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* BadassFingersnap: In Episode 68, he does this [[spoiler:and causes Present Bulma's new time machine to explode. From ''miles'' away. In a secret room.]]
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** In Episode 68, despite being clearly enraged to find out [[spoiler:Bulma is trying to make her own time machine after [[ButterflyEffect the gigantic mess that caused already]]]], he doesn't hurt her or anything, only [[spoiler:destroying the Time Machine and the last component she needed for it to prevent another mess]] and that's that. Small, but given how little it takes for Beerus to blow up ''planets'', that's saying a lot.
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* AdaptationalVillainy: He's much more of a JerkassGod in ''Dragon Ball Super'' than he was in ''Battle of Gods'', and his actions are ''not'' PlayedForLaughs. Most notable is his slapping Bulma after she herself slaps him; in ''Battle of Gods'' it seems more reflexive/instinctive than anything, whereas in ''Super'', he actually ''backhands'' her across the face with a glint in his eye and a SlasherSmile.
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* AdaptationalVillainy: He's much more of a JerkassGod in ''Dragon Ball Super'' than he was In his debut in ''Battle of Gods'', Beerus was goofy and likable, though he did have moments of being a JerkassGod. Here, his actions more sympathetic qualities are ''not'' PlayedForLaughs. Most notable is toned down while his slapping Bulma JerkassGod aspects are ramped up, doing such things as actively destroying planets after she herself slaps him; eating all their food, outright saying he never gets tired of watching planets explode after he blows them up, and going out of his way to be a dick to Vegeta and intimidate him after crashing Bulma's birthday party. Most notably, unlike in ''Battle of Gods'' it seems where his slapping Bulma was more reflexive/instinctive reflexive than anything, whereas in ''Super'', after Bulma slaps him, he actually ''backhands'' turns towards her and outright backhands her across the face face, all with a SlasherSmile and a glint in his eye and a SlasherSmile.eye. After the ''Battle of Gods'' adaptation, Beerus is [[TookALevelInKindness made more in line with his film counterpart]].
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* {{Hypocrite}}: He accuses Goku and the others of relying on the gods too much after [[spoiler: Whis offers to make a new timeline for Future Trunks and Mai after their world got destroyed by Future Zen'o]]. The problem is, the entire situation was the gods' fault. [[spoiler: Gowasu was the one who chose a {{Sociopath}} like Zamasu as his successor and was blind to his growing darkness, something that Beerus lampshades. Gowasu was also the one who gave Zamasu information about the Super Dragon Balls (which are the gods' Dragon Balls), that allowed him to steal Goku's body to become Goku Black and give Future Zamasu immorality. The future gods were also caught flatfooted as Goku Black murdered all the Supreme Kais with little to no resistance, leaving Future Zamasu and him alone as the supreme gods. Finally, it was Future Zen'o who nuked the entire timeline after Goku and the others crossed every available GodzillaThreshold]]. Beerus' statement is extremely close to victim blaming.
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* AchillesHeel: If you want to kill him, kill the Supreme Kai. Supreme Kai is the Kami to his Piccolo in that Supreme Kai's a much weaker being who's life-linked to Beerus.
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* AffablyEvil: Seems to be a mix of this an FauxAffablyEvil. On the one hand, he remorselessly destroys planets just for the slightest bit of annoyance, abuses both women and children in a sadistic manner, and basically plays with other people's lives. On the other, he's playful and goofy while in his own home, easily acclimates himself to the festivities of Bulma's party, and even politely apologizes for his rude behavior to the hostes.
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* AffablyEvil: Seems to be a mix of this an and FauxAffablyEvil. On the one hand, he remorselessly destroys planets just for the slightest bit of annoyance, abuses both women and children in a sadistic manner, and basically plays with other people's lives. On the other, he's playful and goofy while in his own home, easily acclimates himself to the festivities of Bulma's party, and even politely apologizes for his rude behavior to the hostes.hostess.
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* MotivationalLie: During the Universe 6 Saga of ''Super'', it turns out [[spoiler: his claim that Monaka was the strongest warrior of Universe 7 was nothing more than a lie to motivate Goku and Vegeta to become stronger.]] In reality, [[spoiler: Monaka is a cowardly weakling who faints at anything that even remotely surprises him.]]
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* BerserkButton: ''DO NOT'' deny him food; it ''will'' cost you your planet. Also, do not disrespect him, even initially, [[JerkassGod or he will return the favor to you]]. Another is not taking him seriously, either as the God of Destruction or as a person; King Vegeta sets this off by giving him the second-best pillow instead of the best, and Goku later sets this off by admitting he was holding back during their battle. And further later in their battle during Super, when a misunderstanding causes him to think Goku is taking him even lighter,[[note]] Beerus asked if Goku was taking him seriously yet. Goku responded "You're about to find out." Then his god transformation faded, which Beerus didn't realize was unintentional.[[/note]] Beerus is reduced to screaming in rage.
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* BerserkButton: ''DO NOT'' deny him food; it ''will'' cost you your planet. Also, do not disrespect him, even initially, [[JerkassGod or he will return the favor to you]]. Another is not taking him seriously, either as the God of Destruction or as a person; King Vegeta sets this off by giving him the second-best pillow instead of the best, and Goku later sets this off by admitting he was holding back during their battle. And further later in their battle during Super, when a misunderstanding causes him to think Goku is taking him even lighter,[[note]] Beerus asked if Goku was taking him seriously yet. Goku responded "You're about to find out." Then his god transformation faded, which Beerus didn't realize was unintentional.[[/note]] Beerus is reduced to screaming in rage. Also, if you do give him food, it had better be delicious and ''NOT'' something that could give a Saiyan stomach cramps: this particular berserk button was discovered in ''VideoGame/DragonballXenoverse2'' when he sampled pudding prepared by the [[LethalChef Supreme Kai of Time]].
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* OhCrap: While [[TheDreaded Beerus']] mere presence inspires this reaction in other characters, he himself is a victim to this trope. Specifically, whenever the situation involves [[TopGod Zen-O]], Beerus loses his cool and immediately becomes respectful toward his superior.
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** While [[TheDreaded Beerus']] mere presence inspires this reaction in other characters, he himself is a victim to this trope. Specifically, whenever the situation involves [[TopGod Zen-O]], Beerus loses his cool and immediately becomes respectful toward his superior.
** While [[TheDreaded Beerus']] mere presence inspires this reaction in other characters, he himself is a victim to this trope. Specifically, whenever the situation involves [[TopGod Zen-O]], Beerus loses his cool and immediately becomes respectful toward his superior.
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* OhCrap: While [[TheDreaded Beerus']] mere presence inspires this reaction in other characters, he himself is a victim to this trope. Specifically, whenever the situation involves [[TopGod Zen-O]], Beerus loses his cool and immediately becomes respectful toward his superior.
** When Beerus tells Whis [[spoiler: to not give Future Trunks any ideas on creating a new timeline because doing so would result in the creation of a new Time Ring and they can't possibly justify that happening to Zen-O. Whis replies that when Beerus [[OneHitKill annihilated Present Zamasu]], ''he himself created a new Time Ring'' and thus was in no position to be telling others not to tamper with time. Beerus' expression when Whis tells him this is priceless.]]
** When Beerus tells Whis [[spoiler: to not give Future Trunks any ideas on creating a new timeline because doing so would result in the creation of a new Time Ring and they can't possibly justify that happening to Zen-O. Whis replies that when Beerus [[OneHitKill annihilated Present Zamasu]], ''he himself created a new Time Ring'' and thus was in no position to be telling others not to tamper with time. Beerus' expression when Whis tells him this is priceless.]]
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It wasn't Whis rewinding time that caused a new timeline. It was Beerus killing Zamasu that made a new Time Ring.
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* NotSoHarmlessVillain: His behaviour makes him seem like he's just some childish jerk. However, he's powerful enough to both destroy an entire planet and take on Goku, with ''one'' finger and the entire ''galaxy'' is frightened of him.
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* NotSoHarmlessVillain: His behaviour makes him seem like he's just some childish jerk. However, he's powerful enough to both destroy an entire planet and take on Goku, with ''one'' finger and the entire ''galaxy'' is frightened of him.
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** [[spoiler: Even more of this, when it reveals that he was using 70% against Super Saiyan God Goku; yes, Beerus is stronger than one of the strongest Super Saiyan forms in the series. Even in ''Dragon Ball Super'' when Goku pushes him to near full power, Beerus was still the victor and it turns he ''lied about using full power''. Then when Goku used Kaio-Ken x10 with Super Saiyan Blue, it's implied that Champa's stronger than the guy who beat Goku, and Beerus is stronger than Champa. This means he could have beaten Super Saiyan God Goku with less than ''10%'' of his power.]]
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** [[spoiler: Even more of this, when it reveals that he was using 70% against Super Saiyan God Goku; yes, Beerus is stronger than one of the strongest Super Saiyan forms in the series. Even in ''Dragon Ball Super'' when Goku pushes him to near full power, Beerus was still the victor and it turns he ''lied about using full power''. Then when Goku used Kaio-Ken x10 with Super Saiyan Blue, it's implied that Champa's Champa and Beerus are stronger than the guy who beat Goku, and Beerus is stronger than Champa.even that. This means he could have beaten Super Saiyan God Goku with less than ''10%'' of his power.]]
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** [[spoiler: Even more of this, when it reveals that he was using 70% against Super Saiyan God Goku; yes, Beerus is stronger than one of the strongest Super Saiyan forms in the series. Even in ''Dragon Ball Super'' when Goku pushes him to near full power, Beerus was still the victor and it turns he ''lied about using full power''.]]
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** [[spoiler: Even more of this, when it reveals that he was using 70% against Super Saiyan God Goku; yes, Beerus is stronger than one of the strongest Super Saiyan forms in the series. Even in ''Dragon Ball Super'' when Goku pushes him to near full power, Beerus was still the victor and it turns he ''lied about using full power''. Then when Goku used Kaio-Ken x10 with Super Saiyan Blue, it's implied that Champa's stronger than the guy who beat Goku, and Beerus is stronger than Champa. This means he could have beaten Super Saiyan God Goku with less than ''10%'' of his power.]]
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* InvincibleVillain: Even with TheHero's additional power-up, it didn't make him go beyond 70% of his power. In ''Super'', Beerus still wins, though he was considerably closer to 100% in the process that time.
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* InvincibleVillain: Even with TheHero's additional power-up, it didn't make him go beyond 70% of his power. In ''Super'', Beerus still wins, this trope is even stronger; though we don't know how much power he used, the tournament against Champa implies it was considerably closer to 100% in the process that time.less than 10% (see TheAce above).
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* AscendedExtra: He and Whiss Go from movie only villains to minor reoccurring characters in ''Super''. They are the first movie only characters to do this.
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** [[spoiler: Later he kills Present!Zamasu when the latter tries to kill his mentor Zamasu and then Goku.]]
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* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: Beerus and Whis investigating [[spoiler: Goku Black]] leads them to U10 where they asked about the Time Rings, something that Zamasu didn't know existed until that moment. They also bring Goku, who is obsess with fighting Zamasu since he heard he's a fighting prodigy among the Kais and he may be [[spoiler Goku Black]]. This leads to sparring match where Goku beats Zamasu, and him becoming obsess with Goku ''and'' seeing mortals as stupid and dangerous.
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* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: Beerus and Whis investigating [[spoiler: Goku Black]] leads them to U10 where they asked about the Time Rings, something that Zamasu didn't know existed until that moment. They also bring Goku, who is obsess with fighting Zamasu since he heard he's a fighting prodigy among the Kais and he may be [[spoiler [[spoiler: Goku Black]]. This leads to sparring match where Goku beats Zamasu, and him becoming obsess with Goku ''and'' seeing mortals as stupid and dangerous.
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The main antagonist of ''Anime/DragonBallZBattleOfGods.'' Beerus is the God of Destruction, who destroys planets [[BalanceBetweenGoodAndEvil to make room]] for new ones, and balances out the Gods of Creation, the Kais. After receiving a vision of the so-called "Super Saiyan God" making a WorthyOpponent for him, he shows up on earth. Despite his [[TheDreaded dreaded]] "profession", he's a surprising [[FriendlyEnemy exception]] to the commonly sadistic monster that a ''Dragon Ball Z'' villain usually is.[[note]]Which is good, as he's leagues and leagues stronger than any and all of them, quite possibly even PUT TOGETHER.[[/note]]
Aside from his appearances in the ''Battle of Gods'' and ''Resurrection ‘F’'' movies, Beerus is also an available mentor in ''VideoGame/DragonBallXenoverse'', and has a much expanded role in ''Anime/DragonBallSuper''. His portrayal in the latter has received some 'attention', however, as most of his Adorkable traits are downplayed to heighten his JerkassGods-level smugness. Later on his personality grows more in line with the movies.
Aside from his appearances in the ''Battle of Gods'' and ''Resurrection ‘F’'' movies, Beerus is also an available mentor in ''VideoGame/DragonBallXenoverse'', and has a much expanded role in ''Anime/DragonBallSuper''. His portrayal in the latter has received some 'attention', however, as most of his Adorkable traits are downplayed to heighten his JerkassGods-level smugness. Later on his personality grows more in line with the movies.
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He served as the main antagonist of ''Anime/DragonBallZBattleOfGods.'' After receiving a vision of the so-called "Super Saiyan God" making a WorthyOpponent for him, he shows up on earth. Despite his [[TheDreaded dreaded]] "profession", he's a surprising [[FriendlyEnemy exception]] to the commonly sadistic monster that a ''Dragon Ball Z'' villain usually is.[[note]]Which is good, as he's leagues and leagues stronger than any and all of them, quite possibly even PUT TOGETHER.[[/note]]
After this, he goes on to becomes a supporting character throughout Anime/DragonBallSuper, quite often as an ally.
Aside from his appearances in the ''Battle of
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* YouGotSpunk: [[spoiler: ''In Xenoverse 2'', after Mira, the Masked Saiyan and the Time Patroller appear and start a brawl while he's talking to Goku in the midst of their climactic battle, Mira tells him to shut up and wait. Beerus, taken aback by the blatant disrespect, gives him a few extra minutes to wrap things up and clear off.]]
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* GenreBlindness: During the Future Trunks Saga. After [[spoiler: killing Zamasu, he believes that this means that Goku Black will be RetGone. However, as shown during the Cell Saga, the destruction of the Androids and Cell in the past did nothing to their BadFuture counterparts, and Goku, Vegeta, and Trunks are all GenreSavvy enough to expect the same and go to the future to be certain; indeed, Beerus is proven wrong, as Goku Black's possession of a Time Ring protected him]]. He later admits that he knew [[spoiler: killing Zamasu]] wouldn't actually change the future, but didn't say anything because Trunks "was convincing".
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* GenreBlindness: During the Future Trunks Saga. After [[spoiler: killing Zamasu, he believes that this means that Goku Black will be RetGone. However, as shown during the Cell Saga, the destruction of the Androids and Cell in the past did nothing to their BadFuture counterparts, and Goku, Vegeta, and Trunks are all GenreSavvy enough to expect the same and go to the future to be certain; indeed, Beerus is proven wrong, as Goku Black's possession of a Time Ring protected him]]. He later admits that he knew So, it's case of RightForTheWrongReasons with Future Trunks. [[spoiler: killing Zamasu]] wouldn't actually change the future, but Beerus' intervention would have killed Black, if Black didn't say anything because Trunks "was convincing".have the Time Ring protecting his existence]].
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* GenreBlindness: During the Future Trunks Saga. After [[spoiler: killing Zamasu, he believes that this means that Goku Black will be RetGone. However, as shown during the Cell Saga, the destruction of the Androids and Cell in the past did nothing to their BadFuture counterparts, and Goku, Vegeta, and Trunks are all GenreSavvy enough to expect the same and go to the future to be certain; indeed, Beerus is proven wrong, as Goku Black's possession of a Time Ring protected him]].
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* GenreBlindness: During the Future Trunks Saga. After [[spoiler: killing Zamasu, he believes that this means that Goku Black will be RetGone. However, as shown during the Cell Saga, the destruction of the Androids and Cell in the past did nothing to their BadFuture counterparts, and Goku, Vegeta, and Trunks are all GenreSavvy enough to expect the same and go to the future to be certain; indeed, Beerus is proven wrong, as Goku Black's possession of a Time Ring protected him]]. He later admits that he knew [[spoiler: killing Zamasu]] wouldn't actually change the future, but didn't say anything because Trunks "was convincing".
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* {{Irony}}: He went from being the most powerful ArcVillain in the series who tries to destroy the Earth over pudding, to being the BigGood in ''Super'' who prevented Present Goku from [[spoiler: becoming Goku Black]] by destroying the [[StableTimeLoop time loop]] that created him.
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** Beerus is the God of Destruction who tried to destroy the Earth when he first goes there. [[spoiler: At the end of the Champa Saga, he uses his one wish from the Super Dragon Balls to revived U6's Earth for [[HiddenHeartOfGold seemingly no personal benefit]]]].
** He went from being the most powerful and dangerous ArcVillain in theseries who tries to destroy the Earth over pudding, series, to being the BigGood in ''Super'' who prevented Present Goku from [[spoiler: becoming Goku Black]] by destroying the [[StableTimeLoop time loop]] that created him.
** Beerus is the God of Destruction who tried to destroy the Earth when he first goes there. [[spoiler: At the end of the Champa Saga, he uses his one wish from the Super Dragon Balls to revived U6's Earth for [[HiddenHeartOfGold seemingly no personal benefit]]]].
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* AchillesHeel: If you want to kill him, kill the Supreme Kai. Supreme Kai is the Kami to his Piccolo in that Supreme Kai's a much weaker being who's life-linked to Beerus.
* AntiHero: Crosses into this territory as of the Future Trunks saga in ''Super''.
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* TheAntiChrist: He sort of qualifies given that it's his job to destroy planets and his arrival automatically results in an apocalypse.
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* BigGood: Ironically, Beerus and Whis take on this role after the Battle of Gods Saga in ''Anime/DragonBallSuper''. Beerus indirectly trains Goku and Vegeta by claiming that Monaka is the strongest fighter in Universe 7 [[spoiler: when it was all a [[MotivationalLie lie to make Goku and Vegeta stronger]]]]. He also directly investigates Zamasu when he realizes that [[spoiler: Goku Black]] has a similar energy to him and [[spoiler: executes Zamasu when he's found guilty of attempted murder, saving Gowasu's life]]. This action destroys the [[StableTimeLoop time loop]] that created [[spoiler: Goku Black]], assuring that Present Goku will never [[spoiler: get his body stolen by Zamasu]].
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** Subverted in Episode 62. [[spoiler: Though he pretends to drop off and not to care about Future Zamasus as he has killed the present one, he actually has gone to plan how to beat them without wrecking the universe.]]
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** Subverted in Episode 62. [[spoiler: Though he pretends to drop off and not to care about Future Zamasus Zamasu as he has killed the present one, he actually has gone to plan how to beat them without wrecking the universe.]]
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* MoodSwinger: A huge one. He can switch from genuinely friendly and polite to chillingly evil in a second. All in all, it can be said that he's quite the nice guy when he's not annoyed... [[HairTriggerTemper but he's annoyed easily]].
** His temper seems to shift back and forth at the slightest provocation in either direction. It's incredibly easy to piss him off even unintentionally, however, the sight of food (ESPECIALLY Earth's seafood or sweets) will instantly calm him back down to a friendly demeanor. Xenoverse 2 has him reacting to Mira showing him absolutely no respect whatsoever first with blind fury before quickly calming down since since the sheer ballsiness of Mira's attitude towards him amused and intrigued him.
** His temper seems to shift back and forth at the slightest provocation in either direction. It's incredibly easy to piss him off even unintentionally, however, the sight of food (ESPECIALLY Earth's seafood or sweets) will instantly calm him back down to a friendly demeanor. Xenoverse 2 has him reacting to Mira showing him absolutely no respect whatsoever first with blind fury before quickly calming down since since the sheer ballsiness of Mira's attitude towards him amused and intrigued him.
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* MoodSwinger: A huge one. He can switch from genuinely friendly and polite to chillingly evil in a second. All in all, it can be said that he's quite the nice guy when he's not annoyed... [[HairTriggerTemper but he's annoyed easily]].
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** His temper seems to shift back and forth at the slightest provocation in either direction. It's incredibly easy to piss him off even unintentionally, however, the sight of food (ESPECIALLY Earth's seafood or sweets) will instantly calm him back down to a friendly demeanor. Xenoverse 2 has him reacting to Mira showing him absolutely no respect whatsoever first with blind fury before quickly calming down since since the sheer ballsiness of Mira's attitude towards him amused and intrigued him.
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** His temper seems to shift back and forth at the slightest provocation in either direction. It's incredibly easy to piss him off even unintentionally, however, the sight of food (ESPECIALLY Earth's seafood or sweets) will instantly calm him back down to a friendly demeanor. Xenoverse 2 has him reacting to Mira showing him absolutely no respect whatsoever first with blind fury before quickly calming down since since the sheer ballsiness of Mira's attitude towards him amused and intrigued him.
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** His temper seems to shift back and forth at the slightest provocation in either direction. It's incredibly easy to piss him off even unintentionally, however, the sight of food (ESPECIALLY Earth's seafood or sweets) will instantly calm him back down to a friendly demeanor. Xenoverse 2 has him reacting to Mira showing him absolutely no respect whatsoever first with blind fury before quickly calming down since since the sheer ballsiness of Mira's attitude towards him amused and intrigued him.
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!!'''Beerus (ビルス; ''Birusu'')'''
[[quoteright:350:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/beerus_artwork_7.png]]
->Voiced by Creator/KoichiYamadera (Japanese), Creator/JasonDouglas (English), José Luis Orozco (Latin American)
The main antagonist of ''Anime/DragonBallZBattleOfGods.'' Beerus is the God of Destruction, who destroys planets [[BalanceBetweenGoodAndEvil to make room]] for new ones, and balances out the Gods of Creation, the Kais. After receiving a vision of the so-called "Super Saiyan God" making a WorthyOpponent for him, he shows up on earth. Despite his [[TheDreaded dreaded]] "profession", he's a surprising [[FriendlyEnemy exception]] to the commonly sadistic monster that a ''Dragon Ball Z'' villain usually is.[[note]]Which is good, as he's leagues and leagues stronger than any and all of them, quite possibly even PUT TOGETHER.[[/note]]
Aside from his appearances in the ''Battle of Gods'' and ''Resurrection ‘F’'' movies, Beerus is also an available mentor in ''VideoGame/DragonBallXenoverse'', and has a much expanded role in ''Anime/DragonBallSuper''. His portrayal in the latter has received some 'attention', however, as most of his Adorkable traits are downplayed to heighten his JerkassGods-level smugness. Later on his personality grows more in line with the movies.
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* AchillesHeel: If you want to kill him, kill the Supreme Kai. Supreme Kai is the Kami to his Piccolo in that Supreme Kai's a much weaker being who's life-linked to Beerus.
* AntiHero: Crosses into this territory as of the Future Trunks saga in ''Super''.
* TheAce: If the fact that he's the [[PhysicalGod God of Destruction]] isn't convincing enough, how about [[CurbStompBattle curb-stomping]] ''Super-Saiyan 3 Goku'' with a [[FingerPokeOfDoom finger]]?
** [[spoiler: Even more of this, when it reveals that he was using 70% against Super Saiyan God Goku; yes, Beerus is stronger than the strongest power-up in the series. Even in Dragon Ball Super when Goku pushes him to near full power, Beerus was still the victor and it turns he ''lied about using full power''.]]
** [[spoiler:He's so high above everyone else[[note]]except Whis[[/note]] that when you beat him in ''VideoGame/DragonBallXenoverse'' his most common loss quote is less that of someone who just got his ass kicked and more that of someone who just got a fun workout with an opponent that managed to impress him—as though this was his battle with Goku in the movie.]]
** [[spoiler: Also in ''VideoGame/DragonballXenoverse'', he's the only character that's so badass that BigBad Demigra's mind control simply fails to work on him. He's such an in-universe {{Gamebreaker}} that he has to be convinced not to go and kill the main bad guy himself for the sake of avoiding excess destruction.]]
* AdaptationalVillainy: He's much more of a JerkassGod in ''Dragon Ball Super'' than he was in ''Battle of Gods'', and his actions are ''not'' PlayedForLaughs. Most notable is his slapping Bulma after she herself slaps him; in ''Battle of Gods'' it seems more reflexive/instinctive than anything, whereas in ''Super'', he actually ''backhands'' her across the face with a glint in his eye and a SlasherSmile.
* {{Adorkable}}: Once you get to know him, Beerus is a polite and likable ManChild who is quick to make friends, and acts like the lazy, affectionate, fun loving overgrown cat that he is instead than the God that he should be.
* AffablyEvil: Seems to be a mix of this an FauxAffablyEvil. On the one hand, he remorselessly destroys planets just for the slightest bit of annoyance, abuses both women and children in a sadistic manner, and basically plays with other people's lives. On the other, he's playful and goofy while in his own home, easily acclimates himself to the festivities of Bulma's party, and even politely apologizes for his rude behavior to the hostes.
* AloofAlly: Becomes this to the Z-Fighters post ''Battle of Gods''. While Beerus won't personally intervene in fights between mortals, he has occasionally helped out the Z-Fighters [[spoiler: such as allowing them to crowd around him and Whis so that they would survive the Earth blowing up after Freeza RageQuit or helping to investigate the connection between Zamasu and Black]]. Plus, if it's a godly matter, Beerus will step in [[spoiler:as shown when he vaporised Present Zamasu after witnessing him murdering Gowasu]].
* AllPowerfulBystander:
** In ''DragonballXenoverse'', after BigBad Demon God Demigra [[spoiler:[[EpicFail epically failed]] to mind-control Beerus]], he has to be begged to ''not'' quickly kill Demigra himself, in fear he'd be causing too much destruction in the process, and so after testing them in battle to see if they can do it, Beerus leaves it to the protagonists and takes a nap.
** He is also this in ''[[Anime/DragonBallZResurrectionF Resurrection F]]'', where he states he's not going to take sides in the Goku/Freeza fight.
** Finally averts this during the Future Trunks arc, where he and Whis lend their aid, though the actual fighting of the antagonist is left to Goku and friends. [[spoiler:Until they have concrete evidence that present Zamasu has gone bad. Then Beerus steps in and personally destroys him.]]
* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: [[spoiler:Besides Perfect Cell, he is the only one of Goku's opponents to qualify, and then, in a twist of twists, he reveals that this also applies to ''him'', and that Whis is even stronger yet. One could argue that the whole ''point'' of the movie ''Battle of Gods'' was this [[AnAesop aesop]].]]
* AmbiguouslyEvil: By the end of the film, it's not clear just how serious he was about destroying Earth. He could have done it without breaking a sweat at any point, but he kept "letting himself get distracted." In general, it seems that while he takes no pleasure in performing evil actions, he is very self-centered and doesn't consider other people's lives to be worth much ({{Justified}}, as the God of Destruction, performing a necessary job in the universe, he's doubtless killed an uncountable number of beings).
* AnimalMotifs: Vaguely resembles a hairless cat and wears pseudo Egyptian clothing, appropriate as the Egyptians worshiped cats (though their cat-specific god was female). More importantly, he has the personality of a cat: petty, selfish, ruthlessly picky eater, and spends most of his time sleeping.
* TheAntiChrist: He sort of qualifies given that it's his job to destroy planets and his arrival automatically results in an apocalypse.
* ApocalypseWow: Beerus says that no matter how many times he does it, he never gets tired of watching a planet he destroys explode. Though this sounds callous, destroying planets is literally his ''job.''
* AxCrazy: Especially when he is in a bad mood in his DisproportionateRetribution moments. Adding to that, he has extremely sharp personality changes, he can vary from a calmed guy to incredibly crazy, irrational, and extremist if he gets angry. When Goku pushes him into an UnstoppableRage this gets cranked UpToEleven. His facial features were contorted in animalistic fury, his attacks quickly began to start inflicting large scale destruction whereas before it was somewhat restrained and at times it seemed like he had trouble speaking outside of screaming and {{Angrish}}.
* BadassBoast:
-->''"Is there nobody on Earth more worthy to destroy...?"''
* TheBadGuyWins: [[spoiler:He's the only movie character and villain at this point of the series, to defeat Goku, and far surpass him, even with an additional power-up. Then again the point wasn't really to beat him, just give him a good fight. Which Goku manages to accomplish.]]
* BalanceBetweenGoodAndEvil: Is supposed to maintain the balance in the universe by destroying planets so new ones can be created, although he had spent many years in slumber. The kais are the gods of creation and such.
* BeenThereShapedHistory:
** He is the reason King Kai's planet is so small.
** He sealed Old Kai in the Z-sword.
** He also killed off the Dinosaurs, even though they're still alive in the present.
** The dub of ''Battle Of Gods'', it's suggested that he may have told Frieza to exterminate the Saiyans, but this much more vague in the original Japanese. In either case, he approved of their destruction.
* BerserkButton: ''DO NOT'' deny him food; it ''will'' cost you your planet. Also, do not disrespect him, even initially, [[JerkassGod or he will return the favor to you]]. Another is not taking him seriously, either as the God of Destruction or as a person; King Vegeta sets this off by giving him the second-best pillow instead of the best, and Goku later sets this off by admitting he was holding back during their battle. And further later in their battle during Super, when a misunderstanding causes him to think Goku is taking him even lighter,[[note]] Beerus asked if Goku was taking him seriously yet. Goku responded "You're about to find out." Then his god transformation faded, which Beerus didn't realize was unintentional.[[/note]] Beerus is reduced to screaming in rage.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: Be careful around this friendly, polite, and fun-loving deity. Like all cats, Beerus has a mercurial temperament and is prone to violent mood-swings that can be set off by the most ''petty'' of reasons; do remember he is the same God who used King Vegeta's head as a footstool in front of his own son Prince Vegeta while making him treat him to an Eight-Course Banquet, and that was when he was in a ''good'' mood...
* BigBad: In ''Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods'' as well as it's retelling in ''Super''. [[spoiler: Though considering his demeanor, the title is debatable.]]
* BigEater:
** His greatest joy in life is sampling new gourmet foods, and it is THIS sense of SkewedPriorities that almost gave Earth its (second) Apocalypse.
** Ironically enough, it also saved the Earth. While Goku being a WorthyOpponent is part of it, the main thing keeping him from destroying the Earth is that the food is just too good...
* BloodKnight: The plot is him basically trying to find the Super Saiyan God so he can fight him.
* BlueAndOrangeMorality: Somewhere in there, at least. He's the God of Destruction, it's his ''job'' to destroy worlds so it makes sense he doesn't see anything morally wrong with his actions. It's actually established that old planets have to be destroyed so new planets can be born; the problem with Beerus is that he acts independently of the Supreme Kais (even worse now that there's only two of them left), chooses what planets he will destroy at his leisure, and he can and will destroy even important planets without a second thought if he's [[DisproportionateRetribution irritated enough]]. In ''Super'', Old Kai even says that the kind of destruction Beerus brings is pointless and petty. That said, his twin brother Champa (the God of Destruction of Universe 6) shares the same morality and it's implied these two are actually ''mellow'' as far as their kind go, implying this is indeed the case.
* BrilliantButLazy: Beerus comes across as this. He spends most of his time either eating or sleeping. Him sleeping for several decades is considered a light nap. But there is no doubting his power and the fact that he is very well-trained.
* TheBully: His treatment of King Vegeta can only be described as this. ''Super'' extends it to his son.
* BunnyEarsLawyer: He is so immature he needs Whis as constant Butler/Nanny to remind him about waking up in the morning, good manners, and brushing his teeth before going to sleep. See {{Adorkable}} above for more details.
* ButForMeItWasTuesday: Destroying planets and exterminating their populations in the process is just everyday business for him. It cannot be overstated just how ''casually'' he treats destruction.
* CantLiveWithoutYou: Similar with Piccolo and Kami, Whis reveals in ''Super'' that if the Supreme Kai were to die, Beerus would die along with him. The reverse is probably also true, but then the odds of someone killing Beerus are pretty slim. At least he's lucky Old Kai and East Supreme Kai are still alive.
* CatsAreMean: He is an antagonist and has a cat-like appearance. Though he actually averts this -- he's rather friendly when he's not angered or annoyed.
* ChallengeSeeker: In ''Super'', Goku theorized that the reason why Beerus wanted to fight a Super Saiyan God so much was because it has been a very long time since he had someone challenged him. While Beerus agrees with Goku's assessment, he makes it clear that Goku isn't that WorthyOpponent... until Goku pushes the limits of Super Saiyan God and earns Beerus' respect.
* CosmicEntity: He is a God of Destruction capable of destroying the universes if he so desires and doesn't care too much about the lives of mortals, although he does respect them to various degrees.
* CranialEruption: After Goku teels him that he met Zen'o, Beerus falls headfirst off the stump he was on, leading to this.
* CurbstompBattle: Him vs. anybody besides Super Saiyan God Goku. [[spoiler: Which itself, turns out to be a subverted trope; he's just as massively over SSG Goku as he was everyone else (at least in practical terms), with the only reason for that fight not being a curbstomp being Beerus holding back a truly massive amount of power. He claims he only used 70%. Even in ''Super'' when he claimed that he was at 100% against Goku, ''it was a lie''.]]
* DefeatMeansFriendship: Inverted. [[spoiler:''Goku'' is defeated, and Beerus befriends him.]]
* DidntSeeThatComing:
** Beerus ''and'' Whis are surprised that Champa manages to get a TimeMaster like [[spoiler: Hit]] on their team. Beerus was so panicked that he begged Whis to tell Goku how to counter it.
** Goku [[spoiler: throwing his fight against Hit catches everyone by surprise. Beerus gets another shock when Monaka actually wins against Hit (because Hit also throws his match)]].
** Beerus thought that the future was changed after he killed [[spoiler: Zamasu]] because a god killing another god alters the time stream. This is despite Future Trunks and the others pointing out that Trunks' timeline is different from the present timeline. [[spoiler: Turns out, Trunks was right, but not for the reasons he thought. Beerus got it wrong because he and the others thought Future Zamasu was Present Zamasu and that Goku Black was merely a creation of the Super Dragon Balls, when in truth, Goku Black ''is'' Present Zamasu and he's protected by any changes in time thanks to the Time Ring. Beerus nor Whis could have known that Zamasu would become so obsessed with Goku that he would actually abandoned his godly form and take Goku's body, and team up with his future counterpart]].
* DidntThinkThisThrough: Beerus brought Monaka because he claims that he is the best fighter he had ever met outside of Whis and he gave him a much better fight than Super Saiyan God Goku. [[spoiler: When in truth, Monaka is weak, at least compared to Goku and Vegeta, and Beerus only said those things to motivate Goku and Vegeta. He has no intentions of letting Monaka fight at the tournament, which is why he makes Monaka go last no matter what. This comes back to bite him in the butt since he underestimates Champa's team, specifically Hit, and Goku is the last real fighter after Vegeta goes down. He was also handicapped early by [[TheLoad Buu]] failing his exam, so he only had three able fighters from the start. Even more, he makes Goku, Vegeta, and Piccolo decide the order in which they fight by doing rock-paper-scissor instead of ordering weakest to strongest. This is why ''Goku'' is the first to fight in the tournament, Piccolo, the weakest on team, is in the middle, with Vegeta being last. [[CurbstompBattle Given what happened when Vegeta fought Hit]], Beerus would have been completely screwed if Goku wasn't allowed back into the tournament since Frost cheated. Or, Goku could have been knocked out fairly by one of the other fighters and even if he did make it to Hit, he would have been weaker since he had to fight through the entire Universe 6's team. Whis mercilessly lampshades this]].
* DisproportionateRetribution: Beerus ''owns'' this trope since he has a number of {{Berserk Button}}s and the power to destroy a solar system instantly:
** Also, he decides that he wants to destroy the Earth because Majin Buu ate all of the custard puddings at Bulma's birthday after Beerus asked him if he could have one or two of them.
** When Beerus shows up at King Kai's place, he remarks that he remembered it being larger. Whis has to remind him that it ''was'' larger, but after King Kai beat Beerus at a game of Hide and Seek, the God of Destruction threw a temper tantrum and blasted the bejeezus out of the planet, reducing it to its current size.
** Word of God reveals that he [[spoiler:sealed Old Kai into the Z Sword "over some trifling thing"]].
** In ''Dragon Ball Super'', which [[AdaptationalVillainy increased]] his JerkassGod tendencies, he destroys half a planet because the food was a bit too greasy for his liking. He destroys the whole planet in the manga, but it's more justified there as they were trying poison him. He also destroyed a planet because he didn't like the food there, although that didn't stop him from wolfing down the lunch made from said planet. On top of all that, he beats up King Vegeta and almost crushes his skull because he gives him only the second most comfortable pillow.
* DoNotTauntCthulhu: He might be a rather nice guy, but do ''not'' tick him off.
* DontFearTheReaper: In a roundabout way, but Beerus ''is'' the God of Destruction in the ''Dragon Ball Z'' Universe, albeit a ''goofy and likable'' God of Destruction.
* DontMakeMeTakeMyBeltOff: Hilariously ''spanks'' the Super Saiyan out of Gotenks.
* TheDreaded:
** Pretty much ''everyone'' in the ''Dragon Ball'' universe fears him, including all gods, Frieza, ''Shenron'' and arrogant saiyans. While Vegeta being scared shitless is usually a good indication that someone is to be taken seriously, in Beerus' case it doesn't stop there. Even ''Goku'' who has no sense of authority respectfully adresses him with ''-sama''. In the case of Beerus' reputation, OOCIsSeriousBusiness applies to ''everyone''.
** In ''Resurrection 'F''' Frieza reveals that there were two beings that he was supposed to never mess with: Majin Buu and Beerus. [[spoiler: When Frieza sees Beerus during his fight with Goku, ''Frieza'' acts completely humble and is scared witless. Even an arrogant SOB like Frieza knows not to screw with him]].
* DreamingOfThingsToCome: He has a dream where he fights Super Saiyan God Goku, and this is what kicks off the plot. He implies that he has prophetic dreams often, but Whis has to remind him that they don't always pan out.
* DudeWheresMyRespect: {{Subverted}}. Beerus doesn't tolerate anyone disrespecting him, something King Vegeta and Buu learn the hard way.
* EnragedByIdiocy: In Super, once they actually start hanging around the Z-Fighters, Goku's reckless personality and lack of decorum with just about every God or Kai absolutely infuriates him.
* EstablishingCharacterMoment:
** In ''Battle of Gods'', we are introduced to Beerus when he's sleeping and bombs goes off as his alarm clock. When that fails to wake him, Whis threatens to sing, which makes Beerus crawl himself out of bed in the laziest way possible.
** In ''Super'', Beerus' first appearance has him eating a huge meal on an alien planet where the inhabitants are scared crapless of him. Although Beerus approves of the food overall, he says it's a bit on the greasy side and [[JerkassGod decides]] to destroy [[DisproportionateRetribution just]] half of the planet. Which he does by tapping his finger on the table.
* EveryoneHasStandards:
** Even he can't stand Frieza; in fact, when he first wakes up from his long sleep in ''Battle of Gods'', he was contemplating going after him and killing him before finding out that Frieza was long dead.
** The reason he [[spoiler: imprisoned the Old Kai in the Z-Sword over a petty argument was because it would be improper of him to destroy the Supreme Kais' World. Also, since the Kais' lives are linked to his, killing one Supreme Kai increased the chances of him dying]].
** [[spoiler: He is just as disgusted by Frost as everyone else after learning he was EvilAllAlong. When he hears that Frost is a planet broker who buy planets he ruins cheaply and then sells them for a high price after he fixes them, he sneers that's exactly what Frieza used to do]].
** In the ''Super'' manga, he doesn't like Whis comparing his job to [[spoiler: Goku Black]] attempting human genocide in Future Trunks' time. Beerus destroys planets for the sake of universal balance, while he considers [[spoiler: Goku Black]] little more than a lunatic who kills according to his own whims. In the anime, while Beerus never calls [[spoiler: Goku Black]] a lunatic, he calls him an evil person and considers killing Zamasu on the spot just in case he turns into Black. [[spoiler: And did so with Present!Zamasu, when the latter was going to kill Gowasu.]]
* EvilCounterpart: To Goku. Both of them are rather lazy outside of the prospect of fighting things, obsessed with food, kind and respectful but with no sense of being rude, outright terrifying to enemies when angry, and generally the most dangerous things in the universe. Only difference is that Beerus had nobody giving him a moral compass. After he becomes friends with Goku, he become more of a case of NotSoDifferent.
* EvilIsPetty:
** Though more AmbiguouslyEvil, he has a history of destroying planets for pretty petty reasons, such as losing at video games or being denied food. It's actually lampshaded when he is about to go to Earth from King Kai's planet:
-->'''King Kai''': You're not planning to destroy it or anything, are you?\\
'''Beerus''': As long as nothing that happens there annoys me.
** It's been confirmed by Word of God that [[spoiler: Beerus imprisoned the Old Kai in the Z-Sword over [[NoodleIncident some petty argument]]]]. In ''Super'', the Old Kai even outright describes Beerus's acts of destruction as pointless and petty.
* ExactWords:
** Threatens to destroy Earth if Goku loses to him. [[spoiler:And he did; albeit a tiny piece of it (specifically a single rock). Tired from and satisfied by his fight with Goku, he left the Earth in a state in which it'll recover.]]
** When he says he's gonna kill Zamasu on the spot, he wasn't kidding ''at all''. [[spoiler: He literally atomizes him where he stands after being found guilty for attempted murder]].
* FatAndSkinny: He's the skinny to Champa's fat.
* FingerPokeOfDoom:
** In ''Anime/DragonballSuper'', he destroys ''half a planet'' tapping his finger on a table.
** Defeated [=SSJ3=] Goku with a finger flick and a light karate chop, Piccolo with PressurePoint attacks while wielding [[MundaneMadeAwesome CHOPSTICKS]], and Vegeta with a light tap to the forehead.
** He also has an UpToEleven version of Frieza's Death Beam.
* FriendlyEnemy: Despite being a SmugSuper JerkassGod who deals out {{Disproportionate Retribution}}s like candy, he is actually quite friendly once you get to know him. [[spoiler: When Goku successfully becomes a Super Saiyan God, he spends more time giving Goku life advice than fighting him. He also regrets saying he will destroy the Earth since he came to like the people there and saves Bulma and all those around her when Frieza destroys Earth because she kept feeding him.]]
* FunPersonified: Quite a friendly, gregarious, and likable fella actually; he readily joins in the food, song, laughter, and ''dance'' (yes, he lets loose some truly ''funky'' breakdance moves) in the festivities of Bulma's Birthday Party. Just like Goku, he enjoys making dear friends and spending quality time with them as much as he likes battle.
* GenreBlindness: During the Future Trunks Saga. After [[spoiler: killing Zamasu, he believes that this means that Goku Black will be RetGone. However, as shown during the Cell Saga, the destruction of the Androids and Cell in the past did nothing to their BadFuture counterparts, and Goku, Vegeta, and Trunks are all GenreSavvy enough to expect the same and go to the future to be certain; indeed, Beerus is proven wrong, as Goku Black's possession of a Time Ring protected him]].
* GodOfEvil: The God of Destruction. Though [[BlueAndOrangeMorality "evil" may be too strong of a word]], considering he's just doing his job.
* GreaterScopeVillain: Beerus has exerted a huge influence over the series behind-the-scenes, long before his first appearance.
** Beerus was the one responsible for King Kai's planet being such a small size, as he had destroyed the vast portion of it after [[DisproportionateRetribution a fit of childish rage]].
** [[http://www.kanzenshuu.com/translations/saikyo-jump-june-2014-issue-twel-buu-mysteries/ It's been revealed]] [[spoiler:he was the one who sealed Old Kai in the Z Sword]]. Old Kai confirms this in ''Dragon Ball Super''.
* HairTriggerTemper: His first response to even the mildest annoyance is to threaten to blow up the planet. It's ''not'' an idle threat. Although as his CharacterDevelopment goes, he's evidently learning to reign in its severity.
* TheHeavy: The plot of ''Battle of Gods'' is moved entirely by Beerus' desires. It wouldn't be inaccurate to sum it up as "Everybody tries to keep Beerus happy so that he doesn't blow up the Earth".
* HeavySleeper
** Not only does he need BOMBS to wake up, but he also requires the menace of Whis singing.
** In ''Super'', where he's much more of a jerkass, this is how the Earth is spared -- he ends up falling asleep right before he destroys it. [[spoiler: Actually, he faked it to get out of his promise to destroy Earth.]]
** Is used in Dragon Ball Xenoverse so he [[spoiler:can give Time Patroller Trunks and the Future Warrior time to defeat Demigra themselves without breaking his promise to do so himself]] by claiming a desire to take a nap first. Whis mentions he tends to take naps that last years, so the heroes can't expect more help from them.
* HeelFaceTurn: Applies more to ''Super'' than ''Battle of Gods'' since he acts a lot more evil there, but he still ends up being impressed enough with Goku that he finds a way out of his promise to destroy Earth and becomes friends with him.
* HiddenHeartOfGold:
** [[spoiler: Despite his intense rivalry with his brother, Beerus wishes for U6's Earth to be restored and advance so it's up to par with U7's Earth so Champa can eat the food there. Although Champa is touched by the gesture, he's still somewhat annoyed that Beerus did something for him]].
** [[spoiler: Later he kills Present!Zamasu when the latter tries to kill his mentor Zamasu and then Goku.]]
** [[spoiler: After he learns that BadFuture is still in effect, he pretends not to be concerned with that, but he actually starts to find ways to correct this.]]
* HotBlooded: He has a fierce temper and lets his anger get the best of him. Though a [[BloodKnight good fight]] will calm him down.
* HumanityIsInfectious:
** Old Kai theorizes this is one of the reasons why Beerus spared Earth. In ''Resurrection ‘F’'', Beerus freely admits that he wants to destroy Earth, but wants to eat more of its food. He even promises to keep Bulma safe (as long as she keeps up with the delicious foods).
** In ''Super'', he comments that Earth is an interesting planet to have changed a Saiyan so much. Whis comments that Beerus seems to have changed a bit, too.
* IAmNotLeftHanded: Reveals at the end of his fight with Super Saiyan God Goku that he never went higher than 70% of his full power and still won. ''Super'' reveals what Beerus is truly capable if he wants someone dead ''now'' rather than just wanting a good fight: he puts his hand near them, says "Destroy", and they're destroyed. No energy blast or WaveMotionGun, he says the word "Destroy" and they're ''atomized''. [[spoiler:He uses this to kill Present Zamasu, who is on par with post God Super Saiyan 2 Goku.]]
* IGaveMyWord: When he makes a promise he will keep it. [[spoiler: Though he can find loopholes in his own words like destroying only a tiny piece of the Earth instead of the whole planet.]]
* ImmuneToMindControl: In ''Xenoverse'', he's revealed to be immune to [[spoiler: Demigra's SuperpoweredEvilSide-inducing BlackMagic]].
* InexplicablyAwesome: He is a god among gods and nothing is really known about him. It's implied that Beerus could have been a mortal at one point, unlike the Kais who are born gods, given that Whis offers Goku the job of God of Destruction once Beerus dies.
* InvincibleVillain: Even with TheHero's additional power-up, it didn't make him go beyond 70% of his power. In ''Super'', Beerus still wins, though he was considerably closer to 100% in the process that time.
* ItsWhatIDo: He's the God of Destruction. Destroying things is what he ''does''. He's chillingly apathetic about destroying planets for petty reasons, but at the same also doesn't take any sadistic pleasure in it either, making him both the most dangerous ''and least evil'' villain in ''Dragon Ball Z'' at the same time.
--> '''Beerus:''' (in a bored tone) "The pudding is gone... The Super Saiyan God isn't here... Guess it's destruction time."
* JapanesePronouns: Interestingly for the StarterVillain of the ''Dragon Ball'' Universe's full-on new content revival, Beerus uses ''exclusively'' polite pronouns, from the ''gentle-polite-masculine'' "Boku" to refer to himself (much like Gohan) instead of the coarse-masculine "Ore" (EVERY other adult-male of ''DBZ''), and "Kimi" (affectionately-polite form of "My Good Sir/Good Madame") to refer to ''everyone.'' Note that unlike Frieza, this polite and affectionate vocabulary is used in a quite sincere and not-at-all sarcastic manner.
* JerkassGod: The straightest example in the series, especially in ''Anime/DragonBallSuper''. Since Beerus have been awake a day and a half longer than in ''Battle of Gods'', we see him actively destroying planets after eating all the food and all his {{Disproportionate Retribution}}s. We also see in a FlashBack Beerus crushing King Vegeta's head into the floor for not finding the most comfortable pillow in the universe, saying he didn't care if he had to steal or kill for it. He also goes out of his way to intimidate Vegeta and calls the Saiyans cowardly since the last time he saw them.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: In ''Super'', he appears to have soften up a bit after the ''Battle of Gods'' saga as long as he's been served food whereas in the movie he's actually a NiceGuy with an unfortunate case of HairTriggerTemper.
* KarmaHoudini: Probably the only straight example in the entire franchise. While he's friendlier and less evil than Frieza, Cell, or Buu, he still gets away with some unpleasant actions: cruelly used King Vegeta's head as a footstool in front of his own son Prince Vegeta while making him treat him to an Eight-Course Banquet, knowing that he is much weaker than him and with no possibility of defense, and has been responsible for numerous genocides throughout the universe. He also ready to destroy Earth over not getting pudding. His behavior in ''Super'' unambiguously pushes him to this status.
* KickTheDog:
** He slapped Bulma. Granted, she hit him first, but he was the one who ruined her birthday party.
** He seems to take personal offense to Vegeta's existence in ''Anime/DragonBallSuper''. Since his arrival at Bulma's party, he just can't stop kicking and demeaning Vegeta. First, he scares the poor guy half to death by sneaking up on him and quoting [[Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar Kenshiro]] by saying he's already dead. He then keeps giving {{Death Glare}}s to Vegeta as he socializes, mocks the Saiyans for becoming cowardly since Vegeta is humbling himself to keep him happy, and outright calls Vegeta a weakling like his father while smashing his head into the floor.
** In ''Dragon Ball Super'' Episode 41, he doesn't mind Champa [[spoiler:wanting to kill his team because they lost the tournament since it's his universe and he's allowed to do what he wants. He even mocks Goku if he wants to fight a God of Destruction to save them. It took a ''bigger'' God to save them though.]]
** Subverted in Episode 62. [[spoiler: Though he pretends to drop off and not to care about Future Zamasus as he has killed the present one, he actually has gone to plan how to beat them without wrecking the universe.]]
* LeanAndMean: Despite not having much muscle mass, he's easily the strongest antagonist in the series.
* ALighterShadeOfBlack: Most other ''Dragon Ball'' villains, especially Frieza and Cell, are utterly sadistic, depraved monsters who kill and destroy whoever and whenever they want ForTheEvulz. Beerus, on the other hand, only destroys [[PunchClockVillain because it's his job]] (though he is prone to destroying planets for [[DisproportionateRetribution petty reasons]]) and is quite sociable and friendly when off the clock.
* LoopholeAbuse: He said he'd destroy Earth, [[spoiler:he never said he'd have to destroy all of it]].
** Does this again in ''Dragon Ball Xenoverse'', [[spoiler: where he plans to destroy Demigra, and not even being impressed by the strength of determination of Trunks and the Future Warrior can stop him... after he takes a nap first (and Beerus tends to take naps that last a few years). If someone else, like say Trunks and the Future Warrior, just so happen to destroy Demigra while he's taking his nap, oh well]].
* LostFoodGrievance: He nearly blew up the Earth because he was furious at being denied a pudding cup.
* MoodSwinger: A huge one. He can switch from genuinely friendly and polite to chillingly evil in a second. All in all, it can be said that he's quite the nice guy when he's not annoyed... [[HairTriggerTemper but he's annoyed easily]].
* MoralMyopia: He hates when others don't show him the proper amount of respect since he's a god. However, don't expect him to show any respect for others, even the Kais who are supposed to be his equals and counterparts. [[spoiler: Or Whis, who is his mentor and teacher]].
* MySignificanceSenseIsTingling: It's revealed in ''Dragon Ball Super'' that, as God of Destruction, he can sense a person's KillingIntent, no matter how good of a job to conceal it they're doing. [[spoiler:This is how he knew that present Zamasu was planning to do it, even when no one else could.]]
* MysteriousPast: His past is mysterious since it is heavily hinted that he wasn't born a god, but appointed. He has a twin brother who is the God of Destruction of Universe 6 and his assistant is Whis' older sister, and that is all we really know about him.
* NotSoHarmlessVillain: His behaviour makes him seem like he's just some childish jerk. However, he's powerful enough to both destroy an entire planet and take on Goku, with ''one'' finger and the entire ''galaxy'' is frightened of him.
* NighInvulnerability: Far beyond standard ''DBZ'' levels. Generally in a ''DBZ'' fight, even a pretty lopsided one, both fighters end up taking minor, but noticeable damage: [[ClothingDamage Clothes get wrecked,]] [[ShowsDamage scratches, cuts, and bruises appear,]] etc. However, during his entire fight with Goku he never shows any signs of battle damage at all from start to finish. [[spoiler:This is a hint he isn't fighting with everything he's got.]]
* NoBadassToHisValet: Whis doesn't care if Beerus is the God of Destruction and TheDreaded of the universe. He has no problem talking back to him and putting him in his place when he goes too far. [[spoiler: It helps that he's much stronger than Beerus]].
* NobleDemon: Despite the fact that he can be very petty, demanding respect, and blowing whole planets for trivial excuses, he IS a God of Destruction, while also being very charming and friendly if you don't provoke him. Also, he keeps his word (though he engages in LoopholeAbuse when he wants) and has PetTheDog moments.
* NotSoDifferent: He and Son Goku are reflections of each other; both are {{Adorkable}} ManChild warriors who ''seem'' to love food and battle above all, but in truth have become ''so'' powerful that they come to realize that friendship and laughter is far more precious. Whis acknowledges how alike both men are by warmly asking Goku if he'd like to take Beerus' place as God of Destruction when Beerus dies.
* ObsessedWithFood: He easily surpasses Goku and rivals Majin Buu. If he's not thinking about fighting or destroying planets, he's thinking about food and eating all the food off a planet before judging to destroy it. Compared to Goku or Buu, he's less a big eater and more a connoisseur (though still a big eater). His love for food is one of the reasons why he hasn't destroyed the Earth.
* OneHitKill: Has the ability to completely ''atomize'' a person just by sticking his hand in front of their face and saying "Destroy". [[spoiler:He uses this to completely annihilate Present Zamasu in an instant.]] For obvious reasons, he doesn't seem to use this on people he wants to actually ''fight'', only using it on people he ''really'' wants dead.
* OutsideContextProblem: There have been gods introduced to the series before. However, all of them have been benevolent and eventually surpassed by the Saiyans outside of Trunks and Goten. Then, there is Beerus who can only be described as the [[TopGod god of gods]]. Even the strongest Supreme Kai was only equal with Majin Buu and Beerus is so much more powerful that he makes Super Saiyan 3 Goku look like an insect. [[spoiler: Goku becoming a god himself only manages to bring out 70% of Beerus' power and even Goku and Vegeta going beyond godhood in ''Resurrection ‘F’'' is still not as strong as Beerus]]. Not since Frieza have we seen such tier difference between the heroes and villain. Not helped that the heroes cannot sense Beerus since a god's aura is incomprehensible to a mortal.
* PayEvilUntoEvil: Beerus' execution of [[spoiler: Zamasu]]. It is one of the [[CruelAndUnusualDeath cruelest deaths]] in the series given how Beerus slowly atomized him to the point that [[spoiler: Zamasu]] is left screaming in anguish, [[FridgeLogic even with his head gone]]. However, given that [[spoiler: Zamasu tried to kill his master and was happy to hear that his future counterpart has been murdering mortals in the future]], it's hard to feel sympathy for him.
* PersonOfMassDestruction: Obviously, given he's the literal ''God'' of Destruction. Best shown in ''Anime/DragonballSuper'' when he destroys half a planet by ''poking it''. He and his brother Champa having a tiny spat was enough to reduce most of the room they're in to ''ash'' without one energy attack being fired. It's said if the two of them actually fought it'd be enough to destroy ''both'' their universes.
* PetTheDog:
** [[spoiler: In ''Dragon Ball Super'' episode 41, Beerus uses his wish to revive Universe 6's Earth with all its people. It's heavily implied that he does it because he wants to give a chance to his brother Champa to eat the good, though he claims that he simply does to make Champa owe him. Beerus seems to care about his brother, though deep down. Both Whis and Champa are impressed.]]
** [[spoiler: As of Episode 62, even though to public appearances he's flippant about the whole thing, he's actually starting to look for loopholes in his God Of Destruction duties so that he can go to the Future and help Goku, Vegeta and Future Trunks stop Goku Black and Future Zamasu's omnicidal rampage once and for all, even though the whole affair doesn't really have much to do with him.]]
* PettingZooPeople: He resembles a humanoid hairless cat, namely the Cornish Rex breed.
* PhlebotinumKilledTheDinosaurs: Beerus killed the dinosaurs on Earth. However, he's either exaggerating, or he missed a good number, because they're still roaming around in the ''DBZ'' universe.
* PhysicalGod:
** You know how Kami was portrayed as the "overlooker" kind of god and the Kais as the "guardian" and "creator" kind of god? Well, Beerus is a ''god''-god. The most literal of senses imaginable, and it shows. The God of Destruction was said to be '''the''' strongest being fought by the protagonists in the Dragon Ball universe up to that point.
** To compare, most variations of gods or god-standins in the ''Dragon Ball'' series typically come at the level of or fall below the main cast. Beerus and Whis, who are among the group outright called "gods" in ''all'' languages, however...
* ThePowerOfTheSun: He can do more than one.
* PsychoForHire: As mentioned, it's his ''job'' to destroy planets. In ''Dragon Ball Super'', however, he mentions that he actually ''enjoys'' seeing the planets he destroys explode, and never gets tired of the sight.
* PsychopathicManchild: He gives off this vibe sometimes, like destroying planets because King Kai beat him at a videogame or because somebody ate all the pudding at a party.
* PunchClockVillain: He isn't really malevolent -- he simply destroys planets because it's his job. He's the ''God of Destruction'' after all, and it's established that his existence is necessary to keep balance in the universe.
* PunnyName: [[http://www.kanzenshuu.com/2013/03/30/akira-toriyama-confirms-battle-of-gods-name-puns-again/ According to the movie's scriptwriter]], "Birusu" comes from a Japanese pronunciation of "virus". Shueisha however seems to prefer going with "Beers", which is Toriyama's take on the name.
* PurpleIsPowerful: BIG TIME. One of the movie's selling points was that Beerus would be stronger than every villain encountered previously, [[ContrastingSequelAntagonist in direct contrast to Abo and Kado]]... who weren't.
* RealityWarper: In ''Super'', when facing the end-result of their clash (which threatens to blow up the Universe), Beerus nullifies it into nothingness - and later claims to do so with other energy blasts, but ''only'' when he's at full power.
* ReverseArmFold: His signature pose.
* SeriousBusiness: Do ''not'' deny Beerus food. It will cost you your planet. Serving him food that he doesn't find sufficiently tasty is also a good way to get your planet destroyed.
* ShadowArchetype: In a lot of ways, he's basically Goku without a moral compass.
* SmugSuper: Beerus knows exactly how powerful he is, not taking any fight seriously, not even Super Saiyan God Goku. He has very good reason to be confident since none of the heroes have been able to fight him in a way that justifies him using full power.
* TheSnackIsMoreInteresting:
** Frankly, he seems to find more genuine joy in feasting on gourmet foods than battle, much like Goku.
** [[spoiler:In ''Anime/DragonBallZResurrectionF'', he's much more interested in Earth food than in Goku/Frieza's fight, and admits that the food is what's really keeping him from blowing up the planet.]]
* TheSociopath: Beerus in many ways can be classified a high-functional sociopath with impulse issues. [[LackOfEmpathy He cares for little outside of his own wants and thinks nothing of the lives of mortals]] since he was willing to destroy the Earth just to force Goku to unleashed more of his power as a Super Saiyan God. [[ConsummateLiar He lies]] and [[ManipulativeBastard manipulates]] others like his entire deal with [[spoiler: Monaka]], to try to bring out other people's abilities. He also needs constant stimulation when he's awake, otherwise he will grow bored and destroy more planets than he needs to for petty reasons. Part of the reason why he searches for a Super Saiyan God to fight is because he's bored since he hasn't had a real challenged in a long time. [[SmugSuper He also thinks a lot of himself]] since he is a [[PhysicalGod god]] and can basically do whatever he wants, something he constantly reminds Whis of. Finally, it's questionable if Beerus really cares for anyone given that he treats the closest thing he has to a friend as a servant who he regularly bosses around, and his friendship towards Goku and Vegeta is anything but equal. He treats Vegeta as an errand boy and he mocks Goku for wanting to save the fighters from U6 from [[spoiler: Champa]], pointing out how [[KickTheDog powerless Goku actually is compared to the gods and he should remember his place]]. This is on top of him being extremely impulsive. [[DisproportionateRetribution He will destroy planets and solar systems over the smallest things, and he will kill those he considered his friends and allies if things don't go his way]]. With all that said, unlike most characters in ''Dragon Ball'', him being a sociopath doesn't necessary means that he's an evil person. [[BlueAndOrangeMorality Just someone with a complicated moral code]].
* SoreLoser: You want to know why King Kai lives on such a small planet? [[http://www.kanzenshuu.com/2013/02/23/dragon-ball-full-color-saiyan-arc-qa-sections-translated/ Beerus blew it up after Kaio beat him at video games, and Kaio then carved one of the chunks into a tiny planetoid.]] It's subtle, but during his fight with Goku in ''Super'' he gets noticeably angry when he learns Goku has been holding back (meaning Beerus hasn't been winning as easily as he thought) and is enraged when Goku begins to land solid hits.
* SparingTheAces: One of the reasons why Beerus spares the Earth. Goku puts up such a good fight against him that he saw it as a waste to kill him.
* SpellMyNameWithAnS: Bills/Birus/Beerus/Beers. The official romanization in Japan is "Beers", which respects Akira Toriyama's misinterpretation of the name pun, while nearly the entirety of the English-speaking fandom decided on "Bills" almost as soon as the character was revealed. The English dub went with "Beerus".
* StealthMentor: In the ''Battle of the Gods'' movie, Piccolo notices that Beerus appears to be training Goku than actually fighting him.
* TranquilFury: Even when he's either been slighted or is absolutely furious, Beerus in keeps his cool and doesn't let his anger manifest other than a withering DeathGlare and occasionally a SlasherSmile. Although Goku does manage to push him into an UnstoppableRage near the end of their battle and tries to destroy the Earth, but he snaps out of it after Goku destroys his SphereOfDestruction.
** In ''Super'' despite his much more HotBlooded temperament, he slips fully into this when [[spoiler: killing Zamasu. No yelling, no screaming, he just sticks his hand in front of Zamasu's face, utters the word "Destroy", and watches him be completely disintegrated with the only sign of his rage being an irritated glare.]]
* TookALevelInJerkass: He comes across as more of a JerkassGod in ''Dragon Ball Super''. In the movie, he did not go out of his way to intimidate or demean Vegeta. He's just acting like himself and enjoys the company he's in while Vegeta tries to keep him happy. In ''Super'', Beerus continuously shoots Vegeta smug looks, scaring him, and says that the Saiyans are more cowardly than he remembers since Vegeta is humbling himself before him. Followed by...
* TookALevelInKindness: In ''Super'', once his saga is finished he starts mellowing out and becomes more friendly towards Goku and Vegeta. When they eat his stash of pizzas, he throws a comical fit and doesn't really make them suffer the way he would've done earlier on.
* TooSpicyForYogSothoth: Wasabi is so hot that he starts crashing through nearby planets back at his home [[spoiler:and has to be knocked out by Whis]]. Yes, ''the God of Destruction'' who can easily power through Super Saiyans, [[{{Irony}} can't take a little Wasabi]]. This is a joke referring to the Japanese metaphor called nekojita, often translated as "having a cat's tongue." It means being a person who cannot handle spicy foods. The joke is subverted in ''Dragon Ball Super'', where he narrowly avoids eating wasabi.
* TopGod: It's no exaggeration to say that Beerus is a god's god. None of the Supreme Kais are even close to his league. Whereas the Supreme Kais were nearly killed off by Majin Buu, Beerus can easily turn even the strongest form of Buu into space dust. To put it into perspective, according to Word of God, if the Super Saiyan God is a 6, Beerus is at a 10, while Whis is at ''15''.
* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: Beerus and Whis investigating [[spoiler: Goku Black]] leads them to U10 where they asked about the Time Rings, something that Zamasu didn't know existed until that moment. They also bring Goku, who is obsess with fighting Zamasu since he heard he's a fighting prodigy among the Kais and he may be [[spoiler Goku Black]]. This leads to sparring match where Goku beats Zamasu, and him becoming obsess with Goku ''and'' seeing mortals as stupid and dangerous.
* VillainRespect: If you can call Beerus a villain. He comes to greatly respect Goku and the others to the point he spares the Earth from destruction for the time being.
* WarriorTherapist: Has shades of this. During his fight with SSG Goku, he gives Goku advice about his new power, namely he highlights Goku's pride in his own strength and says it will be the end of him. Crosses into TricksterMentor. Piccolo points out that Beerus seems to be training Goku rather than fighting him. Though his temper does get the better of him a few times.
* WillfullyWeak: He's so strong that he intentionally holds back against all of his opponents. [[spoiler:Even against Goku's Super Saiyan God Form, he never used more than 70% of his full power. Which makes sense, since according to Akira Toriyama's "scale of 10" numbers, SSG Goku's max matches only 60% of Beerus' power.]] It turns out that in ''Dragonball Super'', he has the ability to [[OneHitKill completely atomize someone]] [[spoiler:as powerful as Present Zamasu]] simply by putting his hand in front of them and saying "Destroy".
* TheWorfEffect: A comical yet soundly telling example. [[spoiler:After defeating even Super Saiyan God Goku, Whis knocks him unconscious in a single chop to the head.]]
* WorthyOpponent: He comes to see Goku and Vegeta as this, going as far as to say that they needed to keep an eye on them. This also extends to the Future Warrior in ''VideoGame/DragonBallXenoverse'', as in the one-sided beatdown between him and Gotenks, Gohan, 18 and Piccolo, they're the only ones able to fend off his assault, something that will actually make him snap out of his rage momentarily to [[WowingCthulhu complement them on.]]
* WouldHitAGirl: [[spoiler: Has no problem knocking out 18 and later slaps Bulma. Justified with 18, as she is a powerful cyborg, but Bulma... let's just say Vegeta [[BerserkButton is not pleased]].]] Considering his sheer power however, [[spoiler:the fact that a mere human like Bulma was anymore intact than scattered atomic dust shows ''unfathomable'' restraint on his part.]]
* YouCannotGraspTheTrueForm: Beerus is impossible to sense if you're not a god.
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->Voiced by Creator/KoichiYamadera (Japanese), Creator/JasonDouglas (English), José Luis Orozco (Latin American)
The main antagonist of ''Anime/DragonBallZBattleOfGods.'' Beerus is the God of Destruction, who destroys planets [[BalanceBetweenGoodAndEvil to make room]] for new ones, and balances out the Gods of Creation, the Kais. After receiving a vision of the so-called "Super Saiyan God" making a WorthyOpponent for him, he shows up on earth. Despite his [[TheDreaded dreaded]] "profession", he's a surprising [[FriendlyEnemy exception]] to the commonly sadistic monster that a ''Dragon Ball Z'' villain usually is.[[note]]Which is good, as he's leagues and leagues stronger than any and all of them, quite possibly even PUT TOGETHER.[[/note]]
Aside from his appearances in the ''Battle of Gods'' and ''Resurrection ‘F’'' movies, Beerus is also an available mentor in ''VideoGame/DragonBallXenoverse'', and has a much expanded role in ''Anime/DragonBallSuper''. His portrayal in the latter has received some 'attention', however, as most of his Adorkable traits are downplayed to heighten his JerkassGods-level smugness. Later on his personality grows more in line with the movies.
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* AchillesHeel: If you want to kill him, kill the Supreme Kai. Supreme Kai is the Kami to his Piccolo in that Supreme Kai's a much weaker being who's life-linked to Beerus.
* AntiHero: Crosses into this territory as of the Future Trunks saga in ''Super''.
* TheAce: If the fact that he's the [[PhysicalGod God of Destruction]] isn't convincing enough, how about [[CurbStompBattle curb-stomping]] ''Super-Saiyan 3 Goku'' with a [[FingerPokeOfDoom finger]]?
** [[spoiler: Even more of this, when it reveals that he was using 70% against Super Saiyan God Goku; yes, Beerus is stronger than the strongest power-up in the series. Even in Dragon Ball Super when Goku pushes him to near full power, Beerus was still the victor and it turns he ''lied about using full power''.]]
** [[spoiler:He's so high above everyone else[[note]]except Whis[[/note]] that when you beat him in ''VideoGame/DragonBallXenoverse'' his most common loss quote is less that of someone who just got his ass kicked and more that of someone who just got a fun workout with an opponent that managed to impress him—as though this was his battle with Goku in the movie.]]
** [[spoiler: Also in ''VideoGame/DragonballXenoverse'', he's the only character that's so badass that BigBad Demigra's mind control simply fails to work on him. He's such an in-universe {{Gamebreaker}} that he has to be convinced not to go and kill the main bad guy himself for the sake of avoiding excess destruction.]]
* AdaptationalVillainy: He's much more of a JerkassGod in ''Dragon Ball Super'' than he was in ''Battle of Gods'', and his actions are ''not'' PlayedForLaughs. Most notable is his slapping Bulma after she herself slaps him; in ''Battle of Gods'' it seems more reflexive/instinctive than anything, whereas in ''Super'', he actually ''backhands'' her across the face with a glint in his eye and a SlasherSmile.
* {{Adorkable}}: Once you get to know him, Beerus is a polite and likable ManChild who is quick to make friends, and acts like the lazy, affectionate, fun loving overgrown cat that he is instead than the God that he should be.
* AffablyEvil: Seems to be a mix of this an FauxAffablyEvil. On the one hand, he remorselessly destroys planets just for the slightest bit of annoyance, abuses both women and children in a sadistic manner, and basically plays with other people's lives. On the other, he's playful and goofy while in his own home, easily acclimates himself to the festivities of Bulma's party, and even politely apologizes for his rude behavior to the hostes.
* AloofAlly: Becomes this to the Z-Fighters post ''Battle of Gods''. While Beerus won't personally intervene in fights between mortals, he has occasionally helped out the Z-Fighters [[spoiler: such as allowing them to crowd around him and Whis so that they would survive the Earth blowing up after Freeza RageQuit or helping to investigate the connection between Zamasu and Black]]. Plus, if it's a godly matter, Beerus will step in [[spoiler:as shown when he vaporised Present Zamasu after witnessing him murdering Gowasu]].
* AllPowerfulBystander:
** In ''DragonballXenoverse'', after BigBad Demon God Demigra [[spoiler:[[EpicFail epically failed]] to mind-control Beerus]], he has to be begged to ''not'' quickly kill Demigra himself, in fear he'd be causing too much destruction in the process, and so after testing them in battle to see if they can do it, Beerus leaves it to the protagonists and takes a nap.
** He is also this in ''[[Anime/DragonBallZResurrectionF Resurrection F]]'', where he states he's not going to take sides in the Goku/Freeza fight.
** Finally averts this during the Future Trunks arc, where he and Whis lend their aid, though the actual fighting of the antagonist is left to Goku and friends. [[spoiler:Until they have concrete evidence that present Zamasu has gone bad. Then Beerus steps in and personally destroys him.]]
* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: [[spoiler:Besides Perfect Cell, he is the only one of Goku's opponents to qualify, and then, in a twist of twists, he reveals that this also applies to ''him'', and that Whis is even stronger yet. One could argue that the whole ''point'' of the movie ''Battle of Gods'' was this [[AnAesop aesop]].]]
* AmbiguouslyEvil: By the end of the film, it's not clear just how serious he was about destroying Earth. He could have done it without breaking a sweat at any point, but he kept "letting himself get distracted." In general, it seems that while he takes no pleasure in performing evil actions, he is very self-centered and doesn't consider other people's lives to be worth much ({{Justified}}, as the God of Destruction, performing a necessary job in the universe, he's doubtless killed an uncountable number of beings).
* AnimalMotifs: Vaguely resembles a hairless cat and wears pseudo Egyptian clothing, appropriate as the Egyptians worshiped cats (though their cat-specific god was female). More importantly, he has the personality of a cat: petty, selfish, ruthlessly picky eater, and spends most of his time sleeping.
* TheAntiChrist: He sort of qualifies given that it's his job to destroy planets and his arrival automatically results in an apocalypse.
* ApocalypseWow: Beerus says that no matter how many times he does it, he never gets tired of watching a planet he destroys explode. Though this sounds callous, destroying planets is literally his ''job.''
* AxCrazy: Especially when he is in a bad mood in his DisproportionateRetribution moments. Adding to that, he has extremely sharp personality changes, he can vary from a calmed guy to incredibly crazy, irrational, and extremist if he gets angry. When Goku pushes him into an UnstoppableRage this gets cranked UpToEleven. His facial features were contorted in animalistic fury, his attacks quickly began to start inflicting large scale destruction whereas before it was somewhat restrained and at times it seemed like he had trouble speaking outside of screaming and {{Angrish}}.
* BadassBoast:
-->''"Is there nobody on Earth more worthy to destroy...?"''
* TheBadGuyWins: [[spoiler:He's the only movie character and villain at this point of the series, to defeat Goku, and far surpass him, even with an additional power-up. Then again the point wasn't really to beat him, just give him a good fight. Which Goku manages to accomplish.]]
* BalanceBetweenGoodAndEvil: Is supposed to maintain the balance in the universe by destroying planets so new ones can be created, although he had spent many years in slumber. The kais are the gods of creation and such.
* BeenThereShapedHistory:
** He is the reason King Kai's planet is so small.
** He sealed Old Kai in the Z-sword.
** He also killed off the Dinosaurs, even though they're still alive in the present.
** The dub of ''Battle Of Gods'', it's suggested that he may have told Frieza to exterminate the Saiyans, but this much more vague in the original Japanese. In either case, he approved of their destruction.
* BerserkButton: ''DO NOT'' deny him food; it ''will'' cost you your planet. Also, do not disrespect him, even initially, [[JerkassGod or he will return the favor to you]]. Another is not taking him seriously, either as the God of Destruction or as a person; King Vegeta sets this off by giving him the second-best pillow instead of the best, and Goku later sets this off by admitting he was holding back during their battle. And further later in their battle during Super, when a misunderstanding causes him to think Goku is taking him even lighter,[[note]] Beerus asked if Goku was taking him seriously yet. Goku responded "You're about to find out." Then his god transformation faded, which Beerus didn't realize was unintentional.[[/note]] Beerus is reduced to screaming in rage.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: Be careful around this friendly, polite, and fun-loving deity. Like all cats, Beerus has a mercurial temperament and is prone to violent mood-swings that can be set off by the most ''petty'' of reasons; do remember he is the same God who used King Vegeta's head as a footstool in front of his own son Prince Vegeta while making him treat him to an Eight-Course Banquet, and that was when he was in a ''good'' mood...
* BigBad: In ''Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods'' as well as it's retelling in ''Super''. [[spoiler: Though considering his demeanor, the title is debatable.]]
* BigEater:
** His greatest joy in life is sampling new gourmet foods, and it is THIS sense of SkewedPriorities that almost gave Earth its (second) Apocalypse.
** Ironically enough, it also saved the Earth. While Goku being a WorthyOpponent is part of it, the main thing keeping him from destroying the Earth is that the food is just too good...
* BloodKnight: The plot is him basically trying to find the Super Saiyan God so he can fight him.
* BlueAndOrangeMorality: Somewhere in there, at least. He's the God of Destruction, it's his ''job'' to destroy worlds so it makes sense he doesn't see anything morally wrong with his actions. It's actually established that old planets have to be destroyed so new planets can be born; the problem with Beerus is that he acts independently of the Supreme Kais (even worse now that there's only two of them left), chooses what planets he will destroy at his leisure, and he can and will destroy even important planets without a second thought if he's [[DisproportionateRetribution irritated enough]]. In ''Super'', Old Kai even says that the kind of destruction Beerus brings is pointless and petty. That said, his twin brother Champa (the God of Destruction of Universe 6) shares the same morality and it's implied these two are actually ''mellow'' as far as their kind go, implying this is indeed the case.
* BrilliantButLazy: Beerus comes across as this. He spends most of his time either eating or sleeping. Him sleeping for several decades is considered a light nap. But there is no doubting his power and the fact that he is very well-trained.
* TheBully: His treatment of King Vegeta can only be described as this. ''Super'' extends it to his son.
* BunnyEarsLawyer: He is so immature he needs Whis as constant Butler/Nanny to remind him about waking up in the morning, good manners, and brushing his teeth before going to sleep. See {{Adorkable}} above for more details.
* ButForMeItWasTuesday: Destroying planets and exterminating their populations in the process is just everyday business for him. It cannot be overstated just how ''casually'' he treats destruction.
* CantLiveWithoutYou: Similar with Piccolo and Kami, Whis reveals in ''Super'' that if the Supreme Kai were to die, Beerus would die along with him. The reverse is probably also true, but then the odds of someone killing Beerus are pretty slim. At least he's lucky Old Kai and East Supreme Kai are still alive.
* CatsAreMean: He is an antagonist and has a cat-like appearance. Though he actually averts this -- he's rather friendly when he's not angered or annoyed.
* ChallengeSeeker: In ''Super'', Goku theorized that the reason why Beerus wanted to fight a Super Saiyan God so much was because it has been a very long time since he had someone challenged him. While Beerus agrees with Goku's assessment, he makes it clear that Goku isn't that WorthyOpponent... until Goku pushes the limits of Super Saiyan God and earns Beerus' respect.
* CosmicEntity: He is a God of Destruction capable of destroying the universes if he so desires and doesn't care too much about the lives of mortals, although he does respect them to various degrees.
* CranialEruption: After Goku teels him that he met Zen'o, Beerus falls headfirst off the stump he was on, leading to this.
* CurbstompBattle: Him vs. anybody besides Super Saiyan God Goku. [[spoiler: Which itself, turns out to be a subverted trope; he's just as massively over SSG Goku as he was everyone else (at least in practical terms), with the only reason for that fight not being a curbstomp being Beerus holding back a truly massive amount of power. He claims he only used 70%. Even in ''Super'' when he claimed that he was at 100% against Goku, ''it was a lie''.]]
* DefeatMeansFriendship: Inverted. [[spoiler:''Goku'' is defeated, and Beerus befriends him.]]
* DidntSeeThatComing:
** Beerus ''and'' Whis are surprised that Champa manages to get a TimeMaster like [[spoiler: Hit]] on their team. Beerus was so panicked that he begged Whis to tell Goku how to counter it.
** Goku [[spoiler: throwing his fight against Hit catches everyone by surprise. Beerus gets another shock when Monaka actually wins against Hit (because Hit also throws his match)]].
** Beerus thought that the future was changed after he killed [[spoiler: Zamasu]] because a god killing another god alters the time stream. This is despite Future Trunks and the others pointing out that Trunks' timeline is different from the present timeline. [[spoiler: Turns out, Trunks was right, but not for the reasons he thought. Beerus got it wrong because he and the others thought Future Zamasu was Present Zamasu and that Goku Black was merely a creation of the Super Dragon Balls, when in truth, Goku Black ''is'' Present Zamasu and he's protected by any changes in time thanks to the Time Ring. Beerus nor Whis could have known that Zamasu would become so obsessed with Goku that he would actually abandoned his godly form and take Goku's body, and team up with his future counterpart]].
* DidntThinkThisThrough: Beerus brought Monaka because he claims that he is the best fighter he had ever met outside of Whis and he gave him a much better fight than Super Saiyan God Goku. [[spoiler: When in truth, Monaka is weak, at least compared to Goku and Vegeta, and Beerus only said those things to motivate Goku and Vegeta. He has no intentions of letting Monaka fight at the tournament, which is why he makes Monaka go last no matter what. This comes back to bite him in the butt since he underestimates Champa's team, specifically Hit, and Goku is the last real fighter after Vegeta goes down. He was also handicapped early by [[TheLoad Buu]] failing his exam, so he only had three able fighters from the start. Even more, he makes Goku, Vegeta, and Piccolo decide the order in which they fight by doing rock-paper-scissor instead of ordering weakest to strongest. This is why ''Goku'' is the first to fight in the tournament, Piccolo, the weakest on team, is in the middle, with Vegeta being last. [[CurbstompBattle Given what happened when Vegeta fought Hit]], Beerus would have been completely screwed if Goku wasn't allowed back into the tournament since Frost cheated. Or, Goku could have been knocked out fairly by one of the other fighters and even if he did make it to Hit, he would have been weaker since he had to fight through the entire Universe 6's team. Whis mercilessly lampshades this]].
* DisproportionateRetribution: Beerus ''owns'' this trope since he has a number of {{Berserk Button}}s and the power to destroy a solar system instantly:
** Also, he decides that he wants to destroy the Earth because Majin Buu ate all of the custard puddings at Bulma's birthday after Beerus asked him if he could have one or two of them.
** When Beerus shows up at King Kai's place, he remarks that he remembered it being larger. Whis has to remind him that it ''was'' larger, but after King Kai beat Beerus at a game of Hide and Seek, the God of Destruction threw a temper tantrum and blasted the bejeezus out of the planet, reducing it to its current size.
** Word of God reveals that he [[spoiler:sealed Old Kai into the Z Sword "over some trifling thing"]].
** In ''Dragon Ball Super'', which [[AdaptationalVillainy increased]] his JerkassGod tendencies, he destroys half a planet because the food was a bit too greasy for his liking. He destroys the whole planet in the manga, but it's more justified there as they were trying poison him. He also destroyed a planet because he didn't like the food there, although that didn't stop him from wolfing down the lunch made from said planet. On top of all that, he beats up King Vegeta and almost crushes his skull because he gives him only the second most comfortable pillow.
* DoNotTauntCthulhu: He might be a rather nice guy, but do ''not'' tick him off.
* DontFearTheReaper: In a roundabout way, but Beerus ''is'' the God of Destruction in the ''Dragon Ball Z'' Universe, albeit a ''goofy and likable'' God of Destruction.
* DontMakeMeTakeMyBeltOff: Hilariously ''spanks'' the Super Saiyan out of Gotenks.
* TheDreaded:
** Pretty much ''everyone'' in the ''Dragon Ball'' universe fears him, including all gods, Frieza, ''Shenron'' and arrogant saiyans. While Vegeta being scared shitless is usually a good indication that someone is to be taken seriously, in Beerus' case it doesn't stop there. Even ''Goku'' who has no sense of authority respectfully adresses him with ''-sama''. In the case of Beerus' reputation, OOCIsSeriousBusiness applies to ''everyone''.
** In ''Resurrection 'F''' Frieza reveals that there were two beings that he was supposed to never mess with: Majin Buu and Beerus. [[spoiler: When Frieza sees Beerus during his fight with Goku, ''Frieza'' acts completely humble and is scared witless. Even an arrogant SOB like Frieza knows not to screw with him]].
* DreamingOfThingsToCome: He has a dream where he fights Super Saiyan God Goku, and this is what kicks off the plot. He implies that he has prophetic dreams often, but Whis has to remind him that they don't always pan out.
* DudeWheresMyRespect: {{Subverted}}. Beerus doesn't tolerate anyone disrespecting him, something King Vegeta and Buu learn the hard way.
* EnragedByIdiocy: In Super, once they actually start hanging around the Z-Fighters, Goku's reckless personality and lack of decorum with just about every God or Kai absolutely infuriates him.
* EstablishingCharacterMoment:
** In ''Battle of Gods'', we are introduced to Beerus when he's sleeping and bombs goes off as his alarm clock. When that fails to wake him, Whis threatens to sing, which makes Beerus crawl himself out of bed in the laziest way possible.
** In ''Super'', Beerus' first appearance has him eating a huge meal on an alien planet where the inhabitants are scared crapless of him. Although Beerus approves of the food overall, he says it's a bit on the greasy side and [[JerkassGod decides]] to destroy [[DisproportionateRetribution just]] half of the planet. Which he does by tapping his finger on the table.
* EveryoneHasStandards:
** Even he can't stand Frieza; in fact, when he first wakes up from his long sleep in ''Battle of Gods'', he was contemplating going after him and killing him before finding out that Frieza was long dead.
** The reason he [[spoiler: imprisoned the Old Kai in the Z-Sword over a petty argument was because it would be improper of him to destroy the Supreme Kais' World. Also, since the Kais' lives are linked to his, killing one Supreme Kai increased the chances of him dying]].
** [[spoiler: He is just as disgusted by Frost as everyone else after learning he was EvilAllAlong. When he hears that Frost is a planet broker who buy planets he ruins cheaply and then sells them for a high price after he fixes them, he sneers that's exactly what Frieza used to do]].
** In the ''Super'' manga, he doesn't like Whis comparing his job to [[spoiler: Goku Black]] attempting human genocide in Future Trunks' time. Beerus destroys planets for the sake of universal balance, while he considers [[spoiler: Goku Black]] little more than a lunatic who kills according to his own whims. In the anime, while Beerus never calls [[spoiler: Goku Black]] a lunatic, he calls him an evil person and considers killing Zamasu on the spot just in case he turns into Black. [[spoiler: And did so with Present!Zamasu, when the latter was going to kill Gowasu.]]
* EvilCounterpart: To Goku. Both of them are rather lazy outside of the prospect of fighting things, obsessed with food, kind and respectful but with no sense of being rude, outright terrifying to enemies when angry, and generally the most dangerous things in the universe. Only difference is that Beerus had nobody giving him a moral compass. After he becomes friends with Goku, he become more of a case of NotSoDifferent.
* EvilIsPetty:
** Though more AmbiguouslyEvil, he has a history of destroying planets for pretty petty reasons, such as losing at video games or being denied food. It's actually lampshaded when he is about to go to Earth from King Kai's planet:
-->'''King Kai''': You're not planning to destroy it or anything, are you?\\
'''Beerus''': As long as nothing that happens there annoys me.
** It's been confirmed by Word of God that [[spoiler: Beerus imprisoned the Old Kai in the Z-Sword over [[NoodleIncident some petty argument]]]]. In ''Super'', the Old Kai even outright describes Beerus's acts of destruction as pointless and petty.
* ExactWords:
** Threatens to destroy Earth if Goku loses to him. [[spoiler:And he did; albeit a tiny piece of it (specifically a single rock). Tired from and satisfied by his fight with Goku, he left the Earth in a state in which it'll recover.]]
** When he says he's gonna kill Zamasu on the spot, he wasn't kidding ''at all''. [[spoiler: He literally atomizes him where he stands after being found guilty for attempted murder]].
* FatAndSkinny: He's the skinny to Champa's fat.
* FingerPokeOfDoom:
** In ''Anime/DragonballSuper'', he destroys ''half a planet'' tapping his finger on a table.
** Defeated [=SSJ3=] Goku with a finger flick and a light karate chop, Piccolo with PressurePoint attacks while wielding [[MundaneMadeAwesome CHOPSTICKS]], and Vegeta with a light tap to the forehead.
** He also has an UpToEleven version of Frieza's Death Beam.
* FriendlyEnemy: Despite being a SmugSuper JerkassGod who deals out {{Disproportionate Retribution}}s like candy, he is actually quite friendly once you get to know him. [[spoiler: When Goku successfully becomes a Super Saiyan God, he spends more time giving Goku life advice than fighting him. He also regrets saying he will destroy the Earth since he came to like the people there and saves Bulma and all those around her when Frieza destroys Earth because she kept feeding him.]]
* FunPersonified: Quite a friendly, gregarious, and likable fella actually; he readily joins in the food, song, laughter, and ''dance'' (yes, he lets loose some truly ''funky'' breakdance moves) in the festivities of Bulma's Birthday Party. Just like Goku, he enjoys making dear friends and spending quality time with them as much as he likes battle.
* GenreBlindness: During the Future Trunks Saga. After [[spoiler: killing Zamasu, he believes that this means that Goku Black will be RetGone. However, as shown during the Cell Saga, the destruction of the Androids and Cell in the past did nothing to their BadFuture counterparts, and Goku, Vegeta, and Trunks are all GenreSavvy enough to expect the same and go to the future to be certain; indeed, Beerus is proven wrong, as Goku Black's possession of a Time Ring protected him]].
* GodOfEvil: The God of Destruction. Though [[BlueAndOrangeMorality "evil" may be too strong of a word]], considering he's just doing his job.
* GreaterScopeVillain: Beerus has exerted a huge influence over the series behind-the-scenes, long before his first appearance.
** Beerus was the one responsible for King Kai's planet being such a small size, as he had destroyed the vast portion of it after [[DisproportionateRetribution a fit of childish rage]].
** [[http://www.kanzenshuu.com/translations/saikyo-jump-june-2014-issue-twel-buu-mysteries/ It's been revealed]] [[spoiler:he was the one who sealed Old Kai in the Z Sword]]. Old Kai confirms this in ''Dragon Ball Super''.
* HairTriggerTemper: His first response to even the mildest annoyance is to threaten to blow up the planet. It's ''not'' an idle threat. Although as his CharacterDevelopment goes, he's evidently learning to reign in its severity.
* TheHeavy: The plot of ''Battle of Gods'' is moved entirely by Beerus' desires. It wouldn't be inaccurate to sum it up as "Everybody tries to keep Beerus happy so that he doesn't blow up the Earth".
* HeavySleeper
** Not only does he need BOMBS to wake up, but he also requires the menace of Whis singing.
** In ''Super'', where he's much more of a jerkass, this is how the Earth is spared -- he ends up falling asleep right before he destroys it. [[spoiler: Actually, he faked it to get out of his promise to destroy Earth.]]
** Is used in Dragon Ball Xenoverse so he [[spoiler:can give Time Patroller Trunks and the Future Warrior time to defeat Demigra themselves without breaking his promise to do so himself]] by claiming a desire to take a nap first. Whis mentions he tends to take naps that last years, so the heroes can't expect more help from them.
* HeelFaceTurn: Applies more to ''Super'' than ''Battle of Gods'' since he acts a lot more evil there, but he still ends up being impressed enough with Goku that he finds a way out of his promise to destroy Earth and becomes friends with him.
* HiddenHeartOfGold:
** [[spoiler: Despite his intense rivalry with his brother, Beerus wishes for U6's Earth to be restored and advance so it's up to par with U7's Earth so Champa can eat the food there. Although Champa is touched by the gesture, he's still somewhat annoyed that Beerus did something for him]].
** [[spoiler: Later he kills Present!Zamasu when the latter tries to kill his mentor Zamasu and then Goku.]]
** [[spoiler: After he learns that BadFuture is still in effect, he pretends not to be concerned with that, but he actually starts to find ways to correct this.]]
* HotBlooded: He has a fierce temper and lets his anger get the best of him. Though a [[BloodKnight good fight]] will calm him down.
* HumanityIsInfectious:
** Old Kai theorizes this is one of the reasons why Beerus spared Earth. In ''Resurrection ‘F’'', Beerus freely admits that he wants to destroy Earth, but wants to eat more of its food. He even promises to keep Bulma safe (as long as she keeps up with the delicious foods).
** In ''Super'', he comments that Earth is an interesting planet to have changed a Saiyan so much. Whis comments that Beerus seems to have changed a bit, too.
* IAmNotLeftHanded: Reveals at the end of his fight with Super Saiyan God Goku that he never went higher than 70% of his full power and still won. ''Super'' reveals what Beerus is truly capable if he wants someone dead ''now'' rather than just wanting a good fight: he puts his hand near them, says "Destroy", and they're destroyed. No energy blast or WaveMotionGun, he says the word "Destroy" and they're ''atomized''. [[spoiler:He uses this to kill Present Zamasu, who is on par with post God Super Saiyan 2 Goku.]]
* IGaveMyWord: When he makes a promise he will keep it. [[spoiler: Though he can find loopholes in his own words like destroying only a tiny piece of the Earth instead of the whole planet.]]
* ImmuneToMindControl: In ''Xenoverse'', he's revealed to be immune to [[spoiler: Demigra's SuperpoweredEvilSide-inducing BlackMagic]].
* InexplicablyAwesome: He is a god among gods and nothing is really known about him. It's implied that Beerus could have been a mortal at one point, unlike the Kais who are born gods, given that Whis offers Goku the job of God of Destruction once Beerus dies.
* InvincibleVillain: Even with TheHero's additional power-up, it didn't make him go beyond 70% of his power. In ''Super'', Beerus still wins, though he was considerably closer to 100% in the process that time.
* ItsWhatIDo: He's the God of Destruction. Destroying things is what he ''does''. He's chillingly apathetic about destroying planets for petty reasons, but at the same also doesn't take any sadistic pleasure in it either, making him both the most dangerous ''and least evil'' villain in ''Dragon Ball Z'' at the same time.
--> '''Beerus:''' (in a bored tone) "The pudding is gone... The Super Saiyan God isn't here... Guess it's destruction time."
* JapanesePronouns: Interestingly for the StarterVillain of the ''Dragon Ball'' Universe's full-on new content revival, Beerus uses ''exclusively'' polite pronouns, from the ''gentle-polite-masculine'' "Boku" to refer to himself (much like Gohan) instead of the coarse-masculine "Ore" (EVERY other adult-male of ''DBZ''), and "Kimi" (affectionately-polite form of "My Good Sir/Good Madame") to refer to ''everyone.'' Note that unlike Frieza, this polite and affectionate vocabulary is used in a quite sincere and not-at-all sarcastic manner.
* JerkassGod: The straightest example in the series, especially in ''Anime/DragonBallSuper''. Since Beerus have been awake a day and a half longer than in ''Battle of Gods'', we see him actively destroying planets after eating all the food and all his {{Disproportionate Retribution}}s. We also see in a FlashBack Beerus crushing King Vegeta's head into the floor for not finding the most comfortable pillow in the universe, saying he didn't care if he had to steal or kill for it. He also goes out of his way to intimidate Vegeta and calls the Saiyans cowardly since the last time he saw them.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: In ''Super'', he appears to have soften up a bit after the ''Battle of Gods'' saga as long as he's been served food whereas in the movie he's actually a NiceGuy with an unfortunate case of HairTriggerTemper.
* KarmaHoudini: Probably the only straight example in the entire franchise. While he's friendlier and less evil than Frieza, Cell, or Buu, he still gets away with some unpleasant actions: cruelly used King Vegeta's head as a footstool in front of his own son Prince Vegeta while making him treat him to an Eight-Course Banquet, knowing that he is much weaker than him and with no possibility of defense, and has been responsible for numerous genocides throughout the universe. He also ready to destroy Earth over not getting pudding. His behavior in ''Super'' unambiguously pushes him to this status.
* KickTheDog:
** He slapped Bulma. Granted, she hit him first, but he was the one who ruined her birthday party.
** He seems to take personal offense to Vegeta's existence in ''Anime/DragonBallSuper''. Since his arrival at Bulma's party, he just can't stop kicking and demeaning Vegeta. First, he scares the poor guy half to death by sneaking up on him and quoting [[Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar Kenshiro]] by saying he's already dead. He then keeps giving {{Death Glare}}s to Vegeta as he socializes, mocks the Saiyans for becoming cowardly since Vegeta is humbling himself to keep him happy, and outright calls Vegeta a weakling like his father while smashing his head into the floor.
** In ''Dragon Ball Super'' Episode 41, he doesn't mind Champa [[spoiler:wanting to kill his team because they lost the tournament since it's his universe and he's allowed to do what he wants. He even mocks Goku if he wants to fight a God of Destruction to save them. It took a ''bigger'' God to save them though.]]
** Subverted in Episode 62. [[spoiler: Though he pretends to drop off and not to care about Future Zamasus as he has killed the present one, he actually has gone to plan how to beat them without wrecking the universe.]]
* LeanAndMean: Despite not having much muscle mass, he's easily the strongest antagonist in the series.
* ALighterShadeOfBlack: Most other ''Dragon Ball'' villains, especially Frieza and Cell, are utterly sadistic, depraved monsters who kill and destroy whoever and whenever they want ForTheEvulz. Beerus, on the other hand, only destroys [[PunchClockVillain because it's his job]] (though he is prone to destroying planets for [[DisproportionateRetribution petty reasons]]) and is quite sociable and friendly when off the clock.
* LoopholeAbuse: He said he'd destroy Earth, [[spoiler:he never said he'd have to destroy all of it]].
** Does this again in ''Dragon Ball Xenoverse'', [[spoiler: where he plans to destroy Demigra, and not even being impressed by the strength of determination of Trunks and the Future Warrior can stop him... after he takes a nap first (and Beerus tends to take naps that last a few years). If someone else, like say Trunks and the Future Warrior, just so happen to destroy Demigra while he's taking his nap, oh well]].
* LostFoodGrievance: He nearly blew up the Earth because he was furious at being denied a pudding cup.
* MoodSwinger: A huge one. He can switch from genuinely friendly and polite to chillingly evil in a second. All in all, it can be said that he's quite the nice guy when he's not annoyed... [[HairTriggerTemper but he's annoyed easily]].
* MoralMyopia: He hates when others don't show him the proper amount of respect since he's a god. However, don't expect him to show any respect for others, even the Kais who are supposed to be his equals and counterparts. [[spoiler: Or Whis, who is his mentor and teacher]].
* MySignificanceSenseIsTingling: It's revealed in ''Dragon Ball Super'' that, as God of Destruction, he can sense a person's KillingIntent, no matter how good of a job to conceal it they're doing. [[spoiler:This is how he knew that present Zamasu was planning to do it, even when no one else could.]]
* MysteriousPast: His past is mysterious since it is heavily hinted that he wasn't born a god, but appointed. He has a twin brother who is the God of Destruction of Universe 6 and his assistant is Whis' older sister, and that is all we really know about him.
* NotSoHarmlessVillain: His behaviour makes him seem like he's just some childish jerk. However, he's powerful enough to both destroy an entire planet and take on Goku, with ''one'' finger and the entire ''galaxy'' is frightened of him.
* NighInvulnerability: Far beyond standard ''DBZ'' levels. Generally in a ''DBZ'' fight, even a pretty lopsided one, both fighters end up taking minor, but noticeable damage: [[ClothingDamage Clothes get wrecked,]] [[ShowsDamage scratches, cuts, and bruises appear,]] etc. However, during his entire fight with Goku he never shows any signs of battle damage at all from start to finish. [[spoiler:This is a hint he isn't fighting with everything he's got.]]
* NoBadassToHisValet: Whis doesn't care if Beerus is the God of Destruction and TheDreaded of the universe. He has no problem talking back to him and putting him in his place when he goes too far. [[spoiler: It helps that he's much stronger than Beerus]].
* NobleDemon: Despite the fact that he can be very petty, demanding respect, and blowing whole planets for trivial excuses, he IS a God of Destruction, while also being very charming and friendly if you don't provoke him. Also, he keeps his word (though he engages in LoopholeAbuse when he wants) and has PetTheDog moments.
* NotSoDifferent: He and Son Goku are reflections of each other; both are {{Adorkable}} ManChild warriors who ''seem'' to love food and battle above all, but in truth have become ''so'' powerful that they come to realize that friendship and laughter is far more precious. Whis acknowledges how alike both men are by warmly asking Goku if he'd like to take Beerus' place as God of Destruction when Beerus dies.
* ObsessedWithFood: He easily surpasses Goku and rivals Majin Buu. If he's not thinking about fighting or destroying planets, he's thinking about food and eating all the food off a planet before judging to destroy it. Compared to Goku or Buu, he's less a big eater and more a connoisseur (though still a big eater). His love for food is one of the reasons why he hasn't destroyed the Earth.
* OneHitKill: Has the ability to completely ''atomize'' a person just by sticking his hand in front of their face and saying "Destroy". [[spoiler:He uses this to completely annihilate Present Zamasu in an instant.]] For obvious reasons, he doesn't seem to use this on people he wants to actually ''fight'', only using it on people he ''really'' wants dead.
* OutsideContextProblem: There have been gods introduced to the series before. However, all of them have been benevolent and eventually surpassed by the Saiyans outside of Trunks and Goten. Then, there is Beerus who can only be described as the [[TopGod god of gods]]. Even the strongest Supreme Kai was only equal with Majin Buu and Beerus is so much more powerful that he makes Super Saiyan 3 Goku look like an insect. [[spoiler: Goku becoming a god himself only manages to bring out 70% of Beerus' power and even Goku and Vegeta going beyond godhood in ''Resurrection ‘F’'' is still not as strong as Beerus]]. Not since Frieza have we seen such tier difference between the heroes and villain. Not helped that the heroes cannot sense Beerus since a god's aura is incomprehensible to a mortal.
* PayEvilUntoEvil: Beerus' execution of [[spoiler: Zamasu]]. It is one of the [[CruelAndUnusualDeath cruelest deaths]] in the series given how Beerus slowly atomized him to the point that [[spoiler: Zamasu]] is left screaming in anguish, [[FridgeLogic even with his head gone]]. However, given that [[spoiler: Zamasu tried to kill his master and was happy to hear that his future counterpart has been murdering mortals in the future]], it's hard to feel sympathy for him.
* PersonOfMassDestruction: Obviously, given he's the literal ''God'' of Destruction. Best shown in ''Anime/DragonballSuper'' when he destroys half a planet by ''poking it''. He and his brother Champa having a tiny spat was enough to reduce most of the room they're in to ''ash'' without one energy attack being fired. It's said if the two of them actually fought it'd be enough to destroy ''both'' their universes.
* PetTheDog:
** [[spoiler: In ''Dragon Ball Super'' episode 41, Beerus uses his wish to revive Universe 6's Earth with all its people. It's heavily implied that he does it because he wants to give a chance to his brother Champa to eat the good, though he claims that he simply does to make Champa owe him. Beerus seems to care about his brother, though deep down. Both Whis and Champa are impressed.]]
** [[spoiler: As of Episode 62, even though to public appearances he's flippant about the whole thing, he's actually starting to look for loopholes in his God Of Destruction duties so that he can go to the Future and help Goku, Vegeta and Future Trunks stop Goku Black and Future Zamasu's omnicidal rampage once and for all, even though the whole affair doesn't really have much to do with him.]]
* PettingZooPeople: He resembles a humanoid hairless cat, namely the Cornish Rex breed.
* PhlebotinumKilledTheDinosaurs: Beerus killed the dinosaurs on Earth. However, he's either exaggerating, or he missed a good number, because they're still roaming around in the ''DBZ'' universe.
* PhysicalGod:
** You know how Kami was portrayed as the "overlooker" kind of god and the Kais as the "guardian" and "creator" kind of god? Well, Beerus is a ''god''-god. The most literal of senses imaginable, and it shows. The God of Destruction was said to be '''the''' strongest being fought by the protagonists in the Dragon Ball universe up to that point.
** To compare, most variations of gods or god-standins in the ''Dragon Ball'' series typically come at the level of or fall below the main cast. Beerus and Whis, who are among the group outright called "gods" in ''all'' languages, however...
* ThePowerOfTheSun: He can do more than one.
* PsychoForHire: As mentioned, it's his ''job'' to destroy planets. In ''Dragon Ball Super'', however, he mentions that he actually ''enjoys'' seeing the planets he destroys explode, and never gets tired of the sight.
* PsychopathicManchild: He gives off this vibe sometimes, like destroying planets because King Kai beat him at a videogame or because somebody ate all the pudding at a party.
* PunchClockVillain: He isn't really malevolent -- he simply destroys planets because it's his job. He's the ''God of Destruction'' after all, and it's established that his existence is necessary to keep balance in the universe.
* PunnyName: [[http://www.kanzenshuu.com/2013/03/30/akira-toriyama-confirms-battle-of-gods-name-puns-again/ According to the movie's scriptwriter]], "Birusu" comes from a Japanese pronunciation of "virus". Shueisha however seems to prefer going with "Beers", which is Toriyama's take on the name.
* PurpleIsPowerful: BIG TIME. One of the movie's selling points was that Beerus would be stronger than every villain encountered previously, [[ContrastingSequelAntagonist in direct contrast to Abo and Kado]]... who weren't.
* RealityWarper: In ''Super'', when facing the end-result of their clash (which threatens to blow up the Universe), Beerus nullifies it into nothingness - and later claims to do so with other energy blasts, but ''only'' when he's at full power.
* ReverseArmFold: His signature pose.
* SeriousBusiness: Do ''not'' deny Beerus food. It will cost you your planet. Serving him food that he doesn't find sufficiently tasty is also a good way to get your planet destroyed.
* ShadowArchetype: In a lot of ways, he's basically Goku without a moral compass.
* SmugSuper: Beerus knows exactly how powerful he is, not taking any fight seriously, not even Super Saiyan God Goku. He has very good reason to be confident since none of the heroes have been able to fight him in a way that justifies him using full power.
* TheSnackIsMoreInteresting:
** Frankly, he seems to find more genuine joy in feasting on gourmet foods than battle, much like Goku.
** [[spoiler:In ''Anime/DragonBallZResurrectionF'', he's much more interested in Earth food than in Goku/Frieza's fight, and admits that the food is what's really keeping him from blowing up the planet.]]
* TheSociopath: Beerus in many ways can be classified a high-functional sociopath with impulse issues. [[LackOfEmpathy He cares for little outside of his own wants and thinks nothing of the lives of mortals]] since he was willing to destroy the Earth just to force Goku to unleashed more of his power as a Super Saiyan God. [[ConsummateLiar He lies]] and [[ManipulativeBastard manipulates]] others like his entire deal with [[spoiler: Monaka]], to try to bring out other people's abilities. He also needs constant stimulation when he's awake, otherwise he will grow bored and destroy more planets than he needs to for petty reasons. Part of the reason why he searches for a Super Saiyan God to fight is because he's bored since he hasn't had a real challenged in a long time. [[SmugSuper He also thinks a lot of himself]] since he is a [[PhysicalGod god]] and can basically do whatever he wants, something he constantly reminds Whis of. Finally, it's questionable if Beerus really cares for anyone given that he treats the closest thing he has to a friend as a servant who he regularly bosses around, and his friendship towards Goku and Vegeta is anything but equal. He treats Vegeta as an errand boy and he mocks Goku for wanting to save the fighters from U6 from [[spoiler: Champa]], pointing out how [[KickTheDog powerless Goku actually is compared to the gods and he should remember his place]]. This is on top of him being extremely impulsive. [[DisproportionateRetribution He will destroy planets and solar systems over the smallest things, and he will kill those he considered his friends and allies if things don't go his way]]. With all that said, unlike most characters in ''Dragon Ball'', him being a sociopath doesn't necessary means that he's an evil person. [[BlueAndOrangeMorality Just someone with a complicated moral code]].
* SoreLoser: You want to know why King Kai lives on such a small planet? [[http://www.kanzenshuu.com/2013/02/23/dragon-ball-full-color-saiyan-arc-qa-sections-translated/ Beerus blew it up after Kaio beat him at video games, and Kaio then carved one of the chunks into a tiny planetoid.]] It's subtle, but during his fight with Goku in ''Super'' he gets noticeably angry when he learns Goku has been holding back (meaning Beerus hasn't been winning as easily as he thought) and is enraged when Goku begins to land solid hits.
* SparingTheAces: One of the reasons why Beerus spares the Earth. Goku puts up such a good fight against him that he saw it as a waste to kill him.
* SpellMyNameWithAnS: Bills/Birus/Beerus/Beers. The official romanization in Japan is "Beers", which respects Akira Toriyama's misinterpretation of the name pun, while nearly the entirety of the English-speaking fandom decided on "Bills" almost as soon as the character was revealed. The English dub went with "Beerus".
* StealthMentor: In the ''Battle of the Gods'' movie, Piccolo notices that Beerus appears to be training Goku than actually fighting him.
* TranquilFury: Even when he's either been slighted or is absolutely furious, Beerus in keeps his cool and doesn't let his anger manifest other than a withering DeathGlare and occasionally a SlasherSmile. Although Goku does manage to push him into an UnstoppableRage near the end of their battle and tries to destroy the Earth, but he snaps out of it after Goku destroys his SphereOfDestruction.
** In ''Super'' despite his much more HotBlooded temperament, he slips fully into this when [[spoiler: killing Zamasu. No yelling, no screaming, he just sticks his hand in front of Zamasu's face, utters the word "Destroy", and watches him be completely disintegrated with the only sign of his rage being an irritated glare.]]
* TookALevelInJerkass: He comes across as more of a JerkassGod in ''Dragon Ball Super''. In the movie, he did not go out of his way to intimidate or demean Vegeta. He's just acting like himself and enjoys the company he's in while Vegeta tries to keep him happy. In ''Super'', Beerus continuously shoots Vegeta smug looks, scaring him, and says that the Saiyans are more cowardly than he remembers since Vegeta is humbling himself before him. Followed by...
* TookALevelInKindness: In ''Super'', once his saga is finished he starts mellowing out and becomes more friendly towards Goku and Vegeta. When they eat his stash of pizzas, he throws a comical fit and doesn't really make them suffer the way he would've done earlier on.
* TooSpicyForYogSothoth: Wasabi is so hot that he starts crashing through nearby planets back at his home [[spoiler:and has to be knocked out by Whis]]. Yes, ''the God of Destruction'' who can easily power through Super Saiyans, [[{{Irony}} can't take a little Wasabi]]. This is a joke referring to the Japanese metaphor called nekojita, often translated as "having a cat's tongue." It means being a person who cannot handle spicy foods. The joke is subverted in ''Dragon Ball Super'', where he narrowly avoids eating wasabi.
* TopGod: It's no exaggeration to say that Beerus is a god's god. None of the Supreme Kais are even close to his league. Whereas the Supreme Kais were nearly killed off by Majin Buu, Beerus can easily turn even the strongest form of Buu into space dust. To put it into perspective, according to Word of God, if the Super Saiyan God is a 6, Beerus is at a 10, while Whis is at ''15''.
* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: Beerus and Whis investigating [[spoiler: Goku Black]] leads them to U10 where they asked about the Time Rings, something that Zamasu didn't know existed until that moment. They also bring Goku, who is obsess with fighting Zamasu since he heard he's a fighting prodigy among the Kais and he may be [[spoiler Goku Black]]. This leads to sparring match where Goku beats Zamasu, and him becoming obsess with Goku ''and'' seeing mortals as stupid and dangerous.
* VillainRespect: If you can call Beerus a villain. He comes to greatly respect Goku and the others to the point he spares the Earth from destruction for the time being.
* WarriorTherapist: Has shades of this. During his fight with SSG Goku, he gives Goku advice about his new power, namely he highlights Goku's pride in his own strength and says it will be the end of him. Crosses into TricksterMentor. Piccolo points out that Beerus seems to be training Goku rather than fighting him. Though his temper does get the better of him a few times.
* WillfullyWeak: He's so strong that he intentionally holds back against all of his opponents. [[spoiler:Even against Goku's Super Saiyan God Form, he never used more than 70% of his full power. Which makes sense, since according to Akira Toriyama's "scale of 10" numbers, SSG Goku's max matches only 60% of Beerus' power.]] It turns out that in ''Dragonball Super'', he has the ability to [[OneHitKill completely atomize someone]] [[spoiler:as powerful as Present Zamasu]] simply by putting his hand in front of them and saying "Destroy".
* TheWorfEffect: A comical yet soundly telling example. [[spoiler:After defeating even Super Saiyan God Goku, Whis knocks him unconscious in a single chop to the head.]]
* WorthyOpponent: He comes to see Goku and Vegeta as this, going as far as to say that they needed to keep an eye on them. This also extends to the Future Warrior in ''VideoGame/DragonBallXenoverse'', as in the one-sided beatdown between him and Gotenks, Gohan, 18 and Piccolo, they're the only ones able to fend off his assault, something that will actually make him snap out of his rage momentarily to [[WowingCthulhu complement them on.]]
* WouldHitAGirl: [[spoiler: Has no problem knocking out 18 and later slaps Bulma. Justified with 18, as she is a powerful cyborg, but Bulma... let's just say Vegeta [[BerserkButton is not pleased]].]] Considering his sheer power however, [[spoiler:the fact that a mere human like Bulma was anymore intact than scattered atomic dust shows ''unfathomable'' restraint on his part.]]
* YouCannotGraspTheTrueForm: Beerus is impossible to sense if you're not a god.
