GOKU: Hey, I'm Son Goku, son of Bardock, brother
of Radditz, and father of Gohan and Goten.
CAROLINE: And the person I'm interviewing at the
moment.
GOKU: Go ahead. Ask me anything.
CAROLINE: Why'd you kill your adopted grandfather?
GOKU: I did?
CAROLINE: In your Oozaru form. Don't tell
me you don't remember.
GOKU: I'll just be silent then. What do you
mean?
CAROLINE: That's why the entire city was mashed
to a pulp! You stomped it clean, I'm afraid.
GOKU: So it wasn't Vegeta... Man, I need
to apoligize to him.
CAROLINE: So, what's your secret?
GOKU: You mean how I get my hair to stay this way?
Well, it turns out that Capsule Corporation has this great hair gel--
CAROLINE: No... I mean, how do you get so
strong?
GOKU: Don't you watch the show?
CAROLINE: Yes, of course I do!
GOKU: Then why are you asking me about my strength?
I don't do anything.
CAROLINE: What do you mean?
GOKU: Not too observant, are you? Let's look
at a clip, shall we? (Goku clicks a remote, turning on
the TV and DVD player.) Okay, chapter fifteen of "Return Gohan!",
otherwise known as "Deadzone". Watch now! I'm holding on for
dear life, and out comes Gohan and makes Garlic, Jr. fly into the black
hole. (He clicks another button, and the VCR turns on.) Now,
to where I'm fighting my brother. Again, Gohan flies in and takes
control, bashing into his own uncle's armor, making him completely open
to all sorts of pain. All I did was pin him so he couldn't move.
(The
tape fast-forwards.) Okay. Now, fighting Nappa. Do
you know how much my friends weakened him? One little kick to the
shin from Gohan would have sent him away. But I jumped in before
he could take all the glory. (It fast-forwards again.)
Fighting Vegeta for the first time. I got one little scratch on the
guy, and he goes ballistic. Sure, I had him for a little while, but
you see how easily he got away from my blasts, even with my Quadruple Kaio-ken
Attack? And after all the time I wasted putting it together, the
I dropped the Genki-Dama! (Spirit bomb, for all of you who don't
know.) Need I go on, Caroline?
CAROLINE: Maybe later. But for now, let's
leave it to the rest of the people on the internet to decide what I should
ask you next. It's your turn, folks! Email
me with some questions, and I'll answer 'em, whether or not they're
completely insane...
August 18, Y2K Interview
CAROLINE: Nice to see you again, Son Goku!
GOKU: Same to you, Caroline. What's the question
this time?
CAROLINE: Well, I'd like to say that, first of
all, this is from one of my friends, not my own question, so beat him up,
not me, okay?
GOKU: Okay...
CAROLINE: Glad we have that understanding.
(Flips through papers on clipboard) Ah! Here it is.
[email protected]
asks, "You and Chichi have had two kids, Gohan and Goten. Yet, the
two of you don't seem to be the best couple in the world. How can
you stay together like this?"
GOKU: A rather personal question there, and I think
he's wrong when he says that Chichi and I aren't that close anymore--
CHICHI: (From kitchen) Of course we're
still close! Do you think that I don't love him just because he's
so violent, unclean, and, frankly, very rude when it comes to table manners?
(She glares at GOKU.)
GOKU: (Whispering to CAROLINE) I think
I see what Jack means--
CHICHI: Need I remind you that wives have some
of the best hearing in the world?! Think about it. When the
kids were still only a few months old, if even that, they slept right next
to us. When either one of them woke up and started crying, you still
slept. I was the one to get up and take care of them.
GOKU: So I'm a heavy sleeper! What does that
have to do with anything?
CHICHI: (Stomps into living room.) Don't
start with me, especially with a guest in the house! Think of the
impression we must be making--
GOTEN: (Bounding happily into the room, with
Gohan not too far behind) Hey, who's that?
GOHAN: This must be the girl that Dad was talking
about a while back. Caroline, isn't it?
CAROLINE: (Standing and bowing) Yes,
and you must be Son Gohan.
GOHAN: None other! I've heard that you're
quite the reporter.
CAROLINE: (Blushing) Well, I guess
so...
GOTEN: I've read some of your stories, too!
(CAROLINE kneels down to talk face-to-face.) They're great!
CAROLINE: Really? I didn't think that my
work got around so easily....
GOKU: (To Chichi) Well, would you
look at that?
CHICHI: I'm surprised they've taken such a liking
to her so quickly.
CAROLINE: You know, I think I might be making a
film out of one of my stories pretty soon.
GOTEN: Oh, wow! I'll be at the theaters at
the grand opening, okay?
CAROLINE: (Laughs) Oh, I don't know
if it'll be a "box-office smash"...
GOKU: (To CAROLINE) You see, these
are the closer moments in our family. What the DBZ fans see isn't
necessarily what always goes on. Our marriage is just as together
as Usagi and Mamoru.
CAROLINE: I won't even ask how you know them...
This is Caroline, signing off!