This is a list of fictional characters from the Dragon Ball manga and anime (), including the Dragon Ball Z movies (). Following some characters bio are external links that focus on that character.

A

Android 13

A creation of Dr. Gero, Android 13 was the strongest of the three robots (the others being 14 and 15), and a fair match for Goku. He "evolved" into the much more powerful Super 13 after absorbing key components from the defeated 14 and 15. He appeared in the 7th movie.

Absolute Anime (http://www.absoluteanime.com/dragon_ball/android_13.htm), theOtaku (http://www.theotaku.com/dragonball/characters/android13.shtml)

Android 14

A large, albino android, Android 14 was destroyed by Mirai Trunks. After his defeat several of his parts were absorbed by 13.

theOtaku (http://www.theotaku.com/dragonball/characters/android14.shtml)

Android 15

A small android with a large hat, shades and found to consistanly be drinking an (assumed) alcoholic beverage, Android 15 was destroyed by Vegeta. After his defeat several of his parts were absorbed by 13.

theOtaku (http://www.theotaku.com/dragonball/characters/android15.shtml)

Android 16

Android 16 is a large android with red hair and a green jacket. Unlike other androids, 16 is gentle by nature. He is destroyed by Cell.

Android 17

See Android 17.

Android 18

See Android 18.

Android 19

Android 19 (or just 19) is one of the first androids seen in Dragon Ball Z. He plays a small role at the start of the Android Saga as Dr Gero's side-kick. He is not particularly strong, but manages to best Goku in a fight, due to the heart virus that Goku had contracted at the time. 19 then almost kills Goku by draining him of his energy, but is interrupted by Vegeta, who wants to be the one to kill Goku.

Vegeta then reveals that he is now a Super Saiyan and although Goku was one too, he was not at full strength due to the heart virus. Their fight then commences, and Vegeta clearly has the upper hand, before 19 manages to latch his hands on to Vegeta's wrists. Vegeta allows the android to drain some of his energy, before he pulls the android's hands clean off. A terrified 19 then scrambles away fearing for his life, but is finished of by Vegeta's signature Big Bang Attack.

Android 20

see Doctor Gero.

B

Babidi

Babidi is the son of Bibidi.

Bardock

See Bardock.

Bebi

See Bebi.

Bibidi

A short wizard who long ago created the monster Buu to destroy the universe. When Buu became disobedient, he began to seal him within a large purple ball while going from world to world. He is only seen in a few flashbacks during the Buu Saga. His name is part of a word play, Bibidi Babidi Buu.

Bra

See Bra. Bra or on japanesse Bura, is the daughter of Bulma and Vegeta. Funimation has dubbed her as Bulla, because her name is not appropriate for children. Her first appearance is as a five-year old girl at the end of DBZ. Then later appeared in DBGT as an 13 year-old teen. She looks just like Bulma, but she has Vegeta's attitude.

Broly

See Broly.

Bulma

See Bulma.

Burter

A tall blue alien and a member of the Ginyu Force, he was believed to be the fastest warrior in the universe. During the Ginyu Saga though, he was outclassed by Goku, even though he was teaming up with Jeice at the time. After being beaten by Goku, he was slain by Vegeta.

Buu

Buu is a magical creation made by Bibidi.

C

Cell

See Cell

Cell Junior

A blue, child-like version of Cell. Cell spawns seven of these creatures to battle the Z fighters in an effort to make Gohan angry. When Gohan finally does snap, he dispatches them quite readily. They appear to have inherited most of Cell's special abilities.

Cooler

Brother of Freeza, he attacked Earth to get revenge for his brother's death. He was defeated by Son Goku.

He later attacked the planet Namek as Metal-Cooler, a bizzare mechanical life-form. He was again defeated, this time by both Goku and Vegeta in a last ditch defense.

Cymbol

Cymbol is Demon King Piccolo's second minion. King Piccolo's other spawns include: LDBC:Tambourine, Cymbol, LDBC:Piano, LDBC:Drum, and Piccolo.

D

Dabura

The Prince of Demons, Dabura is possessed by Babidi and serves as his right-hand man and most powerful minion. He is turned into chocolate and eaten by Majin Buu after he realizes that the creature is uncontrollable and attempts to destroy it.

In the anime, Dabura ends up in heaven and reforms his ways.

Doctor Briefs

The father of Bulma, Dr. Briefs is a grey-haired, brilliant scientist. In Dragon Ball Z he's the president of Capsule Corporation, which creates "Capsules" that can shrink inanimate objects down to pocket size. He and Bulma fixed Android 16 during the Imperfect Cell Saga, showing off their technical know-how. Usually Doctor Briefs is seen with a cat on his shoulder.

Doctor Gero

See Doctor Gero.

Dodoria

The 'left-hand man' of Freeza, Dodoria travelled with him to Namek in search of the dragonballs. Dodoria later meets Vegeta, and tells him of the Planet Vegeta's fate. The deal he made was for Vegeta to let him go after he told the truth, but Vegeta had lied, and killed Dodoria.

In the anime, it was Dodoria who killed Bardock's crew.

Drum

Drum is Demon King Piccolo's fourth minion. King Piccolo's other spawns include: LDBC:Tambourine, LDBC:Cymbol, LDBC:Piano, Drum, and Piccolo.

G

Gohan

See: Son Gohan.

Gogeta

Gogeta is the result of the fusion dance between Goku and Vegeta.

Goku

See: Son Goku (Dragon Ball).

Goku Junior

Goku Junior is Goku's great great grandson only seen once at the end of the fictional television comic series Dragonball GT fighting in the World Junior division as a super sayian against Vegeta's great great grandson, LDBC:Vegeta Junior.

Goten

See: Son Goten.

Gotenks

Gotenks is the result of the fusion dance between Goten and Trunks.

Grandpa Gohan

The adoptive father of Goku who found him in a space ship when Goku was a baby. Grandpa Gohan was taught martial arts by the Turtle Hermit, Muten-Rôshi and passed on his knowledge to Goku. He told Goku never to look at the moon because he seemed to have knowledge of Goku's Oozaru transformation. Goku never knew it but he looked at the moon one night, transformed and killed Gohan. From that time on, Goku believed that Gohan's soul was in the four star dragonball.

Guldo

A short, frog-like creature, Guldo is a member of the Ginyu Force. Though obviously the physically weakest member of the force, Guldo had the ability to stop time by holding his breath. Guldo fought Kuririn and Gohan after their powers have been awakened by Guru. Gohan and Kuririn had a huge advantage over Guldo in power and speed, and Guldo would only defend himself by holding his breath to stop time and hide. He would later use his Mind Freeze technique to freeze them in place. After Guldo had finished toying with Gohan and Kuririn, he used his energy to extract a tree from the ground, making it into a spear, and he would have killed them if Vegeta hadn't killed Guldo, decapitating him with a ki blast.

Gyûmaô

Also known as the Ox-King, he is father to Chi Chi.

J

Jeice

A red human-creature with white hair, Jeice is a member of the Ginyu Force. He teamed up with Burter to take on Goku after witnessing the latter defeating Recoome with one blow. Proving to be no match for the Saiyan, Jeice fled to get backup. After returning with Captain Ginyu, Jeice fought and was killed by Vegeta.

K

King Cold

The father of Freeza, King Cold appears briefly at the start of the Trunks Saga, before being easily killed by Mirai Trunks. In appearance he resembles Freeza's second form. He is likely best known for his idle complaints of how long it takes Freeza to start and finish a fight.

Kiwi

Kiwi is a relatively low-ranking henchman of Freeza. Although at one time he was more powerful than Vegeta, he was no match for him once Vegeta had returned from Earth and promptly killed him. Sometimes spelled Kui or Cui.

Kibitoshin

Kibitoshin or Kibitokai is the result of fusion between East Kaiôshin and Kibito via Potara fusion earrings. He becomes very helpful in the Kid Buu Saga.

M

Mr. Popo

Mr. Popo is an immortal djinn who lives in Kami's Lookout and is the chef there. Previously he was a resident of Planet Namek.

N

Nail

Nail is a Namekian who looks exactly like Piccolo, apart from the clothes. He is described as the lone 'warrior class' of Namekian left. He is the personal body guard to Guru, and is very strong for a Namek.

During the Freeza Saga Nail has to fight Freeza in order to stop him from killing Guru and getting the Dragonballs. Even though Freeza was in his lowest power level, Nail was no match for the tyrant, and even lost an arm (which he regenerated) during the battle. Before Freeza could finish Nail off, Freeza is called away for some reason and Nail is left for dead on the ground.

Piccolo then arrives and finds the disabled Namek. Nail is still able to speak, and asks Piccolo to fuse with him in order to increase his chances against Frieza, and at the same time save his life. Piccolo agrees after some questioning of Nail's motives, and indeed his power level increases dramatically.

Nappa

A Sayian warrior, Nappa plays an insignificant role in Dragon Ball Z, and he is killed very early in the series during the Saiyan Saga. Nappa was originally Vegeta's right hand man, however when Vegeta saw how weak he was compared to Goku, he killed Nappa himself. Nappa is a very large Saiyan (which does not relate to his power level) who is bald and not too bright.

In a later episode, Vegeta claims that a pure breed Saiyan's hair style remains unchanged from birth which would mean that Nappa was always bald. This would contradict with his brief appearance in the Bardock movie which shows him to have a fair amount. He possibly shaved off his hair in between the Bardock movie and the Saiyan Saga, after which it would never grow back.

Special abilities

Bomber DX
A powerful blast of ki that resembles a bolt of electricity, Nappa intended to use this attack against Gohan, but ended up killing Piccolo with it. This move has no given name in the cannon, but is named in the video games.

Saiko no kogeki
A powerful beam shot from the mouth, this was Nappa's ultimate skill. He used this to little effect in his battle against Goku.

P

Paragus

A Sayain and the father of Brolli, Paragus appears in one of the movies. His name is a pun of asparagus.

He was nearly killed when Freeza destroyed planet Vegeta, however the "latent energy" in his son Brolli allowed them to escape. Paragus is unable to control his son's power when the boy has grown up, so he has a scientist create a controlling device which is placed on Brolli while he is asleep. Using this device, Paragus uses Brolli as a tool of destruction in order to have some sort of rule over the universe.

Paragus is later killed by Brolli after the controlling device had been nullified.

Piano

Piano is Demon King Piccolo's third minion. King Piccolo's other spawns include: LDBC:Tambourine, LDBC:Cymbol, Piano, LDBC:Drum, and Piccolo.

Piccolo

Piccolo is a namek and the spawn/reincarnation of Demon King Piccolo. He entered the series as an enemy of Goku, determined to avenge the defeat of his "father". By the start of Dragon Ball Z, he has switched aliances though, and joins the Z Fighters against the various threats that occur. He has a close relationship with Gohan.

Pilaf

Emperor Pilaf is a small, impish demi-human who craves nothing more then power and dreams of ruling the world.

Pilaf's first confrontation with Goku is in the Emperor Pilaf Saga over the Dragonballs, which he seeks so that he can wish to rule the world. When he fails, he then releases Piccolo Daimaou from his confinement to achieve power.

Pilaf is last seen in Dragon Ball GT, as he unwittingly makes a wish that reverts Goku back to childhood.

Pompet

Pompet is a small, but fast human who is the star of several action movies. Like Hercule, he has an inflated sense of himself. In the 22nd Budokai, he fights Goku, who disposes of him with three quick blows. He is not seen again.

R

Raditz

See Raditz.

Recoome

A large, human-like member of the Ginyu Force. Recoome is physically the strongest in the force, but obviously not the brightest.

Recoome had first fought Vegeta, dominating once Vegeta ran out of energy. He would have destroyed Vegeta with his Eraser Cannon attack if Gohan and Kuririn hadn't stepped in to save Vegeta. After Kuririn's surprise attack on him, Recoome had gotten up, and nearly killed him with one kick to the head. Gohan was his next challenger, mainly toying with the boy. Gohan had very little advantage over him, but Recoome's power was too much for him, and he would have died from a broken neck if Goku hadn't arrived in time to give him and Kuririn a senzu bean.

Surprisingly enough, he threw Vegeta one before fighting Recoome. He had thought Goku was being small and cocky, but Goku ended up felling the giant with one devastating blow. Later, Vegeta stepped in, obliterating the unconscious Recoome after killing Burter.

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Saibamen

Small, humanoid creatures, they were used by the Saiyan's for the purpose of training. During the battle with Nappa