Dragon Ball Z: Bio-Broly (ドラゴンボールＺ 超戦士撃破！！勝つのはオレだ Doragon Bōru Zetto Sūpā Senshi Gekiha!! Katsu No wa Ore da, lit. Dragon Ball Z: Super-Warrior Defeat!! I’m the One Who’ll Win), also known as Dragon Ball Z: Attack! Super Warriors,[1] is the fourteenth Dragon Ball film and the eleventh under the Dragon Ball Z banner.
It was released in Japan on July 9, 1994. It is the sequel to Dragon Ball Z: Broly - Second Coming and the final installment of the Broly Saga. Funimation dubbed it into English in 2005.
Summary[]
18 leaves Satan House, prepared to take the prize money at a later time
The film opens with a group of strangely colored humanoids emerging from tanks in a laboratory. The scientists responsible for these creations, Dr. Collie and Nain among others, are congratulated by their employer, Lord Jaguar, who plans to make these "Bio-Humans" into the strongest fighters on Earth. Despite warnings from his cousin, Men-Men, Jaguar laughs maniacally as one of his unfinished bio-humans wags his furry tail in his tank.
As Mr. Satan has not yet paid Android 18 the prize money she demanded for letting him beat her in the 25th World Martial Arts Tournament, she begins smashing Satan House up, particularly his undeserved prizes from the tournament. Mr. Satan, cowering, tries to tell 18 that he has not gotten the money yet, but she does not believe him, and continues to ransack his home. His screams of fright are heard by Krillin, Marron, Trunks, and Goten, who are waiting outside.
Trunks and Goten cheerfully looking out the trunk of Men-Men's car
Mr. Satan is visited by Men-Men, who claims to be the cousin of the champion's old martial arts rival Jaguar. It seems that Jaguar is blackmailing Mr. Satan into visiting his laboratory island to fight his Bio-Warriors, as Jaguar is the only other person who knows of Mr. Satan's bed wetting secret when he was younger. Mr. Satan agrees and departs to Mei Queen Castle with Men-Men, followed by 18, Trunks, and Goten. Upon arriving, Mr. Satan is coldly greeted by Jaguar, who sets up a tournament for him to fight the Bio-Warriors, but when they demonstrate their incredible fighting abilities, they are more than Mr. Satan can handle, Goten, Trunks, and 18 intervene. Goten and Trunks are then confronted by a familiar face: Maloja, the Priest from Natade Village.
Goten and Trunks discover Broly's clone in his holding tank
Enraged, Jaguar reveals his greatest weapon: a Super Bio-Warrior. But, when Trunks and Goten see the Super Bio-Warrior, they recognize him as none other than Broly. They confront the priest, who tells them that he sold Broly's frozen blood to Jaguar, and that the Super Bio-Warrior is Broly's clone. Trunks and Goten prepare to destroy Broly's clone before he can be revived, but he had sensed the attack, which awakened his Saiyan instincts. He breaks out of stasis, only to be drenched in the bio-liquid and turns into a horribly deformed, slime covered bio-mutant, giving him the name Bio-Broly. Meanwhile, Maloja is taking all the money in Jaguar's safe, only for the liquid to come behind him and dissolve him as well as several scientists trying to escape as he tries to ward it off with an evil banishment prayer.
Bio-Broly attacking Goten and Trunks
Jaguar commands Bio-Broly to attack Mr. Satan, but 18 intervenes at the last minute, only to get pounded by the Bio-Saiyan. Just before Bio-Broly can kill Mr. Satan, Goten and Trunks intervene and save him in time. They then attack Bio-Broly head-on, and prove to be an equal match for the Bio-Saiyan, until Goten abandons the battle to save some trapped scientists from the flooding and dangerous bio-liquid that will absorb anything with a different genetic structure to its own and grow stronger. As Bio-Broly pounds Trunks around, 18 recovers and tries to stop him, but she too is beaten. Just before Bio-Broly can kill her, Krillin shows up in time and rescues 18, but Bio-Broly finds them both and almost kills them. Goten and Trunks then fight Bio-Broly again, but they get seriously pounded, and Bio-Broly almost kills Goten until Trunks lures the menace away.
Krillin saves a badly beaten 18
Trunks manages to lure Bio-Broly away from his battered friends, and then fires an upside-down Finish Buster at him, only for it to miss. It seems that Trunks is doomed, until a tank that had been hit by the Finish Buster ruptures, causing bio-liquid to shower on Bio-Broly and supposedly melt him. Unfortunately, this only makes the bio-liquid more powerful, and it soon starts to flood the entire island, seemingly unstoppable. Goten, Trunks, Krillin and 18 manage to get as many people as they can out of the lab, including the reluctant Jaguar and Men-Men, who want to die shamefully along with their deadly creations, but Trunks rescues them anyway, and Mr. Satan manages to escape by jumping into the water.
Bio-Broly turns to stone
To everyone's surprise, the bio-liquid seems to be solidifying by touching the sea water, so Trunks, Goten, and Krillin use a triple Kamehameha to blast the water by the island so high that the entire island is flooded with sea water, which solidifies all the bio-liquid. Unfortunately, the celebrations are cut short when Bio-Broly emerges from the sea as a giant. However, as fast as Bio-Broly emerges, he then turns to stone, due to having been drenched in sea water. Seeing their chance, Goten and Trunks blast the gigantic Bio-Broly statue into smithereens, ridding the universe of Broly.
Mr. Satan emerges from the sea water, calling for help. Laughing, 18 says that she will help him if he promises to pay her 100,000,000 zeni. Fuming, Mr. Satan swims off. In Other World, Goku is informed that Broly, or at least what was assumed to be Broly, is causing trouble in Hell and has to stop him with Pikkon, after he finishes an enormous meal.
Timeline placement[]
This film takes place after the conclusion of the 25th World Martial Arts Tournament, during the time the Z Fighters were busy dealing with Majin Buu, thus making it a movie-only story.[2]
Releases[]
Bio-Broly was originally released on VHS and Laserdisc in Japan. In 2006, Toei Animation released Bio-Broly 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. Additionally, the complete Japanese audio of Bio-Broly was released on CD entitled Dragon Ball Z – Sūpā-Senshi Gekiha!! Katsu No wa Ore Da in Japan on August 20, 1996.[3]
Funimation released Bio-Broly for DVD on September 13, 2005, in uncut form.[4] As was the case with all previous releases, the movie was released in an unmatted 4:3 aspect ratio. The DVD featured an English dub with a soundtrack featuring an original score done by Mark Menza. In 2006, Funimation bundled Broly - The Legendary Super Saiyan with Broly - Second Coming and Bio-Broly in a new DVD box set entitled "Broly Triple Threat". It was released on September 12, 2006, in uncut form only.[5]
Funimation re-released Broly - The Legendary Super Saiyan, Broly - Second Coming, and Bio-Broly on DVD and Blu-ray on March 31, 2009 as the only "Triple Feature" in their "Double Feature" line.[6] 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 old mix featuring the Menza score.
Funimation repackaged the Double Feature DVDs into three new thinpak sets, the third of which was released on January 3, 2012 and included Broly - Second Coming, Bio-Broly, Fusion Reborn, and Wrath of the Dragon. These three sets were also released together in the Canada-only Dragon Ball Z: Complete Movie Collection featuring reversioned artwork of Goten and Trunks from Bio-Broly on the cover.
 Triple feature  Movie 4 Pack  Dragon Ball Z Complete Movie Collection  Dragon Ball The Movies: Volume 11 |
Cast list[]
Battles[]
- Android 18 vs. Lord Jaguar
- Goten, Trunks, and Android 18 vs. Bio Warriors
- Android 18 vs. Bio-Broly (Syrup form/Legendary Super Saiyan)
- Goten (Super Saiyan) and Trunks (Super Saiyan) vs. Bio-Broly (Syrup form/Legendary Super Saiyan)
- Android 18 vs. Bio-Broly (Syrup form/Legendary Super Saiyan)
- Krillin and Android 18 vs. Bio-Broly (Syrup form/Legendary Super Saiyan)
- Goten (Base/Super Saiyan), Trunks (Base/Super Saiyan) vs. Bio-Broly (Syrup form/Legendary Super Saiyan)
- Krillin and Android 18 vs. Bio-Broly (Syrup form/Legendary Super Saiyan)
- Trunks (Super Saiyan) vs. Bio-Broly (Syrup form/Legendary Super Saiyan/Culture Fluid Absorption Gigantification)
- Goten (Base/Super Saiyan), Trunks (Base/Super Saiyan), and Krillin vs. Bio-Broly (Syrup form/Legendary Super Saiyan/Culture Fluid Absorption Gigantification)
Reception[]
The movie was released in theaters in Japan on July 9, 1994 and was part of a double feature alongside Dr. Slump and Arale-chan: N-cha!! Excited Heart of Summer Vacation. It grossed a total of ¥1.90 billion (US $19.5 million).[7]
Trivia[]
- This is first movie where Android 18 plays an active role (she briefly appears along with her brother in Dragon Ball Z: Super Android 13! but does not play a large role).
- This is the first movie in which Marron makes an appearance. Also Meredith McCoy voices her instead of Melodee Lenz.
- Krillin, Trunks and Goku are the only characters to appear in all three Broly movies, although Trunks only briefly appears as a baby in the first Broly movie. This is the only Broly movie where Krillin actually fights against Broly.
- This is the first of two movies that take place during Gohan's lifetime where he is absent. The other is Dragon Ball Super: Broly.
- The scene showing Trunks' penis was edited out in most English dubs, and when he gives Bio-Broly the middle finger, it is turned into a fist. In the TV dub, Trunks' face is crudely (with no resizing and rather low quality) zoomed in on.
- On a similar note, similar to in the prior movie, Trunks in the Japanese version sarcastically asks Bio-Broly if the latter wanted to kiss his ass when mooning him. The English dub toned it down to him asking if Bio Broly wished to follow him.
- When Bio-Broly is getting covered by the Culture Fluid, Trunks is shown with darker-than-normal colored eyebrows.
- This is the first time Trunks uses the Kamehameha on-screen.
- Right before they fire the Kamehameha to spread seawater over the island, Krillin has a golden aura instead of the regular white ki aura which manifests for most humans when they gather up their energies.
- This is the last Dragon Ball Z movie to have the main antagonist's name on the title in the American version.
- From this movie until Dragon Ball: The Return of Son Goku and Friends!, the main villains do not speak (or at the most say only a single word). A theme of the later movies involves the antagonists' speech level going down. Bojack gets few lines in Dragon Ball Z: Bojack Unbound, Broly only gets one line aside from "Kakarot!" in Dragon Ball Z: Broly - Second Coming, Bio-Broly does not speak (except yelling "Kakarot!" when emerging from the sea), neither does Janemba (except for when he is in his first form, in which case he only says his own name) in Fusion Reborn, and neither does Hirudegarn in Wrath of the Dragon.
- Although the film states that Broly had been killed as a direct result of being blasted into the Sun from Second Coming, Dragon Ball: Raging Blast 2 disagrees with it by revealing that Broly has not only survived the action, but also became even stronger and gained the Super Saiyan 3 transformation as a result.
- The alteration may have stemmed from how Daizenshuu 6 implied that Goku and Pikkon were actually about to fight against Bio-Broly instead of Broly himself.
- The 21st Shunsuke Kikuchi music package for the franchise starts here. The cues were designated "M19XX" codes, and this package would make its series debut in Buu's Mutiny.
- Bio-Broly's design appears to have been inspired by Clayface, a DC Comics supervillain and frequent enemy of Batman, particularly Clayface's design in Batman: The Animated Series, which was airing at the time of the movie's production in Japan.
- Ironically, despite the ending seemingly explicitly revealing that Broly is a resident of Hell, he does not appear in the next movie, Fusion Reborn, despite the latter movie dealing with several residents of Hell escaping from it as a major plot point (although his Japanese voice actor was present for another character).
- Daizenshuu 6, however, ambiguously implies that the "Broly" they were talking about was in fact Bio-Broly, due to the summary of the movie constantly referring to the titular character as "Broly" without any differentiation.
- Android 18's battle damage at the end of the movie is the same battle damage from her first outfit in the Androids Saga. The only the difference is her jeans has a tear on the right side which is a contrast to her twin brother's jeans which has a tear on the left side.
- Vegeta, Bulma, Dr. Brief, Bikini, Chi-Chi, Gohan, and Ox-King appear in the ending, but they don't have any lines.
- Bio-Broly is the only Dragon Ball Z movie to not be adapted as story chapters in the Budokai Tenkaichi games. In fact, the eponymous character himself makes absolutely no appearances in any video game media until Dragon Ball Heroes and Dokkan Battle.
- This is the first movie where Goku plays absolutely no role in the main conflict (only cameoing nearing the end), which would later be repeated in Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero. Coincidentally, in both movies, Goku was in Other World and had Broly present as something to deal with, although for differing reasons.
- When Mr. Satan makes his entrance, jumps and lands on a banana peel, the opening theme from Tiger Mask can briefly be heard. It was also composed by Shunsuke Kikuchi.
Gallery[]
Promotional Material[]
 Cover Art  Bio-Broly poster |
Screenshots[]
 Dr. Collie and Lord Jaguar  Android 18 crushes Satan House  android 18 up  Android 18 in Satan House .png "SundayTeam(BB).png (402 KB)") Krillin with his daughter and the boys  Men-Men arrives .png "SundayTeam2(BB).png (533 KB)") Krillin with the kids  Goten and Trunks  The kids at the window .png "MrSatanOnTheFloor(BB).png (293 KB)") Mr. Satan  android 18 talking .png "BlackMail(BB).png (456 KB)") Men-Men blackmails Mr. Satan  Mr. Satan's secret  18 decides to go  android 18 take to give a warning  18's last words before leaving Satan House  android 18 take a big attitude to krillin  android 18 to be sulky  The beach between Satan City and Jaguar's island .png "JCity(BB).png (745 KB)") The city near Mei Queen Castle .png "JForest(BB).png (352 KB)") Near Mei Queen Castle  Trunks at Mei Queen Castle  Mr. Satan  Lord Jaguar  Some of the Bio-Warriors doing training  Men-Men with a camera  Mr. Satan filmed by Men-Men   Goten and Trunks  Banquet in Mei Queen Castle  Android 18  android 18 require to more money  Jaguar and Android 18  Android 18 about to fire High-Pressure Energy Wave  The attack destroys a giant screen  Lord Jaguar  Trunks and Goten offering to help 18 fight the Bio-Warriors  Trunks and Goten fire a Combined Energy Wave  Trunks and Goten's attack about to hit Jaguar's painting  Goten(left) kicks one of the Bio-Warriors  Trunks after striking one of the Bio-Warriors  18 kicks one of the Bio-Warriors  18 dodges a Bio-Warrior's punch  18 knees one of the Bio-Warriors  18 kicks one of the Bio-Warriors  A Bio-Warrior biting Goten  Jaguar with his entourage  Maloja collects Broly's blood (flashback)  Bio-Broly's creation (flashback)  Bio-Broly's creation (flashback)  Maloja and Jaguar  Goten's reaction when he sees Broly's clone  Goten and Trunks  Trunks and Goten  Culture Fluid disintegrates Jaguar's dog  Bio-Broly uses an Explosive Wave to destroy his container  Bio-Broly before being deformed by the culture fluid  Bio-Broly deformed by the culture fluid  Goten and Trunks charging the Friend Kamehameha  Goten and Trunks charging the Friend Kamehameha  Goten and Trunks charging the Friend Kamehameha  Goten and Trunks about to fire the Friend Kamehameha  Goten and Trunks charge the attack  Goten and Trunks firing the Friend Kamehameha  Bio-Broly hit by the attack  The Friend Kamehameha blasts Bio-Broly into a pillar  Android 18 accepts to fight Bio-Broly for more money  Mr. Satan and Android 18  Android 18 charges towards Bio-Broly  Android 18 attacks Bio-Broly  Android 18 punchs Bio-Broly  Android 18 elbow strikes Bio-Broly  Android 18 kicks Bio-Broly  Android 18 shocked  Bio-Broly dodges Android 18's punch  Bio-Broly grabs Android 18  Bio-Broly catches Android 18  Bio-Broly catches Android 18  Bio-Broly with Android 18  Bio-Broly with Android 18  Bio-Broly holds Android 18  Bio-Broly holds Android 18  Android 18 suffers  Android 18 is beaten  Android 18 beaten  Bio-Broly charges an Eraser Cannon  Bio-Broly's Eraser Cannon narrowly misses Mr. Satan and Trunks  Goten and Trunks transform into Super Saiyans  Trunks and Goten rush to attack Bio-Broly  Bio-Broly's Gigantic Spike on Trunks  Goten beat down by Bio-Broly  Bio-Broly prepares a Double Eraser Cannon  Trunks and Goten fire Energy Waves  Trunks and Goten's Energy Waves .png "SSTrunks1(BB).png (1.7 MB)") Super Saiyan Trunks teases Bio-Broly .png "SSTrunks2(BB).png (1.7 MB)") Super Saiyan Trunks teases Bio-Broly  Scientists leaving the mansion  Jaguar's scientists in an elevator  Android 18 wakes up  Android 18 stands up  Android 18 injured  Bio-Broly fires a Bio-Hyper Beam at Android 18  Android 18 dodges the Bio-Hyper Beam  Bio-Broly punches Android 18  Android 18 down  Krillin and 18 vs. Bio-Broly  Bio-Broly fires an Eraser Cannon  18 and Krillin beaten by Bio-Broly  Bio-Broly confronts 18 and Krillin  Super Saiyan Trunks distracts Bio-Broly  Super Saiyan Trunks distracts Bio-Broly for Krillin and Android 18  Super Saiyan Goten attacks .png "FriendPunch(BB).png (1.45 MB)") Trunks and Goten punch Bio-Broly in the stomach  Bio-Broly coughs, punched in the stomach  Bio-Broly prepares a Double Eraser Cannon again  Bio-Broly fires his Double Eraser Cannon  Bio-Broly's Double Eraser Cannon  Trunks and Goten charging a Friend Kamehameha  Goten and Trunks fire their Kamehamehas  Mr. Satan almost being consumed by the Culture Fluid  Bio-Broly firing a Mouth Energy Wave  Bio-Broly's mouth blast hits Goten  Bio-Broly throws Trunks  Bio-Broly fires a Bio-Hyper Beam  The Bio-Hyper Beam nearly hits Jaguar and Men-Men  Super Saiyan Goten confronts Bio-Broly while Trunks is down  Bio-Broly powers up against Goten  Goten attacks Bio-Broly  Goten vs. Bio-Broly  Goten hit by a devastating punch  Super Saiyan Goten choked by Bio-Broly  Goten choked by Bio-Broly  Krillin uses a Destructo Disc  Krillin fires his Destructo Disc at Bio-Broly  Krillin's Destructo Disc cuts Bio-Broly  Bio-Broly regenerates  Bio-Broly targets Krillin, again  Bio-Broly beats Krillin with Goten's body  Bio-Broly striking Krillin  Bio-Broly bashes 18 with Goten's body  Bio-Broly showing Goten's beaten body to a frightened Trunks  Bio-Broly charging an Eraser Cannon to finish Goten  Trunks mooning Bio-Broly  Trunks mooning Bio-Broly  Trunks mooning Bio-Broly  Trunks mooning Bio-Broly  Trunks teases Bio-Broly  Bio-Broly teased by Trunks  Trunks teases Bio-Broly  Trunks prepares a Finish Buster while upside down  Trunks fires his Finish Buster at Bio-Broly  Bio-Broly after Trunks' failed Finish Buster  Bio-Broly approaches a cornered Trunks  Bio-Broly approaching a cornered Trunks  Bio-Broly confronts Trunks  Bio-Broly stopped by culture fluid falling on him  A giant Bio-Broly appears inside the lab  Trunks celebrates his victory  Goten weakly awakens  Trunks, Goten, Krillin, and Android 18 after leaving the lab  Goten outside the lab  Goten fires a Kamehameha to stop the Culture Fluid  Dr. Collie telling about Bio-Broly and the Culture Fluid  The giant Bio-Broly emerges again  Krillin, Goten and Trunks Krillin charge one final Kamehameha  Krillin, Goten and Trunks' combined Kamehameha  Krillin, Trunks and Goten relieved at giant Bio-Broly's defeat  Goten and Trunks prepare to blast Bio-Broly  Goten and Trunks fire their attacks  Goten and Trunks' attack hits Bio-Broly  Bio-Broly's destruction  Krillin, Goten, Trunks  Krillin, Goten and Trunks laughing at Mr. Satan .png "Goku(BB).png (388 KB)") Goku eating .png "Bubbles(BB).png (483 KB)") Bubbles telling Goku about Broly  |
See also[]
References[]
- ↑ Dragon Ball. toei-animation-usa.
- ↑ Daizenshuu 6, 1995
- ↑ Music Database - Miscellaneous Dragon Ball CDs. kanzenshuu.
- ↑ Dragon Ball Z: Bio-Broly. amazon.
- ↑ Dragon Ball Z: Broly Triple Threat. amazon.
- ↑ Dragon Ball Z: Broly Triple Feature (Broly / Broly Second Coming / Bio-Broly). amazon.
- ↑ List of successive Dragon Ball movie works. nendai-ryuukou.