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[[WMG:[[center:[-''Franchise/DragonBall'' '''[[Characters/{{DragonBall}} Main Character Index]]'''\\
'''Major Characters'''\\
[[Characters/DragonBallSonGoku Son Goku]] ([[Characters/DragonBallSonGokuTropesAToH A-H]], [[Characters/DragonBallSonGokuTropesIToZ I-Z]]) | [[Characters/DragonBallBulma Bulma]] | [[Characters/DragonBallKrillin Krillin/Kuririn]] | [[Characters/DragonBallPiccolo Piccolo]] | [[Characters/DragonBallSonGohan Son Gohan]] | [[Characters/DragonBallVegeta Vegeta]] ([[Characters/DragonBallVegetaTropesAToL A-L]], [[Characters/DragonBallVegetaTropesMToZ M-Z]]) | [[Characters/DragonBallFutureTrunks Future Trunks]] | [[Characters/DragonBallAllies Allies]] ([[Characters/DragonBallDragonTeam Dragon Team/Z Fighters]]) | '''Families''' ([[Characters/DragonBallAndroids17And18 Androids 17 and 18]] | [[Characters/DragonBallTrunksAndSonGoten Trunks and Son Goten]]) | [[Characters/DragonBallFriends Friends]] | [[Characters/DragonBallFusionCast Fusions]]-]]]]]
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Close acquaintances of the main characters that are neither fighters nor relatives.
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!!Friends
[[folder:Turtle]]
!!'''Turtle (海亀, ''Umigame'', "Sea Turtle")'''
[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/turtle_859.png]]
[[caption-width-right:250:''"Master! What are you doing? Have you forgotten your code master? Please, That's wrong, dead wrong... now I understand why you couldn't ride your cloud."'']]
->'''Voiced by (Japanese):''' Creator/DaisukeGori (Most media), Takahiro Fujimoto (''Kai'', ''Super'')\\
'''Voiced by (English):''' Creator/ChristopherSabat (Most media), Chris Cason (''Kai'') (Creator/FUNimation dub); Doug Parker (''DB'' 1995), Creator/ScottMcNeil (''Z'' Season 1, ''The World's Strongest''), Terry Klassen (''Z'' Season 4-6), Dave Pettit (''DB'' 2004) (Ocean/Blue Water dub); Creator/DanWoren (Harmony Gold dub); Doug Rand (AB Groupe/"Big Green" dub)\\
'''Voiced by (Latin American Spanish):''' Creator/HermanLopez (''current voice''), Ernesto Lezama (1st episodes Z), Creator/ArturoMercado (''rest Z'')
A turtle named Turtle, Master Roshi's loyal pet/housemate. Goku and Bulma met Turtle early in their search for the Dragon Balls when he was lost in the wilderness and returned him to Roshi, who gave Goku the Flying Nimbus as a reward. Turtle is good-natured and friendly but often frustrated at Roshi's skirt-chasing antics.
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* ActionSurvivor: [[spoiler:Still alive in Trunks's BadFuture in ''Dragon Ball Super''.]][[spoiler:Unfortunately, that version of Turtle seen during that arc is now DeaderThanDead.]]
* BeleagueredAssistant: To Master Roshi.
* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: In anime filler only, Turtle defends Maron from some lecherous fratboys who randomly came to Kame House. He even adopts a kung fu stance as he sends them both packing. This is the only time Turtle has engaged in combat in the entire franchise.
* ADayInTheLimelight: The Android Arc filler focuses a lot on him, as most of the action centers on Kame House due to the heroes taking shelter there from the Androids and Goku spending his convalescence from the heart virus there. He's also used as Goku's practice dummy for the Evil Containment Wave in ''Super'', [[spoiler:probably to remind the audience (since many getting into the series didn't see Piccolo vs. Kami) for the Tournament of Power later on that despite the name, the wave works just fine on people who aren't demons or evil]].
* DemotedToExtra: Like with most of the ''DB''-era cast, he began falling into obscurity starting in ''Z''. The anime filler of the early Cell arc gave him ADayInTheLimelight, at least. By contrast, the Majin Buu arc only featured him canonically in a non-speaking cameo when Gohan informs Krillin about Goku's return for the 25th World Tournament. His only other appearance was in a filler episode during a celebration before the jump ahead to the 28th World Tournament.
* ADogNamedDog: He's a Turtle named Turtle.
* KilledOffscreen: Either it was when Super Buu unleashed his Human Extinction Attack or when Kid Buu blew the Earth to kingdom come. Either way, he didn't accompany the rest to the tournament, let alone the lookout, [[ForegoneConclusion so...]]
* LongLived: Apparently, during the Garlic Jr. filler arc (or about a few months before the androids arc) in ''Dragon Ball Z'', he has turned '''1000 years old'''.
* NiceGuy: He's very mild-mannered and kind, which contrasts greatly with the lecherous and selfish (pre-CharacterDevelopment) Master Roshi.
* OddFriendship: Forms one with Maron during her stay at Kame House in the anime filler.
* OldRetainer: He attempts to curb Roshi's lecherous behavior and advises him from making rash decisions to varying degrees of success.
* RunningGag: In the Japanese version, Goku is constantly getting his name wrong ("Urigome" instead of "Umigame"), even into adulthood.
* SatelliteCharacter: He only exists to be Roshi's pet and to snark at him for his ridiculous ideas and lines.
* ServileSnarker: To Roshi.
* SimpletonVoice: Most of his English voices tend to have a dopey quality to them. It's ironic given that he's meant to be more grounded than his master.
* SmallRoleBigImpact: If Goku's hadn't happened to accidentally pick a stranded Turtle out of the ground and return him to the sea (against Bulma's wishes), he would have never met Master Roshi or begun his martial arts journey that drives him for the rest of the franchise.
* SpeciesSurname: His species is his ''only'' name.
* SuddenlySpeaking: In a manner of speaking. Due to ''Kai's'' editing process, he didn't get to say anything until episode 58.
* TalkingAnimal: Though he talks less and less as the series goes on.
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[[folder:Kinto'un / Flying Nimbus]]
!!'''Kinto'un (筋斗雲, "Somersault Cloud")'''
->'''Voiced by: [[TheVoiceless N/A]]'''
A magical yellow cloud gifted to Goku by Master Roshi. It can only by ridden by those with pure hearts. Primarily used as a transport in the days before ki-based {{Flight}} became the norm, Kinto'un is alive and sapient to a degree, enough for Goku to consider it one of his dearest friends. After Goku's second death, Gohan inherits Kinto'un and uses it to transport him to and from school.
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* BigDamnHeroes: Just as Gohan is about to be curbstomped by Nappa, Kinto'un appears to carry him out of the way.
* TheBusCameBack: It makes a return in ''Super'' when Goku figures out a way to traverse Fortuneteller Baba's forest without attracting monsters with his ki.
* CharacterDeath: Shortly after Krillin's first death at the hands of Tambourine, Kinto'un also gets destroyed by the winged demon, sending Goku into even more of a rage.
* CompanionCube: To a degree, though unlike most examples, Kinto'un is actually alive. Goku and Gohan are very attached to it, nevertheless.
* LegacyCharacter: After the first Kinto'un "dies", Karin gifts Goku a second one spawned from the Huge Kinto'un cloud that floats outside of Karin's Tower. This is where all Kinto'uns spawn from, including Goku's original, meaning that they are all functionally identical as smaller fragments of the same whole.
* MundaneUtility: By the Buu arc, its adventuring days are behind it, and now it only sees usage as a glorified private jet for Gohan to get to Satan City from his rural home in the Styx.
* SecretTestOfCharacter: Being able to sit atop Kinto'un is one of the most practical ways of testing if somebody is pure of heart. Early in the series, the likes of Roshi, Bulma, Krillin and Yajirobe would fall straight through the cloud if they tried. Goku was the only one untainted by impure thoughts like lust, greed and cowardice. However, as the series goes on, more characters become able to ride it, including Chichi, [[Manga/DrSlump Arale]], Upa, Gohan, Goten and Uub.
* ShoutOut: Kinto'un, alongside the Nyoibo (Power Pole), is one of the most visible holdovers from Dragon Ball's literary inspiration, ''Literature/JourneyToTheWest''.
* SuperSpeed: Kinto'un has an extraordinary top speed of Mach 1.5, though most of the main characters characters can outpace it with their own {{Flight}}. Gohan's friends note that his journey from home to school would take over five hours in the fastest jet plane on Earth, but Kinto'un can accomplish that distance in about half an hour.
* TheVoiceless: It cannot speak, but it does express itself in other ways.
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[[folder:Oolong]]
!!'''Oolong (ウーロン, ''Uuron'')'''
[[quoteright:257:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/oolong_dragonball.png]]
[[caption-width-right:257:''"Why did you have to go and tell me that, Bulma? You know that I'm highly allergic to danger."'']]
->'''Voiced by (Japanese):''' Creator/NaokiTatsuta, Creator/TesshoGenda (''DB'' ep. 3, ogre form)\\
'''Voiced by (English):''' Brad Jackson (Most media), Mark Britten (''Z'' Season 3; originally), Creator/BryanMassey (''Curse of the Blood Rubies'', ''Kai'' Season 1-4, ''Super'' Universal Survival arc) (Creator/FUNimation dub); Alec Willows (''DB'' 1995, ''Z'' Seasons 1-2, ''The World's Strongest'', ''Tree of Might'' Edited), Doug Parker (''DB'' 1995, Most transformations), Creator/IanJamesCorlett (''DB'' 1995, handsome gentleman), Creator/ScottMcNeil (''Tree of Might'' Uncut), Creator/RichardNewman (''Z'' Seasons 4-6), Corby Proctor (''DB'' 2004) (Ocean/Blue Water dub); Dave Mallow (mainly), Barry Stigler (Most transformations), Creator/DanWoren (handsome gentleman) (Harmony Gold dub); David Gasman (AB Groupe/"Big Green" dub); Apollo Abraham (Creative Products Corp., Philippines); Ray Chase (Bang Zoom!/Toonami Asia dub in ''Super'')\\
'''Voiced by (Latin American Spanish):''' Ernesto Lezama ('''current voice'''), Creator/ArturoMercado (begins in ep. 60 ''Z'', ''GT'' and ''Battle of the Gods'')
Originally a con artist who terrorized a small village using his shapeshifting powers, Oolong is a greedy, lecherous pig (literally); when Goku defeated him, Oolong joined him and Bulma in their search for the Dragon Balls. At first a useless whiner, Oolong later proved his worth by "stealing" Pilaf's wish from the Dragon Balls (by wishing for a pair of girl's panties). He and Puar were rivals in shapeshifting school, but because Oolong dropped out in kindergarten, his powers only allow him to stay transformed for five minutes.
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* AccidentalTruth: After dealing with Goku's Oozaru form, Oolong quips, "So what is he? Some kind of space alien?" Yup.
* AchillesHeel: He can only stay shapeshifted for five minutes. If he's shapeshifted for five minutes together (no matter how many forms he went through in that time span), he has to rest a minute before he can do it again. (Check his debut chapter in the manga: He can go straight from one form to another, so long as he hasn't used up all five minutes.)
* AdaptationSpeciesChange: Oolong is a piggish human in the unofficial movie ''Film/DragonBallTheMagicBegins''.
* AgeLift: In the Japanese materials Oolong is treated more as Goku and Bulma's peer than a senior (one guidebook saying he's ''younger'' than Goku) and it reflects in his actor's voice. In English dubs, he usually sounds like a middle-aged man and speaks as if he's an adult from the start (calling Goku "kid" throughout the first arc, etc). This holds even with the more accurate translations in ''Kai'' and ''Super''.
* AscendedExtra: Oolong was reduced to a background character in the ''Z'' portion of the manga. Toei, however, took a liking to the guy and gave him more screentime in the filler, movies, and commercials.
* BigDamnHeroes: Oolong interrupted Pilaf's wish preventing Pilaf from becoming ruler of the world.
* BlackmailIsSuchAnUglyWord: How Bulma gets him to join the adventure. She slips him a drug that acts as a laxative every time he hears whistling.
* BringMyBrownPants: Often pissed himself in fear in the manga.
* ChekhovsGag: His wish for panties ends up coming up again in [=GT=] when it turned out the Six-Star Dragon's existence came from it. How embarrassing.
* ChivalrousPervert: At least he ''thinks'' of himself as chivalrous. The pervert part is ''completely accurate'' however.
* CompositeCharacter: If you're familiar with ''Literature/JourneyToTheWest'', Oolong actually has elements of both Zhu Bajie ("Piggy/Pigsy") ''and'' Sun Wukong ("Monkey"). He most directly references Zhu Bajie, being a lecherous, gluttonous pig monster - his initial encounter is even an adaptation of how Zhu Bajiei is recruited in ''[=JttW=]''. However, his adeptness at shapeshifting is a trait taken from Sun Wukong[[note]]Zhu Bajie could also shapeshift in ''[=JttW=]'', but Sun Wukong was much better at it and it was much more the monkey spirit's go-to trick[[/note]], and likewise he has a magical restraining bolt (the "swee-trots" candy he ate, which causes him to suffer explosive diarrhea attacks if he hears whistling), which calls to mind Sun Wukong's famous "headache headband".
* DeadpanSnarker: Mostly before he turns nicer.
* DemotedToExtra: Even though most characters in the series get demoted to extra sooner or later, Oolong is especially noteworthy because he is essentially the {{Tritagonist}} of the original arc of the series, but after that, he completely loses his importance to the plot. Even Puar at least gets a small role later during the fight against Uranai Baba's warriors, but Oolong? Restricted to the background and a few CombatCommentator lines here and there. Once the Saiyans show up, he's more or less out of the picture entirely.
* DidntThinkThisThrough: He gives Bulma and Goku drinks that knock them both out, even though he knew Yamcha was on the prowl after them all.
* DirtyCoward: Mostly in the earlier chapters of the series, especially before he considered Goku and the others as his true friends.
* DirtyKid: He's a huge pervert either way, but in the Japanese version Oolong seems to have been equivalent to a teenager or younger when he first met Goku and Bulma. One of the guidebooks says he's three years ''younger'' than Goku, though it's not clear if pig men grow up as fast as humans. The English versions portays Oolong as a DirtyOldMan.
-->'''Bulma''': What kind of kid acts like a middle-aged pervert?
* DubNameChange: Became "Mao Mao" in the Harmony Gold dub, presumably because of the Chinese uniform he originally wears. The BLT test pilot renamed him "Chester".
* EdibleThemeNaming: With Puar, after tea.
* ExactWords: The reason Oolong got women's panties when he made his wish in the English dub. He wished for "the world's most comfortable pair of underwear". Said underwear just happened to be ''lady's'' underwear.
* {{Expy}}: One of the more obvious ones among the early characters, as he's the clear equivalent to Zhu Bajie (aka "Piggy") from ''Literature/JourneyToTheWest'' in the group. Him being DemotedToExtra so badly marks when the plot stopped bearing any resemblances to ''Journey to the West''.
* HourOfPower: In the unofficial Chinese Movie ''Film/DragonBallTheMagicBegins'', Oolong (known as Piggy) can actually get stronger by transforming, and turns into Franchise/{{Rambo}}.
* HypocriticalHumor: Frequently gets on others for being pessimistic about Goku and the other fighters' fates when they're missing in action but is relatively quick himself to assume the worst during the series' darker turns, especially in the King Piccolo Saga.
* IncompletelyTrained: He took classes at the Shapeshifter Academy, but was expelled after [[DirtyKid stealing their teacher's panties]]. As a result, Oolong can only hold a shape for five minutes at a time, whereas Puar can morph indefinitely.
* InformedAbility: His shapeshifting becomes this after ''Dragon Ball''.
* KilledOffscreen: Played straight in the manga where it cuts away to Goku watching in horror as Super Buu changes everyone on the Lookout into chocolate and eats them. Averted somewhat in the anime where they do show the carnage and the [[ShadowDiscretionShot shadowy terror]] of everyone's conversion into candy bars.
* ManIFeelLikeAWoman: In the first non-canon movie. When he transforms into Bulma to fool Roshi (like in the original story), his first reaction is to "check" his new body, embarrassing Bulma.
* MessyPig: He may be more mentally than physically messy, but he qualifies nonetheless.
* NonHumanSidekick: The first of the series, before Yamcha pulled a HeelFaceTurn with Puar.
* PaperTiger: In his first appearance. He uses his transformation magic to intimidate people, but as he himself notes, using transformation magic to become a powerful monster doesn't give you the ''abilities'' of that monster.
* PervertedPig: Oolong is dirty in mind if not in body.
* PigMan: A walking, talking pig, and one of the first talking animals to play a big role.
* SpannerInTheWorks: He screwed Pilaf's wish for immortality by intervening.
* SmarterThanYouLook: He's the ''only'' one who recognizes Chichi when ShesAllGrownUp. And he had met her only ''once''. It is true to real life, as pigs are proven to be surprisingly intelligent even when they're piglets.
* VagueAge: Though he doesn't look any specific age, the Japanese version had Bulma calling him a "kid" early on, one of the guide books saying he's three years ''younger'' than Goku. This was essentially forgotten, as he continued to look identical for in-series decades and ''Daima'' ends up {{Retcon}}ning his young form to look completely different. That the English version made him much older was likely an accident from dubbing ''Z'' first.
* VoicedDifferentlyInTheDub: Oolong's voice in Japanese is very high-pitched. Almost every English dub gives him a deep, craggling voice.
* VoluntaryShapeshifting: Oolong and Puar were classmates at the Shapeshifter Academy, due to dropping out earlier, Oolong can only hold his form for five minutes.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Puar]]
!!'''Puar (プーアル, ''Puuaru'')'''
[[quoteright:171:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/puar_by_ezequiel_d.png]]
[[caption-width-right:171:''"Only a heartless soul would run and leave his friends behind. We're in this together."'']]
->'''Voiced by (Japanese):''' Creator/NaokoWatanabe\\
'''Voiced by (English):''' Monika Antonelli (All media before 2007), Creator/BrinaPalencia (''Budokai Tenkaichi 3'' onwards) (Creator/FUNimation dub); Kathy Morse (''DB'' 1995), Creator/CathyWeseluck (''Z''), Chris Simms (''DB'' 2004) (Ocean/Blue Water dub); Cheryl Chase (Harmony Gold dub); Jodi Forrest (AB Groupe/"Big Green" dub)\\
'''Voiced by (Latin American Spanish):''' Cristina Camargo (''DB'', ''Z'') , Creator/JesusBarrero (''DB'' epi. 5-60), Karen Vallejo (''Kai''), Desireé González (''Kai: The Final Chapters''), Creator/IsabelMartinon (''Super'')
A shape-shifting cat-like creature and Yamcha's closest friend. Puar is fiercely loyal to Yamcha. Puar mostly just provides moral support to Goku and his friends but saved everyone the first time Goku transformed into a Great Ape by cutting off Goku's tail.
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* AdaptationSpeciesChange: He's a parrot in ''Film/DragonBallTheMagicBegins''.
* AmbiguousGender: In the Japanese version, Puar's gender is not directly referred to though it sometimes does use masculine pronouns. In the English version, Puar is referred to as a female on a few occasions when its gender is mentioned. This isn't the case in other translations such as the Portuguese translation which has Puar state himself as male in his introduction. Eventually, Toriyama was asked about Puar's gender and he said he considered Puar male when writing the manga. For some odd reason, however, the official ''Dragon Ball'' site lists Puar as female.
* BecomingTheMask: Just like Yamcha, he initially assisted Goku and the others in gathering the Dragon Balls with the intention of stealing them once they got all seven. It wasn't until the events at Pilaf's castle that Yamcha and Puar became friends with them for real.
* BlackBeadEyes: In the same vein as Upa, who he tag-teams with during the Fortuneteller Baba Saga.
* CuteKitten: Just look at his picture!
* DemotedToExtra: Puar went from shapeshifting into items and animals in the original series to only being Yamcha's friend in ''Z,'' and Yamcha's own eventual demotion to a background character only made this worse.
* DubNameChange: Became "Squeaker" in the Harmony Gold dub, "Prudence" in the "Zero"/BLT test dub of ''Dragon Ball: Curse of the Blood Rubies'', and "Plume" in the AB Groupe French dub of ''Dragon Ball: The Path to Power''.
* EvilCounterpart: Seemingly to Oolong in the beginning, except Puar was ironically more moral!
* FaintInShock: Plus grief after Yamcha is killed by the Saibamen with Puar and the other non-combatants watching from Kame House. Unlike Chi-Chi, Puar does not regain consciousness to see any more of the battle.
* {{Flight}}: Puar can inexplicably fly.
* InformedAbility: Like Oolong, Puar doesn't use his shapeshifting abilities after the original series until ''Dragon Ball Super'' where he uses it to turn into [[spoiler: Beerus]].
* KilledOffscreen: This happened in the manga's Buu arc when Super Buu turned all of the non-fighting crowd on Kami's Lookout into chocolate bars and ate them. Averted in the anime where we see a horrible ShadowDiscretionShot of him and Yamcha being changed (they're the last to be eaten).
* NonHumanSidekick: To Yamcha during their bandit days.
* SatelliteCharacter: Puar is mostly important in relation to Yamcha.
* RightHandCat: To Yamcha during his bandit days, though more sympathetic than most.
* TalkingAnimal: Puar is less anthropomorphic than Oolong.
* ThemeNaming: With Oolong, after tea.
* UndyingLoyalty: To Yamcha, even refers to him as "Master" in some dubs.
* VoluntaryShapeshifting: Oolong and Puar were classmates at the Shapeshifter Academy. Unlike Oolong, however, Puar finished his education there and thus can hold any form as long as he wants.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Lunch/Launch]]
!!'''Lunch/Launch (ランチ, ''Ranchi'')'''
[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/launch_8.png]]
->'''Voiced by (Japanese):''' Creator/MamiKoyama (Most media), Tomiko Suzuki (''Z'' Episode 285), Creator/MayumiTanaka (''Kai: The Final Chapters'')\\
'''Voiced by (English):''' Meredith [=McCoy=] (''DB'', both), Christine Marten (''Sleeping Princess in Devil's Castle'', bad), Monika Antonelli (''Sleeping Princess in Devil's Castle'', good), Creator/KaraEdwards (''Z'' Episode 285, good), Creator/ColleenClinkenbeard (''Kai: TFC'', good) (Creator/FUNimation dub); Onalea Gilbertson (''DB'', both) (Ocean/Blue Water dub); Creator/EdieMirman (Harmony Gold dub); Jodi Forrest (AB Groupe/"Big Green" dub)\\
'''Voiced by (Latin American Spanish):''' Cristina Camargo
Minor joke character during the original series was picked up and brought to Roshi by Goku and Krillin to bribe him into training the two. Her "mood swings"--really a split personality--when she sneezes provided a fair amount of comedy, shifting between a sweet blue-haired ingenue and a violent blond criminal. She's not heard from much in the ''Z'' series (because Creator/AkiraToriyama [[https://www.kanzenshuu.com/rumor/characters/ decided to write her out]]).
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[[AC:Both]]
* TheBusCameBack: She reappears in ''Anime/DragonBallYoSonGokuAndHisFriendsReturn'' after she unceremoniously left to find Tien in the original manga and only made brief cameos in Z-filler. Strangely, she's reverted to her original series design rather than the aged design featured at the end of Z.
* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: She vanishes after the Piccolo Jr. Saga in the manga. She did get a bit more screen time in the anime, but only in the Saiyan Saga and a cameo towards the end of the Buu Saga. Reportedly, [[https://www.kanzenshuu.com/rumor/characters/ this is because Toriyama decided to write her out, and later he wrongly thought he forgot about her]].
* ContinuityCameo:
** Near the end of ''Z'' when you can see her lifting her hands up in the air to give energy to Goku's Spirit Bomb.
** In a blink-and-you'll-miss-it moment, Launch appears alongside the rest of the Z-Fighters eating dinner at Satan's dinner party in ''Anime/YoSonGokuAndHisFriendsReturn''.
* DemotedToExtra: The grand finale of the manga reunited everyone ''but'' Lunch. Lunch appeared in the draft, but she was replaced with No. 17 in the published issue. The anime, at least, briefly showed her contributing to Goku's Super Spirit Bomb. She also later appears in the OVA, although she has no lines.
* DubNameChange: From Lunch to Launch in the English dub.
* EdibleThemeNaming: Named after a meal in a story where many characters are named after food and teas.
* ForeheadOfDoom: You can see how huge her forehead is because her hair doesn't cover it.
* GoodEyesEvilEyes: Good Lunch has TaremeEyes, Bad Lunch has TsurimeEyes.
* InconsistentSpelling: Her name has been both spelled as "Lunch" in the manga, but the English versions of the anime call her "Launch".
* JekyllAndHyde: Her Jekyll is Good Lunch while her Hyde is Bad Lunch.
* KilledOffscreen: It's a given that she died during Buu's rampage on Earth, likely when Fat Buu was going around destroying things or when Super Buu used his Human Extinction Attack and wiped out everyone except for Mr. Satan, Tien, and Chiaotzu. We never see it, though.
* MsFanservice: She wears revealing clothes and a lot of other characters find her attractive, particularly [[DirtyOldMan Master Roshi]].
* OnlyOneName: Like many others in the series, she doesn't have a surname.
* OutOfFocus: She was hit particularly hard with this -- she didn't even get PutOnABus, she was just gone. Her only appearances in ''Z'' were anime-only scenes in Saiyan Saga filler and a small cameo in the Buu Saga where she added her power to Goku's final Spirit Bomb.
* PutOnABus: In the first saga of ''DBZ''. She's last seen getting drunk in a bar but makes a very brief cameo appearance in the Kid Buu saga giving Goku energy with the other earthlings.[[note]]Plus a nightmarish vision during Goku's fight with Frieza, though her image was edited out in ''Kai''[[/note]] In the manga, she was put on a bus after the ''DB'' portion and remains absent for the rest of the series.
* RiddleForTheAges: What exactly causes Lunch to change personalities and even hair color upon sneezing is never explained. Is it the result of some natural part of her? Is the result of some sort of curse? Is it a split personality or more like 2 beings sharing one body? Regardless, it's not said. Good Lunch is shown to be aware of Bad Lunch and even has a vague recollection of her bad side's actions, but whether the opposite is true is also never shown.
* SingleTargetSexuality: Lunch has only ever had eyes for Tien, it was impossible that she'd move on.
* SplitPersonality: One half's a sweet blunette and the other's a hot-tempered blonde.
* SplitPersonalityMakeover: Good Lunch is blue-haired, while Bad Lunch is blonde.
* SplitPersonalitySwitchTrigger: The blue-haired and gentle Lunch turns into her blonde and violent other personality and back whenever she sneezes.
* StrongAsTheyNeedToBe: PlayedForLaughs: Blue Launch is as delicate as she appears, unable to move or throw objects very far while Blonde Launch is a powerhouse, able to carry entire armories and heavy weaponry like nothing. This is despite the only difference being in personality and appearance.
* TomboyAndGirlyGirl:
** Good Lunch is Girly Girl, Bad Lunch is Tomboy.
** Bulma and Lunch vary on which is the tomboy and which is the girly girl depending on which of Lunch's personalities is dominant. If Lunch is in her blond form, she's a gun-crazy kleptomaniac and Bulma is a fashion-conscious non-combatant. If Lunch is in her blue-haired form, she's a naive ingenue and Bulma is the adventurous Wrench Wench.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Famously, despite both being a capable gunslinger and a long-time friend of the Z-Fighters, she's all but missing from the group without any explanation. Her anime appearance mitigates this slightly, occasionally showing her cameos, but her absence is still uncommented.
[[AC:Good Lunch]]
* TheDitz: She's very kind to everyone she meets, but she can be woefully ignorant of her surroundings.
* FanserviceWithASmile: Good Launch does this, even though she's not smiling all the time. You can even unlock her outfit for Android 18 in ''Ultimate Butouden'' on the DS.
* TheIngenue: Her innocent persona is pure of heart as she is quite capable of riding the Flying Nimbus with Goku in the anime.
* LethalChef: Not in general, but Good Lunch's ditziness has caused her to try cooking a toxic pufferfish for Master Roshi and Krillin, poisoning both of them for the next day.
* NiceGirl: She is sweet and pure-hearted, and one of the people who can ride the nimbus.
* NonActionGuy: Compared to her blonde self, Blue Launch is simply too soft to raise a hand to anyone, which means she's a DamselInDistress if any enemies come around.
* OutOfFocus: Due to her passive attitude and lack of action capability, she ends up getting much less of development compared to her blonde counterpart.
* ParentalSubstitute: She was the closest thing to a mother figure that Goku had as a child.
* ShyBlueHairedGirl: She's sweet and kind to others and is very shy.
* TeamMom: The closest the original DB cast had to one, as she was very kind and patient to all her friends, willing to do all sorts of things to keep them happy, no matter how weird it may be.
* TheTeamNormal: Plays this as straight as she can. Without a genius brain, fighting capability, or knowledge of any teaching or techniques, Good Launch is as close to a normal human in the main cast- if not for being a bit ditzy.
[[AC:Bad Lunch]]
* AccentAdaptation: The old Harmony Gold dub and the Blue Water dub give her [[DeepSouth a rough southern drawl.]] Funimation by contrast gives her [[{{Joisey}} a thick New Jersey accent]] which tends to fade in and out depending on the production, though her actress in ''Sleeping Princess in Devil's Castle'' did not give her any noticeable accent (neither did AB Groupe's dubs).
* ActionGirl: Dragon Ball's very first one, while not in on the action as much as the guys, she is the only girl in the series capable of performing any kind of straightforward fight.
* AllAmazonsWantHercules: Bad Lunch has the hots for Tenshinhan after being smitten with his power in battle.
* AntiHero: Bad Lunch could be an UnscrupulousHero or even a NominalHero at times.
* AxCrazy: Bad Lunch is a gun-crazy kleptomaniac. However, she does get several levels of kindness added to her character as time goes on.
* BadassNormal: She's just a normal human with no training of any kind, but is dangerous in her blond form. She always has a gun ready and shows no fear of attacking or threatening anyone including the Red Ribbon Army, the Crane Hermit, or even King Piccolo.
* BerserkButton: She has several, including but not limited to: Roshi's perversion and anyone getting between her and Tien.
* BloodKnight: While not as pronounced as the Z-Fighters, she doesn't shy away from violence when it comes her way, in fact, she seems to rather enjoy it. She agrees to raid the Red Ribbon Army for little reason than that she'd enjoy the action.
* CharacterDevelopment: A more subtle example, given how there's never a particular amount of focus on it but Blonde Launch starts out as ''very'' violent, to the point she shot at Goku and Krillin for the crimes of just being in her view. As time goes on she does mellow out; she becomes attached to her group of friends (especially Goku and Tien) and goes from actively antagonizing them for her own self-interest, to wanting to spend time with them, regardless of her status as TheDreaded.
* DeepSouth: Her accent is lightly southern in the Blue Water dub. She also has a heavier variation in the Harmony Gold dub.
* TheDreaded: Mostly PlayedForLaughs, though her debut in the anime implies that she's done a lot to earn a bounty of two million bucks.[[note]]The wanted poster uses dollars and not zeni for whatever reason[[/note]] Most poor bystanders end up having the crap scared out of them whenever she starts yelling or shooting up her surroundings. Even after she softens, the others tend to treat her with a sliver of fear whenever she starts.
* DrowningMySorrows: Her reaction to Tien's death, she's found drinking in a bar as the news reports the death toll.
* EveryoneHasStandards: Bad Lunch may be a [[AxCrazy trigger happy lunatic]], but she's still disgusted by the atrocities [[SatanicArchetype King Piccolo]] commits (aside from [[PlayedForLaughs briefly mentioning]] that she'd sort of like a lawless world without reproach).
* {{Expy}}: Launch's bad form was based on Polly Buckets, a character from ''Manga/DoctorSlump'' (Toriyama's precedent work).
* GoodIsNotNice: She eventually becomes this instead of evil, still being a gun-toting gal with disregard for the law.
* TheGunslinger: When she loses her temper, people will get shot. Good thing most of the cast is bulletproof.
* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: Inverted. Her blue-haired form has a pure heart of gold while her blond form is an AntiHero.
* HairTriggerTemper: She is an angry, trigger-happy woman.
* HeelFaceTurn: To put it in perspective, in the beginning, whenever Lunch changed she would instantly attack Roshi, Goku, and Krillin on sight with a machine gun, by the end of ''Dragon Ball'' she stops attacking people in general, only attacking those who are out to harm her friends. This also leads to the bad Lunch having much more screen time in the later part of the series, spending hours and even days at a time in her blonde form.
* HopelessSuitor: Bad Lunch has a massive crush on Tien, who is typically shown as not being at least romantically receptive. Unfortunately for Lunch, the two are not shown to be together in ''any'' Dragon Ball media.
* InLoveWithYourCarnage: Bad Lunch's crush stemmed from Tien's ruthless fighting style.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Bad Lunch eventually becomes this once she considers Goku and the others as her friends. She grows to be more tolerant and protective of them, and therefore less likely to shoot them.
* {{Joisey}}: Her accent in the Funimation dubs.
* MoreDakka: She has her own stacks of guns. Apparently, she left most of them behind when she left after Tien according to a filler scene where Chi-Chi found them and intended to rescue Gohan from the Saiyans.
* MurderIsTheBestSolution: Her first thought for most things is just to shoot or whack anyone that is going against her goals, even when she actually becomes friends with the main cast, she'll try to shoot anyone who tries to hurt her friends.
* OneManArmy: Impressively, Bad Launch is more than enough to wipe the floor with the grunts of the Red Ribbon Army without breaking a sweat.
* PetTheDog: While not actually evil, her bad persona has a few moments. In ''Dragon Ball'' during one of the tournaments, she buys Goku ice cream. One of the few times she does something nice in her bad form. Later on, she rescues Goku from two people intent on stopping him from winning the match to settle a SideBet. In ''Z'', she kidnapped the finest chefs in the world just so she could create a world-class meal for Tien and Chaotzu.
* ReformedCriminal: She sometimes says she wants to rob banks and such, but aside from her introduction she's never seen actually doing so.
* SneezeCut: Bad Lunch was about to attack King Piccolo, but Bulma whispers something about her, and she sneezes and turns back.
* SociopathicHero: Bad Lunch, though she begins to soften in the back half of the Red Ribbon Army arc.
* TankTopTomboy: She wears outfits like this.
* TokenEvilTeammate: Even after Bad Lunch accepts Goku and company as friends, she's still a violent gun-toting criminal. She outright says she likes King Piccolo's style, but sides against him out of loyalty to her TrueCompanions.
* TookALevelInKindness: She is still quite violent and trigger-happy near the end, but she will fight to defend her friends, especially Tien. She also shows disgust over King Piccolo's actions despite liking some of his policies.
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[[folder:Icarus]]
!!'''Icarus (ハイヤードラゴン, ''Haiyaa Doragon'', "Higher Dragon")'''
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->'''Voiced by (Japanese):''' Creator/NaokiTatsuta\\
'''Voiced by (English):''' Creator/ChristopherSabat (Creator/FUNimation dub); Doug Parker (''Z'' Movie 3), Don Brown (''Z'' Season 4) (Ocean dub); Jodi Forrest (AB Groupe/"Big Green" dub)\\
'''Voiced by (Latin American Spanish):''' José Arenas
A baby dragon that befriended Gohan after Gohan rescued him from a forest fire.
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* CanonForeigner: He was created for ''The Tree of Might'' and made subsequent appearances in ''Lord Slug'' and ''Cooler's Revenge'', all of which are {{Non Serial Movie}}s, and later appeared in anime-only filler episodes.
* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: He completely disappears after the "driving episode" of ''Dragon Ball Z'' (the last episode before the debut of the Androids). Goten mentions him at one point whilst playing with an animal out in the forest (English dub only) during the beginning of the Majin Buu saga, which seems to suggest Icarus, like many pets, died a few years before (or ran away, but which seems unlikely given its bond to Gohan).
* DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu: In ''Anime/TheTreeOfMight'' he actually ''attacks Shen Long''. Fortunately, Gohan saves Haiya Dragon from the counter-attack.
* DragonRider: Gohan rides him sometimes, despite having a higher flight speed on his own. This is actually justified in one special: as Gohan would have been detected immediately if he used enough energy to fly, riding on Icarus allowed him to travel a great distance without being found out. Giving the dragon a Senzu Bean later boosted his energy levels high enough for a scouter to pick up. Whoops.
* DubNameChange: His Japanese name is Haiya (or Higher) Dragon. The only English dub to keep the original name was Ocean's uncut version of ''The Tree of Might''.
* {{Expy}}: The producers of the ''Anime/TheTreeOfMight'' took inspiration from ''Taxi Dragon'' from ''Manga/DoctorSlump.''
* MeaningfulName: He was named after the Greek mythology character named Icarus, who had wax wings and flew too close to the sun.
* MoralityPet: In ''Anime/TheTreeOfMight'', he calms Oozaru Gohan after he goes berserk and attacks his own father.
* NoNameGiven: The original French dub of ''Z'', as usual.
* NonHumanSidekick: To Gohan in the movie and in the Garlic Jr. filler arc.
* UndyingLoyalty: To Gohan, even in his Great Ape form.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Bee]]
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->'''Voiced by (Japanese):''' Tomiko Suzuki (''Z''), Masami Suzuki (''Kai'' and ''Super'')\\
'''Voiced by (English):''' Creator/TabithaStGermain (Ocean dub); Creator/ChristopherBevins (Creator/{{Funimation}} dub)\\
Mr. Satan and Fat Buu's pet dog.
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* CanineCompanion: Mr. Satan's loyal but friendly dog. He is also Fat Buu's pet dog and second best friend.
* EvilDetectingDog: As Super Buu is about to absorb Piccolo and Gotenks, Bee is quick to detect the disturbance and starts yelping. [[FailedASpotCheck If only Piccolo had been paying attention with those ears of his.]]
* MoralityPet: To Fat Buu. Like Mr. Satan, Bee helps Fat Buu see what is right and wrong and brings out his inner goodness. Satan himself is shown patting the pup's head in a few filler segments after Super Buu wipes out most of humanity, subtly showcasing how the otherwise vain and pompous world champ has his softer side.
* ThemeNaming: Following the pattern of Mr. Satan's family, Bee likely gets his name from the Hell prince of gluttony himself Main/{{Beelzebub}}. Makes sense when you consider Buu's appetite.
%%* UndyingLoyalty: To Mr. Satan and Fat Buu.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: He only makes a cameo in a photograph during ''GT'' and is otherwise nowhere to be found, though it could be he simply passed from old age.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Giru]]
!! Giru (ギル)
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->'''Voiced by (Japanese):''' Shinobu Satouchi\\
'''Voiced by (English):''' Creator/SonnyStrait (Creator/{{Funimation}} dub); Nathan Simpson (Blue Water dub)\\
'''Voiced by (Latin American Spanish):''' Creator/LuisDanielRamirez\\
'''Voiced by (Brazilian Portuguese):''' Sílvio Giraldi
-->''"I'm T2006, but you can call me Giru!"''
A walking RobotBuddy who, after eating the Dragon Radar, became a walking radar itself. Giru is an exclusive character from ''GT''.
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* BadassAdorable: Despite being a little robot sidekick who never gets involved in the fights, he managed to single-handedly take down a giant antlion monster when this one was attacking an exhausted Pan. In ''VideoGame/DragonBallHeroes'', he's even a fighter character.
* ButtMonkey: He frequently receives verbal and physical abuse from Pan.
* CharacterCatchphrase: Giru has to yell ''"Danger! Danger! Pan! Danger!"'' when he's... well, in danger.
%%* CuteMachines: See BadassAdorable.
* DeathIsCheap: Giru has been killed three times during ''GT'', but comes back without a problem thanks to being a robot.
* DubNameChange: The German localization changed his serial number from [=DB4649T2006RS=] to [=DD4649T22006RS=], changing the B to another D and adding another 2 in-between.
* FakeDefector: After arriving on Planet M2, it's revealed that [[spoiler:Giru was working for General Rilldo and the rest of the bad guys all along. Except it turns out he wasn't and that he was working for the good guys, by deceiving Rilldo and the Machine Mutants.]]
* GrewBeyondTheirProgramming: Giru is the first Machine Mutant who manages to defy his programming and rebels against his creator.
* InconsistentSpelling: Giru, Gill, Gil. Several dubs use either of those spellings.
* TheLittleDetecto: He ate the Dragon Radar, so only he can track the Black Star Dragon Balls.
* MechanicalLifeform: Giru is classed as a Machine Mutant, a species of artificially created mechanical beings, but are all considered alive and with a lifeforce.
* MetalMuncher: He can eat anything made of metal, and he ends up having to tag along with the heroes after consuming the Dragon Radar.
* OverlyLongName: His serial number is [=DB4649T2006RS=]. The inhabitants of Planet M2 all call him by that serial number.
* PowerCopying: In a sense, he can integrate devices into himself and copy their functions, as shown with the Dragon Radar.
* PunnyName: His name seems to be a pun on the Japanese pronunciation of "gear." As in, those things machines have, get it?
* RedAlert: He often gives off warnings whenever he detects danger.
* RobotBuddy: A small robot who became best friends with Pan.
* ShooOutTheClowns: Giru has a tendency to become incapacitated whenever the BigBad of the saga rears its ugly head.
* UndyingLoyalty: To Pan. The fact he could counter-attack her (as evidenced by his fight with the giant desert monster), but chooses to tolerate her abuse of him says a lot.
* VerbalTicName: Giru, who has a tendency to say "''Giru Giru Giru!''". He initially introduces himself as T2006, which prompts Goku and co. to rename him after his verbal tic simply because it's easier.
[[/folder]]
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'''Major Characters'''\\
[[Characters/DragonBallSonGoku Son Goku]] ([[Characters/DragonBallSonGokuTropesAToH A-H]], [[Characters/DragonBallSonGokuTropesIToZ I-Z]]) | [[Characters/DragonBallBulma Bulma]] | [[Characters/DragonBallKrillin Krillin/Kuririn]] | [[Characters/DragonBallPiccolo Piccolo]] | [[Characters/DragonBallSonGohan Son Gohan]] | [[Characters/DragonBallVegeta Vegeta]] ([[Characters/DragonBallVegetaTropesAToL A-L]], [[Characters/DragonBallVegetaTropesMToZ M-Z]]) | [[Characters/DragonBallFutureTrunks Future Trunks]] | [[Characters/DragonBallAllies Allies]] ([[Characters/DragonBallDragonTeam Dragon Team/Z Fighters]]) | '''Families''' ([[Characters/DragonBallAndroids17And18 Androids 17 and 18]] | [[Characters/DragonBallTrunksAndSonGoten Trunks and Son Goten]]) | [[Characters/DragonBallFriends Friends]] | [[Characters/DragonBallFusionCast Fusions]]-]]]]]
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Close acquaintances of the main characters that are neither fighters nor relatives.
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!!Friends
[[folder:Turtle]]
!!'''Turtle (海亀, ''Umigame'', "Sea Turtle")'''
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[[caption-width-right:250:''"Master! What are you doing? Have you forgotten your code master? Please, That's wrong, dead wrong... now I understand why you couldn't ride your cloud."'']]
->'''Voiced by (Japanese):''' Creator/DaisukeGori (Most media), Takahiro Fujimoto (''Kai'', ''Super'')\\
'''Voiced by (English):''' Creator/ChristopherSabat (Most media), Chris Cason (''Kai'') (Creator/FUNimation dub); Doug Parker (''DB'' 1995), Creator/ScottMcNeil (''Z'' Season 1, ''The World's Strongest''), Terry Klassen (''Z'' Season 4-6), Dave Pettit (''DB'' 2004) (Ocean/Blue Water dub); Creator/DanWoren (Harmony Gold dub); Doug Rand (AB Groupe/"Big Green" dub)\\
'''Voiced by (Latin American Spanish):''' Creator/HermanLopez (''current voice''), Ernesto Lezama (1st episodes Z), Creator/ArturoMercado (''rest Z'')
A turtle named Turtle, Master Roshi's loyal pet/housemate. Goku and Bulma met Turtle early in their search for the Dragon Balls when he was lost in the wilderness and returned him to Roshi, who gave Goku the Flying Nimbus as a reward. Turtle is good-natured and friendly but often frustrated at Roshi's skirt-chasing antics.
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* ActionSurvivor: [[spoiler:Still alive in Trunks's BadFuture in ''Dragon Ball Super''.]][[spoiler:Unfortunately, that version of Turtle seen during that arc is now DeaderThanDead.]]
* BeleagueredAssistant: To Master Roshi.
* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: In anime filler only, Turtle defends Maron from some lecherous fratboys who randomly came to Kame House. He even adopts a kung fu stance as he sends them both packing. This is the only time Turtle has engaged in combat in the entire franchise.
* ADayInTheLimelight: The Android Arc filler focuses a lot on him, as most of the action centers on Kame House due to the heroes taking shelter there from the Androids and Goku spending his convalescence from the heart virus there. He's also used as Goku's practice dummy for the Evil Containment Wave in ''Super'', [[spoiler:probably to remind the audience (since many getting into the series didn't see Piccolo vs. Kami) for the Tournament of Power later on that despite the name, the wave works just fine on people who aren't demons or evil]].
* DemotedToExtra: Like with most of the ''DB''-era cast, he began falling into obscurity starting in ''Z''. The anime filler of the early Cell arc gave him ADayInTheLimelight, at least. By contrast, the Majin Buu arc only featured him canonically in a non-speaking cameo when Gohan informs Krillin about Goku's return for the 25th World Tournament. His only other appearance was in a filler episode during a celebration before the jump ahead to the 28th World Tournament.
* ADogNamedDog: He's a Turtle named Turtle.
* KilledOffscreen: Either it was when Super Buu unleashed his Human Extinction Attack or when Kid Buu blew the Earth to kingdom come. Either way, he didn't accompany the rest to the tournament, let alone the lookout, [[ForegoneConclusion so...]]
* LongLived: Apparently, during the Garlic Jr. filler arc (or about a few months before the androids arc) in ''Dragon Ball Z'', he has turned '''1000 years old'''.
* NiceGuy: He's very mild-mannered and kind, which contrasts greatly with the lecherous and selfish (pre-CharacterDevelopment) Master Roshi.
* OddFriendship: Forms one with Maron during her stay at Kame House in the anime filler.
* OldRetainer: He attempts to curb Roshi's lecherous behavior and advises him from making rash decisions to varying degrees of success.
* RunningGag: In the Japanese version, Goku is constantly getting his name wrong ("Urigome" instead of "Umigame"), even into adulthood.
* SatelliteCharacter: He only exists to be Roshi's pet and to snark at him for his ridiculous ideas and lines.
* ServileSnarker: To Roshi.
* SimpletonVoice: Most of his English voices tend to have a dopey quality to them. It's ironic given that he's meant to be more grounded than his master.
* SmallRoleBigImpact: If Goku's hadn't happened to accidentally pick a stranded Turtle out of the ground and return him to the sea (against Bulma's wishes), he would have never met Master Roshi or begun his martial arts journey that drives him for the rest of the franchise.
* SpeciesSurname: His species is his ''only'' name.
* SuddenlySpeaking: In a manner of speaking. Due to ''Kai's'' editing process, he didn't get to say anything until episode 58.
* TalkingAnimal: Though he talks less and less as the series goes on.
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[[folder:Kinto'un / Flying Nimbus]]
!!'''Kinto'un (筋斗雲, "Somersault Cloud")'''
->'''Voiced by: [[TheVoiceless N/A]]'''
A magical yellow cloud gifted to Goku by Master Roshi. It can only by ridden by those with pure hearts. Primarily used as a transport in the days before ki-based {{Flight}} became the norm, Kinto'un is alive and sapient to a degree, enough for Goku to consider it one of his dearest friends. After Goku's second death, Gohan inherits Kinto'un and uses it to transport him to and from school.
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* BigDamnHeroes: Just as Gohan is about to be curbstomped by Nappa, Kinto'un appears to carry him out of the way.
* TheBusCameBack: It makes a return in ''Super'' when Goku figures out a way to traverse Fortuneteller Baba's forest without attracting monsters with his ki.
* CharacterDeath: Shortly after Krillin's first death at the hands of Tambourine, Kinto'un also gets destroyed by the winged demon, sending Goku into even more of a rage.
* CompanionCube: To a degree, though unlike most examples, Kinto'un is actually alive. Goku and Gohan are very attached to it, nevertheless.
* LegacyCharacter: After the first Kinto'un "dies", Karin gifts Goku a second one spawned from the Huge Kinto'un cloud that floats outside of Karin's Tower. This is where all Kinto'uns spawn from, including Goku's original, meaning that they are all functionally identical as smaller fragments of the same whole.
* MundaneUtility: By the Buu arc, its adventuring days are behind it, and now it only sees usage as a glorified private jet for Gohan to get to Satan City from his rural home in the Styx.
* SecretTestOfCharacter: Being able to sit atop Kinto'un is one of the most practical ways of testing if somebody is pure of heart. Early in the series, the likes of Roshi, Bulma, Krillin and Yajirobe would fall straight through the cloud if they tried. Goku was the only one untainted by impure thoughts like lust, greed and cowardice. However, as the series goes on, more characters become able to ride it, including Chichi, [[Manga/DrSlump Arale]], Upa, Gohan, Goten and Uub.
* ShoutOut: Kinto'un, alongside the Nyoibo (Power Pole), is one of the most visible holdovers from Dragon Ball's literary inspiration, ''Literature/JourneyToTheWest''.
* SuperSpeed: Kinto'un has an extraordinary top speed of Mach 1.5, though most of the main characters characters can outpace it with their own {{Flight}}. Gohan's friends note that his journey from home to school would take over five hours in the fastest jet plane on Earth, but Kinto'un can accomplish that distance in about half an hour.
* TheVoiceless: It cannot speak, but it does express itself in other ways.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Oolong]]
!!'''Oolong (ウーロン, ''Uuron'')'''
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[[caption-width-right:257:''"Why did you have to go and tell me that, Bulma? You know that I'm highly allergic to danger."'']]
->'''Voiced by (Japanese):''' Creator/NaokiTatsuta, Creator/TesshoGenda (''DB'' ep. 3, ogre form)\\
'''Voiced by (English):''' Brad Jackson (Most media), Mark Britten (''Z'' Season 3; originally), Creator/BryanMassey (''Curse of the Blood Rubies'', ''Kai'' Season 1-4, ''Super'' Universal Survival arc) (Creator/FUNimation dub); Alec Willows (''DB'' 1995, ''Z'' Seasons 1-2, ''The World's Strongest'', ''Tree of Might'' Edited), Doug Parker (''DB'' 1995, Most transformations), Creator/IanJamesCorlett (''DB'' 1995, handsome gentleman), Creator/ScottMcNeil (''Tree of Might'' Uncut), Creator/RichardNewman (''Z'' Seasons 4-6), Corby Proctor (''DB'' 2004) (Ocean/Blue Water dub); Dave Mallow (mainly), Barry Stigler (Most transformations), Creator/DanWoren (handsome gentleman) (Harmony Gold dub); David Gasman (AB Groupe/"Big Green" dub); Apollo Abraham (Creative Products Corp., Philippines); Ray Chase (Bang Zoom!/Toonami Asia dub in ''Super'')\\
'''Voiced by (Latin American Spanish):''' Ernesto Lezama ('''current voice'''), Creator/ArturoMercado (begins in ep. 60 ''Z'', ''GT'' and ''Battle of the Gods'')
Originally a con artist who terrorized a small village using his shapeshifting powers, Oolong is a greedy, lecherous pig (literally); when Goku defeated him, Oolong joined him and Bulma in their search for the Dragon Balls. At first a useless whiner, Oolong later proved his worth by "stealing" Pilaf's wish from the Dragon Balls (by wishing for a pair of girl's panties). He and Puar were rivals in shapeshifting school, but because Oolong dropped out in kindergarten, his powers only allow him to stay transformed for five minutes.
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* AccidentalTruth: After dealing with Goku's Oozaru form, Oolong quips, "So what is he? Some kind of space alien?" Yup.
* AchillesHeel: He can only stay shapeshifted for five minutes. If he's shapeshifted for five minutes together (no matter how many forms he went through in that time span), he has to rest a minute before he can do it again. (Check his debut chapter in the manga: He can go straight from one form to another, so long as he hasn't used up all five minutes.)
* AdaptationSpeciesChange: Oolong is a piggish human in the unofficial movie ''Film/DragonBallTheMagicBegins''.
* AgeLift: In the Japanese materials Oolong is treated more as Goku and Bulma's peer than a senior (one guidebook saying he's ''younger'' than Goku) and it reflects in his actor's voice. In English dubs, he usually sounds like a middle-aged man and speaks as if he's an adult from the start (calling Goku "kid" throughout the first arc, etc). This holds even with the more accurate translations in ''Kai'' and ''Super''.
* AscendedExtra: Oolong was reduced to a background character in the ''Z'' portion of the manga. Toei, however, took a liking to the guy and gave him more screentime in the filler, movies, and commercials.
* BigDamnHeroes: Oolong interrupted Pilaf's wish preventing Pilaf from becoming ruler of the world.
* BlackmailIsSuchAnUglyWord: How Bulma gets him to join the adventure. She slips him a drug that acts as a laxative every time he hears whistling.
* BringMyBrownPants: Often pissed himself in fear in the manga.
* ChekhovsGag: His wish for panties ends up coming up again in [=GT=] when it turned out the Six-Star Dragon's existence came from it. How embarrassing.
* ChivalrousPervert: At least he ''thinks'' of himself as chivalrous. The pervert part is ''completely accurate'' however.
* CompositeCharacter: If you're familiar with ''Literature/JourneyToTheWest'', Oolong actually has elements of both Zhu Bajie ("Piggy/Pigsy") ''and'' Sun Wukong ("Monkey"). He most directly references Zhu Bajie, being a lecherous, gluttonous pig monster - his initial encounter is even an adaptation of how Zhu Bajiei is recruited in ''[=JttW=]''. However, his adeptness at shapeshifting is a trait taken from Sun Wukong[[note]]Zhu Bajie could also shapeshift in ''[=JttW=]'', but Sun Wukong was much better at it and it was much more the monkey spirit's go-to trick[[/note]], and likewise he has a magical restraining bolt (the "swee-trots" candy he ate, which causes him to suffer explosive diarrhea attacks if he hears whistling), which calls to mind Sun Wukong's famous "headache headband".
* DeadpanSnarker: Mostly before he turns nicer.
* DemotedToExtra: Even though most characters in the series get demoted to extra sooner or later, Oolong is especially noteworthy because he is essentially the {{Tritagonist}} of the original arc of the series, but after that, he completely loses his importance to the plot. Even Puar at least gets a small role later during the fight against Uranai Baba's warriors, but Oolong? Restricted to the background and a few CombatCommentator lines here and there. Once the Saiyans show up, he's more or less out of the picture entirely.
* DidntThinkThisThrough: He gives Bulma and Goku drinks that knock them both out, even though he knew Yamcha was on the prowl after them all.
* DirtyCoward: Mostly in the earlier chapters of the series, especially before he considered Goku and the others as his true friends.
* DirtyKid: He's a huge pervert either way, but in the Japanese version Oolong seems to have been equivalent to a teenager or younger when he first met Goku and Bulma. One of the guidebooks says he's three years ''younger'' than Goku, though it's not clear if pig men grow up as fast as humans. The English versions portays Oolong as a DirtyOldMan.
-->'''Bulma''': What kind of kid acts like a middle-aged pervert?
* DubNameChange: Became "Mao Mao" in the Harmony Gold dub, presumably because of the Chinese uniform he originally wears. The BLT test pilot renamed him "Chester".
* EdibleThemeNaming: With Puar, after tea.
* ExactWords: The reason Oolong got women's panties when he made his wish in the English dub. He wished for "the world's most comfortable pair of underwear". Said underwear just happened to be ''lady's'' underwear.
* {{Expy}}: One of the more obvious ones among the early characters, as he's the clear equivalent to Zhu Bajie (aka "Piggy") from ''Literature/JourneyToTheWest'' in the group. Him being DemotedToExtra so badly marks when the plot stopped bearing any resemblances to ''Journey to the West''.
* HourOfPower: In the unofficial Chinese Movie ''Film/DragonBallTheMagicBegins'', Oolong (known as Piggy) can actually get stronger by transforming, and turns into Franchise/{{Rambo}}.
* HypocriticalHumor: Frequently gets on others for being pessimistic about Goku and the other fighters' fates when they're missing in action but is relatively quick himself to assume the worst during the series' darker turns, especially in the King Piccolo Saga.
* IncompletelyTrained: He took classes at the Shapeshifter Academy, but was expelled after [[DirtyKid stealing their teacher's panties]]. As a result, Oolong can only hold a shape for five minutes at a time, whereas Puar can morph indefinitely.
* InformedAbility: His shapeshifting becomes this after ''Dragon Ball''.
* KilledOffscreen: Played straight in the manga where it cuts away to Goku watching in horror as Super Buu changes everyone on the Lookout into chocolate and eats them. Averted somewhat in the anime where they do show the carnage and the [[ShadowDiscretionShot shadowy terror]] of everyone's conversion into candy bars.
* ManIFeelLikeAWoman: In the first non-canon movie. When he transforms into Bulma to fool Roshi (like in the original story), his first reaction is to "check" his new body, embarrassing Bulma.
* MessyPig: He may be more mentally than physically messy, but he qualifies nonetheless.
* NonHumanSidekick: The first of the series, before Yamcha pulled a HeelFaceTurn with Puar.
* PaperTiger: In his first appearance. He uses his transformation magic to intimidate people, but as he himself notes, using transformation magic to become a powerful monster doesn't give you the ''abilities'' of that monster.
* PervertedPig: Oolong is dirty in mind if not in body.
* PigMan: A walking, talking pig, and one of the first talking animals to play a big role.
* SpannerInTheWorks: He screwed Pilaf's wish for immortality by intervening.
* SmarterThanYouLook: He's the ''only'' one who recognizes Chichi when ShesAllGrownUp. And he had met her only ''once''. It is true to real life, as pigs are proven to be surprisingly intelligent even when they're piglets.
* VagueAge: Though he doesn't look any specific age, the Japanese version had Bulma calling him a "kid" early on, one of the guide books saying he's three years ''younger'' than Goku. This was essentially forgotten, as he continued to look identical for in-series decades and ''Daima'' ends up {{Retcon}}ning his young form to look completely different. That the English version made him much older was likely an accident from dubbing ''Z'' first.
* VoicedDifferentlyInTheDub: Oolong's voice in Japanese is very high-pitched. Almost every English dub gives him a deep, craggling voice.
* VoluntaryShapeshifting: Oolong and Puar were classmates at the Shapeshifter Academy, due to dropping out earlier, Oolong can only hold his form for five minutes.
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[[folder:Puar]]
!!'''Puar (プーアル, ''Puuaru'')'''
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[[caption-width-right:171:''"Only a heartless soul would run and leave his friends behind. We're in this together."'']]
->'''Voiced by (Japanese):''' Creator/NaokoWatanabe\\
'''Voiced by (English):''' Monika Antonelli (All media before 2007), Creator/BrinaPalencia (''Budokai Tenkaichi 3'' onwards) (Creator/FUNimation dub); Kathy Morse (''DB'' 1995), Creator/CathyWeseluck (''Z''), Chris Simms (''DB'' 2004) (Ocean/Blue Water dub); Cheryl Chase (Harmony Gold dub); Jodi Forrest (AB Groupe/"Big Green" dub)\\
'''Voiced by (Latin American Spanish):''' Cristina Camargo (''DB'', ''Z'') , Creator/JesusBarrero (''DB'' epi. 5-60), Karen Vallejo (''Kai''), Desireé González (''Kai: The Final Chapters''), Creator/IsabelMartinon (''Super'')
A shape-shifting cat-like creature and Yamcha's closest friend. Puar is fiercely loyal to Yamcha. Puar mostly just provides moral support to Goku and his friends but saved everyone the first time Goku transformed into a Great Ape by cutting off Goku's tail.
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* AdaptationSpeciesChange: He's a parrot in ''Film/DragonBallTheMagicBegins''.
* AmbiguousGender: In the Japanese version, Puar's gender is not directly referred to though it sometimes does use masculine pronouns. In the English version, Puar is referred to as a female on a few occasions when its gender is mentioned. This isn't the case in other translations such as the Portuguese translation which has Puar state himself as male in his introduction. Eventually, Toriyama was asked about Puar's gender and he said he considered Puar male when writing the manga. For some odd reason, however, the official ''Dragon Ball'' site lists Puar as female.
* BecomingTheMask: Just like Yamcha, he initially assisted Goku and the others in gathering the Dragon Balls with the intention of stealing them once they got all seven. It wasn't until the events at Pilaf's castle that Yamcha and Puar became friends with them for real.
* BlackBeadEyes: In the same vein as Upa, who he tag-teams with during the Fortuneteller Baba Saga.
* CuteKitten: Just look at his picture!
* DemotedToExtra: Puar went from shapeshifting into items and animals in the original series to only being Yamcha's friend in ''Z,'' and Yamcha's own eventual demotion to a background character only made this worse.
* DubNameChange: Became "Squeaker" in the Harmony Gold dub, "Prudence" in the "Zero"/BLT test dub of ''Dragon Ball: Curse of the Blood Rubies'', and "Plume" in the AB Groupe French dub of ''Dragon Ball: The Path to Power''.
* EvilCounterpart: Seemingly to Oolong in the beginning, except Puar was ironically more moral!
* FaintInShock: Plus grief after Yamcha is killed by the Saibamen with Puar and the other non-combatants watching from Kame House. Unlike Chi-Chi, Puar does not regain consciousness to see any more of the battle.
* {{Flight}}: Puar can inexplicably fly.
* InformedAbility: Like Oolong, Puar doesn't use his shapeshifting abilities after the original series until ''Dragon Ball Super'' where he uses it to turn into [[spoiler: Beerus]].
* KilledOffscreen: This happened in the manga's Buu arc when Super Buu turned all of the non-fighting crowd on Kami's Lookout into chocolate bars and ate them. Averted in the anime where we see a horrible ShadowDiscretionShot of him and Yamcha being changed (they're the last to be eaten).
* NonHumanSidekick: To Yamcha during their bandit days.
* SatelliteCharacter: Puar is mostly important in relation to Yamcha.
* RightHandCat: To Yamcha during his bandit days, though more sympathetic than most.
* TalkingAnimal: Puar is less anthropomorphic than Oolong.
* ThemeNaming: With Oolong, after tea.
* UndyingLoyalty: To Yamcha, even refers to him as "Master" in some dubs.
* VoluntaryShapeshifting: Oolong and Puar were classmates at the Shapeshifter Academy. Unlike Oolong, however, Puar finished his education there and thus can hold any form as long as he wants.
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[[folder:Lunch/Launch]]
!!'''Lunch/Launch (ランチ, ''Ranchi'')'''
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->'''Voiced by (Japanese):''' Creator/MamiKoyama (Most media), Tomiko Suzuki (''Z'' Episode 285), Creator/MayumiTanaka (''Kai: The Final Chapters'')\\
'''Voiced by (English):''' Meredith [=McCoy=] (''DB'', both), Christine Marten (''Sleeping Princess in Devil's Castle'', bad), Monika Antonelli (''Sleeping Princess in Devil's Castle'', good), Creator/KaraEdwards (''Z'' Episode 285, good), Creator/ColleenClinkenbeard (''Kai: TFC'', good) (Creator/FUNimation dub); Onalea Gilbertson (''DB'', both) (Ocean/Blue Water dub); Creator/EdieMirman (Harmony Gold dub); Jodi Forrest (AB Groupe/"Big Green" dub)\\
'''Voiced by (Latin American Spanish):''' Cristina Camargo
Minor joke character during the original series was picked up and brought to Roshi by Goku and Krillin to bribe him into training the two. Her "mood swings"--really a split personality--when she sneezes provided a fair amount of comedy, shifting between a sweet blue-haired ingenue and a violent blond criminal. She's not heard from much in the ''Z'' series (because Creator/AkiraToriyama [[https://www.kanzenshuu.com/rumor/characters/ decided to write her out]]).
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[[AC:Both]]
* TheBusCameBack: She reappears in ''Anime/DragonBallYoSonGokuAndHisFriendsReturn'' after she unceremoniously left to find Tien in the original manga and only made brief cameos in Z-filler. Strangely, she's reverted to her original series design rather than the aged design featured at the end of Z.
* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: She vanishes after the Piccolo Jr. Saga in the manga. She did get a bit more screen time in the anime, but only in the Saiyan Saga and a cameo towards the end of the Buu Saga. Reportedly, [[https://www.kanzenshuu.com/rumor/characters/ this is because Toriyama decided to write her out, and later he wrongly thought he forgot about her]].
* ContinuityCameo:
** Near the end of ''Z'' when you can see her lifting her hands up in the air to give energy to Goku's Spirit Bomb.
** In a blink-and-you'll-miss-it moment, Launch appears alongside the rest of the Z-Fighters eating dinner at Satan's dinner party in ''Anime/YoSonGokuAndHisFriendsReturn''.
* DemotedToExtra: The grand finale of the manga reunited everyone ''but'' Lunch. Lunch appeared in the draft, but she was replaced with No. 17 in the published issue. The anime, at least, briefly showed her contributing to Goku's Super Spirit Bomb. She also later appears in the OVA, although she has no lines.
* DubNameChange: From Lunch to Launch in the English dub.
* EdibleThemeNaming: Named after a meal in a story where many characters are named after food and teas.
* ForeheadOfDoom: You can see how huge her forehead is because her hair doesn't cover it.
* GoodEyesEvilEyes: Good Lunch has TaremeEyes, Bad Lunch has TsurimeEyes.
* InconsistentSpelling: Her name has been both spelled as "Lunch" in the manga, but the English versions of the anime call her "Launch".
* JekyllAndHyde: Her Jekyll is Good Lunch while her Hyde is Bad Lunch.
* KilledOffscreen: It's a given that she died during Buu's rampage on Earth, likely when Fat Buu was going around destroying things or when Super Buu used his Human Extinction Attack and wiped out everyone except for Mr. Satan, Tien, and Chiaotzu. We never see it, though.
* MsFanservice: She wears revealing clothes and a lot of other characters find her attractive, particularly [[DirtyOldMan Master Roshi]].
* OnlyOneName: Like many others in the series, she doesn't have a surname.
* OutOfFocus: She was hit particularly hard with this -- she didn't even get PutOnABus, she was just gone. Her only appearances in ''Z'' were anime-only scenes in Saiyan Saga filler and a small cameo in the Buu Saga where she added her power to Goku's final Spirit Bomb.
* PutOnABus: In the first saga of ''DBZ''. She's last seen getting drunk in a bar but makes a very brief cameo appearance in the Kid Buu saga giving Goku energy with the other earthlings.[[note]]Plus a nightmarish vision during Goku's fight with Frieza, though her image was edited out in ''Kai''[[/note]] In the manga, she was put on a bus after the ''DB'' portion and remains absent for the rest of the series.
* RiddleForTheAges: What exactly causes Lunch to change personalities and even hair color upon sneezing is never explained. Is it the result of some natural part of her? Is the result of some sort of curse? Is it a split personality or more like 2 beings sharing one body? Regardless, it's not said. Good Lunch is shown to be aware of Bad Lunch and even has a vague recollection of her bad side's actions, but whether the opposite is true is also never shown.
* SingleTargetSexuality: Lunch has only ever had eyes for Tien, it was impossible that she'd move on.
* SplitPersonality: One half's a sweet blunette and the other's a hot-tempered blonde.
* SplitPersonalityMakeover: Good Lunch is blue-haired, while Bad Lunch is blonde.
* SplitPersonalitySwitchTrigger: The blue-haired and gentle Lunch turns into her blonde and violent other personality and back whenever she sneezes.
* StrongAsTheyNeedToBe: PlayedForLaughs: Blue Launch is as delicate as she appears, unable to move or throw objects very far while Blonde Launch is a powerhouse, able to carry entire armories and heavy weaponry like nothing. This is despite the only difference being in personality and appearance.
* TomboyAndGirlyGirl:
** Good Lunch is Girly Girl, Bad Lunch is Tomboy.
** Bulma and Lunch vary on which is the tomboy and which is the girly girl depending on which of Lunch's personalities is dominant. If Lunch is in her blond form, she's a gun-crazy kleptomaniac and Bulma is a fashion-conscious non-combatant. If Lunch is in her blue-haired form, she's a naive ingenue and Bulma is the adventurous Wrench Wench.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Famously, despite both being a capable gunslinger and a long-time friend of the Z-Fighters, she's all but missing from the group without any explanation. Her anime appearance mitigates this slightly, occasionally showing her cameos, but her absence is still uncommented.
[[AC:Good Lunch]]
* TheDitz: She's very kind to everyone she meets, but she can be woefully ignorant of her surroundings.
* FanserviceWithASmile: Good Launch does this, even though she's not smiling all the time. You can even unlock her outfit for Android 18 in ''Ultimate Butouden'' on the DS.
* TheIngenue: Her innocent persona is pure of heart as she is quite capable of riding the Flying Nimbus with Goku in the anime.
* LethalChef: Not in general, but Good Lunch's ditziness has caused her to try cooking a toxic pufferfish for Master Roshi and Krillin, poisoning both of them for the next day.
* NiceGirl: She is sweet and pure-hearted, and one of the people who can ride the nimbus.
* NonActionGuy: Compared to her blonde self, Blue Launch is simply too soft to raise a hand to anyone, which means she's a DamselInDistress if any enemies come around.
* OutOfFocus: Due to her passive attitude and lack of action capability, she ends up getting much less of development compared to her blonde counterpart.
* ParentalSubstitute: She was the closest thing to a mother figure that Goku had as a child.
* ShyBlueHairedGirl: She's sweet and kind to others and is very shy.
* TeamMom: The closest the original DB cast had to one, as she was very kind and patient to all her friends, willing to do all sorts of things to keep them happy, no matter how weird it may be.
* TheTeamNormal: Plays this as straight as she can. Without a genius brain, fighting capability, or knowledge of any teaching or techniques, Good Launch is as close to a normal human in the main cast- if not for being a bit ditzy.
[[AC:Bad Lunch]]
* AccentAdaptation: The old Harmony Gold dub and the Blue Water dub give her [[DeepSouth a rough southern drawl.]] Funimation by contrast gives her [[{{Joisey}} a thick New Jersey accent]] which tends to fade in and out depending on the production, though her actress in ''Sleeping Princess in Devil's Castle'' did not give her any noticeable accent (neither did AB Groupe's dubs).
* ActionGirl: Dragon Ball's very first one, while not in on the action as much as the guys, she is the only girl in the series capable of performing any kind of straightforward fight.
* AllAmazonsWantHercules: Bad Lunch has the hots for Tenshinhan after being smitten with his power in battle.
* AntiHero: Bad Lunch could be an UnscrupulousHero or even a NominalHero at times.
* AxCrazy: Bad Lunch is a gun-crazy kleptomaniac. However, she does get several levels of kindness added to her character as time goes on.
* BadassNormal: She's just a normal human with no training of any kind, but is dangerous in her blond form. She always has a gun ready and shows no fear of attacking or threatening anyone including the Red Ribbon Army, the Crane Hermit, or even King Piccolo.
* BerserkButton: She has several, including but not limited to: Roshi's perversion and anyone getting between her and Tien.
* BloodKnight: While not as pronounced as the Z-Fighters, she doesn't shy away from violence when it comes her way, in fact, she seems to rather enjoy it. She agrees to raid the Red Ribbon Army for little reason than that she'd enjoy the action.
* CharacterDevelopment: A more subtle example, given how there's never a particular amount of focus on it but Blonde Launch starts out as ''very'' violent, to the point she shot at Goku and Krillin for the crimes of just being in her view. As time goes on she does mellow out; she becomes attached to her group of friends (especially Goku and Tien) and goes from actively antagonizing them for her own self-interest, to wanting to spend time with them, regardless of her status as TheDreaded.
* DeepSouth: Her accent is lightly southern in the Blue Water dub. She also has a heavier variation in the Harmony Gold dub.
* TheDreaded: Mostly PlayedForLaughs, though her debut in the anime implies that she's done a lot to earn a bounty of two million bucks.[[note]]The wanted poster uses dollars and not zeni for whatever reason[[/note]] Most poor bystanders end up having the crap scared out of them whenever she starts yelling or shooting up her surroundings. Even after she softens, the others tend to treat her with a sliver of fear whenever she starts.
* DrowningMySorrows: Her reaction to Tien's death, she's found drinking in a bar as the news reports the death toll.
* EveryoneHasStandards: Bad Lunch may be a [[AxCrazy trigger happy lunatic]], but she's still disgusted by the atrocities [[SatanicArchetype King Piccolo]] commits (aside from [[PlayedForLaughs briefly mentioning]] that she'd sort of like a lawless world without reproach).
* {{Expy}}: Launch's bad form was based on Polly Buckets, a character from ''Manga/DoctorSlump'' (Toriyama's precedent work).
* GoodIsNotNice: She eventually becomes this instead of evil, still being a gun-toting gal with disregard for the law.
* TheGunslinger: When she loses her temper, people will get shot. Good thing most of the cast is bulletproof.
* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: Inverted. Her blue-haired form has a pure heart of gold while her blond form is an AntiHero.
* HairTriggerTemper: She is an angry, trigger-happy woman.
* HeelFaceTurn: To put it in perspective, in the beginning, whenever Lunch changed she would instantly attack Roshi, Goku, and Krillin on sight with a machine gun, by the end of ''Dragon Ball'' she stops attacking people in general, only attacking those who are out to harm her friends. This also leads to the bad Lunch having much more screen time in the later part of the series, spending hours and even days at a time in her blonde form.
* HopelessSuitor: Bad Lunch has a massive crush on Tien, who is typically shown as not being at least romantically receptive. Unfortunately for Lunch, the two are not shown to be together in ''any'' Dragon Ball media.
* InLoveWithYourCarnage: Bad Lunch's crush stemmed from Tien's ruthless fighting style.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Bad Lunch eventually becomes this once she considers Goku and the others as her friends. She grows to be more tolerant and protective of them, and therefore less likely to shoot them.
* {{Joisey}}: Her accent in the Funimation dubs.
* MoreDakka: She has her own stacks of guns. Apparently, she left most of them behind when she left after Tien according to a filler scene where Chi-Chi found them and intended to rescue Gohan from the Saiyans.
* MurderIsTheBestSolution: Her first thought for most things is just to shoot or whack anyone that is going against her goals, even when she actually becomes friends with the main cast, she'll try to shoot anyone who tries to hurt her friends.
* OneManArmy: Impressively, Bad Launch is more than enough to wipe the floor with the grunts of the Red Ribbon Army without breaking a sweat.
* PetTheDog: While not actually evil, her bad persona has a few moments. In ''Dragon Ball'' during one of the tournaments, she buys Goku ice cream. One of the few times she does something nice in her bad form. Later on, she rescues Goku from two people intent on stopping him from winning the match to settle a SideBet. In ''Z'', she kidnapped the finest chefs in the world just so she could create a world-class meal for Tien and Chaotzu.
* ReformedCriminal: She sometimes says she wants to rob banks and such, but aside from her introduction she's never seen actually doing so.
* SneezeCut: Bad Lunch was about to attack King Piccolo, but Bulma whispers something about her, and she sneezes and turns back.
* SociopathicHero: Bad Lunch, though she begins to soften in the back half of the Red Ribbon Army arc.
* TankTopTomboy: She wears outfits like this.
* TokenEvilTeammate: Even after Bad Lunch accepts Goku and company as friends, she's still a violent gun-toting criminal. She outright says she likes King Piccolo's style, but sides against him out of loyalty to her TrueCompanions.
* TookALevelInKindness: She is still quite violent and trigger-happy near the end, but she will fight to defend her friends, especially Tien. She also shows disgust over King Piccolo's actions despite liking some of his policies.
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[[folder:Icarus]]
!!'''Icarus (ハイヤードラゴン, ''Haiyaa Doragon'', "Higher Dragon")'''
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->'''Voiced by (Japanese):''' Creator/NaokiTatsuta\\
'''Voiced by (English):''' Creator/ChristopherSabat (Creator/FUNimation dub); Doug Parker (''Z'' Movie 3), Don Brown (''Z'' Season 4) (Ocean dub); Jodi Forrest (AB Groupe/"Big Green" dub)\\
'''Voiced by (Latin American Spanish):''' José Arenas
A baby dragon that befriended Gohan after Gohan rescued him from a forest fire.
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* CanonForeigner: He was created for ''The Tree of Might'' and made subsequent appearances in ''Lord Slug'' and ''Cooler's Revenge'', all of which are {{Non Serial Movie}}s, and later appeared in anime-only filler episodes.
* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: He completely disappears after the "driving episode" of ''Dragon Ball Z'' (the last episode before the debut of the Androids). Goten mentions him at one point whilst playing with an animal out in the forest (English dub only) during the beginning of the Majin Buu saga, which seems to suggest Icarus, like many pets, died a few years before (or ran away, but which seems unlikely given its bond to Gohan).
* DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu: In ''Anime/TheTreeOfMight'' he actually ''attacks Shen Long''. Fortunately, Gohan saves Haiya Dragon from the counter-attack.
* DragonRider: Gohan rides him sometimes, despite having a higher flight speed on his own. This is actually justified in one special: as Gohan would have been detected immediately if he used enough energy to fly, riding on Icarus allowed him to travel a great distance without being found out. Giving the dragon a Senzu Bean later boosted his energy levels high enough for a scouter to pick up. Whoops.
* DubNameChange: His Japanese name is Haiya (or Higher) Dragon. The only English dub to keep the original name was Ocean's uncut version of ''The Tree of Might''.
* {{Expy}}: The producers of the ''Anime/TheTreeOfMight'' took inspiration from ''Taxi Dragon'' from ''Manga/DoctorSlump.''
* MeaningfulName: He was named after the Greek mythology character named Icarus, who had wax wings and flew too close to the sun.
* MoralityPet: In ''Anime/TheTreeOfMight'', he calms Oozaru Gohan after he goes berserk and attacks his own father.
* NoNameGiven: The original French dub of ''Z'', as usual.
* NonHumanSidekick: To Gohan in the movie and in the Garlic Jr. filler arc.
* UndyingLoyalty: To Gohan, even in his Great Ape form.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Bee]]
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->'''Voiced by (Japanese):''' Tomiko Suzuki (''Z''), Masami Suzuki (''Kai'' and ''Super'')\\
'''Voiced by (English):''' Creator/TabithaStGermain (Ocean dub); Creator/ChristopherBevins (Creator/{{Funimation}} dub)\\
Mr. Satan and Fat Buu's pet dog.
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* CanineCompanion: Mr. Satan's loyal but friendly dog. He is also Fat Buu's pet dog and second best friend.
* EvilDetectingDog: As Super Buu is about to absorb Piccolo and Gotenks, Bee is quick to detect the disturbance and starts yelping. [[FailedASpotCheck If only Piccolo had been paying attention with those ears of his.]]
* MoralityPet: To Fat Buu. Like Mr. Satan, Bee helps Fat Buu see what is right and wrong and brings out his inner goodness. Satan himself is shown patting the pup's head in a few filler segments after Super Buu wipes out most of humanity, subtly showcasing how the otherwise vain and pompous world champ has his softer side.
* ThemeNaming: Following the pattern of Mr. Satan's family, Bee likely gets his name from the Hell prince of gluttony himself Main/{{Beelzebub}}. Makes sense when you consider Buu's appetite.
%%* UndyingLoyalty: To Mr. Satan and Fat Buu.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: He only makes a cameo in a photograph during ''GT'' and is otherwise nowhere to be found, though it could be he simply passed from old age.
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[[folder:Giru]]
!! Giru (ギル)
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->'''Voiced by (Japanese):''' Shinobu Satouchi\\
'''Voiced by (English):''' Creator/SonnyStrait (Creator/{{Funimation}} dub); Nathan Simpson (Blue Water dub)\\
'''Voiced by (Latin American Spanish):''' Creator/LuisDanielRamirez\\
'''Voiced by (Brazilian Portuguese):''' Sílvio Giraldi
-->''"I'm T2006, but you can call me Giru!"''
A walking RobotBuddy who, after eating the Dragon Radar, became a walking radar itself. Giru is an exclusive character from ''GT''.
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* BadassAdorable: Despite being a little robot sidekick who never gets involved in the fights, he managed to single-handedly take down a giant antlion monster when this one was attacking an exhausted Pan. In ''VideoGame/DragonBallHeroes'', he's even a fighter character.
* ButtMonkey: He frequently receives verbal and physical abuse from Pan.
* CharacterCatchphrase: Giru has to yell ''"Danger! Danger! Pan! Danger!"'' when he's... well, in danger.
%%* CuteMachines: See BadassAdorable.
* DeathIsCheap: Giru has been killed three times during ''GT'', but comes back without a problem thanks to being a robot.
* DubNameChange: The German localization changed his serial number from [=DB4649T2006RS=] to [=DD4649T22006RS=], changing the B to another D and adding another 2 in-between.
* FakeDefector: After arriving on Planet M2, it's revealed that [[spoiler:Giru was working for General Rilldo and the rest of the bad guys all along. Except it turns out he wasn't and that he was working for the good guys, by deceiving Rilldo and the Machine Mutants.]]
* GrewBeyondTheirProgramming: Giru is the first Machine Mutant who manages to defy his programming and rebels against his creator.
* InconsistentSpelling: Giru, Gill, Gil. Several dubs use either of those spellings.
* TheLittleDetecto: He ate the Dragon Radar, so only he can track the Black Star Dragon Balls.
* MechanicalLifeform: Giru is classed as a Machine Mutant, a species of artificially created mechanical beings, but are all considered alive and with a lifeforce.
* MetalMuncher: He can eat anything made of metal, and he ends up having to tag along with the heroes after consuming the Dragon Radar.
* OverlyLongName: His serial number is [=DB4649T2006RS=]. The inhabitants of Planet M2 all call him by that serial number.
* PowerCopying: In a sense, he can integrate devices into himself and copy their functions, as shown with the Dragon Radar.
* PunnyName: His name seems to be a pun on the Japanese pronunciation of "gear." As in, those things machines have, get it?
* RedAlert: He often gives off warnings whenever he detects danger.
* RobotBuddy: A small robot who became best friends with Pan.
* ShooOutTheClowns: Giru has a tendency to become incapacitated whenever the BigBad of the saga rears its ugly head.
* UndyingLoyalty: To Pan. The fact he could counter-attack her (as evidenced by his fight with the giant desert monster), but chooses to tolerate her abuse of him says a lot.
* VerbalTicName: Giru, who has a tendency to say "''Giru Giru Giru!''". He initially introduces himself as T2006, which prompts Goku and co. to rename him after his verbal tic simply because it's easier.
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