Android 21 ( 21 From Dragon Ball )

Android 21:

(人造人間２１号, Jinzōningen Nijūichi-Gō) is an Android whose template was Vomi. She appears as the main antagonist of Dragon Ball FighterZ when in her evil persona. Her intellect rivals that of Dr. Gero,[2] though she may be even smarter than he was.

Appearance:

Android 21 is described as a tall, curvaceous scientist with glasses and long bushy auburn hair. She has a gold ring on her left middle finger, and black nails. She wears a pair of hoop earrings, a sleeveless, short blue and red checker pattern high-neck minidress with opaque black tights, matching black detached arm sleeves, and blue (left foot) and red (right foot) ankle heel boots with gold tips. She also usually wears a white lab coat with her outfit. Her eyes are similar to that of Dr. Gero's Androids, such as Android 18. In her true form, Android 21 keeps her curvy body, her skin turns pink, her hair becomes white with a pink tint, her ears become pointed, her eyes changing depending on if her evil half takes over, and she gains a tail. Her attire changes to a black tube top, keeping the black arm sleeves with gold bracelets at the ends, her boots become black, and also gaining white baggy pants. It's noted that she most resembles a Majin in this form. Her eyes slightly vary depending on which moral alignment she represents. In her good representation, she retains the eyes from her human form. In her evil representation, her eyes instead are more similar overall to that of a Majin. Her appearance in her true form is the result of her having all of the traits of the Z Fighters, Frieza, Cell and Majin Buu rolled into one. Android 21 reveals in a private talk with the player that while she may have the appearance of an adult, she is actually less than ten years old, and regrets not having an adolescence, finding it awkward when small children call her "ma'am".

Personality:

Due to her biology, Android 21 has a natural, compulsive instinct to feed (which grew out of control due to cells in her body going berserk). Like Majin Buu, she prefers sweets and confectioneries, her favorite being macarons. However, she has no control over her hunger and constantly fights to keep herself from turning others into treats and devouring them. Her hunger is so great and painful that it has led to Android 21's psyche being damaged and manifesting a split personality. The longer she goes without feeding, the more the evil side of her gains control. When her true persona is in control she acts like a kind and motherly woman who was concerned about Android 18 and agreed to help her. When her evil persona is in control, however, she becomes a sadistic and power-hungry sociopath, wanting to "devour" all the powerful fighters, drawing to the point of near insanity. Her gluttonous lust for "devouring" powerful fighters is similar to the traits of the Majins, inherited when Buu's cells were added to her. Her good side is friendly towards Good Buu presumably due to their shared biology and love of sweets. Her personalities were later transferred to her two halves after her good self-managed to use fission as a result of the emotional turmoil caused by the death of her adoptive son, Android 16, who was killed by her evil side as a result of her losing control.

Evil Side Personality:

In contrast, her evil side cares nothing for Android 16 and believes that Androids have no use for things like family and loved ones as she orders Android 18 to attack her husband Krillin. Additionally, she only values Dr. Gero for his labs and research. Though she is focused primarily on feeding, the evil side of Android 21's personality does not dismiss the concept of seeking galactic conquest, although that goal remains secondary to satisfying her hunger. Unlike her good side, the evil 21 cares only about herself and possesses a selfish and bratty personality. Like Cell, her power causes her to view other beings as beneath her; additionally, though, she dismisses all other beings as little more than food to make her stronger. She is responsible for creating evil clones of the Z Fighters as well as Nappa, the Ginyu Force, Frieza, Cell (all of whom she resurrected with the Namekian Dragon Balls), and Kid Buu; these clones exist only as a source of food to sustain her and her hunger, despite finding their taste to be unsatisfactory. She only allows the Z Fighters, resurrected villains, and Androids to survive and grow stronger in order to further her goal of consuming them. However, she was angered when Z Fighters and the villains led by Frieza and Cell started hunting the clones to deny 21 of her food supply, causing her to seek them out in a blind rage driven by her hunger. After separating from her good half, the evil 21 mocked her good half's refusal to feed on others to increase her power and was certain that she was a hypocrite who would eventually give into her hunger and feed on her allies. However, the good 21 was able to link with the human soul that had been linked to Android 18 which allowed her to maintain control over herself and oppose her evil half without succumbing to her hunger. Still, the good 21 feared she would one day lose control.

Power:

Being created from the cells of countless warriors and scientists, Android 21 is one of the most powerful Androids in the series and the most powerful female Android created through Dr. Gero's research. Like Majin Buu and Cell, she can increase her power by absorbing other life forms, which she does by turning them into sweets and eating them increasing her power. In the Super Warrior Arc, she is able to easily defeat Cell without even using half of her power. When inhibited by the waves she is able to easily defeat Nappa, the Ginyu Force and final form Frieza (who are all also inhibited by the waves). After absorbing Nappa, Cell, the Ginyu Force, and Frieza, she is defeated by the combined might of Super Saiyan Goku, Super Saiyan Vegeta, Ultimate Gohan, Piccolo, Krillin, Tien Shinhan, Yamcha, Super Saiyan 3 Gotenks, and Good Buu. Vegeta states that if he had access to his full power, he would have been able to defeat 21 alone. In the Enemy Warrior Arc, even while inhibited by the waves, her powering up in her base form is enough to shock Krillin. Even after having absorbed many clones, she is annihilated by the combined attack of Final Form Frieza, Super Saiyan Goku, and Perfect Cell when their full powers were reawakened by Bulma overriding the suppression waves. In the Android 21 Arc, when inhibited by the waves, teamed up with Androids 17, 18, and 16, 21 is able to defeat Cell - even after he has drastically powered up by using the artificial soul he has been implanted with. Android 16 describes her as having more potential than Cell ever had and being far stronger than him. He states she can endlessly power herself up by feeding on other creatures and that her urge to feed is her most dangerous quality. In opening dialogue when facing Android 18 in Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2, base Android 21 refers to 18 as being stronger than her, but says she will surpass her.

Abilities:

Flight - The ability to fly using ki. Ki Blast - The most basic form of energy attack. High-Heeled Ki Slash - Used in Xenoverse 2 as part of the Ultra Pack 2 DLC. Tail Attack - In her true form, Android 21 can attack enemies with her tail as part of certain combos. She can also thrust her tail into the ground, then have it erupt from the ground to deliver a surprise attack, taking advantage of her ability to extend her tail which can presumably be attributed to either her Frieza Race, Namekian, and Majin cells or a combination of all three. Hungry Beam - A move Android 21 uses to turn people into food. Sweet Tooth - One of Android 21's Meteor Attack (Level 3 Super) in FighterZ, which is said to work like Majin Buu's though is fired as a finger beam. Android 21 turns the opponent into a dessert (such as a donut, macaroon, or cupcake) and then taste tests it by take a bite out of the transformed opponent, regaining some health. If this attack finishes the enemy off, she eats the opponent completely in FighterZ. Absorption - In all scenarios, she absorbs many clones. In the Super Warrior Arc she absorbs Nappa, Cell, the Ginyu Force and finally Frieza. Like Cell and Majin Buu, this makes her more powerful. Android 21's absorption resembles a combination of Majin Buu's Candy Beam and Cell's absorption ability as she can increase her power by turning others into food and eating them.

Transformed Form:

Android 21 is able to transform into a form that resembles a Majin in body color and attire, though she also possesses white hair, and spiked Namekian-like ears and a tail similar to final form Frieza. In this state her evil side remains in control, she has red eyes and black sclera and having pink-white hair. This state is referred to as Transformed in Dragon Ball Heroes and Dokkan Battle, though many characters in FighterZ refer to it as her "true form".

"Good" Transformed Form:

Android 21 is able to transform into a form that resembles a Majin in body color and attire, though she also possesses white hair, and spiked Namekian-like ears and a tail similar to final form Frieza. Depending on which side of her personality is dominant at the moment, her eyes in this form will vary. In this good state she retains her blue eyes and white sclera with her hair completely white. This state is referred to as Transformed, Good in Dokkan Battle. In Dragon Ball Legends, this form is playable as Android 21: Good (DBL31-02S).

Normal Form:

A form representing Android 21's original human self. In this form, she appears as a voluptuous attractive woman with auburn hair, wears glasses, a blue and red dress with black sleeves and a lab coat with a Red Ribbon Army logo, and blue and red heels. She has blue eyes and wears a pair of gold hoop earrings. It is unclear if 21 can revert to this form after transforming into her true form. This form would be added as a later DLC character in FighterZ under the name ""Android 21 (Lab coat)"", having the same moveset as her transformed self with minor differences. In Dokkan Battle, this form is playable under the name Android #21 (Normal) and features her good personality in control. In Dragon Ball Legends, as part of a crossover event with FighterZ, her normal form appears as a free event character Android #21 (DBL-EVT-13S), while the other two incarnations of Android 21 represent her fissions' in their transformed states. In Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2, her normal form is playable via the Ultra Pack 2 DLC. During New Parallel Quest 139: "War and Pieces", with her good persona in control she and the Time Patrol seek out pieces of the destroyed Android 16 so she can reconstruct him. However, they are forced to fight off Good Buu, Hercule, Gotenks, Jaco, Yamcha, Captain Ginyu, and Frieza while recovering them, with her successfully rebuilding Android 16 during an Ultimate Finish. During New PQ 139: "Spirit Bomb Away!" her evil persona is able to temporarily take hold thanks to Supervillain Power! though during an Ultimate Finish it is possible to defeat her removing the enchantment, resulting in her good persona regaining control and her requesting the Time Patrol defeat her evil self again should her evil persona ever resurface. In Super Dragon Ball Heroes: World Mission, she appears in this form as a Boss and Super Boss in the Arcade Mode Universe Mission Age Android 21 Saga: Activation. She cannot be captured with Hero Robo Capture Modules.

Trivia:

Android 21 is similar to Towa as both are intelligent attractive female scientists who appear as video game antagonists. Additionally, both were created by series author Akira Toriyama. Towa also dons an outfit similar outfit to Android 21's consisting of a high-neck minidress, white lab coat, boots. She is also similar to Arale Norimaki as both are exceptionally powerful female Androids (capable of taking on the likes of Vegeta and Goku) who wear glasses (though 21 only wears her glasses in her human form). Android 21 is also similar to Launch as both are attractive female with Mixed Personalities who appear as antagonists at first then later protagonist. Additionally, both were created by series author Akira Toriyama. Android 21's insatiable hunger is also similar to King Gurumes after he was mutated by the Blood Rubies in Dragon Ball: Curse of the Blood Rubies. Android 21's evil personality is similar Moro as both see other beings as little more than food. However, while Moro dines on life energy of other beings and planets, she consumes fast growing artificial clones and other beings by turning them into food. During her Lab Coat variant's level 3 super, Android 21 strikes a pose similar to Dio Brando of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure.