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{{Short description|1990 Japanese TV special}}

{{Infobox_Film

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|name = Bardock: The Father of Goku

|image name = DBZDragon Ball Z: {{nowrap|Bardock THE– TVThe SPECIALFather NO.of 1.jpgGoku}}

|caption image = Japanese poster art= BardockSpecial.jpg

|director caption = Region 1 VHS Cover

| ja_kanji = ドラゴンボールゼット たったひとりの最終決戦〜フリーザに挑んだゼット戦士 孫悟空の父〜

|producer =

| ja_romaji = Doragon Bōru Zetto Tatta Hitori no Saishū Kessen ~Furīza ni Idonda Zetto Senshi Son Gokū no Chichi~

|writer =

| genre = [[Action (fiction)|Action]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rightstufanime.com/Dragon-Ball-Z-Bardock-Trunks-Double-Feature-Blu-ray-Hyb|title=Dragon Ball Z Bardock/Trunks Double Feature Blu-Ray|publisher=[[Right Stuf Inc.]] |access-date=January 21, 2018}}</ref><!-- Note: Use and cite reliable sources to identify genre/s, not personal interpretation. Please don't include more than three genres (per [[MOS:A&M]]). -->

|starring = [[Masako Nozawa]] ([[Son Goku (Dragon Ball)|Son Goku]] / [[Burdock (Dragon Ball)|Burdock]])<br>[[Ryuusei Nakao]] ([[Freeza]])<br>Ryu Horikawa ([[Vegeta]])<br>[[Sho Hayami]] ([[Zarbon]])<br>[[Yukitoshi Hori]] ([[Dodoria]])<br>[[Shozo Iizuka]] ([[Nappa (Dragon Ball)|Nappa]])<br>[[Kinpei Azusa]] ([[Grandpa Son Gohan]])<br>[[Yūko Mita]] (Selypa)<br>[[Banjō Ginga]] (Tooro)<br>[[Kouzou Shioya]] (Totepo)<br>[[Kazuyuki Sogabe]] (Toma)<br>Takeshi Watade (Panbukin)<br>[[Joji Yanami]] (Narration)

|music creator = [[Akira Toriyama]]

}}

|cinematography =

{{Infobox animanga/Video

|editing =

|distributor type = tv film

| director = [[Mitsuo Hashimoto (director)|Mitsuo Hashimoto]]

|released = October 17, 1990

|runtime producer =

|language writer = [[JapaneseTakao language|JapaneseKoyama]]<br />Katsuyuki Sumisawa

|budget music = [[Shunsuke Kikuchi]]

|imdb_id studio = [[Toei Animation]]

| licensee = {{English anime licensees

|}}

| NA = [[Crunchyroll LLC]]

'''''A Lonesome, Final Battle: The Father of the Z-Warrior Son Goku, who Challenged Freeza''''' (Japanese: たったひとりの最終決戦　〜フリーザに挑んだZ戦士孫悟空の父〜, [[Romanization of Japanese|romaji]]: ''Tatta Hitori no Saishū Kessen ~Furīza ni Idonda Z Senshi Son Gokū no Chichi~'') is the 1st [[Dragon Ball Z]] TV Special, which is an addition to the popular manga and anime series. It first aired on October 17, 1990, between Dragon Ball Z episodes 63 and 64 (during the fight against the [[Ginyu Force]]). FUNimation's title is '''Bardock: The Father of Goku''' & Bridge Entertainment's title is '''The Father of Goku'''.

}}

| network = [[Fuji Network System|FNS]] ([[Fuji Television|Fuji TV]])

| released = October 17, 1990

| runtime = 48 minutes

}}

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'''''Dragon Ball Z: Bardock – The Father of Goku'''''{{efn|Known in Japan as {{Nihongo|'''''Dragon Ball Z: A Final, Solitary Battle: The Father of a Z-Warrior Son Gokū, Who Challenged Freeza'''''|ドラゴンボールゼット たったひとりの最終決戦〜フリーザに挑んだゼット戦士 孫悟空の父〜|Doragon Bōru Zetto Tatta Hitori no Saishū Kessen ~Furīza ni Idonda Zetto Senshi Son Gokū no Chichi~|lead=yes}} (also titled '''''Dragon Ball Z: The Father of Goku''''' by [[AB Groupe]])}} is the first television special of the ''[[Dragon Ball Z]]'' [[anime]] series, which is based on the ''[[Dragon Ball]]'' manga by [[Akira Toriyama]]. It was broadcast on [[Fuji Television]] on October 17, 1990, in-between episodes 63 and 64. Serving as a [[prequel]] to the entire series, the special takes place twelve years before the events of ''[[Dragon Ball (TV series)|Dragon Ball]]'', and depicts the final days of the Saiyan planet Vegeta before its destruction at the hands of [[Frieza]], told from the perspective of [[Goku]]'s biological father Bardock, who attempts to avert this from happening and save his race from genocide.

== Plot ==

{{spoiler}}

The special inspired a sequel manga called ''[[Dragon Ball: Episode of Bardock]]'', which would be published in 2011 and adapted into a short film later that year.

The special is the story of [[Burdock (Dragon Ball)|Burdock]], a low-class [[saiyan]] warrior. At the outset of the story, his son, Kakarot (known as [[Son Goku (Dragon Ball)|Son Goku]]), is born on [[Planet Vegeta]], and prepared to be sent to [[Earth (Dragon Ball)|Earth]] in order to destroy all life on the planet. Meanwhile, Burdock and his crew are on an assignment to exterminate all the lifeforms of Planet Kanassa. After the planet is seemingly devoid of all other life, Burdock and crew rest up and celebrate their victory... Until one remaining warrior catches him off guard and decides to give him the "gift" of seeing the future. This gives him the ability to see the destruction of [[Planet Vegeta]], and the entire Saiyan race along with it, at the hands of their master, [[Freeza]]. Also, he sees the salvation of the planet Earth through his son, Goku. Meanwhile, this prediction becomes reality when Freeza decides to destroy the entire saiyan race.

==Plot==

Burdock dismisses the visions, and goes to join his team on Planet Meat, but soon discovers his friends are all dead. He battles the ones responsible, and defeats them all, but is easily overwhelmed by a single mouth blast from Freeza's henchman [[Dodoria]]. He is left severely injured, but manages to make it back to Planet Vegeta. Though Burdock attempts to convey the danger that they are all in to the other Saiyans, since he has now realized that Freeza is going to destroy them all, everyone laughs at his claim and Burdock alone begins one final assault against Freeza. Killing many of his minor henchman and sending a large wave of ki to Freeza himself, Burdock seems about to change the future. However, Freeza counters this with a powerful ball of energy, which kills Burdock, many of his own henchmen, and destroyed Planet Vegeta itself. As he is dying, Burdock sees one more vision of the future: his son Kakarot facing Freeza. Being assured that Kakarot would be the one to kill Freeza, Burdock gives a small smile as he disintegrates along with the planet. Burdock after his death, telepathically tells his son Kakarot in the space pod to take care, which wakes Kakarot up. Soon afterward, Kakarot's space pod touches down on Earth, where he is found by the elderly [[Grandpa Son Gohan]], and (in a departure from the manga and anime) giggles happily in the old man's arms. Elsewhere, [[Vegeta]], having just completed an assignment on a far-off world, is informed by [[Nappa (Dragon Ball)|Nappa]] of his homeworld's destruction. His pride keeps him from expressing his shock, and he remains outwardly emotionless.

[[File:bardocksquad.png|thumb|left|Shugesh, Bardock, Borgos, Tora and Fasha]]

[[Bardock]], a low-level Saiyan soldier and his crew are on an assignment to slaughter the inhabitants of Planet Kanassa. They manage to accomplish this by using the planet's full moon to transform into Great Apes. The next morning, Bardock and his crew rest and celebrate their victory until one surviving Kanassan warrior catches him off-guard and decides to give him the "gift" of [[precognition|seeing the future]] as his way to avenge his people, before being killed by Bardock who subsequently passes out. Bardock returns to Planet Vegeta to heal and visits his infant son, [[Goku|Kakarot]], who is being prepared to be sent to Earth in order to exterminate all life there. Bardock starts to have visions of Kakarot fighting future foes, as well as Planet Vegeta's destruction at the hands of [[Frieza]], the emperor of the Universe and overseer of the Saiyans. Bardock dismisses the visions and goes to join his team on Planet Meat, only to discover most of them dead, and his best friend Tora<!-- The name "Tora" is used only in the English dub. The pun is on "tomato".--> mortally wounded. Before he succumbs to his injuries, Tora reveals that Bardock's squad was betrayed and killed by Frieza's henchman [[Dodoria]] and his elite soldiers, and that Frieza ordered the attack on the crew due to him becoming paranoid about the growing power of the Saiyans. Horrified and enraged by his fallen friend's last words, he then battles Dodoria's soldiers and defeats them all, only to be easily overwhelmed by a single mouth blast from Dodoria. He is left severely injured, but manages to return to Planet Vegeta.

Now realizing that Frieza intends to [[Genocide|destroy the entire Saiyan race]], Bardock attempts to convince the other Saiyans of the danger that they are all in, but his claims are laughed off and ignored. Bardock thus begins a final one-man assault against Frieza and his men. After fighting his way through Frieza's soldiers, Bardock sends a large energy blast at the tyrant himself. However, Frieza counters by launching his deadly Supernova attack which consumes Bardock and many of his own soldiers, and destroys Planet Vegeta. As he perishes, Bardock has one final vision of the future: Kakarot facing off against Frieza. Assured that Kakarot will be the one to defeat Frieza, Bardock smiles as he along with Planet Vegeta are engulfed by the energy bomb. After his demise, Bardock [[telepathically]] wishes Kakarot to carry out his will and avenge his people and their home planet, also stating his one regret of not holding his child when he still had the chance. At the same moment, Kakarot, who is hurtling toward Earth in his space pod, wakes up. Elsewhere, having just completed an assignment on a faraway world, [[Vegeta]], the Saiyan Prince, is informed by his colleague [[Nappa (Dragon Ball)|Nappa]] of his homeworld's destruction, and that Frieza claims that the planet was destroyed by a [[meteor]], but Vegeta is outwardly indifferent. Soon afterwards, Kakarot's space pod touches down on Earth, where he is found by an elderly man, [[Grandpa Gohan|Gohan]] and giggles happily in the old man's arms. Gohan then decides to adopt the boy as his own grandson, and gives him a new name – Goku.

==Cast list==

{| class="wikitable"

During the [[ending credits]], Goku's battles against the Red Ribbon Army, [[Tien Shinhan]], [[King Piccolo]], [[Piccolo (Dragon Ball)|Piccolo]], Nappa and Vegeta are shown, culminating with an image of Goku about to battle Frieza, with the spirits of Bardock and his team watching.

==Cast==

{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"

! rowspan="3"|Character name

! colspan="3"|Voice actor

|-

! rowspan="2"|Japanese

! Character Name

! colspan="2"|English

! Voice Actor (Japanese)

! Voice Actor (English)

|-

! {{small|[[Crunchyroll LLC|Funimation]]<br>(2000 - original/2008 - remastered)}}

| [[Bardock (Dragon Ball)|Bardock]]|| [[Masako Nozawa]]|| [[Sonny Strait]]

! {{small|Chinkel-Post Production/[[AB Groupe]]<br>({{circa|2003}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/forums/showthread.php?t=15614|title=Dragon Ball Z: Big Green Dub Cast|website=Behind The Voice Actors|language=en-US|access-date=2020-03-24}}</ref>)}}

|-

! scope="row"|[[Bardock]]

| [[Freeza]] || [[Ryuusei Nakao]] || [[Linda Young]]

| rowspan="2"|[[Masako Nozawa]]

|-

| [[Sonny Strait]]

| [[Zarbon]] || [[Sho Hayami]] || [[Christopher Sabat]]

| [[David Gasman]]

|-

| [[Dodoria]] || [[Yukitoshi Hori]] || [[Chris Forbis]]

|-

! scope="row"|[[Goku|Goku/Kakarot]]

| [[Vegeta]] || Ryu Horikawa || [[Christopher Sabat]]

| [[Stephanie Nadolny]] {{small|(baby)}}<br>[[Sean Schemmel]] {{small|(adult)}}

| Jodi Forrest {{small|(baby)}}<br>[[David Gasman]] {{small|(adult)}}

|-

! rowspan="2" scope="row"|{{Nihongo|Toma|トーマ|Tōma}}

| [[Nappa (Dragon Ball)|Nappa]]|| [[Shozo Iizuka]] || [[Christopher Sabat]]

| rowspan="2"|[[Kazuyuki Sogabe]]

! {{small|Tora}}

| rowspan="2"|Doug Rand

|-

| [[Mike McFarland]]

| [[Son Goku (Dragon Ball)|Son Goku]] || [[Masako Nozawa]] || [[Stephanie Nadolny]] (baby)<br>[[Sean Schemmel]] (adult)

|-

! rowspan="2" scope="row"|{{Nihongo|Selypa|セリパ|Seripa}}

| [[Grandpa Son Gohan]] || [[Kinpei Azusa]] || [[Christopher Sabat]]

| rowspan="2"|[[Yūko Mita]]

! {{small|Fasha}}

| rowspan="2"|Jodi Forrest

|-

| Selypa || [[Yūko Mita]] || [[Linda Young]]

|-

! rowspan="2" scope="row"|{{Nihongo|Totapo|トテッポ|Toteppo}}

| Tooro || [[Banjō Ginga]]|| [[Mike McFarland]]

| rowspan="2"|[[Kōzō Shioya]]

! {{small|Borgos}}

| rowspan="6"|Ed Marcus

|-

| Totepo || [[KouzouDameon ShioyaClarke]]||

|-

! rowspan="2" scope="row"|{{Nihongo|Pumbukin|パンブーキン|Panbūkin}}

| Toma || [[Kazuyuki Sogabe]]||

| rowspan="2"|[[Takeshi Watabe]]

! {{small|Shugesh}}

|-

| [[Chris Rager]]

| Panbukin || Takeshi Watade||

|-

! scope="row"|[[Frieza]]

| Narration || [[Joji Yanami]] || [[Kyle Hebert]]

| [[Ryūsei Nakao]]

!

| [[Linda Young]]

|-

! scope="row"|[[List of Dragon Ball characters#Zarbon and Dodoria|Dodoria]]

| [[Yukitoshi Hori]]

| Chris Forbis

|-

! scope="row"|[[List of Dragon Ball characters#Zarbon and Dodoria|Zarbon]]

| [[Show Hayami|Shō Hayami]]

| rowspan="2"|[[Christopher Sabat]]

| Doug Rand

|-

! scope="row"|Prince [[Vegeta]]

| [[Ryō Horikawa]]

| Sharon Mann

|-

! scope="row"|[[List of Dragon Ball characters#Nappa|Nappa]]

| [[Shōzō Iizuka|Shozo Iizuka]]

| [[Christopher Sabat]] {{small|(original)}}<br>[[Phil Parsons (voice actor)|Phil Parsons]] {{small|(re-dub)}}

|Paul Bandey<br>Doug Rand {{small|(some lines)}}

|-

! scope="row"|{{Nihongo|Toolo|トオロ|Tōro}}

| [[Banjō Ginga|Banjo Ginga]]

| [[Kent Williams (voice actor)|Kent Williams]]

| rowspan="4"|Paul Bandey

|-

! scope="row"|Horned Gang Leader

| [[Kenji Utsumi]]

| [[Kyle Hebert]]

|-

! rowspan="2" scope="row"|Doctor

| rowspan="2"|[[Jōji Yanami]]

! {{small|Planthorr}}

|-

| [[Dameon Clarke]]

|-

! rowspan="2" scope="row"|Doctor's assistant

| rowspan="2"|[[Kōzō Shioya]]

! {{small|Malaka}}

| rowspan="2"|Doug Rand

|-

| [[Mark Britten]] {{small|(original)}}<br>[[Chris Cason]] {{small|(re-dub)}}

|-

! scope="row"|Other Saiyans

| [[Hirohiko Kakegawa]]<br>[[Yūji Machi|Yuji Machi]]<br>[[Chie Satō|Chie Satoh]]<br>[[Shinobu Satochi]]<br>{{Interlanguage link multi|Michio Nakao|ja|3=中尾みち雄|vertical-align=sup}}

| Bart Myer<br>[[Mark Britten]]<br>[[Ceyli Delgadillo]]<br>[[Chuck Huber]]<br>[[Kyle Hebert]]<br>[[John Burgmeier]]<br>[[Chris Rager]]

| Ed Marcus<br>Doug Rand<br>Paul Bandey

|-

! scope="row"|Grandpa Gohan

| [[Kinpei Azusa]]

| [[Christopher Sabat]]

| rowspan="2"|Ed Marcus

|-

! scope="row"|Narrator

| [[Jōji Yanami]]

| [[Dale D. Kelly]] {{small|(original)}}<br>[[Kyle Hebert]] {{small|(re-dub)}}

|}

==Music==

*IN OP (InsertionOpening SongTheme):

** "[[CHA-LA HEAD-CHA-LA]]"

*# "Soriddosutēto Sukautā"; <u>ソリッドステート・スカウター</u> (''Solid State Scouter'')

*** Lyrics by [[Yukinojō Mori]]

*#* Lyrics: ''Fuminori Iwazaki'', Music: ''Fuminori Iwazaki'', Arrangement: ''Dragon Magic Orchestra'', Vocals: '''TOKIO'''

*** Music by Chiho Kiyooka

*#** [http://www.daizex.com/multimedia/lyrics/jap-solid_state_scouter.html Song Lyrics]

*** Arranged by [[Kenji Yamamoto (composer born 1958)|Kenji Yamamoto]]

*** Performed by [[Hironobu Kageyama]]

* IN (Insert Song):

** {{Nihongo|"Solid State Scouter"|ソリッドステート・スカウター|Soriddosutēto Sukautā}}

*** Music and arrangement: {{Interlanguage link multi|Fuminori Iwazaki|ja|3=岩崎文紀|vertical-align=sup}}

*** Voice: [[Tokio (band)|TOKIO]]

*** Instrumentation: Dragon Magic Orchestra

* ED (Ending Theme):

** {{Nihongo3|"Journey of Light"|光の旅|Hikari no Tabi}}

*** Lyrics by [[Dai Satō]]

*** Music by Chiho Kiyooka

*** Arranged by [[Kenji Yamamoto (composer born 1958)|Kenji Yamamoto]]

*** Performed by [[Hironobu Kageyama]] and [[:ja:Ikuko (歌手)|KŪKO (Waffle)]]

The song "Solid State Scouter" by Dragon Magic Orchestra is a homage to the [[J-pop|Japanese]] [[synthpop]] band [[Yellow Magic Orchestra]], specifically their 1979 album ''[[Solid State Survivor]]''.

===Funimation dub soundtrack===

The following songs were present in the Funimation dub of ''Bardock – The Father of Goku'':<ref>Toriyama, Akira (Director). (2008 Feb 19). ''Bardock: The Father of Goku'' [Motion picture]. Japan: FUNimation.</ref> The remaining pieces of background music were composed by Mark Akin, Andy Baylor and [[Dale D. Kelly]].

# [[Saliva (band)|Saliva]] – "Superstar"

# [[Caviar (band)|Caviar]] – "The Good Times Are Over"

# [[Sum 41]] – "[[Makes No Difference]]"

# [[American Hi-Fi]] – "A Bigger Mood"

However, on the Double Feature DVD/Blu-ray sets, there is an alternate audio track containing the English dub with original Japanese background music by [[Shunsuke Kikuchi]].

==Reception==

===Critical response===

Chris Beveridge of Mania.com says that "Bardock getting explored a bit more is definitely a positive, and surely could carry an arc himself if not more in giving us the Saiyan view of things pre-Freeza and though the early part of it."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mania.com/dragon-ball-z-bardocktrunks-double-feature_article_80133.html|title=Dragon Ball Z Bardock/Trunks Double Feature|website=Mania.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140605202033/http://www.mania.com/dragon-ball-z-bardocktrunks-double-feature_article_80133.html |archive-date=June 5, 2014|url-status=dead }}</ref>

===Box office===

On November 3 and 5, 2018 it had a joint limited theatrical release with a film ''[[Dragon Ball Z: Fusion Reborn]]'' (1995), titled as ''Dragon Ball Z: Saiyan Double Feature'', by [[Fathom Events]] in the United States due to the upcoming release of ''[[Dragon Ball Super: Broly]]'' (2018).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/nostalgic-dragon-ball-z-titles-come-to-us-movie-theaters-this-fall-with-dragon-ball-z-broly--the-legendary-super-saiyan-1993-and-dragon-ball-z-saiyan-double-feature-1990--1995-300674053.html|title=Nostalgic Dragon Ball Z Titles Come to U.S. Movie Theaters This Fall With 'Dragon Ball Z: Broly - The Legendary Super Saiyan' (1993) and 'Dragon Ball Z Saiyan Double Feature' (1990 & 1995)|date=28 June 2018|publisher=[[PR Newswire]]|access-date=10 November 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://comicbook.com/anime/2018/10/12/dragon-ball-z-movies-double-feature-bardock-fusion-reborn-trailer/|title='Dragon Ball Z' Double-Feature Reveals U.S. Theatrical Trailer|author=Kofi Outlaw|date=12 October 2018|publisher=ComicBook|access-date=10 November 2018}}</ref> According to [[Box Office Mojo]], as of November 7, the ''Saiyan Double Feature'' made a revenue of $540,707.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=dragonballzdoublefeature.htm|title=Dragon Ball Z: Saiyan Double Feature|publisher=Box Office Mojo|access-date=10 November 2018}}</ref>

==Releases==

It was released on [[VHS]] in North America in November 21, 2000, then on [[DVD]] in January 2001. They later released the [[double feature]] with a first special and ''[[Dragon Ball Z: The History of Trunks|The History of Trunks]]'' with [[digitally remastered]] [[widescreen]] format on DVD on February 19, 2008, then on [[Blu-ray]] released on July 15, 2008. The first special was re-released to DVD on September 15, 2009, in a remastered-widescreen single-disc edition.

==Notes==

{{Notelist}}

==References==

*ED (Ending Theme)

{{Reflist}}

*# "Hikari no Tabi"; <u>光の旅</u> (''Light’s Journey'')

*#* Lyrics: ''Dai Satō'', Music: ''Chiho Kiyooka'', Arrangement: ''Kenji Yamamoto'', Vocals: '''[[Hironobu Kageyama]] & KŪKO (Waffle)'''

*#** [http://www.daizex.com/multimedia/lyrics/jap-hikari_no_tabi.html Song Lyrics]

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* [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0142245/ ''Dragon Ball Z: Bardock – The Father of Goku''] at the [[Internet Movie Database]]

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