Videl
Videl is a female anime and manga character who features in Dragon Ball.
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Biography
Videl (Japanese: ビーデル, Hepburn: Bīderu) was a female human born on the Planet Earth where she was born the daughter of Mr. Satan and his wife Miguel.
On May 7 of Age 767, Videl was 11 years old when she won in the Junior Division of the 24th World Martial Arts Tournament. Her mother left Mr. Satan and their daughter Videl at one point, leaving only the two of them in their family. But they have got loads of servants. Her father is very protective of her, especially in respect to boys, only allowing her to have a boyfriend if he was stronger than him, which Videl thought it was impossible. However, her mother died at the heart illness since she was still a baby and raised by her father in her whole life. Videl, like the rest of the world, watched the fight between Cell and the Dragon Team. During the fight between Cell and Super Saiyan 2 Gohan, the ZTV camera equipment was destroyed, so she didn’t see the outcome like the rest of the world. After the battle, Videl, like the rest of the world, was told about her dad Mr. Satan defeating Cell. While she and the rest of the world believed her father's claims, in the back of her head, she suspected that he was not telling the truth.
In her spare time, Videl helps the police and fights crime in Satan City. She becomes suspicious of Gohan after meeting him on his first day at Orange Star High School, and she even follows him for a brief time to learn more about him. Videl eventually discovers Gohan's secret identity as the Great Saiyaman: in the manga, she very easily tricks Gohan into revealing his identity after stopping some thugs. She then asks the Great Saiyaman how he left class, and he answers her, revealing that he is actually Gohan. In the anime, she discovers that Gohan is the Great Saiyaman after she and Gohan are involved in an attempt to return Chobi, a baby pteranodon, to its rightful parents. In both cases, she deduces that Gohan is the son of the 23rd World Martial Arts Tournament winner, Goku, based on them carrying the same family name, and gets Gohan to participate in the 25th World Martial Arts Tournament and teach her how to fly using a blackmail-type of threat. In a matter of days, Videl learns how to fly, and starts to develop a liking for Gohan. She even cuts her hair one day after he had suggested it. Initially, she thought he just liked girls with short hair but he explained that long hair will only get in the way during a fight. There is an awkward moment when Chi-Chi asks Gohan whether he is going to marry Videl, which embarrasses him. As she becomes a great flyer, Gohan begins to think that Videl is really something special. Despite the relentless teasing from friends, Videl and Gohan develop a sweet kind of relationship.
Videl becomes very strong for a human, and enters the 25th World Martial Arts Tournament. When Videl firsts meets Goku and the other Z Fighters, Gohan explains that his father is dead as he has a halo above his head. This is one of many supernatural things in the Dragon Ball universe that astonish more ordinary humans like Videl, but are second nature to the Z Fighters. After waiting with Gohan for the Punching Machine destroyed by Vegeta to be replaced, Videl and the other high-scoring fighters draw their numbers for the first round. Videl goes up against Spopovich. Videl quickly gains the upper hand, even breaking Spopovich's neck, though he repairs it, shocking Videl and everyone else watching the match. Soon, the tables turn against her as Spopovich keeps getting back up after her attacks, without any visible damage. Videl then attempted to fly to the skies to recover, but to her horror, Spopovich could also fly and even use Kiai to strike her back down. Videl starts to tire out, and Spopovich takes advantage by beating her to a pulp around the ring with a series of punches to the stomach and head. For his enjoyment, Spopovich steps on Videl's head. He pushes down on it until Videl is brought to tears. Enraged by this display, Gohan loses control of his temper and transforms into a Super Saiyan. Seeing this, Yamu, Spopovich's partner, reminds his ally of their real reason for being there and tells him to end the match. Spopovich does so and kicks her out of the ring. Gohan carries her to the infirmary, where he returns later to heal her with a Senzu Bean brought by Goku. She thanks Gohan for it, though Mr. Satan freaks out, suspicious of the boy, insisting she be checked up for poisoning. She steps back to the arena to watch Gohan's match, and is surprised to see he is indeed the "Gold Fighter" she suspected him to be. When Gohan is in mortal danger from a ki drain from Yamu and Spopovich, she tries to save him, but is stopped only by being physically restrained by Goku. Upon Kibito healing and offering Gohan an explanation, Videl asks Gohan to let her go along, wanting to know what exactly is going on. She readily believes Gohan after he confesses he was both the mysterious Gold Fighter, Great Saiyaman and also the golden-haired 11-year-old boy at the Cell Games seven years ago. Having suspected that her father was not telling the truth, she comes to the correct conclusion that it was Gohan who beat Cell in the Cell Games. She initially wants to come and help with the fight against the Organization of Babidi, but is requested by Gohan to go back and tell everyone else the situation. She agrees to leave, then looks back and says "You better come back, cause I'm not finished with you yet, Gohan". She meets Goten and Trunks on her way to the World Tournament Arena, and accidentally fuels them with adrenaline by telling them the story of Majin Buu, prompting the two to head for the battlefield.
Overview
Personality and attributes
In appearance, Videl was shown to have black hair, with light blue eyes. She wears a pinkish T-Shirt and black shorts, with a white apron over them. She was also shown to wear combat gloves and boots.
Her father, Mr. Satan was shown to be very protective of her, especially in respect to boys. Videl has grown up learning martial arts hoping to be as great as her dad, when in fact, unknown to herself she is already better than him. She is also shown to suspect her father for not defeating Cell and latter finds out that her assumption was correct.
Videl shares her frustrations over her father's arrogance and overprotective nature of her from boys to become stronger than him after the death of her loving mother since she was young as a baby to Gohan in the anime episode, whose mother, Chi-Chi, very overprotective of him to stopped him from fighting training with his father as a child and made him study for long periods of time. She later admits that she's falling in love with Gohan, as she sees him as a shy and strong person after he turns Super Saiyan 2 form at the 25th World Martial Arts Tournament.
Powers and abilities
Videl was shown to favour the use of pure physical attacks rather than a balance of close-quarter and energy-based techniques. Gohan had said that she had already surpassed her father before she even came to learn to use ki. In fact, she only capable to learn ki blasts after being trained in them by Gohan but had little control over them.
Among the techniques known to her included:
- Eagle Kick (イーグルキック Īgurukikku) :
- Videl Rush (ビーデルラッシュ Bīderu Rasshu) :
- Kick-Slap (キックビンタ Kikku Binta) :
- Head Scissors Rush (ヘッドシザーズラッシュ Heddo Shizāzu Rasshu) :
Notes
- Videl was created by mangaka Akira Toriyama where she featured in the setting of the Dragon Ball universe.
Alternate Versions
- In Dragon Ball GT, an alternate version of Videl appeared in the setting of the series that was set many years after Dragon Ball Z.
In other media
Television
Films
Video games
- In Dragon Ball FigherZ, Videl appeared as a playable DLC character in the setting of the fighting video game where she was voiced by Japanese actress Yuko Minaguchi and by English actor Kara Edwards in the dub.
Appearances
- Dragon Ball Z:
- Dagon Ball GT:
- Dragon Ball Super:
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