Shenlong (Dragon Ball)
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| Japanese | 神龍 |
| Romaji | Shen Long |
| Anime Name | Shenron |
| Manga Name | Shenlong |
| Alternate Name(s) | Eternal Dragon Dragon God Dragon Lord |
| First Appearance | Chapter #1 |
| Appears in |    |
| Race | Dragon |
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Shenlong (literally god dragon; called Shenron in the dub), is a magical dragon from the manga Dragon Ball, as well as its anime equivalent, Dragon Ball Z, and Dragon Ball GT. In the English dub of Dragon Ball Z, he is mostly called the Eternal Dragon and in the early Harmony Gold Dragon Ball English dub from the 1980s, he is known as the Dragon God.
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[edit] Description
Shenlong is shown with the horns of a stag, sharp teeth, green scaly skin, red eyes, four toes on each foot, a long serpentine body (his tail takes up three-fourths of his length), long flowing whiskers, a long snout, crescent shaped nostrils, and flowing green hair on his cheeks. He can coil his prey with his long tail. He is a reticulated Eastern dragon, whose kind are benevolent and sacred in Oriental mythologies. Unlike the Western dragons, which have large dorsal foldable wings on their backs, he has none. His kind are good at heart, but as a dragon, he has an aggressive temper, and is impatient sometimes. He is the combination of several animals: the horns of a buck (male deer), the body of a python (constricting snake), the whiskers of a catfish, and the teeth of a tyrannosaurus.
Shenlong can be summoned by gathering all seven of the Dragon Balls of Earth. Shenlong can bestow any wish as long as it does not exceed the power of his creator, who must be still alive (i.e. Kami/Piccolo or Dende). Multiple times in the Dragon Ball series, Shenlong threatens to kill the summoner if they do not say a wish on time, or if they do not say a wish at all. (although he has only attempted to kill someone in the "Tree of Might" movie where Gohan's friend Iccarus attempts to attack Shenlong.) Shenlong cannot bring back a person from the dead more than once. The Dragon Balls cannot be used for one year after a wish is made, as they turn to stone. The Earth Dragonballs are relatively small, each about the size of a large orange.
The Shenlong of the Black Star Dragonballs is red, opposed to the Shenlong of Earth who is Green.
Unlike Porunga, Shenlong can only grant one wish per summoning, until Dende upgrades him to grant 2 wishes.
In Dragonball GT, an evil dragon, known as Black Smoke Shenron in the English dub, is invocated from the cracked Dragon Balls (which were cracked because of Negative Energy), which emits seven individual dragons. Goku, along with his family and friends, are significantly inconvenienced and must battle them resulting in the Shadow Dragon Saga.
[edit] Ungrantable wishes
Shenlong can bestow any wish as long as it does not exceed the power of his creator, who must be still alive (i.e. Kami or Dende). He is unable to restore life to those that have died because of sickness or by any other natural deaths for that matter. In the beginning of Dragon Ball Z, it is revealed that Shenlong cannot grant the same wish more than once (e.g. bringing back those from the dead that have been killed before, etc.). He also cannot grant a wish to destroy or kill a living being that surpasses the power of its creator.
[edit] Granted Wishes
- Oolong wishes for a pair of panties off a "hot babe", due to censorship issues, the funimtion dub changes the with to "the most comfortable pair of underwear." (Brought forth Liu Xing Long in GT)
- Son Goku wishes for Bora to be revived. (Brought forth Liang Xing Long in GT)
- Piccolo Daimaō wishes for his youth to be restored. (Brought forth Si Xing Long in GT)
- Reviving everyone killed by King Piccolo and his demons.
Dragon Ball Z:
- Muten-Rôshi wishes for Son Goku to be revived. (Brought forth Wu Xing Long in GT)
- Mr. Popo wishes for all those killed by Freeza and his henchmen on Planet Namek to be brought back to life.
- Yamcha wishes for all people killed by Cell and the other androids to be revived.
- Kuririn wished for the self-destruct bombs in #17 and #18 to be removed.
- Bulma wishes for all the good people who got killed by Majin Vegeta to be revived. (Granted by Shenlong) (Brought forth Qi Xing Long in GT)
- All memories of Majin Buu would be erased from the populance of Earth, save for the memories of the Z-Senshi.
- Dende wishes that earth for that Earth and its people would be revived.
- Pilaf accidentally wishes for Goku to be turned into a child. (Granted by Black Star Shenlong)
- Bebi-Vegeta's wish for a new Planet Vegeta to be created and located near Earth, complete with buildings and plants. (Granted by Black Star Shenlong)
- A wish to restore the Earth after being destroyed by the side effects of using the Black Star Dragon Balls.
- A wish to revive all the people who were killed by Super 17 and all villains thereafter.
Dragon Ball Movies:
Dragon Ball Movie 1: Curse of the Blood Rubies
- Pansy's wish for the end of the rubies
Dragon Ball Movie 3: Mystical Adventure
- Goku wishes for Bora to be revived.
Dragon Ball: The Path to Power:
- Goku wishes for Shenlong to rebuild Mechanical Man (Jinzoningen/Android)#8 and remove the bomb inside him.
Dragon Ball Z Movie 1: Dead Zone
- Garlic Jr.'s wish for immortality.
Dragon Ball Z Movie 2: The World's Strongest
- Dr. Koichin wishes for Dr. Wheelo to be released from his prison.
Dragon Ball Z Movie 3: The Tree of Might
- Bulma, Son Gohan and Kuririn wish to restore the forest.
Dragon Ball Z Movie 4: Lord Slug
- Lord Slug wishes for his youth to be restored.
Dragon Ball Z Movie 10: Broly: Second Coming
- Son Goten wishes that his father was there, and an image of Goku appears. However, he did not summon the dragon, Shenlong acted on his own.
Dragon Ball Z Movie 12: Fusion Reborn
- Shenlong appears, but no wish is made due to his inability to grant the one Gohan wanted, leading to a somewhat comedic ending.
Dragon Ball Z Movie 13: Wrath of the Dragon
- Goku wishes to unlock a box Son Gohan and Videl found (Tapion was in it).
