Characters

Characters

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Saiku Oni*- The lazy punk-rock ogre from DBZ Movie 12. He's known as the Tank Boy whose job it is to change the tanks on the washing machine that evil people's souls go through when they go to Hell in the afterlife. But, he forgets about his job and the evil energy in the tank overflows and explodes. The evil energy swarms around the ogre and goes into him, changing him into the evil demon Janenba. Don't you just hate it when that happens?

Saichourou "Ultimate Elder"- The elder of Namecks. The Saichourou is a Nameckian who has an almost infinite wisdom and some fantastic techniques. He can read minds, asexually reproduce, awaken hidden powers and even create Dragon Balls. Saichourou created the Nameckian Dragon Balls and modeled the Nameck dragon, Porunga, after an image he saw in a dream. He dies due to Freeza's influence, but is later ressurected for a short amount of time so that the Nameck Dragon Balls can become active again and grant one last wish. He dies permamnently on Earth. Just before he dies, he chooses Muuri to be his successor as Saichourou.

Saibai Men- These are little foot soldiers that Saiya-jin can utilize whenever they don't want to get thier hands dirty. The creatures are actually grown in soil. First a seed is planted, then a special solution is poured on top of each seed, and voila! Instant chaos! The creatures are brutal and random, but they always obey their master. Each is fairly strong with a power level of 1,200, but their best technique is a kamikaze explosion tactic. An example of this can be seen when Yamucha is killed.

Suaza*- The leader of Koola's special forces team in DBZ Movie 5 "Battle of the Strongest". He's killed by Piccolo in the end of the movie by everyone's favorite attack, Makkankosappou.

Kinoni Sarada- One of the wacky inhabitants of Penguin Village. Kinoni is little kid that rides around on a tricycle.

Zangya*- Bojack's vexing female underling. She's quite a powerful fighter and ironically takes on Kuririn, (who under estimates her). Near the end of the movie she's killed by Bojack himself because she shows signs of fear.

Sanshyo*- Garlic Junior's enormous musclebound crony from DBZ Movie 1, "Return My Gohan!". He's killed by Piccolo who takes revenge on him for attacking him in the wlderness.

Sanzoku Guma "Bear Thief"- Gokou's first "major" battle with an enemy takes place with this dude. He's a humongous sword-wielding bear with a taste for sea turtle. He threatens to eat Umigame, but Gokou defends the tortoise and takes out the bear with his Jan Ken move.

CQV no Repota "CQV Reporter"- A reporter for station CQV who covers the crisis in Ginger Town where people are mysteriously dissapearing.

Jiisu- A member of the Ginyu Tokusentai, Jiisu's speciality is his combination of speed and powerful techniques. He's not as fast as Baata, or as powerful as Reekuumu, but he's a happy medium between the two of them. He's killed by Vegita.

Shen- The alias that Kami enters the Tenkaichi Budoukai under. He posseses the body of a typical nerdy looking guy to disguise himself so he can defeat Piccolo. His name is a bit of a pun. It's the first part of the dragon's name, Shenron.

Shen no Mutsuko "Shen's son"- Just as the name infers, this is the son of the guy who Kami posseses.

Shenron- Created in the year 470, Shenron is the dragon god who appears when all seven Dragon Balls are gathered in one place and a person utters, "Come out Shenron!". At first, Shenron can only grant one wish, and bring someone back to life once, but later, he recieves a power-up from Dende which allows him to grant three wishes at one time and grant the same wish twice. However, after all three wishes are made, the Dragon Balls will scatter across the Earth and turn to stone. In one year's time, they will return to normal and can be used again. If not all three wishes are not used up at one time, the waiting period is shortened. Shenron is linked to his creator Kami, thus if Kami dies, the Dragon Balls become useless. Later when Kami merges with Piccolo, the Dragon Balls turn to stone, but Dende replaces Kami and becomes the new God, at which point he powers-up the Dragon Balls and restores them. Shenron was killed once in the series by Piccolo Daimaou. The dying process does not work in reverse, in other words, if Shenron dies, Kami does not. After Shenron's death he can be reborn by a simple procedure. In Kami's Palace is a mini statue of the Dragon. If the dragon is dead, the staue will be broken into pieces. In order to ressurect him, you must simply put the statue back together again. Shenron cannot grant wishes that exceeds laws of nature, or the power of his creator. (Power meaning fighting strength). Shenron cannot ressurect someone who has been dead for more than one year, (which makes the Time-Line is DBZ Daizenshyu 7 a bit of a plot hole since Gokou was listed as being ressurected more than a year after his death). And he cannot ressurect someone that has died of natural causes. Whew! That's a bit complex. Hope you got it all.

Super Shenron AKA Porunga- This is the Nameckian equivalent of Shenron. He is much larger than Shenron, (5 times larger to be exact), and when he's first intoduced, he has some advantages over the Earth's Shenron. For starters he can grant three wishes instead of one. The downside is, that he only ressurect one person per wish, so he could could wish back three people total at one time, as opposed to Earth's Shenron which can bring back any number of people. However, after Muuri becomes Saichourou, he upgrades Porunga and allows him to bring back any number of people per wish. Porunga can also grant the same wish more than once. The last advantage he has is that his waiting period after the balls turn to stone is only 153 days as opposed to Earth's one year. As with Earth's Shenron, he's linked to his creator in the same ways. Confidentially, I think Porunga is the cooler looking of the two dragons, but to each his own. His shape was based on a figure the Saichourou saw in a dream.

Shishi Garyu no Ken Pau Ka- A competitor in the 21st Tenkaichi Budoukai who uses Ken Pau as his form of fighting.

"Shitate A" Tailor A- An unfortunate tailor who makes the mistake of asking Tao Pai Pai to pay for the clothes he fitted him with. Tao Pai Pai swiftly kills him for not recognzing him as a world renowned assassin.

"Shitate B" Tailor B- A tailor who fits Gokou with some dress clothes after his old gi was a wreck because he had been wearing it since he competed in the 21st Tenkaichi Budoukai. But Gokou doesn't like the clothes, so he strips naked in the middle of a street and changes into a new orange gi.

Shyaoron*- Tenron's little brother, (little only in name), who accuses Chinshyou of stealing his wallet, just so that he can pick a fight with the boy's father, Chindai.

Jyaga Bandadanshyakku*- A "villain" from DBZ Movie 11 who wants revenge on his old class-mate Mr. Satan for beating him in martial arts when he was a kid. He funds experiments that create Bio Warriors, including Bio Brolly.

Jackie Chun- Kame Sennin's alter-ego during the 21st and 22nd Tenkaichi Budoukai's. He removes his sunglasses, glues some hair to his head, and puts on a black fighting garb, similar to the one Jet Li wore in Lethal Weapon 4. He hides that fact that he's really Kame Sennin because he wants his students, (Gokou and Kuririn), to compete against him full force without holding any reservations or emotions.

Janenba*- Without a doubt Janenba is the second coolest villain in all of the Dragon Ball Z movies. Janenba was basically a demon crime lord in Hell, before he was banished. However, when the Evil Soul Washing Machine overflows and explodes, spewing out pure evil, he's reborn in the body of a young ogre. While Janenba may be evil, he certainly doesn't look it. He looks like the Stay-Puft Mashmallow Man, (minus the hat and scarf), who went to an all-you-can-eat smorgasbord, (and then grew horns, a tail and turned yellow). He has basically no brain and loves to "play" Play meaning maming, killing, suffocating, tormenting and of course the whole, destroy-the-universe bit. As a movie villain, he probablly holds the record for the widest variety of moves. He has a LOT of them. And then, just when you think Gokou finally kills him, he turns into a new type a villain. He's still Janenba, but you'd never know it by looking at him. He resembles the devil, and has a serious attitude. While original Janenba just liked wreaking havoc as a plaything, this guy takes deep pleasure in it, which is evident by his menacing facial expressions. His death is also one of the coolest as well. Gojita takes him out with a small attack of condensed energy that disolves him from the inside out. Very cool.

Shyapuna "Sharpener"- Your typical High-School jock. He participates in almost all sports and in college he would probably be a likely candidate to major in Phys. Ed. in college. He torments Gohan for a bit in school, (which Gohan doesn't even recognzie as such), but later befriends Gohan when he sees that Gohan is capable of catching baseballs 20 feet in the air and taking a fast-ball directly to the face without flinching, (these scenes in the anime are absolute side-splitters!). In the anime he embarks on a quest to reveal the identity of the Great Saiyaman during the 25th Tenkaichi Budoukai, which Gohan reveals anyway.

Shyamo*- An adorable little alien from DBZ Movie 8, enslaved by Paragus and his men to complete the construction of a new planet Vegita. Gohan be friends him. He's named after his planet.

Shyamo Seijin "People of Shyamo"*- The race of people who lived on the planet Shyamo, all of them were enslaved and their planet was destroyed before their eyes by Brolly.

Shyuu- Emperor Pilaf's ninja cronie. He and Mai usually work together to carry out the work of their vertically challenged and short tempered Emperor. He's one of the first villains in the Dragon Ball series, but perhaps villain is too strong a word. He's almost comic relief.

Shyuusai Aku "Evil Tutor"*- Chichi gets a tutor for Gohan to help him with his studies, but the guy turns out to be a real SOB. He whips Gohan when he doesn't do his work right and constantly corrects him. Chichi doesn't realize that any of this is going on, but one day she hears him badmouth Gokou and she FLIPS out. She puts him, through the window and chases him away.

Jyueru "Jewel"- A pretty-boy competitor in the 25th Tenkaichi Budoukai who makes it to the final Battle Royale. He's knocked out instantly by Number 18.

Shura*- A god of demons who dwells in the underworld. His legion of demons terrorize a kingdom, but Gokou beats the demon god in a fighting tournament and ceases his attacks on the village.

Jyosei Kyasuta "Women Newscaster"- A woman who reports on the terror that Cell is causing across the Earth by absorbing entire towns-worth of people.

Shiruba Taisa "Silver Taisa"- The first member of the Red Ribbon Army that Gokou encounters and battles. By normal means he's a good fighter, but Gokou takes him out in no time. He isn't killed by Gokou though, only KO'ed.

Jinku*- One of the orphans Gohan meets when he escapes from Piccolo's training in the wilderness. He looks like a fox.

Jinguru ora no Sonchyou "The Mayor of Jingle Village"- The mayor of Jingle Village who was kidnapped by the Red Ribbon Army and held for ransom in Muscle Tower to make the townspeople work for them.

Jinjya "Ginger"*- Piccolo's cutesy, (but road rage prone), driving instructor in the infamous driving school episode.

Jinjyaa "Ginger"*- Garlic Junior's right hand man and leader of the Ginger Three in DBZ Movie 1, "Return My Gohan!". He's killed by Gokou's Kame Hame Ha.

Jinjya Taun Ichi Erai Kanemochi "Ginger Town's Prominent Rich Man"- A victim of Cell's absorbtion spree. He offers Piccolo tons of cash to save his life seconds before Cell messily drains him of life.

Jinzouningen Hachi Gou "Artificial Human Number 8" AKA Hachan- Dr. Gero's first "successful" creation, (although there was a BIG plot hole in the anime that said Dr. Frappe invented him, but I won't touch on that here). While Number 8 was magnificently powerful, he was built too well and possesed the ability to think for himself, and he decided that he didn't want to do evil things for the Red Ribbon Army. He befriends Gokou and helps him on his trip up Muscle Tower. Hachan was much stronger than Gokou at that particular time, but he was a pacifist, and didn't like to fight. He had a bomb inside his body which could be activated with an Emergency Stop Controller. Murasaki was going to kill Hachan by activating the bomb since he was defective, but Gokou saved him by destroying the controller. Hachan can also be seen near the end of DBZ and also in the Dragon Ball 10th Anniversary Special.

Jinzouningen Juusan Gou "Artificial Human Number 13"*- The tall hickish leader of the Androids and main villain in DBZ Movie 7, "The Three Super Saiya-jin", whom I nick-named "Farmer John". He looks like he should be plowing fields, not mowing down Gokou and Co. He's basically a rip-off of Cell. By himself he's fairly powerful, but when he absorbs two components from Artificial Humans 14 and 15, he turns into a BIG SOB who I must admit is really quite cool. Everyone works together to take him down. And Gokou finishes him with a Genki Dama....well, sorta. He creates a Genki Dama, and then instead of using it as a weapon, he absorbs the energy, and well, his ki gets about as big as the Empire State Building.

Jinzouningen Juuyon Gou "Artificial Human Number 14"*- A big blue sucker who looks like he came from a Conan the Barbarian movie. He's the "strongman" of the three Androids in DBZ Movie 7 and eventually faces off one on one against Trunks. His death is fantastic, but not the best of the three.

Jinzouningen Juugo Gou "Artificial Human Number 15"*- My personal favorite of the three villains in DBZ Movie 7. He's an alcoholic who takes a swig from his whiskey can every few minutes and dresses similar to Boy George. He's also very tiny and several jokes about his height come up during the movie, (like his entire body falling straight down into three feet of snow). He's killed by Vegita and in my opinion has the funniest death.

Jinzouningen Juuroku Gou "Artificial Human Number 16"- Number 16 is another "failure" of Dr. Gero's. However, he's only a failure in that he's a pacifist, but not to the degree that Number 8 was. Number 16 is willing to carry out his mission to kill Gokou, but beyond that, he doesn't wish to harm anybody or anything. He loves nature, and this is more than clear throughout the anime, (birds constantly flock to him). Anyway, back on topic, aside from that fact, Number 16 is probablly Gero's greatest success. Unlike Numbers 17 and 18, he is entirely mechanical, and unlike Number 19, he is not an Energy Absorption Type. He has an infinite power supply like Numbers 17 and 18. In addition to that, he is surprisingly also the strongest of the Artificial Humans. He is able to lock arms with a full power First Stage Cell and hold his own surprisingly well, when even Piccolo was nearly killed by him. Number 16 is also the only Artificial Human capable of sensing ki energy and locations of its output. Like Numbers 8, 17 and 18 Number 16 has a self-destruct bomb inside of him. The only difference is that his bomb causes a massive explosion with enough power to wipe out even Perfect Cell. He tries to utilize his bomb as a kamikaze technique against Cell when all seems lost, however, when Buruma and her father repaired Number 16 in their lab a few days before the Cell Game, they removed the bomb. Unfortunately they forgot to inform 16 and when he realizes it's no longer inside of him, Cell blasts a hole through him the size of Kansas. Later, 16's decapitated head gives Gohan a little speech about releasing his true feelings. Cell is annoyed by the interference and crushes 16's head completely destroying him. Big mistake.

Jinzouningen Juunana Gou "Artificial Human Number 17"- The brother and sister team, (Androids 17 and 18), are a bit hard to explain, so please stick with me on this one. Doctor Gero obtained a brother and a sister. His means of obtaining them and their past lives are never revealed. He experimented on them, and basically re-created several aspects of them. They refer to themselves as, "Humans with a few extras". He obviously also took away many of their past memories since they never refer to themselves by their former names, nor do they show any care for what they used to be. This brother and sister obviously became what we know as Androids 17 and 18. 17 is the brother. He's a typical male with a love for fast cars, and all sorts of adrenaline rushes. He loves his ultimate power and refers to himself as the strongest being ever. Unfortunately for him, that's not true when full power Stage One Cell shows up. Contrary to popular belief the Androids of the present are VERY diiferent from the Androids in Trunks' time. In Trunks' future 17 drives around in an air car and mows people down for fun. In the present he may rough up people, but he never kills a single human. The only person he intends to kill is Son Gokou and after that he just wants to enjoy himself by fighting strong opponents. Both 17 and 18's deadliest trait is that they do not have ki, and thus cannot be sensed, and they also have an infinite supply of energy inside of them. In other words, even if they're lying near death on the ground, if they have enough strength left to lift their arms, they can still shoot out blasts of energy. Number 17 also has a bomb inside his body which can be triggered by an Emergency Stop Controller, but the explosion is not as powerful as Number 16's is. After the Cell saga Number 17 becomes a recluse and lives in the woods by himself. The only time he's seen again is when he gives his energy to Gokou to help create the Ultimate Genki Dama.

Jinzouningen Juuhachi Gou "Artificial Human Number 18"- Number 18 plays a larger role than her brother, mainly because she becomes romantically entwined with a main character, Kuririn, and eventually marries him. When she was a "villain" she was different from her brother in that she doesn't enjoy fighting per-say, but she has a "just for the hell of it" kind of attitude. Whenever she's seen fighting she's always very laid back and calm, and meanwhile she's doling out heavy punishment, (she dis-locates Vegita's arm). Aso like her brother, she never kills a single human and has only one goal which is to kill Gokou. She also retains some of her human quirks. Whereas her brother likes adrenaline rushes she loves shopping for clothes. In one part, all three Androids take a pit-stop at a clothing store and Number 18 tries on all sorts of clothing and steals a dress that she takes a particular liking to. In the anime she also browses through Chichi's clothing looking for any good out-fits, but she's bored with what she finds. She has all of the same traits as her brother ex. ifinite energy, no ki and of course a bomb inside of her which is later removed from her and her brother's body by Shenron. Anyway, after the Cell saga she settles down with Kuririn and they have a daughter named Maron, (like I said before, although some parts of them are mechnical, they're mostly human). She competes in the 25th Tenkaichi Budoukai and bribes Mr. Satan to give her 20,000,000 Zeni (Zeni is DBZ's unit of money), if she lets him win the tournament, which he agrees to, regretably.

Jinzouningen Juukyu Gou "Artificial Human Number 19"- Number 19 is completely mechanical and is an Energy Absorption Type. He had red balls on the palms of his hands which can absorb any ki attack, and suck the energy right out of a person by touching them. He's pretty um....boring as a villain. Once again, think of the Stay-Puft Marshmallow Man, but this time, shrink him to human size, and cross-breed him with a Chinese Frosty the Snow Woman and he's what you'd end up with. Gokou starts to fight him, but gets beaten horribly because he starts to suffer from his heart disease, so he gets carried off the field by Yamucha, and guess who shows up to take his place? Mr. Fancypants Vegita. The fight between him and Vegita is fairly short, but it's one of the few moments where I actually love Vegita's attitude. "You're an Android right? Tell me, can Androids feel pain and fear?". Vegita rips off 19's hands so he can't absorb energy and then blows him up with Big Bang Attack. Serves him right. But fighting wasn't 19's main purpose. He was created by Dr. Gero so that he could transplant the doctor's brain into an Android body so that he could continue his research. That Android's name was.....

Jinzouningen Nijuu Gou "Artificial Human Number 20"- You'll notice later on that Dr. Gero isn't on this list. There's a reason behind that. In the manga, the real Dr. Gero is never actually seen, and in the anime, we only see him in brief flashbacks. The real Dr. Gero was a scientist for the Red Ribbon Army and was its only known surviving member after Gokou eliminated it. He invented 20 Android bodies in his life-time and began work on one ultimate biological warrior known as Cell. Most of his Androids were failures and were never shown. He invented the Androids primarily to kill Gokou, but Trunks infers that his larger scheme is something much larger than world domination. Keep in mind, in Trunks' future, Androids 19 and 20 did not exist, and Number 16 was either destroyed by Gero or never completed. Before creating Number 20, he created Number 19 (DUH) to transplant Dr. Gero's brain into Android 20, which was built to look exactly like Gero's human body. After his brain had been moved into Number 20, Gero was able to continue his research and live on without fearing death due to old age. Number 20 is a particularly vicious villain. In the manga he squeezes off a human's head like a blemish. He's not much of a match for the likes of Piccolo, Gokou or Vegita even after absorbing energy. His only advantage is that he is an Energy Absorption Type Android who can absorb any ki attacks with a red ball in the palms of his hands, but Piccolo rectifies that problem simply by slicing of Number 2's right hand. Number 20 is killed by his own creation Androids 17. Number 17 slams his fist through 20's chest, kicks off his head, and then smashes his head under-foot.

Shinbaru "Cymbal"- Piccolo Daimaou's third son. Cymbal resembles....well actually I don't know, but he looks sort of like a Dragon with a plump human-esque body. He's killed by Yajirobe who slices him in half, then roasts him over a fire and eats him. Cymbal is 5' 9" tall and weighs 255 and a half lbs. He was born and killed in the year 753.

Suke san "Mr. Invisible"- An invisible man who Yamucha faces off against. He's one of Uranai Baba's fighters whom she lets people battle. If the people beat all of her monsters, then they can have their fortune told for free. Mr. Invisble is defeated by hysterical but ridiculous means. Gokou nabs Buruma and Muten Roshi, then he has Kuririn swipe off Buruma's top, thus exposing what she was graciously endowed with. Seeing this, Muten Roshi suffers from his biggest nose bleed ever and covers the invisble man in blood making him possible to see and thus tangible.

Supa Man "Super Man"- One of the inhabitants of Penguin Village and ironically, one of the few characters I actually know something about. I could go on for paragraphs on this character's side-splitting antics, but since he's mainly a Dr. Slump character, I'll just stick to his role in Dragon Ball and since I like him so much, I'll summarize the whole scene. He's a short pudgy Clark Kent look-alike who changes into his alter-ego "Supa Man" by running into a telephone and putting on classic Super Man garb. If you understand Japanese his outfit is even funnier because he has the kana "Tsu" on his chest in place of the "S". He's actually just a typical avergae Joe, who's no different from you or me, but he claims to have super power which he gains by eating pickled plums, (yum yum). He meets up with Blue Shogun who orders him to get out of his car and let him commandeer it. He refuses and runs into a nearby telephone booth and changes into "Supa Man". He declares that he will not give up his car to any source of evil. Blue Shogun calmly walks over to the telephone booth, picks it up, and crushes it. After that "Supa Man" gladly gives his car over to Blue and gives him directions to the nearest airport. As Blue drives away, "Supa Man" stand triumphant and declares that he has made the particular place of ground that he's standing on a safer place.

Suno "Snow"- A little 9 year old girl that lives in Jingle Village. She rescues Gokou from the freezing weather which he isn't accustomed to when his plane crashes in the cold northern region.

Suno no chichi "Snow's Daddy"- Snow's father who is forced to work for the Red Ribbon Army and search for a Dragon Ball.

Suno no haha "Snow's Mommy"- Snow's mother who takes care of Gokou and provides him with appropriate snow gear for his assault on Muscle Tower.

Supopo Bitchi- One of Babidi's servants. He was a normal martial artist who did quite well in the 24th Tenkaichi Budoukai, but Babidi got his hands on him and possesed him to do his bidding. During the 25th Tenkaichi Budoukai, he seriously beats the living hell out of Videl and almost kills her. (I'm not kidding. This scene in the manga and anime is extremely brutal. In one part he bashes her face with his knee and knocks out some of her teeth.). But Videl doesn't give up and only loses because she's so badly beaten that she can't move and Supopo throws her out of the ring. Later he works with his cohort Yamu to steal Gohan's energy and meets his grisly demise when he outlives his usefullness and Babidi causes him to explode.

Suragu "Slug"*- Ah yes, the incredibly lame villain from the even lamer DBZ Movie 4, "Super Saiya-jin Son Gokou". I really hated this movie but that's besides the point. Slug is a mutant Nameckian who doesn't even know that he was originally from the planet Nameck. He's the Emperor of a frozen, sun-less mobile planet. Unforunately at the beginning of the movie, Slug's planet nearly collides with Earth, and to save the Earth, they destroy their planet. The price for such a "noble" cause isn't all that easy to swallow though. Slug wants to make Earth his new planet. Near the middle of the movie, his men manage to collect all 7 Dragon Balls and Slug makes a wish to gain his youth back, (he's pretty old). With that accomplished, he continues his conquest of Earth, unfortunately he picked a planet with Piccolo and Gokou on it. In the end of the movie he's finally killed by the Genki Dama.

Seiretsu Shiji Obake "Ghost Usher"- Uranai Baba's little servant ghost who directs people from place to place at Uranai Baba's home.

Zeeun*- One of Slug's subordinates in DBZ Movie 4, "Super Saiya-jin Son Gokou", whom Slug kills for mistakenly calling him old.

Zeshin*- One of the leaders of the of the group of orphans whose space-ship Kuririn, Buruma and Gohan mistakenly board on their trip to Nameck.

ZTV no Jikyou Anaunsa "ZTV's Male Announcer"- Throught DB/Z there are lots of TV reporters. This particular guy plays the largest reporter role in the series. He's the brave soul who covers the Cell Game with the help of his trusty camera-man. Throughout the Cell Game he provides almost a comic relief at times, and at other times, he hightens the intesity with his description of the amazing events he witnesses. He's the World's only link to the Cell Game since no other TV stations covered the event. (Uranai Baba helps out Chichi in the anime, but her magical ball eventually phases out due to the large concentrations of energy).

Seripa*- One of the only female Saiya-jin who was a member of Bardock's team in the first DBZ TV Special. Not much is known about her, however, she's known Bardock since she was a child, and is a good friend of his. She's killed by Dodoria and his crew of fighters.

Cell- Cell is one of the "major" villains of DBZ. Others being Vegita, Nappa, Freeza and Buu. All other villains are indeed vile etc. but DBZ is generally divided into sagas named after the largest villain of the period. Cell is no exception. If you were to describe his personality, he has the manners of Freeza and the temper of Vegita, (which makes sense since those are two people he's made up of). The general concept of Cell was brought forth by Dr. Gero, however, Dr. Gero's computer is what really "makes" him. Dr. Gero combined blood samples of Piccolo, Gokou, Vegita, Freeza and King Kold, (which were collected by a robot drone disguised as a bee), and created a small life form which would one day become become Cell. Unfortunately, the amount of work needed to input data into the being and make it intelligent takes a ridiculously long amount of time, so Gero sealed the larva Cell in his secret lab and let his computer tinker away at creating the creature for 24 years. After 24 years, voila! Instant killing machine! However, when Cell emerges as an intelligent being, he's far from being what Dr. Gero dreamed that he would one day become. He basically resembles a walking cockroach. In order to reach perfection, Dr. Gero created two components for Cell to absorb, and once he absorbed the components, he would then become "Perfect" and have no equal in strength. Those two components were of course, Androids 17 and 18. Now here's the tricky part. The Cell that you all know is NOT from the normal time-line. He comes from a third time-line, and was born in the year 762. In this time-line, Trunks had defeated Androids 17 and 18, unfortunately for Cell, that meant he could not absorb them and become "Perfect". In the year 786, he emerges from Dr. Gero's lab in his first form and begins to absorb the people of Earth to gain power. In the same year, ( after absorbing enough people to increase his power beyond Trunks' ), he siezes his chance to accomplish his dream. He sneaks up on Trunks, just as he's about to make a departure in his Time Machine to help Gokou and the rest with their fight against the Androids, however, he doesn't get very far. Before he leaves, Cell kills Trunks and steals his Time Machine. In order to fit in the Time Machine, he reverts to an egg state and launches the Time Machine. He ends up in the normal time-line sometime in the year 764. After his arrival, he hatches from his egg and at this point resembles a giant cicada. He crawls several yards away from the Time Machine and burrows down into the Earth to enter his pupa state which he needs to stay in for three years to absorb the neccessary nutrients to reach his first form again. In the year 767 her makes his grand appearance and the Cell Saga begins.

Cell is a unique being. Since he is composed of several different species, he has many diverse abilities and fighting techniques. In the anime he can use just about anyone's techniques, but in the manga, he sticks to the techniques that his "genetic parents" could perform. For example, he can regenerate any limb or appendage from any cell in his body. However, his main core is a nerve in his brain. Even if every part of him is destroyed except that nerve, he can still regenerate. He can utilize Kame Hame Ha, and just about any move Gokou can do, the only catch is, he was created from Gokou's cells before he knew certain moves, so Cell needs to see the moves that Gokou learned after his cells were taken in order to perform the specific move, like Shinkan Idou for example. When Gokou's cells were taken, he didn't know the move yet, so Cell wasn't aware that he could perform it, but after he sees Gokou use it, he gains the ability to teleport. Cell is finally killed on May 26th, 767 AD by Gohan with help from the Z Soldiers.

Cell Junior- Another one of the traits Cell picks up from his Nameckian blood is the ability to asexually reproduce. He can shoot out little copies of himself called Cell Juniors from a tube in his back, (which was once the end of his tail). The cell Juniors are fiesty little guys who seem to have about as much brains as Saibai Men, the only difference here is, these suckers are STRONG. They're nearly as strong as Cell and prove it by beating the snot out of the likes of Vegita and even Gokou. Cell created seven of them, one for each Z Soldier, to beat them up and to make Gohan angry. Unfortunately, it doesn't work, but Cell doesn't care, he just enjoys seeing everyone get maimed by them. Each is eventually killed violently by Son Gohan when he reaches SSJ2.

Senshi Taipu no Nameck Seijin "Warrior Type Nameckian"*- Three soldier Namecks who show up and try to defeat Freeza at the Saichourou's hut, and end up dying violently.

Sentai no Kami "Previous Kami's"*- The previous God's spirits that exist in the Spirit Zone at the bottom of Kami's Palace. Their job is to keep living Kami's out of the zone, and if living Kami's do enter the Spirit Zone, then they will kill the Kami for disobeying the laws of nature.

Sentou Roboto "Battle Robot"*- Very cool mechanical fighting robots that serve as drones for the Big Ghetti Star in DBZ Movie 6. In order to be destroyed, they must be attacked, full power, at their individual weak points.

Kurikinton Soramame- A barber in Penguin Village.

Tarou Soramame- Kurikinton's first son, and a bit of a rebel. He's a high school drop-out who's been smoking since he was young. However, he becomes a cop near the end of Dr. Slump.

Pisuke Soramame- I don't know much about his personality, but he's a great friend of Arale's and he's also Tarou's younger brother.

Zorudo "Salt"*- One of Garlic Junior's lackies. He looks like a squished red version of the villain in Mulan with a tentacle mustache. He's fairly weak and he's one of the first to die.

Son Gokou- Well, not much is known about this character. He doesn't appear to be have a very large part in the story-line and seems like more of a character Toriyama just threw in the manga to take up extra space. I'm just kidding of course. Son Gokou is the main character of Dragon Ball. He was born in the year 737 on the Planet Vegita and came to Earth to destroy the earthlings living on it, and prepare it for sale by Emperor Freeza. Fortunately, he fell over a cliff one day when his adoptive grandfather Gohan was strolling through the forest with him. he bonked his noggin and lost the memories of his mission. Although Gokou is by blood a Saiya-jin, he refers to himself as, "The Saiya-jin raised on Earth", because although he doesn't want to deny his roots, he also doesn't want to declare himself a member of a group that destroyed galaxies without a second thought. In the year 756 AD. he marries his wife Chichi, and in May of 757 AD. she gives birth to their first child, Son Gohan. Skipping ahead, sometime before May in 767 AD. thier second child Son Goten is born. Gokou dies twice during Dragon Ball. The first time is by Piccolo's hand while restraining his brother Raditzu and the second time was when he teleported Cell to Kaiou Samma's planet so that Cell would detonate "safely". After his first death, he was brought back to life with the Dragon Balls and after his second death, Rou Kaioushin gave Gokou his life to Gokou. Later in GT, Gokou leaves with Shenron, but whether he's dead or not is not revealed, it's up to the viewer to decide. Gokou's home address in Mt. Paozu is 439 East District. At the end of Dragon Ball Z Gokou is 48 years old, and that's even including his year spent in the Room of Spirit and Time. At his fully grown state he stands 5' 7"tall and weighs 137 lbs.

Son Goten- Gokou's second son born in the year 767 AD. Goten is able to turn Super Saiya-jin at a much earlier age than his brother and father due to the fact that he was born when his father was much stronger, (which is actually scientifically impossible since the Theory of Inheritance of Aquired Traits has been disproven, but what the hell, it's just a manga). Goten resembles his father very much, and his facial features are almost identical to Gokou's except that his face is just slightly rounder. Goten is famous for his mis-pronunciation of his father's move, "Kame Kame Ha!", and aside from that has only one other attack which is called Totsugeki, which translates to......Attack! Goten has apparently inheritted his father's sense of adventure. During most of his time in DBZ, he's a mere 7 years old, but is still searching for "strong guys" to fight, and is always looking for adventure. In fact, he goes absolutely out of his mind with excitement when he hears about this "Majin Buu guy" and can't wait to see it and fight it. Like Gohan, he neglects to train as he grows older and never really gets much stronger than his during the Buu Saga, although that doesn't mean he doesn't enjoy fighting. He's the only male member of his immediate family who can't turn Super Saiya-jin 2.

Son Gohan- Gohan is Gokou and Chichi's first son who is named after Gokou's adoptive grandfather Gohan, (although the anime makes up another reason for it). He was born in the year 757 AD. and when he first appears in the series he's four years old. If he were any normal child, he would probablly have been traumatized by the age of five. In a single day, he's kidnapped, beaten up, his father gets killed, he's taken away from his family, dropped into the wilderness and then told to survive for 6 months. Pretty severe. His trainer/mentor/idol is Piccolo who trained him during the 6 months before the Saiya-jin arrived. He's basically entirely responsible for Piccolo's reformation due to his kind heart, and the boy grows on Piccolo, (although not as much as the English version would have you think he does). Later on he fights the Ginyu Tokusentai and Freeza on Planet Nameck and does fairly well, but at that point, he's still not a powerhouse. The only time his true potential shines is during the Cell Saga when he basically becomes the savior of the world by being the first Saiya-jin to attain Super Saiya-jin 2 and then completely destroying Cell. After the Cell Saga Toriyama wanted the manga to focus on Gohan, and make him the hero, but that's not what the fans wanted so he backed off of Gohan and his adventures as the Great Saiyaman. In the end of DBZ, Gohan is still a remarkable fighter, but nowhere near what he should be. As Gohan grows older, he has less and less of an urge to train on his own, and since evil doesn't threaten the Earth, he has no reason to. He basically becomes a so-called "nerd" but this is one "nerd" you seriously wouldn't want to mess with. He settles down and marries Videl. They live in a house next to Gokou's and have a daughter named Pan.

Son Gohan Ojisan "Grandpa Gohan"- Born in the year 658, Gohan was a martial arts master who basically lived a hermit's life in Mount Paozu. He was trained by the Muten Roshi at the same time Gyuu Maou was also being trained by him. Gyuu and Gohan knew each other very well. Gohan was the man who wielded the legendary Nyoi Bo, a powerful extending staff. Gohan found the young Saiya-jin baby Kakarroto in the forest of Mount Paozu he named him Son Gokou. He raised Gokou and taught him martial arts, he and Gokou lived happily together. However, one unfrotunate evening, Gokou looked up at the full moon and transformed into his Ohsaru form. Gohan was no match for the beast and was unfortunately crushed by him. Gokou gets to meet up with Gohan's spirit later in the series though. Gohan is actually the last competitor in Uranai Baba's line-up up foes who Gokou faces off against. Gokou doesn't even know that it's his grandfather's spirit, (because he's wearing a cat mask), until after the match. Gokou meets up with his grandfather one last time in the anime at the end of Dragon Ball at the border between the underworld and the Earth.

Taado*- One of Garlic Junior's minions when he returns in the anime. He looks like an over-sized bull with the face of a frog. He does down the same time as Zorudo.

Darbura - The King of Darkness. He's the ruler of an alternate dark dimension. Babidi locates him and posseses him, making him his servant. He's quite powerful, and is right on par with Gohan when he battles him. His ability to conjure weapons, and turn people to stone with his spit make him a dangerous adversary. When he outlives his usefullness, his eyes are gouged out by Buu and later turned into a cookie which Buu devours.

Taresu "Taurus"*- The main villain from DBZ Movie 3, "The Ultimate Decisive Battle for Earth". Whether Taurus is related to Gokou, or whether he's a clone is never revealed, and it doesn't really matter anyway since it's a movie that desn't happen anyway. He comes to Earth to plant the Shinseju Tree and eat the God's Fruit which grows in the tree by absorbing the energy of an entire planet. He's killed by Gokou's Genki Dama.

Daizu "Soybean"*- The short-haired necklace-wearing minion of Taurus in DBZ Movie 3. He's killed by Gokou.

Dai Kaiou "Great Kaiou"- I assume you all know who Kaiou samma is right? He's one of Gokou's trainers, he rules over the northern galaxy. Well, there are Four Kaiou's (one for each direction), and above them is the Great Kaiou, (like the God of Gods). He's never seen in the manga, but in the anime he's portrayed as a punkish old geezer. He wears jeans and a jean jacket, while listening to rock music on his boom box. He's much stronger than the other Kaiou's, but although he never admits it, Gokou is far stronger than he is.

Dai Kaioushin- Okay, you know how Dai Kaiou is the God of the Kaiou's? Well above the Kaiou's are the Kaioushin's and their leader is Dai Kaioushin. Dai Kaioushin is the highest known deity in Dragon Ball Z, and is above all other gods. He was never seen in the manga, only mentioned, however, the anime brings up an interesting episode with him. He was absorbed by Majin Buu millions of years ago. Now, what's interesting about the anime is that it suggests that Fat Buu looks the way he does, because that's what Dai Kaioushin looked like. Let me explain. When Buu absorbs certain characters, his physical appearance changes and he looks similar in one way or another to the character(s) he absorbs. Now, the original Kid Buu looked nothing like Fat Buu does, so the anime suggests that when Kid Buu absorbed Dai Kaioushin, that's how he obtained his fat, cutsey faced appearance since Dai Kaioushin looked that way. It's an interesting theory, and whether Toriyama intended it to be that way or not is unknown, but for once, the anime actually comes up with a logical explanation.

Tao Pai Pai- Tao Pai Pai is a world-reknowned assassin employed by the Red Ribbon Army to take out Gokou and locate several Dragon Balls. When he first meets him, Gokou is without question a match for him. (The man kills Blue Shogun with merely his tongue for God's sakes!). They make him out to be quite a vile character since he kills Upa's father right in front of his eyes and commits various other cruel acts. He's eventually beaten by Gokou, well sorta. The second time he faces off against Gokou, he loses terribly, and in his frustartion tries to utilize weapons. Eventually he throws a grenade at Gokou, and Gokou returns it to him. Boom! However, he's not dead yet. He later return as a cyborg and faces of against Tenshinhan during the 23rd Tenkaichi Budoukai. He wants to settle a score with the "traitor". (You see, Tao Pai Pai is Tsurusennin's brother and Tenshinhan was Tsurusennin's former student). During the match Tao Pai Pai whips out a knife from his mechanical arm and slashes Tenshinhan across the chest, leaving him scarred for the rest of his life. Tenshinhan KO's with a swift powerful punch later in the match. Tao Pai Pai re-appears later in the anime during the Cell Saga. Tao Pai Pai is 5' 8" tall and weighs 155 and 1/2 lbs.

Tapion*- The Legendary Brave soldier from the planet Konatsu who is basically the hero in DBZ Movie 13, "Dragon Fist Assault!! If Gokou Can't do it, Who Can!?". He wields the Holy Sword and a Holy Ocarina which he uses to keep the top half of a terrible monster named Hildegarn sealed inside of him. He has a younger brother named Minoshia who has the bottom half of Hildegarn sealed inside of him.

Tapika*- A competitor in the Annoyoichi Budoukai who can move with incredible speed. The only problem is, he tires out WAY too quickly and has to forfeit the match before his opponent even tries to attack.

Tanbarin "Tamborine"- The vilest and most hated of Piccolo Daimaou's spawn. Tamborine was given the assignment from his father to kill all finalists who participated in previous Tenkaichi Budoukai's and to pick up any Dragon Balls he finds along the way. Tamborine basically goes from place to place killing people and looking for Dragon Balls. His first victim is Kuririn, (whom he killed simply for his Dragon Ball, he hadn't been given his assignment to kill former competitors yet). This was the first time Kuririn had been killed and Gokou was livid with Tamborine. The first time Gokou faces Tamborine, he's KO'ed. However, the second time, he manages to kill Tamborine with a Kame Hame Ha. Tamborine is 6' 1" tall and weighs 164 lbs.

Tanmen*- A little girl Gokou meets on his trip around the world.

Chyunshi*- Boy do I wish I knew who this was. There isn't even a picture of them, so I'm assuming they were a character who was only mentioned in the anime.

Chichi- Gokou's wife and task-master extrordinaire. She is the daughter of Gyuu Maou who promised his daughter's hand in marriage to Gokou when they were just children. Chichi later meets up with Gokou at the 23rd Tenkaichi Budoukai and loses to him. After their match she reminds him who she is, and asks him if he wants to marry her. Gokou says, "Sure", (but unfortunately he has no idea what marriage is). Chichi is known for being very hard on her son's academic life, and although it doesn't play upon it quite as much in the manga, in the anime, she goes ballistic at some points over her son's study habits, (or lack there-of), and Gokou's influence on him. Although it's not always shown, she REALLY does love her husband a LOT and in the anime there are some sweet scenes between the two.

Chyao*- A little girl Gokou meets during his trip around the world in the anime. She's saved by Gokou in the mountains near her village and she begs him to help save her village from Ginkaku and Kinkaku.

Chaozu- Chaozu is Tenshinhan's pint-sized telepathic pal. Tenshinhan and Chaozus past is never completely revealed but it's known for sure that Tenshinhan will protect Chaozu no matter what. Chaozu is classified as being an Earthling, so if he belongs to some different race, it isn't known. He stands 4' 5" tall and weighs 73 lbs. Chaozu can fight very well, but most of his special abilities revolve around telepathy. He can cease a person's movement if he's able to keep his concentration and can talk to Tenshihan by telepathy.

Chyapa Ou "King Chyapa"- A competitor in the Tenkaichi Budoukai, famous for his strength, who loses to Gokou twice in the preliminary rounds of the 21st and 23rd Tenkaichi Budoukai's. he's 6' tall and weighs 182 lbs. His home address is SSR249905C.

Chyapu Chyai*- A midget competitor in the Annoyoichi Budoukai who is able to overcome his opponents by making many duplicates of himself and overwhelm his competitors.

Chyuri*- A little girl Gokou meets in the Goro Goro mountains while performing his training for Kami. He helps her find her pet bird Pi Pi.

Chinshyou Ken*- Chinshyou is the son of the martial arts teacher, Chindai. He's very proud of his power, and doesn't have much faith in Gokou's strength. He tries to prevent Gokou from participating in a martial arts tournament by putting a laxative in Gokou's Miso soup.

Chindai Ken*- Chindai is the owner of a martial arts school in a rural village. He is a master of the Seikyokuryuken fighting style, but unforunately, he suffers from a debilitating disease that tires him quickly.

Tsuno- The elder of the village of Nameckians that Vegita kills off. There were nineteen Nameckians living in his village before Vegita killed them all.

Tsufuru-jin*- The Tsufuru-jin were the people who inhabited Planet Plant before the Saiya-jin took over and re-named it Planet Vegita. Their name (Tsufuru) is a play on the Japanese word for fruit, and the name Saiya is a play on the Japanese word for vegetable. So basically, it was the fruits VS the vegetables. (Puns run amok in DBZ). The Tsufuru-jin were wiped out by the Saiya-jin when a full moon occurred, causing the Saiya-jin to become Ohsaru and overcome the Tsufuru-jin. Now of course, if you want to go by GT or the two OVA's then you could of course say, "Dr. Raichi and Dr. Myuu were still around!". Well, yeah, but the Tsufuru-jin were actually only in the anime anyway so :P

Tsuru Sennin "Crane Elder"- Tsuru Sennin trained alongside Kame Sennin under Mutaito's martial arts school. The two were almost always rivals, and it carries through to Tsuru Sennin's pupils Tenshinhan and Chaozu. His younger brother is the world famous assassin, Tao Pai Pai.

Tsukutsun Tsun- A member of Penguin Village who very much reminds me of Yamucha in both his action and his appearance. From what I've seen of the series, I believe that he likes Akane, and in a series of manga even rescues her from a mad scientist. He's two years older than his sister Tsururin and was born in the year 732 AD.

Tsuruten Tsun- Tsukutsun's father I don't know much about him, but he shows up from time to time in Dr. Slump.

Tsururin Tsun- Tsukutsun's little sister born in the year 730 AD. She's seen riding around with Tarou when she makes her appearance in the DB manga.

Tsutsutsunodano Teiyuugoutsururin- Bleck, what a mouthful, and I don't think I put it together correctly either, but oh well. Anyway, this lady is Tsukutsun's mom.

Teouno o Motsuta Oyaji "Hand Axe Wielding Man"- The guy who smashes an axe over Gokou's head when he busts into his house in the beginning of Dragon Ball.

Terebi Anaunsa "Television Announcer"- A television.....announcer for station CQV who tells the world of the horrific events which occur at Ginger Town.

Tenkaichi Budoukai Anaunsa "Tenkaichi Budoukai Announcer"- The blonde haired quick witted announcer for every Tenkaichi Budoukai in Dragon Ball. It may seem like a small role, but he develops a personality during the series, and after a while, you actually get to like him almost as a main character. Whenever Gokou and the rest participate in the tournament, some problem always seems to come up, and he'll cover it to and make it seem like part of the action, (well except for when Piccolo reveals his true identity in the 23rd Budoukai). He's also one of the few normal people in the world who doesn't believe that Mr. Satan really defeated Cell.

Tenshinhan- Tenshinhan is the walking mountain of muscle who resembles Sagat, (but with two more eyes than Sagat has). I'm going to start off by saying that Tenshinhan is classified as being a human. Yes, it's weird that he has three eyes, but isn't it also odd that Kuririn doesn't have a nose? Tenshinhan's past is never fully revealed, but somehow in life he became best friends with Chaozu. He treats Choazu like a son, and if you really want to tick this guy off, then you only need to badmouth his little buddy, since he defends him fiercly. Tenshinhan's martial arts teacher was Tsuru Sennin, whom he abandons after he finds out that Tsuru Sennin is using Tenshinhan as an instrument of revenge against Kame Sennin's students by trying to make them cheat to win. When Tenshinhan finds out that Tsuru was forcing Chaozu to telepathically hold Gokou in place, he tells Chaozu to stop. Tsuru Sennin then holds up Chazou and threatens to hurt him if he doesn't hold Gokou down, but then he's blasted away by a Kame Hame Ha from Kame Sennin. After that display, Tenshinhan loses all respect for his former master and trains himself from there forward. Contrary to popular belief, Tenshinhan is the strongest human Z Soldier. he is far stronger than Kuririn, he just normally doesn't get a chance to show it. As the series progresses, less and less of him and Chaozu is seen, but they pop up from time to time. They are always training together in a wilderness area. Tenshinhan is 6' 1" tall and is the second tallest Z Soldier. He weighs 166 lbs.

Dende- Dende is the Saichourou's 108th child. He is a Dragon Type Nameckian who is rescued by Gohan and Kuririn early in the Freeza saga. At first he is very quiet and reserved, but later he becomes one of Gohan's best friends. After the fight on Nameck is finished, Dende eventually leaves the Earth and goes to New Nameck. Several years later, Gokou comes to New Nameck looking for a new Kami. Muuri suggests that Dende would be a great choice, so Gokou takes Dende to Earth to become to new Kami. Dende powers up the Dragon Balls after he arrives and allows three wishes to be made at one time.

Tenron*- The head master of a martial arts school in the same town as Chendai. He is a master of the Hyoga style of martial arts and intends to kill Chendai at the village's martial arts tournament, so that he can become the head martial arts teacher.

Tooma*- A tall masculine member of Bardock's team. He's the only person Bardock gets a chance to talk to when he finds his group slaughtered by Dodoria and some of Freeza's underlings. The blood-stained headband that Bardock wears was worn by Tooma as an armband when he was still alive. Bardock removed it from him after his death and wore it honoring his team.

Dore*- One of the member's of Koola's Special Forces in DBZ Movie 6 "Battle of the Strongest". I think he's pretty lame as a villain he looks....stupid. Literally and figuratively. Piccolo takes him out.

Tooro*- The last surviving Kanassan, (a race which Bardock's team wipes out at the begining of the Bardock TV Special), who curses Bardock with the ability to see the future, (meaning, the complete destruction of planet Vegita and the importance of his "wothless" son's future).

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