Dragon Ball Z: The World's Strongest

Dragon Ball Z: The World's Strongest (ドラゴンボールＺゼット　この世よで一いち番ばん強つよいヤツ, Doragon Bōru Zetto　Konoyo de Ichiban Tsuyoi Yatsu, lit. Dragon Ball Z: The World's Strongest Guy) also known as Dragon Ball Z: The Strongest Guy in the World,^[2] is the fifth Dragon Ball film and the second under the Dragon Ball Z banner.

It originally premiered on March 10, 1990 at the Toei Cartoon Festival (along with movies from the Akuma-kun and Sally the Witch series). It was first translated into English by Funimation through Ocean Productions in 1998. Funimation's subtitle is The World's Strongest, while AB Groupe's is The Strongest Guy in the World which was also used by Speedy.

Summary[]

The movie begins with Gohan and Oolong searching for the Dragon Balls that have all been gathered in the frozen Tsurumai-Tsuburi Mountains, a place where the ice never melts. Though he hasn't told Gohan, Oolong secretly plans on wishing for comfy underwear. Before they reach them, Shenron is summoned by Dr. Kochin, who wishes for Dr. Wheelo and their laboratory to be thawed from the ice. Later when Gohan and Oolong approach the laboratory, they are ambushed by several Bio-Men and are knocked out but Piccolo, who was training in the area, shows up and saves them. However, he is then ambushed by three mysterious warriors and the resulting attack causes the ground beneath them to give way burying Gohan and Oolong. After regaining consciousness, they return home after Gohan promises Oolong to keep their trip a secret.

Meanwhile, at the Kame House, Oolong is preparing a meal for Bulma to make up for destroying the Dragon Radar when several Bio-men show up asking for Master Roshi. Refusing to go along with them they attack him, but they are easily defeated. Kochin then appears, thinking that Roshi is the strongest in the world and when the Bio-men put Bulma's life in danger, Roshi agrees to go along with them. Witnessing the entire event, Oolong goes to Goku's House and tells him what happened. Goku then sets off on the Flying Nimbus toward the Tsurumai-Tsuburi Mountains to save Roshi and Bulma.

At Dr. Wheelo's Fortress, Kochin tests Roshi against his Bio-Warriors Kishime, Ebifurya and Misokatsun and despite putting up a decent fight while being outnumbered he is ultimately defeated. Bulma then reveals to Wheelo and Kochin that Goku is in fact the world's strongest and Kochin in turn reveals their plan to have Wheelo's brilliant scientific mind take over the body of the strongest in the world where he will then be able to reign over the world as revenge for all the humans who refused to acknowledge his genius and cast him aside. At that moment, Goku is detected approaching the fortress, to Bulma's relief and Wheelo's pleasure.

Going against his mother's wishes, Gohan secretly leaves his house and follows his father. After Goku arrives at Wheelo's fortress, he is attacked by the fortress' built in traps and Misokatsun, but destroys all the traps with rapid energy blasts and easily defeats Misokatsun with the Kaio-ken. He is then attacked by Kishime and Ebifurya and ends up entombed in ice. Just before the deciding blow is thrown, Gohan along with Krillin show up. They too are soon defeated and having no choice, Goku once again uses the Kaio-ken technique to break the ice and defeat the remaining Bio-Warriors.

The three then arrive at Wheelo's lab where Bulma is being held. Asking where Roshi is, Kochin explains that he's preparing him to become another of their Bio-warriors. They summon the newly brain washed Piccolo, who was captured earlier, and order him to defeat Goku so they can begin the process of swapping his mind for Wheelo's. Goku and Piccolo then fight each other, but Gohan's anger over seeing Piccolo being controlled causes him to unleash a wave of energy which causes the mind-controlling device on Piccolo to break. Kochin tries to shoot Krillin and Bulma with his machine gun-arm but is disarmed by Roshi.

Wheelo then breaks out of the wall, revealing his brain to be inside a huge robot and Dr. Kochin accidentally dies in the resulting reveal. Realizing that he was being controlled, Piccolo attacks Dr. Wheelo, only to be brushed aside. As Wheelo jumps into the air, Goku, Krillin, and Roshi fire Multiple Kamehamehas, which does nothing to Wheelo who then proceeds to take out both Roshi and Krillin. Gohan attempts to attack Wheelo with the Power Pole but is knocked out before he can. Goku then uses the Power Pole to trip Wheelo's robot body and Piccolo launches a wave of energy blasts at Wheelo, but to no avail. With no other choice, Goku uses the Kaio-ken x3 and starts to cause damage to Wheelo before attempting to finish him off with the Kaio-ken Kamehameha. However, Wheelo's own blast is able to overwhelm it, which forces Goku to increase his Kaio-ken to x4 and blast Wheelo into space. Wheelo decides to destroy the Earth and so Goku starts to collect energy from around the world to form the Spirit Bomb. However, he is attacked from above before he can launch it. Angry, Gohan along with Piccolo and Krillin head upwards towards Wheelo to attempt to stop him to little success and he attacks the Earth with his Planet Geyser. Goku, having collected himself, launches the Spirit Bomb at Wheelo, destroying both Wheelo's energy wave and Wheelo himself.

Timeline placement[]

Due to Goku’s dōgi having a "Kame" mark on the breast and a "Kaio" mark on the back, this is an event from after the battle with Vegeta but before Goku's arrival on Planet Namek.^[3] Gohan has a flashback to when Piccolo defended him from Nappa's attack.

Releases[]

The World's Strongest was originally released on VHS and Laserdisc in Japan. In 2006, Toei Animation released The World's Strongest as part of the final Dragon Box DVD set, which included all four Dragon Ball films and thirteen Dragon Ball Z films. These were presented in a new widescreen transfer from the original negatives with a 16:9 aspect ratio that was matted from the original 4:3 aspect ratio.

The World's Strongest was released on May 26, 1998 to VHS and DVD by Pioneer in conjunction with Funimation. The DVD included the original Japanese audio and the uncut version of the Ocean dub and was presented in an unmatted 4:3 aspect ratio. The movie also aired several times on Toonami in a slightly edited format. Pioneer re-released The World's Strongest in a box set alongside Dead Zone and The Tree of Might on October 9, 2001.

Funimation acquired the DVD rights for the first three movies from Pioneer in 2004. On November 14, 2006, Funimation released The World's Strongest, along with Dead Zone and The Tree of Might, in a DVD boxset entitled "First Strike." The movie containing a brand-new in-house dub with an original score done by Nathan Johnson and the original Japanese audio.

Funimation re-released Dead Zone and The World's Strongest on DVD and Blu-ray on May 27, 2008 as part of their "Double Feature" line. This new set featured a brand-new widescreen transfer from Video Post & Transfer and a new audio mix for the English dub featuring the original Japanese score done by Shunsuke Kikuchi in addition to the replacement score done by Johnson.

Funimation repackaged the Double Feature DVDs into three new thinpack sets, the first of which was released on November 1, 2011 and included Dead Zone, The World's Strongest, The Tree of Might, Lord Slug, and Cooler's Revenge. These three sets were also released together in the Canada-only Dragon Ball Z: Complete Movie Collection featuring re-versioned artwork of Goten and Trunks from Bio-Broly on the cover.

Funimation released The World's Strongest, along with Dead Zone and The Tree of Might, in its edited format as it aired on Toonami, on August 13, 2013 as a part of the Dragon Ball Z: Rock the Dragon Edition box set.

Original Japanese Art Pioneer DVD cover Pioneer's 2001 Dragon Ball Z movie box set 2001 Madman Entertainment DVD cover Ultimate Uncut Special Edition cover 2003 AB Groupe "Big Green" dub UK DVD cover Double Feature Blu-ray Rock the Dragon Edition Movie 5 Pack Dragon Ball Z Complete Movie Collection Dragon Ball The Movies: Volume 2

Cast[]

A fourth English dub released in Malaysia by Speedy Video features an unknown cast.

Music[]

• Opening Theme (OP)
  1. "Cha-La Head-Cha-La"
     • Lyrics: Yukinojō Mori, Music: Chiho Kiyooka, Arrangement: Kenji Yamamoto, Vocals: Hironobu Kageyama
       • Song Lyrics

• Insertion Song (IN)
  1. "Pikkoro-san Da~isuki♡"; ピッコロさん　だ~いすき♡ (I Lo~ve Mr. Piccolo♡)
     • Lyrics: Chiroru Taniho, Music: Takeshi Ike, Arrangement: Kenji Yamamoto, Vocals: Masako Nozawa (Son Gohan)
       • Song Lyrics

• Ending Theme (ED)
  1. "Ikusa (I-KU-SA)"; 戦（I・KU・SA） (The Battle (I-KU-SA))
     • Lyrics: Dai Satō, Music: Takeshi Ike, Arrangement: Kenji Yamamoto, Vocals: Hironobu Kageyama
       • Song Lyrics

Dub music[]

The initial 1998 Ocean-voiced dub kept the original Japanese soundtrack. Funimation's 2006 redub featured a new sci-fi influenced musical score by Nathan Johnson, although most releases also include the English voices with the Japanese Shunsuke Kikuchi score as an alternate audio track.

Battles[]

• Piccolo vs. 4 Bio-Men
• Master Roshi vs. 4 Bio-Men
• Master Roshi vs. Kishime, Misokatsun, and Ebifurya
• Goku vs. Misokatsun
• Goku vs. Ebifurya and Kishime
• Goku, Gohan, and Krillin vs. Ebifurya and Kishime
• Goku vs. Piccolo (Mind Control)
• Gohan, Krillin, and Master Roshi vs. Dr. Kochin
• Goku, Piccolo, Gohan, Krillin, and Master Roshi vs. Dr. Wheelo
• Piccolo, Gohan, and Krillin vs. Dr. Wheelo
• Goku vs. Dr. Wheelo

Reception[]

Like with Dead Zone, Anime News Network grades with a C+ saying the movie had great action and choreography but that the fighting becomes a little tiring and has very little plot.

Trivia[]

• This is the second Dragon Ball Z movie, and its name is similar to the original second episode of the anime, "The World's Strongest Team". Also in the AB Groupe release of the movie had a cover featuring Goku and Piccolo as they went off to fight Raditz in that episode.
• The wish Oolong wants to make with the Dragon Balls in this movie is exactly the same wish he made in the Dragon Ball anime (specifically the episode "A Wish to the Eternal Dragon"). Oolong likely does not realize this, but Shenron will not grant the same wish more than once.
• A scene that takes place during the anime, Piccolo sacrificing himself to save Gohan from being killed by Nappa, is shown when Gohan falls asleep during studying.
• Bulma's appearance in this movie is nearly identical to her appearance while a spectator during the 23rd World Martial Arts Tournament. Master Roshi's clothes are also very similar to the ones he wore as Jackie Chun during the King Piccolo Saga when he, Tien Shinhan and Chiaotzu were collecting the Dragon Balls.
• The villains in this movie are named after food from Nagoya, the city Akira Toriyama is from.
• In the Ocean dub, Dr. Wheelo's name is pronounced Dr. "Willow" while in the Funimation dub it is pronounced as Dr. "WHEE-LO" as it is spelled.
• This movie is known for using the correct Japanese pronunciation of the "Kaio-ken" in the Ocean dub. Although in Funimation's redubbing of the movie, it is still pronounced "KAY-o-ken". This would be the same between the Ocean and Funimation dubs of The Tree of Might. The Funimation dub would eventually also use the proper pronunciation of the Kaio-ken in Dragon Ball Z Kai and Dragon Ball Super, as well as most video games beginning with Dragon Ball Z: Burst Limit.
• This movie starts the three-movie chain for main villains killed by Goku using a Spirit Bomb. Dr. Wheelo, Turles (from The Tree of Might) and Lord Slug (from Lord Slug) are all killed by Goku's Spirit Bomb.
• This movie also starts the rather infamous trend of Goku's gi shirt and undershirt getting destroyed in battle. While this only happens to him a few times in the actual series (mainly his first fight with Vegeta, his battle with Frieza on Namek, and the Tournament of Power), the movies turn it into a running gag of sorts through Broly - The Legendary Super Saiyan (and then again in Dragon Ball Super: Broly). This gag extended to every arc of the Super Dragon Ball Heroes promotional anime.
• Scenes from this movie are shown in the Dragon Ball Z Original English anime opening, "Rock the Dragon".
• The music that will subsequently become Frieza's theme is played for the first time when Dr. Wheelo is revealed, as well as when he attempts to transfer his mind into Goku's body.
• The 11th Shunsuke Kikuchi music package for the franchise starts here. The cues were designated "M9XX" codes, and this package would make its series debut in "Namek's Defense".

Gallery[]

Promotional Material[]

Cover Art The World's Strongest Dragon Box DVD

Screenshots[]

Piccolo's Energy Wave Piccolo after firing his Energy Wave Tsumisumbri Mountains Oolong recalls when he stole the Dragon Radar Roshi asleep with a Dirty Magazine Oolong climbs a mountain Oolong's wish Gohan and Oolong The seven Dragon Balls Dr. Kochin making a wish Shenron Close-up of a Bio-man's face Piccolo fights the Bio-Men Piccolo fires a Mouth Energy Wave at a Bio-Man Piccolo's Mouth Energy Wave fired The Bio-Man is destroyed by the attack Gohan in the ice Kishime Ebifurya Misokatsun Piccolo hit by the Bio-Warriors' combined attack Kishime, Ebifurya and Misokatsun's combined attack on Piccolo Gohan in his room Gohan in a dream A dizzy Gohan Chi-Chi Oolong cooking Oolong with Bulma Two Bio-Men at Kame House Master Roshi faces Bio-Men A Bio-Man attacks Roshi Four Bio-Men try to attack Roshi Roshi punches a Bio-Man Roshi fights Bio-Men Roshi sighs in victory Bulma is captured Bulma says they should accept Dr. Kochin's "invitation" Goku prepares to head out on the Flying Nimbus Bulma and Roshi inside Dr. Wheelo's fortress Roshi in the arena The Bio-Warriors Roshi is ready to fight Roshi being attacked Kishime tries to kick Roshi Roshi dodges Ebifurya's attack Master Roshi fights the Bio-Warriors Roshi fights the Bio-Warriors Roshi kicks Misokatsun Roshi charges his Original Kamehameha Roshi fires his Kamehameha Misokatsun hit by Roshi's Kamehameha Misokatsun hit by The Original Kamehameha Misokatsun's body stretches Misokatsun's body stretches when hit Misokatsun withstands Roshi's Kamehameha Roshi firing his Original Kamehameha Misokatsun hit by The Original Kamehameha Misokatsun deflects the attack Roshi leaps away from his own attack Roshi dodges the attack Roshi dodges his own attack Ebifurya hits Roshi Ebifurya sends Roshi away with a palm strike Kishime's Electric Whip in action Roshi hit by Kishime's attack Roshi shocked by Kishime's Electric Whip Roshi down Bulma says what she knows about Dr. Wheelo Bulma brags that everyone knows Goku is the world's strongest Planet Geyser used on the village near South City The village destroyed by Dr. Wheelo's technique Goku approaches Wheelo's fortress Goku arrives at Wheelo's fortress Misokatsun appears Goku faces Misokatsun Goku punching Misokatsun Goku blasts spike balls Spike balls destroyed by Goku's attack Goku continues firing Ki Blasts at the spike balls Misokatsun attacking Goku Goku attacks Misokatsun Goku about to go through Misokatsun Misokatsun is dead Ebifurya hit by Goku Ebifurya charging towards Goku Kishime's teleportation technique Kishime prepares to dodge Goku Kishime dodges Goku's punch Kishime dodges Goku's kick Goku kicks Ebifurya in the face Kishime's Electric Whip Goku electrocuted by Kishime's whip Ebifurya charges the Toketsu-ken Ebifurya fires a Toketsu-ken at Goku Goku being frozen by the attack Ebifurya fires another Toketsu-ken Goku hit by the Toketsu-ken Goku's leg covered in the ice Goku's left shoulder covered in the ice Ebifurya prepares the attack again Ebifurya uses Toketsu-Ken Ebifurya fires his Toketsu-ken with both hands Goku hit by the attack Goku's upper body covered in the ice Goku's lower body covered in the ice Krillin's arrival in Wheelo's fortress Ebifurya fires another Toketsu-ken Gohan and Krillin block the attack Gohan while blocking Ebifurya's attack Wires sprout from Kishime's arms Kishime prepares his Electric Shock technique Kishime charges his Electric Shock technique Krillin and Gohan Kishime prepares the technique Kishime attacks with the Electric Shock Kishime's Electric Whip used again Krillin electrocuted by the attack Gohan wrapped by an Electric Whip Krillin hits the ground Krillin in pain Kishime transfers more electricity into his attack Krillin shocked by Kishime's whip Kishime performs an Electric Shock Kishime's Electric Shock Ebifurya charges his Toketsu-ken Ebifurya fires the attack at Gohan and Krillin Gohan and Krillin hit by the attack Goku uses the Kaio-ken to break free of the ice Goku breaks through the attack Goku resists Ebifurya's Toketsu-ken Goku hits Ebifurya with a Kaio-ken enhanced Super God Fist Goku defeats Ebifurya Ebifurya defeated Kishime teleports Ebifurya dies as he crashes into a wall Kishime attacks Goku Goku kicks Kishime into the air Goku double punches Kishime in the back Ebifurya dead Krillin frozen Kishime dead Brainwashed Piccolo attacks Gohan tries to stop Piccolo Goku stops Piccolo's attack Piccolo attacks Goku Piccolo charges a Ki Blast Piccolo attempts to kill Gohan Goku stops Piccolo's attack The device that controls Piccolo Gohan mad Gohan enraged The button on Dr. Kochin's cane Dr. Kochin fires a blast from his cane Kochin firing a blast from his cane Gohan blocks the blast Gohan enraged again Dr. Kochin's metallic hand Dr. Kochin forms his hand into a gun Dr. Kochin forms his hand into a gun Dr. Kochin's Machine Gun hand Dr. Kochin aims Krillin Dr. Kochin shoots at Krillin Kochin firing his Machine Gun Krillin dodges the bullets Krillin runs from Kochin's attacks Kochin's attack hits Bulma's prison Kochin smiles Kochin prepares to fire again Kochin falls to his death Dr. Kochin's true form is seen as he is electrocuted Dr. Wheelo emerges Gohan shocked while the others prepare Kamehamehas Master Roshi firing his Kamehameha Goku, Krillin, and Roshi firing their Kamehamehas Dr. Wheelo hit by the Master-Student Kamehameha Dr. Wheelo fires a Ki Blast Dr. Wheelo's Ki Blast reaches Krillin Gohan ready to attack Dr. Wheelo with the Power Pole Dr. Wheelo hits Gohan with his tail Piccolo holding Gohan and Goku with the Power Pole Dr. Wheelo fires a Ki Blast at Goku and Piccolo Goku and Piccolo dodge Dr. Wheelo's blast Goku trips Dr. Wheelo with the Power Pole Piccolo charges the Scatter Shot against Dr. Wheelo Piccolo's Scatter Shot rains down on Dr. Wheelo Piccolo firing the Scatter Shot at Dr. Wheelo Dr. Wheelo headbutts Piccolo Goku uses the Kaio-ken x3 Dr. Wheelo loses his right arm Goku charges a Kaio-ken Kamehameha against Dr. Wheelo Goku fires his Kaio-ken Kamehameha at Dr. Wheelo Dr. Wheelo fires an energy wave Goku fires the Kaio-ken Kamehameha Goku's Kaio-ken Kamehameha vs. Dr. Wheelo's energy wave Wheelo's energy wave vs. Goku's Kamehameha Goku increasing his Kaio-ken Kamehameha to x4.jpg Goku's Kaio-ken Kamehameha overpowers Wheelo's energy wave Goku hits Wheelo with his Kaio-ken Kamehameha Dr. Wheelo hit by Goku's Kaio-ken Kamehameha Goku's Kaio-ken Kamehameha destroys Wheelo's fortress Krillin and Goku Goku gathers energy Goku completes his Spirit Bomb Goku about to launch his Spirit Bomb Dr. Wheelo firing his Photon Strike at Goku The effect of Dr. Wheelo's Photon Strike Dr. Wheelo's Photon Strike being fired at Goku Goku hit by Dr. Wheelo's Photon Strike Dr. Wheelo's Photon Strike destroys his fortress Dr. Wheelo using his Gigantic Bomber technique Dr. Wheelo attempts to kill the Z Fighters with his Gigantic Bomber Dr. Wheelo is struck by Piccolo and Gohan Piccolo faces Wheelo Piccolo charging a Mouth Energy Wave to fire at Wheelo Piccolo fires his Mouth Energy Wave at Wheelo Krillin knocked by Dr. Wheelo Dr. Wheelo (back center) charges up for the Planet Geyser Dr. Wheelo fires the Planet Geyser at the Z Fighters Dr. Wheelo's Planet Geyser heads towards Goku Goku with his Spirit Bomb Goku's Spirit Bomb vs. Wheelo's Planet Geyser Wheelo's Planet Geyser destroyed by Goku's Spirit Bomb Goku's Spirit Bomb hits Dr. Wheelo Goku's Spirit Bomb explodes on Dr. Wheelo Dr. Wheelo is defeated Dr. Wheelo hit by the Spirit Bomb Dr. Wheelo is destroyed Goku's Spirit Bomb explodes Dr. Wheelo explodes The fortress's generator before it explodes The fortress explodes The fortress explodes The fortress is destroyed in a large explosion Goku and Gohan

References[]

External links[]

• Anime News Network - The World's Strongest
• The World's Strongest at the Internet Movie Database

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