Creation and design
The character of Broly was created by Takao Koyama, who was inspired to create a menacing and powerful Saiyan villain after watching Future Trunks transforming into his Super Saiyan Third Grade form during the Perfect Cell Saga, and designed by Dragon Ball creator,Voice actors
Powers and abilities
Like other Saiyans in the series, his heritage has given him superhuman strength, senses, durability, agility, speed, ''ki'' blasts and reflexes. In the ''Daizenshuu 6: Movies & TV'' (1995) guidebook, it is stated that Super Saiyan Broly's power surpasses that of Super Saiyan Goku and that in his "Legendary Super Saiyan" form Broly is an opponent with infinite power. According to Takao Koyama in a 2006 interview, Broly is the strongest and most powerful antagonist in the ''Dragon Ball Z'' series. In a 2013 interview regarding the movie '' Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods'', where Goku faces the God of Destruction,Appearances
''Dragon Ball Z''
''Broly'' Trilogy movies
Debuting in '' Dragon Ball Z: Broly – The Legendary Super Saiyan'' Paragus lures Vegeta, Goku, and their companions to another planet, where Broly encounters Goku and goes into a rage, destroying the mind control device and becoming the unstoppable Legendary Super Saiyan. He effortlessly pummels Super Saiyan Goku, Vegeta, Gohan, Trunks, and Piccolo before killing his father. Goku eventually defeats him, but Broly somehow manages to make his way into an escape pod. His backstory was given in this movie. He was born with a power level of 10,000, which ultimately made him the target of summary execution at the order of the reigning Saiyan monarch King Vegeta due to fear that he'll ultimately prove a threat to his rule. This resulted in him being stabbed and left to die with his father Paragus before narrowly escaping Planet Vegeta's destruction at Frieza's hand. He also developed a subconscious hatred of Goku during this time because, as they were born the same day, they were neighbors in the nursery and Goku's crying disturbed him. It was heavily implied that the crying acted as a trigger to underlying post-traumatic stress disorder for Broly regarding the horrific events he had to endure that day. Returning in '' Dragon Ball Z: Broly – Second Coming'', he crash-lands on Earth and becomes frozen over by a lake of water until the cries of Goku's son Goten awakens him. Broly fights a long battle against Goten, Trunks, and a Super Saiyan Gohan before a triple combined Kamehameha wave from Goku, Gohan, and Goten defeats him by blasting him through the sun. '' Dragon Ball Z: Bio-Broly'', blood samples make their way into the hands of an industrialist, who creates a clone of the original Broly. The clone eventually wakes up and becomes mixed with bio-liquid, mutating him into a creature known as . He fought Goten, Trunks, Android 18, and Krillin and is eventually defeated by a combined ''Kamehameha'' attack after his body is exposed to seawater and becomes petrified as a result. The ending was originally meant to set up a fourth movie featuring Broly but was reworked into '' Dragon Ball Z: Fusion Reborn'' with Janemba as the main villain.''Dragon Ball Z: The Real 4-D at Super Tenkaichi Budokai''
''Dragon Ball Z: The Real 4-D at Super Tenkaichi Budokai (ドラゴンボールZ ザ・リアル4-D at 超天下一武道会 Doragon Bōru Zetto Za Riaru Fō-Dī atto Sūpā Tenkaichi Budōkai, lit. "Dragon Ball Z: The Real 4-D at the Super Number One Under Heaven Martial Arts Gathering")'' is an interactive 4-D cinematic theme attraction at Universal Studios Japan, and the successor to Dragon Ball Z: The Real 4-D. The film starts as an OVA before transitioning to CGI 3D models. The story takes place during a martial arts tournament, where the Legendary Super Saiyan (Broly) returns with a new God form (God Broly). He can overpower a Super Saiyan Blue Goku and knock out cold a Super Saiyan Blue Vegeta. With the audience's help, Goku can perform a unique God fusion and blasts God Broly away with his God Kamehameha.''Dragon Ball Super'' movies
A new canon version of Broly reworked into a quiet and slightly naïve Saiyan with a penchant for exploding in rage, debuts in the 2018 film, '' Dragon Ball Super: Broly'', which tells the story of Goku, Vegeta, and Frieza encountering the exiled Saiyan for the first time. Broly's rebooted storyline portrays him as an abnormally powerful Saiyan who is exiled to the wasteland planet Vampa by King Vegeta out of fear and jealousy of his power. Broly is portrayed as a rough and quiet character with significant social naivety from his time spent living on a desolate world. He displays additional personality traits that are deemed rare in Saiyans, such as compassion, gentleness, and a refusal to fight simply for the sake of fighting. Despite his initial docility, Broly has trouble controlling his power whenever provoked by severe stress, anger, or sufficient physical exertion such as when fighting; when he loses control, Broly enters a destructive, mindless berserker state in which he possesses little to no sanity or ability to distinguish friend from foe. He is also emotionally scarred by his father Paragus violently disciplining him via shock collar, but in spite of this abusive upbringing, Broly remains loyal to his father. Broly spent four decades living in exile with Paragus, being raised as a weapon of revenge against King Vegeta until they are rescued by soldiers of the Frieza Force, Cheelai and Lemo, who quickly befriend Broly. Recruited by Frieza and headed for Earth, Paragus unleashes Broly upon Vegeta to take his revenge on the Vegeta Royal Bloodline. Broly, untrained for battle against other powerful Saiyans, nevertheless quickly adapts against Vegeta and Goku, but gradually loses control of his mind and enters his Wrathful transformation. Later in the film, in a bid to use Broly's rage as a power increase against Goku and Vegeta, Frieza kills Paragus and calls Broly's attention to his father's death, lying to him that it was a stray energy blast from his fight with the other two Saiyans that killed his father. Paragus's death successfully provokes Broly, who transforms into the Wrathful Super Saiyan form, at the total cost of his sanity. In this form, he defeats Goku and Vegeta in their Super Saiyan Blue forms, forcing them to retreat, before Broly turns his attention to Frieza and attacks him, provoking Frieza to transform into his Golden Frieza transformation, although it makes little difference against Broly. Goku and Vegeta, with the guidance of Piccolo and in spite of Vegeta's prideful hesitation, practice the Fusion Dance but fail twice, leaving Frieza at Broly's mercy for an hour. Ultimately, Goku and Vegeta succeed in fusing, becoming Gogeta. Gogeta returns to battle and enters his Super Saiyan form, resuming the battle with Broly. Gogeta and Broly clash, causing reality to 'break' around them. Broly enters his Full Power Super Saiyan form, and in turn, Gogeta turns into a Super Saiyan Blue. The two continue fighting, with Gogeta trying various techniques against Broly, including a Full-Force Kamehameha to end the fight. Cheelai and Lemo use the Dragon Balls to transport Broly back to Vampa with a wish from Shenron before Gogeta can finish him off with the attack. Later, Cheelai and Lemo settle down with the reverted Broly but are visited by Goku, who brings the group supplies and offers to teach Broly how to control his power, befriending him and sparking a friendly rivalry between them. Broly makes a cameo appearance in the 2022 film '' Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero'', training with Goku and Vegeta under Whis to control his rage and power.In other media
Broly debuted in the video game ''Dragon Ball Z Super Butoden 2'' (1993). Since then, Broly has frequently been included in several ''Dragon Ball Z''-related video games, along with fellow movie and ''Reception
Broly is considered to be one of the most popular villains within the ''Dragon Ball'' series, with a cult following. He placed second by fan vote in a poll of ''Dragon Ball'' antagonists published by the March 2018 issue of '' V Jump''. Chris Carle from ''IGN'' ranked Broly as tenth on ''See also
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