Cui

is an elite soldier who serves under Frieza in the Frieza Force.
==Appearance==
Cui is an indigo-skinned, scaly, fish-faced alien. With the exception of his boots being green, he wears the common Battle Armor.
==Personality==
Cui is a rather cocky character who easily underestimates many of his enemies but has a cowardly side when confronted by an opponent too strong for him. He treats Vegeta with a great deal of rudeness and contempt, and he seems to regard other Saiyans with contempt. Like many members of the Frieza Force he has no regard for the lives of other races and will kill for fun.
==Biography==
===Background===
In the anime, when Gohan, Krillin, and Bulma stumble into an unknown spacecraft, they find out that the inhabitants' planet was attacked by a battalion of Frieza's army, which was led by Cui. Cui single-handedly managed to slay all in his path and the survivors of the onslaught (who were led by Zeshin), told the story of his domination.Dragon Ball Z episode 40, "Held Captive" Cui was initially more powerful than Vegeta in the years he was working under Frieza.
===Dragon Ball Z===
====Frieza Saga====
After Vegeta recuperates on Planet Frieza 79 from his fierce battle on Earth against Goku, Gohan, Krillin, and Yajirobe, Cui approaches Vegeta to give him some surprising news: Frieza is already on Namek and he is searching for the Dragon Balls alongside his top henchmen, Zarbon and Dodoria. Vegeta is furious about this because he hoped to collect the Dragon Balls for his own desire to obtain immortality. Cui mocks Vegeta, but this does not destroy Vegeta's confidence. In fact, Vegeta jumps into a space pod and speeds straight to Planet Namek in order to gain control of the situation himself, while Cui is left yelling and screaming after Vegeta, ordering him to stop.Dragon Ball Z episode 43, "A Friendly Surprise" However, during this brief intermission, Cui gets the order from Frieza that he can freely eliminate Vegeta. Cui, who has waited for Frieza's approval for quite some time to eliminate his arch-rival, decides to take action by boarding a space pod and following Vegeta. Once they both arrive on Namek, Cui traces Vegeta with his scouter and comes face to face with him.
‎Cui claims to have gotten stronger and threatens that he will easily defeat Vegeta. However, Vegeta lets him in on a secret: his power level has increased substantially because of his previous defeat, and he also learned how to control its output and hide it. Cui expected Vegeta's power level to be approximately the same as his (18,000), but this was a complete underestimation of his archrival. Vegeta surprises Cui with his extremely high-power rating of 24,000 and overwhelms him with an astounding demonstration of his aura, destroying Cui's scouter in the process, also frightening Cui. However, Cui decides to try and trick Vegeta, saying that Frieza was behind him and taking the opportunity to launch an array of powerful blasts. After the dust clears, Cui laughs and thinks himself the victor, but is surprised shortly thereafter when Vegeta appears behind him and tells him that his speed increased as well, since he was able to dodge the blasts in a split second. At this point, Cui decides to flee the battle, tripping as he frantically and fearfully dashes upward. Vegeta, being the ruthless warrior that he is, flies right after him. He slams Cui's stomach swiftly, cracking his armor and propelling him into the sky. He then smiles and mercilessly blasts Cui to smithereens in midair.Dragon Ball Z episode 45, "Frieza Strikes!"
===Super Dragon Ball Heroes===
====Supreme Kai of Time Saga====
An incarnation of Cui appears as one of the competitors in the Super Space-Time Tournament, along with Mecha Frieza, Zarbon, Dodoria, Shisami, Tagoma, and Sorbet.Super Dragon Ball Heroes episode 41, "A Plan In Motion! The Mightiest Warriors From Across Space-Time Assemble!" As a result of his team failing to advance to the second round of the tournament, Cui and his space-time were erased.
====Demon Invader Saga====
In one particular Space-Time, Cui is absorbed by Majin Ozotto.Super Dragon Ball Heroes: Meteor Mission! chapter 11, "All-Out Battle"
===Dragon Ball GT===
====Super 17 Saga====
Cui made a cameo appearance when he was unleashed once more from Hell and terrorized the Earth alongside a slew of villains.Dragon Ball GT episode 42, "A Dangerous Union" However, he was presumably defeated once more by the Dragon Team.
==Film appearances==
===Fusion Reborn===
thumb|left|Cui, Medamatcha, Frieza, Zeeun, Medas, and Rasin/Lakasei appear in Fusion Reborn
Along with countless other Dragon Ball antagonists, Cui makes a cameo appearance when the residents of Hell make their escape to Earth. Cui escapes from Hell alongside dozens of villains from the past when Frieza gives the order to attack. However, he was presumably defeated again and sent back to Hell when Gohan comes to stop Frieza's onslaught.
===Broly===
Cui, or someone from his race, can be seen flying with Dodoria and Zarbon towards King Vegeta's palace on Planet Vegeta, when King Cold arrived to inform the Saiyans he is retiring and that Frieza will be taking over the Cold Force, renaming it the Frieza Force.
==Other Dragon Ball stories==
===Dragon Ball Online===
In the fifth Time Machine Quest, after Cui is defeated by Vegeta, his remains are found by Towa, who resurrects him and brainwashes him with a green Time Breaker stone. Towa reveals Cui to Time Patrol Trunks and his allies and attempts to transform Cui into a giant for the battle but, due to her experiment not being complete, it causes him to shrink slightly instead. However, Cui's power is enhanced, and Towa sends him to fight the Time Patrol. Cui manages to hold his own, but he is eventually defeated and killed once more.
==Power==
;Manga and Anime
Zarbon and Cui himself both reference Cui as having been stronger than Vegeta was last time they saw him, leading to their shared belief that Cui can defeat him. Cui states that Vegeta's power level should be equal to his own power; since Vegeta is stated to be 18,000 by Dodoria,Dragon Ball volume 21, page 125 Cui's power level should be 18,000.
However, due to Vegeta having done numerous planet assaults while Cui was not doing any sort of combat training, he was able to completely surpass Cui thanks to his Saiyan Power as well refining his ability to control his power (allowing Vegeta to suppress and raise as need be), thus allowing him to deceive Cui, who, like most of Frieza's army, relied too heavily on Scouter readings, before Vegeta showed off his newfound abilities and power level of 24,000, annihilating Cui despite his best efforts (even resorting to trickery, which failed due to Vegeta's superior speed).
==Abilities==
<tabber width="400">
|-|Techniques=
Techniques
*Flight – The ability to fly through the use of ki.
*Ki Blast – The most basic form of energy wave.
thumb|Bomb Strike
*Bomb Strike – First, Cui prepares a red aura around himself and flies at his opponent, crashing into them directly to inflict a moderate amount of damage.
*Finger Beam – The user holds out their index finger and releases an energy beam from their fingertip. Used in the anime only.
*Full Power Energy Wave – To use it, the user starts by charging an Energy Sphere in their hand(s). Then, they draw their hand(s) forward and fire the energy sphere in the form of an energy wave at the opponent, inflicting a great amount of damage. Called Dustard Impact in Dragon Ball Heroes. In Super Dragon Ball Heroes: World Mission, Dustard Impact is localized in English as Dastardly Impact.Super Dragon Ball Heroes: World Mission, 2019
*Continuous Energy Bullet – The user usually brings their arms to their sides, charges up ki, and then he throws his hands forward one after another as he rapidly fires many energy blasts.
*Ah! Lord Frieza! – First, Cui charges at the opponent, but stops and backs away from them cowardly. Then, he looks behind his opponent and shouts "Lord Frieza!" making the opponent look away. While the opponent is distracted, Cui blasts them with a powerful barrage of reddish-orange energy waves, finishing with a powerful blast, inflicting a great deal of damage.
**Flash Beam – Cui launches a barrage of energy blasts at his opponent and then releases a strong red ball of ki, which causes a massive accumulation of damage for his opponent.
*Exploding Wave – One of Cui's techniques in Dragon Ball Z II: Gekishin Freeza.
*False Courage – One of Cui's Blast 1 in the Budokai Tenkaichi series.
*Sleep – One of Cui's Blast 1 in the Budokai Tenkaichi series.
*Feint - Cui's signature attack in Dragon Ball: Raging Blast 2.
|-|Forms and Transformations=
Forms and Transformations
;Time Breaker Cui
In Dragon Ball Online, after being defeated by Vegeta in Age 762, Towa resurrects and brainwashes him to serve the Time Breakers. In this form he has a green Time Breaker gem on his Battle Armor and red eyes.
;Failed Giant Form
While Towa attempted an experiment on the Brainwashed Cui to grant him Giant Form, her attempt failed due to the experiment being incomplete resulting in Cui shrinking slightly instead of growing, though it did increase his power level enough that he could hold his own against members of the Time Patrol, though was ultimately defeated and killed once again.
|-|Equipment=
Equipment
*Scouter - A wearable, all-purpose computer.
*Attack Ball - A spaceship used for interstellar travel.
</tabber>
==Manga Appearances==
==Appearances in Other Media==
===Video Game Appearances===
*Dragon Ball Z II: Gekishin Freeza
*Dragon Ball Z: Super Saiya Densetsu
*Dragon Ball Z: Super Gokuden: Kakusei-Hen
*Dragon Ball Z: Goku Gekitōden
*Dragon Ball Z: Budokai
*Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 2
*Dragon Ball Z: Harukanaru Densetsu
*Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 3
*Dragon Ball Z: Tenkaichi Tag Team
*Dragon Ball: Raging Blast 2
*Dragon Ball Z: Ultimate Tenkaichi
*Dragon Ball Z For Kinect
*Dragon Ball Z: Budokai HD Collection
*Dragon Ball Heroes
*Dragon Ball Z: Dokkan Battle
*Super Dragon Ball Heroes: World Mission
*Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot
*Dragon Ball: Sparking! Zero
In Gekishin Freeza, Cui is a boss and gets two color edits that appear as recurring foes: the blue and the red .
In Super Saiya Densetsu, Cui is a boss and gets two color edits: the teal (called "Cid" or "Grig" in English versions) and the green (called "Zoak" or "Nezio" in English versions).
In Super Gokuden: Kakusei-Hen, Goku Gekitōden, and Harukanaru Densetsu, Cui is a boss.
In Budokai, Cui is seen in a cutscene talking to Vegeta on Planet Frieza 79. According to the voice files, Cui was set to appear, but for some reason that never happened, and he was replaced by (most likely) Great Saiyaman.
Cui's first playable appearance is in Budokai Tenkaichi 2 and his character is often used as a generic Frieza Soldier. For example, in the "Final Battle" saga, three Cuis appear to fight Bardock, while in the what-if saga Beautiful Treachery, Cui is a messenger for Cooler. If Cui is pitted against a Super Saiyan Vegeta in a versus mode, they will have special dialogue and Vegeta will question how he wants to be destroyed.
In Kakarot, Cui appears as a boss that Vegeta fights on Planet Namek. As part of the A New Power Awakens, Episode 2 DLC, Cui is among the members of Frieza's Elite that join their leader in taking part in Frieza's revenge in the game's iteration of the Golden Frieza Saga.
==Voice Actors==
*Japanese: Kōji Totani † (DBZ and Budokai), Naoki Imamura (Budokai Tenkaichi 2 and 3), Eiji Takemoto (DBZ Kai and other games)
*English:
**Ocean Group dubs: Ian James Corlett
**Funimation dub: Bill Townsley
*Spanish:
**Castilian Spanish dub: Ángel Corpa (DBZ Episode 43), Antonio Villar (DBZ Episode 45), Jorge Tomé (DBZ Kai)
**Latin American Spanish dub: Ricardo Hill (DBZ), Ricardo Tejedo (DBZ Kai)
*French dub: Eric Legrand
*German dub: Klaus-Dieter Klebsch
*Italian dub: Pino Pirovano
*Portuguese:
**European Portuguese dub: António Semedo
**Brazilian Portuguese dub: Tatá Guarnieri (DBZ), Raul Schlosser (DBZ Kai)
*Catalan dub: Xavier Fernández
*Greek dub: Manos Venieris
==Battles==
;Dragon Ball Z
*Cui vs. Vegeta
==Trivia==
*Cui's name in Japanese is an alternate spelling of the kiwi fruit.
*Interestingly, Cui's dialogue with Vegeta on Planet Frieza 79 slightly differs in the anime and manga. In the English dub anime, Cui insults Vegeta for getting beaten by a low-class Saiyan (presumably referring to Goku). In the Original dub and manga, Cui insults Vegeta for allowing his comrades Raditz and Nappa to get killed on Earth.
*Two other members of Cui's race appear in "Namek's Destruction" during the Frieza Saga. One of them was killed by the other when he insulted Frieza and took him for dead. The other held the rank of Commander and died as a result of a monitor explosion when one of the soldiers tried to read Goku's power level. On a related note, it's implied in this scene that Cui's species was nearly driven to extinction by Frieza and that Cui, the unnamed foot soldier, and the commander were the only ones left of the species (which was the main reason why the foot soldier had absolutely no love or respect towards Frieza and proudly declared him dead).
**The commander in question, named Gonma in Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot, states in the original Japanese that he is grateful to Frieza for increasing his family's social rank within the Frieza Force. Given Gonma's strong resemblance to Cui, its plausible that they share familial relations. This may explain how Cui was able to throw his weight around with Vegeta despite the latter clearly outclassing him in terms of fighting ability, even if they were supposedly equal at around 18,000.
*Cui's name is pronounced differently in both English dubs. In the Funimation dub, the "Cu" of his name is pronounced like a "Qu" and the "i" sounding like an "e". In the Ocean dub, the "Cu" is pronounced as such, while the "i" also sounds like an "e". This making the FUNimation dub's version sounding like "Cwe" and the Ocean dub's version sounding like "Cu-e". The name "Cui" is very close to the Ecuadorian delicacy known as Cuy.
*In the Ocean Dub for the episode "Held Captive", the dialogue among the Mirror ship occupants made it seem as though Cui was supposed to be Frieza and that he had personally led the invasion when in reality he had just been invading the planet on Frieza's orders. This was most likely because, at the time Ocean dubbed the episode, Frieza had not yet gotten a formal debut.
==Gallery==
==References==
==Site Navigation==
Category:Characters
Category:DBZ Characters
Category:DBGT Characters
Category:DBS Characters
Category:DBH Characters
Category:Film Characters
Category:Characters who can fly
Category:Frieza's soldiers
Category:Extraterrestrials
Category:Males
Category:Villains
Category:Characters with on-screen deaths who remain deceased
Category:Galactic Frieza Army
Category:Time Breakers
Category:Tournament fighters
Category:Characters who have been Erased
de:Cui
es:Kewi
ca:Cui
pt-br:Kiwi