Goku's Final Attack! Countdown to Planet Namek's Destruction!

is the fifty-third episode of Dragon Ball Z Kai. This episode first aired in Japan on April 18, 2010. Its original American airdate was February 10, 2011.
==Summary==
﻿﻿On Earth, Grand Elder Guru passes away again; however, before his death, he gives his power to one of his eldest sons, Moori, making him the new Grand Elder, and thereby preserving the power of the Namekian Dragon Balls.
Meanwhile, on Namek, the dying Frieza begs for mercy from Goku. Despite his better judgement, Goku cannot ignore Frieza's pleas for help and gives the tyrant some of his own ki before departing the vanishing planet. However, Frieza lets his pride get the better of him and unleashes one final ki blast at Goku, but the Super Saiyan decides that enough is enough, and easily repels the blast right back at the tyrant with an Angry Kamehameha, and seemingly destroys Frieza. Goku then attempts to escape in Frieza's Spaceship but is unable to make it take off and it is too late. Namek finally explodes. Is this the end of our hero?
==Edits==
*In the Nicktoons broadcast of the episode, Frieza's line, "Or better, still, to die in disgrace at the hands of your master!" has been changed to "Or better, still, to be crushed like an insect at the whim of your master!" Also, he calls Goku a "simian upstart" instead of a "simian bastard" to fit the TV-Y7-FV rating. The line "etch this into your skull" is also changed, to "burn this into your mind". In the Vortexx version, the line was cut.
*The words "die" and Goku screaming out "You fool!" was muted out in the Vortexx version.
*The beam struggle was cut in the Vortexx version.
*The entire scene with Frieza being vaporized by Goku's Angry Kamehameha was cut in the Vortexx version. In the Nicktoons version, as Frieza is being vaporized as camera zooms to his surprised face, the screen fades to white.
==Trivia==
*In the English dubbed version, this is the first episode of season 3, and to feature Shunsuke Kikuchi's original background music for Dragon Ball Z, since previous composer Kenji Yamamoto had been removed for copyright infringement reasons.
*This is the first episode where "Dragon Soul" is sung by Sonny Strait.
*Like the previous episode, Toonami gave the unedited version of this one a TV-14 LV rating due to Frieza being cut to pieces in the recap and staying that way throughout the first half of this episode.
*This is also the first episode to be broadcast on The CW's Vortexx block, the replacement for The CW4Kids Toonzai which shut down a week prior.
**It was also the final episode to be broadcast on The CW's Vortexx block as the programming block was the last Saturday morning cartoon block which ended an era for The CW's children's programming and also the traditional Saturday morning cartoon lineup on broadcast television which started since the 1950s.
==Gallery==
DBZKai Ep 53 - Angry Kamehameha.png|The explosion from the Angry Kamehameha
Chrome 2013-12-02 20-16-29-83.jpg|Goku's anguish after his failed attempt to find anything by escaping the exploding Namek.
Namekexplodes.png|Namek's destruction at the end of the episode
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