Porunga

is the wish-granting dragon from Planet Namek. His name in Namekian language translates to "Dragon of Dreams" or "Dragon of Law". In the anime, Dende refers to Porunga as the "Dragon of Love", "God of Dreams", "Maker of Dreams", or even "Granter of Dreams" in Dragon Ball Z Kai.
==Appearance==
Porunga is much more brutal looking than Shenron, with a heavily muscled upper body (large pectoral muscles, shoulders, arms, and well-defined abdominal muscles). Instead of looking snake-like in appearance, like Shenron does, Porunga appears to be more alligator-like, bearing great resemblance to the Naga, a group of serpent deities in Hindu and Buddhist mythology. He has a long green slithery tail instead of legs. He also has a large fin down the center of his back, and large spikes on his shoulders and head, as well as two antennae on his forehead similar to the Namekian people. He is also shown to be much larger in size than Shenron.
==Personality==
Like Shenron, Porunga is good-hearted, but being that he is a dragon, he has a temper and sometimes comes off as impatient. He is shown to have a sense of humor, as when he was kept waiting by Krillin, Gohan, and Dende, who had summoned him on Namek, he told them if they couldn't think of what to wish for, "just wish for nothing three times so I can go". However, he is more friendly and patient than Shenron, and has demonstrated a greater eagerness to grant wishes; he restores Krillin's clothes as good as new as a special service and is even shown to be happy for everyone after Tien Shinhan and Chiaotzu are brought back to life. In the anime, he saves Yamcha, Tien, and Chiaotzu the trouble of having to traverse the Snake Way again and returns them directly to Earth when they are wished back to life. He also shows embarrassment, when Bulma tells him he is "kinda cute."
It would seem Porunga is morally opposed to killing anyone good. When he was asked to bring Goku's soul to the Check-In Station in Other World as Goku was thought to have died from the explosion of Namek, Porunga refused to grant the wish as doing so would remove Goku's soul from his still-living body and thus kill him. Even more, he informed Goku's allies of his survival. This is another seeming contrast between Porunga and Shenron, the latter of whom has been more threatening (even threatening to kill a good person in one instance if a wish was not given). It has been shown that Porunga will not relocate someone against their will as Goku asked to not be brought back to Earth when a wish was made for it, to which Porunga honored Goku's request.
==Biography==
===Background===
In the Funimation dub, while not seen or mentioned by name, it is stated that Lord Slug and other evil Super Namekians was exiled from Namek with the help of the Dragon Balls.Dragon Ball Z: Lord Slug, 1991
===Dragon Ball Z===
====Frieza Saga====
After much hardship, Porunga was finally summoned by Dende and was asked by Gohan and Krillin to revive Piccolo (at his request) and then bring him to Namek so he could face Frieza. With these two wishes granted, Vegeta arrives and angrily demands to be granted immortality as Frieza was drawing near. When Dende requested Vegeta's wish to Porunga, he didn't grant this wish but instead cease to exist due to his creator, Guru having passed away at the exact same moment and the Namekian Dragon Balls were turned to stone.Dragon Ball Z episode 75, "Password is Porunga"Dragon Ball Z episode 76, "Piccolo's Return"
Later, King Kai requested to Kami to ask Shenron to revive all those who were killed by Frieza and those who served him, hoping it would revive Guru as well. As Guru's death was caused from the pain of losing his people from being murdered by the Frieza Force during their hunt for the Dragon Balls and not of old age. Kami was unsure if this wish could be granted due to the circumstances surrounding Guru's death but believed it would be granted and then relay the request to Mr. Popo who had gathered the Earth Dragon Balls who then summoned Shenron.Dragon Ball Z episode 99, "Approaching Destruction" Shenron then granted the wish and all the Namekians (minus the ones that Vegeta murdered as he rebelled against Frieza)Dragon Ball Z episode 105, "Mighty Blast of Rage" were brought back to life including Guru and Porunga and the Namekian Dragon Balls were restored as well.Dragon Ball Z episode 100, "Gohan Returns" With one wish remaining, King Kai requested to Guru to have everyone but Frieza (and Goku as well at his request) to be transported to Earth.
Guru contacted Dende as he was the closest to the Namekian Dragon to request the wish to Porunga. Frieza also noticed Porunga and rushed to him to have his wish of being immortal granted but was slowed down by Goku. Frieza reached Porunga and requested his wish be granted. But at the same time, Dende requested for King Kai's wish to granted in the Namekian Language. But since Frieza did not ask his wish in the Namekians' native language, his wish was not granted and Dende's was instead. With everyone but Goku and Frieza, off Namek, Porunga took his leave,Dragon Ball Z episode 101, "The Last Wish" and the Namekian Dragon Balls followed the Namekians to Earth where they became stone. Before passing away again for good, Guru passed on his status as the Grand Elder of the Namekians and creator of the Namekian Dragon Balls to Moori.
130 Earth days later, the Namekian Dragon Balls are active again and Porunga was summoned in West City to grant the Dragon Team their wishes. They first ask for Krillin's and Goku's soul to be moved to Earth's Check-In Station. Krillin's was moved but Porunga reveals he cannot move Goku's as he is still alive and doing so would kill him. The second wish is to ask to revive Krillin and the third wish was asked to bring Goku back to Earth. But Porunga reveals that Goku doesn't want to be brought back and will return on his own later. The third wish was used to revive Yamcha. Another 130 days later, Chiaotzu and Tien are resurrected, with the first and second wishes, and the third wish was used to move the Namekians to a new home.Dragon Ball Z episode 107, "Goku's Alive!!"
====Majin Buu Saga====
With the battle against Kid Buu looking bleak, Vegeta came up with a plan to destroy him for good using the Spirit Bomb by asking Dende, Old Kai, and Kibito Kai to go to New Namek to gather the Namekian Dragon Balls and summon Porunga to grant two wishes.
To have the Earth be restored to its original state after being blown up by Kid Buu and to revive all those who have died since the day of the 25th World Martial Arts Tournament, except for those with evil hearts to prevent the likes of Babidi and Dabura from being resurrected.
Dende revealed that Porunga, while he can revive people more than once, he can't resurrect more than one person at a time, per wish. But Moori reveals that Porunga's power has been upgraded since the Frieza affair, and he can revive groups of beings now.
Porunga is summoned and he grants these two wishes that also revives Vegeta and Old Kai as well.
After the Super Spirit Bomb was formed and thrown at Kid Buu. However, Goku lacked the strength to actually push it into Kid Buu to destroy him and the Majin was pushing it back towards Goku.
Realizing that they have a wish left, Dende asks Porunga to restore Goku's strength back to normal, which enables him to go Super Saiyan and finally push the bomb into Kid Buu which obliterates him for good.
===Interlude===
King Kai requests to the Namekians to summon Porunga as to bring his planet back. King Kai wanted to have improvements done to it as well as increase its size from before, but Goku butted in and asked to have it restored exactly as it was prior to its destruction at Semi-Perfect Cell's hands.Dragon Ball Super bonus chapter, "Special Comic"
===Dragon Ball Super===
====God of Destruction Beerus Saga====
Kibito Kai goes to New Namek to asks Porunga to be separated into Kibito and Shin again as Shin revealed later to Goku that being fused felt "weird".Dragon Ball Super chapter 4, "Battle of Gods"
====Golden Frieza Saga====
After Piccolo was killed by Frieza,Dragon Ball Super episode 22, "Change! An Unexpected Return! His Name Is Ginyu!!" the Namekian Dragon Balls was used to summon Porunga and bring Piccolo back to life after Goku killed Frieza.Dragon Ball Super episode 27, "The Earth Explodes?! A Decisive Kamehameha!"
====Galactic Patrol Prisoner Saga====
The Namekian Dragon Balls are targeted by Moro as part of his plan to restore his magic abilities.Dragon Ball Super chapter 44, "Escaped Prisoner Moro"Dragon Ball Super chapter 45, "Moro's Magic"Dragon Ball Super chapter 46, "Namek in Decline"Dragon Ball Super chapter 47, "Stolen Dragon Balls" Later, after Cranberry defeats Moori, he uses a mind-control and translating device on Esca to summon Porunga. The dragon grants Cranberry's first wish to restore his health, and just before Cranberry attempts to get his second wish granted, Moro warns him not to betray him or else he'll hunt him all across the universe. Cranberry reluctantly asks for Moro's magic to be restored, and Porunga grants him this wish. Cranberry attempts to ask for a final wish to hide somewhere nobody, even Moro, can find him, but before he can, Moro comes and stabs him through the chest.Dragon Ball Super chapter 48, Moro's Wish Moro then requests for Porunga to set free the Galactic Prisoners, and Porunga grants him this final wish.Dragon Ball Super chapter 50, "Great Escape" With all three wishes granted, Porunga leaves, and the Namekian Dragon Balls are spread across the planet.
Following Moro's demise, Porunga is summoned once more to restore the planets and lives that had been taken by Moro.Dragon Ball Super chapter 67, "Happy Endings...And Then..."
===Dragon Ball GT===
====Baby Saga====
Porunga was summoned by Moori to restore the Earth after the side effects of the Black Star Dragon Balls caused it to explode.Dragon Ball GT episode 40, "Piccolo's Decision"
==Power==
Like Shenron, Porunga needs one year to recharge before being summoned again, but a year on Planet Namek was only 130 Earth days, and so that’s how long it takes for Porunga to be ready to summon again, as opposed to Shenron, who needed 365 days. Besides being able to be summoned sooner, Porunga is also more powerful than Shenron in that he can grant three wishes per summoning instead of one (though while originally only able to grant a single wish, by the Cell Games Saga, Dende modified Shenron to perform three wishes, but if a wish requires a significant amount of power, such as reviving a very large number of people from the dead, that would make Shenron use up two wishes at once).
Like Shenron, Porunga's wish-granting powers are limited by the power of his creator; Guru originally, and Moori later on. Any wish that is encompassed within his creator's power is able to be granted. Also, while understanding other languages, wishes must be given in the Namekian language, possibly as safeguard against offworlders misusing the Dragon Balls. This limitation prevented Frieza's wish for immortality from being granted. Porunga is still able to respond to inquiries about his wish-granting abilities not made in the Namekian, such as when Dende asked Porunga in human language during the battle against Kid Buu to restore Goku's full strength.Dragon Ball Z episode 286, "Spirit Bomb Triumphant" The one exception to the language rule is when Porunga fails to understand the wording of the wish, to which he will still grant the requested wish if translated in another language, as seen from Porunga initially not understanding Dende's wish to revive all but the most evil inhabitants of Earth.
Unlike Shenron, Porunga is able to perform the same wish asked of it multiple times. In regards to bringing the dead back to life, Porunga can revive the same person an unlimited number of times, no matter how many times they've died and been brought back, so long as they didn't die of natural causes. Shenron on the other hand can only revive any given person a single time. However, Porunga was limited to only bringing one person back per wish, whereas Shenron could bring back an unlimited number of people, so long as they all died under similar circumstances (e.g. bring back everyone who was killed by Frieza and his subordinates), and only those who died in the past year. Later, Porunga's power is strengthened by Moori to bring back as many lives as needed without any reduction in the remaining number of wishes, additionally, there isn't any known time-limit for how long a person can have been dead before they are unable to be revived.
His natural power is also very strong, as he was able to replenish Goku's energy with ease.
==Techniques and Special Abilities==
*Wish Granting - As an Eternal Dragon, Porunga can grant wishes that do not exceed his creator's power.
**Resurrection - It is the act of bringing someone back to life. In some cases, however, the act of bringing someone back to life will result in the person who did the act dying.
**Teleportation - A technique for traveling long distances instantly.
**Healing - Presumably mystical in nature, it allows the user to heal another being's wounds and restore them to somewhat full strength.
**Fission - The ability for a single being to split into two different copies of themselves, divided more or less equally in terms of power and appearance, but usually share a single lifeline.
**Drawing out Dormant Power - A technique that releases some of a person's hidden power, the technique's potency depends on the user. Used in Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot.
**Telepathy - It is a way to communicate with others using one's mind. Users can also read the minds of the ones they communicate with, similar to telepathic eavesdropping. Porunga presumably used this ability to contact Goku, who was on Yardrat.
==Granted wishes==
===Dragon Ball Z===
;Frieza Saga
*Dende wished for Piccolo to be revived.
*Dende wished for Piccolo to be transported to Namek.
*Dende wished for everyone except Goku and Frieza to be transported to Earth.
*Dende wished for Krillin's soul to be transported to Earth's Check-In Station.
*Dende wished for Krillin to be revived.
*Dende wished for Yamcha to be revived.
*Dende wished for Chiaotzu to be revived.
*Dende wished for Tien Shinhan to be revived.
*Dende wished to transport all Namekians, except for Piccolo and Kami, to a new planet.
;Kid Buu Saga
*Dende wished for the reconstruction of Earth.
*Dende wished for everyone who had died since the 25th World Martial Arts Tournament to be revived, except for those who were evil.
*Dende wished for Goku's energy to be restored.
===Dragon Ball Super===
;Special Edition
*Goku wishes to restore King Kai's Planet as it was before.
;God of Destruction Beerus Saga
*Kibito Kai wishes himself to be separated into Shin and Kibito again.
;Golden Frieza Saga
*Goku wished for Piccolo to be revived.
;Galactic Patrol Prisoner Saga
*Cranberry wishes himself to be fully healed.
*At the behest of Moro, Cranberry wishes for Moro's full magical powers to be restored.
*Moro makes a third wish to free all of the prisoners of the Galactic Patrol Prison.
*The Namekians wish for the planets and lives taken during Moro's rampage to be restored.
===Dragon Ball GT===
;Baby Saga
*Moori wished for the reconstruction of Earth after it was destroyed by the Black Star Dragon Ball's side effects.
===Appearances===
===Manga===
===Anime===
==Appearances in Other Media==
===Video Game Appearances===
In Dragon Ball Z: Super Saiya Densetsu, Dragon Ball Z: Legendary Super Warriors, Dragon Ball Z: Harukanaru Densetsu, Dragon Ball Z: Infinite World, and Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot, Porunga grants the same wishes as in the manga/anime. In Dragon Ball Z: Buu's Fury, Porunga grants the same three wishes he granted in the Kid Buu Saga. In Dragon Ball GT: Transformation, he appears at the end of the game, granting the same wish he granted in the Baby Saga.
In Dragon Ball Z: The Legacy of Goku, Porunga's face appears as a statue on the outside of the old temple.
In Dragon Ball Z: Supersonic Warriors, in Piccolo What-If story, Piccolo wishes for King Piccolo to be brought back to life so he can fuse with him and become whole as a Namekian. The Namekian Dragon Balls are used several times in What-If stories in Dragon Ball Z: Supersonic Warriors 2 as well, notably by villains to resurrect the Ginyu Force. In Dragon Ball Z: Budokai, in "The True Ruler", after Frieza defeats Super Saiyan Goku, Porunga appears and grants Frieza a wish for eternal life (Porunga grants Frieza's wish even though it is not in Namekian language). In Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 2, the What-If story "Beautiful Treachery", Zarbon collects the Namekian Dragon Balls and wishes for eternal youth and eternal beauty.
Porunga appears in the background of the dying Namek battle stage in Dragon Ball Z Arcade, in the background of the Namek battle stage in Jump Ultimate Stars, and he also appears in Dragon Ball Z: The Legend. In Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 3 and Dragon Ball: Raging Blast 2, Porunga can be summoned once the seven Dragon Balls are collected and he allows three wishes for items. The wishes he can grant in Budokai Tenkaichi 3 are: 5000 zeni, Broly's Ring (item), Aura Charge Ultimate (item), Aura Charge Ultimate 3 (item), and Aura Charge Ultimate 4 (item). Since the seventh Galaxy Mission, Porunga can also be summoned once the Dragon Balls are gathered in Dragon Ball Heroes.
In Super Dragon Ball Heroes: World Mission, Porunga can be summoned by collecting the Namekian Dragon Balls in battle. Porunga will grant any wish from its wish list reel and have a chance to play a bonus roulette game after completing a mission.
==Voice Actors==
*Japanese: Junpei Takiguchi † (DBZ Episodes 75-76, 107, Budokai Tenkaichi 3, Infinite World), Masaharu Satō (DBZ Episode 101, Budokai), Daisuke Gōri † (DBZ Episodes 283-286, DBZ Kai Episode 36), Ryūzaburō Ōtomo (DBZ Kai episodes 51-157, video games from 2010-onward)
*English:
**Ocean Group dubs: Richard Newman
**Funimation dub: Dale Kelly (DBZ Episodes 75-76 [60-61 Edited]), Christopher R. Sabat (All media from DBZ Episode 100 [85 Edited] onwards)
*Portuguese:
**European Portuguese dub: Ricardo Spínola
**Brazilian Portuguese dub: Jonas Mello, Renato Master
*Italian dub: Giovanni Battezzato
*Spanish:
**Castilian Spanish dub: Juan Fernández Mejías (First voice in DBZ), Jorge Tomé (Second voice in DBZ)
**Latin American Spanish dub: Eduardo Borja † (DBZ), Rubén Moya † (DBZ Kai Episodes 161-162 [36-54 Edited])
*French dub: Georges Lycan (DBZ), Antoine Nouel (DBZ Kai)
==Trivia==
*Porunga's name may be a pun on the organ, a musical instrument. In katakana, "organ" is approximated as オルガン (orugan). Porunga is written in katakana as ポルンガ (Porunga), so it may be an anagram that replaces the オ (o) with a ポ (po).
**This is even likelier considering that Toronbo, the Cerealian Eternal Dragon, is likely a pun on the trombone.
*The Namekian password required to summon Porunga is, according to the manga, "takkaraputo popurunga pupirittoparo"
*Though Porunga cannot accept wishes made in the common language, he is a fluent speaker of it, and even responds to Namekian wishes using it. Ironically, because of this Porunga could not grant Frieza's wish for immortality, thus Frieza's actions to acquire the Dragon Balls during the battle on Planet Namek was ultimately pointless due to Frieza's inability to speak Namekian.
**It is possible that this is another safeguard to prevent evil beings like Frieza from misusing the Namekian Dragon Balls.
*King Kai says that when Porunga restores a person to life, he returns them to the place that they died. While Piccolo remained on King Kai's planet (but lost his Halo) after he was brought back to life (remaining there until the Z Fighters used their second wish to wish him to Namek), this was because Piccolo had been reunited with his body, like Goku before the Saiyan fight; only spirits come back where they died.
*In Dragon Ball Z episode 92, a Police Officer who sees Porunga yells out "What! It's Godzilla!"
*In the 2008 PlayStation game , when changing rooms, there is a chance of randomly encountering a dragon who declares "I am Porunga. I shall grant you one wish."
*In December 2015, Ford Motor Company released a set of advertisements for the 2016 Ford Focus featuring parodic scenes from Dragon Ball Z. In one of these ads, Porunga attempts to grant Gohan and Krillin three wishes. After Krillin fails to realize that Porunga is sincerely trying to maximize their wishes, Porunga gets fed up and gives them the car anyway.
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