Tambourine

is a mutated Namekian and one of King Piccolo's children.
==Appearance==
Tambourine is a mutant Namekian of average height, with wings and fangs. He has a humanoid gargoyle-like appearance.
==Personality==
Tambourine's favorite hobby is slaughtering humans, as he considers them inferior to his kind.Dragon Ball: Adventure Special, 1987 Tambourine is extremely cold-hearted, killing innocent people just to entertain himself, and has no remorse for any of his victims nor their loved ones,Tambourine is also a consummate assassin, managing to kill almost all of his targets by following orders from the King Piccolo. He considers all other races besides his useless, stating humans serve no purpose other than to be killed. Even on duty, he will attack people not involved in his mission just for fun. At most times Tambourine is very arrogant, constantly taunting his opponents, and declaring that he is superior. When Tambourine meets an opponent stronger than him however, he seems to show a cowardly side, as after being pummeled by Goku, he attempted to fly away and flee.
==Biography==
===Background===
Tambourine is born offscreen shortly after King Piccolo was released by Emperor Pilaf. Under orders from King Piccolo, Tambourine sets out to assassinate all the competitors of the last three World Martial Arts Tournaments who may pose a threat to Piccolo's return to power and collect any Dragon Ball that he comes across in the process.
His first victim is Krillin, whom he confronts shortly after the end of the 22nd World Martial Arts Tournament when Krillin goes back to the area to collect Goku's objects that he forgot. Krillin fights with everything he has, but proves no match for Tambourine, who kills him by kicking him on the head, crushing his frontal lobe. Tambourine then steals the Four-Star Dragon Ball and a list of all tournament contestants.Dragon Ball episode 101, "The Fallen"
===Dragon Ball===
====King Piccolo Saga====
While on his way, Tambourine is confronted by Goku, who is determined to avenge Krillin's death. Tambourine gloats over Krillin's death, which only enrages Goku further. Goku and Tambourine engage each other in combat, but as Goku was still weak from his fight with Tien Shinhan, Tambourine easily outmatches him and destroys the Flying Nimbus. Tambourine proceeds to beat Goku senseless and drop him to the ground, leaving him for dead. Tambourine subsequently attacks and murders King Chappa, Pamput, Bacterian, Man-Wolf, Giran, and a few other fighters, facing no problems. In the anime, he subsequently confronts Yamcha, but before he can kill him, he is telepathically ordered by King Piccolo to track down the one responsible for the death of Cymbal, one of Tambourine's brothers.
‎Tambourine confronts Yajirobe, but is distracted from attacking him when Goku shows himself. Tambourine is surprised Goku is still alive and starts off this rematch confident that he can quickly beat Goku again, but instead, Goku overpowers him. After failing to destroy Goku, Tambourine realizes he cannot win and desperately attempts to escape, but Goku finishes him off once and for all with a Kamehameha. Tambourine's death gives King Piccolo the location of where Goku is, which leads to King Piccolo taking his Dragon Ball and gaining eternal youth.
===Dragon Ball Super===
===="Future" Trunks Saga====
An illusion of Tambourine appears in the Forest of Terror, where Master Roshi sent Goku and Krillin to train. Krillin, remembering his first death at Tambourine's hands, notably showed more fear of this illusion than any other, even when they were surrounded by such foes as Frieza, Cell and Super Buu.
===Super Dragon Ball Heroes===
====Demon Invader Saga====
In one particular Space-Time, Tambourine is absorbed by Majin Ozotto.Super Dragon Ball Heroes: Meteor Mission! chapter 11, "All-Out Battle"
==Other Dragon Ball Stories==
===Dragon Ball Online===
In Dragon Ball Online, it is revealed that unlike Tambourine some of King Piccolo's children such as Bolon and Bongo survived the King Piccolo Wars and continued to live secretly on Earth, breeding in the wild. Tambourine's younger brother Piccolo became aware of the surviving Demon Clansmen but knew he could do nothing on his own. However, after New Namek was destroyed by the new King of Demon Realm Mira using a Spirit Bomb formed from the energy of his Dark Makai Army, Grand Elder Moori having relocated to Earth along with his surviving brethren, suggested that they assist Piccolo in gathering them up.
After capturing them, some Dragon Clansmen studied them and discovered how to replicate King Piccolo's Pokopen technique allowing them to create their own and control them, giving birth to the Poko Priest class. Among the spawns that Poko Priests could create includes Tambourine-like spawns. In Age 1000, one of these Tambourine-like spawns is the Demon General Subordinate who serves the Demon General Gamelan.
==Power==
;Manga and Anime
At the time of his death, Tambourine was the most powerful son of King Piccolo. He is shown to effortlessly defeat several martial artists, including Krillin, Goku (albeit tired and hungry), Nam, Giran, and in the anime: King Chappa and Bacterian as well. King Piccolo also references him as being several times more powerful than his younger brother Cymbal. However, Tambourine is far inferior to a prepared and enraged Goku at full power.
;Statements according to authors and guidebooks
The Tree of Might movie pamphlets state that his power level is 340.
==Techniques and Special Abilities==
*Flight – Tambourine has the ability to fly using his wings.
*Ki Blast – The most basic form of energy wave.
*Lick Twister – The user extends their tongue and wraps their opponent in their long, slimy tongue.
*One-Hundred Arms – After mocking King Chappa's Eight-Arm Fist, he uses this more advanced version.
*Wah-Tah Kick – Tambourine leaps and does a stereotypical kung fu movie pose kick.
*Electric Shock – Tambourine channels electricity through his palm into his opponent. Used on Bacterian.
*Tommy Gun Kick – Tambourine unleashes a flurry of kicks, pummeling his opponent uncountable times.
*Evil Cannon – The ability to shoot a beam of energy from the mouth. Named Evil Cannon in the Dragon Ball Collectible Card Game and Chou Makouhou in Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 3.
*Super Marengeki – Tambourine's hand glows orange like fire for a second, before impaling his opponent clear through his body with it.
*Soumasen – One of Tambourine's Blast 2 in Budokai Tenkaichi 3.
*Mystic Breath – One of Tambourine's Blast 1 in Budokai Tenkaichi 3.
*Afterimage – One of Tambourine's Blast 1 in Budokai Tenkaichi 3.
==Manga Appearances==
==Video Game Appearances==
*Dragon Ball: Daimaō Fukkatsu
*Dragon Ball 3: Gokuden
*Dragon Ball Z: Super Gokuden: Totsugeki-Hen
*Dragon Ball: Advanced Adventure
*Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 3
*Dragon Ball Z: Scouter Battle Taikan Kamehameha - Ora to Omee to Scouter
*Dragon Ball: Revenge of King Piccolo
*Dragon Ball Online
*Dragon Ball Heroes
*Dragon Ball Z: Dokkan Battle
*Dragon Ball Legends
*Super Dragon Ball Heroes: World Mission
==Voice Actors==
*Japanese: Ryūsei Nakao
*English:
**Funimation dub: Dameon Clarke
**Blue Water dub: Tony Binns
*Spanish:
**Castilian Spanish dub: Rafa Cuevas
**Latin American Spanish dub: Humberto Solórzano
*German dub: Dietmar Wunder
*Italian dub: Gianluca Iacono
*Portuguese:
**European Portuguese dub: António Semedo†
**Brazilian Portuguese dub: Affonso Amajones
*Macedonian dub: Vancho Petrushevski†
==Battles==
;Dragon Ball
*Tambourine vs. Krillin 
*Tambourine vs. Goku
*Tambourine vs. King Chappa 
*Tambourine vs. Pamput 
*Tambourine vs. Bacterian 
*Tambourine vs. Man-Wolf 
*Tambourine vs. Giran
*Tambourine vs. Yamcha and Launch 
*Tambourine vs. Goku
;Dragon Ball Super
*Tambourine (illusion), King Piccolo (illusion), Vegeta (illusion), Nappa (illusion), Ginyu (illusion), Burter (illusion), Jeice (illusion), Recoome (illusion), Guldo (illusion), Frieza (Final Form) (illusion), Cell (Perfect Form) (illusion), Super Buu (illusion), Dabura (illusion), Raditz (illusion), Bulma (illusion), and Super Shenron (illusion) vs. Goku (Base/Super Saiyan/Super Saiyan 3/Super Saiyan Blue) and Krillin 
==List of characters killed by Tambourine==
;Dragon Ball
*Krillin - Killed when he kicked him in the forehead causing his neck to break.
*King Chappa - Punched into a pillar after using his One Hundered Arms technique on him causing his neck to break.
*King Chappa's students - Killed after they try to avenge their teacher's death.
*Pamput - Killed by his Wah-Tah Kick causing him to slam into a turnbuckle and break his neck.
*Nam - Killed during his mission to eliminate the tournament fighters.
*Bacterian - Killed by his Shocker Flatline technique.
*Man-Wolf - Stabbed in the back with a spear.
*Giran - Impaled by his Sidearm Flamer technique.
*Father Bear - Chest sliced open with his claws.
==Trivia==
*Like his siblings, Tambourine is named after a musical instrument, the "" in this case.
*Out of all the henchmen seen in the Dragon Ball series, Tambourine has one of the highest onscreen body counts, killing 50 or more people.
*In the Japanese version of Dragon Ball, the young bear Giran was attempting to kill in the Animal Village thought that Tambourine was actually "Kami" (meaning "god" in Japanese).
*Another offspring who closely resembles Tambourine with different colored clothes and lighter skin was seen earlier in Master Roshi's flashback, depicting him terrorizing various Earthlings.Dragon Ball episode 102, "Enter King Piccolo"
*In the Funimation dub of Dragon Ball, Dameon Clarke's depiction of Tambourine is nearly identical to the voice used for Imperfect Cell.
*There is a what-if where Tambourine survives Goku's Kamehameha in Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 3. This is unlocked by pressing the transformation button once in story mode when Goku fights King Piccolo but not the second time. If this happens, Tambourine appears, but Goku is too tired to beat him. Chi-Chi then appears and finishes Tambourine off.
**In the same game, if the player arranges for a match between Tambourine and Krillin, they will have a special dialogue where Tambourine expresses confusion about Krillin still being alive and then decides just to kill him again, with Krillin stating that he will not let him this time around.
*Tambourine is the final villain to be killed by Goku's Kamehameha in Dragon Ball.
**Tambourine is also the first villain to have killed Krillin to have been killed by Goku with a Kamehameha, the second being Frieza whom Goku killed with the Dash Kamehameha.
*In Dragon Ball Super, it is shown that Krillin has a post-traumatic fear of Tambourine years after his death at the hands of the mutant Namekian and even after having been killed by the likes of Frieza and Super Buu. Tambourine was shown to cause Krillin more fear than even Frieza or Super Buu.Dragon Ball Super episode 75, "Goku and Krillin! Back to the Old Familiar Training Ground!"Dragon Ball Super episode 76, "Conquer the Terrifying Foes! Krillin's Fighting Spirit Rebounds!"
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