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Cymbal
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シンバル
Shinbaru
Debut Manga: "Target: Tenka'ichi Budokai"
Anime: "Mark of the Demon"
Appears in
Dragon Ball
Race Mutant Namekian
Gender Male
Date of birth May 8, Age 753
Date of death May 8, Age 753
Height 181 cm (5'11.5")
Weight 115 kg (253 lbs)
Occupation Collector
Allegiance King Piccolo's Demon Clan
Family
  • King Piccolo (Father)
  • Piano (Brother)
  • Tambourine (Brother)
  • Drum (Brother)
  • Piccolo/Future Piccolo (Brother)
  • "If you're so eager to die, who am I to stand in your way?"
    — "Here Comes Yajirobe"

    Cymbal (シンバル 'Shinbaru') is a Mutated Namekian, and King Piccolo's third son since his release from the Electric Rice Cooker. Like his father and brothers, Cymbal's name is originally a pun on a musical instrument.

    Appearance[]

    Cymbal is a large, humanoid, dragon-like Namekian, and his mutation is related to his apparent specialty: finding Dragon Balls (King Piccolo mutters that it is only fitting that such a spawn resembles a dragon).

    Personality[]

    Like his siblings, Cymbal is highly loyal to his father and is dedicated to serving him. He is extremely rude to humans, as when he first meets Goku, Shaun, Danielle and Yajirobe, he demands that they tell him if they know anything about the Dragon Ball he is looking for, threatening to kill them if they don't tell him everything they know. Cymbal will do anything to get the balls, even if it means killing a person. Unlike his brother Tambourine, Cymbal is not needlessly cruel or sadistic, as he states he only cares about the Dragon Balls, and only tries to kill Yajirobe when he refuses to give him his ball.

    Biography[]

    Dragon Ball[]

    King Piccolo Saga[]

    Main article: King Piccolo Saga

    After Tambourine comes back to Pilaf's Flying Base with the list of martial artists who were contestants in World Martial Arts Tournaments, King Piccolo gives Tambourine the mission to murder all those martial artists and decides to give birth to Cymbal in order to find Dragon Balls.

    After hatching, Cymbal's first assignment is to gather the remaining Dragon Balls so his father can wish for restored youth and power. After he learns of the location of the nearest Dragon Ball from Emperor Pilaf, Cymbal heads out to retrieve it.

    Cymbal finds Goku, Shaun, Danielle and Yajirobe at Yajirobe's Prairie, and demands they hand over the Dragon Ball. When Yajirobe refuses to give it to him, Cymbal threatens to kill him for it. Goku, Shaun, Danielle and Yajirobe play Rock-Paper-Scissors to see who fights him, which Yajirobe wins. Cymbal fights Yajirobe, with his punches and Electric Shock Waves not affecting the swordsman. He is killed when Yajirobe slices him in half with his katana. Cymbal is then roasted and eaten by Yajirobe.

    Power[]

    Although short-lived, Cymbal showed his fighting prowess when he actually landed a few hits on Yajirobe (who at that point was described by Goku as the toughest person he had met) and later fired Electric Shock Waves at him before meeting his end. He is not as strong as his older brother Tambourine, who was made for fighting rather than finding the Dragon Balls.

    Techniques[]

    • Flight – Cymbal can fly using his wings.
    • Electric Shock Wave – Cymbal fires energy waves that look like bolts of electricity. Used during his battle against Yajirobe. This technique was named in Dragon Ball: Daimaō Fukkatsu.
    • Chou Makouhou – The ability to shoot a beam of energy from his mouth. Cymbal uses it in Daimaō Fukkatsu. A spawn who bears a strong resemblance to Cymbal also uses this technique in the anime.

    Video Games Appearances[]

    Cymbal is the playable character in the following video games appearances include:

    • Dragon Ball: Daimaō Fukkatsu
    • Dragon Ball 3: Gokuden
    • Dragon Ball Z: Super Gokuden: Totsugeki-Hen
    • Dragon Ball Online
    • Dragon Ball Z: Dokkan Battle

    Voice Actors[]

    • JapaneseDaisuke Gōri
    • English:
    • Latin American Spanish dub: Ricardo Hill
    • Portuguese:
      • Brazilian Portuguese dub: Mario Vilela
      • Portuguese dub: António Semedo(†)

    Battles[]

    Trivia[]

    • Cymbal's name is a pun for the musical instrument, the cymbal.
    • Cymbal is the first Namekian born and hatched on-screen in the series.
    • In the video game Dragon Ball Z: Infinite World, when finding the Dragon Balls in a desert, a skeleton head which resembles Cymbal's remains after Yajirobe had eaten him can be seen. Skeletons which resembles Cymbal's remains also appear in the Origins series.
    • Cymbal tastes really good, according to Yajirobe.[2]

    Gallery[]

    References[]

    1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Daizenshuu 7, 1996
    2. ↑ Dragon Ball episode 106, Terrible Tambourine

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