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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	Grand Elder's house Maima Region Moori's village Tsuno's village
Orbital Period	130 days^[1]
Date of Destruction	Age 762

Namek (ナメック星, Namekku-sei) is a planet in a ternary star system^[2] located at coordinates 9045XY.^[3] It is the home planet of Kami, King Piccolo, and Dende, along with other Namekians.

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.

CharacteristicsEdit

The planet had a population of about 100 Namekians at the time of the Vegeta Saga^[3] in November of Age 762. It is also home to a host of ambient life, such as fish, frogs, and dinosaurs.

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 are reviving Z Fighters who died fighting Nappa. As measured by Bulma on arrival, the Namekian atmosphere does partly consist of oxygen. The Namekians could use this for their respirational process.

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.^[4] 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 Dore 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.^[5]

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: The village governed by 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

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.
A large number of Dragon Ball Z episodes are set on Namek (44-107). This drew criticism, giving rise to the popular internet meme, "Are They Still on Namek?"

GalleryEdit

ReferencesEdit

↑ "Dragon Ball Z" episode 107, Goku's Alive!!
↑ Dragon Ball Z episode 53, "Zarbon's Surprise"
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 Dragon Ball Z episode 36, "Picking Up the Pieces"
↑ Dragon Ball Z episode 54, "Guru's Gift"
↑ Dragon Ball Z: Cooler's Revenge, 1991

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

[0] "Dragon Ball Z" episode 107, Goku's Alive!!

[1] Dragon Ball Z episode 53, "Zarbon's Surprise"

[DBZ36-2] 3.0 ^3.1 Dragon Ball Z episode 36, "Picking Up the Pieces"

[3] Dragon Ball Z episode 54, "Guru's Gift"

[4] Dragon Ball Z: Cooler's Revenge, 1991

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