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Brolly A
Saiyan who was born on the same day as Goku. He seemed to have
a natural hatred towards Goku. He was sentanced to be executed
by Vegeta who feared Brolly's potential power, but somehow he
survived.Brolly was supposed to be the legendary Super Saiyan.
Many years later Brolly meets up with Goku and defeats most of
the Dragon Ball team but is later subdued by Goku. Brolly makes
his appearences in DBZ movies 8, 10, and 11. His original self
appears in movie 8 while the others he comes back as a clone.
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Bardock Bardock is Goku's real father. He was
cursed by an alien race whose planet he helped destroy. He foresaw
the destruction of his planet by Freeza. He tried to save it,
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Son Goku Son Goku is the primary
hero of the Dragon Ball series. The series started out with Goku
as a child of age 12. Once he grew up and his son was born, the
TV series' name changed from Dragonball to Dragonball
Z. At the end of the series, Goku was roughly 45 years old.
Goku is a Saiya-jin whose native
world is the planet Vegeta. He was sent to Earth in a space capsule
right after he was born so he could conquer the planet. However,
he hit his head and lost his "programming," thus becoming
the kinder, gentler Goku we see in the series. Goku was raised
as a human on Earth, and did not learn of his true nature until
his brother Raditz came to Earth...
Later, when Goku's rage was
awakened by witnessing the death of his friend Kuririn(Krillin),
his Super Saiyajin power was awakened. When he goes Super Saiya-jin
his eyes turn green and his hair gold. Goku can go to the 3rd
stage of Super Saiya-jin power in DBZ, and in DBGT he can go
to level 4. Level 4 causes him to have a red fur coat, black
hair again, and a tail. In GT Goku surpasses the powers of any
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Son Gohan Son Gohan is Goku's first son.
At the end of the series he was 26 years old. For a short while
after the second time Goku died in the series, Gohan became the
primary character. Gohan is the one of the most powerful non-fused
character in the DBZ world, but lacks the love of fighting his
father has and thus rarely uses his full strength.
Gohan is a very good-natured
boy and unlike his father, his main focus isn't fighting, although
for a while he was more powerful. He is very polite towards just
about everyone except to his enemies, and when he's pissed off.
Gohan is very bright and studies very hard, although this is
somewhat due to the wishes of his very strict mother...
Gohan is the first character
in the series to have gone Super Saiya-jin 2, during the Cell
Game; the power of his anger was kindled by watching his friends
get beaten up, and the death of Android #16 sent him over the
edge. It was roughly at this time that the series switched main
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Son Goten The second child of Goku
already showed his talent at a young age. He was able to turn
Super Saiyajin at the age of six completely surprising his older
brother. In a Fusion with Trunks, (Gotenks) they were even able
to become Super Saiyajin 3.
Unfortunately, due to his lack of discipline, he did not maintain
his ability and had to be "forced" to join the Budokai
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Nappa Vegeta's partner who
accompanied him to earth to find the dragon balls so that they
could become immortal. He kills Chauzu, Yamcha, and Piccolo.
Nappa is betrayed and killed by Vegeta after Goku easily defeats
him. He is killed again later in Dragonball GT after escaping
Hell with Dr. Gero and Dr. Myuu. |
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Raditz Goku's older evil brother
who came to earth searching for him to return to the Saiyans.
He is disappointed when he finds out that Goku is good and does
not want to return. So, he kidnapps Gohan and forces Goku and
Piccolo to team up and fight him. Raditz is later killed by Piccolo's
Makenkosapo while Goku sacrifices himself in order to hold Raditz. |
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Trunks Trunks is Vegeta's son. In his future,
all of the Z fighters were killed by the Androids, except for
Goku, who died of heart disease. Trunks travels 20 years back
in time to give medicine to Goku so he can survive this disease
and defeat the Artificial Humans. Trunks' returning in time alters
the past in other ways which can be seen later.After giving the
medicine to Goku, Trunks goes back to his own time, but returns
again three years later to help the Z fighters battle the Artificial
humans. During this time, he becomes extremely powerful and surpasses
every other one of the Z fighters except for Gohan and (maybe)
Goku.
The Trunks here, "Future
Trunks" and the "current Trunks" are radically
different characters. "Future Trunks" is very polite
like Gohan and has very strong values, but the current "Chibi
Trunks" has a bad attitude and is somewhat like his father.
Chibi Trunks never truly reaches the power level of his future
counterpart; possibly because he lived through mostly peaceful
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Vegeta Vegeta
is the "bad guy among the good guys." He first made
his appearance back when Gohan was 4. Although he fights along
side the other Z fighters, he is still decidedly evil. As the
prince of the Saiyajins, he is very proud, has a huge ego, and
is constantly trying to prove that he is the best fighter in
the universe. Vegita has a continual rivalry with Goku, or "Kakarott,"
(Goku's Saiya-jin name) and is obsessed with beating him in combat
just to show that he is the stronger. This obsession with trying
to be stronger than Goku proves to be a fairly large weakness
as well.
Despite his efforts to show
otherwise, Vegeta has changed and has developed a conscience,
and deep down cares about his friends. Furthermore, he is also
somewhat emotional at heart. He demonstrates this when dealing
with his son Trunks, most notably just before he died trying
to kill Majin-Buu. Although he pretends to hate Goku with a passion
in reality he respects his power and maybe even likes him a bit. |
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NAMEKS- |
Daimao (Piccolo
Sr) When
Kami seperated the evil from his body, it created his opposite,
Piccolo Daimao. Daimao, being pure evil had a plan to overtake
the world and destroy anything in his path. Daimao is later killed
by Goku, but with his last bit of strength he manages to spit
out an egg, containing Piccolo Jr. Piccolo Jr is the Piccolo
that has turned good, and later returns with Kami again. |

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Dende Dende is the young Namek who the Z team
met when they first reached Namek. He was saved by Gohan and
they became really good friends. He later became the new guardian
of the Earth when Kami fused with Piccolo. As guardian of the
dragonballs, Shenlong can grant him 3 wishes instead of 1. He
also has the power to heal. |

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Guru Guru is the eldest of the Namek. During
the Freeza saga he helped Kuririn and Gohan discover their hidden
powers. He also gives Dende his power to heal. He dies of old
age before Vegeta could make a wish to Porunga, and Porunga dies
along with him. He is brought back to life with the Earth's dragon,
and Porunga is restored. Porunga is then used for the final wish
to transport everyone back to Earth. While on Earth, he later
dies of old age again. |
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Kami Originally from Namek. Kami is the good
half of Daimao and Guardian of the Earth. He watches over the
Earth in his floating palace above Karin Tower. He's the one
who created the dragon balls on earth. He trains the Z team in
the Saiya-jin saga. In the Cell saga he fuses permanently with
Piccolo. Dende then takes his place. |

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Neil The best warrior on Namek.
He is of aid to the Z warriors, and even tries to take on Freeza,
even though he is of no match. He is beaten badly, and left for
dead by Freeza. He fuses permanently with Piccolo to add his
stregth to him, because he knows he will die anyways. |

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Piccolo The evil son of Daimao. Piccolo was
once imprisoned by Master Roshi's master Mutaito-sama but was
released by Pilaf. He originally wanted the dragon balls to regain
his youth. Piccolo entered the Tenkaichi Boudoukai tournament
against Goku to avenge his father, but was defeated. Years later
he allies with Goku to defeat Raditz. He helps the Z team in
the fight against Nappa and Vegeta also. He grows a fondness
for Gohan and trains him. Piccolo was killed by Nappa but was
brought back to life with the dragon balls. By this time his
heart has softened, and he becomes good again. Later he fuses
permanently with Kami and Nail. |

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Slug An evil Namek conquerer who terrorizes
earth in search of the dragon balls in order to regain his youth.
He becomes young again, when his wish is granted by the dragonballs.
He has the ability to increase his size and muscle mass, kind
of like giant were-monkeys. He is later killed by Goku. |

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-THE
KAIOS- |
Dai Kaio This is the head Kaio of all the Kaios
on the 4 sides of the galaxy. He is only shown in movie 12. He
likes to listen to rock music and boasts about his strength,
even though most of the Z warriors' power out match his. |

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East Kaio This is one of the four Kaios on the
sides of the galaxy. She is the only female Kaio, and her students
don't do well in tournaments. Although she doesn't have any great
students, she claims to be the fastest hover bike rider in the
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North Kaio This is the first of Kaois that we se
in the series. This Kaio lives above the earth, on a tiny planet
at the end of snake way. He taught Goku his Kaio-ken and genki-dama(spirit
bomb) techniques. Although he can get a little carried away with
jokes he is a very good martial arts teacher. He produces some
of the finest students, being Goku, for the tournaments in the
heavens.
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South Kaio This Kaio has a rivalry with the North
Kaio. He likes to brag about how strong his students are, but
his best student is easily beaten by Goku. |

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West Kaio This Kaoi, like the South
Kiao also likes to brag about how great his students are. Unlike
the South Kaio, he actually produces some great students, and
his best student Paikuhan is almost as strong as Goku. |

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-THE
ANDROIDS- |
Android 8 An android created by Dr. Gero as a
guard for the crime syndicate Red Ribbon to destroy Goku, but
Android 8 became friends with Goku and later helps him with energy
against the last fight with Buu. |

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Android 13 Android 13 was one of the androids
Dr. Gero worked on before Android 17 killed him. Android 13 tries
to destroy Goku by fusing with the parts of Androids 14 and 15
to become a bigger android. He is later destroyed by a genki
dama from Goku. |

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Android 14 Android 14 was created along with Androids
13 and 15 by Dr Gero. This android is later destroyed by Future
Trunks. |

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Android 15 Android 15 was created along with Androids
14 and 15. This android is later destroyed by Vegeta. |

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Android 16 Android 16 is another android created
by Dr. Gero but was never used by him. Android was stolen by
Android 17 and 18 to fight against Cell. Android 16 fought in
a battle with Cell and was destroyed. He later was repaired and
reprogrammed into a Z warrior by Bulma. In the second battle,
Android 16 was killed yet again, but his death made it possible
for Gohan to reach SSJ2 mode for the first time. |

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Android 17 Android 17 is yet another android created
by Dr. Gero. In Trunk's future, #17 and 18 both terrorize Earth,
and destroy everyone before travelling to the past to kill Vegeta
and the rest of the dragon ball team. He is consumed by Cell
in a later battle. However he is later revived by Shenlon, and
later goes on to become an outback hunter and trapper. |

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Android 18 Android 18 is #17's sister or companion
however you want to look at it. #17 and #18 terrorize Earth as
you already know. In the battle with Cell she is also consumed
but later gets spit back out, and becomes slightly less evil.
Strangely enough she settles down with Kuririn(Krillin) and have
a baby Marron. How can androids reproduce?, you might ask. Well,
this is explained because the androids have half human qualities,
which enables them to have offspring. |

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Android 19 The fat android with with a whit face,
constructed by Dr. Gero. Just like Dr. Gero he has power absorbers
on the palms of his hands, giving him the ability to absorb the
attack and vital energy from an enemy. He is later killed by
Vegeta. |

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Android 20 AKA
Dr.Gero
Android #20, also known as Dr. Gero is an evil engineer who works
for the Red Ribbon. He developed a hatred towards Goku for defeating
the Red Ribbon. He devoted the rest of his life trying to destroy
Goku by creating a number of androids to do the job. He turned
himself into an android, in attemp to have everlasting life,
but was laer betrayed and killed by his creation, Android 17.
In hell, he allied with Dr. Myuu to create Artificial 17. #17
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Cell Cell was a powerful being created by
Dr. Gero. He is also known as Android 21, although he is more
of an artificial being. He was completed in Future Trunk's time.
Cell kills Trunks and steals his time machine and travels back
in time to absorb #17 and #18 to reach perfect form. He manages
to absorb #17 first, and then #18, who is later spit out. During
this time he goes through 3 stages, each stage progressing to
a more human-like form until he reaches perfect form(which is
the 3rd and final stage).
The Z warriors manage to defeat him. He kills himself by setting
off the bombs in his body as a last attempt to win the battle.
Before Cell can explode Goku teleports him to Kaio-sama's(King-kai)
planet to prevent the Earth from blowing up with him. Cell manages
to regenerate from a brain cell that survived after he died.
He later is killed by Gohan. Cell allies with Freeza in hell
in an attempt to take it over. They of course are stopped by
Goku and Paiku-Han. Later he is rebuilt and upgraded by Dr. Gero
and defeated one last time by Goku. |
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Cell Jr's Cell wanted to make Gohan mad, so he
created seven little blue clones of himself. They attack and
injure Gohan's friends pretty bad. This really pisses Gohan off
which is has a part in helping him to turn Super Saiyajin 2.
He quickly deals with the cell clones, and in fact he kills all
of them in one hit! |

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