The New Threat

Five years have passed since Goku, a boy born with a tail and incredible strength, who would transform into a rampaging Great Ape the size of a building under the full moon, achieved his life-long goal of winning the 23rd World Martial Arts Tournament. An adult now, with his tail having been removed to prevent his transformation, Goku has settled down with his wife Chi-Chi, Goku and Chi-Chi's son Gohan is wandering around the woods outside of his house when a tiger steals his hat. While he's looking for the tiger, he accidentally falls into a river. Goku, searching for his son in his Flying Nibus, finds his hat. He suddenly sees Gohan floating down a river, but he can't reach him in time before he goes over a waterfall. Goku looks up and sees Gohan clinging to a branch, having somehow jumped out of the river. With Gohan safe, they head to Master Roshi's house. Meanwhile, a mysterious alien has arrived on Earth looking for a man named Kakarot. With a special device called a Scouter that he wears on his head, he searches for the strongest fighter on Earth. He finds Piccolo Jr., an incredibly powerful demon bent on world conquest, Demon King Piccolo's son and reeincernation and Goku's oldest and fiercest rival. But even Piccolo's attack are completely ineffective against this new threat. The alien is about to devastate Piccolo when he finds an even higher power level and flies off.