Zarbon

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You ever hear the saying beauty is only skin deep? Well, right now, you're only seeing the beauty.

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Background

Zarbon is a member of the Frieza Force. He is a cunning warrior who serves alongside Dodoria as one of Frieza's top two highest ranking Generals and right-hand men.

This dropdown contains the synopsis of Zarbon’s story. Read at your own risk as you may be spoiled otherwise!

Background Before King Cold's retirement, Zarbon served under King Cold as a member of the Cold Force along with Dodoria and the Ginyu Force. After King Cold retired and handed control over to his son Frieza, the Cold Force was renamed the Frieza Force and Zarbon eventually began serving Frieza alongside Dodoria. Because of his great power and intelligence, Zarbon, along with Dodoria, became one of Frieza's two attendants/highest ranking officers by chain of command, as well as Frieza's personal advisor, effectively making him Frieza's right hand man. At some point, he learned of Frieza's ability to transform, making him one of the few people to have ever learned of any of Frieza's transformations. When King Vegeta rebelled against Frieza and demanded an audience, Zarbon reported the situation to Frieza. Although Frieza briefly paused and had Zarbon repeat himself, Frieza then responded, after a sarcastic reference to his own hearing, by stating that he let the Saiyans in. Zarbon then witnessed Frieza effortlessly kill King Vegeta in battle, alongside the latter's Saiyan Elites shortly afterward. When Frieza suggested "torching" Planet Vegeta, Zarbon then asked him if it was truly necessary to undergo such an action due to King Vegeta being dead, with Frieza reminding him that the other Saiyans are most likely going to follow King Vegeta's example if they didn't, especially if they learn about his death, causing Zarbon to concede that Frieza knew best. Some time afterwards, when Vegeta, Raditz, and Nappa returned from destroying Planet Shikk, Zarbon, when asked by Frieza, estimated it would personally taken him only a day to depopulate the planet while mocking the Saiyans for their taking three days to do so without congratulating them. As the Saiyans were leaving, Zarbon then made an insulting reference towards Vegeta's Saiyan heritage and capabilities, which infuriated the Saiyan prince enough that he barely restrained himself from turning around and attacked him in turn. Frieza Saga Zarbon accompanies Frieza and Dodoria to Namek in search of the Namekian Dragon Balls. Frieza's one desired wish is to gain immortality in order to maintain his dominance in the universe. Zarbon assists him by collecting most of the Dragon Balls alongside Dodoria by mercilessly slaughtering Namekians in order to squeeze information out of them. Unfortunately for Frieza, Vegeta shows up on Planet Namek with his own desire to gain control of the Dragon Balls. Vegeta had openly betrayed Frieza and went to Earth alongside Nappa as Frieza had never given him that order. Later, after traveling to Namek, Vegeta decides to proceed with his deliberate betrayal and gain control of the Dragon Balls for himself. Vegeta takes the first opportunity he gets to eliminate both Cui, and then Dodoria, who was temporarily separated from his crew after pursuing Gohan and Krillin. At this point, Zarbon becomes the only remaining elite henchman of Frieza. He and Appule are sent to search the remaining Namekian Villages for the last two Dragon Balls. Zarbon tells Appule they need to split up to find the villages, and to notify him if he finds one, so that he won’t get killed by the stronger Namekians. They agree to return to the ship in three hours and split up. Zarbon soon comes face to face with Vegeta instead. Vegeta says that he's been wanting to fight Zarbon since he killed Dodoria, but Zarbon can't believe that he's become that strong. Vegeta says he’ll make him believe. Zarbon asks Vegeta why he’d betray Frieza, and so he explains that he always hated Frieza and how he wants eternal life for himself. If he had eternal life, Vegeta would be free of Frieza's control and his chances of defeating him would increase. Zarbon tells him eternal life wouldn’t be enough to win against Frieza, but Vegeta replies that it's a shame Zarbon doesn’t have a scouter, because his power has gone up to new heights. Zarbon tells Vegeta that he has conviction, but he knows Frieza has far transcended him. Vegeta says that talking is over and that he has become what Frieza fears most: A powerful Saiyan. Zarbon says that Frieza was scared that the Saiyans would unite to overthrow him, but he doesn't consider just one to be a threat. The two begin to fight, however, Vegeta has the upper hand, deflecting Zarbon's Elegant Blaster, and dodging all his attacks. Vegeta eventually slams Zarbon down into the Namek soil. After Zarbon has been shaken, he informs Vegeta that he can transform, but avoids it when possible because the form he assumes is ugly in appearance, which Zarbon despises. He then surprises Vegeta and undergoes his quick demonic reptilian transformation. The tables turn as Zarbon easily dominates Vegeta with a series of brutal poundings, multiple headbutts and roundhouses. Zarbon gloats that Frieza can transform as well and Vegeta doesn't stand a chance against them. After toying with Vegeta for a while, seriously pounding the Saiyan, Zarbon finishes the fight with an aerial piledriver, sending Vegeta head first into the ground and washed into the murky waters of Namek. Assuming Vegeta had been killed in the crash, Zarbon reports back to Frieza in order to relay the message of his victory. When he enters his master's quarters, Frieza asks Zarbon if he’s found a village. Zarbon says no, though he has defeated Vegeta. Frieza is relieved and asks if Vegeta is dead, but Zarbon says he didn’t confirm the corpse, but the odds are slim considering the severity of his injuries. Frieza asks why he didn’t confirm Vegeta's death, and Zarbon explains that he was underwater. Frieza figures that Zarbon neglected to confirm it because he didn't want to get his hair wet and that Vegeta could have found a Dragon Ball and hidden it. Zarbon says it was inexcusable and he’ll confirm it immediately. In the anime, Orlen arrives at the ship and says he’s found a village, but it’s already been destroyed and its Dragon Ball taken. Zarbon figures it must’ve been Vegeta and he did hide a Dragon Ball. Orlen lets it slip that he killed a survivor without first asking where Vegeta may have hidden the Dragon Ball, angering Frieza, who then kills Orlen without a second thought, zapping him with Eye Lasers as Zarbon watched in fear. Frieza tells Zarbon to bring Vegeta back to the ship, and he’d better hope he’s still alive or he'll follow Orlen's example. He also orders Appule to contact Planet Frieza and have the Ginyu Force come to Namek in five days with replacement Scouters. Zarbon freaks out and asks why he wants the Ginyu Force's help, and Frieza says he has a strange premonition. An odd feeling that a strong Saiyan exists somewhere in the universe and is destined to become his enemy and threaten his rule. Although, Frieza is unsure whether or not if it's Vegeta. Zarbon says if it’s not Vegeta, then it must be either the Saiyan from Earth or his half-breed son, though they’re considerably weaker than Vegeta. Frieza asks Zarbon if he doubts his premonition, who hastily says no, and tells him to hurry and bring Vegeta before he loses his patience, and Zarbon quickly flies off. Relieved, Zarbon returns to the area of the battle, locates Vegeta's battered body, and takes him to Frieza's ship in order for Appule to heal him in the ship’s rejuvenation chamber for further questioning. Appule says that Vegeta's condition is critical and that he may not survive, but Zarbon tells him to do whatever it takes to revive him. Zarbon reports to Frieza that he captured Vegeta and that he is being healed for further interrogation. Upon healing, Vegeta blasts out of the tank and the explosion kills Appule. Zarbon and Frieza, having heard the noise, run to the treatment room. However, Vegeta blasts a hole in the ship's wall as a distraction and hides. Concluding that he has fled, Frieza sends Zarbon outside the ship to find him. With his captors distracted, Vegeta excitedly races to Frieza's room where his five Dragon Balls lie unguarded. Zarbon searches the area near Frieza's Spaceship for Vegeta, but Frieza is impatient. He blames Zarbon for Vegeta's escape and threatens to kill him if he is unable to locate the Saiyan. Realizing that he cannot carry all five Dragon Balls, Vegeta alerts Zarbon and Frieza to his location, then unleashes a blast in the hallway to obscure their vision. Vegeta then blasts a hole in a window and tosses all five balls outside before escaping just in time. Zarbon and Frieza are irate, and Zarbon again begins searching outside the ship to no avail. Zarbon desperately asks Frieza if Vegeta is still on the ship, but Frieza angrily blames Zarbon and says its his responsibility to find Vegeta. As Vegeta flees unnoticed, swimming in a nearby body of water, a furious Frieza says that he will search the ship's interior and orders Zarbon to search the surrounding area, promising to kill him if he does not capture Vegeta within an hour. Zarbon hurries out in fear, and searches for Vegeta, in order to avoid facing the serious consequences. Despite having no Scouter, Zarbon luckily spots Krillin, who is carrying the One-Star Dragon Ball, and Vegeta, who is chasing after him. He follows the pair to a cave that Krillin, Gohan, and Bulma had been using as a hideout, and soon, he challenges Vegeta once again. Bulma is instantly attracted to Zarbon's appearance, although Krillin recognizes that the warrior is allied with Frieza. With Krillin and Bulma's lives at stake, Zarbon and Vegeta face off once more. Zarbon begins to warm up against Vegeta while not transforming, although he remembers Frieza's impending threat, and soon transforms to make sure he does not pass the limited time given to him to capture the Saiyan. He attacks Vegeta, who dodges his first few attacks before flying into the air and tossing sand into Zarbon's eyes. While Zarbon is temporarily blinded, Vegeta delivers a powerful punch to his back and slams him into the water from above. Vegeta follows up with a series of ki blasts, seriously injuring Zarbon and damaging his armor. Krillin suggests to Bulma that they flee while Vegeta is distracted, but Bulma is afraid that Vegeta will attack them if they do. Krillin grabs her and begins to flee regardless, but Vegeta does indeed notice them and blocks their path with several blasts. While Vegeta is distracted, Zarbon emerges from the water and flies towards him, leading to the two of them returning to the ground. Zarbon angrily claims that Vegeta will pay for what he has done, but Vegeta is undaunted. Vegeta informs Zarbon that Saiyans get power increases after every battle and after near death experiences, so Vegeta's power level has increased substantially because of the beating he had taken from Zarbon. Although shocked, Zarbon is still adamant that he will defeat Vegeta, and the two begin to fight again. After a furious but quick volley of blows, Vegeta rams his fist into Zarbon's chest, breaking his armor and drawing blood. Zarbon, in a state of extreme fear, says that he was only following orders and begs for his life, and even offers Vegeta an alliance against his master (this was however just a lie to get a chance at mercy, as he still respected Frieza, made clear in the Japanese version, where he used the honorific "-sama" at Frieza's name). He implies that if they formed an alliance together they could defeat Frieza, but Vegeta says that wouldn’t show him any mercy after all of those years of abuse and finishes him off with a blast clean through his stomach, cracking his backbone, and sending Zarbon to a watery grave in the Namekian sea, to Bulma's shock.

General Information

Name: Zarbon

Origin: Dragon Ball

Assigned Gender: Male

Age: Unknown

Classification: Alien

Species: Unknown

Occupation: Frieza's Aide, Guard of Frieza, Frieza Force Commander, Frieza Force Senior Officer, Frieza Force Member, Reconnaissance Leader

Status: Deceased (Was killed by Vegeta)

Alignment: Lawful Evil (Is a member of the Frieza Force, who is very brutaul and enjoys killing people)

Codex Statistics

Keys: Base | Devilish Transformation

Grade: B | B

Tier: 7-A | At least 7-A

Cardinality: Finite

Dimensionality: 3-D

Power Source: Ki (All beings in Dragon Ball have ki, the very life force energy of all characters, 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, higher level users can lower their own durability to allow people far below them to fatally wound them)

Attack Potency: Metropolis level (Thought Vegeta's power level of 18,000 was low, being shocked that he reached 24,000, 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) | At least Metropolis level (Casually stomped early Namek Saga Vegeta without much difficulty)

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) | At least Metropolis level, Higher with Guard Up

Striking Strength: Metropolis Class | At least Metropolis Class

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

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

Attack Speed: High Hypersonic | High 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

Stamina: Superhuman (Comparable to Vegeta who stood thinking for three days without showing any signs of tiring or growing hungry)

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: Genius Intelligence (Zarbon is an elegant warrior who is one of the upper members of Frieza's army, showing how well renowned he is))

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Powers and Techniques

• Chi Manipulation & Ki Manipulation (All beings in Dragon Ball have ki, the very life force energy of all characters, 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, higher level users can lower their own durability to allow people far below them to fatally wound them)
• Aura
  • Projection: A users ki aura can exert itself as a weapon to attack.
  • Explosive: Ki users through powering up can form an entire aura around themself, radiating their immense power, where depending on their immense strength, can cause them to explode their aura outwards to remove excess ki from themself.
  • Mood Reflection: Goku and Piccolo Jr. with their auras and their stern concentration on each other reflected in their electric auras, even shooting electricity at each other.
• Emotional Empowerment (It's noted that ki users can receive energy through one cheering them on. Ki users can be greatly increased by their emotions and beliefs, Son Goku explains that Son Gohan needs to remember the time he fought Cell and bring out all of the power he has, this way he can lose to no one where it's shown during the Cell beam clash that he was holding back greatly out of fear of destroying the earth but from being cheered on and using all of his power within him, he was able to overpower Cell)
• Attack Reflection (All Ki users are able to reflect attacks just by being stronger than their opponent. Examples include, Nappa deflecting a masenko from Son Gohan, Son Gohan being able to bounce back the spirit bomb, Son Goku deflecting a crusher ball from Jeice, Frieza deflecting a Final Burst Cannon from Vegeta, Son Goku reflecting multiple death beams back to back from Frieza, and Future Trunks being able to completely repel an energy blast with his hand from a Frieza Soldier just by being much stronger than them)
• Homing Attack (Ki users can create attacks that will home in and chase a target forever)
• Penetration Damage (Bladed Penetration; Ki users can conjure up a circle of chi that is sharp and can cut through enemies far more powerful then themselves, along with this they can conjure ki as a means to stab through an opponent)
• Weapon Creation (Ki users can create energy weapons out of their attacks)
• Power Absorption & Energy Transferal (Ki users can transfer their ki to others and absorb the ki given to them from others)
• Attack Nullification (Ki Energy Based; Those with ki can nullify attacks of lesser ki with their ki alone. They can also catch and nullify ki attacks around their level through focusing enough)
• Power Nullification (Ki Energy Based; Through having greater ki, one can nullify the powers done through ki attacks, such as Frieza being able to nullify a hakai ball, which fully destroys a target, though he is unable to resist a hakai ball from Toppo due to him being stronger, this ability however only works on ki, attacks unrelated, characters cannot resist through being stronger, such as how Vegeta, Krillin, & Son Gohan are unable to resist Guldo's psychic powers, along with even the likes of Son Goku)
• Forcefield Creation (Ki users such as Cell can generate forcefields around themselves. These forcefields can be expanded, and used to protect others and defend against attacks far higher then the user)
• Super Armor (Through releasing one's ki, they enter a state known as "Hyper Mode", in this state they do not flinch from weak melee attacks)
• Self-Destruction (Ki users in Dragon Ball are able to release all of the energy within them to cause a massive self-destruction of energy that normally kills the user and turns them into dust though one can control it to surviving but having no stamina or energy left)
• Binding (Energy Binding; Ki Users can use their ki to bind targets to objects, making them unable to escape even if they're of equal power, however, those stronger than the ki user can easily break out of it)
• Dreaming Existence (Characters in Shin Budokai have shown to create physical bodies in alternate timelines through dreaming)
• Non-Standard Interaction
  • Intangible Interaction: Those with ki can block intangible attacks when they focus and notices them.
  • Space-Time Interaction (3+1-D); Characters can blast space-time distortions to close them).
• Healing (Healing Singular Targets, Advanced Healing; Ki can be used to heal beings, allowing them to survive even with half their torso, it can also heal from near death)
• Resurrection
  • Resurrection of the Deceased (Limited): Ki users can resurrect ones heart from death if their ki beams hit their heart, restarting it.
  • Resurrection from Exhaustion: Can heal downed allies to give them ki back, reviving them)
• Intimidation & Spirit Manipulation (Ki is the manifestation of one’s lifeforce, along with the aura giving one the feeling of being crushed, exerting fear into the target, sometimes making them incapable of moving as their body is instinctively stuck due to the sheer difference in power)
• Link Manipulation & Mind Manipulation (Characters can link their ki together and train within each other’s mind enacting in image training)
• Vibration Manipulation (Seismic Vibration Manipulation; Ki users can transfer their ki into an object and cause it to vibrate and shake greatly. Powerful ki users can cause the very ground itself to shake when they power up)
• Electricity Manipulation (Unknown Voltage; Powerful Ki users can generate electricity around their aura that can outright electrocute their opponents, Goku and Piccolo Jr. showcased being able to utilize their aura as pure electricity during their clash)
• Weather Manipulation (Powerful Ki users can generate entire storms through merely powering up alone, Nappa used this in order to conjure the electricity from the storm. Goku showcases this when he first turns super saiyan, causing a massive lightning storm in the background)
• Energy Manipulation (Ki is the latent power in one's body, this latent power allows them to form and create energy from controlling their ki, which can be used to shoot out energy blast)
• Explosion Manipulation (Ki attacks can create massive explosions, or control the ki to set off a huge explosion under the enemy, or in front of them)
• Heat Manipulation (At least 100 C; Ki user's ki attacks produce heat allowing them to cook and grill animals and raw meat, along with leaving behind steam after the attacks hit an area, showing its latent heat. Ki users electricity aura can burn objects that touch it)
• Light Manipulation (Ki can be used as a flash of light, Degisu seeing ki attacks be fired notes that the characters are "firing light from their hands").

• Limited Resistance to
  • Durability Negation (Ki users can focus their energy to localize an object to a specific spot to stop them from attempting to destroy their organs/insides)

• Resistance to
  • Poison Manipulation (Can resist poisons through using forcefields)

Superhuman Physical Characteristics, Fighter's Intuition, Flight, Transformation (Transformative Arsenal; Can access a form where he has the features of a monster, greatly bolstering his strength and power), Fusionism (Zarbon can perform the Fusion Dance like other characters)

Extrasensory Perception & Information Analysis (Scouters detect energy readings)

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Equipment

• Scouter: A wearable, all-purpose computer that the Frieza Force uses.
• Battle Armor: Durable armor worn by members of the Frieza Force.

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Notable Techniques

• Flight: The ability to fly with the use of ki.
• Ki Blast: The most basic form of energy wave.
• Elegant Blaster: An energy wave. In Xenoverse 2, Zarbon uses rapid movement before firing the technique.
• Possibility Cannon: An energy wave.
• Ruthless Blow: A strong kick to the neck attack used to kill one of the elder Namekians in Moori's village.
• Shooting Star Arrow: The technique used to kill an old Namekian in Moori's village.
• Super Beautiful Arrow: A combination of many energy waves fired at a rapid rate.
• Blood Dance: Zarbon pummels his opponent without giving them an opening to counter.
• Hyper Elegant Magnum: Zarbon kicks the opponent up in the air, and then punches them and kicks them down again.
• Purple Circle: An aerial backflip kick Zarbon performed at Vegeta's face.
• Hunting Claw: A grapple throw used by Zarbon in his monster form.
• Monster Crush: A piledriver-move that is Zarbon's ultimate technique in his transformed state.
• Monster's Impact: The headbutt combo he used against Vegeta. Also called Wild Pressure.

• Devilish Transformation: Zarbon has the distinct ability to transform into a reptilian beast. Incorporating brute strength and ferocity, his second form is the opposite in appearance to his first form, becoming grotesque and brutal. Upon transforming, his size increases as well as his muscular build and his skin becomes covered with noticeable scales, similar to that of a reptile. Thus, he only does this when extremely necessary since he dislikes disfiguring his image in such a grotesque manner. When paired with Dodoria in Dragon Ball Z: Tenkaichi Tag Team, Zarbon states that this is his true form, though Daizenshuu 7 states that his elegant form is his normal state. Zarbon's transformation is called Devilish Transformation in Dragon Ball Z, Monster Form in Dragon Ball Z: Budokai, while in the Budokai Tenkaichi series it is called Post-Transformation.

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Other

Standard Tactics: Zarbon goes for strong attacks and ki attacks.

Weaknesses

• Standard Ki Weaknesses: Due to the nature of ki draining stamina and energy, Dragon Ball characters ki usage requires them to usually use their higher levels of energy in short bursts, using a large amount of ki overtime can greatly weaken them to the point that characters far lower then them can actually harm them with attacks. Taking large amounts of damage can greatly deplete a ki users attacks, making it where attacks that would otherwise kill massively weakened characters, only pushes them back. Ki users that are able to ki sense cannot do it when their guard is dropped, such as when Vegeta was able to sneak attack Son Goku during the end of their fight in the Buu Saga. Despite some ki users being able to reach blasts that can destroy planets through charged attacks or techniques, they have not shown to be able to tank such blasts themself, with attacks that have destroyed several planets in the series always killing the character. Even characters such as Majin Buu's body cannot withstand the energy of a planet exploding.
• Unique Weaknesses: His elegant nature makes him refuse to do things, such as check to see if Vegeta is dead because he didn't want to get wet.

Note

• Some clips used on the profile come from an anime or movie due to the fact that some abilities Goku use shouldn't function much differently from how they can in canon, along with this sometimes the anime version/video game version of a scene will be used for cleaner visuals. Toriyama himself directly overlooks scenes in the anime and movies and gives Toei the thumbs up.
• The speed scaling for PLs are taken with a grain of salt as there are noticeable times where someone's speed isn't equal to their power, such as Burter being faster then Recoome and Jeice, along with Super Saiyan Grade 3 Trunks having his power greatly increased but his speed decreased.

Trivia

• He is an elegant warrior who serves alongside Dodoria as one of Frieza's top two highest ranking Generals and right-hand men. His name comes from the Japanese word for the pomelo fruit (ザボン, or 朱欒).
• In an issue of Beckett Anime, a Beckett magazine publication, Zarbon was voted as one of the top five greatest henchmen of all anime and was the only character from Dragon Ball Z on the list.
• Zarbon is confirmed to be the strongest of his race. This is mentioned in the Frieza saga, when it is mentioned that when Frieza wiped out an entire species or planet, he kept the strongest warrior from each planet alive. He is also a prince among Frieza's men, which is noted in the battle mode in Dragon Ball Z: Tenkaichi Tag Team, where Zarbon and Vegeta are both entitled as "Prince of Another Planet" on a stage select title.
• During the Galactic Patrol Prisoner Saga, Vegeta encounters another member of Zarbon's race on Yardrat named Yuzun. Like Zarbon, Yuzun is handsome in his base form while having a monstrous transformation as well. However, unlike Zarbon, Yuzun is proud of the strength of his monster form thus lacks Zarbon's vanity. However, he fairs little better against Vegeta after he learned Spirit Control and fled from Yardrat in terror only for his ship to end up crashing into a building that Yuzun had had hardened with his Ki earlier in their fight killing him.
• In Dragon Ball: Raging Blast 2, Zarbon (Post-Transformation)'s biography states that his Monster form has been sealed inside for "eons", suggesting that Zarbon is very old, though it is likely an exaggeration.
• In the FUNimation dub, in Vegeta's flashback in which he, Nappa and Raditz conquer Planet Shikk, Zarbon has an Australian accent.
• His voice in the games greatly differs from his voice in the English dubs of the anime. The original Funimation dub, first seen in Frieza's flashback to King Vegeta's rebellion against him, has Zarbon's voice sound similar to the Ocean dub. In later versions of the FUNimation dub, his voice was changed so it resembled King Cold's or Caroni's (similar to how later versions made Vegeta's voice deeper than it did in the original Funimation).
• Zarbon is the first villain in the entire series who is shown to be able to transform at will (without the resulting transformation being a Giant Form (such as Great Namekian and Super Giant-Form) Vegeta needed to use a Power Ball to transform and was an antagonist, but never remained a villain). Zarbon is also the first henchman to have a transformation, as previous Giant Forms and Vegeta's Great Ape transformation were all utilized by major villains.
• In the manga, Zarbon informs Vegeta about Frieza's ability to transform. This was removed from the anime, but Vegeta still tells to Frieza that it is Zarbon who told him about his ability to transform.
• Due to the fact that Vegeta still survived and escaped with his last breath from his battle against Son Goku, Krillin, and Son Gohan, Zarbon is the first character to actually defeat Vegeta in a battle. Krillin had attempted to kill Vegeta, but Goku told Krillin not to, thus ending the battle in a draw. However, after Zarbon had transformed, he easily dominated Vegeta, toying with him and coming out completely victorious. As Vegeta's battered and unconscious body was later recovered by Zarbon, this proves that Zarbon was the first character to defeat Vegeta in a battle.
  • Zarbon intentionally left Vegeta in the water to die because Vegeta tried to kill him, and because Zarbon didn't want to get wet. Since Zarbon refused at the time to confirm if Vegeta was alive or dead, the angered Frieza berates him for not wanting to get wet and forces him to find Vegeta after it became apparent that Vegeta had hidden one of the Namekian Dragon Balls. Zarbon finds him alive, however in order to interrogate him, Vegeta must go to the recovery room and be revived. Vegeta does recover, but with his Saiyan Power boost, manages to escape with the Dragon Balls that the Frieza Force had stolen from the Namekians.
    • In Xenoverse 2, both Frieza and Dodoria seem to be aware that Zarbon has an aversion to water/muddy water indicating he may have an underlying case of hydrophobia (fear of water). Frieza notes that he can get Zarbon to talk with just a little muddy water, while Dodoria tries to convince the Future Warrior into splashing some water on Zarbon, claiming he will "love it" though it is obviously that Dodoria is taking advantage of the Future Warrior to get back at Zarbon (as there is a running theme of the pair having a rivalry between them due to their different personalities).
• When Zarbon arrived for his second confrontation with Vegeta, Bulma fell in love with him at first sight (though he did not seem to notice) and thought he was a handsome hero that was there to rescue her.
  • He is the fourth and final villain that Bulma lusts after the first being Oolong transformed into a handsome gentleman, the second is Yamcha when he was still a bandit, and the third was General Blue during the General Blue Saga.
    • In Dragon Ball SD, this running gag is lampshade by having Oolong transform into Zarbon in the Dragon Ball SD version of the Emperor Pilaf Saga.
  • In Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2 during the Hero Colosseum Saga, Zarbon's attempts to seduce Bulma to acquire more Hero Figures for the Frieza Force which angers her husband Vegeta indicating Vegeta hasn't forgotten Bulma's encounter with and initial reaction to Zarbon on Namek.
• A mistake regarding Zarbon's armor was made during the scene where Vegeta kills him. At the beginning of this scene, Zarbon's armor is already battle-damaged, and his cape is gone. While they are fighting, however, his armor and cape are completely intact, as the animators used a clip from a previous Vegeta vs. Zarbon scene. This is fixed in Dragon Ball Z Kai.
• Zarbon and Dodoria are the first and final villains to appear onscreen in the history of all Dragon Ball, Dragon Ball Z and Dragon Ball GT. When looking at the timeline chronologically, the first movie to take place is the Bardock - The Father of Goku TV Special, where Zarbon and Dodoria appear first (not counting Vegeta, who switches sides). In the final episode of Dragon Ball GT (episode 64), Zarbon and Dodoria are the final villains to appear onscreen when Goku remembers all the villains who escaped from Hell.

Vegeta with the Pomelo (Zarbon) and Durian (Dodoria) fruits

• In the episode "To the Promised Resort! Vegeta Takes a Family Trip!", there is a strong reference serving as a nod to Zarbon and Dodoria when Vegeta is seen with twigs sticking out of his hair and two fruits on both sides that serve as the pun, a Pomelo (Zarbon) sticking out of one side and a Durian (Dodoria) sticking out of the other. Both Zarbon and Dodoria served as primary antagonists to Vegeta.
• According to Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 3, Chi-Chi has mixed feelings about Zarbon's appearance. If you listen to her commentary about Zarbon in his base form, she will say "It's a face that superficial Bulma would like" (which was true since Bulma did find Zarbon highly attractive), but if you listen to her commentary on Monster Zarbon, she will say "Eek! For that good-looking face to become so dreadful!"
• The Potara earrings greatly resemble Zarbon's earrings and the charm on his headpiece.
• In the Greek dub, Zarbon is a woman. In the flashbacks though, in episodes 78 and 104, Zarbon is a male.
• According to Frieza in Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2, Frieza kept Zarbon alive after invading his planet because he was the strongest of his race and he willingly decided to join the Frieza Force to pursue power.

Explanations

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Battle Records

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