Dr. Wheelo
Ｄｒ．ウィロー Dr. Uirō
Alternate names	Dr. Whiro Dr. Willow
Debut	Dragon Ball Z: The World's Strongest
Appears in
Race	Human / Android
Gender	Male
Date of death	Before Age 712 (physical body dies, brain transfered to an android body) Age 764-Age 767 (Android body/Brain destroyed)
Address	Wheelo's fortress
Occupation	Scientist
Family	Dr. Kochin (assistant) Misokatsun (underling) Kishime (underling) Ebifurya (underling) Bio-Men (underlings)

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Dr. Wheelo (Ｄｒ．ウィロー, Dr. Uirō) is a brilliant scientist who performs experiments in biotechnology. He is the primary antagonist of the movie Dragon Ball Z: The World's Strongest. His name is a pun on "uiro," a type of Japanese cake. The English translation of his name also bears a resemblance to "Wheel".

BiographyEdit

Dr. Wheelo's ultimate goal is to modify the Human race using his science. He is about to die before he can realize his goal, but Dr. Kochin, his faithful servant, saves his brain and turns him into a cyborg. Unfortunately for them, their fortress becomes stuck under ice with Wheelo inside.

Dr. Kochin comes through for his creator a second time fifty years later, when he gathers the Dragon Balls and wishes for Shenron to thaw the ice-enshrouded fortress. Freed from his frozen sleep, Dr. Wheelo becomes obsessed with finding the world's strongest man so that his own brain might be transplanted into it. He sends Kochin and Bio-Men to find this man, and at first they think it is Master Roshi, but when Kishime, Misokatsun and Ebifurya (his Bio-Warriors) easily beat Roshi, Dr. Wheelo starts to doubt they had the right person.

He then goes after Goku's body. When Dr. Wheelo's further attempts to subdue Goku meet with failure (such as using a special device to make Piccolo fight Goku and Gohan), the enraged scientist decides to kill him and all of his friends. When this also fails, Dr. Wheelo decides to just concentrate the energy contained within his laboratory's power core to fire a gigantic wave and destroy the entire planet Earth. Goku is able to form a Spirit Bomb, and he uses it to overpower Dr. Wheelo's attack and destroy the robotic scientist for good.

Dr. Wheelo also appears on the Dragon Ball Z: Fusion Reborn poster, but he is not featured in the movie.

PowerEdit

Dr. Wheelo's cyborg body is shown to be far more powerful than most armored robots in the series (Dr. Wheelo is also the largest android in the entire series). It is able to withstand Goku, Krillin, and Master Roshi's combined Kamehameha without receiving a single scratch. Powerful as his metallic body is, it is no match for the incredible power of the Spirit Bomb. His exact power level is unknown. However, since he can easily overpower Goku's regular Kaio-ken but is completely outclassed by Kaio-Ken x3, Dr. Wheelo's power is probably on the same level as Vegeta's in the Saiyan Saga.

Special techniquesEdit

• Flight – Like many other androids, Dr. Wheelo can fly (without the use of ki).
• Kiai – Uses this or something like this to stop Piccolo in mid-air.
• Ki Blast – The most basic form of energy wave.
• Photon Strike – Dr. Wheelo unleashes yellow waves of energy at his opponent, causing a massive accumilation of damage.
• Gigantic Bomber – Dr. Wheelo rams at the opponent with a fiery-red aura surrounding him, and headbutts the opponent. He used this against Piccolo. Gigantic Bomber is one of his Blast 2 in the Budokai Tenkaichi series.
• Planet Geyser – Dr. Wheelo's ultimate technique. Dr. Wheelo surrounds himself in a yellow aura and releases a massive red beam of energy capable of destroying a planet.
• Barrier – Dr. Wheelo has his own fiery-red energy shield which is generated by his robotic body. It is one of his Blast 1 in the Budokai Tenkaichi series.
• Full Power – One of Dr. Wheelo's Blast 1 in the Budokai Tenkaichi series.

Video game appearancesEdit

• Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 3

Voice actorsEdit

• Japanese version: Koji Nakata
• Ocean Group Dub: Ward Perry
• FUNimation Dub: Robert Bruce Elliott
• Portuguese Dub: Antônio Semedo
• Brazilian Dub: Carlos Silveira

TriviaEdit

• Dr. Wheelo was originally supposed to have organs besides his brain in the cockpit, but it was eventually decided to just make his brain larger. His brain having a x2 size of a human head caused the Daizenshuu 6 authors to speculate that Wheelo's brain "evolved".
• Dr. Wheelo (along with Dr. Kochin) are quite respectful of Master Roshi as he was the strongest fighter in the world 50 years ago (Age 712).
• Dr. Wheelo's power level is detectable through the Ki Sense, while all other androids (other than Cell) use an artificial source of ki and are thus undetectable through that technique.
• Dr. Wheelo is the first villain ever killed by the Spirit Bomb. Goku defeats the main enemy of a movie with the Spirit Bomb three times in a row: Wheelo is the first, with the other two being Turles and Lord Slug.
• Wheelo is the only movie villain not to have some form of a power-up/power-up transformation (Ex: the fruit of the Tree of Might for Turles, Legendary Super Saiyan for Broly, Super form for Janemba, etc.).
• In the FUNimation Dub and Ocean dub of the movie, Dr. Wheelo says two minor curse words. When Goku is gathering energy for a Spirit Bomb, he says "What the hell is he trying to do?" and right when Goku strikes the death blow with his Spirit Bomb, Wheelo says "Damn you Goku!" 'Hell' is often used in Dragon Ball Z due to HFIL also going by that name, but 'damn' is rarely used. Also in the Ocean Dub of the movie, Dr. Wheelo curses more often.
• Wheelo has a single red eye resembling Hal from 2001: A Space Odyseey. At one point, there is a close-up of Wheelo's eye in the same way as Hal.

GalleryEdit

Dr. Wheelo imbed in a wall

Dr. Wheelo unbounded

Dr. Wheelo emerges

Wheelo struggles with Goku's Kamehameha

Wheelo almost kills Goku

Wheelo in the Bandai CCG

Dr. Wheelo in Budokai Tenkaichi 3

Dr. Wheelo in Budokai Tenkaichi 3 gameplay

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See alsoEdit

• Dr. Wheelo (Collectibles)