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"Maybe I'm gay, or maybe stereotypes are bullshit. Mmm. (transforms) PUSSY!"
— "DragonThing Z Kai"

Zarbon (ザーボン Zābon) is is an elegant warrior who serves as Freeza's highest ranking General and right-hand man under the Planet Trade Organization. His name comes from the Japanese word for the pomelo fruit.

In Dragon Ball Z[]

Zarbon

Zarbon's first and second form.

Zarbon is an elite warrior who values beauty and his physical appearance above all else. He is considered to be very handsome and he wears a heavily cultural garb. His long, green braided hair and his head apparel tiara and earrings are reminiscent of a high-class prince. He is very vain and he considers himself to be of the highest standard. His light blue skin and golden eyes indicate his reptilian alien ancestry. He also wears a very long light blue cape as well as a very cultural leg and arm-wear. Along with his choice of clothing, he wears the common armor that most of Frieza's men have, including the shoulder pads and a scouter. He dislikes his transformation due to its ugly appearance, but when he does transform, his battle power increases immensely. After transforming, he referred to his original form as "the beauty side" and introduced the new form as "the beast", a reference to the fairy tale, Beauty and the Beast.

DBZ Abridged[]

Zarbon is pretty much the same in the Abridged Series as he is in the original anime, though the insinuations that he's actually gay are far more pronounced. This is largely due to the frequent innuendos that he makes, most if not all of which he's oblivious to. It should be noted that the innuendos are merely quips or simple comments he makes regarding on a particular subject.

Despite this, it is shown that he is, in fact, straight. He actually has a girlfriend that he maintains a long-distance relationship with through Space Skype, and although Frieza is convinced that she's named Chuck, during Team Four Star's 10th Anniversary Marathon livestream, KaiserNeko, Lanipator, and Takahata all confirmed that Princess Snake is in fact his girlfriend. When asked if he'd done anything to Vegeta while he was unconscious, Zarbon reacted with outright disgust and believed that Vegeta was gay for asking ('not that there's anything wrong with that', he adds to make clear to people that he's not homophobic).

Zarbon's second form

Zarbon's second form

Zarbon can transform, though he doesn't enjoy doing so because of his second form's hideous appearance. He also claims that the personality that comes with it is completely different from his normal self. However, Vegeta claims that Zarbon's second form, in which he immediately says that he's going to rape Vegeta, isn't all that different from Zarbon's usual ambiguous self, only a lot less subtle. Zarbon initially beats Vegeta to near-death using this form, but is later killed by the Saiyan after recovery.

HFIL[]

Zarbon, along with Freeza, Dodoria, the Ginyu Force and King Cold, were sent to Hell following their deaths, specifically to HFIL (Home For Infinite Losers) on account of his higher than average power, living in a cul-de-sac undergoing rehabilitation for their past sins. Goz and Mez refer to him and Dodoria as their "favorite platonic power couple." When Cell is welcomed into the cul-de-sac, he and Zarbon proceed to get strangely chummy, to even Cell's surprise.

During the first sharing circle Zarbon is revealed to now be aware of his inadvertant habit of innuendoes, and has begun making a conscious effort to avoid doing them, though often failing miserably: This is evident where he unintentionally describes his death at the hands of Vegeta as "he really tore up my insides" and "he blew out my backside" and inadvertently saying "pitching". He sobs immediately after. Dodoria is openly proud of his attempts to better himself.

Zarbon is picked as Cell's first teammate for dodgeball, a deliberate move in response to Freeza picking Dodoria. Zarbon tried to remain silent throughout the entire event to avoid making any innuendoes pertaining to balls, but the strain became too much for him and he ends up transforming into his monstrous state, throwing out all subtlety as he declares he's "going balls deep." He proves to be quite effective as he causes the first out by striking Recoome with the ball. By Freeza's orders, Dodoria concocts a plan to out Zarbon by playing into his weakness for innuendoes, sticking the ball in her mouth and daring Zarbon by asking what he (Zarbon) thinks of it. Zarbon falls for it and when he's distracted (declaring how he likes it when she (Dodoria) sticks his balls in her mouth) Dodoria blasts the ball out of her mouth and hits Zarbon square in the groin, leaving him writhing in pain on the ground, reverting to his normal form. He utters a weak profanity at Burter's remark about "being down two members" before passing out from the pain.

Zarbon is next seen with Freeza and Dodoria scheming against Cell. Zarbon is distracted as he witnesses Cell being assaulted outside by Captain Ginyu (or rather the Namekian frog in Ginyu's body). His main contribution to the session is explaining to Freeza Dodoria's meaning behind Cell's "bussy". He's later seen eating breakfast with Freeza and Dodoria, remarking that he heard Dodoria sneaking out the previous night to make conversation. He points out it being Freeza's turn to do the dishes, but Freeza flatly denies this, making Zarbon question why they even have a chore wheel. Amazingly, he makes no innuendoes during these events.

Accidental Innuendos[]

  • After Freeza sends out his soldiers- Dodoria: "It's raining men." Zarbon: "Hallelujah."
  • After Freeza decides to kill Bardock- "Too bad. That Bardock was such a dashing rogue."
  • After his scouter explodes- "Oh my, I seem to have gone off prematurely."
  • Talking about Cui- "Oh, him. Eugh. You know I wouldn't have minded so much if he wasn't all up in my face about it. I can only swallow so much."
  • Threatening a group of Namekians- Freeza: "Are you going to make me do that? Because at this point, I could go both ways." Zarbon: "As could I, Lord Freeza."
  • Being sympathetic to Dodoria- "Oh, trust me, I know what it's like to take a hard one to the face."
  • Self-explanatory- "Vegeta! How dare you ram into me while I'm thinking about Lord Freeza and my thong!"
  • Talking about capturing Vegeta- "Now are you going to come quietly, or am I going to have to make you scream?"
  • Talking back to an overconfident Vegeta- "Well, Vegeta, I hope you've enjoyed being on top, because I'm about to put you back on the bottom- where you belong."
  • Before returning to Freeza- "If I take too long, he'll really lay into me."
  • After defeating Vegeta- "Lord Freeza, the dirty deed has been done."
  • Finding Vegeta's unconscious body- "I need to probe you for information." (If Vegeta was awake to hear that, he would have freaked).
  • Talking about Vegeta in a healing pod- "Why isn't he naked?"
  • Of Vegeta storming the base- "Lord Freeza! Vegeta's really giving us a pounding!"
  • On Vegeta's note- Freeza: "It just says 'Dear Freeza', and it's a picture of a butt." Zarbon: "Can I see it, Lord Freeza?" (it was pure curiosity)
  • Interfering with Vegeta's 'negotiation'- Krillin: "You drive a hard bargain." Zarbon: "Who drives it hard now?"
  • Getting killed by Vegeta - Vegeta: "Now let me put this in way you'll understand... I'm about to blow my load all over your insides." Zarbon: "...what the!?" Vegeta: "No Homo."

Abilities[]

Attacks[]

  • Monster Crush: A piledriver move that sends his opponent down to the ground at high speeds. Used to defeat Vegeta in their first battle.

Monster Form[]

Zarbon can transform into a more monstrous form, which increases his muscles and power.

Appearances[]

Appearances of Zarbon in DragonBall Z Abridged
Season 1
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
No No No No No No No No No No
Season 2
11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No
21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
No No No No No No No No No No
Season 3
31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40
No No No No No No No No No No
41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50
No No No No No No No No No No
51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60
No No No No No No No No No No
Epilogue
No
Movies
M1 M2 M3 M4 M5 M6 M7 M8
No No No No No No No No
Specials
SP1 SP2 SP3 SP4
Yes Yes No No
Kai Abridged
Kai1 Kai2 Kai2.9 Kai3 Kai3.5
No Yes No No No


Trivia[]

  • Freeza uses Zarbon's name as a word to describe any awkward (and often homosexual-seeming) situations he finds himself in.
  • During a 12 hour marathon stream for their 10th anniversary, KaiserNeko confirmed that Zarbon's girlfriend was Princess Snake though how they met is unknown. Ironically in direct contrast to Zarbon's feminine appearance and mannerisms, Princess Snake is an elegant beautiful woman with a deep masculine voice, due to her role in Abridged being a parody of Solid Snake from the Metal Gear video game series.
  • Zarbon is the first DBZ abridged character to read the disclaimer, which typically implies a character either has an important role in the episode, or will be killed off during.
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