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In _Dragon Ball Z_ , during Goku's fight with Frieza, Frieza decides to
destroy the planet Namek. However he fails to do so, but he claims that the
planet will blow up in 5 minutes, at the most, but several episodes later, the
two are still seen fighting.

Exactly how much broadcast time (real time) elapsed before the planet actually
blew up?

I am looking for the total **broadcast time** (NOT the time passed in-
universe) it took for planet Namek to explode.

**Excluding** :

  * OP and ED theme time 
  * Commercials
  * Events happening concurrently with the Frieza battle

But **including** :

  * Fillers (the concurrent event rule applies here as well)

**Starting** from:

  * When Frieza says that it will take five minutes 

**Ending** when:

  * The planet actually blows up


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How much broadcast time did it take for Planet Namek to blow up?


Interestingly enough, the [TVTropes
link](http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TalkingIsAFreeAction) I
linked in the comments had the answer

> Taken to insanity during Goku's fight with Freeza. Freeza destroys the core
> and gives the planet five minutes until implosion. Ten episodes
> (approximately three hours of screentime for each of the scenes that are
> playing out simultaneously) and over three hundred lines of dialog for the
> two fighters later the planet finally collapses.

So there you go.

  * 10 episodes
  * 3 hours (roughly)
  * 100 lines of dialog

although, apparently it was

> Lampshaded snarkily in the dub. With ten episodes to go, Frieza has a line
> to the effect that the planet is "a tough one... it'll probably last another
> two minutes."


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