Goku finally reaches the end of a road that has taken him several episodes to walk. His reward is a tiny planet and a monkey he mistakes for his new master.

This week on Toonami Absolution, Alyx, Jon, and Sam cover Ocean Dub Episodes 12 and 13: "The End of Snake Way" and "A Fight Against Gravity... Catch Bubbles!"

"The End of Snake Way" finally delivers Goku to King Kai's tiny planet after his agonisingly long journey. However, King Kai’s training not what anyone is expecting: before he'll train Goku at all, Goku has to make him laugh, and then catch King Kai's pet monkey, Bubbles, while crushed under ten times Earth's gravity.

Meanwhile, back on Earth, Gohan's tail grows back and he transforms into a Great Ape for the second time after spotting an artificial "moon" projected from Goku's old crashed space pod, yep, the filler really be fillerin this week!

We get into why King Kai's is one of Goku’s best mentors, why King Kai presented a genuine problem for the dubbers, and if this early filler was the right choice.

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📌 Topics covered this episode:

– DBZ Ocean Dub Episode 12 "The End of Snake Way" recap & review

– DBZ Ocean Dub Episode 13 "A Fight Against Gravity... Catch Bubbles!" recap & review

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Toonami Absolution is a weekly podcast where Alyx, Jon, and Sam revisit the Toonami and Adult Swim shows that made them, and you, you.

From the block's early days with shows like Space Ghost: Coast to Coast and Transformers: Beast Wars to the imported anime that made Toonami and Adult Swim appointment television for a generation of kids, such as Cowboy Bebop, Sailor Moon, and Dragon Ball.

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