Appule
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| Appule | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 Apūru | |||
| Anime name | Appule | ||
| Manga name | Appule | ||
| Alternate names | Apool | ||
| Debut | Dragon Ball Z, "Namek's Defense" | ||
| Appears in | Dragon Ball Z Dragon Ball manga Dragon Ball GT | ||
"I don't know, but it looks to me like the high and mighty Prince Vegeta really isn't so mighty after all, now is he?" |
Appule (Apūru) is a fictional character in the Dragon Ball franchise. Appule's name is a pun on the apple fruit.
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[edit] Biography
Appule is one of countless soldiers Frieza dispatches on Planet Namek to search for the Dragon Balls and report any sightings of Namek villages. Along with Zarbon, he is one of the only henchmen to survive the battle at Dende's village. He finds a village Vegeta destroyed and reports back to Frieza, who assigns him to oversee Vegeta's recovery (Note than in the anime, Appule's role as the henchman who finds the destroyed village is taken over by an unnamed orange soldier. However Appule is still sent out to search for villages by Zarbon, but returns to Frieza's ship offscreen). Vegeta was meant to be queried with upon recovery, however the situation grows awry when Vegeta escapes from the rejuvenation chamber and kills Appule.
During the Kid Buu Saga, Appule later appeared in Hell, watching the fight between Goku and Kid Buu, alongside Frieza, Cell, King Cold, Recoome, Burter, Jeice, Guldo, Dr. Gero, and Babidi.
Appule also makes a cameo appearance in Dragon Ball GT where he is defeated as he flies out of Hell in the Super 17 Saga.
[edit] Other appearances
Appule makes his first playable appearance in the Japanese and European Wii versions of Budokai Tenkaichi 2. He was later established a permanent character in all regional ports of Budokai Tenkaichi 3.
[edit] Special abilities
- Flight, the ability to fly with the use of ki.
- Full Power Energy Ball
- Full Power Energy Wave
- Ki Blast, the most basic form of energy wave.
- High Speed Rush
- Energy Wave - Appule puts his hands in front of his body, as if he were going to do a Final Flash, but instead unleashes a purple wave of energy from his hands.
[edit] Trivia
- In the Bardock special, one of Dodoria's elites looks almost completely like Appule, later the Appule-like fighter was the first of Dodoria's elites to be killed by Bardock.
- During the Kid Buu Saga, Appule appears in Hell alongside Cell, Frieza and other past villains.
- Several other members of Appule's unnamed species make appearances during the Garlic Jr. Saga while Vegeta searches for Goku in outer space, all of which are easily wiped out by Vegeta.
- Appule's biography in Dragon Ball Z Budokai Tenkaichi 3 incorrectly states many details about him, such as saying it was he who injured Vegeta (when it was the transformed Zarbon instead).
[edit] Voice actors
- Japanese dub: Yuji Machi
- Ocean Group dub: Terry Klassen
- Funimation dub: Kyle Hebert (TV series) and Brandon Potter (Budokai Tenkaichi series)
- Latin American dub: Roberto Mendiola
