"They are nothing but stones now. And the dragon is dead. My enemies are vanquished. No one will ever challenge me again. It is perfect. I have been reborn." |
King Piccolo's Wish (若がえるか!?ピッコロ大魔王 Wakagaeru ka!? Pikkoro Daimao) is the eleventh episode of the King Piccolo Saga and the one hundred twelfth episode in the Dragon Ball series. The episode first aired on May 18, 1988.
Summary
Chiaotzu killed by King Piccolo
Chiaotzu tries to thwart King Piccolo's wish but gets killed instead. King Piccolo makes his wish and becomes younger. Before Shenron can disperse, King Piccolo kills him with a Mouth Energy Wave, so that no one else could use the Dragon Balls against him. King Piccolo intends to target the Kingdom of Chow; King Furry is the ruler there and is a kind-hearted person. Tien Shinhan intends to use the Evil Containment Wave on King Piccolo. Emperor Pilaf tries to request his reward for helping King Piccolo, but King Piccolo dumps him, Mai, and Shu off the ship. Yajirobe and Goku finally reach Korin Tower and are greeted by Bora and Upa.
Differences from the manga
- Piccolo and his kind have five fingers in the anime but only four in the manga.
- The scene with the gang at Kame House seeing the sky turn dark from Shenron's summoning is filler, as is the scene where they decide to wait and see who won the battle.
- In the manga, Piccolo's blast kills Chiaotzu instantly. Here, Chiaotzu manages to utter Tien's name a final time before dying.
- Pilaf fantasizing about getting a portion of the world to reign over is filler.
- Goku explaining more about Korin and Yajirobe's mental image of him is filler.
- The scene of the farmers asking King Furry for help with their crops is filler.
- Tien lamenting over Roshi and Chiaotzu's deaths and taking out his rage on a rock, only to then realize his only hope is the Evil Containment Wave.
- Pilaf having reservations about attacking Chow Castle so hastily and Piccolo browbeating him into going there isn't in the manga.
- It's implied in the manga that Piccolo dropped Pilaf's gang through the hatch that Cymbal and Tambourine left through earlier. Here, Piccolo makes them go onto the roof of the plane and blows them off when Pilaf asks for parachutes.
Trivia
- King Piccolo's wish later spawned Nuova Shenron in Dragon Ball GT.
- By killing Shenron, King Piccolo may have saved the world from the release of the Shadow Dragons from the Dragon Balls, which will later reveal in Dragon Ball GT.
- The wish Tien asks Chiaotzu to make to Shenron before King Piccolo is to make King Piccolo disappear forever. If Chiaotzu would have asked the dragon for this wish, Shenron probably would not have had the power to grant it as revealed in "Counting Down"/"A Black Day for Planet Earth". This also would have rendered the Dragon Balls unusable from that point onward, due to life link that they and King Piccolo shared with Kami.
- This marks the first time Chiaotzu dies in the series.
- One of the farmers asking King Furry for help bears a resemblance to the elder from Jingle Village that told Goku that Nimbus clouds can't be destroyed.
Gallery
 Chiaotzu trying to stop King Piccolo's wish  Pilaf after Chiaotzu tried to ruin King Piccolo's wish  Chiaotzu after King Piccolo shot a wave at him  Chiaotzu's corpse on the gound  Shenron is summoned  Chiaotzu and Roshi both dead  Shenron  King Piccolo after his wish was granted from Shenron  King Piccolo's youth restored  King Piccolo fires a Mouth Energy Wave at Shenron  Shenron is killed  King Piccolo after killing Shenron  Emperor Pilaf talking to King Piccolo  Chiaotzu dead  The Pilaf Gang after being kicked out of their own airship |
| ← Tien Shinhan Saga |  |
Piccolo Jr. Saga→ | |||||||
| Manga | |||||||||
| Chapters | 135 • 136 • 137 • 138 • 139 • 140 • 141 • 142 • 143 • 144 • 145 • 146 • 147 • 148 • 149 • 150 • 151 • 152 • 153 • 154 • 155 • 156 • 157 • 158 • 159 • 160 • 161 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Volumes | 12 • 13 • 14 | ||||||||
| Anime | |||||||||
| Episodes | 102 • 103 • 104 • 105 • 106 • 107 • 108 • 109 • 110 • 111 • 112 • 113 • 114 • 115 • 116 • 117 • 118 • 119 • 120 • 121 • 122 | ||||||||