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"Alright Frieza, let the games begin!"
— Vegeta

"Who's Who?!" is the fifth episode of the Namek Saga in the original Saban dub for the Dragon Ball Z series. It originally aired in syndication on September 27, 1997.

Summary

The episode begins with Bulma, Krillin and Gohan trying to retrieve the sixth Dragon Ball from an ice cave, Zaacro mysteriously disappears as Bulma noticed, Gohan and Krillin use energy waves to slowly melt the ice, so as not to keep the cave from collapsing. They get the Dragon Ball but the cave collapses anyway. Krillin, Gohan, and Bulma ride a block of ice down the tunnel, suddenly two shadowy figures have a monitor watching them fall and make a boulder chase after the Dragon Ball gang.

Songoku0031 — An underprepared Goku attempts to train in the desert

Meanwhile, on Earth, Goku continues his training, but becomes seriously injured again after crashing through a pyramid.

Back on Namek, Gohan and Krillin blast the ceiling to make stalactites fall to slow the boulder down, but instead it runs over them and becomes spiked. They and the boulder reach an exit and fall off a cliff, but Gohan and Krillin fly, holding Bulma between them. They head for the seventh Dragon Ball, but Krillin recognizes the area as the spot where they chased the dinosaur and looks at the Dragon Ball he's holding concerned. The last Dragon Ball is inside a stone building, but just as Gohan goes to get it, something invisible grabs hold of him. Raiti and Zaacro then appear, holding Bulma hostage.

Vegetatonamek0031 — Vegeta heads off to the planet Namek

Goku is found by Chi-Chi and Master Roshi, who take him back to the hospital. While on Planet Frieza 79, Vegeta plans to leave for Namek, but runs into his rival, Frieza's henchman Cui. Cui tells Vegeta that Frieza is on Planet Namek, having heard Raditz's message about the Dragon Balls. Vegeta grabs his scouter and heads off in his space pod toward Namek as quickly as he can.

Trueform00031 — Raiti and Zaacro reveal their true forms

Raiti and Zaacro reveal that they are not Namekians and transform into their true selves into pink, spiked, shapeshifting aliens and are the shadowy figures from earlier, scaring Bulma making her fall unconscious. Krillin recognizes that they were the symbols on the cave walls, the land space starts to change, the structures of the places they visited earlier during their quest move forward towards them, revealing that they are not on Namek and that is was all an illusion, the Dragon Balls were nothing more than stones. When the illusion fades away, Gohan's attackers are revealed as man-eating monsters, Krillin tries to save him but is also ensnared by the beasts, leaving the heroes' fate unresolved.

Trivia

When Bulma faints after Raiti and Zaacro transform, she falls on her back. But when she is next seen, she is lying face-down.
It's unknown why Krillin and Gohan chose to slow the boulder that was chasing them using stalactites, rather than simply destroy the boulder.
According to Cui, Goku is a third-class Saiyan warrior, which, apparently, is very weak.
This is one of the few episodes in the Saban dub to be completely unaltered in terms of censorship.

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+{{Quote|Alright [[Frieza]], let the games begin!|Vegeta}}
-{{episode infobox
+{{EpisodeInfobox
-| series = DBZ
+|Name = Who's Who?!
-| series version = edited
-| image = Z ep 31.jpg
+|TitleImage = Z ep 31.jpg
+|Series = DBZ
-| English title = Who's Who?!
+|Saga = Namek Saga
-| episode number = 31
+|Number = 31
-| English airdate = September 27, 1997
+|Uncut = [[The Search Continues]]
-| corresponding uncut episodes = 43
+*[[A Friendly Surprise]]
-| corresponding manga chapters = <!-- Please fill me in! -->
+|Kai = [[A Powerful New Foe! Frieza, Ruler of the Universe!]]
-}}<!--
+|Manga = [[The Return of Vegeta]]
+|English Airdate = September 27, 1997
+|Previous = Hunt for a Dragon Ball
+|Next = Touchdown on Namek
+}}
+'''"Who's Who?!"''' is the fifth [[Episode Guide|episode]] of the [[Namek Saga]] in the original [[Ocean Group dubs|Saban dub]] for the ''[[Dragon Ball Z]]'' series. It originally aired in syndication on September 27, 1997.
+==Summary==
--->{{brief summary |
+The episode begins with [[Bulma]], [[Krillin]] and [[Gohan]] trying to retrieve the sixth [[Dragon Ball (object)|Dragon Ball]] from an ice cave, [[Zaacro]] mysteriously disappears as Bulma noticed, Gohan and Krillin use energy waves to slowly melt the ice, so as not to keep the cave from collapsing. They get the Dragon Ball but the cave collapses anyway. Krillin, Gohan, and Bulma ride a block of ice down the tunnel, suddenly two shadowy figures have a monitor watching them fall and make a boulder chase after the Dragon Ball gang.
-The crew from [[Earth]] continues collecting what are supposedly the [[Namekian Dragon Ball|Namek Dragon Balls]].  Right before they can collect the last one, however, [[Gohan]] is ensnared by an invisible force, and [[Bulma]] is detained by [[Raiti]] and [[Zaacro]].  The two aliens reveal their true appearances and that they've been creating an elaborate illusion of the planet [[Namek (planet)|Namek]] to deceive the travelers from Earth.  With the illusion gone, it becomes clear that Gohan is actually being held by meat-eating swamp creatures, and Krillin rushes to help him.  Meanwhile on Earth, [[Goku]] injures himself while training, and [[Chi-Chi]] and [[Master Roshi]] take him back to the hospital.  Elsewhere, [[Vegeta]] leaves [[Planet Frieza 79]] to head for Namek when he learns that [[Frieza]] has gone there to search for the planet's Dragon Balls.
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+[[File:Songoku0031.png|thumb|left|An underprepared Goku attempts to train in the desert]]
--->
+Meanwhile, on [[Earth]], [[Goku]] continues his training, but becomes seriously injured again after crashing through a pyramid.
-'''Who's Who?!''' is the fifth [[Episode Guide|episode]] of the [[Namek Saga]] in the original dubbed ''[[Dragon Ball Z]]'' series.
+Back on [[Fake Namek|Namek]], Gohan and Krillin blast the ceiling to make stalactites fall to slow the boulder down, but instead it runs over them and becomes spiked. They and the boulder reach an exit and fall off a cliff, but Gohan and Krillin fly, holding Bulma between them. They head for the seventh Dragon Ball, but Krillin recognizes the area as the spot where they chased the dinosaur and looks at the Dragon Ball he's holding concerned. The last Dragon Ball is inside a stone building, but just as Gohan goes to get it, something invisible grabs hold of him. [[Raiti]] and Zaacro then appear, holding Bulma hostage.
-== Summary ==
+[[File:Vegetatonamek0031.png|thumb|Vegeta heads off to the planet Namek]]
-The episode begins with [[Bulma]], [[Krillin]] and [[Gohan]] trying to retrieve the sixth [[Dragonball (artifact)|Dragonball ]] from an ice cave. Gohan and Krillin use energy waves to slowly melt the ice, so as not to keep the cave from collapsing. They get the dragonball but the cave collapses anyway. [[Zaacro]] mysteriously disappears. Krillin, Gohan, and Bulma ride a block of ice down the tunnel. Two shadowy figures make a boulder chase after them.
+Goku is found by [[Chi-Chi]] and [[Master Roshi]], who take him back to the hospital. While on [[Planet Frieza 79]], [[Vegeta]] plans to leave for [[Namek]], but runs into his rival, [[Frieza]]'s henchman [[Cui]]. Cui tells Vegeta that Frieza is on Planet Namek, having heard [[Raditz]]'s message about the Dragon Balls. Vegeta grabs his [[scouter]] and heads off in his space pod toward Namek as quickly as he can.
+[[File:Trueform00031.png|thumb|left|Raiti and Zaacro reveal their true forms]]
-Meanwhile, on Earth, [[Goku]] continues his training, but becomes seriously injured again after crashing through a pyramid.
+Raiti and Zaacro reveal that they are not [[Namekian]]s and transform into their true selves into pink, spiked, shapeshifting aliens and are the shadowy figures from earlier, scaring Bulma making her fall unconscious. Krillin recognizes that they were the symbols on the cave walls, the land space starts to change, the structures of the places they visited earlier during their quest move forward towards them, revealing that they are not on Namek and that is was all an illusion, the Dragon Balls were nothing more than stones. When the illusion fades away, Gohan's attackers are revealed as man-eating monsters, Krillin tries to save him but is also ensnared by the beasts, leaving the heroes' fate unresolved.
+==Trivia==
-Back on Namek, Gohan and Krillin blast the ceiling to make stalactites fall to slow the boulder down, but instead it runs over them and becomes spiked. They and the boulder reach an exit and fall off a cliff, but Gohan and Krillin fly, holding Bulma between them. They head for the seventh Dragonball, but Krillin recognizes the area as the spot where they chased the dinosaur. The last Dragonball is inside a stone building, but just as Gohan goes to get it, invisible enemies attack him.
+*When Bulma faints after Raiti and Zaacro transform, she falls on her back. But when she is next seen, she is lying face-down.
+*It's unknown why Krillin and Gohan chose to slow the boulder that was chasing them using stalactites, rather than simply destroy the boulder.
+*According to Cui, Goku is a third-class Saiyan warrior, which, apparently, is very weak.
+*This is one of the few episodes in the Saban dub to be completely unaltered in terms of censorship.
+{{Scroll box
-Goku is found by [[Chi-Chi]] and [[Master Roshi]], who take him back to the hospital. While on Planet Frieza, [[Vegeta]] plans to leave for Namek, but runs into his rival, Frieza's henchman [[Cui]]. Cui tells Vegeta that Frieza is on Planet Namek, having heard [[Raditz|Raditz']] message about the Dragonballs. Vegeta grabs his scouter and heads off in his space pod toward Namek as quickly as he can.
+|content=<gallery widths="120" captionalign="center">
+Gokuvsvegeta0031.png|Vegeta has a flashback from his battle with Goku
+Songoku00031.png|An underprepared Goku attempts to train in the desert
+Trueform0031.png|Raiti and Zaacro morphing into their true forms
+</gallery>
+}}
+==External links==
-Raiti and Zaacro appear and reveal that they are not Nameks, but pink, spiked, shapeshifting aliens. They reveal that they are not on Planet Namek and that they created the illusion of a Planet Namek, and all their quests were one illusion. The Dragonballs were nothing more than stones. When the illusion fades away, Gohan's attackers are revealed as man-eating monsters. Krillin tries to save him but is also ensnared by the beasts.
+*[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1168342/ IMDb page for "Who's Who?! (1997)"]
+*[http://www.dbzu.3gkai.com/series/ep043.html Review of the episode's censorship]
-==Trivia==
-*When Bulma faints after Raiti and Zaacro transform, she falls on her back. But when she is next seen, she is lying face-down.
-*It's unknown why Krillin and Gohan chose to slow the bolder that was chasing them using stalactites, rather than simply destroy the bolder.
-*According to [[Cui]], Goku is a third-class Saiyan warrior, which, apparently, is very weak.
+==Site Navigation==
-{{:Namek Saga/Episodes}}
+{{Namek Saga/EditedEpisodes}}
+[[Category:Episodes]]
+[[Category:Dragon Ball Z episodes]]
+[[Category:Edited Dragon Ball Z episodes]]
+[[Category:Namek Saga]]
+[[Category:Dragon Ball Z]]