Telekinesis
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Telekinesis (超の力, Chō no Ryoku; Literally meaning "Psycho Power") is a technique that allows to manipulate objects and other people with the power of one's mind.
The first use of telekinesis is seen when General Blue fights Krillin and Goku. He uses it to pin them down and disable their movements, but Goku manages to break free as soon as Blue is distracted by a mouse.
It is later seen in use twice during the 22nd Tenkaichi Budokai by Chiaotzu. Chiaotzu uses telekinesis in his match against Krillin, to directly attack Krillin's internal organs without touching him. Later in the tournament, during Goku's match against Tien, Chiaotzu is ordered by Master Shen to repeatedly paralyse Goku and hold him in place with his telekinesis.
In Dragon Ball Z, Vegeta shows another use of this technique on the planet Arlia where he kills the Arlian king by lifting a big number of stones and throwing them at him. At the same time Piccolo trains by lifting and putting back whole pyramids (he screws up eventually, detonating one of them and causing a major earthquake).
Since both the protagonists and their opponents quickly grow considerably stronger, later in the series it is mostly used to move inanimate objects (such as Dragon Balls) around. Frieza and most of his named henchmen (Zarbon, Dodoria, Ginyu) seem to know this technique. In the next sagas telekinesis becomes even more common. Frieza not only uses telekinesis to move around many boulders during his fight against Goku, but also later kills Krillin by using telekinesis. He pulls him up in the air, and imitates crush with his hand, making Krillin explode.
In DBZ Movie 6: Return of Cooler, Meta-Cooler uses telekinesis to push Goku through a mountain.
In DBZ Movie 10: Broly: Second Coming, Broly used a similar attack to Telekinesis on Goten, choking him.
[edit] Character meaning
- 超 (Chō) = supernatural
- の (No) - of
- 力 (Ryoku) - power / strength
