Broly (Broly Trilogy)

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Broly
Series	Dragon Ball
Age	Unknown
Birthday	March 23
Sex	Male
Species	Unknown
Height	9' 0" (Legendary Super Saiyan)
Weight	Unknown
Alignment	Chaotic Evil

Broly is a major antagonist in the Dragon Ball series, appearing in both movies and videogames.

Background

Born in age 737, during the period of turmoil between Frieza and the Saiyans, Broly was a saiyan born with an unusually high power level of 10,000, greatly exceeding that of elite saiyans. Broly's power level was too high, which sparked an alarming concern to King Vegeta. Shortly after this discovery, King Vegeta ordered an execution to the infant Broly. Moments later, a saiyan arrives in the delivery room with a large knife, to which is used to stab Broly cleanly through the chest. Broly survived the execution, only to have to suffer with his father Paragus, who was blasted in the chest by a direct ki blast from King Vegeta. Shortly after, both Broly and Paragus were subject to genocide by an attack from Frieza, which ultimately destroyed their home planet of planet vegeta, only surviving due to a ki barrier that was created by Broly. In time, Broly's natural saiyan instincts for fighting and his legendary power let him to become increasingly unstable and violently destructive. Out of fear and desperation, Paragus seeks a scientist who developed a mind control device to subdue his son from lashing out with his power. This leads Paragus to the path of revenge against King Vegeta, by targeting his son Prince Vegeta.

Powers & Abilities

• Saiyan Physiology:
  • Saiyan Power/Zenkai: The Saiyan ability to grow stronger as a Saiyan fights and grow stronger after recovering from a near fatal injury. Broly's Saiyan Power seems to be exceptionally strong compared to normal Saiyans, able to jump to new transformations from the experience.
  • Space Survivability: Unusually for most Saiyans, Broly is seemingly capable of breathing in outer space, which is best evident with Paragus' flashbacks to Broly's childhood and teenage years, where a Super Saiyan Broly was seen flying through an asteroid belt in space without any apparent shielding.
• Ki Manipulation:
  • Flight: The ability to fly with the use of ki.
  • Ki Blast: The most basic form of energy wave.
  • Ki Sense: The ability that allows the user to sense ki and power levels. He is implied to have this ability just prior to his going berserk and ascending to Legendary Super Saiyan, as he immediately stopped and in a barely registered whisper from rage declared Kakarot's presence in Paragus' ship before Vegeta or Paragus learned of Goku being there.
  • Telekinesis: A technique that allows the user to manipulate objects and other people with the power of one's mind.
    • Choke: A variation of telekinesis that has the user strangle their opponents without direct contact. Broly briefly utilized this on Goten.
  • Tornado Creation: As shown in the opening of Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 3, Broly and Janemba charging their energy together causes a massive tornado to appear.
  • Wild Sense: The user dodges an attack by moving swiftly and counterattacks the opponent with a punch or a kick sending them down to the ground or into the air.
  • Eraser Cannon: First, Broly charges a green light energy from around his body and gathers it into his palm to form a bright-green energy sphere. Next, he waves his hand forward and fires the attack at the opponent, inflicting a large amount of damage. In some cases, he also fires it from his chest.
    • Double Eraser Cannon: First, Broly charges two Eraser Cannons, one in each of his hands. Then, he swings his hands forward as he fires the energy spheres one by one at the opponent, inflicting a high amount of damage. It is also implied in a flashback that this attack was potent enough to completely obliterate a planet.
    • Planet Geyser: When the energy blast hits the ground, it explodes and creates a giant geyser-like blast of energy that blasts the opponent up in the air, inflicting massive damage and capable of causing massive collateral damage to the surrounding area.
    • Blaster Meteor: First, the user forms an Energy Shield around his body. Then, he brings his hands apart to each side and releases many powerful energy blasts that home in on the target, inflicting a massive amount of damage.
    • Trap Shooter: The user draws their right hand back and charges a green or yellow energy sphere. Then, they wave their hand forward and fire several, compact, powerful energy sphere bullets that follow the opponent's movements, inflicting considerable damage.
    • Eraser Shot Volley: First, Broly bends over slightly and charges an Eraser Cannon in his right hand. Then, he fires the attack and follows up by firing a barrage of Eraser Cannons from both hands at the opponent, inflicting a huge amount of damage.
    • Machine Gun Shot: Broly outstretches his hand and launches a rapid-fire barrage of Eraser Cannons at his opponent, covering the landscape in smoke from the ensuing explosion.
    • Eraser Blow: Broly flies past the opponent with an Eraser Cannon in his hand that he brings near the opponent's stomach. He then throws his hand with the Eraser Cannon forward and, at point blank range, blasts the opponent away. The screen turns dark after the attack for dramatic effect.
    • Omega Blaster: Broly launches a lime green energy sphere that changes into an enormous energy bomb of devastating power, while saying "Struggle all you want, in the end you still die!" Not only can he control the size of this attack, but he can also power it up by launching ki blasts into it to push it forward, making it even more powerful and destructive enough to destroy the whole planet. However, this also gives indication to the technique's weakness. Without a steady supply of ki blasts, the Omega Blaster will shrink and weaken in power.
      • Gigantic Eraser: A powered down variant of the Omega Blaster.
  • Powered Shell: A technique used to generate an energy shield around the user to protect them from attacks. This ability was capable of withstanding lava and even planetary destruction, the former being demonstrated by his survival of Gohan's trap against him, and the latter was confirmed with his surviving Planet Vegeta's destruction and implied by Broly's comment about how Paragus was naive to think he would have died from Comet Camori colliding with New Planet Vegeta shortly after murdering him. It apparently had limits, such as extremely powerful attacks, as evidenced by how it was unable to block the Family Kamehameha.
  • Bone Crusher: Broly places the opponent in an extremely brutal bear hug, lifting them off the ground in the process. Broly then after crushing his opponent long enough then emits an Explosive Wave, further maximizing the pain towards his opponent. Used against Gohan.
  • Gigantic Spike: Broly grabs the opponent's head and flies down to the ground as he drives the opponent head-first into the ground or a wall, resulting in an earthquake and inflicting a massive amount of damage.
  • Gigantic Slam: Broly charges a green energy shield around his body. Then, he jumps up into the air and drops down to punch the opponent away onto the ground, inflicting considerable damage.
  • Gigantic Hammer: First, Broly strikes the opponent down with a massive clothesline. Then, he grabs the opponent by their shoulders and picks them up to vertical kick them up into the air. Next, he teleports in front of the opponent as he grabs them by their head and flies down to smash them across the ground. Finally, Broly picks up the opponent by their head, and uppercuts them in the stomach, knocking them away up into the air, inflicting a huge amount of damage.
    • Grab: The first part of Broly's Gigantic Hammer. It is Broly's signature attack in the Raging Blast Series.
  • Gigantic Buster: Broly shouts "Get out!" as he charges at the opponent and uppercuts them away up into the air. Then, he flies up into the air and lands on the ground, where he headbutts the falling opponent before roundhouse kicking them onto the ground. Finally, Broly runs at the reeling opponent and kicks them up into the air before blasting them away into the ground with a Gigantic Eraser, inflicting a massive amount of damage.
  • Gigantic Press: He rushes at his foes with considerable force, using his own body (with a yellow aura around) as a weapon, inflicting a high amount of damage.
  • Gigantic Stamp: Broly leaps into the air and crashes back down to stomp on the opponent's chest, brutally using them as a living trampoline and creating several craters underneath the victim from the sheer impact of each stomp. After prolonged usage of the attack, the ground eventually collapses, taking Broly's opponent with it, and also requiring Broly to avoid sinking with it.
  • Gigantic Lariat: Broly proceeds to rush at the enemy at high speed and then grab his opponent by the neck just as they turn around, slamming him/her into a wall with enough force to leave a massive crater upon impact. He then continues forcing the opponent through the crater and simultaneously strangling them, before eventually releasing them and letting them fall to the ground upon the enemy losing consciousness.
  • Revenge Demon: First, Broly attacks the opponent with a punch to their face. Then, he punches the opponent's face again, grabs them by their neck and throws them down into the ground, inflicting a great deal of damage.
    • Dashing Punch: Upon assuming a semi-crucified pose while levitating, also utilizing either an aura or his energy shield, Broly attacks the opponent by rushing at them at high speed to land a punch. When in Legendary Super Saiyan Form, he simply rushes at the opponent and proceeds to punch him.
    • Gigantic Throw: Broly grabs his opponent and vertically throws them down into the ground, inflicting a great deal of damage.
  • Torture Hold: Broly grabs his opponent, then places them atop his head with each hand grabbing his opponent's head and legs, respectively. He then constantly bends the opponent's body over his head until they presumably either give up or die.
  • Seismic Power: After transforming into a Legendary Super Saiyan, Broly powers up to such a degree that his screams and laughter cause an earthquake as well as a thunderstorm to appear.
  • Bloody Smash: First, Broly kicks the opponent up into the air, where he grabs their head and throws them down to the ground. Then, he smashes the opponent's head into the ground and stomps on their back deeper into the ground, inflicting a high amount of damage.
  • Regeneration/Healing Factor: Broly is shown to have an enhanced healing factor compared to normal Saiyans. As a baby he quickly healed from being stabbed through the stomach, after "exploding" from energy at the end of his first appearance he managed to heal his own wounds quickly.
  • Super Explosive Wave: The user stands charging energy around their body, then they explode with a gigantic energy sphere around their body. If the foe comes in contact with the Super Explosive Wave, it will deal much greater damage than the normal Explosive Wave. It can also be used for defense and offense at the very same time. It also appeared in the anime and some other video games with similar effects. The larger the user or the more ki they have, the wider and more enhanced it will become.
• Skilled Hand-to-Hand Combatant:

Transformations

Super Saiyan

In several flashbacks in Broly - The Legendary Super Saiyan, Broly is shown using his ordinary uncontrolled Super Saiyan form. Due to the lighting, the hair at times appeared pink or purple. Due to the mind control crown forced upon him by his father Paragus, Broly possesses a weakened state of Super Saiyan. It was also heavily implied that this was the form Broly was in when he significantly damaged Planet Shamo and presumably the rest of the South Area upon being adorned with the crown at Paragus' command. During Broly's first psychotic outburst wherein, he pursues Goku, he transforms into a Super Saiyan, although his appearance in the form differs as a result of his crown restraint. In this mind-controlled Super Saiyan form, Broly's muscles swell slightly, his hair assumes a neon blue hue with purple tint (completely purple if in a dark environment, such as his first fight with Goku), and his skin pigment is dulled, additionally, he does not gain as much power as he would in his true Super Saiyan form - this form is called Super Saiyan (A type). Despite his power being suppressed Broly is still exceptionally powerful, able to take a kick directly to his neck followed by a powerful energy blast to Broly's back from Super Saiyan Second Grade Vegeta, both of which have no effect whatsoever. In addition, during his fight with Goku, his power also gradually increased in this state in a more dramatic manner (although not to the same extent as his Legendary Super Saiyan form), such being demonstrated when, prior to his being knocked into a lake, Goku kicked him hard enough to have Broly reel backwards, yet later when Goku managed to kick Broly in self-defense and later when punching him in the face, Broly was completely unaffected save for slightly bloodying his mouth in the former instance. In Broly - The Legendary Super Saiyan, just before transforming into the Legendary Super Saiyan, Broly becomes a green haired Super Saiyan (C type). In Broly - Second Coming, Broly's regular yellow haired Super Saiyan transformation makes its full onscreen debut. Unlike other Saiyans however, Broly's hair in this form appears as a dull yellow with a slight green tint. This form is referred to as Super Saiyan (C type). Also, from what is shown of Broly's regular Super Saiyan form, he is strong enough to take down Goten and Trunks as Super Saiyans without much effort. However, when seeing Gohan transform into a Super Saiyan 2, he reacts with shock and promptly transforms into his Legendary Super Saiyan form, implying that his regular Super Saiyan form was no match to Gohan's Super Saiyan 2 form.

Legendary Super Saiyan

Broly awakened this form as a result of Frieza destroying Planet Vegeta. As the Legendary Super Saiyan, Broly's strength and speed greatly excel that of any Super Saiyan shown previously. Broly's height and muscle mass are also greatly increased after transforming; the former reaching 9'10" (300cm) in height. His power level also rises on several occasions found throughout the film, though whether this is caused by the form or is simply Broly increasing his power level is left unclear. Additionally, the irises and pupils in his eyes disappear, and his hair changes to a light-green color. In addition, although it has similarities to the Super Saiyan Third Grade form, and was referred to as such by one source, it also possessed tremendous speed, which could be considered "Ultra-First Class", which was demonstrated with his effortlessly dodging rapid attacks from a combined front of both Goku and Piccolo at one point, as well as a clothesline maneuver he performed on Goku late in their battle. The form is genetically unique to Broly (and his clone Bio-Broly) due to being a birth-given power. Since his power level in this form is so vast, Broly has been shown to take extremely powerful attacks without flinching, such as a point-blank Kamehameha from Goku. Broly showcases his strength in this form by destroying Planet Shamo with a single energy sphere. The form's effectiveness is shown in full force as he fought two Super Saiyan Full Powers, two Super Saiyan Second Grades, and a Super Namekian all at the same time while remaining in control of the whole fight, with his opponents being unable to hurt him in the least. It was not until Goku uses the channeled ki of Gohan, Piccolo, Future Trunks and Vegeta that Broly is beaten for the first time in this form. When powering up to his maximum Super Saiyan power in this state, Broly's hair changes from a green color to a golden glow of an ordinary Super Saiyan. However, his hair is more so a dull yellow color, just like his Super Saiyan C-type transformation. He uses this fully powered enhancement at the end of his battle with Goku in Broly - The Legendary Super Saiyan and throughout his entire appearance as a Legendary Super Saiyan in Broly - The Second Coming. When he reappears on Earth during Broly - Second Coming, Gohan can hardly hold his own against the Legendary Super Saiyan. In his Super Saiyan 2 transformation, Gohan is able to inflict some damage to Broly, but not enough to shift the battle in his favor. During the battle, Broly is also capable of surviving lava as a Legendary Super Saiyan using a shield, as shown when he emerges from a lava pool shortly after Gohan tricked him into being caught in it in a last-ditch effort of defeating him.

Legendary Super Saiyan 3

Broly achieves the Legendary Super Saiyan 3 form in the Raging Blast series, Dragon Ball Z: Dragon Battlers, and Dragon Ball Heroes. The look of this form is much like Broly's Legendary Super Saiyan form. He has great muscle mass, eyes which lack pupils and a greenish hair color (dark green in Raging Blast 2). Broly's form is referred to as Legendary Super Saiyan 3 in one of the early trailers for Raging Blast, in which Goku exclaims "Densetsu Supa Saiya-jin Suri!" (which translates to "Legendary Super Saiyan 3!"). However, he is simply referred to as "Super Saiyan 3 Broly" within the game and future appearances until the release of Dragon Ball Fusions (which explicitly refers to him as Legendary Super Saiyan 3). In the Raging Blast series, Broly as a Super Saiyan 3 is a separate character from Broly with his movie transformations. He makes his debut in Dragon Ball Heroes in the game's eighth mission. In the lore for the game, he got the form as a result of narrowly surviving his trip through the sun in Broly - Second Coming and his use of Saiyan Power afterward.

Super Saiyan 4

Broly's Super Saiyan 4 transformation debuted in Dragon Ball Heroes, where it was added in Jaaku Mission 7. He is shown achieving this form during the Reborn Broly Saga after gaining control over his Great Ape form. In the manga, Broly first displays this state as Dark Broly. He appears in his ordinary version of the form for the first time against Super Full Power Saiyan 4 Limit Breaker Xeno Vegito, holding his own before taking on the aforementioned transformation himself. Broly uses this form throughout almost his entire appearance in Dragon Ball Heroes: Victory Mission in order to defeat the Dragon Ball Heroes team and he also kills several of the Shadow Dragons. In Victory Mission, his appearance is always accompanied by a storm of lightning and rain.

Super Saiyan 4 Full Power

Broly reappears as a Super Saiyan 4 Full Power during the Assault on the Hell Gate Saga. After escaping Hell, he blasts away the leaders of the Time Breakers and attacks the Time Patrol but is defeated once more. The scar on his chest is a result of his childhood injury and in this state his veins are much more prominent, which represents how he is stronger and angrier than before.

Super Full Power Saiyan 4 Limit Breaker

During the Universe Creation Saga, Broly was able to obtain this enhanced state of Super Saiyan 4 as his repeated near-deaths and resurrections had given him a massive amount of Saiyan Power. In this state, his normally green aura becomes crimson, and he can fight with Super Full Power Saiyan 4 Limit Breaker Xeno Vegito (alongside Super Saiyan Blue Vegito in the anime).

Feats

Strength

• Can blow up planets with a single Ki attack.
• Strong enough to take on several Super Saiyans at once.
• Destroyed the entirety of South Galaxy.
• Paragus believes Broly, if out of control, would destroy the universe.
• Challenged and overpowered a Super Saiyan 2 Gohan (Who never stopped training for 7 years).
• Knocked out a Super Saiyan Blue Vegeta with his God Broly form.
• Fought equally against a Super Saiyan Blue Vegito & Super Full Power Saiyan 4 Limit Breaker Xeno Vegito at the same time and did not lose.

Speed

• Much, much faster than characters who can dodge BoZ Piccolo’s Ki blasts, which can reach the moon in seconds.
• Was able to dodge punches and kicks from Piccolo and a Super Saiyan Goku at the same time.
• He had the first three hits to Super Saiyan Goku, Super Saiyan Gohan and Super Saiyan Trunks while attacking simultaneously.

Durability

• Survived getting stabbed through the stomach when he was a baby.
• Survived Planet Vegeta's destruction.
• Didn't feel anything when he was in a crater full of lava.
• Tanked a Kamehameha from Super Saiyan Goku.
• Bitten by Goku so that means he's a serious threat.
• Had taken zero damage from a powerful kick to the neck by a Super Saiyan Grade 2 Vegeta.
• Had taken zero damage from a full power Kamehameha by a Super Saiyan Grade 4 Goku.
• Had taken zero damage from a punch to the chin and two Ki blasts by a Super Saiyan Grade 2 Vegeta.
• Had taken zero damage from a powerful punch to the face by a Super Saiyan 2 Gohan.
• Required Goku to absorb all of the powers from Vegeta, Gohan, Trunks and Piccolo to finally defeat Broly.
• Required the full powers of Gohan, Goten and Goku (from the afterlife) and a combined full power triple combined Kamehameha to finally defeat Broly by blasting him directly through the sun.
• Survived all of his energy exploding out of him, all at once.

Skill

• Able to hold his own against three Super Saiyans at once easily.
• Defeated Piccolo.
• Born with a Power Level 10,000, and now it's over 1,400,000,000.
• His ki levels increase over time; unlike normal Saiyans who have their ki fatigue relatively quickly.
• According to the alternate canons; has a Legendary SSJ3, Legendary SSJ4, and Legendary Blue God transformations.

Weaknesses

• Irrationality: The more powerful Broly becomes, the more irrational and savage he becomes, making him much more dangerous, but at the same time making him less controllable and even giving him disregards for his own safety.
• Has an exploitable weakspot on his stomach.
• If he reaches his limit, his Ki will overflow and damage him.
• Not a strategist, Reacts to rage.
• Despite his experience, he has no knowledge of fighting techniques. His fighting style is uncontrolled, even though powerful.
• Underestimates his opponents and toys with them.

Fun Facts

• Broly was created by Takao Koyama
• Broly's appearance was designed by series creator Akira Toriyama
• Broly is stated to be the most powerful villain within the original 13 DBZ films
• Broly is the only full blooded Saiyan to lack a tail.
• Broly's power level for DBZ Movie 08 is stated to be 1.4 Billion
• Broly and Cooler are the only movie exclusive Dragon Ball villains to appear more than once.
• Broly remianed a very popular character, with Akira Toriyama eventually rebooting the character in the titular 2018-2019 movie Dragon Ball Super: Broly.