Bacterian

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"Oogh tricky... now I've got some trickies too."
— "Smells Like Trouble"

Bacterian (バクテリアン, Bakuterian) is a filthy, giant and dirty Earthling that competed in the 21st World Martial Arts Tournament. He has the reputation of never taking a bath or brushing his teeth in his entire life. He uses this stench he has gained as a tactical advantage in fighting, making his opponents only fight with one hand, since they have to use their other one to hold their nose.

Appearance[]

Bacterian is a very large and fat, yet muscular, man with dark skin, long unkempt black hair, a bushy black beard, and a hairy chest and forearms. He wears a pair of khaki armbands, a pair of onyx-colored posers/tights, and black boots with gold laces and toes. He is usually seen with saliva running from his mouth or with mucus running from his nose. Most of Bacterian's teeth are missing, most likely rotted away from tooth decay, due to him never brushing his teeth, and his remaining teeth are stained yellow from plaque.

When he reappears during the King Piccolo Saga, he wears a torn brown shirt or vest with brown pants.

Personality[]

Bacterian is not shown to be a nice person, as he is willing to use his stench to give himself an unfair advantage in battle. He also likes to torment his opponents, which is shown in his fight with Krillin. His tactics include farting on his opponents, strangling them, or crushing them with his weight.

In the English version, Bacterian is not very smart, using a rather simplified vocabulary with poor grammar. In the Japanese version, however, his dialogue is more refined.

Biography[]

Dragon Ball[]

Tournament Saga[]

Bacterian is first seen when he appears in the room where the Elimination Rounds are being held. Bulma, who is watching them through a window, is frightened by Bacterian when he puts his face up to the window. After the Elimination Rounds were over Bacterian made it to the main tournaments in the quarterfinals where he was matched up against Krillin.

In the fight, Bacterian mostly had the advantage, hitting Krillin with almost all of his disgusting attacks, including rubbing his stinking buttocks on Krillin's face, almost knocking out Krillin due to the horrible stench. This is until Goku assures Krillin that because he is missing a nose, he is just imagining the smell. With this reminder, Krillin almost instantly makes his comeback gaining the advantage against Bacterian. Krillin defeats him by farting in his face, which ironically knocks him out. The World Tournament Announcer even says that even though Bacterian may be used to his own stench another person's will still stun him.

King Piccolo Saga[]

Bacterian alive — Bacterian is resurrected

It is in a brief appearance that Bacterian is revealed to be homeless and living on the streets of an unnamed city with or near an elderly homeless man. Unfortunately, he is assaulted and killed by King Piccolo's demented offspring, Tambourine, acting on orders to track down and kill Earth fighters who could potentially learn the Evil Containment Wave. Tambourine takes pleasure in tormenting him as he seems unaffected by Bacterian's strong odor, though he does comment that killing Bacterian was his "smelliest job" (in original Japanese, he simply states, "That's a graveyard that really suits you" after Bacterian's dead body knocks on a garbage bin). He kills him by channeling his ki into an electric attack, the Electric Shock, and electrocutes Bacterian to death when Bacterian tries to punch his killer. Bacterian's corpse is immediately discovered by the elderly homeless man, who sees the piece of paper with King Piccolo's symbol left behind by Tambourine and realizes that Bacterian had been killed by a demon.

Later in the saga, Bacterian's life is restored by a wish made to Shenron using the Dragon Balls; He is last seen returning to life in a garbage dump, where he apparently had been buried.

Power[]

Manga and anime

While likely strong when compared to regular humans, Bacterian mainly relies on his overbearing stench and his enormous weight to allow him to gain an advantage in battle. Once Krillin realized he didn't have a nose and couldn't smell, he easily defeated Bacterian.

While fighting Tambourine, Bacterian proved to be quite durable, able to withstand several of Tambourine's blows at first unlike previous victims who were killed in one blow, but in the end, Bacterian's stench did not help him at all against Tambourine, and he was quickly killed.

Statements by guidebooks

The movie pamphlet for Dragon Ball Z: The Tree of Might states that Bacterian has a power level of 110.

Techniques and Special Abilities[]

Bad Breath – He inhales and then spews a killer breath.

021SmellsLikeTrouble46 — Bacterian's special attack: Bad Breath

Deep Throated Mucus Filled Loagie Of Death – He spits out a mucus filled piece of saliva at his opponent and knocks them out. It is said to be his most powerful attack and so vile that no one has ever survived it (or at least did not take a hit from it without fainting), and even elephants are scared of it.
Farting^[2] – Bacterian sits above an opponent and farts in their face. After this, he even rubs his butt on their face and/or bodies.
Smelly Finger – Bacterian reaches inside his underwear and rubs his groin for a bit, then takes out a hand and touches his foe with his pointer finger.
Up and down – Bacterian jumps up and down forcefully on his opponent with his very large butt while yelling "Up and Down".
Dropkick – A wrestling move. Used in Dragon Ball: Origins.
Bacterian is also immune to smell of his own stench and body odor.

Manga Appearances[]

Chapter Appearances

v • eTournament Saga
24. The High Price of Education	Absent
25. A Rival Arrives!!	Absent
26. Who's That Girl?	Absent
27. Nothing to Sneeze At	Absent
28. Let the Training Begin!	Absent
29. Bad Day at Turtle Rock	Absent
30. Milk Run	Absent
31. It Only Gets Harder	Absent
32. Let the Contest Begin!!	Absent
33. Hard Work Pays!!	Absent
34. Strongest Under the Heavens!	Absent
35. The Battle is Set!!	Debut
36. Match No. 1	Appears
37. Match No. 2	Absent
38. Water and Cheesecake!	Absent
39. Monster Smash	Absent
40. The Tail of Goku	Absent
41. Kuririn vs. Jackie Chun	Absent
42. The Big Fight	Absent
43. The Mysterious Jackie Chun	Absent
44. The Name of the Game is Namu	Absent
45. Taking the Air	Absent
46. The Final Match	Absent
47. The Kamehameha	Absent
48. One Lucky Monkey	Absent
49. The Big Sleep	Absent
50. Jackie's Shocking Secret	Absent
51. And the Crowd Goes Wild!!!	Absent
52. The Climax Approaches!	Absent
53. The Final Blow	Absent
54. On the Road Again	Absent

v • eKing Piccolo Saga
135. The Death of Kuririn	Absent
136. Target: Tenka'ichi Budokai	Absent
137. We Need You, Goku!	Pictured
138. The Weirdo with the Ball	Absent
139. Yajirobe's Prey	Absent
140. The Martial Artist Hunters	Absent
141. Goku vs. Tambourine	Absent
142. Piccolo Descends!	Absent
143. Goku vs. The Demon King	Absent
144. Goku... Loses?	Absent
145. The Muten-Rōshi's Decision	Absent
146. The Mafū-Ba	Absent
147. The Demon King of Old... Restored!	Absent
148. Go Ask Karin!	Absent
149. World Domination	Absent
150. Karin's Quandary	Absent
151. The Superest Super Water!!!	Absent
152. Piccolo's World	Absent
153. Tenshinhan's Resolve	Absent
154. Tenshinhan vs. Drum	Absent
155. Guess Who's Back?	Absent
156. Fury	Absent
157. The Immortal Battle	Absent
158. Goku's Greatest Crisis!	Absent
159. The Blasted Earth	Absent
160. Goku's Final Gamble	Absent
161. The Fist of Son Goku	Absent

Video Game Appearances[]

In Origins, Goku can fight Bacterian during an exhibition match at the 21st World Martial Arts Tournament (level 8-7). In another bonus level (level 2-7), Bacterian takes over Oolong's mansion. The Sherman Priest asks Goku if he can dislodge him because the animals of the region take refuge from Bacterian's odor to Aru Village.

In Dragon Ball Online, a character called Captain Bacterian with an unknown relation to Bacterian is an antagonist.

Voice Actors[]

Japanese: Yasuo Tanaka†, Tesshō Genda (Origins)
Funimation dub: Chris Rager
Spanish:
- Castilian Spanish dub: Ricardo Palmerola
- Latin American Spanish dub: Eduardo Borja
Brazilian Portuguese dub: Antonio Moreno

Battles[]

Dragon Ball

Bacterian vs. Krillin
Bacterian vs. Tambourine

Trivia[]

His name is a pun on "bacteria" because of his image.
Bacterian's hobby is training flies.^[1]
Bacterian dislikes those without noses.^[1]

Gallery[]

References[]

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 ^1.4 ^1.5 Dragon Ball: Adventure Special, 1987
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 ^2.4 Daizenshuu 7, 1996

Site Navigation[]

[dbas-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 ^1.4 ^1.5 Dragon Ball: Adventure Special, 1987

[Daiz7-2] 2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 ^2.4 Daizenshuu 7, 1996

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