Dragon Ball Timeline Because there's no fixed starting date for the Dragon Ball universe, the only consistent point is the Tenkaichi-budoukai, which takes place every three years. If anyone has more specific information, or can point out my mistakes, please do so. ??? Freeza destroys Planet Vejita, leaving Radits, Nappa, Kakarot, and Vejita as the sole surviving Saiya-jin Gokuu is sent via spaceship to Earth, escaping the destruction of planet Vejita. He is no more that a year old at this point ??? Gokuu's grandfather, Son Gohan, dies ------------------------- Volume 1 starts ------------------------ ??? Introduction of Gokuu and Buruma. Explanation for what the Dragon Balls are, and the fact that the #4 Ball contains the spirit of Gokuu's grandfather (Starting with Balls #2, 4 & 5) Buruma claims to be age 16 Fact that Gokuu doesn't know what women are 1st First appearance of Kamesennin, and his main turtle week Kamesennin gives Gokuu the first Kintoen and Buruma the #3 Ball Introduction of Oolong as a shape-changing extortionist hentai Discovery of the #6 Ball Introduction of Yamcha and Pool as competition for the Balls. Yamcha loses his front upper tooth, which starts a progression of facial scars and wounds First appearance of Chi Chi; Yamcha knocks her unconscious First appearance of Gyuu Maou Kamesennin first uses Kamehame-ha Chi Chi is promised to Gokuu, Gokuu learns Kamehame-ha Introduction of Pilaf. Pilaf gets the Balls and Shenlon is summoned for the first time. Oolong wishes for panties. The Dragon Balls disperse Gokuu turns into a were-monkey for the first time Yamcha and Buruma fall in love Gokuu goes to train with Kamesennin First appearance of Kuririn Kushami/Ranchi is introduced Kuririn and Gokuu start learning the Kame-style techniques TIB The first Tenkaichi-budoukai (#21). 21 Jackie Chun (AKA: Kamesennin) wins the Budoukai 1st Gokuu searches for the #4 Ball week Gokuu gets the Dragon Radar from Buruma Kintoen gets destroyed Introduction of Red Ribbon, Red Leader, and Black Advisor Battle of Muscle Tower, defeat of White Shogun Second Kintoen First appearance of Blue Shogun The Dragon Radar breaks. Gokuu visits Buruma's home at the Capsule Corp. HQ. The battle against Blue Shogun in the Pirate's Cave Blue escapes into Penguin Village (Appearance by Dr. Slump) Arale-chan defeats Blue Shogun. Turbo makes a new Dragon Radar First appearance of Upa and Bora, and Karin Tower Introduction of Tao-pie Pie; death of Blue Shogun Tao-pie Pie kills Bora, and injures Gokuu Gokuu climbs Karin Tower Introduction of Senpyou, and the fight for the Chousui water 2nd Gokuu drinks the Chousui water, and returns to defeat Tao-pie Pie week Tao-pie Pie dies Gokuu faces Red Ribbon, and the gang comes to save him Gokuu has 6 of the 7 Balls Introduction of Urunai Baba, and the battle for The Question Gokuu meets his dead grandfather Reappearance of Pilaf. Mai and Shuu finally get names Gokuu gets the 7th Ball Upa and Gokuu summon Shenlon (second appearance of Shenlon) Bora is resurrected Everyone returns to their training TIB The second Tenkaichi-budoukai (#22) 22 Introduction of arch-rival Tsurusennin, Chao-zu, and Tenshinhan Yamcha and Kuririn show that they can use Kamehame-ha Tsurusennin is shown to be Tao-pie Pie's older brother Defeat of Tsurusennin Gokuu faces Kuririn and wins Tenshinhan wins the Budoukai 1st Kuririn is killed week Demon King Piccolo appears Kintoen is destroyed again Kamesennin states that he and Tsurusennin were students of Mutaito-sama, when their master had imprisoned Piccolo some few hundreds of years earlier. Mutaito-sama died after completing the spell First appearance of Yajirobee Tenshinhan and Chao-zu join forces with the Kamesennin group Kamesennin and Chao-zu are killed Piccolo summons Shenlon (wishes for the return of his youth) Shenlon is destroyed Gokuu goes to Karin Tower and drinks the water god-like powers Piccolo tries to take over the world Third Kintoen (proof that there's a bunch of them) Gokuu kills Piccolo Baby Piccolo is born 2nd Use of Gokuu's expanding bo to connect Karin Tower to the home of week Kami-sama (therefore, the last appearance of the bo) Gokuu travels to Kami-sama's home and meets Mr. Popo Introduction of Kami-sama Kami-sama resurrects Shenlon Shenlon resurrects Kamesennin, Chao-zu, Kuririn, and the Budoukai fighters that Piccolo's henchmen had killed Evidence that Kami-sama and Piccolo are two halves of the same person Gokuu starts training under Kami-sama, and the others go off to train by themselves (presumably, this is when Gokuu spends 1 month of relative time in the Room of Spirit and Time) TIB Third Tenkaichi-budoukai (#23) 23 Gokuu ages, and no longer has his tail Appearance of Ma Junior (the grown-up baby Piccolo) Yajirobee fights in disguise, but loses to Shen Reappearance of Tao-pie Pie (now a cyborg) and Tsurusennin Appearance of the grown up Chi Chi, and Shen (Kami-sama in disguise) Gokuu fights Chi Chi, discovers who she is, and agrees to marry her Tenshinhan defeats Tao-pie Pie Gokuu beats Tenshinhan Gokuu learns to fly/levitate Gokuu defeats Ma Junior to win the Budoukai 1st Ranchi leaves Kame House to live with Tenshinhan and Chao-zu week 1st Son Gohan is born year ================ Book #17, and the appearance of Radits, ================= || marks a significant change in the || || flow of the story, and the styles of || ================ fighting. ================== 2nd First appearance of Son Gohan, now age 4 Year First appearance of Gokuu's older brother, Radits First description of the Saiya-jin, from the planet Vejita Announcement that Gokuu's Saiya-jin name is Kakarot Explanation of the Scouter (Saiya-jin eyepiece) and a comparative listing of people's power levels Radits dies Gokuu dies and goes to heaven, starts running on the Snake Road First appearance of Prince Vejita Piccolo starts training Gohan Gohan turns into a were-monkey for the first time 30th First appearance of Kaiou-sama, Gokuu starts training with him mo. The others train with Kami-sama 3rd Everyone is busy fighting Nappa and Vejita. year About this time, the past is altered by the arrival of Trunk's time machine, from one of the alternate futures, containing the egg that Cell is in 1st Vejita and Nappa arrive on the planet Day Creation of Vejita's cybermen (which are then destroyed) Mention of Namek, Piccolo's planet, and the original Dragon Balls Shenlon is summoned, and Gokuu is resurrected Chao-zu, Yamcha, Tenshinhan, Piccolo, and Kami-sama all die Gokuu returns to the planet, and uses Kaiou-ken for the first time Vejita kills Nappa. Vejita and Gokuu fight. Gokuu uses the Kaiou techniques Vejita creates a little full moon and turns into a were-monkey Gokuu realizes that he'd been a were-monkey once himself, many years ago, and had killed his beloved grandfather by accident Gohan turns into a were-monkey Defeat of Vejita. --------------------------- End of Volume 20 -------------------------- Kuririn has the chance to kill Vejita, but Gokuu stops him Vejita escapes Next Buruma blows up Nappa's ship Week Mr. Popo takes Buruma to Piccolo's ship Kuririn, Buruma, and Gohan start for Namek (34 day trip) 1st Vejita arrives on Freeza's planet, #79, and is healed month Buruma and crew arrive on Namek Vejita learns that Freeza is after the Namek Dragon Balls Freeza, Zarbon, and Dodoria are introduced, first appearance of the Namek Balls The next batch of senzu seeds ripen, Gokuu is healed Gokuu rides the Capsule Corp. ship to Namek (6 day trip) Dodoria says that Freeza had Vejita's planet. Dodoria dies Chao-zu, Yamcha, Tenshinhan, and Piccolo arrive at Kaiou-sama's world and start training Zarbon dies Introduction of Dende, Nail, and Saichourou Gokuu trains using Kaiou-ken at 100 g 1 mo. The Ginyuu team arrives, get the Balls, and fight Vejita + 6 Vejita kills Gurudo, Rikuum days Gokuu lands on the planet Vejita kills Baata and Jiisu Gokuu switches bodies with Ginyuu several times before Ginyuu gets trapped inside a Namekian frog Gokuu gets locked in the medical machine while: Dende summons the Namek Shenlon. The first wish is to resurrect Piccolo, the second is to bring Piccolo to Namek Saichourou dies. Nail gets absorbed into Piccolo Piccolo, Kuririn, Vejita and Gohan fight Freeza Freeza changes form 3 times to become the Fourth-stage Freeza Dende dies Gokuu is healed Vejita and Kuririn die. Enraged, Gokuu becomes a Super Saiya-jin Gokuu lets the Saiya-jin blood take over, which lets Freeza reach full strength, and destroys the planet Namek. Mr. Popo gathers the Earth Dragon Balls, and Kami-sama makes the wish: Resurrect all of the people killed by Freeza within the last year. (Brings back the Nameks, Dende, Saichourou, and Vejita) Dende makes the last wish of the Namek Shenlon: transport everyone on Namek, except Gokuu and Freeza, to Earth Gokuu defeats Freeza, and finds one of the Ginyuu spaceships Namek explodes Saichourou dies for the last time The Namekians, and Vejita, live in Buruma's neighborhood Vejita more-or-less joins forces with Gokuu's friends ??? Gokuu arrives on planet Yardrat, learns to teleport, and contracts the heart disease that later kills him in Trunk's timeline +130 The Namek Dragon Balls are recreated: Kuririn's remains are days brought to Earth, and Kuririn and Yamcha are resurrected Gokuu is discovered to still be alive. +130 Chao-zu and Tenshinhan are wished back to life, and new planet days is found for the Namekians, using the Namek Dragon Balls 1 The cyborg Freeza, Cold, and their friends arrive on Earth year First appearance of Super Saiya-jin Trunks Trunks destroys the invaders Gokuu arrives Trunks discloses the future to Gokuu, and gives him the heart medicine to cure his disease ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Splitting of the timeline Trunks leaves, Gokuu demonstrates his teleport Everyone splits up to train: Piccolo, Gokuu and Gohan train together Chao-zu and Tenshinhan train together Vejita has a 300 g training room built Kuririn goes to train with Kamesennin Yamcha stays at Capsule Corp. Everyone is busy preparing for the arrival of the androids +1 more Vejita and Buruma sleep together year 2 Birth of Trunks years Arrival of androids #19 and 20, Trunks Fight with Dr. Gero. First indication that Vejita has finally become a Super Saiya-jin Gokuu is stricken by the heart disease #19 is destroyed by Vejita Gero activates #17 and 18 #17 destroys Gero The battle between the androids and the Z Fighters Yamcha and Chi Chi force feed the heart medicine to Gokuu Trunks finds the exo-skeleton from the larval Cell 15,000 people die in one city, their bodies consumed by Cell Piccolo combines with Kami-sama to become a Super Namek-jin First appearance of the first-stage Cell, and the discovery that Cell's powers mimic those of most of the Z Fighters Discovery of Gero's sub-basement, and the embryonic Cell -- destruction of the sub-basement by Trunks and Kuririn Buruma and her father start studying Gero's schematics for #17 +3-4 Gokuu recovers from the heart disease days First mention of the Room of Spirit and Time Gokuu takes Gohan, Vejita, and Trunks to the Room of Spirit and Time Vejita and Trunks train for 1 day (equals 1 year of training) Piccolo fights #17 Cell arrives and fights Piccolo and #17; Cell defeats Piccolo and consumes #17, becoming Second-Stage Cell #16's head is partially damaged in his fight with Cell Goku teleports to pick up Piccolo's and Tenshinhan's powerless bodies +4-5 #16 and #18 escape, Cell spends time trying to find them days Buruma makes the cyborg-destruction controller and gives it to Kuririn; Gohan gives Piccolo and Tenshinhan senzu seeds to recover Buruma gives the fighters new, stronger uniforms The Ultra Saiya-jin Vejita and Trunks step out of the Spirit Room Gokuu and Gohan enter the Room of Spirit and Time Ultra Vejita fights Cell and beats him up Kuririn finds #18, but steps on the controller instead Vejita lets Cell escape to consume #18, and stops Trunks from blocking Cell's path Cell consumes #18 and becomes complete Cell trashes Kuririn, then defeats Vejita Cell defeats Trunks, and declares the "Cell Game" -- the next Tenkaichi-budoukai +5-6 Ultra Saiya-jin Gohan and Gokuu emerge from the room (having days spent only 21 hours in it) Piccolo, Vejiita, and Trunks take turns training in the Room Gohan and Gokuu alternate training with relaxing and Gohan's studies The military attacks Cell, and are destroyed Gokuu visits Kaiou-sama to get the location of the new Namek planet, then enlists Dende as the new Kami-sama Dende creates a new set of Dragon Balls Gokuu finds the Dragon Balls after they scatter +15 The start of the Cell Game (AKA Budoukai #24) days First appearance of pro wrestler Mr. Satan Mr. Satan is knocked out of the ring, and loses Gokuu fights Cell, and concedes defeat Gokuu announces that Gohan is stronger than anyone, gives Cell a senzu seed to make the fight fair Cell makes 7 clones of himself #16 is destroyed Gohan fights Cell, and succumbs to his Saiya-jin blood Cell is forced into spitting #18 back up Gokuu dies Trunks dies Gohan destroys Cell completely, with Vejita's help Satan deceives the world into thinking that he saved it The Dragon Balls are used to: Resurrect everyone killed by Cell And, to remove the explosive devices inside #17 and #18 #18 hints that maybe she'll see Kuririn again Gohan returns to Chi Chi. Trunks returns to his future, and Vejita indicates that he's pleased with his son. When Gokuu was recovering from the heart disease, he had time to father his second child -- Goten. ############ End of Gokuu's story. With volume #36, 7 years pass, and Gohan becomes the new hero. ======================================================================== In Trunk's time line: TIB Unknown 26 2 Birth of Trunks years Arrival of #17 and 18 Gokuu dies from the heart disease Everyone dies in the fight against the androids. 16 The one-armed Gohan fights #17 and #18, and dies years 19 Trunks, age 17, goes back in time to meet Gokuu, warn the group years about Gero's androids, and give Gokuu the heart medicine +?? Trunks returns to the past, for the battle with #16, 17, and 18 days 22 Trunks destroys #17 and #18 years Cell kills Trunks and leaves in Trunks time machine to arrive 4 years before the appearance of #17 and #18 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ New timeline 22 Trunks returns to his timeline and destroys Cell before Cell can years steal the time machine ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Gohan's Story 7 Time passes, and Gohan enters school in Satan City. He becomes Years the Great Saiya-man to fight crime in disguise. We now have the TIB 4 battle with Darbura, Babi-di, and Majin Buu -- which all starts with the next Tenkai-ichi Budoukai (#25) Everyone on Earth dies, and Earth is destroyed by Buu. Dende and company teleport to the new Namek planet to wish for Earth to be restored, and all of the good people killed since the Budoukai to be ressurrected -- which brings Vejita back to life. Buu is finally destroyed for good. Gohan and Beederu get married, and have a daughter named Pan. Vejita and Buruma have another child, a girl named Bra. Kuririn's girl finally has a name -- Marron. TIB 5 Earth's Dragon Balls are used to make everyone forget that Fat 10 Buu had been their enemy, and True Buu has been reincarnated as Years a good guy (Uubu). Gokuu and company decide to join in Budoukai #28, just to compete against Uubu. But, Uubu needs more training, so he and Gokuu fly off to Uubu's home. ### End of the series ### -- Curtis Hoffmann