001 - A Peacetime Reward: Who Gets the 100,000,000 Zeni?

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“A Peacetime Reward: Who Gets The 100,00,000 Zeni?” is the 1st episode of Ballin’ Out Super, released 28th February 2017, and covers the Dragonball Super episode “A Peacetime Reward: Who Gets The 100,00,000 Zeni?”. This episode features Jeremy, Alex and Katie.

## Soundcloud Episode Description

The first episode! The Ballers discuss their origins as Dragon Ball fans, and we check in on Goku who currently makes a living as a sharecropper.

## Episode Recap

Katie kicks off the first ever episode of Ballin' Out Super by getting stuck into the recap right away, though Jeremy points out that the episode lacks any meaningful plot. The hosts introduce themselves, starting with Alex. He describes himself as a "broken brained child man". He discovered Dragonball as a young teenager and connected with it as an extremely healthy outlet for his feelings as he came of age. Jeremy got into Dragonball "much too young", and constantly drew Dragonball pictures, watched Dragonball and listened to nothing but "Rock The Dragon". Katie watched a variety of anime as a child, often watching Dragonball coupled up with Sailor Moon or Tenshi Muyo. While she saw Dragonball as a "male show", she still watched it because she is an outright rebel who subverts gender norms. Jeremy recounts a story about receiving a Super Saiyan 3 Goku doll as a child, confronting his masculinity in a manner that is very on brand for the pod.

The recap begins, and the hosts immediately start dragging Goku for the terrible outfit he’s wearing while farming on his barren turnip farm. They also make fun of him for being an awful farmer, a lousy father and not being very bright. The hosts question why Goku prays to the gods, given that he knows them all personally.  The next scene is Mr Satan's press conference, and Katie comments that the resort-wear in the show makes it clear that in Super, it is "1994 forever". The hosts absolutely love Mr. Satan's dress sense, and they dunk on the press at his press conference. The first instance of the Jeremy and Alex problem word occurs.

We learn of this series' presumptive villain, a giant cat in space who is hungry, and Jeremy appreciates how being hungry is a very relatable motivation for a villain. Goten and Trunks go off to get gifts for Videl, and have to fight a giant snake who, according to Katie, "looks like he was painted in MS Paint". Jeremy and Alex point out that there is very little jeopardy in the fight with the giant snake since Goten and Trunks are so overpowered. They end up gifting Videl ordinary water. Mr Satan shows up on Goku's farm, where Goku is punching the ground and once again failing to be a farmer. Mr Satan gives him 100 million zeni, and Goku only takes it because Goten tells him that he won't have to work if he does. The hosts speculate on Chi-Chi's possible infidelity, and we get a glimpse of some possible jeopardy that might eventually come up later. The hosts are relieved that Goku is now financially secure and able to focus on fighting.

## Ratings

(These ratings took place before the dragonball system was introduced, so they are out of ten)

Katie: Gives the episode 8/10. She loves a good shopping montage and she wasn't super bored.

Alex: Gives the episode 6/10. He wanted more fighting.

Jeremy: Gives the episode 8/10. He loves the filler energy it evokes and being back to basics.

## End Matter

The hosts make predictions for what might happen next.

* Katie predicts that we'll see how Goku's training goes, as well as Gohan's "castrated" marriage.
* Alex wants to see the snake defend more luxury goods around Japan.
* Jeremy thinks that we'll follow Goku to King Kai's planet, only for him to discover that he misses the simple life of being a sharecropper.