Kami vs. Piccolo

"Your concern is touching, but unnecessary. The humans showed me a way to get rid of you without harming myself." — Kami (Hero) to Piccolo before performing the Evil Containment Wave.

Kami vs. Piccolo
Japanese Name	どっちが強つよい！？神かみＶＳピッコロ大だい魔ま王おう
Romaji name	Dotchi ga Tsuyoi!? Kami Tai Pikkoro Daimaō
Literal Name	Which is Stronger?! Kami vs Great Demon King Piccolo
Series
Saga	Piccolo Jr. Saga
Episode #	142
Chapter counterpart	Kami-sama vs. the Demon King God's Miscalculation
Japanese airdate	January 25, 1989
English airdate	November 10, 2003
Previous episode	The Four Faces of Tien
Next episode	Battle for the Future

"Kami vs. Piccolo" (どっちが強つよい！？神かみＶＳピッコロ大だい魔ま王おう, Dotchi ga Tsuyoi!? Kami Tai Pikkoro Daimaō, lit. "Which is Stronger?! Kami vs Great Demon King Piccolo") is the twentieth episode of the Piccolo Jr. Saga and the one hundred forty-second episode in the Dragon Ball series. This episode first aired in Japan on January 25, 1989. Its original American airdate was November 10, 2003.

Summary

Hero punches Piccolo in the stomach

Finally, Kami battles his evil half. He tells Goku that he must be the one to kill Piccolo because Goku cannot and would not allow himself to kill Piccolo. Goku agrees and says that he can defeat Piccolo without killing him. Kami knows that he must die, he must kill Piccolo, killing himself in the process. Kami/Hero walks out to the ring and puts on his act, but only for a minute. Immediately, he tells Piccolo he knows everything about him. Piccolo does not see that he is his other half. The battle starts ferociously. There is a lull in the fighting and everyone notes how powerful Hero/Kami is.

Piccolo Jr. holds the bottle that contains Kami

Kami attacks, taking Piccolo off guard. Piccolo shoots an energy ball at Kami, but Kami deflects it. Piccolo reads Kami's mind and realizes that he is Kami. They begin to speak in their native language, much to the crowd's confusion. Kami tells Piccolo that he is going to kill him. Piccolo does not believe him, so Kami reveals a bottle, which he is going to put Piccolo into. He launches the Evil Containment Wave, but Piccolo reverses it and instead imprisons Kami. He releases the human he possessed and screams that Goku is the only one left and he must kill Piccolo.

Major Events

• Match 6 commences between Hero and Piccolo.
• Piccolo performs the Evil Containment Wave Reflection to trap Kami in a bottle.

Battles

• Hero vs. Piccolo

Appearances

Characters

Goku Krillin Tien Shinhan Yamcha Chi-Chi Master Roshi Bulma

Launch Oolong Puar Hero Kami Piccolo World Tournament Announcer

Locations

• Papaya Island
  • World Martial Arts Tournament

Differences from the Manga

• Bulma and her group commenting on Shen prior to his fight and still unable to accept how someone so clumsy could defeat Yamcha is only mentioned in the manga.
• The portion of the fight that takes immediately prior to Kami speaking to Piccolo in an alien language was not in the manga.

Trivia

• Kami and Piccolo speak to each other in a strange language, which no one at the World Martial Arts Tournament can understand (though their language in the actual episode remains the same). Additionally, equally strange symbols/letters appear. Eventually, in the Dragon Ball Z episode "Plans for Departure", it is revealed this was actually the native language of Namek.
• There is an error from the production team in the Funimation dub episode. At the beginning of the episode (around the 2:55 mark), the announcer states that Goku will be facing Junior during the finals but Junior's match against Hero is yet to come in this same episode.

Gallery

Tien gracious in defeat Hero attacks Piccolo Hero attacks Piccolo Hero attacks Piccolo Hero drops Piccolo with a falling knee attack Yamcha astounded at Hero's power The Evil Container used by Kami Hero uses the Evil Containment Wave PiccoloShen.png Kami vs. Piccolo Jr. The announcer announces that Piccolo Jr. wins the match Piccolo seals up Kami Piccolo has Kami