Dragon Ball Episodes The Dragon Balls are Stolen
English title The Dragon Balls are Stolen Japanese title うばわれる!! Rōmaji title Doragon Booru Ubawareru! Series Saga Emperor Pilaf Saga Episode number (position in saga) 10 (10) Corresponding manga chapter(s) 18 Japanese airdate April 30, 1986 English airdate August 31, 2001 Next episode The Penalty is Pinball

The Dragon Balls are Stolen! (うばわれる!!, Doragon Booru Ubawareru!) is the tenth episode overall of Dragon Ball and the tenth episode of the Emperor Pilaf Saga.

SummaryEdit

Oolong, Bulma, and Goku are riding in their hovercar, getting closer to the final Dragon Ball, when Oolong asks Bulma about the wish. Bulma reveals to Oolong that she is planning to wish for a boyfriend with the Dragon Balls. This irritates Oolong, he cannot believe that he has been risking his life just so that she can have a boyfriend. Oolong suggests that they wish for wealth, or at least something that would be beneficial to them all. Behind them, Yamcha and Puar are still following with Yamcha excited that it is almost time for him to make his wish. Over in Pilaf's Castle, Emperor Pilaf threatens Mai to fix his Dragon Ball Radar fast or she will be fed to the alligators. Mai flirts and talks about food with Pilaf to distract him, keeping him off count to give her more time to fix the radar. She detects a Dragon Ball in the castle and Shu follows the directions she gives him. When Shu finds the Dragon Ball, Pilaf hits him on the head and says that is the one they already have, the one that is literally right behind them. Afterwards, a Robot Bird informs Pilaf that the remaining six are headed his way and sends Shu and Mai to retrieve them.

As Goku, Bulma and Oolong still pass through the Diablo Desert, Mai, who is standing on top of a mushroom, tells Shu through a radio that they are heading his way. Oolong stops the hovercar and tells Bulma to change her wish which leads to another argument. Shu, who is in a Pilaf Machine, destroys the hovercar and steals Bulma's case, which has all of the Dragon Balls and her Dynocaps.

After Shu and Mai head back to Pilaf's Castle, Goku goes off on his own to find the Dragon Balls but then sees the robot suit Shu used in the middle of the desert. Goku thinks it is a person and attacks it. The robot falls over, so he assumes it is dead and heads back to rejoin Bulma and Oolong.

When Bulma finds out that Goku did not get the Dragon Balls, she becomes very depressed and cries. Goku cheers Bulma up by saying that they did not take his Dragon Ball which he was carrying with him. Yamcha then makes a brave decision and offers them a ride to the Dragon Balls. On their way, Bulma tells Yamcha to shut his eyes, which confuses and frightens him because he thinks she might want to kiss him. However, Bulma simply wants to check her Dragon Radar to make sure that they are on the right path. After doing so, Bulma tells Yamcha that he can open his eyes; slightly disappointed, Yamcha exclaims that "nothing happened", which might have implied that he actually did want her to kiss him.

They approach Emperor Pilaf's castle, and Emperor Pilaf is happy that he will finally have all seven of the Dragon Balls; he decides to put all of them in a trap. Pillars shoot out of the ground in an attempt to crush them, Bulma is almost crushed when Goku is preoccupied, but Yamcha saves her. As Emperor Pilaf's first trap was a failure, he puts up a wall around them, trapping our heroes. Bulma says shes scared and grabs onto Yamcha, which in turn makes him scared as well.

BattlesEdit

Shu (Robot) vs. Goku

Voice castEdit

Differences from the mangaEdit

FillerEdit

• Pilaf making Mai fix his Dragon Radar quickly and threatens to feed her to the alligators. Mai keeps distracting him with questions to make him lose count to buy her time. A robotic bird comes through the window to inform Pilaf that the other Dragon Balls are on their way to the castle.

InconsistenciesEdit

• When Pilaf raids Bulma's suitcase, several different clothes are seen flying out when really the only pair of clothes Bulma should have is the ones she was currently wearing. Perhaps she bought them while shopping in the village she bought her current clothes.
• Emperor Pilaf is seen dancing around with a globe but the globe is in the shape of the real world and not the Dragon World version of Earth. This is probably because it is early in the series and the Dragon Universe was not developed at the time.

EditsEdit

Dialogue ChangesEdit

• In the Japanese version, Mai distracts Pilaf by bringing up a curvy girl she met at the supermarket. In the Dub, Mai distracts her boss by saying it invigorates her when he asserts command.

TriviaEdit

• This is the first non filler appearance of Emperor Pilaf and his minions in the anime.

GalleryEdit

The One-Star Dragon Ball Pilaf threatens Mai Pilaf's alligators Pilaf with his alligators Pilaf spotting the Dragon Ball Gang approaching his castle Shu arrives Pilaf blushes in response to what Mai said Pilaf's spy bird, Mecha 7 Mai spies on Goku Driving to the remaining Dragon Ball Oolong drives the hovercar Shu has the gang in his sights Shu fires a missile Shu destroys Oolong's car The car is totally wrecked Shu in a Pilaf Machine attacks the Dragon Ball Gang Shu searching for the Dragon Balls Bulma gets mad at Oolong Goku attacks the empty Mech Bulma is crushed Yamcha is upset by this development Panties seen falling out of Bulma's case Shu picking up Bulma's panties while looking for the last Dragon Ball Pilaf punishes Mai and Shu Yamcha meets them by "mistake" They ride in Yamcha's Silverstar 4 Yamcha is nervous around Bulma It was a tough ride for Yamcha They enter Pilaf's castle Pilaf's traps activate Yamcha saves Bulma She was almost crushed Wolf Fang Fist destroys another pillar Goku accidentally knocks a pillar on Yamcha Despite this Yamcha is perfectly fine Bulma clings to Yamcha for support Add a photo to this galleryAdd a photo to this gallery