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Goku
The main character, his name is based on the Chinese mythological character of the same name. Although he doesn't look like the Monkey King as described in the scripture, he looks human in almost every way. He used to have a tail, which, at the sight of a full moon, transforms him into a giant were-ape beast (ala King Kong, only meaner). He is of a race called Saiya-jins who goes around conquering planets and dealing them. Gokuu is vaguely like Superman; sent as an infant from his home planet, which was destroyed immediately afterward, he was raised by a kindly old man named Son Gohan. Even as a child he showed remarkable abilities, such as great strength and an almost instinctive fighting skill. He was sent to Earth to conquer it, and may have done so if not for a blow to the head he received as a child. While that blow is responsible for the loss of Gokuu's potentially vicious and evil Saiyajin personality, it may have done more than that; Gokuu is "good" in the truest sense of the word, but . . . well . . . outside of combat, he's not that bright. Oh, well. =) He doesn't need brains; he is the first of his kind in a thousand years to reach the legendary power-level known as Super Saiyajin, and keeps getting stronger throughout the series. He is known for the Kamehameha attack, which he learned from Kamesennin. A note about the legend of the Super Saiyajin: The manga and the anime differ slightly in overall storyline, and the DBZ movies differ even more; it should be noted that in the manga, which is considered the "official" storyline of Dragonball, Son Gokuu is the Densetsu no Super Saiyajin (or Legendary Super Saiyajin). The legend states (or so other DB fans have translated) that an invincible super-warrior would appear in order to avenge the Saiyajin race's destruction. While the movies (DBZ movies 8, 10, and 11) have suggested that Burolli is the Super Saiyajin of legend by virtue of his incredible strength, it is clearly Gokuu who fits the criteria of the legend. He a) is invincible (he takes quite a few lickings, but he just keeps on ticking . . . or at least, he just can't seem to stay dead), and b) has avenged his people; while Mirai Trunks actually killed Freeza, Gokuu was the one who defeated his race's destroyer. Burolli, on the other hand, had absolutely no contact with Freeza, and has been defeated repeatedly. There appears to be a consensus among Dragonball fans that the storyline of the movies so contradicts the established storyline of the manga that they should not be considered part of the same universe. Instead, the DBZ movies appear to be part of an alternate, "what-if," universe. Physical---As a child Gokuu is much younger-looking than his actual age; he is introduced as approximately age 12 but looks 6 (some fans argue that this is because Saiyajin age differently than humans). He has the typical wild black hair of his race, sticking out all over his head even when wet, and for the first part of the series has the trademark Saiyajin monkey-tail, with which he can transform into the "oozaru" (a giant rampaging fire-breathing monkey with red eyes). The tail gets cut off and grows back several times during the series, until he loses it altogether as he grows up. As an adult, Gokuu is a big, strapping man who wears an orange dogi with a blue undershirt. As a Super Saiyajin, Gokuu has the characteristic upright "blond" hair and blue/green eyes of that power level. Son Gohan
In the entire Dragon Ball universe, there are two Gohan's. The first that is mentioned in the manga is Goku's adoptive grandfather. This Gohan is the one who first found Goku and raised him for a while. The elder of Gokuu's two half-human sons, Gohan is the focus of much of the latter half of Dragonball (in anime form, DBZ). This Gohan has the blood of his mother, Chichi, and has the abilities of his father, Goku, and a little more. He doesn't like fighting and despises those who hurts his friends, family, and nature. He has a similar kind heart that his father possesses. Like Goku, we watch him grow up from an adorable tailed tot to an adult over several years. Gohan is as sweet and amiable as his father; however, his mother Chichi has tried her best to make him into a scholar. As a result, Gohan is both smarter than and not as battle-happy as his father. He doesn't like fighting, but in spite of this, he has enormous power which manifests in times of great anger throughout the series. Because he is naturally good-natured, this power comes out only rarely---until the battle against the monster called Cell, when Gohan's anger is pushed past its limits, and he becomes the first to go beyond Super Saiyajin (this level is later called Super Saiyajin level two). Later, as a teenager in high-school, he adopts a secret identity to hide his power, and calls himself the Great Saiya-Man in order to fight crime with his girlfriend/partner, Videl. As an adult, he settles down with Videl, has a daughter, and becomes a scholar as his mother hoped. He uses most of his father's attacks. Physical---Gohan grows up throughout the series, and goes through several incarnations: a) as a tot of maybe four years old, he wears a cute little cap with a Dragonball on its top; b) as a boy of about ten, he wears casual clothes and occasionally Saiyajin battle-armor and his hair is a wild mass on his head; c) as a young teen of thirteen or so, he dresses like his mentor Piccolo and has a strange half-wild, half-trimmed hairstyle (as a Super Saiyajin at this age, his hair only sticks up a little in its blond state; as SSJ2, it sticks up completely, and he gets a little bigger); d) as a teenager, he's as tall as his father, but not as built, and his hair is short; and e) as an adult, he looks the same, but wears big square glasses. Son Goten
Goku's other son is born and his name is Goten. At a first glance, he looks very much like his father in his young age. He is very naive like Goku and very innocent. Though Goku first achieved the Super Saiya-jin form at an older age,Goten at a young age of 8, achieves this form while practicing fighting techniques with Chichi. He's just as sweet and innocent as his father, and is inseparable from his friend/partner in crime, Chibi Trunks. Because he's so sweet (and not much smarter than his father), he often appears to be dominated by the more forceful personality of Trunks, but I suspect that he's simply too nice to argue with his friend's schemes. He is capable of anger, like his father; it's just that it takes a great deal to make him angry. Of the two, Trunks is a little stronger, probably because he's older. Goten uses his own version of the Kamehameha (perhaps by mistake, he calls his the Kamekameha), and can fuse with Trunks to form Gotenks.He's one of the few people good-hearted enough to ride the Kintou cloud (his brother and parents are the others). Physical---Take Gokuu and shrink him down. Bingo. Although by the end of the series, as a teen, Goten begins to look less like his father. Chichi
Goku's wife, We first meet Chichi as a cute little girl, the daughter of the massive Ox King; because Gokuu has no clue as to what marriage means, he agrees to marry her as a child. She didn't forget the promise that Goku made that he'll marry her when they're older. When she reappears, she enters the tournament and confronts him, angry that Goku didn't recognize her, she tries to beat him up. After the match and by the end of the day, they are husband and wife and alomost immediatly have kids, ie Gohan. Chichi can be as airheaded as her husband (it's a wonder that Gohan has any brains at all), although she is definitely the "practical" one in their relationship. She is also able to ride the Kintoun Cloud, and so clearly has a good heart; but she henpecks Gokuu in the rare times we see them interact, and drives Gohan to study and become a scholar.(she is much more obsessive about this in the anime than she is in the manga, however). She pushed Gohan hard on studying but when Goten is born, she didn't bother and thus Goten soon grows lazy. She is capable of quite fearsome rages, in which the nearest appliances, furniture, people, etc. are all in danger of being completely destroyed. You have to give her credit: she lives with three of the strongest people on the planet, and must watch them constantly risk their lives (and has even had to deal with their deaths at times). Understandably, she spends a lot of time having hysterics. While she rarely displays them, she has excellent martial arts skills for a human woman. Chichi has been called the strongest woman on Earth, because she completely dominates her clueless husband. Physical---Chichi is first seen as an adorable little girl wearing a strange bikini-like outfit and a Roman-style helmet with a projectable blade-like weapon attached. Later, when she enters the tournament to find Gokuu, she is a pretty teenaged girl with her hair in a ponytail. After that, however, she begins to look more matronly as time passes, wearing her black hair in a bun. Bulma
Bulma is the second character we meet in Dragonball, who also grows up during the series from a teenaged girl to a matronly mother-type (still pretty, though). Bulma has been called bossy, flirtatious, airheaded, and a genius---she is all of the above. She started the Dragonball saga; if not for her, Gokuu might still be running around the woods fishing with his tail, the little barbarian. As the daughter of the scientist Dr. Briefs, the owner of the Capsule Corporation, she is filthy rich and a technological genius in her own right, strong-willed and adventurous. However, she is also a typical teenager when we first meet her; after building a device to find the mystical Dragonballs, convincing Gokuu to join her quest, and generally going through hell to find them, she wants to wish for---of all things---a boyfriend. After a tumultuous relationship with Yamucha, she ends up married to Vejiita, the arrogant Prince of the Saiyajin, in what may be one of the strangest relationships in all of anime. Somehow, it works, however---she has two children with him by the end of the series. Physical---Bulma is considered one of the most attractive women in the Dragonball universe, and must always be on guard against dirty old men (Kamesennin, the old Kaiou-shin) and pervert-types (Oolong, the pig). She has green/teal hair (lavender in the manga) and blue eyes, and goes through enough hairstyle changes throughout the course of the series to have a page devoted to her hair in one of the Shuiesha DB hardcovers. She tends to wear really short skirts, which may be why so many perverts are after her. Vegeta
Introduced later in the series, Vejiita is the Prince of the warrior race known as the Saiyajin, of which Gokuu is also a member. Even though his world is destroyed and his entire race reduced to two members (not counting the various half-breeds and quarter-breeds that he and Gokuu spawn over the years), Vejiita is still a prince by attitude alone. He is a "bad guy" when first introduced, a mercenary who wanders the galaxy destroying planets (along with his fellow Saiyajin and lackey Nappa), but all of that changes when he comes to Earth and is defeated by Gokuu. Vejiita's pride is legendary; he decides to remain on earth, striving to get strong enough to defeat his rival Gokuu, and in the process winds up settling down with Bulma to make a family. (There is some debate as to whether he really is a bad guy by the end of the series. The jury is still out, but by the time Gokuu flies off into the sunset, the Dragonballs themselves acknowledge him as good; he prefers being evil, however.) His pride is so great that he is obsessed with becoming better than Gokuu, to the point that little else matters to him; he has in the past risked his family and even the world to achieve that goal. He is enormously powerful (the second to reach Super Saiyajin), although by the end of the series he reluctantly admits that Gokuu is the better fighter. In spite of (or perhaps because of) his noble origins, Vejiita has a notoriously sullen temperament and major attitude; when he deigns to speak to someone, it's usually an insult or a curse. He mellows over the years, but not by much. Vejiita uses several major techniques, including the Big Bang Attack. Note: all of his special attacks have English names. Physical---Almost a head shorter than Gokuu, Vejiita's size in no way stunts his power. He has a crown of spiky black Saiyajin hair that sticks straight up in the air, marked by a distinctive widow's peak and a receding hairline. When not clad in Saiyajin armor and bodysuit, he most often wears a black tank-top and pants. In Super Saiyajin form, his hair is shaped the same way, only "blond." He rarely smiles, except when he's a) ridiculing someone, or b) getting ready to kill them. Trunks
The son of Vegeta and Bulma, this version of Trunks grew up in an alternate (or maybe the original; who knows?) timeline in which Gokuu died of heart disease and all of the other DB-senshi (except Gohan) were killed by a pair of cyborgs (Jinzouningen Nos. 17 and 18) shortly after his birth. He grew up in a bleak, post-apocalyptic future-world in which most of the earth's population had been killed off by the cyborgs, and spent his childhood training with Gohan. Although he became a Super Saiyajin at a relatively early age, he was unable to defeat the cyborgs for some time. When he was 17, his mother built a time machine, which he used to come back in time 20 years to the present in which most of DB takes place, so that he could give Son Gokuu medicine that would cure his heart disease (and perhaps prevent the grim future he grew up in). He returned to the past once more to stay for a while and assist the other fighters in their battles against the Jinzouningen. Very serious, quiet, a bit shy, and usually polite, he is very different from his father---except in combat, in which his ruthlessness sometimes matches Vejiita's. He is the second Super Saiyajin that we meet in DB (although Vejiita was actually the second to achieve that level in this timeline), when he appears mysteriously to kill Freeza when he comes back with his father. While his relationship with Vejiita is frequently tense and occasionally even antagonistic, the father and son develop a mutual respect for each other over time. He uses a sword the first few times we see him, and the Burning Attack, in which he whips his hands around before firing a "ki" blast. He also uses most of his father's attacks. After he returns to his future, we never see this version of Trunks again in DB. Trunks, Present (also called Chibi ["Little"] Trunks and just plain Trunks)
This Trunks is born after the future one visited. Although really the same person as Mirai Trunks, this version of the son of Vejiita is very different in personality from his other incarnation. This is largely because of the differences in the two Trunks' environments: this version of Trunks had a father present for most of his life, and grew up in a much happier and safer world than his counterpart. Trunks had no need to develop his "twin's" quiet, driven persona; the influences of a happier world and his father's presence combined instead to create the world's greatest brat. He's inherited some aspects of his father's personality in a benign form; but while he can be just as arrogant and devious as Vejiita (and occasionally as bossy as Bulma), Trunks' wickedness more often manifests as (usually) harmless mischief. He's very smart, and very much a smart-ass. He's also very powerful, and able to reach Super Saiyajin at a ridiculously early age. Trunks has mastered several of the DB-senshi's attacks, and can perform the Fusion technique with Goten to form Gotenks. It is this version of Trunks that we see in Dragonball GT (at age 28). Physical---Both versions of Trunks look the same; a young man with lavender hair (his hair has no Saiyajin spikiness except when in Super Saiyajin form) and blue eyes. Mirai Trunks' hair grows from a short bowl-cut to shoulder-length at several points during his brief appearance in DBZ. Mirai Trunks usually wears a short Capsule Corporation jacket over a black tank top and pants, or Saiyajin combat gear; Present Trunks (more often seen as a child) wears a variety of clothing. Mirai Trunks carries a sword in a sheath strapped to his back for the first few episodes that we see him; Present Trunks only posesses a sword in DBZ Movie 13 and DBGT, never in the manga or DBZ anime. Both versions of Trunks have inherited a combination of Vejiita's and Bulma's features: Bulma's hair and eyes, Vejiita's face and body type. Trunks, it should be noted (both versions), is one of the main reasons for DBZ's high popularity with female anime fans. Kami-sama
Kami-sama is known as God on Earth. He controls the Dragon Balls as wells as makes them. He is also Piccolo's spiritual opposite, for when he takes the role of being Kami-sama, he has clensed himself of all evil within his own body, thus forming Piccolo-Daimo. It is soon found out that both Piccolo and Kami-sama comes from a planet whose inhabitants have unique powers. This being is actually only half of a single person. As such, he is immensely powerful, serene, and very wise; it was this old man who created the original Dragonballs that could grant a single wish. He eventually re-merges with Piccolo Jr. Also a Namekkuseijin, he resembles an old and wizened Piccolo who carries a staff. Piccolo
When the time came for a new God (Kami) of the earth to be chosen, an alien from the planet Namek took the post. In order to become God, he purged himself of evil, effectively splitting himself in two; his good half became Kami-sama while his bad half became Piccolo Daimaou (Demon-Lord Piccolo)--in effect, he became both God and the Devil. Piccolo Daimaou was killed by Gokuu, after a long period of the series, but not before spitting out his son/clone/reincarnation (no one's exactly sure how the Namekkuseijin reproduce), Piccolo Junior. This new Piccolo was also a "bad guy" for much of the series, until he reluctantly joined forces with his rival Gokuu to fight the Saiyajin warrior Radittsu. He later merged with another Namek-sei-jin, Nail, and then at last re-merged with his good alter-ego, Kami-sama. He is given Gohan to train after Goku's death. Soon after, he experiences paternal pride and affections for him, becoming sensei/mentor to Gohan and eventually forming a cool friendship with Gokuu. He likes worthy opponents and dislikes good music or sweet music. He is often to known meditating in solitude where there's nothing but quietness. Piccolo is the ultimate rebirth of cool; he spends much of his time meditating and surveying the world from the air, and although he rarely deigns to speak, he can communicate volumes with a cold-eyed glare. For all of his apparent coldness, he has a real bond with Gohan, and is truly fond of the boy. He is probably the most intelligent of the DB-senshi, and while there is some debate as to his real power, he is at least as powerful as a first-level Super Saiyajin; moreover, as a Namekseijin, he has other gifts, such as the ability to regenerate parts of himself. He is known, among other things, for the Makankou Sappo attack (a massive corkscrewing "ki" beam). Physical---Piccolo is an antennaed, green-skinned, pointy-eared hobgoblin. The tallest of the DB-senshi, he is usually seen brooding over them in his trademark turban, shoulder-gear, and flowing cape. Kaioshin-sama
The East Kaioshin and the last of his kind. Kaioshin is at the next level of deities, in charge of the section of the universe containing the North Galaxy, and Earth. He is the last of the four Kaioshins (not counting the old Kaioshin released from the Zet sword), the others having died in a long-ago battle which imprisoned Majin Buu; he comes to Earth to enlist the fighters' aid against Babidi, who is trying to resurrect Majin Buu. A "young" immortal, he is powerful and quite wise, and very determined to prevent Buu's resurrection (although he fails). Although terrified of Buu, he fights valiantly, if in vain; Buu almost kills him immediately. Later he fuses with his assistant, Kibito, using the Potara earrings. Before this Fusion, Kaioshin was a short, pink-skinned entity with pointed ears and a white mohawk. Old Kaioshin-sama
The ancestor of the present Kaioshin from fifteen generations back, this old man was imprisoned in the magical Zet sword millenia ago, and freed when Gohan accidentally breaks the sword. He has unusual powers, including the ability to increase a warrior's power by bringing out hidden strength, and it is his ancient knowledge that reveals the hidden Fusion magic of the Potara earrings. Later, he reveals that he, too, is a Fused being, combined with an old witch long ago (and maybe a hermaphrodite? ^o^ ). The old Kaioshin is, like virtually every old man in DB, also a pervert; he agrees to help Gokuu and company in exchange for nude pictures of Bulma (Vejiita goes ballistic). Kaiou-sama
He can be sometimes dubbed as the "World King." This odd-looking creature is the ruler of the quadrant of the galaxy which contains Earth, and is of a higher order than the planetary Kamis. With his assistants (a giant cricket named Gregory [anime only] and a chimp named Bubbles), he watches over the North Galaxy. Kaio-sama is a comic figure, alternating between grave seriousness and incredible silliness; for example, he trains Gokuu only after his deady battle with Raditz, his brother. Gokuu proves his worth to be trained by telling bad jokes (very bad jokes) and later acts as advisor/patron for the warrior, even after Gokuu's other deaths. Kaio-sama is killed during the fight against Cell, but it doesn't appear to have affected his status as Kaio; he simply has a halo over his head now. He is a squat little creature, pale blue in coloring with antennae, and he wears shades. Kamesennin/Mutenroshi
Sometimes dubbed as the "Turtle Master" This seemingly harmless old man is known for two extraordinary abilities: 1) he is master of the Turtle school of martial arts, and one of the greatest (Human) martial artists on Earth, and 2) he is an incredible pervert, and spends much of his time chasing after young girls like Bulma and Lunch. He is also several hundred years old, and the creator of the Kamehameha technique, whick alone took 50 years to perfect. It is this old man who trained Gokuu and Kurilyn (and later Yamucha and Tenshinhan) during the early years of DB. When not slavering/having nosebleeds over various female characters (and usually getting the daylights knocked out of him by same), he is grave and reserved, zen-master-like. Physical---Kamesennin looks like a stocky, bald old man with a long white moustache and beard. He is sometimes shown with a turtle shell on his back, and occasionally wears silly tropical-print shirts and shorts. He almost always wears shades. Krillin
Krillin is a young monk who initially joined Kamesennin as a student by bargaining his way in; he is first a rival and fellow student and later a close friend to Gokuu. The source of much of Dragonball's humor, Krillin is equal with Gokuu in power for a brief time, and is quickly left behind to become a DB second-stringer, although he is possibly the most powerful of the Human fighters. Krillin is silly, charming, and a quintessential "lonely guy" (in the anime, he is also depicted as a bit of a hentai, probably due to Kamesennin's influence; in the manga, however, he simply falls instantly in love with #18 at first sight). He is fiercely loyal to Gokuu, and will fight even when the odds are hopeless. He is known for the Ki-en-zan, a spinning energy-disc attack. Eventually he marries the cyborg Juhachigou (Number 18), and has a daughter, Marron. He has the distinction of being the fighter who has died the most times (3, I think). Physical---Krillin is one of the shortest of the DB-senshi; first introduced as a boy, he grows only a little over the years. He has no nose, but is generally acknowledged as Human. As a symbol of his monastic order, he has six dots on his head, which is shaved bald for much of the series. As a student of Kamesennin, Krillin often wears the same orange dogi as Gokuu. Later, after marrying Juhachigou(Number 18), he grows hair in a short, strange-looking bob style. Sempyou/Karin-sama
A powerful, wise entity who trains Gokuu prior to his fight against Piccolo Daimaou, Karin lives at the midpoint of Karin Tower, and will normally only see visitors if they climb up the whole way (and it's a long climb). He grows and dispenses senzu, the little magical beans that provide instant healing and energy. Karin looks something like a large white cat. Yamucha
The only human fighter among Goku's team of fighters. One of the earliest characters we see in the series, Yamucha is initially a "bad guy," waylaying travelers out in the desert, until he is defeated by Gokuu. Later he joins the first quest for the Dragonballs, hoping to use them to wish for an end to his notorious shyness/awkwardness around women (he actually loses a battle when he stares at Bulma). Not surprisingly, he winds up in a relationship with Bulma for much of the series. Throughout early DB, he is first a rival, then a friend and fellow student of Gokuu; later he becomes one of the DB "second string" (great fighters, but nothing compared to the power of the Saiyajin and half-Saiyajin warriors). He's a good martial artist and an all-around nice guy, also the source of much of the humor in the series. His martial art style is the way of the wolf, thus some of his wolf techniques. He is probably the weakest fighter among all of the fighters.He is inseparable from his shapechanging friend Pouaru. Physical---Initially very vain, Yamucha is first introduced as a handsome young man with long, wild hair; by the end of the series, he has cut his hair short and received several scars on his once-unblemished face. Puuaru
Yamcha's loyal sidekick, he is a floating cat with the ability to change shape. Oolong
A pig who, like Puuaru, is a shape-shifter. He used to be a lawless prankster until Bulma reformed him. He has a similar perverted mind like Kamesennin but not as perverted as him. At least he has some control. Lunch
No, it's not a joke. Lunch is a young woman with a split personality. Half of her is a sweet and innocent while the other half is a pychopathic maniac. Whenever she sneezes, she'll turn to her psycho side. Another sneeze will change her back. Also, whenever switching to her crazy side, a gun or a weapon always seem to materialize out of thin air when she takes one out. She was rescued by Goku, who was not aware of the double persona at that time. She appeared once in the series and was never seen again. Yajirobe
During the time when Piccolo-Daimo's terror reigns over the Earth, he encounters and aids the weakened Goku. Though he is a bit of a coward, he often chooses to stay out of anything risky. Still, he has his moments of heroism. He lives with Sempyou/Karin-sama on Karin Tower and has a large appetite that rivals Goku's. He is the only fighter that cannot fly. Tenshin-han
Appearing earlier in the Dragonball series, this fighter is bald and has a third eye in the middle of his forehead. His origins are somewhat mysterious; he was trained by Tsurusennin (the "Crane Elder"), a rival of Kamesennin (the "Turtle Elder"). While he initially followed the unscrupulous code of his then-master, his sense of honor prompted him to defect from Tsurusennin's tutelage and join Gokuu and company. Tenshinhan is something of a mystery in personality as well; stoic, ascetic, and somewhat intense, he is a serious foil to Kulilyn and Yamucha's frequent silliness. For a brief period of the series, he may have had a relationship with Lunch, with whom he lived for a time. Why he has a third eye is unknown; however, he is generally acknowledged as Human. He has remarkable fighting skills and abilities; he might be the strongest of the Human fighters. He is known for the suicide attack Ki-Kou-Hou, in which he draws upon his own life-force to create a power-blast; if he does this too much, he can die. He is inseparable from and fiercely loyal to his odd companion, Chaouzu. Physical---Tenshinhan is one of the largest of the DB-senshi, bigger than even adult Gokuu. He is completely bald, and has a third eye, which is planted in the middle of his forehead; this eye appears to have no special function other than improving his sight. He is very muscular, and is usually shown wearing a white tank top and blue pants or a green wrap. Chaouzu
Chaouzu is the companion of Tenshinhan; the origin of their relationship is unknown. He isn't particularly powerful physically, but has tremendous "ki" and telekinetic abilities. He has one major weakness: math (even simple addition can confuse him). The smallest (and certainly the strangest-looking) of the DB-senshi, he is inseparable from his three-eyed friend. Physical---Chaouzu has been described as a "Chinese ghost" in appearance. He looks like a child-sized clown doll, with a little beanie cap on. Videl
Mr. Satan's daughter, Videl has her father's spirit without the stupidity/cowardice; she is a very good martial artist, and even takes on the task of fighting crime around Satan City. She discovers Gohan's abilities and blackmails him into entering the Tenkaichi Budokai and teaching her to fly. Later she discovers the truth about the DB senshi's powers and her father's deceptions; thereafter she is embarassed by Mr. Satan's posturing. She's probably stronger than her father, although this is uncertain. Later she marries Gohan and has one daughter by the end of the series. Physical---Videl is a teenaged girl for most of the time that we see her, and at first has long hair in ponytails, which she cuts into a bob at Gohan's suggestion. She dresses somewhat tomboyishly, usually wearing a tank top over a t-shirt and fighting gloves. Mr. Popo
Possibly as powerful as a Super Saiyajin, Popo is the assistant/right hand man of Earth's Kami. Understandably, he has a great deal of knowledge and wisdom; he also speaks the Nameck language. He is a stout creature with completely ebony coloring, probably intended to be a genie or djinn (he flies on a carpet sometimes). Raditz
Raditz is a Saiya-jin just like Goku. He claims to be Goku's brother upon arriving on Earth. His mission was to kill his own brother and was killed at the hands of Piccolo's super fireball attack. At the time he was on Earth, he was considered as a powerful enemy. But he wasn't the only one nor was he the strongest. Nappa
A Saiya-jin, he came to Earth along with Vegeta to finish Raditz' failed mission. He is, what I say, all brawns and some brains. He's skilled and quick. He died at the hands of Vegeta's single attack because of his defeat with Goku. Freeza
Freeza is formerly known as the ruler of the galaxy. His power is unheard of at the time he appears. He is the one who has destroyed the home world of the Saiya-jin, Planet Vegeta. Very cold at heart and is very cocky. He has four forms: his normal form, his fighting form that looks just like his normal form but more buffed up and bull-like horns that sticks upward, a weird alien parody form, and a final form which looks very sleek. He is killed by Goku after killing Krillin which triggers Goku's transformation to the Super Saiya-jin form. He comes back a year after the battle only to be totally obliterated by Trunks, the Super Saiya-jin from the future |
