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"I always thought he was too cocky for his own good. Looks like that ego of his finally got him into trouble."
— "New Ally, New Problem"


Burter (バータ Bāta, lit. "Burtta") is the fastest member of the mercenary platoon known as the Ginyu Force. Being nicknamed the "Blue Hurricane", he often performs combo attacks with Jeice, such as the Purple Comet Hurricane. He is very arrogant, boastful, and tends to talk down to his opponents.

Appearance[]

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Burter poses for Frieza in his first appearance

Burter is the tallest member of the Ginyu Force, towering over the other members. He is a reptilian-looking alien humanoid with bluish skin, red sclera without pupils and many small spots on his body. He has a light orange plate with a segmented pattern on his head. He has tube ears and no nose. He wears a black variant of the usual uniform most of Frieza's army wears but, due to being a member of the Ginyu Force, has a small logo located on one of his Battle Armor chest plates. Like many other members of Frieza's army, he wears a green scouter.

Personality[]

Burter is very proud of his speed, claiming that he's the fastest in the universe, which led to him dubbing himself the "Blue Hurricane". Despite Frieza being much faster than him, Burter still calls himself the fastest in the universe, which indicates that he is either arrogant enough to make such a boast despite knowing that Frieza is much faster, or deluded enough to think that he is faster than Frieza. After Guldo is killed by Vegeta, Burter, Recoome, and Jeice are annoyed that their poses will be messed up since they are missing a member. When Recoome is defeated by Goku, he is extremely surprised. He becomes very annoyed when Goku proves himself to be faster.

Burter is good friends with fellow Ginyu Force member Jeice, with the two performing combined attacks on their enemies. Burter seems to be the strategist of the team when Ginyu is not around, which is shown when he comes up with the plan to have Jeice distract Goku with his Crusher Ball while he (Burter) attacks Goku from behind.

Like the other members of the Ginyu Force, Burter is shown to be a rather comical character by doing poses, playing Rock-Paper-Scissors to see who will fight who, and betting Candy over fights.

Biography[]

Background[]

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Burter doing household chores for his mother

Like the other members of the Ginyu Force, Burter's special powers originated during his childhood: Burter's mother was very strict, making him do all the household chores and slapping him if he was late preparing dinner; because of this, he became the "fastest in the universe".[3] He soon became a member of Frieza's elite mercenary platoon, the Ginyu Force: Burter is the self-proclaimed "Azure Typhoon" (or "Blue Hurricane", in the Dragon Ball manga and video games), and fancies himself as the fastest being in the universe. He demonstrates this on Namek when effortlessly taking flight at incredible speed to retrieve a Dragon Ball thrown across the horizon by Vegeta, an attempt to keep the artifact from Frieza's possession.

While facing the Dragon Team on Namek, in the Funimation dub, Burter mentions that he has defeated hundreds of Saiyans. In the Ocean Group dubs, Captain Ginyu mentions that Burter was once a baseball champion (a "great center fielder").

Dragon Ball Z[]

Frieza Saga[]

Main articles: Namek Saga, Captain Ginyu Saga, and Frieza Saga

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Burter on Planet Namek

After Frieza calls the Ginyu Force for support, Burter and the rest of his team find Vegeta, Krillin, and Gohan trying to grant Vegeta's wish of immortality. Burter gets to show his amazing speed when Vegeta throws one of the Dragons Balls as hard as he could, but Burter manages to fly, catch it and return in a matter of seconds, shocking Vegeta greatly. Just before Ginyu takes all the Dragon Balls to Frieza's Spaceship, Burter and the rest of his crew decide who gets to kill whom. Along with Jeice, after losing a Rock-Paper-Scissors match, Burter is a spectator to the fight between Recoome, Vegeta, Krillin and Gohan, and it is not until Goku arrives and single-handedly incapacitates Recoome that he joins combat. Burter and Jeice spray Goku with countless physical attacks and energy waves, but Goku proves to be fast enough to avoid the efforts of both elites (much to Burter's surprise, who prides himself on his unmatched speed).

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Burter is executed by Vegeta

Eventually, after realizing that attacking Goku head on is not working, Burter and Jeice communicate from far distances using their scouters to come up with a plan: Jeice will fire his ultimate attack, the Crusher Ball, and when Goku dodges the attack, Burter will attack the distracted Goku. Unfortunately for them, the plan fails as Goku easily deflects the Crusher Ball with no effort. Goku then defeats Burter with two crippling blows to the back. Shortly after, in spite of Goku's wishes to give the Ginyu Force member a chance to redeem his selfish ways, Vegeta ruthlessly finishes the unconscious Burter by dropping his knee on Burter's neck, breaking it and killing him instantly.

In the anime, the Ginyu Force (aside from their leader who is still alive) are invited to King Kai's Planet. Burter joins Jeice in using the Purple Comet Attack against Tien Shinhan, only to be defeated soon after when the Z Fighters realize how little of the threat the platoon actually poses due to their increased potential.[4]

Majin Buu Saga[]

Main articles: Other World Saga and Kid Buu Saga Burter was once again defeated by Goku when, along with Cell, Frieza, King Cold and the other members of the Ginyu Force (minus Captain Ginyu), he was torturing the ogres in order to divulge information as a means to escape from Hell. Goku effortlessly defeats him, with a knee to the stomach, along with the rest of the Ginyu Force. When Pikkon interferes and uses the Hyper Tornado, he creates a whirlpool in the Bloody Pond, lifting the Ginyu Force into the air to make them fall into a mountain of needles, thus impaling them. Shortly afterward, Burter is locked with his comrades in a prison cell.[5]

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Burter watching the fight against Kid Buu in Hell

Burter is evidently seen once more as one of the spectators among the slew of villains in Hell who are watching the battle between Goku and Kid Buu on a giant Crystal Ball.[6][7][8]

Dragon Ball Super[]

"Future" Trunks Saga[]

Main article: "Future" Trunks Saga

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The Ginyu Force in Dragon Ball Super

When Goku and Krillin were sent into a forest to retrieve a special herb for Master Roshi, an illusion of Burter and many other villains from the Z-Fighters' past show up to challenge the duo.[9][10]

Super Dragon Ball Heroes[]

Supreme Kai of Time Saga[]

Main article: Supreme Kai of Time Saga

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Burter in the Super Space-Time Tournament

An incarnation of Burter appears as one of the competitors in the Super Space-Time Tournament, along with the rest of the Ginyu Force. As a result of his team failing to advance to the second round of the tournament, Burter and his space-time were erased.

Demon Invader Saga[]

Main article: Demon Invader Saga In one particular Space-Time, Burter is absorbed by Majin Ozotto.[11]

Film Appearances[]

Fusion Reborn[]

Main article: Dragon Ball Z: Fusion Reborn

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A Meda, Burter, and Misokatsun appear in Fusion Reborn

Along with countless other Dragon Ball antagonists, Burter makes a cameo when the residents of Hell make their escape to Earth. In this movie, Burter wears white gloves instead of the black arm wrists like he is usually drawn with, and the back of his Battle Armor is colored white and brown instead of the usual black and light brown.

Broly[]

Main article: Dragon Ball Super: Broly

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Burter and the Ginyu Force on Planet Vegeta.

Burter and the rest of the Ginyu Force are present during King Cold and Frieza's visit to Planet Vegeta to inform the Saiyan Army of King Cold's plans to retire and handing over control of his empire to Frieza.

Other Dragon Ball Stories[]

World Mission[]

Main article: Super Dragon Ball Heroes: World Mission

Chapter 2, Sub Chapter 3 - "An Unthinkable Appearance!"

In Chapter 2, Sub Chapter 3: "An Unthinkable Appearance!", an anomaly in the game world causes the game world Frieza and the Ginyu Force from a period where Frieza hadn't yet encountered Goku to invade Earth in Age 764 of the game world main timeline during Mecha Frieza and King Cold's invasion.

Normal Mission - Worst Case Scenario

After Beat and Note of the DBH Team kill the anomalous Dodoria and Zarbon sent by the anomalous Frieza to invade Earth in search of the Dragon Balls as well as defeat, Mecha Frieza and King Cold. However the anomalous Frieza and his Ginyu Force arrive in Frieza's Spaceship and find a cybernetically enhanced Frieza and King Cold. The anomalous Frieza and Mecha Frieza are able to determine they are counterparts and upon learning of the Super Saiyan Goku, the anomalous Frieza agrees to join forces with his counterpart and his counterpart's father. However Beat and Note receive backup from Froze and the team's newest member Kagyu who join in the fight against the anomalous Frieza Force, Mecha Frieza, and King Cold. The anomalous Ginyu Force fight alongside their Lord Frieza, Mecha Frieza, and King Cold against Beat, Note, Froze, and Kagyu. The anomalous Burter and the rest of the Ginyu Force are slain during the battle with Captain Ginyu barely surviving.

Normal Mission - A Speedy Showdown!
"Burter: Ask anyone. I'm the fastest around! ...You're free to fight over the number two and three positions. Dyspo: Hello? They call me the "sonic warrior"! Obviously, I'M the fastest! Neiz: Gimme a break. You two are slower than a snail on crutches! The swiftest in space is none other than ME!"
Burter arguing he is faster than Dyspo and Neiz in Super Dragon Ball Heroes: World Mission

In the Chapter 2, Sub Chapter 3 side mission: "A Speedy Showdown!", Beat comes across the game world versions of Burter, his Cooler's Armored Squadron rival Neiz, and Dyspo of the Pride Troopers arguing which one among them is the fastest with Burter boasting he is the #1 fastest and that the other two can fight over the #2 and #3 positions. Beat finds them an odd trio and greets them before asking what they are talking about. Dyspo explains its who the fastest is and notes when you break it down rationally, he's the top speedster in the Pride Troopers--hence the fastest in the multiverse.

""Pride Troopers"? Sounds like a show for two year olds. In any case, you're looking at the fastest in the Frieza Force! Numero uno, baby!"
Burter's opinion of the Pride Troopers and insisting he's the fastest in Super Dragon Ball Heroes: World Mission

Burter however says the Pride Troopers sound like a show for two years olds and declares that he's the fastest in the Frieza Force thus numero uno among the three of them. Neiz ever loyal to the Cooler Force mocks Frieza and that he's the quickest in the only outfit that matters: Cooler's Armored Squadron.

"You wanna see the Blue Hurricane at work, eh? Don't blame you. The runt might be all right, after all!"
Burter agreeing to let Beat decide which one of them is the fastest in Super Dragon Ball Heroes: World Mission

Dyspo suggests they let a third party decide and suggests Beat as said third party. Neiz however asks what would he know about speed and Beat says not much but suggests they show how fast they are by fighting him. Burter thinks Beat wants to see him the Blue Hurricane at work and doesn't blame him, saying he might be alright after all. However Neiz calling him Burt says he's pretty sure Beat was talking to him. Dyspo notes it seems Burter and Neiz have no objections. Dyspo asks Beat if he's ready for a shellacking at light speed and can't think of a better way to compare. Beat says he thinks he can handle it and accepts. Neiz tells Beat to not go crying home if he can't see him.

"I'll have your eyes spinning point-five seconds in!"
Burter's boost to Beat before the fight in Super Dragon Ball Heroes: World Mission

Burter notes he'll have Beat's eyes spinning point-five seconds in before Dyspo gives the signal to start with a "Ready, Set, Go!"

However to their surprise, Beat is able to defeat all three of them and Dyspo notes that it came outta left field and that the "darned kid" can keep up. Burter agrees and suggests that instead of quibbling among themselves and Dyspo finishes Burter's sentence by agreeing they train together. Beat is surprised to see the start of a beautiful friendship between the three speedsters after they lost to him.

Power[]

Manga and Anime

During the Namek Saga, Krillin states that both Burter and Jeice are as strong as Recoome who had a power level superior to Vegeta's 30,000. Despite his claims that he is the fastest in the Universe, Burter's close up combat speed is shown to be inferior to Goku's during their battle on Namek, though his travel speed is shown to be so great that he was able to catch up to and grab a Dragon Ball that Vegeta threw into the distance without any of the Z Fighters noticing that he moved - with Ginyu noting that Burter's travel speed is at least superior to his own.

In the Other World Saga, Burter appears to have gotten much stronger, as Goku has to power up in order to deal with him together with Jeice, Recoome and Guldo. Frieza is also shocked that Goku was able to beat them all so easily.

Abilities[]

  • Enhanced Speed - Burter has superior speed to others at the same level of power as him, with his speed even surpassing that of the much more powerful Captain Ginyu. Due to this he was considered the "fastest in the universe".
  • Flight – The ability to fly with the use of ki.
  • Ki Blast – The most basic form of energy wave.
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Burter charges a Full Power Energy Ball

  • Blue Hurricane – First, Burter strikes one of his signature poses as he charges pure blue energy around him. Then, he rushes towards the opponent, knocking out anything in his way, inflicting a great deal of damage.
    • Purple Comet Hurricane – By combining Burter's Blue Hurricane with Jeice's Red Magma, the two of them put up an impenetrable barrier and launch an array of ki blasts at the opponent.
  • Crasher Cannon – Buter and Jeice extend their arms and fire powerful Finger Beams, which explodes on impact.
    • Continuous Crasher Cannon – Jeice and Burter fly around together and fire multiple red and blue blasts of Crasher Cannon from their palms, which form a monsoon of energy blasts that rains down upon the opponent, inflicting massive damage.
      • Purple Spiral Flash - Jeice and Burter charge red and blue energy shields around their bodies respectively and join together to form a large spiraling purple vortex. Out of the vortex fires many purple energy spheres down at the opponent, inflicting high damage.
        • Purple Comet Attack - Jeice and Burter both fly around together but make a different looking vortex. Instead of firing multiple Ki Blasts, the vortex flies toward the opponent, inflicting a high amount of damage if it hits.
  • Mach Dash - The user strikes a pose then preforms a high-speed dash that increases the user's movement speed temporarily.
  • Space Mach Attack - Burter attacks his foes at very high speeds in three directions, inflicting considerable damage.
    • Mach Kick - Burter delivers multiple kicks in a rapid succession.
    • Mach Punch - The user attacks the opponent with a series of high-speed punches.
  • SP Fighting Pose 2 – One of Burter's fighting poses. It is a Blast 1 in the Budokai Tenkaichi series, as well as a Super Attack named Burter Pose in the Raging Blast series.
  • Power Stance – A special fighting stance.
  • High Speed Revolution (ハイスピードレボリューション Hai Supīdo Reboryūshon) – A technique used in Dragon Ball Z: The Legend, where Burter circles around his opponent at high speed and fires energy blasts to them from multiple directions.
  • Speed Circle Blasts – Used in The Legend.
  • High Speed Rush – Used in the Budokai Tenkaichi series.
  • Mach Attack - Burter's signature attack in the Raging Blast series.
  • Blue Impulse – Used Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Z.
  • Fusion - In Dragon Ball Fusions, Burter is capable of performing three different kinds of fusion.
    • Five-Way Fusion - A fusion dance for 5 people invented by the Ginyu Force. When performed by Burter it produces a Male Alien Ultra Fusion.
    • Fusion Dance - Taught to Burter and the rest of the Ginyu Force by Goten and Trunks as thanks for teaching Tekka's Team Five-Way Fusion. Later used by Burter to fuse with Recoome to create Recurter.

Villainous Mode

Main article: Villainous Mode

After consuming the Demon Realm-enhanced Fruit of the Tree of Might, Burter gains access to this powered-up form.

Recurter

Main article: Recurter

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Recurter in Dragon Ball Fusions

Recurter is the Fusion of Recoome and Burter created via the Fusion Dance in Dragon Ball Fusions.

Burce

Main article: Burce

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Burce in Dragon Ball Fusions

Burce is the EX-Fusion of Burter and Jeice introduced in Dragon Ball Fusions.

Attack Ball

Main article: Attack Ball Like his fellow Ginyu Force members, Burter uses an Attack Ball featuring the Ginyu Force symbol to travel between planets. According to Vegeta in the Trunks Saga, the Ginyu Force Attack Balls were programmed to fly back to Yardrat as the Ginyu Force was in the middle of attacking it when Frieza summoned the Ginyu Force to Namek. It was either destroyed or used by Goku to escape Dying Namek (as the owner of the Attack Ball Goku used was never identified as it was only revealed it belonged to one of the Ginyu Force members).

Scouter

Main article: Scouter Like most members of the Frieza Force, Burter wears a scouter which he uses to read power levels and for communications. However like most of the Frieza Force he tends to rely too much on Scouter readings as he was confused by Goku's low power level being inconsistent with his abilities unaware that Goku was raising his power so instantaneously that the Ginyu Force's state-of-the-art Scouters could not detect the momentary increase. In Xenoverse 2, it is revealed he uses New Model Scouter (Green) just like the rest of his teammates (save for Guldo).

Weighted clothing

Main article: Weighted clothing In the Frieza's Spaceship time rift in Xenoverse 2, Burter reveals to the Future Warrior that he added heavy weights to his Battle Suit (Ginyu Force Black) for weighted training which is how he trains to maintain his speed.

Fruit of the Tree of Might (Demon Realm)

Main article: Fruit of the Tree of Might (Demon Realm)

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Burter & Jeice after consuming the Fruit provided by Turles in Xenoverse 2

Turles gives Burter some of this Fruit to Burter and Jeice during their fight with Goku and the Future Warrior. It causes Burter to power up greatly and gain an aura of Dark Energy.

Video Game Appearances[]

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Burter in Ultimate Tenkaichi

Voice Actors[]

Battles[]

Dragon Ball Z
  • Burter and Jeice vs. Goku
  • Burter and Jeice vs. Tien Shinhan (anime only)
  • Burter, Recoome, Jeice, and Guldo vs. Goku (Super Saiyan Power) (anime only)
Dragon Ball Super
  • Burter (illusion), Tambourine (illusion), King Piccolo (illusion), Vegeta (illusion), Nappa (illusion), Ginyu (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 (anime only)

Trivia[]

  • Burter's Japanese name, Bāta, is off from the word Butter rearranged; he is called Butta (in Viz's manga), or Burta to reflect the name pun.
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A Burter-esque fighter

  • There is a fighter who resembles Burter who appears on Grand Kai's Planet in the episode "Warriors of the Dead". This fighter's clothes and facial features imply that he was based on the same Settei / Chara Sheet as Moah.
    • Another fighter that resembles Burter appears in "Vegeta's Respect" when watching the fight between Goku and Kid Buu. However, this fighter has an albino appearance and horns.
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Burter stands taller than the rest of the Ginyu Force

  • Though Burter is clearly the largest member of the Ginyu Force in the manga/anime, it is often shown in merchandise that he is the same size or smaller than Recoome.
  • Burter is capable of dealing out the longest combo in Budokai Tenkaichi 2 if he is given max power plus and has his speed maxed out.
  • When Omega Shenron uses the Dragon Thunder technique against Burter in Budokai Tenkaichi 3, he will lie on top of the spikes, instead of being impaled on them.
  • Burter is the first person in the series to refer to himself as the Fastest in the Universe, the second being Beerus' attendant Whis in Dragon Ball Super. However, in Burter's case, it is proven false as he is completely outclassed by Goku and it is likely that Frieza's speed is superior as well given his power and his race's superior speed that increases when near death. Also since Whis (who is even stronger than Beerus himself) has likely existed before Burter was even born, Burter's claims amount to at best, a falsely held belief (or at the worse, arrogant boasting) that he is the Fastest in the Universe.
    • In Xenoverse 2, Whis demonstrates that his claim is valid as he is able to use his superior speed to playfully draw his mark on Beerus' forehead without the God of Destruction noticing until it was pointed out to him. This indicates that Whis truly is as fast as he claims.
  • In World Mission, Burter is shown to have a rivalry with Neiz over who is the fastest. Due to an anomaly, he encounters Neiz and Dyspo of the Pride Troopers leading to an argument between the three of them as to who the fastest among them.
  • Burter is the only member of the Ginyu Force that doesn't appear in Dragon Ball GT at any point.

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