Pendulum Room Peril (明日なき街! 勝利への遠い道のり, Asu naki Machi! Shori e no Toi Michinori) is the seventeenth episode of the Vegeta Saga in the uncut Dragon Ball Z series. The episode first aired on August 30, 1989. Its original American air date was November 15, 1996.
Summary
The Z Fighters inside the Pendulum Room
After half a year of overcoming emotional and physical hardship, Gohan is finally being trained by Piccolo. Meanwhile, up at Kami's Lookout, Krillin and the remaining Z Fighters are growing impatient with Kami, who, after two months, has still not given any lessons to his pupils. Mr. Popo then takes everyone (excluding Yajirobe) on a mental combat simulation, using an old and mysterious mechanism inside the palace: the Pendulum Room.
Shorty and Scarface, the 2 Saiyans in the Pendulum Room
There, in the middle of a long-since ruined Saiyan city, Tien Shinhan and the others are attacked by two ferocious Saiyan warriors. The four of them put up a fight, but the odds are hopeless, and they are picked off one by one. Returning to the present, Kami tells the team that their opponents were only half as strong as genuine Saiyans. Rather than being frightened off by this revelation, the prospects of facing such incredible warriors renews the convictions of our heroes to fight.
Trivia
- During a later episode in the series King Kai says that the gravity on Planet Vegeta is over 10 times Earth's gravity but when Mr. Popo sends Krillin, Yamcha, Tien and Chiaotzu to the planet in the Pendulum Room, they all seem to be unaffected by this (whereas Goku can barely stand in the identical gravity on King Kai's planet). However, the original Japanese version makes no explicit comments that the place they have been sent to is Vegeta.
Gallery
 Gohan finds Piccolo's training too severe  Chiaotzu charges a Ki Blast  Chiaotzu fires his charged Ki Blast  Chiaotzu's charged Ki Blast Yajirobe on Kami's Lookout  Kami ready to see the Z fighters  Yamcha calls Mr. Popo a beachball  Mr. Popo pushes Yamcha backwards   The Z Fighters ready to train  Yajirobe  Z Fighters sent to the past          Scarface fires his Kankousen blast  Scarface's Kankousen hits Tien  Shorty uses a Clawhold technique on Chiaotzu  Shorty fighting with Tien  Scarface uses the Clawhold technique on Tien Shinhan  Scarface and Shorty with Tien  Scarface hurts Tien  Tien uses the Multi-Form technique  Tien prepares a Tri-Beam against Shorty and Scarface  Krillin charges a Kamehameha  Krillin fires his Kamehameha at Shorty and Scarface  Shorty defeats Krillin  Shorty and Scarface attack  Scarface charges a Kankousen  Tien is brutally gored by Shorty's Kankousen  Scarface's Kankousen impales Yamcha  Tien is hit by Shorty's Kankousen  Yamcha is defeated by multiple Kankousens  Tien is defeated by multiple Kankousens |
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