Borgos
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| Anime name | Borgos | ||
| Debut | Bardock - The Father of Goku (October 1990) | ||
| Appears in | Bardock - The Father of Goku | ||
| Race | Saiyan | ||
| Date of death | 737 Age | ||
| Family | Bardock (comrade) Shugesh (comrade) Tora (comrade) Fasha (comrade) | ||
His original name is a pun on the word 'potato'. This was dubbed as 'Borgos' for the English release of The Father of Goku.
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[edit] Biography
A large, balding Saiyan best described as silent and having quite the appetite, Borgos is a low-class mercenary who works as part of a small platoon comprised of four other Saiyan soldiers, Bardock, Tora, Fasha and Shugesh. Together, the five make a living by traveling to various planets where they decimate the defenses of these civilizations and prepare them for Frieza's planetary market.
After clearing a society on the Planet Kanassa and returning to Planet Vegeta, Bardock, the team's leader, is placed in recovery. While he is still out of commission, the capable soldiers Borgos, Tora, Fasha and Shugesh are instructed to clear the civilization of Planet Meat. Before long during their visit to the planet, the group encounters one of Frieza's most esteemed minions, Dodoria, and his elites who, by Frieza's orders, betray and make short work of the Saiyans. Borgos and Tora last the longest against the elite warriors but Borgos is unfortunately finished off with a powerful punch to the face.
[edit] Personality
An interesting note is that in the original Japanese version of Bardock - The Father of Goku, Borgos is almost completely silent, the only exception being the battle cry he utters before being killed by Dodoria's Elite. In the Funimation dub however, the character was given three extra lines.
[edit] Special abilities
- Flight, the ability to fly with the use of ki.
- Great Ape, as with all Saiyans with a tail, Borgos has the ability to transform into a Great Ape at the sight of a full moon (or another source of Blutz waves).
[edit] Voice actors
- Japanese dub: Kozo Shioya
- Funimation dub: Christopher R. Sabat
[edit] Trivia
- In his Great Ape transformation, Borgos does not appear to retain the scars noticeable on his untransformed body. However this is not unheard of; on the contrary the reverse appears more often in the series, where a character is wounded as a Great Ape, and upon their regression, are left with the battle scar (Vegeta's eye during his conflict with Goku, and Shugesh's cheek after an encounter with an offensive Kanassan, for example).
- In Dragon Ball Z: Budokai 3, Borgos' face is shown whenever Bardock does his Final Spirit Cannon.
| Saiyans | ||
| Pure-blooded Saiyans | Bardock • Borgos • Broly (Bio-Broly) • Fasha • Goku • King Vegeta • Nappa • Onio • Original Super Saiyan • Paragus • Raditz • Scarface • Shorty • Shugesh • Tarble • Tora • Turles • Vegeta • Zorn | |
| Half-breed Saiyans | Bulla • Future Gohan • Future Trunks • Gohan • Goten • Trunks • Pan • Vegeta Jr.'s mother • Goku Jr. • Vegeta Jr. | |
| Saiyan Fusions | Gotenks • Gogeta • Gokule • Vegito | |
| Saiyan transformations | Great Ape • Super Saiyan (Ascended Super Saiyan • Ultra Super Saiyan • Full-Power Super Saiyan) • Super Saiyan 2 • Super Saiyan 3 • Super Saiyan 4 • Golden Great Ape • False Super Saiyan • Legendary Super Saiyan | |
| Related articles | Frieza • World Trade Organization • Illusion Saiyan • Tuffle • Planet Vegeta • Planet Frieza 79 • Saiyan-Tuffle war • Kanassan war • Invasion of Planet Meat • Genocide of the Saiyans • Power Ball • Attack Ball • Scouter • Blutz Waves | |
