The Fire-Eater

is the one hundred fiftieth episode of Dragon Ball and is the twenty-eighth episode of the Piccolo Jr. Saga. This episode first aired in Japan on March 22, 1989. Its original American airdate was November 24, 2003.
==Summary==
Following Fortuneteller Baba's advice, Goku and Chi-Chi go to the Kame House searching for Master Roshi, but they only find his Turtle, who tells them that Master Roshi hasn't got back from the World Martial Arts Tournament yet. Goku then asks Turtle if he knows where the Bansho Fan is, but Turtle says that Master Roshi threw it away a long time ago.
Turtle then shows Goku and Chi-Chi an old book of Master Roshi that explains how to make a new Bansho Fan. According to the book, to make a fan they will need the feathers of a magical bird known as the Fire-Eater who can only be found on Mount Kiwi, a volcanic island in the South. After hearing this, Goku and Chi-Chi say goodbye to Turtle and set out for Mount Kiwi, both enjoying the ride there and seeing the dolphins too.
Once they arrive at Mount Kiwi, Goku and Chi-Chi go inside the dark caves of the dormant volcano and they find a big lizard who attacks them, but Goku just calms him down by petting him. Meanwhile, Emperor Pilaf, Shu and Mai are also inside the volcano looking for the Fire-Eater. While walking across a narrow ledge, Chi-Chi falls off and discovers a huge egg. Goku (who is joyed and relieved that Chi-Chi is safe) jumps down to check it out and an old scientist suddenly appears and tells them to get away from the egg.
The scientist tells them that this is a Fire-Eater egg. Goku and Chi-Chi are overjoyed to hear this and ask where the others are. The scientist reveals that there are none left. He explains that 40 years ago, a volcanic eruption occurred, resulting in a cave-in which killed off the Fire-Eaters that inhabited Mount Kiwi. Fortunately, the egg survived. He reveals that this egg is the last remnant of the Fire-Eater species and that it hasn't hatched in 40 years since then. Then, all of a sudden, Pilaf, Shu and Mai arrive at the place in a drill vehicle and tell Goku that they want to take the Fire-Eater's egg to sell it for a very high price. They trick Chi-Chi and hold her captive for a while, but she easily takes care of Shu and Mai while Goku destroys their drill vehicle, causing Pilaf, Shu and Mai to run away.
Due to the destruction of Pilaf's vehicle, the mountain starts to shake, and the volcano erupts. Suddenly, an adult Fire-Eater crashes through a wall and eats some flames of the volcano just before breaking the shell of the big egg. A baby Fire-Eater then appears from inside the egg and they both fly away from the collapsing mountain. Goku fires a Kamehameha to make a hole in the mountain so that he, Chi-Chi and the old scientist can escape.
When Goku and Chi-Chi try to gather the feathers, they need to produce the Bansho Fan, they are told by the old scientist that it is impossible to gather them outside of the intense heat of the volcano. Also, the Fire-Eater literally feeds and lives on fire, hence its name. It would not be able to survive if its feathers were to easily put out flames. The scene then cuts to Kame House, where Master Roshi reveals that everything in the old book was made up to impress girls (In the original version, Master Roshi was drunk when he wrote the section on the Fire-Eater). However, the scientist tells them that the Fan can be found in an iceberg to the north. Thus informed, the young couple set out again for another adventure.
==Major Events==
*Goku and Chi-Chi head to Mount Kiwi in search of the Fire-Eater.
*The Pilaf Gang make another appearance with them too searching for the Fire-Eater.
==Battles==
*Chi-Chi vs. Shu and Mai
==Appearances==
===Characters===
*Goku
*Chi-Chi
*Ox-King
*Turtle
*Krillin
*Tien Shinhan
*Yamcha
*Master Roshi
*Bulma	
*Launch
*Oolong
*Puar
*Old Scientist
*Hikui Bird
*Emperor Pilaf
*Mai
*Shu
===Locations===
*Kame House
*Mount Kiwi
*Fire Mountain
===Objects===
*Power Pole
*Flying Nimbus
*Airplane
*Dirty magazine
==Animation Staff==
*Key Animators - Yoko Iizuka
==Differences from the Manga==
*The entire events of this episode were exclusive to the anime.
==Trivia==
*While Turtle does eventually recognize the grown-up Goku upon seeing him again, he does not appear to remember Chi-Chi despite having met her as a little girl back in "The Kamehameha Wave".
*Chiaotzu and Yajirobe are not visible on the plane with the rest of the Dragon Team, though the latter likely left on his own back to Korin Tower.
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