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Namek

This article is about the planet. For the race that lives on Namek, see Namekian. For the language spoken by that race, see Namekian language.

Namek

Location	Universe
Ruler	Grand Elder Guru
Strongest Warrior	Nail
Inhabitants	Namekians
Smaller Locations	Maima Region Moori's village Grand Elder's house Tsuno's village
Orbital Period	130 Days
Date of Destruction	Age 762

Namek (ナメック星, Namekku-sei) is a planet in a ternary star system^[1] located at coordinates 9045XY, and had a population of about 100 Namekians at the time of the Vegeta Saga^[2] in November of Age 762. It is the home planet of Kami, King Piccolo, Piccolo Jr. and Dende, along with other Namekians. It is also home to a host of ambient life, such as fish, frogs, and dinosaurs.

The planet was destroyed by the wrath of Frieza on December 24th, Age 762. The Namekian people were relocated to New Namek after being refugees on Earth for roughly a year.

1 History
- 1.1 Climate shift
- 1.2 Invasion of Frieza
2 Landmarks
3 Known Residents
4 Video Games
5 Trivia
6 Gallery
7 References

HistoryEdit

Climate shiftEdit

Planet Namek once was a beautiful meadow covered by Ajisa. In Age 261, a horrible climate shift wiped out all the Namekians except Guru and a few Powered-Up Namekians who were exiled before. One unnamed Namekian, the child of Katas, a gifted child of the Dragon Clan, was sent off to Earth as a child to ensure his survival.^[3] Guru believed himself to be the last Namek alive until he heard that the son of Katas had made it to Earth safely. Fortunately, he was able to re-populate the planet, since Nameks reproduce asexually, giving birth to 109 Namekians. Guru's children began re-building the planet, especially the lush vegetation that had been destroyed in the storms.

Invasion of FriezaEdit

Main article: Battle on Planet Namek

During the Namek Saga Planet Namek was terrorized by Frieza and his henchmen, Dodoria and Zarbon. The planet was ultimately destroyed by Frieza as a last-ditch effort to kill Goku in their battle during the Frieza Saga, as he was able to survive without oxygen in space.

All Namekians killed by Frieza and his henchmen, which did not include the deaths caused by Vegeta, were brought back to life and transported to Earth. The Namekians lived on Earth for roughly 260 days before being resettled on New Namek. Namek's destruction was later referenced by Doore of Cooler's Armored Squadron, when wondering why Piccolo was not on his home planet where he belongs before Neiz reminds him of his home planet's fate.^[4]

LandmarksEdit

Maima Region: The place where Frieza's spaceship touched down on Planet Namek. Vegeta and Goku were healed here by medical machines there. In the Viz translation, this place is called the Shell Region.
Moori's village: The village governed by Moori, and Dende's home town. With a total population of 11, it is a village with a comparatively small number of people. All of the villagers were wiped out by for resisting Frieza, except Dende, who was saved by Gohan and Krillin.
Grand Elder's house: A house is built upon a high rock on Planet Namek. It is where the Namekian Elder lives. Frieza's scouter indicated it as being in Point 8829401 of Planet Namek. Krillin visited here in order to obtain a Namekian Dragon Ball, and he later brought Gohan here in order to have Grand Elder Guru draw out his dormant power. Frieza visited here to get information on the method of summoning Porunga.
Tsuno's village: A village governed by the Tsuno. Its total population was 20 people. The village was destroyed by Vegeta.

Known ResidentsEdit

Katas
Nameless Namekian
Dende
Cargo
Nail
Moori
Elder Tsuno
Grand Elder Guru
Porunga – Only when summoned using the Dragon Balls.
Lord Slug – Although he only appears in a movie.

Video GamesEdit

TriviaEdit

Namek has three suns, so it is never night time.
- Despite this, depictions of the planet show there to be a dark side. It is possible that the planet is tidally locked to the star group, resulting in the lack of a day/night cycle, with the Nameks living on daylight side of the planet.
A Namekian year is much shorter than an earth year, at 130 days long, as shown when the Namekians were reviving the Z Fighters who died fighting Nappa.
A large number of episodes were set on Namek (44-107) which drew criticism, giving rise to the popular internet meme, "Are They Still on Namek?"
As Bulma measured by arrival, the Namekian atmosphere does partly consists out of oxygen. The Namekians could use this for their respirational process.
Akira Toriyama was infamous for never wanting to draw scenes in big cities, as natural, rural settings were easier to draw, and for not wanting to draw scenes set in the night. Creating the planet Namek got rid of both of these problems for him, he was able to set scenes in a rural world where there was no night.

GalleryEdit

ReferencesEdit

↑ Dragon Ball Z episode 53, "Zarbon's Surprise"
↑ Dragon Ball Z anime. Namek Saga, Episode 36 ("Picking Up The Pieces")
↑ Dragon Ball Z anime. Namek Saga, Episode 54 ("Guru's Gift")
↑ Dragon Ball Z: Cooler's Revenge, 1991

Namekians
Namekians	Cargo • Cymbal • Dende • Drum • Guru • Kami • Katas • King Piccolo • Lord Slug • Maima • Moori • Nail • Nameless Namekian • Piano • Piccolo/Future Piccolo • Tambourine • Tsumuri • Tsuno • Unnamed Namekian warrior
Castes	Dragon Clan (Dende Priest, Poko Priest) • Mutated Nameks • Warrior-type Namekian (Shadow Knight, Dark Warrior)
Transformations	Great Namek • Super Namek
Fusions	Prilin • Hypothetical fusion of Piccolo and Dr. Mashirito • Hypothetical fusion of Goku and Dende
Related articles	Ajisa • Battle on Planet Namek • Lord Piccolo • Namek • Namekian Dragon Balls • Namekian Frog • New Namek • Porunga

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