Yamcha has turned into a running joke by the time Dragon Ball Z rolls along. One of the most important figures from the original Dragon Ball series is Master Roshi, an acclaimed martial arts expert that teaches Goku many fundamental lessons. Goku meets many important individuals in Dragon Ball who become lifelong friends.
Action slowly takes over, but it never completely ditches the humor, and Oolong and Puar are a strong source for this kind of content. Oolong and Puar are mysterious shapeshifters , and their origins are never fully explored. The later Dragon Ball properties largely treat Yajirobe like a washed-up joke, even if he does play an important role in the first fight against Vegeta. While not significant enough to be considered a plot hole, Launch is a curious and amusing inconsistency within the world of Dragon Ball , and her appearances are as unpredictable as her personality.
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By Craig Elvy Published Sep 09, Share Share Tweet Email 0. Related Topics SR Originals dragon ball dragon ball z. Then, some guys with guns walk in and one of them think Goku is Launch's kid, which gets Launch angry and calls him an idiot.
When a really large man comes and attacks the restaurant they are in, Launch tries to shoot him down with her machine gun, but with no success. During the film, Launch demonstrates more reserve and compassion in her violent state than normally expected, especially considering that she is one of the lead characters here and is only seen in her innocent state during an early scene in the film.
Oolong and Puar shapeshift to look like Shen and Chiaotzu, and Launch and Bulma claim to be their nuns. When asked where they are from, Launch angrily states that it doesn't matter. She then grabs a necklace she likes from a woman, which frightens Bulma, Oolong, and Puar.
Main article: Dr. Launch's good state makes a cameo appearance in the audience of a performance at Yapaiya castle attempting to make Princess Puruah laugh. She attends Mr. Satan 's banquet at his newly made hotel in celebration of defeating Buu. The celebration is then crashed by a brother duo, Abo and Cado , whom are after Vegeta 's brother, Tarble. The brothers are challenged by Goten and Trunks but they fail in defeating them.
The brothers, merged as Aka , unleash a technique that destroyed the hotel. Aka gets defeated by Goku with a Kamehameha. After this encounter, they continue their feast. Main article: Dragon Ball Online Launch makes the news in Age , somehow, as she jailbreaks successfully for the th time. If spoken to she reveals her getaway car she was carrying loot in from her recent heist ran off into the ravine as she was trying to get away from the authorities.
If the player follows her car's tracks they can find it at the bottom of the ravine where they can collect the items from her heist. Launch, however, is properly introduced during the Intermission following the Saiyan Saga. After meeting Master Roshi at Kame House, he tells Gohan he sent Krillin and the others to search for Launch as he is afraid she might have gotten into trouble during the Saiyan Invasion due to her chasing after Tien.
He then tells Gohan he heard that a woman fitting her description was seen near West City and plans to tell the others when they get back but Gohan offers to check himself.
Master Roshi gives him a description of Good Launch but fails to mention her personality shifts and hair color change to Gohan. However, this causes Gohan to step in to protect the woman he thinks is Launch. After defeating the robots, Bad Launch mentions he reminds her of Goku and Gohan asks how she knows his dad. She explains that the couple stole her map and she was trying to get it back. The couple, however, are tight-lipped causing Bad Launch to threaten them to drop the dumb act and the Blue-haired Woman complies.
Gohan asks if that means she's not Launch causing Bad Launch to reveal she is the real Launch. Gohan is confused as Roshi described her as having Blue Hair. She simply says it complicated in reference to her odd split personality disorder. She takes her map back and the Blue-haired Woman asks if Bad Launch can forgive her. However Bad Launch tells the woman " Screw you! After the couple leaves, Gohan apologizes for butting in though Launch says she's over it.
She reveals it is a map leading to a man she is looking for obviously it is Tien she is referring to though Gohan is unaware of this. Determined to make him fall in love with her this time, she runs off without mentioning it is Tien she is looking for, thus Gohan is unable to give her the bad news that Tien recently died fighting the Saiyans.
Gohan decides to return to Kame House to inform Master Roshi of what happened. Master Roshi then reveals she has already returned to Gohan's confusion. Gohan mentions the Launch he encountered before having Blonde Hair and Launch explains it was her other self. Good Launch says people tell her that her personality changes whenever she sneezes and that her hair also turns blonde.
Gohan is shocked and Launch suggests it is the result of some condition she has which Gohan thinks to himself is the best way to describe it. Master Roshi remembers that is what he forgot to mention earlier and apologies for the confusion which Gohan nervously laughs off. Launch says she hopes her other self didn't cause him too much trouble as she can be a bit harsh sometimes, though Gohan says she didn't and says he's surprised to see her there as she said something about looking for someone.
Launch explains she was near West City when she came too apparently a result of Bad Launch sneezing and had no clue what was going on and so she decided to return to Kame House. Good Launch decides to cook something for Gohan to thank him for dealing with Bad Launch as she's been wanting to try out a few recipes for a while now.
Master Roshi thinks that's a great idea and they can all eat together. This leads to Gohan receiving Launch's Soul Emblem. Gohan enjoys Launch's meal. Good Launch decides to remain at Kame House and that it would be nice living there again as long as she doesn't sneeze. At the start of " Evil Emperor Frieza Episode: 1 " that follows the Intermission, Good Launch reverts back to Bad Launch who ends up learning about Tien's demise as a result of his battle with the Saiyans.
Gohan can find her near Gizard Wasteland north of the area with the Fishing Spot where he began his wildness training. There she can be found mourning Tien's death. If spoken to, she laments it was a waste of all the time she has been looking for him, that Tien just went and died on her, She tells she knows he and the others are working to bring Tien and everyone that died back to life.
She tells his she's counting on them and that she feels better after doing so and gives him three High-Quality Herb as thanks. She thanks Gohan but tells him not to go dying on her like Tien. During the game's Cell Saga, Launch can be found standing next to her Hovercar on the side of the road near cave path leading into the small village in the Continent Central Area.
If spoken to, she reveals she's looking for shortcuts to cut down her time in the Hovercar Races a racing mini game so she can win the best prizes. It should be noted that Launch's name often appears on the record times for the races usually in the number one slot unless one of the Z Warriors has beaten her score.
Launch has two character entries in the Z-Encyclopedia one for each personality identified by their respective hair color. Launch is very strong in her blonde haired form compared to the average human male , being able to defeat characters such as Red Ribbon Army soldiers or Vodka's bodyguards by herself. The movie pamphlet for Dragon Ball Z: The Tree of Might states that, while in her normal blue haired personality, Launch has a power level of When Launch is in her bad side, she is good at hand-to-hand combat.
She once defeated a group of bounty hunters all by herself in a bar. She also fought a bear person when she and Krillin were grocery shopping, saying "Don't talk with food in your mouth! Come here! She then threw Krillin a great distance into the sky. She later fought and defeated members of Captain Dark's troops when they attacked Roshi at Kame House. Launch has good skills of weaponry when she is in her bad side.
She often shoots people such as Goku, Master Roshi, and Krillin. Launch's arsenal is carried via capsules ; this was revealed in the Tien Shinhan Saga , opening a capsule to use a pistol and a machine pistol to clear away a crowd so that Bulma and the others could get a better seat for the 22nd World Martial Arts Tournament. It is highly conceivable then, that Launch could have an entire arsenal of weaponry at her disposal, all within the size-reducing capsules.
She once cooked a pufferfish for Roshi and Krillin, and made them ill indicating she isn't skilled enough to remove the toxic parts of the pufferfish without contaminating the meat. The meal is delicious according to the text though it has no effect on Gohan's stats implying that while she can make a tasty meal, it apparently has no nutritional value and indicates her cooking skills are inferior to Chi-Chi's as her's are both tasty and nutritious. In this form Launch possess blue hair and is known as " Good Launch ".
In this form Launch possess blonde hair and is known as " Bad Launch ". In addition to that, she also sells capsules in the Skill Shop, switching between her good and evil side randomly. In Dragon Ball: Origins 2 , it is revealed in the bonus level that a Quetzalcoatlus pterosaur attacked Launch in her bad form and took the Pirate Cave's diamond she stole from Bulma to bring it to his nest inside the pyramid near the Sacred Land of Korin.
After a tailor told him about the "fabulous treasure" inside the pyramid, Krillin defeats the pterosaur and Launch steals the diamond once again. Unfortunately, she gets lost.
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