Dragon Ball Z what is your guys favorite villain in DBZ and why

Vegeta. He starts off as a careless and heartless monster but by the end of DBZ, he is a hero and a caring father. The growth and character development he had gone through in the series overall makes him one of my favorite characters.

If we have to stick to only villains that never turn away from that, it would probably be Cell. He was funny and entertaining but also pushed everyone beyond their limits.
 
For the original series, I'd probably go with Yamcha, though he wasn't a villain for too long. He's quite goofy, but also sympathetic and can be caring as well.
For Z onwards I also favor Vegeta pretty much second to none who comes to mind. He is a jerk at the beginning, but has gone through hard times, changing a lot throughout the whole series.
 
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Vegeta. He starts off as a careless and heartless monster but by the end of DBZ, he is a hero and a caring father. The growth and character development he had gone through in the series overall makes him one of my favorite characters.

If we have to stick to only villains that never turn away from that, it would probably be Cell. He was funny and entertaining but also pushed everyone beyond their limits.
I don't wanna get off topic but Vegeta is way more friendly but he's still like a enemy to Goku because he wants to be stronger than Goku. Vegeta is one of the more interesting characters in dragon ball.
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I don't wanna get off topic but Vegeta is way more friendly but he's still like a enemy to Goku because he wants to be stronger than Goku. Vegeta is one of the more interesting characters in dragon ball.
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Certainly now, he is a better fighter and father than Goku at this point but prior to Buu he still had an ego problem.
 
If its just anyone who was ever a villain, I would agree Vegeta, he's my favorite period.

But if we're going just only, then I don't know. I mean, I like Cell a lot, at one point believe it or not I would have said Garlic Jr, growing up I liked him, the fact he could just turn people evil was awesome to me. If we bring in movie villains that opens another can of worms as Janemba is awesome as well. If I had to pick, then I would say it's Cell for sure. He was I mean pretty perfect.
 
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Freeza is the best villain in the franchise followed by Piccolo Daimao. Vegeta comes in third place however and I feel like as a character he’s better than both of them.
 
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Has to be Saiyan Saga Vegeta for me. I think that his showcase of evil seems so much more malevolent and vicious than all the terror that Freiza caused on Namek- There's just something about the way he starts to let his colors bleed through when Nappa gets crippled, and then the whole fight with Goku? The leg breaking, him beating up on everybody there, and refusing to stop until he can barely crawl anymore. I do enjoy when a fight drags all the way into a bitter end for both sides.

I think the thing that really seals the deal for me was his killing of Nappa, tossing his comrade up killing him effortlessly as everything starts to rumble around him... And then he licks his lips as one of the few left amongst his race explodes like a hot dog in a microwave.
 
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Has to be Saiyan Saga Vegeta for me. I think that his showcase of evil seems so much more malevolent and vicious than all the terror that Freiza caused on Namek- There's just something about the way he starts to let his colors bleed through when Nappa gets crippled, and then the whole fight with Goku? The leg breaking, him beating up on everybody there, and refusing to stop until he can barely crawl anymore. I do enjoy when a fight drags all the way into a bitter end for both sides.

I think the thing that really seals the deal for me was his killing of Nappa, tossing his comrade up killing him effortlessly as everything starts to rumble around him... And then he licks his lips as one of the few left amongst his race explodes like a hot dog in a microwave.
Soon as he was introduced, I loved the character. The way they built him up from there to eventually become a hero was brilliant too. I think he has had the most character development of the entire franchise.
 
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Soon as he was introduced, I loved the character. The way they built him up from there to eventually become a hero was brilliant too. I think he has had the most character development of the entire franchise.
Or at least, he HAD the most character development before Super. Crazy to think that GT did the job better.
 
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Super stereotypes or simplifies the characters, especially Goku. I could never see Z Goku being cool with some of the stuff Beerus does for example.
 
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In terms of what he represents from the very start of Z to the end of his arc: Frieza. Even if Toriyama hadn't necessarily written him at that point, the whole first part of Z was ultimately never about the Saiyans, it was about Frieza.

In terms of design, motives, character, plot: Cell.
 
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Freeza had more interesting motives than Cell. Becoming immortal and buying and selling planets as the strongest known being in the universe versus becoming the strongest being that ever existed and fighting the Z Fighters over the fate of the planet.

Piccolo Daimao also has better motives. He was essentially the Joseph Stalin of DBZ.
 
Freeza had more interesting motives than Cell. Becoming immortal and buying and selling planets as the strongest known being in the universe versus becoming the strongest being that ever existed and fighting the Z Fighters over the fate of the planet.
Yeah, but that's banal. Cell needed to be perfect and prove he was perfect. And what made him the ultimate warrior (genes from the most powerful fighters in the universe) was also what caused him to be flawed (Saiyan pride, Frieza's ruthlessness). Frieza was just a spoiled brat.

Piccolo Daimao also has better motives. He was essentially the Joseph Stalin of DBZ.
See, I'll at least give Piccolo that he just wanted to rule the world and be a giant a-hole with it (releasing prisoners, deciding who lives and dies by lottery, etc.). It was more interesting than Frieza's "I'll just keep doing what I'm doing".
 
My favourite villain is Freiza. I don't consider Vegeta a villain as he became an ally later on in the series. I consider villain only those who stay villain until the end, My favourite villain is therefore Freiza.
 
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