Zarbon

Zarbon in his normal form

Zarbon is a male extraterrestrial anime and manga character who features in Dragon Ball Z.

Biography

Zarbon (Japanese: ザーボン, Hepburn: Zābon)

Before King Cold's retirement, Zarbon served under King Cold as a member of the Cold Force along with Dodoria and the Ginyu Force. After King Cold retired and handed control over to his son Frieza, the Cold Force was renamed the Frieza Force and Zarbon eventually began serving Frieza alongside Dodoria. Because of his great power and intelligence, Zarbon, along with Dodoria, became one of Frieza's two attendants/highest ranking officers by chain of command, as well as Frieza's personal advisor, effectively making him Frieza's right hand man. At some point, he learned of Frieza's ability to transform, making him one of the few people to have ever learned of any of Frieza's transformations. When King Vegeta rebelled against Frieza and demanded an audience, Zarbon reported the situation to Frieza. Although Frieza briefly paused and had Zarbon repeat himself, Frieza then responded, after a sarcastic reference to his own hearing, by stating that he let the Saiyans in. Zarbon then witnessed Frieza effortlessly kill King Vegeta in battle, alongside the latter's Saiyan Elites shortly afterward. When Frieza suggested "torching" Planet Vegeta, Zarbon then asked him if it was truly necessary to undergo such an action due to King Vegeta being dead, with Frieza reminding him that the other Saiyans are most likely going to follow King Vegeta's example if they didn't, especially if they learn about his death, causing Zarbon to concede that Frieza knew best. Some time afterwards, when Vegeta, Raditz, and Nappa returned from destroying Planet Shikk, Zarbon, when asked by Frieza, estimated it would personally taken him only a day to depopulate the planet while mocking the Saiyans for their taking three days to do so without congratulating them. As the Saiyans were leaving, Zarbon then made an insulting reference towards Vegeta's Saiyan heritage and capabilities, which infuriated the Saiyan prince enough that he barely restrained himself from turning around and attacked him in turn.

Zarbon accompanied Frieza and Dodoria to Namek in search of the Namekian Dragon Balls. Frieza's one desired wish is to gain immortality in order to maintain his dominance in the universe. Zarbon assists him by collecting most of the Dragon Balls alongside Dodoria by mercilessly slaughtering Namekians in order to squeeze information out of them. Unfortunately for Frieza, Vegeta shows up on Planet Namek with his own desire to gain control of the Dragon Balls. Vegeta had openly betrayed Frieza and went to Earth alongside Nappa as Frieza had never given him that order. Later, after traveling to Namek, Vegeta decides to proceed with his deliberate betrayal and gain control of the Dragon Balls for himself. Vegeta takes the first opportunity he gets to eliminate both Cui, and then Dodoria, who was temporarily separated from his crew after pursuing Gohan and Krillin. At this point, Zarbon becomes the only remaining elite henchman of Frieza. He and Appule are sent to search the remaining Namekian Villages for the last two Dragon Balls. Zarbon tells Appule they need to split up to find the villages, and to notify him if he finds one, so that he won’t get killed by the stronger Namekians. They agree to return to the ship in three hours and split up. Zarbon soon comes face to face with Vegeta instead. Vegeta says that he's been wanting to fight Zarbon since he killed Dodoria, but Zarbon can't believe that he's become that strong. Vegeta says he’ll make him believe. Zarbon asks Vegeta why he’d betray Frieza, and so he explains that he always hated Frieza and how he wants eternal life for himself. If he had eternal life, Vegeta would be free of Frieza's control and his chances of defeating him would increase. Zarbon tells him eternal life wouldn’t be enough to win against Frieza, but Vegeta replies that it's a shame Zarbon doesn’t have a scouter, because his power has gone up to new heights. Zarbon tells Vegeta that he has conviction, but he knows Frieza has far transcended him.

Although he transformed, this time it was Zarbon who underestimated Vegeta. The Saiyan prince fired a blast point blank into his chest that blew a huge hole right through Zarbon's armor and him, killing him and shooting his dead corpse into the waters.

Overview

Personality and attributes

He is considered to be very handsome. He has long green braided hair and his tiara and earrings are reminiscent of his previous status as a high-class prince. He is very vain, and he considers himself to be of the highest standard due to his background and his good looks. His light blue skin and golden eyes indicate his reptilian alien ancestry. He also wears a long light blue cape, as well as pink arm warmers, blue leg warmers, and blue underwear. Along with his choice of clothing, he wears the common armor that most of Frieza's military men have, including the shoulder pads and a blue scouter.

Tall, blue, and handsome, Zarbon was one of Frieza's top soldiers, and his single most powerful henchman (excluding the individual members of the Ginyu Force).

Powers and abilities

A formidable opponent, Zarbon possessed the remarkable ability to increase his speed and strength by transforming into a hideous monster. Few knew of this ability and still lived, because Zarbon almost never transformed unless he had to. The reason he hated transforming is because the process distorted his handsome features and his smooth voice.

Notes

• Zarbon was created by Akira Toriyama where he featured in the setting of the Dragon Ball universe.

Appearances

• Dragon Ball Z:
• Dragon Ball GT:

External Links

• Dragon Balll Wiki Entry

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