Bibidi

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Bibidi (ビビディ, Bibidi, lit. "Bibbidi") is an evil alien wizard. A short and stubby villain, he was responsible for awakening the purely evil Majin Buu millions of years prior to the beginning of Dragon Ball.

Appearance[]

He is not shown in the manga, though due to Babidi being his duplicate, it is likely they were identical in appearance.

In his anime-only appearance, Bibidi appears with a similar frame to his "son" Babidi, but with greener and less wrinkled skin. He wears a black cap with the Demon mark on it, an orange robe, and a dark blue outfit with a yellow buckle.

Biography[]

Background[]

According to an interview with Akira Toriyama, despite what both Shin and Bibidi himself say, the one called "Buu" was not actually created by Bibidi but has existed since time immemorial. Bibidi merely knew the means of awakening Buu from his long slumber.^[2]

In the manga and anime it is said that Bibidi created Majin Buu in his quest to dominate the universe. After Buu destroys Planet Alpha, Bibidi is almost (recklessly) killed by the monster, forcing the wizard to briefly fend him off. Bibidi then informs Buu that he is his "father" and proceeds to use his "creation" to eliminate most of the Supreme Kais ruling over the universe at the time, killing the West Supreme Kai and North Supreme Kai, and absorbing the South Supreme Kai.

When Majin Buu absorbs Grand Supreme Kai, resulting in the fat Majin with childlike innocence and the ability to speak, Bibidi is initially nonplussed at this development, but soon realizes that this version of Buu is more cooperative, swayed by the promise of food.^[3]

As Buu still proves disobedient from time to time, Bibidi devises a magical seal to temporarily trap the monster. He rewards Buu with sweets when he behaves himself and reseals him in this magical ball when he becomes disobedient. Bibidi also uses the ball to control Buu while he is traveling between worlds. Bibidi eventually sends Buu inside his ball to Earth, his next target. However, before the sorcerer can reach Earth and release his monster, he is killed in battle by Shin.^[4]

Though he was killed, he effectively lives on through his doppelganger Babidi, an offshoot created to aid him.^[1]

Techniques and Special Abilities[]

• Flight – The ability to fly with the use of ki.
• Ki Blast – The most basic form of energy wave. Used in Dragon Ball Heroes.
• Fission/Cloning – Bibidi is able to create doppelgangers of himself to help aid him, splitting his magical ability between them. His most notable doppelganger is Babidi.^[1]
  • Merge – When Bibidi no longer required assistance from his doppelgangers, he could re-merge with them, regaining the power he had given to them.^[1]
• Demon Eye – A spell where the wizard summons a slimy substance capable of exploding a target. Used in Dragon Ball Heroes and World Mission.
• Sealing Spell – A spell that is capable of sealing Majin Buu in a magical ball. Bibidi used the spell to take a break after Majin Buu absorbed the Grand Supreme Kai.
• Teleportation – A magic spell that can be used to travel anywhere and allows users to reach any location instantly (like the Instant Transmission and Instantaneous Movement techniques). Bibidi uses this spell to transport himself and Majin Buu to various planets, and also once to get out of the way of one of Buu's attacks.

• Manipulation Sorcery – A spell that allows Bibidi to dominate the mind or will of another. He has this ability in the Dragon Ball Collectible Card Game. In Dragon Ball Heroes he can use the Mind Control ability to perform this, which allows him to enter Mind Control Mode after his team's Attack Phase when a supporter from Round 2 onwards. When successfully performed he takes control of an enemy, and forces them to attack their ally. It also has an additional effect, depending on the type of Mind Control used.
  • Chaotic Mind Control (混沌のマインドブレイク , Chaotic Mind Control) - A variation of Mind Control used by Bibidi's SH3-23 and BM4-022 cards in Dragon Ball Heroes that permanently randomizes the Charge Impact speed of the controlled enemy.
  • Horrific Mind Control (恐怖のマインドブレイク, Horrific Mind Control) - A variation of Mind Control used by Bibidi's UM4-053 card in Dragon Ball Heroes that halves the controlled enemy's Power Level.
  • Malicious Mind Control (憎悪のマインドブレイク, Malicious Mind Control) - A variation of Mind Control used by Bibidi's UM4-053 card in Dragon Ball Heroes that permanently reduces the Guard of the controlled enemy by 1500.
  • Valiant Mind Control (不敵のマインドブレイク, Valiant Mind Control) - A variation of Mind Control used by Bibidi's UM4-053 card in Dragon Ball Heroes that permanently reduces the Power of the controlled enemy by 1500.
  • Energy Sphere - As part of Mind Control Mode, Bibidi will create an Energy Sphere as a finisher which he fires at his mind-controlled opponent and the teammate that they attacked (occurs regardless of the outcome of Mind Control Mode Charge Impact).
• Paparapapa – Bibidi can use this spell as an ability in Dragon Ball Heroes.
• Whirlwind Spin S – An ability used by Bibidi's HJ3-39 card in Dragon Ball Heroes. It summons Oceanus Shenron from Subspace to attack the enemy with her Whirlwind Spin Super Attack.

Video Game Appearances[]

• Dragon Ball Heroes
• Super Dragon Ball Heroes: World Mission

Bibidi makes his first debut ever in a video game and as a playable character in Dragon Ball Heroes, being introduced in the third mission of the Jaaku Mission series (JM3).

Voice Actors[]

• Japanese: Isamu Tanonaka † (DBZ); Takumi Yamazaki (Heroes); Naoki Tatsuta (DB Kai)
• English:
  • Funimation dub: Duncan Brannan
  • Ocean Group dubs: Terry Klassen
• Spanish:
  • Castilian Spanish dub: Jorge García Tomé
  • Latin American Spanish dub: Arturo Mercado
• Portuguese:
  • European Portuguese dub: António Semedo
  • Brazilian Portuguese dub: Ivo Roberto
• Catalan dub: Francesc Alborch (DBZ); Xavier Cassan (DBZ Kai)
• Hebrew dub: Gilad Kalter
• Hungarian dub: Péter Tarján
• Greek dub: Themis Psihogios

Trivia[]

• Bibidi's along with Babidi and Buu's manga names are most likely references to the magic words the Fairy Godmother uses in the 1950 film Cinderella, "Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo".
• Bibidi's voice and personality are the same as those of his doppelganger.
• According to Dragon Ball creator Akira Toriyama's addendums in the Full Color Comics series, Babidi is not Bibidi's "son" in a traditional sense. Rather, Babidi was a doppelganger created by Bibidi. Bibidi could create multiples of himself to accomplish tasks that would be too big for one person to handle, but each doppelganger was weaker the more were created (not unlike Tien's Multi-Form technique). However, with Bibidi having been killed, Babidi has the full power of the original wizard.
• Toriyama stated in an interview that the "M" associated with Bibidi, Babidi, and Buu (and appearing on their clothing, or on their servants' foreheads) stands for the Japanese word Ma (魔, lit. "demon").^[5] It, therefore, relates Bibidi and his work with the Demon Realm and with dark magic. The same character used for "demon" also appears in the Japanese name for Buu's race (魔人, Ma-jin, lit: "demon person").

Gallery[]

Bibidi Bibidi attacked by Kid Buu Bibidi hollers at Buu for trying to kill him Kid Buu leaves without Bibidi Majin Buu and Bibidi Majin Buu and Bibidi

References[]

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