The special is the story of [[BurdockBardock (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, BurdockBardock and his crew are on an assignment to exterminate all the lifeforms of Planet KanassaKenassa. After the planet is seemingly devoid of all other life, BurdockBardock 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.
BurdockBardock 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 one of Freeza's henchman [[Dodoria]]. He is left severely injured, but manages to make it back to Planet Vegeta. Though BurdockBardock 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 BurdockBardock alone begins one final assault against Freeza. Killing many of his minor henchman and sending a large wave of ki to Freeza himself, BurdockBardock 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, BurdockBardock sees one more vision of the future: his son Kakarot facing Freeza. Being assured that Kakarot would be the one to kill Freeza, BurdockBardock gives a small smile as he disintegrates along with the planet. BurdockBardock 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.
