Who are your Favorite DBZ Movie/TV Special henchmen and why?

NeptuneKai · Post by **NeptuneKai** » Sat Sep 27, 2008 10:34 pm

I never liked Toma's design at all, in fact I've never liked Toma period.
They say absolutely nothing about him and he gets minimal screen time, yet we're supposed to feel some sort of sympathy and pity for him when he dies.

I love the Bardock special don't get me wrong...just not Toma.

Kunzait_83 · Post by **Kunzait_83** » Sat Sep 27, 2008 11:02 pm

Post by **Herms** » Sat Sep 27, 2008 11:08 pm

Kunzait_83 wrote:And Herms recently producing that bit of background info from the Daizenshuu on how Tullece recruited Rezun and Rakasei was especially cool. More backstory like that would’ve been awesome for these sorta minor characters.

I actually found backstory like that for all of Turles' henchmen, and posted it in this old thread. But I didn't find it in the daizenshuu, but rather from the Japanese Wikipedia page for DBZ movie 3, which says it’s official background information. Now, Japanese Wikipedia isn’t any more infallible than the English version (I’ve mentioned before how screwy their pages on the Legacy of Goku series is), but since certain bits of the backstory it gives are referenced in Daizenshuu 7 (like Rezun and Rakasei’s race), I think it’s probably genuine.

Anyway, my favorite movie henchmen are Garlic Jr.’s, for all the reasons already cited. After them (maybe even tied) would be Lucifer’s minions from DB movie 2. Ghaster and the butler were very cool, and I love the designs for Lucifer’s legions of demons. Like the rest of the movie, it feels very unique and different from anything else in DragonBall, but not so much that it feels it doesn’t belong.

Kid Trunks · Post by **Kid Trunks** » Sat Sep 27, 2008 11:09 pm

Kunzait_83 wrote:That’s really the true genius behind the Bardock special I think… it plays within a moral gray area that the rest of the series rarely ever ventures near.

What about Vegeta on Namek? I'd say most people were rooting him on. I certainly was. Despite the fact that he was killing innocent Nameks and loving it.

Kunzait_83 · Post by **Kunzait_83** » Sat Sep 27, 2008 11:41 pm

Post by **Herms** » Sun Sep 28, 2008 12:13 am

Kunzait_83 wrote:I’ve mentioned this to you before in other threads awhile back Herms, but you REALLY should check out the filler episode in original Dragon Ball where Goku ventures into the gateway to the Demon World and fights Shura

Yeah, I've been wanting to see that and the rest of the pre-22 TB filler for awhile now. All I've seen of the DB anime is the beginning up to the 21st TB, and then the second half of the Piccolo Daimao arc to the end, so there's a lot I haven't seen. It sucks that the Funi releases are so hard to find, but maybe I'll get the Madman box sets, or some of the Region 2 DVDs.

(the ruler of all regular, Earthbound demons).

Earthbound demons? You mean like the evil Mani-Mani statue?

Kunzait_83 · Post by **Kunzait_83** » Sun Sep 28, 2008 12:17 am

Forgotten Hero · Post by **Forgotten Hero** » Sun Sep 28, 2008 1:29 am

NeptuneKai wrote:I never liked Toma's design at all, in fact I've never liked Toma period.
They say absolutely nothing about him and he gets minimal screen time, yet we're supposed to feel some sort of sympathy and pity for him when he dies.

I love the Bardock special don't get me wrong...just not Toma.

I like Toma because he used as a plot-device tool thing. He reveals to Bardock of Freeza's betrayal and he makes me feel sad but anger for Bardock.

Jackal puFF · Post by **Jackal puFF** » Sun Sep 28, 2008 4:07 am

I really like the movies where everybody fights.

Like the Bojack movie, Turles, and Broly.

Post by **Herms** » Sun Sep 28, 2008 12:09 pm

Cypher wrote:Well, according to Herms' 'Cooler's Henchmen Info. Thread' (http://db.schuby.org/daizex/viewtopic.php?t=7252)
Sauza and Jeice are from the same star system....also it seems that he has more history with Ginyu (vying for the captaincy of the presumably later-named Ginyu Tokusentai) than Jeice, outside place of origin.

Something neat I literally just found out today is that both of those pieces of information are mentioned in DragonBall Z Son Goku Densetsu, along with Toriyama's designs for Coola's henchmen, saying that the information was printed in an issue of Weekly Jump that came out right before the movie's premier. That's the same as it says on the Japanese Wikipedia page for DBZ movie 5, but it's nice to finally have confirmation from something more official than Wikipedia. It also says Neiz's race evolved from amphibians, and that Dore was a galactic pro-wrestler and that his toughness is due to his home planet being covered in magma (this is also on Wikipedia, but again, it's good to know some Japanese fan didn't just make it up).

Saiyan-Professor · Post by **Saiyan-Professor** » Sun Sep 28, 2008 1:40 pm

Tullece's associates are my preferred henchmen in the series. I wish they were introduced in the main continuity as King Cold’s squad.

Tweaker · Post by **Tweaker** » Sun Sep 28, 2008 1:43 pm

Jackal puFF wrote:I really like the movies where everybody fights.

Like the Bojack movie, Tullece, and Broly.

Yes, generally people like the fighting in a series centered around fighting. =P

I liked the designs of Bojack and his henchmen best. The pirate motif wasn't particularly glaring in the series up to that point, and it was neat to see Toriyama's style applied to that. Plus it made it all the more liberating when Gohan completely tore into them--the design was never seen again! XD