Dragon Ball Summary

This is a summary of all the events in Akira Toriyama's Dragon Ball leading up to my fanfic, "From Penguin Village with Love." If you are unfamiliar with Dragon Ball, or are only familiar with Dragon Ball Z, this should tell you everything you need to know to understand my story.

Dragon Ball begins when Bulma, a girl from the city, meets a monkey-tailed mountain lad called Goku. With a little trickery, she convinces the skilled martial artist to quest with her for the seven wish-granting Dragon Ball, meeting characters like Oolong, Yamcha, and Puar along the way. Most notable is the princess Chichi, who is interested in marrying him. Though he thinks that marriage is food (he's naive), he "agrees" to wed before continuing onward.

After the wish is made, Goku heads to the Turtle Hermit's island house for more martial arts training. After seven or so months of hard work, he participates in the Tenkaichi Budokai tournament, where he fights Jackie Chun. (who is really the Turtle Hermit in disguise)

With the tournament over, Goku again goes off in search for Dragon Balls, eventually tangling with a fierce criminal organization, the "Red Ribbon Army." In a heated chase with one of their officers, he ends up in the offbeat Penguin Village, where he meets a robot girl named Arale. Arale and her family supply considerable help in the conflict before Goku goes off to secure the rest of the balls. And once a wish is granted, the Turtle Hermit challanges Goku to travel around the world for a three year training trip.

Now, right in the the midst of his training, he is suddenly sidetracked by another meeting with Chichi. Propositioning Goku for a date in a location he can't even find will change their lives in ways that they never expected...