Dragon Ball GT ep 45 - Hurry, Goku!! A Grand Strategy For Escaping From Hell

Melding their minds together, as a sort of "mental fusion", Piccolo and Dende reopen the portal between Hell and the Living Realm the same way #17 and Hell Fighter #17 opened it originally.

At least, that's the idea. But like the Fusion technique, it requires perfect timing and symmetry from those who are using it. Dende and Piccolo have a hard time mastering it, given that it's something Piccolo came up with on the fly. Now, Goku could just Kamehameha the way open, as he's basically done it before; Or better yet, he could just use Instantaneous Movement to teleport himself directly to where Vegeta is fighting Super #17 on Earth. Or if neither of those worked for whatever hamfisted reason, he could mentally contact Kaio-sama, who could send Kibitoshin to teleport Goku back to Earth.

Instead he sits around like a drooling moron.

But at least these two fiends are once again behind bars.

"We'll get you next time, Goku!!"

Goku finally decides to help Piccolo and Dende, by suggesting they use the same food chant he and Pan used back when they fought Lood. (Do you remember that? 'Cus I sure fucking do and I hate it.)

Which causes Piccolo to make this face.

In the end, Piccolo and Dende open the way, and Piccolo says his goodbyes to Goku, as he can't escape Hell and leave the portal open at the same time. Bullshit, I say, since the #17s could do it. But even if not, Goku can surely fucking use Instantaneous Movement now that he has a clear path to the Living Realm. But no. Piccolo stays in Hell.

Which, admittedly, is immediately given a pretty cool implication.

Nappa, Black, Blue, and Metallic arrive back in Hell, with Black and Nappa already discussing plans to get back to Earth again.

Then Piccolo stands up.

"As long as I'm here, I'm not going to let you get away with anything."

(Fuck it, play it.)

Meanwhile, on Earth...

While Goten, Trunks, Oob, and Gohan stand around and gawk like dumbasses, Pan decides to fight smart, not hard.

Pan kicks the crap out of Dr. Gero and then holds him hostage.

Pan demands he make Super #17 stop before he kills Vegeta, and Gero, seeing it's either that or back to Hell, complies. Only 17 isn't listening to him anymore... again. It turns out Dr. Myuu was playing Gero from the start, and reprogrammed 17 to only listen to his commands.

So Super #17 decides to destroy Dr. Gero instead. Again.

"Aw, shucks."

(RIP Gero. Again.)

"Super #17 is no longer just your Ultimate Artificial Human plaything! He has been reborn as the Ultimate Machine Mutant!"

Ultimate.

Then, Dr. Myuu turns his attention back to Vegeta.

"So long as Son Goku is gone, we've nothing to fear."

"What?!"

"Goku this... Goku that..."

"You stupid bastards!!!"

"Listen, I am Number One around here! You don't need to call on Kakarotto to defend the Earth! So long as I, Vegeta-sama, am around, that's enough!"

"Stop monologuing, Prince Namor, and get the fuck out of the way!"

You tried, Vegeta.

You tried.

But this show isn't called Dragon Ball Vegeta Time. Now it's time for the fight, um, surely somebody must have been waiting for, Goku vs Super #17.

Lower your standards.