Frieza (What-If 13)

## Frieza

"*I will eradicate any of you left alive. But you get special treatment, Goku.*"
— Frieza, What-If 13

**Frieza** is a character introduced in What-If 13. This incarnation of Frieza comes from the GT Era and trained in Hell alongside Cell in order to have his revenge on Goku.

## Appearance

Frieza appears identical to his Canon counterpart.

## Personality

Frieza is vicious, and seeks to destroy any and all in his way; identical to his canon counterpart. As he battles Goku in What-If #3, Frieza is very confident, but not cocky, as he is in full control of the situation.

## Biography

### Before What-If 13

After his death at the hands of Trunks, Frieza ends up in Hell. Eventually he is soon joined by Cell and, likely due to their shared hatred for Goku and his friends, they started to train together and did so for decades. From this long training and thanks to his immense potential, Frieza unlocks and masters various forms.

This continues until Dr. Myuu is killed and sent to Hell, where he meets and allies with Dr. Gero.
Together they build Hell Fighter 17, planning to open a gate between Hell and Earth by connecting him with the Android 17 back on Earth. Frieza and Cell came to know of this plan, prompting the two scientists to attract Goku in Hell by telling him to come challenge the two villains.

### What-If 13

After Goku enters Hell and encounters the two scientists, he is immediately left stuck in Hell as the two escape with their creation, closing the rift. Soon, Goku senses a menacing Ki, along with noticing a weird purple substance attached on a wall. The Saiyan then discovers the location from where he felt the Ki, discovering a revived Frieza.
The tyrant greets his nemesis, remarking how he has been waiting for long for this moment. Goku asks of Cell, with Frieza answering how he is more than enough to face him. Frieza makes fun of Goku's size, with the latter retorting how that doesn't matter since he's stronger than ever, the tyrant rebutting he isn't the only one that is stronger.
Unable to feel his Ki, Goku deduces it's either that his foe learned to suppress it or he's lying, hoping for the first to be the correct one. Frieza concludes their talk by dismissing Goku's desire for fighting, typical of Saiyans, and attacks after claiming he'll get what is coming for him.

As the two do battle, Goku manages to briefly outmaneuver Frieza, hitting him with a Ki sphere, saying how he really did become stronger. The tyrant compliments Goku for the good hit, saying how he'll show him something in return: his Golden Form. After ascending, Frieza launches a massive Ki sphere.
Goku prepares to defend from such attack, by transforming into Super Saiyan 3, with this proving useless. The Saiyan then decides to take this seriously, and ascends to the Super Saiyan 4 form, absorbing Frieza's attack.

As the two begin to battle once again, Goku slowly notices how between him and Frieza there's a huge gap in power, higher than the Ki he is feeling on Earth. Frieza then bombards all the area nearby Goku with Ki attacks, obscuring his Ki sense and permitting him to slowly approach Goku, and when he's close enough, he slices the Saiyan's eyes, leaving him blinded.
Still unable to sense him and now blinded, Goku realizes he is completely at the mercy of Frieza and as the latter approaches him, ready to finally kill Goku, he activates the Kaio-ken X10, regaining his sight and attacking the tyrant. Goku attacks him with a series of devastating blows and various Ki attacks, along with powering up the Kaio-ken to times 20, with this onslaught proving fruitless.
Frieza asks Goku if he thinks trapping him here was a good idea, claiming how he has become too strong for him and all Saiyans, before saying how he can even go further beyond. The tyrant subsequently transforms into his Fifth Form, stacking his Golden Form on top of it, and moves behind Goku, pushing him to the ground, completely overpowering him.
After this short demonstration, Frieza powers down to his Golden Form, before cutting Goku's left arm right clean off with a Death Beam, who the Saiyans manages to regenerate by eating two Senzu Beans he hid in his left wristband.

As the battle turns more and more desperate for Goku, Frieza says how it is time: Cell appears and intrudes into the battle, attacking Goku with a Death Beam, piercing his lungs. As the lethally injured Goku falls to the ground, Frieza and his ally descend, explaining their plan: after weakening Goku, Cell would have absorbed him, forcing him into an eternal limbo while also preventing him to die and train in the afterlife.
As Goku struggles to even breath, Cell approaches him and extends his tail. Finally, as Cell prepares to absorb Goku, Frieza claims how this marks their victory once and for all.

## Abilities

* Power Scaling
* Transformations

This incarnation of Frieza appears in the Power Scaling video, and is ranked as such:

### Final Form

Frieza's base form. He appears as a sleek lizard-like being, colored of pure white. He has various purple bio-gems on parts of his body, such as his head, torso, shoulders, shins and forearms.

While alive, Frieza wasn't able to fully utilize this form to its fullest capabilities, deciding to restrict his enormous power with 3 inferior forms. After his long training in Hell, he seems to be able to utilize this form with no issues, and to the fullest of his strength.

### Golden Form

The Golden Form is the ultimate evolution of the members of the Frieza's Race, which covers their skin in gold. The Golden Form is one of the transformations achieved by Frieza during his training in Hell, which he shares with Cell.
Frieza's body is covered in a golden yellow color, with his skin being colored of purple. The purple bio-gems on his shoulder disappear, while the ones on his shins and forearms become oval-shaped.

Shortly after achieving it, he had various lethal drawbacks due to the Golden Form greatly drained his stamina and Ki, but managed to overcome these weaknesses with further training, perfecting the form.

### Black Form

Frieza achieved the Black Form during his long training in Hell, but does not make use of it during his battle with Goku.

### Fifth Form

Thanks to his enormous potential, during his decade-long training in Hell, Frieza discovered the Fifth transformation and is capable of combining it with his Golden and Black Forms.
In this form, Frieza's body grows massively, becoming much taller than Goku in his Super Saiyan 4 form. Two spikes appear on his forearm, and a pair of oval bio-gems appear on his shins and forearms, also regaining the ones on his shoulders. His eyes turn completely red, and he can cover his mouth with a visor. His tail gains a slightly bigger tip.

With this transformation, he greatly outclasses Goku, who is incapable of defending himself at Frieza's brute force.
After demonstrating his power, he powers down, and doesn't use the form for the rest of the battle.
## Trivia

* Frieza appears to have knowledge of the various transformations the Saiyans have achieved, including some that appeared in other Eras outside of GT. It is not explained how he knows. This could be an artistic choice, with Frieza merely commenting on the situation, without him actually having such wide knowledge.