Secret of The Dragon Balls
From Dragon Ball
"Secret of The Dragon Balls" was the first episode of Dragon Ball. It introduces us Goku, Bulma, Pilaf, Shu and Mai. It was known as "Secret of the Dragon Balls" in both the Funimation and Ocean Group dubs. It is unknown what it was called in the Harmony Dub. It is thought to have been called "The Quest For The Dragon Balls" in the Blue Water Dub.
[edit] Recap
Our story begins with a young boy named Son Goku, who is in the middle of performing his daily chores. He first chops up fire wood with his bare hands and then has to find some dinner. The young boy heads to the lake putting his tail into the water (he has a tail...?) to bait some fish. Soon enough, a monstrous fish jumps out of the water, thinking that a monkey was foolish enough to sit near the water's edge. Having no fear of the giant fish, Goku dodges it and kills it with one kick.
As he is dragging the fish back home, he gets run over by a beautiful teenage girl in her car. Goku has never seen a car before (or even a girl for that matter!) and attacks, thinking that it is a monster, effortlessly picking up the car and throwing it into the distance.
In defense, the girl, named Bulma, takes out a gun and fires at Goku... but to no effect. Now really irked, Goku is about to charge the teenager when she tells him that she is a girl.
Goku was always told by his grandfather (who has been dead a long time) to always be nice to girls, so he escorts Bulma to his home. Finally reaching there, Bulma sees an item she was desperately seeking: a dragon ball. She tells the boy that there are seven dragon balls total around the world and that when they are all collected, they allow for the owner to get one wish. In Bulma's case, her wish is to have the perfect boyfriend... but it looks like Goku has other plans, as he stubbornly refuses to give up all that is left of his grandfather.
Eventually, Bulma persuades Goku that she only needs to borrow his grandfather's dragon ball and that she will return it to him once the wish is made. Unaware that the dragon balls scatter across the planet after the wish is granted, Goku finally gives in and decides to travel with her.
Elsewhere, we see two strange figures headed by a small blue entity named Emperor Pilaf. Having a dragon ball of his own, Pilaf begins to laugh maniacally, stating that he will take over the world once he has them all.
Back at Goku's house, Bulma creates a motorcycle through what Goku claims to be magic. Amazed at how little the boy knows, Bulma explains that the motorcycle came from inside one of her capsules.
The two then leave for the next closest dragon ball (found with the use of Bulma's dragon ball radar). Along the way, Bulma stops to go to the bathroom. While she is gone, a fearsome pterodactyl seizes her and flies away. Noticing that Bulma has been gone for a while, Goku comes to the rescue, taking the motorcycle's reigns and driving off a ramp into the air. He then takes out a staff, he carries behind his back, and orders it to grow, smashing the pterodactyl and sending it falling dead to the ground below.
Bulma and Goku fall safely to the ground, board the motorcycle once more and take off.
And so it begins...
