Who is the most evil character in Dragonball?

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Re: Who is the most evil character in Dragonball?

Post by ricky84 » Fri Sep 07, 2018 4:53 pm

Doctor. wrote:That's a tough question to answer because likely every character in the series could be reformed with some effort. Piccolo Daimao and Kid Boo are "pure evil" but they were both turned good through their reincarnations. Broly would be good-natured if he wasn't insane. Tao would stop killing people if he got a better job. Zamasu would be a greater God with proper guidance. Super Boo is easily influenced by the people he absorbs.

I'd say it's between Freeza and Cell probably because they're the most stubborn two. They would take decades to reform like Vegeta did (as we saw with Freeza in hell). Still, as much as Cell's pride in his perfection would hinder him, he would still have the cells of good people within him, which influence his personality. I'd say Freeza just because of his repeated insistence in refusing to turn good.
A reincarnation of someone is technically not the same person, since there natures and identities are radically altered between each life. There is no way characters like Freeza, Zamasu, Cell, Kid Buu and Super Buu could ever turn good on their own will.

Kid Buu is a mindless animal, Super Buu didn't get any less evil after absorbing Gohan and Goten (both of whom are pure of heart), and Cell depsite having Goku's dna (who is also pure of heart) is just as evil as Freeza.

Characters like Freeza, King Piccolo, Zamasu and Super Buu are complete monsters/psychopaths: https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/ ... eteMonster

They are psychologically incapable of ever reforming in either real life (psychopathy is permanent) nor fiction. Even trying to make characters like that turn good is bad writing because it is so out of touch with nature.

The only characters listed that could possibly turn good or at least neutral are Broly and Tao. Broly is simply insane rather than diabolically evil, and Tao seems like your run-of-the-mill assassin for hire.
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Re: Who is the most evil character in Dragonball?

Post by SupremeKai25 » Fri Sep 07, 2018 5:21 pm

2. He killed Goku, his wife and goten
Right! How could I forget about that? Do you know what is creepier than Zamasu bragging about the fact of using Goku's own body to murder him in front of his wife and child, and then proceeding to butcher them mercilessly with a sinister smile on his face? The fact that he was still convinced that he was doing the right thing, since he defined that atrocity as a "cleansing" (which is a positive term, you cleanse something that is evil). The fact that Zamasu told himself that killing an innocent mother and her small child in cold blood is righteous and noble, coupled with the fact that Zamasu is a member of the most peaceful and benevolent species in the cosmos, is so horrible.

That was nasty, that was really nasty. I think that even Frieza would be freaked out if he found out the depths of Zamasu's depravity. Say what you will about Frieza, at least he gave the saiyans and King Vegeta, his greatest rival, a quick death.

I always said that Zamasu was a sadistic murderer, even though I think that some of his arguments were logical and understandable. But I never excused him for his multiple war crimes.

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Re: Who is the most evil character in Dragonball?

Post by Doctor. » Fri Sep 07, 2018 6:30 pm

ricky84 wrote:
Doctor. wrote:That's a tough question to answer because likely every character in the series could be reformed with some effort. Piccolo Daimao and Kid Boo are "pure evil" but they were both turned good through their reincarnations. Broly would be good-natured if he wasn't insane. Tao would stop killing people if he got a better job. Zamasu would be a greater God with proper guidance. Super Boo is easily influenced by the people he absorbs.

I'd say it's between Freeza and Cell probably because they're the most stubborn two. They would take decades to reform like Vegeta did (as we saw with Freeza in hell). Still, as much as Cell's pride in his perfection would hinder him, he would still have the cells of good people within him, which influence his personality. I'd say Freeza just because of his repeated insistence in refusing to turn good.
A reincarnation of someone is technically not the same person, since there natures and identities are radically altered between each life. There is no way characters like Freeza, Zamasu, Cell, Kid Buu and Super Buu could ever turn good on their own will.

Kid Buu is a mindless animal, Super Buu didn't get any less evil after absorbing Gohan and Goten (both of whom are pure of heart), and Cell depsite having Goku's dna (who is also pure of heart) is just as evil as Freeza.

Characters like Freeza, King Piccolo, Zamasu and Super Buu are complete monsters/psychopaths: https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/ ... eteMonster

They are psychologically incapable of ever reforming in either real life (psychopathy is permanent) nor fiction. Even trying to make characters like that turn good is bad writing because it is so out of touch with nature.

The only characters listed that could possibly turn good or at least neutral are Broly and Tao. Broly is simply insane rather than diabolically evil, and Tao seems like your run-of-the-mill assassin for hire.
Kid Boo and Super Boo were both affected by absorptions. Kid Boo turned into Fat Boo and Super Boo refused to kill Mr. Satan, those are just some of the ways a strong absorption can affect their psyche. Maybe they wouldn't reform in the traditional sense, but it would still be possible through this method. Piccolo Daimao would probably eventually reform seeing as how Piccolo Jr was just as evil and turned good.

As for the rest, Zamasu may be narcissistic but he had good intentions. If you could turn those intentions into a genuine desire to understand the world, then he wouldn't have gone through the road he went through. As for Freeza and Cell, if Vegeta, who was arguably worse, did it... then, well, yeah, nobody is really off-limits as much as the idea of a good Freeza disgusts me. You should know by this point that Dragon Ball isn't really a stranger to redeeming psycopathic killers.

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Re: Who is the most evil character in Dragonball?

Post by RandomGuy96 » Fri Sep 07, 2018 7:24 pm

Bibidi, with no one else really coming close. He slaughtered quadrillions of people, killed the gods, released the greatest evil ever on the universe, and nearly destroyed all life for literally no reason other than a desire for universal dominance. His son Babidi was if anything worse, being abusive even to his henchmen and going out of his way to kill people in the most horrifying ways possible even if they did everything he asked, but he got killed before he could do the damage his dad did.
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Re: Who is the most evil character in Dragonball?

Post by ricky84 » Fri Sep 07, 2018 9:01 pm

RandomGuy96 wrote:Bibidi, with no one else really coming close. He slaughtered quadrillions of people, killed the gods, released the greatest evil ever on the universe, and nearly destroyed all life for literally no reason other than a desire for universal dominance. His son Babidi was if anything worse, being abusive even to his henchmen and going out of his way to kill people in the most horrifying ways possible even if they did everything he asked, but he got killed before he could do the damage his dad did.
I forgot about Bididi and Badidi. That's some good arguments
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Re: Who is the most evil character in Dragonball?

Post by Apslup » Wed Sep 19, 2018 2:28 pm

Kid Buu or Zamasu.
Chuquita wrote:I guess it depends. Freeza knew he was committing evil. Zamasu was committing evil, but convinced himself he wasn't. They're both murdering planets full of people.
I'd say Zamasu is more evil than Freeza because while Freeza did want to take over Universe 7 for his own greedy desires, Zamasu intended to purge all the Universes of all Mortals.

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Re: Who is the most evil character in Dragonball?

Post by Hulk10 » Fri Sep 21, 2018 5:04 pm

I'd say its tied between Frieza and Zamasu.
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Re: Who is the most evil character in Dragonball?

Post by Logania » Fri Sep 21, 2018 5:44 pm

Janemba. Unlike most evil characters in Dragon Ball who are just people that do evil things, Janemba is made from evil energy. He is LITERALLY evil incarnate.
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Re: Who is the most evil character in Dragonball?

Post by Grand Marshal 1 » Mon Sep 24, 2018 8:24 am

I might not answer to this question with my feedback, but since many people seem to have covered me, I will say that Goku Black (although many of you mean Zamasu in both ways, but hear me out first) is even worse, given his Saiyan warrior traits which made him an even more maniac of a character. However, I think that Balck was affected by Baby Vegeta's personality while being created as a character. He wanted to showcase his achievments to anyone lesser (forget that Baby required servants, for which he didn't actually care) so my point is that the most evil characters are the ones who embrace only themselves with no care about the environment around them. Destruction doesnt make one evil.
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Re: Who is the most evil character in Dragonball?

Post by GokuHater » Wed Sep 26, 2018 2:42 pm

Pilaf.

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Re: Who is the most evil character in Dragonball?

Post by DBZAOTA482 » Tue Oct 09, 2018 9:59 am

Freeza mainly because we literally saw him be given multiple chances to change his ways and he just throws them away. Other villains like Cell, Pure Boo (if only because he can't comprehend anything but evil), and Zamasu probably won't change if given a chance but Freeza's outright refusal to repent makes him especially vile.

He even begged Goku to spare his life then tries to blast him with his back turned like the despicable coward he is.
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Re: Who is the most evil character in Dragonball?

Post by Waluigiman » Tue Oct 09, 2018 12:31 pm

Must be Frieza, the other ones didn't have a choice to be evil(kid Buu because he is probably functions by instinc) and Zamasu was too insane to reckognize he was evil. Frieza knows he is evil and has been given multiple chances to become good and he keeps rejecting them even if he knows what happens when someone evil dies. However I still don't know if Frieza will change for the better or if he is going to become evil in a different way.

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Re: Who is the most evil character in Dragonball?

Post by Nokra » Tue Oct 09, 2018 4:18 pm

Zamasu easily. He literally wanted to purge the entire multiverse of mortals and basically succeeded. No other db villain has a kill count as high as Zamasu.

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Re: Who is the most evil character in Dragonball?

Post by Hulk10 » Tue Oct 09, 2018 11:52 pm

I still say its a tie between Zamasu and Frieza, but that little flea Babidi and his 'dad' Bidibi are also evil.
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Re: Who is the most evil character in Dragonball?

Post by ShadowBardock89 » Wed Oct 10, 2018 12:05 am

I don't think we've seen the true depths of evil in the series, yet.
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Re: Who is the most evil character in Dragonball?

Post by ekrolo2 » Wed Oct 10, 2018 7:39 am

Probably Freeza. On Namek, he begs the guy who's best friend he murdered to help him out and not only does Goku do it but even voices the possibility of Freeza maybe changing for the better. Goku's thanks? Freeza trying to kill him immediately after, attacking the Earth with Cold, attacking it again in Resurrection F and attempting to screw over all of U7 by joining U9. Even the "trust" Goku shows to him in the finale of Super is banking on Freeza being a self-serving shitbag, as usual, to give it his all so he won't get erased if/when Jiren beats them.
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Re: Who is the most evil character in Dragonball?

Post by Hulk10 » Wed Oct 10, 2018 5:45 pm

ShadowBardock89 wrote:I don't think we've seen the true depths of evil in the series, yet.
Now that's a disturbing thought...………. :shock:
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Re: Who is the most evil character in Dragonball?

Post by zarmack » Mon Oct 15, 2018 1:22 pm

Zamasu (any version) is easily the most evil character, followed by Bibidi/Badibi, then Freeza.

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Re: Who is the most evil character in Dragonball?

Post by BrolyKale » Mon Oct 15, 2018 1:35 pm

I'd say all demons, but demons are naturally evil so... I guess Zamasu is worse than them because he doesn't admit that what he is doing is evil.
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