Piccolo’s revenge plot against Goku for killing off his past incarnation, Demon King Piccolo, goes pretty swimmingly at first. In addition to ensuring they’d fight each other in the tournament final, Piccolo ups the stakes by gulping down the bottle he’s trapped Kami in, adding a complicated rescue mission to Goku’s list of challenges. Regardless, the two waste no time in amping things up in a battle with giant beam wars, giant Piccolos, and a giant painful hole in Goku’s chest that thankfully isn’t fatal. With impressive skill and a little trickery, Goku defeats Piccolo and rescues Kami, succeeding despite Piccolo breaking every limb in his body.
Goku and Piccolo’s tournament bout is sometimes overlooked, as it happened just before the ever popular “Dragon Ball Z” era. Yet it’s hands down the most epic, brutal pre-Z battle in “Dragon Ball.” Goku alone accomplishes a ton of new feats, including the Super Kamehameha, Foot Kamehameha, and of course, flight (the last of which saves his life and secures his tournament win). Meanwhile, Piccolo also displays many attack firsts, including his Antenna Beam, his Hyper Explosive Demon Wave, and of course, his Giant Form, which has only recently reappeared in “Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero.” But it’s the individual moments of the battle, such as Piccolo attacking the spectators and Kami telling Tien to kill him so Piccolo will die also, that make it so memorable.
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