Death Psycho Bomb

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"I'd advise against placing too much stock in your escape, though if you like, I CAN bring you CLOSER TO HOME!!"
— Frieza in "Awaken, Legendary Warrior! Goku the Super Saiyan!"

Death Psycho Bomb

デスサイコボム

Desu Saiko Bomu

Alternate names

You Won't Escape Alive!
Frieza Psychokinesis^[1]
Psychokinesis Bomb^[2]
Psychokinesis Attack^[3]
I Won't Let You Escape with Your Life!^[4]^[5]
Super Combo (Standing Light Attack: Follow-up 2)^[6]

Debut

Manga: "Life or Death"
Anime: "Transformed at Last"
Film: Dragon Ball Super: Broly
Game: Dragon Ball Z: Buyū Retsuden

Appears in

Inventor

Frieza

Users

Frieza
Frieza Race Time Patrollers^[7]
Future Warrior^[8]
Zarbon^[8]
Syn Shenron^[8]
Super Buu^[8]

Color

     ,       (energy blast)
     ,      ,      ,       (energy blast)
     ,      ,       (explosion)
     ,       (explosion)

Class

Telekinesis

Similar Techniques

Dirty Fireworks
Explosion Sorcery
Imprisonment Ball
Particle Bomb
Psycho Crash
Meteor Explosion

Death Psycho Bomb (デスサイコボム, Death Psycho Bomb)^[7]^[8] is a technique used by Frieza in his final form.

Overview[]

"Hope you aren't afraid of heights."
— Frieza in "Awaken, Legendary Warrior! Goku the Super Saiyan!"

Frieza catches the opponent with a small, invisible energy sphere shot from his index finger in a fashion similar to his Death Beam. Then, he raises his arm upward, controlling and pulling the opponent high in the air with telekinesis. Finally, Frieza clenches his hand into a fist, detonating the opponent's ki and causing them to explode.

Usage[]

"Do you think I'll let them go? Not one of you will leave here alive...! I AM STILL MORE OF A MATCH FOR ALL OF YOU!!!!"
— Frieza in "Life or Death"

KuririnabouttoexplodeFrieza — Krillin before exploding

Frieza uses this attack to kill Krillin on planet Namek. After barely surviving Goku's Large Spirit Bomb, an injured and angered Frieza nearly kills Piccolo with a Death Beam fired through his chest. As Gohan and Krillin are about to flee to Goku's spaceship by the Saiyan's orders, Frieza catches Krillin with the Death Psycho Bomb, and against Goku's pleas, detonates Krillin, shocking Goku and Gohan. Frieza then suggests "the brat should go next". Completely enraged by the death of his best friend, Goku transforms into a Super Saiyan, orders Gohan to take Piccolo to his spaceship, and prepares to battle the awe-stricken Frieza.^[9] Later during their battle, 100% Full Power Frieza also implies that he intended to have Goku killed the same way as "that earthling". Goku, infuriated that Frieza not only killed Krillin but also didn't even bother to call him by name angrily reminded him of his name before declaring he would pay and powering up to such an extent that it increased volcanic activity on Namek.^[10]

Film Appearances[]

In Dragon Ball Z: Resurrection ‘F’, after his revival, Frieza uses a very similar attack to telekinetically hurl Tagoma into space after he suggested Frieza ignore Goku, though he only used a single finger instead of his whole hand and it did not cause Tagoma to explode.

In Dragon Ball Super: Broly, although never used, his usage of it against Krillin was shown in Frieza's flashback to when Goku first went Super Saiyan before deciding to do something similar to bait Broly into becoming a Super Saiyan by executing his father Paragus.

Variations[]

Spirit Excalibur Death Psycho Bomb - A combination of Spirit Excalibur and Death Psycho Bomb used by Froze in Dragon Ball Heroes: Victory Mission.

Video Game Appearances[]

In Buyū Retsuden, it is Frieza Psychokinesis (フリーザサイコキネシス, Frieza Psychokinesis) and is Frieza's Meteor Attack.

In Hyper Dimension, it is named Psychokinesis Attack (サイコキネシスアタック, Psychokinesis Attack) and is one of Frieza's special attacks.

In Idainaru Son Goku Densetsu, it is named Psychokinesis Bomb (サイコキネシスボム, Psychokinesis Bomb).

In Budokai, Ultimate Tenkaichi, and Budokai HD Collection, it appears in a cutscene.

In Raging Blast, it is named I Won't Let You Escape with Your Life! (生かしては帰さんぞ, Ikashite wa Kaesanzo) where it appears as one of Frieza's Super Attacks in his final form.

In Raging Blast 2, Frieza does the same thing, though it looks like his hand is more gripped. He also gives the evil grin. When the move is cast, it does not home, is a very small circle projectile, and if blocked, it forms a mushroom cloud.

In J-Stars Victory Vs, it appears as one of Frieza's special attacks.

In Xenoverse, it is named Death Psycho Bomb and is one of Frieza's Super Skills in his Final Form. It is among the few skills in the game that cannot be learned or obtained by the Future Warrior. However, it is not exclusive to Frieza as one of the random Frieza Race Time Patroller NPCs (David & Charles) has the skill listed as part of their skillset.

XV2 - Death Psycho Bomb — Dark Frieza using Death Psycho Bomb on Krillin in *Xenoverse 2*

In Xenoverse 2, Death Psycho Bomb as one of Frieza's Super Skills in his Final Form. Unlike in Xenoverse, it can be obtained by the Future Warrior in Parallel Quest 33: "Earth in Danger!". It can be used by the Future Warrior regardless of race. After the 1.09.00 Update, it can be added to Zarbon's custom skillset after purchasing it in Partner Customization.However it is unavailable for 1st Form Frieza's custom skillset. As part of the 1.17.00 Update DLC, it can be added to Omega Shenron and Majin Buu (Gohan Absorbed) custom skillsets after purchasing it (separately) in Partner Customization.

In FighterZ, the move appears in two forms. First it appears as Frieza's Standing Light Attack: Follow-up 2 (three light attacks) portion of his light attack Super Combo. It also appears if Frieza and Super Saiyan Goku are the leads for their respective teams and the Planet Namek stage (it will not trigger on the Destroyed Planet Namek stage) is selected, the battle's opening scene will be a re-enactment of Krillin's murder using the Death Psycho Bomb, followed by Goku's transformation into a Super Saiyan (the scene differs slightly as Goku's Turtle Hermit Gi as well as Frieza's tail are intact and Krillin is wearing his Turtle Hermit Gi instead of Battle Armor as the scene uses their existing character models).

Trivia[]

Ironically, it was due the success of this technique in killing Krillin, that gave rise to the very Super Saiyan Frieza had always feared.
In manga chapter "The Fourth Warrior", after the healed Krillin cuts off Frieza's tail with a Destructo Disc to distract him from Gohan, Second form Frieza threatens Krillin by saying "I'll Blow You Into So Many Bits You'll Never Be Able To Come Back Again!!!", foreshadowing his use of this technique eighteen chapters later in "Life or Death".
- In addition to it bringing about his downfall, his threat that Krillin would never be able to come back again ultimately failed, as Krillin was later brought back to life by Porunga, who put his tattered body and clothes back together as a special treat (however, at the time he said it, Frieza was referring to failing to kill Krillin with HAIL Frieza, and at the time he killed him, the Namekian Dragon Balls were useless and the Earth's Dragon Balls couldn't revive Krillin, as he already had been revived once before after being killed by Tambourine, thus Goku's anger at Frieza was completely justified as he was fully aware that Krillin could not be revived at that point).
- In Dragon Ball Super, Frieza later noted Krillin's return to life when he invaded Earth after his resurrection in Age 779, causing him to consider the Dragon Balls resurrection ability a nuisance (despite its own role in his return).
In the Funimation dub for "Transformed at Last", Frieza shortly after using the technique to murder Krillin, cracks a dark joke by saying "Pop goes the weasel!", a reference to the English nursery rhyme and song game of the same name.
- Similarly, the dub of that episode as well as the flashback to it in "Frieza's Counterattack" has Frieza, just before lifting Krillin into the air, yelling "This time, you won't come back", implying that he specifically chose to use that technique on Krillin in part due to revenge for his earlier slicing off his tail. In the Dragon Ball Z Kai equivalent of that scene, however, Frieza instead sarcastically "hoped" that Krillin was not afraid of heights. The Japanese version for both simply has him laughing evilly during this scene.
  - In the manga, Frieza merely tells Krillin that regardless of his struggling, he won't escape his hold.
Krillin's last words before exploding varied between versions/mediums. In the manga, Japanese version of Dragon Ball Z, Dragon Ball Z Kai, and various video games, he cries out Goku's name. In the original and remastered Funimation dub, he instead yells "Help me!"
Cartoon Network and Nicktoons airings removed the scene of Krillin lighting up and inflating before exploding; airings on the former CW4Kids Toonzai block removed this altogether.