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Android 16

**Android 16 (人造人間16号, Jinzou Ningen Juuroku-Gou)**

Voiced by (Japanese): Hikaru Midorikawa
Voiced by (English): Jeremy Inman (Funimation dub); Scott McNeil (Ocean dub)
Voiced by (Latin American Spanish): Enrique Cervantes (Z and Kai: The Final Chapters), Marco Guerrero (Kai)

"It is not a sin to fight for the right cause. There are ones who words alone will not reach. Cell is such a being."

An incomplete android built by Dr. Gero. He was released prematurely by 17 and 18 and brought along to search for Goku. Unlike his companions, he is purely mechanical, not a cyborg. While very strong, he is more interested in nature than fighting, becoming an ally to the Z-Fighters after 17 and 18 are absorbed by Cell. Sadly he ends up being killed by Cell, though it's his death that sparks Gohan's transformation into a Super Saiyan 2.

Action Bomb: He was designed specifically for a suicide mission against Gero's most hated enemy, Goku. But as the mad doctor continued to model the killer android after his late son, he could no longer go through with it. He sealed up 16 in his pod indefinitely and gave him a gentle programming to avoid combat in the unlikely event he should ever be activated.
A Day in the Limelight: Dragon Ball Fighter Z expands upon his character and his backstory enormously. It explains "who" he is, where he really comes from, and his relation to the rest of the Androids, and why he's completely synthetic when many of the other Androids are more like cyberized humans. We even get to find out who the parents of the man he was based on are - no less than Dr. Gero himself and Android 21.
Affably Evil: Aside from his programmed objective to kill Goku, #16 isn’t really evil. He adores nature and the planet Earth; even acting as #17 and #18’s moral compass to keep them on track for their mission. This is intentional as Dr. Gero programmed him with a gentle, pacifistic personality due to him, essentially being the robot duplicate of his dead son.
A.I. Is a Crapshoot: Dr. Gero says he can't control him, fears he will be killed upon 16's activation and even warns the other androids that 16 could very well destroy the world on a whim, but otherwise averted with Android 16, who plainly stated that his goal was to kill Son Goku, as per his programming, and he tagged along with the other androids because he believed that they had the same goal as him. This also implies the later confirmed truth that 16 is the only one of the trio who is not fully sentient since Bulma had to remove Dr. Gero's programming from 16 when she repaired him — so that he wouldn't want to fight Goku anymore — while Android 18 did not get the same treatment. In fact, Android 18 seemed to have absolutely no interest in killing Goku whatsoever from the start, and Android 17 appeared to be hunting Goku out of his own free will, seeing it as some kind of "game." Later subverted when it's revealed Dr. Gero based Android 16 off of his own son and implemented Android 16 with the same personality as his dead son. This could mean the whole thing was just a way for Gero to convince the other Androids not to activate 16 so harm doesn't come to him.
Ambiguous Situation: Would 16's bomb have killed Cell? Cell seems to flip between genuine fear of dying and complete confidence in his survival. Considering Cell later blows himself up and takes a planet with him and still comes back from that, it's hard to say.
Analogy Backfire: After ripping Cell's tail off, he compares Cell to a bee that has lost its stinger. Cell points out that bees die once they lose their stingers, whereas he can just regenerate his tail…and proceeds to do so.
Arch-Enemy: Quite clearly feels this way towards Goku. Even after his Heel–Face Turn. Since Cell has some of Goku's genetic material, 16 feels the same way toward him with greater justification.
Arm Cannon: HELL'S FLASH!
Astro Clone: 16 is a heroic robot modeled after an evil scientist's dead son.
Awesomeness by Analysis: Android 16 seems to have a knack for analyzing the power and abilities of others, immediately sensing both Piccolo's fusion with Kami and Vegeta's ascension. In a show where everyone constantly underestimates their opponents is Played for Drama, this sticks out.
Badass Pacifist: He's very friendly and gentle to animals. However, he also surpasses 17 and 18 in power by a large margin and was the only one able to fight a 600,000 human-powered Cell to a standstill. FighterZ implies this is a trait inherited from the Gero the Younger.
Berserk Button: 16 considers all life precious, so seeing a creature like Cell who takes delight in killing is enough to make him take action.
Beware the Nice Ones: As the overconfident Cell finds out the hard and painful way.
Blonde, Brunette, Redhead: The Redhead to Android 17's Brunette and Android 18's Blonde.
The Big Guy: Serves as this post-Heel–Face Turn before his death.
Broke Your Arm Punching Out Cthulhu: After Piccolo goes down, he becomes the only hope left in stopping Cell from becoming complete. He gives Cell one of his toughest fights and would have stopped Cell cold after ripping off his tail if he couldn't regenerate. Despite his valiant efforts, 17 is absorbed by Cell who easily beats him in his Semi-Perfect form.
Bruiser with a Soft Center: He's one of the bigger characters in the series, is nearly emotionless, lives to kill Goku (at first), and is the strongest of all the Androids outside of Cell. One of the first signs that 16 is more than just a killing machine, however, is that he loves to play with animals. He goes against Cell because he is an enemy to all living things.
Cessation of Existence: Due to him being a fully robotic being, he has no soul to revive and never returns after Cell kills him.
Character Exaggeration: His Friend to All Living Things trait is expanded in the anime, whereas in the manga it is more of an informed attribute. One of the best cases of this trope, as it makes his death by the hand (or rather, foot) of Cell more powerful.
Cynicism Catalyst: His brutal death at the hands of Cell was what triggers Gohan to go SSJ2 and fly into an Unstoppable Rage against Cell.
Dying Moment of Awesome: Unlike the others killed by Cell, for 16 it’s ambiguous whether he was or was not revived by the Dragon Balls. Regardless, 16 probably thought this would be the case. His death is arguably the most awesome in the series, as he sacrifices his existence to give Gohan the will to fight, and dies with a smile on his face. Being wholly synthetic, though, it is possible to outright rebuild him if you know how, but even with the memories of the original he is not the same 16. Android 21 builds a new 16 in FighterZ. The monologue of the second 16 shows that he believes the original 16 is gone forever.
Evil Counterpart: To Android 8, initially. They both love nature and despise those who disregard life. The only real difference between the two is that Android 8 became friends with Goku, while 16 just barely tolerates his existence. Justified since 16 was specifically programmed to kill Goku.
Expy: To Android 8 from earlier in the series. Both androids are fully mechanical creations that are incredibly strong but considered failures due to their well-meaning, caring personalities. 16 is even a multiple of 8.
Evil Redhead: What 16 was meant to be. Sort of. Gero made him a Gentle Giant, aside from the "kill Goku" thing.
Forgotten Fallen Friend: His Heroic Sacrifice catalyzed Gohan turning Super Saiyan 2, and Android 16 is never mentioned again after the Cell Saga. Since he didn't fall into the "lives killed by Cell" category that #17 technically did, he seemingly didn't get to come back to life. Some of the games do remember him, most notably FighterZ, but he still hasn't been memorialized in the TV series.
Friend to All Living Things: As Team Four Star frequently jokes, he likes the birds. It's also why he steps in to fight and kill Imperfect Cell after Piccolo is beaten, after several chapters of refusing to fight anyone but Goku: to protect all life from the threat Cell poses.
Game-Breaking Injury: Once Semi-Perfect Cell makes a hole in his head, 16's power decreases immensely, struggling to move quickly without assistance or strain, while it doesn't mean much due to the power differences by that point, it does ultimately cause him and 18 to slow down enough to the point Cell can catch up even after Tien's prolonged assault on him.
Gentle Giant: Despite his programming to hunt and kill Goku, 16 is a gentle, caring individual that loves nature and treats others with kindness. This is because Gero intended him to be a Replacement Goldfish for his deceased son, and knew that making him love to fight would put him in harm's way. That said, like all infinite energy furnace models, 16 was beyond Gero's control and he feared that 16 would try to kill him if activated.
Heroic RRoD: Subverted. Although he fully intended to self-destruct and take Cell with him, he ended up unable to go through with it because Bulma removed his self-destruct device out of fear that he'd use it against Goku when she discovered it while repairing 16.
Heroic Sacrifice: He could have theoretically survived and been rebuilt, but he convinces Satan to throw his head at Gohan help him find the willpower to fight Cell instead of holding back. This results in Cell finally having enough of his predecessor and crushing him beneath is foot.
Informed Attribute: This may shock you, but Android 16's love for the birds and animals is never shown in the manga, only stated. The Z anime expands on this by always showing him with a bird alongside him (or many).
It Has Been an Honor:
- While marching off from Android 18 to fight Cell (the first time), he tells her he enjoyed the time he spent with her and 17 and thinks they're cool.
- In the Japanese version and the manga, he commends them for not harming people or animals pointlessly.
I Will Only Slow You Down: He tells 18 to leave him behind during Cell's pursuit of her on the basis he's only going hinder things in his current state, which is true, as she had been lugging him around ever since he was injured. Unfortunately, she refuses to until it's far too late to escape anymore, and is promptly absorbed.
Jerkass to One: While a Non-Malicious Monster and Nice Guy both before and after his Heel–Face Turn, he remains cold and distant toward Goku, having been created specifically to kill him. During the Cell Games, when Goku approaches him and wishes him luck, 16 responds to his kindness with an Implied Death Threat, reminding him of his intended purpose.
Android 16: I was created for the sole purpose of killing you, Goku. Do not forget that.
Killed Off for Real: 16's death is all the more jarring because it seemingly sticks in a series where Death Is Cheap. At the same time, however, it creates a Plot Hole, as in the Majin Buu saga, Android 8 (and Arale, possibly) are revived just fine by the Dragon Balls. Depending on the canonicity of FighterZ, the game implies that even if a new 16 was built and given the memories of the original, he still lacks the soul of the old 16. Assuming that 16 wasn’t revived by the Dragon Balls, then the original is really gone forever.
Licked by the Dog: While he's being repaired, Dr. Briefs' cat climbs onto his hand and licks his injured head, solidifying his role as a Friend to All Living Things.
Logical Weakness: 16's greatest strength is also his greatest weakness. His fully mechanical nature gives him an edge against (Imperfect) Cell that no other member of the cast has since Cell cannot just absorb him for an easy win. Unfortunately, once Cell evolves into a higher form, 16 can no longer match him in combat, and since he's a robot, he can't train or inspire himself to grow stronger like the rest of the cast - he would need to be remodeled, and with Gero out of the picture and 21 inactive at the time, there's nobody to do it and even if there was, time would not be on their side.
- The other issue is that he has no biological parts, meaning that he can't use ki attacks. In addition, you can't put energy cannons in his hands, since, you know, they have to act like human hands. The only way he can use ki blasts is to remove his arms and fire them like that. Plus, while he is seen using his arms in a rocket punch, the arms don't seem to have an auto-homing mechanism so he has to physically grab them and stick them back on. This means that while his ki blast is incredibly powerful, coming from his infinite energy generator, he hardly ever uses it because he could literally lose his hands if he gets countered and drops them.
Martial Pacifist: He only wants to kill Goku because Dr. Gero programmed him to do that. When asked, he outright refuses to fight anyone else, and considers all life to be precious. He makes an exception and decides to kill Cell because he knows that Cell cannot be reasoned with and will destroy all life on Earth just because he can.
Monster Progenitor: An unwilling example in Dragon Ball Online. Android 16 has been copied by Red Pants Army, who went on to mass-produce him. To put it in perspective, the average Time Patrol member only has a power level of 100,000. It's one of the main reasons the main setting counts as a Bad Present.
Nature-Loving Robot: The only of 3 Androids that result to be a complete robot and not part-human as 17 and 18. Despite his primary mission (find and kill Goku), he's a Gentle Giant who has a love for animals, usually seen with birds around him and holding one in his hands.
Neutral No Longer: He starts as a Gentle Giant who refuses to fight anybody except Goku (because of his programming) and instead prefers to interact with the wildlife. When he realizes how evil Cell is and the threat he poses to the entire world, he spurs into action and, as an inspiration to Badass Pacifists everywhere, gives Cell the toughest fight he had encountered so far, coming close to killing him outright.
Nice Guy: Too Nice, although Affably Evil, as he warns Goku to never forget that he was programmed to kill him. Good Is Not Nice also applies, in that if he thinks you're pointlessly evil, he will try to kill you without a warning.
Non-Malicious Monster: He's a Nature Lover and considers all life to be precious. The only reason he wants to kill Goku is that Dr. Gero programmed him to do so.
Poor Communication Kills: If 16 had at any point told Bulma that he would use the failsafe plan of using his own bomb on Cell instead of Goku, it's more than likely Bulma either would have reinstalled the explosive or at least informed him of its removal. Unfortunately, this not being addressed by either ends up with 16 being destroyed.
Punch-Clock Villain: Urge to kill Goku aside, 16 has no villainous traits to speak of. He never fights any of the heroes even when they're ganging up on his friends (then again, they don't need his help), and turns against Cell despite being a fellow creation of Dr. Gero.
Redhead In Green: He has a red mohawk and wears a green vest, boots, and bracers.
Replacement Goldfish: Like Astro Boy, 16 was based on Dr. Gero's deceased son, and his gentle personality is a result of Gero not wanting him to be destroyed in battle if at all possible. It might also be, like the original Astro Boy, why Gero ultimately deemed him a failure and never activated him: a copy wasn't enough to bring back his son.
- Depending on if Fighterz is canon, he was also intended to be this for Android 21. Unfortunately, he died and 21 built a Replacement Goldfish for Android 16, but she knows he will never be either her human son or the original 16 but loves him as her child anyway.
Robo Speak: In the original US Dub only, though even there he falls out of it as he learns and grows.
Rocket Punch: One of his powers, being fully mechanical.
The Quiet One: He rarely speaks for most of his appearances, unless he has something of substance to say.
Sacrificial Lion: His final words and death are what triggered Gohan to become a Super Saiyan 2.
The Stoic: He rarely shows any emotion, at least at first.
Suicide Attack: His mission is to destroy Goku. Not willing to take any chances, Gero built in a bomb to make sure 16's mission would be successful, regardless of how strong Goku was. He ultimately tries to use it against Cell, only to find out Bulma removed it beforehand, just in case.
Super Prototype: He's an earlier model than #17 and #18 (and #19 & #20/Dr. Gero, for that matter) and seems to be around the same series as both of the former two, but is significantly more powerful than all of them. Indeed, outside of Cell (whose full power could only be achieved by absorbing people, and ultimately #17 and #18), #16 is the strongest android that Dr. Gero had ever created. His "mother" might be able to outdo him, but she's a much weirder example.
Taking You with Me: Subverted. 16 carried a self-destruct device with a magnitude higher than a nuclear bomb that was presumably implanted by Gero in an attempt to kill Goku. 16 ultimately attempts to use this on Cell, but he ended up unable to go through with it because Bulma removed the device when doing repair work on 16.
- This gets even worse because Cell states that the bomb would probably have been incapable of killing him anyway. Considering what Cell survives later (while in his far less durable second form to boot), it would appear he was correct though Cell arrogantly considers himself an Invincible Villain that can No-Sell any attack the Z-Fighters throw at him.
- However it's worth noting Android 17, 18, and Cell, do not share the same explosive mechanism as 16 does, and Cell's very own planet-destroying bomb is set up in such a manner so as to preserve one singular cell (from which he can regenerate obviously). 16 was designed for a singular target suicide mission, to atomize anyone caught within close proximity of the blast. Since never given the opportunity to use it, we'll never know how effective it would've been.
Teeth-Clenched Teamwork: Before he starts working with Goku to kill Cell, he brushes off Goku's offer of friendship and gives him a Death Glare and an Implied Death Threat. Justified, because Dr. Gero programmed him to kill Goku.
Terminator Impersonator: A stoic, square-jawed, towering killer robot who develops respect for life and ends up sacrificing himself to protect it.
Token Good Teammate: Unlike 17 and 18, who enjoyed causing chaos and mischief, 16 doesn't actually do anything evil. He's programmed to kill Goku, but even that he's more than willing to throw aside for the sake of stopping Cell.
Too Good for This Sinful Earth: If he didn't have a soul when Gero built him, he would most likely have earned one by the time Cell brutally murdered him.
Tragic Hero: He was built for killing, but he treasures life and would have likely had no ill will towards Goku if it wasn't part of his programming. He manages to override his mission parameters to fight against his own kind, only to find out too late that he's unable to kill him and is destroyed for his efforts. Being a machine, he doesn't get to go to the afterlife, resurrect or reincarnate.
True Companions: Despite their time with him being relatively short, 17 and 18 get this with 16, spending their time together getting along and the three are often portrayed as watching out for one another. The second 16 gets this again in Dragon Ball Fighter Z, but is killed in the halfway mark of the story.
Wave-Motion Gun: His Hell's Flash attack, in which he has to detach his forearms to charge up and fire.
The Worf Effect: He gets hit with this once Cell becomes Semi-Perfect. He was Cell's equal beforehand, able to hold his own even after Cell had absorbed 600,000 humans and effortlessly beat down Piccolo. The first sign of how much stronger Cell has become? He easily outruns 16 and blasts a hole in his head, almost killing him.
World's Strongest Man: Although nobody knows it almost until this trope no longer applies, from the time he wakes up to when Android 17 is absorbed, 16 is the strongest individual on Earth.

Earthlings

Jimmy Firecracker

**Jimmy Firecracker (セルゲームアナウンサー, Cell Games Announcer)**

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Voiced by (Japanese): Yukimasa Kishino (Z), Tamotsu Nishiwaki (Kai)
Voiced by (English): James T. Fields (Z), John Swasey (Kai), Justin Briner (Kakarot) (Funimation dub); Michael Dobson (Ocean dub)
Voiced by (Latin American Spanish): Salvador Delgado, Arturo Cataño (Kai)
Voiced by (Brazilian Portuguese):: Cassius Romero

The reporter from ZTV who covers the Cell Games and is an ardent supporter of Hercule.

Action Survivor: Along with Piiza, he's the only non-combatant who was present in the Cell Games. This was when he thought it would be akin to a normal tournament. Then things get insane, and for his part, he does make it out in one piece without needing to be revived by the Dragon Balls.
Chuck Cunningham Syndrome: He never appeared again after the Cell Saga.
Combat Commentator: The only announcer at the Cell Games, mainly due to everyone else fearing for their safety.
Jerkass: Very dismissive of the Z-Fighters, amongst all Goku, who he thought would get himself killed by Cell.
Large-Ham Announcer: Goes along with the territory when you're hyping up the Champ.
Named by the Adaptation: Jimmy Firecracker was something Funimation came up with. Most sources (and the original Japanese) only call him the "Cell Games Announcer" or "ZTV Announcer". His cameraman was also given the name "Lionel" (or "Nigel" in one episode) but was likewise never named in Japanese.
Suspiciously Similar Substitute: While their actual jobs are different, for the purposes of the Cell Games, Jimmy is replacing the World Tournament Announcer. They even have the same voice actor in both Kai and the Latin American Spanish dub.

Sharpner and Erasa

Sharpner (シャプナー, Shapunā) and Erasa (イレーザ, Irēza)

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Erasa voiced by (Japanese): Megumi Urawa
Erasa voiced by (English): Laura Bailey (Z), Alexis Tipton (Kai) (Funimation dub); Kelly Sheridan^note (Ocean dub)
Erasa voiced by (Latin American Spanish): Circe Luna

Sharpner voiced by (Japanese): Hiro Yuki (Z), Mitsuaki Madono (Kai)
Sharpner voiced by (English): Duncan Brannan (Funimation dub); Alistair Abell (Ocean dub)
Sharpner voiced by (Latin American Spanish): Enrique Mederos, José Arenas (ep. 200 and Movie 13), Rolando de la Fuente (Kai The Final Chapters)

Two friends of Videl at Orange Star High School.

Adaptational Jerkass: Sharpner in the anime. He's far more antagonistic toward Gohan in the anime, although it's probably because he has more screen time than in the manga. In the manga, while he is a bit of a jerk toward Gohan initially, he actually seems pretty impressed by his strength. In the anime, however, he comes across as insincere and it felt like he just wants to humiliate Gohan (and later filler episodes confirmed it).
Sharpner: Hey, You! What sport are you taking?
Gohan: Um... I hadn't thought about...
Sharpner: Then go out for boxing! You're tougher than I thought! You'd do great!
Advertised Extra: They are among the main group in Z's second Japanese opening despite having very little screen time in the actual show.
Amazon Chaser: Sharpner for Videl. He doesn't catch her, though.
Beauty Is Bad: Sharpner.
The Cameo: During the fight with Kid Buu, they both make a brief appearance back at Orange Star High contributing energy to Goku's Spirit Bomb after Mr. Satan demands that the Earthlings "help him" in defeating Majin Buu.
Chuck Cunningham Syndrome: They never appeared after the Majin Buu saga, although considering they were students at the time, it is easy to guess they simply graduated and went their own ways. In the manga, they never show up again after Gohan gets assailed by Yamu and Spopovich, but the anime gives them a cameo giving energy to Goku's Spirit Bomb after Mr. Satan asks the Earthlings for help. They also appear briefly near the start of Wrath of the Dragon, being their only movie appearance.
Everyone Can See It: In the English dub, they have both lightly teased Videl about a perceived relationship with Gohan. Possibly a case of Depending on the Writer in Sharper's case.
Everyone Has Standards: Jerk Jock he may be, but Sharpner along with everyone else was appalled by Spopovich's brutal beating of Videl during their match.
Green-Eyed Monster: Sharpner to Gohan.
Hopeless Suitor:
- Sharpner towards Videl. She finds him obnoxious.
- Erasa towards Gohan. She obviously has a crush on him, spending most of their shared screentime hitting on him, but since Gohan is Oblivious to Love...
Jerk Jock: Sharpner.
Mr. Fanservice: Sharpner is tall, muscular, and quite good-looking. His regular outfit looks like gym clothes that show off his physique a lot.
Ms. Fanservice: Erasa is this with her massive cleavage. Erasa has even bigger cleavage in the World Tournament Arc and also shows her navel.
Nerds Are Sexy: Erasa certainly thinks so. While Sharpner quickly dismisses Gohan as a nerd, Erasa spends most of her debut episode flirting with him.
Punny Names: Sharpner (sharpener) and Erasa (eraser). Get it?
Satellite Characters: They only exist to be Videl's friends and that's it.
Shipper on Deck: Despite her own crush on him, Erasa occasionally playfully teases Videl about her apparent relationship with Gohan. Note: this is all before Gohan and Videl do become a couple and presumably before any romantic feelings even began to emerge on either of their parts.
Small Name, Big Ego: Sharpner.
Tomboy and Girly Girl: Erasa is the Girly Girl to Videl's Tomboy.
Took a Level in Kindness: Even with being an Adaptational Jerkass in the anime, Sharpner joins Erasa in cheering Gohan on when they figure out, from his hair, that he's the Great Saiyaman.
Weirdness Censor: Despite seeing Gohan's Super Saiyan transformation plus he and Videl flying off from the tournament grounds, both Sharpner and Erasa write it off as a trick due to Mr. Satan's misleading and seemingly make no more fuss over it. Wrath of the Dragon, however, shows that they still know that Gohan is the Great Saiyaman despite his flimsy excuses to get out of class.

Marron

**Marron (マーロン, Māron)**

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^{Click here to see her in EOZ}

^{Click here to see her in GT}

Voiced by (Japanese): Tomiko Suzuki (Z), Naoko Watanabe (Yo! Son Goku and Friends Return and Battle of Gods), Hiroko Ushida (Kai, Super)
Voiced by (English): Melodee Lenz (Z)^note, Meredith McCoy (Bio-Broly, GT, and Battle of Gods), Tia Ballard (Resurrection 'F', Kai, Super) (Funimation dub); Cathy Weseluck (Z), Lori Barnes Smith (GT) (Ocean/Blue Water dub)
Voiced by (Latin American Spanish): Cristina Hernández (current voice), Gaby Ugarte (Bio-Broly)

Krillin's daughter with Android 18.

Aerith and Bob: Her name is pronounced "Maron" and is the French word for "chestnut", which Krillin (Kulilin) is also named after.
Break the Cutie: In GT, the poor girl had to witness her father being murdered by her uncle. She didn't witness when Super Buu murdered her father in Z, though, since Buu immediately targeted BOTH her and her mother at one time.
Cheerful Child: As shown in many scenes with her parents and when she's cheering for her mother in the tournament in the Buu Arc. In Dragon Ball Super she spends most of her time at Bulma's party gleefully playing with Chaotzu.
Children Are Innocent: While everyone else is panicking at Beerus and Goku's battle throwing them around, Marron treats it like she's on a fun ride at an amusement park.
The Cutie: A sweet adorable little girl who is filled with life and energy. She's just as cute, if not even cuter in Super.
Death of a Child: She's three years old at the time of the Buu Saga... and is turned into chocolate and devoured by Buu along with everyone else. Thankfully, she lives in a world where Death Is Cheap. She also dies temporarily alongside her parents when Frieza blows up the Earth in Resurrection of F and its anime adaptation only for it to be undone by Whis.
Family Theme Naming: Krillin and Marron are both puns on chestnuts.
Flat Character: Compared to her parents, she has very little relevance to the plot. In fact, she is almost always only there to show up as their daughter.
Girlish Pigtails: She has blond, girlish pigtails as a child, teenager, and adult in GT. She loses them in Super, where she now has a short bob hairstyle.
Hair of Gold, Heart of Gold: She has blond hair and is nothing but a good girl.
Harmful to Minors: She had to watch her father get turned into chocolate by Super Buu and get eaten. Then she was killed and eaten herself alongside her mother. Note that, according to the Daizenshuu, Vegetto was only able to keep his power after being turned into candy because of the special properties of his earrings. However, it implies that he'd still be self-aware even if he didn't retain his power. So Marron and the others would still be fully conscious while Super Buu was chewing on them.
- In GT, she watches her father get brutally murdered again, this time by her own uncle Android 17.
Innocently Insensitive: In one scene when Master Roshi says that he wants to enter the tournament and she responds with "No way, you're too old!!" Justified as she is only three years old, and she probably doesn't know any better.
Kill the Cutie: DAMN YOU, SUPER BUU...and Frieza! Thankfully, like many others in the series, she's revived. She temporary dies again when Earth gets blown up by Frieza, luckily Whis was there to rewind time this time.
Killed Offscreen: For better or worse in the manga, it never shows Marron and the others being eaten after Super Buu escapes the Hyperbolic Time Chamber. Averted hard in the anime where Marron and her mother are the next to go after Krillin dies, with Dende and Mr. Popo watching helplessly. Downplayed in Super as she's shown doing her homework right as Frieza's Earth-Shattering Kaboom occurs.
Like Brother and Sister: Her interactions with both Goten and Trunks as children. Goten and Trunks are romantically paired off with Valese and Mai respectively.
Living Prop: She's mainly used as a visual cue to Goku and the readers that yes, Krillin and 18 were a couple. Super gives her a little more personality, but she's still pretty flat.
Non-Action Guy: In GT, which is ironic because her parents are a Battle Couple.
The Noseless: As a toddler.
Only One Name: Like her parents, she doesn't have a last name.
Plucky Girl: Mildly developing into one in Super. While she doesn't fight or train, she's shown to love all the fighting and danger that goes on around her. When everyone else is screaming and panicking, she laughs and has the time of her life. Also, when given the chance to help Goten and Trunks hunt poachers on an island full of monsters, she jumps at the chance despite having no apparent means of defending herself. ^note
She Is All Grown Up: In GT.
Skintone Sclerae: Just like her father, but only as a child.
Strong Family Resemblance: Marron looks like Krillin with 18's blond hair (though done up with pigtails instead of copying her mom's shoulder-length style) as a toddler, which she keeps by End of Z as a teenager. As a teenage girl in End of Z and as an adult in GT, whenever she has a disinterested expression, she resembles her mother. She returns to her iconic toddler look for Super but now has her hair done up in a shortbob haircut making Marron further resembling her mom.
Tomboy and Girly Girl: She and Bulla are the girly-girls to Pan's tomboy.

Bra/Bulla

**Bra/Bulla (ブラ, Bura)**

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^{Click here to see her in GT}

^{Click here to see her in Super}

Voiced by (Japanese): Hiromi Tsuru (All media up to 2017), Aya Hisakawa (Broly onwards)
Voiced by (English): Megan Woodall (Z), Parisa Fakhri (GT), Brina Palencia (Budokai Tenkaichi 3), Lauren Landa (Kai), Bryn Apprill (Super, Broly) (Funimation dub); Cathy Weseluck (Z), Leda Davies (GT) (Ocean/Blue Water dub)
Voiced by (Latin American Spanish): Gaby Ugarte (Z), Isabel Martiñón (GT and Kai: The Final Chapters)

Vegeta's and Bulma's second child. Most of her characterization is from GT.

Adaptational Badass: She's never shown fighting in GT, where most of her screen time is. In Dragon Ball: Fusions, she can kick ass with the rest of them (which she proudly attributes to her parentage), being a Moveset Clone of Pan.
Adaptation Dye-Job: Like her mother, her hair was purple in the manga, and blue in the anime.
Age-Inappropriate Dress: She's a year away from being ten in GT, yet she dresses and acts like a teenager.
Badass Boast: In Fusions, screwing up her Wounded Gazelle Gambit to win Dennish's heart multiple times eventually causes her to fight you with the help of some of her friends. Kid Trunks is surprised to learn that she at least has some fighting prowess, to which she angrily and proudly claims her lineage, something that sounds similar to what Vegeta has said before about Saiyan blood coursing through his veins.
Bra: Just who do you think I am?! The blood of my mother and father run through my veins!
Brainwashed and Crazy: By Baby, although she doesn't do much except help Baby reach his final form in Vegeta's body.
Calling the Old Man Out: Played for laughs when she lets Vegeta know exactly what she thinks of his mustache.
Chuck Cunningham Syndrome: Despite appearing in the last episode before it, in the last arc of GT, she's never seen or mentioned ever again. Especially jarring when both of the Saiyan families, as well as Uub and Mr. Satan, are present during the fight against Omega Shenron in the finale, and when it seems like they lost and may have to flee the Earth, Bulla isn't even brought up then.
Daddy's Girl: She's the only person Vegeta actually listens to. She even made him shave his ridiculous Porn Stache.
Deliberately Distressed Damsel: In Fusions, she tries to look like she's being attacked by unruly men (actually her friends that she managed to persuade into helping her) so that Dennish, her crush, believes she's in trouble and comes to her rescue. Too bad the protagonists fell for it too.
Express Delivery: Thanks to Whis, who used his staff to speed up the birth AND pretty much teleport her out of Bulma (and wrap her in a blanket too) with no pain whatsoever.
Family Theme Naming: Like the rest of her family, she's named after undergarments ("bura" = "bra"). Vegeta initially wanted to name her "eschalot" (comes from "shallot", a type of onion, ie the Saiyan vegetable theme-naming), but Bulma beat him to it.
Fille Fatale: She likes to flirt with much older men, much to Vegeta's annoyance, keep in mind that she is nine.
Flat Character: Like Marron (the daughter of Krillin and Android 18), she has a lot less relevance to the plot than her parents and her brother, Her only notable contribution is in the Baby Saga, where she gives her energy to Baby Vegeta.
Gadgeteer Genius: In the manga's Super Hero saga, Bulla removes a computer virus when Trunks tries reading one of Dr. Hedo's discs on Bulma's computer.
Generation Xerox: Looks exactly like her mom and with the same temperament.
Half-Human Hybrid: Just like her brother, she's half-human, half-saiyan.
Hell-Bent for Leather: Her GT outfit.
Jailbait Taboo: She's mistaken for being much older. Then again, if Vegeta found out you were having sex with his preteen daughter, you wouldn't live long enough to go to jail, and even if you did, he'd still find you.
Last Episode, New Character: She along with Pan and Uub is not introduced until the last pages of the original manga. She plays a somewhat bigger role in GT, but she has the least screen time between Pan and Uub.
Living Prop: In the manga, she existed just to show that Vegeta and Bulma are still together and Happily Married.
Nice Girl: Generally, if a bit spoiled. When it's to her family or the Son family or some other close allies, it devolves into Hidden Heart of Gold to some members.
Morality Pet: To Vegeta.
Satellite Character: Everything about her character, is only seen in relationship with Vegeta.
Spell My Name With An S: Bulla/Bra/Bura?
Statuesque Stunner: She's designed to be a Ms. Fanservice, attracted the eyes of a couple older men, and is around as tall as a number of the adults. That said, she's only nine, and much taller than Goku was at twelve (and a bit taller than the slightly-older Pan). Plus, Saiyans and half-Saiyans tend to have a major growth spurt in their mid to late teens, so she could get significantly taller.
Stripperiffic: In GT she wears a red midriff top with exposed shoulders, red finger-less gloves that go up to the shoulders, a red mini skirt with a yellow belt buckle, and red thigh-high boots.
Strong Family Resemblance: Looks just like her mother did when she was a teenager.
The Tease: Flirted with two older men while her father was driving.
Tomboy and Girly Girl: She and Marron are the girly girls to Pan's tomboy.
Tsundere:
- In the quest to recruit her to your team in Fusions, after you defeat her in a battle and explain that you kept screwing up her attempts to get Dennish's attention because you thought she was in danger, she'll call you stupid but also blurts out that she likes you and joins your team.
- In Budokai Tenkaichi 2, she makes comments on how her parents were 'so lame', as she came from further down the timeline than where the game takes place. Later on in the future section of Fusions, she proudly proclaims her parentage to her brother's younger version when he expresses shock that she knows at least basic combat, so it's not like she actually hates her parents or anything.
Valley Girl: Like mother, like daughter.
What Happened to the Mouse?: The last time she is seen in GT is helping summon Shenron at the end of the Super 17 arc, only for the Shadow Dragons to be summoned instead.
Younger Than They Look: Officially born in the Age 780, making her nine years old at the start of GT, and younger than Pan by a year.

Oob/Uub

See Dragon Ball: Majin Buu

Valese/Palace

**Valese/Palace (パレス, Paresu)**

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Voiced by (Japanese): Natsumi Yanase
Voiced by (English): Amber Cotton (Funimation dub); Carol-Anne Day (Blue Water dub)
Voiced by (Latin American Spanish): Rebeca Gómez
Voiced by (French): Joëlle Gugui; Naiké Fauveau-Mellerin

Goten's girlfriend in Dragon Ball GT. As naive and spacey as she can be, she is a good person and has true feelings for Goten.

Brainless Beauty / The Ditz: A downplayed example. While she's not a total idiot, the fact that she didn't exactly know how to eat from an ice cream cone or even eat a hamburger says something...
Cloudcuckoolander: Her brain doesn't appear all the way there, not knowing what ice cream and hamburgers are and using utensils to try and eat them (said ice cream was in a cone).
Expy: Attitude-wise, she's basically Krillin's ex-girlfriend Maron, but with slightly more of a brain.
Fantastically Indifferent: She doesn't even bat an eye to Goten's ability to fly, his fighting prowess, or the fact that he can turn his hair gold. As a matter of fact, she even likens Goten to an angel.
Huge Guy, Tiny Girl: Interestingly, she's one of the series' more notable aversions to this trope. Normally, she's seen to be about as tall as her boyfriend Goten (if not an inch taller than him on some occasions).
Kindhearted Simpleton: She may be a bit of a ditz, but she's very sweet and polite all the same.
Long Hair Is Feminine: Has long brown hair that flows over her shoulders.
Meaningful Name: Her name might be a reference to her rich upbringing.
Nice Girl: Not all that bright, but she's amicable and supportive of Goten even while he's battling evil.
Only One Name: Like most of the characters in the series.
Satellite Love Interest: All things considered, Valese doesn't exactly have too much in the way of personality considering how she's usually only seen when Goten is around.
Theme Naming: Valese's Japanese name, "Palace", is a pun on "goten" (御殿), a Japanese word for palace that is a homonym on her boyfriend's name.
Undying Loyalty: Demonstrated with her cheering Goten on after he smacks down Pui Pui when the latter escapes from Hell.
Uptown Girl: According to a one-off line from Goten in the Japanese version of GT, Valese is implied to be this.

Deities

King Yemma

King Yemma (閻魔大王; Enma Daiō, lit. "Great King Enma")

Voiced by (Japanese): Daisuke Gōri (Z, GT, Kai ep. 4-11), Ryūzaburō Ōtomo (Kai: The Final Chapters)
Voiced by (English): Ward Perry (Z Season 1), Dale Wilson (Z Season 5), Michael Dobson (Z Season 6) (Ocean dub); Chris Rager (Most media), Dameon Clarke (Z ep. 195) (Funimation dub); Tommy James (Blue Water dub)
Voiced by (Latin American Spanish): Abel Rocha, Eduardo Fonseca (Kai: The Final Chapters)

A towering ogre who acts as the judge for all souls passing to the Other World. Yemma sits at an appropriately enormous desk in his palace's office from which he files paperwork as he determines whether to send each dead person's soul to Heaven or Hell.

Badass Boast: Yemma proudly claims to have beaten Raditz into submission when the Saiyan warrior arrived to be judged upon his death. While only a mid-ranked warrior, Raditz was by far the strongest opponent Goku had faced at that point. Impressed, Goku is almost tempted to let Yemma train him rather than King Kai. Though considering that Raditz probably wasn't allowed to keep his body after death (Goku was a rare exception thanks to his heroic feats on Earth and his connection to Kami), this boast may not be as impressive in practice.
Big Red Devil: Has the overall appearance of one (although he is more inspired by oni from Japanese mythology, crossed with the Hindu-Buddhist god of death, Yama) befitting his role as a psychopomp of sorts, but he is actually an amiable fellow.
Chekhov's Gunman: He strategically decides to keep Vegeta waiting in the Check-In Station with an in-tact body rather than immediately sending him to Hell since he figures that Vegeta can still be sent back to Earth as a backup in case Gohan and the others fail against Majin Buu. This decision single-handedly saves the cosmos, as Goku desperately needed another Saiyan to fuse with.
- Similarly, Uub owes his entire existence to Yemma. Yemma listened to Goku's wish for Buu to be reincarnated as a good guy. And like Vegeta, Uub later plays a vital role in saving the galaxy from a spacefaring monster (against Baby in GT or against Moro in Super).
God Job: Similar to Kami, his role is treated more like a mundane vocation that he just so happened to have been appointed to rather than a divine burden and in Super he implies that there are many other "Check-In Station" judges who preside over different quadrants of the galaxies, much like the Kais. Although with Yemma it is particularly exaggerated, what with his Salaryman appearance, office-styled abode, and the fact that he transports souls by literally stamping papers.
Judgement of the Dead: King Yemma's duty is to decide where newly arriving souls go once they die, stamping their paperwork and sending them off to either Heaven or Hell.
Offscreen Moment of Awesome: Shortly prior to Goku's arrival in the Check-In Station, Yemma claims to have kicked Raditz's ass when the Saiyan started acting up.
Pals with Jesus: As with many other powerful beings beyond the mortal plane, Goku is on casual speaking terms with him.
Public Domain Character: Of all the deities in the Dragon Ball franchise, Yemma is the only one Akira Toriyama didn't create himself. He is adapted from the Buddhist judge of the dead in Hell and the Underworld.
Riddle for the Ages: How he is able to ensure that more powerful villains who die on his watch end up being sentenced properly without making a scene like Raditz purportedly did? We only see him sentencing Cell to Hell via a portal of some kind in the Otherworld Tournament filler arc with no elaboration on how else he was able to keep the monster in line. Later still, in GT's Super 17 Saga when all the villains are killed and sent back to Hell, at worst, Yemma seems to be more annoyed than anything else at all the paperwork he has to cover.
- Much of this is confused and obfuscated by anime-only filler. In the original story, it's established that only exceptional heroes like Goku are allowed to keep their bodies after death. The various dead villains likely do not arrive at Yemma's in physical bodies, but rather as faceless soul whisps like the many others waiting in line.
So Last Season: Him overpowering Raditz in the afterlife, who at the time was known for manhandling Goku and Piccolo (the strongest two men on Earth), quickly becomes this when King Kai later reveals that Raditz's partners are even stronger than him. Goku quickly surpasses King Kai during the course of their training together which diminishes Yemma's feat even more.
Troll: Besides literally being one, he isn't above jokes and jibes despite his lofty position, as seen when he teasingly threatens to send Kami to Hell for speaking out of turn.
Wrestler in All of Us: It's not seen, but Fortuneteller Baba alludes to him breaking out "the Yemma Lock" on rebellious souls.
Your Size May Vary: He is an absolute giant, but his sole appearance in Super made him quite small compared with his previous appearances.

Kibito

Kibito (キビト)

Voiced by (Japanese): Shin Aomori
Voiced by (English): Chuck Huber (Funimation dub); Don Brown (Ocean dub)
Voiced by (Latin American Spanish): José Luis Castañeda, Humberto Solórzano (Kai The Final Chapters and Super)

The servant and aid of the four Supreme Kais. After most of them were killed by Majin Buu, Kibito became the Eastern Supreme Kai's personal bodyguard. He goes to Earth with the Supreme Kai to help stop Babadi from reviving Majin Buu and ends up permanently fusing with him in the process, until they use the Dragon Balls to separate in Super.

Amazing Technicolor Population: He has reddish skin. In the coloured manga chapters, his skin is instead a deep blue.
Ascended Extra: He was Demoted to Extra in the Super anime, but he appeared prominently in the manga version of the Future Trunks arc. He spars with Zamasu in his introduction and serves a vital role in informing Beerus and the Z-Warriors about Zamasu's suspicious attitude towards Zuno. He also served as a sort of Comic Relief due to Beerus accusing him of being Goku Black because Shin referenced Kibito's famous prejudice against mortals. He disappears in the manga after that but appears during the exhibition matches of the Universal Survival Arc in the anime.
Battle Butler: Is this for the Supreme Kai before fusing with him. Though until the Super manga, he doesn't get much of a chance to show his mettle on the battlefield.
Bodyguarding a Badass: Not that the Kai was a slouch in the fighting department. In fact, the Supreme Kai is stronger than him.
The Bus Came Back: In a sense. After being permanently fused with his master partway in the Buu saga in Z and being released prior to the Universe 7 vs. Universe 6 tournament, they separated using the Namekian Dragon Balls. Then he became Demoted to Extra.
The Big Guy: Served as one briefly, but Dabura kills him instantly when he spots him.
Death Is Cheap: One of the more egregious examples in the franchise. He's unceremoniously murdered in one shot by Dabura before the heroes even enter Babidi's spaceship, only to be revived by the Dragon Balls a few chapters/episodes later.
Demoted to Extra: Since his return as an individual character, he hasn't been seen much, compared with both Supreme Kais. The manga version of the Future Trunks saga treated him a little better, only to disappear in the next saga, while he goes along Universe 7 to the exhibition matches in the anime, only to remain on the World of the Kai.
Face of a Thug: He looks pretty haggard and scary, but he is firmly on the side of good. However, Kibito's "suspicious face" causes Beerus to suspect him of being the true identity of Goku Black.
Healing Hands: Uses them to heal Gohan and Supreme Kai who were close to death after fighting Buu. The Super manga reveals this is an ability all Supreme Kai disciples and attendants share.
Informed Attribute: Gohan comments that he'd be a difficult fight without Super Saiyan (hence why he transforms), and Daizenshuu 7 states that his power level is close to that of Gohan's base form. We never do see him fight; probably because even that normally impressive level is totally irrelevant by the point he appears, and any being who does have reason to fight him (e.g. Dabra in the Buu arc, Zamasu in the Super manga) can obliterate him with ease.
Jerk with a Heart of Gold: Kibito gives Gohan quite a hard time and underestimates the boy at every turn. He's vocally uncomfortable with the idea of even allowing Gohan to walk upon the Sacred Land of the Kais, in spite of the severity of the circumstances with Majin Buu. However, over the course of the Buu arc, Kibito warms up to Gohan and begrudgingly comes to respect his superior talent. After teleporting him back to Earth, Kibito gifts Gohan with a copy of his father's orange gi for luck in his upcoming fight against Buu.
Noble Bigot: Kibito is quite prejudiced and condescending towards mortals, believing that no mortal should even set foot on the Kaioshin Realm. He underestimates the potential of Saiyans, scoffing at the notion of Gohan being able to lift the Z-Sword when hundreds of generations of Shin-jin had failed to do so. He is promptly forced to eat his words.
- His mild racism becomes a surprisingly major plot point in the manga. When Goku, Beerus and Whis question if Shin has encountered any gods with "extremist ideologies" lately, rather than thinking of Zamasu, Kibito is the first that springs to Shin's mind (Shin had no idea about the Goku Black situation). Humorously, Beerus immediately hones in on Kibito as the prime suspect of Goku Black's true identity.
Overshadowed by Awesome: He's a Physical God, being the Supreme Kai's attendant. That said, even in his rusty state, Gohan far outclasses him. Lampshaded by their respective attempts at wielding the Z-Sword; Gohan had difficulty initially, but Kibito couldn't even lift it off the ground.
Put on a Bus: In a sense. He unwittingly helps demonstrate the fusion ability of the potara not realizing the fusion would be permanent. Shin's personality is completely dominant in the new Kibito Kai making Kibito functionally cease to exist as an individual.
The Stoic: He rarely changes his expression, outside of shock and surprise. Once Old Kai appears, he shares a comical duo with the Supreme Kai until they both merge.
Teleportation: He can perform Kai Kai, which allows him to teleport to any world in the lower realm and even different universes. Unlike Goku's Instant Transmission, Kibito's teleportation has no limits. Initially, only he demonstrated this ability, before it seemingly rubbed off on Shin after their fusion.

Others

Bubbles

Bubbles (バブルス, Baburusu)

Voiced by (Japanese): Naoki Tatsuta (Z), Takahiro Fujimoto (Kai and Super)
Voiced by (English): Doug Parker (Z Season 1-2), Don Brown (Z Season 4-5) (Ocean dub); Christopher Sabat (Funimation dub)
Voiced by (Latin American Spanish): Ernesto Lezama, Javier Olguín (Kai)

King Kai's pet monkey.

The Cameo: Bubbles makes one final appearance in the original manga when King Kai contacts Vegeta during the Kid Buu fight and allows him to speak to the populace of Earth to get them to give their energy to Goku's Spirit Bomb. The anime version excludes him as he and Gregory were left behind earlier with King Yemma after Goku and King Kai departed for the Grand Kai's World.
Fetch Quest: One of King Kai's conditions for training someone is that they have to be able to catch Bubbles. Considering that King Kai's planet has much stronger gravity than Earth, this task is harder than it would seem.
Mistaken Identity: Goku mistakes him for King Kai when they first meet.
Pointy Ears: Is a monkey with pointed ears, like the Saiyan Great Ape form.
Put on a Bus: In the Other World Tournament filler, he and Gregory are left behind at the Check-In Station when Goku and King Kai depart for the Grand Kai's planet and that is the last we see of them until GT. Bubbles' cameo when King Kai allows Vegeta to speak to the Earth's people during the final fight with Kid Buu is thus excised from the anime adaptation.
Shapeshifting: In Dragon Ball Z: Extreme Butōden, Bubbles has the ability to transform into children characters like Gohan and Goten.
Stronger Than They Look: Looks like an ordinary primate but he is accustomed to King Kai's planet's higher gravity, being able to run and leap about with ease. When Goku first arrived on the planet, he could barely walk. This means that Bubbles was actually stronger than Goku when they first met in the early Saiyan Saga, as confirmed by at least one guidebook.
Tuckerization: Bubbles' name is most likely a reference to Michael Jackson's pet chimp which had the same name.

Giru

Giru (ギル)

Voiced by (Japanese): Shinobu Satouchi
Voiced by (English): Sonny Strait (Funimation dub); Nathan Simpson (Blue Water dub)
Voiced by (Latin American Spanish): Luis Daniel Ramírez
Voiced by (Brazilian Portuguese): Sílvio Giraldi

"I'm T2006, but you can call me Giru!"

A walking Robot Buddy who, after eating the Dragon Radar, became a walking radar itself. Giru is an exclusive character from GT.

Badass Adorable: Despite being a little robot sidekick who never gets involved in the fights, he managed to single-handedly take down a giant antlion monster when this one was attacking an exhausted Pan. In Dragon Ball Heroes, he's even a fighter character.
Butt-Monkey: He frequently receives verbal and physical abuse from Pan.
Catchphrase: Giru has a tendency for this. "Danger! Danger! Pan! Danger!"
Death Is Cheap: Giru has been killed three times during GT, but comes back without a problem thanks to being a robot.
Dub Name Change: Spell My Name With An S aside, the German localization changed his serial number from DB4649T2006RS to DD4649T22006RS, changing the B to another D and adding another 2 in-between.
Fake Defector: After arriving on Planet M2, it's revealed that Giru was working for General Rilldo and the rest of the bad guys all along. Except it turns out he wasn't and that he was working for the good guys, by deceiving Rilldo and the Machine Mutants.
Grew Beyond Their Programming: Giru is the first Machine Mutant who manages to defy his programming and rebels against his creator.
The Little Detecto: He ate the Dragon Radar, so only he can track the Black Star Dragon Balls.
Mechanical Lifeform: Giru is classed as a Machine Mutant, a species of artificially created mechanical beings, but are all considered alive and with a lifeforce.
Metal Muncher: He can eat anything made of metal, and he ends up having to tag along with the heroes after consuming the Dragon Radar.
Overly Long Name: His serial number is DB4649T2006RS. The inhabitants of Planet M2 all call him by that serial number.
Power Copying: In a sense, he can integrate devices into himself and copy their functions, as shown with the Dragon Radar.
Punny Name: His name seems to be a pun on the Japanese pronunciation of "gear." As in, those things machines have, get it?
Red Alert: He often gives off warnings whenever he detects danger.
Robot Buddy: A small robot who became best friends with Pan.
Shoo Out the Clowns: Giru has a tendency to become incapacitated whenever the Big Bad of the saga rears its ugly head.
Spell My Name With An S: Giru, Gill, Gil. Several dubs use either of those spellings.
Undying Loyalty: To Pan. The fact he could counter-attack her (as evidenced by his fight with the giant desert monster), but chooses to tolerate her abuse of him says a lot.
Verbal Tic Name: Giru, who has a tendency to say "Giru Giru Giru!". He initially introduces himself as T2006, which prompts Goku and co. to rename him after his verbal tic simply because it's easier.

Bee

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Voiced by (Japanese): Tomiko Suzuki (Z), Masami Suzuki (Kai and Super)
Voiced by (English): Tabitha St. Germain (Ocean dub); Christopher Bevins (Funimation dub)

Mr. Satan and Fat Buu's pet dog.

Canine Companion: Mr. Satan's loyal but friendly dog. He is also Fat Buu's pet dog and second best friend.
Evil-Detecting Dog: As Super Buu is about to absorb Piccolo and Gotenks, Bee is quick to detect the disturbance and starts yelping. If only Piccolo had been paying attention with those ears of his.
Morality Pet: To Fat Buu. Like Mr. Satan, Bee helps Fat Buu see what is right and wrong and brings out his inner goodness. Satan himself is shown patting the pup's head in a few filler segments after Super Buu wipes out most of humanity, subtly showcasing how the otherwise vain and pompous world champ has his softer side.
Theme Naming: Following the pattern of Mr. Satan's family, Bee likely gets his name from the Hell prince of gluttony himself Beelzebub. Makes sense when you consider Buu's appetite.
What Happened to the Mouse?: He only makes a cameo in a photograph during GT and is otherwise nowhere to be found, though it could be he simply passed from old age.

Characters / Dragon Ball Z/GT Supporting Cast

Androids

**Android 16 (人造人間16号, Jinzou Ningen Juuroku-Gou)**

Earthlings

**Jimmy Firecracker (セルゲームアナウンサー, Cell Games Announcer)**

Sharpner (シャプナー, Shapunā) and Erasa (イレーザ, Irēza)

**Marron (マーロン, Māron)**

**Bra/Bulla (ブラ, Bura)**

**Valese/Palace (パレス, Paresu)**

Deities

King Yemma (閻魔大王; Enma Daiō, lit. "Great King Enma")

Kibito (キビト)

Others

Bubbles (バブルス, Baburusu)

Giru (ギル)

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Earthlings

Jimmy Firecracker (セルゲームアナウンサー, Cell Games Announcer)

Sharpner (シャプナー, Shapunā) and Erasa (イレーザ, Irēza)

Marron (マーロン, Māron)

Bra/Bulla (ブラ, Bura)

Valese/Palace (パレス, Paresu)

Deities

King Yemma (閻魔大王; Enma Daiō, lit. "Great King Enma")

Kibito (キビト)

Others

Bubbles (バブルス, Baburusu)

Giru (ギル)

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**Android 16 (人造人間16号, Jinzou Ningen Juuroku-Gou)**

**Jimmy Firecracker (セルゲームアナウンサー, Cell Games Announcer)**

**Marron (マーロン, Māron)**

**Bra/Bulla (ブラ, Bura)**

**Valese/Palace (パレス, Paresu)**