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Bardock

Bardock (バーダック, Bādakku), Burdock in Viz Media's English manga translation, is a fictional character in the Dragon Ball series. Created by Toei Animation based on series protagonist Goku's visual design by franchise creator Akira Toriyama, he appears in the television special Dragon Ball Z: Bardock – The Father of Goku (1990), but the first time he…

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Occupation
Mercenary
Abilities
Super strength · Super speed, agility and reflexes · Stamina · Flight · Sensing energy
Children
Kakarot / Goku (youngest son) Raditz (eldest son)
Created by
Takao Koyama Katsuyuki Sumisawa
Designed by
Katsuyoshi Nakatsuru Akira Toriyama
First appearance
Dragon Ball Z: Bardock – The Father of Goku (1990)

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Bardock

Nodes50
Edges49
Triples218
Avg. degree1.96
Density0.04
Components1

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related to Reception · 37
Bardock → All, Bardock's, Both Nick Valdez, Broly, Carle, Characters, Chris Carle, Comicbook, Complex's, Critical, Dragon Ball, Dragon Ball Multiverse, Erich García, Evan Valentine, Frieza, Garcia, Gine, Goku, Goku's, IGN
related to Characteristics · 22
Bardock → Akira Toriyama, Bardock's, Broly, Dragon Ball, Dragon Ball Super, Franchise, Gine, Goku, Great Ape, January, Jump, Kakarot, March, On, Saikyō Jump, Saiyan, Saiyans, Tatsuya Nagamine, The Father, Toriyama
related to Conception and creation · 21
Bardock → Animator, Bardock's, Dragon Ball, Frieza, Frieza's, Goku, Goku's, He, His, Katsuyoshi Nakatsuru, Mitsuo Hashimoto, Nakatsuru, Saiyan, Seven Samurai, The Father, Toei, Toei Animation, Toei's, Toriyama, Toshiro Mifune's
related to Dragon Ball Super manga (2021–2022) · 20
Bardock → Back, Cerelian, Dragon Ball Minus, Dragon Ball Super, During, Elec, Frieza's, Gas, Goku, Goku's, Granolah, Granolah's, Heeter, Heeters, However, Monaito, Muezli, Namekian, Planet Cereal, Vegeta
related to "Dragon Ball Minus" (2014) · 16
Bardock → Bardock's, Dragon Ball Minus, Earth, Fated Child, Frieza, Frieza's, Galactic Patrolman, Gine, Goku, In, Jaco, Kakarot, Planet Vegeta, Saiyans, The Departure, The Father
related to Super Dragon Ball Heroes (2020–2023) · 15
Bardock → Aeos, Aeos's, An, Black, Dragon Ball Super, Goku, Goku Black, He, In, Jiren, Power, Space-Time-War, Super Dragon Ball Heroes, Super Sayian, Tournament
related to Voice actors · 13
Bardock → Abridged, Arnott, Bardock's, Curtis, Dragon Ball, English, Funimation, Japanese, Masako Nozawa, Raditz, Sonny Strait, Strait, Takahata101
Abilities · 10
Bardock → Durability, Energy projection, Flight, Precognition, Sensing energy, Stamina, Super speed, agility and reflexes, Super strength, Telekinesis, Telepathy
related to Bardock – The Father of Goku (1990) · 10
Bardock → After, Before, Earth, Following, Frieza, Frieza's, Goku, Goku's, Kanassa, Vegeta
related to Video games · 10
Bardock → Broly, DLC, Dragon Ball, Dragon Ball FighterZ, Dragon Ball Online, Dragon Ball Super, Dragon Ball Xenoverse, In March, Sparking, Zero

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
BardockAbilitiesSuper strength1.00infobox
BardockAbilitiesSuper speed, agility and reflexes1.00infobox
BardockAbilitiesStamina1.00infobox
BardockAbilitiesFlight1.00infobox
BardockAbilitiesSensing energy1.00infobox
BardockAbilitiesEnergy projection1.00infobox
BardockAbilitiesDurability1.00infobox
BardockAbilitiesPrecognition1.00infobox
BardockAbilitiesTelepathy1.00infobox
BardockAbilitiesTelekinesis1.00infobox
BardockChildrenKakarot / Goku (youngest son) Raditz (eldest son)1.00infobox
BardockCreated byTakao Koyama Katsuyuki Sumisawa1.00infobox
BardockDesigned byKatsuyoshi Nakatsuru Akira Toriyama1.00infobox
BardockFirst appearanceDragon Ball Z: Bardock – The Father of Goku (1990)1.00infobox
BardockOccupationMercenary1.00infobox
BardockRelativesChi-Chi (daughter-in-law)1.00infobox
BardockRelativesGohan (grandson)1.00infobox
BardockRelativesGoten (grandson)1.00infobox
BardockRelativesVidel (granddaughter-in-law)1.00infobox
BardockRelativesPan (great-granddaughter)1.00infobox
BardockRelativesSon Goku Jr. (great-great-great-great-great-grandson; Dragon Ball GT)1.00infobox
BardockSpeciesSaiyan1.00infobox
BardockSpouseGine (wife)1.00infobox
BardockVoiced byJapanese:1.00infobox
BardockVoiced byMasako Nozawa1.00infobox
BardockVoiced byEnglish:1.00infobox
BardockVoiced bySonny Strait (Funimation)1.00infobox
BardockVoiced byDavid Gasman (AB Groupe; Cooler's Revenge)1.00infobox
BardockVoiced byDoug Rand (AB Groupe; The Father of Goku)1.00infobox
BardockVoiced byCurtis "Takahata101" Arnott (Dragon Ball Z Abridged)1.00infobox

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