Android 18

**Android 18**, also known as **Jinzouningen 18-gou**, **Artificial Human 18** and **Lazuli**, is a character from the *Dragon Ball* series.

## **Charactah Account**

Android 18 was an ordinary human and is the twin sister of Android 17 and Dr. Gero's eighteenth android creation, designed to serve Gero's vendetta against Goku. While her interests do not initially deviate from this expectation, her curiosity to activate Android 16, in spite of Gero's orders not to do so, leads Android 17 to take it upon himself to murder Gero. Eventually, Android 18 becomes a member of the Z Fighters, as well as the wife of Krillin and the mother of their daughter Marron.

Like her brother, Android 18 usually displays a cool and confident character, especially in battle, although her sarcastic humor is the most striking trait of her personality. This is demonstrated when Goku takes notice of her assembly with the Dragon Team at the 25th World Martial Arts Tournament, leading to the retort "Look, he noticed. How cute." (in Japanese she says "Took you a while idiot!"), as well as saying "Spare me" when Krillin reveals to Goku that not only have they married, but also had a child. Shortly after this, she is asked by the World Tournament Announcer if her real name is legitimately "No. 18", to which she responds "My father was pretty dull" (in Japanese, she replies "That it doesn't matter" before tossing the number at the World Tournament Announcer). Although she isn't characterized for this, 18 can be very curious if she is really interested in something, to the point of activating her comrade Android 16, and wondering what present she will give to her husband Krillin during a dispute of a wish with the others using the Dragon Balls.

She often expresses herself in her cool and downplayed manner well into her marriage with Krillin, often smiling in a somewhat subdued fashion that conveys her very laid back personality, in Super, however, she is often seen smiling. However, 18's sense of humor is not always tactful, as she jokingly expressed to Future Trunks that she wanted reimbursement for him killing her alternate universe counterpart, much to Future Trunks' displeasure. This is a rare instance where Android 18's humor was anything but tactful, as per her usual timing. This failure is likely due to Android 18 being unaware how murderous her counterpart was and how much Future Trunks had suffered because of it, as she likely would have more sensitive had she known the full extent of the destruction and suffering caused by her and her brother's counterparts. She is also shown to be rather prideful, though not to the same extent as her brother had been during the Imperfect Cell Saga.

## **Appearance**

### **Anime**

* Dragon Ball GT
* Dragon Ball Super
* Dragon Ball Z Movie 11: Bio-Broly
* Dragon Ball Z Movie 14: Battle of Gods
* Dragon Ball Z Movie 15: Resurrection 'F'
* Dragon Ball Z Special 2: The History of Trunks
* Dragon Ball Z
* Dragon Ball Z Kai
* Dragon Ball Z Kai: Bring Peace to the Future! Goku's Spirit is Eternal
* Dragon Ball Z Kai: The Final Chapters
* Dragon Ball: Yo! The Return of Son-Goku and Friends!!
* Orb Panic Adventure Returns!
* Super Dragon Ball Heroes

### **Manga**

* Dragon Ball
* Dragon Ball SD
* Dragon Ball Super
* Dragon Ball: Yo! The Return of Son-Goku and Friends!!

### **Video Games**

* Cult Jump
* Dragon Ball Discross
* Dragon Ball FighterZ
* Dragon Ball Fusions
* Dragon Ball Heroes
* Dragon Ball Heroes: Ultimate Mission 2
* Dragon Ball Heroes: Ultimate Mission X
* Dragon Ball Kai: Ultimate Butouden
* Dragon Ball Legends
* Dragon Ball Xenoverse
* Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2
* Dragon Ball Z 2: Super Battle
* Dragon Ball Z III: Ressen Jinzouningen
* Dragon Ball Z For Kinect
* Dragon Ball Z: Bakuretsu Impact
* Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Z
* Dragon Ball Z: Battle Taikan Kamehameha - Omee to Fusion
* Dragon Ball Z: Budokai
* Dragon Ball Z: Budokai 2
* Dragon Ball Z: Budokai 3
* 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: Dokkan Battle
* Dragon Ball Z: Dragon Battlers
* Dragon Ball Z: Extreme Butoden
* Dragon Ball Z: Gekitou Tenkaichi Budoukai
* Dragon Ball Z: Harukanaru Densetsu
* Dragon Ball Z: Idainaru Son Goku Densetsu
* Dragon Ball Z: Infinite World
* Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot
* Dragon Ball Z: Legendary Super Warriors
* Dragon Ball Z: Sagas
* Dragon Ball Z: Shin Budokai
* Dragon Ball Z: Shin Budokai - Another Road
* Dragon Ball Z: Super Butouden
* Dragon Ball Z: Super Butouden 3
* 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 II
* Dragon Ball Z: The Legend
* Dragon Ball Z: Ultimate Battle 22
* Dragon Ball Z: Ultimate Tenkaichi
* Dragon Ball Z: W Bakuretsu Impact
* Dragon Ball: Raging Blast
* Dragon Ball: Raging Blast 2
* Dragon Ball: Ultimate Swipe
* Dragon Ball: Zenkai Battle
* Jumputi Heroes
* Super Dragon Ball Z

## **Trivia**

* Android 18 is the first character to defeat a Super Saiyan in a fair fight.
* Android 18 and Android 17's respective human names, Lazuli (18) and Lapis (17), when put in order, is shown as "Lapis Lazuli", which is a deep-blue semi-precious stone prized for its color since antiquity. Android 18 is never shown revealing her birth name in the original series and, following her allegiance to the Z Fighters after the defeat of Cell, she is referred to as simply "No. 18". The same goes for her brother in *Dragon Ball GT* and *Dragon Ball Super*.
* In *Dragon Ball Forever's* poll of the top 20 best characters, Android 18 was voted number 10 by Japanese fans. This makes her the highest voted female on the list by a wide margin.
* In *Dragon Ball Z*, during the Imperfect Cell Saga and the Buu Sagas, her ki blasts are shown to be pink when she defends herself against Semi-Perfect Cell and during her match against Mighty Mask (Goten and Trunks). But in the movie, *Bio-Broly* and *Dragon Ball GT* her ki blasts are blue when unleashing a single ki blast to destroy Jaguar's tournament bracket meter and later her brother, Android 17 when she protects her older daughter Marron. She later unleashes her Energy Bullets towards Super 17 to assist Goku in defeating him.
* When she appeared again during the Majin Buu arc, strangely, her eyes had a darker shade of blue compared to their appearance in the Androids and Cell Sagas, where they are greyish blue like 17's, also, her eyes had a less sterner shape than last time, this design for Android 18 is kept throughout the rest of *Dragon Ball Z* through *Dragon Ball GT*. In recent video games and cards featuring Android 18, her eyes were once again greyish blue and more sterner, for *Battle of Gods*, *Resurrection ‘F’*, and *Dragon Ball Super*, she is featured with teal blue eyes and eye design from the Buu Saga through *GT*.
	+ In the 2nd opening of *Dragon Ball Super* for the Universe Survival Saga, she is once again featured this time with greyish blue eyes and sterner shape from the Androids Saga, also in the new eyecatch 2 of the series, she is featured with sterner eyes, possibly hinting and symbolizing her return to fighting, along with her brother, 17.
* She thinks that Chi-Chi has a bad fashion sense because her entire wardrobe was filled with Cheongsams when raiding Goku's House.
* Android 18 had been killed twice by major villains through the series. By Super Buu when he turns her into chocolate and when Frieza blows up the Earth with his Earth Breaker, in both cases, she dies alongside her daughter, Marron.
* Android 18 is capable of taking baths without short-circuiting herself, as shown after bathing, she comes out perfectly fine, this proves that cyborg-type "androids" can still bathe, without the worry of short-circuiting, since they are humans turned into cyborgs.
	+ However it should be noted that when Bulma looked at the Android blueprints she revealed that 18 and her brother where modified with reconstructed organic matter and had very little artificial components (save for the ones that cause the Androids to shut down when the Shut Down Remote is used and possibly the Android Bombs however the latter was removed after the Cell Games) meaning there would hardly be any cybernetic components to short-circuit (and what little cybernetic components they did have would be internal and protected by their human body) and it is unlikely that a scientist like Dr. Gero would create advanced Androids/Cyborgs that would short circuit when exposed to something as simple as water which covers most of the Earth and would be a glaring weakness.
	+ It should also be noted that in the real world the human body is made up of at least 60% of water for an adult male and 50% for adult females, thus if Human type Earthlings have the same biological composition as their real-world counterparts, then Android 17 and 18's internal cybernetic components would likely be designed to handle exposure to water and other chemicals found in the human body in order for them to function effectively.
	+ It should also be noted that in the video games that feature underwater areas, all Androids/Cyborgs can fight underwater in the same manner as other characters.
* In the Android saga, Future Trunks said that would call her cute if she was not that evil.
* In the Tournament of Power.
	+ Android 18 is the only female member of Team Universe 7.
	+ Android 18 was the last remaining female fighter in the anime while she was the sixth of all 14 female fighters to be eliminated in the manga.
	+ Android 18 was the one of the final 10 fighters in the anime. (In the manga, there are 45 fighters left in the stage when she was eliminated.)
	+ In the anime, Android 18 has eliminated 6 fighters before she chose to sacrifice herself to save 17 from being eliminated. In the manga, Android 18's eliminated only 2 fighters and eliminated by Gamisalas' sneak attack while she's about to eliminate Brianne de Chateau, Sanka Ku and Su Roas.
* There is some debate as to whether or not Android 18 and her brother are still alive 100 years after the events of *Dragon Ball GT* (particularly during the time of the 64th World Martial Arts Tournament and the events of the special *Dragon Ball GT: A Hero's Legacy*). While Dr. Gero states that the process of reconfiguring the siblings into cyborgs has made the two immortal, this is contradicted by the special *A Hero's Legacy*, where it is narrated that Pan is the only character remaining from the generation of the original Z Fighters.
* Android 18's blonde hair as well as her status as a notorious delinquent prior to Dr. Gero's abduction of her to turn her into a cyborg was most likely a reference to a known social taboo in Japan where Japanese children who dye their hair blonde are considered rebelling against their families, due to it being a sign of them becoming more Western.