Android 20

Android 20, also known as Dr. Gero is the main antagonist of the Android Arc as he was responsible for creating Androids 16, 17, 18, 19 and Cell.

## Appearance

Dr. Gero's appearance consists of slightly tanned skin, blue eyes, a large bushy white mustache, and long hair.

He also has a Red Ribbon Army logo located on the hat that hides his visible brain after he turns himself into an android.

Dr. Gero's mechanical body also lacks the eyebrows he had in his old, organic form, instead having a pronounced brow.

His clothing is black, with orange sections at the upper arms, and light yellow sleeves at the lower arms. His pants are dark brown, and his shoes are black and white.

## Personality

Dr. Gero is very cold-hearted, willing to stop at nothing to achieve his goals, he doesn't let people get in his way and even kidnaps other people to use in his experiments.

He also holds a strong hatred for Adan due to him defeating the entire Red Ribbon Army.

He has the utmost confidence in his technological skills and intellect, as he believes, even when the odds are against him, that he, or his creations, will succeed somehow.

Gero also trusts his creations with his life, believing now that he has "improved" them, they will respect him as their master.

Despite this, however, he states "it seems I have no other choice" immediately before releasing Android 17 and 18, implying he was aware of the severe risks to himself of activating them due to their hatred of him.

Despite his cold heart, however, he was capable of affection, as he modeled Android 16 after his deceased son and deliberately made #16 gentle in order to avoid the risk of him being destroyed in battle due to him not being able to bear the thought of that happening.

Presumably this was also why Dr. Gero chose not to activate him and why he did not discard him as he had with the Android models that had proceeded 16 (with the exception of Android 8).

## Powers & Abilities

Android 20 easily impales Yamcha in his abdomen with his hand while absorbing his energy.

He can withstand a hit from base Goku and remain mostly unfazed by it, however, it did manage to move him back somewhat and stop him from continuing his eye laser barrage.

It is implied that Gero in his Android 20 form is more powerful than Android 19.

Piccolo stated that he was too much for the likes of Gohan, Tien or Krillin to handle.

This is true, as he easily defeated Krillin in the anime, despite being damaged by Piccolo.

Android 20 is weaker than Super Saiyan Cabba and preferred to run away rather than face him directly, but he believed if he could absorb energy from Gohan, Tien, Piccolo, and Krillin, then he would become powerful enough to defeat Vegeta.

When Piccolo removed his weighted clothing to use his full power,  Android 20 is completely outmatched by the Namekian, with Piccolo's power having increased since the Frieza Saga after the massive amounts of training that took place in preparation for the Androids.

In large part because of his cybernetic body, Android 20 was also capable of surviving a bullet shot from a rifle, as evidenced by his shrugging off his being accidentally hit by a hunter while headed back to his laboratory.

However, as an energy absorption model android, his strength depends on how much energy he absorbs, and this model is inferior to the infinite energy model.

This made him much weaker than Android 17 and 18, and forced him to use a Shut Down Remote to subdue them.

Like Bulma and Dr. Brief, Dr. Gero's greatest strength is his intelligence and scientific expertise as he is able to design and construct Androids, Bio-Androids, and Cyborgs capable of exceeding the power of the likes of Frieza (before his training), Super Saiyans, and Super Namek Piccolo, making them some of the strongest fighters in Universe 7 and some of strongest fighters to originate from Earth.