Pilaf

    

Part IV Part I
Pilaf
ピラフ Pirafu
Personal Data
Universe	7th Universe
Galaxy	Milky Way, North Galaxies
Race	Earthling
Birthplace	Earth
Birthday	Age 715
Age	38 (Part I)
Gender	Male
Height	No Comment (Part I)
Weight	32 kg (Part I)
Professional Status
Team(s)	Pilaf Group
Occupation(s)	'Emperor' Scientist
Partner(s)	Mai Shū
First Appearance
Manga Debut	Volume 2, Chapter 18
Anime Debut	DB001
Image Gallery
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"Emperor" Pilaf (ピラフ, Pirafu) is a Monster-type Earthling, and the leader of the Pilaf Group. He is a self-proclaimed emperor with plans of world domination, and confronted Son Gokū many times during the Saiyan's childhood.

Appearance

Pilaf's appearance is atypical of most Earthlings, as he is a Monster-type, and therefore has more variety. He is extremely shortly, with stubby limbs even as an adult, blue skin, pointed ears, and narrow black eyes. During Gokū's childhood, he wore a black robe with the character "炒饭" (fried rice) embraided on it, a ruff, a dual-coloured hat, and pointed shoes.

After being wished back to childhood, Pilaf wears a yellow coat, maroon shorts, and normal shoes. He, however, retains the same hat.

Abilities

Pilaf has no combat abilities, despite being a Monster-type Earthling. In spite of this, he is shown to be quite intelligent - and later, his intelligence is shown rivalling that of Bulma, who is otherwise considered the smartest individual on Earth.

Part I

Hunt for the Dragons Ball Arc

Pilaf first appears when his minions, Mai and Shū, obtain the Dragon Balls from Gokū and his group in the Mushroom Forest. He is quick to reprimand them, however, as they missed one of the Dragon Balls held by the group. Shū watches as Mai notes how the intruders arrived only to be quickly captured.

After trapping the group, Mai and Shū search the car but find no Dragon Ball. Pilaf then interrogates Bulma, and is stunned by how easily she can withstand his questioning. When it fails to yield results, they release sleeping gas into the chamber, procuring their Dragon Ball while the others are asleep. Mai and Shū present all seven Dragon Balls to Pilaf, and witness him summon Shenron.

Pilaf's group is utterly stunned by the appearance of Shenron, but just as Pilaf is going to make his wish, Oolong appears, and wishes for the Panties off of an attractive woman. The Dragon Balls scatter, leaving the trio stunned. Pilaf, furious at the loss of his wish, demands Mai and Shū capture Oolong and Pu'ar. They move the prisoners to a new cell, where Pilaf announces that they will be executed by heat exposure the following day.

After a game of cards, the Pilaf gang retire for the night. However, they are woken up by the sound of Gokū's monstrous Great Monkey transformation. Shrieking in terror as the young boy destroys their castle, the group flee before Gokū can trample them entirely. Taking off in a plane to escape, Gokū notices their attempt and throws a piece of the castle at their plane, destroying it. However, the group do survive.

Part II

Cell Arc

Main article: Cell Arc While they were not seen, Pilaf and his cronies are always operating in secret, intending to take over the world. The emergence of Cell, however, caused them to postpone any attempts at world domination.

Part III

Majin Boo Arc

Main article: Majin Boo Arc When Majin Boo's presence became known to Earth, it again forced, Pilaf, Mai and Shū to postpone their plans for world domination. Shortly later, the three were killed by Boo during his assault on the entire population of Earth. Afterwards, the group alongside the rest of Boo's victims were resurrected by the Nameccian's Dragon Balls.

Part IV

Dragon Ball Z: God and God

Main article: Dragon Ball Z: God and God

Dragon Ball Z: Revival of "F"

Main article: Dragon Ball Z: Revival of "F"

God and God Arc

Main article: God and God Arc

Revival of "F" Arc

Main article: Revival of "F" Arc

Hakaishin Champa Arc

Main article: Hakaishin Champa Arc

"Future" Trunks Arc

Main article: "Future" Trunks Arc

In Other Timelines

Trunks' Timeline

The Pilaf Gang had wished back to be infants.

Pilaf shared the same past events with his present counterpart before Trunks used Time Machine to travel to the past. At some point in the future, the Pilaf Gang gathered the Dragon Balls and summoned Shenron to wish for youth. Their timing was during the Android's attack on Earth, however, and the death of Piccolo rendered them inert from that point on; their wish turned them into infants. Due to Zen'ō erasing the 7th Universe, Pilaf and Shū suffered the same fate.

In Other Media

Dragon Ball Super (manga)

See also: Dragon Ball Super#Manga

Hakaishin Champa Arc (manga)

The last day arrives and; Pilaf with Mai, Shū and other people travel in a spacecraft prepared by Whis to reach the tournament grounds. After their arrival at the tournament the Pilaf Gang is left astonished by the sheer size of the Super Dragon Balls. While all combatants from Universe 6 and Universe 7 do the writing test, Pilaf and his henchmen spend some time playing with Goten and Trunks. After the test is over Pilaf and his gang join all non-participants to the courts, where he gets hit by the crowd over their excitement of the first fight.

Trivia

• Pilaf along with the rest of the Pilaf Gang make a cameo in Akira Toriyama's other work such as the movie Dr. Slump and Arale-chan: N-cha! Love Comes From Penguin Village.
• In Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot, Mai states that Pilaf is the proud prince of the Meshikiya people, a culture who one ruled over an entire region of the world.
• He is voiced by Chuck Huber in the Funimation dub, who also voiced Android 13, Android 17, and Garlic Junior.