Dragon Ball GT/A Grand Problem

A Grand Problem is a special English only recap episode of Dragon Ball GT.
This episode does not exist in the original Japanese version. It is a merger of episodes 1-16. This was done because Cartoon Network and Funimation (now Crunchyroll) agreed that the first 16 episodes of Dragon Ball GT, known as the "Black Star Saga", was too slow-paced to begin the show on. Therefore, it was the first episode to air on Cartoon Network. There is no official production code number for this episode, so on this wiki it will be given the unofficial number of 16.5.
This episode was never released to DVD or streaming, however it was made available on the first and only volume of Dragon Ball GT for Game Boy Advance Video.
This episode was only intended to aired on its premiere date of November 7, 2003 and once more in reruns on March 29, 2004, as part of the "Dragon Ball Chronicles" event to transition the movement of Toonami from weekday afternoons to Saturday nights. Later, in 2005, Toonami aired the Black Star Saga as individual episodes, referring to it as "The Lost Episodes". The real episode 16, "Giru's Checkered Past", was intended to air April 16, 2005, however "A Grand Problem" aired instead. It is unknown why this happened, but it is widely believed that it was due to Cartoon Network mixing up the tapes, with this episode being branded as episode 16. The Cartoon Network premiere of One Piece was already scheduled to air in its timeslot next week, so "Giru's Checkered Past" remained unaired.
Dragon Ball GT later aired in reruns on the regular Cartoon Network schedule. Its final airing on the network, on June 13, 2005, was supposed to be a rescheduled premiere of "Giru's Checkered Past", but once again, "A Grand Problem" aired instead. This lead some people to believe that Cartoon Network lost the tape or never received it at all. It's currently unknown what happened to the tape of the real episode 16, but it never aired on Cartoon Network and would remain unaired on linear US TV until Nicktoons aired it in 2012.
==2003==
Air Date 	Time 	No. of Airings
November 7, 2003	6:30pm	1
==2004==
Air Date 	Time 	No. of Airings
March 29, 2004	6:30pm	1
==2005==
Air Date 	Time 	No. of Airings
April 16, 2005	10:30pm	1
June 13, 2005 	10:30pm	2
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