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| “ | No matter how much a monkey evolves, it's still a monkey! | „ |
| ~ Baby on his genocidal hatred for the Saiyans. |
Baby is the main antagonist of the Baby saga of the anime-only sequel Dragon Ball GT, and the overarching antagonist of the Black Star Dragon Ball Saga and the Super 17 Saga. He is also one of the main antagonists of the Dragon Ball anime trilogy (alongside Frieza, Kid Buu and Syn Shenron).
He was created by combining the DNA of the Tuffle King with a robotic body. He is the second of the four arc villains in Dragon Ball GT who seeks revenge against the Saiyans for wiping out the Tuffles.
He was voiced by Yūsuke Numata in Japanese and by Mike McFarland and Adam Hunter in English.
Appearance[]
As Baby develops from his larval form throughout time, he goes through extreme changes. Baby is at first a little entity with a grey outer shell, bright red eyes, and a long, broad antenna that slopes off to one side, seeming both organic and mechanical. When he reaches maturity, he develops a bodysuit with a blue and greenish tint covering the majority of his arms and body, as well as red and yellow wrist bands and shoulder pads. Likewise, the hue of his eyes shifts from red to blue.
He shares Vegeta's physical qualities after taking over Vegeta, but as he matures, more of Baby's physical traits emerge, such as his eyes and shoulder pads. The union of the two also results in Baby Vegeta having white hair instead of the customary black or gold.
Personality[]
Baby's initial focus is on eradicating the Saiyans and resurrecting the Tuffle race. Over time, it becomes clear that he is crafty enough to rule the Dragon Team, seize Vegeta, and successfully rebuild the world of the Tuffles. But as befits his name, Baby is also exceedingly immature and infantile; he is quick to taunt and becomes angry if taunted sufficiently. Ironically, while believing the Saiyans to be a savage species, he also exhibits satisfaction in fighting; after becoming a Golden Great Ape, Baby appears to go on a mindless rampage (as is typical of the Great Apes and Golden Great Apes), and slaughters a large number of followers to prove his prowess. He is incredibly clever and terribly narcissistic and selfish. Baby is seen slaughtering his own followers, who revered him like a king, with great joy, demonstrating how little respect he has for other people's lives. He occasionally shows care, though, like when he acknowledges Bulma for giving him energy from the Blutz Wave Generator, perhaps as a result of Vegeta's fondness for her and worries that the conflict would endanger his home planet. He had publicly proclaimed his ambition to one day surpass the dragon's strength to Ultimate Shenron himself, and he was determined to do so by making himself known as the most powerful fighter in the universe by preventing anybody from outpacing him.
His brutality is more obvious when he transforms into Super Baby Vegeta after receiving energy from his supporters; at this point, he declares that every living thing ought to be regarded as his slave. Due to the Tuffle King's DNA in him, Baby is also incredibly prideful and favors one-on-one combat. He harbors a strong animosity for the Saiyans because he is one of the two Tuffle race survivors (the other being Dr. Lychee), who were all but wiped out by them. With the exception of the Zamases, Granolah, Hearts, and Sealas, Baby is not behaving automatically with malicious intent, in contrast to other antagonists in the series. Although he opposes the heroes of the novel, he seeks retribution for all the suffering the Saiyans have caused him and his own species. Nevertheless, much like the Zamases and Hearts, Baby ultimately turns into what he despises in order to gain the power of the Saiyans, causing suffering by infecting the majority of Earthlings and remaining Saiyan hybrids (two of whom are Goku's sons, which really pushes the Saiyan over the edge after Pan is attacked) in order to establish a new Tuffle empire with which he planned to conquest the universe, with his entitlement leading him believe he had a right to rule it.
Surprisingly, when Baby Hatchiyack has Hatchiyack, his demeanor begins to resemble Hatchiyack's. Because of their common hate of Saiyans, Baby Hatchiyack has become more determined to the annihilation of the remaining Saiyans, owing to their shared beginnings as artificial organisms created by the Tuffles.
Biography[]
| “ | The unrevived killer instinct of the Saiyans rose to a deafening pitch as the Tuffles were slain all over their planet like instincts. And the being responsible for this genocide was none other than your father, King Vegeta, who in his greatest moment of arrogance, renamed the planet after himself. Having been pushed out of society, we took what remaining scientific knowledge we had and used it to create a genetically superior parasitic organism. Then, our king Tuffle combined his own DNA with the genes of the parasites and scattered his creation across the vast reaches of space. And now, some of us have made it back to exact our revenge. | „ |
| ~ Baby as he explains how the Tuffle race was killed by the Saiyans and how he was created. |
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Baby in a Containment Tube.
Baby was created by the surviving Tuffle scientists near the end of the Saiyans' genocidal campaign against them, a conflict instigated by King Vegeta so he could rule the planet and steal the Tuffles' technology. Baby was given the source DNA of their king and was launched into space on a ship with the remnants of the Tuffle king with him before the entire Tuffle race was wiped out. As a result, he possesses an intense hatred for the Saiyans, who killed off the Tuffles and took over their planet (Planet Plant, renamed Planet Vegeta after the Saiyan conquest).
At some unknown point, he created Dr. Myuu, giving him the designs for creating the machine mutants and to resurrect him later on. However, Myuu was programmed to believe that he was the one who programmed Baby and not the other way around.
Goku, Pan, and Trunks first encounter Baby in Dr. Myuu's Lab, and Trunks destroys his incubator. However, Baby manages to survive and engages the Saiyans in battle, but is overwhelmed and forced to hide himself inside Myuu's body. Once in space, Baby bursts out of Myuu's body, revealing he was the one who created Myuu before he went over his plans to kill the Saiyans and since they believe him to be dead, he starts planning to catch them off-guard.
Using one of the Black Star Dragon Balls, Baby finds a ship with many passengers aboard and, after killing a majority of them, possesses a young alien boy and lures the Saiyans to the ship. When they arrive, they take him to a medical planet, where he comes up with a plan to steal one of their bodies. Stealing the body of a doctor, he tricks Trunks and tries to possess him, but Goku and Pan show up to save Trunks, with the Saiyans revealing they knew he was alive and wanted to draw him out.
They engage in battle, with Baby managing to enter Trunks' body through a cut on his arm, but Trunks manages to turn Super Saiyan and forces Baby out. However, it turns out Trunks had some of the Tuffle parasite's DNA put into him, and Baby is later snuck off the planet in a space shuttle. Having tasted the power he has been seeking, Baby kills all of the passengers, absorbs their energy and decides to go to Earth in order to obtain more power from the Saiyans there.
Eventually, Baby arrives on Earth, where the few remaining Saiyans reside. Baby is able to infect everyone on the planet except for Mr. Satan, Uub and Good Buu, and takes over several of the Z-Fighters, eventually settling on Vegeta as his permanent host. Goku battles Baby after he returns to the brainwashed Earth, but Baby is able to defeat Goku, even after he goes Super Saiyan 3, due to his child body being unable to maintain that level of power. Baby launches a final attack at Goku, who is teleported away at the last second by Kibito Kai.
Lord Baby's Tower on the newly restored Planet Plant.
Baby believes Goku to be dead, so he uses the Black Star Dragon Balls to wish Planet Plant back into existence. Uub, Goku's student and friend, arrives to avenge his fallen mentor and fuses with Good Buu to become Majuub, but Baby turns Majuub into chocolate and devours him. Goku returns to Earth with his newly-restored tail to fight Baby once more, but despite his new power, he is unable to defeat him. Goku then transforms into a Golden Great Ape and goes on a rampage, overwhelming Baby before Pan manages to get him to regain control of his senses, thus allowing Goku to achieve the power of Super Saiyan 4.
Baby proves to be no match for Super Saiyan 4 Goku, as even his strongest attack only does superficial damage to him. As a last resort, the Tuffleized Bulma brings out a Blutz-Wave Amplifier to help Baby, and as a result of using it, Baby turns into a Golden Great Ape. Goku continues to fight and is eventually able to defeat Golden Great Ape Baby with the help of Gohan, Goten, Trunks (who were freed from Baby's infection), Mr. Satan, Majuub (who had been freed from Baby's body) and Pan.
Death[]
Baby's death.
| “ | No! This... this can't be happening! | „ |
| ~ Baby's last words in the FUNimation dub before he is destroyed by Super Saiyan 4 Goku's x10 Kamehameha. |
Baby abandons Vegeta's body and enters a spaceship, hoping to escape, but Goku uses a x10 Kamehameha and sends his ship hurtling into the sun, completely obliterating him. The Z-Fighters then returned to Dende's Lookout, with Goku using his Instant Transmission and Kibito Kai using the Sacred Water to cure everyone on Earth of Baby's infection. However, the Z-Fighters discover that the Earth will explode in two weeks, due to Baby using the Black Star Dragon Balls to make another wish.
Programming[]
Super Baby Vegeta 2.
The King of the Tuffles created Baby to get revenge on the Saiyans and try to repopulate the extinct Tuffle race by force. This programming had the Tuffles become no better than the Saiyans under King Vegeta and thus became the very thing that they hated.
Irony[]
Baby Vegeta as a Golden Great Ape
Baby became the very thing he hated and thus destroyed the Tuffle race's good name. Even though the Saiyans destroyed the Tuffle race, they were not responsible for Baby's actions. It should also be noted that Baby is one of the only villains in the series that Goku actively goes out of his way to kill, something he didn't even do with Frieza. That said, Baby had completely spurned the multiple chances for peace Goku often offered opponents, hid behind Goku's possessed friends, and made reckless use of the most dangerous version of the Dragon Balls. To allow Baby to get away was to doom everyone the villain encountered thereafter, and unlike many other opponents, he would not lie low, even for a moment. The irony becomes that Baby managed to so enrage the most charitable champion imaginable.
When Goku told Baby that the Saiyan race as a whole that was responsible for the destruction of the Tuffle race had already been wiped out, with his vendetta against them be redirected against descendants who never caused civilizations harm (minus Vegeta), Baby said "Oh no. You have a debt to pay!" This heavily implies Baby is too dominanted by the Tuffle's hatred of Saiyans to see the hypocrisy in his vendetta; that he is being the same kind of monster his race died to.
Powers and Notable Techniques[]
Baby is a tuffle parasite that has complete body manipulation similar to Majin Buu. He can possess people like a virus by entering their body through an opening into the host. Like almost all the other fighters in the franchise, Baby can fly, is superhumanly strong and fast, and can manipulate Ki Attacks.
Revenge Blast[]
An Explosive Wave produced by Baby's infant form screaming in rage.
Revenge Death Ball[]
It is comprised of the pure negative, dark-blue energy of all the possessed people under Baby's control, making it an evil counterpart of the Spirit Bomb. Unlike the Spirit Bomb, however, the energy is evidently stored within Baby, and can be replicated (and possibly amplified) at any time after the initial energy is absorbed. Although it is not capable of destroying things, it is powerful enough to shake dimensions.
Continuous Super Galick Gun[]
A barrage version of the Super Galick Gun.
Flaming Death Ball[]
A stronger version of the Revenge Death Ball that is also coated in flames. Unlike the original, this attack can destroy things on a vast scale.
Revenge Death Ball Final[]
It is the most powerful version of the Revenge Death Ball (and arguably Baby's strongest attack). It is used in a similar fashion to the original, and it is more than powerful enough to destroy an entire planet.
Power Level[]
According to the video game Scouter Battle Kamehameha, Super Baby Vegeta 2's power level is 1,300,000,000 and Golden Great Ape Baby's power level is 1,580,000,000. When fought again in a special mission, his power level is 1,559,936,524 as Super Baby Vegeta 2 and 1,895,922,852 as Golden Great Ape Baby Vegeta. Keep in mind this is just a video game and likely has no base in actual canon.
Quotes[]
| “ | You fool. You have no idea who the boss is, do you? You are nothing but a simple machine mutant, for it was I who programmed you to gather the energy needed for my resurrection, and it was I who gave you the plans for creating Luud and the other machine mutants. | „ |
| ~ Baby after killing Dr. Myuu. |
| “ | You Saiyans are perceptive little snots, aren't you? | „ |
| ~ Baby while in Goten's body to Gohan. |
| “ | Now that I have all of the Saiyan power I need, I will start to spread myself through every living being in this planet. And when I'm finished here, I will move on to the rest of the universe. All the while with you, your friends, and your family as my puppet slaves! I've won the fight with the bully of the galaxy. My ancestors would be so proud. Now, the son of the man who killed my people will forever be part of me! My plan to make Tuffles of this entire planet is finally in place. But Vegeta, since it was your father who pushed my people to this, I'll make sure to kill you when I'm done. | „ |
| ~ Baby after infecting Vegeta and taking control of his body. |
| “ | Never again. Never again will the Tuffles be a peaceful race. We were helpless lambs. Now we will be mighty hunters! We shall spread like a plague. | „ |
| ~ Baby Vegeta vowing that the Tuffles will become a species of warriors. |
| “ | After all those years of struggling against extinction, of walking the fine line between life and oblivion...the Tuffles have conquered at last. We are whole again. And now we will spread until the entire universe is ours! | „ |
| ~ Baby after creating a copy of Planet Plan with the Black Star Dragon Balls. |
| “ | You fool! I wouldn't be caught dead asking for your forgiveness, Saiyan! | „ |
| ~ Baby Vegeta to Goku |
| “ | I had more than enough chances to kill you earlier, but each time I underestimated you. Now I'm running on hatred alone and nothing will stop me from dropping you at death's door. | „ |
| ~ Great Ape Baby to Goku. |
| “ | We were going to unite the universe! No more individuals fighting one another. Everyone would be of one mind. | „ |
| ~ Great Ape Baby to Trunks. |
| “ | I should've finished you off before! You were as good as dead! This time, I'll see it through to the end! | „ |
| ~ Great Ape Baby to Super Saiyan 4 Goku. |
Trivia[]
- The name of Baby's race, "Tuffle", is similar to the foodstuff "truffle", continuing the theme of most Dragon Ball characters and such being named after foods. Their Japanese name, "Tsufuru" or "tsuful", is an anagram of "furutsu", or "fruit", a sort of opposition to most Saiyans being named after vegetables.
- Baby was originally intended to be the final villain of Dragon Ball GT, hence why his saga is the longest.
- Baby is voiced by Mike McFarland in the FUNimation dub, by Adam Hunter in the Blue Water dub, and by Yusuke Numata in the original Japanese version.
- Baby was notably not among the dead villains released from Hell during the Super 17 Saga, nor was he encountered by Goku when he was trapped in Hell. Whether an in-universe reason for this exists is not known. Adding to this is the fact that Hell as depicted in GT and filler episodes of Z is contrary to the original manga, in which the denizens of Hell did not keep their bodies. Likely, this was an editorial decision to avoid bringing Baby back right after he was destroyed; also, he would have been (or become) markedly more powerful than almost any other escapee at that point, reducing their threat or making the undead army theoretically unstoppable.
- In the original Japanese version and the Blue Water dub, when Baby Gohan and Baby Goten speak, Baby's voice is heard (similar to Baby Vegeta and Baby Trunks) while in the FUNimation dub, all possessed forms can speak with their host's voices, though Baby's voice is still heard when Baby Vegeta and Baby Trunks speak.
- Along with Hatchiyack and Dr. Raichi's ghost, Baby is another creation of the Tuffle race that tried to avenge its creators. Together with them, Paragus and Broly, Baby is the second villain created as a result of King Vegeta's tyranny.
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