Analyzing Evil: Frieza
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- Опубликовано: 9 фев 2025
- Hello everyone and welcome to the one hundred seventy-ninth episode of Analyzing Evil! Our topic for this video is Frieza from the Dragon Ball franchise. I hope you enjoy, and thanks for watching. If you have any feedback or questions feel free to let me know below!
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Freeza is the definition of: "Hard work beats talent when talent doesn't work hard."
The worst thing Goku ever did, was motivate Freeza.
PLEASE STOP THIS IDIOTIC CONCEPT AND COMMENT DRAGON BALL SUPER DOES NOT COUNT IT'S ENTIRELY TWO DIFFERENT CHARACTERS THIS IS NOT THE SAME FRIEZA CLOWN.....SUPER DOES NOT COUNT HE NEVER GOT "GOD KI" OR "TRAINED" THATS A RETCON ASS PULL AND YOU ATE IT UP.
PLEASE STOP THIS IDIOTIC CONCEPT AND COMMENT DRAGON BALL SUPER DOES NOT COUNT IT'S ENTIRELY TWO DIFFERENT CHARACTERS THIS IS NOT THE SAME FRIEZA CLOWN.....SUPER DOES NOT COUNT HE NEVER GOT "GOD KI" OR "TRAINED" THATS A RETCON ASS PULL AND YOU ATE IT UP
PLEASE STOP THIS IDIOTIC CONCEPT AND COMMENT DRAGON BALL SUPER DOES NOT COUNT IT'S ENTIRELY TWO DIFFERENT CHARACTERS THIS IS NOT THE SAME FRIEZA CLOWN.....SUPER DOES NOT COUNT HE NEVER GOT "GOD KI" OR "TRAINED" THATS A RETCON ASS PULL AND YOU ATE IT UP
PLEASE STOP THIS IDIOTIC CONCEPT AND COMMENT DRAGON BALL SUPER DOES NOT COUNT IT'S ENTIRELY TWO DIFFERENT CHARACTERS THIS IS NOT THE SAME FRIEZA CLOWN.....SUPER DOES NOT COUNT HE NEVER GOT "GOD KI" OR "TRAINED" THATS A RETCON ASS PULL AND YOU ATE IT UP
Amen mate
"If I had any single regret for the countless horrific events that have transpired in my wake, it's that I'm dying." Abridged Frieza
"Daddy I don't want to be on Namak anymore!" Abridged Frieza
It's Freeza, Team Four Star even made a joke about this when Trunks meets him
@@haydenbennett3547 and again, when Goku tried to trigger Broly :D
@vladtheinhaler9744 yep lol
"Freezer spelt with an "I"?"
"Stop trying to trigger my son!"
"Hey, Monkey! I promised you TWO pizzas!"
Frieza has Lex Luthor business regimen, Darth Vaders cut throat mindset, the Jokers sense of humor, and Thanos’s lust for execution
this was perfectly said
And my racism
He is Alexander the Great or Romans.
@@lucazaroli6761 And my axe
More like Sidious
So what I’m getting is that Frieza is based on (1) a Queen “or something” (2) a literal freezer (3) a Japanese real estate speculator. Toriyama truly was a madman.
he had the Artistic VisionTM
The queen is the Alien queen un Aliens.
😂😂😂
Hey if it gives context, a large portion of american housing woes lies squarely at the feet of the very same people akira thinks are evil.
Ngl, my first thought about the queen comment was: "... an okama?"
...Which also fits Frieza, tbh lol
Frieza’s pure evil and memorable moments of his cruelty in the Namek saga was such a sight to behold when I first watched DBZ Kai in my childhood.
His torture of vegeta was so disturbing that I actually felt bad for vegeta, despite his murders of the Namekians earlier in the arc.
Freeza not Frieza.
Right, as I kid, I almost cried watching that. Felt so bad for him.
Idiot@@randysalsman6992
what's crazy to me is how vegeta tortured goku like 100x worse than how freeza tortured vegeta, or how freeza beat up goku. i never could figure out why toriyama wrote it that way. i don't think the series was being intentionally tamed down during the namek saga... probably.
I felt bad, but it's incredibly hard to argue he didn't deserve it. As the comment above said, he tortured Goku MUCH worse during the Saiyain Saga.
A villain so great, they constantly come up with bullshit just to bring him back.
You know the villain is great when they keep making bullshit ways to bring him back, and we LOVE it
I wish they kept him dead. Hes a joke now and giving him a new color shade aint changing that.
the powercreeper 🐐
And the way they also come up with a way, legit sometimes, BS other times, for him to always be the strongest villain LOL
The true monarch that he is, he can't come back as like a third or fourth villain, he's always the main man. Freezer gold, freezer black. He's like the villain from a nightmare that no matter how many times you vanquish him we all know he will return
@@DamienHanma it's honestly really cool how Frieza is the final boss. Bardock sent Goku away from planet vegeta because of Frieza, meaning the entire dragon ball saga will begin and end with Frieza. He's the GOAT
As much as I love fallen heroes and tragic villains, sometimes the best villains are the ones who are just irredeemably and relentlessly evil
Agreed. While a tragic villain can definitely work, an unsympathetic villain can be equally as fun. The trick is to let them have an impact on the other characters and have their personality stand out. Freeza and almost all the dbz villains were perfect examples of this
Yeah frieza is just a massive piece of shit love it
This is Naruto's biggest problem lmao. EVERY. SINGLE. VILLAIN. Is the "fallen hero" archetype minus Orochimaru (who still gets redeemed anyway)
@@thegatorhator6822 I think Kaguya was never a fallen hero, A tragic one maybe but she was evil since the start, same with the rest of her Inter-dimensional Alien Race
@@shepper250067 No Kaguya is just an example of the fact any series that runs too long will turn to trash.
I remember when Goku went super saiyan for the first time, I couldn't believe anything could be so cool. It was probably the most epic thing that I had ever seen in my young life xD
Likely one of the greatest moments in all of anime. I was rewatching DBZ kai and Goku's transformation gave me chills still
The American voice actor makes it iconic to me, too. The Japanese one isn’t bad, but Sean give his voice more power.
That was my first episode of DBZ I watched when it first released on TV. You'd think that'd be a good intro to DBZ, but since I never saw other previous episodes, I didn't understand it.
You should only like Sean for his Voice that dude is an Asshole.
Fr I felt like I had too. School the next was different
"Freiza's going to... going... *shudders*"
"No no, dont mind me. Please. Give me some ideas...."
Possibly the best cliffhanger in the DBZA series.
I dunno, I find the original Toonami dub absolutely chilling.
"So you're the ones, huh? Naughty. I don't see how three shrimps and a burnt-out Saiyan managed to get the best of the Ginyu Force, _but now it's YOUR TURN!!_ It's okay. It won't hurt too bad. Relax, *_death is my specialty."_*
“Wait, am I immortal”
“I don’t know, let’s see”
“Woohoo He’s pissed”
what i love about Freezer is that compared to a pure evil being like Majin Boo, Freezer can recognize what te morally good choice would be in any given situation but still chooses to do the evil one most of the time. Pure renegade energy
Majin Buu wasn't even pure evil despite for being close to pure one since he is just mindless beast without moral agency. Frieza on the other hand, well.. he got a personality and has a moral agency.
@SheanWalsh46 Your definition of what is pure evil doesn't really matter. He is described as a being of pure evil. In dragon ball a pure evil being is a being of mindless destruction.
He's the Palpatine of anime. Pure unapologetic gleeful evil.
Great, Now I want to See a Darth Sidious vs Frieza Fight.
Star Wars' Emperor of the Universe Vs Dragon Ball's Emperor of the Universe, It'd be Awesome! C:
@@TheDreamrevolution Frieza does not need a battlestation to blow up planets.
@@TheDreamrevolution Not gonna lie, I want to see that!
nobody cares about star wars
@@funkydown you mean besides the millions of fans who love it?
RIP Chris Ayres & Akira Toriyama
TILL ALL OR ONE😢
Their art lives on eternally
My heart is broken
Chris Ayres was so talented
@@Justpassingby204 yup. I already owned Z but I got season 2 of kai just for him
I love the title. Almost every AE title says what media the character is from, but not Frieza. He canonically needs no introduction
Top 10 villains ever
There are other videos that just have the name of the characters only like Tywin Lannister, Nurse Ratched, Dexter Morgan & Hans Landa
@@rohantiamson Did you notice how I said "almost every" thanks for being that guy though
@@rohantiamson I would argue they all need no introduction as well.
At the very least Dexter, Hans, and Tywin definitely don't.
*Freeza
“Are you that friezer guy?”
“Yes I am LORD Frieza.”
“Imma deck you in the snoz.”
"VEGETA! EXPLAIN!"
"...I'm sorry, that's a new one."
The pause when he drops Vegeta always makes me chuckle.
Frieza is a kind of a villain that I absolutely love to see win and lose at the same time. It's fun to see Frieza utterly dominating his peers and enemies with sheer terror and charisma. But it's absolutely a BLAST when I see get his ass absolutely handed to him. It's quite a rare feeling for a villain that makes him the most unique villain of all times.
Freeza analyzing evil episodes? Are you shitting me son
It’s real brother!
RIP Akira Toriyama.
I still confused... Is Frieza immortal? They say he loves for 1000s of yrs and still look like he's a 20 yr old.
@@kokayinewsome9308 well not much is know about his species but there is a chance he can’t die from aging.
@@kokayinewsome9308 He's only ~5 years older than Goku and Vegeta according to DBS Broly
One thing I really appreciate about Frieza is the unapologetic racism. In Xenoverse 2 there's an Infinite History scenario where he goes off on a racist rant so bad that it actually took me a few minutes to stop laughing, his unapologetic evil is a sight and a half to behold.
Agreed, he's hilarious.
Racism is so fucking sick
Frieza black: puts on gold chain, and air force ones
Are there any personal reasons for why his racism is the most appealing to you?
@@mhm6262yes
The Frieza Arc is a masterpiece and everything comes full circle in the original story.
*Freeza
@thegatorhator6822 Frieza, Freeza, pick what you will man, nobody cares.
@@randomshiba779You must care, you responded.
@@randysalsman6992gawk gawk gawk gawk gawk slurp huack puah gawk gawk gawk gawk gawk
It's peak Shonen
Akira, Miura and Kazuki Takashi (creator of Yu-Gi-Oh!) can now be reunited in heaven. They brought so much influence on manga, shonen and anime genre. May they rest in peace. Thanks for everything and contributing to my childhood and making one of the most iconic series.
They are in heaven inspiring imaginations for eternity.
goats
Frieza's confident and condescending personality-all while somehow remaining verbally polite towards his opponents (albiet often in a patronizing manner)- instantly made him my favorite villain in all of media. It's such a unique personality for a villain as ruthless and unstoppable as Frieza was.
The Reason Frieza is my Favorite Dragon Ball Villain is because he has no Tragic Backstory or Excuse for his Actions he is just Irredeemably and Purely Evil without even a Shred of Remorse for his Vile Actions.
Yeah that's why I have a love-hate relationship with his character. He's the most boring concept for a villain, but he's one of if not THE best version of it.
You’re acting like having a tragic backstory is a bad thing. Frieza is a great villain, but that doesn’t mean sympathetic villains are worse than him.
@@doodleboy565I’m just comparing him to Villains in Dragon Ball who are Sympathetic not that Sympathetic Villains are just bad concepts I just think Frieza embodies the Concept of a Ruthless and Cruel Tyrant better than anyone else.
I love me a tragic villain backstory but Frieza is the prime example of how fun it is to just have an evil ass villain who does it for the hell of it.
We need more characters like this
1:54 his brother Cooler mentions in one of the movies how their parents "spoiled" freeza and implies Freeza was treated like the golden child. The movie isnt canon but still an interesting window into Freezas character.
The canon also implies that Frieza was spoiled given how he's never had to put any effort in anything. Although it's arguable how reliable Cooler is since he didn't seem to like Frieza much anyways
Actually if u watch the Japanese dub of the film, I don’t think Cooler ever mentions Frieza being spoiled by their father. Also the scene in Japanese actually has Cooler mention that Frieza must have been defeated by a Super Saiyan, if I remover correctly.
*remember
I'd love to see some sort of canon prequel/thing going into the history of Cold, Cooler and Frieza. That whole family is so mysterious and interesting.
Freeza needs his own backstory movie, now THAT would be interesting
"Oh, I'm sorry, I'm usually far more composed. I'm just a little bit ABSOULTLY LIVID"
Freezer in japanese always uses polite speech. He always finishes instructions in kudasai. So the first time I saw him, I thought he wasn't that bad.
One aspect of Freeza's personality that I enjoy an what makes him so terrifying to me is his ability to be benevolently cruel. To be ironically pleasant as he speaks to you deciding whether to end you fast or slow is probably the best thing about a villain I can think of. Some of the best villains are like that. Him being polite to a degree masks his malicious nature and before you know it: death beam to the heart. It's brilliant!
You're wholeheartedly correct...
R.I.P to the goat, gone but never will be forgotten
Thank you Toriyama for everything RIP.
@My_pfp_beats_all_dog_breeds. it’s halfway cringe. Mainly the fans
DBZA fans are way less cringe. Toriyama also helped make Chrono Trigger, one of my favorite games.
@My_pfp_beats_all_dog_breeds. Judging by that comment it seems like you haven’t watched much anime
@My_pfp_beats_all_dog_breeds. It sounds like you’ve just watched romance anime which isn’t “most anime” lol there are other genres like horror, fantasy, action, thriller, etc etc
"I don't draw things that are so unpleasant that they affect you psychologically."
This is the same man who made Cells shedded exoskeleton & his first form 😂😂😂😂
And first form cell SUCKING A HUMAN DRY IN REAL TIME
Yeah Cell draining that guy was burned in my mind for quite some time in still and animated form 😂
Remember when I ate that guy? That was weird.
I guess he changed his mind after frieza lol
Honestly Frieza always give off the vibes of a spoiled brat that has never been humbled in his entire existence and all it took was a very angry monkey to put him in his place.🐱
To be fair though, Goku had a lot of help and couldn't have done it alone. Piccolo, Gohan, Krillin, Dende and even Vegeta to a degree all put in work.
I don't remember right now if it was an anime only thing or also happened in the manga, but at a certain point in the fight before the super saiyajin transformation Freeza said that except his dad, only Goku managed to hurt him
What's wild to me is he beats Goku in ss1 form too if he had done any kind of training in his life. OG ss Goku would've stood no chance against golden Frieza and I enjoy the idea that Goku honestly got lucky in that first battle with Frieza spending his life believing he is the all powerful. Obviously one doesn't happen without the other but still lol
*Freeza
We get it lmao@@thegatorhator6822
I was born on April 25th, 1988 always had a deep connection with this franchise. It all just hits different now thank you Akira
I already had great admiration for the limitless evil of Frieza…but knowing that he’s based on property speculators? Perfection. Infinite tier villainy.
Makima & Frieza back to back? Yooo us Weebs eating GOOD excited to watch this
For real both characters I really wanted to be analysed and we actually got them!
FRIEZA THE MOST EVIL AND TERRIFYING.
Blacks can't be weebs
Maybe we'll get Mahito next.
*Freeza
I actually think the reason why Dragon Ball fans love Frieza is his role in the greater overarching story. He's essentially the villain responsible for the story. Without him, Goku likely wouldn't have been sent to Earth. Vegeta wouldn't be the character he is. Everything in early Dragon Ball from Goku's time on Earth, to the arrival of the saiyans, to venturing to Planet Namek was the perfect and natural set up for Goku to eventually confront Frieza.
He's also the last DBZ villain that actively sought after the Dragon Balls. After the Frieza saga, the spheres that the show is named after essentially become a background accessory they use at the end of every battle to revive people.
Freeza not Frieza.
@randysalsman6992 it's valid either way
Freeza is a perfect villain imo. Great design, personal connection between the hero, powerful, and irredeemable but full of personality and arrogance. Dbz was really at its best during the Namek arc
Goku and Frieza really don't have a personal connection in the Frieza arc, since Goku dosen't really care about the sayain's at all and just wants to fight Frieza because he is strong
@@debater452 Idk he literally killed his whole race father and mother included, just because Goku didn't fully grasp how personal it was doesn't mean it wasn't.
@@poob1082 Goku didn't know them he was a baby and Goku isn't really the type to really care about people he dosen't know
@@debater452Goku's initial motivation might have been mostly wanting to fight a strong opponent but the moment Frieza killed Vegeta and then later Krillin and tried to just kill everyone and Goku's friends I promise you it became personal
Honestly, I’d love to see a freeza redemption arc. I’d want it to be absolutely stupid like how Hercule convinced main buu to stop being evil (just simply telling buu that killing other living things is wrong because buu just didn’t know that before).
Maybe freezes destroying a planet but in between, exploring, and decides to cook something from the forest on that planet. While finding food, he comes across a hallucinogenic mushroom/plant or whatever, and just starts tripping balls.
He’s having a horror trip in his mind, but is completely incapacitated physically. Basically reliving all his fears like dying in a humiliating way, goku, vegeta, bardock, gohan, trunks and other sayins mocking him before killing him mercilessly the same way he did to them. And while he’s tripping out, a random stray cat just comes up and starts observing him.
Initially, freeza is frozen in fear because he sees Beerus, but really it’s just a stray cat. In his drugged out state he realizes that if the sayins can inflict all of his worse fears on him, what then could god like beings do. Rather than beg for mercy, he accepts that he will die once again, and with humility, asks beerus (the stray cat) to please make it quick (he’s remembering the “mercy” he showed vegeta on namek).
The cat just meows at him, lays down, and just starts pawing at his tail. Freeza, though initially confused, starts laughing because of relief, and then begins looking around and seeing the beauty of the Forrest he’s around on this foreign planet. He lays down in the grass with the wind swaying, and the cat comes on top of his abdomen and starts purring as it falls asleep. Freezas peaking at this point, so he has that classic exiting the body and becoming one with the universe thing, and realizes that he’s grateful to Goku for pushing him to train and become stronger.
He realizes that his own arrogance is what’s been holding him back, and as he’s in this serene, beautiful trip after initially being horrified, he discovers how beautiful life is, and begins crying because of how cruel he’s been and how indiscriminately he’s destroyed so many living beings and other planets. He looks down at the cat purring on his stomach as he begins to come down, and it meows at him.
He spends the remainder of his trip thinking about how cruel his father was to him and others, and decides to break the cycle, by sparing the cat (he realizes it’s a cat as the drug begins to wear off). Once the drug wears off, he spends another day in the after glow processing everything.
By this point, the cats left, and he’s going spare the planet, leave, and sail around space for a bit. As he’s about head out, the cat comes back up to him and meows. Instead, he stays on the planet with the cat, living a peaceful farmer life, and bonds with it until its death for the next 15 years. Instead of crashing out like he usually does, he grieves and goes through his emotions properly. He sets his sites on a new goal, and with his new found empathy, decides to seek out the help of the z fighters.
At some point on the planet he has built a hyperbolic time chamber, and just trains just for the fun of it, but also to extend his time with the cat during its lifespan. Anyone who’s owned a cat knows how they are, and so the cat teaches freeza patience. If he tried petting it and the cat scratches his or leaves, rather than kill it, he realizes that if he kills it, it will not be able to show him affection later on like coming to him at 10 pm and just chilling with him for a bit.
This is what allows freeza to actually become the strongest being in the universe 7. Or something along those lines. Basically, he learns humility by defeating his own inner demons and upbringing in order to become stronger. Rather than a real near death experience like in the case of vegeta or Goku to become super sayins, his is an ego death.
His new goal: gather the dragon balls to ask shenrron to revive his feline friend for as long as freeza is alive. That’s it, nothing more nothing less.
1) Freeza’s *sole* redeeming quality of tolerating his Childhood Nanny Berryblue’s warm-teasing *without* vaporizing her his a truly amusing example of the truism “Even Bad Men Love Their Mamas.”
2) Cell, as a Generic Chimera manufactured to be a weapon, had no free agency in even existing, much less the chance to exercise free moral will, is frankly less evil than Freeza, who *had* but waived that freedom & right.
Frieza is up there with Toguro in terms of villains done right. Not to mention Frieza helped popularize the "my smallest form is my most powerful" trope we have today.
*Freeza
"I doubt i need an introduction, but just in case, i am the mighty frieza and yes, all the horror stories you've heard about me are true" Frieza. All You need to know about the most evil and iconic villain in DB.
*Freeza
Majin buu is worse
No buu was fun to punch, but lacked any pathos
HARD ASS LINE
Frieza is the kind of villian where even when he's on the good side to stop the destruction of the universe, you still love to see the enemies beat the shit out of him
*Freeza
Shoutout to Toppo.
@@blove88also Broly
“This type of affection should be likened to a pet owner favoring certain pets” should be “This type of affection should be likened to a farmer favoring certain livestock”
Damn that's facts
Like e.g Ox it's a useful tool to help you conquer the earth you own, yet sleeps outside and has its balls cut
Precisely. As Dadoria said, Frieza saw and respected Vegeta's potential, which is why he spared him (ultimately he was proven correct, as Saiyain Saga Vegeta had a power level even higher than Ginyu while in his Great Ape form). The "special treatment" Frieza claimed to give Vegeta was probably just certain liberties that would help him grow stronger or be of better use. Liberties he probably didn't have to give, but considering how similar the two were in personality (especially the version Vegeta in the Saiyain Saga), it makes sense that Frieza saw a bit of himself in the saiyain prince.
I always thought it was an interesting parallel the way Vegeta in the saiyain saga and Frieza in the Namek Saga, both claimed to be the strongest in the universe, despite knowing that superior beings existed. It speaks to their similar level of pride and arrogance. Heck, Vegeta was so far gone in his first appearance that he was willing to kill what remained of the saiyain race without batting an eye (he even nearly blew himself up when he aimed that Galick Gun at the Earth, the same way Freiza did to Namek when he started losing).
I love that Toriyama based his idea of Frieza's gang of villains off of his hatred for real estate investors.
Sending this super thanks for support. R.I.P Akira Toriyama
Here’s hoping we get a video on Cell in the future 🙏🏻
M A N
@@mhm6262 Yeah.. I’m Man
Brooo that would be too sick
Immediately clicked on this video as soon as I saw it
Same 😂😂😂😂
Brother same
SAME!!!
I was just thinking about wanting to see a Frieza analysis video because of akira toriyamas passing and it looks the shenron granted my wish😂
Yes me tooo
I honestly think the Gynu Force genuinely loved Freeza.
what evidence is there to suggest that they didn't?
@@UltimatePhantasm I'm just saying that unlike the rest of his forces, they were not afraid of him and they were not hiding under him or even using him to gain more power. They genuinely believed in him.
I mean it makes sense, Frieza was probably their top employer. It was nice how they seemed to have an odd respect for each other, Frieza thought so highly of them that he couldn't believe someone had beaten them
Which is interesting since Ginyu's ability ultimately would have Freeza kill him on the spot if he knew about it. He played the lovable dancing fool well and Freeza was none the wiser.
@@CornBreadtm1 I men we see him use the ability in Super in Friezas training partner and Frieza recognizes him and isnt shook at all about his ability to change forms. Frieza knew all along about Ginyus ability but never considered it a threat to him that is how much trust there was between them.
Frieza is one of the most accurate depictions of a legitimate psychopath without being overlly cartoonish despite being animated.
Freiza was based by Toriyama on the worst of scum, land speculators and rent lords
That was more what Frieza and his Frieza force would do. Hence why the conqueror planets and sell them to other races.
Given that he has an imperial army and empire that invades and conquers worlds, I can’t help but wonder if he was also based of any dictator or warlord.
I always asked myself who were the clients of frieza?
@@afrosamourai400
It was kind of revealed in Frieza’s brief cameo in the Moro arc
Apparently his ‘clients’ are poor races or races in need.
@@afrosamourai400 I always thought he sold planets to people loyal to him like the Ginyu Force.
Their own little kingdom under his empire as a thank you/payment, but Freeza like any mob boss needs his kickback so he sells it to them instead of just rewarding them.
Frieza is the perfect example of you don't need to make a villain sympathetic for them to be great.
*Freeza
@@thegatorhator6822*Frieza
@@KedousY Freeza not Frieza.
@@randysalsman6992 *Frieza
@@KedousY *Freezer
While Frieza errantly kills soldiers without a care in the world, the Frieza Force apparently offers daycare services and maternity leave for expectant parents. I like to think someone out there was a pretty cool "mom" to him so he just understands the value of a good parent in life.
That "mom" comes in the form of Berri Blu, one of his most trusted advisors. It was probably a suggestion of hers in order to promote more loyalty through gratitude rather than loyalty through only fear; To encourage the idea that their boss was more than just a one-dimensional force of destruction.
Freeza
That's from xenoverse 2 right? Is something ginyu says to you if you are a namekian I think?
@@thegatorhator6822 Enough with correcting people in the various comment threads about Frieza's name being spelled "Freeza". It's irritating as hell. For me and many others, it's "Frieza", not "Freeza .
@@thegatorhator6822”Freeza” *clicks translate to English* “frieza” 😂😂😂
I like Frieza vs Goku because they contrast in every way:
- Compassionate vs heartless
- Desire to improve vs believing in own infallible greatness
- Authentic vs grandiose
The play off of each other very well in more than just combat
Great video! Enjoyed every second.
Another aspect about Frieza I'd like to mention is the source of his kind of power or energy also reflects his character.
Examples: as powerful as he is he can't sense energy, at least when we first meet him, he needs technology when it comes to sensing or connecting to chi.
Which also further compliments Goku as his opposite
But also his ability to manipulate the physical world, where even in the tournament of power he is seen crushing Jiren with giant rocks from the arena.
Or when he is revived at least in the resurrection movie his minion swears they brought him back out of loyalty which is a virtue, but to Frieza it clear he dosnt understand virtue, or why anyone would act from such a place.
His first thought and respone is that no one else was capable of handling the empire he created thus they needed him back, because the idea that someone was capable of ruling the empire but would rather bring him back instead out of loyalty is purely inconceivable.
This further implies his pure disconnect from spirit, he has no feeling to the spirit he is purely physically and his energies extend to physical manipulation, but nothing spiritually
This further compliments the relationship with Goku cause Goku existence is the furthest thing Frieza is capable of understanding or comprehending.
Perhaps the most frightening person Frieza can imagine is Goku.
These where just some other areas of Frieza I was worth mentioning.
Thanks again for the great video.
The true act of evil is dropping this while I'm at work and I can't listen to it yet
Us
The Frieza Force has always been one of my favorite enemy factions in a series. Their reach and influence is so intensely felt throughout the series and the anime had a lot of filler that makes them feel so much more prominent than what the manga cannon shows us.
Agreed and some of my favorite designs even if I didn't care for the character I still love the armor and various alien designs from the Sayians, Appule's race, the blasters, scouters, there is so much to just look at and enjoy.
It’s a bit of a pity that we’ve never truly had much media on Frieza’s empire. Yes we see some scenes of it, mostly from the anime, but what was life like for the civilian side of Frieza’s empire. We see how Saiyans were treated, but how were other races under the empire’s occupation like. What were the living standards, type of economy and laws in place? And what was it like for those living in the empire when the Emperor was killed?
Hopefully we could see more media that expands on the lore of Frieza’s empire in the future similar to how there is lots of Star Wars media that covers life in Palpetine’s empire. It has lots of potential given how big it was, encompassing around 70% of the universe at its peak. That should make it significant larger than even Palpetine’s empire which only encompassed one galaxy.
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@@thegatorhator6822ur a weirdo
@@CarcalV spell things correctly.
Frieza’s big horned form / king cold is based off of Tim Curry in Legend. The other form is obviously Alien.
Unfathomably common Tim Curry W
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@@thegatorhator6822 Dude, you can give it a rest correcting it on every comment. No one gives a shit.
@@nolsee1176 You obviously give a shit otherwise you wouldn't have responded.
@rowantic6539amen. Still waiting on from software to re use the shadow tower anime waifu.
2:35 Toriyama saw Freiza in a dream. It would haunt him all the time in his dreams as a child.
i swear to christ i always thought this voice was AI or something....holy shit seeing dude actually there and talk is trippyyyyy.
BUT thank you so much for this vid, im a diehard DB fan
Bro is uncanny valley
When I first watched Frieza in DBZ as a kid, I was quite astonished by his unabashed ruthlessness and cunning persona. I knew that he was a character that I'd love to despise. Then, when I saw him in the Tournament of Power arc in DBS, I was first wondering what was Goku thinking, bringing him along with his team. Seeing them fight alongside each other was a sight to behold, but I knew he had his personal motivations and reasons for doing so, like a lot of humans do. Frieza is no doubt the immemse personification of evil that has ever been created, and the beloved Akira Toriyama did an impeccable job in creating him with every diabolical detail. Rest in absolute paradise to him, and as always, your videos give a genuinely wondrous and understandable look at the villains people love to despise, discuss healthily, and watch over and over again.
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When Toriyama died, I saw a tweet that explained he modeled the villians after real estate speculators and this gives the writing in the show so much more relatable grounding to reality than other shows. Very good video, loved it.
Frieza was a cold, ruthless killer. He and the Ginyu Squad along with Vegeta were really out there making whole planets and races disappear. He pushed Goku beyond limits that had never been seen. And on top of it all, he did not care about anything or anyone else in the slightest bit. He’d torture and kill you with a smile on his face the whole time.
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the tyrant, emperor, and anime's greatest most shameless villain
I haven't even watched the vid yet and I'm excited for your take on Frieza 😁 Thank you Vile!
Frieza is the one villian in the series i think is beyond redemption, He's been so twisted by his greed and need for domination that he'll always be a threat
His recent shift in focus to being more amicable to Goku and co is literally only because being around them makes him stronger- if he had nothing to gain from the interaction and was able, he'd just kill them
Frieza reminds me of Darth Sidious, but unlike Palpatine, Frieza learned some humility and evolved his character along the way. He saw the importance of training, meditation and even teamwork. He even has a grudging respect for Son Goku
I was about to say this. Palpatine and Frieza are without a doubt at the top of fictional villains.
Frieza reminds me more of Darkseid.
@@carloszapata847 Frieza actually fights more often than Darkseid has. Darkseid usually acts through proxies and gets jobbed out to the stars
@@jeremiahmorris1852to be fair, his true form would instantly destroy any multiverse outside of where he resides
This lessens the character. Frizas is someone who commits genocide on a daily basis and is basically a racist. He shouldn't be evolved more and gain humility or gain respect for goku. He should be just kept a straight up monster This is why he should've stayed dead.
RIP to the GOAT: Akira Toriyama. His legacy will live on forever. Been a fan ever since i watched the first episode of OG DB on tv when i was 9. Thanks For this vile
Frieza is one of the few “evil for evil sake” villains i like.
I usually like villains that have a compelling story/motivation for said villainy. However frieza just radiates that “fuck you i do what I want” vibe and nothings wrong with that because it works well with the kind of story he’s in.
All of Frieza transformations are actually used to reduce his power ironically. His 4th form is actually his original
I like to imagine that he had trouble disciplining others cause he would accidentally delete someone
Freeza has always been one of my favorite villains in fiction.
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WOW. I have to say, this is the most comprehensive and entertaining analysis of this character I have ever seen. And I've been a dragon ball fan my whole life. Hats off to you my friend.
Frieza is one of the greatest villains in anime and manga history, hell maybe in all of media. He’s completely unrepentant yet also very charming. Oozing with personality and reveling in every misdeed
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I can say that Frieza's death scene is one of my most favorite of all villains, definitely my favorite among the villains you've yet to cover iirc. It's so pivotal and cathartic, and doesn't just kill him off in a satisfying way, it properly closes the curtain on all the underlying reasons Frieza was written in the story to begin with. About how good overcomes evil because it seeks the way through, while evil is just helplessly blind
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Oh yeah, sure friend.
Excellent video.
The Namek Arc was what, in my opinion, what really sold The West on Anime and its somewhat unorthodox yet unique methods of long-form storytelling. I was about 8-9 years old when it began airing on Toonami and not only was I absolutely TRANSFIXED UPON THE TV when it was airing a new episode, but two things in particular are what really sold my generation on it:
- the foreshadowing of something called “The Legendary Supa Saiya-Jin” (aka Power Levels/measurable progression of the characters’s abilities)
- Frieza’s unparalleled depths of depravity & capriciousness tempered by that assuredness of their own level(s) of power
People can whine all they want about how Toriyama & ToyoTaro “rehashed Frieza” for Resurrection F, but really thinking about it…you can really see why Toriyama NEEDED his crowning achievement in Evil back in the “main roster” for Super:
Reinforce why none have compared since and continue his unending character arc of NEEDING TO BE THE RULER OF ALL!
Even Beerus just flat out allowing Frieza and King Cold to run amuck on Universe 7 days a lot since it establishes a level of power Frieza would want to aspire to (then surpass) and how even the Gods of Destruction recognize the potential of both the greatest of the Good and of Evil.
RIP Akira Toriyama and thank you for your unparalleled contributions to the history of the world’s culture
It’s been 2 months since Toriyama passed, and I still get emotional when I hear other people talk about the impact he’s also had on their lives. His legacy is immeasurable. Great intro. 🤟🏽🍃
He's pretty much why i don't get hyped about most shounen antagonist when people say "oooh this guy is so cool because they see people as insects" when freiza is out here seeing everyone as that and causing mass extinctions without even thinking about it.
Plus how much damage he could take and still survive is metal
Yeah, Freiza definitely lived up to the hype, no one comes close.
@@commandervile394there’s Madara Uchiha
@@taycarroll1124 Sorry to say I ain't too familiar with him, but I imagine he had to have done lots of evil to be compared to Freiza.
@@commandervile394 madara has nothing in common with frieza madara wanted to end wars and bring peace in the universe..frieza was just a mass murderer capitalist with no goal
@@afrosamourai400 thus why he never lived up to Frieza's hype now that I think about it
Freeza is just evil, he is corporate evil to the extreme. The only people he feared were his parents and brother. Its why he's got good manners.
one would doubt he actually fears his family members also. He was beloved son/brother after all.
@@battse7718 "beloved son" my butt
a "beloved son" wouldn't be tossed aside and called worthless by his father once he failed once.
Great breakdown and I think Frieza is so well loved because of the many layers to his character. The way he runs his empire is not just a feudal system like Japan or Medieval Europe, but Frieza also runs the empire similar to say the Persian of Mongolia empires, because in those systems you didn't need to be born into it to join and raise up through the ranks in fact many of the most famous generals in those empires were foreigners of conquered peoples. It's also the various looks and transformations that Frieza goes through that always keeps you guessing what comes next. We also see how great of a manipulator he is, when he destroys planet Vegeta unless you were there you believed the story about it being hit by a massive meteor, in fact the story was so convincing that even the great King Kai, god of the Northern section of the galaxy believed it, for when he told Goku the story of the Sayians he told Goku the official version, only Vegeta thought it might be a lie but couldn't do anything about it. We also see how dark and sadistic Frieza is when fighting the Z-Fighters villains in the past and after Frieza did what they did out of a plan or necessity whether need the Dragon Balls for world dominance, take their time in a fight to test their own abilities, or destroy all because they are simple monsters. Frieza took his time first as a way to punish our heroes, then once they showed they could fight he only powered up enough to see what kind of challenge they could give him only to see out heros have strength so let's turn it up to see what happens next. At anytime given the depths of Frieza's power he could have ended the fight on Namek at anytime but didn't because then he'd be left on a planet with nothing to do but wait for King Cold's ship, Frieza was actually killing time, he was so powerful that planet killers like Goku, Piccolo, and Vegeta were just toys to pass the time.
I have always found it interesting how Frieza’s empire is made of multiple races and and is not dominated by the rule and superiority of one specific race like most empires in real life and in fiction (eg Palptine’s empire had a human dominant sentiment and rule)
I’ve also had a theory regarding Frieza ‘selling planets’ as I’ve always found it strange what Frieza could gain from selling planets to poor races that he couldn’t just take with his power. So my theory is that his empire would conquer a planet, give it to a race in need and in exchange, instead of giving him riches, they pledge loyalty and become a part of his empire. This is essentially his empire’s method of imperialism and how they recruit people for his armies.
I feel this would be consistent with how he is portrayed as he seems more like a Hegemonic warlord and Emperor rather than some crooked Buisnessman who sells things to earn a profit that he could just forcibly take.
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@@Senwa_Koubou Freeza not Frieza.
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Omg! I requested Lord Frieza sometime last year and I’m super pumped that you chose to cover him! You the man! 🤘🏾🤘🏾🤘🏾🤘🏾
Freeza not Frieza.
@@randysalsman6992look at the title my guy
Frieza is so effortlessly evil. I have been waiting on this one for years.🔥
Namek is the best arc in anime. It just feels so much like a war and a losing struggle for good guys. Seeing them outsmart and out maneuver the bad guys is so fun to watch. Plus goku and Vegetas gravity training scenes are the most motivational things ever when I’m working out
Frieza might be the first evil you've covered that could legitimately surpass Sheev Palpatine and Morgoth, in terms of power, scope, ambition, and overall vice. That's saying something!
That being said, it would be interesting to see an analysis of a more low-key evil, focused solely on a singular individual, like Cinderella's Lady Tremain. Which do you think is worse: a widespread, all-encompassing apathetic evil, or one that intentionally affects one specific person?
Full agreed. I hope that in the next tier list he is put at the top of S tier where he belongs.
I consider Frieza, Palpatine, and Morgoth to be the most evil fictional characters in history.
Frieza’s empire is probably far larger than Palpetine’s given that Palpetine ruled over a good chunk of one galaxy, meanwhile Frieza had around 70% of the universe under him. That should encompass multiple galaxies, meaning Frieza has probably ruled over more people than Palpetine and for a longer time if I’m not wrong.
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Holy! My favorite DBZ villain! Thank you, Vile! I used to stop everything I was doing every afternoon at five o’clock and turning on Toonami and watching what was my favorite TV show at the time. You’ll be truly missed Toriyama! RIP.
There's a lot to love about a villain like Frieza. His grinning calmness and mannerisms of speech are all the more terrifying, just because they indicate his absolute confidence that he has nothing to fear from whoever he's meeting, his cruelty and mercy are just arbitrary enough, that you can't be sure of almost anything around him, which is also pretty chilling. However, he also comes across as a genuine person with his own desires and concerns, and while there's no question that his identity and his powers effected the kind of person he became, they didn't effect it to the degree that Cell or Buu's natures effected their choices.
In addition, Frieza's history with the saiyans, and his past crimes against them made the struggle to defeat him unique, because while a good villain can absolutely be just someone who's a big enough threat, that personal connection only adds to the significance of the conflict against them. In fact, it could be argued that Frieza was more connected to Goku personally than any villain in the series since Radditz. He's just one of those villains that had it all.
I hope you do Zamasu one day. Probably the most interesting villain of the series to actually analyze, since he has a negative character arc rather than just being raised evil.
In reference to Toriyama’s comment about Freeza being partially inspired by “some queen he saw in a movie”. I believe there are some good contenders for who he pulled from. This is all sourced from a phenomenal post on Kanzenshuu by the user Kunzait.
First is the character Dongfang Bubai from “the Smiling Proud Wanderer”. Despite only appearing in a single chapter he is arguably the most famous character in the story and has been depicted many times in Wuxia/Martial arts films, which inspired Toriyama heavily. His androgynous appearance, signature finger beams and cruelty towards subordinates are all very Freeza-esque.
There’s also the character Wang Zhen from the Shaw Brothers film “Secret Service of the Imperial Court” which released in 1984, the same year Dragon Ball started. Freeza’s more psychopathic and spoiled brat tendencies alongside his signature laugh in the Japanese version are likely pulled from Zhen. They even meet similar ends with both being bisected.
Both characters are physically defined by strong feminine features such as lipstick and painted fingernails, with Bubai in particular often being played by a woman. This could be the reason why Toriyama remembers them as queens. It’s all speculation though.
Or maybe the Xenomorph Queen from Aliens.
RIP Akira Toriyama, thanks for the memories. I had the same experience rushing home for DBZ on toonamie every day! Used to buy the sagas in vhs because when you put them side by side they'd make a picture from that saga.
Frieza is easily a contender for the greatest anime villain of all time. He has the physical power to casually destroy a planets, which to him are expendable.
Excellent analysis as always. Suggested villain profiles:
1. Frank Underwood/Francis Urquart (House of Cards)
2. Player 001 (Squid Game)
3. Petyr Baelish (A Song of Ice and Fire)
4. Frank Gallagher (Shameless US
5. Marty and Wendy Byrde (Ozark)
6. Dudley Smith (L.A Confidential)
7. The Killer (The Killer)
8. Idi Amin (Last King of Scotland)
9. Kratos (God of War series)
10. Eric Cartman (South Park)
11. Father (Full Metal Alchemist)
12. The Sons of Anarchy Gang
Some more:
Slade (Teen Titans 2003)
Tighten (Megamind)
Tai Lung (Kung fu Panda)
Doflamingo (One Piece)
Kaido (One Piece)
Blackbeard (One Piece)
Katakuri (One Piece)
Crocodile (One Piece)
Vicious (Cowboy Bebop)
Makishima (Psycho Pass)
Aizen (Bleach)
Ulquiorra (Bleach)
Yhwach (Bleach)
Madara (Naruto)
Pain (Naruto)
Orochimaru (Naruto)
Cell (DBZ)
The Major (Hellsing)
Dio (JoJo)
Yoshikage Kira (JoJo)
Hisoka (HxH)
Meruem (HxH)
Amon (Korra)
Zaheer (Korra)
Cersei (ASOIAF)
Askeladd (Vinland Saga)
Homunculi (FMAB)
Geto (JJK)
Sukuna (JJK)
Sensui (YYH)
Toguro (YYH)
Zemo (MCU)
High Evolutionary (MCU)
Ego (MCU)
Loki (MCU)
A few more
Zamasu (Dragon ball)
Vegeta (Dragon Ball) (Before he truly became good)
Moro (Dragon ball)
Ryuga (Beyblade)
Alastor (Hazbin Hotel)
Adam (Hazbin Hotel)
Belos (The owl house)
Fun fact: Frieza's Golden form didn't just rival SSGSS but surpassed it.
In the words of the legendary littleuk:
"Hello I'm Space NapoleonHitler. Give me the thing."
Fun fact: Akira Toriyama based frieza off nightmares he had on his childhood and what he thought monsters looked like then. Plus real estate speculators who he considered "The worst kind of people".
I'm presuming the people who liked this post are the same ones who actually watched "5 minutes" of Namek...
Fun fact this is a direct quote 🤓
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Finally yaboi gets covered with the respect he deserves. Toriyama truly delivered a masterpiece with this character.
The timing! Me and my co-worker just started talking about Frieza 😂
THE MOST EVIL 😈 SCARY IS FRIEZA.
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Love the upload. Definitely subscribed. Small quibble, which I only notice by nature of my day job: "One's environment always shapes their character" - "one's" is singular, "their" is plural. Easy pattern to fix. I'm sure no one cares but me, but I only noticed it because of how well-written this entire script actually is. Kudos.
Their isn't necessarily plural, it's perfectly fine to use it in a singular context when the gender is either unknown or not their to speak of. Like "oh I met a new friend yesterday" "what's their name?"
@@M0nsterm0uth Not necessarily plural, no. And in this case,"their" has more than one use. I think your point just ends up clouding the conversation further for me, given the somewhat recent (comparatively speaking) adoption of "they/them/theirs" as a non-binary label. The word doesn't negatively impact comprehension in this case - as our world gets more narrowly defined, I'm just interested in clarity. Appreciate your input.
Bro does not miss, absolutely incredible video and analysis of one of if not the greatest villain in all of fiction 👏
I can't see Freiza ever being able to take on the Omni-King(s) directly... but I'd be a bit worried if he ever set his sights on Beerus.
he currently, could killl Beerus, and is probably half as strong as Whis, which is no small feat.
Based of what? Beerus has not shown any kind of worry or concern about anyone elses power. @@keithfilibeck2390
@@keithfilibeck2390no he can’t 😂😂😂!!..there’s was no confirmation that he is even in beerus level!!..tf are you talking about
@@keithfilibeck2390lol he’s no where near whis!!..none of what you said has even been hinted at in the manga!!..you clearly making shit up!!.Black freeza is stronger then Goku and Vegeta that’s all we know confirmed
@@Ntwadumela89 he's much stronger than Beerus, so that puts him closer to Whis than any of the cast.
Frieza” I don’t care how many times you come back it only affords me the opportunity to end your life in ever more brutal and creative ways”.
This is going to be a typed equivalent of walking into a room, it falling silent and everyone starts staring at me. You have such a great and unique channel. As well as doing quite realistic characters, you also do ones that are larger than life as well as different forms of media. The variety keeps your channel fresh. I watched cartoons when I was growing up and still appreciate them now. But I never had the inclination to watch this form of anime. I did however recently watch Avatar: The Last Airbender a few years ago. An amazing amount of depth in the characters as well as some terrific performances.
My dungeon Master’s brain is envisioning a retelling of Frieza’s empire and youth. I imagine scenes of his father teaching him the art of skullduggery and how to plan out the conquering of other powerful races that he couldn’t wipe out w a single ki blast.
Making ki work so as Frieza or anyone who makes a planet nuking ki blast is weakened for months after usage or needs the time to recharge to full power. So it’s like a last ditch move that needs consideration.
I’d like to see his henchmen be treated more like assassins and serial killers that mask their power and loyalty to infiltrate and dispose of high value targets.
Freeza not Frieza.
One thing that I adore about Frieza's fourth form is how to an outsider to the series it wouldn't look like much, but to someone who's been following Dragonball from its inception, it would've had a very subtle dread attached to it simply because of his appearance. Something that might not even be recognized by anyone on a conscious level. Like, throughout Dragonball, Goku was a kid, fighting threats that were way larger than him. The only real exception to this rule being his rivalry with Jackie Chun, who was far more evenly matched with Goku even back then. Toriyama - whether intentionally or not - was an expert in capturing that David vs. Goliath aspect. Every time Goku would go up against what looked like insurmountable odds and prevail. But then Saiyans showed up and something began to shift. Nappa - while depicted as brutal and more powerful than anything Goku had faced up until that point - was not the true threat. The smaller more devious Vegeta was. But even with Vegeta, there was comparable size with him and Goku being roughly the same height that then gave way to a more traditional David vs. Goliath dynamic as Vegeta tapped into the Oozaru.
And then Frieza comes along. His first form is tiny and sadistic which is unsettling in itself as it feels like a child pulling the wings off a butterfly the way he brutalizes the Namekians and his own underlings. But then he transforms and gets bigger, more in line with villains that Goku usually stomps. Which - ironically - was reinforced earlier in the arc with how Goku utterly dismantles Recoome. But then there's the final form. Frieza is noticably shorter than Goku. I forget if it was a chapter cover or just art Toriyama did in the lead up to the fight between Goku and Frieza but in it, Goku is towering over Frieza who has to crane his neck back to look up at Goku. Goku is no longer David. He's Goliath, and at the same disadvantage as all the people he'd overcome in the past. And it was that subtle shift that helped Frieza feel so intimidating on a level nothing else that came before him really did and it was a brilliant bit of visual storytelling, whether it was intentional or not.
Cell would be an amazing analyzing evil, or just all the androids
Nah, an analyzing evil on Dr. Gero would cover a broader surface
This was an episode I’ve waited a long time for. And it exceeded my expectations. Great job as always.
Ah yes, one of my favorite anime villains ever. Dude was hardcore, killed literal BILLIONS of people/lifeforms and probably an equal amount of planets, sadistic and loves to toy with his prey, all while taking his time and with a dark sense of humor, even though he could kill them instantly with a snap of his finger. He's also basically the most pivotal character of the entire series, his actions is what got the plot rolling into the direction it did. (even if Freiza wasn't even thought of by Akira back in OG DragonBall).
What I love about Frieza is we’ve all met him at one time or another.
That boss that abuses his power.
That lady with racist tendencies.
That kid who misbehaves knowing they’ll get away with it.
All people we wish Goku would slap some sense into.
Great video as always!
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I think Frieza is a great example of a fine balance between rational and evil. He's not really a comic book villain, he doesn't do bad stuff for the sake of it. He has a reason. But he's not overly rational to the point that he does good, either.
If I had one thing to add, Freeza killing his subordinate after calling in the Ginyu force because he was "no longer useful" was anime-only.
The only reason I think that deserves a distinction, is because its the only time he killed for literally no reason.
When he kills his own troops, its because they failed (the troops in Res F failed to take down the Z fighters) so he does it to set examples that failure and weakness is not tolerated. When he kills innocent civilians, its to prove a point and strike terror or out of revenge/spite. Freeza is not someone who kills for the sake of killing, despite obviously finding joy in the act.
And I think this speaks to his character. While he is cruel, malicious and sadistic, he is also methodical and calculated.
Well said. I was going to bring up Togoma from the Res F movie, since he kills him for a rather petty reason, but in hindsight, I think that particular example was also him trying to prove a point. He didn't want ANYONE arguing with him about taking revenge and made an example out of Togoma to strike fear into everyone else in the room.
It's not a mere childish outburst (although it is impulsive and petty). Ultimately, his cruelty stems from his ambitions and goals. If executing people isn't in service of those things, then he won't bother with it.
@@DLxxx Exactly. This is the same freeza who was content to sit in his chair and let underlings do basically everything.
He rules through fear and strength. He is never to be questioned. Togoma not only questioned Freeza, he did it in front of everyone else while also implying that freeza's goal were not wise. He cannot let someone undermining his authority go unpunished. Zarbon, Dodoria or even the Ginyu's would never DARE second guess Freeza's orders or ambitions because they KNEW how strong Freeza was, not just by repuation. The Freeza force in Res F however were the dregs who never met Freeza.
Freeza's not dumb, he knows Sorbet is just a ambitious boot licker who wants Freeza back as a means to an end. If Freeza takes over the galaxy again, he will be right there as his Number 2. Tagoma basically confirms this by expressing that revenge is unwise and they should focus on conquering, these guys don't want Freeza, they want Freeza to restore his empire so they can benefit. He isn't putting Freeza's wants and desires first and that is a fatal mistake.
So Freeza is immediately setting examples. Flexing his power in front of his underlings. Reminding them that there was a reason why the most powerful fighters in the galaxy feared him.