The height conundrum

[RandomGuy96]

Burter seems taller- looks like the top of Goku's head would just barley reach Burter's stomach.

Don't forget Amond. He's as big or bigger than King Cold- Goku's head is below his waist.

If Semi-Cell is only that big once, then how big is he usually?

[Gaffer Tape]

Burter seems taller- looks like the top of Goku's head would just barley reach Burter's stomach.

I'm sorry to come across as nitpicky or confrontational, but I've seen this word pop up in nearly every single one of your posts on this topic, so it can't just be a slip of the keyboard. Please stop saying "barley". This is barley:



The word you're looking for is "barely". Again, I apologize, but it's driving me slightly crazy, kind of like when people write "head cannon".

[VyeRo]

What do you mean "head cannon" is wrong?

[RandomGuy96]

Burter seems taller- looks like the top of Goku's head would just barley reach Burter's stomach.

I'm sorry to come across as nitpicky or confrontational, but I've seen this word pop up in nearly every single one of your posts on this topic, so it can't just be a slip of the keyboard. Please stop saying "barley". This is barley:

The word you're looking for is "barely". Again, I apologize, but it's driving me slightly crazy, kind of like when people write "head cannon".

Huh? I only used "barley" thrice, actually. But yeah, I should have noticed I was misspelling it. Won't happen again.

Anyway, another unexpectedly huge character is Neiz from Movie 5. Here's him next to the over 7 feet tall Piccolo:



Here's him compared to Dore and Salza. Salza is taller than Goku, and Dore is Recoome-sized:

[Vice]

Some of the best height comparison pics available.

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[Gonstead]

Some of the best height comparison pics available.

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Most of those are waaaaaaaaay out of scale.

Frieza and Cold are too small, Gero is way too small, 17 and 18 a little too tall, 16 slightly too tall and Cell way too tall. Even Piccolo is a tad bit too tall.

[JackyBoi99]

Holy crap cell looks way too tall in that photo.

[Patrick]

Yeah, Cell is much, much too tall for that picture. He's taller than King Cold. He should only be about 4-5 inches taller than Piccolo from this picture that I posted a little while ago.

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With that said, those pictures make Tien and Yamcha's height(6'2" and 6') proportionate to Goku's 5'9", so they have something at the very least.

[Gonstead]

Yeah, Cell is much, much too tall for that picture. He's taller than King Cold. He should only be around Piccolo's height from this picture that I posted a little while ago.

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That's also roughly where Perfect Cell would be height wise as well.

Here's Goku with Ginyu.

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[Patrick]

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Holy mother of crap, I didn't realize Neiz was that tall. I think he's taller than Evil Buu. Would that make him the tallest non-giant villain?

[mAcChaos]

How big is Buuhan?

[RandomGuy96]

Would anything suggest his height is different than Super Buu's?

Holy mother of crap, I didn't realize Neiz was that tall. I think he's taller than Evil Buu. Would that make him the tallest non-giant villain?

I think so. He's almost twice Salza's height (maybe more?), and looks ridiculously bigger than Piccolo. I can't think of anyone taller that doesn't qualify as a "giant" character.

That's also roughly where Perfect Cell would be height wise as well.

Huh? Perfect Cell is only about a head taller than Goku. I have his dome at 6'8, considerably shorter than Piccolo.

[Gonstead]

How big is Buuhan?

Wouldn't he just simply be the same height as regular Buu?

[Attitudefan]

From reading the page about Freeza a little bit earlier, Freeza would definitely would not make it up to Goku's shoulders:





Freeza in most depictions, other than when he buffs up, seems to be smaller than Vegeta. Freeza is very insignificant in height compared to 5'9" Goku.

So how tall is Cold?

If we take this image from a filler episode, no doubt was Toei using their height charts, therefore, if we compare Cell, who in his perfect form is taller than Ten, and much taller than Goku, he looks like an ant compared to Cold. Cold's head looks to be the size of Cell's torso!



While Burter has a perspective advantage, he looks to be slightly smaller than Cold is. Also, Freeza looks to be in the same proportion to Cold as he was when we first saw them together.

[RandomGuy96]

I'm just going to go with the cover page for Cold. The cover pages always seem more consistent. The problem is determining how tall exactly Freeza is; what would ya'll estimate Cold at height-wise, in inches or centimeters?

[Patrick]

I'm just going to go with the cover page for Cold. The cover pages always seem more consistent. The problem is determining how tall exactly Freeza is; what would ya'll estimate Cold at height-wise, in inches or centimeters?

Well, I'd estimate Freeza is anywhere from 4'8"(143cm) to 4'10"(147cm) based on these two pictures.

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It may seem kinda silly off of how I think this, but one of my friends happens to be 4'10", and her best friend is about 5'9" as well. She's barely at her shoulders.

I don't have a height for King Cold because it's just so inconsistent. In his spaceship he could easily qualify for over 10', but...

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I don't think he looks much taller than King Piccolo (8'2") in this shot. Trunks is about 5'7". Maybe 8'5" here?

Then there's this picture.

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He barely looks a head taller than Trunks. Barely.

[Attitudefan]

In that last picture, despite the angle, Cold looks to be close to Piccolo's height where Trunks would be around Cold's shoulders.

I'm just going to go with the cover page for Cold. The cover pages always seem more consistent. The problem is determining how tall exactly Freeza is; what would ya'll estimate Cold at height-wise, in inches or centimeters?

I agree, since the cover pages are made with small details like height proportions in mind.

I think so. He's almost twice Salza's height (maybe more?), and looks ridiculously bigger than Piccolo. I can't think of anyone taller that doesn't qualify as a "giant" character.

By giant, you mean like the monster characters such as Hirudegarn? Burter and Neiz would be the tallest non-giant characters then?

[RandomGuy96]

Yeah, that's what I mean. Obviously, if we were counting them, the biggest character would be GT Oozaru Goku. Neiz looks way bigger than Burter though, and I think Amond and Cold are bigger too. There's also Abokado.

How tall would you say cover!Cold is in inches/centimeters? I have a hard time getting an accurate estimate because I'm not sure how tall Freeza is.

[TheDevilsCorpse]

I don't count the anime's screenshots unless the characters are anime exclusive. And you have things likes this in the manga (though I do admit that Toriyama starts shrinking him a bit as the fights progress):

[Patrick]

Yeah, that's what I mean. Obviously, if we were counting them, the biggest character would be GT Oozaru Goku. Neiz looks way bigger than Burter though, and I think Amond and Cold are bigger too. There's also Abokado.

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Going by this cover? Well assuming Freeza is 4'10", and he's not even at Cold's waist, you could probably stack another Freeza and he'd still be taller by like 6 inches. I'm guessing a little over 10', maybe 10'5"(317cm)?