Dragon Ball GT's Best Upgrade

Dragon Ball includes many bizarre characters, from a shape-shifting pig to a pink blob with god-tier strength, but Dragon Ball GT introduces the Dragon Radar, a DBZ artifact.

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Dragon Ball began with the heroes gathering Dragon Balls, while later storylines like DBZ and Super focused more on combat.

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Bulma finds Goku alone in the woods while searching for the Dragon Balls and invites him to join her, starting the Dragon Ball franchise.

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Goku, Trunks, and Pan search the universe for Black Star Dragon Balls in Dragon Ball GT. Dragon Radars are the most precious item in Dragon Ball stories.

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Dragon Ball GT season 1, episode 5 involves Goku, Trunks, and Pan being stranded on a strange planet when their spaceship crashes.

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Z-Fighters arrive in this realm without intending to, but they search for a Black Star Dragon Ball. Trunks pulls out the Dragon Radar before being surprised by a sand-buried robot.

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The robot moved unexpectedly under Trunks, so he dropped the Dragon Radar in front of it. A rapid conversion of Dragon Radar into energy helps the robot escape from the muck.

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After the Z-Fighters think they've failed their mission, the robot forms a fully operating Dragon Radar on its back, proving it wasn't lost.

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This Dragon Ball GT episode gives the original Dragon Radar sentience. After becoming a robot, the Dragon Radar (named ‘Gill’) aggressively seeks for Dragon Balls instead of helping Z-Fighters.

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Gill can walk, run, communicate, and help the Z-Fighters find Dragon Balls, and she loudly informs them when one is nearby so they don't have to look down at the radar.

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