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| jpn_name = ネイル (''Neiru'')
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| manga_debut = [[Dragon Ball Chapter 264]]
| anime_debut = [[Dragon Ball Z Episode 53]]
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| jpn_voice = [[Katsuji Mori]] (Z)<br />[[Taiten Kusunoki]] (Kai)
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| classify = [[Namekian Characters|Namekians]]
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| universe = [[Universe 7]]
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| family = [[Namek's Eldest]] (Parent)
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'''Nail''' is a fictional character in the ''[[Dragon Ball]]'' manga series by [[Akira Toriyama]]. Nail makes his debut in [[Dragon Ball Chapter 264|chapter 264]], published in the 1990 #13 issue of Shueisha's ''[[Weekly Shōnen Jump]]''.

==Biography==

Nail is the sole warrior-type [[Namekian]] on [[Planet Namek]],<ref name="ch285">{{Cite manga|Chp=285}}</ref> where he guards the [[Namek's Eldest|Eldest Namekian]].<ref name="ch264">{{Cite manga|Chp=264}}</ref> In '''[[Age 762]]''',<ref name="choz4pp19-21">{{Cite guidebook|Title="Chronological Table of DB World"|Book=31|Page=pp. 19-21}}</ref> the planet is beset by [[Freeza]] and his men, who go around terrorizing villagers until they give up their wish-granting [[Namekian Dragon Balls|Dragon Balls]]. A few Earthlings have come to Namek as well, hoping to wish back the [[Earth's Dragon Balls|Earth's set of Dragon Balls]]. They end up rescuing a Namekian child called [[Dende]], who introduces them to the Eldest.<ref name="ch265">{{Cite manga|Chp=265}}</ref>

Another menace plaguing Namekian villages is the [[Saiyan]] [[Vegeta]], who ends up following the Earthlings to the Eldest's house. Nail tells him to leave and Vegeta thinks of resisting, but then they suddenly notice five powerful aliens approaching the planet. Freeza has called in the [[Ginyu Special Force]], which makes Vegeta so desperate that he teams up with the Earthlings to fight them. The Eldest asks Nail to go assist them as well,<ref name="ch271">{{Cite manga|Chp=271}}</ref> but on the way to the battlefield, Nail gets a bad feeling that danger will soon befall the Eldest, and goes back to protect him.<ref name="ch277">{{Cite manga|Chp=277}}</ref> Sure enough, Freeza himself arrives at the Eldest's house asking how to get his wish from the Dragon Balls. The Eldest [[Telepathy|telepathically]] asks Nail to buy time so that Dende can reach the Earthlings and help them summon [[Porunga]].<ref name="ch285">{{Cite manga|Chp=285}}</ref>

Though Freeza is impressed when his [[Scouter|scouter]] shows Nail's [[Battle power|battle power]] to be 42,000, it still pales in comparison to his own 530,000.<ref name="ch286">{{Cite manga|Chp=286}}</ref> Nail puts up what little fight he can, but succeeds in stalling for time. When Freeza finally realizes this, he storms off towards the Earthlings, leaving Nail to die.<ref name="ch291">{{Cite manga|Chp=291}}</ref> But the Earthlings get their wish and bring [[Piccolo]] to Planet Namek, the warrior-type half of the [[Earth's God|Namekian]] who created the Earth's Dragon Balls. Piccolo comes across the dying Nail, who lets him know just how powerful Freeza is. Nail offers to [[Assimilation|assimilate]] with Piccolo in order to increase his power, and becomes part of him permanently.<ref name="ch295">{{Cite manga|Chp=295}}</ref>

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