Recaps

Fortuneteller Baba used a ritual to strengthen Tapion’s Hero’s Flute, allowing it to quiet the evil within him. After learning that Hoi had been found, Turles ordered Android 17 and Android 18 to keep their distance and prepared to confront Hoi while Tapion stayed behind.

• Fortuneteller Baba began a ritual to purify and strengthen the Hero’s Flute, provoking the evil inside Tapion to emerge as a skull of black mist.
• Turles crushed the skull with his overwhelming pressure, allowing Fortuneteller Baba to complete the ritual.
• Tapion played the newly golden Hero’s Flute and found that it quieted the evil within him.
• Android 17 and Android 18 reported finding Hoi near an abandoned asteroid belt, and Turles ordered them to monitor him from afar because Hirudegarn’s lower half might be with him.
• Tapion said he could not accompany Turles, so Turles arranged for the two little ones to stay with Tapion and advised him to use the Hyperbolic Time Chamber if the flute could no longer suppress the evil.

Turles left for the South Galaxy to deal with Hoi and Hirudegarn’s lower half, unaware that Babidi had landed on Earth near Majin Buu’s sealed egg. Babidi and Hoi revealed their alliance and their plan to lure Turles away while Babidi prepared to revive Buu.

• Turles left Trunks and Son Goten to protect Tapion, then headed for the South Galaxy via Planet Yardrat.
• Babidi discovered Earth and Majin Buu’s sealed egg with his crystal ball, then landed his ship deep underground.
• Babidi contacted Hoi, who reported that the Frieza Force had stopped pursuing him.
• Babidi and Hoi used false auras and traces to lure Turles away from Earth while Hoi sought to free Hirudegarn.
• Babidi dismissed Dabura’s concern about Hoi’s trustworthiness and declared that he would use Majin Buu to conquer the universe.

Turles found the asteroid belt empty after Hoi’s signal vanished, while Tapion’s worsening connection to Hirudegarn revealed that the monster was being drawn toward its other half on Earth. Hoi and Babidi prepared to capture Tapion after he left the Lookout alone, as Kami searched Earth for the hidden evil.

• Turles arrived at the blocked asteroid belt, but Android 17 reported that Hoi’s signal had disappeared again.
• Tapion’s soul was wracked by pain, and he used the Hero’s Flute to suppress Hirudegarn’s evil before warning that Hirudegarn’s other half might be on Earth.
• Kami searched the planet with his divine senses but could not detect any immense evil Ki.
• Hoi and Babidi revealed that Hirudegarn’s other half was hidden in their spaceship and resolved to reunite the monster.
• Tapion left the Lookout alone for a desert, and Hoi and Babidi saw their chance to capture him.
• Kami continued searching from the Lookout while Trunks and Son Goten stood beside him.

Hoi reunited the two halves of Phantom Majin Hirudegarn after Tapion failed to stop the demon’s lower half, bringing the complete monster back into the world. Master Korin, Master Roshi, and Kami sensed the threat as Trunks and Son Goten flew toward it.

• Hoi confronted Tapion in the Gobi and summoned Hirudegarn’s lower half, declaring that he would restore the complete Phantom Majin.
• Tapion attacked the enormous leg with the Hero’s Sword, but Hirudegarn knocked him away and the sword flew from his grasp.
• Tapion’s injuries let the evil energy inside him erupt, while Hirudegarn’s lower half dissolved into dark energy.
• Hoi watched the two forces merge in the sky, and the complete Hirudegarn took shape and roared.
• Master Korin, Master Roshi, and Kami sensed Hirudegarn’s immense evil presence, while Trunks and Son Goten flew toward the threat.

On Earth, the restored Phantom Majin Hirudegarn attacked the wounded Tapion, but Gotenks intervened and battled the monster. As Gotenks kept Hirudegarn occupied, Tapion recovered with a Senzu Bean and charged at Hoi with his Hero’s Sword.

• The immense evil Ki from Hirudegarn reached Planet Yardrat, alarming Son Goku, Piccolo, Vegeta, and the others as Son Goku traced its source to Earth.
• Hoi ordered the restored Hirudegarn to kill Tapion, but Gotenks appeared and stopped the monster’s tail with his hands.
• Gotenks dragged Hirudegarn into the air and hurled him through several mountains before challenging him to a fight.
• Tapion healed his injuries with a Senzu Bean as Gotenks and Hirudegarn fought, with Hirudegarn using his intangibility to counter Gotenks’s attacks.
• Tapion took up his Hero’s Sword and charged at the shocked Hoi while Gotenks kept Hirudegarn occupied.

Dabura appeared to stop Tapion from killing Hoi, then faced Goku, Vegeta, and Piccolo as they arrived. Vegeta attacked Dabura and was swiftly beaten into a crater, prompting Goku and Piccolo to unleash their full power.

• Dabura appeared and blocked Tapion’s sword, saving Hoi and declaring that Babidi had called him their partner.
• Goku, Vegeta, and Piccolo arrived, noticed Gotenks fighting Hirudegarn, and turned their attention to Dabura.
• Dabura threatened the Saiyans, and Vegeta transformed into a Super Saiyan and charged at him despite Goku’s warning.
• Dabura caught Vegeta’s punch, struck him with his blade and knee, then smashed him into the ground with a blow to his back.
• Goku and Piccolo released their full power as Dabura dismissed them as no threat even if they attacked together.

Son Goku and Piccolo fought Dabura but were badly outmatched, while Gotenks battled Hirudegarn and Vegeta lay gravely injured. After restoring his strength with a Senzu Bean, Son Goku powered up alone, revealing a new form wreathed in golden lightning.

• Son Goku and Piccolo attacked Dabura together, but he emerged unharmed from Son Goku's Kamehameha and wounded Piccolo with a sword-energy slash.
• Dabura knocked Son Goku away and destroyed Piccolo's Special Beam Cannon with demonic flames, leaving both fighters injured and exhausted.
• Son Goku saw that Vegeta could not fight and that the battles between Gotenks and Hirudegarn remained unresolved, so he asked Piccolo for a Senzu Bean.
• Son Goku ate the bean, healed, and told Piccolo to protect the hero while he tried something alone.
• Son Goku unleashed an immense surge of Ki, and a new form appeared amid golden lightning as Dabura and Vegeta watched.

Son Goku transformed into Super Saiyan 2 and overwhelmed Dabura in their fight. After dodging Dabura’s petrifying spit, Goku battered him until he fell and could no longer get up.

• Son Goku recalled how he had developed Super Saiyan 2 after failing to match Turles’s power, and his transformation stabilized under pressure from Dabura.
• Vegeta and Piccolo were shocked by Goku’s new form as Dabura attacked him with his blade.
• Goku caught Dabura’s blade between two fingers, snapped it, then kicked Dabura through several mountain peaks.
• Dabura launched another attack with a giant demonic-flame blade, but his strikes failed to harm Goku.
• Dabura feigned exhaustion and spat petrifying saliva at Goku, but Piccolo warned him and Goku dodged.
• Goku struck Dabura with a rapid barrage, leaving him bloodied on the ground and unable to rise.

Babidi watched Goku and Gotenks’s battle with Hirudegarn, delighted as the energy collector filled and Majin Buu’s egg began to awaken. Gotenks overwhelmed Hirudegarn with a series of attacks, but after his final blast, strange cracks appeared across the monster’s back as its aura gathered anew.

• Babidi watched Dabura being beaten and celebrated as the energy collector filled and Majin Buu’s egg began to throb and crack.
• Goku ended his Super Saiyan 2 transformation while Gotenks adapted to Hirudegarn’s intangibility and landed a heavy punch.
• Gotenks bombarded Hirudegarn with homing Ki Waves, restrained him with Continuous Super Donuts, and struck him with a Meteor Death Beam.
• Hirudegarn remained motionless and apparently unharmed after the blast, while Gotenks prepared another attack.
• A strange sound came from Hirudegarn as its weakened aura gathered into a colder, purer force and cracks spread across its back.

Hirudegarn shed his shell and overwhelmed Gotenks, but Tapion used the Hero's Flute to weaken the monster and draw its evil power into himself. As Tapion began to succumb to the possession, he ordered Gotenks to take him to the Lookout.

• Hirudegarn emerged from his shell in a more powerful form and struck Gotenks into a crater.
• Gotenks fought back, but Hirudegarn turned intangible, then trapped him with his tail and prepared to crush him.
• Tapion played the Hero's Flute, forcing Hirudegarn to dissolve into black mist and drawing the monster's power into his body.
• Tapion collapsed in agony as Hirudegarn's evil aura began consuming him.
• Tapion told Gotenks to follow the plan and take him to the Lookout, and Gotenks hurried away with him.

Tapion asked Kami to seal him and Hirudegarn inside the Hyperbolic Time Chamber, but Trunks and Son Goten insisted on joining him. After the chamber door closed, Hirudegarn’s Ki vanished as Turles’s fleet neared the North Galaxy.

• Gotenks brought the suffering Tapion to Kami's Lookout, where the fusion ended and Trunks and Son Goten supported him.
• Tapion asked Kami to lock him in the Hyperbolic Time Chamber, revealing that he had used himself as bait to absorb and seal Hirudegarn.
• Trunks and Son Goten refused to let Tapion enter alone and promised to help hold off Hirudegarn and bring him back.
• The chamber door closed with Tapion, Trunks, and Son Goten inside, and Kami and Mr. Popo sensed that Hirudegarn’s Ki had vanished.
• Turles hurried back toward the North Galaxy and sensed the vast evil Ki disappear as his fleet approached the boundary.

Tapion, Trunks, and Son Goten faced Hirudegarn after Tapion lost control of the monster, and Trunks and Son Goten fused into Gotenks to fight it. Gotenks escaped the Hyperbolic Time Chamber with Tapion, but Tapion immediately struck the closed door with his sword.

• Tapion's hold over Hirudegarn broke, and the monster emerged in the Hyperbolic Time Chamber.
• Trunks and Son Goten fused into Super Saiyan Gotenks and attacked Hirudegarn, but the monster's strength and intangibility gave it the advantage.
• Tapion played the Hero's Flute to restrain Hirudegarn, letting Gotenks strike with his Super Ghost Kamikaze Attack and drive the monster back.
• Tapion's strength faded, so Gotenks blasted Hirudegarn away and carried Tapion toward the chamber's exit.
• Gotenks and Tapion escaped through the door as Hirudegarn pursued them, and Tapion sprang up and struck the closed door with his sword.

Tapion, Trunks, and Son Goten sealed Phantom Majin Hirudegarn inside the Hyperbolic Time Chamber and celebrated their survival at the Lookout. Son Goku and Vegeta returned with the unconscious Hoi, who realized Hirudegarn was gone for good.

• The door to the Hyperbolic Time Chamber shattered, trapping Hirudegarn inside as Tapion and Gotenks emerged battered but alive.
• Gotenks split into Trunks and Son Goten, and the boys ate a feast with Tapion at the Lookout.
• Son Goku, Piccolo, and Vegeta arrived at the Lookout with the unconscious Hoi, prompting Trunks and Son Goten to hide their faces beneath helmets.
• Tapion told Son Goku that they had sealed Hirudegarn somewhere it could never escape, and Son Goku realized they had used the Hyperbolic Time Chamber.
• Kami and Piccolo avoided one another, while Hoi woke enough to understand that Hirudegarn was gone and became distraught.

After Hoi’s defeat, Son Goku praised Son Goten and Trunks for their Fusion and suggested that he and the others try it. Before anyone could respond, the clear sky cracked and split open above Kami's Lookout.

• Son Goku lamented that even as a Super Saiyan 2 he had been unable to defeat Hoi, and Vegeta reacted to hearing about the transformation.
• Son Goku found Son Goten and Trunks resting in a side hall and praised them for saving everyone with Fusion.
• Son Goku suggested that he, Piccolo, and Vegeta use Fusion to gain enough power to challenge Turles, but Piccolo and Vegeta rejected the idea.
• A crashing sound rang across the sky, and space above Kami's Lookout twisted and split open.

Hirudegarn escaped the Hyperbolic Time Chamber by tearing open a spatial rift and unleashed a devastating Ki Blast rain across Earth. After Son Goku and Piccolo were defeated, Gotenks stood alone against Hirudegarn and urged everyone to flee.

• Hirudegarn emerged from a crack in the sky above Kami's Lookout, shocking Son Goku, Piccolo, Vegeta, and Tapion.
• After spending more than a month trapped in the Hyperbolic Time Chamber, Hirudegarn tore a spatial rift open with his raging power and escaped.
• Hirudegarn fired a dark-red pillar of destructive energy that burst into Ki Blasts raining down across Earth.
• Son Goku and Piccolo charged Hirudegarn, but he swatted them aside and left them badly injured and unable to fight.
• Trunks and Son Goten fused into Gotenks, who stood between Hirudegarn and the others and told them to run.

Gotenks was defeated by Hirudegarn but stood up again to protect the injured defenders and fired a Meteor Death Beam. The attack overwhelmed Hirudegarn’s blast, and Turles revealed that he had helped Gotenks.

• Gotenks fought Hirudegarn but was badly injured and lost his golden aura.
• Hoi ordered Hirudegarn to kill everyone at the Lookout.
• Gotenks stood between Hirudegarn and the wounded defenders, determined to protect Earth.
• Gotenks fired a Meteor Death Beam that pushed back and engulfed Hirudegarn’s attack.
• Turles revealed his hand above Gotenks’s head and told him he had protected everyone.

Turles arrived at Kami's Lookout and reassured Gotenks before confronting a weakened Hirudegarn. After Hirudegarn killed Hoi, Turles charged the demon god as the others watched and Tapion blamed himself for Earth's destruction.

• Turles praised Gotenks, gave him Senzu Beans, and sent him to help the wounded Son Goku, Piccolo, Vegeta, and the others.
• Turles faced Hirudegarn, whose aura had weakened after taking his Meteor Death Beam by surprise.
• Hoi urged Hirudegarn to kill Turles, but Hirudegarn struck Hoi with its tail and killed him.
• Son Goku and Piccolo noticed Hirudegarn had been weakened, while Kami, Gotenks, and Vegeta took heart from Turles's arrival.
• Tapion blamed himself for bringing Hirudegarn to Earth as Turles charged the demon god with his full strength.

Turles overwhelmed Hirudegarn and pursued him until the fighters cornered the demon in a canyon. Before the final battle could begin, an immense evil Ki erupted from deep within the Earth.

• Turles beat Hirudegarn back with a barrage of attacks, forcing him to flee as black mist.
• Turles pursued Hirudegarn, while Gotenks, Son Goku, Piccolo, and Vegeta followed.
• Hirudegarn fired Ki Blasts at the ground to disrupt Turles's pursuit, but Turles used Instant Transmission to block his escape.
• Gotenks, Son Goku, Piccolo, and Vegeta surrounded Hirudegarn in a canyon as Turles prepared to attack.
• The Earth shook, and a vast evil aura erupted from deep underground, startling Turles and the others.

Majin Buu emerged from beneath the earth and singled out Turles, then spotted Tapion as he unleashed pink mist across the canyon. Deep underground, Babidi watched and confirmed that Tapion was the target.

• Majin Buu burst from beneath the earth in a pillar of pink light, stunning everyone with his immense aura.
• Majin Buu playfully inspected the group, then turned hostile and declared that he would kill Turles.
• Majin Buu searched the canyon and fixed his attention on Tapion, who held the Hero's Sword.
• Majin Buu inflated his body and blasted pink mist across the canyon, engulfing the group.
• Babidi watched Tapion through his crystal ball and confirmed that he was the target.

Babidi realized that Hoi’s death had ruined his plan to control Hirudegarn, but he saw a new opportunity in Tapion’s flute. On the surface, Majin Buu ambushed and absorbed Tapion, emerging in a transformed form with Tapion’s clothes, sword, and flute.

• Babidi watched Turles and Gotenks display power greater than Majin Buu’s and lamented that Hoi had died before he could use him to control Hirudegarn.
• Babidi recognized that Tapion’s Hero’s Flute could suppress Hirudegarn and regained hope.
• Majin Buu filled the canyon with pink mist and hid his presence as Turles, Son Goku, Vegeta, Piccolo, and Gotenks cleared the fog with their auras.
• Turles sensed Majin Buu gathering behind Tapion and rushed to warn him, but Buu’s flesh net engulfed Tapion before he could escape.
• Majin Buu absorbed Tapion and transformed, taking on Tapion’s green hero’s garb and appearing with the Hero’s Sword and Hero’s Flute.

Majin Buu tested his new Hero Buu form against Gotenks, then turned toward Hirudegarn in an attempt to absorb him. Turles shattered Hero Buu’s sword attack, prompting Hirudegarn and Buu to attack Turles together.

• Hero Buu blocked Gotenks’s furious punch with Tapion’s Hero’s Sword and evaded his barrage of attacks.
• Hero Buu judged his new power insufficient to defeat Turles and rushed to devour the weakened Hirudegarn.
• Turles raced toward Hirudegarn, forcing Hero Buu to attack him with a massive golden sword Ki.
• Turles caught and shattered the sword Ki with his bare hand.
• Hirudegarn charged Turles, and Majin Buu joined him in a coordinated attack.

Turles struggled against Hirudegarn and Majin Buu while the others were unable to help. With Gotenks's Fusion ending and his own strength wearing down, Turles began channeling his Super Saiyan power into his tail, revealing a strange new state.

• Majin Buu kept his distance from Turles, attacked alongside Hirudegarn, and healed Hirudegarn's wounds with pink light.
• Gotenks rushed to help Turles, but his Fusion time expired and Trunks and Son Goten separated in midair.
• With the others too injured to intervene, Turles realized Hirudegarn and Majin Buu could wear him down if the fight continued.
• Turles kicked Hirudegarn away, then began pouring his Super Saiyan Ki into his thrashing tail.
• Dark red lightning mixed with Turles's golden aura, alarming Son Goku, Vege, and Majin Buu.

Turles used the power awakened in his tail to overwhelm Hirudegarn and ambush Majin Buu with Spirit Fission. He left Majin Buu terrified after draining some of his power, though the strain and instability of Turles’s new state remained.

• Turles activated the ferocity factor in his tail, gaining a major boost in strength and speed at the cost of control, stamina, and Ki.
• Turles battered Hirudegarn, using the monster’s body and black mist to conceal his approach toward Majin Buu.
• Turles appeared above Majin Buu and pierced his chest with a Spirit Fission punch.
• Majin Buu healed the hole in his body but lost power, dropped the Hero's Sword, and struggled to suppress an urge to vomit.
• Majin Buu stared at Turles in fear.

Turles pursued Majin Buu and Hirudegarn, but Majin Buu used the Hero's Flute to drive Hirudegarn into a rampage and then swallowed him. The fused creature released a terrifying Ki, and Turles called for the Senzu Beans as the others struggled under its pressure.

• Majin Buu fled from Turles and ordered Hirudegarn to block his path, threatening him with the Hero's Flute.
• Turles battered Hirudegarn into a canyon, while Majin Buu escaped and Hirudegarn turned intangible to hide.
• Turles searched for Majin Buu, then returned when he sensed something was wrong and found Hirudegarn losing control to the flute's melody.
• Turles pursued Hirudegarn's black mist until the flute music stopped and Majin Buu's flesh enveloped and swallowed Hirudegarn.
• Turles's Ki Blasts failed to harm the mass, which released a powerful Ki combining Majin Buu and Hirudegarn's energy.
• Turles called for the Senzu Beans, and Trunks threw him the bag.

Phantom Majin Buu emerged as a colossal demon god and blasted Son Goku, Vegeta, Piccolo, and the two little ones away with his roar. Turles restored his strength with a Senzu Bean and attacked, but Phantom Majin Buu’s shifting, intangible body made his Spirit Fission useless.

• Phantom Majin Buu burst from the pink sphere, revealed his monstrous form, and sent Son Goku, Vegeta, Piccolo, and the two little ones flying with his roar.
• Turles ate the Senzu Bean, regained his stamina and Ki, and steadied his Super Saiyan power.
• Phantom Majin Buu taunted Turles, who rushed in and punched through his body after it turned into black mist.
• Phantom Majin Buu struck Turles with a sudden counterattack, numbing his arm and sending him flying.
• Turles launched a rapid assault, but Phantom Majin Buu repeatedly turned intangible or twisted away from his attacks.