Note: This page only details the villainous exploits of Piccolo. For a in-depth look at him and his more heroic actions, view his page on the Heroes Wiki.
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| “ | Fool! Never believe anything the enemy tells you. | „ |
| ~ Piccolo |
Piccolo Jr., also known as Kamiccolo, is a major character in the Dragon Ball franchise. He initially appeared as the main antagonist in the Piccolo Jr. Saga in the original Dragon Ball anime, but Piccolo Jr. he reforms early in Dragon Ball Z and becomes a hero. He was first thought to be a demon, but it is revealed that he is actually a member of the Dragon Clan, a faction of Namekians, aliens who are native to Planet Namek.
In Japanese, he was voiced by Toshio Furukawa as an adult and Hiromi Tsuru as a child. In English, he has been voiced by Christopher Sabat, Ethan Cole, Scott McNeil, Paul Bandey, David Gasman, Daniel Woren, Raymond Buyco, and Ray Chase across various appearances.
Biography[]
Dragon Ball[]
After being dealt a fatal blow by Son Goku, King Piccolo's last action is to spit out an egg, which contains his last son and his reincarnation, Ma Junior. Determined to avenge his father’s death, he spends the next three years training for the next World Martial Arts Tournament in which he knew Goku would be competing. Ma Junior plans to kill him, then take over the world as his father had hoped to. As the tournament rolls around, Ma Junior (having matured to a teenager physically) enters, but uses that name instead his father/predecessor's name.
He easily wins the preliminaries and makes it into the finals, first facing Goku's friend Krillin. Though surprised by his resilience and getting hit by one of his attacks, Ma Junior defeats Kuririn without too much trouble, even thinking he would kill the monk at one point. After that, his opponent is a geeky looking but strong human named Shen, whom Ma Junior realizes is being possessed by his counterpart, Kami. As they fight, Shen tries to use the Mafuba to seal his evil half into a container but Ma Junior actually reflects it back at Kami, sealing him away instead, and swallows the container. This makes Goku's chances of freeing Earth’s guardian almost impossible, since they both know he will have to kill Ma Junior to rescue Kami, but that will just kill Kami as well.
Later, Goku reveals Ma Junior's identity as Piccolo, along with the story about how he and Kami split into two entities a long time ago. The final match is what Piccolo has been waiting for: his rematch against Goku. Despite his new assortment of moves, Piccolo finds his adversary using many of them to his advantage, even when he grows to giant size. Goku tricks him into getting so big that he manages to go down Piccolo's throat and save Kami. However, the villain is not done, even when Goku uses his Meteor Combination attack against him. He successfully cripples Goku's arm and legs and states he will not make the same mistake his father had (leaving Goku one good arm). Piccolo finally loses after Goku uses flight for the first time and knocks him out with a headbutt. Piccolo is at Goku's mercy, but his nemesis decides to spare his life (because if Piccolo dies, so will Kami), giving him a Senzu bean to heal his wounds in order to not jeopardize Kami’s life because he is connected with Piccolo. Despite this kindness, Piccolo swears to destroy his rival and conquer the world, before leaving.
Dragon Ball Z[]
Saiyan Saga[]
As five years pass, Piccolo continues to train to avenge his father and kill Son Goku, when one day he encounters a Saiyan, Raditz. The alien has been using his scouter to try and find his brother Kakarot and eventually, Piccolo uses his one of most powerful techniques at the time, the Destructive Wave. This does nothing to Raditz, much to Piccolo's shock, and the Saiyan leaves after his scouter picks up the power level of Kakarot (revealed to be Goku). Piccolo follows him to Kame House, where, after learning of Raditz’s plans to wipe out humanity, he offers Goku a temporary alliance to fight this new threat as he wants to take over the world, not destroy it.
Despite the two of them fighting together, they are no match for the considerably stronger Raditz and Piccolo even loses an arm in the fight, but after Goku’s son, Son Gohan, (who Raditz had kidnapped) lands a powerful attack on him, Piccolo manages to finish him with his new technique, the Makankosappo. However, Goku gives his life in the process by holding Raditz in place, so Piccolo does somewhat manage to avenge his father. But before he dies, Raditz tricks Piccolo into telling him about the Dragon Balls and reveals everything had been heard by two far more powerful Saiyans, Nappa and Vegeta, who would arrive on Earth in a year. Piccolo angrily finishes Raditz with a final blow, rather than making him suffer, which Kami points out is an indication his other half is changing.
In order to prepare for the new enemies coming to Earth, Piccolo brings Gohan to the Break Wastelands to train, having seen great potential in the boy. Though at first, he acts very harshly towards Gohan, he slowly warms up to the half-Saiyan and begins to really care about him, even asking him if he is alright after going too far during their latest sparing session. After Vegeta and Nappa arrive on Earth, Piccolo, Gohan, Kuririn, Tenshinhan, and Chaozu, Yamcha confront them. Goku has been wished back to life by that time, but it will take a while for him to get to the battle. However, Piccolo learns from the Saiyans that he is an extraterrestrial Namekian, not a demon like he had thought. The Saiyans start by growing a group of Saibamen, plant-based creatures with the same power level as Raditz. The Z Warriors fight them until Yamcha is killed by one that uses a self-destruction move.
An enraged Kuririn uses a technique to destroy most of the remaining Saibamen and Piccolo takes out the last one as it attacks Gohan. Nappa fights the group next and Piccolo and the others are dominated in combat by the Saiyan. Tenshinhan and Chaozu are killed in the battle and, trying to think of a plan, the Namekian remembers how Goku grabbed Raditz’s tail, causing him great pain. However, when Piccolo tries the same thing on Nappa, the Saiyan reveals he and Vegeta have evolved beyond that weakness. The Namekian is knocked unconscious by Nappa, but he manages to get back to his feet and blast the Saiyan in the back at one point. After Vegeta detects that Goku is approaching, he orders Nappa to finish off Piccolo, Kuririn, and Gohan.
The Saiyan unleashes an extremely powerful blast against Gohan, but Piccolo leaps into the way of the blast, giving his life to save the boy. As he died, the Namekian tells Gohan he has made him soft and is the only one who has called him friend before dying and as a result, Kami died as well, making the Dragon Balls useless. After Goku defeats the Saiyans with the help of the remaining Z Fighters, Gohan, Kuririn, and Bulma set out for Namek so they can use the Dragon Balls there to wish back Piccolo and the others.
Relationships[]
Allies[]
- Son Gohan
- Son Goku
- Krillin
- Tenshinhan
- Chiaotzu
- Yamcha
- Vegeta
- Future Trunks
- Master Roshi
- Dende
- Android 18
Enemies[]
- Son Goku (formerly)
- Kami (formerly)
- Nappa
- Frieza
- King Cold
- Dr. Gero
- Android 17
- Cell
- Dabura
- Majin Buu
- Frost
External Links[]
- Piccolo on the Heroes Wiki
- Piccolo on the Dragon Ball Wiki
- Piccolo on the Magnificent Baddie Wiki
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