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This article is about the race. For the planet Yardrats live on, see Planet Yardrat.
Two Yardrats
Yardrat
Homeworld Planet Yardrat
Earth[1]
Average Height Similar to the average Human, sometimes shorter
Diet Unknown
Sapience Level Sapient

Yardrats (also called Yardratians) are a race from Planet Yardrat. They are a physically weak race, but possess the ability to manipulate space and time, and teach Goku the Instant Transmission technique.

Overview

The race is first encountered by Goku after the defeat of Frieza on Namek. The Yardrats are mentioned in the Dragon Ball manga, and they are seen in a flashback in Dragon Ball Z, as well as in video games.

Appearance

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The Yardrats who found Goku

Yardrats appear to be pink or blue or green, with large heads. In the FUNimation dub, they are said by Goku to have appetites that could rival Saiyans, more specifically his own.[2]

Despite themselves being different to each other, most Yardrats wear the same clothing. Goku is given a Yardrat outfit, and he is wearing it when he returns to Earth after his battle with Frieza.

History

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A green Yardrat in Dragon Ball Online

Goku arrives in one of the Ginyu Force's abandoned space pods that had already been pre-programmed to travel to Planet Yardrat. This implies that the Yardrats may have been intended as the Ginyu Force's next target before Frieza called them over to Namek had they not been defeated. Goku spends a year with the Yardrat, and learns the Instant Transmission technique from them before returning to Earth.

A Yardrat named Soba makes an appearance in the video game Dragon Ball Z: Sagas; he is the only named Yardrat to date. He confronts Goku before the latter leaves the planet and returns to Earth in order to test his abilities.

By the time of events depicted on Dragon Ball Z: Resurrection 'F' (Age 779) a Yardrat soldier can be seen among in the 2nd manga chapter adaptation of the film as part of Frieza's (formerly Sorbet's) army of 1000 Planet Trade Organization soldiers to be defeated on Earth by the Z-Fighters and Jaco.

In Dragon Ball Online, the Yardrats are mentioned in the timeline, saying they improve the transportation system in Age 900.

Power level

Despite being described as physically weak, the Yardrat Soba is shown to be even stronger than Frieza in the video game Dragon Ball Z: Sagas, having a power level of 14,000,000 - the highest stated number in the game (excluding the following Android & Cell sagas in which power levels are unknowns but undoubtly higher).

Video game appearances

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Soba with Yardrat creatures jumping around him

Yardrats appear in Dragon Ball Z: Sagas, Dragon Ball Z: Harukanaru Densetsu, and Dragon Ball Online. In Dragon Ball Z: Sagas, Goku confronts the Yardrat Soba as a final test before leaving the planet.

The Yardrats are mentioned by Olibu in Dragon Ball Z: Buu's Fury, when Goku uses his Instant Transmission technique to pass the wall made of Katchin inside the Cave of the Ancients. Olibu says that he once met a Yardrat who used that technique.

In Dragon Ball Online, the Yardrat are featured as a mode of transportation. They have stands all over the world and teleport people to others, provided the player has visited them previously. The green Yardrat offer a bank storage service, and are usually located near the teleporters.

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