Android 13
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| Japanese | 人造人間13号 |
| Romaji | Jinzoningen Jusango |
| Anime Name | Android #13 |
| Manga Name | N/A |
| Alternate Name(s) | Jinzō'ningen #13 # 13 Cyborg #13 Artificial Human #13 |
| First Appearance | DBZ Movie #7 |
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| Race | Jinzō'ningen |
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Android #13 (also known as Jinzo'ningen #13 or Artificial Human #13) is a fictional character in the seventh movie in the highly popular anime series Dragon Ball Z, Super Android 13 (Extreme Battle!!! The Three Great Super Saiyans!!! in Japan).
Android #13, along with his brethren Android #14 and Android #15, was a brainchild of Dr. Gero to aid him in getting revenge against Son Goku, who had single-handedly destroyed the Red Ribbon Army over ten years ago. But unlike Androids 16-20 and Cell, 13 was created by Dr. Gero's spirit computer, as Gero himself had been betrayed and killed by Android 17 and 18.
He is voiced by Philip Wilburn in Movie #7, and by Chuck Huber in Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 2.
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[edit] DBZ Movie 7: Super Android 13
While Androids 14 and 15 had already been awakened and were fighting against Goku, Gohan, Kuririn, Trunks and Vegeta, Android 13's creation process was completed and he was awakened. Dressed somewhat like a Southern States American truck driver, 13 would not be deterred from his mission to kill Goku.
While Trunks and Vegeta fought 14 and 15 respectively, 13 faced off with Goku alone, until Piccolo intervened to give Goku a hand.
Then, when 14 and 15 had been defeated by the recently-turned-Super Saiyan Trunks and Vegeta, 13 revealed his secret technique: An absorption skill very similar to that of Cell's that consisted of absorbing the special chips and components of 14 and 15's bodies into his own.
Thus, 13 underwent a hideous transformation which resulted in a blue, spiky orange-haired, bulky version of himself: Super Android 13. Vegeta attacked him head-on, but he did not flinch. Trunks also tried, but the new Super Android was just too much for him to handle.
Goku was then forced to use his super weapon: Super Saiyan Spirit Bomb Absorption. While Vegeta, Piccolo, Gohan and Trunks distracted Super 13, Goku gathered the necessary energy, and absorbed the Spirit Bomb into his Super Saiyan body. The foolish Super 13 tried to attack Goku, but with one punch, Goku sent Super 13 into the depths of the Spirit Bomb, where he was engulfed in fiery energy. With one last "GOKU MUST DIE!!!!", Super 13's body disintegrated, and he was destroyed for good.
At the same time, Dr. Gero's Spirit Computer faded out, screaming the same words.
An interesting note is that in the original Japanese version, 13 is initially the only one of the 3 androids that speaks frequently and normally as opposed to 14, who says little more than "Son Goku", and 15, who speaks from time to time, though after his transformation he becomes just as mute as his companions, uttering only "Son Goku" right before he dies.
[edit] Personality
Android 13 was created for the sole purpose of destroying Goku. He lives only to kill Goku and will destroy anyone who tries to stop him. His peronality is basically like that of a redneck or hick.
[edit] Powers and Abilities
In both forms he has a unique technique that he calls S.S. Deadly Bomber in the Japanese version (In the American Dub it wasn't pronounced). He generates a spiraling red energy ball with a red sphere in the middle that homes in on his opponent. It was first pronounced in America in Budokai Tenkaichi 2.
[edit] In Other Media
Android 13 appears in the video game, Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 2, in both of his forms. This is his first ever appearance in any Dragon Ball Z video game. Though on September 17, 2006, his seiyū, Kazuyuki Sogabe, passed away of cancer in the esophagus. Another seiyū who's voice is familiar to Sogabe replaced him for this game.
