Dragon Ball · Story arc
Android Saga
Future Trunks warns the Z Fighters about the arrival of Dr. Gero's Androids. The still-nascent threat of Cell also emerges.
- Position
- Arc 9 of 36
- Saga
- Dragon Ball Z
- Canon status
- Canon
Arc events(7)
- Future Trunks' arrivalDragon Ball Z · Android SagaA mysterious Super Saiyan arrives from the future in a time machine, warns the Z Fighters about the Androids and gives Goku the Heart Virus medicine.
- Future Trunks vs. Frieza and King ColdDragon Ball Z · Android SagaHaving survived Namek and been rebuilt as Mecha Frieza, the tyrant lands on Earth with his father King Cold to take revenge on Goku. A mysterious youth, Future Trunks, confronts them and cuts them both down as a Super Saiyan, then awaits Goku's arrival.
- Appearance of Androids 19 & 20Dragon Ball Z · Android SagaDr. Gero (Android 20) and Android 19 emerge to hunt the Z Fighters and drain their life energy. Marker #7 on the poster's legend.
- The Androids are activatedDragon Ball Z · Android SagaDr. Gero activates Androids 19 and 20 (himself); Androids 17 and 18, already active, turn on him and kill him before setting out to find Goku.
- Battle with Android 19Dragon Ball Z · Android SagaVegeta, a Super Saiyan for the first time, effortlessly defeats Android 19. Marker #8 on the poster's legend.
- Piccolo vs. Android 17Dragon Ball Z · Android SagaPiccolo confronts Android 17 to protect the peaceful Android 16, but is defeated: realizing he needs more power, he decides to fuse with Kami to regain all the strength lost when they split apart.
- Piccolo fuses with KamiDragon Ball Z · Android SagaPiccolo returns to Kami's Lookout and fuses with Kami, reuniting into the original Namekian entity: Earth loses its Guardian, a role later taken up by Dende.