| Ep# | Translated title/Dub title | Japanese Airdate | English Airdate |
| 1 | "Bulma and Son Goku" / "The Secret of the Dragon Balls"
| February 26, 1986 | August 20, 2001 |
| Goku, a young, but strong orphan living alone in the mountains, and Bulma, a teenage girl searching for seven mystical balls, come together when Bulma hits Goku head on while driving a motorized vehicle. The balls that Bulma is searching for, known as Dragon Balls, summon the wish granting "dragon god": Shenron (Shenlong). Before Goku's grandpa past away, he gave him a Dragon Ball with four stars in it: the Four-Star Ball (Si Xing Qui). Bulma, already possessing two of the balls, decides to let Goku "join her on a fun adventure" so she can borrow his strength and "borrow" his Dragon Ball. They take off on a motorcycle, but Bulma is abducted by a giant flying dinosaur during a little pit stop. Goku takes out the monster with his Power Pole and rescues her. |
| 2 | "What the...?! No Balls!" / "The Emperor's Quest"
| March 5, 1986 | August 21, 2001 |
| Goku and Bulma set up a shelter to sleep in. At night, Goku goes out looking for some food. He sees a ship fly overhead, and, thinking that it's a bird, goes running after it. The ship belongs to Mai and Shu, who are servants of Emperor Pilaf. The Emperor is also looking for the Dragon Balls. Goku saves them from wolves, and heads back. In the morning, he finds a giant turtle who is looking for the sea. Goku volunteers to take him there, so he picks up the turtle on his back and begins running, with Bulma following on her motorcycle. |
| 3 | "The Turtle Hermit's Kinto Un" / "The Nimbus Cloud of Roshi"
| March 12, 1986 | August 22, 2001 |
| On their way to the sea, Goku and Bulma run into a Bear Thief that wants to eat the turtle. Goku makes short work of him, and they continue on their way. When they arrive at the shore, the turtle tells them to wait for him. When he comes back, a man is riding on his back. That man is the turtle hermit Master Roshi, and as a reward for helping his seaturtle, he gives Goku a flying cloud called the Flying Nimbus. Master Roshi himself can't ride the cloud, because only good and pure people can. Bulma can't ride it either, but Goku can. Roshi also gives Bulma the Three-Star Ball (San Xing Qui), not knowing what it is. When Master Roshi returns to his island, he finds Pilaf and his two henchmen searching his house for the Dragon Ball. After he tells them that he gave it away, the three leave his island. |
| 4 | "Oolong, the Kidnapping Monster" / "Oolong the Terrible"
| March 19, 1986 | August 23, 2001 |
| The Dragon Radar leads Goku and Bulma into a remote village. They find that the village is being terrorized by a shape shifter named Oolong. An old woman in this village has the Six-Star Ball (Liu Xing Qui), and she agrees to give it to them if they drive Oolong away from their village. Oolong wants to marry a girl in the village, so Goku dresses up like her to trick Oolong. When Oolong discovers this, he gets very angry. To protect his identity, he reverts back into his original state after he transformed and runs away from the village. Goku follows, and eventually catches and defeats him. With the village saved, the old woman gives them the Six-Star Ball. |
| 5 | "Yamcha, The Strong Yet Cruel Desert Bandit" / "Yamcha the Desert Bandit"
| March 26, 1986 | August 24, 2001 |
| Bulma lets Oolong join their group, thinking that his shape shifting ability will come in handy. Their boat runs out of gas, so they are forced to walk through the desert. Yamcha, a dangerous bandit, is said to live in this desert. While they walk through the desert, Yamcha and his shape shifting cat, Puar, ambush them. Goku and Yamcha begin to fight. Yamcha thinks he won after he uses his Wolf Fang Fist, but Goku is able to get up. Just as Yamcha is about to attack again, he sees Bulma. Yamcha gets nervous around girls, so he panics and runs away. |
| 6 | "Midnight Callers" / "Keep an Eye on the Dragon Balls"
| April 2, 1986 | August 27, 2001 |
| Oolong remembers that he has a camper Dyno-Cap, so the three spend the night in it. Goku tells Oolong about the Dragon Balls. Oolong drugs the drinks of Goku and Bulma, causing them to fall asleep. Yamcha and Puar have been listening from outside the window, and now plan to take the balls for themselves. Puar changes into Goku to lure Oolong out of the camper and Yamcha sneaks inside, but what he thinks are the Dragon Ball turn out to be oddly squishy. After uncovering the "Dragon Balls" and finding out they were Bulma's breasts, Yamcha completely loses it and is escorted back to their hideout by Puar. The next morning, Yamcha shows up with a rocket launcher and destroys their vehicle. Goku beats him in a fight, so Yamcha and Puar retreat again. Later, he shows up with a car for them to use, saying that he didn't want any hard feelings. He secretly planted a homing device on the car so he can follow them on their quest for the Dragon Balls. Meanwhile, Mai and Shu have been trying to steal the balls for Pilaf, but the misuse of their bomb foiled their own plot. |
| 7 | "Mt. Frypan's Gyumao" / "The Ox King on Fire Mountain"
| April 9, 1986 | August 28, 2001 |
| Goku, Bulma, and Oolong arrive at Fire Mountain, with Yamcha following closely behind. There, they meet the Ox King, who lives in the castle on Fire Mountain. The Ox King notices Goku's Flying Nimbus, and realizes that he must have received it from Master Roshi. He says that he sent his daughter Chi Chi to go to Master Roshi's island to borrow the Bansho Fan to put out the flames on Fire Mountain, but she never came back. The Ox King tells Goku that if he finds Chi Chi and returns with the Bansho Fan, then he can have the Dragon Ball that's inside his castle. Goku takes off and finds Chi Chi right away. After asking for directions from a dolphin, they arrive at "Kame House" on the turtle hermit's private island. |
| 8 | "The Turtle Hermit's Kamehameha" / "The Kamehameha Wave"
| April 16, 1986 | August 29, 2001 |
| Master Roshi agrees to let Goku borrow the Bansho fan, but when he goes to retrieve it, he remembers that he spilled juice on it and threw it out. He decides to put out the fire himself. When they arrive back at Fire Mountain, Master Roshi uses his famous Kamehame-Ha to blow out the flames. The wave puts out the fire, but it also destroys the entire mountain. With the Dragon Radar, Bulma is able to search through the rubble and find the Seven-Star Ball (Qi Xing Qui). Goku asks Master Roshi if he can learn the Kamehame-Ha, but is disappointed to find out that it took the turtle hermit 50 years to learn it. He tries it anyway, and is miraculously able to do it on the first try. |
| 9 | "The Rabbit Boss' Special Technique" / "Boss Rabbit's Magic Touch"
| April 23, 1986 | August 30, 2001 |
| Goku, Bulma, and Oolong drive into a city to get gas. Everyone in this town seems to be afraid of Bulma, but after she buys some new clothes and gets rid of her bunny costume, no one even notices her. Just as they're about to leave, two men in bunny ears begin to hassle them. Goku beats up both of them, so they call in 'the boss.' The Boss, whose name is Monster Carrot, arrives. He is a giant rabbit whose special power is his touch; if you touch him, you turn into a carrot. Not knowing this, Bulma slaps him, turning her into a carrot, which Monster Carrot grabs. Watching from behind a boulder, Puar turns into a bird and snatches the carrot out of his hand. Goku then hits him with his Power Pole, forcing Monster Carrot to surrender. He changes Bulma back. Goku then ties up Monster Carrot and his henchmen and takes them to the moon by extending his Power Pole, proceeding to force them to make treats for children. |
| 10 | "The Dragon Balls are Stolen!!" / "The Dragon Balls Are Stolen!"
| April 30, 1986 | August 31, 2001 |
| While they're driving towards the final Dragon Ball, Shu fires a rocket at their car. Then he jumps down and runs off with Bulma's suitcase, which contains their Dragon Balls. Goku tries to follow, but loses him. Luckily, Goku still has the Four-Star Ball, so Pilaf can't make his wish. Bulma's Dyno-Caps were in her suitcase as well, so they have no ride. With no other options, Yamcha is forced to give them a lift. They arrive at Pilaf's castle. Inside, they come to a dead end, but before they can turn around, a wall comes down, trapping them inside. |
| 11 | "At Last the Dragon Appears!" / "The Penalty Is Pinball"
| May 7, 1986 | September 3, 2001 |
| Pilaf releases sleeping gas inside the chamber, which knocks everyone out. Mai goes in and steals the Four-Star Ball from Goku while he's sleeping. When they wake up, they realize the ball has been stolen, and begin to run through the hallways. Pilaf sends giant pinballs rolling after them. Just when one of the balls has them cornered, it suddenly backs off, and a wall comes down again. They are trapped in the same room as before. Goku tries to use a Kamehame-Ha to blast away the wall, but only manages to open up a small hole that leads outside, where Pilaf is summoning Shenron. Puar and Oolong turn into bats and fly through the hole to try to steal one of the balls. But before they can get close enough, the dragon appears. |
| 12 | "The Wish to Shen Long" / "A Wish to the Eternal Dragon"
| May 14, 1986 | September 4, 2001 |
| Desperate to stop Pilaf, Oolong interrupts his wish with his own: a pair of panties from a hot girl. This wish is granted, Shenron disappears, and the seven balls scatter all over the earth. Furious, Pilaf sends Mai and Shu after Oolong and Puar. Goku manages to destroy the wall with another Kamehame-Ha, but suddenly a herd of guard dogs appears. Goku and Yamcha beat these dogs, and on their way out they find Oolong and Puar. Just as they're about to leave, Mai and Shu corner them with another pack of dogs. They are transported to a room with a glass ceiling that gathers energy from the sun and heats up. By morning, they will be burnt alive. Goku and Yamcha try to break down the walls, but fail. Puar notices the full moon and Goku warns them about a monster that appears during the full moon. He said that this monster trampled his grandpa Gohan to death and that his grandpa told him never to look at the moon. He then accidentally looks at it and transforms into an giant monkey. |
| 13 | "Goku's Great Transformation" / "The Legend of Goku"
| May 21, 1986 | September 5, 2001 |
| Goku, now a giant monkey, begins demolishing Pilaf's castle. Bulma, Yamcha, Oolong, and Puar are able to escape. Pilaf, Mai, and Shu board an airplane and start attacking Goku. They are able to bring him down temporarily, but Goku recovers and destroys their plane. He then picks up Bulma and prepares to eat her. Remembering that his tail is his weak point, Puar changes into a giant pair of scissors and cuts Goku's tail off. He regresses back to his normal self, and sleeps until morning. When he wakes up, he is shocked to find that his tail and his clothes are missing, and remembers nothing about his rampage. He borrows Oolong's pants and finds his Power Pole in the rubble, but finds it hard to balance without his tail. Yamcha and Bulma decide to go back to West City together, with Puar and Oolong tagging along. Goku decides to go find the turtle hermit to get the training he was promised. Bulma gives Goku the Dragon Radar so he can find the Four-Star Ball when the Dragon Balls reappear. |
