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Dragonball Anime Transformation Guide
Dragonball Z GT Transformations Guide
[Types of Transformations]
Since the show started, the creator of Dragonball, Akira Toriyama, really got
a taste for transformations of characters. That way, you could never tell if the
bad or the good guys had another trick up their sleeves. In this section you
will see a picture along with info on just about all of the transformations ever
seen. On this page is only a summary of the types of transformations featured in
the series.
Henshin:
This type of transformation is very commonly used in manga and anime. A
character builds up ki and changes his or her form. Henshin basically means
'changing forms'. Each consecutive form is more powerful than the one before.
The first transformation we see is the one from Zarbon, one of Frieza's
henchmen. He changes from a handsom guy into a frog-faced monster. Others who
used this type of transformation are Cooler, Frieza and Garlic jr. (although the
last one also uses the Makyo Star to power up).
 Absorption:
Powering up and changing form with the use of ki (and/or the Makyo Star) is one
thing, absorbing other beings to gain strength is a whole other ballgame. In
Dragonball two creatures use this type of transformation. The first one we get
to know as Cell. This creature is an android, #21, designed by Red Ribbon Army's
evil genious Dr. Gero. He designed this allmost totally biological android with
the help of DNA he gathered from all the strongest warriors on Earth. It has the
strength of a Super Saiyan, the regenerative powers of a Namek etc.. When it
hatched it only missed one thing: the strength of the Androids #17 and #18. Cell
absorbed both androids, one at a time, changing two times and reaching perfect
form. At a certain moment, #17 was removed from his being, which made him revert
to an earlier form.
The second character to use absorption, and the undefeated champion of absorption, was Buu. Buu is a creature that was created by the evil magician
Bibidi, over 5 milion years ago. He was so very evil and powerful that he was
able to defeat the Higher Gods of the Universe, the KaioShin, and he absorbed
several of them. After absorbing the Dai KaioShin (the most important KaioShin),
his evil was weakened because of the good of the Dai KaioShin. It also made him
take the form of this rather chubby God. In his weakened state Bibidi was able
to imprison Buu, after which Bibidi was destroyed by the East KaioShin, better
known as Shin. Bibidi's son Babidi succeeds in freeing Buu, and Buu starts
absorbing. First he splits up into an evil and a good Buu, and the Evil Buu
absorbs the Good one, making him change into Super Buu. Super Buu than absorbes
Piccolo, Gotenks and Gohan, each time changing form.
[People that use Transformations]
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Evil Buu
This is the pure evil side of Fat Buu
seperated out of his body. He is much stronger than Buu, and actually
manages to absorb his good half, and become the all powerful Super Buu. |
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Super Buu
After Evil Buu eats Fat Buu in cookie form,
he transforms into Super Buu. Super Buu gets a power increase and seems to
be a lot more intelligent and talkative than his previous forms were. |
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Super Buu (W/ Piccolo)
When Super Buu absorbs Piccolo, his
intelligence rises even further than it had before. He gains all of
Piccolo's attacks, too. |
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Super Buu (W/ Gotenks)
Super Buu cleverly absorbs Gotenks by
releasing Buu Goo from his body and surrounding Gotenks with it, thus
bringing him into his own body bycontrolling the goo. He gains some of
Gotenks powers as well as a longer head piece. |
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Super Buu (W/ Gohan)
After absorbing Gohan, Super Buu turns into
these even stronger form. At this point, it seems the Potara fusion of
Vegeta and Goku is the only thing stopping him. |
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Kid Buu
After Goku and Vegeta rescued everyone who
was inside Buu, he turns into his true form... Kid Buu! This form isn't as
talkative as the
others, but he packs quite a wallop. He can even learn attacks just by
seeing them in person. |
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Super Kid Buu
In a flashback we see in the series, Super
Kid Buu is shown after Kid Buu absorbs South Kaioshin. He kills two other
Kaioshin (North and West), East Kaioshin is able to escape before being
killed. He doesn't stop there however, he absorbs Dai Kaioshin which is
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Uub
After Kid Buu's defeat Goku makes a wish to
have him rencarnated as a good person. Uub (Buu spelt backwards) is the
result of this wish. We see him fight Goku on the very last episode of DBZ
they then go off to Kami's Lookout and train for 10 years. |
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Majuub
In DBGT Uub fuses with Fat Buu and gains his
ability to turns anything into chocolate along with Fat Buu's other moves
of course. He fires his turn into chocolate move at Baby Vegeta and lets
Baby turn the move back on Majuub turning him into chocolate instead.
Little did Baby know Majuub is strong enough to reverse this and starts
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Cell:
An android created by Dr. Gero, Cell not only knows
about his transformations before hand, but actually manages to achieve
them when he proves to be the weaker of his opponents! |
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Larva
Dr. Gero's super computer
created this small android from the cell's of the earth's greatest
fighters. Cell spent years of isolation in this form while the computer
programmed data into his brain. |
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Egg
His "shell" form (seen below) spawns from this egg. Bulma, Gohan
and Krillin find it. They soon realize something very powerful is about to
attack earth... |
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Shell
Cell breaks out of his egg, and turns into this.We don't really know how
much power he has in this stage, he just has to de-generate to it in the
alternate timeline. We never see this stage in the present. |
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Imperfect Form 1
This is the first form we see Cell in. His horns are extending outwards,
instead of upwards like in his later forms.He absorbs people by piercing
them with his sharp tail which allows him to suck the entire body: skin,
fluids brain and all, into himself. He does this to tons of innocent
humans. |
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Imperfect Form 2
After Cell absorbs #17, he reaches this form. Cell's power increases
dramatically and he gets a human-like mouth, too. When Vegeta battles
Cell, his pride dominates him and he allows Cell to absorb #18. Which
takes us to his "Perfect" form. |
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Perfect Cell
As I said above, after he absorbs #18 he turns into this form. This form
is so powerful that most of the Saiyans can't even injure him! He gains a
lot of familar attacks (Special Beam Cannon, Kamehameha, etc). Gohan in
his Super Saiyan 2 state is the only person who really has a chance
against this machine. |
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Perfect Cell Full Power
Cell gets so engraged that he turns into this form. He has a golden aura
around him, and has USSJ2-like abillities (muscle mass growth). This was
the same mistake that Trunks made, now Cell has a dramatic drop in speed
which makes him easier to hit for Gohan. |
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Cooler:
Brother of the evil Frieza, Cooler is able to take it a
step beyond his brother, and reach a fifth transformation. |
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Form 1 to 3
Although Cooler is never shown in any of his first three forms, we do know
they exist. When he arrives on Earth and is talking with Goku he explains
he is currently in his fourth form, and can even surpass it with a fifth. |
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Form 4
Unlike Frieza, Cooler prefers to stay in this form, and not use his 1st
form when out of combat. Cooler is not only stronger than Frieza when in
this form, but has much more control over it, and may explain why he could
surpass it. |
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Form 4 Full Power
After Goku powers up and proves to be stronger than Cooler, Cooler decides
to use what is thought to be his maximum level. Cooler's muscle mass and
strength increases greatly, however he still proves no match for SSJ Goku.
So thats why he goes one step beyond what his brother Frieza ever could. |
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Form 5
Although it is never exactly stated, it is assumed to be Cooler's ultimate
form. He gets an enormous power-up and proves far stronger than Goku. That
is, until Goku powers up. Once SSJ even the all powerful form 5 isn't good
enough. |
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Meta Cooler
After Cooler's previous defeat, parts of him lived on and actually become
absorbed by a robotic star. The star then started producing millions of
robotic type Meta Coolers. In this "upgraded" state he far
surpassed his previous strength and in addition can have any mistake or
flaw instantly fixed by the Big Ghetti Start when found. It is later shown
that these are not the real Cooler, and are all being controlled by part
of Coolers brain back in the Big Ghetti Star. |
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Frieza:
Thought to be the strongest being in the universe, this
evil ruler has many forms, and even one he tries out on Earth against
Future Trunks. |
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Form 1
Frieza is in this form for quite a while. Although it's his first form, no
one can seem to defeat him in it. When Vegeta eggs on Frieza to transform,
he does. |
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Form 2
Frieza is a bulky and taller in this form. Vegeta is no match for Frieza
now. Piccolo puts up quite a good fight, which makes Frieza want to
transform to Form 3. |
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Form 3
Frieza transforms into this reptile-like form when Piccolo begins
challenging him. He isn't in this form for very long. This is probably his
strangest looking form. |
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Form 4
Frieza's final form. Some of the Z Warriors thought he looked wimpy in
this form, but they were showed wrong. He can only be challenged by SSJ
Goku at this point. |
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Form 4 Full Power
As Goku seems to have the upper hand, Frieza decides to go full power. His
muscle mass greatly increases, as does his power level. Unfortunately for
Frieza, SSJ Goku is still stronger. |
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Cyborg Freeza
After Frieza was killed by Goku, Frieza's remains are found in space by
King Cold. Cold's scientists rebuild him, so they both decide to go down
to Earth. Frieza is once again killed, but this time by SSJ Future Trunks. |
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Garlic Jr:
Son of Garlic granted immortality in DBZ Movie #1 we
see him transform to try to destroy the Z-Warriors when he opens the Dead
Zone. |
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Form 1
In Garlic's first form he was a small green punk with pointed ears. He was
more powerful than Kami. But in the long scheme of things that wasn't such
a big deal. This is his natural state and what he is seen in most of the
time. |
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Form 2
In order to fight the Z-Warriors Garlic transformed into a monster of a
creature. His facial features very similar. But other than that he changed
compltely. His muscles are much bigger and more bulky, he was also a lot
taller. |
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Janemba:
A powerful demon from Movie 12, Janemba's strength
surpasses that of even a SSJ3, but will it match Gogeta? |
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Form 1
This the boy responsible for accidently releasing Janemba's soul in
Otherworld. Janemba possesses the boy, and eventually transforms into his
own body. |
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Form 2
In this flubbery childdish state, Janemba proves fairly strong, but what
proves to be the most efficient is his incredible library of attacks he is
able to pull off. |
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Form 3
When Goku finally manages to enrage this strange demon, he transforms into
an enormously more powerful state. So strong, he can easily defeat that of
a Super Saiyan 3. But a Saiyan Fusion, may prove different. |
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General Rildo:
2nd in command on planet M2, seen in DBGT. Rildo has
several forms, all of which he is able to test out on Goku. |
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Form 1
In Rilldo's first form his strength isn't
what you should watch out, it's his ability to turn anyone or anything
into metal. However, when fighting Goku he is forced to transform because
Goku is to fast to be hit with the attack. Rilldo also has a Rocket Punch
attack like Android 16 which can be used for a long distance punch. |
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Form 2
Rilldo in this form is slightly less than the power of
Kid SSJ Goku. In this transformation he absorbs several other robots that
had been previously beaten by Goku. The drill and most of his other new
found abilities prove fairly useless, and he is forced to transform yet
again. |
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Form 3
In Rilldo's final form, he gains the ability to control
ANYTHING that is metal. Now seeing how the entire planet they were on is
made of metal, Goku is starting to look pretty out matched. |
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Master Roshi:
The early master and friend of Goku and Krillin is very strong considering
he is only human and is able to transform in a matter of seconds. |
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Form 1
This is Master Roshi's normal form. In this form he's pretty strong
considering he's only human. Even when he fights people he stays in this
form because he knows how the muscle increase can slow him down. |
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Form 2
When Roshi is preparing do use the Kamehameha Wave he powers up into this
form. He doesn't have to transform to preform a Kamehameha but they are
much more powerful when he does. This transformations takes only a matter
of seconds and only a few people have ever seen him transform. |
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Zaacro & Raiti :
These shapeshifters transform into Namekians and trick some of the
Z-Fighters into thinking there planet is Namek. |
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Form 1
Zaacro and Raiti are shapeshifters trapped on a deserted planet. After
seeing Gohan, Bulma, and Krillin land on the planet, they fool them into
thinking that they are Namekians and the planet is Namek. They lead them
on a wild goose chase hoping to steal an opportunity to escape the planet
on their spaceship. |
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Form 2
This is Zaacro and Raiti's true form. Once in this form they gain no power
ups or anything like that. Transforming into this state is very easy and
requires very little time. |
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Zarbon:
Frieza's right hand man. This pretty boy becomes one ugly mother in his
transformed state, check it out |
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Form 1
In Zarbon's first form we don't see him get into any real fights because
of his superioir power that is until he fights Vegeta on Planet Namek. His
max power level in this form is 21,000 but still isn't enough to beat
Vegeta so he decides to transform. |
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Form 2
Zarbon's second form takes away his pretty boy look and turns him into a
vicious monster in appearence. His base powerlevel in this form is 34,000
giving him a powerup of 11,000. With this added power, he easily tore into
Vegeta, but later on after Vegeta become stronger, not even this new added
power was enough so he was killed by Vegeta. |
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