Seized with Fear

is the first episode of the Imperfect Cell Saga and the one hundred fortieth overall episode in the uncut Dragon Ball Z series. This episode first aired in Japan on May 20, 1992. Its original American airdate was October 4, 2000.
==Summary==
The episode begins, when Yamcha, Krillin, Gohan, Chi-Chi, and Future Trunks are bringing Goku to Kame House in a Capsule Corporation aircraft.
Trunks is on the phone with Bulma as she says “A man in the mountains has found some sort of ship that has the Capsule Corporation Logo on it. He called here asking if he could keep it. I was wondering if you could see if you recognize this it.” Bulma faxes a picture of it to them. Krillin takes it from the fax and hands it to Trunks, who confirms that it is his time machine. The picture shows a Time Machine covered in moss with an immense hole in the canopy. Trunks decides that they should go check it out, and Bulma says that she will meet him there.
Trunks leaves the aircraft with Gohan to go and check it out. When they get to the area, they split up and they start looking. Gohan is the first to find the time machine and calls out, and he Trunks wait for Bulma. When Bulma arrives, they begin investigating. Trunks opens up the capsule to the time machine he has in his pocket and points out the similarities. On both of the machines is a message from Future Bulma, proving that this really is his time machine. On examination, Gohan points out that the canopy was melted through, but from the inside Inside the machine, they find what appears to be an empty egg, though of no identifiable kind. Trunks activates the control panel and determines that the time machine landed in that spot four years previously, and speculates that its occupant is responsible for the changes in the timeline that he's noticed.
Both ships are put back into their capsules. Gohan, Bulma, and Trunks try to determine where the shell might have come from, but they do not draw up a conclusion. Then, Gohan sees something unusual in the distance and walks away. Bulma and Trunks follow him, and they find that the skin of a huge, strange bug. Future Trunks put his hand into the sliced opening in its back, and pulls it out covered in pink liquid, indicating that whatever creature the exoskeleton belonged to molted it recently.
“Whatever it was that just shed its skin couldn't have gotten far”, Trunks says. This also spooks Bulma, causing her to look around cautiously as well as with some terror. Trunks and Gohan decide that they all should go to Master Roshi's house and meet up with everyone, while Bulma decides that she should take the shell and do more investigating.
==Major Events==
*Future Trunks, Gohan and Bulma find the abandoned Time Machine, finding an empty Egg shell and the nearby husk of an unknown creature.
==Appearances==
===Characters===
*Goku
*Gohan
*Krillin
*Bulma
*Bikini
*Trunks
*Yamcha
*Chi-Chi
*Master Roshi	
*Oolong
*Piccolo
*Kami
*Mr. Popo
*Future Trunks
*Android 16
*Android 17
*Android 18
===Locations===
*Capsule Corporation
*Kame House
*The Lookout
===Objects===
*Future Trunks' Sword
*Airplane
*Time Machine
*Capsule
===Bruce Faulconer tracks===
*"Ginyu Transformation" - When Future Trunks, Gohan, and Bulma discover a cocoon in the mysterious time machine.
*"Earth Music" - When Master Roshi asks Oolong what he is at Kame House.
==Differences from the manga==
*In the manga when Gohan offers to go with Future Trunks to see the Time Machine, Chi Chi voices her concern, presumably for his safety. In the anime however she points out it's because Gohan has homework.
*Krillin telling Yamcha, Master Roshi and Oolong a recap of recent events at Kame House is exclusive to the anime.
*Android 18 commenting how Android 16 should be more excited while on a drive to the next town is exclusive to the anime.
*In the manga, Kami voices his concern of the creature after Gohan and Future Trunks discover the egg but before they discover the husk. In the anime, that scene comes after they discover the husk.
==Trivia==
*In the Funimation description, it states that Krillin and Future Trunks search for the Time Machine instead of Gohan and Future Trunks.
*This episode marks the second time Bikini's eyes are seen open.
*Ranfan makes a minor appearance when Master Roshi explains that he is a master of martial arts and used to be the strongest man in the world at one point and that he did not do too bad with the ladies.
*In Trunks' flashback, Dr. Gero yells "You will do I as I tell you to do!! I am your creator!" before he is impaled by Android 17. In "Goku's Assassin", his dialogue was "For the last time, do not release him!" (Referring to Android 16).
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