Paragus

"He could grow up to be a great warrior..."

- Paragus, begging to spare Broly's life

"That's exactly what I'm worried about."

- King Vegeta

Paragus is the father of Broly and a major villain in the eighth Dragonball Z movie: Broly - The Legendary Super Saiyan.

=Backstory=

King Vegeta ordered the death of Broly when he was only infant, fearing that he would one day betray them. When Paragus asked the king to reconsider, the king blasted him. Broly was stabbed and he, along with his father are thrown into a hole in the ground. When the Planet was destroyed Broly was able to protect them with his energy, and Paragus began to plot against the last surviving member of the Saiyan royal family, Prince Vegeta.

=Movie=

In the movie, Paragus approaches Vegeta, and requests that he come and be the ruler of New Vegeta, a planet for any Saiyans who survived Planet Vegeta's destruction. Paragus then tells him, in order to persuade him, that he needs his help fighting the Legendary Super Saiyan, who had been destroying planets in the South Galaxy. Vegeta agrees and leaves along with Gohan, Trunks, Krillin, Master Roshi, and Oolong. Once on New Vegeta, Paragus tells them that there has been another attack by the Legendary Super Saiyan, and send Vegeta with Broly to investigate. When Goku arrives on the planet, Broly starts to go Super Saiyan, and Paragus uses a mind control device he placed on him as a teenager to get him back into check. Paragus tells Goku of Broly's brith, and how he started out with a power level of 10,000, a level which is considered to be elite among adult Saiyans. Goku, who was in the bed next to Broly, constantly cried, preventing Broly from sleeping and creating insanity in the newborn child.

Later, Broly attacks Goku once, and is able to best Goku, forcing him to flee, and making Goku realize that it was Broly who was the Legendary Super Saiyan all along, and destroying Paragus' plan. Paragus barely manages to get Broly under control, and reveals that he wants to make Saiyans the rulers of the Universe, using Earth as their home planet. Vegeta tries to fight Broly, but after not even scratching him Vegeta resorts his most powerful attack, the Big Bang Attack, and Broly, though unscratched, breaks free of Paragus' control.

Paragus tries to escape the planet, knowing that a meteor would soon hit. He hoped that Broly, who was now on rampage, would be killed in the process. However, Broly crushes his escape pod, killing him in the process.