(Movie 1)                                           (07/15/89)
Dragon Booru Zeto:

Dragon Ball Z

An evil little Namek, Garlic Jr., is gathering all of the Dragon Balls
together to wish for immortality.  Since young Gohan has the #4 Ball sewn to
his cap, Gohan is kidnapped by Garlic's minions.  This causes Goku to seek
out Garlic (whose mansion is located on a black island to the south of Kame
House).  Garlic also wants to get rid of Kami-sama, so his minions attempt to
kill Piccolo (if Piccolo dies, Kami-sama also dies, and vice versa.)  So
Kami-sama and Piccolo join in the battle, as does Krillin.  The minions are
wasted, but Garlic Jr. already made his wish, so he is unkillable.  Garlic
and Kami-sama fight it out, and Garlic wins (he wants to get rid of
Kami-sama to make way for his own "reign of blood", but he doesn't kill
Kami-sama right away).
   Garlic Jr. gets beaten up a bit by Goku and Piccolo, so he decides to
create a "Dead Zone" (a black hole) which threatens to suck everyone in and
kill them.  But Gohan (who had eaten a hallucinagenic apple, and is still
feeling a bit of a buzz) gets angry, and blasts Garlic into the Dead Zone.
The Dead Zone closes, sticking Garlic into a form of eternal hell.

                             Characters
Garlic, Jr. -- Evil little immortal Namek, lost and forgotten.
Ginger -- Garlic's green-skinned, red-eyed demon minion.  Killed by Goku.
Nikki  -- Garlic's blue-skinned, apple-eating minion.  Killed by Goku.
Sansho -- Garlic's big, purple-skinned demon minion.  Killed by Piccolo.

(Movie 3)                                           (07/07/90)
Chikuu Marugoto Chou-kessen:
Earth's Ultimate Deciding Battle
(The Tree of Might)

Oolong, Krillin, Bulma, and young Gohan are on a camping trip, when a
spy satellite crashes into the forest and starts a raging fire.  Kuririn and
Gohan battle to put out the blaze, then gather the Dragon Balls to wish for
the forest to be restored. One of the animals they save is a Haiyaa Dragon
(Higher Dragon) that follows Gohan home to become his pet. The two of
them (and Goku) play together and have a lot of fun, but Chi Chi wants the
dragon sent back to its mountain so it'll stop disrupting Gohan's studies.
   Meanwhile, a Saiyan fighter, Taurus, and his minions are scouting
Earth to locate Kakarot. Taurus wants Kakarot and/or Gohan to join him to
go trash planets. The minions plant a seed for an energy-eating tree near
the restored forest -- Taurus plans on eating the fruit of the tree to get a
"power up." The tree grows quickly and threatens to destroy Earth.
Kaiou-sama alerts Goku to the danger, and everyone (Chi Chi prevents Gohan
from joining in, but Haiyaa Dragon kidnaps the boy to take him to the battle)
goes to fight Taurus. Piccolo joins in to save Gohan, but the demon still
plans on killing Goku later on. Goku denies his Saiyan heritage,
claiming that he's happy to have been hit on the head as a child, rather
than growing up to be like Taurus.  There's a major battle, and Goku uses a
Genki Dama to kill Taurus and destroy the tree.  Afterwards, the Genki Dama
breaks up, and the lifeforce energy repairs the damage from the tree.

                                  Characters
Shinseiju -- The energy-eating tree.
Taurus    -- A Saiya-jin Warlord that looks like Gokuu. Killed by Goku.
Amond     -- Taurus's big Indian minion. Killed by Goku.
Daiizu    -- Taurus's muscular punk minion. Killed by Goku.
Kakao     -- Taurus's ugly, silent lava-man minion.  Killed by Goku.
Rezun & Rakasei -- Taurus's arrogant twin runt minions.  Killed by Goku.
Haiyaa Dragon (Icarus)-- Gohan's cute little pet.  Fiercely loyal; like Piccolo is.

(Movie 4)                                           (03/19/91)
Super Saiyan da Son Goku:
This is the Super Saiyn, Son Goku.
  

Young Gohan and the Haiyaa Dragon visit Piccolo to show the demon the new
dance that Gohan taught the dragon. But, Piccolo, in pain, yells for Gohan
to stop.
   A planetoid headed towards Earth causes a panic, and Krillin and Goku go
out to try to deflect the thing with their energy blasts. It still crashes
into Earth, but it turns out to be a spaceship that needs to land for
refueling. The ship is commanded by the imperious Emperor of the Universe
-- Slag, who demands that they leave in 3 days. A weather satellite is
launched to cause a cloud to cover the planet, and freeze it over.  Earth is
now more hospitable for the soldiers living in the ship, and they step
outside to terrorize the Earthlings. Slag recognizes the Dragon Ball that
is sewn into Gohan's cap, and reads Bulma's mind to learn about the Dragon
Radar. The Dragon Balls are rounded up, and Slag wishes for his youth back.
   Goku and Krillin receive Senzu Beans from Yajarobe, and they go to
fight Slag. Piccolo shows up to save Gohan. Slag reveals himself to be a
Super Namek. Goku wastes Slag's minions, and even turns into a Super
Saiyan for a while, but is trashed by Slag when the Super Namek turns
into a giant. Piccolo tears off his own ears, then yells for Gohan to
whistle again; we now learn that Nameks get hurt really bad when Earthlings
whistle. Slag drops to his knees, and Piccolo imparts his energy to Goku.
The Goku/Piccolo fusion beats up Slag, then Goku flies above the black
cloud to get enough energy to create a Genki Dama that kills Slag.  (Slag
accidently trashed his own spaceship, so there's no bad guys left now.)  The
cloud dissipates, and Yajarobe reappears to give Senzu Beans to the heroes.
Piccolo's ears grow back. Finally, Kamesennin, who'd been sleeping through
all this, wakes up from his dreams of naked women, and exercises while
saying that the weather is very nice today.

                                Characters
Slag    -- A big, square-headed evil tyrant Super Namek. Killed by Goku.
Kakuuja -- A Jawa that runs Slag's ship. Accidently killed by Slag.
Zeeun   -- A bull of a man who oversteps his authority and is killed by
                Slag.
Gyooshu -- A Jawa killed by Slag for saying that it would take 10 days to
                   refuel the ship.
Angira  -- The blond god that can burrow underground to trap people's feet.
                Killed by Goku.
Dorodabo - The fat yellow winged demon. Killed by Piccolo.
Medametcha -- A big horned frog that can create energy-sucking copies of
                         itself. Killed by Goku.
Slag's Soldiers -- Most were killed by Slag for running away from Goku
                           and Krillin.

(Movie 8)                                           (03/06/93)
Moetsukiro!!  Nessen . Ressen . Chou-gekisen:
Burn Your Spirits to the Max!!

A Close Battle, Violent Battle, Super Bloody Battle.
   Goku and Chi Chi go to interview for a school that Chi Chi wants Gohan
to attend, while everyone else is busy partying at a Cherry Blossom-Vewing
Drinkfest. The party is disrupted when a ship lands.  Paragasu steps out to
invite Vegeta to travel with him to the planet New Vegeta, to fight the
Legendary Super Saiyan. A drunk Kamesennin, Kuririn, Trunks, and Gohan
fly off as well. Meanwhile, Kaiou-sama telepaths to Goku to alert the hero
of the danger. Goku teleports out of the interview, leaving Chi Chi in the
lurch. Paragasu introduces Vegeta to Paragasu's wimpy son, Burolii, and
waffles over actually disclosing where the Legendary Super Saiyan is.
Goku teleports in, and Burolii goes berzerk.  After a lot of screwing
around, we find out that Burolii and Goku had been born on the same day.
King Vegeta had ordered Burolii (baby Burolii had already been determined
to be a threat to the Saiyan) and Paragasu to be killed and dumped in the
trash. But, baby Burolii's power saved them.  Burolii grew up to be a
maniacal killer, and had poked out one of Paragasu's eyes. Right after
that, Paragasu had a head band created that effectively lobotomized Burolii.
   Burolii overcomes Paragasu's control and turns into a Super Saiyan; he
trashes everyone. Vegeta loses his nerve at seeing the Legendary Super
Saiyan, and can't fight anymore. Paragasu knows that the planet New
Vegeta will explode soon, so he wants to fly away, killing two birds with
one stone: revenge on the Vegeta family, and disposing of his troublesome
child. But, Burolii crushes the space capsule, killing his father.  Then,
Goku summons the energy from his friends, including Vegeta, to become a
Super Saiyan himself, and killing Burolii. Before the planet explodes,
Goku teleports everyone to Piccolo's ship and they return to Earth.

                               Characters
Paragasu -- A one-eyed Saiyan killer with a hate against Vegeta's
                   family.  Killed by Burolii.
Burolii  (Brolly)-- A mad Saiyan, barely controlled by his father.  Born on
                the same day as Goku, and hence has an affinity for our hero.
                Apparently killed by Goku.
Shamo-saijin -- Ugly little creatures that have been carried off their
                planet of Shamo to do Paragasu's bidding. Saved by Goku.