In this episode, Goku senses another's power-level, King Piccolo to be exact, for the first time. Whether this is because of Goku's strength increase or his mind is at peace is a mystery.
Piccolo: My first degree is to abolish the police and release all criminals. I want riots, all order is legally dead. Well, what are you waiting for? Let it begin!
Yajirobe: You did it Goku! You survived! So do you feel any stronger, Goku? Goku: I don't know. I do feel different, but I just can't explain it. Yajirobe: Well, it sure didn't change your looks. You're still just a goofy looking kid with a tail.
Launch: I'm proud of you Tien, so proud. Tien: Don't be. This is not about me, rather, this is about the bad things in my life that make me no better than King Piccolo. This is about atonement and I only hope it's enough. Goodbye, my friends.
Original Air Date: June 29th, 1988
Japanese Title: Son Goku Reborn!
None of the above was cut from the Blue Water dub version.
The following scenes were cut: 1. (In recap) Shot of Piccolo holding King Funny by the neck in midair replaced with a shot of Pu'ar and Oolong looking at the TV in shock 2. (In recap) Again, scene of the tiger holding up the other animal with a knife is replaced by extending the shot of the family watching TV 3. Scene of some crazed criminals driving a truck into a restaurant 4. Scene of a criminal jumping through a swimsuit billboard 5. Scene of criminals setting a building afire and throwing molotov cocktails into a building, much to the surprise of an office worker, who tries to stomp the fire out 6. A shot of a truckfull of criminals aimlessly shooting guns in all directions 7. A scene cut here... Policeman over loudspeaker : "Please return to your homes! Piccolo is not the official ruler! All those who break the law will be punished accordingly!" *Criminal pistol-whips the officer in the face* *Officer falls down* Criminal : "I'll keep it under advisement... heheh..." 8. Another scene of more criminals carelessly shooting up cars and other such things 9. Another scene, this time in a jail: Prisoner : "Come on. Give it up, warden." Warden : "Get comfortable. You're not going anywhere, Johnny... at least, not on my watch. So, just sit back and relax there." Prisoner : "Oh, I'm fine right here..." *Large explosion* *Criminals break out of their cells and stand over the warden and the other guards with guns and evil smiles* 10. Shot of the punker's knife falling close to his crotch after Android #8 slaps it out of his hand replaced with an extended shot of the punkers laughing nervously. (They also edited a scene in earlier Dragonball when a knife fell close to Kuririn's crotch, in fact, tearing his pants open, by moving the knife further away from him. I don't know why...) Most of these were unnecessary. While, I must admit, some of the criminal activity was pretty dastardly, you wouldn't see much worse on, say, Batman... although the rocket firing was similar to a terrorist attack, so I can see why they took that out.
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