Frieza

Frieza

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Frieza

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Furiza
Anime name Frieza
Manga name Freeza
Alternate names Furiza
Freezer
Lord Frieza
Galactic Overlord Frieza
Emperor Frieza
Master Frieza (by Dodoria, Ocean Dub)
Frieza-sama
Fliza (Malaysian dub)
Debut Chapter #247
DBZ Chapter #50
Appears in

Race
Unknown

Date of death August, 764 Age
Family • King Cold (father)
• Cooler (brother)
• Cell (modified clone)

"There are three things I refuse to tolerate. Cowardice, bad haircuts, and military insurrection. And it is unfortunate

that our friend Vegeta possesses all three of these."
— "Face Off on Namek" Frieza (????, Furiza) is one of the most significant villains in the manga Dragon Ball,

and the anime Dragon Ball Z. Frieza also makes appearances in several Dragon Ball Z movies and Dragon Ball GT.

His name is a rephrase of 'Freezer', as his brother is Cooler. He was originally intended to be the final villain in

the manga but Akira Toriyama continued the manga due to fan popularity.
Contents
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• Design and appearance
According to Akira Toriyama, Frieza's design is an amalgamation of what he thought monsters looked like in his

childhood.
Frieza is one of the villains in the series who possesses an entire range of transformations, each one being quite

different than the others. It is implied by Vegeta in the series that Frieza's fourth, most powerful form is actually his

original form, with the other three being forms that suppress his power in order to conserve it. Frieza later confirms

this while fighting the main protagonist Goku. His forms seem to revolve around both western and Japanese

concepts of demons.
Name pun
Like his brother and father, Frieza's name is a pun on all things relating to the cold. As both Cooler's and Frieza's

names end in a short "a" vowel (rather than the long "a" which usually signifies "er" in kana spellings on English

words), Frieza's name is typically spelled with an "a" at the end (as opposed to "Freezer"). Logic would follow

that the character's name should in turn be spelled in a similar fashion (as opposed to "Cooler"). Note that

Funimation Entertainment, the company responsible for Dragon Ball's production and distribution in North America and

Australia, chooses to spell the name as Cooler (and Freeza as Frieza). Most fans choose the spellings Cooler and

Frieza as opposed to the other spellings. It might also be a pun on him being more composed and serious than

his brother ergo a "cooler" Frieza.
Introduction
Frieza is introduced in the series as a powerful galactic overlord who is involved in the World Trade Organization in

which the Saiyans — the main antagonists prior — were members. He rules a vast empire that has control over

what has been said to be over 79 planets up until his death (Vegeta visited Planet Frieza #79 briefly after his

defeat on Earth. At the time, Frieza himself was using that planet as a base, but was absent while making his way

to Namek. Not all Frieza-dominated worlds, such as Planet Vegeta, were numbered). Frieza creates armies from

the planets that he conquers, though his most utilized race were the Saiyans. Frieza had heard about the legend of

the Super Saiyan — a being with unrivaled power and the only single warrior that could pose a threat to him —

but dismissed it as simple mythology; however, after several Saiyans emerged with rapidly evolving potential, Frieza

began to fear that the legend of the Super Saiyan would indeed come true, so as a result, wiped out the Saiyan

race by annihilating Planet Vegeta — the home world of the Saiyan race. After analyzing the Saiyans' battle against

the Earth, his actions eventually lead him into conflict with the heroes of the series when he tries to take

possession of the wish-granting Dragon Balls on Planet Namek. Though still no one could possibly contend with his

power, Frieza's fears were realized when he caused the emergence of the mythical Super Saiyan and was defeated

by him in a terrific, planet-shattering engagement. Goku, who had escaped Frieza's attempt to destroy the Saiyans,

had become the Super Saiyan through Frieza's own actions.
Personality
At his core, he relishes death and destruction, such as showing an enjoyment of Planet Vegeta's destruction. He is

notable for being one of the most sadistic characters in the series and often tries to make his enemies suffer

before he kills them. Like any of the other villains in Dragon Ball Z, Frieza also has an ego to match his power.

He also has a sardonic wit and explains in "Face Off on Namek" that the three things he refuses to tolerate are

"cowardice, bad haircuts and military insurrection," and is quick to declare that Vegeta possesses all three of these

qualities. Despite his cold-heartedness and numerous observations by other characters that he cares about no one

but himself, Frieza does make several displays of respect towards his father, King Cold, implying that he is not

threatened by family (especially considering it is stated in a Budokai Tenkaichi 3 biography that Cold is in fact

stronger than Frieza, though whether this is canon to the main series is debatable, though his mention of his

parents being able to cause pain to his true form, as well as Piccolo's statement of a stronger power being with

Frieza [when Trunks wasn't there at the time] implies that this may be the case). However even this respect is

not absolute, as even after King Cold is introduced, Frieza continues to dub himself the most powerful being of his

time, despite other characters being superior to him in strength, and even his own admission that his parents were

able to cause him pain in his final form.
In a narrative sense, this serves as a counter to the simple-natured, peaceful personality of Goku, but whether this

was done intentionally is unknown. Though often surprised, Frieza tends to react to situations quite evenly, and is

only really driven over the edge once his full power starts to slip away and Super Saiyan Goku takes the upper

hand in the final moments of their battle on Namek. Frieza takes full pride in his abilities, and often takes the

opportunity to demonstrate them — for example, not using limbs in some fights, killing enemies slowly, and so on.
Ironically, for all of Frieza's power and arrogance, he sometimes displays a paranoid attitude. He destroyed Planet

Vegeta simply because of the growing myth of the existence of a Super Saiyan, though when the idea of one is

brought up he utterly denies believing in one.
Original rendition
It should be noted that the Frieza character of the dubbed versions (notably the English dub) differs quite a lot

(though not entirely) from the original.
Unlike most other primary villains, Frieza actually displays a very calm, civilized and refined demeanor, using very

polite, eloquent language rather than the more tough-talking style of most of the other villains. Despite these traits,

he is quite cold-hearted, almost to the point of being machine-like in nature. He tends to view most problems and

situations in an intellectual manner, like an academic or a professor, rather than as a manner of life or death,

something which leads him to underestimate his foes, resulting in his eventual downfall. A narcissist, he tends to be

quite confident both in his abilities and his mind and reacts violently to criticism. Ultimately, Frieza could be viewed

as yet another example of a Machiavellian inspired ruler, with ruthless determination to achieve power.
History
Genocide of the Saiyans


Frieza preparing to destroy Planet Vegeta.
Frieza had many races under his thumb in his planetary trade, but none were as prevalent as the Saiyans. Gifted

with natural fighting ability, strength and the ability to become stronger after every battle, Saiyans became powerful

weapons in Frieza's subjugation of planets. However, these very abilities made them a liability to the paranoid Frieza,

afraid that, left unchecked, the Saiyans could either unite and overwhelm him, or one day provide a warrior to rival

Frieza himself. With the advice of his top henchman Zarbon, Frieza plans to wipe out the Saiyan race.
Hearing the accomplishments of the low-level Saiyan Bardock and acting on his own fears of the Super Saiyan

legend, Frieza resolves to eliminate all possible threats. He sends his henchman Dodoria and his elites to

assassinate Bardock and his team, while Frieza himself sets a course to the Saiyan homeworld. On his arrival, King

Vegeta and his men attempt an uprising after Vegeta is kidnapped, ending with the King and his soldiers being

slaughtered by Frieza as Zarbon and Dodoria watch.
As Frieza arrived in the planet's orbit he was confronted by a charging Bardock, lunging through the fields of

Frieza's men, and in defiance of the tyrant, even goes as far as to fire a ki blast at Frieza, to which the tyrant

retaliated by laughing maniacally with insane glee as he prepared a Supernova attack to annihilate the planet. The

attack consumes Bardock, and even some of his men as it buries itself deep beneath the planet's surface resulting

in a massive explosion, eradicating nearly every Saiyan.
After the planet's explosion, a story was fabricated to ensure the loyalty of the few remaining Saiyans Frieza had

kept in his employ as a convenience, Vegeta, Raditz and Nappa. According to the myth that was created, the

guardian of Planet Vegeta, ashamed at the immorality of the Saiyans, summoned meteors to impact and destroy the

planet and the Saiyan race. It is shown in a flashback during the Frieza Saga that Frieza's destruction of the

Saiyans was a rumor that Vegeta heard before the events of Dragon Ball Z, although this is a form of retroactive

continuity, as Vegeta is shown to be unaware of this until Dodoria's confession before his death.
Planet Namek


Frieza with his top two henchmen, Zarbon and Dodoria.
Twenty-four years later, Frieza spies on Vegeta's scouter during the Saiyan Saga and in doing so, learns of the

existence of the Dragon Balls on Planet Namek. Planning to obtain them and make a wish for immortality, Frieza

arrives on Namek with his longtime comrades and top two highest ranking henchmen, Zarbon and Dodoria, in order

to try and obtain the Dragon Balls from the Namekians. After Cui, Dodoria, and Zarbon fall to Vegeta, who had

betrayed Frieza to collect the fabled items for his own ends, the Ginyu Force is summoned by Frieza to retrieve the

Dragon Balls and neutralize the Saiyan rogue so that he can be brought to him, but fail to do so when Goku

arrives at Planet Namek and fights them, eventually defeating them.
While searching for the remaining Dragon Balls, Frieza arrives at Guru's home and is confronted by Nail, the

strongest of the Namekian warriors. Frieza horribly tortures Nail and in an attempt to reveal the password of the

Dragon Balls (and in the process causes Guru's death under the strain of Frieza's torture), then leaving him to die

after discovering the fight was a diversion for Dende to reveal the password to Krillin and Gohan as they take the

Dragon Balls. Frieza, enraged, follows in pursuit of the heroes only to find that Porunga, the Namekian Dragon is

gone due to Guru's death. He is faced with a much more powerful Vegeta, who is now capable of possibly holding

his own for a bit against Frieza's strength.


Frieza's first form, without the Saiyan battle fatigue adorned for the majority of his appearances in this state.
Spurred on by Vegeta, Frieza unveils his second form, allowing him to defeat Vegeta and critically injure Krillin,

taunting Gohan with his friend's limp body. Gohan responds in an incredible fury and proceeds to pound Frieza with

punches, kicks and a barrage of ki blasts. Frieza then proceeds to pummel him in return, but Krillin, healed by

Dende shoots a Destructo Disk at his tail, chopping a portion of it off. Frieza chases Krillin in a diversion and

returns to the others when Frieza decides to finish them off. Fortunately, Piccolo joins the battle - only slightly

lesser in abilities to Frieza, thanks to a merging with the dying Nail.


Frieza impales Krillin on his horn.
Eager to demonstrate even more of his power to Piccolo, Frieza again transformed, unlocking more of his power

and enabling him to brutally lay waste to his opponent. Gohan again gets angry and fires a huge bolt of ki, which

Frieza deflects back. Piccolo protects Gohan by firing a blast at it, deflecting it away. Frieza notes Gohan's growing

power, and notices he is a Saiyan, but doubts Vegeta is his father (he still believes that only Raditz, Nappa, and

Vegeta escaped Planet Vegeta's destruction) and finally he unveils his true form, stressing that he intended to give

his foes the "pleasure" of observing it before they died — in the anime, he promises to show them "a terror

greater than hell." In his new form, Frieza first killed Dende, who had been healing the heroes. Vegeta announced

himself as a Super Saiyan, and fought Frieza but the tyrant was still far his superior, and proceeded to punish him

after Vegeta lost his hope. Just as Frieza was about to slay Vegeta, the healed Goku arrives on the battlefield,

ready to fight Frieza. Vegeta, believing that Goku had finally become a full-fledged Super Saiyan, taunts Frieza,

even though he is too badly beaten to even stand. Frieza, proud of his past accomplishments, smirks before

sending his Death Beam through the Saiyan Prince's heart. Teetering on the brink of death, Vegeta is able to tell

the newly-healed Goku of Frieza's genocide of the Saiyan race, imploring him to take revenge on behalf for all

Saiyans. As Vegeta finishes his plea to Goku, he dies. Goku, saddened by Vegeta's death, buries him and vows to

finish Frieza. Goku and Frieza then spar, with Frieza realizing that his opponent is the son of the Saiyan that gave

him such trouble years before. Goku and Frieza are an even match for a while (with the latter even admitting that

Goku is the first person other than his parents to cause him pain in his true form), until Frieza determines and

states that with 50%, he could defeat Goku. Frieza then increases his power to 50% of his maximum, and easily

beats Goku, with Goku completely unable to keep up. Goku attempts to use his Kaioken x10 during this battle, but

Frieza stills beats him using half of his maximum power. Goku attempts to use a Kaioken x20 and a Kamehameha

attack, but to no significant avail (the best he could do was slightly char Frieza's hands), as Frieza easily diffuses

the blast with 50% of his power. However, he does become alarmingly aware of his opponent's remarkable abilities.

Frieza is sliced by his own attack.
It should be noted that in the English dub, Frieza states that he had only been fighting at 1% of his full power.

Also, no reference is made in this dub to Frieza not using even a third of his power while battling Goku with x10

Kaioken.
After taking another beating, a severely battered Goku attempts to create a giant Spirit Bomb calling on the energies

of Namek's solar system as a final resort. Piccolo is able to distract the tyrant long enough, and Goku is eventually

able to heavily wound Frieza using the Spirit Bomb.
Believing the warlord to be dead, the heroes take the time to relax, not noticing that Frieza had emerged from the

blast's crater, retaliating by mortally wounding Piccolo and murdering Krillin (in a way similar to how Vegeta killed

Cui). (In the manga, Frieza intentionally fired at Piccolo, while in the anime, Frieza fired at Goku and then Piccolo

pushed him out of the way and took the blast instead.) Already bordering on the edge of his rage, when Frieza

threatened Gohan, Goku was pushed over the edge, his rage exploding, causing Frieza to inadvertently create what

he had always feared: a Super Saiyan.


Goku endures Frieza's wrath, until Frieza murders Krillin and ignites Goku's transformation into a Super Saiyan.
In the ensuing battle, Super Saiyan Goku and Frieza trade blows, but as the fight progresses, Frieza's 50% power

clearly proves to be less than adequate against the Super Saiyan; even his Death Beams at that level have little

effect on the newly empowered Saiyan. In frustration, Frieza sends a Death Ball into the core of the planet, starting

a chain reaction that would destroy Namek in five minutes (He reveals immediately afterwards that he held back too

much of his power for the Death Ball to be a complete success). Frieza unleashes 70% and then 100% of his

power. At this point, Frieza launches a terrific assault against Super Saiyan Goku, who had not expected Frieza's

power to be as high as it is.
However, Super Saiyan Goku realizes that after sustaining so much damage in his 50% state, Frieza's body would

no longer be able to handle his 100% power for very long. Super Saiyan Goku and Frieza face off and eventually

after a very long battle, Super Saiyan Goku gets the battle under his control, delivering a final momentous blow to

the tyrant that symbolically ends Frieza's reign. Seeing Frieza's power slipping fast now, Super Saiyan Goku decides

to call off the fight, claiming it would be pointless to continue, as Frieza is losing strength rapidly and Super Saiyan

Goku had already humbled the tyrant. He also mentioned that he was holding back ever since Frieza achieved

100% to see what the form was capable of. Humiliated, Frieza refuses to relent, attacking Super Saiyan Goku with

two of his own more powerful versions of the Chasing Destructo Disk. As Super Saiyan Goku dodges the attacks,

Frieza ironically becomes distracted long enough to be vivisected by his own attack.
Barely clinging to life but desperate to survive, Frieza begs for mercy, which Super Saiyan Goku hesitantly provides.

Frieza's pride refuses to allow him to be beaten and saved by a Saiyan "monkey", and he expends what little

energy he has left to attack Super Saiyan Goku. Overcome with anger, Super Saiyan Goku fires a ki blast that

consumes both Frieza and his attack and ravages what remains of him in the process. As far as actual events go,

this seemingly ended Lord Frieza's reign over the galaxy. As far as the narrative element goes, this ended the true

Frieza character that was developed from the beginnings of the series.
Death


Mecha Frieza is slain by Super Saiyan Future Trunks.
Unbeknownst to Goku and everyone else, Frieza was not killed on Namek. Frieza's shredded body floated in the

planet's debris, kept company only by his thoughts of how the universe's conqueror had been thoroughly beaten by

a Saiyan. His father, King Cold had crews search the area, not believing his son to have been destroyed by

something as insignificant as the explosion of a planet. What could be found of Frieza was salvaged, and

reconstructed with cybernetic enhancements, leaving him scarred and bitter. Knowing he was stronger than ever

before - Frieza's first thought upon rehabilitation is revenge on those who defeated him on Namek.
Frieza beats Goku to Earth (despite his ill intentions towards Earth and all who lived there, Frieza notes It's a good

planet on first viewing) and orders his henchmen to find and slaughter its inhabitants, with Frieza keen on killing

his enemy's friends himself. However, his army is torn apart by the blade-wielding fighter Future Trunks. Frieza

dismisses his challenger as an insolent child, and pays him almost no heed until the boy reveals himself as another

Super Saiyan.
Dumbstruck, Frieza makes several different efforts to kill Future Trunks, each of which is parried easily (Only in the

anime. Originally Future Trunks wasted no time and kills Frieza after a single attack). He then plays his trump card

in the form of a Death Ball ten times the size of the one that destroyed Planet Namek (this attack is called

Supernova in Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 3). Even this is nonchalantly brushed away, until a mortified Frieza

causes it to detonate with another shot of ki. Thinking him dead, both father and son are stunned when Future

Trunks fires a Burning Attack out of nowhere. Fuming, Frieza becomes oblivious to his opponent's position, and is

surprised and sliced in half by the Saiyan youth before being cut to pieces and vaporized in an effortless blast.
In Trunks and Cell's alternate future, it is implied Goku would have used Instant Transmission to teleport to Earth

and kill Frieza and his father King Cold.
After death


King Cold and Frieza in Hell.
After his death, Frieza makes numerous cameo appearances throughout the remainder of the series from Hell,

including observing Goku's fight with Kid Buu alongside other defeated villains from the series. His first (and most

major) role was teaming up with Cell and causing trouble in Hell, along with King Cold and the dead members of

the Ginyu Force. This was one of the rare times we see Frieza and Cell (two of the three main villains of the

show) talking to each other.

Frieza, King Cold, Cell, and the Ginyu Force after being beat down by Pikkon and Goku.
Frieza and King Cold were the only two villains in this scene to not be thrown onto the Mountain of Needles by

Pikkon; Pikkon knocked Frieza out with a single punch to the face after elbowing King Cold in the stomach. Then

all seven were locked up in a prison cell. Later when Frieza saw Goku winning against Kid Buu via the Spirit

Bomb, he remarks "Why am I not surprised?".
In Dragon Ball GT, he teams up with Cell to act as a distraction for Goku while a horde of villains from the Z

Fighters' past escape Hell. Frieza traps Goku in the next world, but even allied with Perfect Cell, he is eventually

defeated and remains in Hell.


Frieza and Cell appear in Hell.
They work together very well in fighting Goku, almost to the point where they were already on the same page long

before Dr. Myuu put his plot in motion. Perhaps their shared hatred for Goku, as well as the fact that Cell (having

Frieza's cells in his body) knew what made Frieza tick, caused them to almost form a friendship of sorts.
Power level
Frieza's power level in his first form is stated to be 530,000 in the manga. When he transforms into his second

form, his power jumps to "over 1,000,000.". In the series, when transforming into his second form, he continues to

power up as he fights, only to transform again when outmatched by Piccolo. His power level in his third form is

unknown, and according to the Daizenshuu 7, his final form has a power level of 120,000,000 at 100% of full

power. At 50% power (around 60,000,000), Frieza is able to cope with Goku's Kaio-ken x10, but a Kaio-ken

x20 gives him trouble (Goku's 3,000,000x20=60,000,000 which roughly equals Frieza's 50%). At 100% of power,

Frieza is able to battle nearly evenly against Super Saiyan Goku, and even takes a slight advantage. However,

because of the power output, his 100% power slowly drains, leading to his defeat.
The RPG game, Legend of the Super Saiyan provides different power levels for Frieza. In his first form, Frieza is at

a maximum of 500,000. In his second stage, he is stated to be at 1,000,000, and in his third form his power is

1,500,000. Once reaching his final form, Frieza's power level raises to 3,000,000.
Forms and transformations
Over time, Frieza's power became so great that his body could not comfortably contain it, and a series of physical

transformations were developed to limit his actual strength. While other beings in Dragon Ball Z transform to increase

their power, Frieza transforms to control and contain it. His true form is his fourth form, with each of his other

transformations meant to restrict his power and conceal it from his enemies. Frieza even says upon transforming to

his second state that he has a harder time controlling himself and his power due to the immensity of his current

strength. That would suggest that the second and third forms are mere physical augmentations which would allow

Frieza to build enough strength to revert to his true form. While changing shape from his "first-form", each

alteration builds on the previous.
In all, Frieza demonstrated four transformed states, each with increasing power (some larger than others and each

resulting in different physical attributes). Frieza may also use these transformations to purposely decrease his power

in order to torment his opponents by giving them a false sense of hope.
First Form


Frieza in his ship, waiting for his underlings to retrieve the Dragon Balls.
In his first form, Frieza is a relatively short humanoid, albeit with a large chestnut-shaped skull with two horns that

protrude at near 45 degree angles. He also has a tail with a spiked end, which is relatively thick in width, able to

crack the ground when slammed, as well as having three talon-like toes. He wears the same upper-body armor

and shorts that many of his subordinates (including the Saiyans) are shown to wear. While traveling, he often

gives the appearance of weakness by exclusively using his hoverchair for transportation, leaving his henchmen to do

his "dirty work". In this form, Frieza appears to be very small in height, which is shown to be true on the rare

occasions that he emerges from his hover-chair. His power level has been stated to be 530,000 by himself in the

manga.
Second Form


Frieza in his second form.
His second form is similar in appearance to the first, except much larger, both in height and muscle mass, which

can be clearly seen on his chest and stomach areas. Frieza claims to have at least doubled his power in this state

(Frieza boasts that his fighting strength is "over a million" and he won't be as gentle as he was before). He also

grows longer horns, which now instead of protruding sideways from his skull curve sharply upwards into near right

angles. His armor cannot contain his form and shatters, leaving him with a new, white natural armor covering his

chest and shoulders. In this form, he somewhat resembles his father King Cold. In the English anime, this form is

referred to as his true first form, probably because of his father's form. According to Frieza, this transformation's

power level is over 1,000,000.
Third Form


Frieza in his third form.
Frieza's third form is again more brutish, with an extremely elongated skull. His facial features contort and change,

with his nose melding into his mouth to form a crude beak. His original horns recede and are now white in color,

erupting in pairs along the length of his head. Two pairs of spikes grow out of his back and curve upward

somewhat, and the armor on his shoulders fling themselves outward like shoulder pads. He walks and stands with a

slight hunch, as if the strain of supporting his head was too much for even Frieza's own body to bear. His skull

structure in this form shares some similarity with the Xenomorph's heads from the Alien series. Frieza stated that

no-one had ever seen this form before (which leads us to believe that Frieza, even only in his second form, had

been more than enough to trample over any fighter he had come across in the universe). Although powerful, Frieza

spent less time in this form than in any other form; spanning only one episode in the uncut version. In the

FUNimation dub, Frieza's voice in this form is essentially the same as his second form with a voice effect added to

give him more of an alien-like voice (sounds like his first and second forms together). For the Season 3 Box Set

this effect was removed making him sound exactly the same as his second form.

Final Form


Frieza's final form.
This is arguably Frieza's most recognizable form. Drastically differing from his previous transformations, in his final

form Frieza instead regresses, with his former form cracking and shattering like a shell, becoming a short,

lizard-like, almost harmless looking creature, his horns and spikes disappear and his physique becomes streamlined.

His skin becomes pure, solid-white with purple sections on his head, shoulders, forearms, abdomen and shins. All

injuries taken in other forms are healed. This form is the one that Frieza was born in, being his "true" form. In

fact, according to him, the only ones who have ever given him pain in this form are Goku and "his loving

parents". The similarity that this form bears with his first form may hint that if need be, Frieza can regress to his

first form directly, as a means to suppressing his massive power. This is the form that allows him to reach his full

potential.
100% Power Form


Frieza in his 100% Power form.
Frieza is also able to attain 100% strength in his final form, greatly increasing his muscle mass. At 100%, this is

literally the peak of Frieza's potential and the maximum amount of power his body can output; his muscle mass

becomes engorged compared to his previously sleek frame (In the manga he merely had a slightly bulkier muscle

structure, while in the anime his muscles become massive and engorged). With absolute strength, he was able to

make Super Saiyan Goku struggle during the final battle on Planet Namek. However, due to his prior damage and

the strain on his body, he was not able to fight at maximum capacity for long, slowly weakening. Goku also said

he was holding back to test the limits of Frieza's full power.
Mecha Frieza


Frieza in his synthetic state.
Physically ruined while caught in Planet Namek's explosion after his defeat, what remained of the still-living Frieza

was salvaged and rebuilt with cybernetic enhancements by scientists under the order of King Cold. The whole of the

lower half of his body and right side of his face was replaced with scarring and metal accouterments covering what

little was left of his organic self. These enhancements allowed him to exceed the limits imposed by his fully organic

form, though by how much or in what ways is unknown. In the original manga, Gohan mentioned that he was

nowhere near the power he displayed against Goku, but Vegeta said he was much stronger than before. In the

PS2 game Super Dragon Ball Z, a new design for Mecha Frieza was created by Akira Toriyama which had a rocket

launcher mounted on his shoulder. In the Remastered Box sets, this form has a slight mechanical sound to his

voice.
Majin Frieza


Majin Frieza.
Frieza appears in this form in Dragon Ball Z: Budokai 2. In the story mode, he and Cell are revived and turned

into Majins by Babidi, and are once again beaten by Goku and the other Z-Fighters. When Majin Buu kills Babidi,

Frieza and Cell turn back to their old selves and don't remember anything of being controlled by Babidi. After that

they are beaten again and go back to hell.
Techniques and special abilities
• Punishing Blaster - Frieza used this technique against Piccolo (who had merged with Nail) in his 2nd

form. The name comes from Budokai Tenkaichi 3 and is his Blast 1 in his 2nd form.
• Whirlwind blow - Frieza used this attack against three Nameks by lightly blowing, which produced strong

winds that formed a tornado. Since he was seen to only use this once in his weakest form, it may hint he only

uses it on feeble opponents.
• Ki Blast - The most basic form of energy wave.
• Flight - The ability of flight through Ki manipulation.
• Fly Away - Frieza uses this attack in DBZ Supersonic Warriors (GBA) which shoots a large wave of

purple energy across the stage left to right.
• Death Ball - An attack used by Frieza. A spark of ki lights on the index finger, and once enough energy

is gathered this spark may grow to the size of a small moon. When ready, this "Death Ball" is thrown towards the

target. Typically this attack is used to destroy planets or as a last-ditch effort to kill an opponent.
o Supernova - A more powerful version of the Death Ball used by both Frieza and his brother Cooler. Used

by Frieza when he destroyed Planet Vegeta and the second time against Future Trunks. The name of the technique

comes from the DBZ: Budokai Tenkaichi video game series.
o 100% Death Ball - Only used once by Frieza, this enormous pink energy sphere covered with electricity

was thrown at Goku who was underwater at the time. Though Goku was able to punch it into space, it still hit

another planet, destroying it faster than any planet destruction in DBZ history. This attack was never used in the

manga, as Frieza was afraid of being caught in the destruction of Namek.
o Destroy The Planet! - A variation of the Death Ball Frieza used in an attempt to destroy Planet Namek

following Goku's transformation to Super Saiyan. However, he held back too much power, resulting in the planet

being nearly destroyed. The name of the technique comes from Budokai Tenkaichi 3.
• Death Cannon - A more powerful form of Death Beam shot from the palm of the hand. Used by Frieza

only in his Final Form.
• You Will Die By My Hand! - The name given to the blast Frieza used in a final attempt to kill Goku,

who countered with the Angry Kamehameha. The name is taken from the Budokai Tenkaichi series. It is Frieza's

most powerful form of Death Cannon.
• Death Storm - A variation of the Exploding Wave used by 2nd Form Frieza. Its name comes from the

Budokai Tenkaichi video games
• Death Wave - A variation of Frieza's Fissure Slice that is present within Budokai 3 where he forms an

arcing blast towards his opponent. In future installments the attack would be a close range move where pillars of

decreasing size would appear.
• Daichiretsuzan (lit. Great/Grand Earth Cutting Row) - A powerful, very long blade-like energy beam

Frieza creates with two of his fingers; it can slice through anything, as stated by Frieza. While it is not named in

the English dub of the anime, the name given in the Dragon Ball Z: Budokai game series is Death Wave. In the

DBZ: Budokai Tenkaichi video game series it is called Fissure Slash and Energy Cutter.
• Death Beam - Also known as Frieza Beam, this is Frieza's favored killing technique. He extends his right

arm and fires a small, bullet-like beam of ki from his index finger, which barrels down and pierces an opponent. It

is able to be fired very quickly while maintaining precise aim. Frieza murders both Dende and Vegeta in this

fashion, and also heavily wounds Piccolo. Called Death Beam in the U.S. releases of recent Dragon Ball Z video

games. His third form uses a variant of this attack called Crazy Finger Beam where he fires continuous Death

Beams all at once. This attack was used on Piccolo during the Frieza Saga.
• Death Comet - A technique used by Frieza during Namek Saga. When Frieza is unable to control his

anger at the fact that Vegeta stole his Dragon Balls, he starts firing massive spheres of energy that demolish the

Namekian countryside.
• I won't let you escape with your life! - Frieza's version of one of Vegeta's deadly attacks, Dirty Fireworks.

Frieza shoots a small energy sphere into the opponent, lifts them up with telekinesis, then detonates the opponent

by clenching his fist. He has used this technique to kill Krillin.
• Flaming Cannon - One of Frieza's many attacks used against Super Saiyan Goku. Frieza fires a large

tunnel of flames out the palm of his hand.
• Imprisonment Ball - A special attack used on Goku, where he captures his opponent in a ball of energy

they can't break out of. Frieza can manipulate this ball as much as he wants, but it explodes as soon as it

touches any surface other than Frieza himself. It is called Psylock Smasher in Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 2.

Also, a similar attack is used in Dragon Ball Z Budokai Tenkaichi 3, called I might die this time (perhaps due to

that being any victim's thoughts), in which Frieza shoots some rocks at the opponent, and if it hits, uses the

Imprisonment Ball, and throws the opponent to the ground.
• Kousengan (lit. Eye Laser) - Precise laser-like beam shot from the eyes. Mild potency, but fast and able

to nullify lesser attacks and small projectiles, as well as destroy weaker opponents and obstacles. It was used by

Frieza to enter the hut of the Namekian elder, Guru, while seeking the Dragon Balls and in battle with Goku, and

also against King Vegeta's Elite Saiyan army who would try to save Prince Vegeta from Frieza, shortly before he

destroyed Planet Vegeta and just after he killed King Vegeta with one blow.
• Telekinesis - Frieza can lift or move large objects through the air and blow up objects as big as mountain

with only his mind. Used by Frieza in his fight with Goku.

Frieza preparing the Tsuibi Kienzan attack.
• Tsuibi Kienzan (lit. Chasing Energy Disk) - Similar to the normal Destructo Disk (most commonly used by

Krillin), Frieza's are faster, a different color (purple), and can be controlled remotely. Frieza creates two of these

to hound Goku until he's sliced in half by his own attack. It is called Death Saucer in DBZ: Budokai Tenkaichi video

game series.
• Transformation - This is Frieza's ability to morph himself from a weaker state to a more powerful one.

These transformations were originally a containment of his true power, with his actual form being what's commonly

referred to as "Final". In all Frieza demonstrated three transformations and four altered states, overlooking his bulk

at 100% power and cyborg augmentation.
• Shockwave Blast From The Finger - A weak, but incredibly fast burst which explodes at a location Frieza

points to. He uses this ability many times in rapid succession to quickly defeat Piccolo after transforming into this

third form. Called Crazy Finger Beam in the Budokai Tenkaichi series. In Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 3 their

are two forms of this attack Crazy Finger Beam (his Third form's Ultimate Blast) and Barrage Death Beam (where

he fires a barrage of Death Beams from one finger).
• Nova Strike - An attack where he places a purple sphere of energy around himself (similar to the

Imprisonment Ball) and charges at the enemy. He uses this when he reaches 100%. The name of this attack is

taken from the Budokai Tenkaichi games.
• Hell Bazooka (Almighty Light Cage Funimation dub) - A technique that Cell and Freeza developed

together while in Hell. Both Cell and Freeza begins to glow, then a yellow ki emits from both of their bodies, which

then envelops their opponent, trapping him/her in an inescapable ki orb. Then both the users throws the orb prison

down into the deepest part of Hell, with the prisoner in it. This is where the prisoner will suffer the four stages of

Hell:
o Soup Bath of Hell: The victim bathes in a huge pot of soup. This is mainly to embarrass the victim.
o Lightning Candle: A consistent fireball energy attack. It seems to have little effect on Super Saiyan Goku.
o Ticklish Hands of Hell: The victim is strapped to a chair and is tickled by a group of hands, making

him/her to laugh to tears.
o Boiling Sauna of Hell: The victim is placed in a very hot sauna, boiling him/her alive.
o Freezing Thundra of Hell: The last stage of Hell. This is where the victim is placed in the middle of a

frozen wasteland to freeze. Along with that is a huge machine that encases the victim in soul-laced ice crystals,

which gets stronger if struggled against. If the victim is a resident of Other World, then the frozen body can be

shattered (but later repaired). If the victim is of the living realm, then the ice would melt due to the living heat

energy, and the victim would break free.
Other traits and abilities
• Frieza has the ability to survive even the most horrifying injuries, a trait which was passed onto Cell.

However, while minor injuries seem to be of minor nuisance to him, unlike the other two major villians of the

series, he is completely unable to regenerate lost body parts, though his tail stump seems to cope with the bleeding

after some time.
• Frieza can breathe without atmospheric air, enabling him to survive in space, which is why he is not afraid

to attack a planet with the Death Ball.
• He also seems to be unable to sense the ki of other people, like the rest of his minions, who use

Scouters as a compromise. It's to be noted, however, that he was able to have a glimpse of a "powerful Saiyan

developing and heading to Namek" before the person in question (Goku) actually appeared in front of him.
• Given enough time, Frieza can lock his senses and his mind onto his opponent to read his/her position at

any given moment. He demonstrated this when he began fighting Goku with 50% of his power. He also has strong

psychokinetic powers, allowing him to freely levitate objects such as boulders and Dragon Balls so that he doesn't

have to carry them himself.
• Frieza can extend his tail to great distances and retract afterward.
Other appearances
Movies and specials
Frieza appears in the following Dragon Ball Z movies and television specials:


Frieza in Fusion Reborn
Bardock: The Father of Goku - DBZ TV Special #1; released October 17, 1990
During the TV Special, Frieza mulls over the Saiyans' increasing power until Zarbon advises his master to eliminate

Bardock and his team. In the end, Frieza is challenged by Bardock himself, who survived the onslaught and wants

revenge for the death of his crew. Bardock fires a ki attack at Frieza, who makes a huge energy ball and cancels

out Bardock's attack. Frieza then sends the ball straight into the core of the Planet Vegeta, wiping out almost the

entire Saiyan race and many of his own henchmen.
Cooler's Revenge - DBZ Movie #5; released July 21, 1991
Frieza only appears at the start of the movie, which is identical to the scene towards the end of Bardock: The

Father of Goku in which he destroys Planet Vegeta. Cooler watches him from his spaceship and scolds his brother

for not seeing the escaping spacepod containing baby Goku. After this he is mentioned a few times by various

characters.
Fusion Reborn - DBZ Movie #12; released March 4, 1995
When Janemba appears, the dead are revived and they all escape to Earth, under Frieza's command. Frieza

confronts Gohan and Videl, and immediately recognizes Gohan as Goku's son. Deciding the boy should pay for his

father's "sins", Frieza sends his army of villains (Zarbon, Jeice, Burter, Bojack, Paragus, Cooler, Recoome, Salza,

etc.) to attack the couple, but Gohan flies through them all and silences him by punching Frieza in the stomach

and blowing him away with an energy shot to the gut. His terrified minions quickly disperse.
In addition, Frieza's destruction of Planet Vegeta is shown from another point of view in Broly: The Legendary Super

Saiyan (DBZ Movie #8) and both Rasin and Lakasei from The Tree of Might (DBZ Movie #3) believe they

would be strong enough to challenge Frieza after eating the fruit of the tree.
He also appears in the OVA (and later in the recycling of its animation into the Playdia game) Plan to Eradicate

the Saiyans. In it Frieza seems to be somehow resurrected, with he and past villains Cooler, Turles, and Slug

attacking Goku and his friends. Once it's revealed these are merely ghost-warriors meant to distract the heroes,

however, the false Frieza and his allies are easily dealt with.
Manga
Frieza makes some appearances in other mangas that are made for special events: Kochikame - Made for the

30th anniversary of Kochikame. Frieza is waiting with Appule on Namek for the three other Dragon Balls to be

found when Kankichi Ryotsu comes and says that Frieza can't park his space ship there. Then Frieza uses a Death

Beam to kill Kankichi Ryotsu, but to their surprise he is still alive. Kankichi Ryotsu yells that they have to pay the

fine and Frieza attacks with another beam, which also fails to hurt Kankichi Ryotsu. When Kankichi Ryotsu pulls a

bazooka out of the air, Appule says that there is no doubt and that Kankichi Ryotsu is a Gag-Manga character.

Frieza says he doesn't care because he is the strongest being in the universe and he fires blasts at Kankichi

Ryotsu until he is tired. When even this doesn't kill Kankichi Ryotsu, Frieza leaves with Appule and says that

nothing happened. Neko Majin Z 3 - August 2003 (Monthly Shonen Jump, 2003 #9). Frieza doesn't appear in

Neko Majin Z but he is mentioned by Vegeta who tells Onio and Kuriza (Frieza's son) that he came because

Frieza ordered him to.
Video games


Toriyama's redesign of Mecha Frieza in Super Dragon Ball Z.
All games are listed in chronological order of release.
• Dragon Ball Z II: Gekigami Frieza (Famicom) Appears in First and Final Form
• Dragon Ball Z: Barcode Battler (Famicom) Playable in all forms execept Mecha
• Dragon Ball Z Gaiden: Saiyajin Zetsumetsu Keikaku (Famicom) Appears in Final Form
• Dragon Ball Z: Supa Saiyajin Densetsu (Super Famicom) Appears in all forms except Mecha
• Dragon Ball Z: Super Butoden (SNES) Playable in 100% Final Form
• Dragon Ball Z: Buyuu Retsuden (Sega Mega Drive) Playable in Final Form
• Dragon Ball Z: Idainaru Goku Densetsu (PC-Engine) Appears in Final Form
• Dragon Ball Z: Goku Gekitouden (Game Boy) Playable in First and Final Form
• Dragon Ball Z: Ultimate Battle 22 (PlayStation) Playable in Final Form
• Dragon Ball Z: Hyper Dimension (SNES) Playable in Final Form
• Dragon Ball Z: Indainaru Dragon Ball Densetsu (PlayStation, Sega Saturn) Playable in Final Form
• Dragon Ball Z: Shin Saiyajin Zenmetsu Keikaku - Uchu-Hen (Playdia) Appears in Final Form
• Dragon Ball GT: Final Bout (Playstation) Playable in Final Form
• Dragon Ball Z: The Legacy of Goku (Game Boy Advance) Appears in all forms except Mecha Form
• Dragon Ball Z: Legendary Super Warriors (Game Boy Color) Appears in Final Form
• Dragon Ball Z: Budokai (GameCube, PlayStation 2) Playable in First, Final, 100% and Mecha Form
• Dragon Ball Z: The Legacy of Goku II (Game Boy Advance) Appears in Final Form and Mecha Form
• Dragon Ball Z: Budokai 2 (GameCube, PlayStation 2) Playable in Final, Mecha and Majin Form
• Dragon Ball Z: Taiketsu (Game Boy Advance) Playable in Final Form
• Dragon Ball Z: Super Sonic Warriors (Game Boy Advance) Playable in Final Form and Mecha Form
• Dragon Ball Z: Budokai 3 (PlayStation 2) Playable in all forms
• Dragon Ball Z: Sagas (GameCube, PlayStation 2, Xbox) Appears in First, Second, and Final Form
• Jump Super Stars (Nintendo DS) Playable in Final Form
• Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi (PlayStation 2) Playable in all forms
• Dragon Ball Z: Super Sonic Warriors 2 (Nintendo DS) Playable in Final and Mecha Form
• Super Dragon Ball Z (PlayStation 2) Playable in Final Form and Mecha Form redesigned by Akira

Toriyama
• Battle Stadium D.O.N (GameCube, PlayStation 2) Playable in Final Form
• Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 2 (PlayStation 2, Wii) Playable in all forms
• Dragon Ball Z: Shin Budokai (PSP) Playable in Final Form and 100% Final Form
• Jump Ultimate Stars (Nintendo DS) Playable in Final Form
• Dragon Ball Z: Shin Budokai - Another Road (PSP) Playable in Final and 100% Final Form
• Dragon Ball Z: Harukanaru Densetsu (Nintendo DS) Appears in all forms
• Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 3 (PlayStation 2, Wii) Playable in all forms but Mecha is a separate

character.
• Dragon Ball Z: Burst Limit (Playstation 3, Xbox 360) Playable in all forms except Mecha Form (who

appears in a cutscene).
• Dragon Ball Z: Infinite World (Playstation 2) Playable in all forms. Also appears in two Minigames.
• Dragon Ball: Raging Blast (Playstation 3, Xbox 360) Playable in all forms except Mecha Form
Saga arcs
According to Funimation's Saga Partitions:
• Namek Saga
• Captain Ginyu Saga
• Frieza Saga
Voice actors
• Japanese Dub: Ryusei Nakao
• Ocean Dub: Pauline Newstone
• FUNimation Dub: Linda Chambers-Young
• Latin American Dub: Gerardo Reyero
• German Dub: Thomas-Nero Wolff
• Brazilian Dub: Carlos Campanile
• Italian Dub: Gianfranco Gamba
• Portuguese Dub: Ricardo Spínola
Trivia
• It should be noted that Frieza is the final villain in the Dragon Ball manga to have a desire for the

Dragon Balls, though there were also anime exclusive villains, namely Garlic Jr. and Baby, who later expressed such

desires. (In Dragon Ball Z: Shin Budokai - Another Road, Babidi also wanted to use the Dragon Balls to wish for

control over Majin Buu).
• Frieza is also the last villain and the only one of the main DBZ villains to show an interest in universal

conquest, unlike his successors Cell and Majin Buu, who relished destruction.
• Out of the three main Dragon Ball Z villains, Frieza is the only one who can't regenerate (though he does

technically regrow his tail, and his eye was healed despite having been damaged). He is also the only one of the

three who can transform without absorbing someone first, the only one who doesn't have purple blood (his blood is

red instead), the only one to not possess the ki sensing ability, and the only one who, at the beginning of their

saga, has an army of henchmen working for him.
• Frieza is the only one of the three main villains not forced to revert back to a previous form, unlike his

successors, Cell and Majin Buu (unless one counts his rematch against Gohan after "killing" Goku, where he

reverts from his 100% form to his regular final form, though his 100% form is merely using the full power of his

final form). Gohan hit Cell so hard that he regurgitated Android 18 so he reverted back to Semi-Perfect form, and

Goku and Vegeta ripped out the pods inside Buu's head forcing him back into Super Buu and later Kid Buu.
• Frieza is the only main villain not to use any of the Z Fighters' techniques (as his Destructo Disk is

different from Krillin's), and also the only one to be seen in the next saga group alive.
• Since his body was damaged from the Spirit Bomb and Super Saiyan Goku's assault, his 100% full power

form only allowed him to fight evenly with Super Saiyan Goku for a few minutes. It is unknown how he would have

fared had he not suffered previous damage (though it is somewhat hinted he would have lasted much longer

against Goku).
• The fight between Goku and Frieza was the longest in Dragon Ball Z anime, at 19 episodes.
• Frieza has his tail cut off three times. The first time is when he's in his second form, when Krillin chops it

off with a Destructo Disk, though it seems to regenerate when he enters his fourth form. The second is when he is

hit by Goku's Spirit Bomb, as part of it is unable to withstand the blast and thus comes off. The third is when he

is cut in half by his own attack, the energy disks slice off his body, arm and tail.
• Frieza is the only primary villain to survive a large Spirit Bomb attack. (Kid Buu and Omega Shenron were

both eliminated by that same technique)
• In addition, Frieza is chopped in half twice. The first is when he is chopped horizontally in two by his own

energy disk. The second is when Trunks slices him vertically in half, seconds before chopping him to pieces and

completely destroying him. (In Dragon Ball GT, he is chopped in half a third time while fighting Goku and using

Krillin's Destructo Disk technique against him, which Goku turns back on him.)
• The manga and anime never specify exactly how large of a region Frieza oversees, only stating that he

controlled some 79 planets. However, in Dragon Ball Z: Cooler's Revenge, Cooler states that Frieza ruled the

northern quadrant of the galaxy.
• Frieza' third form vaguely resembles a Xenomorph from the Alien film series, particularly in skull structure.

(In addition, Cooler's final form vaguely resembles a Predator.)
• Some of Frieza's forms are modeled similar to other villains. His fourth form resembles Cooler, his third

form resembles Pui Pui, and his second form resembles King Cold.
• Several mistakes regarding the color of Frieza's neck, armor, and tail are made during the Namek Saga.

Occasionally (though not quite so often) Frieza's neck is shown to be pink instead of the same almost-white color

of his face, and at other times, the purple spike at the end of his tail is also shown to be pink. In at least one

scene in Vegeta Revived, during an explosion, Frieza's armor is white instead of purple.
• Frieza's story somewhat mirrors many Greek tragedies, incorporating the message that one cannot escape

from his own fate or destiny no matter what one does to avoid it. For example, in one Greek tragedy, the Legend

of Oedipus Rex, it was prophesied that the baby Oedipus would murder his father and sleep with his mother.

Fearing this fact, the father abandoned the child in the wilderness. Sometime later he was found and adopted. Soon

Oedipus would learn of his destiny and, also fearing it, left his home. On his journey, he met a man, slew him

and married his widow, unaware of the fact that the man was his biological father. In trying to avoid the prophesy,

both Oedipus and his father fulfilled it. This mirrors the fall of Frieza; in fear of the Legend of the Super Saiyan,

he destroyed them, thus causing the catalyst necessary for a Saiyan to become what he had feared. There are

many other legendary Greek tragedies that can be incorporated to explain Frieza's own fate and destiny, along with

the ultimate tragedy of his own demise.
• Frieza is the only major villain not to absorb anyone in Dragon Ball Z.
• Frieza survived one of the most horrific injuries in the series. In his case, it was the loss of his lower

half, his right eye, the upper part of his head and his left arm.
• Frieza is the only major villain in Dragon Ball Z who is not artificially created, being the only main

antagonist to actually be born naturally. (Cell and Majin Buu of Dragon Ball Z and Baby, Super 17 and Omega

Shenron in Dragon Ball GT are all artificial constructs or a result of some form of conjuring)
• Frieza is the second villain to be defeated by Goku and return as a cyborg. The first is Mercenary Tao.

Interestingly, both characters suffered grave injuries resulting in receiving cybernetics because of dirty attacks towards

Goku (IE, begging for mercy, and then attacking Goku when his guard was let down), and both were given

cybernetics by a relative of theirs.
• Oddly, Frieza's voice in Fusion Reborn sounds like that of his first form, even though he is in his final

form.