Ox-King
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| Ox-King | |||
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 牛魔王 Gyūmaō | |||
| Anime name | Ox-King Ox King | ||
| Manga name | Gyū Maō Ox King | ||
| Alternate names | Gyū Ma'ō The Emperor of Demons | ||
| Debut | Manga: "...And Into the Fire! Anime: "The Ox-King on Fire Mountain" | ||
| Appears in |    | ||
| Race | Human | ||
| Family | |||
"Hey! Your son Gohan is no longer a baby! Why, he's transcended Goku and he's become an honorable warrior. I know it's hard for you to accept, but both your husband and son are battling to save this entire planet! Without them, we're gone! Oh sure, I wish it was me instead of him, but Gohan is the only hope we have left! Come on, Chi-Chi, everything will be okay." |
Ox-King (牛魔王 Gyūmaō) is a character in the Dragon Ball metaseries created by Akira Toriyama. He is based on Niúmówáng ("Ox-Demon-King", "Ox Devil Lord" or "Ox Tyrant"), a character from the Chinese novel Journey to the West, from which the Dragon Ball series is based on. In the novel, the character befriends the Monkey King (the equivalent of Goku).
Despite his threatening sounding name, Ox-King is really quite harmless and fun loving. He was somewhat demonic when his castle became engulfed in flames on Fire Mountain during a picnic with his daughter,[1] and wreaked havoc through the village at the foot of the mountain. He is Chi-Chi's biological father and thus, Goku's father-in-law. He is very strong and trained alongside Grandpa Gohan under Master Roshi's tutillage. As the series continues, his role in the Dragon Ball story eventually fades and he becomes a background character. He is the grandfather of Gohan and Goten. In the anime, he has a few large roles though from time to time, mainly involving keeping his daughter out of trouble.
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[edit] History
[edit] Dragon Ball
[edit] Emperor Pilaf Saga
Living on Fire Mountain, Ox-King would either scare or eat anything that came along, due to the fact that his castle was stuck up on the mountain in eternal flames. This leads residents in the surrounding area to dub him "The Emperor of Demons".[1] Bulma, Goku and Oolong stumble upon him and Chi-Chi on their quest for the Dragon Balls. They agree to help him, and Goku brings back Master Roshi, the only one strong enough to break the barrier. Master Roshi fires a large Kamehameha at the wall of fire, and destroys it. However, the Kamehameha is so big that it takes the entire mountain with it. After Master Roshi blew the mountain and castle away, the Ox-King promised to not hurt anyone again. Although his castle is gone, Ox-King and Chi-Chi shrug it off and vow to build a new one. After Goku finds Chi-Chi, who had been missing, and returns her to her father, Ox-King offers her to Goku as a wife in gratitude of her safe return. Not knowing what a wife is, Goku agrees.
[edit] King Piccolo Saga
Four years later Ox-King and Chi-Chi reappear in the anime filler, where they are seen watching King Piccolo on TV. Later, while on his way to the king's castle, Goku spots some of King Furry's guards attempting to kill Ox-King on King Piccolo's orders to kill all well-known martial artists, him being the first on the list. Goku puts a stop to it and heads off to stop King Piccolo. Later on they are seen outside, watching the celebration fireworks after King Piccolo is killed.
[edit] Piccolo Jr. Saga
Again in the anime filler, three years later, Chi-Chi is 18 and Ox-King wants to make sure that she will get a good husband who can take care of her, so he makes a fighting contest with Chi-Chi as the prize. Goku loses the contest on purpose, but Chi-Chi beats up his opponent so that he still wins the prize, Chi-Chi. After losing his mansion and treasure on Fire Mountain, he gives up being a warrior and also abandons his old armor for normal clothes towards the end Dragon Ball. The Ox King also becomes noticeably friendlier during this time.
[edit] Dragon Ball Z
In Dragon Ball Z, he appears in the anime more frequently throughout the sagas, usually seen at home trying to calm Chi-Chi down and keep her from going to try and rescue Gohan from situations that could kill her.
[edit] Battle aganist Cell
Ox King watches the battle against Cell on TV at Chi-Chi's house. When the TV breaks, Baba comes to the house and they watch the fight on Baba's crystal ball. Later, Gohan comes home telling that Goku died, making Chi-Chi break down in tears.
[edit] Goku's return
Seven years after the defeat of Cell, Ox King has another grandson named Goten, who was born shortly after the Cell games saga. When Goku is to return to earth for one day, Ox King attends the 25th World Martial Arts Tournament to cheer on his family and friends.
[edit] The monster Majin Buu, Death and Revival
When vegeta kills alot of people in the World Martial arts stadium to get Goku to fight him. Ox King goes with the group to gather the dragon balls. Ox King takes refuge from Majin Buu on Kami's Lookout where they learn of the monster Majin Buu and the death of Vegeta and Gohan ( who was with Supreme Kai and Kabito on the sacred world of the kais planet) hearing the tragic news makes Chi-Chi faint. A day later Super Buu finds the tower and allows them to lives for a short time. When Super Buu escapes from the Hyperbolic Time Chamber he turn Ox King and the rest on the Lookout are turned in to chocolate and eaten killing them instantly. Later the earth and all the people are revived and give there energy to help Goku make the Spirit Bomb to destroy Kid Buu.
[edit] Ten Years Later
In the end of the DBZ series, he attends the 28th World Martial Arts Tournament to cheer on his Great granddaughter Pan.
[edit] Dragon Ball GT
In Dragon Ball GT, the Ox-King no longer appears to visit Goku's family as regularly as he did before, or maintain his role of calming Chi-Chi down, which is now done mostly by Videl. He only makes cameo appearances in episodes 31, Collapse from Within and 40, Piccolo's Decision. From the 4th GT ending credits, Ox-King appears to be the tallest character; even taller than Piccolo and the Majin Buu. He also appears in one of the final flashbacks, It shows the scene when Bulma, Oolong and Goku first meet Ox-King.
Ox-King becomes one of the most developing minor characters in appearance. When he first appears, he is drawn more barbaric and menacing, and wields an axe. By the end of Dragon Ball and beginning of Dragon Ball Z, he dresses in normal attire and wears glasses instead of goggles. His facial hair is more detailed. In Future Trunks' timeline, he appears the same except now sporting gray hair and a new outfit. In the Kid Buu Saga, he appears to be much bigger, his facial hair grows out more, and the hair in the back of his head extends out a little over his shoulders. There are also slight alterations to his clothes. At the end of DBZ, his hair is gray and he wears formal clothes with an orange tie. In his very first appearance in GT, his tie is purple, and in his next appearance, it's yellow. Overall, Ox-King's character design changes more than any of the other minor characters, (such as Puar, Oolong, Yajirobe, Dr. Briefs, etc.)
[edit] Alternate timeline
Ox-King is one of the few characters to survive in the "Trunks Timeline," as seen the The History of Trunks special. He is seen still living with Chi-Chi, and following what little news of Gohan reaches them.
[edit] Movies
Ox-King appears in following Dragon Ball films and specials:
[edit] Trivia
- Though Ox-King's age is never revealed, it can be assumed that he's in his early sixties by the time the Buu saga arrives. His hair is naturally orangish-brown when he first appears, but gradually gets darker as the series progresses to the point of being black up until the end of Dragon Ball Z where it finally starts to gray. By the time Dragon Ball GT begins, he is supposedly over 80 years old and still living shown by his minor appearances in some episodes.
- In an episode of the Androids Saga, Ox-King seems to call Fortuneteller Baba his mother. In the Dragon Ball anime, Fortuneteller Baba displays a motherly panic during the flaming castle event after believing he's been killed. If this is true, then the old fortune-teller is Chi-Chi's grandmother, Gohan and Goten's great grandmother, and Pan's great-great grandmother. However, it is very likely that he was using a respectful Japanese term for an elder woman which can be construed as "Mother" or "Grandmother". Though, this may be why Fortuneteller Baba has been helping Goku a lot through the Buu era. And it may also explain the Family's long age expectancy, for example, Ox-King remains alive throughout GT while Bulma's parents seemingly don't, and Pan is still alive at the end of GT being over 100 years old. Although Pan's long life might be a result of having Saiyan genes, being related to Fortuneteller Baba not being a major factor even if they really are related.
- If Baba is Ox-King's Mother, then Master Roshi is Ox-King's uncle, Chi-Chi's Great-uncle and so on. This also means that Gohan and Goten could be related to their father's sensei, Roshi.
- It was Ox-King's idea to name Goku and Chi-Chi's first child Gohan. Although Gohan cried at his earlier name ideas, he was happy when he got his real name.
- Though generally very polite and generally disinterested in girls, Ox-King is shown to have a perverted side similar to Master Roshi's when watching Maron sunbathe in the episode "Krillin's Proposal".
- Ox-King's height keeps changing constantly. One example would be when they summoned Shenron in the Buu saga, in some scenes it shows everyone up to his stomach, but in others they only seem to be as big as his knee.
[edit] Voice Actors
- Japanese dub: Daisuke Gouri
- The Ocean Group dub: Dave Ward
- Funimation dub: Mark Britten (DBZ Seasons 3-6), Kyle Hebert (DB; DBZ Seasons 7-9; DBZ Remastered Seasons 1-6; DBZ Special 2; DBGT; Remastered DBZ Movies 1 & 2) Christopher Sabat (DBZ Movies 1 & 2)
[edit] References
| Chichi • Grandpa Gohan • Master Roshi • Goku • Gohan • Goten • Pan |
