Dragon Ball GT: A Hero's Legacy

The special starts off with Baby's defeat at Super Saiyan 4 Goku's hands. The scene then advances 100 years into the future. All of the Z Fighters (Goku, Vegeta, and their friends and families) have passed away of natural causes, except Pan, who is now elderly. She has a great-great grandson[note 1] named Goku Jr., who resembles his great-great-great-great grandfather[note 2] Goku, but lacks the latter's courage and fighting spirit. Pan takes Goku Jr. to the cemetery to pay their respects to her grandfather. She then tries to train him to be a warrior, but he has no confidence and skills in anything. At school, he is bullied by Puck, a senior classmate, and his gang, who take his favorite pen. Pan is angry that Goku Jr. didn't fight back and is so carefree. This causes her blood pressure to rise and she faints, and is hospitalized.

Back home, Goku Jr. hopes Pan won't die, but then remembers the story of the Dragon Ball and hopes to use it to make Pan better again. The next morning, he sets out for the Dragon Ball and encounters Puck and his gang. One of Puck's friends asks where Goku Jr. is headed, and he tells them Mount Paozu. The gang ridicules him, saying he can't go there because there are monsters of all sorts and that he is a coward. The continued put-downs eventually make him angry, and he unleashes some of his power to scare the gang away, then proceeds down the road to Mount Paozu. After following the road for hours, he rests, then a truck driver offers him a ride and he accepts the driver's offer. After driving for a while, the truck driver pulls over and tells Goku Jr. to relieve himself because the trip will be long. While Goku Jr. is doing his business, the driver empties his oversized book bag (which is full of food), throws the bag onto Goku Jr., and speeds off. Surprised, Goku Jr. shrugs it off and continues his long journey. He meets Puck yet again at a roadside grocery store, who say that he became bored and thought it would be interesting if he went to Mount Paozu with him, admitting that it would be fun to see a monster eat Goku Jr.

To acquire supplies for the long journey, Puck steals a cart full of food from the grocery store. Goku Jr. tells Puck about his quest to heal Pan, and though Puck doesn't believe in the Dragon Balls, he decides to help on the off chance it could work, saying he admired Pan's strength after she beat him and his gang in a fight and doesn't want her to die. After encountering obstacles along the way, such as a pack of wolves and a "nice" lady who turns out to be a witch who planned to eat them, Goku Jr. and Puck make it to a long rope-and-wood bridge, which looks dangerously unstable. Puck crosses the bridge first with ease, telling Goku Jr. that it is safe. Goku Jr. crosses the bridge nervously, and a gust of wind distracts him, which makes him stumble. Because Goku Jr. stumbled, along with the force of the wind, the bridge rocks back and forth and starts breaking. Puck struggles to save Goku Jr., who is dangling from one rope above a deep trench. The bridge collapses, causing Puck to fall into the trench. Luckily, Goku Jr. hung on to the half of the bridge which is still attached to the other side of the trench. Goku Jr. climbs out, and with nothing to do to save Puck, continues his journey alone.

After traveling another great distance, Goku Jr. runs into a purple pig-like demon, with the ability to manipulate his forearms into weapons. A grizzly bear, thankful to Goku Jr. for helping her cub earlier, attacks the demon trying to distract it so Goku Jr. and the cub could escape. Goku Jr. becomes enraged, and transforms into a Super Saiyan. He easily defeats the demon, then passes out. When he comes to, he has no memory of the transformation. Goku Jr. arrives to the summit of Mount Paozu, where he finds the old house which Grandpa Gohan harbored his ancestor in. He goes inside the old, dusty house, and finds the four-star Dragon Ball in the same place Goku kept it many years ago. He takes it and, thinking that you only need one ball to grant the wish, tries to summon Shenron. When nothing happens, Goku Jr. shouts at the Dragon Ball as if there is someone in there. Again, when nothing happens, Goku Jr. throws the ball away, and starts yelling, telling himself that he was foolish to believe such a fairy tale about the Dragon Balls. The Dragon Ball rolls to the feet of Goku Jr.'s ancestor, Goku himself.

Goku explains to his descendant that he has to collect all seven to get his wish. Goku Jr. gets on his feet, wipes his tears, and turns to his ancestor, stunned to see him. He asks him who he is, and Goku explains that he is his "great-great-grandfather."[note 2] Confused about how many "greats" that would be, he tells Goku Jr. to just call him "Grandpa Goku" in short. Goku tells Goku Jr. that he is strong and brave, because of his lineage. Out of the blue, a helicopter descends upon the ancient lawn of Grandpa Gohan's property, with Pan and Puck inside. Goku Jr. becomes excited to see everyone alive and well, exclaiming that the Dragon Ball granted his wish. He turns to where Grandpa Goku stood, and is stunned to see that he has vanished, but Goku Jr. could hear his voice. Grandpa Goku tells him that it was actually his bravery that restored his grandma and Puck's life.

In a final farewell, Grandpa Goku wishes Goku Jr. good luck. Goku Jr. boards the helicopter with newfound strength and courage and the four-star Dragon Ball in his hand. The Dragon Ball will be a keepsake for Goku Jr. to remind him of Grandpa Goku, just like how Grandpa Goku kept the Dragon Ball as a keepsake of Grandpa Gohan.

• Ending Themes: "Don't You See!" by Zard
• "Step into the Grand Tour" by Shorty the Man[2]

• "Dan Dan Kokoro Hikareteku"

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