| “ | Oh, to see the Dragon Balls turn to stone at the very moment your wish might have come true. Quite a pill to swallow, eh, Vegeta? Of course, even more so for myself. As a matter of fact, in all my years, I have never been so angry as I am now. How incredibly irritating not to have seen the writing on the wall... now you pay! You vile, filth-sucking maggots! You will rue the day you crossed my path! Prepare yourself to face oblivion! | „ |
| ~ Frieza swearing vengeance upon his enemies. |
| “ | Simian bastard... I am Lord Frieza. None surpass me! No one even comes close! Etch this into your skull; I am emperor of the universe! The likes of you are only fit to grovel at my feet! Or better still... to die in disgrace AT THE HANDS OF YOUR MASTER! | „ |
| ~ Frieza after his first defeat. |
| “ | Frieza: Set a course for Earth, father. King Cold: Planet Earth? Whatever for, my son? Frieza: I'd like to blow it up. |
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| ~ Frieza after King Cold saved him. |
Frieza, also known as the Emperor of Evil, is the main antagonist of the Dragon Ball franchise.
He is the self-proclaimed "Emperor of the Universe" whose goal is to conquer the universe and achieve immortality. He was responsible for the destruction of Planet Vegeta and is the arch-nemesis of Bardock, Goku and Vegeta.
He is voiced by Ryūsei Nakao (who also voiced his brother, Cooler) in the Japanese version, and by Linda Young, the late Pauline Newstone, the late Christopher Ayres, and Daman Mills in the English version.
What Makes Him Pure Evil?[]
In General[]
- While it is implied that he was raised to become the evil monster he is today by his father King Cold, Frieza is clearly past it. He has even been offered chances to change his ways with the suffering he was faced with in Hell, and yet refuses to because he revels in his evil nature. This shows he does have a clear moral agency and now he is evil because he is evil.
- He is shown to be incredibly racist towards Saiyans, as he constantly calls them monkeys.
- He is shown to have no gratitude at all, as when Vegeta, Nappa and Raditz came to tell him they had exterminated an entire alien race in three days, he rudely and condescendingly told them to go away, humiliating them in the process.
- While fighting his enemies, he prefers to prolong their pain by brutally torturing them as opposed to some of his associates, as seen with Nail, Vegeta, Piccolo, Gohan, Goku, and Krillin.
- He runs the Planet Trade Organization, where he and his men wipe out entire alien species and sell their planets for profit, giving him one of the highest body counts above those of most other villains in the Dragon Ball franchise.
- He regularly kills his subordinates as seen in Dragon Ball Z: Resurrection 'F' and Dragon Ball Super despite their loyalty to him. He proved this by killing almost all of his men during the invasion of Earth when they lost to the Z-Fighters (on the other hand, they were for no further use). Even after he started treating them better, he still killed one for calling him "short".
- His relationship with Berryblue is unclear. He appears to be much more lenient with her behavior than he is with anyone else, as he did not threaten her when she commented on his short height. Since Berryblue was his childhood nanny, this could may imply a form of fondness. However, given how Frieza was willing to betray Universe 7, not caring if his universe would have been wiped out alongside everything else, this is left ambiguous.
- Although he does have a few comedic moments, he is still taken 100% seriously as a dangerous threat.
- His crimes are so heinous that nearly everyone in the entire franchise, hero or villain, hates and resents him for his deeds, including many heinous villains like Beerus, King Vegeta, Frost, the Heeters, Cell, and even his brother Cooler, with the last two also being Pure Evil.
- He is to blame for many of the deaths that occurred throughout the franchise, both directly and indirectly (including the direct destruction of numerous planets, including Planet Vegeta, which set up the franchise's events).
- He has already destroyed countless planets and lives with his men, all out of sadism.
- While he hates Goku and Vegeta especially, he still went after their friends, families and their friends' families out of spite for their association with them, despite them not being a threat to him.
- Because of his evil nature, he was sentenced to Hell twice by King Yemma.
Background[]
- He arrived on Planet Vegeta to recruit the Saiyans into the Planet Trade Organization so he could use their immense power for both his own selfish deeds. After being introduced to the Saiyans by King Cold, he kills three of them who were trying to shoot him and to demonstrate how the Scouters work.
- After hearing of the legend of the Super Saiyan (and Super Saiyan God) and fearing that the Saiyans would betray him, he destroyed Planet Vegeta, causing the near-extinction of the Saiyan race and having hundreds of his own men killed with no hesitation, including Bardock and Gine (who were Goku and Raditz's parents) and even King Vegeta.
- This means he destroyed the world that Goku, Vegeta, Raditz, Nappa, Paragus, Broly, Tarble and Turles were born on.
- Immediately after destroying Planet Vegeta, he laughed with psychotic glee, describing the explosion as a "great show".
- Although it was later revealed that it was Beerus who asked him to destroy the planet from the start, this doesn't count as a prevention since he already wanted to destroy Planet Vegeta due to fear of having to face a Super Saiyan, so it really didn't matter.
- He was one of the individuals responsible for the destruction of Planet Cereal and the near extinction of the Cerelian race, leading to Granolah's fall to villainy.
Frieza Saga[]
- He terrorizes the Planet Namek whilst searching for their Dragon Balls, killing most of its population, including children such as Cargo (manga only, as in the anime, it was Dodoria who did it).
- He furiously killed Orlen for murdering a survivor who knew where Vegeta hid the Dragon Balls, and threatened to do the same to Zarbon if he doesn’t go after and find Vegeta.
- He is responsible for the death of Grand Elder Guru due to murdering most of the Namekians, therefore causing the Dragon Balls to turn to stone, and making Dende, Gohan, Vegeta, and Krillin's wish pointless.
- While he was torturing Vegeta, he ate a live crab off the latter's shoulder.
- He murdered Dende, who was a child at the time, to prevent his healing powers from being used any further.
- He mortally wounds Vegeta by shooting a Death Ray at him when he encouraged Goku to kill him. Although he meant to shut Vegeta up and accidentally killed him, he couldn't have cared less and laughed at his death.
- After surviving the Spirit Bomb, he mentally tortured Goku by mortally wounding Piccolo and blowing up Krillin before attempting to do the same to Gohan. This caused Goku to become the very thing he feared: a Super Saiyan.
- When Goku calls him out for killing countless innocent people, including Krillin, he hypocritically reminds Goku that the Saiyans have just as much blood on their hands. While Goku admits that what he said is true, this doesn't count as a prevention since he was the one that ordered the Saiyans to do his bidding and he only said that line to taunt and spite Goku.
- Under frustration of Goku overpowering him, he damaged Namek's core in order to starve Goku and his friends out of air (originally it was an attempt to blow the planet, but he failed, althrough the planet would blow up five minutes later). He is shown to be a hypocrite as it's revealed he panicked at the destruction killing him as well and botched up the attack.
- When Goku ends the fight after seeing his power drop, Frieza attempts to kill him using his Death Saucers, which inadvertently got him sliced in half. Then, even after Goku chose to show him mercy and give him energy in spite of having good reasons to kill him for good, Frieza cowardly attempts to kill him with a surprise energy blast from behind, which ultimately backfires.
Trunks Saga[]
- Right after being revived with cybernetic enhancements by King Cold, he tells his father to set a course to Earth as he wants to destroy it.
- After detecting Goku coming to Earth, he decided to beat him first, and then ordered his army to mercilessly kill all of Earth's inhabitants, while he decides to personally kill Goku's friends, family, and his friends' families as well.
- He tried to kill the new arrival (Future Trunks) multiple times to solidify his strength, despite Future Trunks warning him and his army to leave Earth intact. He also ignored Trunks warnings, proving how ignorant Frieza is.
- He tries to destroy Earth with an attack 10 times stronger than the one he used to destroy Namek, despite his father still being on the planet. He would have gone through with it hadn't Future Trunks diverted his attack.
- While his death was horrible as he was sliced multiple times and then turned into ashes by Future Trunks, he completely deserved it for blowing up entire planets and killing countless lives.
- Despite being put in Hell for decades and knowing he could escape if he made up for his sins, he refuses to change himself or feel any remorse for his actions.
Filler/Anime Only[]
- In the Namek saga, after hiring the Ginyu Force, he killed Namole due to feeling that he would no longer be useful. In the Japanese version, he instead killed Namole for cowardice.
- When Cell was torturing an ogre to find a way out of Hell, Frieza didn't care, refused to protest, and sadistically grinned as it occurred. Then, after seeing Goku arrive in Hell, Frieza ordered the Ginyu Force to kill him. Goku also states that Frieza will refuse to learn the error of his ways even in death.
- He teamed up with Cell and tried to kill Goku, not caring that he was a child at the time because of Shenlong's mistake. Even though he and Cell team up and seem to get along due to training together and their shared hatred towards Goku, they both hate each other in reality, as shown in Dragon Ball GT and FighterZ.
Resurrection ‘F’/Golden Frieza Saga[]
- He had no interest in reviving his father with the Dragon Balls, hypocritically stating that he was bloated with self-importance and demonstrating he held no love for King Cold whatsoever. In the promotional manga that adapts the first part of the film, he doesn't even ask Sorbet and Tagoma about his father's fate.
- When Tagoma suggests he should ignore getting revenge on the Saiyans due to their superior strength and instead focus on strengthening his empire, Frieza kills him in the film and brutally tortures him in the anime.
- He corrupts Tagoma, turning him from an honorable warrior who respected his superiors into a ruthless, sadistic monster like himself who was willing to sacrifice his comrades to kill his enemies.
- He nearly kills Gohan in a similar way that he killed him a few years ago for no reason other than petty spite.
- He orders Tagoma to kill Goten and Trunks due to them resembling Goku and Future Trunks.
- He murders all 1,000 of his men after they lose to Piccolo, Krillin, Gohan, and Roshi (on the other hand, they were for no further use as he wanted to kill his enemies himself).
- He tortures Gohan due to him sparing Ginyu (reminding him of the time he was spared by Goku), proving himself to be utterly ungrateful to him. He also killed Piccolo due to him intervening in Gohan's torture and said he'd do the same to Goten after killing Gohan.
- He coldly brushes off the deaths of even his most loyal soldiers such as Tagoma and Ginyu.
- In Super anime only, he attempts to kill Bulma and Jaco in order to distract Goku during their fight. He later mocks about Goku's love for his friends, showing how egotistical he is.
- He has Sorbet shoot Goku with a fatal laser when the Saiyan offers him a chance to leave with his life, then proceeds to torture him.
- He tries to convince Vegeta into going back into his life of villainy and kill Goku in order to become his second-in-command, but he became angry when Vegeta refused and tried to kill him.
- He cowardly destroys Earth out of spite when he was cornered by Vegeta, killing many of the Z-Fighters and their friends and families, and it would've stayed that way had Whis not rewinded time.
Universe Survival Saga[]
- While he does agree to join the Z-Fighters in the Tournament of Power, it is only because Goku threatens to leave him in Hell if he refuses.
- He immediately betrays Goku after being revived and attempts to make a deal with Universe 9 in case Universe 7 does not win the Tournament of Power. While talking to the Gods of Universe 9, he does not express any care for Universe 7 or anyone in the universe he is from if it is wiped from existence and the only reason he stops is because of Beerus and Whis' arrival.
- He killed several assassins sent by Sidra to test his power, despite Goku requesting him not to, brushing it as inevitable when Universe 9 loses and gets erased.
- In the Super manga, although the negotiation between him and Goku is not shown, it is implied that he attacked Goku after he was released from his prison in Hell, as he was not thrilled to collaborate with him (Goku states that "the peaceful negotiation did not work").
- He wanted to use the Super Dragon Balls to make a wish that would "wrap the gods around his finger", which would've gotten the entire multiverse erased by Zeno due to it being a selfish wish. While Frieza didn't know about this, it's pretty clear that he wouldn't have cared.
- He proposes an alliance to Frost after noticing his resemblance to him and asking him if he likes to command by force like him, telling him to throw Krillin, Tien and Roshi out of the ring (which Frost does with the first two) and having him shoot down three members of his team, then betrays him by eliminating him and causes Zeno to erase him from existence for trying to attack Frieza outside of the ring (althrough Frost probably deserved it as he probably has a history similar to Frieza's). In relation to that, it gets established that if Gohan hadn't figured out that Frieza was only pretending to betray Universe 7, then he would have genuinely done so.
- During the Tournament of Power, he mercilessly tortures several of the fighters from the other universes, sometimes leaving them on the brink of death, as shown with Cabba and Jimizu. He also tortures Caulifla in the manga.
- During Toppo's beam struggle with Android 17, Frieza appears behind Toppo, attacking with a barrage of Death Beams while sadistically laughing. While he did save 17 from elimination, it wasn't intentional as he only primarily did so just to torture Toppo.
- While he does fight Jiren alongside Goku and trusts him, it was only for pragmatic reasons, as he wanted to make sure that Goku would keep his word about reviving him.
- Even after helping Goku and the Z-Fighters win the Tournament of Power, he immediately reverts back to his old ways and starts rebuilding his empire.
Broly[]
- He manipulated Paragus and his son Broly, into helping get revenge on Goku and Vegeta, despite the fact that he wiped out almost all of their people.
- He invades Earth once again in an attempt to conquer it and steals the Dragon Balls from Capsule Corp, simply so he can make himself five centimeters taller and to not look that short anymore. While he no longer wishes for immortality, it's only because he doesn't want to go through an endless cycle of death and life.
- He betrays and murders Paragus in order to have Broly unlock his "Legendary Super Saiyan" form and kill Goku and Vegeta for him.
- He tries to murder Cheelai and Lemo after they betray him and use the Dragon Balls to save Broly from being killed by Gogeta. After Gogeta prevents him from doing this, Frieza spitefully promises that he'll return to conquer Earth once again, before finally retreating and continuing to destroy more planets.
Galactic Patrol Prisoner Saga[]
- Despite being prevented from hurting anyone else on Earth, he still receives no punishment for his crimes, and what's more is that he shows no interest in stopping Moro and the rest of the criminals who broke out of the Galactic Patrol Prison, and when Kikono questions this by stating they are criminals too, Frieza replies that they overtake planets to sell to other races who are in need of new planets, so they're merely businessmen, demonstrating a massive sense of delusion and hypocrisy, which in turn allows Moro to cause as much death and destruction he wants.
Granolah the Survivor Saga[]
- During the end of Granolah the Survivor Saga, he appears after being contacted by Elec, well aware of the Heeter's plans to dispose of him before Gas' lifespan expires, then kills Gas to dispatch the husk of a Heeter with ease.
- He reveals to Elec that he already knew about the Heeters' plans to kill him and mocks him by revealing that he was the weakest Heeter before killing him for his betrayal.
- He only spared Goku and Vegeta because he had a different target, such as recruiting Oil and Macki into his army.
External Links[]
- Frieza on the Villains Wiki
- Frieza on the VS Battles Wiki
- Frieza on the Dragon Ball Wiki
- Frieza on the Shonen Villains Wiki
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