Professor Frappe

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"I wish I had the courage to tell 8 that I planted the bomb. I had no choice. They would have killed the villagers if I didn't. Perhaps someday I can tell him the truth."
— "The Secret of Professor Frappe"

Professor Frappe (プロフェッサー フラッペ, Purofessā Furappe; FUNimation "Dr. Flappe") is a professor, the co-creator of Android No. 8, and, involuntarily, a chief researcher for the Red Ribbon Army.

Biography

Frappe makes his first and only known appearance of the series in the Dragon Ball episode, "The Secret of Professor Frappe". After Son Goku and Artificial Human No. 8 conquer Muscle Tower, the two of them and Suno set out to remove the bomb implanted in Eighter's chest. Suno informs Goku that they should visit Professor Frappe, an expert in machines. After a last ditch attempt by Ninja Murasaki to steal the Dragon Balls, a successful operation on Eighter, and a great scare as the bomb very nearly is dropped, Artificial Human No. 8 is safe from the Red Ribbon Army's clutches once more. Professor Frappe, at the very end of the episode, silently admits his cowardice and longing to tell Eighter that he was the one who placed the bomb inside him in the first place.

Conception

In the anime, Toei Animation added this professor into the story in order to showcase the mastermind behind No. 8's creation. Doctor Gero was yet to be created as a character in the Androids Saga and the chief scientist of the Red Ribbon Army, and the one true person behind the creation of the Artificial Humans. Daizenshu 7 addresses this inconsistency by stating that Frappe and Doctor Gero might have been colleagues in charge of the Red Ribbon Army's Android Development Program.

Voice actors

• Japanese dub: Jōji Yanami
• FUNimation dub: ??
• Latin American dub: Gerardo Reyero