Piccolo

Piccolo, also known as Ma Junior, King Piccolo Jr. and Kamiccolo, is one of the main characters from the Dragon Ball series.
==Charactah Account==
Piccolo is considered both the son and reincarnation of Demon King Piccolo and was spawned to save himself from certain death at the hands of Son Goku. Like his father, he appears as a tall green humanoid creature with pointy ears; he is later revealed to be part of an alien race known as the Namekians.
Piccolo is first consumed with revenge against Goku, and elects to defeat and kill him during the 23rd Budokai Tenkaichi. After his narrow defeat against Goku, Piccolo is soon forced to form an at first uneasy alliance with Goku and his friends against newer, more dangerous threats like the Saiyans and Freeza. Out of necessity he also takes it upon himself to train Goku's child Son Gohan, forming a bond which is strengthened when he sacrifices himself to save the child's life against Nappa. After his resurrection, he fully joins Goku and the others in their struggles against ever more powerful villains.
Piccolo still retains elements of ruthlessness and cockiness, but once he fuses with Kami, all traces of evil and hate disappear, and Piccolo is completely reborn as a pure soul. Piccolo remains a loner, preferring to stand apart from others. He has little to say unless it involves battle, but he normally can still retain his stoic and calm personality in everyday, normal situations. Piccolo has shown to have intelligence, such as when he gathered strength to regenerate his arm after Cell had drained it, or when he elected to kill Babidi since he knew leaving him alive wouldn't solve the problem of Buu. His intelligence is even picked up on Buu, who later absorbs him for his fine brain.
==Appearance==
=== Anime ===
* Dragon Ball
* Dragon Ball GT
* Dragon Ball Super
* Dragon Ball Super: Broly
* Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero
* Dragon Ball Z
* Dragon Ball Z Kai
* Dragon Ball Z Kai: The Final Chapters
* Dragon Ball Z Movie 1: Dead Zone
* Dragon Ball Z Movie 2: The World's Strongest
* Dragon Ball Z Movie 3: The Tree of Might
* Dragon Ball Z Movie 4: Lord Slug
* Dragon Ball Z Movie 5: Cooler's Revenge
* Dragon Ball Z Movie 6: The Return of Cooler
* Dragon Ball Z Movie 7: Super Android 13!
* Dragon Ball Z Movie 8: Broly - The Legendary Super Saiyan
* Dragon Ball Z Movie 9: Bojack Unbound
* Dragon Ball Z Movie 9: The Return of Cooler
* Dragon Ball Z Movie 14: Battle of Gods
* Dragon Ball Z Movie 15: Resurrection 'F'
* Dragon Ball Z: Plan to Eradicate the Saiyans
* Dragon Ball Z: Plan to Eradicate the Super Saiyans
* Dragon Ball Z: Summer Vacation Special
* Dragon Ball Z: The Real 4-D
* Dragon Ball: Yo! The Return of Son-Goku and Friends!
* Orb Panic Adventure Returns!
* Orb Panic Adventure!
* Super Dragon Ball Heroes
=== Manga ===
* Cross Epoch
* Dr. Slump Returns
* Dragon Ball
* Dragon Ball SD
* Dragon Ball Side Story: That Time I Got Reincarnated as Yamcha!
* Dragon Ball Super
* Dragon Ball Z: Resurrection of F
* Dragon Ball: Heya! Son Goku and His Friends Return!
=== Video Games ===
* Anime Designer: Dragon Ball Z
* Battle Stadium D.O.N
* Cult Jump
* Famicom Jump: Hero Retsuden
* Data Carddass Dragon Ball Z
* Dragon Ball
* Dragon Ball 3: Gokuden
* Dragon Ball Collectible Card Game
* Dragon Ball Discross
* Dragon Ball FighterZ
* Dragon Ball Fusions
* Dragon Ball GT: Final Bout
* Dragon Ball GT: Transformation
* Dragon Ball Heroes
* Dragon Ball Heroes: Ultimate Mission
* Dragon Ball Heroes: Ultimate Mission 2
* Dragon Ball Heroes: Ultimate Mission X
* Dragon Ball Legends
* Dragon Ball Online
* Dragon Ball Kai: Ultimate Butouden
* Dragon Ball Xenoverse
* Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2
* Dragon Ball Z
* Dragon Ball Z 2: Super Battle
* Dragon Ball Z II: Gekishin Freeza
* Dragon Ball Z III: Ressen Jinzouningen
* Dragon Ball Z For Kinect
* Dragon Ball Z Side Story: Plan to Eradicate the Saiyans
* Dragon Ball Z Side Story: True Plan to Eradicate the Saiyans - Earth Saga
* Dragon Ball Z Side Story: True Plan to Eradicate the Saiyans - Space Saga
* Dragon Ball Z x One Piece: Battle Taikan Gomu Gomu no Kamehameha - Omee no Koe de Ora o Yobu
* Dragon Ball Z: Attack of the Saiyans
* Dragon Ball Z: Bakuretsu Impact
* Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Z
* Dragon Ball Z: Battle Taikan Kamehameha 2 - Ossu Omee Gokuu Tenkaichi Budoukai
* Dragon Ball Z: Budokai
* Dragon Ball Z: Budokai 2
* Dragon Ball Z: Budokai 3
* Dragon Ball Z: Budokai HD Collection
* Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi
* Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 2
* Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 3
* Dragon Ball Z: Burst Limit
* Dragon Ball Z: Buu's Fury
* Dragon Ball Z: Buyuu Retsuden
* Dragon Ball Z: Collectible CD Picture Cards
* Dragon Ball Z: Dokkan Battle
* Dragon Ball Z: Dragon Battlers
* Dragon Ball Z: Extreme Butoden
* Dragon Ball Z: Gekitou Tenkaichi Budoukai
* Dragon Ball Z: Goku Gekitouden
* Dragon Ball Z: Goku Hishouden
* Dragon Ball Z: Harukanaru Densetsu
* Dragon Ball Z: Hyper Dimension
* Dragon Ball Z: Idainaru Son Goku Densetsu
* Dragon Ball Z: Infinite World
* Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot
* Dragon Ball Z: Kyoushu! Saiyan
* Dragon Ball Z: Legendary Super Warriors
* Dragon Ball Z: Sagas
* Dragon Ball Z: Scouter Battle Taikan Kamehameha - Ora to Omee to Scouter
* Dragon Ball Z: Shin Budokai
* Dragon Ball Z: Shin Budokai - Another Road
* Dragon Ball Z: Shin Butouden
* Dragon Ball Z: Super Butouden
* Dragon Ball Z: Super Butouden 2
* Dragon Ball Z: Super Gokuden - Kakusei-Hen
* Dragon Ball Z: Super Gokuden - Totsugeki-Hen
* Dragon Ball Z: Super Saiya Densetsu
* Dragon Ball Z: Supersonic Warriors
* Dragon Ball Z: Supersonic Warriors 2
* Dragon Ball Z: Taiketsu
* Dragon Ball Z: Tenkaichi Tag Team
* Dragon Ball Z: The Legacy of Goku
* Dragon Ball Z: The Legacy of Goku II
* Dragon Ball Z: The Legend
* Dragon Ball Z: Ultimate Battle 22
* Dragon Ball Z: Ultimate Tenkaichi
* Dragon Ball Z: V.R.V.S.
* Dragon Ball Z: W Bakuretsu Impact
* Dragon Ball Z: Z Senshi Dai Shugyou!
* Dragon Ball: Raging Blast
* Dragon Ball: Raging Blast 2
* Dragon Ball: Tap Battle
* Dragon Ball: Zenkai Battle
* IC Carddass Dragon Ball
* J Legend Retsuden
* Jump Force
* Jump Super Stars
* Jump Ultimate Stars
* Jumputi Heroes
* Super Dragon Ball Heroes: World Mission
* Super Dragon Ball Z
==Trivia==
*Piccolo is named after the half-sized flute of the same name, continuing his family's name puns based on musical instruments. In the series, it is revealed that his name means "another world" in the Namekian language. The phrase "Piccolo" is used to open the door of the Namekian spaceship.
*The name "Piccolo" also means "small" in the Italian language, and, as a surname, was used to denote someone of small stature or height, which is rather ironic given Piccolo's height and build.
*Piccolo is Akira Toriyama's favorite character. He explains thoroughly "I believe mine would be Piccolo. He was the first character in my manga where I was like, 'He has a scary face, but he's so cool!' It really is cliché when bad guys turn into good guys, but it just feels great drawing it!". He re-affirmed this in an interview for Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero. Piccolo being his favorite is seemingly contradicted in a 1995 interview with Shōnen Jump where he states that Goku is his favorite character in the series. However, in a 2003 interview he revealed that Goku, Mr. Satan and Piccolo are all amongst his favorite characters.
*Piccolo has trained both of Goku's children: he trained Gohan to fight the Saiyans and Goten to fight Majin Buu. Alongside Goten, he also trained Trunks.
**He also acts as Pan's babysitter due to his bond with Gohan and given his experience in dealing with young Earthling-Saiyan hybrids.
*Piccolo was temporarily the strongest Z fighter two times. The first was when he fused with Nail, and the second time was after he fused with Kami, his powers surpassed that of Goku and Vegeta's Super Saiyan at the time.
*In the second half of the Dragon Ball GT episode "Raising the Stakes", when Videl is changing to her Great Saiyaman 2 outfit, a small Piccolo toy can be spotted in a box.
*Piccolo is one of several enemies or rivals to become an ally or friend. Others include: Oolong, Yamcha, Krillin, Tien Shinhan and Chiaotzu, then Vegeta, Androids 16, 17 and 18, Majin Buu, and finally Nuova Shenron.
*Piccolo was the youngest villain in the series, being only three years old when he fought Goku (despite having the physical and mental maturity of a teenager). Conversely, his father was the oldest villain in the series prior to the introduction of the millennia-old Majin Buu, having been an ambiguously high number of decades old when he was released from the Electric Rice Cooker.
*Piccolo was fittingly born on Piccolo Day, the holiday created by his father. He shares his birth date with his older brother Drum, who was born and died shortly before Piccolo was born.
*Piccolo's hobby is meditating in quiet places.
*Piccolo's belt is usually colored blue in the anime, though a few video games (such as Dragon Ball Z: Super Butoden, Dragon Ball Z: Supersonic Warriors and Dragon Ball Online) have Piccolo wearing a red belt.
*In the old temple on Namek in Dragon Ball Z: The Legacy of Goku, there are statues of Piccolo.
*Piccolo is one of the few Namekians actually seen consuming food, as he is seen eating a fish when he was a child. He can also be seen eating at times in Dragon Ball Super despite being aware Namekians only require water.
*In Xenoverse, he is revealed to also be fond of the special water found in the Time Nest due to its ability to cleanse the mind and soul. As a result, he considers the Time Nest as a kind of utopia for Namekians (due to the fact his people subsist on water).
*During the fight between him and Goku in Dragon Ball, as well as on the fight with Raditz when he loses his arm, Piccolo is seen with red blood. But later in the series, he bleeds purple blood. In Dragon Ball Super, he was bleeding green blood, though during the events of Super Hero, he is seen bleeding red blood once again.
*Piccolo's favorite food is water (particularly the thawed ice water from the north area).
*On the front cover of the VIZBIG EDITION of DRAGONBALL VOL. 12, Piccolo's skin tone is a pale bluish color.
*Piccolo is the only known Z Fighter who knows CPR, as seen when he resuscitates Gohan using Kiai Defibrillation and does multiple heart compressions on Goku after being hit by Hit's Flash Fist Crush.
**However Goku is able to use Kiai Defibrillation in the anime to resuscitate Master Roshi during the Tournament of Power.
*Piccolo technically succeeded in avenging King Piccolo, as he killed Goku with his Special Beam cannon in the fight against Raditz, but Goku wanted Piccolo to kill him so he could hold Raditz in place in order for the Special Beam Cannon to fatally wound the Saiyan invader.
*Interestingly, in the anime both Tambourine and Piccolo Jr. as a child end up having confrontations with Bears.
*Piccolo proceeding to fight General Blue in Dragon Ball GT while in Hell is most likely a reference to how the two shared the same Japanese voice actor. Ironically, Super Hero also had a similar reference due to Piccolo disguising himself as a Red Ribbon Army footsoldier at one point.
==Gallery==
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==External Links==
*Piccolo at Dragon Ball Wiki
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