Ask John: What is Dragonball GT?

Question:
Is there a such thing as Dragonball GT. If there is tell me about it.

Answer:
Directly after Dragonball Z aired its final episode, a new TV series began titled Dragonball GT. The series begins when Pilaf, Mai and Shu, villains from the original Dragonball series, return and accidentally use the “black dragon balls” to revert Goku to the body of a child. The black dragonballs then disperse themselves to different planets all across the galaxy. If they’re not retrieved within 12 months, Earth and the other planets they were spread to will be destroyed. Goku, teen-age Trunks and Goku’s grand-daughter Pan then travel the universe looking for the Dragonballs. The series eventually changes from an adventure series to a Dragonball Z style fighting series first as a new super villain called Baby takes over Vegeta’s body. Then Android 17 returns as the evil Super Android 17. Then finally the dragon balls themselves turn into super powerful enemies whom Goku and friends must defeat.

Dragonball GT also had one hour long TV special set far in the future and starring Pan’s grandson, Goku Jr.

Dragonball GT was made without the involvement of Dragonball creator Akira Toriyama, and while Dragonball GT did occasionally manage some entertaining episodes, it’s a far inferior series to both of its predecessors and was ended on episode 64, less than half the number of episodes that Dragonball ran, and not even a quarter of the number of episodes that Dragonball Z lasted for.