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| “ | I am Captain Ginyu, a soldier so elite that even crying children are silent in my presence! | „ |
| ~ Captain Ginyu |
Captain Ginyu is the captain of the legendary Ginyu Force, an elite squadron that serves directly under Lord Frieza as the second hand of the Frieza Force. As a child, Ginyu would abuse his unique Body Change technique to gain fame and fortune with his peers, notably by switching bodies with rich and popular kids he knew.
As he grew up, Ginyu’s special abilities and overwhelming power caught the attention of an alien named Cooler, who recruited Ginyu into Cooler’s Armoured Squadron. Ginyu was then put up against his comrade, Salza, as they fought over leadership of the team. Although the result of the battle is unknown, Ginyu left the Squadron regardless.
Ginyu was soon then recruited by Cooler’s younger brother, Frieza, who decided to make him the leader of his very own group; the Ginyu Force. Ginyu would become partners with four other aliens, known as Jeice, Burter, Recoome, and Guldo, and their team would become known for their eccentric poses.
The Ginyu Force was soon brought to Planet Namek by Frieza, who requested that they bring Scouters for him, along with destroying those who were trying to steal the Dragon Balls from him. They were pitted against the Dragon Team, including Son Gohan, Krillin, Vegeta, and Son Goku, who swiftly beat the team.
With only Captain Ginyu left, he opted to switch bodies with Son Goku, although he soon found out that he was completely unable to use Goku’s full power. As he attempted to then switch bodies with Vegeta, a frog intercepted his body swap, and ruined his plans.
Once everyone on Namek was teleported to Earth, Ginyu in the frog’s body was brought to Earth as well, where he lived out the rest of his days; unable to fight in his new form, and rendered completely harmless.
Name: Ginyu
Origin: Dragon Ball
Gender: Male (Female in Bulma’s Body)
Age: Unknown
Classification: Alien
Species: Unknown
Occupation: Captain of the Ginyu Force
Status: Alive (In Dragon Ball Super it is revealed that Ginyu has been alive on Earth the entire time)
Alignment: Neutral Evil (Although Captain Ginyu does carry out evil deeds, he does not do so in an unnecessary extent the way that Frieza or the barbaric Saiyans would. Ginyu seeks fun in battle above all else, only committing his evil deeds after having won a satisfying match, unless Frieza directly commands him to get to the point)
Key: Base Form | Goku's Body | Bulma's Body | Tagoma's Body
Grade: B | B | D | B
Tier: 7-A. Varies-E with Strongest Charged Blast | 7-A. Varies-E with Strongest Charged Blast | 10-B. Varies-E with Strongest Charged Blast | At least 6-C. Varies-E with Strongest Charged Blast
Cardinality: Finite
Dimensionality: 3-D
Power Source: Ki (All beings in Dragon Ball[1][2][3] have ki, the very life force energy of all characters[4], ki allows a fighter to extend beyond their bodies limits, allowing them to even[5] block attacks that would otherwise[6] kill them from[7] raising their guard[8], higher level users can lower their own durability to allow people far below them to fatally wound them[9])
Attack Potency: Metropolis level (Potency) (Ginyu’s power level is 120,000, making him above the likes of Nappa who casually destroyed a city and stood within the blast without having any damage, and Raditz who can cause explosions dwarfing the mountains, which results in these levels of energy). Varies: Skill with Strongest Charged Blast (Charged Blast have one focus all of their energy into one single point[10], putting the blasts power far beyond what their peak strength is[11], allowing them to destroy things they couldn't prior with their regular attacks[12], this also allows them to use charged attacks that can stop enemies far beyond their level, such as Tien Shinhan pushing back Semi-Perfect Cell with his Neo Ki-Ko-Ho[13], along with stopping an attack shot from Buu absorbed Gotenks[14]. Strongest charged blast can gather ki to shoot out blast far beyond what the character is normally capable of[15], with blasts capable of[16] seriously damaging/destroying[17] the Earth along with completely obliterating the opponent[18]. Charged Blast also rely heavily on emotional states for example Gohan not believing in himself[19] was having Cell overpower him in a beam clash[20]) | Metropolis level (Potency) (Ginyu’s power level dropped to 23,000 with Goku’s body, which is above Vegeta’s power level). Varies: Skill with Strongest Charged Blast | Average Human level (Bulma is a regular human). Varies: Skill with Strongest Charged Blast | At least Island level (Potency) (When possessing Tagoma, could easily fight against a base Golden Frieza Saga Son Gohan, with Gohan needing to go super saiyan to beat him[21], which should put him far beyond Second Form Cell, who destroyed several islands with several blasts). Varies: Skill with Strongest Charged Blast
Durability: Metropolis level, Higher with Guard Up (Ki allows a fighter to extend beyond their bodies limits, allowing them to even block attacks that would otherwise kill them from raising their guard) | Metropolis level, Higher with Guard Up | Average Human level, Higher with Guard Up | At least Island level
Striking Strength: Metropolis Class (Potency) | Metropolis Class (Potency) | Average Human Class | At least Island Class (Potency)
Lifting Strength: Class 1 (Superior to Early Saiyan Saga Goku, who before training with King Kai is able to barely move around and jump in gravity that multiplies his weight by ten times, where he's naturally 62 kg, thus making him 620 kg on King Kai's planet) | Class 1 | Regular Human | At least Class 50 (Superior to Golden Frieza Saga Son Gohan, who is comparable or superior too Buu Saga Super Saiyan Son Goku, who could casually fight while carrying 40 tons)
Travel Speed: High Hypersonic (Superior to Saiyan Saga Son Goku with Goku being capable of traveling over a million of kilometers in two days which results in these speeds) | High Hypersonic (Still superior to Saiyan Saga Son Goku | Average Human | At least Massively Hypersonic (Superior to Frieza fight Son Goku, who traveled to the Freiza fight at these speeds)
Attack Speed: High Hypersonic | High Hypersonic | Average Human | At least Massively Hypersonic
Reaction Speed: High Hypersonic (Far beyond 22nd Budokai Son Goku, who could dodge a mouth blast from Tambourine, which he used to tag the flying nimbus where even post King Kai training Goku used the flying nimbus to make it to the saiyans implying it is at least comparable to his flight speed by then, with Goku being capable of traveling over a million of kilometers in two days which results in these speeds) | High Hypersonic | Average Human | At least Massively Hypersonic
Stamina: Superhuman (Should be comparable to, if not superior to, early-Dragon Ball Z Goku, who travelled across Snake Way mainly non-stop for over 100 days. Swapping bodies with others can completely rejuvenate his stamina)
Range: Standard Melee, Interstellar with Ki Attacks (Ki attacks can reach out of the planet and to other planets. All ki attacks should be comparable to Goku's kamehameha, which reached all the way to the sun)
Intelligence: Average Intelligence
Knowledge: Expert level (As the leader of the Ginyu Force, Ginyu is a very respected fighter. When he recognizes that he’s losing a fight, he will tactfully harm himself before using his Body Change. He can even take on warriors such as Son Goku, who have decades of experience)
Standard Tactics: Ginyu will employ hand to hand tactics along with ki attacks. If the opponent is shown to be too strong for him he will attempt to swap bodies with them while damaging his own.
Weaknesses
Q: What about the planetary feats in Dragon Ball?
A: Planetary feats are normally done through their strongest charged blast, where they can gather ki to shoot out blast far beyond what the character is normally capable of[166], with blasts capable of[167] seriously damaging/destroying[168] the Earth along with completely obliterating the opponent[169], though they themselves are never capable of leaving this unscathed.
Frieza throws a destroy the planet death ball attack but it doesn't destroy the planet. Goku then interestingly notes the reason the planet didn't blow up is because Frieza was too scared of getting caught in the blast[170] . Vegeta's final flash is noted it's going to destroy the planet and Perfect Cell, who is beyond Vegeta, couldn't tank the blast and had to dodge it last second or it would've killed him[171]. Goku's kamehameha was going to destroy the earth and Cell cannot tank this blast, needing to regenerate[172]. Semi-Perfect Cell explosion was consistently noted it was going to destroy the planet and Gohan and it killed Goku[173]. Ultimate Gohan dies to an attack that destroys the earth, his guard was up too since this was when he was fighting Super Buu[174]. Kid Buu shoots a blast trying to destroy the planet, with Vegeta noting he's going to take himself out with it if he lets it off[175]. In Dragon Ball GT, Great Ape Baby Vegeta shoots a super galick gun that he claims will destroy Earth, when Goku is hit by it, he is knocked out to the point that he can't move for a good while, Elder Kai and Shin later state that Baby is going to shoot another blast that will destroy the planet on, greatly injuring Baby if he's caught in the Blast and will kill everyone on the planet if done[176]. Frieza destroyed the entire earth, killing Vegeta in the process[177]. In the Dragon Ball Super Manga, Gohan tells Goku that he doesn't need to hold anything back and can go all out because anything that happens to the Earth can be restored with Dende and the Dragon Balls. Yet, none of Goku's all out attacks destroy the planet but just heavily causes shockwaves around it[178]. Semi-Perfect Cell unleashes a several blast that destroys several islands Android 16 notes that the attacks are just strong enough to not kill Android 18[179].
In the fight of Trunks vs. Mecha Frieza, who is far stronger than his final form, Mecha Frieza immediately goes for his strongest attack, the Supernova. In the original Z anime King Kai even states this is ten times stronger than the power he used on Namek:
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