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The timeline is comprised of information collected
from the DB/Z/GT series, and the web. As you can see, this isn't any
ordinary "major point" timeline. It goes into detail in most events.
Enjoy!
Dragon
Ball
Dragon
Ball Z
Dragon Ball GT (Coming Soon)
=====Pre-Dragon Ball
Era=====
(Year Unknown)
A witch takes a Kaio-shin's earring and puts it on,
fusing them into one person
The same Kaio-shin then gets encased in a sword by a
villain.
(Many Years Later)
Majin Buu is created by Bibidi.
(Unknown Dates)
Majin Buu kills one of the Kaio-shins and absorbs two
others.
Bibidi seals Majin Buu, but ends up being killed by
one of the Kaio-shins.
(Year 1XX)
Weather problems begin to occur on the planet Namek,
causing global disasters.
Katattsu sends his son to Earth, promising that he
will soon follow.
(Year 150)
Kattatsu's son abandons waiting, and begins to
explore the planet.
(Year 160-180)
Piccolo Daimoh is created.
Kattasu's son finds Earth's Kami. He drives out his
evil self and becomes the new Kami.
(Y .180-200)
Kami creates the Dragon Balls.
(Y. 3XX)
A man named Roshi climbs up Karin Tower and spends 3
years there.
(Y.734)
Kakkarot is sent from planet Vegeta to Earth.
Vegeta, Napa. and Radditz are also sent to other
planets
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Freeza attempts to destroy Vegeta
Bardock and his team launch a futile
resistance
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On Earth, an old man named Gohan finds and adopts
Kakkarot, naming him Goku.
During a hike, Goku falls into a ravine, smashing his
head. After he comes too, he becomes a well-behaved child.
(Unknown date)
Gohan is stomped on by a giant were-monkey, killing
him instantly.
=====The Dragon Ball Series====
*Pilaf Saga*
(Y. 746)
Goku joins Bulma on her quest to find all 7 Dragon
Balls.
They meet Master Roshi, and receive the 3-Star Dragon
Ball and the Flying Nimbus
Oolong joins the two on their quest, encountering
Yamcha and Puar along the way.
Goku meets the Ox-King and Chi-Chi. Goku promises to
marry Chi-Chi, thinking that marriage is some kind of food.
^_^
They stop Emperor Pilaf from becoming ruler of the
world, and Goku is given the Dragon Radar so that he may find the
Dragon Balls within one year.
Goku goes off to train under Master Roshi. Krillin
and Lunch are introduced.
(Y. 747)
The 21st annual Tenkaichi Budokai (Martial Arts
Tournament) is held. It is won by Jackie Chun, who is actually Master
Roshi in disguise.
*Red Ribbon Army Saga*
(y. 747)
Goku sets out to find his grandfather's 4-Star Dragon
Ball.
Goku finds the 6-Star Dragon Ball
The Flying Nimbus is destroyed by a small rocket from
Colonel Silver of the RR Army.
Goku rides to Muscle Tower via a RR jet and crash
lands there,
Goku defeats Sergeant Metallic, a robot of the RR
Army.
Goku defeats the Buyon Monster and the ninja
Murasaki
Goku and Hacchon, Cyborg #8, defeat General
White
Goku receives the 2-Star Dragon Ball from Hacchon,
and gets the Flying Nimbus back
Goku travels to Western City to have Bulma fix the
Dragon Radar
Goku and Krillin battle General Blue in a pirates'
cave. Before the cave collapses, Goku finds the 3-star Dragon
Ball
General Blue steals all the Dragon Balls, and while
running off, accidentally crashing into Penguin Village
General Blue is sent to Egypt, and gets the Dragon
Radar.
Turbo (Senbe's son) builds Goku a new Dragon
Radar.
After arriving at the Sacred Karin Land, Goku saves
Upa from Col. Yellow
The RR army hires the assassin Tao Pai Pai
Goku finds the 4-star Dragon Ball, which Bora was
holding
After returning to RRHQ with the Dragon Radar, Gen.
Blue is killed by Tao Pai Pai
Pai Pai kills Bora and defeats Goku
Soon after Goku climbs up the legendary karin
tower.
Senpyou, who lives at the top of the tower, trains
Goku
Tao Pai Pai is killed by Goku
The 5-star DB is found by Col. Violet
Bulma, Lunch, and Master Roshi find Goku heading for
RRHQ
Goku infiltrates RRHQ
Bulma and the others try to save Goku
Black shoots Commander Red and assumes his position
as Commander Black
Commander Black is defeated by Goku
- - - The
Return of Emperor Pilaf - - -
At the
Kame House, Goku and his friends wait for Bulma to finish repairing
the Dragon Radar; she manages to get all but the last Dragon Ball to
appear onscreen.
Roshi
suggests the group ask the help of his sister, fortune teller Uranai
Obaba (Baba to us dubbies) for the location of the last Dragon
Ball.
Baba
presents Goku with the obstacle of fighting a group of warriors,
which includes Son Gohan (Goku's grandaddy for those who forgot);
Goku defeats them all.
Baba and
the gang find the final Dragon Ball in the hands of Emperor
Pilaf.
The last
Dragon Ball is recovered, and Bora is brought back to life.
- - - Year
750 - - -
(The 22nd
Tenkaichi Budokai)
We are
introduced to Roshi's arch-rival Tsurusennin (who is actually Tao Pai
Pai's older brother), and his disciples, Tien and Chaozu
Tien and
Chaozu rebel against Tsuru's teachings.
The
tournament is won by Tien, who defeats Goku
The evil
Piccolo Daimao is released by Pilaf
- - -
Enter Piccolo Daimao - - -
Krillin is
killed.
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Goku
falls, and the Kinto Cloud (AKA Flying Nimbus to us) is
destroyed.
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Goku meets
Yajirobee
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Goku is
defeated by the evil Piccolo
Piccolo's
henchmen are defeated by Goku and Yajirobee
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Master
Roshi and Chaozu die.
After
regaining his youth, Piccolo kills Shenron.
Yajirobee
carries Goku all the way up Karin Tower.
Piccolo
becomes ruler of the world.
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Goku is
healed after eating Senzu beans and drinking the Super God
Water
Tien
practices the Mafuuha (The Demon Seal Wave)
On Public
TV, Piccolo announces his world domintation ^_^
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Goku's new
power awakens.
Tien
encounters Piccolo at his palace, and fights newly-created henchman
Drum.
Goku kills
Drum to save Tien.
Bulma,
lunch, and Tien head for Piccolo's palace while Oolong and Puar
search for the corpses of Roshi and Chaozu.
Goku
manages to kill Piccolo, but not before Piccolo gets a chance to spit
out his son (the Piccolo we know and love now ^_^)
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Goku
trains under Kami and Mr. Popo
The Dragon
is restored by Kami
Those who
were killed by Piccolo and his henchmen are resurrected.
Goku's
tail is finally once and for all removed to restore the moon.
- - - Year
753 - - -
(The 23rd
Annual Tenkaichi Budokai)
Goku
enters the tournament during his teen years.
Piccolo
(the original Piccolo's offspring) enters the Tenkaichi Budokai under
the alias "Ma Jr."
A grown-up
Chi-Chi meets up again with Goku
A cyborg
Tao Pai Pai defeats Chaozu in the premilinary rounds.
A
disguised Kami defeats a disguised Yajirobee in the final
prelim.
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(The
Quarter-finals)
Tien
defeats Tao Pai Pai, and Goku defeats Chi-Chi
After
being reminded of the promise they made, Goku and Chi-Chi are
officially engaged ^_^
Ma jr.
defeats Krillin
"Shen"
(AKA Kami) defeats Yamcha
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(Semi-Finals)
Goku
defeats Tien, and Ma Jr. defeats Shen
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(The Final
Match)
Goku wins
by defeating Ma Jr., winning his first Budokai
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Goku is
healed with a Senzu from Yajirobee
Piccolo
leaves after receiving a Senzu from Goku
After
declining an offer to be Kami's successor, Goku leaves with
Chi-Chi
Lunch
leaves the Kame House with Tien and Chaozu.
(END OF
DRAGON BALL)
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(ENTER DRAGON BALL Z)
===Year 758 ===
- - - The Radditz Saga, enter the Saiyan! - - -
Radditz crashes on Earth and runs into Piccolo, who
gives Piccolo a demonstration of his great strength.
A reunion is held at the Kame House, where Bulma,
Krillin, and Goku gather. Gohan, Goku's son, is introduced
Radditz finds Goku at the Kame House, and reveals
that he is Goku's brother, explaining the entire story of how Goku
arrived on Earth.
Radditz takes Gohan to try to convince Goku into
joining him.
Piccolo and Goku negotiate a truce and go after
Radditz
After a long fight, Goku sacrifices himself in order
for Piccolo to kill Radditz with his Special Beam Cannon
On another world, Vegeta and Nappa (who have been
watching the fight) set off for theire year-long journey to
Earth.
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Goku arrives at the Demon Lord (King Yama to us)'s
home and is introduced to the him by Kami, who asks if Goku can train
under King Kai
Piccolo begins to train Gohan
Goku begins his journey on Snake Way to reach King
Kai's home
Gohan changes to his Oozaru form, forcing Piccolo to
destroy the moon and remove Gohan's tail
Krillin, Yamcha, Tien, Chaozu, and Yajirobee are
taken to be trained by Kami
After 3 months of traveling, Goku reaches King Kai's
home and begins his 88 day training session
=== Year 759 ===
A year after his death, Goku is wished back to Earth.
He still has to travel back across Snake Way
Vegeta and Nappa destroy the East City upon their
arrival on Earth
The two Saiyans encounter Piccolo and Gohan, which is
when Nappa generates the Saibamen
Krillin, Tien, Yamcha, and Chaozu arrive at the
battle field.
A Saibaman kills Yamcha, along with himself
Krillin destroys 3 of the creatures, the last being
killed by Piccolo.
In a suicidal yet fatal attack, Chaozu attempts to
blow up Nappa
Tien, in grief, ends up being killed too
Vegeta gives the remaining fighters 3 hours to wait
for Goku to arrive
After the 3 hours, Nappa attacks the group.
Goku returns to Earth and rides the Kinto Cloud to
the battle scene.
Piccolo sacrifices himself in order to save Gohan
from one of Nappa's attacks.
Goku arrives at the scene and defeats Nappa, who is
killed by Vegeta
The battle between Goku and Vegeta begins.
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Vegeta and Goku fight until they resort to using
their final attacks; Goku with the Kamehameha combined with a
Kaioken, and Vegeta with his deadly Gatling Gun attack.
Goku gathers enough strength to knock the evil Saiyan
into the sky.
Vegeta realizes he needs to transform in order to
defeat Goku
Vegeta returns to the battlefield and transforms to
his Oozaru form
Gohan and Krillin realize that Goku is in trouble and
along with Yajirobee, they try to help.
Yajirobee (of all people) manages to cut off Vegeta's
tail to return him to normal.
Goku's second attempt at a Spirit Bomb is in need of
Krillin's energy, whom he transfers the energy to.
Krillin fires the Spirit Bomb, which is knocked away
by Gohan to hit Vegeta
Gohan sees the Artificial Moonlight and transforms to
his Oozaru form, beating the crap out of Vegeta
Vegeta leaves the planet in defeat
The brave warriors are all hospitalized after being
found by Bulma, Master Roshi, and the others.
After a meeting with Mr. Popo, Kami's past is
revealed and the spaceship he used to arrive on the planet is
found
A few modifications enable Bulma, Krillin, and Gohan
to travel to Namek to recover the Dragon Balls
Meanwhile, Vegeta arrives on Freeza planet 79 to
heal
Freeza goes looking for the Dragon Balls
Vegeta finds out about this and follows Freeza to
Namek
On Earth, Dr. Briefs prepares Goku's capsule for his
trip to Namek
One of Freeza's henchmen disables Bulma's ship
Qui (one of Freeza's minions) is killed by
Vegeta
Yajirobee gives Goku some senzu, which helps heal
him
Goku blasts off for Namek
Dende (a young Namek boy with a bright future) is
rescued from Dodoria by Gohan and Krillin
Vegeta encounters Dodoria; Dodoria tells Vegeta how
Planet Vegeta was destroyed, and is then killed.
Vegeta recovers a Dragon Ball from a destroyed Namek
village
Freeza meanwhile has gathered 5 Dragon Balls
Dende and Krillin visit Guru, father of all
Nameks
More To Come!