Akira Toriyama Super Database: Dragon Ball GT -- Perfect File FAQ

Introduction

Information regarding the DGBT Characters
Information regarding the DGBT Planets
Notes Concerning the Show Itself
Notes Concerning the Dragon Balls (Ultimate and Normal)
Notes Concerning Saiya-jin
Notes Concerning Tsufuru-jin
Notes About Specific Characters
Notes About the Planets
Q&A Section
Dragon Ball GT Timeline
File Revision History, as of 05/30/97
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Introduction

Dragon Ball GT is the sequel to the Dragon Ball/Dragon Ball Z TV series. Basically, when the manga ended, and subsequently the TV show, a number of people involved with product tie-ins hated to see such a cash cow disappear so quickly. So, the sequel was created, with Toriyama as artistic advisor, and the scriptwriters at Toei Studios as the ones generating the actual story.

Many western DBZ fans hated the new show, partly because of the modified character designs. However, the target audience is a younger group of Japanese kids, and they ate up the show as expected. Since the writers wanted to return to the slapstick toilet humor that helped make the original Dragon Ball so successful, the first few episodes of the new series had little combat and more character development. Which of course did not make the dissatisfied American fans any happier.

But, the core element of Dragon Ball is obviously one-on-one fighting. So, of course, Gokuu, Trunks, and Pan run into increasingly strong enemies, and the combats take longer and longer to resolve. Which naturally caught the attention of the hardcore DBZ fans.

In fact, DBGT is a good series by itself. The Toei scriptwriters put a lot of thought and planning into laying out the plotlines well in advance. And, Toriyama spent a fair amount of time creating idea sketches to help flesh out the nature of the DBGT universe, and the enemies that live in it.

In May of 1997, the Dragon Ball GT Perfect File book hit the shelves in Japan. This book describes all of the characters, planning, and world elements in detail, leading up to the beginning of the Super #17 story arc. It includes some teasers for the Evil Dragons story arc that follows the defeat of Super #17.

The file that you are reading is dedicated to explaining the DBGT universe, based on the information found in the Dragon Ball GT -- Perfect File book.

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Notes Concerning the Show Itself

The opening credit sequences are based on the image drawings that Akira Toriyama and the Toei Studio staff created to show the animators what the DBGT universe should look and feel like. After the scriptwriters wrote the first five episodes, the artists drew up the opening credits.
The giant that Gokuu, Pan and Trunks fight in the opening credits never appears anywhere else. It is unclear if it is a Machine Mutant, or some other kind of creature.
There is an "All Nude" collection of drawings of Gokuu. They were created for the sequence where Gokuu turns SSJ4.
According to the encyclopedia section at the end of the Perfect File, Toriyama had created a sketch that shows all of the characters as they would look some years after the end of DBZ. All of the female characters are now wearing more "delicate" hairstyles, and Goten apparently has stopped letting his hair grow long. As stated in the encyclopedia, Toriyama himself had decided to crop Vejiita's hair and give him a moustache, in an attempt to shock the Toei Studio staff.
The opening music is "Dan Dan Kokoro Hikareteku", by Field of View, which is used from episode 1 on up.
The closing credit sequences are called "The Fighters' Day Off", and include some of the image drawings. After episode 41, the closing credits change, to a "game of keep away with the Dragon Balls", and include several stills from the manga volume covers. Around episode 53 (or maybe 51), the closing credits change to "Walking Gokuu".
- From episodes 1 to 26, the closing music is "Hitori Janai" (You're Not Alone), by Deen.
- From episode 27 to 41, it is "Don't You See!", by Zard.
- From episode 42 to 53, it is "Blue Velvet", by Kudou Shizuka.
- From episode 54 on, it is "Sabitsuita Mashingan de ima o utchi nukou", by Wands (The Long-Rusted Machinegun Now Shoots Powerfully.)

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Notes Concerning the Dragon Balls (Ultimate and Normal)

The Balls are called the "Kyuukyoku Dragon Balls", or the "Ultimate Dragon Balls". They are very powerful, because they were created by the Namek that arrived on Earth, prior to his splitting to become Demon King Piccolo, and Kami-sama. The Ultimate Dragon Balls are a little bigger than the normal ones, have black stars instead of red stars, and can only grant one wish. When they fly apart, they scatter across the galaxy, and not just across Earth.
The Ultimate Shenlon is yellow, and several 10's of times bigger than the normal Shenlon. There is a chance that the Ultimate Shenlon could even resurrect the same dead person two times or more.
But, the power released by the appearance of Ultimate Shenlon is so great that it causes the Earth to self-destruct 1 year later. This is why the Ultimate Dragon Balls need to be gathered again -- to counter this energy and prevent the Earth from exploding. Further, this is why Piccolo would rather die, than remain alive and risk having the Ultimate Dragon Balls used a second time.
The normal Dragon Balls have always been identified by the number of stars on them. But, with the start of the Evil Dragons story line, we learn that each Ball has its own name (based loosely on either the Chinese or Japanese counting system.)
1. Ii-Shinchuu
2. Ryan-Shinchuu
3. San-Shinchuu
4. Suu-Shinchuu
5. Uu-Shinchuu
6. Roh-Shinchuu
7. Chii-Shinchuu

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Notes Concerning Saiya-jin

Pan and Bra have Saiya-jin blood, but they are the only Saiya-jin characters in the series that have not yet gone to Super Saiya-jin level. However, they do have the potential to do so, and the book asks "What form would they take if they went SSJ?"
The Saiya-jin race does not have a home planet of their own. Their history is unknown, prior to their arriving on Planet Tsufuru. After taking over Planet Tsufuru, King Vejiita renamed it "Planet Vejiita". Obviously, the Saiya-jin had to come from somewhere, but nothing is known about their Mother Planet at this time.
The "Legendary Super Saiya-jin" was supposedly something that only came around once every 1000 years. But, in the manga and TV series, Trunks, Gokuu, Gohan, Goten, and Vejiita can all go to Super Saiya-jin 1. Gokuu and Gotenks (the Fusion of Goten and Trunks) have gone SSJ3. The Perfect File authors (and V-Jump magazine) hint that because so many people have gone SSJ, it can't be the TRUE "Super Saiya-jin" mode described in the legend. And therefore, Brolii from the movies has no claim to the title of "THE Legendary Super Saiya-jin". Instead, Gokuu's success at becoming the strongest Saiya-jin of all, with the Super Gokuu 4 form, makes him arguably the TRUE "Legendary Super Saiya-jin."

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Notes Concerning Tsufuru-jin

Baby is the culmination of Tsufuru science. When the race was about to be killed off by King Vejiita's army, the King of the Tsufuru took some of his genetic material and fired it into space. This material later became known as "Baby".
Somehow, Baby was able to create Dr. Myuu (who is an android), and program him to develop Machine Mutant technology. Dr. Myuu believes that he made Baby, but it is in fact the other way around. And, all of the other Machine Mutants are Baby's underlings, created as part of his plan to regain his body, and then take over the galaxy as revenge against the Saiya-jin.
When Baby died in episode 40, there were no more Tsufuru-jin in the universe.
Planet Plant has a gravity ten times heavier than Earth's. Because of this, the Tsufuru-jin do not grow very tall. Most of them do not get much taller than Gokuu is as a child. (Note that when Baby had Shenlon create planet Tsufuru, the gravity was kept at Earth-normal.)
Note that in fact, New Plant is actually called "planet Tsufuru." This can get pretty confusing, with a planet, a race, and everything all given one name.
When Baby took over Vejiita's body, he became "the Emperor within the Emperor". Baby was part of the King of the Tsufuru, and Vejiita is the last surviving member of the Saiya-jin royal lineage. So, Vejiita-Baby was the ruler of BOTH the Tsufuru-jin and the Saiya-jin races.
Anyone that is turned into a Tsufuru-jin will become loyal to Baby only. If they meet an enemy of Baby's, their eyes will turn red, their face looks evil, and they look like ruffians. Once controlled, the ONLY way to return to normal is to be given the Chou-sui water. There is no other way to turn a Tsufuru-jin back human later on.

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Notes About Specific Characters

Baby
To turn into Super Baby 2, Baby took the energy from his Tsufuru-jin followers. At this point, Super Baby 2 is physically becoming closer to his original form, and is dropping Vejiita's features. Baby's ultimate attack is the Fire Revenge Death Ball. The Fire Revenge Death Ball, and the ordinary Revenge Death Ball are both evil variations of Gokuu's Genki Dama. In Ougon Oozaru form, Baby uses Super Gyarikku-hou, and Revenge Death Ball Final. (Gyarikku sounds close to "garlic", but I haven't seen a definition of this word yet.)

Bra
Very little is written about Bra. The main point is that she is a very straight-forward speaker, and is not afraid to say what she thinks.

Evil Dragons
For a long time, the original Dragon Balls were used no more than once in a hundred years. But, with the advent of Gokuu and friends, Shenlon has been summoned countless times over the last 50 years. This has caused a build up of negative energy within the Dragon Balls. Pretty soon, the Balls will crack open and release that energy. The negative energy will then attract 7 evil Dragons from a neighboring galaxy. Each Dragon has a DB somewhere within its body, and is named after their corresponding Dragon Ball's true name. That is, the Dragon with the #2 Ball is called "Ryan-Shinlon."
Gokuu
Gokuu is about age 50 at the start of DBGT. After he becomes a child again, he loses the ability to teleport, but is still as good a fighter as before. The reason he can't stay at SSJ3 for very long is that it takes a LOT of energy to maintain this level, and Gokuu's smaller body has less energy now.

Gokuu's favorite pasttimes are eating, and getting stronger. In SSJ4 mode, he can teleport, use Times-10 Kamehame-ha, and blind people with "Taiyo-ken" (Sun Attack).
Kaiou-bit
When Kaiou-shin and Kibit fused together, using the potara, I started calling them "Kaiou-bit", in keeping with the pattern that Toriyama used in combining the names of whoever it was that did the fusion (Vejit, Gotenks, etc.) But, the DBGT TV series, and the Perfect File persist in calling him "Kaiou-shin".
Kaiou-shin Kai
This is the planet where the old Kaiou-shin lives. It is unclear whether this is actually a planet, an asteroid, or something else.
Dr. Myuu
Dr. Myuu keeps talking about his plans to conquer the galaxy, or the universe. In Japanese, this is "uchuu seifuku". Actually, Dr. Myuu is just an android that had been created and programmed by Baby to develop Machine Mutant technology to give Baby a stronger body.
Pan
At the end of DBZ, Pan entered the Tenka-ichi Budoukai at age 3. At that time, she loved sweet parfaits. She is currently age 9, and prefers to go to a cafe and drink black coffee.
The Parapara Brothers
These dancers are known as the "Weird Fighters".
Rirudo and EC4
Shogun Rirudo is the strongest of all the mutants on M2. After him, the strongest is Energy Cannon Sigma.
Shuu and Mai
Mai is noted as having gone from being a beautiful woman to a feeble old hag. Shuu and Mai are called "Pilaf's Lieutenants without an army."
Suuguroku Kukan
The place where the Space Tanuki Suuguro and his son are found is indeed a purgatory. You must win 540,000 consecutive games to be able to escape. If you lose, or are caught cheating, you die.
Super #17
This "ultimate" android can suck the energy from his enemies, just like #19 and #20 could. Plus, he has an energy attack, called the "Flash Bomber", that is like a machine gun firing blasts of energy balls at his enemies. When he under goes his power-up, Super #17 can also create a black energy ball between his hands.
Trunks
Trunks has his father's fighting sense, and his mother's clear thinking, which makes him one of the elite super fighters. He is good with machinery, and becomes the GT team's main pilot. Plus, he is the "Young President" of Capsule Corp. Because of his work, Trunks has not been able to train as much as Gokuu or Vejiita, and is therefore not as strong as them. In his business suit, Trunks attracts all of the office ladies, but he is still not comfortable dealing with women that come on to him.
Uubu
Gokuu has only had one student -- Uubu. At the beginning of DBGT, Uubu is still Gokuu's student, but they only get together once a year to practice fighting each other.

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Notes About the Planets

The monsters on planet Ruudeze are called "arijigoku" (Hell Ants). Ruudeze was originally identified as Planet Kaara, which is derived from "kara kara" = "dry", or the sound of dry bones rattling.
The worms on Planet Biihe are called "muuma", and are said to look like big potato bugs.
Many of the planets that were created in the image drawings eventually showed up in the TV series. However, one drawing (showing Gokuu, Pan, and Trunks fighting winged demons on a brown planet) identified as "Big Adventure on a Strange Planet" was never used. (This drawing has been circulating on Internet for some months. If you have the Complete Illustrations book #7, it also appears there on page 163.)

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Q&A Section

This is supposedly secret information that has never been given to the public before.

Toriyama and Toei Studios created a bunch of mood-setting image drawings to give the rest of the staff artists a feel for the DBGT universe. In the "secret backroom talk" section, the artwork is used to illustrate the following Q&A section.
If fact, some of the image drawings actually have already seen print in the DB Complete Illustrations book #7. They appear in the Rare Images Gallery starting on page 163.
The original working name for Gill was just "Ojama Robo" (the interferring robot.)
There was a special poster made up (page 39) specifically for promoting the show. It was distributed only to sponsors and TV management. The poster is visible to the public for the first time with its inclusion in the Perfect File. It has the standard image of Gokuu, Trunks and Pan in front of the ship (Trunks is holding Gill). On the back are images of the various proposed characters, text describing the story, and other sponsor-related material.

Q:	Why was Gokuu turned into a child?
A:	The scriptwriters felt that it would be too hard to do anything with the adult Gokuu after he defeated Majin Buu. Further, the show has always revolved around Gokuu's growing stronger. So, the writers decided to make him a child again, and take away his teleport ability. Even so, Gokuu is still Gokuu, and as the fight with Baby shows, he is still very strong.
Q:	What does "GT" mean?
A:	Great Touring . and/or Galaxy Touring - GT has both meanings. In actuality, it was just the name for Toriyama's rough design work, and may have come from the initials for Gokuu and Trunks. Incidentally, the other suggested titles were "21", "Z 2", "WW (Wonder World)", and "G-Up (Growing-Up)".
Q:	Why were Gokuu, Trunks, and Pan selected as the main members?
A:	Gokuu was a given. Pan was the second choice because she's the granddaughter of Mr. Satan and Gokuu, and had growth potential. The third person could have been anyone. Trunks was decided on to add balance, and because he could operate the ship. He also has Vejiita's power and is Bulma's child (giving him a clear head.)
Q:	Why is the character of the current Trunks different from that of little Trunks?
A:	Little Trunks was a naughty child. The grown up Trunks is very serious. Why? The staff felt that Future Trunks had a serious nature, so they decided that that's how Trunks would behave in this timeline. That, and people change as they age. For the same reason, the staff decided that Goten would become more impertinent as a young adult.
Q:	Why did Vejiita shave off his moustache?
A:	Vejiita was given the moustache to make him look more sauve. The standard expectation is that many Japanese fans complained about it in their letters to the studio. The truth is, Toriyama's daughter once said that she thought Vejiita would look better without it. Eventually, the staff writers heard about this comment, and thought "well, why not." The result was for Bra to tell her father that the moustache did not suit him.
Q:	Why did the staff create SSJ4?
A:	(Roughly) To have something more powerful than Baby, which was supposed to be more powerful than any Saiya-jin or Tsufuru-jin. So, the staff said, "Let's do SSJ4!" Further, they decided to tie this in to "the Legendary once in a thousand years Super Saiya-jin" concept. Which led to Gokuu being given a red body instead of the normal golden one.
Q:	Why was the galaxy chosen as the stage for this story?
A:	Gokuu is the ultimate fighter! Therefore, there was no way to create a stronger enemy on Earth. Instead, the staff worked on the concept of having Gokuu go into space. This gave them the additional Tsufuru-jin angle, and the chance to create a new enemy -- Baby.

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Dragon Ball GT Timeline

Age	Timeline
238	The appearance of the Super Saiya-jin, according to the legends.
720-730	The war between the Saiya-jin and the Tsufuru-jin. During this time, the Tsufuru scientists perfected their genetic sciences. This led to the Tsufuru King putting his cellular material into space. The Tsufuru-jin lost the war, and the planet was renamed to Planet Vejiita.
731	The Saiya-jin hire on as Freeza's mercenaries.
732	Birth of Prince Vejiita.
735	The ship carrying Baby travels through space, tending to Baby. He begins plotting his revenge on the Saiya-jin, and makes plans to turn the universe into the new home of the Tsufuru-jin.
~735	The beginning of several civil wars erupting amongst the Saiya-jin fighters.
737	Birth of Kakarot (Gokuu.) Vejiita and Gokuu's father Bardock fight against Freeza, and are killed. Gokuu is shot into space to go to Earth. Many of Freeza's warriors die in the explosion of Planet Vejiita. The only living Saiya-jin left are Gokuu, his older brother Radditz, Prince Vejiita, and Vejiita's underling Nappa.
740	Baby creates Dr. Myuu. Because Baby needs lots of energy, he programs Myuu to create the Machine Mutants, which leads to the development of Ruudo and all of the other mutants.
760~770	Dr. Myuu finds an alien named "Rirudo" and turns him into the Machine Mutant Shogun Rirudo. Shogun Rirudo uses his powers to complete the creation of planet M2. The mutants on M2 begin gathering energy to be sent to Baby.
766	Trunks is born.
767	Goten is born.
768	Doll-tackii becomes one of Dr. Myuu's employees. Doll-Tackii is set to the task of gathering energy for M2's greatest mutant -- Ruudo. Doll-tackii is apparently well-suited to this task, and he begins working on Planet Ruudo to get Ruudo powered-up.
779	Pan is born.
780	Bra is born.
789	Gokuu, Pan, and Trunks go to outer space.
789	Gokuu encounters Baby after 9 months in space. Baby needs more power to defeat Gokuu, so he goes to Earth and takes over nearly everyone there. Baby uses the Ultimate Dragon Balls to create Planet Tsufuru.
789	Gokuu goes SSJ4. The deciding battle between the greatest Saiya-jin warrior (Gokuu), and the last surviving true Tsufuru-jin (Baby). This battle results in the complete ruin of the Tsufuru-jin.

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