Ancillary Characters
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Races in the Universe
The Saiyans
The Namekians
Frieza's Race
The Yardrats
Yardrats (ヤードラット星人, Yādoratto-seijin)
The Yardrats as they appear in Dragon Ball Z
A race of aliens with the ability of the Instant Transmission. They were planned to be conquered by the Ginyu Force, but were saved indirectly by Goku and Vegeta during the Planet Namek incident. After Namek's destruction, Goku arrived there, and the Yardrats taught him the Instant Transmission technique and took care of him for half a year.
For some reason, the Yardrats also exist on Universe 2, and one of them is part of Universe 2's team during the Tournament of Power.
- A Day in the Limelight: Long before its return in Dragon Ball Super, Planet Yardrat was given the privilege of being home to its own level in Dragon Ball Z: Sagas, which depicts Goku dueling with the warrior-type Soba prior to his return to Earth.
- Ascended Extra: While an individual Yardrat (with the pink Toei design) served as a notable member of Team Universe 2 during the Tournament of Power, the Yardrats of Universe 7 finally become relevant again in the Galactic Patrol Prisoner Saga as Vegeta travels to their planet in order to learn their mysterious techniques.
- They also bear relevance in Dragon Ball Online, having been commissioned to mass produce time machines for Earth as early as 100 years before the start of the game.
- The Ghost: They never appear directly in the manga, with the anime adaptation of Z creating a design for them. Amusingly, Akira Toriyama's design for them in Dragon Ball Online looks very different. They finally appear in person in the Galactic Prisoner Arc when Vegeta needs help to deal with Moro.
- Ki Manipulation: They're capable of this, but in a very unique way. Rather than mastering the physical augmentation the heroes did, they studied the nature of Ki, which they call Spirit, and as a result, have mastered techniques like Instant Transmission. This is why Vegeta heads here to learn from them to counter Moro.
- Me's a Crowd: Their Spirit Control allows them to multiply at will. Unlike Multi-Form, however, this is something they're capable of spamming in large numbers and were able to effectively fool someone capable of ki sense into thinking they're separate beings.
- Sizeshifter: Their Spirit Control allows them to increase their size at will, and maintain it casually.
- Small Role, Big Impact: Before Jimizu appeared alongside Universe 2's team in Super, they never directly appeared in the series, but they taught Goku the Instant Transmission technique, which helped him save the day on many occasions.
- Weak, but Skilled: They are a rather weak race when it comes to fighting, but they have control over space and time, and their Instant Transmission technique is among the most useful techniques in the series. They explain in the Galactic Prisoner Arc that this is because they've studied the nature of Ki itself, which they call Spirit, and while weak in terms of their actual power level, are far, far more skilled in what they can actually do with it compared to the heroes.
- You Don't Look Like You: They look quite different when they reappear in
Dragon Ball Online. The Galactic Prisoner Arc eventually explains that they're two different subspecies of Yardrats that both live on the planet.
The Tuffles
Tuffles (ツフル人, Tsufuru-jin)
"The only people who can handle weapons like these are the Tuffles. A race that was destroyed by my old man. Planet Vegeta was originally inhabited by them, but when the Saiyans stumbled on their world, they wiped out all of the Tuffles, and took the planet for their own."
— Vegeta
Before King Vegeta conquered what would be known as Planet Vegeta, there was Planet Plant, with its inhabitants known as the Tuffles. The Tuffles were a highly advanced race of pacifist Human Aliens, who had to coexist with the violent Saiyans. They were exterminated by King Vegeta, making their race extinct.
In the OVA Dragon Ball: Plan to Eradicate the Saiyans, the last surviving artifact made by the Tuffles, Hatchiyack, and the ghost projection of Doctor Lychee, plans to have Revenge by Proxy by destroying the last surviving Saiyans and the Earth. In Dragon Ball GT, the Tuffles appear again in Baby, who thanks to the Tuffle technology, managed to retain the genetic memory of every single Tuffle.
For some reason, the Tuffles appear to also exist on Universe 2, and one of them is part of Universe 2's team during the Tournament of Power.
- Alternate History: In Dragon Ball Heroes, the Tuffles used to exist in Universe 6, but have a much different history than the ones in Universe 7.
- The Saiyans never occupied their planet and lived beside the Tuffles since they never destroyed their original home planet, Planet Sadala.
- The origin of Neo Machine Mutant Tuffles like Baby is different. Instead of being created to avenge the Tuffles, they were simply created to be the Ultimate Lifeforms.
- The demise of the Tuffle race is different. Instead of being exterminated by the Saiyans, they were wiped out by their own creations, Neo Machine Mutant Tuffles Oren and Kamin.
- Canon Immigrant: The Tuffles were never mentioned in the original manga, first appearing in Z filler, though the backstory of the Tuffles and Saiyans comes from a memo by Toriyama. They are a canon species as of Super, where a member of its race fights in the Tournament of Power for Universe 2.
- Edible Theme Naming: The Japanese name is a pun on the loanword for "fruit" ("Tsufuru" is an anagram for "furutsu", the Japanese pronunciation for "fruits").
- The Farmer and the Viper: According to Dr. Lychee, the Tuffles tried to help the Saiyans but were instead exterminated by them. It should be noted, however, that this account isn't exactly backed up by what we see in flashbacks: while the Saiyans did make war on the Tuffles (and ultimately wiped them out), they were shown as living in primitive conditions prior to King Vegeta's war, implying that the Tuffles weren't quite as generous to the invaders as Lychee paints them as being.
- Foil: To the Saiyans. Both are Human Aliens, but while the Saiyans were barbaric, the Tuffles were pacifistic and highly technological.
- Human Aliens: Like the Saiyans, they are downright identical to the Earthlings, but they're smaller than Saiyans.
- Lost in Translation: The original Japanese name is a pun on the Japanese loanword for "fruit", where the kana is rearranged similar to how the Japanese name for "Saiyan" is the kana for "vegetable" in reverse. The English name doesn't retain the pun.
- Posthumous Character: The Tuffles are stated to be extinct in every media they appear. Its last surviving member, Doctor Lychee, also passed away and was reborn as a Ghost Warrior by Hatchiyack.
- Sufficiently Advanced Alien: They are stated to be great scientists, and during the conflict between the Tuffles and the Saiyans, they fought with their many weapons. Alas, they didn't survive, but according to a source, the Scouters that allow the Frieza Empire to read power levels were created by them. This also extends to their "survivors" Doctor Lychee, who is a Ghost Warrior created by the supercomputer Hatchiyack, and Baby, who is a parasite with the genetic memory of King Tuffle.
The Plants
Plants (プラント, Puranto-seijin)
The indigenous population of Planet Plant which appear in Episode of Bardock. Their planet was eyed out by the Galactic Frieza Army founder, Chilled, who tried to attack it with his men in an invasion, but it was repelled by Bardock.
- The Cameo: A member of the Plants can be seen as aiding Frieza's army during the Universal Survival Arc in the manga. Talk about irony, but since it's only a cameo, don't think too hard about it.
- Irony: Despite being saved by a Saiyan from Lord Chilled, it's pretty likely they end up wiped out by the Saiyans much later.
- Humanoid Aliens: Despite their weird appearances, they behave pretty much like a human tribe.
- Only Six Faces: Dragon Ball Minus shows one of Frieza's minions looks just like one of the Plantians.
- Remember the New Guy?: There was no mention of the planet Vegeta having a third race before the story they appeared in.
- Schrödinger's Canon: Their sole appearance is in the very controversial and dubiously canon Episode of Bardock, but have received no lore or focus afterward, or even acknowledgment. As such, it's not known if they are to be considered as actually existing or not.
- Uncertain Doom: Its never clear what happened to them after Bardock saved them from Chilled. Did they evolve to become the Tuffles, or were a separate race altogether? One thing is for certain: they were wiped out by the Saiyans. Then again, coming from a What If? story is pretty likely they never existed in the first place.
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Tapion
Tapion (タピオン)
Voiced by (Japanese): Hiro Yuki
Voiced by (English): Jason Liebrecht
Voiced by (Latin American Spanish): Genaro Vásquez
Voiced by (English): Jason Liebrecht
Voiced by (Latin American Spanish): Genaro Vásquez
A central character from the 13th DBZ movie. Trapped in suspended animation for 1000 years, Tapion is awakened from his slumber via a wish from Goku and the gang. Unfortunately, in doing so, they also unleashed the full horror of a terrible giant beast; a beast that Tapion sacrificed himself to defeat all those years ago. Tapion takes it upon himself to do away with the monster once and for all and ultimately enlists the help of the Saiyans in his quest to do so.
He is arguably the film's main protagonist, thus making Wrath of the Dragon the only movie or special not to star a Saiyan or part-Saiyan.
- Adaptational Badass: In his debut movie, he doesn't have any skills beyond the basic swordsmanship and sealing flute capabilities, the games and supplimental materials give him his own ki-based techniques and flight.
- Badass Normal: Unusually for the series, Tapion seems to have only the abilities bestowed upon him by the mystical Ocarina, he can't even seem to fly on his own. But that doesn't stop him from holding his own against Hoi and doing his best to defeat Hirudegarn.
- Badass Pacifist: Drops the pacifist part when he starts appearing in the Budokai games. (He doesn't seem to be able to even fly on his own in the movie.)
- Bash Brothers: He was this with his little brother Minosha. It's less 'bash' and more 'Guile Hero', though.
- Big Damn Hero: Until Goku is able to figure out a more permanent solution, Tapion's the only means of keeping Hildegarn under control, and the first few fights last only until he's able to do something about it.
- But Now I Must Go: Bulma gives him the Time Machine to go back to his time at the end of the movie.
- Composite Character: Tapion is a combination of Future Trunks and the Supreme Kai Shin. He's a sword fighter from a distant time, like Future Trunks, and someone who's against an evil wizard who is trying to revive a terrible monster, like Shin, while also combining some elements from the design of the Supreme Kai (the mohawk and the Pointy Ears), and even getting the same voice actor in the Latin American Spanish dub. This is especially noticeable in hindsight, as Future Trunks would be looked at as a Cool Big Bro by Kid Trunks in Dragon Ball Super much like Tapion was by Kid Trunks in the movie.
- Cool Big Bro: Trunks would very much like him to be this, and Tapion seems to warm up to it towards the end of the movie.
- Cool Sword: Given to (main timeline) Trunks at the end of the movie, and he'd go on to use it in the opening for GT. It may or may not be the sword that Future Trunks used, depending on if Tapion came to Earth or not in that timeline (Is confusing, don't think too hard about it). For however much it's worth, Dragon Ball Xenoverse labels Future Trunks's sword as Tapion's, while Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot claims they simply look very similar but are not the same.
- Crazy-Prepared: His people were this. After temporarily defeating and weakening Hirudegarn, the Kontasian people had the halves sealed in two brothers, and then those brothers are sealed away in music boxes, and then those boxes are sent out into space in the opposite direction of one another. It works for about a thousand years before Hoi arrives on Earth.
- Cruel to Be Kind: He acknowledges it's very unfair to ask the young Trunks to strike him down when they had formed a close friendship, but bluntly reminds him that it's either Trunks kills him, or Hirudegarn kills everyone.
- Dark and Troubled Past: Is legitimately a hero and the savior of his race, but there's a very good reason his first action on being released is to chew everyone out for it, then get as far away from the city as is feasible.
- Defrosting Ice King: Starts up as very cold and distant, but opens up more once Trunks befriends him.
- Enemy Within: He has half of Hirudegarn inside his body, and the other half was given to his brother. He can't fall asleep or otherwise, will awaken the monster. It gives him nightmares.
- Face Death with Dignity: He admits he's ready to die at the hands of Trunks if it means he takes Hirudegarn with him.
- I Cannot Self-Terminate: Due to the fact he only carries half of the monster, he can't simply kill himself to kill Hirudegarn along with him. During the climax, he takes all of the monster into himself and asks Trunks to kill him, but the monster grew too powerful for him to handle.
- The Insomniac: Hildegarn will escape if he sleeps outside of suspended animation. Though he's shown to have terrible nightmares when he does actually sleep, it seems to be linked to Hildegarn.
- Intergenerational Friendship: With Trunks, as the former is a young child while Tapion is at least 1000 years old, they still manage to bond quite quickly.
- Leitmotif: He has an ocarina theme song that is important to the plot, as its tune can calm down the monster.
- Magic Knight: Both his ocarina and sword were given to him by a wizard, both with magical and powerful sealing properties.
- Older Than They Look: Of the suspended animation variety - he was born 1000 years ago.
- Perpetual Frowner: As he has nothing to look forward to except the likelihood of Hildegarn fully emerging, and everything he ever knew 1000 years in the past. He's a bit happier at the end of the movie.
- Pointy Ears: A Conuts-ian trait.
- The Quiet One: After arriving on Earth, at first.
- Sealed Evil in a Can: The evil monster is sealed within his own body.
- Sealed Good in a Can: Technically, the evil monster is sealed inside him and then he is sealed inside the can.
- Spell My Name With An S: Spelling doesn't change, but the Japanese version pronounces his name with a short "a" sound while the Funimation dub pronounces it with a long "a" sound.
- Suspiciously Similar Substitute: As someone from a distant time, Tapion is pretty much Future Trunks with a more mystic theme. This is not a bad example, however, as Tapion manages to be a pretty good substitute for Future Trunks, and is the closest kid Trunks ever got to meet his future counterpart before Dragon Ball Super.
- Theme Naming: Tapion's name is apparently a play on the word tapioca, which fits with the food-naming theme.
Minotia
Minotia (ミノシア, Minoshia)
Voiced by (Japanese): Sachi Matsumoto (Wrath of the Dragon), Houko Kuwashima (Dragon Ball Heroes)
Voiced by (English): Aaron Dismuke
Voiced by (Latin American Spanish): Circe Luna
Voiced by (English): Aaron Dismuke
Voiced by (Latin American Spanish): Circe Luna
Tapion's younger brother. A hero to his home planet that sealed himself with the lower part of Hirudegarn somewhere in the south galaxy. Sadly, the evil wizard Hoi found him and awakened the demonic beast, killing the young hero.
- Casting Gag: He shares voice actress with Young Link.
- Kid Hero: He was only seven years old when he sealed half of Hirudegarn alongside his big brother.
- Posthumous Character: By the time the film starts, he has been long dead. However, Bulma gives Tapion a time machine so that he can return to his own time, in order to undo his death.
Gure
Gure (グレ)
Voiced by (Japanese): Kumiko Nishihara
Gure is Tarble's wife who also came to Earth with him. She is very short, coming in slightly shorter than young Trunks and Goten. Her species is unknown, but she looks nothing like a Saiyan or a human.
- Canon Immigrant: Zig-zagged. The Battle of Gods movie is approved as canon by Akira Toriyama, and in it there's a line in which Bulma asks Vegeta about "that sweet and kind little brother of yours?", to which Vegeta answered that last time he heard, "he's living on some backwater planet, and I don't know which one!", but this exchange does not happen in the Super arc adaptation of the movie, so Tarble and Gure's canon status is more or less ambiguous.
- Flat Character: She is very polite, but doesn't have that much more depth and is pretty satelital to Tarble.
- Happily Married: Gure looking nothing like a human or Saiyan certainly doesn't discourage Tarble from proudly introducing her as his beloved to Vegeta.
- Huge Guy, Tiny Girl: Only relatively speaking. Tarble is twice as tall as Gure, but the shortest adult Saiyan.
- Interspecies Romance: While there's plenty of this in Dragon Ball, these two really stand out. She and Tarble are the only relationship in the franchise that doesn't involve two Human Aliens.
- Nice Girl: She is a very polite woman.
- Odd Couple: She and Tarble, to the point that it's really hard to see what he saw in her... Or, provided she's indicative of what her species looks like, what she saw in him. This is especially noticeable as she is not a strong-willed woman, something Saiyans like.
- One-Shot Character: Only appeared in Dragon Ball: Yo! Son Goku and His Friends Return!!.
- Reused Character Design: Gure bears a strong resemblance to the Tech-Tech aliens from Neko Majin, who like the Saiyans, were also quite hostile. This species, however, also appeared in Jaco the Galactic Patrolman and the manga adaptation of Resurrection 'F', giving rise to the theory she belongs to the same race.
- Satellite Love Interest: She doesn't have any sort of character that doesn't rely on Tarble.
"Yamcha"
Don't be fooled. This is just some fanboy trapped in his body.
A Japanese high school student from a more realistic Earth where the Dragon Ball series is fictional, who appears in the Spin-Off manga Dragon Ball: That Time I Got Reincarnated as Yamcha!. After a potentially fatal accident, he is resurrected in the Dragon Ball world as Yamcha shortly before Goku starts his training with Master Roshi. Realizing Yamcha's fate throughout the series, the student seeks to make Yamcha a stronger fighter than Goku this time around.
- Alternate Self: "Yamcha" is this to Yamcha, as he is stronger, more savvy thanks to his Medium Awareness, and more diligent when it comes to training than he ever was. He also lacks the facial scars of the original, presumably due to not doing the same training prior to the 23rd World Martial Arts tournament.
- Character Development: At first, he wants to survive the battle against the Saiyans so he can marry Bulma. Once the actual battle is over, however, he lets Vegeta survive after realizing Trunks wouldn't be born (and unable to warn about the impending Bad Future) if he didn't get together with her.
- Chekhov's Skill: Because this kid knows what he knows, he can make his ("Yamcha's") training more efficient than it was before. He can also fake Vegeta out mid-battle by saying "Hey look, it's Beerus!", causing him to let his guard down.
- Cosmic Plaything: He was reincarnated as Yamcha as part of a "reincarnation game" played between Beerus and Champa, and is sent back to his old life after he ends the game in a tie by befriending the similarly-reincarnated Chiaotzu.
- Heroic BSoD: He becomes sad when he has an opportunity to finish off the defeated Vegeta, but realizes if Vegeta dies, Trunks won't exist. He reluctantly lets Vegeta escape while bemoaning the fact that he'll have to let Bulma, whom he had fallen in love with, get together with Vegeta.
- Going Through the Motions: He starts out copying what the real Yamcha does motion for motions until he changes his mind about going to West City with Bulma.
- Medium Awareness: His awareness in how the series plays out allows him to survive the invasion of the Saiyans by going to Namek to train with Nail and get his potential unlocked by Guru, something none of the main characters could have known of. His shouting to Vegeta about Beerus also saves his ass from his wrath. He also does other things like drink the poisoned Holy Water that increases your power if you survive, learns Roshi's sealing technique, and figures out Chiaotzu is also a reincarnated individual because he acts way out of character.
- Non-Standard Character Design: In an example of Art Shift, his original identity is drawn with a completely different art style from Toriyama style from the '90s, to reflect how he is from the real world.
- Overshadowed by Awesome: While no longer being The Worf Effect incarnate and having prevented the deaths of "himself", Tien, Chiaotzu, and Piccolo due to Goku being late to the battle, he's still implied to be weaker than Goku and teams up with him to beat Vegeta, not strong enough to take him on by himself, if only because of Goku's Kaioken (as his default power level is 10,000, higher than Goku's 8,000). After this, he even realizes neither he, nor any other human, will be a match for the villains that lie ahead.
- Sequence Breaking: Decides to break from the canon story by skipping training on Earth during the wait for the Saiyans by going straight to Namek to train with Nail and get his potential unlocked by Guru.
- Smoke Shield: Survived mass bombing from the Saibamen unharmed and was wiping off his gi when the dust settled.
- Spared by the Adaptation: Thanks to his knowledge of the Dragon Ball franchise, he manages to save himself from getting blown up by a Saibamen and survives the battle against Vegeta. He also manages to escape being killed by Majin Buu as Whis sends his soul back to his original Earth before then.
- Took a Level in Badass: Because of the student's knowledge of what happens in the Dragon Ball series, including Battle of Gods, him as Yamcha not only avoids Yamcha's cruel meme of a death due to a Saibaman, but he eviscerates ALL of the Saibamen and KILLS NAPPA.
- Training Montage: To become stronger than how Yamcha was before, this Yamcha endures the brutal Training from Hell that Goku and Krillin endured from Master Roshi, trained with Korin, drank the mystic water, flew to Namek, had Lord Guru unleash his hidden potential, and trained with Nail. This all happened before the fight with Nappa and Vegeta on Earth.
- Undignified Death: Before his revival as Yamcha, the high schooler dies falling down a flight of stairs trying to get a closer look at a girl in a short skirt.
"Oushou"
An elite student from the realistic Earth who was resurrected into the Dragon Ball world as Chiaotzu. Despite his knowledge of the Dragon Ball series, Oushou would die and be resurrected again. Going mad due to this, he sought to take over this world using the Dragon Balls.
- Alternate Self: Oushou is this to Chiaotzu, as he is stronger, more savvy thanks to his Medium Awareness and is far less of a liability.
- Character Development: After his resurrection, Oushu tried to work with the hand he was dealt and be a good guy. The problem was no matter what he did, he kept on dying to the point where he doesn't remember how many times he was resurrected. When he first actually appears in the story, he's frustrated and angry and decides to turn evil.
- Chekhov's Skill: Because he's a Dragon Ball super fan, he made his/Chiaotzu's training more efficient than it was before. It only worked so well, however, as he kept on dying.
- Cosmic Plaything: He was reincarnated as Chioutzu as part of a "reincarnation game" played between Beerus and Champa, and is sent back to his old life after he ends the game in a tie by befriending the similarly-reincarnated Yamcha.
- Medium Awareness: Like "Yamcha", Oushou changes his character’s destiny with his knowledge about what happens in the series.
- I Don't Know Mortal Kombat: The student regularly got first place in events in Dragon Ball Dokkan Battle, but as Chiaotzu has died dozens of times.
- He Who Must Not Be Seen: Unlike the boy who was reincarnated as Yamcha, the manga never shows what Oushou really looked like.
- Heel–Face Revolving Door: Started as good, showed up as evil, and ended up good again right before the end of Beerus and Champa’s resurrection game.
- Only Known by Their Nickname: "Oushou" was a name he utilized online when playing Dragon Ball Z: Dokkan Battle.
- Overshadowed by Awesome: With all his Dragon Ball knowledge, it still wasn’t enough to become a stronger warrior in the long run.
Neko Majin Z
Voiced by (Japanese): Kōki Miyata (Dragon Ball Heroes)
Neko Majin Z, or Z for short, is a magical cat that is the main protagonist of Toriyama's gag manga Nekomajin.
- Assist Character: In his video game debut in Dragon Ball Z: Supersonic Warriors, he is an unlockable assist character.
- Badass Adorable: A cute kitten that can copy powers and is at least as strong as Buu.
- Cute Kitten: He is a small little blue magical cat.
- Cute Little Fangs: Being a cat he has these, however, they are only visible when his mouth is opened.
- Easily Forgiven: Onio quickly stops seeking revenge on him after he lands on earth. This is despite the fact that Z fondled his wife’s breasts, which made him angry enough to go Super Saiyan, and that him losing to Z in a fight was the reason she divorced him.
- Eyes Always Shut: Similar to Korin, his eyes are always shut.
- Gasshole: Once let out a fart so bad that it made Goku disgusted.
- Golden Super Mode: Gains what he dubs a “Super Neko Majin” form after seeing Onio transform into a Super Saiyan and then copying it.
- Go-Karting with Bowser: Plays soccer with Kuriza and Onio.
- Identical Grandson: Has a grandson called Neko Majin V in Dragon Ball Heroes Victory Mission.
- Master-Apprentice Chain: Trains under Goku which gives him a rather long and complex chain considering all the characters that Goku has trained under.
- Non-Indicative Name: Despite the name, he has no relation to Majin Buu.
- Power Copying: Z has the ability to copy the powers and transformations of others.
- Super-Speed: Demonstrates this ability multiple times in his manga.
