Snakeway to Heaven is the fourth episode of Team Four Star's DragonBall Z Abridged It was first uploaded to YouTube on August 21, 2008.
Summary[]
Goku is running down Snake Way, only to end up falling off into Hell and meets 2 ogres named Goz & Mez. Goku tricks them into telling him how to escape and manages to get back onto Snake Way.
Meanwhile on Earth, Kami assigns Mr. Popo to train Earth's warriors: Krillin, Tien, Yamcha, and Chiaotzu. It is soon revealed that Mr. Popo is a very harsh and cold-hearted trainer, knocking Krillin off the look-out when Krillin is about to ask a question about Mr. Popo's Pecking Order.
Princess Snake in a codec call with one of her servants.
Back on Snake Way, Goku is sucked into Princess Snake's house. Princess Snake offers Goku food and the use of her hot tub. Princess Snake soon reveals her true identity by turning into a giant snake and chases Goku.
Back on Earth, during a night training session, Gohan turns into a giant ape and begins rampaging. Piccolo, feeling the moon is mocking him, destroys it. As a result, Gohan shrinks back down to his normal size. Piccolo then remove Gohan's tail and uses his clothes beam on Gohan so he won't be naked anymore.
The episode ends with Princess Snake tangled up and Goku running on Snake Way once again.
The stinger shows ZTV reporting on the destruction of the Moon. The reporters says that long-term effects can "only be guessed at", but immediate tidal changes resulted in the deaths of hundreds of millions worldwide. It also shows Sailor Moon dying.
After that, Nappa begins pestering Vegeta as to whether they have arrived on Earth, repeatedly asking, "Are we there yet?"
Cast[]
- LittleKuriboh – Narrator
- MasakoX – Goku, Gohan
- Lanipator – Goz, Piccolo, Mr. Popo, Krillin, Vegeta
- Hbi2k – Mez, Reporter
- Vegeta3986 – Kami
- Lord Quadros – Servant, Princess Snake
- Megami33 – Sailor Moon
- Takahata101 – Nappa
Music[]
- Shunsuke Kikuchi - Prologue
- Cha-La-Head-Cha-La by Hironobu Kageyama
- Pac-Man Theme
- "Encounter" from Metal Gear Solid
- "Paula is Kidnapped" from Donkey Kong
Running Gags[]
- Krilin Owned Count 3: Krillin gets knocked off the look-out after Mr. Popo asks if there are any questions about his Pecking Order.
- Piccolo calling Gohan a nerd.
Cultural References[]
- The title is pun on the song "Stairway to Heaven" by Led Zepplin.
- Princess Snake's portrayal is largely a reference to Metal Gear Solid.
- Princess Snake chases Goku in a field similar to Pac-Man.
- The sentence "If only I had some sticks or reeds lying around." is a reference to Rubbadubbers.
Trivia[]
- First on-screen appearance of Yamcha, Tien, and Chiaotzu
- Sailor Moon's appearance is a reference to Megami33's Sailor Moon: The Abridged Series.
- Avatar: The Abridged Series was original going to be mentioned with ZTV reporting the water benders losing their powers and Sokka giving up another girlfriend.
- First appearance of Gohan's Ōzaru form, and the first time a transformation has appeared on the show.
- When Gohan transforms into Ōzaru, he's holding a wooden barrel, which a reference to Donkey Kong.
- There were two deleted scenes from this episode
- The first one would have Goku jump over a street cleaner on Snakeway, causing the distracted driver to fall of the road. Team Four Star added this as quick throw around but couldn't find a way to integrate it into the episode.
- The second one would have had one of Princess Snake's servants shoot herself after Snake's entanglement. This would have been the ending had they not used the Metal Gear Solid game over reference.
Episode Transcription (English)[]
[Disclaimer read by KaiserNeko]
[♪ DBZ prologue theme (#1) ♪]
NARRATOR: Last time on Dragon Ball Z Abridged:Goku began his journey down Snake Way. Wait, is that some kind of innuendo?
GOKU: (Panting)
GOKU (Mentally): 'This is going to be the longest, toughest journey I’ve ever made! I have to receive King Kai’s training, and battle the biggest threat to the planet we’ve ever faced! I have to run as fast as I can! I have to keep running! For the sake of the Earth, humanity, and my fam--!'
[Music cuts-off]
(Snoring)
[Sweeper hits a bump]
GOKU: Ow, oh GAHHHhhhh...!
[♪ Cha-La Head-Cha-La ♪]
GOKU: ...aaaaaaAAAAAA--! {Crash} Owwwww-hohh...
GOZ: Ah, who do we have here? A little girly man, ja?
GOKU: I'm Goku. Who are you?
GOZ: I am Goz,
MEZ: Und I am Mez,
GOZ and MEZ: Und we are here to pump...
{CLAP} you up!
GOKU: ...Okay… but I'm sorta--
GOZ: First, we are going to do a hundred squats!
MEZ: And then lots of push-ups on the hard ground!
GOZ: Und then a bunch of Jumping Jacks! Oooooooooh!
GOKU: That... sounds like fun...? But I’m sort of in a hurry...? How do I get out of here?
MEZ: Ach, there’s no way out of here. Unless you manage to beat us in a test of strength and speed!
GOZ: Ja! Lots of running und wrestling und sweat!
MEZ: Grappling each other on the cold ground, ja!
GOKU: Okay, now let’s say we went through all of that...then where would you say the exit is?
GOZ: Oh, it’s right over there.
MEZ: Ja, but you have to beat us first un– Ach! He’s running avay!
GOKU: Oh, before I go… Have you seen my brother Raditz around here? Spiky hair? Tail?
MEZ: Ach, yes; he made a horrible mess of the blood fountain!
GOKU: Looks fine to me.
GOZ: IT USED TO BE WATER!
GOKU: Wow...! Well, I’m going now! By the way, thanks for the fruit!
MEZ: Ach, he has a piece of the fruit, ach nein! Don’t eat the fruit, don’t eat the fruit!
GOKU: Bye!
GOZ: No, now we can’t make the fruit salad for King Yemma’s barbecue!
MEZ: Ja, und Dabura is going to bring something totally kickass und we will have nothing und we will LOOK LIKE FOOLS!
GOZ: Ach, I am so mad!
MEZ: Ja, let us go work off our stress by doing squat thrusts und stretches.
GOZ: Ja, und then we’ll do grappling in our speedos!
MEZ: I’ll grab the oil!
NARRATOR: Meanwhile, back on Earth… Now that’s *got* to be some kind of innuendo!
[Wolf howling]
GOHAN: Huh? (Whimpering) I can’t believe Piccolo left me out here all alone! How am I supposed to get down from here?
PICCOLO: [distant] CLIIIIMB DOWWWN!
GOHAN: I can’t even get any food or water. What should I do?
PICCOLO: [distant] I SAID, CLIIIMB DOWWWN!
GOHAN: If only I had some sticks or reeds lying around. I could make a makeshift ladder, or a rope...
PICCOLO: [distant] UUUUURRRRRAAARRRGH!!
KAMI: You have all come to train on my Lookout. But since I am quite old, I shall leave you in the capable hands of Mr. Popo.
Mr. Popo, you know what to do.
MR. POPO: Yes, Kami.
[Door shuts]
MR. POPO: Alright, *maggots*, listen up! Popo’s 'bout to teach you the pecking order! It goes you... the dirt... the worms inside of the dirt... Popo's *stool*... Kami... then Popo. Any questions?
KRILLIN: Um, yeah, I- {SLAM} GOH-GAAAAAAAaaaaaahhh...!
{DING}
MR. POPO: Enjoy the climb back up, BITCH! Now any more questions? Good. Then we can begin.
GOKU: Okay! No more diversions! This is really important! No more sidetra—! Oooh, a house!
GOKU (Mentally): 'Is that a snake?’
[Sucks]
GOKU: Ahhh--!
SNAKE: Ackum!
GOKU: Wheeeeeee--! {Thud} AUGHA OWWWWhowww!
[Metal Gear Solid Codec alert sound]
SERVANT: (Speaking)
PRINCESS SNAKE: (Speaking as Solid Snake) Well, he’s quite the hunk of man-meat! But what’s with the hair??
PRINCESS SNAKE (Mentally): 'Ah, I just love this fur coat! Especially since I killed all the animals for it myself!'
GOKU: Huh? You don’t look like you'd be King Kai.
PRINCESS SNAKE: What, did my magnificent breasts tip you off?
GOKU: Wh-what?
PRINCESS SNAKE: Nothing. Are you hungry?
GOKU: Yeah! I could eat anything right now!
PRINCESS SNAKE: Ah, me too.
GOKU: What?
PRINCESS SNAKE: Nothing! Take a seat! I killed everything here with my bare hands. Including the bear hands. It’s a PUN!
[Chomping]
GOKU: [mouth full] I can’t believe you took all this down yourself!
PRINCESS SNAKE: Hurr, I want to take you down...
GOKU: What?
PRINCESS SNAKE: Nothing. Get in the hot tub!
GOKU: Wow, this water’s really nice!
[Box dragging on ground]
PRINCESS SNAKE: Uh, not as nice as your ass!
GOKU: Huh? [Metal Gear Solid Alert (!)]
[Box dragging]
GOKU: Well, thanks for the food and stuff, but I’ve got to get to King Kai's!
PRINCESS SNAKE: No! First you must pass the test of... endurance!
GOKU: What's that mean?
PRINCESS SNAKE: It means I want you... inside me.
GOKU: What do you mean?
PRINCESS SNAKE: You'll see...
GOKU: Ahh!
PRINCESS SNAKE: Hah! Total mis-implication! Hah!
GOKU: Ahh! Stop chasing me!
PRINCESS SNAKE: Hurr, hah, hurr hah!
GOKU: Stop grunting! It’s CREEPY!
PRINCESS SNAKE: Waka waka waka waka waka waka waka waka waka
GOKU: AAAAAH– oo-ooh!
(Chomping)
GOKU: AAAAAH--! PRINCESS SNAKE: Waka waka waka waka wa--
PICCOLO: Oh for God’s sake, now he’s just standing there, looking at the moon like a ret*rded puppy! I was *trying* to teach him to fend for himself, but nooooo~! He has to be a WEAK,
GOHAN: (Growling with a deepening voice)
PICCOLO: DEFENSELESS, GOHAN: (Growling with a deepening voice)
PICCOLO: LITTLE—!
GOHAN: (Growling with a deepening voice)
PICCOLO: Wait, is he getting bigger?
GOHAN: (Oozaru roar)
[Donkey Kong theme plays]
GOHAN: RAAAAARRRGH!
PICCOLO: Okay, that’s new!
PICCOLO (Mentally): 'Wait a second... That tail… His Saiyan blood! Does this mean...'
PICCOLO: Everyone of Gohan’s race can become a giant gorilla!
[Dramatic sting] GOHAN: ROAAAARGH!
PICCOLO: Dammit, if he destroys everything, what'll be left for ME?!
[Distant sounds of explosions and roaring]
PICCOLO: STOP MOCKING ME!!
GOHAN (voice turning back to normal): [Groaning] [Super Mario going down pipe sound]
PICCOLO: Hah! Take that, Moon! "Perfect orbit", my *ass*! And– Eh, huh? Where’d the monkey go? Huh... well, he’s back to normal. Oh *God*, what the hell is that thing? Well, whatever it is, I don’t like looking at it. This either.
{POP}
PICCOLO: Now… CLOTHES BEAM! That is easily my most metro attack.
NARRATOR: Meanwhile, back on Snake Way...
GOKU: Man, that was close. Sure am glad I got away from that giant Snake lady!
PRINCESS SNAKE: (Grunting and groaning)
PRINCESS SNAKE: [echo] AAAAH...!
[♪ Metal Gear Solid - Game Over tune ♪] SERVANT: Princess Snake? Princess Snake? PRINCESS SNAAAAAKE!!
[♪ Outro (DBZ intermission) ♪]
PICCOLO: Yep, and once again, wanton destruction has solved all of my problems. With absolutely no negative repercussions!
[The sound of waves in the ocean]
NEWSREADER: [on TV] We’ve got breaking news that the Earth’s Moon has been completely destroyed. While the long-term environmental effects can only be guessed at, preliminary speculation puts the short-term death toll from tidal effects alone at the hundreds of millions. We now go to our resident expert on lunar science, Sailor Moon. Sailor?
SAILOR MOON: [on TV] OH, DEAR GOD!!
NEWSREADER: [on TV] Thanks, Sailor! We now return you to Nick at Night’s 24-hour full house marathon already in progress.
[Radio communication]
NAPPA: Hey! Vegeta!
VEGETA: What?
NAPPA: Are we there yet?
VEGETA: No.
NAPPA: Are we there yet?
VEGETA: No...
NAPPA: Are we there yet?
VEGETA: Nooo.
NAPPA: Are we there yet?
VEGETA: Nooo...
NAPPA: Are we there yet?
VEGETA: No.
NAPPA: [fading] Are we there yet?
VEGETA: [distant] No.
This initial transcription was produced by Splendaaa/1plainicecreamcone by taking the original English Captions by (ANONYMOUS) and editing them slightly to have more clarity when read without video accompaniment. (If you edit this transcription, please leave this original credits segment <and add your own name, if you wish> so that my hours of effort aren't all for nothing! - thank you, Splendaaa)
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