Puipui
From Dragon Ball Encyclopedia
"Welcome... to my home planet! I've won many great battles here, and by now, you've noticed that my planet is very different from yours. It's the gravity. Ten times stronger than Earth! Your hopes of winning are falling faster than that stone! You won't leave here alive!"
— Puipui in "Vegeta Attacks"
Puipui (プイプイ, Puipui; FUNimation "Pui Pui", Viz "Pocus") is a member of Babidi's Force.
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Appearance
Puipui's head resembles that of Appule and, to a certain extent, Third Form Freeza. He wears a black jumpsuit with a white armored chest-plate covering most of his torso. This chest plate has two protruding spikes on the back. He also wears a matching helmet, but his cranial structure is never shown. Many of the Majin Grunts wear the same white armor as that of Puipui.
Biography
Manga
He is named Pocus (based on the word Hocus-Pocus) in the English manga.
Dragon Ball Z
Babidi Saga
Puipui first appeared seen after Yamu and Spopovich had returned from collecting energy. After giving the energy to Babidi, the two were then declared useless by Babidi. After Babidi mutilated Spopovich by using Telepathy to make the warrior explode from the inside out, Puipui sadistically killed Yamu when the warrior tried to escape.
During the fight on Babidi's Spaceship, Vegeta won a rock-paper-scissors match against Son Gohan and Son Goku in order to be the first to fight. Vegeta's first opponent was none other than Puipui. After a short, cocky monologue, Puipui attacked Vegeta head on. The Saiyan prince effortlessly dodged and blocked Puipui's blows, smirking the entire time. However, since Puipui was one of the most powerful beings in his respective galaxy, he was not convinced of Vegeta's overwhelming power. As Puipui continued to attack Vegeta, he was repeatedly knocked down and pounded on. In order to give Puipui the advantage, Dabura suggested to Babidi that the fight be transported to Puipui's homeworld, Planet Voon.
Once there, Puipui exclaimed that he had a great advantage now because Planet Voon had a gravity that was 10 times higher than that of Planet Earth. Vegeta had trained under 500 times Earth's normal gravity, however, and this resulted in Vegeta's indifference to the gravity change. Shocked, Puipui believed Vegeta's training history was a bluff and foolishly attacked him. Vegeta relentlessly pummeled Puipui once again. Out of desperation and anger, Puipui could not admit defeat and attacked yet again. However, this time around, Vegeta obliterated him without any effort with a large energy blast directed at Puipui's chest.
Dragon Ball GT
Super 17 Saga
Puipui made a cameo appearance in "A Dangerous Union" as he escaped from Hell, however, he was quickly killed by Son Goten. In what was most likely an animation error, he still wore the 'M' crest on his body in these scenes.
Video games
Puipui is a boss character in Dragon Ball Z: Buu's Fury
Puipui makes a non-playable appearance in Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 3 as one of Babidi's attacks, the Pui Pui Nice Shot. Babidi kicks the enemy up into the air and then summons Puipui, who unleashes a powerful energy ball at the enemy. Babidi then says, "Nice shot."
Techniques
- Full Power Energy Blast Volley
- Full Power Energy Wave
- Ki Blast
- Pui Pui Nice Shot
- Sunaipu Shotto – Sunaipu Shotto (スナイプ ショット, Sunaipu Shotto; Literally meaning "Snipe Shot")
Voice actors
- Japanese dub: Tomohisa Asō
- Ocean Group dub: Ted Cole
- FUNimation dub: Mike McFarland
- Latin American dub: Enrique Mederos †
Trivia
- His homeworld is called Planet Voon in the anime. His homeworld is called Planet Zoon in Buu's Fury.
