 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) vs. Goku (Base/Super
Saiyan/Super Saiyan 3/Super Saiyan Blue) and Krillin
List of characters killed by King Piccolo
 Earthlings – Lots of people are killed by King Piccolo when he devastated the Earth.
 Chiaotzu – Killed by King Piccolo's ki blast when Shenron is summoned by King
Piccolo, Chiaotzu tries to change the wish to destroy King Piccolo before the Demon
makes one himself, but Chiaotzu is unsuccessful.
 Shenron – Killed by King Piccolo after Shenron regains King Piccolo's youth.
 Earth's Military – Killed by King Piccolo when King Piccolo takes over the King's
Castle.
 Strong King's Guard – Killed by King Piccolo when King Piccolo takes over the King's
Castle.
 Captain of the Guard – Killed by King Piccolo when he tries to protect King Furry.
Assists
 Master Mutaito - Died as a direct result of his using the Evil Containment Wave to
successful seal King Piccolo in the Electric Rice Cooker.
 Master Roshi - Died as a direct result of his failed attempt to seal King Piccolo with the
Evil Containment Wave.
Trivia
 King Piccolo's name is based on the instrument of the same name.
 The word Piccolo means "another world" in the Namekian language.
 In the original manga, King Piccolo is the only villain to get his wish granted by
Shenron, and the first villain to get his wish granted in both anime and manga.
 King Piccolo is the first person in the series to kill Shenron. The second
was Towa in Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2.

King Piccolo's red blood

 Early in the anime, King Piccolo's blood is portrayed as red. Later, when Namekians
are recognized as a true race within the series and not a simple demon clan as initially
suspected, their blood is portrayed as purple, even though Drum's blood was seen as
purple before the Vegeta Saga, the beginning of which still portrayed their blood as
red.
 In the English dub of the anime, when questioning how Goku could withstand his
power, he remarks that he had fought all over the universe and never met anyone who
could match his strength. This may have been a vague way of implying King Piccolo
had used the ship in which Kami had originally come to Earth to seek stronger
opponents in space sometime before being sealed away, though the original
Japanese versions makes no mention of this, as the ship and Kami's origins had not
been revealed during this time. Later, when the ship was finally revealed, it did not
appear to have been used since it had landed on Earth with the Nameless Namekian
on board.
  Though Piccolo was shown to know the language, and some of his
powers and techniques are of Namekian origin, even replicating Grand
Elder Guru's throne.
 Strangely, King Piccolo is shown to know he is a Namekian in Budokai
Tenkaichi 3: if the player pairs him against Lord Slug or Nail, he will say
"I won't let anybody stand in my way, even if they're a Namekian!"
 Despite not being referred to as Piccolo Daimao in the English dub, an attack increase
item in Budokai 3 is called "Daimao's Power" and can only be used by Piccolo.
 Despite being a Namekian, who is stated to only need water for nourishment, in
anime filler, King Piccolo is shown to eat food when a feast is prepared for him.
 This trait of eating solid food was inherited by his final son/reincarnation
as the young Piccolo Junior is shown eating a fish while living in the
wilderness. However, his son would apparently come to realize that he
did not need to consume solid food to survive as he only drinks water
in Dragon Ball Z.
 In Dragon Ball Super, Piccolo is occasionally seen apparently enjoying
meals at social gatherings years after learning he only requires water to
survive.
 King Piccolo and his son consumption of solid food are referenced
in Xenoverse 2 by a Namekian farmer in Conton City.
 In Kakarot, his son can consume food like other characters though he is
never actually shown eating during Full Course Meals (instead he is
shown with a glass of water though he still receives the same benefits
from full course meals).
 In addition to Piccolo, Necke is a young Namekian whom
Gohan rescues on Namek and discovers is suffering from
an stress disorder which prevents the child from
absorbing nutrients from water forcing him to learn how to
eat solid food as an alternative way of acquiring nutrients.
As a result of his disorder he chooses to remain on Earth
instead of relocating to New Namek. Necke's story
reveals Namekians can absorb nutrients from both water
and solid foods though can obtain all the nutrients they
require from water unless they suffer from the same
condition as Necke which impedes their ability to absorb
nutrients from water, forcing them to rely on solid food.
 Despite planning to have his reincarnation take revenge on Goku and kill him in order
to rule the Earth, King Piccolo's final act ironically did more good than evil, as Piccolo
would later go on the be one of Earth's greatest heroes.
 In Dragon Ball GT, King Piccolo's selfish wish for eternal youth is
revealed to have spawned the 4-Star Shadow Dragon Nuova Shenron.
Unlike the other Shadow Dragons, Nuova Shenron was noble and
honorable, even becoming an ally of Goku. Nuova Shenron's good
nature is the direct result of King Piccolo's wish, as it was a selfish and
evil wish. This marks the second time King Piccolo is responsible for the
birth of a rival of Goku's who later becomes an ally.
 King Piccolo is the first villain to technically and partially succeed in taking revenge on
Goku as his reincarnation Piccolo ultimately ends up killing Goku in Dragon Ball Z with
the Special Beam Cannon which was one of King Piccolo's main reasons in creating
Piccolo, though it should be noted that Goku sacrificed his life to defeat and kill his
older brother Raditz and was later revived with the Earth's Dragon Balls. Interestingly,
he shares this with Dr. Gero who partially succeeded in taking revenge on Goku (for
 the destruction of the Red Ribbon Army) when he was killed by Cell's self-destruction,
though again it was the result of a self-sacrifice by Goku who was ultimately revived
by Elder Kai transferring his remaining life to Goku. Additionally, King Piccolo himself
is related to Cell through his son as Cell possesses Piccolo's cells.
 In an interview, while talking about Cell, Akira Toriyama pointed out that King Piccolo
had also previously enjoyed himself by taking over the world as if it were a game and
tried to rule the world through fear, causing Toriyama to wonder if Cell's similar way of
doing things is from the influence of Piccolo cells. [11]
 In Dragon Ball Super manga, when Vados and Champa question Piccolo's status as a
Namekian, Piccolo refers to himself as the reincarnation of the Demon King Piccolo.
 In Chapter 383 of the manga Gin Tama, King Piccolo makes an appearance, where
he is seen being sucked by a black hole, much in the same way as when he was
sucked in by the Evil Containment Wave. Gintoki comically bought some seals and a
rice cooker, saying "the previous owner had sealed evil king something --ccolo".
Shimura then says "You were just missing the "Pi"!!!!! It's friggin' Evil King Piccolo!!!!!"
 In the FUNimation dub, King Piccolo never actually wishes for eternal youth, just the
restoration of his youth and former power.
 According to the Daizenshuu, King Piccolo was inspired by Akira Toriyama's first
editor, Kazuhiko Torishima. He shares this with Dr. Mashirito from Dr. Slump, who was
also inspired by Kazuhiko Torishima.
 In Dragon Ball Z: Supersonic Warriors, it is implied in a what-if scenario that Piccolo
Jr. can only access the Nameless Namekian's full potential by fusing with his father
King Piccolo in addition to Kami. Presumably, this is due to Piccolo's status as being
both King Piccolo's child and reincarnation. Thus by fusing with both his son and
Kami, the Nameless Namekian is effectively restored completely.
 Counting the film Dragon Ball Z: Lord Slug, Piccolo is the first evil Namekian to wish
for eternal youth, the second being Lord Slug in the film. Lord Slug shares many
similarities with King Piccolo as they are both evil Namekians that lead Demon Clans
and in their old age sought the Dragon Balls to restore their youth and power.
 King Piccolo was given a mention in Dragon Ball Z: Bojack Unbound, where Goku
upon learning about the titular villain compared the villain to him.
 King Piccolo's strategy of eating the Dragon Balls and defeating the Dragon Team
before taking their remaining Dragon Balls was later reused with Super Saiyan
4 Broly in the manga version of Victory Mission.
 In Dragon Ball GT, Goku tries a similar strategy, eating one of the
Dragon Balls.
Gallery

Art of King Piccolo by Akira Toriyama

 Art of King Piccolo by Akira Toriyama

King Piccolo in a flashback

King Piccolo destroys a city (flashback)

King Piccolo in the second opening for Dragon Ball

King Piccolo on his throne

The old King Piccolo

King Piccolo marvels at the Four-Star Dragon Ball

King Piccolo spits out an egg containing Cymbal

King Piccolo

King Piccolo using telepathy

King Piccolo on Pilaf's airship

The old King Piccolo

King Piccolo faces Goku

King Piccolo meets Goku

 King Piccolo fighting Goku

King Piccolo punches Goku in the face

King Piccolo charging an explosive finger beam

King Piccolo attacks

 King Piccolo while Goku charges a Kamehameha

King Piccolo realizes that Goku is not charging an Evil Containment Wave

King Piccolo powers up to finish Goku off

King Piccolo faces Roshi

King Piccolo after his wish was granted

King Piccolo's youth restored

King Piccolo after destroying Shenron

King Piccolo in a flashback incited while Guru probes Krillin's mind

King Piccolo young again

Young King Piccolo on Pilaf's airship

King Piccolo ready to conquer Earth

Piano and King Piccolo their invasion on King Castle

King Piccolo fires Eye Lasers

King Piccolo at King Castle

 King Piccolo confronts the Strong Guard

King Piccolo impaling one of the King's guards

Piccolo declares himself King on TV

King Piccolo on his throne in King Castle

King Piccolo while Tien confronts him

King Piccolo creates another egg

King Piccolo spitting out Drum's egg

King Piccolo's rematch with Goku

King Piccolo vs. Goku

King Piccolo attacks Goku

King Piccolo using his full power

King Piccolo angry

 King Piccolo faces Goku

King Piccolo mad

King Piccolo

King Piccolo laughs

King Piccolo charges an eye beam

King Piccolo

King Piccolo attacks Goku

King Piccolo laughs

King Piccolo laughing

King Piccolo smirks

King Piccolo grabs Tien

King Piccolo with Tien

King Piccolo holds Tien

King Piccolo with Tien

King Piccolo with Tien

King Piccolo with a rock in his hand

 King Piccolo about throw a rock at Goku

King Piccolo blows the rock at Goku

King Piccolo laughs

King Piccolo shocked

King Piccolo

King Piccolo in Daimaō Fukkatsu

Goku attacks King Piccolo

King Piccolo in Idainaru Son Goku Densetsu

King Piccolo in Idainaru Son Goku Densetsu

Old King Piccolo in Idainaru Son Goku Densetsu

King Piccolo in Advanced Adventure

King Piccolo on Pilaf's airship in DBZ: Sagas

An enraged King Piccolo in DBZ: Sagas

King Piccolo before his death in DBZ: Sagas

King Piccolo tries to defend himself in DBZ: Sagas

King Piccolo killed by Goku in DBZ: Sagas

 Giant King Piccolo art with his card for Dragon Ball Heroes

King Piccolo in the GDM4 trailer

King Piccolo as he appears in Dragon Ball Heroes

King Piccolo's death in Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods

King Piccolo's Great Namek form in Dragon Ball Heroes

Terror Strikes Again Demon King Piccolo (Elder) card in Dokkan Battle

Terrifying Plot Demon King Piccolo (Elder) card in Dokkan Battle

Demon King's Punishment Demon King Piccolo (Elder) card in Dokkan Battle

King of the Evil Realm Demon King Piccolo card in Dokkan Battle

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See also
 King Piccolo (Collectibles)
References
1. ↑ Dragon Ball Z: Legendary Super Warriors, 2002
2. ↑ Jump up to:2.0 2.1 Dragon Ball: Bouken Special, 1987
3. ↑ Dragon Ball Online, 2010
4. ↑ Jump up to:4.0 4.1 Dragon Ball chapter 135, "The Death of Kuririn", Pages 42-43 — ISBN
1-59116-155-X
5. ↑ Dragon Ball Z manga, Volume 5, Chapter 50, Page 61 — ISBN 1-56931-934-0
6. ↑ Piccolo Day
7. ↑ Weekly Jump, issue 31st, 1989
8. ↑ Daizenshuu 4
9. ↑ Super Dragon Ball Heroes: World Mission, 2019
10. ↑ Dragon Ball Xenoverse, 2015
11. ↑ "Dragon Ball Q&A" section, Dragon Ball Full ColorAndroids Saga volume 4, 2014
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