Unlike other Namekians, Piccolo is not named after any form of slug. That's likely because he was named in the originalDragon Ballseries long before the idea of Namekians was introduced inDBZ. As a result, Piccolo and his minions have a different naming convention – they're named after ...
Krillin would stall again in the same way he did in normal DBZ accept this time he'd be able to stall longer because this time in 1st stage Freeza had gotten Gohan's anger attacks instead of his 2nd form by the time Krillin got back Gohan would be healed. Now Piccolo would arrive ...