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Broly
Broly's first onscreen appearance, in Broly - The Legendary Super Saiyan
ブロリー
Burorī
Anime name Broly
Manga name Broly
Alternate names Broli
Brolli
Brolly
Buroli
Broccoli (by Master Roshi)
The Legendary Super Saiyan
The True Super Saiyan (by Paragus)
Tara[1]
Broli
That legendary Saiyan
Debut Broly - The Legendary Super Saiyan (March 1993)
Appears in
Dragon Ball Z
Race Saiyan
Gender Male
Date of birth April 16, Age 737
Date of death Age 774
Height 7'11" (231 cm; Base form)
9'0" (274 cm; Legendary Super Saiyan)
Address Planet Vegeta (Formerly)
New Planet Vegeta
Occupation Space Pirate (formerly; while under Paragus' control)
Family
  • Paragus (Father)
  • Bio-Broly (Clone)
  • "If you had just let me kill you all before, you wouldn't be dealing with this pain now. You're all a complete and utter waste of Saiyan blood!"
    Broly - The Legendary Super Saiyan

    Broly (ブロリー, Burorī; "Broli") is a Saiyan who makes his debut in the movie Dragon Ball Z: Broly - The Legendary Super Saiyan. Broly's name is an allusion to the broccoli vegetable, which is even stated in the English version of the movie when Master Roshi refers to him as "Broccoli" by accident.

    Appearance

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    Broly's forms

    Broly is a light-skinned Saiyan with dark eyes, long spiky black hair with a blue tint reaching his mid-back and short bangs, rather like (Gohan's hair in the Vegeta Saga). When he was a kid, he wore a black one-strap tunic with gray pants and brown boots, alongside a rope belt and bracelets. As an adult, Broly is very tall with a lean but well-built frame, his base form alone reaching approximately seven feet in height. He wears a crown with a blue jewel that his father uses to restrain him from transforming into the Legendary Super Saiyan.

    In addition to the crown, Broly wears a golden necklace, boots, wristbands, and a belt that all sport blue jewels like his crown, along with golden bands on his upper arms and neck that later break off upon transforming into a Legendary Super Saiyan. The rest of his attire consists of white pants and a red sash similar to the one worn by Kibito. It is implied that the outfit in question was made of a similar material to the Battle Armor, as, aside from it increasing in size alongside Broly when transforming into the Legendary Super Saiyan (and similar forms), it also grew in size without any apparent damage when going as far as to transform into a Great Ape. When he is a Super Saiyan while wearing this control device, Broly has spiky dark purple hair. As a Super Saiyan without the crown, he has golden hair. As a Legendary Super Saiyan, Broly has golden hair, bulging muscles, a very bulky build, his height increases significantly. His pupils also disappear.

    When in Legendary Super Saiyan form, Broly's blood seems to turn a dark green color (and on one occasion, glowing). The first time it is seen this color is in Broly - The Legendary Super Saiyan when Goku mortally wounded him after he punched a hole in his chest area, in which glowing green blood gushed out. The second time is in Broly - Second Coming, after Broly is blasted into the Sun by the Family Kamehameha, his heart then explodes out of his chest, causing a torrent of green blood to emerge from the front and back of the wound on his body, right before he explodes. At the beginning of Second Coming, however, while still in Legendary Super Saiyan form, Broly is seen with red blood and the blood that Majola collects from Broly's abandoned Attack Ball is also depicted as red in Bio-Broly.

    Personality

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    A series of concept art for Broly illustrated by Akira Toriyama, as seen in Daizenshuu 6

    When first seen, Broly is seen as a rather docile and harmless-looking Saiyan (uncharacteristic of a majority of the Saiyan race). However, Broly has a dual nature, as indicated in Paragus's flashback, when he briefly wakes up and calmly asks what Paragus is up to, only to end up going into a screaming fit when realizing that Paragus is about to place the mind-control crown on his head. Once shifting into his more aggressive state, Broly demonstrates his love of fighting and brutality just like the typical Saiyan, but on a far more destructive level. This violent and maniacal side of him seemingly stemmed from both his extraordinary power that he never properly learned to control as well as the traumatic events of his birth, causing his frenzies to happen more frequently and last longer as he grew. Largely because of his insanity, Broly was also known to get hysterical when causing destruction or going into a frenzy, such being especially evident in Paragus's flashback where Broly after destroying a cityscape as a child is seen laughing uncontrollably, even while being physically restrained by Paragus. Broly also seems to have a real problem controlling his rage, meaning that he could end up destroying himself. In an effort to control his erratic behavior, Paragus used a device to subdue Broly's temperament.

    When free of Paragus's control device, Broly's Saiyan nature becomes dominant. His thirst for combat and desire for death and destruction of things is unyielding, as shown by his destruction of Planet Shamo. Broly seems to acknowledge his malevolence; Piccolo calls him a freak, to which Broly replies that he actually is a devil (the FUNimation dub for the film tones this down slightly while at the same time getting the implications across by having Piccolo in the aforementioned scene accusing Broly of attacking children first in a disgusted tone, as well as Broly responding that he merely does what is needed to be done, before telling him that the Namekian should have expected that from "a true freak."). It is suggestive that even though Broly was driven mad with his birth-given power and the various circumstances of his birth, Broly has some sanity of said madness as he has also shown some intelligence while on his rampage: he sees through Paragus' lies and plan for having him die in the planet's collision with Comet Camori, as well as briefly engaging in ambushes against Goku, Gohan, Shaun, Zesmond, Emily, Jimmy, Kayla and Future Trunks within the ruined city and successfully catching them off guard, and also deducing right before his first defeat that Goku's increase in power had been due to donations from his allies.

    A similar display of intellect was also demonstrated in the Victory Mission manga, where he, in a similar manner to King Piccolo, proceeded to devour two Dragon Balls in front of Beat and Froze, and then forces them to fight against him, knowing full well they can't actually harm him. Also (in the FUNimation dub at least), he has a very dark sense of humor: When Goku demanded a handicap during the fight, Broly proceeded to sadistically ask him if "handicap" is another word for a coffin. He also had a more sarcastic sense of humor, at least in the Funimation dub, such being evident before he destroyed Planet Shamo, where he remarked that the Shamoian slaves decided to show bravery despite their being huddled together in complete fear at the time. He also seems to have some degree of respect for fighters who attempt to stop him even when the odds are against them, as evidenced by his remark to the Z Fighters in the Japanese version where he even claimed they were very much worthy of their Saiyan blood (in the FUNimation dub, he says the opposite: he instead calling them wastes of Saiyan Blood). Similarly, he seems to have some loathing of fighters who were all talk and no action, as evidenced by his remark to Vegeta shortly after he ended up quickly defeating them where he called him a "true piece of trash." Although largely lacking self-restraint, he nonetheless was implied in the Japanese version to hold just enough to hold off destroying New Planet Vegeta to allow Goku and the other Z Fighters a chance to fight with everything they had (although this was mostly because his Saiyan instincts demanded for him to have a fight).

    Like Super Buu and Turles, Broly was falling in love with Danielle, as he's have a flirtatious crush on her as teenagers since 23rd World Martial Arts Tournament in Spencer World along with his family and friends of Piccolo Jr. Saga; according to him, that she's the most attractive and beautiful human young woman of the universe until he's finds out that she's married to her childhood sweetheart Shaun Spencer (he's the youngest son of James and Mary, the younger brother of Doris, Maria, Haylie and Marcus, who's bears a striking resemblance to his father and past incarnation counterpart, Shawn Spencer), after learning her weakness and threatened with sadistic manner, he's deeply filled with much hatred and jealousy rage, he's wanted to see her angelic beauty for the first time as in person for himself as he's agree to help his father to kill Shaun, Goku, Vegeta and the rest of his family and friends, so he's can to make her as his new bride to rule by his side with another mind-control device tiara for the queen to rule the entire universe.

    However, Broly's most defining character is his hatred of Goku and Shaun, due to their infancy Goku's crying greatly irritated Broly; this would lead Broly to carry a subconscious hatred to Goku and Shaun for the rest of his life, which led Broly to chant "Kakarot" (Goku's Saiyan name) in a mindless rage. While Broly was able to have a conversation with his opponents during the encounter on New Planet Vegeta, on Earth he practically said only "Kakarot!" in an obsessive manner, hoping to kill both Goku and Shaun.

    Biography

    Early life

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    Broly as an infant, bothered by the constant fussing of Kakarot, the baby in a neighboring cradle

    Broly was born in Age 737, during the period of intense turmoil between Frieza and the Saiyans. At birth, his most curious feature was his inordinate power level of 10,000. This anomaly meant that by birth, Broly's power had already been close to that of Bardock and King Vegeta at the time of their deaths (which coincidentally happens during the afternoon of Broly's birth). In the Saiyan delivery room where he rests afterward, Broly is grieved by the constant disruption of his literal 'crybaby' neighbor, Kakarot (later rechristened Goku). These neighboring babies are the butt of a joke by presiding doctors, who rave over Broly's power level but criticize his reaction to Kakarot's crying, while also criticizing Kakarot's then-measly power level of 2 while also stating that though he has a low power level, he has the spirit of a Saiyan. Kakarot's crying affected Broly's psychological state of mind, causing him to hold a subconscious grudge against him. The two infants would not meet again for almost three decades. Broly's exceptional gifts branded him as the first Legendary Super Saiyan in approximately 1000 years.

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    Baby Broly saving his father

    King Vegeta feared the threat the boy posed to his empire, and so he gave the order for the infant's execution. Broly's father, Paragus, begged the king to spare the child's life, attesting that his son could be an extreme asset to King Vegeta and his son. King Vegeta was quick to point out that while this is true, the same is true that Broly could use his ever-increasing strength to overthrow the Saiyan royal family. King Vegeta closes the argument by sentencing Paragus to death for dis-allegiance, shooting him with an energy wave, and throwing him to the garbage holding area within a spaceship along with Broly.

    From the beginning of his life, Broly was plagued by threatening environments, which evidently have had a lasting impression on his character. The day he was born, he was noticeably disturbed by Goku's incessant cries in the adjoining cradle. His troubles would only double with his attempted execution by order of King Vegeta, when Broly is stabbed in the abdomen with a dagger. Having survived this execution likely thanks to his amazing power level, Broly faces yet another threat that day, when Frieza's Supernova destroys Planet Vegeta after commencing his genocide of the Saiyan race, vanquishing all but eight Saiyans (4 in the original manga and anime, 8 with movies and specials). As his world is decimated, Broly shields himself and his father using an Energy Shield, which allows both Broly and Paragus to survive without air; this is the first time Broly demonstrates what just his infantile power is capable of.

    Subduing the Unstable

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    Paragus attempting to restrain his dangerous son, Broly

    As Broly develops, it becomes clear to Paragus that King Vegeta was not unjustified in doubting his allegiance in the long-term. As astonishing as his son's power level becomes in such short time (especially considering the lifespan of the typical Saiyan), his disturbance and emotional instability are always one step ahead. While Saiyans generally enjoy the thrill of battle (which Frieza had somewhat rewarded his followers with, by tasking them with enslaving numerous planets), Broly was exhilarated by physically destroying whole planets at a time.

    Paragus eventually loses whatever influence he might have had over his son when Broly is in his teenage years, as illustrated by a bloody sequence in Broly - The Legendary Super Saiyan, in which Broly punches Paragus in the face and blinds him in the left eye. Fearing for his own safety while considering the possibilities of having Broly's power at his back, Paragus has Krang, a scientist who served Paragus, craft a ring to be used as a special control device to keep Broly under restraint. Paragus narrowly manages to survive adorning Broly with the ring, Broly's calmness vanishing as soon as he notices the crown that Paragus tries to place on his forehead.

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    Paragus prepares to place a crown to control Broly on his forehead

    But after successfully doing so he soon launches a plan to rekindle Saiyan dominance, where he plots to use Earth as a base of operations, taking Danielle as his bride and take revenge on the eldest son of King Vegeta by luring him to a planet doomed to be destroyed by a giant comet. During this time, he also used Broly to destroy the remaining planets in the South Galaxy, such being the main cause of the realization of disturbance in the universe from King Kai, which caused him to contact Goku and inform him of the Super Saiyan threat.

    Broly - The Legendary Super Saiyan

    Main article: Dragon Ball Z: Broly - The Legendary Super Saiyan

    "Haha! No matter how much power you absorb from these idiots and Shaun's little brats, it won't be enough to kill me!"
    — Broly to Goku when the latter absorbed the energy from the Z Fighters

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    Broly encounters Goku and Shaun, his sworn enemies, for the first time in 30 years

    In his first onscreen appearance, Broly appears to be a quiet and gentle Saiyan until his personality is later dispelled as a charade caused by the suppression of Broly's ring. He accompanies Vegeta to planet Todokama, ironically in search of the Legendary Super Saiyan and meeting Danielle for the first time since he's see her beautiful human woman, but he's finds out that she's married Shaun and have two young children, thirteen-year-old Zesmond and ten-year-old Kayla then he was getting too jealous of Shaun's marriage. When Goku and Shaun appears at Paragus' palace after warping to New Vegeta using Instant Transmission, Broly taps into his past and becomes extremely erratic, but his father finally manages to subdue the Saiyan once again. However, that night, Broly fails to help himself from his memories and goes into a blind rage, attacking Goku and Shaun in his suppressed Super Saiyan transformation, proving to be a formidable force to Goku and Shaun. The battle is drawn to an early close when Paragus arrives and is able to rectify his control over Broly, when Broly kidnapping Danielle from her room where she's sleeping and sensing power level during the fight, using the crown tiara on her forehead to control her like a puppet to forced her to marry his son or if she's refused to cooperate, he'll let Broly will kill her husband, children, older sister, Amelia, Alyson, Nathaniel, Goku, Vegeta along with friends and families on Earth and Spencer World. This encounter leaves Goku and Shaun in surprise and certain that Broly is the Legendary Super Saiyan he has been tracking down, who left the South Galaxy in shambles.

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    Broly in his Super Saiyan Form

    Before Broly became re-aware of Kakarot (now known as Goku) and Shaun, Paragus was able to use the ring to subdue Broly with relative ease. However, following Shaun and Goku's arrival on New Vegeta, Paragus can control his son only a handful of times before Broly retains complete independence after to stopped the wedding and accidentally broke the crown tiara to release Danielle unconscious laying on her husband's arms again. He destroyed his headband and transformed into the Legendary Super Saiyan and went on a rampage on Goku and the others. Raged beyond control and rampant with the freedom of insanity, the combined Super Saiyan strength of Goku, Shaun, Zesmond, Kayla, Emily, Jimmy, Gohan and Future Trunks are futile. Eventually, Piccolo spontaneously makes an appearance on the battlefield, but he too provides little help against the awesome power of the Legendary Super Saiyan. Soon after, Vegeta dispels from his fear and astonishment of Broly's power and joins the fight, only to be quickly outclassed.

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    Vegeta attacks Broly with an upside down kick

    While the devastated Z Fighters lie scattered about the rubble of a fallen city, Broly ties one more loose end by confronting Paragus, who is making an attempt to escape the doomed planet in a Saiyan Pod. Free of reason, Broly ignores the fabricated plight of his father, crushing in his arms the Saiyan Pod, and Paragus with it, before hurling the scraps into the comet, grinning sadistically after doing so. Goku rises one last time and asks his friends to channel all of their energy into him, Vegeta's energy being the final channeling due to his beliefs that he should not assist a "low-class clown". Broly tells Goku his "final hour has arrived", and throws a powerful punch to finish him, but with the addition of Vegeta's energy, Goku is able to catch Broly's punch. Goku then emits a powerful ki that causes Broly to step back in fear. Realizing the source of Goku's energy, Broly laughs at the idea of Goku being able to kill him before quickly powering up.

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    Broly attacks Goku and Future Trunks

    The three saiyans charge each other head on, as the planet begins to break apart beneath them. Broly throws a punch at Goku that misses its mark, while Goku lands a powerful blow to Broly's abdomen. Broly's green ki bursts out from the point of impact, and his skin appears to crack as green light emits from his body. Broly then cries out and explodes, seemingly defeated.

    Goku and friends narrowly manage to escape the doomed planet moments before Comet Camori collides with it. While it appears that the planet's destruction would have killed Broly if Goku's attack had not, Broly proclaims after launching his father's Saiyan Pod at the comet earlier in the film, "Did he really think I would die just because this planet was about to explode?", implying that this would not necessarily be the case.

    Broly - The Second Coming

    Main article: Dragon Ball Z: Broly - The Legendary Super Saiyan

    "Not until you lie dead at my feet..."
    — Broly to Gohan after the latter prepared a Kamehameha wave

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    Broly as he appears during his Super Saiyan transformation in Broly - Second Coming

    Up until now, the only primary villain to reprise their role in Toei Animation's film adaptations of Dragon Ball Z was Cooler. The series' Japanese fanbase responded so well to Broly however, that Toei decided to produce a sequel to The Legendary Super Saiyan, set seven years later while Goku is in Other World and unable to participate in the struggle.

    In Broly - Second Coming, it is revealed that Broly survived his defeat at the hands of Goku, and managed to make a frantic escape in his Saiyan Pod as New Vegeta is demolished by Comet Camori. Over time the pod finally reaches Earth, soon after which Broly collapses from exhaustion and enters a sort of coma, where for seven years the elements expand around him. His landing on Earth also indirectly caused some trouble at a nearby village. Eventually he is awakened underneath a thick pool of ice by the incessant cries of a nearby Goten.

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    Broly confronts Goten and Trunks

    After escaping this grave, Broly becomes stronger than before due to the near death experience, though unable to train due to his seven year coma state. He resumes his vendetta against the Saiyans who double crossed him, particularly Goten because of his almost identical look to Goku as a child, who it should be noted was not involved in Broly's first downfall as he had yet to be born, and later Gohan, who is now grown up along with Jimmy and Kayla. Broly's sanity has been breached so heavily since the encounter on New Planet Vegeta that he fails to tell Goten and Gohan apart from their now deceased father (Goku).

    Despite Goten being Broly's main target, Videl, Melissa and Trunks fall victim to his brutal rampage as well, until Gohan arrives at the scene and is astonished to find himself reunited with the Legendary Super Saiyan. Broly's uncoordinated attempts to take revenge are unsuccessful, and he is ultimately launched into the Sun by a Family Kamehameha fired by Gohan, Goten and the spirit of Goku, apparently ending the life of the mighty Saiyan once and for all.

    Revival through science

    Main article: Dragon Ball Z: Bio-Broly

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    Bio-Broly before being deformed by the culture fluid

    No less popular than in his debut, Toei commissioned a third Broly film, entitled Dragon Ball Z: Bio-Broly, in July 1994. This film's incarnation of Broly differs from the one in previous films however, although the original Broly makes cameo appearances in flashbacks during the film.

    In Bio-Broly, it is revealed that after the Z Fighters leave the vicinity of Natade Village in Second Coming, the people expel the village priest Maloja, whose incompetence before the arrival of the Z Fighters led to the arrangement of a number of per-year human sacrifices. Now an unemployed vagabond, Maloja wanders about until he discovers Broly's blood-tarnished Saiyan Pod. Realizing what he has found, Maloja collects a sample of this blood and turns it in to wealthy industrialist Lord Jaguar, who prepares to pay the ex-priest handsomely. The blood sample is processed by Dr. Collie's team of scientists and a clone is born.

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    The powerful, mutated clone known as Bio-Broly

    During a tour at Jaguar's abode, an island where his laboratory fortress resides, Trunks and Goten discover an incomplete Super Bio-Warrior, uncanny in resemblance to the Legendary Super Saiyan. Before long, Trunks and Goten encounter Maloja, who confirms what he has selfishly done, before escaping to claim his reward. Trunks and Goten prepare to destroy Bio-Broly before he can be fully replenished, but the clone simply catching sight of Goten is enough to awaken both the Saiyan instincts and the personal vendetta of his source material. Bio-Broly shatters his stasis cell, only to be drenched in culture fluid which, upon becoming exposed to air, becomes corrosive. This renders the clone a horribly deformed and slime covered mutant.

    While Bio-Broly does not have the power of the Saiyan he was cloned from, he still easily defeats Goten, Trunks, Melissa, Jimmy, Kayla, Alyson, Nathaniel, Paul, Julie, Android 18 and Krillin. Considering a new plan, which Bio-Broly plays into, Trunks blows open an overhead container of culture fluid, drenching the clone in a corrosive coat which dissolves his body. With help from Mr. Satan they learn that water is the remedy to outbreaks of the culture fluid, which plays a part in finishing off Bio-Broly, who before long emerges from the ocean, revitalized and extremely enlarged. Within moments he is solidified by the ocean, and with this, Goten and Trunks strike the clone with enough energy to shatter him into pieces.

    Power

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    Broly is unfazed by Goku's head-on Super Kamehameha

    Broly's power while in his Super Saiyan form was strong enough to be barely sensed by Goku all the way from King Kai's planet, with it being even more potent when Goku warps to the starting path of his energy, with Goku being in shock at the amount of power that was used, and in his Legendary form, Piccolo was able to sense Broly's power all the way from Kami's Lookout. A V-Jump scan confirms that his Legendary Super Saiyan form's power level is around 1,400,000,000 at the time of Broly - The Legendary Super Saiyan.

    In addition, even when in his restrained Super Saiyan A-type state, it is heavily implied that it was powerful enough to obliterate the South Galaxy single-handedly, leaving only a few planets and stars. While he was in his Legendary Super Saiyan form, Broly's ki is potent enough to be sensed all the way from Kami's Lookout on Earth from New Planet Vegeta. While in his heavily restrained Super Saiyan A-type form, he is able to make base Goku and Shaun struggle a little bit, although he is restrained by Paragus' headband. When he reaches the full power of his Super Saiyan A-type, he is capable of taking numerous attacks from Super Saiyan Second Grade Vegeta without flinching.

    Broly has a fighting style that is much different from most fighting characters in the whole Dragon Ball series. He often uses grabs, stomps, clotheslines and uppercuts as opposed to quick furious punches and kicks, yet he is still swift enough to evade any oncoming attacks. He seems to favor a fighting style which resembles wrestling to a certain extent. In the video game Budokai Tenkaichi 3, the Strategy Style Z item, Broly Style describes his fighting method as "doggedly pursuing the opponent." Broly's energy waves also work in a manner similar to Yamcha's Spirit Ball and Piccolo's Chasing Bullet, as Broly has control over their flight paths. His energy attacks are also one of a kind. They are all a light green shade in color and there are three main types of attacks that he uses. One type is a small, single ball of energy, which he controls much like somebody would control a toy remote helicopter or an airplane. He uses this to make it a lot more difficult for his opponents to escape from his attacks. Another type is a large number of these blasts all thrown at one general target at the same time. Broly uses this attack to blow up cities, as well as to aim at enemies that he would not be able to hit very well with the single ball of energy. His third, and most dangerous and powerful, energy attack, is the one that starts off as a compact sphere of energy, but upon hitting its target, it changes into an enormous sphere of energy with huge destructive power. Broly has used this attack to destroy planets as well as to counterattack.

    When in Legendary Super Saiyan form, he is stronger than Goku, Gohan, Shaun, Zesmond and Kayla, in their Super Saiyan forms, Future Trunks and Vegeta in their Super Saiyan Second Grade forms and the Super Namekian Piccolo; he easily beats all five of them around. Even when Piccolo and Goku both barrage Broly with punches and kicks, Broly takes no damage, and if anything effortlessly dodged their combined front, and wipes them aside. Perhaps most tellingly, he purposely took a point-blank Super Kamehameha from Super Saiyan Goku, and not only emerged completely unscathed but laughed the attack off, even proceeding to sarcastically ask Goku what the attack was supposed to be. Being able to take attacks from Super Saiyan Goku without any damage meaning that Broly was at least twice as strong as Goku.[3] His physical strength in this form was also enough to effortlessly crush Paragus' attack ball, which was heavily armored and then threw it off the planet. However, the channeling of the ki of the exhausted base form Gohan, Vegeta, Future Trunks and Piccolo into Goku proves superior to Broly in his Legendary Super Saiyan form. When Goku is significantly powered up by the ki, Broly also expresses some shock and fear at the unexpected power increase, although this was short-lived, even confidently declaring that, regardless of how much power was donated by the other Z-Fighters to Goku, it wouldn't be enough to kill him. It is stated by Vegeta that he is the most powerful Saiyan in all of history. Although not confirmed, it is possibly implied that his Legendary Super Saiyan form may have been stronger than Gohan's Super Saiyan 2 form at the time, as Goku urged Gohan to flee when Broly threatened him despite already being aware of his Super Saiyan 2 form.

    In addition, Broly also was shown to possess exceptional stamina, being capable of surviving grievous wounds that would have normally killed other individuals. These included being stabbed in the heart during the time of his infancy and being punched in the abdomen by an empowered Goku and then forcibly exploding at the end of their fight. Due to his Saiyan Power, he inevitably grew much stronger during these times.

    After gaining more Saiyan Power in his second movie appearance, Gohan states that Super Saiyan C-type Broly is just as much of a challenge as before, suggesting that his Super Saiyan C-type state in the movie was of comparable power to his Legendary Super Saiyan state from his previous appearance. In this form he is able to easily overwhelm Videl, as well as Goten, Melissa and Trunks in their Super Saiyan forms before proceeding to fight on par with base Gohan, Jimmy and Kayla. On a related note, it was also implied that Broly managed to overcome the venting problem with his Legendary Super Saiyan form, as he does not vent at all during his fight with Gohan late in the film. In his Legendary Super Saiyan form, he is able to defeat Super Saiyan 2 Gohan without any difficulty. He is damaged after being lured into lava but survives using an energy shield. However, the full power of the Family Kamehameha used by Super Saiyans Goku, Gohan, and Goten was powerful enough to push Broly into the sun.

    OVAs and cinematic attractions

    In Plan to Eradicate the Saiyans, Goku states that Hatchiyack may be even stronger than Legendary Super Saiyan Broly (from Broly - The Legendary Super Saiyan).

    In Dragon Ball Z: Super Tenkaichi Budokai, Broly in his Broly God form is shown to be strong enough to fight against both Super Saiyan Blue Goku and base Vegeta at the same time. A full charge attack from Broly knocks out Super Saiyan Blue Vegeta when he is forced to take the full brunt of it as he defends Bulma, however, Broly God is no match for God Fusion Goku and is quickly dispatched with a God Kamehameha, although he does temporarily hold his own against the fusions various physical blows.

    Victory Mission

    In Dragon Ball Heroes: Victory Mission, Super Saiyan 4 Broly is shown to be strong enough to easily defeat Eis Shenron, Nuova Shenron, and Rage Shenron (Electric Slime Body Build) with only a few blows, and is completely unharmed following his fights with them.

    Statements by authors and guidebooks

    It is stated in Daizenshuu 6 that after his resuscitation and resultant Saiyan Power, Super Saiyan Broly's power surpasses that of Super Saiyan Goku[6] Additionally, it is stated that Legendary Super Saiyan Broly is a foe with bottomless power.[6]

    It is stated on the Toei website for the Dragon Ball films that Janemba was the strongest of the original thirteen movie villains, with Hirudegarn was the second strongest of them,[7][8] making Broly weaker than these two villains.

    According to Takao Koyama, the writer for the first thirteen Dragon Ball Z films stated that - even including the TV anime - nobody exists in the world who's stronger than Broly, and that there is absolutely no way Goku could beat Broly outside of the unorthodox methods he used in the films.[9]

    Takao Koyama later went on to state that Broly is the most powerful of the movie antagonists that preceded him. However, Koyama went on to state that Broly was a pushover compared to Beerus.[10] Whether Broly in Movie 8 was stronger than Bojack was left ambiguous due to the latter never actually fighting Goku. After being reduced to his syrupy form Bio-Broly is also weaker than Broly. He does also match up with being stronger than the previous villain (Android 13, in this case).

    The English teaser trailer for Broly - Second Coming also refers to him as the "strongest being in the universe".[11]

    Video games

    In Super Butoden 2, Broly manages to easily kill Bojack provided the Z Fighters failed to beat him earlier, suggesting he was far stronger than the latter.

    In the alternate storylines for Supersonic Warriors 2, Broly was shown to not only be strong enough to eliminate the Z-Fighters, but also Cooler, Perfect Cell, and even Majin Buu; in addition, in the second alternate storyline, he was also powerful enough to defeat Gotenks with minimum effort. He was also capable of surviving being trapped in lava, as evidenced by the ending to the latter storyline.

    Broly's profile in Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi refers to Legendary Super Saiyan Broly as "the greatest, most powerful adversary" out of the villains in that game, which includes Strongest Form 2 Baby Vegeta, Super Buu (Gohan absorbed), and Super 17.

    In a what-if segment for Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 3, Broly was shown to be stronger than most of the Z Fighters, although Max Power Master Roshi was shown to beat Broly in his Legendary Super Saiyan form.

    In his story mode during Dragon Ball Z: Burst Limit, Broly was shown to be powerful enough in his Legendary Super Saiyan form to defeat and presumably kill Super Saiyan 2 Teen Gohan (who had beaten Super Perfect Cell by that point), though he was shown to be slightly shocked when Goku became a Super Saiyan 2 in the ending of his chapter (however the chapter ends before the fight could start). In addition, he also was briefly shown fighting evenly with Super Saiyan Second Grade Vegeta, although he nonetheless managed to defeat him.

    When encountered as a secret boss at the time of the Vegeta Saga in Dragon Ball Z: Attack of the Saiyans, Legendary Super Saiyan Broly's power level is 999,999, the highest possible in the game. His official power level as a Legendary Super Saiyan in Movie 8, is around 1,400,000,000 according to a 2004 V-Jump announcing his appearance in Dragon Ball Z: Budokai 3, as well as in the video game Dragon Ball Z: Scouter Battle Taikan Kamehameha - Ora to Omee to Scouter.

    In Dragon Ball: Raging Blast 2, it is stated in Super Saiyan 3 Broly's profile that he actually survived being launched into the sun and the zenkai obtained from this event allowed him to take on a Legendary Super Saiyan 3 form. He was, however, still defeated when he attacked Earth once more.

    Promotional material for one boss mission in Dragon Ball Heroes references Super Saiyan 3 Broly as being stronger than Full Power Frieza, Hatchiyack, Super Perfect Cell, and Super Buu (Gohan absorbed). In the reveal trailer for his Super Saiyan 4 form in Dragon Ball Heroes, Broly is able to defeat Super Saiyan 4 Goku (GT), Super Saiyan 4 Vegeta (GT), Super Saiyan 3 Gotenks (GT), Mr. Satan, Piccolo, and all of the Super Class avatars, without taking any injuries. In the JM7 animated trailer, Broly easily fights on par with Super Saiyan 4 Goku, Super Saiyan 4 Vegeta, Super Saiyan 3 Beat, Super Saiyan 3 Note, and Super Pikkon, with the heroes struggling in their fight against him. Promotional material also states that his Super Saiyan 4 form is "the appearance of an even stronger warrior", suggesting he may be more powerful than any previous character in Dragon Ball Heroes and calls him an "ultimate warrior".

    In Dragon Ball Xenoverse, it is stated by Future Trunks that when Legendary Super Saiyan Broly becomes infected by Demigra's Dark Magic, his power multiplies by several folds. In fact, it takes the combined might of Great Ape Bardock, the Future Warrior, and Vegeta (Frieza Saga) to defeat him.

    Promotional material for Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2 states that Broly is the fighter recognized by everyone to have the highest power.[12]

    In Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2, imperfect Supervillain Broly is apparently strong enough to interfere in the battle between Majin Vegeta and Goku (who were both fighting in their Super Saiyan 2 forms). However, he is shown to be weaker than the 2nd Future Warrior who was able to defeat him while Majin Vegeta fought with Goku and then Majin Buu. In his full Supervillain form, Broly's power increased even more. It is stated by Elder Kai that even Ultimate Gohan will have a hard time fighting both Supervillain Broly and Super Buu. However, despite his power increase, he is still shown to be inferior to the 2nd Future Warrior.

    In both games, it is heavily implied that Broly in his various Legendary Super Saiyan form (exempting Broly God) is weaker than Super Saiyan God, as special dialogue occurred between Super Saiyan God Goku and Broly where the latter asks in a terrified tone what the form was, with Goku stating he has gone to a new world that Broly can never enter.

    In Dragon Ball Fusions, Great Ape Broly manages to get back up after being defeated by Tekka's Team but is easily blasted away by Beerus, showing that his Great Ape Broly form, while powerful, is no match for Universe 7's God of Destruction.

    Techniques and Special Abilities

    • Blaster Meteor – Broly surrounds himself in ki and launches homing energy spheres at his opponents.
    • Bloody Smash – A physical technique Broly uses against Goku in Broly - The Legendary Super Saiyan. He uses Goku's body as a trampoline by stomping on him, severely injuring him. It was named in the Budokai Tenkaichi series as one of Broly's Blast 2 attack and one of his Super Attacks in his base form in the Raging Blast games.
    • Delta Combination – A rush attack used in his base form in the Budokai Tenkaichi series. Broly shouts "Hah!", and then rushes towards the opponent. When approaching, he punches the opponent into the air. Broly then starts "juggling" with the opponent with barrages of punches and kicks, creating a triangle shaped pattern. Broly teleports to appear before the opponent, thus creating a triangle shaped pattern, and ends the attack by striking them with a punch that sends the him/her far away.
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    Broly using an Energy Shield

    • Energy Shield – A technique Broly uses to shield himself from oncoming attacks within an aura of ki. Broly first displayed this skill when he was a baby. The shield is very durable, as shown to withstand a Supernova from Frieza, Planet Vegeta's explosion and withstanding the intense heat of lava.
    • Eraser Cannon – Broly's signature attack, it is a powerful, green energy sphere. It is also known as the Blaster Shell in the Budokai series.
    • Eraser Shot Volley – A variation of the Eraser Cannon technique, Broly repeatedly throws Eraser Cannons from each hand. He used this technique against Goku during the battle on New Planet Vegeta.
    • Eraser Blow – An attack where Broly blasts an opponent in the abdomen with an Eraser Cannon at point blank range. He used this move against Gohan in Broly - Second Coming. In Dragon Ball Z: Supersonic Warriors 2, Broly punches his opponent upwards and then ricochets them off the ground before useing the Eraser Blow.
    • Flight – The ability to fly with the use of ki.
    • Saiyan Power - The Saiyan ability to grow stronger as a Saiyan fights and grow stronger after recovering from a near fatal injury.
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    Gigantic Hammer

    • Full Power Energy Wave – A green, fully-powered energy wave used in his base form in the Budokai Tenkaichi series.
    • Gigantic Slam – Broly jumps upward and rushes down at his foes with considerable force, using his own body and Energy Shield as a weapon.
    • Gigantic Spike – Broly grabs his opponent's face and drives them head first into the ground. Named in Supersonic Warriors 2.
    • Gigantic Hammer – A technique in the Budokai Tenkaichi series where Broly punches his opponent, then kicks them upside the head, slams them onto the ground, and finishes the attack by using an uppercut.
    • Gigantic Buster – A rush attack that Broly uses against Piccolo in Broly - The Legendary Super Saiyan. This attack was named in Dragon Ball: Raging Blast and is Broly's ultimate blast in his Super Saiyan 3 form.
    • Gigantic Omega – A green Kamehameha that is Super Saiyan 3 Broly's ultimate attack in Dragon Ball Heroes.
    • Gigantic Press – Broly rushes at and tackles his foes with considerable force.
    • Hovercraft Punch – Broly rushes at the opponent, and punches them with a great amount of force. Used in Dragon Ball Z: Taiketsu.
    • Kakarot! – Broly screams "Kakarot" and his attack goes up, he becomes unable to flinch as well. It is one of his Blast 1 in all is forms in the Budokai Tenkaichi series.
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    Broly prepares his Omega Blaster attack

    • Ki Blast – The most basic form of energy wave.
    • Omega Blaster – A far more powerful version of the Eraser Cannon technique demonstrated in Broly - Second Coming, which begins as a small green sphere and immensely expands when in contact with a solid object, alternatively known as the Gigantic Meteor. It holds the power of seriously damaging planets or destroying them outright.
    • Planet Geyser – Another technique in Supersonic Warriors 2, where Broly fires a small energy wave at the ground, causing a geyser of ki which blows away any nearby opponents.
    • Revenge Demon – A technique used in his Super Saiyan form in Broly - Second Coming, where Broly punches his opponent in the face twice before grabbing their face and throwing them to the ground.
    • Seismic Power – Broly transforms into a Legendary Super Saiyan and powers up, causing an earthquake to damage the enemy. Named in Taiketsu, a similar ability is used when Broly powers up before transforming into the Legendary Super Saiyan for the first time in Broly - The Legendary Super Saiyan.
    • Super Explosive Wave – He unleashes an electrifying, green explosive wave that obliterates nearly anything in its path. Broly can also use this as a gigantic energy shield to protect him from incoming blasts. Broly briefly used this attack on Goku while the latter was knocked out from having his punch being deflected by Broly's energy shield during their battle on New Planet Vegeta.
    • Telekinesis – The ability to manipulate people and objects with the mind alone. Broly uses this to strangle Goten.
    • Trap Shooter – Broly holds his hand behind him and charges a green energy sphere into it. He then swings his hand forwards and sends out a wave of small green energy blasts.
    • Wild Sense – One of Broly's Blast 1 in his base form in the Budokai Tenkaichi series. He used this variation of the Afterimage Technique in Broly - Second Coming, shortly after blasting Goten and Trunks with an Eraser Cannon with enough power to force them out of their Super Saiyan forms and exhaust them, appearing in front of Goten and Trunks before using the Bloody Smash and smashing them on concrete.
    • Saiyan Soul – One of Broly's Blast 1 in his Super Saiyan form in the Budokai Tenkaichi series. It instantly boosts his power for a short amount of time.
    • Explosive Wave – One of Broly's Blast 1 in his Legendary Super Saiyan form in the Budokai Tenkaichi series.
    • Heavy Finish - Used as a Legendary Super Saiyan against Super Saiyan Goku late in their battle in Dragon Ball Z: Burst Limit.
    • Gigantic Omega – A yellowish green energy wave that is Super Saiyan 3 Broly's ultimate attack in Dragon Ball Heroes.
    • Full Charge Gigantic Omega – A more powerful version of the Gigantic Omega used by King of Destruction Broly.
    • Gigantic Destruction – Super Saiyan 4 Broly's Ultimate Blast in Dragon Ball Heroes.
    • Super Gigantic Cannon – A Mouth Energy Wave version of the Eraser Cannon. It is the ultimate attack of Golden Great Ape Broly in Dragon Ball Heroes.
    • Gigantic Genocide (ギガンティックジェノサイド) - The ultimate attack of Broly in his Super Saiyan 4 Full Power form in Dragon Ball Heroes.
    • Ultra Spirit Sphere – A special ability used by Broly (in his Legendary Super Saiyan and Super Saiyan 3 forms) in Dragon Ball Heroes. It puts Broly into sparking mode and quadruples his power.
    • Mind Break – A Card Action Ability utilizable by any of the Kings of Destruction. The user fires a beam at their target that puts them under Babidi's Manipulation Sorcery.
    • Gigantic Lariat – A technique that allows Broly to ensnare multiple opponents at once and have them at his mercy. Used in Dragon Ball: Zenkai Battle.
    • Baked Sphere – A dark explosive wave utilized by Villainous Mode Broly in Dragon Ball Xenoverse.
    • Body Change Block - Nullifies Body Change. One of Great Ape Broly's passive Skills in Dragon Ball Fusions.
    • Mad Warrior - Lower HP = Stronger Melee Ki. One of Great Ape Broly's passive Skills in Dragon Ball Fusion.
    • Super Tough - Greatly slows timeline reversal. One of Great Ape Broly's passive Skills in Dragon Ball Fusions.
    • Beast Cannon - An energy wave Great Ape Broly fires from his mouth. One of Great Ape Broly's Special Moves in Dragon Ball Fusions.

    Transformations

    Super Saiyan

    Main article: Super Saiyan

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    Broly's Super Saiyan form

    During Broly's first psychotic outburst wherein he pursues Goku, he transforms into a Super Saiyan, although his appearance in the form differs as a result of his crown restraining him from transforming into his more powerful Legendary Super Saiyan form. In this form, Broly's muscles swell slightly, his hair assumes a neon blue hue with purple tint (completely purple if in a dark environment, such as his first fight with Goku), and his skin pigment is dulled. When Broly encounters Goku for the second time, his anger grows out of control and the crown shatters, allowing Broly to ascend to his ultimate transformation: Legendary Super Saiyan. In Broly - Second Coming, Broly's regular Super Saiyan transformation makes its onscreen debut (in the previous movie, his Super Saiyan form without control device was only seen in a flashback).

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    Broly's Super Saiyan form without control device

    As a Super Saiyan, Broly also gains an unflinching response to attacks. This is first seen when he attacked Goku in his Super Saiyan form and was completely unfazed by everything that Goku threw at him. This is especially evident when Goku landed a kick to his face and slightly bloodying his mouth, only for Broly to shrug off the injury completely and lick the blood off his mouth, to Goku's disgust. As such, Goku only survived this encounter by running away for the most part. This unflinching response reappears later on when an Ascended Super Saiyan Vegeta throws a kick directly to his neck followed by a powerful energy blast to his back, both of which had no effect whatsoever. Also, from what was shown of Broly's regular Super Saiyan form, he seemed to be strong enough to take down two Super Saiyans without much effort, as evidenced by how easily he knocked Goten and Trunks out of their Super Saiyan forms at one point in the battle. Whether he was strong enough to do that feat before Second Coming or if this was a direct result of his Zenkai from his seven year coma is unknown.

    Legendary Super Saiyan

    Main article: Legendary Super Saiyan

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    Broly transformed as the Legendary Super Saiyan

    As the maniacal Legendary Super Saiyan, Broly's strength and speed extraordinarily excel that of any Super Saiyan, and he was described by Vegeta as being the most powerful Saiyan in all of history. In order to maintain the great increment of muscle mass proportionate to his body, Broly's height also increases by a great amount after transforming, which is shown when the Legendary Super Saiyan form erupts from underneath the flesh of his previous form.

    His power level also rises on several occasions found throughout the film, though whether this is caused by the form of if it is simply Broly increasing his power level is up to debate. Additionally, the irises and pupils in his eyes seemingly disappear, giving an even more menacing look than most Saiyan transformations. During one scene in Broly - The Legendary Super Saiyan, it is implied that Broly must release some of his power in order to maintain his body's physical stability, meaning that there initially is a limit to how much his power level can increase at one time, although he was not seen venting in Broly - Second Coming. The Legendary Super Saiyan form erupts from underneath the flesh of his previous form.

    This form is also one that it is unique to Broly due to being a genetic trait. It is a form that has very little disadvantages and allows Broly to overwhelm his opponents. Broly's power level not only shoots upward tremendously, but it also increases a few more times over the course of the film. Since the power level in this form is so vast, Broly has been shown to take extremely powerful attacks without so much as flinching. The form's effectiveness is shown in full force as he fought two Full-Power Super Saiyans, two Ascended Super Saiyans, and a Super Namek all at the same time while remaining in control of the whole fight, with his opponents being unable to hurt him in the least.

    Broly is powerful enough in this state to destroy a planet with a single energy sphere. As demonstrated in Broly - The Legendary Super Saiyan, Broly is unfazed by Goku's Kamehameha, which even at point-blank range results in Broly simply laughing it off. Shortly after, Piccolo joins in the fight and gives the doomed Z Warriors Senzu Beans. Then Piccolo and Goku attack Broly with a barrage of punches and kicks, which have also have no effect. As a last resort, Goku instructs the other Z Fighters and Vegeta to lend him their energy. After that, Goku defeats Broly by focusing all the power the Z Warriors gave him into one punch. Though this attack appears to destroy Broly, it is not fatal, as he reappears on Earth during Broly - Second Coming, where Gohan can hardly hold his own against the Legendary Super Saiyan. In his Super Saiyan 2 transformation, Gohan is able to inflict some damage to Broly, but not enough to shift the battle in his favor. During the battle, Broly is also capable of surviving lava as a Legendary Super Saiyan, as shown when he emerges from a lava pool shortly after Gohan tricked him into being caught in it in a last ditch effort of defeating him. It is unknown if he can survive lava in his Super Saiyan form, but seeing as how Goku did in the Frieza Saga, it is very likely that Broly can survive as well.

    Super Saiyan 3

    Main article: Super Saiyan 3

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    Super Saiyan 3 Broly in a promotional movie for Dragon Ball Heroes

    In the Raging Blast series, Dragon Ball Z: Dragon Battlers, and Dragon Ball Heroes, Broly achieves the Super Saiyan 3 form. The look of this form is much like Broly's movie exclusive Legendary Super Saiyan form. He has great muscle mass, eyes which lack pupils, pale skin, and a greenish yellow hair color. Additionally, Broly lacks eyebrows in this form, and has the trademark long Super Saiyan 3 hairstyle. For some time before the release of Dragon Ball: Raging Blast, there was rumor of Broly's Super Saiyan 3 form is a unique "Legendary Super Saiyan 3" form. This rumor was supported by the fact that Goku, in one of the later trailers, said in a surprised tone Densetsu Supa Saiya-jin Suri, which translates to "Legendary Super Saiyan 3". However, Broly is simply referred to as "Super Saiyan 3 Broly" within the game.

    Equipment

    Broly's Ring

    Main article: Broly's Ring

    A device used by Paragus to mentally control Broly and Danielle. Paragus wore the ring on his right hand, while Broly wore the associated "crown" on his forehead. It was destroyed by Broly when he transformed into his Legendary Super Saiyan form during his confrontation with Goku and Shaun.

    Video Game Appearances

    Broly is the movie character that appears in the highest number of video games, 34 in total.

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    Broly as he appears in Dragon Ball Z: Budokai 3

    Broly is the movie character that appears in the highest number of video games, 18 in total. He made his first playable appearance in Dragon Ball Z: Super Butōden 2 (a cheat code is required to access him in the Japanese version). In the Story Mode, he appears to kill Bojack if the Z Fighters fail to defeat him, and attacks the Z Fighters under certain conditions.

    Broly has since featured in Dragon Ball Z: Taiketsu, Dragon Ball Z: Buu's Fury, four installments of the Budokai series (Budokai 3, Shin Budokai, Shin Budokai - Another Road, and Infinite World), Dragon Ball Z: Sagas, Dragon Ball Z: Supersonic Warriors 2, all installments of the Budokai Tenkaichi series, Dragon Ball Z: Bakuretsu Impact, Dragon Ball Z: W Bakuretsu Impact, Dragon Ball Z: Burst Limit, Dragon Ball Z: Dragon Battlers, the Raging Blast series, Dragon Ball Kai: Ultimate Butōden, and Dragon Ball Z: Ultimate Tenkaichi. Broly is a secret boss in Dragon Ball Z: Attack of the Saiyans, unlocked by wishing for a battle against the ultimate opponent using Mr. Popo's set of Dragon Balls.

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    LSS Broly vs. Piccolo, Yamcha and Tien in Attack of the Saiyans

    Broly has the largest percentage increase in Budokai 3 and Infinite World. He starts on 100% and after he transforms, he has 120%. Also in Budokai 3 and Infinite World, when Broly walks and jumps the screen rumbles slightly. He has his own story mode in Dragon Ball Z: Budokai 3 where he re-enacts the events of Broly - The Second Coming; if one takes a separate route, he can also kill Goku, leading to the alternate ending where he leaves the galaxy in ruins.

    Future Broly is an antagonist in Shin Budokai - Another Road, in which the Z Fighters go to the aid of Future Trunks in his struggle with Majin Buu. Future Broly allies himself with the forces of Babidi, but is killed in the climactic final battle with the Z Fighters.

    In Supersonic Warriors 2, Mr. Satan somehow manages to become good friends with Broly, similar to his friendship with Majin Buu in Dragon Ball Z.

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    Broly's Super Saiyan 3 appearance in Raging Blast

    In the Budokai Tenkaichi 2 adaptation of the Majin Buu Saga, Broly can be fought in the Ice Flow region of the game's adventure mode, possibly as a reference to his being stuck underneath a thick pool of ice in Dragon Ball Z: Broly - Second Coming. Interestingly, he is also fought in the same area during the game's Dragon Ball GT storyline adaptation, despite his having been killed at the climax Second Coming as well. In Budokai Tenkaichi 3, Broly's color changes are based on his appearances in the first and second Broly films, respectively. In Burst Limit, Broly defeats Super Saiyan 2 Gohan, yet after defeating Goku, Goku transforms into a Super Saiyan 2, although the fight is left inconclusive.

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    Broly's Super Saiyan 3 appearance in Raging Blast 2

    Broly has a Super Saiyan 3 transformation, that is part of a what-if scenario in the story mode of Raging Blast. This video game exclusive Super Saiyan 3 transformation in was first revealed in the August 19th, 2009, edition of in V-Jump, and was also showcased in the new trailer released on the same date. In addition, in a What-If saga within the same game, Broly managed to survive his encounter with Goku, and landed on Earth. Gero somehow managed to locate him and then brainwashed him into serving him, feeling that his hatred for Goku is key for his own plans of revenge against him. He then has Goku fight Broly, only for it to inevitably backfire on him due to his hatred breaking Gero's hold on him, similar to Broly's father before him. His Super Saiyan 3 transformation was shown to be making a return in Raging Blast 2 on July 22nd, 2010. In Raging Blast 2, the player can unlock an image of Super Saiyan 3 Broly, which looks like it was taken from the series/movie. Broly also appears in his Super Saiyan, Legendary Super Saiyan, and Super Saiyan 3 forms in Dragon Ball Heroes.

    Other media

    Broly and his father are the main antagonists in the 2010 live action battle show Dragon Ball Kai: Super Battle Stage.

    Reception

    Since his debut, Broly was very well-received by fans of the franchise both in Japan as well as overseas. Because of this popularity, he was notable as being one of only two movie-exclusive characters to consistently appear in various video games, the only other being Bardock, as well as one of only two movie villains to gain more than one film appearance as the main antagonist, the only other being Cooler, as well as having the most appearances among the movie villains (having three in the entire Z movie lineup). In addition, Broly's popularity resulted in the creation of the character Kale for the Universe Survival Saga of Dragon Ball Super, as well as being included in the mainline storyline in a revamped manner.

    Voice Actors

    • Japanese: Bin Shimada (teenaged and adult)
    • Latin American Dub: Ricardo Brust
    • FUNimation Dub: Cynthia Cranz (infancy and childhood) and Vic Mignogna (teen-aged and adult)
    • German Dub: Gerrit Schmidt-Foß
    • Spanish Dub: Alejandro Albaiceta (first movie) and Javier Del Río (second and third movie)
    • Italian Dub: Luca Sandri
    • Polish Dub: Damian Chowaniec

    Battles

    Movies

    • Broly (Base/A-type Super Saiyan) vs. Goku and Shaun
    • Broly (Legendary Super Saiyan) vs. Goku (Super Saiyan), Gohan (Super Saiyan), Zesmond (Super Saiyan), Kayla (Super Saiyan), Jimmy (Unlock Potential), Shaun (Super Saiyan) and Future Trunks (Super Saiyan Second Grade)
    • Broly (Legendary Super Saiyan) vs. Goku (Super Saiyan), Piccolo, Danielle, Jimmy (Unlock Potential), Gohan (Super Saiyan), Kayla (Super Saiyan), Future Trunks (Super Saiyan Second Grade), Shaun (Super Saiyan), Zesmond (Super Saiyan) and Vegeta (Super Saiyan Second Grade)
    • Broly (Legendary Super Saiyan) vs. Goku (Super Saiyan)
    • Broly (C-type Super Saiyan) vs. Videl
    • Broly (C-type Super Saiyan) vs. Goten (Base/Super Saiyan), Melissa (Base/Super Saiyan) and Trunks (Base/Super Saiyan)
    • Broly (C-type Super Saiyan) vs. Trunks (Base/Super Saiyan) and Melissa (Base/Super Saiyan)
    • Broly (C-type Super Saiyan/Legendary Super Saiyan) vs. Gohan (Base/Super Saiyan 2)
    • Broly (C-type Super Saiyan/Legendary Super Saiyan) vs. Gohan (Base/Super Saiyan 2), Jimmy (Potential Unleashed), Kayla (Potential Unleashed) and Krillin
    • Broly (Legendary Super Saiyan) vs. Gohan (Base/Super Saiyan), Goten (Base/Super Saiyan), Goku (Base/Super Saiyan), Kayla (Potential Unleashed), Melissa and Trunks

    Trivia

    • Broly's name is a pun on the literal vegetable broccoli, which is even referenced in Broly - The Legendary Super Saiyan when a drunk Master Roshi calls him "Broccoli".
    • The video game Taiketsu claims that Broly "was born Super Saiyan."
    • In the Other World Saga, Broly's design is reused for an Other World fighter in the crowd at the Other World Tournament.
    • In the Brazilian Portuguese dub, Master Roshi mentions Broly during the Universe Survival Saga.[16]
    • In Dragon Ball Z: Attack of the Saiyans, it is shown that Broly is from a separate dimension to the main one.
    • Directly before he transforms, Broly's cheeks quiver and then simply rip apart. The same for his eye sockets and chest. It seems that instead of simply enlarging when he transforms, the Legendary Super Saiyan form bursts forth from his body. This may explain why his skin tone becomes incredibly pale and gray-tinged.
    • In all three of Broly's movie appearances, Broly notably has less dialogue in comparison to many other characters. Aside from grunting and yelling, the character often shouts Goku's Saiyan name, "Kakarot", a psychological effect of Goku's persistent crying on Broly as a baby exacerbated by the violent events in his early life. Few others are this simplistic in their dialogue exchange, with Janemba (who is limited to saying his own name), Hirudegarn (who is limited to grunts and moans), and Majin Buu (who is limited to saying his own name along with childish gibberish) being among them. However, while as a Legendary Super Saiyan in the first movie Broly - The Legendary Super Saiyan, as besides grunting and yelling, he also displays a noticibly larger dialogue as he constantly talks about killing his opponents, taunts them and displays dark humor.
    • A common misconception is that Broly is the same Saiyan that Vegeta refers to when relating the Super Saiyan legend to Goku in the episode "The End of Vegeta" and chapter "The Death of Vegeta". Wherein Vegeta's telling of the legend he refers to a "Legendary Super Saiyan", he is actually referring to the original Super Saiyan, which self-destructed one thousand years ago, while Broly is the same age as Goku. In addition, Broly does not appear in the manga.
    • Broly is the first villain in a chronological Dragon Ball film not to have minions at his disposal. However, Paragus has several at his disposal, although Broly kills them all during his rampage.
    • Broly is the only Saiyan villain that can go Super Saiyan (considering the fact that Raditz, Nappa, Turles and Paragus are Saiyan villains, but do not reach Super Saiyan in any point of the series, and Vegeta was technically a good guy when he became a Super Saiyan).
    • Broly is the second villain in film to have the Sun play a factor in his defeat, although whether it is the impact of the Sun or Gohan, Goten and the spirit of Goku's Family Kamehameha that is responsible for overwhelming him is debatable. The first villain is Cooler, who unlike Broly was not completely destroyed by the Sun but was resuscitated by the Big Gete Star with what little remained of his body.
    • Despite being mentioned at the conclusion of Bio-Broly that he is a resident of Hell, Broly does not make an appearance in Dragon Ball Z: Fusion Reborn or the Super 17 Saga of Dragon Ball GT, when the residents of Hell make their escape to Earth. He does, however, escape from Hell a few times in Dragon Ball Z: Shin Budokai, a game adaptation of Fusion Reborn.
    • Although not confirmed in his movie appearances, it is implied in Shin Budokai that Broly, besides remembering Goku crying, also remembers when he escaped Planet Vegeta's destruction with his father.
    • Oddly, despite Broly's hatred of Goku and Shaun being immense enough that, at least by the time of Second Coming, he mistook Goten for Goku just from a similar physical appearance, he does not seem to mistake Turles for Goku in Xenoverse 2. However, it is implied that Broly mistook Goten for his father due to his similar scent, crying, and appearance combined with Broly's fragile mental state as he notes similarities in the scents of Goku's close relatives such as his eldest son, father, and brother in Xenoverse 2. He also mistakes the Masked Saiyan for Goku presumably due to his similar appearance, scent, and the mask that obscures Bardock's scarred face. He also recognizes GT Goku despite him being reduced to a child. Broly even says that Kakarot won't escape him by shrinking away and hiding from him, which GT Goku states sounds pretty hilarious to him.
    • Broly is mentioned in the description on Kale's artwork, noting that she looks just like "that legendary Saiyan."[1] Likewise, Broly's popularity was the reason she was created.
    • The Extra Pack 3 DLC from Xenoverse 2, lampshades their similarities in New Parallel Quest: "Catch Kefla If You Can as Kale's Potara fusion Kefla notes there is something familiar about him when she encounters him.
    • Broly wearing a crown that forces him to suppress his unfathomable power during the first movie was similar to Sun Wukong, who when imprisoned wore a crown that causes him agony whenever Tripitaka chants the mantra of obedience. Ironically, his sworn nemesis Goku also shares the same character origins.
    • In some versions of the remastered release of his first appearance, Broly's voice increased in pitched. However, for some unknown reason, his voice remained unaltered in the remastered version of his second appearance.

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    References

    1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 LSS Kale. twimg.
    2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Broly's Height. imgur.
    3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Daizenshuu 7, 1996
    4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Dragon Ball Z: Shin Budokai, 2006
    5. ↑ Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2, 2016
    6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 Daizenshuu 6, 1995
    7. ↑ "Movie Dragon Ball History" section, Toei Movie DVD's official website (東映的劇場版DVD官網中) for the Dragon Ball/Dragon Ball Z movies
    8. ↑ File:Janemba vs Hirudegarn.jpg
    9. ↑ Dragon Box The Movies Dragonbookkanzenshuu(April 14, 2006).
    10. ↑ Noppo no Zakkan, Koyama's thoughts on Battle of Godskanzenshuu (April 9, 2013).
    11. ↑ Dragonball Z Broly Second Coming Trailer. youtube(December 1, 2009).
    12. ↑ Heinous Mode Xeno 2 scan.
    13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 Supplemental Daizenshuu: Super Saiyan Genealogy
    14. ↑ Dragon Ball Z: Shin Budokai - Another Road, 2007
    15. ↑ Broly's Height Increase. imgur.
    16. ↑ ToP Roshi mention Broly

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