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How were Android 17 and Android 18 brought to life in Dragon Ball Z and did they used to be human? Here's what's known about their origin stories.
How were Android 17 and Android 18 really created in Dragon Ball Z ? Originally introduced as major villains, the characters are among the most powerful creations of the Red Ribbon Army and their chief scientist, Dr. Gero. Though they look and sometimes even act human, the two possess astounding strength and unique properties that none of the organic Z-Warriors share.
Built for the purpose of killing Goku, 17 and 18 started out as enemies of the heroes but eventually evolved into allies and ceased following their original programming. After Dragon Ball Super , both are counted as members of the Z-Warriors. But though they’re no longer committed to fulfilling their mission, their android natures have remained relevant to their stories. During Dragon Ball Super’s Tournament of Power, their android powers made them a major asset to Goku’s Universe 7 team. As androids, 17 and 18 have unlimited energy. In other words, they can fight without fear of fatigue. That was how 17 was able to be the last fighter standing .
The vast power shared by these characters and their continued popularity in the Dragon Ball franchise has led to a number of questions about their origin stories and how they were actually brought into existence. The primary difference between them and most of the other Red Ribbon Army androids is that they weren’t robots or genetically-engineered beings created in a lab. Unlike Android 8, Android 16, Android 19, and Cell, the brother-and-sister duo of 17 and 18 were once normal humans. Through comments made on the subject, Dragon Ball creator Akira Toriyama expanded on what’s known about their pasts. According to him, 17 and 18 once lived as Lapis and Lazuli respectively [via Crunchyroll ].
Though Dragon Ball Z was light on the details, their introductions gave the implication that the two siblings were kidnapped by the Red Ribbon Army , who used their technology to transform them into formidable cyborgs against their will. Based on their interactions with each other and with the other characters, it’s quite clear that neither android has any knowledge of their previous lives. It’s possible (but not confirmed) that Dr. Gero tampered with their memories to ensure that they didn’t have anything holding them back from completing their directive.
Their lack of awareness or interest in their human backstories makes sense of why their true names have never been spoken in the anime. They’ve had absolutely no impact on their decision-making in any of Dragon Ball’s stories. The lives they led as Lapis and Lazuli before Dragon Ball Z no longer matter – they’re simply Android 17 and Android 18 now. But while they’ve certainly embraced their android identities, their human elements are still integral to who they are as characters. Because of their capacity for emotion, they now have families and are forging their own paths in the franchise.
Nicholas Raymond is a staff movies & TV features writer for Screen Rant. He has a degree in journalism from the University of Montevallo, and is the author of the psychological thriller and time travel novel, "A Man Against the World." Nicholas' love for telling stories is inspired by his love for film noir, westerns, superhero movies, classic films, and ancient history. His favorite actors are Tyrone Power and Eleanor Parker. He can be reached by email at cnrmail@bellsouth.net and on Twitter at @cnraymond91.
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Android 18 (人造人間18号, Jinzōningen Jū Hachi ) is a fictional character in the Dragon Ball franchise . She makes her debut in "The Androids Awake!", the 155th chapter of the Dragon Ball manga , issued on March 10, 1992. She makes her first animated appearance in " Nightmare Comes True ", the 133rd episode of Dragon Ball Z , which premiered on April 8, 1992. Dr. Gero 's eighteenth creation, Android 18 was designed to serve Gero's vendetta against Goku , who overthrew the Red Ribbon Army as a child. While her interests do not deviate from this expectation, Android 18's curiosity to activate Android 16 in spite of Gero's orders not to do so lead Android 17
upon himself to murder Gero (although in each timeline of the series alternate to the mainstream one , Gero is still killed by 17 despite there being no quarrel over 16, whom the androids have no interest in activating).
Android 18 is the second artificial human designed by Dr. Gero to be created by fitting a human being with cybernetics. As a mortal woman, she and her unnamed brother (the eventual Android 17) were runaways whom Gero kidnapped and conducted experiments on, resulting in their transformation into cyborgs. However, her ability to procreate was not impeded by these experiments, as evidenced by her giving birth to a healthy daughter, Marron . Gero's blueprints for Android 17 in Funimation's dub of the Imperfect Cell Saga
suggest otherwise however, instead citing that 17 and 18 "are made up of organic substances padded after human cells", though every single
reference outside of this, including a clarification statement in the World Tournament Saga within the same dub, agrees with the canon assessment of 17 and 18's being.
Initially cool and confident, 18's sarcastic humor later becomes the most striking trait of her personality. One example of her sarcasm is demonstrated when she is asked if her real name is legitimately "No. 18", to which she responds, "My father was pretty dull." Shortly before this conversation at the World Martial Arts Tournament , Goku takes notice of her assembly with the Z Fighters , leading to the retort, "Look, he noticed. How cute."
Android 18's birth name is never revealed, and following her allegiance to the Z Fighters after the defeat of Super Perfect Cell , she is referred to as simply "18".
When Krillin first meets Android 18 he is very attracted to her, even though she is supposed to be heartless and willing to destroy any obstacles impeding her progress of assassinating Krillin's best friend, Goku. During an encounter on a highway after she and her brother nearly kills the Z Fighters , 18 kisses the terrified Krillin on the cheek after he tries to persuade them to drop their search for Goku. This is when Krillin begins to fall in love with her.After Semi-Perfect Cell arrives, Krillin refuses to engage her self-destruct device
, which would have destroyed her, in spite of the
serious threatthat could result in Cell's perfection posed by 18 being alive. Because of this, Semi-Perfect Cell eventually absorbs her and reaches his ultimate power, but Perfect Cell becomes overpowered by Gohan , and regurgitates Android 18. Krillin immediately comes to her side and tends to her for the duration of the battle. When Super Perfect Cell is defeated, Krillin uses the Dragon Balls to make a wish to Shenron that Android 18 and Android 17 would be restored their complete humanity, but when Shenron is unable to grant his request, Krillin takes the opportunity to wish for the self-destruct devices within 18 and 17 be removed. Krillin pursues Android 18 and he and 18 eventually have a child together, a daughter named Marron.
At the the World Martial Arts Tournament during the World Tournament Saga , Krillin dispels to Goku the misconception that 18 is a pure android and therefore could not have a child, explaining that 18 was originally human but was just "remodeled . . . a little bit" by Dr. Gero, making her a cyborg ( Future Trunks appropriately refers to she and 17 as such during the Trunks Saga , as well). Android 18 is too artificial to age, thus leaving her with the same appearance from the Androids Saga through the Kid Buu Saga , with the exception of a haircut. 18's destructive personality significantly fades following the Cell Games , and she comes to be accepted as a member of the core group of characters, particularly after she and Krillin marry and have a daughter.Although Android 18 is a loving wife and mother, and she is occasionally harsh to Krillin much like both Chi-Chi and Bulma are to their own husbands, she sometimes displays her frightening and unpredictable nature towards others, particularly Master Roshi or Mr. Satan .
In an alternate timeline, Android 18 and Android 17 are unequaled mass murderers who have reduced human civilization to shambles. Gohan
is the last of the original Z Fighters not killed by the androids left to hold his own (although a handful of characters who supported the group, including Master Roshi, Bulma and
Chi-Chi, have also managed to take refuge [although Roshi wanted to fight the Androids, he stayed in hiding because Turtle, Oolong, and Puar persuaded him to.].). As the years pass, it becomes obvious that Gohan and Trunks are the only martial artists left capable of fighting the androids, however, no conceivable advantage for them arises and Gohan is eventually killed. In the second alternate timeline to merge with the mainstream one, Trunks successfully destroys androids 18 and 17, but is killed by Imperfect Cell, who then uses Trunks' time machine to travel to the past, where he sheds his larval exoskeleton leaving it to be discovered at the end of the Androids Saga . Trunks, whose visits to the time in his past (the main plot of the series) constitute the first alternate timeline to merge with the mainstream one, returns to his time after the destruction of Super-Perfect Cell by Gohan, and ultimately vanquishes both androids 17 and 18, as well as Imperfect Cell, with the power he gains from his training with Vegeta.For unknown reasons, the mainstream androids are stronger than their future timeline counterparts. The plausible explanation of differences between power and personality could stem from the changes of the androids' intent when Dr. Gero created them. In Future Trunks' timeline, Goku dies from a viral heart virus six months before the androids first appear. When Trunks battles the androids in The History of Trunks , Android 18 and Android 17 reveal they were "created for world domination." Upon hearing the news of Goku's death, Gero stopped augmenting his android assassins and turned them into world domination machines (but couldn't correct their individuality in any timeline). In the mainstream timeline, since Goku never assumes Super Saiyan transformation to defeat Frieza and King Cold , thus burning a significant amount of ki , the virus doesn't attack until much later (as explained by Vegeta during the fight with Android 19 ). However with Goku's survival, Dr. Gero follows through with augmenting his own android powers, whereas in future timelines this would not have been necessary with Goku already dead. A third alternative may be that the androids of the mainstream timeline merely exert themselves more than the androids of the future, so as to cope with the more powerful Z Fighters, giving the impression that androids 17 and 18 are weaker in the future timeline than the mainstream one.
After the death of Super Perfect Cell, Future Trunks returns to his timeline and destroys androids 17 and 18 with the power he achieves training with Vegeta in the Hyperbolic Time Chamber , ending their years of devastating the planet.
Seven years later in the series, Android 18
married Krillin and had a daughter named Marron . Gohan tells 18 and Krillin that Goku will return to earth to enter the 25th World Tournament. 18 convinces Krillin to enter to win the prize money. Later, Android 18 is matched against Mr. Satan in the World Martial Arts Tournament. Not interested in the attention that becoming tournament champion (and in addition, prevailing over Satan, who Satan City are generally under the impression is the most powerful martial artist alive), 18 allows Mr. Satan to defeat her and retain his somewhat misappropriated title, provided that he reimburses her an amount of money greater than the prize money that he would be receiving as tournament champion. She must later take refuge from Majin Buu on Kami's Lookout. A day later, Android 18 is killed, along with her family, by Super Buu , who turns her into chocolate and eats her (interestingly making this the second time that she is ingested by a super-villain in Dragon Ball ). Her life is restored through a wish from Porunga, and she later supplies Goku with her energy to fuel a Spirit Bomb , in an effort to defeat Kid Buu . Though peace has returned, Android 18 still maintains a cool and distant attitude toward Goku, as she was originally "created" to kill him, but she still can't resist smiling when Goku returns and has a tearful reunion with his family, showing a softer side to her personality. She is later seen at a party at Bulma's house. 10 years later she attends the 28th World Martial Arts Tournament with her family and the other Z Fighters at the end of the DBZ series.
Years later, In her first appearance in Dragon Ball GT , Android 18 is a servant of Baby . During the battle between Super Saiyan 4
Baby Vegeta , she, Krillin, and Marron are caught in the destruction of Satan City by Baby's Super Galick Gun . However, all of them appear to have avoided the blast. She is cured with the Sacred Water . She must later go to the Tuffle planet before the earth explodes because of the wish by Baby to restore his home planet.
Some months later, 18 later appears in the city with her family, until Android 17 attacks. 17 attempts to control her
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