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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.

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