Guldo

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"I knew I should've joined that Ginyu fitness club last year, but no... I had to go on that stupid chili burger diet." — "Guldo's Mind Binds"

Guldo (グルド) is a supporting antagonist in the Dragon Ball manga, and the anime Dragon Ball Z. He is the smallest and least powerful member of the Ginyu Force, physically. Guldo possesses some psychic abilities, including being able to stop time for as long as he can hold his breath; this seems to be one of the primary reasons he has attained membership to the Ginyu Force. Guldo's literal Japanese name is Gurudo, which is derived from yōguruto (yogurt). He is called Gurd in the Viz manga to reflect the latter pun.

Appearance and Personality

Guldo is a short round alien with light green skin and four eyes (two small ones located like a humans eyes and two much larger eyes located at the sides of his head). He wears the regular custom armor Frieza's army wear, but does not carry a scouter due to his head structure.

Guldo takes a strong hatred towards Saiyans, especially Vegeta due to negative past conflicts between the two (only shown in the anime). Guldo especially shows his desire to destroy his hated adversary when he has to play Rock-Paper-Scissors with Recoome, Jeice and Burter, and hopes to win so he can crush Vegeta after all these years of waiting. Guldo seems to have an inferiority complex, being the weakest member, and becomes cowardly and desperate when things do not go his way, sometimes resorting to moves and tactics he has not used in a long time.

Biography

Early life

Guldo as a kid

Like the other members of the Ginyu Force, Guldo's special powers originated during his childhood. He realized he had psychic powers as a child, and caused mischief like lifting up girls' skirts and stealing whatever toys he wanted.

At some point Guldo became a part of the Galactic Frieza Army. Guldo was the last member to join the Ginyu Force, in his membership test he had to fight against Burter, Jeice, Recoome, and Ginyu to see if he was worthy to join. He fought alongside a partner (as new recruits were allowed one helper) and managed to prove his worth, thus being given membership.

Vegeta insults Guldo

After he became a member of the Ginyu Force, it is shown in an anime only flashback Guldo has, that he has heavy loathing of Vegeta after the Saiyan Prince insulted him by saying that he suffers from bad breath (Vegeta says he does not understand why Frieza put a "four eyes frog face" like him on the Ginyu Force in the Ocean dub, and Vegeta calls him a "four eyed freak" in the FUNimation dub). Guldo was about to strike when Frieza interfered, asking Vegeta to help him conquer a planet and disgracing Guldo's judgment. This causes Guldo to hold a grudge against Vegeta.

In Dragon Ball: Raging Blast 2, it is revealed that Guldo is not against joining Cooler's Armored Squadron as he says "If I do well, this could be my chance to join the Armored Squad..." in his pre-match dialog when facing Cooler.

At least a year before they went to Namek, Guldo was invited to join the Ginyu Fitness Club, but he declined and decided to go on a Chili Burger diet. This decision would come back to haunt him later.

Namek Saga

Guldo stops time with his special ability

Upon their arrival on Namek under Frieza's orders, Guldo and the other members of the Ginyu Force find Vegeta, Krillin and Gohan trying to make a wish with the Dragon Balls, however, when Vegeta tries to throw one away, Burter shows his remarkable speed by catching it. Vegeta then orders Krillin to destroy the Dragon Ball he was holding, Krillin tries to do so but Guldo intervenes by stopping time and taking the ball out of his hands.They then play a game of Rock-Paper-Scissors in order to decide who gets to fight Vegeta and who gets stuck with the "trash," Gohan, and Krillin. Recoome wins outright, and Guldo, as the runner-up, fights Gohan and Krillin, much to his displeasure. However, their speed and strength catches Guldo off guard, forcing him to resort to sneak attacks and time-freezing. Every time Guldo tries to use the Time Freeze technique, Gohan and Krillin are too close for comfort, which makes Guldo resort to running away every time, usually running out of breath even faster, due to his bad health. Finally, after realizing using the Time Freeze technique is going to get him nowhere, he now prepares to use the full extent of his psychic powers. Using his mental capabilities, Guldo reverts to his mind freeze technique in order to physically paralyze their bodies, rendering them helpless.

Guldo's head is shot off by Vegeta's energy wave

Now laughing instead of running, Guldo uses his telekinetic abilities to lift a tree, as he prepares to throw the sharp trunk straight towards Krillin, which will impale him. As he prepares to finish them off, however, Vegeta unexpectedly steps in and saves them by brutally cutting off Guldo's head (Vegeta does this with a sideways chop in the manga, while he uses a ki beam in the anime). Guldo's severed head rolls on the ground and lives long enough to curse Vegeta for interfering, complaining that what Vegeta did was cheap, and unfair. Afterwards, the Saiyan Prince disintegrates his head with another blast (in the Ocean dub, his decapitation is edited out; merely depicted as Guldo collapsing to the ground, his head still attached to his neck. His whole body is caught in the explosion, but, as was the case with Recoome, apparently still intact, the same as Dende when Frieza killed him).

Frieza Saga

Guldo attacks Chiaotzu with Eye Lasers

Later, in an anime-only arc, Guldo goes to King Kai's planet with Recoome, Jeice and Burter. There, he attacks Chiaotzu. The dead Z Fighters first thought that the Ginyu Force was too strong for them, as they heard from King Kai that even Vegeta was defeated by them. After Tien Shinhan defeats Burter and Jeice, and Yamcha defeats Recoome, Chiaotzu overcomes his fear of the smelly deceased fighter and does so as well by blasting Guldo away in the Bloody Pond. During the battle, Chiaotzu was constantly mocking Guldo about his bad breath.

Great Saiyaman Saga

Guldo while imprisoned in Hell

Later in the series, Guldo appears along with the other Ginyu Force members, Frieza, Super Perfect Cell, and King Cold. They were torturing some ogres for information in order to obtain a means out of Hell. Goku still defeats him and the other members of the Ginyu Force with one blow each; In the case of Guldo, an elbow to the head. After Guldo fell into a Bloody Pond with Recoome, Burter, Jeice, and Cell, Pikkon threw them out with a tornado attack, impaling them on a mountain of needles. They were then locked up in a prison cell along with Frieza and King Cold. Later on, Guldo is also seen in Hell while watching the battle between Kid Buu and Goku amongst many villains.

Dragon Ball GT

Guldo flying out of Hell with other villains in Dragon Ball GT

Guldo makes a small cameo appearance in Dragon Ball GT, escaping from Hell with many other villains, shortly before being defeated once again.

Power level

Guldo preparing his telekinesis

Guldo is clearly the weakest member of the group; Gohan alone, after being powered up by Grand Elder Guru, was strong enough to face him by himself. Before being attacked by Gohan and Krillin, Guldo was confident he could win. However, once the battle began, he was unable to follow or defend against their attacks. Although King Kai states that each member of the Ginyu Force is at least five times as powerful as Goku, this is most likely an exaggeration in the case of Guldo, as Gohan and Krillin were both stronger than him.

In Famicom video game Dragon Ball Z II: Gekishin Freeza, Guldo's battle power is 19,000. His power level is 13,500 in the Super Famicom game Legend of the Super Saiyan, it is 11,850 in Dragon Ball Z: Goku Gekitōden, and 12,000 in Dragon Ball Z: The Anime Adventure Game. Those power levels make Guldo the weakest member of the Ginyu Force in each games and even weaker than Dodoria (who has a power level over 20,000).

The Ginyu Force (minus Ginyu himself) appear to have increased dramatically in power while in Hell, as Frieza expresses surprise that Goku was able to defeat them so easily.

Techniques and special abilities

• Flight – The ability to fly with the use of ki.
• Ki Blast – The most basic form of Energy Wave.
• Bad Breath – While Guldo technically does not use this in his advantage, Guldo possesses very bad breath.

Guldo paralyzes Gohan and Krillin with telekinesis

• Eye Lasers – Used against Chiaotzu on King Kai's planet.
• Full Power Energy Blast Volley – Used in the Budokai Tenkaichi video game series. In Dragon Ball Z: Supersonic Warriors 2, he uses a variation called Psycho Triangle when Ginyu summons him.
• Punishment of 100 Blows – A physical attack used against Gohan in the anime. Named in the Raging Blast series.
• Guldo Special – Guldo's ultimate technique. He paralyzes his opponent, and then he summons a tree trunk skewer and launches it at the opponent.
  • Psycho Javelin – Guldo telekinetically throws tree trunks at his opponent. Named in Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Z.
• Time Freeze – Guldo's special ability to freeze time. In the Raging Blast Sseries it is called Time Stop and is Guldo's signature attack.
• Telekinesis – Telekinetic and Restraining Techniques.
  • Psychic Rock Throw – Used in the anime only, mad at Krillin and Gohan, who he paralyzed, Guldo fires several rocks at them using telekinesis. Named in the Budokai Tenkaichi and Raging Blast series.
  • Paralysis (金縛りの術) – A telekinetic restraining technique. Also used in Dragon Ball Z: Legend of the Super Saiyan, Dragon Ball Z: Legendary Super Warriors, and the Raging Blast series.
• M.Soundwave – A horrible sound. One of Guldo's techniques in Legendary Super Warriors.
• Fighting Pose – Special poses that have different purposes and effects.
  • SP Fighting Pose 3 – One of his fighting poses. It is a Blast 1 in the Budokai Tenkaichi series, as well as a Super Attack named Guldo Pose in the Raging Blast series.
  • Guldo Fighting Pose – Guldo takes on a pose that freezes time if Guldo is hit while using it, and Guldo will move away from the opponent. Used in Battle of Z.

Video game appearances

Guldo in Raging Blast

• Dragon Ball Z II: Gekishin Freeza
• Dragon Ball Z: Legend of the Super Saiyan
• Dragon Ball Z: Super Gokuden: Kakusei-Hen
• Dragon Ball Z: Goku Gekitōden
• Dragon Ball Z: The Legend
• Dragon Ball Z: Legendary Super Warriors
• Dragon Ball Z: Budokai (Non-Playable Character)
• Dragon Ball Z: Sagas (cutscene only)
• Dragon Ball Z: Supersonic Warriors (in Ginyu's special attacks)
• Dragon Ball Z: Supersonic Warriors 2 (in Ginyu's special attacks)
• Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi
• Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 2

Guldo's character model in Raging Blast 2

• Dragon Ball Z TV game (Pinball mode)
• Dragon Ball Z: Battle Taikan Kamehameha 2
• Dragon Ball Z: Bakuretsu Impact (assist character)
• Dragon Ball Z: Harukanaru Densetsu
• Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 3
• Dragon Ball Z: Tenkaichi Tag Team
• Dragon Ball: Raging Blast
• Dragon Ball: Raging Blast 2
• Dragon Ball Kai: Ultimate Butōden
• Dragon Ball Heroes
• Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Z
• Dragon Ball: Xenoverse

Voice actors

• Japanese version: Kōzō Shioya, Yasuhiro Takato (Dragon Ball Kai)
• Ocean Group dub: Terry Klassen
• FUNimation dub: Dylan Thompson (Originally, Dragon Ball Z), Bill Townsley (Onwards, Dragon Ball Z), Greg Ayres (Dragon Ball Z Kai, Dragon Ball: Raging Blast 2)
• Latin American dub: Ricardo Hill (DBZ) and Ricardo Mendoza (DBZ Kai)
• Portuguese dub: Ricardo Spínola
• Brazilian dub: Ivo Roberto "Tatu"

Trivia

Guldo's death in the manga

• In the manga, Guldo's execution is a bit different. Vegeta swipes at Guldo's neck with his arm, shredding off his head from his body, not blasting him with a beam of Ki.
• In the manga, Guldo is the only member of the Ginyu Force who has never met Goku (in the anime only, Goku fights Guldo in the episode "Warriors of the Dead", easily defeating him with one blow).
• Guldo does not use his Time Freeze technique while in Other World, though he does attempt to use the Mind Freeze against Chiaotzu, who attacks him before he is able to trap him.
• In the episode "Time Tricks and Body Binds", when Recoome and Burter bet on who they think is going to win, Burter thinks Guldo will lose and Recoome thinks Guldo will win. However, when it seems like Guldo is going to win, Burter and Recoome both act as if Burter thought Guldo would win and Recoome thought Guldo would lose. It is unclear whether this is an error or whether this was done to enhance the Ginyu Force's reputations as goofballs. In the redub, however, the bet is changed to how long Gohan and Krillin last against him, and Burter wins fair and square (in another dub, when Guldo wins, Recoome forgets who he bet on, and Burter takes advantage of the situation and tricks Recoome into thinking he won).
• A minor inconsistency can be seen when Gohan flies back toward the ship during Goku's fight with Frieza, passing by the corpses of Burter, Recoome, and Guldo. Guldo's head still appears to be intact, even after it was destroyed. There is also an error in the first edited dub version. They digitally added his body (facing the wrong direction too) back onto his head when Vegeta blasted it away, yet later you can still see his body, face down this time, despite it being supposedly obliterated.
• Guldo is never seen wearing a scouter, but he can sense the power levels of Krillin and Gohan. This makes it safe to say that he can sense power levels without the aid of a scouter. The reason for this could also be that he trained himself to read power levels, because a normal scouter would not fit on his head properly, due to the size of his four eyes.
• Guldo is actually the weakest member of the Ginyu Force, but due to his psychic capabilities, he can be considered a very dangerous opponent.

Gallery

Guldo arrives on Namek In a flashback, Guldo detests Vegeta for trying to outshine him Guldo steps forward Guldo steals a Dragon Ball from Krillin Guldo prepares to perform his Time Freeze technique Guldo stops to think about his next move after performing his Time Freeze Gudlo during his Time Freeze technique Guldo running out of breath Guldo stops time right before Gohan and Krillin attack Guldo seeks refuge and runs out of breath, unable to maintain the Time Freeze Guldo becomes frustrated when his comrades rush him to defeat their opponents Guldo prepares to torture Gohan and Krillin Ep63cap9.JPG Guldo pounds Gohan and Krillin to release his anger Guldo prepares to impale his incapacitated enemies Vegeta ruthlessly severs Guldo's head with a sneak attack from behind Guldo's head is decapitated as a result of Vegeta's attack The Ginyu Force arrives on King Kai's planet The Ginyu Force on King Kai's Planet Guldo poses Guldo preparing his telekinesis Guldo chases Chiaotzu Chiaotzu slams into Guldo Guldo is sent sprawling from Chiaotzu's attack Chiaotzu pins Guldo to the ground Chiaotzu blasts Guldo with his Psychic Attack GULDO-GINYUFORCEMEMBER.jpg Guldo Ginyu Force Member card GULDOCCG422.jpg Guldo Time Freeze Master card Guldo in the Bandai CCG Guldo in Battle Taikan Kamehameha 2 Guldo in Budokai Tenkaichi 3 Guldo in Raging Blast Guldo in Ultimate Butōden Guldo in Battle of Z Guldo in Battle of Z

See also

• Guldo (Collectibles)