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A nearby [[Gohan]] attempts to stop [[Lord Slug's clan|Slug's soldiers]]. Slug notices the Dragon Ball Gohan has on his hat and obtains it. After reading [[Bulma]]'s mind, Slug learns about the [[Dragon Ball (object)|Dragon Balls]] and how to get them. Lord Slug sends his minions to gather the Dragon Balls via the Radar (which he steals from Bulma after his mind-reading), and uses them to ask Shenron for eternal youth (Slug at this point has aged incredibly old) a time when he was at his most powerful. |
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Dragon Ball Z: Lord Slug (ドラゴンボールゼット 超サイヤ人だ孫悟空 Doragon Bōru Zetto: Sūpā Saiyajin da Son Gokū, lit. "Dragon Ball Z: Super Saiya Person Son Goku"), also known as Dragon Ball Z: Super Saiya Son Goku,[2] is the fourth Dragon Ball Z movie.
It originally released in Japan on March 9, 1991 and was later released in North America by Funimation in 2001. It is the first Dragon Ball Z movie to be dubbed with Funimation's English in-house voice cast (not counting the Ultimate Uncut edition of the previous movies).
Summary
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An asteroid nearly impacting Earth
While Piccolo is doing his meditation training, Gohan shows up along with Icarus and shows Piccolo his new whistle and dance routine, however the high pitched noise greatly hurts Piccolo's ears. They both soon sense an object from space fast approaching the Earth which is revealed to be an inhabited planet.
News of the collision begins to wreak havoc all over the planet as it is believed that the impact is going to destroy the entire Earth. Goku and Krillin go to deflect the planet off course so it does not hit Earth. They attempt to move it using a combined Kamehameha, but to no avail; they are blown away by the fierce winds produced by the near-clash of the planet with Earth.
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Lord Slug's enormous spaceship
The planet passes near Earth but misses the crash, exploding soon afterward. However, a spaceship from the planet lands on Earth which is full of soldiers who serve Lord Slug. Along with his crew of vicious fighters, Slug has traveled space, conquering planets with Earth as his new target. The way they dominate a planet is by terra-freezing it, changing the atmosphere to make it suitable for themselves as they are a demon clan who can not withstand sunlight for more than an hour. This however is almost unbearable for any other people, including the native occupants of the planet. Later they transform the planet into a giant spaceship (known as a Planet Cruiser), and move on to find a new planet to conquer. Previously in the film, they intentionally destroyed their own craft to make Earth their new Planet Cruiser.
A nearby Gohan attempts to stop Slug's soldiers. Slug notices the Dragon Ball Gohan has on his hat and obtains it. After reading Bulma's mind, Slug learns about the Dragon Balls and how to get them. Lord Slug sends his minions to gather the Dragon Balls via the Radar (which he steals from Bulma after his mind-reading), and uses them to ask Shenron for eternal youth (Slug at this point has aged incredibly old) a time when he was at his most powerful.
Soon after the Terra-Freezing device is launched to the outskirts of Earth's atmosphere which releases a thick dark cloud which covers the planet, blocking out the sunlight and thus lowering the temperature around the planet, freezing it's oceans. Yajirobe, having found Goku, gives him along with Krillin a sense bean and they soon head out towards Slug.
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Goku and Slug engage in battle
Later, Gohan manages to infiltrate Slug's camp with Oolong and Icarus, but is quickly discovered and outnumbered by his soldiers. Just as he is about to be killed, Piccolo appears and rescues Gohan. Killing Wings, he soon notices that Gohan has been defeated by Lord Slug's other henchmen, Medamatcha. As he goes to help him he is ambushed by Angila and along with Medamatcha they are able to take him down. As they are about to be finished, Goku and Krillin arrive and save them. Goku easily dispatches of the henchmen and is soon confronted by Lord Slug, who has been watching all along from his spaceship. Slug proves stronger than Goku in the ensuing fight and pummels him around. As Goku is on the verge of defeat, he catches Slug's intended death blow and transforms into a Super Saiyan. With his new found power, Goku easily dominates Slug and breaks one of his arms.
As Goku's False Super Saiyan power fades away. Slug reveals his Namekian heritage by regrowing his arm and removing his helmet to reveal his antennae and transforms into a giant version of himself. King Kai reveals that Slug as a baby, was sent to a planet called Slug before his home planet Namek faced extinction, similar to Kami. King Kai says that although Slug probably didn't realise it himself, he was born with a rare mutation that has allowed only evil to grow in his heart making him pure evil and thus he is a Super Namekian. In this new giant form, Slug proves to be stronger than Goku; King Kai guesses that Frieza and even a Super Saiyan are no match against him in this form.
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Goku collects the energy for his Spirit Bomb to finish off Slug
Piccolo intervenes and starts tugging at Slug's antenna, saying he knows his weaknesses because he is a Namekian too. Although he's being beaten back, in a bloody move, Piccolo tears off his ears and tells Gohan to whistle since the wavelength of it makes a sound terrible to Namekians. Gohan's whistling is able to bring Slug to his knees.
Lord Slug is defeated
Piccolo gives what little strength he has left to Goku. Thanks to Piccolo, Goku is able to use the Kaio-ken and punch a hole through Slug's stomach. Goku then flies up above the clouds to deliver the final blow to the terra-freezer with a Spirit Bomb powered by the sun; Slug maniacally tries to thwart him. The Spirit Bomb heads straight into the freezing generator, taking Slug with it and destroying him. The atmosphere goes back to normal on Earth.
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Goku, Gohan and Krillin at the end of the movie
Following Slug's defeat, the friends reunite and are given Senzu Beans by Yajirobe. The final scene involves Master Roshi waking up from his nap which he started before the aliens landed, and he wishes that something interesting would have happened.
Timeline placement
Lord Slug using telepathy while reading Bulma's mind
Daizenshuu 6 notes that the movie would take place around the time of the fight with Frieza on Namek, specifically between Goku's arrival on Namek and Goku's transformation into a Super Saiyan.[3]
Also, this film presumably takes place at least one year after the events of Dragon Ball Z: The Tree of Might; when Lord Slug is reading Bulma's mind, one of the images is Krillin, Bulma, and Oolong summoning Shenron with the outfits they wear at the beginning of The Tree of Might. Additionally the dragon Icarus also appears in the film who was originally introduced in The Tree of Might.
In Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2, it is shown that Slug exists in a dimension separate from the main one.
Releases
Lord Slug was originally released on VHS and Laserdisc in Japan. In 2006, Toei Animation released Lord Slug 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.
Funimation released Lord Slug for VHS and DVD on August 7, 2001 in both edited and uncut forms.[4] As was the case with all previous releases, the movie was released in an unmatted 4:3 aspect ratio. The DVD featured a new English dub with a soundtrack of American rock bands and some pieces from Faulconer Productions' score for Dragon Ball Z. In 2002, Funimation bundled Lord Slug with Cooler's Revenge and The Return of Cooler in a new DVD box set. It was released on October 15, 2002, available in both edited and uncut forms.[5][6]
Funimation re-released The Tree of Might and Lord Slug on DVD and Blu-ray on September 16, 2008 as part of their "Double Feature" line.[7] 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 American rock bands and the Faulconer Productions score.
Funimation repackaged the Double Feature DVDs into three new thinpak 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 reversioned artwork of Goten and Trunks from Bio-Broly on the cover.
 Original DVD cover  Double Feature 2003 AB Group "Big Green" dub UK DVD cover AB Group "Big Green" dub Netherlands DVD cover. Note that this features artwork from a different film (The Tree of Might)  Dragon Ball Z Complete Movie Collection  Movie 5 Pack Dragon Ball The Movies: Volume 4 |
Cast
A third English version released exclusively in Malaysia by Speedy Video features an unknown voice cast.
Music
- Opening Theme (OP): "Cha-La Head-Cha-La"
- Intermission Song (IN): "Kuchibue no Kimochi"
- Ending Theme (ED): "“Ya” na Koto ni wa Genki-Dama!!"
- Funimation Dub
- Finger Eleven - Drag You Down
- Finger Eleven - First Time
- Dust for Life - Seed
- Dust for Life - Dragonfly
- American Pearl - Automatic
- Dust for Life - Step Into The Light
- Disturbed - Fear
- American Pearl - Free Your Mind
- Boy Hits Car - The Rebirth
- Deftones - Elite
- Disturbed - Stupify
- Boy Hits Car - I'm A Cloud
- Breaking Point - Coming Of Age
Battles
- Gohan and Chi-Chi vs. Lord Slug's soldiers
- Piccolo vs. Wings
- Gohan vs. Medamatcha
- Piccolo vs. Medamatcha and Angila
- Goku vs. Medamatcha and Angila
- Goku and Krillin vs. Lord Slug
- Goku (Base/Pseudo Super Saiyan) vs. Lord Slug
- Goku vs. Lord Slug (Great Namekian)
- Piccolo vs. Lord Slug (Great Namekian)
- Goku vs. Lord Slug (Great Namekian)
Reception
The movie was released in theaters in Japan on March 9, 1991 and was part of a double feature alongside Magical Taluluto: The Movie. It grossed a total of ¥2.05 billion (US $15 million).[1]
Trivia
- A truck bearing the logo "TAMA" and the cat's face, is caught in the flood caused by the asteroid early in the film.
- Angila and Wings, two of Slug's top henchmen, strongly resemble Zarbon and Dodoria respectively.
- In the scene where Chi-Chi realizes Gohan has disappeared from home, a poster of Arale Norimaki from Akira Toriyama's previous hit series Dr. Slump can be seen in Gohan's room.
- A McDonald's fast food restaurant can be seen in the background of Iguana Street.
- Based on the shocked reaction of King Kai to Goku's "Super Saiyan" form, it does not appear that Goku assumed the "true" Super Saiyan transformation within this film's past. Created for the movie, this Super Saiyan form (known as "False Super Saiyan" among fans) is a supposed prequel to the actual Super Saiyan form. It was more than likely an attempt to show what a Super Saiyan looked like (due to its mention by Vegeta during the Captain Ginyu Saga), but without the knowledge of its appearance since the movie was released before the true form was introduced to the manga/anime.
- It is the second time that a Namekian wishes for eternal youth, as well as the second time that a Namekian transforms into its Giant Form in the series. Slug is similar to King Piccolo in this sense, as he is old and wishes for eternal youth
- The movie reveals that Namekian ears are sensitive to certain high-pitched sounds like whistling.
- Lord Slug is killed in a similar manner to Turles from the previous movie, The Tree of Might. Both are hit by Goku with a Spirit Bomb and knocked into their device used to do evil things to the Earth (Tree of Might for Turles, and Terra Freeze machine for Slug), destroying it as well.
- The Sun plays an important role in this movie: its light is shown to be harmful to an exposed henchmen of Lord Slug, and it is where Goku gathers the energy to make the Spirit Bomb.
- The 13th Shunsuke Kikuchi music package for the franchise starts here. The cues were designated "M11XX" codes, and this package would make its series debut in Namek's Destruction.
Gallery
 Lord Slug Dragon Box DVD  Gohan whistling and dancing  Gohan whistling and dancing  Gohan apologizing to Piccolo  Krillin at Kame House  Master Roshi takes a nap  The group cheering for Goku and Krillin  Goku and Krillin  Goku and Krillin  Goku and Krillin's Combined Kamehameha Krillin and Goku firing their Kamehameha waves  Explosion caused by Goku and Krillin's combined attack .jpg "Asteroid Winds Vs Gohan, Oolong, Bulma, Chici (Lord Slug).jpg (456 KB)") The group after Goku and Krillin's failure  Lord Slug's army steps out of the ship  Commander Zeeun  Lord Slug fires a Finger Beam  Lord Slug's Finger Beam hits Zeeun  Zeeun impaled by Lord Slug's Finger Beam  Gyoshu swiftly killed by a Ki Blast  Lord Slug moves fast  Slug's soldiers firing energy waves at civilians Slug's soldiers firing energy waves at civilians  Ki Blasts fired by Lord Slug's soldiers  Lord Slug's soldiers Ki Blasts to attack civilians  Gohan dodges the blasts fired by Lord Slug's soldiers  Gohan deflects Ki 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Eye Lasers  Piccolo's Eye Lasers reach Angila  Medamatcha charges a Full Power Energy Wave  Medamatcha fires his Full Power Energy Wave  Medamatcha's Full Power Energy Wave  Piccolo protects Gohan from Medamatcha's Full Power Energy Wave  Medamatcha's Full Power Energy Wave explodes  Piccolo after protecting Gohan  Angila and Medamatcha fire Full Power Energy Blast Volleys  Angila and Medamatcha's blasts hit Piccolo  Medamatcha dodges Goku's Ki Blast  Energy Waves fired by Goku and Krillin approach Angila and Medamatcha  Goku uses an Explosive Wave on the Medas  Goku's Explosive Wave destroys the Medas  Goku punches Medamatcha in the stomach  Medamatcha defeated by Goku  Goku after defeating Medamatcha  Goku  Angila catches Goku  Angila fires his Evil Quasar  The Evil Quasar approaches Goku  Goku fires a Ki Blast at Angila  Goku's Ki Blast  Goku's Ki Blast approaches Angila  Angila's attack is returned to his mouth  Angila is defeated  Goku  Lord Slug kills his soldiers with a Ki Blast  Krillin and Goku  Krillin and Goku  Goku .jpg "Goku vs Lord Slug Close-Up (Lord Slug).jpg (293 KB)") Goku vs. Lord Slug  Goku struggles with Lord Slug  Goku fires an Energy Wave at Lord Slug  Lord Slug about to be hit by Goku's Energy Wave  Lord Slug prepares a Double Axe Handle  Lord Slug's Double Axe Handle  Goku  Lord Slug using his Darkness Eye Beam  Goku dodges Lord Slug's attack  Lord Slug throws a punch  Goku blocks Slug's punch Goku powers up  Goku punches Lord Slug  Goku punches Slug down  Goku kicks Lord Slug  Goku charges a Double Axe Handle against Lord Slug Goku smashes Lord Slug  King Kai witnesses Goku's power  Goku fires Continuous Kamehameha at Lord Slug  False Super Saiyan Goku's Continuous Kamehameha  Lord Slug regenerates an injured arm he tore off Goku realizes the similarity between Lord Slug and Piccolo  Lord Slug begins his transformation  Lord Slug transforms into a Great Namek  Lord Slug in his giant form  Goku charges an Energy Wave to fire at Giant Lord Slug  Goku fires the Energy Wave at Giant Slug  Giant Lord Slug fires an Energy Wave at Gohan  Giant Lord Slug's Energy Wave hits his ship  Kakuja tumbles to his death  Giant Slug finds Goku  Goku charges a Kamehameha to fire at Giant Slug  Goku hit by Slug's Darkness Blaster  Goku charges a Ki Blast  Goku launches his Ki Blast toward Lord Slug  Giant Slug fires his Darkness Eye Beam at Goku  Goku narrowly Giant Slug' beams Giant Slug crushes Goku  Piccolo smirks before ripping off his ears  Piccolo gives his remaining energy to Goku  Goku uses Piccolo's power  As Goku uses the Kaio-ken x100, giant projections of himself and Piccolo appear  Goku attacks Giant Slug  Goku uses Kaio-ken x100, with a massive projection of himself appearing  Goku uses Kaio-ken x100, with a massive projection of Piccolo appearing  Goku punches through Giant Slug  Giant Slug after Goku ripped a hole in his chest  Great Namek Lord Slug with a hole through his chest  Great Namek Lord Slug falls on top of his ship  Kakuja before exploding  Kakuja enveloped by the ship's explosion  Goku gathers energy for the Spirit Bomb  Goku with the energy he collected  Goku uses the Spirit Bomb  The destruction of the Terra-Freezing pod  Slug's death  Lord Slug's demise  Goku  Goku, Gohan, and Krillin at the end of the movie  Piccolo with the others  Roshi wakes up |
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Japan Box Office: Weekend Estimates (10/14-15). worldofkj.
- ↑ Dragon Ball. toei-animation-usa.
- ↑ Dragon Ball Daizenshuu 6: Movies & TV Specials (p. 70). kanzenshuu.
- ↑ Dragonball Z: Lord Slug. amazon.
- ↑ amazon.
- ↑ DragonBall Z: Lord Slug/Cooler's Revenge/The Return of Cooler. amazon.
- ↑ Dragon Ball Z Double Feature: Tree of Might / Lord Slug. amazon.
- ↑ Dragon Ball Z: Big Green Dub Cast - Behind The Voice Actors.