Android 18 facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Android 18 |
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| Dragon Ball character | |
Android 18 as seen in a scene from the Dragon Ball Z anime
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| First appearance | Dragon Ball chapter #349: "The Androids Awake!", November 12, 1991 (Weekly Shōnen Jump 1991) |
| Created by | Akira Toriyama |
| Voiced by | Japanese Miki Itō English Meredith McCoy (Funimation) |
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| Species | Cyborg |
| Family | Android 17 (twin brother) |
| Spouse(s) | Krillin |
| Children | Marron |
| Relatives | Dr. Gero (creator) |
| Abilities | Super strength Super speed, agility, reflexes Stamina Flight Energy projection Durability Force Fields |
Android 18 (Japanese: 人造人間18号, Hepburn: Jinzōningen Jū Hachi Gō, lit. "Artificial Human #18") is a fictional character in the Dragon Ball manga series created by Akira Toriyama. Android 18 makes her debut in Chapter #349 "The Androids Awake!", first published in Weekly Shōnen Jump on November 12, 1991.
She and her twin brother, Android 17, were forcibly turned into cyborgs by Dr. Gero to serve his vendetta against Goku. The main-timeline version of the character has very little to no interest in fulfilling Gero's orders and becomes a major character in the series after marrying Goku's best friend Krillin.
Voice actors
In the Japanese version of the entire Dragon Ball anime series and subsequent related media, Android 18 is voiced by Miki Itō.
In English, Android 18 is voiced by Meredith McCoy in the Funimation dub of Dragon Ball Z and Dragon Ball GT except for Dragon Ball Z Kai, where she is voiced by Colleen Clinkenbeard. However, since Battle of Gods, Meredith has returned to the role. In Bang Zoom! dub, Android 18 is voiced by Tamara Ryan.
Abilities
Despite being referred to as an Android or Cyborg and commonly regarded as such, Android 18 is practically neither. Bulma stated while looking at 17's blueprint that he and 18 were human-based, but just about everything has been enhanced with bio-organic components. Her only mechanical parts are the emergency deactivation controller, a self-destruction device (removed), and a small perpetual energy reactor that provides them with inexhaustible energy and stamina.
Dragon Ball Super reaffirms this, with Gohan stating that the androids have been modified on a cellular level to be superhuman.
