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Pathos of Frieza

English title	Pathos of Frieza
Series
Saga	Frieza Saga
Episode number	103
Manga counterpart	Son Goku Quits
Japanese airdate	August 14, 1991
Previous episode	Duel on a Vanishing Planet
Next episode	Frieza Defeated!!

Pathos of Frieza (哀れフリーザ! 震えだしたら止まらない!!, Aware Furiza! Furue Dashitara Tomaranai!!) is the twenty-eighth episode of the Frieza Saga and the one hundred third overall episode in the uncut Dragon Ball Z series. The episode first aired on August 14, 1991. Its original American air date was October 28, 1999.

SummaryEdit

As Namek's destruction approaches, Goku and Frieza battle furiously, each desperate to win, yet neither seems able to beat the other, despite each landing a few good hits. Meanwhile, King Kai explains to Yamcha, Tien Shinhan, and Chiaotzu that most of the five minutes to Namek's explosion are over.

On Earth, Bulma tries to cheer herself up by predicting Goku's fate with fortune telling leaves: she draws a circle in the ground and places three leaves inside it, planning to burn them. If they all burn, it means Goku will return safely. Dende sets fire to them, but the wind blows them away before they can burn completely. Gohan scoffs at it, confident that Goku will survive.

After a long, tiring battle, Goku finally manages to land a final, decisive blow to Frieza's stomach, symbolically ending his reign of terror. Undeterred, Frieza refuses to give up and continues his assault, each time hindered by Goku. Eventually, Goku calls off the battle, claiming that since Frieza has slowly been losing his power due to the strain his ultimate form has put on his body, he is now so weakened that he is no longer a threat to him, and thus no longer worth the trouble of fighting. Goku bids farewell and flies off after advising Frieza never to do wrong again.

Enraged at being defeated and then spared by a Saiyan, Frieza launches a Homing Destructo Disk at Goku. The disk grazes Goku on the cheek as he notices it coming. Furious, Goku powers back up to his Super Saiyan form. He then flies around in order to evade the disk, and as a last resort, begins flying towards Frieza.