Tapion
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| Japanese language>Japanese | |
| Romaji | Tapion |
| Anime Name | Tapion |
| Manga Name | None |
| Alternate Name(s) | Great Hero |
| Dragon Ball canon>Canon to | DBZ Movies |
| First Appearance | DBZ Movie #13 |
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| Race | Human, Saiyan, Android, Bio Android, Namek etc.--> |
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Tapion is a fictional character from Dragon Ball Z the Movie #13: Dragon Fist Explosion!! If Gokū Won't Do It, Who Will? (Wrath of the Dragon in the english dub). He acts as the protagonist of this film and is described as a 'Legendary Hero' from the planet Konats ('Konnatsuu'). This makes his race the 'Konnatsuu-jin' (Konats Race). He his roughly six feet tall, has light skin and a mohawk (similar style to that of the East Kaioshin) of bright red hair. He wields a sword and an ocarina which he says are gifts from god. His name is a pun on tapioca.
Storyline
The Hildegarn War
Thousands of years ago, before the events of DBZ, Tapion and his brother Minosha were ordinary Konatsians living on the peaceful planet of Konats, very similar to Earth. However, one day, a group of black magicians performed an ancient ritual and revived the maliciousness of the ruthless behemoth known as Hildegarn. With no sense of reason, Hildegarn would eventually use his incredible power to bring the entire Universe to it's knees.
During the battle between Hildegarn and the Konatsians, Tapion and Minosha used their special flutes to hold Hildegarn at bay. Given this opportunity, a Konatsian priest brandished a sword and used it to slice Hildegarn in half. Tapion, Minosha and the priest were then known as Great Heroes among the Konatsians and Magicians, who had also realised their terrible mistake.
To ensure Hildegarn's eternal imprisonment, Tapion and Minosha agreed to have their bodies guard each spirit of Hildegarn (his top half went to Tapion and his bottom half to Minosha). They were then enclosed in mystical music boxes, and dispatched to the distant places of the galaxy. Minosha was sent to an unknown planet, while Tapion was sent to Earth.
The Return of Hildegarn
Unfortunately, a Black Magician with a lust for power, Hoi, would break the peacetime and go off in search for Tapion and Minosha's music boxes in order to free them and unleash Hildegarn once again.With the help of the Z Warriors, Goku, Gohan, Videl, Krillin, Goten and Trunks, Hoi managed to free Tapion from the music box (Hoi had not revealed his true intentions to the Z Warriors). But Tapion, furious, stormed off, determined to stay alone in order to ensure the imprisonment of Hildegarn's top half. He was visited regularly by Trunks, who had taken a liking to him and brought him food, but Tapion refused to eat and always shunned Trunks with cruel words.
However, after seeing the bottom half of Hildegarn invade the city, Tapion came to aid Gohan and Videl by playing the magical tune on his mystical flute, which absorbed Hildgarn's bottom half into his own body. Leaving the battlefield, Tapion came to believe that Hoi had already found and killed Minosha.
Later on, while Trunks was visiting Tapion, Hoi attempted to steal the flute from Tapion and tell Trunks that Tapion was the true monster, but Trunks didn't believe him, and instead gave the flute back to Tapion. Tapion then took a liking to Trunks, and asked him to dine with him.
Tapion and Trunks then formed a friendship, and Tapion was invited to stay at Capsule Corp. by Bulma. Tapion explained the whole situation to Bulma, who promised to try and re-build the broken music box to that Tapion could finally get some sleep, much to Tapion's delight.
Tapion tried sleeping inside the new music box/chamber Bulma built for him, but it was still no use, and Hildegarn managed to get free from Tapion's body. Now whole, Hildegarn had finally returned and Tapion's nightmare had come true. For a while, Tapion managed to use his flute to absorb Hildegarn's spirit once again, but Hildegarn would soon be free. Tapion begged Trunks to slay him with the sword (Tapion and Minosha were Konatsian Knights who always carried swords), but Trunks couldn't find it in his heart to kill his "big brother", and Hildegarn was free once again. To Tapion's horror, the flute shattered.
After killing Hoi, Hildegarn went on a rampage throughout the city, battling the warriors Goku, Gohan, Goten, Trunks and Vegeta, but it was no use. Even Goten and Trunks' fusion as Gotenks wasn't enough to stop Hildegarn (Gotenks managed to destroy Hildegarn's first form, but he evolved into a more powerful, insect-like behemoth). Eventually, Hildegarn was distracted while attacking the others, and destroyed for good when Goku saw his chance and pierced Hildegarn's chest with a Super Dragon Fist, oblitierating the monster forever.
His work done, Tapion used a Time Machine built by Bulma to travel back to Konats. As a remembrance gift, Tapion handed his sword to Trunks (supposed to be the sword he uses against Freeza, King Cold and the Androids, which is impossible due to continuity errors), and left for 1000 years back in time to planet Konats, never to be seen or mentioned again.
Trivia
- Tapion is never seen using his sword or fighting at all.
- Tapion's Sword is used by Trunks in Dragon Ball GT.
- In the credits of 'Dragon Fist Explosion!! If Gokū Won't Do It, Who Will?', directly after Trunks receives Tapion's sword, we see a montage of Future Trunks killing Freeza's men with his sword. This cannot be the same sword Trunks received at the end of the film however due to timeline complications.
- Tapion bears a passing resemblance to the character Link from the Legend of Zelda series. They both wear tunics, belts and boots, have long ears that stick out at an angle from their head, carry swords and use magical ocarinas. They're also quite similar in character in that they're strong, silent warriors (although Tapion, unlike Link, talks).
- Tapion's younger brother is shown at the beginning of the film fighting off Hildegarn. His name is Minosha
- Tapion is a playable character in [[Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 2|Dragon Ball Z: Sparking! NEO]] (AKA Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 2).
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