I just finished watching the original Dragonball anime and kept notes on which characters, objects, and attacks appeared in which episode. It's completely useless, but the type of thing that I expect someone here may appreciate. I'm going to slowly work my way through Z next where I think the data will be more interesting for more people. For this, I watched all 153 episodes, 2 safety specials, ands 3 movies.
Allies
- Son Goku - 158 episodes (100%). Goku is the only character to appear in anywhere near all of the episodes.
- Bulma - 121 eps (77%)
- Yamcha - 104 eps (66%)
- Kamesennin - 101 eps (64%)
- Puar - 98 eps (62%) - Only one episode (93, during the 22nd Budokai, where Puar appears without Yamcha.
- Oolong - 91 eps (58%)
- Kuririn - 91 eps (58%)
- Lunch - 80 eps (51%)
- Tenshinhan - 68 eps (43%) - Considering he didn't appear until ep 82, this is amazing. There are only the two specials and five episodes after he first appeared that he was absent for.
- Umigame - 51 eps (32%)
- Chaozu - 42 eps (27%)
- Budokai Announcer - 39 eps (25%)
- Chichi - 26 eps (16%)
- Yajirobe - 26 eps (16%)
- Upa - 22 eps (14%)
- Suno - 19 eps (12%)
- Kami - 16 eps (10%)
- Fortuneteller Baba - 15 eps (9%)
- Karin - 13 eps (8%)
- Ox-King - 12 eps (8%)
- Android 8 - 11 eps (7%)
- Mr Popo - 9 eps (6%)
- Pilaf/Shu/Mai - 28 (18%) - They always appeared as a triple. No episodes with one without the others.
- Piccolo Daimao - 21 (13%)
- Piccolo Jr - 20 (13%)
- Red - 20 (13%)
- Black - 19 (12%)
- Crane Hermit - 19 (12%)
- Piano - 18 (12%)
- Blue - 15 (9%)
- Tao Pai Pai - 11 (7%)
- 5-star - 23
- 2-star / 4-star - 21
- 6-star - 20
- 1-star - 18
- 3-star / 7-star - 17
- Nyoibo - 99 (65%), plus nine more if you include when it is visible under Kami's Lookout (68%)
- Kintoun - 55 (35%)
- Dragon Radar - 39 (25%) - Only counting the portable Bulma-style
- Sensu bean - 7 (5%) - Only when visible or eaten
- Kamehameha - 43 (28%) - Any characters doing it
- Flying (non-Puar) - 36 (23%) - Martial arts flying, not whatever Puar does
- Afterimage - 21 (14%) - Only when explicitly called out or used with a distracting afterimage. Did not include all of the times that there were quick-moving afterimages.
- Oolong/Puar transformation - 17 (11%)
- Rogafufuken - 15 (9%)
- Dodonpa - 8 (5%)
- Jan-ken - 7 (5%)
- Mafuba - 4 (3%)
- Taiyoken - 3 (2%)
- Kikouhou - 3 (2%)
Enjoy!