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Dragon Ball Z: Lord Slug, known in Japan as Dragon Ball Z: Super Saiyajin da Son Gokū (ドラゴンボールZ 超サイヤ人だ孫悟空, Doragon Bōru Zetto: Sūpā Saiyajin da Son Gokū^?, lit. "Dragon Ball Z: It's Super Saiyan Son Goku"), is the fourth Dragon Ball Z movie. Originally released in Japan on March 19th, 1991, between episodes 82 and 83. It was translated in America by FUNimation, and Bridge Entertainment's title is Super Saiya Son Goku. It is the first Dragon Ball movie (not counting the Ultimate Uncut edition of the previous movies) to be dubbed with FUNimation's English voice cast.

Lord Slug is a very old Namekian that has been traveling through space for a number of years after being banished from his home world for misusing his powers. Along with his crew of vicious fighters, he travels from planet to planet wreaking chaos as he went. An asteroid alert is wreaking havoc all over the planet as it is going to destroy the entire Earth. Goku and Krillin go to deflect the asteroid off course so it doesn't hit Earth, but though they succeed, a spaceship lands on Earth. Eventually reaching Earth, Slug's men attempt to carry out the same destruction there that they had at a countless number of other planets. The way they dominate a planet is to literally change its atmosphere, freezing the planet. By conforming it to their liking, they make it more suitable for themselves and almost unlivable for any other people, including the native occupants of the planet. Slug's men manage to gather the Dragon Balls knowing of their power because of his Namekian heritage and uses them to restore his youth and health; like King Piccolo before him, being fully restored gave him a far greater power.

Goku, Gohan, Krillin, and Piccolo square off against Slug's team and manage to defeat them all. The final battle against Slug is left in the hands of Goku. The battle is not going well for Goku until his anger causes him to power up into what King Kai falsely interprets as a Super Saiyan. Goku then angerily attacked Slug in a fierce battle and thanks to his increased strength, is able to deal several effective blows to the Super Namekian. However, Goku is not able to control this power for long and regresses back to his normal form, though he does manage to break Slug's arm. Despite this, Slug is able to tear off his broken arm and grow back a new one, revealing his Namekian heritage to Goku. He then transforms into a giant, more powerful version of himself (something Piccolo was able to do once also) and proceeds to completely annihlate Goku until Piccolo steps in. He becomes caught by Slug's giant hands and cannot escape. Piccolo then rips off his ears and tells Gohan to whistle in order to use Slug's ulra sensitive hearing against him. Gohan does as told and whistles, causing Slug great pain.

Exploiting a weakness of all Namekians; their extremely sensitive hearing, Gohan's whistling is able to bring Slug to his knees (Piccolo had earlier torn off his ears, so he isn't harmed by this strategy). Piccolo then transfers all of his power to Goku, rejuvenating him. Goku then uses his Kaioken Attack and succeeds in knocking down the giant Slug. Goku then flies up into the sky to destroy the weather changing generator and absorbs energy from the sun to form his Spirit Bomb. Slug attempts to stop him, but Goku launches his Spirit Bomb and it hits Slug, sending him into the generator, destroying them both. The final scene involves Master Roshi waking up from his nap which he started before the aliens landed and he wishes that something interesting would happen.

• Opening Song
  1. "CHA-LA HEAD-CHA-LA" (Chara Hetchara)
     • Lyrics: Yukinojō Mori, Music: Chiho Kiyooka, Arrangement: Kenji Yamamoto, Vocals: Hironobu Kageyama
       • Song Lyrics

• Introduction Song
  1. "Kuchibue no Kimochi"; (The Feeling of Whistling)
     • Performed by Hajime Ueshiba

• Ending Song
  1. "“Ya” na Koto ni wa Genki-Dama!!"; 「ヤ」なことには　元気玉!! (There's a Genki-Dama in Bad Things!!)
     • Lyrics: Dai Satō, Music: Chiho Kiyooka, Arrangement: Kenji Yamamoto, Vocals: Hironobu Kageyama, Chorus: SHINES
       • Song Lyrics

• FUNimation Dub
  1. Finger Eleven - Drag You Down
  2. Finger Eleven - First Time
  3. Dust For Life - Seed
  4. Dust For Life - Dragonfly
  5. American Pearl - Automatic
  6. Crystal Method - Now Is the Time
  7. Disturbed - Fear
  8. American Pearl - Free Your Mind
  9. Godsmack - Whatever
  10. Deftones - Elite
  11. Disturbed - Stupify
  12. Boy Hits Car - I'm A Cloud
  13. Breaking Point - Coming Of Age
  14. Boy Hits Car - The Rebirth

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