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Manga Appearances

Chapter Appearances
v  e
Tournament Saga
24. The High Price of Education Absent
25. A Rival Arrives!! Appears
26. Who's That Girl? Appears
27. Nothing to Sneeze At Appears
28. Let the Training Begin! Appears
29. Bad Day at Turtle Rock Appears
30. Milk Run Appears
31. It Only Gets Harder Appears
32. Let the Contest Begin!! Appears
33. Hard Work Pays!! Appears
34. Strongest Under the Heavens! Appears
35. The Battle is Set!! Appears
36. Match No. 1 Appears
37. Match No. 2 Appears
38. Water and Cheesecake! Appears
39. Monster Smash Appears
40. The Tail of Goku Appears
41. Kuririn vs. Jackie Chun Appears
42. The Big Fight Appears
43. The Mysterious Jackie Chun Appears
44. The Name of the Game is Namu Absent
45. Taking the Air Appears
46. The Final Match Appears
47. The Kamehameha Appears
48. One Lucky Monkey Appears
49. The Big Sleep Appears
50. Jackie's Shocking Secret Appears
51. And the Crowd Goes Wild!!! Appears
52. The Climax Approaches! Appears
53. The Final Blow Appears
54. On the Road Again Appears
v  e
General Blue Saga
70. Bulma's Big Mistake! Absent
71. The Turtle is Spotted! Appears
72. The Blue Meanies Appears
73. The Wrong Turtle to Mess With Appears
74. The Pirates' Trap Appears
75. Robot in Waiting! Appears
76. The Treasure! Appears
77. Bright Blue Eyes Appears
78. The Great Escape! Appears
79. Run, Run, Run! Appears
80. The Three Stolen Dragon Balls Appears
81. Chased to Penguin Village! Absent
82. The Broken Dragon Radar Absent
83. The Stolen Dragon Radar Absent
v  e
Commander Red Saga
84. The Karin Sanctuary Absent
85. Taopaipai the Assassin Absent
86. The Devastating Dodon-Pa!!! Absent
87. The Great Climb Absent
88. Sage of the Karin Tower Absent
89. A Drink of Water Absent
90. Son Goku Strikes Back! Absent
91. Battle in the Sanctuary!! Absent
92. Taopaipai at the Brink Absent
93. Goku's Charge Absent
94. Attack from the Sky Appears
95. The Fall of Commander Red Appears
96. The Triumph! Absent
v  e
Fortuneteller Baba Saga
97. The Lost Dragon Ball Appears
98. The All-Seeing Crone Appears
99. The Five Champions Appears
100. Battle of the Bleeders Appears
101. The Devil's Cesspool Appears
102. Goku at the Plate! Appears
103. The Power of Goku Appears
104. The Beam of Evil Appears
105. The Last Champion Appears
106. Strong vs. Strong Appears
107. To Win By a Tail Appears
108. Son Gohan Appears
109. A Second Helping of Pilaf Appears
110. The Pilaf Machine Absent
111. Reenter the Dragon Appears
112. Go, Goku, Go! Appears
v  e
Tien Shinhan Saga
113. Return to the Tournament Appears
114. The Qualifying Rounds Appears
115. King Chappa Appears
116. The Doctored Lottery Appears
117. Yamcha's Kamehameha! Appears
118. The Cruelty of Tenshinhan Absent
119. The Full Moon Grudge Appears
120. Look Out! The Dodon Blast! Appears
121. Kuririn's Master Plan Appears
122. Goku vs. Panpoot Appears
123. Tenshinhan vs. Jackie Chun Appears
124. Young Tenshinhan Appears
125. Goku vs. Kuririn Appears
126. Goku vs. Kuririn, Part 2 Appears
127. Goku vs. Kuririn, Part 3 Appears
128. Goku vs. Tenshinhan Appears
129. The Volleyball Play Appears
130. The Fist of the Sun Appears
131. Tsuru-Sen'nin Appears
132. The Arms Race Appears
133. Desperation Move Appears
134. Up in the Air Death
v  e
King Piccolo Saga
135. The Death of Kuririn Corpse
136. Target: Tenka'ichi Budokai Corpse
137. We Need You, Goku! Corpse
138. The Weirdo with the Ball Absent
139. Yajirobe's Prey Absent
140. The Martial Artist Hunters Absent
141. Goku vs. Tambourine Pictured
142. Piccolo Descends! Mentioned
143. Goku vs. The Demon King Absent
144. Goku... Loses? Absent
145. The Muten-Rōshi's Decision Absent
146. The Mafū-Ba Absent
147. The Demon King of Old... Restored! Absent
148. Go Ask Karin! Absent
149. World Domination Absent
150. Karin's Quandary Absent
151. The Superest Super Water!!! Mentioned
152. Piccolo's World Absent
153. Tenshinhan's Resolve Absent
154. Tenshinhan vs. Drum Absent
155. Guess Who's Back? Absent
156. Fury Absent
157. The Immortal Battle Absent
158. Goku's Greatest Crisis! Absent
159. The Blasted Earth Absent
160. Goku's Final Gamble Absent
161. The Fist of Son Goku Mentioned
v  e
Piccolo Jr. Saga
162. The Niyoi-bo's Secret Mentioned
163. The Sanctuary of Kami-sama Absent
164. Enter God Absent
165. Shen Long Resurrected! Appears
166. The Reunion Appears
167. New Challengers Appears
168. The 8 Finalists Appears
169. Tenshinhan vs. Taopaipai Appears
170. The Assassin's Struggle Appears
171. Goku Gets Married! Appears
172. Kuririn vs. Demon Junior Appears
173. Kuririn vs. Demon Junior, Part 2 Appears
174. Yamcha vs. Shen Appears
175. Shen Appears
176. Goku vs. Tenshinhan Appears
177. Goku vs. Tenshinhan, Part 2 Appears
178. Tenshinhan's Secret Move! Appears
179. The Two Weak Points Appears
180. Kami-sama vs. the Demon King Appears
181. God's Miscalculation Appears
182. The Fated Showdown! Appears
183. Testing the Waters Appears
184. The Real Fight Appears
185. The Super Kamehameha Appears
186. Panic at the Tenkaichi Budokai! Appears
187. Piccolo's Super Giantification Spell Appears
188. Goku's Fight Appears
189. The Demon King's Final Gamble Appears
190. Piccolo Destroys Everything! Appears
191. The 10 Count Appears
192. The Last Gasp! Appears
193. The Fate of the Strongest Appears
194. The Gift of the Dragon Balls Appears
v  e
Raditz Saga
195. The Mysterious Warrior From Space Absent
196. Kakarrot Appears
197. Tails of Future Not-Quite-Past Appears
198. An Enemy in Common Appears
199. An Unexpected Strength Absent
200. Nothing Up My Sleeve... Absent
201. Piccolo's Farewell to Arms!? Absent
202. A Surprise Appearance Absent
203. Sayonara, Goku Absent
204. The Needs of the Many Appears
205. A Warrior in Hell Appears
206. Gohan and Piccolo Absent
v  e
Vegeta Saga
206. Gohan and Piccolo Absent
207. Son Gohan, the Inconsolable Absent
208. Deeds Done by the Full Moon Absent
209. Goku and Gohan's Training Begins!! Appears
210. Masters and Students Absent
211. The Hardest Time of His Death Appears
212. Closer... Closer... Absent
213. The Day of the Saiyans Appears
214. Let the Games Begin! Appears
215. One Down... Appears
216. Heroes in Terror Appears
217. Hope Runs Out Appears
218. The Last Blast Appears
219. Goku, Hurry! Appears
220. Back From the Other Side Appears
221. The Time Draws Near Appears
222. The Death of a God!! Appears
223. Piccolo's Last Stand Appears
224. The Quiet Wrath of Son Goku Appears
225. Vengeance Appears
226. The Mystery of the Kaio-ken Appears
227. The Last of Nappa Appears
228. Mano a Maniac!! Absent
229. The Decisive Battle at Last! Absent
230. Too Much Power? Absent
231. Battle in the Red Zone!! Absent
232. The Moon Absent
233. The Energy Sphere Appears
234. All That Power... Appears
235. The Last Heartbeat Appears
236. Least Resistance Appears
237. One More... the Sphere! Appears
238. The Hopes of a Planet Appears
239. The Worn-Out Warriors Appears
240. Monkey in the Moon Appears
241. Goku's Request Appears

Appearances in other media

Cross Epoch

Krillin&Chopper(CE)

Krillin and Chopper in Cross Epoch

In the crossover manga Cross Epoch, Krillin runs the Kuri-Chopa Marine Train Coaster with Tony Tony Chopper. They are the first shown when they learn about Shenron's tea party. Their train is boarded by Piccolo and Roronoa Zoro, who save it from being hit by Emperor Pilaf and Buggy's falling Tettiri Number 55 airship.

Video Game Appearances

O1Krillin

Kid Krillin as he appears in Origins

Krillin(DBZFK)

Krillin as he appears in Dragon Ball Z For Kinect

Live-action movies

Krillin does not appear in Dragonball Evolution but will appear in the live action Gintama 2: The Law is Surely There to be Broken.[1]

Voice Actors

  • Japanese: Mayumi Tanaka, Aki Kanada (Mini; Daima)
  • English:
  • Hebrew dub: Simcha Barbiro
  • Spanish:
    • Latin American Spanish dub: Ana María Grey (DB first dub), Rossy Aguirre (DB redub, DBZ ep. 1-60, child DBZ Kai, TFC, and DBS flashbacks), Eduardo Garza (rest of Frieza Saga, Cell Saga, DBZ Kai, and DBS), Luis Daniel Ramírez (Buu Saga, GT flashbacks), Alejandro Illescas (†) (GT)
    • Castilian Spanish dub: Francesc Figuerola (DB ep. 14-26) (†), Ángeles Neira (DB ep. 27-153; DBZ, DBZ Kai, DBS, all movies), Alejandro Albaiceta (GT, except flashbacks)
  • Catalan dub: Francesc Figuerola (DB ep. 14-26) (†); Marta Barbarà (Rest of DB, DBZ, and DBZ Kai); Carles di Blasi (GT)
  • Valencian dub: Xus Romero; Marina Vinyals (Battle of Gods)
  • Galician dub: Carolina Vázquez (DB ep. 14-26); Óscar Fernández (DB ep 27-153; DBZ; GT; DBZ Kai); Dámaso Domínguez (DBZ ep 237-243)
  • Basque dub: Mikel Martínez (DBZ); Alazne Erdozia (2nd voice; DBZ); Kepa Cueto (GT); Josu Díaz (DBZ Kai)
  • Portuguese:
    • Brazilian Portuguese dub: Fábio Lucindo (most media), Thelma Lúcia (DB old dub), Alex Minei (DBZ Kai, TFC), Yuri Chessman (Battle of Gods - DVD dub)
    • European Portuguese dub: Fernanda Figueiredo (DB, DBZ), João Loy (GT), Romeu Vala (DBS)
  • German dub: Norman Matt (DB TV version), Wanja Gerick (DB movies, DBZ, & onward), Daniel Gärtner (DBZ Kai and DBS)
  • Italian dub: Veronica Pivetti (DB ep.14-99), Marcella Silvestri (DB, DBZ Saiyan saga, Frieza saga, and Cell saga), Luigi Scribani (Buu saga and DBS),George Castiglia (Dynit dub child), Davide Lepore (Dynit dub adult), Leonardo Caneva (DBZ movie 14 & 15)
  • Croatian dub: Lucija Barišić (DBZ)
  • Hungarian dub: Péter Galambos (DB & GT), János Háda (DB), Zoltán Breyer (DB & DBZ)
  • Indonesian dub: Hanis Ujang (†) (DB/DBZ (2nd voice), Indosiar), Ferry Kurniawan (DBZ (1st voice), Indosiar), Linda (DBZ movies), Iphie Lubis (DBZK, Indosiar), Violet Enoy (DB, Global TV), Hardi (DBS, RCTI)
  • Arabic dub: Hanan Choucair (DB, DBZ episodes 1–53, DBZ Kai episodes 41–54) Amirah Hudhaifi (DBZ episodes 54–104, DBZ Kai episodes 1–40)
  • Mandarin dub: Feng Yuwei (DB episode 105-present), Lü Peiyu (DBZ series - 1st dub), Fu Shuang (DBGT), Zheng Renjun (DBGT flashbacks), Cian Sin-Yu (DBZ Kai, DBS), Liu Ruping (Battle of Gods, Resurrection ‘F’)
  • Cantonese dub: Au Sui Wah (DBZ), Lam Pou-chuen (DBGT), Yuan Shuzen (DBZ Kai), Phoebe Chow Yan Yan (DBS)
  • Thai dub: Viphada Jatuyosporn (DB - DEX dub), Itthipol Mameket (DBZ, DBGT, DBZ Kai - DEX dub)
  • Serbian dub: Dragan Vujić (Old Serbian dub)
  • French dub: Claude Chantal (†) (DB and DBZ), Thierry Mercier (DBGT), Monique Nevers (DBZ Kai and DBS)
  • Polish dub: Jacek Braciak (adult, movie 13), Grzegorz Borowski (adult, DBS, Super Hero), Dariusz Kosmowski (child, DBS)
  • Tagalog dub: Apollo Abraham
  • Greek dub: Maria Bonikou (kid; DB, DBZ eps. 38-40, 42, 56-59), Matina Karra (DB eps. 68, 84, 108, 125, 127-129, 132-136, 138-148, DBZ eps. 2-10, 14-23, 25-35, 41, 44-51, 54-55, 64-65, 80-81, 86-87, 101, 107, 109-110, 113-114, 179, 185-189, 192-193, 235, 237, 240-245, 278-281), Zoi Rigopoulou (DBZ eps. 60-63, 66-77), Chrysa Samara (DBZ eps. 78-79, 82-85), Maria Plakidi (DB eps. 61, 83, 104, 126, DBZ eps. 11-12, 22, 24, 36-37, 41, 43-44, 52-53, 88-96, 105, 108, 111-112, 115-178, 180-184, Super Hero), Chrysa Spilioti (DBZ eps. 190-191), Themis Psihogios (DBZ eps. 205, 208, 256-258, 284, 289), Yiannis Papaioannou (DBZ eps. 206, 209-214, 218-219, 235-236, 246-255, 259-260, 270, 272, 288, 291), Stelios Kalathas (DBZ eps. 215-216, 221, 238-239, GT, DB ep. 77 redub), Emi Stilianidou (GT ep. 55), Konstantina Koutsiou (DB Movies, DBZ Movies 1-9), Sotiris Laskaris (DBZ Movie 10), Panagiotis Tsitsas (DBZ Movie 11), Dimitris Antoniou (DBZ Movie 13), Pimis Petrou (DBS), Ifigenia Staikou (kid; DBS)

Battles

Dragon Ball
Dragon Ball Z
  • Krillin vs. Raditz
  • Krillin vs. Tien Shinhan (anime only)
  • Krillin vs. Mr. Popo (manga only)
  • Krillin, Chiaotzu, Tien Shinhan, and Yamcha vs. Scarface and Shorty (anime only)
  • Krillin vs. Yajirobe (anime only)
  • Krillin, Piccolo, and Gohan vs. Saibamen (anime only)
  • Krillin vs. Vegeta, Nappa and Saibamen
  • Krillin, Piccolo, Tien Shinhan, Chiaotzu, and Gohan vs. Nappa
  • Krillin and Piccolo vs. Nappa
  • Krillin, Piccolo, and Gohan vs. Nappa
  • Krillin, and Yajirobe vs. Vegeta (Great Ape)
  • Krillin and Gohan vs. Vegeta
  • Krillin and Gohan vs. Vegeta
  • Krillin vs. Gohan (Image Training)
  • Krillin and Gohan vs. Stone Giant (anime only)
  • Krillin and Gohan vs. Sea Creatures (anime only)
  • Krillin and Gohan vs. Raiti and Zaacro (anime only)
  • Krillin and Gohan vs. Banan and Sūi
  • Krillin and Gohan vs. Dodoria
  • Krillin and Gohan vs. Guldo
  • Krillin vs. Recoome
  • Krillin and Gohan vs. Captain Ginyu (Goku's body)
  • Krillin, Gohan, and Goku (Captain Ginyu's body) vs. Captain Ginyu (Goku's body)
  • Krillin, Gohan, and Vegeta vs. Frieza (First Form) (anime only)
  • Krillin vs. Frieza (Second Form)
  • Krillin vs. Frieza (Second Form)
  • Krillin, Gohan, and Vegeta vs. Frieza (Second Form) (anime only)
  • Krillin, Piccolo and Gohan vs. Frieza (Final Form)
  • Krillin vs. Yamcha (Infected) (anime only)
  • Krillin vs. Master Roshi (Infected) (anime only)
  • Krillin vs. Master Roshi (Infected) (anime only)
  • Krillin vs. Mustard (anime only)
  • Krillin vs. Garlic Jr. (anime only)
  • Krillin vs. Vinegar (Super Vinegar) (anime only)
  • Krillin, Piccolo, and Gohan vs. Garlic Jr. (Super Garlic Jr.) (anime only)
  • Krillin and Gohan vs. Giant Eel (anime only)
  • Krillin vs. Dr. Gero (Anime only)
  • Krillin, Goku, Future Trunks, and Gohan vs. Android 17 and Android 18 (dream; anime only)
  • Krillin vs. Cell (Imperfect Form) (Anime only)
  • Krillin, Android 16 and Android 18 vs. Cell (Semi Perfect Form)
  • Krillin vs. Cell (Semi Perfect Form)
  • Krillin and Future Trunks (Super Saiyan Second Grade) vs. Cell (Perfect Form)
  • Krillin vs. Yamcha (Anime only)
  • Krillin vs. Cell Jr.
  • Krillin, Yamcha, Tien Shinhan, Vegeta (Super Saiyan/Second Grade Super Saiyan),[2] Future Trunks (Super Saiyan/Second Grade Super Saiyan),[2] Goku (Super Saiyan Full Power), and Piccolo vs. Cell Juniors
  • Krillin, Gohan (Super Saiyan 2), Piccolo, Tien Shinhan, and Yamcha vs. Cell (Super Perfect Form) (anime only)
  • Krillin vs. Android 18 (Anime only)
  • Krillin vs. Pintar
  • Krillin, Goku, Vegeta, and Piccolo vs. Dabura
  • Krillin vs. Goten (training; Anime only)
  • Krillin vs. Super Buu (Anime only)
  • Krillin vs. Yamcha (training; Anime only)
  • Krillin vs. Kid Buu (Anime only)
  • Krillin and Yamcha vs. Kid Buu (anime only)
Dragon Ball Super
Anime
  • Krillin, Gohan, Piccolo, Master Roshi, Tien Shinhan, and Jaco vs. Frieza Force
  • Krillin, Gohan, Piccolo, Master Roshi, and Tien Shinhan vs. Captain Ginyu (Tagoma's body)
  • Krillin vs. Goku
  • Krillin vs. Goku (Weighted Turtle Suit)
  • Krillin and Goku (Base/Super Saiyan/Super Saiyan 3/Super Saiyan Blue) vs. Tambourine (illusion), King Piccolo (illusion), Vegeta (illusion), Nappa (illusion), Ginyu (illusion), Burter (illusion), Jeice (illusion), Recoome (illusion), Guldo (illusion), Frieza (Final Form) (illusion), Cell (Perfect Form) (illusion), Super Buu (illusion), Dabura (illusion), Raditz (illusion), Bulma (illusion), and Super Shenron (illusion)
  • Krillin vs. Basil (Image Training)
  • Krillin vs. Gohan
  • Krillin and Android 18 vs. Goku (Base/Super Saiyan/Super Saiyan Blue)
  • Krillin vs. Android 18
  • Krillin, Gohan, Piccolo, Tien Shinhan, & Master Roshi (Base/Max Power) vs. Botamo, Lavender, Shosa, Comfrey, and Dercori
  • Krillin, Gohan, Piccolo, Tien Shinhan, & Master Roshi vs. Dium
  • Krillin, & Master Roshi (Max Power) vs.
  • Krillin and Android 18 vs. Shosa
  • Krillin and Android 18 vs. Majora
  • Krillin vs. Majora
  • Krillin vs. Frost (Final Form)
Manga
  • Krillin, Gohan (Potential Unleashed), Piccolo, Tien Shinhan, and Master Roshi vs. Auta Magetta
  • Krillin vs. Frost (Final Form)
  • Krillin vs. Yunba
  • Krillin, Gohan (Potential Unleashed), Piccolo, and Jaco vs. Seven-Three, Shimorekka, and Yunba
  • Krillin vs. Yunba
  • Krillin and Master Roshi vs. Miza Iwaza Kikaza Fusion
  • Krillin vs. Hachimaru
  • Krillin, Piccolo (Potential Unleashed), Gohan (Super Saiyan), Android 18, Gotenks (Fat), Gamma 1, and Gamma 2 vs. Cell Max
  • Krillin, Piccolo (Potential Unleashed/Orange Piccolo/Great Namekian), Gohan (Super Saiyan), and Gotenks (Fat) vs. Cell Max
  • Krillin, Piccolo (Orange Piccolo; Great Namekian), Gohan (Super Saiyan), Android 18, Gotenks (Fat), and Gamma 1 vs. Cell Max
Super Dragon Ball Heroes
Anime
  • Krillin vs. Android 17 (Sparring)
  • Krillin vs. Tien Shinhan
Manga
  • Krillin and Hearts (Super Hearts) vs. Majin Ozotto South Supreme Kai (Clone), Majin Ozotto (West Supreme Kai) (Clone) and Majin Ozotto (North Supreme Kai) (Clone)
Dragon Ball GT
  • Krillin vs. Goku
Films
  • Krillin, Gohan, and Goku vs. Ebifurya and Kishime
  • Krillin, Gohan, and Master Roshi vs. Dr. Kochin
  • Krillin, Piccolo, Gohan, Goku, and Master Roshi vs. Dr. Wheelo
  • Krillin, Gohan, and Piccolo vs. Dr. Wheelo
  • Krillin vs. Amond
  • Krillin, Piccolo, Yamcha, Tien Shinhan, and Chiaotzu vs. Turles
  • Krillin vs. Lord Slug
  • Krillin and Gohan vs. Salza
  • Krillin, Piccolo, and Gohan vs. Cyclopian Guards
  • Krillin and Gohan vs. Android 13 (Fusion)
  • Krillin vs. Zangya
  • Krillin and Gohan vs. Broly (Legendary Super Saiyan)
  • Krillin and Android 18 vs. Bio-Broly
  • Krillin, Goten (Super Saiyan), and Trunks (Super Saiyan) vs. Bio-Broly
  • Krillin, Goku, Piccolo and Vegeta (Super Saiyan) vs. Frieza (Final Form)
  • Krillin, Piccolo, Gohan, Master Roshi (Full Power), Tien Shinhan, and Jaco vs. Frieza Force
  • Krillin, Gohan (Super Saiyan), Piccolo (Potential Unleashed), Android 18, Gamma 1, Gamma 2, and Gotenks (Fat Gotenks) vs. Cell Max
  • Krillin, Piccolo (Potential Unleashed/Orange Piccolo/Great Namekian), Gohan (Super Saiyan), and Gotenks (Fat Gotenks) vs. Cell Max
  • Krillin, Gotenks (Fat Gotenks), Android 18, and Gamma 1 vs. Cell Max
4-D attractions
  • Krillin and Android 18 vs. Gohan (Great Saiyaman) vs. Piccolo

List of characters killed by Krillin

Dragon Ball Z
Films

Trivia

  • In-universe, his name has been shown to be spelt as Kulilin.[3]
  • Like most characters in the series, the name Krillin is a pun. In his case, its Japanese source, Kuririn, is made up of two parts. The first two syllables come from 栗 (kuri), which means "chestnut" in reference to his shaved head (the "chestnut" pun is also carried over to his daughter Marron). The second part of his name comes from 少林 (Shōrin; "Shaolin" in Chinese), as his early character designs were closely modeled on Shaolin monks. Other beliefs are that his name comes from kuri-kuri/kurin-kurin (an onomatopoeia for something cute and round), kuri-kuri shita me (meaning "big round eyes"), or the words kurikuri (which can mean "bald") and rin (a word added to the end of a name to make it sound cute). His English name, meanwhile, seems to be a play on "krill" (both a minuscule species of shrimp-like crustacean and the Swedish term for a small fry of fish) in reference to his diminutive stature.
  • He has a blood type of A.[4]
  • Krillin was introduced into the series due to Akira Toriyama's editor at the time, Kazuhiko Torishima, considering Goku too bland in personality, and wanted another character to make things more interesting.[5]
  • In the poll of the top 20 best characters featured in the book Dragon Ball Forever, Krillin was voted number 7 by Japanese fans. He was the highest of the humans by a large margin.
  • Krillin is the only person to come face to face with every form of each main villain in Dragon Ball Z (if filler is included). He was there when Vegeta first came, he went back to help Goku and saw his Great Ape form. He was there for all 5 of Frieza's forms (unless one counts his 100% state as a different form, and his Golden Frieza form), he tried to fight all forms of Cell, and he saw both of Garlic Jr.'s forms. He was there at the release of Fat Majin Buu, tried to fight Super Buu, and in filler, tried to fight Kid Buu. Although he did not see every absorption of Super Buu, those weren't really transformations but rather absorptions.
  • Krillin breaks the fourth wall in Broly: The Second Coming by saying "None of you would have lasted a season without me!" Although he might have been referring to the weather seasons.
WhoIsThisIs

Krillin on the cover of Who is, This is

  • Krillin appears on the cover art of the Voodoo Glow Skulls: Who Is, This Is album in his Battle Armor.
  • In January 2007, Oricon conducted a poll in which they asked Japanese manga/anime fans which characters from any anime/manga they would most like to see in their own spinoff series; Krillin ranked third in the men's poll and sixth in the overall poll.[6]
  • Krillin is one of the few characters who have broken the fourth wall in the manga. In his case, he suspects that the various sequences of Goten & Trunks performing the fusion dance are all photocopies of the same set of drawings due to how each set of panels appears to be identical.
  • Krillin has died more times than any other character in the series, having been killed by Tambourine (in the original series), Frieza, Androids 17 and 18 (in Future Trunks's timeline), Super Buu, and Android 17 (in GT).
  • In Dragon Ball Z: Resurrection ‘F’, when Bulma calls Krillin on his cellphone to inform him about Frieza's return, the ringtone that plays is We Are!, which is the original opening theme for the One Piece anime. This is likely a reference to Krillin's seiyū, Mayumi Tanaka's role voicing the One Piece series' main protagonist, Monkey D. Luffy. This also applies to the Funimation dub, where Krillin's voice, Sonny Strait, voices Usopp.
    • It also appears in "episode 17" of Dragon Ball Super, when Gohan calls Krillin's cellphone.
  • Krillin's hobby is karaoke.[7]
  • Krillin's favorite food is Chinese buffet.[7]
  • Krillin's favorite vehicle is a sports car.[7]
  • Even though Toriyama designed Krillin for GT (giving him the moustache and grey hair like in the anime) the design he had differs from his GT one; in Toriyama's design, he has dungarees and a shirt, while, in the GT anime, he has an "old man" style suit with a tie.[8]
  • Krillin is the strongest non-android earthling, excluding Uub.
  • In Dragon Ball Z, the moxibustion burns on Krillin's head were no longer drawn after he had grown his hair out following Cell's defeat, despite the fact they were positioned on his forehead where hair would not grow over. This was retained for his appearances in Dragon Ball GT. In Dragon Ball Super, the burn marks are still visible on his forehead despite having his hair grown out.

References

  1. Gintama 2 "Dragon Ball Wind" trailer. youtube (August 7, 2018).
  2. 2.0 2.1 In the manga, they were only Super Saiyan. However, the animators gave them grossly enlarged muscles in the anime, indicating that they might have been Super Saiyan Second Grade
  3. Dragon Ball chapter 247, "Planet Namek, Cold and Dark"
  4. Weekly Shōnen Jump, issue #37, 1986
  5. Daizenshuu 2, 1995
  6. Oricon: Fans Want L, Char Aznable Spinoffs. Anime News Network. Retrieved on January 8, 2007.
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