Dodoria

Template:DB Character Dodoria is a fictional character in the second half of the manga Dragon Ball, known as Dragon Ball Z in USA. His Japanese voice actor is Yukitoshi Hori. He was originally voiced by Ward Perry in the 1996 English dub by the Ocean Group and Chris Forbis in the later FUNimation in-house redub.

Appearance

Dodoria is an overweight, pudgy, and pink alien warrior. He has protruding spikes on his arms and head. He also wears the common armor that most of Freeza's men have, including the shoulder pads and a green scouter.

Storyline

Bardock Special

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Dodoria carries out Freeza's orders.

Dodoria, along with Zarbon, are Freeza's top two henchmen and attend to matters at hand within Freeza's ship. As news begins to come in that the Saiyans are gaining strength, Zarbon warns Freeza of the threat that they pose, and advises him to eradicate them before they become a threat to his power. In response, Dodoria and a group of his elites are sent to eliminate Bardock and his team of fighters. He is successful in killing most of the team but carelessly allows Bardock to live after using a powerful mouth blast on him, leaving Bardock with only a limp. Upon his return to Freeza, Zarbon informs Dodoria of his recklessness, which angers Freeza. However, Freeza reassures him that it would no longer be necessary to kill Bardock separately as he had decided to destroy the entire Saiyan race. Bardock tries to relay the information about Freeza's attack but nobody believes him. Bardock challenges Freeza, but ultimately shares the fate of his planet when it and all of its inhabitants are obliterated.

Namek Saga

Dodoria accompanies his master Freeza to Planet Namek in search of the planet's Dragon Balls, which Freeza plans to use to gain immortality, thus maintaining his dominance in the universe. Dodoria is able to help him collect most of the Dragon Balls by mercilessly slaughtering the Namekians as a means to extract information from them. Vegeta soon shows up on Planet Namek with his own desire to find the Dragon Balls, and quickly kills Kiwi, who was sent to dispose of Vegeta. As he does so, Dodoria's scouter runs wild, telling him that Vegeta's power level is 24,000, which Dodoria dismisses as a malfunction given that that would make Vegeta stronger than him.

At the same time, a group of Namekians arrive to save the survivors of Freeza's most recent attack. After the group kills Freeza's low-level minions, Dodoria makes quick work of the three on Freeza's orders. In the hopes of preventing further bloodshed, the survivng Namekian elder Moori reveals the location of the Dragon Ball. Freeza wants him to reveal the location of the other villages as payment for Moori's earlier destruction of their scouters. Moori refuses and orders the children, Cargo and Dende, to run away while he buys them time. Dodoria kills Cargo (in the manga this was actually Freeza's doing) with a blast over Moori's shoulder, and then cracks Moori's neck. As Dodoria moves along to kill Dende, Gohan and Kuririn intervene and save the young Namekian. Dodoria is enraged by their interference and pursues them for quite some time, only being stopped by the temporary blindness that Kuririn's solar flare attack induces, allowing them to hide. Once Dodoria comes to his senses, he unleashes a volley of blasts, demolishing the land below. Convinced that this onslaught was enough to finish the three, Dodoria makes his return to Freeza, never noticing that Kuririn, Gohan, and Dende had survived his attack by floating high above him.

As he makes his way back to Freeza, Dodoria is forced into the waters below by an unknown force. Upon surfacing he finds his assailant to have been Vegeta, who has decided to betray Freeza so as to pursue his own goals. Dodoria encourages him to run away while he can, but Vegeta decides to challenge Dodoria instead. Angered by Vegeta's confidence, Dodoria attempts to finish Vegeta quickly with a flurry of blasts. Easily avoiding the attacks, Vegeta forces Dodoria into submission. In an attempt to save himself, Dodoria tries to bargain with Vegeta, offering to tell the secret behind the destruction of the saiyan homeworld. Vegeta takes him up on the offer and releases Dodoria, who informs Vegeta of the planet's true fate, and at the same time takes the opportunity to try and fly back to Freeza. Vegeta, however, is not in a forgiving mood, and quickly eliminates the fleeing Dodoria with a large ki blast

Super Android 17 Saga

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Zarbon and Dodoria return from Hell in Dragon Ball GT.

Similar to his brief escape in the movie Fusion Reborn, Dodoria escapes from Hell alongside Zarbon and they wreak havoc with all the other villains in the Super Android 17 Saga. However, he is defeated again and sent back when the Z Warriors come to face all of the previously defeated foes.

Abilities

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Dodoria performs a powerful mouth blast in the anime.

Dodoria uses his brute force to overwhelm his opponents. He is intelligent, but his anger has been shown to get the better of him at times. Dodoria has the generic powers that many other Dragon Ball characters share, including the ability to throw numerous exceptionally powerful rapid blasts. He can also emit blasts from his mouth as well, most commonly known as mouth blasts. The most noticeable trait that Dodoria has is his ability to throw his weight around. He is extremely fast for his rotund body and he can perform multiple spins and aerial strikes regardless of his size.

Video Game Appearances

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Dodoria in Budokai Tenkaichi.

Dodoria has appeared as a playable character in numerous video games, some of which include Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi and Dragon Ball Z: Budokai. He is also confirmed to be in Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 2.

See also

• List of Freeza Related Characters in Dragon Ball