

The edges of the road will sap energy (even if the code for invincibility is entered). In Dragon Ball Z: The Legacy of Goku, Goku has to cross the Snake Way twice, like he did in the anime. Snake Way also appears in Super Dragon Ball Z, seen in the background of the Check-In Station battle stage. It also appears in Dragon Ball Z: Shin Budokai as the map screen. The Snake Way appears in Dragon Ball Z: Kyōshū! Saiyan, Dragon Ball Z: Goku Hishōden, The Legacy of Goku series, Dragon Ball Z: Harukanaru Densetsu, and Dragon Ball Z: Attack of the Saiyans where Goku has to cross Snake Way just like in the original storyline in order to reach King Kai's planet. Raditz ( Harukanaru Densetsu only supposedly had a relationship with Princess Snake).The Ginyu Force (excluding Captain Ginyu).After the wish is made, King Kai's planet returns, and King Kai drops to his knees in disappointment as Moori gathers the stoned Dragon Balls. Porunga is summoned and King Kai wants to wish for his planet to be bigger with less gravity and a racetrack but however, Goku shows up and wishes for his planet to be the same as it was previously. In Dragon Ball Super, King Kai and Moori are on Snake Way using the Namekian Dragon Balls to wish King Kai's destroyed planet back. Snake Way is seen several times later in the anime, but does not play any major role, since it has likely been reduced to child's play for the main characters after their battles with the Saiyans, Frieza, Androids, and Cell.

Later on, Recoome, Burter, Jeice and Guldo are sent to King Kai's planet to provide a challenge for King Kai's pupils, and due to their high-power levels, they reach King Kai not long after their deaths on Namek. Yamcha quips that Chiaotzu was the fastest of the four. They too are allowed to travel down Snake Way to seek out King Kai's training, and King Kai notes that they reached him faster than Goku did, since they had become much stronger than Goku was while fighting Raditz.

Approximately eighty-eight days later, after his training is completed, Goku travels back down Snake Way, this time flying across in one day.ĭuring the duel with the Saiyans, Tien Shinhan, Chiaotzu, Yamcha, and Piccolo are slain. Goku is eventually forced to crawl his way across Snake Way until he finally reaches the end. Princess Snake turns into her true, giant serpent form and tries to devour Goku, but Goku outsmarts her and continues on his way. Things turn sour when Goku insists on leaving. Though Goku realizes his mistake, he is persuaded to stay. Later on, Goku comes across Princess Snake's palace, mistaking it to be King Kai's home. He is only able to make his way back up after competing with two bored and overworked ogres, though he is forced to start from the beginning of Snake Way all over again, although a piece of stamina-enhancing fruit Goku sneaks away from Hell helps him quickly reach the point he fell off.

During the ride, Goku falls asleep, and the cleaner accidentally jerks his truck, causing Goku to fall off Snake Way and into Hell. Later, when Goku's fatigue catches up again, he hitches a ride on the cleaner's truck when the cleaner tells him that he is only a quarter of the way to King Kai's planet after running for several months. At one point, Goku tries to jump across Snake Way's many curves, and almost falls into the clouds below, where shadowy hands reach out to him to pull him into Hell. Goku is permitted to travel along Snake Way to seek out King Kai and receive his training in order to prepare for the arrival of Raditz's comrades, Nappa and Vegeta. In the anime, it is also the home of Princess Snake, a filler character who falls in love with Goku and tries to stop him from leaving her palace. Falling through the cloud barrier is strictly a one-way trip and attempting to force one's way back up through the cloud barrier from Hell is impossible. If one were to fall off Snake Way, they would pass through a thin layer of clouds (it is revealed early on that the clouds are actually edible and are quite tasty) and then fall into Hell. Because of its length, it took Goku 177 days to reach the end (due to King Kai saying that the Saiyans would arrive in 158 days, and it took them eleven months total).
