For a time, Gohan and Trunks remain the only ones who can combat the pair in battle, though Gohan is killed by #17, and after this, #17 and #18 are able to defeat Trunks with ease.
In the alternate future, #17 and #18 are designed with the intention of killing Goku, who dies before they are released, and are portrayed as ruthless murderers who slaughter Earth's heroes and have a twenty-year reign over Earth. Years later, #17 is killed a second time when Majin Buu destroys the Earth, being revived along with all other good people on Earth and donating his energy to Goku's Spirit Bomb to annihilate Majin Buu. #17 dies when Cell self-destructs in a failed attempt to destroy the Earth, being resurrected with the Dragon Balls after Cell's defeat along with all of his other victims and having his bomb removed by a wish from Krillin. Cell sneaks up behind #17, being seen by Tenshinhan from the sky who warns #17 moments before he is absorbed and triggers Cell's transforming into his second form. #17 and Piccolo find themselves overwhelmed by Cell, #16 stepping in and proving to be a match against Cell, though insisting that #17 and #18 leave as the pair decline. #17 is confused to see the bio android, Piccolo revealing Cell's needing to absorb him and #18 to achieve his perfect form. #17 agrees to the battle and they fight an even match until Cell arrives, able to find the group thanks to the outpouring of power on Piccolo's part. Continuing their search, the androids arrive at Goku's home, finding no one there and then journeying to Kame House, where they find several of Goku's friends, Piccolo stepping up to fight them.
Krillin confronts Android #17 over his intent to kill Goku, trying to talk him out of it and failing. #17 is content with allowing the pair to combat each other but warns against the other heroes joining in as he would get involved, doing so after Trunks attacks #18 once she breaks Vegeta's arm, #17 easily defeating Piccolo and Tenshinhan.
After surviving a full power attack from Trunks, the androids activate #16 and begin a quest to find Goku out of pure entertainment, being confronted by Vegeta who begins a duel with #18. Gero ordering both #17 and #18 to destroy them while Android #17 remains passive until killing Gero. #18 is activated a short time after, and the group of androids are discovered by the heroes, Dr. He later returns in Dragon Ball Super as a supporting character who is featured prominently in the Tournament of Power storyline.Īppearances In Dragon Ball Z Īndroid #17 is activated by Dr. They serve as the de facto antagonists of the second act of the third volume of the Dragon Ball manga, as well as the third season of the anime adaptation Dragon Ball Z, only to be supplanted by fellow android Cell, whose purpose was to physically absorb the twins into himself to fully evolve into his complete form. The alternate timeline version is activated after Goku's death, murdering the other characters and having a twenty-year reign of terror on Earth until being killed by Future Trunks. The present-timeline version of the character has little interest in doing so, only pursuing it as a game. He and his twin sister, Android 18 were forcibly turned into cyborgs by Dr.
Android 17 makes his debut in chapter #349 The Androids Awake! (目覚めた17号、18号, Mezameta Jūnanagō, Jūhachigō), first published in Weekly Shōnen Jump on November 12, 1991.
"Artificial Human #17"), born as Lapis (ラピス Rapisu) is a fictional character in the Dragon Ball manga series created by Akira Toriyama, initially introduced as a villain alongside his sister and compatriot Android 18, but after being consumed by Cell and then expelled, later appearing as a supporting character in the sequel series Dragon Ball Super, prominently in the Universal Survival arc.