Oolong (Dragon Ball)
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Alternate meanings: Oolong (disambiguation)
| Oolong | |
|---|---|
| Japanese language>Japanese | |
| Romaji | Ūron |
| Anime Name | Oolong |
| Manga Name | Oolong |
| Alternate Name(s) | Uron Mao Mao |
| Dragon Ball canon>Canon to | Original Manga |
| First Appearance | DB Issue #5 DB Episode #4 |
| Appears in | |
| Race | Shapeshifter Animal |
Muten Roshi (Best Friend) | |
| DB Character Listing - | |
Oolong is a shapeshifting pig, although he was expelled from shapeshifting training for stealing the teacher's underwear and lacks the ability to change his form for more than five minutes at a time without a break. (Dragon Ball's other shapeshifter, Puar, completed the training and does not have this limitation.) With his shapeshifting, Oolong can look like anything at all.
Oolong's normal form is of a humanoid pig, standing about three feet tall with pale pink skin. Initially, he dressed in the stereotypical clothing of the Communist Party of China, although later he tended to dress in trousers, button-down shirts, and suspenders.
The fact that Oolong is a pig wearing a Communist Party of China outfit implies Akira Toriyama's message behind this character. Also, Oolong has a darker attitude in his early appearances. This whole concept is dropped with the beginning the 21st Tenka'ichi Budokai, but Toriyama's little social commentary will always remain within these initial phases of the story.
Background/History
Oolong's initial appearance was as a villain who terrorized a village and kidnapped their young women. Unfortunately for him, the young women were quite comfortable being stolen and living in wealth and he never found the "nice shy girl" he was looking for. Son Goku defeated Oolong and the girls were returned to their village. Bulma decided that he might be useful on her Dragonball quest and persuaded him to join their expedition. He does have his moments. At first Oolong tries to take the Dragonballs for himself, but he eats a "sweetrot" (a play on sweetarts) that causes him to have diarrhea (the trots), anytime someone whistles "Sweee!" (a phrase used to call pigs in for feeding time), which Bulma often uses against him in the first saga. Eventually he becomes good friends with Goku and the others, and helps them to find more Dragonballs. In the Emperor Pilaf Saga, Oolong realizes that Pilaf's plan to wish himself world domination can be ruined by making a wish first as the dragon can only grant one wish. In the manga and the original Japanese anime, Oolong asks for a pair of panties just before Pilaf finishes. In the English anime, Oolong asks for the most comfortable underwear in the world, but inadvertently gets female underwear. For a time, he wears them on his head.
The perverted pig appears every so often in Dragonball, helping out the gang when he can. After Dragon Ball, Oolong was kept around primarily for comic relief. His poor shapeshifting skills (and innate cowardice) made him a very weak character that didn't have much to do once the tone was shifted to more serious action.
In Dragon Ball Z, his character dwindles to little importance, although in the anime and several movies, he appears quite often as comic relief. In the Saiyan Saga he asks Shenlong if he can kill the Saiyans instead of reviving Goku, but Shenlong says he can't do that. (In the anime) at the Kame House he watches the battle against the Saiyans from television, and later with Uranai Baba's Crystal Ball. In the Freeza Saga, Oolong, Muten Roshi, Puar, Yajirobe and Chi-Chi try to go to Namek with Dr. Briefs' ship, but to Oolong's delight, their ship breaks down before takeoff. In the Garlic Jr. Saga, Oolong, along with everyone else at the Kame House, is affected with Garlic Jr.'s mist, but is later cured. In the Android Saga, Oolong stays at the Kame House with the others, waiting from news of their friends.
In the Buu Saga, Oolong is at the 25th Tenka'ichi Budokai supporting his friends and later goes with Bulma and the others look for the Dragonballs. In the same day he is turned into chocolate and eaten by Majin Buu, but as with everyone else, he is wished back to life and later gives his powers to Goku's Genki Dama (Spirit Ball). At the end of the series, Oolong is at the 28th Tenka'ichi Budokai, once again supporting his friends. Unlike many of the characters, he hasn't aged at all.
Oolong makes a Cameo appearance in Dragon Ball GT, in episode 40, "Piccolo's Decision". In Dragon Ball GT, Oolong's wish for panties leads to the creation of Liu Xing Long (Oceanus Shenlong).
Like Muten Roshi he is also a pervert, but considerably less so.
Alternate Timeline
Oolong is one of the few characters to survive in the "Trunks Timeline," as seen the The History of Trunks special. He is hidden in a submarine with Pu'ar, Muten Roshi and his Turtle.Dragon Ball Movies
Oolong appears in the following Dragon Ball Movies and Specials:- Curse of the Blood Rubies
- Sleeping Princess in Devil's Castle
- Mystical Adventure
- The Path to Power
- The World's Strongest
- The Tree of Might
- Lord Slug
- Cooler's Revenge
- Return of Cooler
- Super Android 13!
- [[Broly: The Legendary Super Saiyan]]
- Bojack Unbound
- Wrath of the Dragon
- The History of Trunks
Video Games
Oolong usually appears as nothing more than a one-line character in cut scenes for most Dragon Ball video games, such as [[Dragon Ball Z: Budokai]] 3, however he appears as a playable fighter in [[Dragon Ball: Advanced Adventure]].In [[Dragon Ball Z: Budokai]], when all the seven Dragon Balls are gathered, Oolong appears and summons Shenron, giving the player a choice of 3 Breakthrough capsules.
In [[Dragon Ball Z: Ultimate Battle 22]], if two players choose Kid Goku, the loser transforms into Oolong.
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