6.7/10472 votes#1 - A Devastating Wish
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 2/7/1996
After decades of persistence, Emperor Pilaf finally steals the dragon balls and summons Shenron! But Pilaf slips up yet again and wishes Goku back to childhood size!. As Goku tries to present his new self to his family, King Kai reveals alarming news. If the dragon balls aren't returned to Earth within one year, the entire planet will explode!
Director: Osamu Kasai
Writer: Aya Matsui
6.4/10429 votes#2 - Pan Blasts Off
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 2/14/1996
While Bulma, Videl, and Gohan prepare a ship that will be used to gather the Black Star Dragon Balls from space, Pan becomes upset at how the others view her as a child. In the meantime, Goku is kidnapped by two men seeking to gain a ransom from a not-so-worried Bulma and Vegeta.
Director: Mitsuo Hashimoto
Writer: Aya Matsui
6.5/10418 votes#3 - Terror on Imecka
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 2/21/1996
After suffering damage to their spaceship, Goku, Trunks, and Pan are forced to crash land on Planet Imecka. The trio is enamored by the festive atmosphere of the city until they realize that the Imeckians are money-hungry swindlers. At first the travelers from Earth are trying to escape with their wallets, but it soon becomes clear that they'll be lucky to escape with their lives!
Director: N/A
Writer: Aya Matsui
6.5/10412 votes#4 - The Most Wanted List
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 2/28/1996
After finding themselves as public enemy number one on the merchant planet, Imecka, Goku, Pan, and Trunks attempt a daring rescue mission to salvage their ship. Without it they may be stuck on the planet forever! Casting all fear aside, the Saiyans try a direct approach...and find Don Kee's army locked and loaded!
Director: Yoshihiro Ueda
Writer: Masashi Kubota
7.0/10426 votes#5 - Goku vs. Ledgic
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 3/6/1996
While hiding from the authorities, Goku, Pan, and Trunks become moved by the injustices that the Imeckans suffer under the oppressive Don Kee. They decide to confront The Don, and head straight for a showdown at the Royal Palace. It seems like an easy victory until Ledgic appears from the shadows!
Director: Hiroyuki Kakudou
Writer: Masashi Kubota
6.2/10392 votes#6 - Like Pulling Teeth
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 3/13/1996
Barely escaping Imecka with their lives, Goku, Trunks, and Pan land on a planet where everything is larger than life. As they near the dragon ball their good fortune takes a turn for the worse as a giant nearly consumes the ball and dooms Earth forever! Goku must make a quick decision before having to charge into the belly of the beast...literally!
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
5.6/10397 votes#7 - Trunks, the Bride
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 3/20/1996
The Saiyans arrive on a peaceful plant with one very large problem. The monster Zoonama has the incredible ability to produce earthquakes by merely shaking his gigantic whiskers! Now the monster is demanding a bride. If the villagers don't comply their very survival cannot be guaranteed!
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
5.7/10391 votes#8 - Whisker Power
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 4/17/1996
Not bowing to the demands of the wicked Zoonama, Trunks reluctantly poses as Zoonama's bride in an attempt to sneak deep into the monster's lair under a volcano and free the people of the village forever. But things get hot as Zoonama reveals a secret and the volcano prepares to blow!
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
6.3/10386 votes#9 - Lord Luud
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 4/24/1996
After seemingly securing a dragon ball, three mysterious strangers steal what the Saiyans worked so hard to attain. In their haste to track down the thieves, Goku, Pan, and Trunks find themselves tricked into touching down on a dangerous asteroid. Meanwhile the three strangers present the spoils to their bizarre leader! Just who is this mystery man...and what makes him so dangerous?
Director: Mitsuo Hashimoto
Writer: Aya Matsui
6.0/10383 votes#10 - Dance and Attack
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 5/1/1996
Finding themselves on the cave-ridden planet of Beehey, Goku, Trunks and Pan have run straight into a pack of Mouma, a giant bug like species with a taste for humans! Hiding in the shadows are the Para Bara Brothers, planning out the perfect time to attack with their unique style of dancing.
Director: Hiroyuki Kakudou
Writer: Aya Matsui
6.4/10383 votes#11 - Lord Luud's Curse
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 5/8/1996
Pan and Giru are stuck on the Para Para Brothers spaceship heading straight for Cardinal Mutchy Mutchy and his demented regime. Meanwhile, Goku and Trunks pursue Pan to the planet. Can anything prepare them for the shock that is to come?
Director: N/A
Writer: Masashi Kubota
6.4/10378 votes#12 - The Last Oracle of Luud
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 5/15/1996
While Pan is under the control of the psychotic Master Dolltaki, Goku and Trunks battle with the vengeful Cardinal Mutchy Mutchy, who can manipulate inanimate objects to attack at will! Meanwhile, Dolltaki has big plans for his faithful believers, as the mighty Lord Luud moves one step closer to being resurrected.
Director: Osamu Kasai
Writer: Masashi Kubota
6.6/10385 votes#13 - The Man Behind the Curtain
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 5/22/1996
Goku and Trunks have defeated Cardinal Mutchy Mutchy, and now stand before the awakening Luud. When Dolltaki refuses to give up Pan to the ever-growing monster, Dr. Myuu feeds both Pan and Dolltaki to Luud! This sacrifice brings the machine-mutant so close to full operating power that Goku and Trunks alone will be no match for it!
Director: Yoshihiro Ueda
Writer: Aya Matsui
6.3/10372 votes#14 - The Battle Within
Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 6/5/1996
Determined not to just sit around inside the Luud monster, Pan and the Para Para Brothers force Dolltaki to reveal the secret to escaping their mechanical prison. Meanwhile, Goku does his best to fend off the ever growing monster. There just might be a way to free the imprisoned innocents, but is there enough time?
Director: Mitsuo Hashimoto
Writer: Shinobu Oito
6.5/10376 votes#15 - The Beginning of the End
Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 6/12/1996
Trunks and Goku consider returning to Earth so that Pan can be placed out of harms way and Goten can continue the journey as originally planned. But Giru discovers a dragon ball and leads the group to a desert planet where they must ward off menacing monsters and scour the vast sand dunes for the hidden dragon ball. Will they succeed, or will they become nothing but scattered feed for giant centipedes?
Director: Shigeyasu Yamauchi
Writer: Shinobu Oito
6.6/10376 votes#16 - Giru's Checkered Past
Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 6/19/1996
Giru convinces the Z warriors to land on Planet M2, his home planet. It is a trap though and Giru is greeted by General Rildo and is told he has done a good job of luring the humans to the planet. At the end of the episode the Z warriors meet up with a group of strong robots who call themselves M2's commandos. After a short fight the robots capture Trunks and Goku and take them away.
Director: Takahiro Imamura
Writer: Aya Matsui
6.5/10371 votes#17 - Pan's Gambit
Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 6/26/1996
Just as he is freed from Dr. Myuu's laboratory by Pan, Goku comes face to face with General Rilldo's top fighting machine the Mega Canon Sigma Force! With the ability to combine their mechanical bodies into many different deadly weapons, these Killer-Bots may make this the shortest rescue attempt ever!
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
6.6/10373 votes#18 - Unexpected Power
Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 7/10/1996
With Giru's dark secret out in the open, Goku, Pan, and Trunks are more determined than ever before to complete their dangerous mission. Having barely survived the terrible Mega Canon Sigma Force, do the heroes have enough strength left to fend off the amazing new threat looming on the horizon?
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
6.7/10373 votes#19 - A General Uprising
Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 7/17/1996
Goku and Rilldo continue to fight, but Rilldo reveals his secret power.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
6.6/10375 votes#20 - The Source of Rilldo's Power
Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired 7/31/1996
Still trapped on the planet of the Machine Mutants, Goku and Pan succumb to General Rilldo's tricky tactics and become frozen in metal. The evil Dr. Myuu has them sent to his laboratory to join Trunks so he can drain the trio's Saiyan powers and use them at his will! And the double-crossing Giru shows he has more than one trick up his sleeve!
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
6.8/10373 votes#21 - A Secret Revealed
Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 8/7/1996
After removing all control from Dr. Myuu, Trunks reveals the mystery that drove him to deceive. Behind a door lies the doctor's darkest secret Baby, a creature designed to subjugate the entire galaxy! Are the three Saiyans enough to put this child out of commission?
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
6.8/10389 votes#22 - The Baby Secret
Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 8/14/1996
After removing all control from Dr. Myuu, Trunks reveals the mystery that drove him to deceive. Behind a door lies the doctor's darkest secret Baby, a creature designed to subjugate the entire galaxy! Are the three Saiyans enough to put this child out of commission?
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
6.4/10375 votes#23 - Hidden Danger
Season 1 Episode 23 - Aired 8/21/1996
Believing Dr. Myuu's evil vision contained, Goku, Pan, and Trunks set out to recover the remaining Dragonballs. Their search leads them to a battered ship soon to be destroyed by the gravity of a nearby star! But a dragon ball is not the only discovery that the tattered craft offers up; something onboard is alive!
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
6.7/10380 votes#24 - Discovering the Truth
Season 1 Episode 24 - Aired 8/28/1996
Goku and the others take a short detour from Dragon Ball hunting and land on Planet Vidal to get medical treatment for the boy that they rescued in outer-space. But who is this mysterious, young survivor and why can't the Doctor assigned to his case be trusted?
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.0/10389 votes#25 - Baby's Arrival
Season 1 Episode 25 - Aired 10/9/1996
When a roughneck starts wreaking havoc in the city, Goten has to interrupt his big date to teach him a lesson. But as soon as Goten subdues him, another deranged fighter steps out of the crowd to take his place. Who are these strange criminals and where do they get their super strength?
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
The Best Episodes of Dragon Ball GT Season 1
Every episode of Dragon Ball GT Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Dragon Ball GT Season 1!
Ten years have passed since Goku left his friends and family to hone his skills. But Goku soon finds himself helpless against the mystical power...
Genres:AnimationAction & AdventureSci-Fi & Fantasy
Network:Fuji TV
Season 1 Ratings Summary
"A Devastating Wish" is the best rated episode of "Dragon Ball GT" season 1. It scored 6.7/10 based on 472 votes. Directed by Osamu Kasai and written by Aya Matsui, it aired on 2/7/1996. This episode is rated 0.3 points higher than the second-best, "Pan Blasts Off".