DBZ Episode 257

"Chi Chi slaps Super Buu for she thinks he killed Gohan, and in retaliation, Buu turns her into an egg and crushes her. Goten vows to train as hard as he can for what Buu did to his mother. The boys enter the Hyperbolic Time Chamber and begin to train. Buu's patience wears off after thirty minutes, and he demands to fight his opponent right now. Piccolo decides to take Buu to the Chamber, but he walks as slowly as he can, giving the boys as much time as possible. He mentally warns them that Buu is coming so they can rest up in time. The boys seem to have developed a few new tricks, and they have planned their fight with Buu. Finally, Piccolo and Buu arrive at the chamber, and Goten and Trunks fuse together." cannot be used as a page name in this wiki.

Time Struggle is the fourth episode of the Fusion Saga and the two hundred fifty-seventh overall episode in the original dubbed and the uncut version of the Dragon Ball Z series. The original Japanese title is "Tokkun Seikou!! Kore de Owari Da Majin Bu" (特訓成功!!これで終りだ魔人ブウ). The episode first aired on February 22, 1995. It's original American air date was October 17, 2002.

Summary

Piccolo, Yamcha, Krillin, Android 18 and some others are on the balcony of the lookout staring at Super Buu, who's staring at the hourglass. Chi-Chi walks up to Super Buu and slaps him and screams at him about killing Gohan (who's not dead). Super Buu asks if Chi-Chi likes eggs, then turns her into one and then steps on it. Goten freaks out about it and starts crying. Trunks talks to him about it and cheers him up by saying that they can beat him. Soon they go into the Time Chamber, and Trunks looks around for food, while Goten is training. Trunks soon joins him.

Buu eventually goes crazy and breaks the hourglass and demands that Piccolo show him where the "challenger" is. Piccolo walks him up the stairs and down the chutes the long way, giving Goten and Trunks more time to train. Piccolo contacts them with his mind and says that they should be there in 1 minute, which is 6 hours in the Hyperbolic Time Chamber. Goten complains that he is practically out of water, but Piccolo tells him to rest a while. Soon Super Buu and Piccolo arrive. Trunks and Goten are standing side by side ready to fuse. They try to fuse but Super Buu punches Trunks before he could do anything. He gets back up and screams at him for doing a "Suckerpunch". They fuse into Gotenks, and Super Buu recognizes him. Gotenks does a few punches at his face, but it doesn't damage him at all.

Trivia

• This is the first time one of the minor characters who appear throughout Dragon Ball Z is killed. (Note: It could be the second, assuming Dr. Brief and Mrs. Brief were killed in Super Buu's Human Extinction Attack.)
• When Goku was telling Gohan about the Hyperbolic Time Chamber in the episode, "Time Chamber", he said that only two people can enter at a time. This proves false, as Goten, Trunks, Piccolo, and Super Buu are all inside the time chamber at once.
• Hercule, Tien, Chiaotzu, Yajirobe, Bulma, Yamcha, Videl, Master Roshi, Krillin, Marron, and Ox-King are now the only known humans on earth alive, as Chi-Chi was turned into an egg by Super Buu in this episode.