovered Android 17 and Android 18 hiding in a sewer and alerted the warriors searching for them. Android 17 caught him before help arrived and prepared to attack.

• Tien Shinhan, Krillin, Yamcha, and Chiaotzu searched for the androids while collecting intact miniature nuclear fusion batteries.
• Mr. Satan entered a sewer, hoping the androids might be hiding there, and his Scouter detected a powerful energy reading.
• Mr. Satan spotted Android 17 and Android 18 and used his Scouter to share their location with the warriors.
• Android 17 heard Mr. Satan's pounding heartbeat, caught him, and crushed his Scouter.
• Android 17 gathered an energy blast and prepared to attack Mr. Satan.

Mr. Satan bluffed Android 17 into believing he was a powerful fighter, then prepared to demonstrate his strongest move by chopping through bricks. His palm broke the bricks, but the impact also fractured the bones in his hand.

• Mr. Satan accidentally dodged Android 17's energy blast when a stitch made him bend over, and the blast collapsed the passage behind him.
• Android 17 mistook the lucky dodge and Mr. Satan's confident boasts for proof that he was a formidable martial artist.
• Mr. Satan claimed he would use his strongest move, then picked up bricks while warning Android 17 not to attack him.
• Android 17 suspected a trap and waited as Mr. Satan stacked and then removed bricks until five remained.
• Mr. Satan chopped through the five bricks, breaking them and fracturing the bones in his hand.

Mr. Satan stalled Android 17 long enough for Tien Shinhan to arrive, and Tien destroyed Android 18 with a Neo Tri-Beam. Goku, Gohan, and Trunks then overwhelmed Android 17 in a three-on-one fight.

• Mr. Satan broke his hand while pretending to chop bricks, then Tien Shinhan arrived and gave him a Senzu Bean.
• Tien Shinhan broke Android 17's energy barrier with a Super Dodon Ray and killed Android 18 with a Neo Tri-Beam.
• Goku, Gohan, and Trunks arrived as Android 18 was destroyed, while Android 17 raged and attacked Tien Shinhan.
• Tien Shinhan moved Mr. Satan out of danger, and Goku, Gohan, and Trunks launched a combined assault on Android 17.

Goku, Gohan, and Trunks destroyed Android 17 after defeating him, avenging the people the androids had killed and ending their reign of terror. The group learned that Android Cell was still active and asked Mr. Satan to help search for him.

• Gohan tore off Android 17's left arm, and Trunks joined Goku and Gohan in beating him.
• Goku, Gohan, and Trunks fired a Triple Kamehameha that crushed Android 17 and his energy barrier.
• Mr. Satan celebrated the androids' deaths and cried out that he had avenged Videl.
• Tien Shinhan explained that Mr. Satan had discovered the androids hiding in the sewers, and Trunks thanked him for preventing them from attacking the human base.
• Tien Shinhan warned everyone that Android Cell was still a threat and asked Mr. Satan to help search for him.

Mr. Satan pledged to help the fighters find Android Cell, while Tien Shinhan warned everyone about Cell’s abilities. The group hurried toward a new location alert and found a young girl who looked like Mai from the Pilaf Gang.

• Mr. Satan agreed to help search for Android Cell despite fearing the danger, and Goku’s group rested before continuing their search.
• Tien Shinhan explained that Cell could devour people with his tail and use the special moves of the warriors whose cells he carried.
• After hearing how dangerous Cell was, Mr. Satan renewed his promise to help find him, while the Scouters received a new location alert.
• Tien Shinhan and the others flew to the reported location, leaving Mr. Satan to return to a human settlement for a replacement Scouter.
• At the location, Goku recognized the long-haired girl who had sent the alert as someone resembling Mai from the Pilaf Gang.

Trunks saved Mai from Android 15, and he, Goku, and Gohan fought Androids 13, 14, and 15. Tien Shinhan suspected Cell had released them as a smokescreen, then killed Android 19 when it tried to ambush Yamcha.

• Trunks rescued Mai from Android 15, and the two felt an instant attraction as he rushed to fight the android.
• Androids 13 and 14 joined Android 15, while Trunks abandoned his plan to fight alone and regrouped with his companions.
• Goku, Gohan, and Trunks transformed into Super Saiyans and gained the upper hand against Androids 13, 14, and 15.
• Tien Shinhan suspected Cell had awakened the androids to obstruct their search for him.
• Android 19 tried to ambush Yamcha, but Tien Shinhan's Special Beam Cannon pierced its head and killed it.

Tien Shinhan destroyed Android 19 and warned the others to watch for more androids, while Goku, Future Timeline Gohan, and Future Timeline Trunks defeated Androids 13, 14, and 15. Android 13 absorbed Android 14 and Android 15 to become Super Android 13, but Tien Shinhan immediately struck him with a Neo Tri-Beam and prepared to finish him with the Limit Perfected Dragon Fist.

• Yamcha realized Android 19 had nearly ambushed him, and Tien Shinhan reassured the group that they should stay alert for other androids.
• Future Timeline Gohan destroyed Android 14, Future Timeline Trunks pierced Android 15, and Goku blasted Android 13 until only his upper body remained.
• Android 13 swallowed Android 14 and Android 15's chips and transformed into Super Android 13.
• Super Android 13 charged at the exhausted Goku, but Tien Shinhan hit him with a Tenfold Kaioken Neo Tri-Beam and sent him crashing into rubble.
• Super Android 13 accused Tien Shinhan of attacking unfairly, and Tien Shinhan answered with a Tenfold Kaioken and the Limit Perfected Dragon Fist.

Tien Shinhan effortlessly destroyed Super Android 13, then helped the fighters recover and resume their search for Android Cell. The group found Cell in his weak first form, and Tien attacked before Goku, Gohan, and Trunks could engage him.

• Tien Shinhan killed Super Android 13 with a punch and a Neo Tri-Beam.
• Tien Shinhan gave Goku, Gohan, and Trunks Senzu Beans so they could recover and continue searching for Android Cell.
• After searching for another day, Gohan grew frustrated, but Trunks reassured him that they had the strength to face Cell.
• Goku and the others detected a high-energy reading, and both search teams flew toward it.
• The group found Android Cell in the desert, still in his first form because Androids 17 and 18 had been destroyed.
• Tien Shinhan fired a Neo Tri-Beam at Cell before Goku, Gohan, and Trunks could begin fighting him.

Tien Shinhan repeatedly overwhelmed Cell, using his mastery of signature moves to prevent Cell from escaping and drain his stamina. After Cell could no longer keep regenerating, Tien Shinhan destroyed his core and eliminated him completely.

• Cell used Solar Flare to blind Goku and the others, then suppressed his ki and tried to escape.
• Tien Shinhan saw through the flash with his third eye and blasted Cell into a crater with another Neo Tri-Beam.
• Cell demanded to know how Tien Shinhan had found him, but Tien Shinhan stayed silent and challenged him with a Super Kamehameha.
• Tien Shinhan and Cell clashed with several signature moves, and Cell repeatedly regenerated until his stamina was nearly gone.
• Tien Shinhan struck Cell with Limit Perfected Dragon Fist, then destroyed his core with Super Dodon Ray.

Tien Shinhan destroyed Android Cell, giving Gohan and Trunks hope for a better future. Yamcha asked Trunks about Vegeta, while Tien Shinhan privately warned Goku that other androids might still appear.

• Tien Shinhan defeated Cell with his Limit Perfected Dragon Fist, destroying Cell and his core.
• Gohan and Trunks celebrated the androids' destruction and thanked Tien Shinhan, Goku, Yamcha, Krillin, and Chiaotzu.
• Yamcha asked Trunks about his father, Vegeta, but Goku misunderstood and began to explain who Vegeta was before Tien Shinhan pulled him aside.
• Tien Shinhan privately told Goku that other androids, possibly including Android 21, might appear, but he did not want to upset Gohan and Trunks while they were celebrating.
• Goku agreed to stay alert with Tien Shinhan and help protect Gohan and the others until they returned to their own timeline.

After Android Cell was eliminated, Tien Shinhan proposed using the intact Hyperbolic Time Chamber during their spacetime journey to gain extra training time before Bulma finished the spaceship. The others reacted with surprise and skepticism, but the plan promised five people a year of training each.

• Bulma from the Future Timeline told everyone that the new spaceship would take another month and a half to build, but cut the journey to Planet New Namek from over a year to three months.
• Goku suggested that everyone train while they waited, and Tien Shinhan agreed, eager to build on his gains from fighting Cell.
• Tien Shinhan asked Bulma from the Future Timeline whether Kami's Lookout was still intact, and she said the androids likely had not attacked it.
• Tien Shinhan revealed his plan to use the Hyperbolic Time Chamber during their spacetime journey, prompting Yamcha's doubts, Krillin's interest, and young Bulma's amazement at his scheme to gain years of training.

Tien Shinhan arranged the training order for the group, then Goku and Gohan went to Kami's Lookout to enter the Hyperbolic Time Chamber. They found Mr. Popo alive, learned the chamber might work for travelers from another timeline, and were invited to try entering it.

• Tien Shinhan assigned Goku and Gohan to train first, followed by Trunks and Krillin, then Yamcha and Chiaotzu, with himself going last.
• Goku and Gohan flew to Kami's Lookout, where they found no sign of Kami and initially could not sense Mr. Popo.
• Mr. Popo revealed himself after keeping his ki concealed and recognized Goku as someone from another timeline.
• Goku explained their journey through time, and Mr. Popo said the Time Machine at Kami's Lookout was broken.
• Gohan told Mr. Popo that the androids had been eliminated and explained Tien Shinhan's plan to train in the chamber.
• Mr. Popo approved the plan, explained the chamber's precautions, and led Goku and Gohan to its entrance to try it.

Goku and Future Gohan entered the Hyperbolic Time Chamber to train and make Super Saiyan a form they could maintain with less stamina loss. They discovered the chamber’s extreme gravity and began a brutal sparring routine, ending the session bruised and eager to continue after resting.

• Goku and Gohan entered the Hyperbolic Time Chamber, and Mr. Popo noted that someone from another timeline could pass through its entrance.
• Goku and Gohan ate from the self-replenishing food in the chamber’s pavilion before exploring the training area.
• Goku and Gohan discovered that gravity increased by fifty times Earth’s gravity with each step away from the pavilion, reaching a stable five hundred times Earth’s gravity.
• Goku explained that he wanted to make Super Saiyan a normal state with lower stamina consumption, and Gohan agreed with the plan.
• Goku and Gohan transformed into Super Saiyans and sparred hand to hand until exhaustion forced them back into their base forms.
• Goku and Gohan laughed over their bruises, then went to replenish their energy before another round of sparring.

Goku and Gohan completed a year of training in the Hyperbolic Time Chamber, mastering the ability to keep Super Saiyan as their normal state. As Trunks and Krillin began their turn, Krillin pushed against the chamber’s crushing gravity and kept advancing despite severe injuries.

• Goku surpassed Gohan in maintaining Super Saiyan and, after a year of training, both made the transformation their normal state.
• Goku and Gohan left the Hyperbolic Time Chamber and told Trunks about their training approach.
• Trunks entered the chamber with Krillin and transformed into a Super Saiyan, asking Krillin to spar.
• Krillin struggled to move through the chamber’s gravity, triggered his Limit Breakthrough, and resisted Trunks’s offer to come closer.
• Krillin used Tenfold Kaioken to force himself forward several steps, mangling his legs as Trunks watched in admiration.

Krillin endured the Hyperbolic Time Chamber’s 500-times Earth gravity and awakened a dramatic increase in his power. After recovering, he asked Trunks to help him repeat the dangerous challenge, and stepped away to try again.

• Krillin took ten difficult steps into the chamber’s 500-times Earth gravity before collapsing unconscious, and Trunks carried him back to the rest area.
• Trunks used a Senzu Bean to heal Krillin and told him that he had kept moving after losing consciousness.
• Krillin discovered his power level had risen from just over 60,000 to 130,000 and attributed the breakthrough to his unlocked potential.
• Krillin asked Trunks to let him attempt the gravity challenge again, and Trunks agreed to use his three remaining Senzu Beans to heal him if needed.
• Krillin set out from the rest area to challenge the 500-times gravity again.

Krillin challenged the 500-times-Earth-gravity course again, reaching the tenth step while conscious and gaining strength despite severe injuries. After Trunks healed him with a Senzu Bean, Krillin explained why Tien Shinhan’s extreme training had shaped his power, then began a third attempt with his Power Level at 250,000.

• Krillin used Tenfold Kaioken to advance to the tenth step under increasing gravity, enduring pain and bleeding while his Power Level rose.
• Trunks carried the badly injured Krillin back to the rest area and gave him a Senzu Bean, which Krillin was able to eat himself.
• Trunks urged Krillin to stop, but Krillin said Tien Shinhan’s training was even more extreme and reflected how talent, comprehension, and will had combined to create his strength.
• Krillin realized that a Tien Shinhan who perfectly united those qualities was rare across timelines and worlds.
• Krillin began a third attempt with a Power Level of 250,000 and reached the tenth step with less blood loss than before.

Krillin pushed through repeated attempts at 500 times Earth's gravity until he could endure it without injury, then trained with Trunks in the Hyperbolic Time Chamber for a year and greatly increased his strength. They emerged to meet Yamcha and Chiaotzu, who brought Trunks more Senzu Beans on Tien Shinhan’s instructions, leaving everyone wondering how much Tien had anticipated.

• Krillin ate Senzu Beans and made repeated attempts to withstand 500 times Earth's gravity, finally reaching the tenth step without injury on his fifth try.
• Krillin’s Power Level rose to 500,000 during the attempts, and he continued training with Trunks until a year passed in the Hyperbolic Time Chamber.
• Krillin and Trunks left the chamber, where Yamcha and Chiaotzu were waiting; Yamcha was astonished by Krillin’s greatly increased strength.
• Krillin encouraged Yamcha to train hard, while Chiaotzu confirmed that Trunks had made Super Saiyan his normal state.
• Chiaotzu gave Trunks ten Senzu Beans from Tien Shinhan and revealed that Tien had expected Trunks to use up his earlier supply.

Chiaotzu explained that Tien Shinhan had anticipated Trunks and Krillin using up their Senzu Beans during training, impressing the others with his understanding of martial arts breakthroughs. Yamcha and Chiaotzu entered the Hyperbolic Time Chamber with twenty Senzu Beans, while Mr. Popo privately considered Tien's potential and went to record the events.

• Chiaotzu relayed Tien Shinhan's explanation that he had expected Krillin's repeated Limit Breakthrough attempts to leave Trunks using up his Senzu Beans.
• Krillin and Trunks praised Tien's insight, and Yamcha concluded that Tien had deliberately paired him with Chiaotzu to help them improve.
• Chiaotzu revealed that Tien had given him and Yamcha twenty Senzu Beans, and Yamcha vowed to endure whatever training it took to break through his limits.
• Yamcha and Chiaotzu entered the Hyperbolic Time Chamber, while Krillin and Trunks flew back toward the human stronghold.
• Mr. Popo reflected that Tien might reach a legendary realm of martial arts and went to record the unusual events in the stone book beneath Kami's Lookout.

Goku, Gohan, and Trunks faced Tien Shinhan in a sparring match after Trunks returned from the Hyperbolic Time Chamber. Their combined Super Kamehameha broke through Tien Shinhan’s Neo Tri-Beam, but the fight continued.

• Trunks returned to the human stronghold with Krillin and demonstrated that he could maintain Super Saiyan as his normal state.
• Goku and Gohan asked Trunks to join their rematch against Tien Shinhan, while Krillin agreed to referee.
• Tien Shinhan and the three Super Saiyans flew to an uninhabited desert and powered up for the fight.
• Tien Shinhan opened with a Neo Tri-Beam that overwhelmed the fighters’ auras.
• Goku, Gohan, and Trunks combined their Super Kamehamehas into a Triple Super Kamehameha that broke apart Tien Shinhan’s Neo Tri-Beam and surged toward him.