Recaps

Android 17 and Android 18 overwhelmed Cacao, but Tien Shinhan used three Tri-Beams to pin them in a pit. As Tien neared collapse, a tall stranger with an orange-red mohawk emerged from the shadows.

• Cacao fought Android 17 and Android 18, but their relentless attacks damaged his armor and exhausted his energy.
• Android 17 and Android 18 overpowered Cacao, and Android 18 destroyed him with a point-blank Ki Wave.
• Tien Shinhan attacked Android 17 and Android 18 with three Tri-Beams, trapping them in a deep pit while burning through his life force.
• As Tien's consciousness began to fade, a tall stranger in a green jacket emerged from the passage shadows.

Android 16 arrived at the base and easily overpowered Android 17 and Android 18, saving Tien Shinhan from having to use his desperate technique. He continued toward the wreckage to capture the two androids and take them back to Dr. Gero.

• Android 16 identified Android 17 and Android 18 and ordered them to stop resisting and return to Dr. Gero.
• Android 17 and Android 18 attacked Android 16 together, but he endured their blows and seized Android 18.
• Android 16 used Android 18 to smash Android 17, sending both androids crashing through the base.
• Tien Shinhan landed beside Chiaotzu, who celebrated that they were saved and Tien would not need to use his move.
• Dr. Gero was pleased with Android 16's combat power as Android 16 advanced to capture Android 17 and Android 18.

Android 16 defeated Android 17 and Android 18 after they went on a destructive rampage at the Planet Turles base. Dr. Gero discovered an unexplained signal in their consciousnesses, while a shadow that escaped from Android 18 began taking shape elsewhere in the base.

• Android 17 and Android 18 attacked Android 16, but he overpowered them and left them unable to move.
• Android 17 and Android 18 destroyed buildings and facilities while fleeing Android 16, and a strange black shadow slipped from Android 18 into the underground ventilation ducts.
• Android 16 brought Android 17 and Android 18 back to the lab, where they entered forced hibernation in examination pods.
• Dr. Gero planned a major overhaul for Cacao and asked Android 19 why Android 17 and Android 18 had gone out of control.
• Android 19 reported that an unexplained external signal had appeared in their primary consciousnesses and then vanished.
• A pool of silver fluid in a hidden corner of the base gathered into a vague humanoid shape and formed an eerie smile.

Slug rallied the escaped dead in an asteroid belt by promising immortality through freedom from Hell’s rules and urging them to fight the Frieza Force. Bardock, secretly among the crowd, questioned the universe’s state before a sudden force swept him and the others into the air.

• Slug told the dead that the Frieza Force was purging escaped villains and sending them back to Hell.
• Slug promised immortality to anyone who joined him in breaking free of Hell’s rules and opposing the Frieza Force.
• The dead rallied around Slug, while Bardock slipped away from the crowd and learned that Saiyans served in the Frieza Force.
• Bardock revealed himself as a Saiyan Low-Class Warrior who had escaped Hell during the chaos caused by Janemba.
• Slug called for the dead to offer up their souls, but a powerful suction force seized Bardock and the crowd and pulled them skyward.

Dr. Lychee and Dr. Myuu argued over recruiting Dr. Gero while preparing their revenge against the Saiyans and Frieza. On Grand Kai's Planet, Turles practiced sensing attacks without thought, survived a punishing session with Pikkon and Olibu, and asked Merus if he could train in a more dignified way.

• Dr. Lychee celebrated the growing resentment energy in the collector, while Dr. Myuu studied Android 17 and Android 18 and proposed making Dr. Gero an ally.
• Dr. Myuu warned that Frieza as well as the Super Saiyan stood in their way, then displayed an image of a colossal silver sphere.
• Pikkon and Olibu attacked Turles while Merus instructed him to stop predicting their moves and let his body sense the attacks.
• Turles closed his eyes and evaded Olibu's grab through instinct, impressing Pikkon and Olibu.
• Pikkon and Olibu unleashed their full-power attacks, blasting Turles into the ground.
• Merus helped the battered Turles sit down, and Turles asked whether there was a more dignified way to train.

Turles trained with Merus to awaken instinctive movement, but Jaco arrived with news that Planet Turles had been attacked, prompting Merus and Turles to leave. On Planet Konats, Son Goku, Vegeta, and Piccolo defeated the Phantom Majin, and Tapion thanked them.

• Merus told Turles that his body had dodged on instinct and proposed training him with different battle rhythms.
• Turles meditated on Grand Kai's Planet until Jaco arrived and reported that Planet Turles had suffered severe damage in an attack.
• Turles erupted with anger and asked who was responsible, but Jaco said the message gave no attacker and claimed the situation was under control.
• Merus ended their training and told Turles they would return to the world of the living.
• On Planet Konats, the Phantom Majin disappeared, Hoi despaired, and the fused Saiyans separated into Son Goku and Vegeta before Piccolo caught them.
• Tapion thanked Son Goku, Vegeta, and Piccolo for saving Planet Konats, and Piccolo remarked that he had not expected the two Saiyans to fuse.

An emergency assembly drew the Force’s strongest units back to Planet Turles, where Dr. Myuu revealed that Baby had taken control of Android 17, Dr. Gero, and the Force’s warriors. The chapter ended with Android 16 and Cacao awakening in a recovery pod.

• After the Force communicator delivered a new mission, Son Goku told the others that they had to respond.
• Amond and Daiz received an unusual order from Planet Turles’s central control room and headed for the designated coordinates.
• Android 13, Android 14, and Android 15 abandoned their mission and departed after receiving orders.
• Dr. Myuu arrived at Planet Turles and was greeted by Android 17, Dr. Gero, and thousands of Force warriors under Baby’s control.
• Dr. Myuu praised Baby and Dr. Gero, then declared his plan to kill the Saiyans and destroy the Frieza Force.
• Android 16 and Cacao opened their red eyes while lying in a recovery pod.

Frieza and his commanders prepared for an unknown invasion after losing contact with Planet Turles. A vast Metal Planet survived their orbital bombardment and approached Planet Frieza, where a returning figure revealed himself as Frieza’s older brother.

• Captain Ginyu returned to Planet Frieza and told Frieza that Turles had gone to Hell with the Galactic Patrol.
• Zarbon revealed that contact with Planet Turles had also been lost, and Frieza suspected the trouble might reach his own planet.
• Planet Frieza’s red alert sounded, and Frieza led Captain Ginyu, Zarbon, and Dodoria to welcome the approaching threat.
• Planet Frieza’s forces and orbital defenses attacked the incoming object, but their beams vanished against its surface.
• The invader revealed itself as a massive silver Metal Planet that blocked the light and disturbed the planet with its gravity.
• A humanoid appeared above the Metal Planet and greeted Frieza as his little brother, saying he had returned from Hell to see him.

Cooler brought the Metal Planet to Planet Frieza and unleashed pink gas that summoned Frieza’s old enemies. Frieza faced the gathering forces with confidence as Phantom Majin-Hirudegarn emerged and Babidi and Yakon watched from hiding.

• Frieza and Cooler exchanged threats as the Metal Planet loomed over Planet Frieza.
• Cooler released an invisible gas, then used it to summon Slug beside him.
• The gas gathered into Elec, Oil, Maki, and Jass, who confronted Frieza.
• Bojack and four Hera Clan warriors emerged from the gas and joined the attackers.
• Phantom Majin-Hirudegarn rose from the pink gas as Frieza remarked that he would be busy.
• Babidi and Yakon appeared in a concealed corner and called for chaos.

Metal Cooler unleashed an army of resurrected dead against Frieza’s forces, whose attacks could not keep the enemies down. As Frieza faced the assembled avengers, Slug broke their hesitation and launched the first strike.

• Metal Cooler sent the army of dead souls charging toward Planet Frieza, and Frieza recognized his brother’s revenge plot.
• The Frieza Force fired on the attackers, but the dead rapidly reassembled in pink gas after being destroyed.
• The Ginyu Force, Zarbon, and Dodoria joined the battle, yet their attacks also failed to stop the resurrecting enemies.
• Frieza rose to confront the avengers and asked how they would begin their revenge.
• Slug charged Frieza and brought his clasped fists down in a powerful overhead strike.

Frieza effortlessly defeated Slug and the assembled avengers, including Bojack, the Hera Warriors, Metal Cooler’s clones, and Hirudegarn. The enemies regenerated through an unknown power and declared themselves immortal, leaving Frieza to face a more troublesome fight.

• Frieza stopped Slug’s punch with one finger, then struck him aside and mocked his power.
• Bojack and the Hera Warriors attacked alongside Jass, Metal Cooler’s clone army, and Hirudegarn, but Frieza killed Jass and the Hera Warriors and drove Bojack back.
• Frieza destroyed Metal Cooler’s clones with Death Beams, but Hirudegarn caught him with a surprise blast and forced him to take the beast seriously.
• Frieza seized Hirudegarn’s tail, hurled it into Metal Cooler, and sliced Hirudegarn apart with crossed lasers.
• Metal Cooler laughed as the defeated avengers reassembled, and Slug told Frieza that they were immortal.

Bardock watched the Frieza Force struggle against an undead army and questioned where he belonged in the war. New reinforcements arrived, including Prince Vegeta, and a powerful Kamehameha wiped out undead that could not otherwise be destroyed.

• Bardock hid near the battlefield, recognized a Heeters Family fighter from Planet Cereal, and wondered whether to fight Frieza or join the undead.
• Bardock searched for his fellow Saiyans and recalled rumors that a Saiyan had become the Frieza Force's second-in-command.
• A giant Namekian and three energy shields tore through the undead, while the Frieza Force soldiers and Ginyu Force cheered for the reinforcements.
• A burly alien and a handsome young man fused their energies into a Ki Wave and stabilized a collapsing defense line.
• Bardock recognized the black-haired Saiyan standing above the battlefield as Prince Vegeta.
• A vast azure Kamehameha swept through the undead army and vaporized both the enemies and their pink gas.

Dr. Myuu ordered Android 17, Android 18, and Android 19 to capture Android 13, Android 14, and Android 15 while Son Goku, Piccolo, and Vegeta struggled against the undead army on Planet Frieza. Bardock and Son Goku both noticed a fighter who looked just like them, and the chapter left Son Goku confronting the mysterious double.

• Dr. Lychee caught Dr. Gero wandering through the Metal Planet and escorted him to the main control room.
• Dr. Myuu praised Dr. Gero’s androids and sent Android 17, Android 18, and Android 19 to capture Android 13, Android 14, and Android 15.
• Bardock spotted a fighter who looked almost identical to him as Son Goku’s Kamehameha cleared a path through the undead.
• Son Goku and Piccolo struggled against the undead as pink gas restored their shattered bodies.
• Vegeta joined the fight and unleashed the Prince's Tactics against the undead despite his resentment toward Frieza.
• A mysterious fighter rescued Son Goku from an undead attack, and Son Goku exclaimed that the figure looked like him.

Bardock learned that Son Goku was his son Kakarot, heard that Raditz was doing well, and let go of his old burdens as they fought the undead together. After Bardock revealed that the Metal Planet was producing the poisonous Ki of Utter Death, Piccolo targeted it with a concentrated attack.

• Bardock recognized Son Goku as his son after learning he had grown up on Earth, but Son Goku did not know Bardock or understand why he called him Kakarot.
• Son Goku told Bardock that Frieza had changed and that the Saiyans had brought their destruction upon themselves, leaving Bardock stunned before he accepted the turn of events.
• Bardock asked about Raditz, and Son Goku said his brother was doing well and living an easy life.
• Bardock warned Son Goku that the undead could not be killed while the Metal Planet released poisonous Ki of Utter Death.
• Piccolo heard Bardock's warning, cleared a wide area of undead with a powerful blast, and began charging a concentrated Ki attack at the Metal Planet.

Piccolo’s Special Beam Cannon failed to penetrate Metal Planet’s shield, and Android 17, Android 18, and Android 19 attacked Android 13, Android 14, and Android 15. Bojack and the Hera Warriors blocked Son Goku and Vegeta from intervening, and both Saiyans transformed into golden-haired warriors, leaving Bardock wondering if they were Super Saiyans.

• Piccolo fired his Special Beam Cannon at Metal Planet, but its energy shield absorbed the attack.
• Android 17, Android 18, and Android 19 emerged from Metal Planet and attacked Android 13, Android 14, and Android 15; Android 18’s Ki Wave sent Android 13 crashing into the ground.
• Son Goku and Piccolo noticed the attack and moved to help, but Bojack and the four Hera Warriors blocked their path.
• Bojack challenged Vegeta over their score on Planet Konats, and Vegeta met him in battle.
• The Hera Warriors surrounded Son Goku, but he unleashed his Ki and threw off their attacks.
• Son Goku and Vegeta both transformed with golden auras, and Bardock wondered if they had become Super Saiyans.

Piccolo, Son Goku, Vegeta, and Frieza tried to break the stalemate by targeting the Metal Planet, but the pink gas began draining their Ki before they could attack. The four warriors were left weakened as the battlefield’s danger mounted.

• Piccolo mocked Slug, kicked him into the ruins, and severed Jass’s arm with a Ki blade.
• Frieza fought off the Metal Cooler copies and Phantom Majin Hirudegarn while Son Goku realized they had to destroy the Metal Planet to stop the regenerating enemies.
• Son Goku struck the Four Hera Warriors away and signaled Piccolo and Vegeta to join him and Frieza in attacking the Metal Planet.
• Piccolo blasted Slug and Jass back, Vegeta charged his Final Flash, Son Goku prepared a Kamehameha, and Frieza formed a planet-destroying attack.
• The pink gas drained the Ki of Son Goku, Vegeta, Piccolo, and Frieza, causing their charged attacks to collapse.

The Ki of Utter Death weakened Son Goku, Vegeta, Piccolo, and Frieza as their enemies gained the upper hand. Android 16 and Cacao attacked Metal Planet’s energy core while Dr. Gero revealed he had resisted Baby’s control and blocked Dr. Myuu and Dr. Lychee’s escape.

• The Ki of Utter Death drained the fighters’ strength, letting Slug, Bojack, Metal Cooler, and the others beat them down.
• Dr. Myuu and Dr. Lychee ordered the avengers to kill their weakened opponents while Dr. Gero watched silently.
• Android 16 and Cacao emerged from their stasis pods and began bombarding Metal Planet’s energy core.
• The attack shook Planet Frieza and shattered Metal Planet’s energy shield as the fighters neared defeat.
• Dr. Myuu and Dr. Lychee tried to leave the control room, but Dr. Gero blocked the door and revealed he had preserved his loyalty to the General from Baby’s control.

Frieza regained his power and transformed into Golden Frieza, then destroyed the Metal Planet that sustained the undead army. As the immortality of his enemies failed, Dr. Gero, Android 16, and Cacao escaped toward the battlefield.

• Son Goku, Vegeta, and Piccolo felt their strength return as the pink gas dissipated.
• Frieza rose above the battlefield, transformed into Golden Frieza, and overwhelmed everyone with his power.
• Golden Frieza fired a thin golden ray that pierced the Metal Planet and destroyed its energy source.
• Slug and the undead army began turning transparent as their immortal bodies failed.
• Dr. Gero, Android 16, and Cacao escaped the exploding Metal Planet and flew toward the battlefield.

After the Metal Planet’s destruction, the Ki of Utter Death faded and the dead warriors disappeared, including Bardock, who said goodbye to Son Goku. Dr. Gero then revealed that the Grudge Collector had survived and was absorbing the dead’s resentment, and Frieza’s attack failed to stop it.

• The pink gas dispersed, restoring the survivors’ Ki as Slug, Bojack, Jass, and the other dead warriors dissolved into light.
• Bardock began to disappear, and Son Goku called him “Dad” before Bardock faded away after saying goodbye.
• Dr. Gero warned that the catastrophe was not over and pointed out a heart-shaped mechanical core protected by a dark red shield.
• Dr. Gero identified the core as the Grudge Collector and said it was gathering the grudges of the dead.
• The dead’s resentful voices surged into the core, and Frieza’s Death Beam was absorbed by its shield.
• Dr. Gero said the core had gathered the grudges of the dead souls who escaped from Hell and warned that something was coming out.

Hatchiyack emerged from the core of resentment and fought Golden Frieza while the other warriors tried to contain the controlled androids. As Vegeta watched the battle, a silver substance began seeping toward him from a crack in the ground.

• Hatchiyack formed from the core of resentment and fixed his hatred on Frieza.
• Frieza attacked Hatchiyack, and the two clashed in a fierce battle high above the warriors.
• Dr. Gero warned that a parasitic android could choose a host, and the warriors attacked Android 17, Android 18, and Android 19 from a distance.
• Cacao incapacitated Android 19, while Android 17 and Android 18 escaped and were pursued by Son Goku and the others.
• Vegeta watched Frieza and Hatchiyack fight as a silver substance crept from a crack in the ground beneath him.

Vegeta helped Son Goku, Piccolo, Android 16, and Cacao capture Android 17 and Android 18, but his strange, fleeting smiles hinted that something was wrong. He then joined Son Goku and Piccolo in offering to help Golden Frieza against Hatchiyack, while the three hovered behind Frieza with eerie smiles and glowing red eyes.

• Vegeta blocked Android 17 and Android 18 from escaping into the rift and attacked them alongside Cacao.
• Son Goku and Piccolo caught up, and the five fighters subdued Android 17 and Android 18.
• Dr. Gero ordered Android 16 and Cacao to take the captured androids to the hibernation chambers.
• Vegeta smiled strangely as Son Goku thanked him, then joined Son Goku and Piccolo in flying up to Golden Frieza's battle with Hatchiyack.
• Son Goku, Vegeta, and Piccolo offered to help Frieza, but he told them to leave as eerie smiles and dark-red lights appeared in their eyes.

Turles returned to the devastated base on Planet Turles and questioned Tien Shinhan and the others about the battle and Dr. Gero’s whereabouts. After Merus confirmed that Planet Frieza had also been invaded, Turles decided to go there, leaving Jaco surprised that he might have to come along.

• Turles, Merus, and Jaco landed at the ruined base on Planet Turles and were greeted by soldiers who addressed Turles as General.
• Turles noticed that the soldiers and Tien Shinhan, Chiaotzu, Reiz, and Lakasei seemed unnaturally lifeless as they reported that space pirates had been defeated.
• Tien Shinhan said Dr. Gero had gone to Planet Frieza, while Reiz and Lakasei explained that the base’s communications equipment was damaged and long-range communications were cut off.
• Merus checked the Galactic Patrol intelligence network and confirmed that Planet Frieza had recently suffered a large-scale invasion by a giant metal planet.
• Turles told Jaco that they were going straight to Planet Frieza, and Jaco asked in surprise whether he was going too.

Turles went to Planet Frieza to learn what had caused his ominous sense of danger and found the ruined base full of unresponsive soldiers. He entered Frieza’s throne room, where Frieza sat waiting, leaving Turles’s discovery unresolved.

• Turles admitted to Merus that he sensed danger but insisted on going to Planet Frieza to investigate.
• Turles told Jaco to go to Earth and retrieve something that might come in handy.
• Turles arrived at Planet Frieza and found the destroyed base and its soldiers behaving like mindless workers who ignored him.
• Turles walked through the palace and passed the motionless Ginyu Force, Zarbon, Dodoria, Amond, and Daiz.
• Turles opened the throne room doors and saw Frieza seated on his throne with three bizarre lines extending from above his eyes and below his lips.

Turles confronted the impostor on Frieza’s throne and learned that he was Baby, the embodiment of Tuffle hatred, who planned to replace Frieza’s forces and rule the universe. Baby surrounded Turles with his possessed former subordinates and challenged him to fight them as a “welcoming ceremony.”

• Turles surveyed the hall and found Son Goku, Vegeta, Piccolo, Android 17, Android 18, and Android 19, but saw no sign of Dr. Gero.
• Turles recognized that the figure wearing Frieza’s face was not the king, prompting the impostor to reveal himself as Baby.
• Baby blamed the Saiyans for the Tuffles’ destruction and declared that he would kill Turles, assimilate the Saiyans, and make the Tuffle Force rule the universe.
• Turles rejected Baby’s demand that he repay the Tuffles for the Saiyans’ crimes and threatened to send Baby to Hell to settle the score himself.
• Son Goku, Piccolo, Vegeta, Android 17, Android 18, and Android 19 unleashed their auras and surrounded Turles while Baby challenged him to surrender or kill his former subordinates.

Turles defeated Vegeta, Son Goku, Piccolo, Android 19, Android 17, and Android 18 without killing them, but Baby summoned Hatchiyack to challenge him. Hatchiyack’s overwhelming power sent Turles crashing into the ruins, and Turles spotted a figure in the sky as he recovered.

• Vegeta attacked Turles as a Super Saiyan, but Turles knocked him into the wall and buried him in rubble.
• Son Goku and Piccolo attacked together, but Turles incapacitated both and crushed Son Goku’s energy wave with his hand.
• Android 19, Android 17, and Android 18 joined the fight, but Turles swiftly knocked all three down.
• Baby mocked Turles for holding back and summoned Hatchiyack, a monster formed from resentment and hatred.
• Hatchiyack struck Turles with overwhelming force, and Baby explained that resistance made Hatchiyack’s hatred and power grow.
• Turles recovered in the ruins and noticed a figure high in the sky.