DBZ Episode 251

"Goten and Trunks attempt to fuse, and their first attempt yields a weird-looking fat kid with very little power. Their second attempt creates an old, emaciated weakling. Finally, the two are perfectly in sync, and make Gotenks. Piccolo tells him to wait thirty minutes for the fusion to wear off so they can try it as Super Saiyans. Gotenks thinks he's powerful enough already and takes off to find Majin Buu. He is able to get some hits in on the monster, but when Buu steps up the intensity, Gotenks is no match and is easily defeated. Meanwhile, on the world of the Kais, the Elder Kai continues the long ceremony needed to awaken Gohan's hidden power." cannot be used as a page name in this wiki.

Gotenks is Born is the twentieth episode of the Majin Buu Saga and the two hundred fifty-first overall episode in the original dubbed and the uncut version of the Dragon Ball Z series. The original Japanese title is "Gattai Chojin Tanjo!! Sono Na wa Gotenkusu" (合体超人誕生!!その名はゴテンクス). The episode first aired on December 21, 1994. It's original American air date was October 8, 2002.

Summary

Old Gotenks

Piccolo feels it is time for Goten and Trunks to perform the Fusion Dance at their full power without going Super Saiyan. They perform for the first time and it doesn't go to well as they end up in a fat form.

They try again and end up with a very skinny, bony form. Piccolo has his doubts but then they concentrate and perform it correctly and out comes Gotenks in a brilliant light. Piccolo is impressed but Gotenks brags about how he can beat Majin Buu right now and flies off to face him, not listening to Piccolo's warnings.

Gotenks finds Majin Buu terrorizing a small town and challenges him. Gotenks gives a few good hits but is soon pummeled by Majin Buu very easily. Majin Buu doesn't see him as a great challenge; Gotenks uses the rest of his energy flying back to the Lookout.

Fat Gotenks

Fights

Gotenks vs. Majin Buu

Trivia

• This episode features the first non-Namekian fusion in the series.
• In the version that aired in Canada, Ocean returned for the voices starting from episode 168, "Android Explosion". Since that episode, this is the first time in the Ocean dub that the word "kill" is used in a literal sense (and not replaced with "hurt" or "destroyed"). When Gotenks rushes off to face Buu, Piccolo's dialogue "If he gets killed now, all our efforts were in vain" is kept the same in both Ocean Group and Funimation's dubs. Majin Buu also uses the words "dead" and "die" in the Ocean Group dub of this episode (just like he does in FUNimation dub), which also seemed to have been avoided up till now (save for a figure of speech Babidi used in the episode, "Learn to Fuse").
• At the end of this episode, the narrarator says that it takes 30 hours for Old Kai to unlock Gohan's powers instead of 3.
• Dragon Box volume 7 begins here