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Yamcha the Desert Bandit

Season 1, Episode 5, Aired Aug 24, 2001

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Goku and co. are in a little too deep when they are faced by Yamcha, a desert bandit.

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Stephanie Nadolny

Son Goku
Tiffany Vollmer

Bulma
Bradford Jackson

Oolong
Hiromi Tsuru

Bulma (Japanese Version)
Jeremiah Yurk

Android No. 8 (Blue Water dub)
Masako Nozawa

Son Goku (Japanese Version)

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By danideathstrike, Jul 11, 2006

"Yamcha the Desert Bandit" see's last episodes bad guy, Oolong joins our heroes on the quest for the final few Dragonballs. Not much happens in this one, apart from Oolong trying to run away a bunch of times, and then Yamcha the Desert Bandit rears his head. If you ask me Yamcha looks too much like Goku, but anyway. We find out a bit about Oolongs past at shape shifter school. Overall this is an ok episode, that's not brilliant. This was the first episode I saw with the title music (I got all the other episodes from some guy who gut bits off- what a loser) and I thought I was a bit cheesy.

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ORIGINALY TITLED: YAMUCHA THE DESERT BANDIT

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By Games_Masterman, Oct 04, 2005

Bulma and Goku continue their quest for the Dragon Balls with Oolong (Bulma brought him along thinking his shape-shifting abilities might come in handy). But the next Dragon Ball lies beyond the Diablo Desert. Oolong is terrified, for he knows that the Diablo Desert is home to Yamcha, a fearsome bandit who possesses the awesome power of the Wolf's Fang Fist. Can our friends make it through the desert to their destination?moreless
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QUOTES (6)
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- Yamcha: I am Yamcha. I am master of the land you trespass upon!
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- Oolong: (changes to underwear) Here, how's this, Bulma? Put me on and only one of us has to walk!
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- Goku: Do you like bacon? Oolong: What are you, brain-dead?!
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- Oolong: (after transformed into an oar, and Goku pushes the oar roughly) Watch the water in the mouth, you muscle-bound midget!
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- Yamcha: Give me the Dragonballs, or you will die.
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- Goku: Look, a fish full of dollars!
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NOTES (8)
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- Original Japanese Title: つよくて悪い砂漠のヤムチャ (The Strong Villain of the Desert, Yamcha)
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- Original Japanese Airdate: March 26, 1986 (7:00 – 7:30PM, Wednesday, Fuji TV)
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- Manga Correlation: - Chapter 006, "Oolong vs Son Goku" (Pages 13-End) - Chapter 007, "Yamcha and Puar" - Chapter 008, "Yamcha Should be Afraid!!"
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- Scene Edit: While paddling away, Goku was originally seen urinating off the side of the boat.
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- Recurring Character Debut: Yamcha and Puar Yamcha is a 16 year old desert bandit, whose special technique is the Wolf Fang Fist (roughly translated from the original "Rouga Fuu-Fuu Ken"). His one weakness is that he has an irrational fear of women. Puar is Yamcha's partner in crime and was once Oolong's classmate at their local shape-shifting school. Like Oolong, Puar can transform into anyone and anything, though it is never clarified as to whether Puar is limited to maintaining his transformation for more than five minutes, like Oolong.
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- FUNimation refers to Puar as a female, but author/creator Akira Toriyama usually refers to the character as a male.
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- Scene Edit: Upon formally meeting Oolong, Goku pats his private area to check what gender he is.
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- Scene Edit: In the unedited version of this episode, after Oolong tries to get away by turning into a fish, Bulma lures him back by using, not a wad of cash, but a pair of women's underwear.
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- Goku: Wow, a fish full of dollars! This FUNimation dub line refers to the Clint Eastwood Western movie given the US title Fistful of Dollars.
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- Name Pun: Like Oolong, Puar's name is a pun on a flavor of tea that goes by the same name.
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