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Farmer
農夫 Nōfu
Alternate names	Farmer with Shotgun
Debut	Manga: Dragon Ball Chapter #193 Anime: "The New Threat"
Appears in
Race	Human
Gender	Male
Date of death	Age 761 (revived)
Address	Somewhere on the Spinach Wastes
Occupation	Ostrich farmer

"You're on my.... property!" — "The New Threat"

The Farmer^[1] is an ostrich farmer. He was the first human to encounter the Saiyan warrior Raditz upon his arrival on Earth, and the first person to have a confirmed Power Level in Dragon Ball Z.

Contents 1 Biography 2 Death? 3 Weapon 4 Video game appearances 5 Voice Actors 6 Trivia 7 Gallery 8 References

BiographyEdit

The ostrich farmer notices something falling from the sky to his field, so he drives there in his truck and is incapacitated very quickly. He has a gun that he tries to use to kill Raditz, but the Saiyan catches the bullet and fires it back with a flick of his thumb, which hits the farmer and sends him flying into his truck. The farmer had Power Level of 5 (more than a calm Gohan, but much less than even the weakest Z Warriors).

Later on in the anime, the farmer (or a random hunter who looks exactly like the farmer) can be seen in the forested mountains South of North City. Mistaking Android 20 for "a deer", he fires off a slug from his gun. After asking 20 if he was alright, 20 blasts him straight into a nearby tree. This action does not seem to faze the farmer too much, other than confusing him for a moment.

Later (still in the anime), during the Great Saiyaman Saga, a farmer can once again be seen on his farm moving hay from a pile to his Chevrolet. While this farmer looks like the original farmer (and later "hunter"), it is unknown if they are the same person as this farmer's eyes and hair style are much different than the last two appearances. When Gohan (disguised as the Great Saiyaman) zooms by in glee due to the news of his father returning to Earth for the upcoming World Martial Arts Tournament, the farmer is startled and simply falls over. This is the last of him in the series.

In the computer game Dragon Ball Online, which takes place in Age 1000, a person occasionally seen walking around in Kokara Village wearing a green outfit looks very much like the Farmer.

Death?Edit

The fate of the farmer somewhat varies. In both the manga and the anime, he does not get back up, implying that he has died. However, when Raditz returns to the crash site later, the farmer's body is missing from where it fell in front of his truck. This is especially obvious in the anime, because Gohan hides under the truck and Raditz lifts it up and disintegrates it, allowing multiple shots where the farmer's corpse is clearly nowhere to be seen. (In addition, the censored English dub of the anime has him say, "That smarts." after falling down, implying his survival.) In the manga, Raditz does not destroy the truck, but the farmer's body is still absent from all shots featuring it (mostly in the background).

Since the farmer is never seen again in the manga, there is a good chance he simply died. However, in the anime, it seems he survived just fine or might have been revived along with Goku one year after his death, as he reappears at least two more times; once during each of the last two major arcs (the Cell Saga and the Majin Buu Saga).

WeaponEdit

This character is commonly referred to by fans as "Farmer with Shotgun". However, his weapon is not a shotgun. It is in fact a lever-action rifle, probably the Winchester Model 1866, commonly nicknamed the "Yellow Boy" because of the color of its brass receiver, or the "Gun That Won The West" because it was one of the most successful rifles ever made. This is demonstrated by the manner in which the farmer cocks the gun, and also because it fires a bullet instead of birdshot or buckshot. In the actual anime, he refers to it as "my pea shooter". The gun he shot Gero with, while of the same model, is likely a different one, as in both the manga and anime, his firearm is destroyed when it is hit by the bullet as it passes first through the rifle (snapping it in two) then the farmer (coming out his back) and finally his truck (popping open the roof and damaging the engine).

Video game appearancesEdit

The farmer appears in Dragon Ball Z: Legend of Super Saiyan. His son tells Goku that Mr. Popo is held captive by four Kyuukonmen in one of the houses.

He appears briefly in Dragon Ball Z: Attack of the Saiyans. He also appears in a cutscene in Dragon Ball Online.

Voice ActorsEdit

• Japanese Dub: Ginzō Matsuo, Keiichi Sonobe (Dragon Ball Kai)
• Ocean Group Dub: Scott McNeil
• FUNimation Dub: Chris Forbis, John Swasey (Dragon Ball Z Kai)

TriviaEdit

• Due to the Farmer having a power level of 5, many fans believe this to be an average power level for a human. This could be true as Future Trunks' relaxed/suppressed state was stated to be 5.

GalleryEdit

ReferencesEdit

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