re: The Official DragonBall Thread....est 2012

This is supposed to be Yamcha:

Light of hope episodes 2 and 3 update

I've donated twice.

Go give them money

i think their biggest obstacle in trying to get picked up by a network is ownership. this is 100% fan made and not to be made for profits, so they are clear to use the DBZ characters and stories.

if a company gets involved, lawsuits will be flying faster than Nimbus. they would have to go to toriyama and get cleared and all sorts of legal crap. thats probably why they havent been approached yet.

They're less than $1300 away with 8 days left. They'll make a final push or somebody will swoop in just in time and they'll get there. I'll glady donate the price of a movie ticket. I'm glad that was linked in time for to help, that's a cool little project.

About the new series, correct me if I'm wrong but did I read it's supposed to come out in July? If so I'm surprised this is the first we are hearing about it and that we really don't know anything at all about it. I'm pumped for this.

They broke the $50,000 they needed to make the next two episodes and still have a week of fundraising left. I'm excited, it's cool project

Complex ranks the DBZ episodes. I'll post them so my brethren don't have to click the link

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20. "Goku's Ordeal" (Season 4, Episode 18)

Dragon Ball Z is notorious for having "filler" episodes, such as this one, that extend the season and contribute almost nothing to the narrative, but this episode was also a charming comedic break from the fighting that the series is known for. In it, Goku's wife, Chi-Chi, punks Goku and Piccolo into getting driver licenses after she's attacked by a boar while walking home with groceries. The warriors dress up in Goku's "normal" clothes, and Goku tries to make fun of Piccolo for his outfit—but Piccolo reminds him, "Your wife got them for me out of your closest." The duo heads to driving school, and they do horribly during their tests, but end up saving a bus full of kids from a bunch of boulders rolling down a hill. They fail, and Chi-Chi faints when she finds out. A classic

19. "Gotenks Is Born" (Season 8, Episode 32)

"Gotenks Is Born" features the first non-Namekian fusion in Dragon Ball Z. After a few hilarious attempts of the fusion dance by Goten and Trunks, they finally get it right, and become the wisecracking and cocky Gotenks. While Gotenks is powerful, he still has Trunks and Goten's stubbornness and impatience, and goes off to fight Buu against Piccolo's wishes. He gets his arse kicked, and has to answer to Piccolo when he gets back. There's also a hilarious scene when Piccolo calls him "Trunkten" instead of Gotenks at the end of the episode.

18. "A Whole New Gohan" (Season 9, Episode 10)

One of the great things about having a series run for so long is that the audience can watch a character develop as he or she grows older. One of Gohan's obstacles as a child was learning to control his emotions and to properly tap into his powers. This was most prominent during the Cell Saga. "A Whole New Gohan" is a coming-of-age moment for teenage Gohan, who returns to battle Buu after improving since his previous fight.

Piccolo is taken aback by Gohan's new swagger. "I've known you since you were a boy Gohan, but I hardly recognize you," he says. "Your face, it's changed a little and your power's increased dramatically. But that's not it. It's your attitude, so different, so confident."

17. "Silent Warrior" (Season 5, Episode 12)

Android 16 reveals his true strength just in time to save Android 17 from Imperfect Cell. While he might not be the most stylish of the Androids (that haircut is awful, even for a hunk of bolts), "Silent Warrior" shows that 16 is actually a force to be reckoned with. "I will kill Cell," he tells Android 18. "This world is a good place. Cell wishes to destroy it. I will not let that happen."

"Life is good, but living in fear is not my idea of living," he continues. "I enjoyed the time we spent together. You guys are cool."

Android 16 then straight up rips off Cell's tail, which seems to be the end of the villain—until Cell regenerates it. While 16 isn't as important as many of the other Z Warriors, this episode sets him up as a strong, sympathetic character, far from the cold emotionless robot he could have been. This will prove important when he faces off with Cell for a final time.

16. "A Saiyan Duel!" (Season 1, Episode 23)

The fight between Goku and Vegeta is a tame one in comparison to future fights, but the significance of the fight (the last of the Saiyan race battling each other) is huge to the story, and ignites a rivalry between the two warriors. Also, the audience gets to see Vegeta's signature move, the "Galick Gun," go up against Goku's "Kamehameha" attack.

15. “Spirit Bomb Triumphant” (Season 9, Episode 33)

The Spirit Bomb is one of the iconic moves in Dragon Ball Z. To defeat Majin Buu, Goku had to summon a Super Spirit Bomb—but there are complications. Before Goku fires the blast, he sees injured Vegeta laying in the blast zone. Though Vegeta tells Goku to fire it anyway, Goku restrains himself, and Majin Buu uses that to his advantage. Good Buu emerges and attacks Majin Buu, giving Hercule enough time to retrieve Vegeta, and Goku unleashes the Super Spirit Bomb. But it isn't that easy.

Majin Buu has enough strength to hold it and send right back at Goku, who's energy is depleted. The Z Warriors use the Dragon Balls to wish Goku's energy back, just in time for Goku to turn Super Saiyan and send the Super Spirit Bomb back at Majin Buu, defeating him. After a hell of a saga that saw numerous deaths, a new Super Saiyan level, and a fight between Majin Vegeta and Goku, Goku and Vegeta give each other a thumbs up after the battle, accepting each other as friends after a long rivalry.

14. "Cell Returns!" (Season 6, Episode 24)

Just when Cell seems to be defeated, he reemerges, and gravely injures Trunks as the other Z Warriors look on. Vegeta goes berserk after seeing his son injured, and throws everything he's got at Cell in retaliation. Cell recovers and knocks out Vegeta, and just as he goes in for the kill with a blast, Gohan jumps in front of the beam and protects Vegeta, which breaks his arm. With Goku dead, Vegeta and Trunks done, and Gohan injured, things look dire. "Cell Returns!" is one of the bleakest episodes of the series by the time the credits roll.

13. "The End of Vegeta" (Season 3, Episode 12)

In "The End of Vegeta," Goku meets Frieza for the first time and challenges him. This is a big deal, since Frieza is in his final form and had just beat the hell out of Vegeta. Goku manages to land a kick in Frieza's face, and becomes the first person to harm Frieza at this stage of his power. Goku dodges Frieza's attacks, and Frieza ends up sending a fatal beam of energy right at Vegeta. With his last strength, Vegeta looks to Goku and tells him the true story of how the entire race of Saiyans and their home planet were destroyed; they were massacred by the hands of Frieza, who had enslaved them. Vegeta tells the merciful Goku not to show Frieza any mercy, and to stop him from wiping out more innocent people. "He made me who I am," he painfully whispers. Vegeta dies, and Goku buries him out of respect. This was the beginning of the epic battle between Goku and Frieza, which pushes Goku to new limits.

12. "Cell Juniors Attack" (Season 6, Episode 18)

During the fight against Perfect Cell, Gohan had been holding back his energy, or was just afraid to unleash it. When Android 16 gets decapitated by Cell, he tells Gohan, "Let it go. It is not a sin to fight for the right causes. There are those who words alone will not reach—Cell is such a being." Cell, disgusted by his words, walks over and crushes Android 16's head and destroys him. This act throws Gohan into a rage, and he unleashes a wave of energy. Android 16 made clear what Gohan has to do, and this event ignites what will become the end of the Cell Saga.

11. "Super Saiyan 3?!" (Season 8, Episode 26)

In one of the chillest demonstrations of Goku's power, Goku takes Buu and Babidi through his different stages of Saiyan, from his normal state, to Super Saiyan, to Super Saiyan 2. Buu and Babidi? look on, unimpressed, but Goku reveals that he isn't through with his demonstration just yet. In fact, he's found a way to reach a third level of Super Saiyan, which no one previously thought possible. Buu and Goku fight, and it looks for the time being like Buu has finally found a match.

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Shout out to Gohan making number 1. I was hoping that'd make at least top three but my boy gets shafted a lot.,

Those top 5 are hard to argue, but I would do some shuffling in the top 6-20.