Medical Machine

are large containers filled with some form of liquid that can completely heal a person from near death.
==Origin==
In Dragon Ball: Episode of Bardock, after his defeat at the hands of Frieza, Bardock somehow time-traveled into the past and arrived injured on Planet Plant, where he was found by a Plantian doctor named Ipana. The doctor brought Bardock to the former's house and heals him using a medicine that Bardock remarks it is similar to the fluid in Medical Machines.
When the space tyrant Chilled arrives on Planet Plant, he remarks that Ipana's medicine has the power to heal wounds instantly and orders his soldiers to steal the medicine from him.
==Overview==
thumb|left|Vegeta in the Medical Machine on Planet Frieza 79
Medical Machines are mainly used by the Frieza Force led by Chilled's descendants King Cold and his two sons, Frieza and Cooler. When a person is badly injured, they are put into this tank and hooked up with a breathing apparatus and other various wires, allowing operators of the machine to monitor the recipient's vitals from outside of the tank. According to Goku, the vessel induces a blissful and soothing sensation of recovery on whomever it is healing. After healing up, the person can then leave the tank, fully rejuvenated. Because of the healing abilities of the Saiyans, these tanks massively increase a Saiyan's power after use, making it a very useful object for the Saiyan Army. Although it regenerated Vegeta's blinded eye, it does not regenerate larger lost limbs such as a Saiyan's tail or more than half of Frieza's body. However, years later, the Frieza Force have a new model so highly advanced that the regenerative fluid so powerful it can completely regrow biomass, effectively restoring Frieza's sliced up body and returning him to life.Dragon Ball Z: Resurrection ‘F’, 2015
==Usage==
Vegeta uses the tank upon his return to Planet Frieza 79 after being badly injured from his battle on Earth.Dragon Ball Z episode 41, "Look Out Below" After he is fully healed, he heads for planet Namek.Dragon Ball Z episode 43, "A Friendly Surprise"
On Namek, after Zarbon manages to defeat Vegeta, Zarbon orders Appule to heal him in a Medical Machine inside Frieza's Spaceship to question him about the location of the Dragon Balls.Dragon Ball Z episode 54, "Guru's Gift" However, after a mockery from Appule, Vegeta bursts out of the tank destroying it,Dragon Ball Z episode 55, "Piccolo vs. Everyone" and proceeds to steals all of the gathered Dragon Balls from Frieza.Dragon Ball Z episode 56, "Zarbon's Mission"
After Goku is badly injured during the battle with Captain Ginyu, he is placed in an older tank inside Frieza's ship as the newer one was destroyed by Vegeta.Dragon Ball Z episode 74, "Captain Ginyu... The Frog" After rejuvenating, Goku breaks out of the tank and makes his way toward the battlefield where he confronts Frieza.Dragon Ball Z episode 85, "The Renewed Goku"Dragon Ball Z episode 86, "The End of Vegeta" After Planet Namek exploded, Frieza drifted through space, critically injured from the explosion and the battle with Goku, until being rescued by his father, King Cold. Frieza then recovered inside a Medical Machine prior to receiving cybernetic parts to compensate for the loss of his limbs during his fight with Goku.Dragon Ball Z episode 119, "The Mysterious Youth"
In Dragon Ball Super, Sorbet puts Frieza's body parts into the new Medical Machines to restore his sliced-up body and revive him.Dragon Ball Super episode 19, "Despair Redux! The Return of the Evil Emperor, Frieza!" Tagoma is placed in the Medical Machine every time he is finish training with Frieza for four months.Dragon Ball Super episode 21, "The Start of Vengeance! The Frieza Force's Malice Strikes Gohan!" Goku uses a similar medical tank at Capsule Corporation after being nearly fatally injured in his battle with Goku Black and Future Zamasu. Unlike other healing tanks, this one does not appear to use liquid to heal the user.Dragon Ball Super episode 62, "I Will Defend the World! Trunks' Furious Burst of Super Power!"
Goichi's minions recover the remains of Seven-Three from Earth after the Galactic Prison breakout and place him into a rejuvenation chamber on Goichi's Spaceship to regenerate his destroyed body.Dragon Ball Super chapter 67, "Happy Endings...And Then..."
==Film Appearances==
In Dragon Ball Z: Bardock - The Father of Goku, after being severely injured on Planet Kanassa, Bardock is taken back to Planet Vegeta and put into recovery. Later on, he heals and makes his way to Planet Meat.
In Dragon Ball Z: Resurrection ‘F’, a new model of Medical Machine is seen in Sorbet's Spaceship. This model is so highly advanced, the regenerative fluid so powerful it can completely regrow biomass, effectively restoring Frieza's sliced up body and returning him to life.
==Video Game Appearances==
*Dragon Ball Z II: Gekishin Freeza
*Dragon Ball Z: Super Saiya Densetsu
*Dragon Ball Z: Legendary Super Warriors
*Dragon Ball Z: The Legacy of Goku
*Dragon Ball Z: Harukanaru Densetsu
*Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 3
*Dragon Ball Z: Tenkaichi Tag Team
*Dragon Ball Xenoverse
*Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot
In Gekishin Freeza, the Medical Machines inside Frieza's Spaceship can be used in order to recover HP.
In Super Saiya Densetsu, Medical Machines can be found in some houses on Namek and can be used by Gohan and his party.
In Budokai Tenkaichi 3, it is named Medical Machine and Recouperation Tank where it is a z-item gained by Disc Fusion System . Its effects are:
*Recover some health while in battle.
*Teammates on standby steadily recover health.
*Recover some Ki while in battle.
*Teammates on standby steadily recover their Ki.
In Tenkaichi Tag Team, it is named Recuperation Chamber.
In Xenoverse, Medical Machines appear in a room on Frieza's spaceship which is a stage in the Ginyu Force Saga and certain Parallel Quests. During the game's Frieza Saga, Goku can be seen healing inside a Medical Machine due to the injuries sustained during the game's Ginyu Saga, like in the original history. In the altered history, Goku senses the battle with Dark Frieza outside the healing chamber. Outside he senses Gohan as the last fighter still standing against Dark Frieza who has managed to easily kill Vegeta and Krillin after transforming into his Final Form. and was about to kill Gohan. Unable to standby as his only son is about to killed by the tyrant, Goku leaves the Medical Machine before he is fully healed, just in time to save Gohan.
In Kakarot, the Medical Machine first appears in Frieza Saga Episode 3 when Zarbon uses one to heal Vegeta after defeating him in his Monster Form with Zarbon bringing Vegeta back to the ship immediately after defeating the Prince as he falls to the ground upon his defeat instead of falling into the water like in the main series. However, this allows Vegeta to recover from near death and become stronger. After Episode 3 is completed, the Medical Machine Key Item entry is unlocked in the Z-Encyclopedia. However, its entry erroneously states it is capable of healing any wound no matter how severe despite the fact it cannot restore a Saiyan's Tail if cut off and that Frieza had to be rebuilt as a Cyborg due to his injuries being too severe for the Medical Machines of Age 763 to heal as the technology took several years of advancement to be capable of fully healing Frieza. Additionally, the character entry for Recovery Drone reveals that the Frieza Force utilizes small, unmanned planes as field medical units that are the go-to device for health recovery thus revealing that Medical Machines are for more intensive care while Recovery Drones can heal combatants on the battlefield and thus providing first aid and emergency medical care in the field. Goku is later placed in a medical machine after his body is injured as a result of Ginyu's Body Change, allowing him to recover in time to face Frieza in his final form. Instead of blasting his way out, Goku exits the machine off screen and there is a shot of the empty machine before it cuts to Goku on top of Frieza's Spaceship.
==Trivia==
*Vegeta once stated that the liquid in the tank is synthetic Saiyan DNA.Dragon Ball Z episode 74, "Captain Ginyu... The Frog"
*The Medical Machines in Dragon Ball Z look and function very similarly to the Bacta tanks in Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back (1980). This is not surprising as author Akira Toriyama is known to be a fan of Star Wars.
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