Fusion Types | Transformations | Fusion Guide | Transformation Types
Since the show started, the creator of Dragonball, Akira Toriyama, really got a taste for transformations of characters. That way, you could never tell if the bad or the good guys had another trick up their sleeves. In this section you will see a picture along with info on just about all of the transformations ever seen. On this page is only a summary of the types of transformations featured in the series.
Henshin:
This type of transformation is very commonly used in Manga and anime. A character builds up
Ki and changes his or her form. Henshin basically means 'changing forms'. Each consecutive form is more powerful than the one before. The first transformation we see is the one from Zarbon, one of Frieza's henchmen. He changes from a
handsome guy into a frog-faced monster. Others who used this type of transformation are Cooler, Frieza and Garlic
Jr. (although the last one also uses the Makyo Star to power up).
(Super) Saiyan Transformations:
These transformations get their own section. A Saiyan warrior is always capable of one transformation: Oozaru. In order for this
transformation to work, the Saiyan has to have a tail, and has to stare at the moon. The rays the moon produces causes the Saiyan to transform into a giant ape called 'Oozaru'. We first see this transformation when Goku is imprisoned by Emperor Pilaf, and tells his friends that a giant ape came out on a full moon and killed his grandfather Gohan. Goku than looks at the moon and transforms. Luckily Puar is able to shape-shift into a pair of scissors and cut off his tail, making him turn into a little boy again. Later we learn the tail can grow back. I'm not going to tell more about the other Saiyan transformations here. You'll have to read about those in their own section. To see that section go here.
Absorption:
Powering up and changing form with the use of Ki (and/or the Makyo Star) is one thing, absorbing other beings to gain strength is a whole other ballgame. In Dragonball two creatures use this type of transformation. The first one we get to know as Cell. This creature is an android, #21, designed by Red Ribbon Army's evil
genius Dr. Gero. He designed this almost totally biological android with the help of DNA he gathered from all the strongest warriors on Earth. It has the strength of a Super Saiyan, the regenerative powers of a Namek etc.. When it hatched it only missed one thing: the strength of the Androids #17 and #18. Cell absorbed both androids, one at a time, changing two times and reaching perfect form. At a certain moment, #17 was removed from his being, which made him revert to an earlier form.
The second character to use absorption, and the undefeated champion of absorption, was Buu. Buu is a creature that was created by the evil magician Bibidi, over 5 million years ago. He was so very evil and powerful that he was able to defeat the Higher Gods of the Universe, the Kaioshin, and he absorbed several of them. After absorbing the Dai Kaioshin (the most important Kaioshin), his evil was weakened because of the good of the Dai Kaioshin. It also made him take the form of this rather chubby God. In his weakened state Bibidi was able to imprison Buu, after which Bibidi was destroyed by the East Kaioshin, better known as Shin. Bibidi's son Babidi succeeds in freeing Buu, and Buu starts absorbing. First he splits up into an evil and a good Buu, and the Evil Buu absorbs the Good one, making him change into Super Buu. Super Buu than absorbs Piccolo, Gotenks and Gohan, each time changing form.
