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18 evil scientist's bring in a jar and
his robot companion okay points been
made moving on androids 19 and 20 the
latter commonly being known as dr. zero
are intriguing villains design-wise
concept wise they really take the
science fiction angle the series adopted
in the last arc and ramped it up to 11
the red ribbon army had already
introduced the concept of androids way
back in the early days of the franchise
but here we see the concept fully
fleshed out as the driving force of the
story doctor zero being the mastermind
behind the original red ribbon androids
is a really cool concept and as a
revenge tale it definitely should work
on paper unfortunately it falls short
for a couple of reasons
a good portion we can chalk up to
executive meddling but we'll get to that
their first appearance in this series is
one of the most violent disturbing chain
of events to take place in the series
and immediately establishes these two as
both a threat to our heroes and to
humanity they make no qualms murdering
innocent people around them as well as
putting a hand straight through yon
chest chest in a sequence that frankly
is unsettling on every level it's such a
brilliant beginning to these two
characters that unfortunately just
fizzles out by the end yeah and there's
a reason for that oddly enough it comes
down to their designs you see a Chinese
doll in an old man dressed for a trip on
the Titanic aren't exactly the first
visuals that come to mind when you think
about major Dragon Ball villains which
is exactly what Toriyama previous editor
Kazuhiko Torishima thought in an
interview in Shenlong times number two
Toriyama quotes Tori Shima I thought
that the enemies had finally come but
aren't these just a geezer and a fatso
Toriyama had not planned for another set
of villains so he ended up scrapping
them for Android 17 and 18 this does
little to affect our ranking of course
but it does explain why they start so
strong and then are so quickly set aside
for their younger counterparts but
ultimately there's a lot of enjoyment to
be pulled from these creepy mechanical
bastards including giving Vegeta one of
the most badass Super Saiyan
transformations in the series and the
introduction of the Big Bang attack
thanks Android 19
you proved robots can feel fear 17
okay oh okay huh this idiots got a
terrifying design and a stick of being
the legendary Super Saiyan works well in
concept but it's poorly executed from
start to finish his motivation ranges
from week to laughable and two-thirds of
his films are out of garbage he only
made this list because it was impact on
the audience of the franchise and we all
wish you'd been stabbed a couple more
times as a baby as to save us from the
suffering of time to sit through his
film a collective five times they give
you the abridged version
speaking of which we hope you enjoy it
we loved working on it and we love you
all so much next 16 you'll have to
excuse us as it's only going to be
myself and Kaiser this time yeah for
some reason Chuck has been tied up and
gagged in the storage room
I hope he's all right nappa isn't
exactly the first character that people
think of when they hear best Dragon Ball
villains least not till we became a
thing anyway but back padding aside he's
actually a very effective enemy in the
Saiyan saga the death of major
characters up until this point was
something that the franchise had already
become familiar with but the utter
onslaught nappa lays down is nothing
short of monstrous and it all climaxes
with the death of the only character who
absolutely could not die effectively
taking away their get out of death free
card and setting up for the entire next
arc his design is intimidating his
actions are ferocious but his
personality is pretty run-of-the-mill
meathead death machine sure he's got
some great expressions but his
standalone personality leaves him better
suited to being a lackey than serving as
a primary threat that being said he
fills that job better than almost any
other character in the franchise not to
mention he's also part of one of the
biggest memes ever guys the heck hey hey
hey kids do y'all like violence
chugga-chugga get back in the room there
is no talking now there is only napa 15
know who was a fun villain pure wood if
you took him but then made him effective
you'd have King Piccolo or Frieza
okay bye what about garlic jr. what
about garlic jr. the guy's the only
villain in the franchise to actually get
his wish for immortality
no outside of a certain series that
recently was released but we're not
talking about that right now
unlike King Piccolo who wish for his
youth back like an idiot he
goes straight for immortality what's
more he has a background that's firmly
rooted in the lore of the franchise
being the disgraced son of a banished
would-be commie out for revenge is a
really neat concept while not a lot is
done with it it's definitely a backstory
that helps pull together a great group
of characters to fight including commie
he's also such a great looking character
a vicious little gremlin clad in robes
he really does look like Emperor pilaf
evil twin brother and it kind of works
his henchmen also sports some neat
designs though they mostly serve to give
Goku and piccolo some fantastic fight
scenes his transformed state on the
other hand well not bad doesn't really
have much going for it wait does bad new
transformation started with garlic jr.
huh
maybe Toriyama did borrow more from the
anime than we thought either way he's a
pretty effective villain who still left
a heavy impact on the franchise as a
whole kiyah he also had a thug in the
show but we're not gonna talk about that
it's garbage and we all know it's
garbage but deadzone is a delight for
fans of both the original Dragon Ball
and its follow-up Z and garlic juniors
design along with this concept certainly
add to that now if only he hadn't gone
full hubris and opened the dead zone
effectively the only thing that could
beat him never go full hubris 14 imagine
being a kid who grew up watching
Dragonball like the original Dragon Ball
you've seen son Goku grow from a young
boy into a man and now he's got a wife a
kid a family you think this is where the
series would end right instead Toriyama
decides he's going to shake up the very
foundation of the series a whole four
years into the manga serialization by
introducing the main characters
long-lost brother Raddatz let's be frank
Raddatz is not a great villain he's
there for a total of five episodes of
the anime and a total of 10 manga
chapters after his appearance he is soon
forgotten and only ever referenced in
the sand Sokka as a measuring stick for
Vegeta and nappa his personality also
doesn't have much that sets him apart
though his savagery as an interplanetary
destroyer of races definitely sets him
apart from the villains before him he's
also got a ridiculously memorable design
with his long hair and intimidating
figure
do you think it takes him to dry that
hair by the way because in three hours
to a hot day you're assuming Saints
bathe oh man imagine being stuck in one
of those pods for an entire year i reek
of sweat after a good night's sleep
either way he looks awesome and his
battle with Goku and piccolo is also
particularly memorable they pull out all
the stops to beat him and it takes the
sacrifice of Goku the main character to
finally take the pineapple head down
it's an amazing scene to the
makankosappo is certainly not wasted on
Raddatz unfortunately what is wasted is
opportunity they introduced the main
characters brother as an antagonistic
force but he's eliminated almost as soon
as he's introduced ten chapters out of
the 519 is pretty sad but that doesn't
change what his appearance meant for the
franchise in the impact he had on the
fan base regardless
oh brother where art thou all right he's
in hell let's never talk about this
again thirteen Kaiser don't freak out
huh dude Kaiser just calm down
I don't I'm okay guys I'm cool Kaiser
please stop yelling at us guys it's fine
babies kind of cool excuse you look I
hate GT as much the next guy as long as
the next guy has a hatred that spans
multiverses but like you said it
happened trying to ignore what it meant
to the franchise would be doing a
disservice to it as a whole I'm not just
gonna dismiss it whole hog and I'm going
to recognize that baby was a really neat
concept his backstory is rather
convoluted but to sum it up baby is the
creation of the toughest a race invented
for the anime as a warring collective
against the Saiyans while the Saiyans
were depicted as brutish bloodthirsty
warriors the toughest demonstrated
advanced technology that overpowered the
might of the Saiyans they were captured
on planet Tuffle a reformed planet plant
which then became planet Vegeta
after the full moon rose and it just
gets really confusing you can boil
baby's motivation down to you guys took
my planet I want it back
so this planet hopping parasite takes a
few bodies claims Vegeta's and by the
time goku and KO return the entire
planet is possessed by this conniving
little devil when it comes to feats of
villainy it's hard to top actually
taking over the planet
I know I'm not alone in my problems with
baby though he does possess Vegeta
effectively removing him from the entire
arc which is a huge disservice to the
character same thing happens to you
while the inception of my job is
touching he amounts to nothing his
backstory is incredibly confusing and
his design is pretty bad but a single
motivation does provide a new stage for
noteworthy Saiyan imagery planet Vegeta
comes back in control of a Vegeta the
earth serves as a surrogate for the moon
in Goku Super Saiyan for transformation
and baby revives the great ape form with
a golden tinge this time it's a fun
highlight of what defines the Saiyans as
we saw them in the past
he definitely asked problems but as far
as villains go he actually executed some
pretty nasty stuff his arc is maybe the
best that GT ever had and while still
mediocre too bad at parts
baby's origins and motivations propelled
the transformation to Super Saiyan for
his Goku die his body hair like where
did his pants come from wasn't he a kid
his arc has a lot of great moments that
unfortunately just don't salvage it as a
character he's petulant and sniveling
rather than insidious but as a villain
baby certainly is memorable
he may be final bad had something to do
with that oh look something worse than
GT itself
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