Spopovich

is a muscular competitor in several World Martial Arts Tournaments, a long-time rival of Mr. Satan, and one of the two Earthlings ensnared by the wizard Babidi's mind control.
==Appearance==
Many years before Spopovich encountered and joined Babidi, his appearance consisted of light brown hair which reached his shoulders, with an enormous amount of muscle mass, towering over many other characters in terms of width and height. When possessed by Babidi many years later, Spopovich loses his hair, and becomes even more muscular than before, with his muscle mass becoming so large that large veins have appeared all over his body, bulging from his skin.
==Personality==
Spopovich has an incredibly aggressive personality characterized by bloodlust. Even if it is not a mandatory requirement in his assignments given by Babidi, if Spopovich is given the chance, he will brutally punish and pound opponents either to near death or until they die. Spopovich also loses his temper quickly, as minor insults are enough to push him into murderous rages. He is shown to process thoughts slowly and is prone to mixing up terms, as when commenting on his strength making his job easier to steal Gohan's energy, he mixes up "baby" and "candy" in the phrase "taking candy from a baby." Despite his violent and brutal nature, he is at least willing to listen to his comrade Yamu, who reminded him of their objective over his personal revenge. On a similar note, he may have retained at least a tiny bit of his humanity, as evidenced by the Japanese version of Yamu's standdown order and Spopovich's compliance to it.
==Biography==
===Background===
Spopovich, prior to his hypnotic ensnarement, was mentioned in the manga and seen in brief anime flashbacks. He was depicted as one of the combatants in the 24th World Martial Arts Tournament. Spopovich fought against Killa in the second round of the tournament and beat him and he advanced to the finals to face Mr. Satan. Spopovich fought against Mr. Satan and easily lost against him.
===Dragon Ball Z===
====Majin Buu Saga====
Spopovich competes in the following 25th World Martial Arts Tournament; however, his appearance is drastically altered from his previous form. He is devoid of his original brown mane, his skin is colored a pale gray-hue, and his muscle-mass has greatly increased since the last tournament. Yet another distinguishing feature from his past appearance is the dark "M" symbol now plastered on his forehead. Spopovich is accompanied by his ally Yamu, who exhibits similar characteristics in comparison to his own ghoulish appearance.
Shin and Kibito, two enigmatic figures themselves, sense that something is amiss with Spopovich and Yamu, as does Mr. Satan who recalls Spopovich from the previous tournament.
In a fateful turn of events, Spopovich is matched up against Mr. Satan's daughter, Videl, in the first round of the official World Martial Arts Tournament. In spite of the match-up, Mr. Satan believes his daughter would win with ease. While Videl fights quite well at the start of the match (even managing to "break" Spopovich's neck), Spopovich remains virtually immune to every single one of her attacks, proving himself to be superior in power to her. Thrilled at the golden opportunity of wreaking vengeance on Mr. Satan for his humiliating defeat, Spopovich viciously attacks Videl with all of his pent-up aggression. It is only until after Yamu ordered him to halt his attack and remain focused that Spopovich finally knocks her out of the ring.
During the next match of the tournament, Spopovich subdues a fully powered-up Gohan in a lock (helped by the divine restrainment of Shin), allowing Yamu to drain all of Gohan's ki. After this, Spopovich and his partner fly off into the distance, urging Shin and the Dragon Team to pursue them.
It is soon revealed by Shin (who also explained that he was truly the Supreme Kai) that Spopovich is possessed by the evil wizard Babidi and used as one of his minions in order to draw out enough energy to revive the magician Bibidi's strongest creation, Majin Buu. When Spopovich and Yamu arrive at Babidi's Spaceship, they are greeted by Pui Pui, Dabura, and Babidi himself. The evil magician takes the Energy-Suction Device from him and Yamu, and then hastily disposes of the brute by causing him to expand and explode.
===Super Dragon Ball Heroes===
====Supreme Kai of Time Saga====
An incarnation of Spopovich appears as one of the competitors in the Super Space-Time Tournament, along with Dabura, Pui Pui, Yamu, Yakon, and two unknown members. In the manga, Spopovich, Yamu, and Yakon team up with Commander Zeeun, Wings, Angila, Recoome, Jeice, and Guldo to take on Yamcha but Jiren defeats them all with a single blow.Super Dragon Ball Heroes: Ultra God Mission!!!! chapter 1, "Begin! Super Space-Time Tournament" As a result of his team failing to advance to the second round of the tournament, Spopovich and his space-time were erased.
==Other Dragon Ball Stories==
===Dokkan Battle===
;Quest Mode
In Dokkan Battle, Spopovich and Yamu are possessed by Babidi to gather energy to revive the Pure Majin Buu in the dimensionally distorted Age ??? (as Grand Supreme Kai and South Supreme Kai where never absorbed into Age ???'s timeline due to the dimensional distortion. The pair attack Future Trunks and his unseen Time Patroller partner (the player) who are on their way to Dr. Gero's Lab but are defeated and forced to retreat.
Later on, Future Trunks and his partner learn that Grand Supreme Kai has come to Earth to seek the help of the Dragon Team and King Kai's Time Patrol (formed at King Kai's behest to investigate the Dimensional Distortion) in stopping the revival of Kid Buu. Eventually they find Spopovich and Yamu whom they follow back to Babidi's Spaceship where they fight Spopovich, Yamu, and Pui Pui. They manage to defeat them, but Kid Buu is revived and ends up absorbing Grand Supreme Kai and becoming a weaker version of Innocent Buu.
;Go Forth! Hero of Justice
In the Story Event "Go Forth! Hero of Justice", the Dimensional distortion in Age ??? causes various villains to attack Satan City. Spopovich and Yamu are among the villains that invade the city with them being members of the Organization of Babidi. However fortunately, the Saiya Squad made up of Adult Gohan and Videl as their superhero alter-egos Great Saiyaman 1 & 2 step in to protect Mr. Satan from Spopovich and Yamu. Unlike their encounters in the main series, Gohan and Videl manage to defeat both of them. After defeating them, Mr. Satan recognizes Great Saiyaman for his strength though saves face by claiming Great Saiyaman is weaker than Mr. Satan himself.
==Power==
Prior to his encounter with Babidi, he was shown to be at least strong enough to fight Mr. Satan competently before being beaten as well as qualifying for runner up. When encountering Videl a year later, he was shown to have access to various ki abilities as well as flying. It is heavily implied that his being able to fly and use ki attacks was the result of Babidi's magic.
;Video Games
In Dokkan Battle, during the Story Event "Go Forth! Hero of Justice", Gohan and Videl as Great Saiyaman 1 & 2 are able to defeat Spopovich and Yamu when they invade Satan City with the Organization of Babidi in the dimensionally distorted Age ???.
In World Mission, Villainous Mode Spopovich, Yamu, and Dabura are initially defeated by Great Saiyaman 3 and his deck though it is later revealed they were holding back which is proven when Villainous Mode Spopovich and Yamu perform Majin Buu Resurrection on the Hero Master after Villainous Mode Dabura weakens him. However, Dabura shows mercy to Great Saiyaman 3, Beat, and Note returning to the game world with his underlings though this is later revealed to be an attempt to lure them into conflict with Tapion and Minotia whom Hoi had requested the Organization of Babidi assist him in apprehending to release Hirudegarn in exchange for helping them gather Kili to revive Majin Buu. Initially, Spopovich, Yamu, Pui Pui, and Dabura fight alongside Hoi without Villainous Mode due to Dabura choosing to toy with the Heroes who are able to defeat the villains with assistance from Tapion and Minotia. Spopovich survives but is left dazed until Dabura uses Dark Magic to empower himself, Spopovich, Yamu, and Pui Pui. Like his comrades, Villainous Mode Spopovich is confident they can handle the alliance of Heroes (the DBH Team and the two Legendary Heroes) but even with Post-Transformation Hirudegarn on their side, Villainous Mode Spopovich is defeated, though like Dabura and Yamu, manages to survive the battle.
During Villainous Mode Spopovich and Yamu's attack on Hero Town, they manage to damage most of the town, though Lody and Beat both manage to avoid their Ki Blasts as the two fire them indiscriminately. Though Villainous Mode Dabura is confident he and his underlings can win, they are defeated by the combined might of Great Saiyaman 4, Note, Froze, and Kagyu. However, like Yamu, Villainous Mode Spopovich survives the battle and fights against Note, Froze, or Kagyu twice before succumbing to his injuries. Due to having defeated the game world Spopovich in both his Majin state and Villainous Mode empowered Majin state, Kabra's SH3-19 Spopovich card is no match for the Heroes as it lacks the power of the Anomalous game world Spopovich that the team had previously fought and defeated.
==Techniques and Special Abilities==
*Flight – After being put under Babidi's spell, Spopovich is able to fly using ki.
*Ki Blast – The most basic form of energy blast. Used in Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 3 and World Mission.
*Continuous Energy Bullet - A barrage of Ki Blasts. Used by Villainous Mode Spopovich during his and Yamu's assault on Hero Town.
*Kiai – Used against Videl in the manga only. In the anime, he uses the Crash Launcher.
*Berserker Crash – Spopovich holds his elbow with his fist and then charges fast at the enemy inflicting a great deal of damage. Used in Budokai Tenkaichi 3.
*Crash Launcher – A purple energy wave. Used against Videl in the anime, while in the manga he used a Kiai. Named in Dragon Ball Heroes. Named Majin Blast in the Dragon Ball Z Collectible Card Game.
*Mad Banquet – A rush attack used by Spopovich in Budokai Tenkaichi 3. He used part of this attack against Videl.
*Majin Buu Resurrection – Spopovich knocks the opponent away, and Yamu appears next to him. Spopovich grabs the opponent, and Yamu proceeds to absorb their energy. Used on Gohan in the 25th World Tournament, and was named in Budokai Tenkaichi 3. Also used by Villainous Mode Spopovich and Villainous Mode Yamu on Great Saiyaman 3 in World Mission.
*Minion's Latent Energy – Spopovich charges up, with both his defense and power increasing at the cost of his ki charge becoming slower. It is one of Spopovich's Blast 1's in Budokai Tenkaichi 3.
*Mad Warrior – One of Spopovich's Blast 1 in Budokai Tenkaichi 3.
*Superhuman Durability - As a Majin, Spopovich possesses the ability to survive injuries that would kill a normal human or martial artist, such as having his neck snapped. This is shown when Videl's First Strike snapped his neck during the 25th World Tournament, which almost resulted in Videl being disqualified for killing, were it not for this ability and Spopovich snapping his neck back into place.
*Battle Cry - A Lock-On CAA Special Ability used by SH3-19 Spopovich in World Mission. When Spopovich is an Attacker and his Super Attack is available, attack locked-on enemy during his Attack Phase. Can be used only once per battle.
*Energy Siphon - The Ability 1 of SH3-19 Spopovich used in World Mission. Win CI when attacking for +2 to own team's Hero Energy. Can only be triggered once per battle.
*Super Power Sealer Unit - The Ultimate Unit for SH3-19 Spopovich in World Mission. Can be activated when Yamu and Pui Pui are on Spopovich's team and their team has at least 3 Hero Energy, to reduce the PWR of all enemies with 3000+ PWR to 1 for one round only, once per battle.
==Power-Ups==
===Majin Spopovich===
Due to his evil heart, Spopovich is possessed by Babidi's magic, which releases his potential making him far stronger than he was previously. This state causes a Majin Mark to appear on his forehead and he becomes grotesquely muscular. It is implied that it also grants him superhuman abilities such as Flight and enhanced durability, allowing him to survive injuries that would kill a normal person. In this state he is stronger than Videl after her flight training and is able to grab and hold onto Super Saiyan 2 Gohan, allowing Yamu to drain his energy, though it should be noted that Shin had paralyzed Gohan as part of his plan to allow Spopovich and Yamu to steal Gohan's energy so the henchmen could lead Shin and the Z Fighters to Babidi's Spaceship. Despite his increased power, Babidi is able to kill Majin Spopovich with Explosion Sorcery.
===Villainous Mode===
In World Mission, the game world Dabura gains the anomalous ability to use Dark Magic (like his real world counterpart in the Infinite History Saga of Xenoverse 2) which allows him to empower himself and his underlings with 2nd stage Villainous Mode, including Spopovich who utilizes it alongside his Majin state. Spopovich first uses this power up against the Dragon Ball Heroes in Chapter 2, Sub Chapter 2: "Hero Town in Danger!" and in Chapter 3, Sub Chapter 1 "Great Saiyaman 4". In addition to powering him up, his Villainous Mode empowered Majin state emits dark Ki that Hirudegarn can resonate with to free himself from Tapion and Minotia.
In this state, Spopovich gains a dark purple aura and glowing red eyes.
==Video Game Appearances==
*Dragon Ball Z: Legendary Super Warriors
*Dragon Ball Z: Buu's Fury
*Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 3
*Dragon Ball Heroes
*Dragon Ball: Zenkai Battle
*Dragon Ball Z: Bakuretsu Impact
*Dragon Ball Z: Dokkan Battle
*Super Dragon Ball Heroes: World Mission
*Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot
*Dragon Ball: The Breakers
*Dragon Ball: Sparking! Zero
Spopovich is a support-type character in Legendary Super Warriors, a boss in Buu's Fury, and a playable character in Budokai Tenkaichi 3, Dragon Ball Heroes, Zenkai Battle, The Breakers, and Sparking! Zero.
Spopovich is an assist character in Bakuretsu Impact.
Spopovich appears in Dokkan Battle as both a friend point and rare summon.
==Voice Actors==
*Japanese: Hisao Egawa
*English:
**Ocean Group dubs: Michael Dobson
**Funimation dub: Andrew Chandler
*Spanish:
**Latin American Spanish dub: César Soto
**Castilian Spanish dub: Daniel Palacios
*Hebrew dub: Yoram Yosefsberg
*Brazilian Portuguese dub: Gilberto Rocha (DBZ), Dlaigelles Riba (DBZ Kai: TFC)
*Greek dub: Themis Psihogios, Yiannis Papaioannou (DBZ eps. 218-219)
==Battles==
;Pre-World Tournament Saga
*Spopovich vs. Killa
*Spopovich vs. Mr. Satan
;Dragon Ball Z
*Spopovich vs. Videl
;Super Dragon Ball Heroes
;Manga
*Spopovich, Yamu, Spopovich, Yakon, Recoome, Jeice, Guldo, Wings, Angila and Commander Zeeun vs. Jiren
==Trivia==
*Spopovich's name likely is a pun on "Popovich", a common European surname. In katakana, Popovich is rendered as ポポビッチ (popobitchi).
*Both Spopovich and Yamu have some similarities with Nappa and Vegeta. First of all, Nappa and Spopovich have similar looks; they are both bald, big, and muscular fighters. Also, both fighters enjoy making their victims suffer (Spopovich toys with Videl at the tournament in a way similar to how Nappa toys with the Z Fighters). Similar to Vegeta, Yamu tries to calm his partner down during this fight. For example, Vegeta gave the Z Fighters some time to wait for Goku and Yamu stopped Spopovich from killing Videl at the Tournament. Also, Yamu seems to be the stronger fighter, which also applies to Nappa and Vegeta (he is also the smaller one). Interestingly, in the Ocean dub, Yamu and Spopovich are voiced by Brian Drummond and Michael Dobson, the voice actors of Vegeta and Nappa.
*Despite being human, Spopovich has purple blood; possibly because he was under Babidi's control.
*Spopovich's beatdown and near-murder of Videl was given an indirect reference in Dragon Ball Z: Broly - Second Coming, where Videl, upon regaining consciousness at a lake from her earlier beatdown by the titular antagonist, quips "Why do I always get the big, dumb, ugly ones?!" before flying off.
*One of the members of Caulifla's gang resembles Spopovich.
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