DBZ Episode 210

"Just before the junior competition, a film is shown depicting Hercule's "triumph" over Cell. Only the Z Fighters and Hercule himself know it is a fraud. Meanwhile, Trunks runs into a bully in the waiting room, and it turns out that his first match is against this kid. With two swift kicks, Trunks effortlessly dispatches this bully." cannot be used as a page name in this wiki.

The World Tournament is the first episode of the World Tournament Saga and the two hundred tenth overall episode in the original dubbed and the uncut version of the Dragon Ball Z series. The original Japanese title is "Hanpa ja Nai ze!! Chibi Torankusu" (ハンパじゃないぜ!!チビトランクス). The episode first aired on December 15, 1993. It's original American air date was September 28, 2001.

Summary

The episode begins with Vegeta walking away from the punching machine he just destroyed. Everyone of the fighters were scared out of their wits. Goku then suggested that they head to the junior tournament. Vegeta agreed. On the way, they meet up with Gohan and Videl. Krillin couldn’t help but crack jokes about those two. When they left Gohan told Videl who his dad was and how he got to the tournament. After hearing that, Videl said that she needed to lie down.

At the tournament the announcer was revving up the audience. He showed what the winner and runner-up would get as their prizes and he gave the winner an extra bonus, as they get to face Hercule in an exhibition match. Hercule then entered the stadium with a grand over-exaggerated entrance. In his grand finale he slipped and fell on the ring and he seemed in considerable pain. After rolling in pain for awhile, he regained composure to announce that he was just joking.

After that, a TV blimp entered the stadium, the announcer stated that this video had the coverage of the Cell Games that no one has seen before. The video was really a cheap imitation of what happened since they had really bad VAs and cheap figures instead of actual people. Also, the ending was all wrong as they showed Hercule defeating Cell. Vegeta and Piccolo were quite upset at how goofy they looked like on TV. After the video, Hercule was nowhere to be seen, as he was embarrassed after he saw how bad his figure looked.

Meanwhile, in the junior tournament waiting room, Goten and Trunks were trying to decide what they’d do with the money if they won. Then a few teenagers surrounded Goten and Trunks. Their leader was to be fighting Trunks in the first round and he wanted to scare him so he punched Trunks and stopped an inch from Trunks’ hair. Trunks then gave the leader, Idasa an insult.

Next, the fighting began and it was pretty amateur (considering that in one battle, one fighter hid behind the announcer). Finally, it’s was Trunks’ turn. He was facing off against Idasa. After exchanging a few words, Trunks attacked with a slide kick and then he kicked him in the air. Idasa landed in ring but he was out cold.

Trivia

• Krillin cracking jokes about Gohan and Videl may be his revenge on Gohan for telling everyone on Kami's Lookout (in the episode "Goku's Noble Decision") that Krillin was in love with Android 18.
• ZTV's "Waves and Rocks" logo is a parody of the Toei logo.
• It is interesting to note that when the Cell Games movie is shown, they show all the Z Fighters who were there, except for Yamcha and Tien. However, right before Mr. Satan shows up, you can see them both in the background.
• Dragon Box volume 6 begins here