Our heroes recover from their wounds and decide on a course of action. They choose to go to the planet Namek, Piccolo's home. They have no way of getting there until Mr. Popo arrives and helps out. He knows of a ship (it's actually Kami's ship) that could take them there. Bulma inspects it, they find it in working order, some minor repairs are made, and the group sets off. A few detours are seen in the anime only. After finally getting through them, Bulma, Kuririn, and Son Gohan land on Namek. They find that not only has Vegeta come as well, but there's another power, much stronger than Vegeta. This power is Freezer, an evil alien MAN (despite the English dub) who is searching for the Dragon Balls to reach immortality. He's the leader of a group of space pirates who conquer planets for him. He goes from village to village (using his scouter to locate the villages) collecting Dragon Balls from the village elder, with the help of his loyal minions, Dodoria and Zarbon. Vegeta arrives at the same time as the Earthlings. Unlike the Earthlings, though, Vegeta is noticed by Freezer. Kui (one of Freezer's stronger men) is sent to take care of Vegeta, but Vegeta easily defeats him. All three parties go on their search for Dragon Balls, and Freezer already has four. Freezer takes off for another village, and Gohan and Kuririn follow, pushing their powers down to avoid detection. They watch Freezer's actions at a Namek village, but refuse to let themselves be seen. They finally jump into action to save a young Namekseijin child called Dende when Dodoria goes after him (having just brutally murdered Dende's brother, Kargo). Gohan knocks Dodoria into a house, then Kuririn gets a good hit in before Dodoria can retaliate, and the two of them, along with Dende, make their escape. Dodoria follows, ends up blowing up a huge chunk of land, and leaves, satisifed that they've been killed. Along the way, Vegeta stops him. Dodoria tells Vegeta a story in exchange for his life. His story is that of the destruction of Vegeta's home planet (also called Vegeta), which was not cuased by a meteor at all; rather, it was Freezer's doing. Dodoria begins to fly off after telling his story, but Vegeta goes back on his word and fries Dodoria. The Earthlings take Dende back to their little hideout and find that Bulma's got a capsule house open in the cave they're staying in. She meets Dende and tells them that Son Gokou is on his way to Namek (he had been left behind because his wounds were too bad for him to come along). Meanwhile, Vegeta's taking out a Namek village of his own to retrieve the Dragon Ball. Freezers' men's scouters have been destroyed (by the elder at Dende's village), so Freezer can't locate any villages. Vegeta knows this and throws his Dragon Ball into a lake for later retrieval. The Earthlings and Dende see things going on a great distance away (this is Vegeta wreaking havoc on the village). Dende tells them about Saichorou, the Eldest Namekseijin, and Kuririn and Dende leave to meet him. While they're gone, Gohan flies off with the Dragon Ball radar and takes Vegeta's Dragon Ball. Kuririn and Dende meet Saichorou, and Saichorou unlocks Kuririn's hidden potential. Kuririn gets a large power up and the One-Star Dragon Ball. He leaves Dende with Saichorou and flies back to Bulma and Gohan with the Dragon Ball. During this whole thing, Vegeta and Zarbon have fought. Vegeta was badly beaten, but because he's the only one who knows the location of the sixth Dragon Ball, Zarbon took him back to Freezer for healing. Vegeta escapes and steals all five of Freezer's Dragon Balls. Zarbon flies after him, but Vegeta's too clever for that. He swims, submerged. Vegeta sees Kuririn flying by with a Dragon Ball and jumps into action. Zarbon sees Vegeta and falls in behind them, and they all end up at Bulma's cave. Vegeta and Zarbon go at it again, but this time, Vegeta's much stronger (Saiya-jin get a large power boost when they're revived from death or near death). Vegeta has no trouble with Zarbon this time, and blasts a hole through the warrior. He takes Kuririn's Dragon Ball and flies off to get the seventh Dragon Ball, which Gohan has already acquired. Gohan and Vegeta meet along the way, but Gohan hides the Dragon Ball. Vegeta knees him in the stomach, says a few words, and flies off. Gohan returns to the group, Dragon Ball in hand. Kuririn and Gohan fly off to Saichorou's to get Gohan's power unlocked. They arrive with Vegeta in hot pursuit. Kuririn stays back to hold him off and sends Gohan in to talk to Saichorou. Gohan gets his power up and runs back out with the warrior Nail, Saichorou's body guard (who looks remarkably similar to Piccolo). It looks like there's about to be trouble, but five enormous kis are suddenly counted. Vegeta counts them off and realizes it's the Ginyu Tokusentai. Kuririn and Gohan form a temporary truce with Vegeta and fly off to get their Dragon Ball. Before they can make any wishes, the Ginyu Tokusentai arrive. Ginyu (the leader) steals all seven Dragon Balls and takes them back to Freezer, leaving Rikumu, Bata, Jiisu, and Gurudo to fight the Z Senshi. Gurudo is decapitated by Vegeta, then Rikumu attacks. He beats Vegeta senseless, then fells Kuririn in one hit. Gohan takes him on, but ends up with a broken neck. It looks grim, but a light streaks across the sky. Nearby, Son Gokou lands on planet Namek. He senses all the different ki's and flies off toward Gohan's and Kuririn's. He arrives at the battle, senzu in hand. He revives Gohan, then Kuririn. Gokou reads Kuririn's thoughts to see what's happened to them on Namek, then sends a senzu over to Vegeta. He takes on Rikumu, but it's not much of a fight. One hit from Son Gokou, and Rikumu's motionless on the ground. Jiisu and Bata step into action. Gokou eventually defeats Bata, and Jiisu watches as Vegeta kills the two unconscious fighters. He runs off for Ginyu and the Z Senshi work out a plan. Gohan and Kuririn go off to get the Dragon Balls, and Vegeta stays with Gokou to fight. Just as Ginyu and Jiisu arrive, Vegeta flies off to get the Dragon Balls himself. Gokou takes on Ginyu and reveals his full power, which dwarfs that of Ginyu. Ginyu damages himself, then swaps bodies with Gokou and flies off with Jiisu, leaving an extremely weak Gokou in Ginyu's body. They return to the ship and fight the Z Senshi there. Gokou arrives and joins in, and the Ginyu Tokusentai is defeated (Vegeta kills Jiisu, Ginyu tries body swap with Vegeta and Gokou jumps in the way, then again, and Gokou throws a frog in the way... Ginyu is now a frog and Gokou's himself again). Kuririn goes to Saichorou's to get the Dragon Ball password, Gohan guards the Dragon Balls, and Gokou sits in a rejuvenation tank while Vegeta naps. Kuririn meets Dende on the way, the two of them return, and Gohan, Kuririn, and Dende summon Porunga (the Namek dragon) without waking Vegeta. They wish back Piccolo, then wish him to Namek (he ends up in the middle of no where), and then Vegeta wakes. Vegeta flies off to them and threatens them. Dende begins to yell out Vegeta's wish (wishes must be made in the Namek tongue, so only Dende can do it), but Saichorou dies and the Dragon Balls go with him. Freezer arrives and the battle begins. There's little battle before Freezer transforms. He turns into a larger version of himself and impales Kuririn. Gohan kicks his ass for that, then gets the crap beaten out of him when Freezer recovers. Piccolo finally arrives and easily deals with Freezer. Freezer undergoes another transformation and makes short work of Piccolo. Gohan grows enraged again and nearly topples the evil warrior with a Masenkou. Freezer barely survives, and decides to transform once more. He reaches his final form, then kills Dende (he sees that Dende is the one who heals everyone). Vegeta takes him on but gets beaten up. Freezer is just about to kill him when Son Gokou arrives at the battle. Vegeta pleads with Gokou to destroy Freezer, saying that Freezer needs to die at the hands of a Saiya-jin. Vegeta dies, Gokou buries him, and the battle begins. They seem pretty well matched, but in reality, Freezer is worlds (or dimensions? Sorry) beyond Gokou. He starts to demonstrate this and Gokou gets really angry. Gokou powers up to 20x Kaio-ken for the first time (he never did it prior to this, despite what the dub says) and throws a Kamehameha that Freezer has a lot of trouble deflecting. When even the 20x Kaio-ken fails, Gokou resorts to his ultimate weapon. He begins forming an enormous Genki Dama, which he eventually drops on Freezer (yes, drops...it forms in outer space because he uses energy from other planets, as well as Namek). Freezer barely survives and sends a Freezer beam (basically a Kienzan that's not a disk...it can cut through anything) straight at Gokou's heart. Piccolo jumps in the way, pushing Gokou out of harm's way. Piccolo gets shot through the chest and collapses. Everyone believes he's dead and Gohan runs up to him. Freezer then kills Kuririn. Gokou's getting REALLY angry now. Freezer wonders who to go after next and threatens Gohan...and Gokou just goes over the edge. He begins powering up unconsciously and transforms into the Legendary Super Saiya-jin. Freezer is no match, and Gokou easily beats up on him. Freezer sends a blast at Namek's center to destroy the planet, thereby killing Gokou (because Gokou can't breathe in outer space and Freezer can). They fight some more and Freezer powers up to 100% (he was in his final form, but not at full power). Freezer's new power is still not higher than Gokou's, but it's much closer, and the battle seems about equal again. During the fight, Shenron is summoned on Earth to revive everyone Freezer killed. Porunga is restored because Saichorou is revived, and Dende makes a third wish to move everyone except Gokou and Freezer to Earth. Freezer tries to make his wish, but he doesn't speak the Namek language, and Porunga ignores him. Freezer gets pissed when Gokou tells him about their wish. They fight back and forth for a while, then Freezer seems defeated. Gokou leaves, saying that Freezer's pride has been crushed and things of that sort. Freezer, unwilling to accept defeat, throws a following Kienzan at Gokou. He eventually sends a second one up, and the two of them fight a bit more. Freezer is cut in half by his own Kienzan, and Gokou spares him a bit of power so that he can get off of Namek. Freezer uses the power to attack Gokou. Gokou gets really pissed and finishes Freezer then and there. He flies off and escapes Namek (although it seems he died at first). On Earth, Saichorou passes the title of Eldest Namek onto another Namekseijin and dies. The Namek Dragon Balls become functional again one Namek year later (which is 156 days) and wishes are made to move Kuririn and Gokou to Earth's gateway with Heaven and revive Kuririn, then Gokou. The wish is not completed because Gokou is not dead, which is news to everyone there (even Kaiousama didn't know he had survived). Instead, they revive Kuririn and Yamucha. They wait, the Dragon Balls become functional again, and Tenshinhan and Chaouzu are both revived. The third wish moves the Nameksejin to a new planet. Later, before Gokou returns to Earth, Cyborg Freezer and his father, King Cold, arrive on Earth. A mysterious boy named Trunks easily defeats (kills) all of them after turning Super Saiya-jin, then waits with the Z Senshi for Son Gokou to arrive. Gokou returns and Trunks tests his power before telling him a story...