Majin Buu

Infobox animanga character
name = Majin Buu
series = Dragon Ball


caption = Majin Buu by Akira Toriyama
first = "Dragon Ball" chapter #460
("Dragon Ball Z" chapter 266)
"Dragon Ball Z" episode #232
last =
creator = Akira Toriyama
voiced by = Toei Animation
Kōzō Shioya
Ocean Group
Scott McNeil (Fat Buu)
Brian Dobson (Evil Buu/Super Buu)
Ward Perry (Kid Buu)
Funimation
Josh Martin (Fat Buu/Kid Buu)
Justin Cook (Evil Buu/Super Buu)
nickname =
alias = Buu
Djinn Buu
Evil Buu
Mr. Buu
Super Buu
Fat Buu
Kid Buu / Chibi Buu
(Buu's name is sometimes spelled with two o's as in Boo)
age = Millions of years old
gender = Male
species = Djinn
death = May 8, 774 A.D. [ [http://www.myfavoritegames.com/dragonball-z/Info/Dragonball-Z-Timeline.htm Dragonball Z Timeline ] ]
relatives = Bibidi (creator)
Uub (reincarnation and, in "Dragon Ball GT", permanent fusee)nihongo|Majin Buu|魔人ブウ|Majin Bū, is a fictional supervillain who first appears in the "Dragon Ball" manga created by Akira Toriyama. As the manga was adapted to anime, it was split into two sub-series; Buu appears in the second sub-series called "Dragon Ball Z", and a third anime-only sub-series called "Dragon Ball GT". Following the success of "Dragon Ball", he also makes a minor reappearance in Toriyama's self-parody called "Neko Majin Z".

Development

Like many "Dragon Ball" characters Buu's name is part of a joke. When placed with his creators Bibidi and Babidi, the names phonetically form the phrase, "Bibidi Babidi Boo" — a parody of the song "Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo" — featured in Disney's "Cinderella".

History

Buu is introduced in the series during the Buu Saga as an innocent looking pudgy pink genie-like creature. Later in the series, it is revealed that Buu's original appearance is that of a sleek, demonic-like child ("The Buu of Pure Evil"), however his nature and form had been altered after he'd assimilated the gentle, pudgy god ("Dai kaioshin") into his body. Buu's creator, a wizard named Bibidi, had used Buu to wage war on the Kaioshin. Buu managed to kill two of the five Kaioshin and absorb two others, the second being the one who altered his nature to become innocent. After Bibidi sealed Buu away, Bibidi was killed by the only remaining Kaioshin, and Buu was transported to planet Earth where it lay dormant for five million years until Buu is revived by Bibidi's son Babidi during the events of "Dragon Ball". [The Supreme Kai states that Kid Buu is indeed the original Buu — "Dragon Ball Z" manga, volume 26, chapter 314, page 80] and Uub is the pure good, reincarnated version of Kid Buu. [Goku reveals that Uub is indeed the reincarnated form of Buu — "Dragon Ball Z" manga, volume 26, chapter 324, pages 224-225]

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When he emerges from his egg for his first apperance, Buu is pink, fat, and round, and his personality is naive and innocent. When Buu's released, his first victim is Babidi's right-hand man, Dabura, who he turns into a cookie and devours. [ [http://www.myfavoritegames.com/dbz/Life-Transitions2.htm Dragonball GT Life Transitions ] ] Buu's first true battle is against Vegeta, who blows himself up in order to destroy Buu, but fails. He is then challenged by Son Goku who uses his new Super Saiyan 3 power to dominate much of the fight. However, Goku retreats from the battle after telling Buu of an even stronger fighter that will soon challenge him. Later on, Buu kills Babidi, and befriends a human named Hercule, and a puppy which he finds and heals after he'd decided to go on a killing rampage. After realizing that the puppy liked him, Buu names the puppy Bee. Despite Buu's sudden change of heart, two gunmen destroy his house and attempt to kill Bee and Hercule. Due to his rage at the gunman, Buu's anger manifests itself in the form of another Buu ("The Buu of Pure Wrath") or "Evil Buu".

After a quick battle with the superior "Buu of Pure Wrath", Buu is turned into a piece of chocolate and devoured, and the two combine to create Super Buu. Super Buu then tracks down Piccolo. While Gotenks is training in the Room of Spirit and Time, Piccolo tries to buy Gotenks more time by stalling Buu. He tells Buu that there are plenty of humans left on Earth to kill, knowing they can all be revived with the Dragon Balls. Impatient to fight Gotenks, Buu fires a large-scale genocide attack wiping out the remaining human population on Earth with the exception of the Z Fighters. Piccolo then leads Buu to the Room of Spirit and Time. Gotenks and Buu then battle, however, the battle ends in a draw when Piccolo, in a moment of desperation, destroys the room's exit and Buu escapes into the regular world by tearing a hole in the time-space fabric. When Buu escapes the room, he turns most of the Z Fighters into sweets and eats them. Shortly thereafter, Gotenks, in his newly revealed Super Saiyan 3 transformation, and Piccolo escapes the Room of Spirit and Time and Gotenks once again fights Buu, now with a distinct advantage. However, before Gotenks can finish him off, he defuses. Shortly after, he is then faced by Son Gohan, who using his new hidden powers, is easily able to thrash Buu around, but using a false suicide attack Buu is able to escape Gohan.

When he returns an hour or so later, he absorbs Gotenks and Piccolo and gains a vast amount of power, enough to overtake Gohan. Gohan is then saved by his father Goku, who plans on fusing, but it fails and Gohan is absorbed by Buu.

After absorbing Gohan, Buu is confronted by the fusion of Goku and Vegeta, Vegetto. Even after absorbing Gohan, Buu is no match for the power of Vegetto and is defeated without much effort. Vegetto then allows himself to be absorbed by Buu, so that he can save Gohan, Piccolo, Son Goten, and Trunks. Inside of Buu, Goku and Vegeta defuse and are successful in finding the others as well as Good Buu. While inside Buu, Vegeta rips the Good Buu out and as a result, Super Buu reverts to his purest form, the original child state called "The Buu of Pure Evil" or "Kid Buu". Right away Kid Buu uses a large energy bomb to destroy the Earth.

Goku and Vegeta then battle Buu on the world of the Supreme Kai. Even using his Super Saiyan 3 power, Goku is hardly able to damage Kid Buu at all. Eventually, Vegeta steps in and he too is no match for the power of Kid Buu. Later on during the fight, Good Buu is spit out by Kid Buu and he joins the fight, occupying Kid Buu while Vegeta starts a plan of reviving Planet Earth and its inhabitants for their help with a Super Spirit Bomb. Until Hercule convinced the earthlings to help, Goku barely had enough time to gather the power for the Spirit Bomb. Goku then launches the bomb at Buu, completely destroying him for good.

Upon the request of Goku that King Yemma overheard, Buu is reincarnated in the form of a human named Uub, who is then trained by Goku to become his successor, and who eventually merges with the Good Buu in "Dragon Ball GT" to counter threats such as Baby, Super Android 17 and Omega Shenron.

Abilities

Like most characters in the "Dragon Ball" universe, Buu possesses super strength, enhanced speed, advanced reflexes, and can manipulate his "chi" in order to fly and use energy attacks. Buu also cannot die of natural causes and does not seem to age, seeing as he is already millions of years old.

Several factors stay consistent with Buu's forms:

*Rubbery pink (gray in Evil Buu's case) body
*Ability to regenerate, even if he is blown to bits
*Ability to reconfigure body portions into weapons, including stretching his extremities
*Voracious appetite for sugary foods
*Ability to heal damaged beings (as he did with Bee and Babidi)
*Can use some form of sorcery to manipulate the material world
*Ability to polymorph, as well transform what he wishes into anything desired
*Blow steam through the holes in his body when angered
*Though it has only been seen by Kid Buu and Super Buu, he can also use pieces of his body to envelop and absorb victims to gain their power
*Ability to use a technique/skill once he sees it, for example the "Kamehameha", teleportation, and various other attacks that the Z Fighters used

Reception

Buu was rated by "Wizard" magazine as the 40th greatest villain of all time. ["Wizard" #177]

Appearances in other media

Video games

Buu has appeared in many "Dragon Ball" video games. Most games have only featured his Super Buu, Kid Buu and Good Buu forms, though recent games such as "" and its sequels have made Evil Buu available to be played as well.

"Neko Majin Z"

Fat Buu appears as a cameo in "Neko Majin Z", a short series of one-shot manga chapters by Toriyama. Neko Majin's friend finds Buu just wandering around after mistaking him for Neko Majin. Buu is surprised that Neko Majin's friend doesn't know who he is and breaks the fourth wall by mentioning that he's from the "Dragon Ball" manga. Buu displays his strength while Neko Majin's friend remains unsurprised and responds by saying that Neko Majin does stuff like that all the time (he also mentions how Neko Majin looks and acts similar to Buu). Buu leaves and tells Neko Majin's friend to call him to fight Neko Majin when he comes around. Later, Neko Majin's rival had stolen the source of his power, so Neko Majin's friend called Buu and told him that Neko Majin's rival was Neko Majin. Buu easily beats him and leaves very unfulfilled.

Bibliography

* "Dragon Ball Z" manga, Volume 21 — ISBN 1-59116-873-2
* "Dragon Ball Z" manga, Volume 22 — ISBN 1-4215-0051-5
* "Dragon Ball Z" manga, Volume 23 — ISBN 1-4215-0148-1
* "Dragon Ball Z" manga, Volume 24 — ISBN 1-4215-0273-9
* "Dragon Ball Z" manga, Volume 25 — ISBN 1-4215-0404-9
* "Dragon Ball Z" manga, Volume 26 — ISBN 1-4215-0636-X

Notes and references

External links

* [http://www.daizex.com/guides/transformations/buu/index.shtml Guide to Buu's transformations] and [http://www.daizex.com/guides/transformations/budokai/index.shtml Video game transformations] at http://www.daizex.com/