


Like any of the other villains in Dragon Ball Z, Frieza also has an ego to match his power. 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. Goku, who had escaped Frieza's attempt to destroy the Saiyans, had become the Super Saiyan, ironically, through Frieza's own evil actions.įrieza enraged after Gohan and Krillin used the Dragon BallsĪt his core, Frieza relishes death and destruction, as he shows in his enjoyment of Planet Vegeta's destruction. 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.
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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. Thus, when confronted by Bardock, a Saiyan whose powers were growing, Frieza wiped out the Saiyan race by annihilating Planet Vegeta, the home world of the Saiyan race. 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. Frieza creates many armies from the planets that he conquers, though his most utilized race were the Saiyans.

Not all Frieza-dominated worlds, such as Planet Vegeta, were numbered). At the time, Frieza himself was using that planet as a base, but was absent while making his way to Namek. 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. It might also be a pun on him being more composed and serious than his brother, who would ergo be the "cooler" brother.įrieza is introduced in the series as a powerful galactic overlord who is involved in the Planet trade organization in which the Saiyans, the main antagonists prior, were members.

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). Logic would follow that the character's name should in turn be spelled in a similar fashion (as opposed to "Cooler"). As both Cooler's and Frieza's names end in a short "a" vowel (rather than the long " ā" 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"). Like his brother and father, Frieza's name is a pun on all things relating to the cold. His forms seem to revolve around both western and Japanese concepts of demons. Frieza later confirms this while fighting the main protagonist, Goku. It is implied by Vegeta and Frieza himself 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, as well as to keep himself under control. According to the Daizenshuu, Frieza was also inspired by Toriyama's second editor, Yū Kondō.įrieza is one of the villains in the series who possesses an entire range of transformations, each one being quite different than the others. According to Akira Toriyama, Frieza's design is an amalgamation of what he thought monsters looked like in his childhood.
