Tambourine
タンバリン Tanbarin
Anime name	Tambourine
Manga name	Tambourine
Alternate names	Goku's second defeater
Debut	Manga: "The Death of Kuririn" Anime: "Enter King Piccolo"
Appears in
Race	Mutant Namek
Date of birth	May 7th, Age 753
Date of death	May 8th, Age 753
Height	6'2" (188 cm)[1]
Weight	163 lbs. (74 kg)[1]
Allegiance	King Piccolo's Demon Clan
Family	Nameless Namek (father before splitting into two) King Piccolo (father) Unnamed offspring (brothers) Piano (brother) Cymbal (brother) Drum (brother) Piccolo Jr. (brother/father's reincarnation) Kami (uncle/father's good counterpart) Katas (grandfather)

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Tambourine (タンバリン) is King Piccolo's second son, a Humanoid gargoyle-like mutated Namekian. Tambourine's favorite hobby is slaughtering Humans, as he considers them inferior to his kind.^[2]

PersonalityEdit

Tambourine is extremely cold-hearted, killing innocent people just to entertain himself. He considers all other races besides his useless, stating Humans are useless except for killing purposes. Even on a duty, he will kill people not involved in his mission, just for fun.

BiographyEdit

Tambourine is born shortly after King Piccolo was released by Emperor Pilaf. Under orders from King Piccolo, Tambourine sets out to assassinate all the competitors of the last two World Martial Arts Tournaments and collect any Dragon Balls that he comes across in the process.

His first victim is Krillin, whom he confronts shortly after the end of the 22nd World Martial Arts Tournament, when Krillin goes back to the area to collect Goku's objects that he forgot. Krillin fights with everything he has, but proves no match for Tambourine, who kills him by kicking him on the head, snapping his neck. Tambourine then steals the Four-Star Dragon Ball and a list of all tournament contestants.

While on his way, Tambourine is confronted by Goku, who is determined to avenge Krillin's death. Tambourine gloats over Krillin's death, which only enrages Goku further. Goku and Tambourine engage each other in combat, but, as Goku was still weak from his fight with Tien Shinhan, Tambourine easily outmatches him, and destroys the Flying Nimbus, proceeding to beat Goku senseless and drop him to the ground, leaving him for dead. Tambourine subsequently attacks and murders King Chappa, Pamput, Bacterian, Man-Wolf, Giran, and a few others, with no problems. He subsequently confronts Yamcha, but before he can kill him, he is telepathically ordered by King Piccolo to track down the one responsible for the death of Cymbal, one of Tambourine's brothers.

‎Tambourine confronts Yajirobe, but is distracted from attacking him when Goku shows himself. Tambourine starts off this rematch confident that he can quickly beat Goku again, but instead, Goku overpowers him and viciously beats him into the ground. After more of a pounding by Goku, Tambourine realizes he cannot beat Goku and desperately attempts to escape, but Goku finishes him off once and for all with a Kamehameha. Tambourine's death gives King Piccolo the location of where Goku is, which leads to King Piccolo taking his Dragon Ball and gaining eternal youth.

PowerEdit

At the time of his death, Tambourine was the most powerful son of Piccolo. He was shown effortlessly defeating several martial artists, including Krillin, who had trained with Master Roshi. However, he was far inferior to a prepared and rested Goku (whose power level at the time was 180), who defeated him effortlessly.

Techniques and special abilitiesEdit

• Flight – Tambourine has the ability to fly using his wings.

• Ki Blast – The most basic form of energy wave. We see him use one to destroy a hay wagon and kill the horse in "Tien's Atonement".
• Lick Twister – Tambourine wraps the opponent in his tongue and then does a high speed spin.
• One-Hundred Arms – After mocking King Chappa's eight arm technique, he uses this more advanced version.
• Wah-Tah Kick – Tambourine leaps and does a stereotypical kung fu movie pose kick. Used on Pamput.
• Shocker Flatline – Tambourine channels electricity through his palm into his opponent. Used on Bacterian.
• Sidearm Flamer – His hand glows orange like fire for a second and he the impales his opponent from the side with it. Used on Giran.

• Tommy Gun Tsuki – Similar to Tien's Machine Gun Tsuki, except with kicks.
• Chou Makouhou – Like King Piccolo and most of his offspring, Tambourine has the ability to shoot a beam of energy from his mouth. He uses it to destroy Goku's Flying Nimbus, and later tries it on Goku during their final battle.
• Soumasen – Also like King Piccolo, Tambourine is also capable shooting lasers from his eyes. He is never actually seen using this technique in the anime and manga, but he uses it in Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 3.
• Super Marengeki – Tambourine's ultimate attack in Budokai Tenkaichi 3. An advanced version of the sidearm flamer (see above). Tambourine kicks his opponent into the air and attacks them with a series of punches, until using his hand to impale his victim. This attack never appears in the anime nor manga, though it is possibly the attack he was about to use on Yamcha before he was interrupted with news of Cymbal's death.
• Mystic Breath – One of Tambourine's Blast 1 in Budokai Tenkaichi 3.
• Afterimage – One of Tambourine's Blast 1 in Budokai Tenkaichi 3.

Video game appearancesEdit

• Dragon Ball: Daimaō Fukkatsu
• Dragon Ball 3: Gokuden
• Dragon Ball Z: Super Gokuden: Totsugeki-Hen
• Dragon Ball: Advanced Adventure (boss and playable character)
• Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 3 (playable character)
• Dragon Ball: Revenge of King Piccolo (boss and playable character)
• Dragon Ball Online

Voice actorsEdit

• Japanese Dub: Ryūsei Nakao
• FUNimation Dub: Dameon Clarke
• Latin American Dub: Humberto Solórzano
• German Dub: Dietmar Wunder
• Italian Dub: Gianluca Iacono
• Brazilian Dub: Afonso Amajones
• Portuguese Dub: António Semedo

TriviaEdit

• Like his siblings, Tambourine is named after a musical instrument, the Tambourine in this case.
• Out of all the henchmen seen in the Dragon Ball series, Tambourine has one of the highest onscreen body counts, killing 50 or more people.
• In the Japanese dub of Dragon Ball, the young bear Giran was attempting to kill in the Animal Village thought that Tambourine was actually "Kami" (meaning "god" in Japanese). Coincidentally, the guardian of Earth (Kami) and Tambourine are technically related.
• Out of all of King Piccolo's sons (with the exception of Piccolo), Tambourine is one of the few to come close to resembling a normal Namekian (with the shape of his body and head, as well as his pointy ears, making it easier to compare to a normal Namekian).
• Another offspring who closely resembles Tambourine with different colored clothes and lighter skin was seen earlier in Master Roshi's flashback, depicting him terrorizing various humans.^[3]
• Nuova and Eis Shenron, who later appear in Dragon Ball GT, resemble Tambourine. This is somewhat appropriate considering Nuova was born out of King Piccolo's wish to restore his youth, and Tambourine was one of Piccolo's offspring.
• There is a what-if where Tambourine survives Goku's Kamehameha in Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 3. This is unlocked by pressing the transformation button once in story mode when Goku fights King Piccolo but not the second time. If this happens, Tambourine appears but Goku is too tired to beat him. Chi-Chi then appears and finishes Tambourine off.

GalleryEdit

Tambourine steals Krillin's Dragon Ball Tambourine killing Krillin Tambourine followed by Goku Tambourine Tambourine fires a Chou Makouhou Tambourine attacks Goku Tambourine looking below Tambourine grabs Goku by the neck Tambourine flies Tambourine holding Fighter Profiles with addresses Tambourine looks at a fighter profile of Krillin Tambourine confronts King Chappa Tambourine fighting King Chappa Tambourine approaches Giran Tambourine jumps back to kick Giran Tambourine kicks Giran Tambourine hits Giran with a barrage of kicks Tambourine fighting with Giran Tambourine breaks free from Giran's Merry-Go-Round Gum Tambourine kills Giran with the Sidearm Flamer Tambourine stands prepared Tambourine beaten by Goku Tambourine injured Tambourine beaten by Goku Tambourine killed by Goku's Kamehameha Tambourine attacking Krillin in Advanced Adventure Tambourine in Budokai Tenkaichi 3 Tambourine in the Bandai CCG Add a photo to this galleryAdd a photo to this gallery

See alsoEdit

• Tambourine (Collectibles)

ReferencesEdit

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Daizenshuu 7, 1996
2. ↑ Dragon Ball: Bouken Special, 1987
3. ↑ Dragon Ball episode 102, "Enter King Piccolo"