The Strangest Robot

is the 3rd episode of the Vegeta Saga in the uncut Dragon Ball Z series. This episode first aired in Japan on June 28, 1989. Its original American airdate was June 28, 2005.
==Summary==
Gohan awakens to find himself off balance with the newfound loss of his tail as well as being surprised by his new outfit. A group of wild animals chases Gohan until he falls into a hole in the desert, where he discovers an ancient probe robot in the cavernous ruins below. After Gohan reactivates the robot, it tells him not to disturb it, but reconsiders when the boy starts to cry and, reluctantly, watches over him, as he is still dependent on others. Gohan tries to dig the robot out of the sand as it tells him how, eighty years previous, it had been buried by an earthquake as it was excavating the ruins.
However, the unstable cavern begins to crumble around the two, and the robot sacrifices itself to send Gohan back to the surface, being smashed in the collapse. Tears streaming down his face, Gohan overcomes his sorrows, walking away back into the desert.
Meanwhile, Goku continues his travel along Snake Way, he begins to get hungry so stops to feast on some of the clouds surrounding Other World.
==Major Events==
*Gohan meets C-6.
*C-6 is destroyed after it sacrifices itself to save Gohan.
==Appearances==
===Characters===
*Gohan
*Goku
*C-6
===Locations===
*Earth
**Break Wasteland
**Nemuria Ruins
*Other World
**Snake Way
===Objects===
*Gohan's Sword
==Differences from the manga==
*The entire events of this episode were exclusive to the anime.
==Trivia==
*The main recap/episode ending theme by Nathan Johnson debuts in this episode, lasting through episode 67.
*In Dragon Ball GT: Perfect File Vol. 2, voice actress Masako Nozawa states that "The Strangest Robot" was her favorite episode while voicing Gohan.
*Assuming it's meant to be the same individual from "The New Threat", the Sabertooth that attacks Gohan here is drawn far more animalistic and vicious than he usually is.
*The ancient probe robot was cut out of the original Ocean dub released in America.
*The Nemuria Ruins are not named in the Funimation dub.
*In the Japanese version, C-6 recounts he has been trapped in the Nemuria ruins for 80 years, whereas the Funimation dub has him say it's been 30 years.
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