Dragon Ball Z episodes Transformed at Last
English title Transformed at Last Series Saga Frieza Saga Episode number 95 Manga counterpart Life or Death Japanese airdate June 19, 1991 Previous episode Power of the Spirit Next episode Explosion of Anger

Transformed at Last (ついに変身!! 伝説の超サイヤ人·孫悟空, Tsui ni Henshin!! Densetsu no Supa Saiya-jin Son Goku) is the twentieth episode of the Frieza Saga and the ninety-fifth overall episode in the uncut Dragon Ball Z series. The episode first aired on June 19, 1991. Its original American air date was October 18, 1999.

SummaryEdit

As Gohan and Krillin are wondering if they are the only ones who survived the Spirit Bomb, Piccolo suddenly emerges from the water and climbs onto a nearby island with Goku. Gohan and Krillin fly over to their allies and they are reunited.

On King Kai's planet, King Kai relays the news to Yamcha, Tien Shinhan and Chiaotzu. Recoome, Guldo, Burter and Jeice are skeptical, but the Z Fighters continue the battle against them and ultimately force them off the planet and into Hell. Enraged, they try to escape, but only succeed in bumping their heads on the clouds above. King Kai then inadvertently reveals that he invited the Ginyu Force to his planet to give the Z Fighters a test.

On Namek, Goku, Piccolo, Krillin and Gohan prepare to leave to find Bulma and go back to Earth. Piccolo openly hopes that Guru and the rest of the Nameks can now rest in peace. As Krillin asks how Piccolo knows about Guru, he freezes upon looking at a nearby cliff. The other fighters look and are also shocked: Frieza is still alive, only with a damaged tail, and angrier than ever.

Frieza fires a Death Beam at Goku, but Piccolo pushes him aside and takes the hit; he survives, but is barely alive. With this act, Piccolo's true loyalty is finally revealed: having sacrificed himself for Goku, he no longer considers him his enemy. Bordering on the edge of his rage, Goku orders Gohan and Krillin to take Piccolo, find Bulma and leave Namek immediately. Gohan refuses, but Frieza cuts the argument short by firing another energy beam into Krillin, rendering him under his telekinetic control. In an act of retaliation for coming back and slicing his tail, Frieza launches Krillin into the air, and despite Goku's pleas to stop, Frieza detonates the energy inside Krillin, blowing him to smithereens. Then, Frieza pushes the final button by threatening Gohan next.

Upon hearing this and already angered by the death of Krillin, who now cannot be revived with the Dragon Balls, Goku's rage erupts and he undergoes a strange transformation, resulting in a golden aura, yellow hair and green eyes. Goku angrily orders Gohan to take Piccolo and leave Namek with Bulma, and this time, Gohan complies.

Goku then sets his furious eyes on an astonished Frieza, determined to make him pay for his actions. Frieza trembles with fear.

Major EventsEdit

• The Super Saiyan form makes its first appearance.
• In the original FUNimation Dub, Frieza triggers Goku's Super Saiyan transformation by cracking a dark joke about Krillin's death ("Pop Goes the Weasel!"), while in the FUNimation dub of Dragon Ball Z Kai, he states his intention to kill Gohan next, which would seem more appropriate than the joke given Goku's sudden outburst of anger.

TriviaEdit

• As Goku and company reunites and celebrates their alleged victory, right before Frieza reappears, the water is blue, whereas Namekian water is green.
• After falling from King Kai's planet to the blood pond below, Burter and Jeice are shown without halos above their heads.
• In one scene, when the Z Fighters are all talking, Krillin's Battle Armor does not have the hole in it.
• In the Dragon Ball manga, after Frieza climbs out of the crater and makes his return, he intentionally fires a Death Beam at Piccolo. Yet, in the anime, Frieza fires at Goku and Piccolo deliberately hits him aside. Of note, the animation of Piccolo hitting Goku aside was taken from a panel after Piccolo was hit in the manga, depicting him as unintentionally nudging Goku during his fall.

GalleryEdit

Gohan Krillin Goku after throwing the Spirit Bomb Gohan Piccolo The Z Fighters thinking that Frieza is defeated Krillin remembers Bulma Everyone laughing Piccolo places his hand upon Gohan's head King Kai Continuous Crasher Cannon Continuous Crasher Cannon Continuous Crasher Cannon Continuous Crasher Cannon Continuous Crasher Cannon Purple Comet Attack Purple Comet Attack Purple Comet Attack Tien powers up Tien attacks Tien struggles with the Purple Comet Attack The Bloody Pond in Hell Yamcha prepares an Energy Punch Yamcha charging his attack Yamcha punches Recoome The Ginyu Force knocked into the Bloody Pond Chiaotzu's Psychic Attack Recoome in Hell The Ginyu Force attempt to escape from Hell once again Z Fighters Piccolo and Goku Frieza Frieza's Death Beam flying at Goku Piccolo protects Goku Piccolo wounded by Frieza's Death Beam Goku angry of Frieza's merciless attack "This time, you won't come back!" "No, Frieza! Don't do it!" Frieza uses his "I Won't Let You Escape with Your Life!" technique "GOKU!!" Krillin moments before his death Krillin's explosive demise Goku's transformation begins Goku turning Super Saiyan Goku as a Super Saiyan Super Saiyan Goku Super Saiyan Goku Add a photo to this galleryAdd a photo to this gallery