Name:Goku
age: Goku
Height: Average Human Male
Weight: Heavy
Power: Is really cool
Relationship: Dead
Description: DRAGONBALL Z
by
Ben Ramsey
Magnet Management
FADE IN:
EXT. MOUNT PAOZU - MORNING
The sun rises over Mount Paozu. AERIAL SHOT Whizzes past
the picture postcard perfect Mountain to --
EXT. GOHAN’S COTTAGE - MORNING
--A quaint little farmhouse on the side of the mountain.
There is a large field of crops. And a stone courtyard
surrounded by beautifully trimmed bonsai trees.
Meet -- GRANDPA GOHAN (80’s) a sprightly old fellow with
kind, wise eyes. Gohan is in the courtyard doing
intricate martial arts moves with a RED BOWSTAFF. Despite
his age, Gohan is a powerful martial artist.
The door to the cottage opens and -- a handsome, SPIKY
HAIR’D KID with a strong athletic build strolls out --
The kid wears a WHITE Monks outfit with leggings. (Think
Monks robes designed by Sean John.) MEET GOKU (17+) years
old.
GRANDPA GOHAN
Are you ready to practice Goku?
GOKU
Well I was hoping that we could take a
break from...
GRANDPA GOHAN
NO TIME FOR TALK! -- FIGHT!
SWOOSH!
GOHAN SWINGS HIS BOWSTAFF AT GOKU’S HEAD! Instinctively
Goku ducks and then lashes out with a blinding
combination of moves that Gohan is barely able to evade.
The level of the battle becomes more and more intense.
Goku’s skills are beyond phenomenal, bordering on
supernatural.
GOHAN KICKS A BOULDER 4 FEET IN DIAMETER IN THE AIR. He
spins and KICKS IT IN GOKU’S DIRECTION.
GOKU PUNCHES THE BOULDER WITH A FIST PULVERIZING IT INTO
LITTLE PIECES.
The fight moves over to AN OBSTACLE COURSE OF SORTS. A
MYRIAD OF WOODEN POSTS of different heights and
circumferences.
GOKU AND GOHAN leap on the LOWEST WIDEST posts. Gohan
attacks Goku with the bowstaff. Goku ducks and evades
then HOPS TO A HIGHER NARROWER POST.
GOHAN FOLLOWS, upping the intensity of the attack. GOKU,
DUCKS, EVADES, ATTACKS then LEAPS HIGHER. The higher they
go, the narrower the posts get.
GOHAN WHACKS THE POST THAT GOKU STANDS ON. It begins to
ROCK AND SWAY. Goku wobbles fighting to keep his balance.
GRANDPA GOHAN (CONT’D)
HIGHER!
GOKU LEAPS TO THE TALLEST NARROWEST POST some 40 feet
from the ground. He is fighting to keep his balance even
before Gohan attacks.
GOHAN LASHES OUT AT GOKU with the most intense volley of
attacks. GOHAN ATTACKS WITH AN INTENSITY THAT FRIGHTENS
GOKU. Then --
WHACK!
GOHAN STRIKES THE POST and--
GOKU LOSES BALANCE AND FALLS 40 FEET TO THE GROUND.
GOKU
AHHHHHHHHHH!
C’CRACK!
HE HITS THE GROUND SMACKING HIS HEAD PAINFULLY ON A
BOULDER. A second later.
Gohan stands over the fallen boy holding his bowstaff.
Goku rises from the ground rubbing is sore head. We see
that THE BOULDER HE HIT HAS BEEN SHATTERED BY THE BLOW.
GRANDPA GOHAN
What did you do wrong?
GOKU
My White Crane technique was off balance.
GRANDPA GOHAN
All your techniques were off balance.
Goku lowers his head.
GOKU
I know.
GRANDPA GOHAN
And what is the pinnacle of martial arts
excellence?
2.
GOKU
To achieve SUPREME BALANCE.
GRANDPA GOHAN
How do you achieve supreme balance?
GOKU
To understand the balance of time.
GRANDPA GOHAN
And how do you begin to understand the
balance of time?
Goku thinks about it. He’s stumped.
GOKU
I don’t know? Tell me Grandpa.
GRANDPA GOHAN
I cannot tell you because it cannot be
taught. It can only be understood. And
that will come with time but when you do
understand it, you will be faster and
stronger than anyone or anything in the
universe.
Goku eyes Gohan’s bowstaff.
GOKU
When can I practice with the powerpole?
GRANDPA GOHAN
In time.
GOKU
It’s always about time. Why can’t I learn
things now?
GRANDPA GOHAN
(laughing)
Don’t be too eager to learn everything
right away. There are some things out
there that you’re not ready to know
about. You’d better get to school.
OPENING TITLE SEQUENCE:
DRAGONBALL
WE HEAR: THE VOICE OF -- A NARRATOR, his voice ripe with
exaggerated importance. (THINK LEONARD NIMOY or ROBERT
STACK.)
NARRATOR (V.O.)
Long, long ago in the time of the great
eclipse, before history was lost -- our
world was a very different place.
3.
FADE IN:
ON A TV MONITOR.
PIXELATED IMAGES FILL THE FRAME.
We are watching a “KEN BURNS-LIKE” EDUCATIONAL
DOCUMENTARY. Scratchy newsreel type video, Old
photographs, artists renditions and the like give visuals
to the fantastic yarn being told.
NARRATOR (CONT’D)
This is our planet today.
We see clean video footage of a BLUE EARTH-LIKE PLANET.
FUTURISTIC SPACECRAFT WHIZ PAST. Is it Earth? The
landmasses are completely different. It’s as if the Asian
continent were JAMMED INTO NORTH AMERICA.
NARRATOR (V.O.) (CONT’D)
But this -- is what the planet probably
looked like IN THE 21st Century!
The video dissolves to -- AN ARTIST’S RENDITION OF -- THE
PLANET EARTH -- AS WE KNOW IT NOW. The title of the
Documentary comes up “MYTHOLOGY TODAY.”
NARRATOR (V.O.) (CONT’D)
How did our planet change so drastically?
Science tells us of the natural shifting
of tectonic plates. But popular mythology
speaks of something more fantastic.
A DRAMATIC FRANCISCO GOYA-LIKE PAINTING -- A HUMANOID
ALIEN IN A WHITE TURBAN AND FLOWING WHITE CAPE. CHEESY
DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYS.
NARRATOR
Strange creatures who landed on our
planet in search of the seven mystical
orbs of power.
An artists rendition of SEVEN GRAPEFRUIT SIZED SPHERES
with five point stars numbering from one to seven painted
on them.
NARRATOR (V.O.) (CONT’D)
DRAGONBALLS. As legend had it, once all
seven Dragonballs were gathered a
magical...
A VERY COMIC BOOKISH DRAWING OF A DRAGON RISING FROM AN
ANCIENT TEMPLE.
4.
NARRATOR (CONT’D)
...DRAGON would emerge and grant the
gatherer a single wish. For the invaders,
led by their leader, Piccolo wished to
dominate the universe and the Dragonballs
were the key.
As the documentary plays camera PULLS BACK to reveal -- A
DARKENED CLASSROOM.
INT. MOUNT PAOZU HIGH - HISTORY CLASS - DAY
BORED HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS sit at desks watching the
documentary. Some are snoozing.
NARRATOR (V.O.)
But the Dragonballs had protectors. SEVEN
GREAT MASTERS with mystical powers.
ON SCREEN WE SEE: An artists depiction of SEVEN GREAT
MASTERS. They are of all different races. Some younger.
Some older. They all wear ORANGE SHAOLIN STYLE MONK SUITS
with WHITE LEG WRAPS. The outfits look very similar to
Goku’s.
CAMERA TRACKS TO --
Goku as he stares dreamily at --
KIRA PALU - A CUTE BLOND GIRL sitting in the next row.
She is oblivious to his adoring gaze.
THE VIDEO IS TURNED OFF AND THE LIGHTS COME UP.
END TITLE SEQUENCE:
THE TEACHER, a droll passionless man with a flat
sarcastic voice, begins to query the class on what they
just saw.
TEACHER
So, can anyone tell me why this myth that
a Demon from outer space was responsible
for the destruction of the world still
persists?
(beat)
Anyone?
(beat)
How about you...
SLAM! He smacks his pointer on Goku’s desk, snapping Goku
out of his romantic haze.
TEACHER (CONT’D)
...Goku.
5.
Goku is taken off guard.
GOKU
Huh?... What did you say?
TEACHER
If you were paying attention to me
instead of Ms. Palu over there, you would
have known.
Everyone in the class laughs. Goku turns red with
embarrassment.
TEACHER (CONT’D)
The question was... Why does this myth
that a demon from outer space destroyed
the planet still persists in this day and
age.
GOKU
Well, technically it wasn’t actually the
demon Piccolo who destroyed the Earth. It
was Oozaru the Destroyer that did the
actual destroying. And they weren’t from
outer space they were from the planet
Namek.
TEACHER
(patronizing)
You don’t say.
Goku launches into his explanation with the zeal of a
Trekkie extolling the virtue of “THE NEXT GENERATION”
over “DEEP SPACE NINE.”
GOKU
Yeah, see, Piccolo was unable to defeat
the Seven Great masters on his own. So he
summoned Oozaru, the beast he had sent to
Earth to hide amongst the humans. So,
when Oozaru began to decimate the planet
with these powerful blasts of dark energy
summoned from the newly eclipsed sun...
The Masters could no longer focus their
attention on Piccolo and that in
essence...
Goku looks around at the teacher and his classmates
staring at him. He realizes that he is rambling on like a
geek.
GOKU (CONT’D)
...was... their... downfall.
A moment of silence. Then a student blurts out from the
back of the class.
6.
RUDE STUDENT
DORK!
The classroom bursts into laughter. Goku lowers his head
in shame. Kira Palu turns and notices Goku for the first
time. She laughs at him but it’s kinda of a sweet laugh.
TEACHER
(to the class)
Okay settle down now.
(to Goku)
That was a great explanation of how the
Earth was destroyed in this mythological
tale. But the question was Why... this
mythology still persists.
GOKU
I don’t know.
TEACHER
The reason these myths exist is because
of fear -- That’s right, fear. You see,
much of history was lost in the cataclysm
of the 21st Century. Civilizations were
lost. Millions upon millions of people
died. And science has no solid answers as
to why. The popular belief being that the
gravitational pull of the sun and the
moon caused the shifting of tectonic
plates. Now we are facing the same solar
eclipse that precluded the end of the
world 2000 years ago, people are afraid.
The fear is not so much that they will
die. The fear is that they will die
because of something as random and
unromantic as a freak natural disaster.
No, these people want drama in their
lives and in their deaths.
The Teacher walks over and stares at Goku.
TEACHER (CONT’D)
This -- Dragonball fantasy of evil
Demons, virtuous warriors and magical
Dragons is nothing more than a fairy tale
embraced by lost souls who want to make
their otherwise insignificant lives
significant.
CUT TO:
7.
INT. MOUNT PAOZU HIGH - HALLWAYS - DAY
The bell rings and students swarm into the halls. With
the exception of a few “NEXT GENERATION” looking vending
machines. And a couple of ANTI-GRAVITY SKATEBOARDERS
whizzing by, this high school of the future looks pretty
much like any High School we’ve ever seen. The fashion is
kind of a futuristic Phat Farm.
Goku strolls down the hallway slinging his backpack on.
He sticks out like a sore thumb in his monks outfit. A
COUPLE OF JOCKS stroll past. The biggest one JOHNNY
FRANK, plucks at Goku’s robe.
JOHNNY FRANK
Nice suit, Piccolo!
GOKU
This is a great master suit, not...
SLAM! Johnny pushes Goku into the lockers. The jocks
stroll off laughing. Goku glares at the jock. He balls
his fist so tight that his knuckles crack. Then --
GOKU (CONT’D)
(thinking out loud)
Not allowed to fight. Thanks Grandpa.
He slowly un-balls his fist. Goku looks around --
SLOW MOTION
The hallway is teaming with happy good looking kids all
paired off into attractive well adjusted cliques. Goku
looks at his weird Monks robe. It’s clear that he feels
isolated.
NORMAL SPEED
A second later Goku is flanked by TWO NERDY LOOKING BOYS
who also wear MONKS SUITS. These are Goku’s best friends.
KAL AND WULAN. Three misfits in a sea of normalcy.
WULAN
Dude, I heard you got reamed in History
class today.
GOKU
I don’t want to talk about it.
Kal pulls out TWO PLASTIC PROTECTED DRAGONBALL TRADING
CARDS.
8.
KAL
Check it Goku. I totally scored man. I
got both the Nameless and the
Archeologist trading cards.
GOKU
(detached)
Good for you.
Kal is shocked at Goku’s lack of enthusiasm. He shoves
the cards in Goku’s face.
INSERT CARDS
We see the image of THE NAMELESS. A HOODED DARK ROBED
FIGURE WITH HIS FACE OBSCURED BY SHADOW. ON HIS CHEST IS
AN ORNATE TATTOO.
Then we see the image of THE ARCHEOLOGIST. A HANDSOME
INDIANA JONES TYPE in wire framed glasses.
KAL
(righteous indignation)
Dude! I’m talking about The Nameless...
Only the greatest of the Great Masters!
The master of the Kamehameha wave.
WULAN
The most powerful move in all martial
arts.
BACK TO SCENE
Goku spies Kira Palu at her locker struggling to get it
open. Goku sees an opportunity.
GOKU
(staring at Kira)
Yeah whatever.
Goku gathers his nerves and approaches Kira. His friends
shake their heads sadly.
GOKU (CONT’D)
Hey, can I help you with that?
KIRA
Yeah, thanks. I think it’s stuck.
Goku fiddles with the locker then CACHUNK! It opens.
KIRA (CONT’D)
Thanks Goku. You’re a life saver.
9.
GOKU
I have the same problem with my locker
too. You know the mechanism gets all...
stuck... n’all.
KIRA
Yeah I hate that.
GOKU
It sucks...
There is an awkward silence as the two stare at each
other kind of half smiling. Then --
KIRA
Well... gotta go.
She turns and walks away. Goku winces as he watches her
walk away. A missed opportunity.
GOKU
(to himself)
Why didn’t you get her number.
Then Kira turns around and looks at Goku.
KIRA
I’m having a party at my house this
weekend.
Goku lights up like a Christmas tree.
GOKU
(grinning ear to ear)
I’ll be there.
Kal and Wulan stroll up to Goku staring at him in awe.
WULAN
Dude what are you doing? That’s Kira
Palu. She’s like totally out of your
league.
DISSOLVE TO:
INT. WULAN’S HOUSE - BASEMENT - EVENING
Goku, Kal and Wulan sit at a LARGE FLAT SCREEN MONITOR
playing a video game called. -- DRAGONBALL - LAIR OF THE
ETERNAL DRAGON.
Goku maneuvers his character THE ARCHEOLOGIST through the
maze-like corridors of the ancient temple.
10.
Goku makes his character leap and jump over traps,
avoiding blades that spring out of walls, hopping over
trap doors cleverly disguised as floor tiles, RUNNING UP
THE SIDE OF WALLS to avoid collapsible floors. Then --
HE FALLS THROUGH A TRAPDOOR. And his character slides
down a winding shaft --
KAL
(to Goku)
Dude, you just fell into a trap. You’re
sliding down the shaft to the sacrificial
chamber. You’re dead.
GOKU
Not if I can...
Goku makes the character stand up as he slides, then at
the last minute -- HE JUMPS does a FRONT somersault in
the air and -- SHLAACK! -- IS IMPALED by one of A HUNDRED
POINTED SPIKES. He’s dead.
KAL
Told you. There’s only one way to survive
the sacrificial chamber slide. You count
15 perfect seconds from the second turn.
It’s got to be 15 perfect seconds, then
BACK SOMERSAULT, and you’ll survive. Here
let me show you.
Kal resets the game. He makes the character slide down
the shaft. Counts a perfect 15 seconds then WHOOSH BACK
SOMERSAULTS and THUMP! Survives the landing.
KAL (CONT’D)
Only downside is there is no escape from
the sacrificial chamber.
WULAN
What’s with you Goku? You never fell for
that trap before. You’re the Dragon’s
Lair master. What’s on your mind?
GOKU
I think I’m gonna go to Kira’s party this
weekend.
KAL
You can’t go. This weekend’s your
birthday party. That’s when we have our
killer Dragonball party in celebration?
GOKU
Yeah, so what?
WULAN
What? Dude you’re not seriously thinking
about breaking the tradition?
11.
(MORE)
On your birthday Grandpa Gohan always
throws you a Dragonball party. We play
Dragonball. Then you show us some new
killer moves.
Wulan does some awkward martial arts techniques.
GOKU
C’mon guys do you really think that three
18 year old dudes, and an old man sitting
around eating cake and playing Dragonball
is better than going to a real party with
real girls?
Kal and Wulan enthusiastically nod yes.
KAL AND WULAN
ABSOLUTELY!
Goku shuts the TV off.
GOKU
For once I’d like to go to a real party.
DISSOLVE TO:
EXT. GOHAN’S COTTAGE - FIELDS - DAY
Goku and Gohan climb on a futuristic looking tractor.
Despite it’s high-tech design it is FILTHY AND BEAT-UP.
It looks like it’s being held together by chewing gum. It
putters off into the fields.
Goku seems pensive.
GOKU
Grandpa?
GRANDPA GOHAN
Yes.
GOKU
Well, tomorrow’s my birthday.
GRANDPA GOHAN
Yes, your eighteenth. A big day.
GOKU
There’s gonna be this...party, in
Shippingport that night. I was wondering
if I could go.
GRANDPA GOHAN
(cutting him off)
I already have your birthday planned. In
the morning, we do chores.
12.
WULAN (CONT'D)
(MORE)
In the afternoon, I introduce you to a
new technique. Then in the evening Kal
and Wulan will come over a we’ll play
Dragonball.
Goku is pissed.
GOKU
Play Dragonball... Do Chores... train?
Learning new techniques are my birthday
present? What am I training for?
(fuming)
YOU NEVER LET ME FIGHT! Some jerk pushed
me in school yesterday. I could have
flattened him with one finger.
GRANDPA GOHAN
You are not training to fight students in
high school.
GOKU
Then who am I training to fight?
GRANDPA GOHAN
You will know when the time is right.
Goku flies off in a teenage, raging hormone, induced
huff!
GOKU
WHEN THE TIME IS RIGHT! When is the time
gonna be right for me to HAVE A LIFE?
It’s always Goku, you have to train.
Goku, it’s time to do the chores. The
only fun you let me have is playing
Dragonball with the only two kids in
school weirder than me! Why can’t I be
like the other kids?
GRANDPA GOHAN
Because you’re not like the other kids,
Goku, you’re special.
GOKU
I’M TIRED OF BEING SPECIAL. I WANT TO BE
NORMAL!
Goku grabs a bushel basket and heads off into the field,
harvesting the odd vegetables growing. His anger turns to
sadness.
GOKU (CONT’D)
Oh what’s the use? The way things are
going, I’m gonna be king dork for the
rest of my life.
Gohan looks at the sullen teen dutifully doing his
chores. Gohan can’t help but feel sorry for Goku.
13.
GRANDPA GOHAN (CONT'D)
Gohan reaches into the back of the tractor and pulls out
A PACKAGE WRAPPED IN BROWN PAPER. He walks over and hands
it to Goku.
GRANDPA GOHAN
I was going to wait until tomorrow to
give this to you but I figured you could
use some cheering up now. Happy birthday
Goku.
Goku unenthusiastically unwraps the package. Revealing. A
VERY COOL ORANGE MONKS OUTFIT. Goku looks at the robe in
disgust.
GRANDPA GOHAN (CONT’D)
It’s the suit of a Great Master. A
protector of the Dragonballs.
GOKU
(sarcastic)
Oh, great. Just what I need.
Goku turns and walks away leaving the orange outfit
sitting on the tractor. Gohan stares sadly at Goku then --
UP AT THE SKY.
The sun is beginning to set over Mount Paozu. The view is
nothing short of breathtaking. The sun is setting and the
moon is rising. They are alarmingly close. An eclipse is
drawing near.
CUT TO:
EXT. WEST CITY - ESTABLISHING - NIGHT
In stark contrast to the quaint countryside that Goku
lives in. West City is a SPRAWLING METROPOLIS as big as
the state of Rhode Island. A place of amazing technology.
Skywalks and moving sidewalks link towering skyscrapers
some over a MILE IN HEIGHT. ADVERTISING SEEMS TO BE
FESTOONED EVERYWHERE.
EXT. THE CAPSULE CORPORATION - ESTABLISHING - NIGHT
The building is TITANIC, nearly A MILE IN HEIGHT. It’s so
high that the top of the building DISAPPEARS IN THE
CLOUDS.
INT. THE CAPSULE CORPORATION - NIGHT
Most of the building is dark. LIGHTING FROM OUTSIDE
shines in through the large plate glass windows giving
the corridors and eerie almost CATHEDRAL like effect.
14.
A DARK FEMALE INTRUDER
(20’s) beautiful in an evil sort of way, steals through
the corridors ducking in and out of the SHAFTS OF LIGHT
like a wraith. She makes her way into --
INT. THE CAPSULE CORPORATION - LAB 1 - CONTINUOUS
A HIGH TECH LABORATORY festooned with stainless steel
equipment blinking multicolored lights. In the center of
a glass chamber sits -- A GLOWING SPHERE OF SOME SORT. It
glows because it is being bombarded with several RED
LASER BEAMS. To the side of it sits a small HAND-HELD
DEVICE labelled DBE-LOCATOR PROTOTYPE. An evil smile
crosses The Intruder’s face.
CUT TO:
INT. THE CAPSULE CORPORATION - LAB 2 - SAME
A FEMALE SCIENTIST sits with her back to us. Her face is
buried in an electron microscope. Her fingers tap away at
a keypad. A myriad of equations stream across scores of
flat monitors. On TV the financial report is on.
TV NEWSCASTER
And in financial news, stock in the once
unstoppable Capsule Corporation continues
to plummet. Word of a possible take
over...
FEMALE SCIENTIST
Oh, shut up!
The Scientist shuts the TV off. Suddenly --
AN ALARM GOES OFF.
The young scientist turns and we see her face for the
first time. She’s gorgeous. Meet BULMA BRIEFS (20) a
beautiful young scientific genius with attitude to spare.
BULMA
What the...!
She leaps out of her chair and rushes into --
INT. THE CAPSULE CORPORATION - LAB 1 - CONTINUOUS
She sees the glass container that held the Sphere. ONLY
the glass has been cut open as if by some powerful heat
source. And THE SPHERE IS GONE. Bulma Freaks!
15.
BULMA
Oh no, no, no, no....
She looks to where the hand-held device was. IT’S GONE!
BULMA (CONT’D)
...NO!
Suddenly something catches her attention from the corner
of her eye. A SHADOWY BLUR. -- THE INTRUDER bolts out of
the shadows and through the door.
All Bulma catches is her black coat blowing through the
door. Bulma LEAPS INTO ACTION. She SMASHES A GLASS PANE
labelled SECURITY, presses her palm into a PALM READER.
Another door opens and Bulma pulls from it --
A PISTOL
She bolts out of the door in pursuit of the Intruder.
INT. THE CAPSULE CORPORATION - CORRIDORS - CONTINUOUS
The Intruder disappears around a corner. Bulma turns up
the steam in hot pursuit. POW! POW! POW! She caps off
shots. But the Intruder dodges and weaves gracefully! She
turns and tosses A SHURIKEN THROWING KNIFE!
Bulma SLIDES under the SPINNING BLADE like a baseball
player sliding home. The blade slices clean through A
STEEL PIPE. Bulma caps off several more shots as she
slides. Then --
A PHALANX OF WHITE SUITED SECURITY GUARDS
Round the corner blocking the Intruder’s way. Without
breaking a step, the Intruder RUNS UP THE SIDE OF THE
WALL DEFYING GRAVITY and runs around the stunned guards.
WHAP! PAP! OOOF! WHAP! POW! BOOF!
The Intruder lashes out at the guards with LIGHTNING
QUICK MARTIAL ARTS MOVES. In less than four seconds THE
SECURITY GUARDS FALL TO THE GROUND DEAD OR UNCONSCIOUS.
The Intruder stands behind the downed guards smiling
wickedly. She LICKS HER LIPS SUGGESTIVELY AT BULMA then
darts into the stairwell.
BULMA
OH, NO YOU DON’T!
Bulma is a determined girl. She leaps to her feet and
gives chase darting into the stairwell.
16.
INT. THE CAPSULE CORPORATION - STAIRWELL - CONTINUOUS
The Intruder is several floors above her. Bulma darts up
the stairs like an Olympic sprinter until she finally
reaches --
EXT. THE CAPSULE CORPORATION - ROOFTOP - NIGHT
The Intruder is darting across the great expanse that is
the rooftop. Bulma gives chase.
BULMA
STOP!
The Intruder reaches the edge of the building. Nowhere
else to go but down. She stands on the ledge. Bulma
approaches with her pistol drawn. She approaches
casually.
BULMA (CONT’D)
Hand over my things or I drop you!
The Intruder BLOWS A KISS TO BULMA then -- LEAPS OFF THE
LEDGE to certain death no doubt. Bulma rushes to the
ledge and looks over in time to see --
THE INTRUDER FALL AND DISAPPEAR IN THE LOW CLOUD COVER. A
second later --
WOOSH! A JET-LIKE AIRCRAFT whooshes out of the clouds and
rips past Bulma. THE INTRUDER IS AT THE PILOT’S SEAT. She
waves at Bulma as the craft ROCKETS OFF into the night.
BULMA (CONT’D)
Shit!
SMASH CUT TO:
EXT. OPEN SEA - NIGHT
The JET-LIKE AIRCRAFT rockets across the ocean. To what
looks like A STORM AT SEA. A DARK CLOUD STRETCHES FROM
THE SKY TO THE SEA in one unbroken column. FLASHES OF
LIGHTNING periodically illuminate the cloud.
The Aircraft enters the storm cloud and is instantly
buffeted by strong wind and heavy rain. The craft begins
to descend to --
A MASSIVE OIL TANKER
It is as big as FOUR NORMAL OIL TANKERS. It cruises
through the choppy sea.
17.
The name on the side of the ship reads -- GEN-TECH
GENETICS. THE FRONT OF THE TANKER SPLITS OPEN revealing A
LANDING PAD. This is obviously no ordinary Oil Tanker.
The Aircraft flies into the opening and lightly touches
down on the pad.
INT. OIL TANKER - CONTINUOUS
THE FEMALE INTRUDER climbs out of the aircraft holding a
black case containing the stolen booty. She is,
MAI,(20’s) as beautiful as she is psychotically evil.
She makes her way through the grotesquely organic looking
corridors of the Oil Tanker. It is VERY CLEAR NOW that
this is no regular oil tanker. The technology looks like
the entrails of some decayed beast.
Mai’s trek through the tanker is like a stroll through a
ZDZISLAW BEKSINSKI painting. Mai passes A GENETICS LAB.
Large glass tanks of sickly yellow liquid line the walls.
MUTATED HALF/HUMAN HALF/BEAST monstrosities float in the
putrid goo. Mai finally enters
A HUGE DARK ANTECHAMBER.
INT. OIL TANKER - THRONE ROOM - CONTINUOUS
In the middle of the antechamber is a HIGH TECH CONTROLCHAIR. The arm-rests are lined with blinking control
lights. The chair is illuminated by a SOLITARY SHAFT OF
LIGHT and almost seems like a THRONE OF SORTS. The rest
of the massive room falls into shadow.
Sitting on the chair is PILAF, a short diminutive ALBINO
MAN with a bald head CRISSCROSSED BY BLUE VEINS. He
stares out at us with SICKLY PINK EYES. He is flanked by
his bodyguard --
SHOU
A LARGE HEAVILY MUSCLED MAN dressed like a HIGH TECH
NINJA. A hood and mask cover his face.
Mai nods to Pilaf.
PILAF
Did you get it?
MAI
Yes.
Mai opens up a black case. The glowing object illuminates
Pilaf’s face. He smiles wickedly.
Mai holds up the stolen DBE LOCATOR.
18.
MAI (CONT’D)
We can use this to find the rest.
Shou walks over and stands next to Mai. Pilaf nods to
Shou.
SHOU MAKES A MILITARISTIC HAND SIGN.
And as if on cue. THE THUMP, THUMP THUMP of marching feet
is heard. AN ARMY OF HIGH TECH NINJAS dressed much like
SHOU emerge from the darkness of the craft. 50 strong.
On closer inspection we can see that they are a
mechanical/organic mix. These are -- THE HEIJI WARRIORS.
Pilaf looks at his army favorably.
PILAF
Find them all. Kill everything that
stands in your way.
PULL BACK AND UP TO REVEAL THE ENTIRE ANTECHAMBER. It is
designed just like A DRAGONBALL BOARD GAME.
MATCH DISSOLVE TO:
INT. GOHAN’S COTTAGE - LIVING ROOM - NIGHT
CLOSE ON --
A DRAGONBALL BOARD-GAME. PULL BACK TO REVEAL
The dining room is decorated for a party. The game sits
next to a big birthday cake on the dinner table. Gohan is
placing the last of eighteen candles in the cake.
GRANDPA GOHAN
Goku! Are you ready, your friends are
going to be here...
Suddenly -- GOHAN IS SHAKEN as if by a jolt of
electricity. He stares wide eyed at us almost as if in a
trance. The match burns his fingers and snaps him out of
his haze. Gohan rushes into --
INT. GOHAN’S COTTAGE - GOHAN’S STUDY
Gohan opens his closet. He slides open a secret panel,
then opens a floor safe. He is enveloped by an orange
glow.
GRANDPA GOHAN
(almost a whisper)
It has begun!
19.
INT. GOHAN’S COTTAGE - GOKU’S ROOM
Gohan enters Goku’s room, urgency in his demeanor.
GRANDPA GOHAN
There is something very important I must
tell you.
NOTHING
GRANDPA GOHAN (CONT’D)
Goku?
It seems that Goku is in bed with the covers pulled over
his head. Gohan pulls the covers back to reveal -- A
BUNDLE A DIRTY CLOTHS. Goku is gone.
Suddenly --
THE FRONT DOORBELL RINGS
INT. GOHAN’S COTTAGE - FRONT DOOR - NIGHT
Gohan opens the door. Kal and Wulan are there.
GRANDPA GOHAN
Boys, do you know where Goku is?
KAL
He’s not here?
SMASH CUT TO:
EXT. PAOZU FORREST - EVENING
ON THE ROAD
Goku putters down the road on the rickety tractor. The
dim headlights illuminate the dirt road leading through
the dense forest. He is dressed in normal clothes. Goku
rehearses his pick-up lines.
GOKU
Hey Kira, you look really nice tonight.
(thinks about it)
Wow, Kira you look super hot.
Suddenly -- THE TRACTOR SPUTTERS -- AND DIES. The lights
die and the forest is plunged into COMPLETE DARKNESS.
GOKU (CONT’D)
Oh, no!
20.
Goku jumps off the tractor, opens the hood and starts to
tinker with the engine. Suddenly he hears --
A SNARL
Goku looks up staring around the darkened forest. He sees
nothing. He goes back to working on the tractor. ANOTHER
SNARL. Goku looks up. From the darkness of the
surrounding woods, he sees -- A PAIR OF GLOWING RED
EYES. Then another pair. And another. Before he knows it,
he’s surrounded by -- WOLVES! Goku leaps in a MARTIAL
ARTS STANCE then --
THEY ATTACK.
CUT TO:
EXT. PAOZU FOREST - EVENING
WIDE OVERHEAD SHOT. WE DON’T SEE THE CARNAGE THAT TAKES
PLACE. We just hear it and from the sound of things Goku
must be getting slaughtered.
BACK TO SCENE
When we return to the forest we see GOKU standing
surrounded by SCORES OF DEAD WOLVES. His clothes are
dirty and tattered. He takes a furtive glance at the old
tractor -- dead. He heads off down the road on foot.
DISSOLVE TO:
EXT. PAOZU VILLAGE - NIGHT
THE QUAINT LITTLE VILLAGE OF PAOZU VILLAGE is a peaceful
little upper middle class town. AN OLD ORNATE CHURCH is
the centerpiece of the village.
Goku arrives at Kira’s house to find -- THE PARTY IS
OVER. Kids are hanging out in the front yard. Smoking,
some of them are making out. Some are paired off and
driving away in cool futuristic cars and pick-up trucks.
A group of girls walk past Goku. He addresses them.
GOKU
Hey have you seen Kira?
TEEN GIRL
She’s over there.
The girl points to the large Oak tree in the front yard.
He can see the back of Kira’s head poking out from behind
the tree. Goku approaches.
21.
He walks over to the tree nervous. He silently rehearses
his pick-up line. He walks around the tree to find -
KIRA LOCKED IN A DEEP OPEN MOUTH KISS WITH --
JOHNNY FRANK!
Goku is crushed. Johnny notices him, eyeing Goku’s
tattered clothes.
JOCK
Hey, it’s Piccolo! Nice outfit man!
Kira is still in a Jock induced romantic haze she doesn’t
even notice Goku. They return to sucking each others
tonsils out. Goku turns and walks away dejected. Then to
make matters worse --
IT STARTS TO RAIN. All the kids pair off, get into cars
and drive away leaving Goku alone. WHAT A TERRIBLE NIGHT.
DISSOLVE TO:
EXT. PAOZU FORREST - NIGHT
During the walk home the rain stops and THE CLOUDS CLEAR.
A FULL MOON fills the sky. Goku reaches his broken
tractor. He is exhausted. He sits down by one of the
large wheels.
GOKU
Just a short rest and I’ll be on my...
And before he knows it. Goku has fallen sound asleep.
DISSOLVE TO:
EXT. PAOZU FOREST - LATER
Goku has been asleep for some time now. As he sleeps.
Goku tosses and turns. He is having a nightmare. We see
his eyes flutter behind closed lids. It’s a bad one.
FWOOSH!
DREAM SEQUENCE:
INT. GOHAN’S COTTAGE - NIGHT
WE SEE HIS NIGHTMARE IN SHATTERED IMAGES. Grandpa Gohan
battles with SOME KIND OF FURRY FANGED MAN-LIKE CREATURE.
It is a fight to the death. The creature rears back to
deliver a death blow then --
22.
BLACKOUT
EXT. PAOZU FORREST - MORNING
Goku wakes up. The morning sun is just starting to rise
over the horizon. Goku looks like he feels.
GOKU
(full of regret)
I’m gonna get it.
He heads home.
EXT. GOHAN’S COTTAGE - MORNING
When Goku arrives home he is horrified to see THE
BEAUTIFUL COTTAGE AND COURTYARD in shambles. The cottage
itself is half burned down.
GOKU
GRANDPA!
He rushes into the smoldering cottage kicking debris out
of his way.
INT. GOHAN’S COTTAGE - MORNING
He almost trips over --
THE BURNT SMOLDERING CORPSES OF KAL AND WULAN.
GOKU
OH, MY GOD! NO!
Goku kneels down by the corpses of his two friends. Tears
well in his eyes. No time to mourn. Gotta find Grandpa.
He looks around frantically.
GOKU (CONT’D)
GRAAAAANNNNPAAAAA!
A NOISE. A choking gurgling noise, coming from Gohan’s
study.
GOKU (CONT’D)
GRANDPAAAAA!
He rushes into the study to find --
23.
INT. GOHAN’S COTTAGE - GOHAN’S STUDY - CONTINUOUS
Gohan laying on his back beaten and bloody. He gasps for
breath like a beached fish. Goku rushes to his side
kneeling down by him.
GOKU
Grandpa, what happened?
GRANDPA GOHAN
I...was attacked.
GOKU
You wait here I’ll go find a doctor!
Gohan takes Goku’s hand in his bloody hand and pulls him
back.
GRANDPA GOHAN
No... It’s too late for me.
Tears start to well in Goku’s eyes.
GOKU
Grandpa no.
GRANDPA GOHAN
Come closer son...
Goku leans closer.
GOKU
Grandpa I’m so sorry, I disobeyed you I
went to the party and, I broke the
tractor and, and...
Gohan smiles he reaches up and touches Goku’s face.
GRANDPA GOHAN
Shhhhh, it’s okay, Grandson I forgive
you. But that’s not important now.
He grabs Goku and places a bloody object in his hands. IT
IS A DRAGONBALL. A REAL LIFE DRAGONBALL. Gohan is
starting to fade. In broken gasps Gohan tells Goku.
GRANDPA GOHAN (CONT’D)
The Namek-Jins have returned. They have a
Dragonball. Find Master Roshi, my master,
my teacher -- The last of the great
masters.
Gohan breaks into a coughing fit, spitting up blood as he
does. He’s dying. There’s not much life in him. With his
last breath he says --
24.
GRANDPA GOHAN (CONT'D)
Go to Paozu Village... The old priest
will tell you how to find Roshi. But...
beware... When Dragonballs fall into the
hands of evil, unwholesome things rise
from the Earth.
(gasps for breath)
Must stop them before... Eclipse...
And with that -- GRANDPA GOHAN DIES. Goku opens his mouth
to scream out his grief but no sound comes out.
DISSOLVE TO:
EXT. GOHAN’S COTTAGE - DUSK
As the sun sets over the smoldering wreckage of Goku’s
former life. He finishes covering Gohan, Kal and Wulan’s
graves with dirt. Over Kal’s grave he sets the NAMELESS
COLLECTOR’S CARD. Over Wulan’s he sets THE ARCHEOLOGIST
CARD. Over Gohan’s grave, he does a graceful Tai Chi form
then bows.
GOKU
I will avenge you.
INT. GOHAN’S COTTAGE - DAY
Goku reaches into what’s left of his closet and pulls out
-- THE ORANGE MONKS SUIT that Gohan gave him for his
birthday. He puts it on like Superman donning his
supersuit for the first time.
EXT. GOHAN’S COTTAGE - DAY
Goku emerges from the cottage in FULL DRAGONBALL
SPLENDOR. Afterwards he collects A BAG OF SUPPLIES and
HIS GRANDFATHER’S POWERPOLE and heads off into the woods
to his destiny.
SUPER: THREE WEEKS BEFORE THE ECLIPSE.
FADE OUT/IN:
EXT. PAOZU FORREST - DAY
ONCE AGAIN GOKU is back on that familiar road. He passes
his wrecked tractor. He heads on and -- HEARS A NOISE. A
RUSTLING IN THE WOODS getting closer. Wolves again?
25.
Goku drops into a fighting stance with powerpole in hand.
Suddenly --
BRIGHT LIGHTS! BLINDING! COMING RIGHT FOR HIM!
He leaps out of the way just in time as --
A TRUCK. A HIGH TECH LABORATORY ON WHEELS.
HOOKSLIDES and swerves wildly and TIPS OVER AND SMACKS
AGAINST A TREE. The door opens. A young woman pulls
herself from the broken vehicle. Goku stares wide eyed at --
BULMA
She jumps out of the vehicle. She’s gorgeous. Goku is
instantly smitten.
BULMA
What are you crazy? Standing in the
middle of the road like that? You trying
to get yourself killed?
GOKU
No.
Bulma inspects her busted vehicle just a few yards from
Goku’s busted vehicle. She’s pissed.
BULMA
Oh, great! Look what you did to my RV! A
one of a kind state of the art fusion
reactor research vehicle totalled.
GOKU
Sorry.
BULMA
Now what am I gonna do? I was on my way
to...
(she thinks about something)
Hey wait a minute. Don’t go anywhere.
She climbs back into the vehicle and returns with A DBE
LOCATOR. The exact same kind as the one stolen by Mai
several days ago. She flips it on
INSERT LOCATOR
THERE IS A FLASHING BLIP DEAD CENTER IN THE SCREEN.
BULMA (CONT’D)
(excited)
You have a Dragonball!
Goku clutches his backpack defensively.
26.
GOKU
(lying badly)
Naw, not me.
BULMA
Come off of it man, you have one.
GOKU
I don’t know what you’re talking about.
BULMA
(smirking)
Yeah you do.
GOKU
How do you know what I have?
Bulma holds up the locator.
BULMA
(in one breath)
Because what I have here is a Capsule
PSI128 DBE LOCATOR. Designed by myself, I
might add, that can lock onto the unique
energy pattern put out by one of only
seven objects in the entire world that
emit such an energy pattern. It is 100
percent accurate within a range of 10
thousand kilometers. And according to
this Locator there is one right in that
ugly back pack of yours.
GOKU
You’re wrong.
BULMA
I’ll pay you 1000 RMB for it.
GOKU
IT’S NOT FOR SALE!
Bulma points at him triumphant.
BULMA
AH HA! SO YOU DO HAVE ONE!
GOKU
Okay I have a Dragonball. But you’re not
getting it.
BULMA
Why not? What’s it to you?
GOKU
I am it’s sworn protector.
27.
BULMA
(flippant)
Uh, yeah... And you’re protecting it from
-- who?
GOKU
(grave earnestness)
The Namek-Jins.
Bulma rolls her eyes. She stares slack jawed at Goku. Her
expression says “You gotta be kidding me.”
BULMA
Oh, God, you’re one of those Dragonball
geeks. You know that it’s a fairy tale?
GOKU
That’s what I thought too. But now I know
that it’s true.
BULMA
And who told you that it was true?
GOKU
My Grandfather.
BULMA
You sure he doesn’t suffer from dementia
or anything like that?
GOKU
(pissed)
MY GRANDPA IS DEAD!
Silence. Bulma realizes that she said the wrong thing.
BULMA
(softening)
I’m sorry. Look, I think we got off on
the wrong foot. What’s your name?
GOKU
My name is Goku.
BULMA
I’m Bulma.
Silence. A slight smile crosses Goku’s face. Then a
guffaw. He fights not to laugh. Bulma’s pissed.
BULMA (CONT’D)
Okay, I know you’re not laughing at my
name
(sarcastic)
KOGO!
28.
GOKU
It’s Goku and no I’m not. Bulma is a --
nice name.
BULMA
Damn right it is. Let’s make a deal. You
are the --
(makes quote fingers)
-- protector -- of the Dragonballs. I’m
looking for them. Two days ago some crazy
bitch broke into my Daddy’s company and
stole the one that I had and she killed
three people doing so. So there are
obviously bad individuals out there
looking for Dragonballs and they have one
of these too.
(holds up the locator)
So, if you’re gonna protect the
Dragonballs from the bad guys you’re
gonna need my help. I’ll find them and
you can protect them. Whadaya say? Do we
have a deal.
Bulma reaches out her hand. Goku looks at it for a
moment.
GOKU
How do I know you’re not evil?
Bulma puts a hand on her hip and cops a “hottie pose.”
BULMA
Do I look evil?
GOKU
(admiring the view)
No, you don’t.
They shake hands.
GOKU (CONT’D)
Deal.
BULMA
So what’s the plan, GoGo?
GOKU
I have to find master Roshi. He’s the
last of the Great Masters. He’ll know
what to do.
BULMA
(patronizing)
Hmmm, good plan.
SMASH CUT TO:
29.
INT. MAI’S AIRCRAFT - SAME
The JET ROCKETS ACROSS THE SKY. A dense forest is below.
Mai looks at the LOCATOR. There is -- A SIGNAL. TWO
DRAGONBALLS. The map on the locator shows that ONE is in
PAOZU FOREST. The other is in PAOZU VILLAGE.
SMASH CUT TO:
EXT. PAOZU FORREST - SAME
Goku helps Bulma pull equipment from the RV. She pulls
out A SILVER CASE with an LCD readout on it.
BULMA
Listen. If that bitch manages to get that
other locator working they’re gonna be
able to trace this ball. So I suggest we
put it in this case. It blocks the energy
signature.
Goku is hesitant.
BULMA (CONT’D)
You can carry the case.
GOKU
Okay.
Goku trusts Bulma and lets her put his ball in the case.
She closes the case and --
SMASH CUT TO:
INT. MAI’S AIRCRAFT - SAME
THE BLIP from PAOZU FOREST disappears. The one in Paozu
Village remains. Mai BANKS THE AIRCRAFT and heads for
Paozu Village.
SMASH CUT TO:
EXT. PAOZU FORREST - EARLY EVENING
Bulma and Goku are finished pulling equipment from the
RV. Bulma produces A SHINY CHROME CAPSULE about the size
of an eggplant. She presses a button on the side of the
capsule and it morphs into THE COOLEST DAMN MOTORCYCLE
YOU’VE EVER SCENE.
30.
GOKU
(admiring the bike)
Wicked.
They fasten the equipment on the bike. Bulma gets on and
REVS IT UP. Goku gets on behind her.
BULMA
Hold on.
Goku wraps his arms around her waist. Hmmm, kinda cozy.
Kinda sexy. Then -- ZOOOOOM! They pull off so fast Goku
almost gets whiplash.
EXT. PAOZU FORREST - MOTORCYCE - EVENING
Bulma drives like a mad woman. But she’s perfectly calm.
Goku on the other hand is kinda nervous.
GOKU
So, why are you collecting Dragonballs?
BULMA
Well my father found the first one during
an archeological dig in the Northern
Territories. He discovered that it
emitted an as yet unknown source of
energy. He felt that if that energy could
be harnessed it would be a revolutionary
new power source. It would be worth
billions and we would own the patent and
corner the market in power and energy. So
I’m just following in my father’s
footsteps.
GOKU
What happened to your father?
BULMA
I don’t talk about it.
GOKU
Why not?
BULMA
It’s in the past.
THEY GO AIRBORNE LEAPING OVER A HILL and land with a
bounce. Bulma doesn’t blink an eyelash.
GOKU
So you’re a scientist?
BULMA
Yep. Damn good one too.
31.
GOKU
My Grandpa says that scientists are like
rock stars nowadays. He says they’re not
in it for knowledge like they were back
in the old days. He says they’re in it
for money and fame.
BULMA
Duh! Why even go into science unless
you’re interested in money and fame.
VRRRROOOMMM! The bike tears off down the road. AS THE SUN
SETS ON THE HORIZON.
DISSOLVE TO:
EXT. PAOZU VILLAGE - NIGHT
A SHOPKEEPER closes his general store for the evening. He
locks the door then notices NOISES. Light scurrying
noises. Then he sees something.
SHOPKEEPER
Hey, what the...
A BLINDING QUICK FLASH OF METAL.
SWISH! SLASH!
The shopkeeper falls dead from the sword of A HEIJI
WARRIOR. CAMERA PULLS BACK to reveal --
DOZENS OF HEIJI WARRIORS SWARMING THE TOWN.
Fast. Stealthy. Leaping the low rooftops like a swarm of
grasshoppers. All over town. THE SOUND OF SLICING AND
KILLING as the droids pull off A SILENT MASSACRE.
SMASH CUT TO:
EXT. PAOZU VILLAGE - OUTSKIRTS - NIGHT
Bulma and Goku arrive at the outskirts of Paozu Village.
Bulma checks her locator.
BULMA
According to the locator there’s a
Dragonball due-east of here.
VRRRRM. THEY HEAD OFF.
32.
EXT. PAOZU VILLAGE - MOVING - NIGHT
Bulma cruises the motorcycle slowly through the streets
of Paozu Village. Then they notice THE FIRST BODY. DEAD.
Then they see another. And another.
BULMA
Oh my God. What happened here?
GOKU
(a whisper)
The Nameks.
BULMA
This isn’t some board-game. This is real.
ON THE LOCATOR
They are getting closer to the Dragonball. The locator is
leading directly toward --
A LARGE CHURCH STEEPLE
It stands out from the rest of the city as it is
illuminated by -- FIRE! They are getting closer and
closer. THE SOUND OF VIOLENCE growing louder.
Bulma PULLS HER PISTOL and jams A 30 ROUND CLIP in the
bottom. She racks the slide ready to rock and roll.
BULMA (CONT’D)
When I say so, you take cover and don’t
come up until the shooting stops.
Goku pulls THE POWERPOLE off of his back and holds it at
the ready.
GOKU
I’m not afraid.
BULMA
Hey! Leave the fighting to me. You just
protect the Dragonballs. That’s your job.
Understand?
Goku says nothing.
BULMA (CONT’D)
UNDERSTAND?
Goku reluctantly nods yes. They round a corner to find --
33.
EXT. PAOZU VILLAGE - OLD CHURCH - NIGHT
CARNAGE!
HEIJI WARRIORS are battling MONKS dressed in BRIGHT
ORANGE ROBES very similar to Goku’s suit. Only theirs
look like Shoalin Monks crossed with Catholic Priests.
BULMA
Androids! I hate Androids.
The Monks battle hard doing a form of Shoalin Gung Fu,
but they are no match for the Heiji Warriors.
BULMA PUSHES GOKU OFF THE BIKE!
BULMA (CONT’D)
TAKE COVER!
Goku grabs the case and RELUCTANTLY ducks behind A
STATUE.
BULMA
GUNS THE THROTTLE and TEARS OFF INTO THE FRAY BLASTING
AWAY WITH HER FULLY AUTOMATIC PISTOL
HEIJI WARRIORS
ARE DROPPING LEFT AND RIGHT. BULMA IS A TOTAL BADASS!
BULMA
Guns the bike right up the stairs and INTO THE CHURCH!
WE HEAR:
THE SOUND OF GUN FIRE RINGING FROM INSIDE.
GOKU
Can’t stand it. His fists clench. His knuckles crack.
INT. OLD CHURCH - NIGHT
The interior of the church is a mixture of Roman Catholic
and Ancient Chinese Buddhist architecture. Which is now
BEING BLOWN TO BITS BY --
BULMA
Doing some very ACROBATIC shooting. A FIRE RAGES AROUND
THEM.
34.
Heiji Warriors are being blown to OILY NUTS AND BOLTS.
Soon they’re all dead. Bulma stands there with smoking
pistol in hand.
BULMA
That wasn’t so bad!
SUDDENLY --
C’CRASH!
STAINED GLASS WINDOWS surrounding her CRASH INWARD as --
SCORES OF HEIJI WARRIORS
Crash through the windows, weapons in hand. Bulma is
surrounded. Then --
FLFLFLFLFLFLP!
THE SOUND OF FLAPPING CLOTH as --
MAI
Leaps from the balcony and lands gracefully in front of
Bulma. SHE IS SILHOUETTED BY FLAME. AN EVIL CURVED SWORD
is in her hand.
BULMA (CONT’D)
Just the skank I’ve been looking for. You
and me have some unfinished business,
bitch!
Mai leaps into a fighting stance.
BULMA
Sticks her pistol in Mai’s face. Mai pouts and throws her
hands up in mock surrender.
BULMA (CONT’D)
You have five seconds to hand over my
Dragonball. ONE... TWO...
MAI is perfectly calm because she sees what Bulma doesn’t
see --
SHOU
LOOMING UP BEHIND HER. His HUGE RAZOR CLAWED GLOVE is
poised to RIP BULMA’S HEAD OFF.
SHOU STRIKES
WHAPPOW!
35.
Before his claw could connect -- Shou is BLASTED INTO A
MARBLE PILAR like a FORCE OF NATURE -- by
GOKU
Who stands there with leg extended in a perfect SIDE
THRUST.
BULMA
Turns around shocked to see him. She doesn’t see Shou,
who is now lying beneath a pile of rubble.
BULMA (CONT’D)
GOKU!
This is just enough time for --
MAI
To kick Bulma’s gun out of her hand. The GUN SAILS INTO
THE AIR. Mai drops into AN IRON BROOM AND SWEEPS BULMA
OFF HER FEET. Mai leaps into the air and CATCHES THE
FLYING GUN. She lands gracefully on her feet BLASTING AT
BULMA AND GOKU.
HEIJI WARRIORS ATTACK!
GOKU
TOSSES BULMA OUT OF THE WAY, PULLS OUT THE POWERPOLE and
LASHES INTO THE HEIJI WARRIORS LIKE A TORNADO!
BULMA
Stares slack-jawed AT THE FIGHTING PHENOMENON that is
Goku. Then -- POW!-ZING! A BULLET whizzes by her head
shot by MAI! Bulma pulls her back-up piece and BLASTS
BACK.
THEY LOW-RUN across the church BLASTING AT EACH OTHER
DODGING FLAMES.
GOKU
Has finished off most of the Heiji Warriors. When --
SHOU
Pulls himself from the rubble AND ATTACKS. He lashes out
at Goku with a wicked TIGER CLAW STYLE. But --
Goku
Is too fast. He ducks and weaves Shou’s attacks leaving
him CLAWING AT THE AIR. Goku does a HAND CRANK then --
36.
POW!
Punches Shou so hard, he flies across the church and
CRASHES THROUGH THE STONE WALL.
BULMA AND MAI
Are still shooting it out. Then Bulma sees it --
THE STOLEN DRAGONBALL LOCATOR
Strapped to Mai’s hip. Bulma aims and POW! HIT’S THE
LOCATOR SHATTERING IT TO BITS!
MAI
SCREAMS IN RAGE! SHE LEVELS HER GUN AT BULMA
BULMA
LEVELS HER GUN AT MAI. BULMA FIRES - CLICK! -- SHE’S
EMPTY.
MAI
FIRES. SUPER SLOW MOTION -- THE BULLET ROCKETS ACROSS THE
CHURCH headed directly for -- BULMA’S HEAD. Bulma’s a
goner for sure. Suddenly --
WHOOSH!
GOKU
Leaps between Bulma and the bullet. The bullet STRIKES
GOKU in the chest. He falls on top of Bulma.
MAI
PULLS HER SWORD and leaps into the air. DOES A SOMERSAULT
and lands directly over Goku and Bulma. SHE LUNGES THE
BLADE DOWNWARD to skewer them both but --
SHING!
GOKU
Catches it in HIS BARE HAND. He slowly rises staring Mai
in the eye.
GOKU
I don’t want to have to hit a woman
but...
Mai looks around at the slaughtered Heiji Warriors
surrounding her. She BACK-FLIPS away from Goku, pulls
something from her waist and TOSSES IT AT HER FEET!
37.
FWOOSH!
There is a BLINDING FLASH OF LIGHT AND SMOKE. When it
clears. -- MAI IS GONE.
Goku helps Bulma to her feet.
GOKU (CONT’D)
Are you okay?
BULMA
I’m fine. What about you? You’re Shot!
There is a bloodstain on Goku’s shirt. He seems
completely unfazed by it.
BULMA (CONT’D)
We better get you to a doctor.
Goku blows her off.
GOKU
Ahhh, no big deal. It’s just a bullet
wound.
BULMA
Where is the Dragonball?
Goku points to his backpack.
GOKU
Got it right here. Safe and sound.
Bulma looks at the spot where Mai disappeared.
BULMA
That bitch made off with my favorite gun.
They hear a noise. A labored breathing. They search
through the rubble of the church and find--
THE OLD PRIEST.
They rush to his side. The priest is in bad shape. Cut
and badly burned. THE FIRE IS STARTING TO RAGE OUT OF
CONTROL. The Priest looks up at Goku.
BULMA (CONT’D)
We better get you out of here!
The Priest looks up at Goku. Kind eyes. There is
recognition.
PRIEST
Ahh, Young Goku.
38.
GOKU
You know me?
PRIEST
I know of you. Gohan has spoken of you
many times. You’re just as he described.
(coughs and chokes)
He said one day you may come to me. And
if you would it would be tidings of dark
times.
(beat)
Go to the alter. There is a button behind
the head of the Buddha. Press it there,
you will find what you need.
Goku rushes to the Alter FLAMING DEBRIS starts to rain
down around him. A STATUE OF BUDDHA sits beneath A HUGE
CRUCIFIX. Goku reaches behind the Buddha's head and
presses the button.
THE CRUCIFIX SLIDES BACKWARDS REVEALING A SECRET
COMPARTMENT. Goku looks into the compartment and produces
A MAP, NAUTICAL CHARTS. And --
A DRAGONBALL.
Goku holds it up.
GOKU
Bulma look! It’s a...
He notices Bulma’s expression. The Priest is dead.
BULMA
(sadly)
He’s gone... He mentioned something about
a Turtle Island and a Master Roshi.
Goku looks at the nautical charts. It is clearly a map to
Turtle Island.
GOKU
These are directions to Master Roshi’s
Island. We have to go through the desert
wasteland to get to the sea. Then to
Turtle Island.
Bulma holds up the Dragonball. It has FIVE STARS ON IT.
BULMA
So much death because of these things.
DISSOLVE TO:
39.
EXT. PAOZU VILLAGE - NIGHT
Goku and Bulma ride out of town through a majestic canyon
silhouetted by the Old Church, NOW FULLY ENVELOPED IN
FLAME. A moment later it CRUMBLES TO THE GROUND.
INT. PAOZU CANYON - NIGHT
Goku and Bulma have set camp for the night beside a
beautiful waterfall. Bulma produces a capsule and it
morphs into a stylish tent.
Goku sits on the edge of a rock staring sadly at the
waterfall. Bulma sees how sad Goku is. She gives him a
moment. Then --
BULMA
Hey.
GOKU
Hey.
BULMA
How ya doin?
GOKU
I’m okay.
BULMA
How’s the chest?
Goku rolls his arm around.
GOKU
Fine no pain at...
(winces in pain)
Ouch!
Bulma sits down beside him.
BULMA
We’d better take a look at that bullet
wound. Here, let’s get that shirt off.
Bulma strips off Goku’s shirt revealing his muscular
form. She checks out the physique. Her expression betrays
her admiration. She shakes it off and gets to business
inspecting the wound. The bullet barely penetrated the
muscle.
BULMA (CONT’D)
It’s barely penetrated. Incredible. I’ve
never seen anything like that before.
40.
GOKU
I trained my body to be hard as a rock.
BULMA
Yes I can feel how -- hard you are. The
bullet’s still in there. I’ll have to get
it out before it becomes infected.
She pulls a first-aid kit from her backpack and starts to
tend to his wound, using forceps to dig the bullet out.
It is grossing her out.
GOKU
(wincing in pain)
Where’d you learn to shoot like that?
BULMA
(sarcastic)
I took Special Ops as an elective in
junior high. What about you? You were
pretty impressive back there. Where did
you learn to fight?
GOKU
My Grandpa taught me. He trained me all
my life.
BULMA
To fight space demons?
(beat)
Sorry, don’t mean to step on another
person’s beliefs. Whatever gets you
through the night I always say.
GOKU
If you don’t believe, why are you risking
your life to collect them? Is it just for
money and fame?
BULMA
Look, under normal circumstances I never
share my personal feelings with anybody.
But since you -- well -- saved my life,
you get special privileges.
(beat)
My father lost his life finding that
Dragonball. He had a dream of
revolutionizing the power industry. And
he died trying to do it. I’m just
continuing his work. So there it is.
That’s the deal.
A beat.
GOKU
Guess it makes you sad to think about
him?
41.
BULMA
I don’t think about him.
GOKU
Why not?
BULMA
Because that was in the past. I only
think about the future.
She stares sadly off into space. Goku understands. Goku
inspects the bandage. Checks the movement of his arm.
GOKU
Thank you for fixing my wound.
BULMA
Thank you for saving my life.
GOKU
You’re welcome.
They stare at each other. A moment of connection. Bulma
smiles at him.
BULMA
(endearingly)
You are such a geek.
Their faces get closer. A moment of chemistry then --
GOKU
(awkwardly)
Wow, you look really hot.
Chemistry is over. Bulma steps back and looks at Goku
irritated.
BULMA
Dude, lame pick-up lines? Give me a
break.
GOKU
Uh... uh, you look really nice this
evening?
She steps into her tent shaking her head.
BULMA
Man, you are weird!
ZZZZZZP! SHE ZIPS THE OPENING CLOSED.
DISSOLVE TO:
42.
EXT. HIGH PLATEAU - MORNING
Goku and Bulma’s bike sits at the edge of A HIGH PLATEAU
overlooking A VAST DESERT WASTELAND.
GOKU
There it is. The wasteland. Many have
entered, few have returned.
BULMA
Thanks for the encouraging words Goku.
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