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Prelude to Vengeance

English title	Prelude to Vengeance
Series
Saga	King Piccolo Saga
Episode number	118
Manga counterpart	Tenshinhan's Resolve
Japanese airdate	July 6, 1988
Previous episode	The Ultimate Sacrifice
Next episode	Battle Cry

Prelude to Vengeance (天津飯の決意!!, Tenshinhan no Ketsui!!) is the seventeenth episode of the King Piccolo Saga and the one hundred eighteenth episode in the Dragon Ball series. The episode first aired on July 6, 1988.

SummaryEdit

King Piccolo keeps the world at suspense, as he chooses a target sector to annihilate. Yajirobe has a rough landing, having fell right through a Nimbus Cloud from atop Korin Tower. King Piccolo chooses to destroy Sector 28, which is none other than Bulma's homeland, West City. The entire city tries to evacuate in a frenzy, including Bulma's parents. A team of convicts storm the Kame House, but Yamcha and Launch beat them.

Tien Shinhan arrives at the King Castle just as King Piccolo is about to depart. Before Tien can start his plan, King Piccolo creates a new warrior called Drum.

TriviaEdit

There is an error in the English version of this episode, on the paper King Piccolo picks to decide what sector to destroy, his paper says "29" but Piccolo says "28".
Two characters from Akira Toriyama's one-shot Escape appear when everybody in West City is running in panic.
Two of the three convicts were previously seen in a group of fighters waiting outside Fortuneteller Baba's Palace,^[1] and the other one was previously seen eliminated by Yamcha from the 22nd World Martial Arts Tournament.^[2] The alligator with sunglasses first appeared sunbathing at Kame House in "The Nimbus Cloud of Roshi".
Two drivers seen fleeing West City look similar to Hasky's followers.