Though Piccolo was shown to know the language, and some of his powers and techniques are of Namekian origin, even replicating Grand Elder Guru's throne. While still having a stern demeanor for the most part, Piccolo showed genuine compassion for all living being beyond those he deemed a friend, as he tried to get Cell to spare the man in Ginger Town. This action was one of the things in Goku's mind that resulted in Goku becoming a Super Saiyan again. Piccolo then takes a shot that was meant for Gohan, this time, both of his arms are shot off, however Piccolo regenerates once again. Despite Piccolo's devastating attacks, Mutaito lived. Piccolo has also been shown to have a very warped and twisted sense of hu… Piccolo first appears during the altered timeline of the Saiyan conflict fighting Raditz alongside Goku. Unlike most Namekians, Piccolo has a history of consuming solid food in addition to the Namekian's normally liquid diet of water. On the way they encountered Mr. Satan and Piccolo picked him up, seeing in him the beginnings of a true hero. As part of entertaining himself, he institutes several evil policies such as releasing all criminals and a more planned system of destruction. Piccolo decides to use this opportunity to try and destroy them, thereby preventing them from being absorbed by Imperfect Cell. When Beerus is angered by Majin Buu for not sharing any pudding, Piccolo teams up with Tien Shinhan and Android 18 to challenge Beerus. After Majin Piccolo is beaten, he calms down and returns to his old self. In this state, he has obtained his full potential. — After sensing the bad energy leaving Earth. In Dragon Ball Z: The World's Strongest, Piccolo easily takes down a group of Bio-Men but is taken down himself after being ambushed by the three Bio-Warriors. Piccolo participates in the Intergalactic Tournament, where after easily making it through the first round, he faces off against Krillin in the final eight. During his wandering, he encounters a family celebrating the birthday of a young boy named Tai. Piccolo manages to save 18 from being knocked out of the arena by Gamisalas. Raditz smirks at Piccolo's demands, to which Piccolo retaliates with a Destructive Wave. While waiting the hour needed for them to recover and fuse again, Piccolo observes the changes in Majin Buu, brought about by his friendship with Mr. Satan, a human who fraudulently took credit for defeating Cell and therefore became regarded as the world's greatest hero. You've lived off my friends' bodies long enough! Later on, Babidi and his army arrive on Earth and get involved with the conflict between King Piccolo and the androids, turning it into a three-way war. On his robe he has a red colored kanji that means \"God\". During the Tournament of Power, in the anime, rather than going off on his own, Piccolo chose to remain with Gohan, Krillin, Tien Shinhan and Master Roshi - they launched an assault that caused little to no damage against Lavender, Botamo, Comfrey, Shosa and Dercori. The second match between Goku and Uub, Piccolo could tell that Goku hasn't been that happy in a long time. After witnessing both Piccolo being heavily wounded, and Krillin being blown to pieces by Frieza, Goku finally had enough and unleashed his hidden Super Saiyan powers. Piccolo watches as Vegeta knocks the two kids unconscious. Piccolo's fully charged Special Beam Cannon is also powerful enough to pierce through Kamioren. Debuts Super Dragon Ball Heroes: Big Bang Mission!!! In the Baby Saga, Piccolo detects the evil presence of Baby after he possess Goten and then shows up briefly after Baby transfers bodies to Gohan. However, Piccolo thinks that it will take a long time for the boys to master Fusion, and many innocent lives will be lost to Majin Buu in the meantime. Piccolo then witnessed Goku's noble sacrifice as he teleported himself and a self-destructing Cell (who tried to blow himself up along with the Earth) to King Kai's Planet, which was destroyed along with everybody who was present at the time (Goku, King Kai, Bubbles, and, in the anime, Gregory). In Dragon Ball GT, his compassion and selflessness was even willing to sacrifice his life permanently to make sure the Black Star Dragon Balls remained unusable. Main article: Dragon Ball Z: Plan to Eradicate the Saiyans. While Majin Buu returned to challenge Beerus, Dende senses Beerus's ki as a god's and makes Piccolo aware of it. Piccolo decides to leave the Lookout to check out the situation and eventually confronts the Marcereni gang in their ship that he sensed. Thanks to his usage of the Pokopen ability, King Piccolo was able to "reincarnate" himself as Piccolo Jr. (ピッコロ・ジュニア, Pikkoro Junia). After Trunks retrieves the Dragon Radar, Goku returns to The Lookout. An enraged King Piccolo prepares to spit one final egg. It's a real showstopper!" Also, during the worldwide announcement of his takeover, Piccolo stated that he deeply sympathizes with the criminals. King Piccolo maintains a height much greater than most Namekians at all times. Piccolo was able to briefly fight on par with Saonel, and was able to blast him away with a ki blast when Gohan caught his hand. He attempted to drive relatively safely, but his driving instructor, Cynthia, proved to be a terrible influence, as she encouraged Piccolo to drive recklessly while Goku was driving recklessly against his instructor's wishes. It was part of his plan though and once Gotenks appeared, he sprung his trap to absorb him for his power and also Piccolo for his intelligence. Manga Debut While waiting, he explains to Videl how Super Buu knows about her father and his achievement of taming Mr. Buu. When the smaller but more powerful Saiyan named Vegeta detects that Goku is arriving, and that he is more powerful than anticipated (being read at 5,000 without powering up, already), he orders Nappa to quickly kill the remaining defenders, as their working with Goku might result in a challenge. Main article: Dragon Ball Z: The Real 4-D Drained, Piccolo and the others are beaten by Shimorekka and Yunba until they ordered to return by Saganbo. "Hahaha you fool! Main articles: Namekian Fusion, Super Namekian, and Nameless Namekian. After Goku defeats Kefla, Piccolo and Gohan resume there battle with Saonel and Pilina. Piccolo says its an attack that focuses energy in one point like the Special Beam Cannon and is shot from far away. — "King Piccolo's Wish". After Gogeta, Jiren and Hit destroy it with a combined blast, Piccolo blasts away at the remaining fragments while Gogeta charges ahead. Later in the battle, when Nappa attempts to finish off Krillin with a final blast, Piccolo saves him just in time with a small hand blast launched at Nappa's back. Goku says that he probably has only an hour left of his remaining time on Earth to the boys. By the way, the one who named her “Koge” was my wife." Age 461 Piccolo and the others are joined by a fully recovered Gohan and Kibito, and then hide on a mountain top near Babidi's ship and watch as he destroys the two human pawns as "their job was done". In anime, Piccolo and the other Z Fighters fail to hurt Super Perfect Cell during his beam clash with Gohan; only annoying him, before being pushed aside when he flares up his aura. 12 Ki Multiplier is 130% Demon King Piccolo has been the Local Ranking Reward from World Tournament n°34; World Tournament n°34 ↑ Raises DEF by 30% for 1 turn He also has a more solid facial structure with less pronounced cheekbones, a rounder chin, and a straight nose. Being the concentrated evil that lived within the Nameless Namekian, King Piccolo's personality is the exact opposite of his good counterpart, Kami; as he is presented as a cold, ruthless, sadistic, and power-hungry villain with little to no sense of compassion whatsoever. Piccolo surprised at Super Saiyan 3 Gotenks. Piccolo wonders what the sphere does, and the two are attacked once again. Demonic Namekian[2] We were just so glad. He also finds a still barely alive Babidi, who survived due to his ability to conjure barriers. Death Date(s) After Tien cannot fight any longer, King Piccolo orders Drum to finish Tien off, but a much stronger Goku arrives just in time and quickly kills Drum with a kick to the head so hard that it knocks his eyeballs out. Anime Piccolo and the others follow the youth, who tells them when and where Goku will be arriving. Piccolo drops down to inspect the crippled Namekian and they begin to converse. Gohan apologizes and says he will get serious now and asks Piccolo to do it again as it will work. It is unknown if Piccolo joined the Earth's Martial artists, Kikoukenjutsu Sword School Swordsmen, and remaining Z Fighters in fighting off the invasion after the Frieza Force defeated the Earth's Royal Army, though a year later his comrades Krillin and Tien who did fight both founded new iterations of, the Turtle School and Crane School respectively as Master Roshi retires from teaching. ", Piccolo seeing an image of Perfect Cell in the Hyperbolic Time Chamber. In Dokkan Battle, it is named Piccolo (Fused With Kami) and is accessible via activating Piccolo's Fuse With Kami Active Skill for his Kami and Demon King United Piccolo card. When she gave birth (since she’s female), we were really, really worried, and we made a huge fuss. After his defeat at the hands of Goku, Piccolo vowed to continue his quest to avenge his father and kill Goku, and flies off into the sky. Against the strongest warrior in the Frieza Force, Shisami, Piccolo was able to hold his own, stating to Gohan that he would have won even if Gohan had not stepped in. Thanks to the Warrior's efforts the Tournament with Universe 6 ends in a victory for Universe 7 like in the original timeline. Krillin finds the lab and alerts the others, but they arrive too late and the Androids are activated. On the front cover of the VIZBIG EDITION of DRAGONBALL VOL. In Dokkan Battle, this form is called Piccolo (Brainwashed) and it appears as a non-playable boss character during the main story, having been brainwashed by Dr. Kochin and Dr. Gero. The Warrior however is separated while fighting the Dark Magic enhanced Saibamen, resulting in the deaths of Yamcha and Tien who are both killed by a Saibaman Bomb. This resulted in two beings — the concentrated evil being known as King Piccolo, and the pure being known as Kami. Goku demonstrates the moves for the Fusion dance and everyone is speechless. Piccolo, Goku, and Vegeta then see Beerus who demands they select their slots of who fights when: Goku fights first, Piccolo second, Vegeta third, and Monaka fourth. It is assumed that Tien Shinhan and Chiaotzu died as well. Gohan and Piccolo hide. From there he first faced off against Goku's friend Krillin. Piccolo is frequently seen meditating in quiet places and drinking thawed ice water in the north area. In the sequel video game Dragon Ball Z: Supersonic Warriors 2, Piccolo goes under the influence of Babidi, increasing his power above Super Buu's as well, and later absorbs Super Buu's power, becoming much stronger. In the anime Mutaito and Roshi instead track Piccolo down for the final confrontation, which by this time the majority of Earth's population had been slaughtered. After Piccolo's training in the Hyperbolic Time Chamber for a day, Goku states that Piccolo has become a lot stronger but is still no match for Perfect Cell. King Piccolo's Demon Clan is a Demon Clan led by the Demon King Piccolo and comprised of his children. The Androids did not know of his ability to go Super Saiyan, and therefore his true strength. Meanwhile, some of King Piccolo's children had survived the King Piccolo wars with some being secretly incubated in places such as Pilaf’s castle, and others that had bred naturally in the wild. When the battle takes to the air, Raditz fires two energy waves downwards at Goku and Piccolo. At over eight feet tall, King Piccolo is by far one of the tallest and largest of the villains in the original Dragon Ball series, towering over all his opponents, including Master Mutaito, Master Roshi, Tien Shinhan, and Goku. Also, with his superior combat experience and ingenuity, he was able to keep up with the android's unlimited energy to gain a slight advantage over the foe. One of Guru's children named Moolin hears these stories and inspired by King Piccolo starts causing childish mischief while calling himself Demon King Moolin. Piccolo (ピッコロ, Pikkoro) (fully named Piccolo Jr. (ピッコロ・ジュニア, Pikkoro Junia)) is a Namekian and the reincarnation of King Piccolo who appears as a major character in the Dragon Ball Series. Seeing the state of the Tournament, Gohan, Piccolo, Tien and Master Roshi decide to fight separately. In the flashback, Piccolo is seen when Goku and Vegeta successfully fuse into Gogeta. In the midst of this, some Dragon clansmen started to research these mutants and were able to master handling them. Just as our heroes rejoice, Frieza towers above them revealing to still be alive, and shoots a powerful beam meant for Goku (in the anime only, for in the manga he intended to finish Piccolo and the others first all along, and as such aimed at him immediately), but Piccolo bravely takes the hit for his former rival and falls to the ground on the verge of death. After shaking hands with Goku, Piccolo realises that Goku will go with Shenron. When the picking the tournament fighters' places, Piccolo, along with Dende, over hears Goku claim Uub as the reincarnation of Majin Buu. Bulma informs the group that Android 20 is actually Dr. Gero, who reconstructed himself into an Android, and of the location of his lab in North City. After a bit less than thirty minutes, Super Buu loses patience and demands to fight their warrior immediately. The Electric Rice Cooker King Piccolo was sealed in was thrown into Isuri's Lake, the location of his throne. All of a sudden, Babidi transmits another message into the minds of all the people of Earth. with several thousands of humans absorbed, Dragon Ball Z: Scouter Battle Taikan Kamehameha - Ora to Omee to Scouter, Dragon Ball Z: Shin Budokai - Another Road, Dragon Ball Z Gaiden: Shin Saiyajin Zetsumetsu Keikaku - Chikyū-Hen, Dragon Ball Z Gaiden: Saiyajin Zetsumetsu Keikaku, Dragon Ball Z: Idainaru Son Goku Densetsu, Dragon Ball Z Gaiden: Shin Saiyajin Zetsumetsu Keikaku - Uchū-Hen, Dragon Ball Z: Super Gokuden: Totsugeki-Hen, Dragon Ball Z: Super Gokuden: Kakusei-Hen, Dragon Ball Z: Collectible CD Picture Cards, Dragon Ball Z: Battle Taikan Kamehameha 2 - Ossu Omee Gokū Tenkaichi Budōkai, Dragon Ball Z × One Piece: Battle Taikan Gomu Gomu no Kamehameha - Omee no Koe de Ora o Yobu. Piccolo says that even if Vegeta were alive, he would never have done this, and Goku isn't sure why. Piccolo is startled after Goku transforms because his power is much lower than it should be. Piccolo is among the Z Fighters who traveled to New Namek to aid the Namekians from the new threat of the Big Gete Star. Later King Piccolo escapes Hell as a result of Ultra Pinich actions and confronts Tekka's Team to seek revenge on Kid Goku. When King Piccolo senses that Cymbal has been killed, he orders Tambourine to hunt down the assassin. Goku also admits their taking a risk, but after seeing Goten and Trunks' potential, he thinks it is worth a try. When the Namekians find a planet suitable to be New Namek, Piccolo declines to travel with them, and he stays on Earth with Gohan to protect and watch over the boy. "Enter King Piccolo" On returning to normal, the first thing Piccolo senses is the awesome power of Majin Buu and in the field in front of them, he sees a badly beaten Shin about to be turned into a snack for the monster. Piccolo arrives alongside Vegeta and Krillin to save Goku when he is about to be killed by Frieza. Relatives KamiNaraku. Piccolo and the others give their energy to Vegeta so that he can pass it on to Goku in an attempt to revitalise him though this only proves enough to transform him into Super Saiyan Blue. Piccolo is later freed and Demigra's Mirage leaves while Demigra maintains control over Dark Super Buu, which Gotenks and the Warrior manage to work together until Ultimate Gohan arrives. Future Trunks returns from his timeline, Piccolo goes to Capsule Corporation to see what happening. The Androids choose to fight in a desolate region filled with rocky hills. The fight however is unable to be finished due to Goku and Kefla's fight interrupting all other fights. PiccoloMa JuniorDemon JuniorGreen Man (by Raditz)SatanLittle Green Bug (by Broly)[1] — Piccolo, Piccolo and Goku fighting Broly in Broly - The Legendary Super Saiyan. Piccolo continues investigating unusual circumstances on Earth, discovering the forces of the Red Pants Army, Paella Gang, Frieza Force remnants, & Time Breakers. He gets serious and charges up all his power into his Special Beam Cannon as Gohan is dominating both Saonel and Pilina. Piccolo rarely smiles and enjoys solitude. Piccolo's ability to become a Great Namekian is among the abilities copied by Seven-Three during the Galactic Patrol Prisoner Saga indicating Piccolo still has the ability to become a Great Namekian despite having lost his Demon Clansman status. King Piccolo's Demon Clan is a Demon Clan led by the Demon King Piccolo and comprised of his children. As Goku was forced to do after his noble death, Piccolo travels down the winding Snake Way to King Kai's Planet. — "Prelude to Vengeance", King Piccolo King Piccolo then throws rocks at Goku with great force, costing the young hero the use of his legs and left arm. So, Goku wants Piccolo to try it with him to show the boys, but Piccolo is quite reluctant. Piccolo relents and starts leading Super Buu to the Hyperbolic Time Chamber, taking the long way to maximize the time it will take, but Buu quickly becomes aware of the ruse and demands for him to take him there immediately. He was able to withstand Hermila's Ki Blasts, albeit losing both arms. Weight When Future Trunks gets involved with the fight after Vegeta receives a serious kick that breaks his arm, Piccolo also charges in, but both are quickly swatted down by Android 17. The day before the tournament, Piccolo saves a kid from falling rubble, but then people run away after they see him. Not even bothering to look at his opponent, Krillin charges forward and into Piccolo's cape where he soon after almost falls into the sea. While it is unknown if he ever learned any of King Kai's secret techniques, Piccolo's power does increase so significantly that even Nail (a Warrior-type Namekian with a power level of 42,000) notes it as unbelievable. Piccolo during his battle with Android 17. He has demonstrated on many occasions that he is willing to do anything to accomplish his goals, regardless of how many innocent lives need to be taken in the process. His Name Is Ginyu!! "Lost and Found" The first was when he fused with Nail, and the second time was after he fused with Kami, his powers surpassed that of Goku and Vegeta's, Piccolo is one of several enemies or rivals to become an ally or friend. Piccolo then swallows the bottle, making chances of freeing Kami to seem very slim since what is apparently the only way to rescue Kami is to kill Piccolo and if that happens, Kami will also die. Again sensing that another of his sons has been killed, feeling pain, King Piccolo decides to deal with the fighter responsible personally. Show yourself!" Though his treatment to Gohan is initially harsh, leaving him alone in the Wasteland for six months to raise his survival techniques, then brutally training the boy for the next six months, he begins to warm up to Gohan, and the two form an unbreakable bond. Before they can decide what to do with the egg, Piccolo hatches. During the second ending, a spiritual manifestation of Piccolo appears along with Goku, Gohan, Vegeta, and Krillin who lend the Future Warrior power which allows them to kill Demigra with a Z-Spirit Kamehameha. In Age 762, the Warrior joins the other Z Fighters in taking on Nappa and Vegeta. Strangely, King Piccolo is shown to know he is a Namekian in, Despite not being referred to as Piccolo Daimao in the English dub, an attack increase item in, Despite being a Namekian, who is stated to only need water for nourishment, in anime, This trait of eating solid food was inherited by his final son/reincarnation as the young Piccolo Junior is shown eating a fish while living in the wilderness. With Seven-Three having pursued Piccolo, the two begin a battle where each uses the same abilities with the same level of power however Piccolo comes off the worse due to Seven-Three having an infinite amount of stamina. King Piccolo summons Shenron forth ready to make his wish. Piccolo continued to observe the battle until Gotenks, just as he had a possible chance to defeat Super Buu with his enormous strength, reverted to his base form shortly before the fusion itself wore off. While training Goku's young son, Gohan, while originally only for to prepare for the coming Saiyans, Piccolo's heart and motives quickly begin to change as the boy takes his time to talk with Piccolo and have normal discussions that do not result in a violent outbreak, this stemming from Gohan agreeing on Goku's views of Piccolo now being more grumpy than truly evil. — Piccolo angrily responds to Trunks stating he and Goten can easily kill Majin Buu. Piccolo takes on one of the seven Cell Jrs. Height — Piccolo challenging an infected Baby Gohan, Piccolo spends his last moments alive on Earth before it explodes. This makes Raditz ultimately ignore Piccolo in favor of his true target (whose power reading he had initially mistaken Piccolo's for due to their similar levels of progress), his younger brother Kakarot, who turned out to be Goku. When he first appears in per… The saga spans from episodes 102 to 122 and adapts chapters 135 to 161 from Part I of the Dragon Ball manga. It is implied that Piccolo is stronger than Goten and Trunks, as when Gotenks' fusion wears off inside Buu, Piccolo's traits become dominant - and it is said that Buu's strongest absorption victim is the one who he shows dominant traits of. Gohan's heart stopped so Piccolo restarted it with a Kiai Defibrillation. You probably can’t tell what’s what since she’s jet-black, but anyway, it’s Koge. Dragon Ball: Revenge of King Piccolo, released in Japan as Dragon Ball: World's Greatest Adventure (ドラゴンボール天下一大冒険, Doragon Bōru Tenkaichi Daibōken), is a video game based on the anime and manga series Dragon Ball. Piccolo Jr. (ピッコロ・ジュニア, Pikkoro Junia, lit. At first, the name "Piccolo" was a reference to the wind instrument, but then a revelation by Mr. Popo to Bulma meant it translated to "different world" in Namekian. He manages to take several down, outlasting the other Z-Fighters and eventually takes the remaining Guards out with a devastating attack. Piccolo fighting Goku at the World Tournament. Piccolo easily overwhelms Gohan in his Super Saiyan 2 form, but falls short of Gohan's reawakened Potential Unleashed form. They are the main antagonists of the King Piccolo Saga in Dragon Ball. They are attacked by Lavender, Botamo, Comfrey, Shosa and Dercori. Piccolo, fully enraged, roars at them to get going and pick a name, upon which the fusion decides upon "Gogeta" and uses Instant Transmission to return to face off against Broly. — "Buu Against Buu", Piccolo and Dende sensing Super Buu's first appearance. Gohan and Piccolo decide to move to an area with rubble without the attacker seeing them. He later attempts to get to the Big Gete Star in order to rescue the others, but is forced to fight a Meta-Cooler, shocked as to how it got there so quickly, not realizing that the Meta-Cooler fighting against Goku was actually just one of an entire line of them. ピッコロ大だい魔ま王おう Without any other options, Piccolo uses his desperation attack, the Light Grenade, and destroys the island that they were fighting on. His special techniques often allow him to damage opponents with raw power higher than his own by concentrating it into a single attack, most notably the Special Beam Cannon. Piccolo follows Raditz to Kame House, where Goku and his child Gohan went to meet up with old friends, Piccolo learns of Raditz's plan to destroy humanity by hiding behind the house and listening in to the conversation with his strong hearing abilities. Five days later, Piccolo is attending the tournament on the Nameless Planet because he has been selected by Goku to participate on Beerus' team, he along with Goku, Vegeta, Majin Buu, and the strongest fighter Beerus has ever fought. Along with Android 17, the pair unleash a fast assault on Kamioren that begins to make them crack a part. Eventually, he and the rest of the characters somehow managed to teleport inside the Capsule Corporation ship shortly after Broly's defeat.