Piccolo
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Piccolo Jr.[1][2] is a character from the Dragon Ball metaseries created by Akira Toriyama. He is the fifth and final son of King Piccolo. He was born to avenge his father's death at the hands of Goku.
After his narrow defeat against Goku, Piccolo is soon forced to form an, at first, uneasy alliance with Goku and his friends against newer, more dangerous threats. Out of necessity he also takes it upon himself to train Goku's son Gohan, forming a powerful bond which ultimately redeems him when he sacrifices himself to save the child's life. After his resurrection he fully joins Goku and the others in their struggles against ever more powerful villains. As with most other characters in the series, Piccolo's relative power diminishes (with the exception of a few brief spikes) as the story progresses; this causes his role to shift more from warrior to mentor.
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[edit] Dragon Ball
Main article: Piccolo Jr. Saga
After his intense battle with Goku, King Piccolo's last action was to spit out an egg containing his son and reincarnation, Piccolo Jr., who was to avenge his death. Sometime after hatching he matured from an infant into a small child. Piccolo spent the next three years in intensive training, preparing himself for the 23rd World Martial Arts Tournament where Goku would be a contestant.
After spending the three years training, a now physically teenaged Piccolo entered the tournament using the alias, "Ma Junior" (simply Junior in the english dub). When the tournament started, Piccolo easily breezed past the preliminaries and into the finals. From there he first faced off against Goku's friend Krillin, a match that he easily won, though he was surprised by the resilience of the small warrior. His next match was against a powerful but nerdish human named Hero whom Piccolo soon discovered was actually Kami in disguise. When Kami attempted to use a technique to seal Piccolo into a small container (one which was used to seal King Piccolo for centuries prior to his release), Piccolo surprised everyone by reflecting it and instead capturing Kami. Piccolo then swallowed the bottle, making chances of freeing Kami seem slim since both he and Goku knew that even if he managed to kill him again Kami would also die.
Piccolo Jr.'s next fight was the one he had been waiting for, a match/rematch with Goku. Though Piccolo used an assortment of new techniques, Goku found a way to make many of them work to his advantage, and even freed Kami from captivity when he increased his size. In the end, Piccolo lost to Goku, but was shown mercy as Goku gave him a Senzu Bean, which fully healed him instantly. Piccolo held little gratitude for this act though, and promised to continue his quest to destroy Goku and take over the world before he left.
[edit] Dragon Ball Z
[edit] Saiyan Saga
Early in the saga, Piccolo has a brief confrontation with the Saiyan Raditz, who shrugs off Piccolo's attack and then ignores him in favour of his true target, Goku. When Piccolo learns of Raditz's plan to destroy humanity, he offers Goku a temporary truce in the face of this new threat, intending to resume his struggle with Goku afterward.
The battle against Raditz at first seems hopeless, as Raditz is considerably more powerful then both Goku and Piccolo Jr. together. In the end though, Piccolo manages after the intervention of the young Gohan, to mortally wound Raditz with his powerful attack Special Beam Cannon, although Goku is killed in the process. Before dying, however, Raditz reveals that two other, more powerful Saiyans, Vegeta and Nappa, will be arriving at Earth in one year. In anger, Piccolo finishes Raditz off with a final blow, an action noticed by Kami who suspects that Piccolo is changing; Raditz's soul went to the after-life when usually those who are killed by Mazokus remain in limbo for all of eternity. When Goku dies shortly afterwards his body mysteriously vanishes, with Piccolo Jr. confirming Kami's intervention.
With the news of even more powerful opponents soon to arrive, Piccolo kidnaps Gohan in order to train the boy and use his massive potential to help defend the Earth from the Saiyans. Though his treatment to Gohan is initially harsh, he begins to care for him, and the two form an unbreakable bond.
When Vegeta and Nappa arrive on Earth, they are met by Gohan, Goku's friends Krillin, Chiaotzu, Tien, and Yamcha, and Piccolo; Goku had been wished back to life, but would take several hours to arrive. Piccolo soon learns from the Saiyans that he is a Namekian. The Saiyans then start the fight off by growing six Saibamen, small, humanoid plant-like aliens, which they instruct to fight in a mock tournament against the Earth's defenders. The Saibamen are all destroyed, though Yamcha is killed in battle.
With the Saibamen gone, Nappa, the larger Saiyan, decides to enter combat. In the ensuing fight, Chiaotzu and Tien perish and the defenders of the Earth are heavily beaten. When the smaller, but more powerful Saiyan, Vegeta, detects that Goku is arriving, and that he's more powerful than anticipated, he orders Nappa to quickly kill the remaining defenders as their working with Goku might result in a challenge. Goku's resurrection proves that the Dragon Balls are legitimate so they can use the ones on Namek and don't really need the ones tied to Piccolo Jr. anyway. Nappa first aims for Gohan with an extremely powerful attack, but Piccolo jumps in the way of it, sacrificing himself to save Gohan.
After the Saiyans are beaten by Goku and the rest of the crew, Gohan, Krillin and the brilliant inventor Bulma head to Namek and find the Dragon Balls there so that they can wish Kami, Piccolo, Yamcha, Tien, and Chiaotzu back to life and restore the Dragon Balls of Earth.
[edit] Frieza Saga
As Goku was forced to do months before, Piccolo traverses the winding Snake Way to King Kai's Planet. There, he, Chiaotzu, Tien, and Yamcha all train under the watchful eye of King Kai and, though Piccolo never learns King Kai's secret techniques, his power does increase significantly (but he's still weak by Frieza Saga's standards).
On Planet Namek, Gohan, Krillin, and Dende, a young Namekian, gather the Dragon Balls and summon the Namekian Dragon, Porunga. Piccolo Jr. contacts Gohan via telepathy and demands he be resurrected with the first wish, be sent to Namek to battle Frieza with the second, and then Gohan could do whatever with the last wish. Piccolo's reasoning was that if he is brought back, then the Earth Dragon Balls will immediately return alongside Kami, allowing for wishes to be made to bring back Tien, Chiaotzu and Yamcha.
Piccolo Jr. soon arrives on Namek at a random point, since Gohan did not specify where on Namek he should be sent. After recovering from the initial shock of seeing his strangely familiar homeland for the first time and feeling the suffering of his people, Piccolo heads in the direction of a large ki source, believing it to be Frieza. During his flight, he passes over a dying Namekian, Nail; a fighter-type Namekian who was earlier mauled by Frieza. Piccolo drops down to inspect the crippled Namekian and they begin to talk. Nail offers Piccolo to join with him. At first, Piccolo refuses, but Nail explains that Piccolo will not lose his personality, he will only feel the power gained from the fusion. Piccolo Jr. reluctantly accepts and after the fusion is complete he revels in his awesome new power and rushes to Frieza's location.
When Piccolo arrives, he finds a battle in progress between Gohan, Krillin, and Vegeta, with Dende supporting them, against Frieza. He then takes on Frieza, who is in his second form, alone and matches him roughly evenly. Vegeta is shocked to find that the Namekian that Nappa killed so easily mere months ago had become so powerful. After a brief exchange of blows, Frieza transforms into his third form and assaults Piccolo. with a large barrage of invisible and virtually unavoidable shots, crippling the Namekian. Gohan intervenes and blasts Frieza with a large bolt, but Frieza knocks it back and Piccolo uses the last of his strength to deflect the projectile with one of his own before it can hit the young saiyan. Frieza then begins his final transformation and Gohan uses the opportunity to take Piccolo to Dende, who has the ability to heal others. Piccolo quickly recovers but he knows that he is even more thoroughly outclassed by Frieza's new form. Frieza begins his renewed attack with a single blast that kills Dende, preventing the warriors from being healed again; Gohan, Krillin, and Piccolo respond with a joint assault but Frieza seemingly effortlessly evades all of their attacks.
Piccolo Jr. is then reduced to the sidelines, watching as a strengthened Vegeta attacks and falls against Frieza, helpless to intervene. After Goku arrives, Gohan, Krillin, and Piccolo get out of his way and watch him and Frieza duel from afar. Goku is soon overwhelmed by Frieza and, in desperation, attempts to use the Spirit Bomb. In order to buy Goku some time, Piccolo Jr. takes most of the remaining ki from Gohan and Krillin and jumps in to help, catching Frieza off-guard and kicking him in the head, giving Goku just enough time to finish the Spirit Bomb and launch it at the enemy. Frieza is not destroyed by the attack though, and shoots a powerful beam through Piccolo that leaves him near dead. Piccolo Jr. remains as such for the rest of the battle. Goku uses his amazing new technique of transforming himself into a Super Saiyan to eventually defeat Frieza, in a long battle of what seems to be endurance. Piccolo is healed by Dende after being sent to Earth by a wish made to Porunga.
When the Namekians find a planet suitable to be New Namek, Piccolo declines to travel with them, and he stays on Earth with Gohan. Piccolo Jr. does not desire the peaceful, therefore dull, life to be had on Namek.
[edit] Androids Saga
One year after the events on Namek, Piccolo sensed Frieza and another powerful being coming to the Earth. He headed to the place where he detected they would land, soon joined by Vegeta, Krillin, Tien, Gohan and Yamcha. Despair sets in on the group as they realize that there's little they can do to oppose such powerful foes.
Soon after Frieza and his father, King Cold, land they are confronted by a mysterious youth who proves himself to be a Super Saiyan and almost effortlessly destroys them and their minions. Piccolo and the others follow the youth, who tells them when and where Goku will be arriving. Just as the boy predicted, Goku lands and the boy converses with him privately, though Piccolo's superior hearing allows him to listen in. The boy, known as Future Trunks, is the future son of Vegeta and Bulma and reveals a terrible plot by Dr. Gero to create powerful Androids for the sole purpose of annihilating Goku; the Androids spiral out of control though and go on to destroy everything around them, making Futuere Trunks' world a nightmare. They eventually kill all the Z-Fighters with the exception of Goku, who dies early from a heart disease; Future Trunks has come back in time to both give Goku the medicine to cure the disease and give the Z-Fighters ample warning. Future Trunks then leaves and Piccolo Jr., since Goku doesn't know how to tell the group what he learned and forgot some important details, explains everything to the group, except who Future Trunks is. The group then splits up to begin training for the oncoming threat; Piccolo decides to do his training alongside Goku and Gohan.
The years pass by and Goku, Krillin, Piccolo, Tien, and Yamcha meet at the designated time to confront the Androids. Yajirobe drops by briefly to give the group Senzu Beans and, as he's leaving, his vehicle is destroyed. Still not sensing their opponents, they realize that, being Androids, they have no ki to detect and therefore must be searched for by sight; Piccolo and the others enter the city to search, but do not know what the Androids look like. They soon detect a large drop in Yamcha's ki and rush to the scene, finding both the two Androids and a critically wounded Yamcha. Goku soon leads the Androids to a different location so that the city isn't destroyed in their fight, though the Androids demolish a large portion of it before they leave.
The Androids choose to fight in a desolate region filled with rocky hills. Piccolo surmises that they chose the location so that they could escape to the hills if the fight turns out badly for them. After the Androids explain that they've been watching Goku since he defeated the Red Ribbon Army up until his battle with Vegeta, Goku attacks Android #19; the Androids did not know of his ability to go Super Saiyan and therefore his true strength. Piccolo Jr. is startled after Goku transforms, his power being much lower than it should be. Though Goku seems to be winning in the early part of the fight, he quickly loses his energy due to his heart disease and is taken down.
Piccolo Jr. and the others attempt to intervene but Android #20 blocks their path and shoots Piccolo with his eye beams, sending him crashing to the ground. Vegeta then arrives, kicking Android 19 off of Goku and Piccolo quickly gets back up, revealing that he was pretending to be injured by Android #20's attack in order to catch the androids off guard. Vegeta then kicks Goku out of the battle and Piccolo catches him, setting him down so Yamcha can take him home and get him his medicine. Vegeta and Android #19 then battle, with Vegeta decisively victorious. Android #20, nervous of Vegeta's new power, flees to the hills.
Piccolo and the others start searching the hills for Android #20, but Piccolo is soon ambushed. With Android #20 holding a tight grip over his mouth and draining his energy, Piccolo sends out a telepathic message to Gohan. Gohan is alerted to the situation and heads for Piccolo Jr.'s now shrinking ki; he finds Android #20 and Piccolo and smashes Android #20 off. Piccolo receives a senzu from Krillin and states that he will fight Android #20 himself. Android #20 is taken off guard by Piccolo Jr.'s speed and he quickly hits the android with several powerful blows, finishing with a powerful chop which takes off Android #20's right arm then smashing him into the ground. Krillin was astonished by Piccolo's power, believing Piccolo was extremely powerful for someone who isn't a Super Saiyan; meaning Piccolo could have very well rivaled the power of a Super Saiyan after his intense training with Goku for the three years. At this time Future Trunks shows up and states that Android #20 is not the same android, which caused such devastation in the future; he is followed closely by Bulma in her skycar. Android #20 sees his opportunity to escape and looses an energy wave, destroying Bulma's vehicle and distracting everyone while he runs away, stating that he's going to activate Android #17 and Android #18.
Bulma informs the group that Android #20 is actually Dr. Gero and of the location of his lab in North City. Piccolo then tells Bulma about Future Trunks, who at this point is already born. He then takes off with Krillin and Tien to North City to find Dr. Gero's lab and destroy the androids before they can be awakened. Krillin finds the lab and alerts the others, but they arrive too late and the androids are activated. Vegeta takes off after them and Piccolo and the others follow; when they catch up, they find that Vegeta has been fighting Android #18 and is not faring well. Android #17 warns them that if they get involved in the fight, he will as well. They watch the fight and, though Vegeta seems to be on roughly equal footing, Piccolo Jr. points out that he's getting tired and the android is not. When Future Trunks gets involved with the fight after Vegeta receives a serious hit, Piccolo also charges in; both are quickly swatted down by Android #17. When Piccolo gets back up, he charges at Android #17 who is choking Tien and is felled with a single blow to the stomach.
[edit] Cell Saga
Krillin gives each a Senzu Bean and Piccolo states he has an idea. When Krillin asks what it is, Piccolo angrily snaps at him and then abruptly takes off to Kami's Lookout. Piccolo Jr. doesn't need to explain to Kami why he's come, Kami having already read his thoughts that Piccolo Jr. wants to fuse. Piccolo Jr. rebuffs Kami, stating that they are not fusing; Piccolo will simply be using the old Namekian as a tool to become more powerful. Regardless, Kami is not opposed to the idea of fusing with Piccolo, but he wants to observe the situation for a while longer to be sure that his last decision is made for valid reasons. Piccolo starts to argue with him but Kami counters by pointing out that even Future Trunks stated these Androids are different and that it was Vegeta who started the fight they just had. Piccolo calls Kami a coward for his reluctance and waits on the lookout for him to change his mind. When Kami learns of the recent arrival of a danger from the future far greater than the Androids, he realizes he has no choice. With Piccolo serving as the base they fuse to return to being the original nameless Namekian, whom made his first appearance briefly in Kami's flashback when he explains to Goku that he and Piccolo were once one.
Piccolo rushes to Ginger Town, the location of this murderous new enemy. The bug-like creature claims that he is Piccolo's "brother", and the two engage in battle. Piccolo seems to have the upper hand, but is taken off guard when the creature launches a Kamehameha; as he's dodging the blast the creature latches onto Piccolo's back and stings his left arm, draining the life from it and rendering the limb useless and withered. Piccolo Jr. headbutts the creature and breaks free but claims that with his injury he has been defeated, luring the creature into explaining his actions. The creature reveals his name as Cell, and that he is a combination of Earth's greatest warriors put together by Dr. Gero. His purpose is to locate Android #17 and Android #18 and take their energy so that he may achieve his perfect form. Now knowing the creatures origin and intentions, Piccolo Jr. exposes his ruse, tearing the withered left arm free and growing a healthy one in its place, now prepared to resume battle with Imperfect Cell.
Future Trunks and Krillin soon arrive and Imperfect Cell, now outnumbered, uses the Solar Flare and escapes. Tien and Vegeta soon arrive and Piccolo explains the nature of Imperfect Cell to them. He and Tien then search for Imperfect Cell as the monster travels from town to town absorbing people, but Imperfect Cell detects their ki and then lowers his own and hides every time they get close. Piccolo begins traveling on a jet plane, piloted by Yamcha, with Gohan, Krillin, and Tien so that they can keep their ki hidden while searching for the creature. While searching, a recovered Goku teleports onto the plane and explains that he has a plan for himself, Future Trunks, Gohan, and Vegeta to use the Hyperbolic Time Chamber in order to train for a year in span of one Earth day; he then takes Gohan and teleports back to Kami's lookout. Piccolo Jr. and the rest keep searching but Piccolo begins to despair, he knows that with each town Imperfect Cell attacks, his strength grows and the monster will soon be powerful enough to confront and absorb the Androids.
Piccolo and the rest soon return to Kame House. By luck, good or bad, the Androids soon arrive, looking for Goku. Piccolo decides to use this opportunity to try and destroy them, thereby preventing them being absorbed by Imperfect Cell. They head to a deserted island and Piccolo Jr. learns that he will only have to fight Android #17, giving him a chance at victory. He and Android #17 are roughly equal in strength, and though Piccolo Jr. does not have the infinite stamina of his opponent, he does have several tricks up his sleeve and an outstanding resistance. Before they can end their battle though Imperfect Cell arrives.
With his increase in strength from absorbing thousands of humans, Imperfect Cell is now considerably more powerful than Piccolo Jr. on top of that, Piccolo has expended a considerably amount of his energy battling Android #17, and is easily swatted aside when he attempts to prevent Imperfect Cell from absorbing the Android. Without any other options, Piccolo uses his desperation attack, the Light Grenade and destroys the island they are fighting on. Imperfect Cell avoids taking any damage from the attack though and moves to finish Piccolo off. With one swift punch he downs the Namekian, snapping his neck, then picks him up; to complete the job Imperfect Cell blasts a hole clean through Piccolo's stomach and tosses him into the ocean. Piccolo still barely lives though and is soon rescued by Goku and taken back to Kami's Lookout.
Piccolo quickly recovers, but with Imperfect Cell having absorbed Android #17 and now in his even more powerful semi-perfect form, he can do nothing but watch. He observed as Super Vegeta first defeated Semi-Perfect Cell and then allowed him to absorb Android #18 and attain his perfect form. He also witnessed Perfect Cell's subsequent victory over Future Trunks and his announcement of the Cell Games, giving the Earth's defenders ten days to prepare.
When Goku and Gohan emerge from the Hyperbolic Time Chamber, Gohan requests for Piccolo to give him a copy of his uniform, which Piccolo Jr. happily conjures; he is also startled by how much more powerful Goku became. Piccolo enters the Hyperbolic Time Chamber and, though he becomes significantly stronger, is still nowhere near powerful enough to challenge Perfect Cell. After he emerges, Goku asks him if it is possible for him to split out Kami. Piccolo Jr. states he cannot split again so Goku instead goes to New Namek to recruit a new guardian and returns with Dende who takes the position and promptly reactivates the Dragon Balls.
Piccolo accompanies Goku and the others to the Cell Games when the time arrives. He stays on the sidelines for most of the battle but speaks up when Goku, after first battling then yielding to Perfect Cell, volunteers Gohan to fight; Piccolo states that no matter how strong Gohan became, there is no way he can fight Perfect Cell. He criticizes even further when Goku tosses a Senzu Bean to Perfect Cell so that the fight is "fair". When Perfect Cell manages to grab Gohan in a bear hug and begins crushing him, Piccolo Jr. blames Goku for his action, and prepares to enter the battle, even though it likely means his death. Perfect Cell soon stops his attack though, deciding to target Gohan's friends instead. He soon spawns seven Cell Jr.s, one for each Z Fighter watching the fight. Piccolo does well against the Cell Jr.s, but the struggles come and he loses until Gohan finally snaps and goes Super Saiyan 2, killing all of Perfect Cell's sons before finally taking down Ultimate Perfection Cell himself.
[edit] Majin Buu Saga
When Piccolo is informed by a now teenaged Gohan that Goku (who sacrificed his life in the struggle against Semi-Perfect Cell seven years ago) is coming back to Earth for one day and that they are entering the World Martial Arts Tournament along with Android #18 (who has reformed and married Krillin), Krillin, and Vegeta, he decides to enter himself as well, under the alias of "Ma Junior" (as he had previously done when participating in the 23rd World Martial Arts Tournament during the Piccolo Jr. Saga of Dragon Ball). While there, Piccolo encounters a small purple alien who disturbs him deeply. When it's Piccolo's turn to fight, he faces the alien as his first opponent and finds that he is extremely reluctant to attack him, causing him to question just who this being is. The alien responds directly to Piccolo's thoughts, telling him that he'll find out soon enough and that for now they should just enjoy the game. Piccolo quickly surrenders the match without raising a fist. When they meet in spectators area, Piccolo asks the alien if he is Grand Kai, the ruler of the Kai's, a set of four gods who each watch over quadrant of the galaxy), the alien's companion responds that he's actually East Supreme Kai, a much higher being who looks after a quadrant of the universe). Piccolo Jr., having much of his uncle's essence, is awed by Supreme Kai's presence and extremely respectful of his place on the divine hierarchy.
During a later fight between Gohan and East Supreme Kai's intendant Kibito, Gohan's energy is drained by two very oddly powerful humans after he is paralysed by East Supreme Kai. East Supreme Kai then sets off to follow them, stating that any help would be appreciated; Piccolo Jr. immediately joins him, followed soon by Goku, Krillin, and Vegeta. As they travel, East Supreme Kai informs them that the two humans are possessed pawns of a wizard named Babidi and they are collecting energy to revive an immensely powerful force of destruction known as Majin Buu. They are joined by a revived Gohan and Kibito and then hide on a mountain near Babidi's ship and watch as he destroys the two human pawns, their job being done. The group is then, without warning, attacked by King Dabura, the king of the demons whom Babidi has possessed as his strongest henchman. King Dabura quickly kills Kibito and spits on Krillin and Piccolo, turning them to stone.
After King Dabura is later killed by an awakened Mr. Buu, Piccolo returns to flesh in small pieces due to his statue form having been accidentally shattered by Kid Trunks; fortunately his head was not damaged and he was able to completely regenerate. On returning to normal, the first thing Piccolo senses is the awesome power of Mr. Buu and in the field in front of them, he sees a badly beaten East Supreme Kai about to be turned into a snack for the monster. He is torn about what to do, as his instinct is to aid East Supreme Kai, but he knows that he can do nothing against Mr. Buu.
Before Mr. Buu can finish East Supreme Kai off though, Mr. Buu is attacked by Vegeta, now a Super Saiyan 2; he states that he will destroy Mr. Buu in vengeance for the monster's killing of Gohan, shocking Piccolo Jr. with the news. Piccolo watches their fight and barely escapes along with Goten, Kid Trunks, and Krillin after Mr. Buu unleashes the massive Angry Explosion from himself. When Mr. resumes the attack on a badly wounded Vegeta, Piccolo is unable to prevent Goten and Kid Trunks from rushing into the battle themselves. The pair manages to temporarily halt Mr. Buu, smashing him through some mountains and then attempt to aid Vegeta. Piccolo, in the meantime, confronts Babidi and chops the wizard in half, fatally injuring him.
Piccolo watches as Vegeta knocks the two kids out. When he descends to Vegeta, the Super Saiyan asks him to take the children far from the battle-site and Piccolo Jr. realizes that Vegeta plans on sacrificing himself. Vegeta confirms this by asking if he will see Kakarot (Goku's original Saiyan name) in the afterlife and Piccolo states he won't; Vegeta has committed too many evil actions to be on the same plane as Goku and he will likely be reincarnated, after his spirit is purified, instead. Piccolo, carrying the children, then retreats with Krillin until they witness an enormous blast. Piccolo Jr. gives the kids to Krillin and tells him to tell everyone else what has happened and then goes back to the battle-site to see what has transpired.
When he reaches the site, now a small crater, he finds a still barely alive Babidi. As he moves in to finish him off, Piccolo notices the pieces of Mr. Buu moving. They quickly shape themselves into full miniature versions of Mr. Buu and begin colliding into each other, reforming the original Mr. Buu. He makes a fast retreat, catching up with Krillin and informing him that they have to go to Kami's Lookout in the slight chance that it might offer sanctuary. Goku soon arrives after them and they trade stories, informing Piccolo of Vegeta's willingness to become Babidi's pawn in order to gain power and his subsequent battle with Goku prior to his attacking Mr. Buu. Goku also informs Piccolo of the Fusion Dance technique he learned in the afterlife; since both Gohan and Vegeta are gone there's no one for him to perform it with himself, but he can teach it to Goten and Kid Trunks.
Babidi then contacts all inhabitants of Earth telepathically, stating that he wants the location of Goten and Kid Trunks and will destroy cities until they are found. After the first city is destroyed Piccolo states that he will go to Mr. Buu to try and spare some of the destruction, but Goku insists that he doesn't so that Piccolo can help teach the boys the Fusion Dance technique. Once Goku returns to the after-life, Piccolo Jr. takes over their instruction fully, correcting them on the mistakes they make when their Fusions fail the first two times. When the Fusion works properly, he finds an entirely new challenge in trying to install some discipline and control in the extremely powerful, and equally arrogant, Gotenks.
The first time they fuse properly, Gotenks attacks Mr. Buu in his base form and returns to the lookout beaten. After Goten and Kid Trunks fuse while in Super Saiyan state, Gotenks rushes off to battle again, this time with Piccolo following him. Gotenks wastes a large amount of time demonstrating his power, only seeking Mr. Buu when there's one minute left in the thirty-minute Fusion limit.
While waiting the hour needed for them to recover and fuse again, Piccolo observes the changes in Mr. Buu, brought about by his friendship with Hercule, a human who fraudulently took credit for defeating Ultimate Perfection Cell and therefore became regarded as the world's greatest hero. Soon after, he witnessed the fission of Mr. Buu into two separate Buu's, the battle between them, and the absorption of Mr. Buu by Evil Buu, resulting in even more powerful Super Buu. Super Buu is able to detect ki and quickly arrives at Kami's Lookout, looking for the strong person who Goku said would fight with him. Piccolo tries to stall by saying that the fighter is sleeping and pleads for more time. Super Buu refuses. Super Buu then sends out innumerable blasts, one for each adult and teenager remaining on Earth. When he demands to fight again, Piccolo Jr. asks that they have one hour to wake the warrior up and get him prepared, adding that Hercule's child (Videl, who was brought to the lookout) also wants him to wait. Super Buu reluctantly agrees, but vows to kill everyone afterwards.
Piccolo wastes no time and quickly ushers Goten and Kid Trunks into the Hyperbolic Time Chamber where they can train for fifteen Hyperbolic days in the hour that Super Buu has allowed them. While waiting, he explains to Videl how Super Buu knows about her father and his achievement of taming Mr. Buu. After a bit less than thirty minutes, Super Buu loses patience and demands to fight their warrior immediately. Piccolo relents and starts leading Super Buu to the Hyperbolic Time Chamber, taking the long way to maximize the time it will take. He contacts Goten and Kid Trunks telepathically, telling them that he'll be at the room with Super Buu in one minute, giving them six hours to rest up for the fight. Piccolo also has a secret plan that, if Gotenks isn't capable of stopping Super Buu, he'll destroy the entrace to the Hyperbolic Time Chamber, locking Super Buu inside for all of eternity; Super Buu will likely be killed shortly after.
Once Super Buu is in the room, Piccolo Jr. watches as Gotenks attacks him in base form with a multitude of goofy moves, doing no damage. Gotenks then turned Super Saiyan and, with a powerful Super Ghost Kamikaze Attack, blew Super Buu to bits. Piccolo Jr., knowing what happened last time when Vegeta did relatively the same thing, ordered Gotenks to destroy all the pieces of Super Buu; it was in vain as the vapors from the burned pieces regathered and formed back into Super Buu.
Piccolo Jr. then asked Gotenks if he had any more special attacks left, which Gotenks denied, stating that all was lost. With seemingly no options left, Piccolo Jr. destroyed the entrance, trapping them in the room forever. Super Buu, so enraged about not having access to any candy ever again in his location let out a mighty scream, ripping the fabric between the dimensions and creating a portal through which he escaped. Gotenks and Piccolo Jr. tried several times to recreate Super Buu's portal but without any success. Eventually, when all seemed lost, Gotenks revealed that he had something up his sleeves and turned Super Saiyan 3. He then quickly blared open a portal which himself and Piccolo Jr. escaped from. On exiting, Super Buu boasted of his devouring all adult and teenager friends on the lookout, causing Gotenks to finally get serious and fight Super Buu fully. The resulting battle destroyed Kami's Lookout, leaving Piccolo Jr. despaired until he was asked by Gotenks to assist him in an attack where Super Buu was battered around like a volleyball.
Piccolo Jr. continued to observe the battle until Gotenks, just as he was about to finish Super Buu off, reverted back to his base form shortly before the fusion itself wore off. Seeing no hope left, Piccolo Jr. prepared to make his last stand with the two Saiyans. Super Buu was distracted though, and the appearance of Gohan, now massively more powerful than he had been before was the reason. Gohan attacked Super Buu and proved to be his superior by far; Super Buu retaliated by exploding and hiding his ki from the group. While waiting for him to reappear, Gohan filled Piccolo Jr. in on his training at the planet of the Supreme Kais, where he'd been since, his first encounter with Mr. Buu, while Piccolo Jr. was stoned, and his mystical power up by the workings of Elder Kai that predated the current one by fifteen generations.
They then left to find Dende, whom Gohan sensed was still alive. On the way they encountered Hercule and Piccolo Jr. picked him up, seeing in him the beginnings of a true hero. They then reunited with Dende, but it was brief as Super Buu chose this moment to attack them again. Though Gohan stepped up to defeat him for good, Super Buu instead challenged Goten and KId Trunks to fight him as Gotenks; which they obliged. It was part of his plan though and once Gotenks appeared, he sprung his trap to absorb him for his power and also Piccolo Jr.'s Split Form technique clone for his intelligence.
Piccolo Jr. was then destroyed along with Goten, Gohan, and Trunks when Kid Buu blew up earth.
Piccolo Jr. was soon revived, along with the Earth and all its inhabitants, by wishes granted by Porunga. He then went back to Earth and gave his energy to help form a Spirit Bomb being created by Goku to finish off Kid Buu after receiving Vegeta's galaxy-wide message, broadcast by North King Kai.
Piccolo Jr.'s last action in the series was, along with the rest of the major characters, to attend the 28th World Martial Arts Tournament and witness the emergence of Uub, the good, human reincarnation of Kid Buu.
[edit] Non-manga Appearances
[edit] Garlic Jr. Saga
Piccolo Jr. also appears in the Garlic Jr. Saga, where he assists Gohan and Krillin defeat Garlic Jr., a villain first encountered in the first Dragon Ball Z film: Dead Zone.
[edit] Dragon Ball GT
In Dragon Ball GT, Piccolo Jr. makes a few brief but important appearances.
In the Baby Saga, Piccolo Jr. detects the evil presence of Baby after he possess Goten and then shows up briefly after Baby transfers bodies to Gohan. On arrival though, he is quickly blasted by the possessed Gohan's Kamehameha. He does not appear again until near the end of the saga when he saves a young boy who was left behind during the evacuation of Earth, as it was about to explode. When Goku returns to teleport both Piccolo Jr. and the boy away, Piccolo Jr. gives him the energy he needs to do so, but remains behind. The reason for
Later, in the Super 17 Saga, Piccolo Jr. starts blasting Heaven, so that King Yemma is forced to send him to Hell, so that he and Dende can create a gateway between Earth and Hell that allows Goku to make it back and fight Super 17.
In the final episode "Till We Meet Again" Goku goes to Hell to say good-bye, and promising him to get him back into Heaven.
[edit] Video Games
Piccolo has been in many Dragon Ball-related video games such as Hyper Dimension and the Super Butōden and Budokai series of games, and is a playable character in crossover games such as Jump Super Stars and Jump Ultimate Stars. In most Dragon Ball video games, Piccolo has no transformations, however in the Budokai and Tenkaichi series Piccolo has multiple forms. In Super Sonic Warriors, in Piccolo's story it is revealed that his power will be increased further if he fuses with King Piccolo (which makes him truly complete). The increase is enough for him to equal Super Buu in combat.
[edit] Appearance
When Piccolo Jr. is introduced, he appears roughly the same as King Piccolo, but with a more solid facial structure, aswell as slightly thinner and a bit shorter (though technically he doesn't appear as a full grown adult until dbz). Piccolo Jr.'s outfit when he was small was a very similar outfit to the one King Piccolo was first seen wearing, and from the time he's a young adult onward he wears the same gi as King Piccolo but minus the chest symbol and the color scheme switched where his gi was dark purplish blue rather than dark pale blue and his obi light pale blue rather than light purplish blue , and wore a white turban and cape along with it when not fighting seriously. As the series went on Piccolo Jr.'s outfit became more his own, and by the time he faced Frieza his gi lost whatever blue was in its color and gained more of a purple one, , and his neckline becoming more low-cut like Goku's outfit. In the manga and in many of the movies he wore a red obi rather than a sky blue one. Even though Piccolo Jr. discards his old symbol, he uses it once in the series when he made his pupil Gohan a uniform. In a single filler episode in the anime, Piccolo is seen wearing an old outfit of Goku's when both of them are forced to go to driving school by Goku's wife, Chi Chi.
[edit] Special abilities
Main article: List of techniques used by Piccolo
[edit] Additional information
- Piccolo Jr. is Akira Toriyama's favorite character[3].
- It is interesting to note that, while he only actually dies three times in the Dragon Ball series, he comes close to death a number of times. The first is when Frieza shoots a Death Beam through his chest before killing Krillin. The second is when Kami is weakened by the former guardians during the Garlic Jr. Saga, and Kami is almost killed, which would kill Piccolo Jr. as well. The third is when Cell breaks Piccolo Jr.'s neck, shoots a hole clean through his stomach, and throws him into the lake. The fourth is when he is turned to stone by King Dabura during the Babidi Saga, and accidentally shattered to pieces by Kid Trunks later in the Majin Buu Saga.
[edit] Voice Actors
- Japanese Dub: Hiromi Tsuru (Kid Piccolo Jr.) and Toshio Furukawa (Teen Piccolo Jr. and Adult Piccolo Jr.)
- Latin American Dub: Yamil Atala (Kid Piccolo Jr.) and Carlos Segundo (Teen Piccolo Jr. and Adult Piccolo Jr.)
- Ocean Dub: Scott McNeil
- FUNimation Dub: Daveigh Chase (Kid Piccolo Jr.) and Christopher R. Sabat (Teen Piccolo Jr. and Adult Piccolo Jr.)
- Filipino, Hiligaynon & Visayan Dub: Bernie Malejana (Kid Piccolo Jr. Teen Piccolo Jr. and Adult Piccolo Jr.)
[edit] Notes and references
- ↑ Piccolo's name is originally derived from the musical instrument, as all of King Piccolo's sons had the names of various instruments.
- ↑ Around the start of the Namek Saga, it's revealed that his name means "another world" in Namekian.
- ↑ The interview with Akira Toriyama that was featured as an extra in a Japanese One Piece coloring book [1]
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