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{{Master Roshi}}
{{Seealso|the original character|the character portrayed in live-action by Chow Yun-Fat|Roshi (Chow Yun-Fat)}}
 
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{{Seealso|the original character|the character portrayed in live-action by Chow Yun-Fat|Roshi/Dragonball Evolution}}
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{{Quote|[[Goku]]... [[Krillin]]... You're the ones who showed this old fossil he still had something left to give. That it was too soon to let the limits of age sentence him to sit idly by on the sidelines. You boys who were never content to stop, who kept aiming for and climbing greater and greater heights want me to take it easy? Now, listen to me, boys! Always remember these words: Work hard, study well, and eat and sleep plenty! That is the Turtle Hermit way! We must master the art of peace in addition to the art of war! The [[Turtle School|Turtle Hermit School]] will be with you... always! This will be [[The Greatest Kamehameha|my greatest, most powerful Kamehameha!]]|Master Roshi towards [[Goku]] and [[Krillin]] in "[[A Valiant Fight! Master Roshi's Blaze of Glory!]]"}}
 
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|JapName=亀仙人<br>武天老師 (むてんろうし)
 
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|RomName=Kamesennin<br>Muten Rōshi
 
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|RomName = Muten Rōshi<br>Kamesen'nin
|AltName=Kame-Sen'nin<br>The Turtle Hermit<br>Jackie Chun<br>Jacky Chun<br>Juckie Chun<br>Jackie Choun<br>Fighter 178<br>Turtle Man<br>Genius Turtle<br>Old Timer<br>Turtle Guy<br>Kame-Geezer (by [[Bulma]])<br>Turtle Boy<br>Grandpa Happy Hands<br>Učitelj Roši ([[Wikipedia:Croatia|Croatia]])<br>קאמה סנין ([[Wikipedia:Israel|Israel]])<br>Genialny Żółw (anime) ([[Wikipedia:Poland|Poland]])<br>Dżeki Szun (as Jackie Chun) (anime) ([[Wikipedia:Poland|Poland]])<br>Boski Mistrz (manga) ([[Wikipedia:Poland|Poland]])<br>Chelonotzini/Turtle Genie (Χελωνοτζίνι) ([[Wikipedia:Greece|Greece]])<br>Herr der Schildkröten ([[Wikipedia:Germany|Germany]])<br>Follet Tortuga ([[Wikipedia:Catalunya|Catalunya]])<br>Tartaruga Genial ([[Wikipedia:Portugal|Portugal]])<br>The Old One ([[Wikipedia:United Kingdom|United Kingdom]])<br>Mestre Kame ([[Wikipedia:Brazil|Brazil]])<br>Duende Tortuga/Maestro Mutenroi ([[Wikipedia:Spain|Spain]])<br> Kornjačin Vrač, Učitelj Buten ([[Wikipedia:Serbia|Serbia]])<br>Maestro Roshi ([[Wikipedia:Mexico|Mexico]])<br>Genio delle Tartarughe ([[Wikipedia:Italy|Italy]])<br>Zseniális Teknős ([[Wikipedia:Hungary|Hungary]])<br> Master Muten ([[Wikipedia:Philippines|Philippines]])<br>Datuk Kame ([[Wikipedia:Malaysian|Malaysian]])<br>Guru Roshi/Jin Kura-Kura ([[Wikipedia:Indonesian|Indonesian]])<br>Tortue Géniale ([[Wikipedia:France|France]])<br>Džinas Vėžlys ([[Wikipedia:Lithuanian|Lithuanian]])<br>Kaplumbağa Efendi ([[Wikipedia:Turkey|Turkey]])<br>Mucheon Dosa (무천도사) <br>([[Wikipedia:South Korea|South Korea]])<br>Mentor Torto (Arabic dub)
 
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|FirstApp=Manga: "[[Sea Monkeys]]"<br>Anime: "[[The Nimbus Cloud of Roshi]]"
 
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|Appears in={{DB Series|DB|DBZ|DBGT}}
 
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|AltName = Muten Roshi<br>Kame-Sennin<br>Turtle Hermit<br>Jackie Chun<br>Jacky Chun<br>Juckie Chun<br>Jackie Choun<br>Muten Roushi<br>Turtle Boy<br>Dirty Old Man<br>Mestre Kame
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|Appears in = {{DB Series|DB|DBZ|DBGT|DBS|DBD|DBH}}
|Gender=Male
 
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|manga debut = "[[Sea Monkeys]]"
|Date of birth=[[Age 430]]<ref name="Daiz7">''[[Daizenshuu 7]]'', 1996</ref><ref name="SEG">''[[Dragon Ball: Super Exciting Guide]]'', 2009</ref>
 
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|anime debut = "[[The Nimbus Cloud of Roshi]]"
|Date of death=[[Age 753|May 8, Age 753]] (revived on [[May 9, Age 753]])<br>[[Age 774|May 8, Age 774]] (revived)
 
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|movie debut = ''[[Dragon Ball: Curse of the Blood Rubies]]''
|Height=165 cm/5'5"<ref name="Daiz7"/><ref name="SEG"/>
 
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|game debut = ''[[Dragon Ball: Dragon Daihikyou]]''
|Weight=44 kg/97 lbs.<ref name="Daiz7"/><ref name="SEG"/>
 
|Address=[[NBI 8250012 B.]]<ref name="Daiz7"/>
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|Race = [[Earthling|Human-type Earthling]]<ref name="Daiz4">''[[Daizenshuu 4]]'': World Guide</ref>
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|Gender = Male
|Occupation=[[Martial arts]] teacher<br>[[West City Fire Brigade|Volunteer fireman]] <small>(''[[Goku's Fire Brigade]]'')</small><br>[[Police]]man <small>(''[[Cross Epoch]]'')</small>
 
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|Date of birth = [[Age 430]]<ref name="Daiz7">''[[Daizenshuu 7]]'', 1996</ref><ref name="SEG">''[[Dragon Ball: Super Exciting Guide]]'', 2009</ref>
|Allegiance=[[Mutaito Training Academy]]<br>[[Turtle School]]
 
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|Date of death = [[Age 753|May 8, Age 753]]<br>[[Age 774|May 8, Age 774]]
|FamConnect=<li>[[Future Master Roshi]] (alternate timeline counterpart)<li>[[Fortuneteller Baba]] (sister)<li>[[Turtle]] (best friend/companion)<li>[[Master Mutaito]] (mentor)<li>[[Korin]] (mentor)<li>[[Grandpa Gohan]] (student)<li>[[Ox-King]] (student)<li>[[Goku]] (student)<li>[[Krillin]] (student)<li>[[Yamcha]] (student)
 
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|Height = 165 cm (5'5")<ref name="Daiz7"/><ref name="SEG"/><ref name="dbas">''[[Dragon Ball: Adventure Special]]'', 1987</ref>
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|Weight = 44 kg (97 lbs)<ref name="Daiz7"/><ref name="SEG"/><ref name="dbas"/>
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|Address = [[Kame House|NBI 8250012 B.]]<ref name="Daiz7"/><ref name="dbas"/>
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|Occupation = [[Martial Arts]] teacher<br>Mailman (part-time)<br>[[Police]]man<ref name="Cross Epoch">''[[Cross Epoch]]'', 2006</ref><br>[[Galactic Patrol]]man {{small|(Temporarily Deputized)}}
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|Allegiance = [[Mutaito Training Academy]] {{Former}}<br>[[Turtle School]]<br>[[Dragon Team]]<br>[[Team Universe 7]]<br>[[Galactic Patrol]]
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|FamConnect = [[Fortuneteller Baba]] (sister)
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|Counterparts = [[Future Master Roshi]]
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|Mentors = [[Master Mutaito]]<br>[[Korin]]
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|Students = [[Grandpa Gohan]]<br>[[Ox-King]]<br>[[Goku]]<br>[[Krillin]]<br>[[Yamcha]]
 
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{{Nihongo|'''Master Roshi'''|{{ruby|武|む}}{{ruby|天|てん}}{{ruby|老|ろう}}{{ruby|師|し}}|''Muten Rōshi''|lit. "Old Heavenly Martial Arts Master"}}, also known as the {{nihongo|'''Turtle Hermit'''|{{ruby|亀|かめ}}{{ruby|仙|せん}}{{ruby|人|にん}}|''Kame Sen'nin''}} (or {{nihongo|'''Turtle'''||''Kame''}}<ref>''[[Dragon Ball (anime)|Dragon Ball]]'' episode 129, "[[The Time Room]]"</ref> in his youth) and {{Nihongo|'''God of Martial Arts'''|武道の神様|''Budō no Kami-sama''}}, is a perverted hermit and a master of martial arts. He lives on his own isolated island called [[Kame House]], where he may be willing to train students who travel to his doorstep. He is also the originator of the [[Kamehameha Wave]].
{{Quote|But, you know, my lessons don't come free. You must find me a young gal! It's the only way I can start training you.|Master Roshi towards [[Goku]] in "[[Goku's Rival]]"}}
 
'''Master Roshi''' (武天老師, ''Muten Rōshi''), also known as the '''Turtle Hermit''' (亀仙人, ''Kamesennin''), is a major supporting protagonist in the [[Dragon Ball (manga)|''Dragon Ball'' manga]] and [[Dragon Ball (anime)|''Dragon Ball'' anime]], who also makes a few appearances in ''[[Dragon Ball Z]]'' and ''[[Dragon Ball GT]]''.
 
   
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Despite his lecherous tendencies and his old age, Roshi is an extremely respected and capable warrior, serving as the master of [[Grandpa Gohan|Gohan]], [[Ox-King]], [[Goku]], [[Krillin]], and [[Yamcha]]. His drive to push his students to new heights and support them on their martial arts journeys makes him one of the most notable supporting characters in the series.
==Overview==
 
===History===
 
Master Roshi is an ancient and wise [[martial arts]] master, and the first character to wield the trademark [[Kamehameha]]. Though he seems frail, Roshi is actually a mighty warrior. He trained [[Grandpa Gohan]], [[Ox-King]], [[Goku]], [[Krillin]], and [[Yamcha]]. Master Roshi is both the archetypal wise old man and a perverted old man, the latter being typical of ''shōnen'' manga. Sometimes, he gets cranky, which further provides comic relief. His companions are usually [[Oolong]], [[Turtle]], and [[Launch]]. His home is [[Kame House]], a shack on a small isolated island which serves as a gathering place for his friends.
 
   
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[[File:Master Roshi angry.jpg|thumb|left|Master Roshi wishing he could have done something to prevent the death of his students]]
 
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MasterRoshiJackieChunEp27.png|Master Roshi as "Jackie Chun"
Master Roshi is bald, with a thick white fu manchu mustache and beard. He is almost always seen wearing his trademark [[sunglasses]]; after the fight against [[Majin Buu]], Master Roshi left his old sunglasses and went to more futuristic ones. He wears beach clothes or a martial arts suit and a [[Turtle Shell]] on his back. He usually wields a walking stick.
 
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Roshi DBO.png|Roshi in Age 1000
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Master Roshi is bald, with a thick white fu manchu mustache and beard. He is almost always seen wearing his trademark [[sunglasses]]; sometime later Master Roshi left his old sunglasses and began to wear more futuristic ones. He wears beach clothes or a martial arts suit and a [[Turtle Shell]] on his back. He usually wields a walking stick. His bust, waist and hip measurement are all 73cm.<ref name="WSJ37">[[Weekly Shōnen Jump]], issue #37, 1986</ref> When disguised as Jackie Chun, Master Roshi glues a wig of white hair onto his head.
   
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In ''[[Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods]]'', Master Roshi wears a pink shirt and white shorts with crocs. In ''[[Dragon Ball Z: Resurrection ‘F’]]'', Master Roshi wears a white tank top and green flip flops.
===Name and origin===
 
His name appears in the original manga as Muten Roshi (武天老師). His name in English adaptations is a phonetic adaptation of that title: '''Master Roshi'''. The Japanese word ''[[Wikipedia:Roshi|roshi]]'' ([[wiktionary:老師|老師]]) correlates to the Chinese word for "teacher" (''lǎoshī'') and Muten (武天) is made up of the characters for military/martial and heaven. It is humorous to note that this adaptation translates to "Master Old Teacher", or simply "Master Master".
 
   
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When he was a teenager while training under [[Master Mutaito]] and [[Korin]], it is shown that he had black hair and wore a black pair of sunglasses along with a bluish-purple Qipao style martial arts uniform. He was also noted by Bulma to be very handsome, shocked to see how Roshi turned out in old age. During the King Piccolo wars, his head was shaven, and he wore a purple [[Mutaito Training Academy]] [[Gi]] like the rest of Mutaito's students at the time including [[Master Shen]]. He also did not wear any sunglasses during this time.
Most frequently, he is also known as '''Turtle Hermit'''. During the [[World Martial Arts Tournament]]s, he adopted the moniker '''Jackie Chun''' (ジャッキー・チュン), a parody of the actor and martial arts master [[Wikipedia:Jackie Chan|Jackie Chan]], to remain anonymous so that he could demonstrate to his pupils that the world was a big place where there was always someone stronger. Master Roshi's first appearance is in chapter/issue #3 of the [[Dragon Ball (manga)|''Dragon Ball'' manga]].
 
   
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In ''[[Dragon Ball Super]]'', Master Roshi wears the pink shirt outfit in the [[God of Destruction Beerus Saga]] and the white tank top outfit in the [[Golden Frieza Saga]] as he did in the movies.
===Personality===
 
[[File:Roshi nose bleeding.jpg|thumb|left|Roshi after seeing Bulma lift up her nightgown]]
 
Master Roshi is over three hundred years old at the start of the series, and provides various stories to explain his longevity. Roshi enjoys eating home delivered pizza,<ref name="SEG"/> which serves as a tongue-in-cheek joke because Roshi lives so far out into the ocean. He also enjoys reading, watching TV, internet (adult sites too of course), video games, and afternoon naps.<ref name="SEG"/> He is a very lecherous pervert, and is constantly watching [[Aerobics Women]] on [[television]] or looking at [[Dirty Magazine]]s in his spare time. He even accepts a bribe from [[Bulma]], to show him her [[panties]] in exchange for a [[Dragon Ball (object)|Dragon Ball]] early in the series (and got a very big surprise, as Bulma unknowingly was not wearing any panties when she exposed herself). Master Roshi often makes humorous sexual advances on any beautiful woman he can get close enough to; usually Bulma or Launch in ''[[Dragon Ball (anime)|Dragon Ball]]'' or [[Maron]] in ''[[Dragon Ball Z]]''. He firmly believes that he is the ultimate stud and very cool, even though his fashion sense and mannerisms seem to be at least a few generations out of style. Although he is dedicated to training his students in the way of the [[Turtle School]], he will nonetheless tell off his students when they are practicing the Kamehameha wave because the water is ruining his magazines. The only time he did not tell off one of his students for this when practicing the Kamehameha wave was when Krillin tried to practice it in order to get his mind off his breakup with Maron, partially because he was asleep when it happened.
 
   
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During the [[Galactic Patrol Prisoner Saga]], while acting as a Deputized Galactic Patrolman, his white shirt similar to the one he wore during the Tournament of Power features the Galactic Patrol symbol.
[[File:MasterRoshiJackieChunMXVsYamcha.png|thumb|Master Roshi as "Jackie Chun"]]
 
Despite his skirt-chasing antics, Master Roshi is still a very wise and kind-hearted person who loves those around him like his own grandchildren. He openly enjoys life and its simple pleasures, but is willing to die for an honorable cause if necessary. Despite being noted by Turtle in the chapter "[[Fanning the Flame]]" that Master Roshi has consumed the "immortality elixir", Roshi dies when attempting to utilize the [[Evil Containment Wave]] against [[King Piccolo]] (who was freed during the [[King Piccolo Saga]]), which shows that the elixir grants [[immortality]], but not invulnerability. He appears in most of the ''Dragon Ball'' and ''Dragon Ball Z'' movies, usually as comic relief in the films.
 
   
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==Personality==
===Relevance and occupation===
 
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{{quote|But, you know, my lessons don't come free. You must find me a young gal! It's the only way I can start training you.|Master Roshi towards [[Goku]] in "[[Goku's Rival]]"}}
[[File:MasterRoshiSmoking.png|thumb|left|Master Roshi smoking]]
 
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[[File:Roshi nose bleeding.jpg|thumb|left|Roshi gets a nosebleed after seeing Bulma lift up her nightgown]]
Master Roshi lives on a small island with a house built on it, known as Kame House; here, he trains his students. Master Roshi is known as the "Turtle Hermit", due to the heavy Turtle Shell that he and his students wear on their backs for weight training. At the beginning of ''Dragon Ball'', he is the strongest fighter on [[Earth]] (with a [[power level]] of 139). However, his power level pales in comparison to any of the [[Z Fighters]] later in the series.
 
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Master Roshi is over three hundred years old at the start of the series and provides various stories to explain his longevity. Roshi enjoys eating home delivered pizza,<ref name="SEG" /> which serves as a tongue-in-cheek joke because Roshi lives so far out into the ocean. He also enjoys reading, watching TV, using the internet (mainly for adult sites), playing video games and taking afternoon naps.<ref name="SEG" /> He is a very lecherous pervert who constantly watches [[Wide-Thigh Aerobics]] on [[television]] or looks at [[Dirty Magazine]]s in his spare time. He even accepts a bribe from [[Bulma]] to show him her [[panties]] in exchange for a [[Earth Dragon Ball|Dragon Ball]] early in the series (and got a very big surprise, as Bulma unknowingly was not wearing any panties when she exposed herself). Master Roshi often makes humorous sexual advances on any beautiful woman he can get close enough to; usually [[Bulma]] or [[Launch]] in ''[[Dragon Ball (anime)|Dragon Ball]]'' or [[Maron]], [[Android 18]], or [[Chi-Chi]] in ''[[Dragon Ball Z]]''. He firmly believes that he is the ultimate stud and very cool, even though his fashion sense and mannerisms seem to be at least a few generations out of style. His lechery is apparently a relatively recent development, as he was once able to ride the [[Flying Nimbus]], an ability he has lost by the time he passes it on to Goku. Aside from his lechery, he was also somewhat of an alcoholic, as implied in the Japanese version of [[The Fire-Eater]] where he admitted he gave misleading information about the [[Hikui Bird]] in his book regarding the [[Bansho Fan]] because at the time he wrote it, he had been severely drunk (the dub changes this to him admitting he made the entire thing up so he could impress girls), and confirmed in the Japanese version of ''Broly - The Legendary Super Saiyan''. Although he is dedicated to training his students in the way of the [[Turtle School]], he will nonetheless tell off his students when they are practicing the Kamehameha wave because the water is ruining his magazines. The only time he did not tell off one of his students for this when practicing the Kamehameha wave was when Krillin tried to practice it in order to get his mind off his breakup with Maron, partially because he was asleep when it happened.
   
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[[File:Master Roshi angry.jpg|thumb|Master Roshi wishing he could have done something to prevent the death of his students]]
Before ''Dragon Ball Z'', Roshi was a celebrity on Earth for his martial arts skill, literally to the point where he was able to get [[Tien Shinhan]] off the hook for [[Tien's Atonement|a murder accusation]] just by his personal endorsement. In ''Dragon Ball Z'' and ''Dragon Ball GT'', however, his fame seems to be long forgotten, probably due to the emergence of [[Mr. Satan]], who is now the biggest celebrity in the world. By the time of ''Dragon Ball GT'', he seems to be enjoying semi retirement and first appears while holidaying in West City (i.e. trying to feel up as many girls as possible).
 
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Roshi cares deeply for his students to the point he entered the World Martial Arts Tournament in the guise of a martial named "Jackie Chun" to ensure they would lose the tournament as he felt they might lose interest in the martial arts if they won it too easily due to the great strength they had obtained through his training. While this may have been true for a fellow Earthling martial artist like Krillin, Roshi was unaware that Goku was actually a Saiyan who would never lose interest in fighting due to the Saiyan's inborn love of fighting until many years later after the arrival of Raditz, though through a story he heard from Goku's [[Grandpa Gohan]] he did known that Goku was the elder Gohan's adoptive grandson and may have suspected the boy's potential alien origins from the story Gohan told him. As a result, Roshi found a tough opponent in the young Saiyan, and it took all of his skill, power, and abilities to defeat Goku during final match of the tournament. Also during the tournament he showed compassion to [[Nam]] by explaining he did not need the prize money to buy water after he was defeated by Goku and gives him a capsule to store water from a well, although in exchange for his help Roshi asks Nam to help him protect his secret identity from his students by having him impersonate Master Roshi in the audience and convince his students that Jackie Chun and Master Roshi were separate people. He is also shown to be quite intelligent as he managed to figure out the [[Moon]] was the cause of Goku's [[Great Ape]] transformation and correctly deduced that destroying it would cause Goku to return to normal and prevent any further transformations ([[Piccolo]] would later use this very same tactic in ''Dragon Ball Z'' to stop Gohan's transformation in the [[Vegeta Saga]] as well as prevent Nappa and Vegeta from using the Moon to transform).
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Despite his skirt-chasing antics, Master Roshi is still a very wise and kind-hearted person who loves those around him like his own grandchildren. He openly enjoys life and its simple pleasures but is willing to die for an honorable cause if necessary. Despite being immortal Roshi dies when attempting to utilize the [[Evil Containment Wave]] against [[King Piccolo]] (who was freed during the [[King Piccolo Saga]]), which shows that his immortality only prevents him from dying from old age and thus is not completely immortal. He appears in most of the ''Dragon Ball'' and ''Dragon Ball Z'' movies, usually as comic relief, though in ''[[Dragon Ball Z: The World's Strongest|The World's Strongest]]'' and ''[[Dragon Ball Z: Resurrection ‘F’|Resurrection ‘F’]]'' he actively participates in the fight alongside the other [[Dragon Team|Z Fighters]].
   
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In ''[[Dragon Ball Super (anime)|Dragon Ball Super]]'', it is implied that the [[Paradise Herb]] is the source of Master Roshi's unnaturally long life. He claims that eating some of it will allow him to live on for another 1,000 years.<ref>''[[Dragon Ball Super (anime)|Dragon Ball Super]]'' episode 76, "[[Conquer the Terrifying Foes! Krillin's Fighting Spirit Rebounds!]]"</ref>
Graduates of Master Roshi's training often include the [[Wikipedia:Kanji|kanji]] for "Turtle" ("Kame") [[Wiktionary:亀|亀]] on their ''[[Wikipedia:Keikogi|dogi]]''.
 
   
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In the [[Universe Survival Saga]] of ''Dragon Ball Super'', he is recruited as a member of [[Team Universe 7]] after Goku fights Master Roshi at 100% MAX Power when he is turned into a [[Jiang Shi]] controlled by [[Yurin]]. It is revealed that Master Roshi had secretly been training, and even Goku is surprised at how powerful he is and is excited by the idea of fighting his former master again when he is serious (Goku is still unaware that he fought Roshi in the World Martial Arts Tournament, having never learned that Master Roshi was Jackie Chun).
[[File:RoshiDrivingLicence.png|thumb|Roshi's driver's license]]
 
Master Roshi has a driver's license, which he uses to prove his identity to a doubtful Chi-Chi in the chapter "[[In Search of Kame-Sen'nin]]". He is shown to smoke during both ''Dragon Ball''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s [[World Tournament Saga]] and ''Dragon Ball Z''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s [[Imperfect Cell Saga]].
 
   
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During the [[Tournament of Power]], Roshi's compassion for his students and tactical fighting style were made prominent when he focused on eliminating the trickier fighters (such as [[Dercori]]), knowing that Goku (and his teammates by extension) were prone to getting tripped up by deceptive foes. In addition, he was wary of fighters such as [[Ganos]] who [[Pure Progress|rapidly improved their fighting performance]] and sought to deal with them before they became a threat to Team Universe 7. He was also willing to put his life on the line to eliminate Ganos by using a [[The Greatest Kamehameha|Kamehameha powered by his own life energy]]. This compassion was reciprocated by his students, who were both desperate to save Roshi when he nearly passed away afterwards (Goku [[Kiai Defibrillation|succeeding]] in doing so and tearfully embracing him when he got back up).
==Biography==
 
===Early life===
 
[[File:YoungRoshiEp129.png|thumb|left|Master Roshi as a teenager]]
 
Master Roshi, the younger brother of [[Fortuneteller Baba]], was a [[martial artist]] trained by the great [[Master Mutaito]] a few hundred years before the beginning of ''Dragon Ball''. He was the first one to climb the extremely tall [[Korin Tower]] and train under the legendary [[Korin]]. It took Master Roshi 3 years to catch Korin and obtain the [[Sacred Water]], which was rumored to tremendously increase one's strength and speed.
 
   
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In the manga version of the tournament, Roshi's influence on Goku extended more directly to his fight against [[Jiren]] when Roshi himself confronted the Pride Trooper in order to teach Goku a valuable martial arts lesson, reminding him about the Turtle School way and the advice of his other mentors before using his experience to briefly and surprisingly outmaneuver Jiren. Despite Jiren eliminating Roshi soon after, the hermit's words impacted Goku so greatly that it enabled him to tap into a [[Ultra Instinct Sign|sign]] of the answer Roshi told him to search for, ultimately allowing Goku to - as Roshi taught him - [[Perfected Ultra Instinct|conquer himself]]. In addition, during the [[Galactic Patrol Prisoner Saga]], it was mentioned by [[Merus]] that Ultra Instinct would activate when the user achieved self-control in the face of a jarring shock to their emotions, further pronouncing Goku's value of Roshi's teachings.
Before [[King Piccolo]]'s rampage on Earth, Master Roshi and [[Master Shen|Shen]] were rivals, but later on, Shen turned over a new leaf and they became friends. The two fought side by side against [[Mutated Namek|King Piccolo's demons]], as shown in the anime. When the two students and their master Mutaito lost the battle, Mutaito said to both of them that he would return someday with a way to defeat King Piccolo.
 
 
[[File:Roshi&Shen.png|thumb|Roshi and Shen during King Piccolo's rampage]]
 
Shen lost his faith in his master and reverted to his evil way of thinking, using the logic that good was not enough to defeat King Piccolo, and he left. Roshi, meanwhile, fled to the mountains while many more innocent people were being killed. Several years later, Mutaito returned to Roshi; by then, most of Earth's population was gone. In the second battle with King Piccolo, Master Roshi painfully witnessed his master die when Mutaito used the Evil Containment Wave technique on King Piccolo to seal him in an [[Electric Rice Cooker]]. Afterwards, Roshi dropped the Electric Rice Cooker into the deepest depths of the ocean. He would go on to establish the Turtle School based on Mutaito's teaching.
 
 
After fifty years, Master Roshi mastered a unique attack of his own invention, called the [[Kamehameha]]. He was also [[Grandpa Gohan|Gohan]]'s and [[Ox-King]]'s martial arts instructor.
 
 
===Dragon Ball===
 
====Meeting Goku====
 
{{Main|Emperor Pilaf Saga}}
 
{{Quote|What?! The Bashō-Sen?! The magic fan that can raise a typhoon with a single wave, a thunderstorm with two and a monsoon with three?! That Bashō-Sen?!|"[[Fanning the Flame]]"}}
 
[[File:GokuRoshiBulmaTurtleCloud.png|thumb|left|Roshi gives Goku the Flying Nimbus]]
 
After his friend the Turtle had been lost for a whole year, Roshi is taken to the people who brought him back which are a boy named [[Goku]] and a girl named [[Bulma]]. Roshi ends up giving his [[Flying Nimbus]] to Goku and is surprised that he is pure-hearted and able to ride it. Roshi also gets to see under Bulma's nightgown in exchange for his Three-Star [[Dragon Ball (object)|Dragon Ball]]. When returning to his house he sees that the [[Emperor Pilaf]] and his minions have raided his house looking for the Dragon Ball which he gave away. While Pilaf and his minions ask for help to pushing his ship back in the water to catch them, Roshi pokes a hole in it causing Pilaf to sink to the bottom of the ocean.
 
 
[[File:RoshisKameKameha.png|thumb|Master Roshi using the MAX Power Kamehameha to put the flames of Fire Mountain out]]
 
A few days later, Goku returns with the [[Ox-King]]'s daughter [[Chi-Chi]] to borrow the [[Bansho Fan]] to put out the flames on [[Fire Mountain]]. Unfortunately for them, he threw it away when he accidentally got it messy from using it as a placemat, but decides to use [[Baby Gamera]] to fly over to Fire Mountain and put out the flames using the [[MAX Power Kamehameha]] in exchange to touch Bulma's breasts. When Roshi destroys the fire, he realizes that he accidentally put too much power into his Kamehameha and destroys Ox-King's entire castle. When he is finished putting out the flames he sees Goku deciding to try the Kamehameha on a car and destroys it. Being surprised that he can manage to do an attack that took him decades to master, Roshi decides to take Goku in as his student, after Goku is finished with his quest gathering the Dragon Balls.
 
 
====Training Goku and Krillin====
 
{{Main|Tournament Saga}}
 
[[File:MasterRoshiGokuKrillinTraining.png|thumb|left|Roshi training Goku and Krillin by having them deliver milk]]
 
{{Quote|But you are still within human limits! In order to become a master of martial arts, you must break the wall of humanity! That is the challenge!|"[[Let the Training Begin!]]"}}
 
When Goku returns to Roshi's house to start his training, Roshi has Goku find him a female companion. After Goku fails to find him an attractive woman, a former [[Orin Temple]] student named [[Krillin]] comes and requests to train under Roshi as well. After being bribed with [[Dirty Magazine]]s, Roshi decides to allow him to train under him with Goku if they can bring him a beautiful girl. They eventually bring back a girl named [[Launch]]. Roshi packs up his house in a [[capsule]] and moves the party over to his special [[Training Island]]. He makes Goku and Krillin wear [[Turtle Shell]]s as he puts them through tough and "unique" physical training, which begins at 4:30 A.M. and includes early morning milk delivery, tilling land bare handed, construction work and even studying.
 
 
[[File:JackivsGokuT.png|thumb|Roshi struggles barely beating Goku in the Tournament]]
 
After eight months have passed, Roshi brings them to [[Papaya Island]] to participate in the annual 21st [[World Martial Arts Tournament]] and test out their strength and skill. Master Roshi enters the tournament himself in disguise as "Jackie Chun" (a parody of Jackie Chan) in order to make sure that his students will not win; he does this so that they will still feel challenged and will not become overconfident. Roshi easily wins the elimination rounds and is matched against [[Yamcha]] (one of Goku's friends from his quest finding the Dragon Balls) and defeats him with ease. Next, Roshi is matched with Krillin in the semi-final. Krillin distracts him by throwing [[panties]] into the arena, but Roshi still wins. When Goku beats [[Nam]] in his semi-final match, Roshi [[Telepathy|reads Nam's mind]] and helps him out by giving him a storage capsule to fill with free water for [[Nam's Village|his village]]. In exchange, Roshi has Nam pose as Master Roshi in the crowd to convince Yamcha that Jackie Chun and Master Roshi are not the same person. Roshi fights Goku in the final match. When Goku looks at the full moon, he turns into a [[Great Ape]], and Roshi is forced to destroy the [[moon]] with a Kamehameha to restore Goku back to his original form. When the fight restarts, Roshi and Goku charge at each other, both kicking each other in the face, but ultimately, Roshi just barely wins, as he has slightly more energy than Goku, and his legs are longer than Goku's, so his kick did more damage. Once the tournament is over, Roshi teaches Goku that there is always someone better out there and that he should never think of himself as the best. Having said this, Roshi decides that Goku should go out into the world and begin a journey of his own.
 
 
====Fighting the Red Ribbon Army====
 
{{Main|Red Ribbon Army Saga|General Blue Saga|Commander Red Saga}}
 
[[File:MasterRoshiPwndEp47.png|thumb|left|Master Roshi dripping wet as a result of falling in the toilet]]
 
Roshi heads back to [[Kame House]] with [[Krillin]] so they can continue training. After a few days Goku returns with Bulma to get a [[submarine]] that he let them borrow in exchange for Bulma's [[Micro Band]]. When [[Launch]] returns from getting groceries, Roshi decides to use the Micro Band to his advantage and draws her into a bath so he can spy on her but Launch transforms into her hostile state threatening to shoot him if he does not do what she says. [[Captain Dark]] of the [[Red Ribbon Army]] has his troops come to his island to retrieve the Dragon Balls that Goku left behind and to make him build a radar for the Red Ribbon Army thinking that he is a scientist that gave him the radar. Roshi easily defeats the troops and Captain Dark, although he lets one soldier leave alive. When Goku, Bulma and Krillin return, they gave Roshi an expensive diamond they found in the cave when retrieving their third Dragon Ball, as compensation for destroying his sub. Launch who is still in her bad form takes the diamond and leaves while [[General Blue]] of the Red Ribbon Army uses his psychic powers to tie up everybody while he takes the Dragon Balls and leaves a bomb to blow everybody up. They are saved when Launch returns in her good form and frees Goku to get rid of the bomb.
 
 
[[File:GokuTheOthersRRAS.png|thumb|Roshi and the others meeting Goku outside the Red Ribbon Army Headquarters]]
 
While the Red Ribbon Army are left being Goku's problem, Roshi has his Micro Band confiscated from Bulma because of the perverted tricks he had tried. While everybody seems to be relaxing for the time being, Bulma makes a [[Scouter Drone|scout plane]] that reveals that Goku is heading straight for the [[Red Ribbon Army Headquarters]] which they think would be suicide. Roshi has Bulma contact Yamcha and bring an [[airplane]] so they can catch up with Goku and help him in his risky fight. When they make it to the base, Goku has already defeated the Red Ribbon Army shocking Roshi even more on how powerful Goku has become. He even says that Goku could be even stronger than him.
 
 
====Family reunion====
 
{{Main|Fortuneteller Baba Saga}}
 
[[File:GokuBabaTheOthers.png|thumb|left|Master Roshi reuniting with Baba]]
 
Roshi and the others go back to Kame House after retrieving Goku from his victory over the Red Ribbon Army. Seeing that the last Dragon Ball's location is unknown, Roshi points them in the direction of his older sister, the [[Fortuneteller Baba]] to have her reveal the position for them. Later on Goku comes and grabs Master Roshi and Bulma and takes them to [[Fortuneteller Baba's Palace]] as part of a plan Krillin has. While Yamcha is facing [[See-Through the Invisible Man]], Krillin pulls Bulma's shirt down showing Roshi her bare breasts causing his nose to bleed and spray onto the Invisible Man, revealing his position to Yamcha and be easily defeated. Roshi follows the rest of the gang and spectates the battles that Baba has them fight for her to tell them where the Dragon Ball is. After being impressed with seeing Goku defeat [[Bandages the Mummy]] and [[Spike the Devil Man]] at the [[Devil's Toilet]], Goku has to fight a mysterious fighter that seems familiar to both Goku and Roshi. Midway through the fight, Roshi figures out who it is, with Goku still not knowing. When the mysterious fighter gives up, he reveals himself to be Goku's grandpa Gohan who Baba brought back from the [[Other World]] for the day. When Goku retrieves the last ball, Roshi tells Goku to train on his own, as he will not get any stronger by training with him anymore. Bulma convinces Roshi to take on [[Yamcha]] as his student and begins training for the 22nd World Martial Arts Tournament.
 
 
====Return of an old rival====
 
{{Main|Tien Shinhan Saga}}
 
[[File:MasterRoshiMasterShenEp84.png|thumb|left|Master Roshi and Master Shen's confrontation at the tournament]]
 
Three years later, Roshi enters the 22nd World Martial Arts Tournament under his alias of Jackie Chun once again. At the tournament gates, he meets his old rival, [[Master Shen]], the Crane Hermit, who decides to enter his students because he heard the news of Roshi's students getting far in the last tournament. Jackie Chun makes it past the preliminaries and in the quarter finals is put up against [[Man-Wolf]], who is holding a grudge against him. Man-Wolf wants revenge on Roshi due to Roshi destroying the moon in the last tournament, causing Man Wolf to stay stuck in his wolf form. Roshi easily beats him in the arena, and also takes advantage of Man-Wolf's dog like behavior, by making Man-Wolf run out of the ring in order to retrieve a bone, thus losing the match. Roshi is able to cure Man-Wolf's problem by using Krillin's head as a substitute moon.
 
 
[[File:RoshiDodgesTiensAttack.png|thumb|Tien vs. Jackie Chun (Master Roshi)]]
 
In the semi-finals, he is put up against the Crane Hermit's star pupil, [[Tien Shinhan]]. During the fight, Roshi and Tien are almost evenly matched, with both of them landing critical hits on each other, with Roshi managing to greatly surprise Tien with his skills. However, Roshi eventually forfeits the battle (much to Tien's surprise) since Tien found out that he is really Roshi in disguise and because he had faith in Tien's abilities, so he decides that he would be a better match for his students than himself, thus retiring himself as Jackie Chun. While Tien is conflicting with the commands Master Shen gives him in the final match against Goku, Roshi convinces Tien that Master Shen's ways are not right. During Goku's match against Tien, Roshi saves [[Chiaotzu]] from Shen, who tries to kill Chiaotzu for disobeying him when Shen orders Chiaotzu to paralyze Goku and Tien so he can kill them for Tien's earlier betrayal. Roshi blasts Shen out of the Tournament area with a Kamehameha blast before Shen can inflict harm on Chiaotzu.
 
 
====Return of King Piccolo====
 
{{Main|King Piccolo Saga}}
 
[[File:MasterRoshiEvilContainmentWavek.png|thumb|left|Master Roshi using the Evil Containment Wave to stop King Piccolo]]
 
When Krillin is killed after the tournament by [[Tambourine]], Roshi is able to identify that he is a spawn of the evil demon [[King Piccolo]] that his former mentor, Master Mutaito sacrificed himself to seal away. This knowledge scares Roshi, and realizing that King Piccolo is back, Roshi decides to travel with Tien and Chiaotzu to retrieve the Dragon Balls before the demon king can. When King Piccolo finds them, Roshi knocks out Tien, to make sure in case Roshi fails, Tien is there to help. Roshi attempts to use the [[Evil Containment Wave]] on King Piccolo, but misses the [[Electric Rice Cooker]] by an inch and the technique drains his life force. Roshi with his dying breath tells King Piccolo that he will eventually fail and be brought down. After Roshi finishes his speech, he falls to the ground, dying from his lack of energy. Roshi is brought back to life after Goku defeats King Piccolo and travels to [[Kami's Lookout]] to revive [[Shenron]].
 
 
====King Piccolo's reincarnation====
 
{{Main|Piccolo Jr. Saga}}
 
[[File:MasterRoshiLaunchEp133.png|thumb|Launch and Master Roshi at the 23rd World Martial Arts Tournament]]
 
Three years later, Master Roshi attends the 23rd World Martial Arts Tournament to cheer on his friends and watches the battle with Goku, who has been training with [[Kami]], against the reincarnated [[Piccolo]]. He is one of the few people who stays until the end of the tournament to see Goku win the battle.
 
 
===Dragon Ball Z===
 
Master Roshi steps onto the sidelines and mostly remains as a background character throughout ''Dragon Ball Z''. However, he does offer his wisdom and support frequently.
 
 
====Saiyan's attack====
 
[[File:RoshiSeesGyumao.png|thumb|left|Master Roshi, afraid to see Chi-Chi coming at Kame House]]
 
Five years later Master Roshi is seen at his home with Krillin, and Bulma, waiting for their reunion with Goku and his son, [[Gohan]]. The group is soon confronted by a man named [[Raditz]], who reveals he is Goku's brother. He also reveals to Goku that he is a [[Saiyan]] warrior and was sent to Earth when he was a baby in order to wipe out all life. Master Roshi informs the confused and shocked Goku of a story that Grandpa Gohan told him. When he was a baby he hit his head and lost his memory, thus Goku lost his violent nature and became a happy, loving boy. Raditz implores Goku to join him in conquering planets, but is refused. However, Goku's son Gohan is kidnapped in order to get Goku to cooperate. Piccolo arrives to help Goku fight, and the two go off to take down Raditz. Later, Krillin, Bulma, and Master Roshi head to the battlefield and find Goku dying, a result of sacrificing himself to kill Raditz. Piccolo informs the group that two more Saiyans will be coming to Earth in one year, and that they are far more powerful, with Piccolo taking Gohan to train for the invasion.
 
 
[[File:Roshi&Gyumao.png|thumb|Roshi with Ox-King]]
 
A year later, the Saiyans arrive and Master Roshi, Bulma, Oolong, Puar, Ox-King, and Chi-Chi watch the battle on TV. They watch Yamcha fall, but the TV network shorts out, and they are unable to watch the continuing carnage, as Tien Shinhan, Chiaotzu, and Piccolo all fall on the battlefield as well. Later they go to the battlefield to retrieve their injured friends, Krillin reveals the home world of Piccolo is a place named [[Namek]] where there are [[Namekian Dragon Ball|another a set of Dragon Balls]] that could be used to revive their fallen friends (as when Piccolo died, Kami did as well, rendering the Dragon Balls inert).
 
 
====The space tyrant, Frieza====
 
[[File:RoshiNotReadyYet.png|thumb|left|Master Roshi receiving Bulma's phone call]]
 
Master Roshi watches as Bulma, Krillin, and Gohan blast off into space, headed for Namek. Roshi is called by Bulma after they had arrived on Namek, but revealed the horrible news that [[Vegeta]] and a stronger being named [[Frieza]] were on the planet as well. Master Roshi visits [[Wukong Hospital]] to tell Goku of the trouble on Namek. Later, Master Roshi is seen at [[Capsule Corporation]] with his friends who are worried about Goku, Gohan, and Krillin as they struggle to survive against Frieza on Namek. Later, after Chi-Chi asked [[Dr. Brief]] to build a second [[Capsule Corporation spaceship]], she took Master Roshi, Yajirobe, Puar and Oolong with her to go to planet Namek. While Goku as a [[Super Saiyan]] was fighting Frieza, their attempts to fly were always cancelled either because of a breakdown of the spaceship or because of getting messages from the group on Namek. When Goku is revealed to have survived Namek's destruction, but refuses to come home yet, Roshi ends up yelling in frustration that Goku's reason for not returning is that he's scared of the one being that is more powerful than a Super Saiyan: Chi-Chi, Goku's wife, only for him to immediately recant the remark after Chi-Chi, overhearing the remark, starts holding a sword out with the intent of stabbing him with it.
 
 
====Black Water Mist====
 
{{Quote|I know why! Because [[Goku|he]]'s scared, that's why! Of the one more powerful than a [[Super Saiyan]]... [[Chi-Chi|his wife]]!|"[[Goku's Alive!!]]"}}
 
[[File:MaronOnSunglasses.png|thumb|Master Roshi looking at Maron]]
 
Some months later there is a party at Master Roshi's island. But they are affected by the [[Black Water Mist]] let loose by [[Garlic Jr.]] Master Roshi is seen scaring [[Maron]], Krillin's girlfriend, she throws a lawn chair to his face, but it does nothing to the hypnotized man. Then he is kicked by Krillin in the face, throwing away his sun-glasses and launching him into the sea. They are later cured by the [[Sacred Water]] up in [[Kami's Lookout]], and Garlic Jr. is trapped in the [[Dead Zone (void)|Dead Zone]] yet again by Gohan.
 
 
====A mysterious youth====
 
Around a year later, Goku comes back on Earth. After meeting a boy who reveals himself to be the son of [[Future Vegeta|Vegeta]] and [[Future Bulma|Bulma]] from the [[Alternate Timeline|future]], [[Future Trunks|Trunks]], Goku shows his friends his new technique, the [[Instant Transmission]], by going to Kame House and stealing Roshi's sunglasses. When Krillin brings the sunglasses back to Roshi, Roshi tells him that the [[ghost]] of Goku came and stole his sunglasses.
 
 
====The Androids and Cell====
 
Three years later Master Roshi is at his house with [[Oolong]] and Chiaotzu as they await the news regarding the battle with the Androids. Later, Goku who had come down with the heart virus is brought to his island to hide from the Androids, who were on the hunt for the fallen Super Saiyan. They later discover a monster named [[Cell]] (who is an Android from the future, who had come from another timeline in another time machine) who needs to absorb [[Android 17]] and [[Android 18]] to reach his "Perfect" form. A few days later, Goku recovers and he decides to continue his training in order to combat the Androids. Later the Androids arrive at his island looking for Goku, but Piccolo, who had merged with [[Kami]], takes the Androids to a nearby island to fight. Later the house is flooded due to Cell's final [[transformation]]. Master Roshi is later seen at Capsule corp. listening to Cell's announcement of the [[Cell Games]] that will take place in ten days. Later, Master Roshi watches the Cell Games on TV at his house with Bulma.
 
 
====Death and revival====
 
[[File:YamchaMasterRoshiEp284.png|thumb|left|Yamcha and Roshi contributing energy to the Spirit Bomb]]
 
Seven years after the defeat of Cell, Master Roshi is told by Gohan that Goku will be returning to Earth to attend the 25th World Martial Arts Tournament. Master Roshi attends the tournament to cheer on his friends. The appearance of [[Babidi]] changes the course of events, and after Vegeta is taken over by the wizard, he kills hundreds of people at the tournament in order to get Goku to fight him. Master Roshi goes with the others to look for the Dragon Balls in order to revive those killed by Vegeta. However, a much larger threat surfaces when Babidi's monster [[Majin Buu]] is released. He later takes refuge from Majin Buu on [[Kami's Lookout]]. A day later, Buu undergoes a transformation into [[Super Buu]], who finds The Lookout and allows them to live for a short time as he awaits to fight the [[Gotenks|powerful warrior]] Goku promised him. While on The Lookout, Super Buu uses his [[Genocide Blast]] to kill all the people on Earth except for those on the Lookout. He is later tricked into the [[Hyperbolic Time Chamber]] in order for Gotenks to fight him on his terms. After Piccolo believes Gotenks had lost, he destroys the door to the chamber, trapping them in for eternity. However, Buu is enraged when he learns he will not be able to eat chocolate, and rips a hole in the dimensions using his powerful voice. Super Buu escapes and [[Chocolate Beam|turns everybody into chocolate]] and eats them. Later, Master Roshi is revived and gives his energy to Goku to fuel the [[Spirit Bomb]] to defeat [[Kid Buu]]. He later witnesses with happiness the return of Goku and his friends on Earth after Kid Buu's defeat. Ten years later he attends the 28th World Tournament to cheer on his friends at the end of ''Dragon Ball Z ''series, wearing new sunglasses.
 
 
===Dragon Ball GT===
 
[[File:MutenRoshiGiggle.JPG|thumb|200px|Roshi in ''Dragon Ball GT'']]
 
In ''Dragon Ball GT'', Roshi is first seen walking around trying to chat up young women while on holiday in the city. He is the first one to recognize Goku in his child form. Roshi is shown again as the people of Earth are transported to [[New Planet Plant]], which was created by a wish from [[Baby]], in order to escape the explosion of Earth caused by the use of the [[Black Star Dragon Ball]]s. Shortly later, once the Earth is resurrected, Roshi attends a party at Bulma's house.<ref>''[[Dragon Ball GT]]'' episode 40, "[[Piccolo's Decision]]"</ref>
 
 
In the [[Until We Meet Again|last episode of ''Dragon Ball GT'']], Master Roshi is on his island with Krillin when Goku arrives, remembering old times and saying their final goodbyes to Goku. Roshi also appears on a few of the final flashbacks in this last episode.<ref>''[[Dragon Ball GT]]'' episode 64, "[[Until We Meet Again]]"</ref>
 
 
==Movie appearances==
 
*''[[Dragon Ball: Curse of the Blood Rubies]]''
 
*''[[Dragon Ball: Sleeping Princess in Devil's Castle]]''
 
*''[[Dragon Ball: Mystical Adventure]]''
 
*''[[Dragon Ball: The Path to Power]]''
 
*''[[Dragon Ball Z: The World's Strongest]]''
 
*''[[Dragon Ball Z: The Tree of Might]]''
 
*''[[Dragon Ball Z: Lord Slug]]''
 
*''[[Dragon Ball Z: The Return of Cooler]]''
 
*''[[Dragon Ball Z: The History of Trunks]]'' ([[Future Master Roshi]])
 
*''[[Dragon Ball Z: Super Android 13!]]''
 
*''[[Dragon Ball Z: Atsumare! Gokū Wārudo]]''
 
*''[[Dragon Ball Z: Broly - The Legendary Super Saiyan]]''
 
*''[[Dragon Ball Z: Bojack Unbound]]''
 
*''[[Dragon Ball Z: Wrath of the Dragon]]''
 
*''[[Dragon Ball: Yo! Son Goku and His Friends Return!!]]''
 
*''[[Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods]]''
 
 
===''The World's Strongest''===
 
{{Quote|C'mon give it your best shot!|Roshi towards [[Misokatsun]], [[Ebifurya]] and [[Kishime]]}}
 
[[File:Roshi vs Bio-warriors 2.jpg|thumb|left|Roshi fights the Bio-Warriors]]
 
This is the only ''Dragon Ball Z'' movie where Master Roshi plays a major role. It starts with the return of [[Dr. Wheelo]], a mad scientist freed from ice through the use of the Dragon Balls. Dr. Wheelo thinks Master Roshi is the strongest man in the world and wants to take possession of his body. His assistant, [[Dr. Kochin]], arrives on Kame House with four [[Bio-Men]], who Master Roshi defeats with no effort. Kochin asks if he comes with him to Dr. Wheelo, Roshi refuses, but when the Bio-Men take Bulma hostage, Roshi agrees. When arrived on [[Wheelo's fortress]], Master Roshi's battle skills are tested when he must face [[Misokatsun]], [[Ebifurya]] and [[Kishime]]. He manages to give the trio a good fight, he even fires the Kamehameha, but it does not work on the [[Bio-Warrior]]s, and Kishime lands the final blow with his Electric whip attack. While Roshi slowly faints he says: "Didn't you teach them any manners? You've got to respect your elders!" He later re-appears and slices Kochin's Machine Gun Arm. After this, he fires a [[Master-Student Kamehameha|Kamehameha with his students]] at Dr. Wheelo to no avail and is knocked out. In the end of the movie, Roshi says there was one thing he did like about Dr. Wheelo, he thought he was the strongest man in the world, with Bulma replying that he is just a dirty old man, making the whole gang laugh.
 
 
===''Plan to Eradicate the Super Saiyans''===
 
[[File:Roshi Billboard.jpg|thumb|Billboard with Roshi on it in ''Plan to Eradicate the Super Saiyans'']]
 
Master Roshi makes a cameo on a billboard in [[West City]] in ''[[Dragon Ball: Plan to Eradicate the Super Saiyans]]''. The picture of him is taken from [[Reunions|episode 2 of DBZ]], right before telling Goku the story of how Grandpa Gohan found him.
 
 
===''Broly - The Legendary Super Saiyan''===
 
[[File:RoshiPreparesToFight.BLSS.png|thumb|left|Master Roshi confronts Broly]]
 
Master Roshi attends a picnic along with the other Z Fighters and their family members (barring Goku and Chi-Chi, who were at a parent teacher interview session for a school Chi-Chi planned to send Gohan to). He ended up becoming severely drunk, and thus was doing various fool tricks such as balancing a stick with dishes on them with his teeth (in the dub, this was altered to state that he was going berserk because someone hid all of his girlie magazines). He was also the only one besides [[Mrs. Brief]] who actually enjoyed Krillin's painful karaoke session. After [[Paragus]] arrives on Earth to get Vegeta to rule the reborn Saiyan Empire as well as eliminate a [[Legendary Super Saiyan]] that has destroyed most of the [[South Galaxy]], Master Roshi attempts to stop Vegeta, but in the end only got him, Gohan, and Oolong to come along. After the flight over to [[New Planet Vegeta]], he started experiencing a hangover (which was also amplified later on by Oolong smashing his head with a mallet in order to give him "medicine"). He also ate a feast prepared by Paragus for Goku, along with Goku and Oolong. He eventually attempts to demand that Paragus either let him and his friends leave New Planet Vegeta, or at the very least install a video and magazine store to liven up the place while Paragus was busy trying to regain control over [[Broly]], despite Oolong's warning that Paragus is most likely not going to let him. Eventually, Roshi ends up dreaming about meeting a pretty girl and is rubbing his head on Oolong's feet, eventually biting on it, and slept through Broly's attack on Goku. He also helps in bringing the [[Shamoian]]s to Vegeta when Future Trunks exposes Paragus' deception. Master Roshi later attempts to help Goku and the other Saiyans fight Broly by transforming into his maximum power form and attempts to use the [[MAX Power Kamehameha]] (made more explicit in the Japanese version where he says "Kamehame..."), but because traces of his drunkenness were still present, he ends up making a fool of himself by changing his facial expressions while using his fool's mask as a "curtain" before powering down and Oolong is forced to kick him away (in a manner similar to stand up shows), thus making him unable to fight, and ends up reluctantly having to leave the planet without Goku and the other Saiyans upon Goku's request. While facing Broly, Roshi calls him "Broccoli", revealing Broly's name is a pun on the word "broccoli". After [[Paragus' spaceship]] was destroyed, he realizes he left his lunch on Paragus' spaceship. He eventually makes it off the planet when Piccolo arrives and lends them the Capsule Corporation spaceship he used to get to New Planet Vegeta.
 
 
==Other appearances==
 
===''Cross Epoch''===
 
[[File:Roshi&Sanji(CE).png|thumb|left|Roshi and Sanji as policemen in ''Cross Epoch'']]
 
Roshi Makes an appearance in the crossover manga ''[[Cross Epoch]]'', where he is partnered with [[W:c:Onepiece:Sanji|Sanji]]. They are a pair of [[police]] officers who prefer attending Shenron's tea party and meeting girls rather than doing their job.
 
 
===Live-action movies===
 
[[File:RoshiMovie.jpg|thumb|Master Roshi's appearance in ''Dragonball: Evolution'']]
 
Master Roshi appeared in the unofficial Chinese film, ''[[Dragon Ball: The Magic Begins]]'' (portrayed by Eddie Chan), and appeared in ''[[Dragonball: Evolution]]'' (portrayed by [[Roshi (Chow Yun-Fat)|Chow Yun-Fat]]).
 
 
==Power level==
 
{{Main|List of Power Levels}}
 
Master Roshi's power level is 139 while not fighting,<ref name="Daiz7"/> and 180 when getting serious.<ref>''[[Shonen Jump|Weekly Jump]]'' #31, 1991</ref> The movie pamphlet for ''[[Dragon Ball Z: The Tree of Might]]'' and ''[[Dragon Ball Z: The Anime Adventure Game]]'' state that his power level is 350.
 
 
==Techniques and special abilities==
 
*'''[[Flight]]''' – Though Roshi cannot fly in the original manga and anime series, he is capable of flight in the first ''[[Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi]]'' and ''[[Dragon Ball Heroes]]''.
 
*'''[[Hikou]]''' – In ''[[Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 2]]'', Master Roshi is capable of flight by twirling his staff at high speeds like a helicopter, or by running at high speeds while in the air.
 
*'''[[Ki Blast|''Ki'' Blast]]''' – The most basic form of [[energy wave]].
 
*'''[[Kamehameha]]''' – An [[Energy Blast|energy blast]] of which Master Roshi created. He presumably taught it to Grandpa Gohan and then several of the Z Fighters of Earth, including Krillin and Yamcha. Goku figured out how to perform the technique after witnessing Master Roshi use it. This then became Goku's signature attack. Tien gained the ability to perform the Kamehameha, and double its power when he observed it from Yamcha. Majin Buu also learns the attack after seeing Goku use it. The attack is performed by cupping the hands at the side of the body, usually the right, drawing them back and saying "KA-ME-HA-ME-HA" in five stages, before thrusting the hands forward and shooting a powerful blue energy beam towards the target.
 
**'''[[The Original Kamehameha]]''' – The original version of the Kamehameha, it involves many arm sweeping movements before cupping the hands together.
 
**'''[[MAX Power Kamehameha]]''' – This is simply a Kamehameha performed after ''[[ki]]'' is gathered into all parts of the body, causing a far more muscular build than normal. This causes a much more powerful blast than normally possible. Capable of destroying a planetary body about the size of Earth's moon.
 
*'''[[Master-Student Kamehameha]]''' – A triple Kamehameha performed by Goku, Krillin, and Master Roshi. They used it in the movie ''[[Dragon Ball Z: The World's Strongest]]''. While facing [[Dr. Wheelo]], Master Roshi yelled "Kamehameha!", making his students follow him, but it did not work.
 
*'''[[Afterimage Technique]]''' – Roshi moves so quickly that he leaves an image of himself behind. Most often, it is used to dodge an incoming attack and get behind the opponent to perform a counter-attack. Roshi uses this technique during the World Martial Arts Tournament. He also uses it in the [[Dragon Ball Z: Butōden (series)|''Butōden'' video game series]], and he uses the '''[[Afterimage Strike]]''' variation in the [[Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi (series)|''Budokai Tenkaichi'' series]].
 
*'''[[Kiai]]''' – Also called ''Sawayaka Na Kaze'',<ref name="Daiz7"/> it is an invisible wave of ''ki'' that Roshi emits by waving his hand. As Jackie Chun, he uses the technique the defeat Yamcha in the 21st World Tournament. He also uses the technique in ''[[Dragon Ball: Origins]]''.
 
*'''[[Hypnosis Technique]]''' – A technique that was used by Master Roshi at the 22nd World Martial Arts Tournament against Man-Wolf. It can be used to hypnotize and control the mind of the opponent.
 
**'''[[Sleepy Boy Technique]]''' – Used by Master Roshi at the 21st World Martial Arts Tournament (as Jackie Chun). Basically this is a hypnosis move used to put the opponent to [[sleep]], by using hand motions and weird voice sounds.
 
*'''[[Telepathy]]''' – The ability to channel one's thoughts to another being. Master Roshi uses this at the 21st World Martial Arts Tournament to read the mind of Nam who was in desperate need of water for his drought-ridden village. He later uses this to converse between himself and the Master Shen during the 22nd World Martial Arts Tournament, even if the conversation was merely exchanging insults.
 
*'''[[Thunder Shock Surprise]]''' – The most potent and powerful attack used by Master Roshi (disguised as Jackie Chun) in which he shoots a lightning blast towards the target using both hands, and traps the opponent within an electric field. The attack is extremely lethal and dangerous, and as such, Roshi prefers not to use it. Before Goku, Master Roshi had only needed to use the attack once before while sparring with Grandpa Gohan.
 
*'''[[Evil Containment Wave]]''' – Invented by Mutaito as a way to capture King Piccolo. The problem with this technique is that it sacrifices the user's life. First, you hold one hand in the air, palm up, and stick two fingers out. Basically, you concentrate on the user and pick them up, forcing their spirit to a destination. In all the cases, the user was forced into a container with a holy talisman charm reading "demon seal" or "magic seal". The aim has to be perfect in order to get the user inside the jar, and it takes a great deal of discipline.
 
**'''Meteo Telekinesis''' – Master Roshi's [[meteor attack]] in ''[[Dragon Ball Z: Ultimate Battle 22]]''. He yells ''Mafuba'' and uses his [[telekinesis]] to control and attack his opponent. Also used by [[Supreme Kai]].
 
*'''[[Ki Sense]]''' – The ability to sense others' power levels. Roshi is shown to possess this ability at various points in the series.
 
*'''[[3D Scan Mode]]''' – A mode that allows for advanced scanning of enemies. Roshi uses this in the movie ''[[Dragon Ball Z: Bojack Unbound]]'' when he finds some ladies sitting at a table.
 
*'''[[Special Beam Cannon]]''' – Master Roshi was shown to use this technique in the Dragon Ball Z OVA/Video Game ''[[Dragon Ball Z: Atsumare! Gokū Wārudo]]''. He is not shown to use the technique in any other part of the Dragon Ball media.
 
*'''[[High Speed Rush]]''' – Master Roshi's [[Blast 2]] [[rush attack]] in the ''Budokai Tenkaichi'' series.
 
*'''[[Turtle School Ultimate Fist]]''' – Master Roshi's Blast 2 rush attack in his [[#Max Power|Max Power]] form in the ''Budokai Tenkaichi'' series.
 
*'''[[False Courage]]''' – One of Master Roshi's [[Blast 1]] in the ''Budokai Tenkaichi'' series.
 
*'''[[Pump Up]]''' – One of Master Roshi's Blast 1 in his Max Power form in the ''Budokai Tenkaichi'' series.
 
 
===Fighting techniques===
 
*'''[[Jan Ken]]''' – This is Goku's signature attack in early ''Dragon Ball'', but is soon replaced by the Kamehameha. The user shouts ''Jan-ken'', then a name corresponding to the attack. ''Jan-ken-gu'', equals rock and will be a strong punch. ''Jan-ken-choki'', equals scissors and will be a poke in the eyes. ''Jan-ken-pa'', equals paper and will be an open palm strike. The same technique was taught to Goku's grandfather by Master Roshi. It is unknown whether he is the inventor of the technique although it is assumed so.
 
*'''[[Drunken Fist]]''' – Master Roshi used this technique as Jackie Chun in the World Martial Arts Tournament. He acts drunk wobbling around, and while the opponent is confused, he hits him catching him off guard. Quite possibly a reference to the Jackie Chan movie, ''[[Wikipedia:Drunken Master|Drunken Master]]''.
 
**'''Drunken Turtle Punch''' – A cane smack performed while acting drunk. Used in the ''Butōden'' series.
 
**'''Drunken Turtle Kick''' – A kick performed while acting drunk. Used in the ''Butōden'' series.
 
*'''Elephant Punch''' – A punch performed with the back of an opened hand. Used in the ''Butōden'' series.
 
*'''[[Pressure Point Attack]]''' – A technique which, by touching certain pressure points on an opponent's body, can incite effects such as paralysis. This bound technique was used by Master Roshi when he pitted against Man-Wolf during the 22nd World Martial Arts Tournament. Despite its usage in the manga, it was only named in the anime.
 
*'''Two-Level Knee Hit''' – A jumping knee strike followed by a kick. Used in the ''Butōden'' series.
 
 
==Forms and transformation==
 
===Base Form===
 
[[File:MasterRoshiBF.png|thumb|left|Master Roshi's base form]]
 
In his normal state, he seems old and fragile usually walking with a cane, not doing much battle, but able to perform incredible acts that most ordinary people cannot accomplish, such as his ability to move at incredible speeds; in fact, compared to the average human, he could be seen as a superhuman. In the [[Vegeta Saga]], he is seen having a power level of 139, compared to the average human's power level of 5, in the episode after the defeat of [[Raditz]].
 
 
When he was a teenager and a student under Mutaito, he wore clothes similar to what he wore in the present, as he was shown to have worn a light-purple, monk-like outfit and black sunglasses and had a full head of hair, when he was shown<ref>''[[Dragon Ball (anime)|Dragon Ball]]'' episode 129, "[[The Time Room]]"</ref> climbing Korin Tower, and when Goku went back in time and met him around this time.<ref>''[[Dragon Ball (anime)|Dragon Ball]]'' episode 68, "[[The Last Dragon Ball]]"</ref>
 
 
Sometime later in his life, he started wearing the standard garb of Mutaito's students, a purple [[gi]] and a bald head.<ref>''[[Dragon Ball (anime)|Dragon Ball]]'' episode 102, "[[Enter King Piccolo]]"</ref> In this appearance, he was taller, buffer, more youthful, and physically resembled Tien without his third eye.
 
 
===Increased Power===
 
[[File:Roshi ready to fight.png|thumb|Master Roshi after increasing his power]]
 
This is Master Roshi when getting serious, at this level of power Roshi is more muscular than his base form, but the muscles are not as large as that of his max power. Roshi first uses this form while exercising in the episode "[[Korin Tower (episode)|Korin Tower]]", and later agin when Roshi fought Tien in this form at the 22nd World Tournament, noticing that it would take more strength to beat him. His power level is 180 when in this state.
 
 
===Max Power===
 
[[File:BuffRoshi(PtP).png|thumb|left|Master Roshi in his maximum power form in ''The Path to Power'']]
 
Master Roshi can also increase his [[energy]] and achieve his final and only stage. In this form, his appearance changes dramatically, with an enormous increase in muscle mass and strength. In this state, he can perform many ''ki'' attacks at their maximum potential (most noticeably the enhanced [[MAX Power Kamehameha]]).
 
 
Roshi uses this form when he puts out the fires on [[Fire Mountain]], when he destroys the Moon as Jackie Chun, and when he transforms to fight [[Broly]] but backed down at the last minute (mostly because he was too drunk to even focus).
 
 
The full power of this stage is unknown, but he was able to destroy the moon with a "Maximum Power" Kamehameha, causing Goku to revert to his normal form after having transformed into his Great Ape form during the 21st World Martial Arts Tournament. Roshi rarely uses this form because of the decrease in speed and stamina.
 
 
==Video game appearances==
 
Master Roshi is a playable character in the following games:
 
*''[[Dragon Ball Z: Ultimate Battle 22]]''
 
*''[[Dragon Ball Z: Shin Butōden]]''
 
*''[[Dragon Ball: Advanced Adventure]]'' (playable as Jackie Chun)
 
*''[[Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi]]''
 
*''[[Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 2]]'' (playable with Jackie Chun as an alternate outfit and MAX Power Mode as a transformation)
 
[[File:Master Roshi BT3.jpg|thumb|Master Roshi in ''Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 3'']]
 
*''[[Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 3]]'' (playable with Jackie Chun as an alternate outfit and MAX Power Mode as a transformation)
 
*''[[Dragon Ball: Revenge of King Piccolo]]'' (as Jackie Chun)
 
*''[[Dragon Ball Heroes]]''
 
*''[[Dragon Ball RPG: Shōnen-hen]]''
 
 
Master Roshi also appears in the following games:
 
*''[[Dragon Ball: Dragon Daihikyou]]''
 
*''[[Dragon Ball: Shenron no Nazo]]''
 
*''[[Dragon Ball: Daimaō Fukkatsu]]''
 
*''[[Famicom Jump: Hero Retsuden]]''
 
*''[[Dragon Ball 3: Gokuden]]'' (and its [[Dragon Ball (WonderSwan Color)|WonderSwan remake]])
 
*''[[Dragon Ball Z: Kyōshū! Saiyan]]''
 
*''[[Dragon Ball Z: Super Saiya Densetsu|Dragon Ball Z: Legend of the Super Saiyan]]''
 
*''[[Cult Jump]]''
 
*''[[Dragon Ball Z Gaiden: Saiyajin Zetsumetsu Keikaku (video game)|Dragon Ball Z Gaiden: Saiyajin Zetsumetsu Keikaku]]''
 
*''[[Dragon Ball Z Gaiden: Shin Saiyajin Zetsumetsu Keikaku - Chikyū-Hen]]''
 
*''[[Dragon Ball Z Gaiden: Shin Saiyajin Zetsumetsu Keikaku - Uchū-Hen]]''
 
*''[[Dragon Ball Z (arcade game)|Dragon Ball Z Arcade]]''
 
*''[[Dragon Ball Z: Idainaru Son Goku Densetsu]]''
 
*''[[Dragon Ball Z 2: Super Battle]]''
 
*''[[Dragon Ball Z: Super Gokuden: Totsugeki-Hen]]''
 
*''[[Dragon Ball Z: Super Gokuden: Kakusei-Hen]]''
 
[[File:RoshiArt(DBO).jpg|thumb|Master Roshi in ''Dragon Ball Online'']]
 
*''[[Dragon Ball Z: The Legacy of Goku]]''
 
*''[[Dragon Ball Z: Budokai]]''
 
*''[[Dragon Ball Z: The Legacy of Goku II]]''
 
*''[[Dragon Ball Z: Buu's Fury]]''
 
*''[[Dragon Ball Z: Budokai 3]]''
 
*''[[Dragon Ball Z: Sagas]]'' (appears in the opening)
 
*''[[Jump Super Stars]]''
 
*''[[Super Dragon Ball Z]]'' (appears in the main menu)
 
*''[[Dragon Ball Z: Bakuretsu Impact]]''
 
*''[[Dragon Ball Z: Shin Budokai - Another Road]]'' (appears in the game's ending credits)
 
*''[[Dragon Ball Z: Harukanaru Densetsu]]''
 
*''[[Dragon Ball: Origins]]''
 
*''[[Dragon Ball Z: Infinite World]]''
 
*''[[Dragon Ball Z: Attack of the Saiyans]]''
 
*''[[Dragon Ball: Origins 2]]''
 
*''[[Dragon Ball Z: Tenkaichi Tag Team]]''
 
*''[[Dragon Ball Online]]''
 
*''[[Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Z]]'' (gives tips during loading screens)
 
 
==Voice actors==
 
*Japanese dub: '''[[Kouhei Miyauchi]]''' (''Dragon Ball'', ''Dragon Ball Z'' Episodes 1-260, DB Movies 1-3, DBZ Movies 1-9, Video Games until 1995 including ''[[Dragon Ball Z: Ultimate Battle 22]]''), '''[[Hiroshi Masuoka]]''' (DBZ Episodes 288-291, ''Dragon Ball GT'', Video Games from 1995, and Jump Special), '''Kinya Aikawa''' (DB Movie 4), and '''[[Masaharu Satō]]''' (DBZ Movie 13, DBZ Movie 14, and ''[[Dragon Ball Kai]]'').
 
*English dubs:
 
**[[Harmony Gold dub]]: '''[[Gregory Snegoff]]'''
 
**[[Ocean Group dub]]: '''[[Michael Donovan]]''' (DB, DB Movie 1), '''[[Ian James Corlett]]''' (DBZ, Saiyan Saga), '''[[Peter Kelamis]]''' (DBZ, Namek Saga), '''[[Terry Klassen]]''' (DBZ, Androids Saga to Majin Buu Saga), '''[[Dave Ward]]''' (DBZ, Movies 1-3).
 
**[[FUNimation dub]]: '''[[Mike McFarland]]'''
 
**[[Blue Water dub]]: '''[[Dean Galloway]]'''
 
*Spanish dubs:
 
**Latin America: '''Jesús Colín''' (DB, DBZ, DBGT), '''Mario Castañeda''' (young), '''Jorge Roig''' (DBZ Kai), '''Miguel Ángel Sanromán''' (Battle of Gods)
 
**Castillian: '''Mariano Peña'''
 
*Portuguese dubs:
 
**Brazil: '''José Soares''' (died in late 2009), followed by '''Gileno Santoro'''
 
**Portugal: '''Ricardo Spínola'''
 
*Italian dub: '''Mario Scarabelli'''
 
*Polish dub: '''Adam Bauman'''
 
*Hungarian dub: '''Kenderesi Tibor''' (DB, DBZ), '''Végh Ferenc''' (DBGT)
 
 
==Battles==
 
===Major battles===
 
*Roshi & Shen vs. King Piccolo's demon sons
 
*Roshi & Mutaito vs. King Piccolo
 
*Master Roshi vs. (Grandpa) Gohan (Stated to have fought him, battle never seen)
 
*Master Roshi (Jackie Chun) vs. [[Yamcha]]
 
*Master Roshi (Jackie Chun) vs. [[Krillin]]
 
*Master Roshi (Jackie Chun) vs. [[Goku]]
 
*Master Roshi vs. [[Captain Dark]]
 
*Master Roshi (Jackie Chun) vs. [[Man-Wolf]]
 
*Master Roshi (Jackie Chun) vs. [[Tien Shinhan]]
 
*Master Roshi vs. [[King Piccolo]] (Old form)
 
 
===Movie battles===
 
*Master Roshi vs. Naval Fleet (''Path to Power'')
 
*Master Roshi vs. 4 [[Bio-Men]] (Movie 2)
 
*Master Roshi vs. [[Ebifurya]], [[Kishime]] and [[Misokatsun]] (Movie 2)
 
*Master Roshi vs. a [[Cyclopian Guard]] (Movie 6)
 
*Master Roshi vs. LSSJ Broly (Movie 8)
 
 
==Trivia==
 
*Master Roshi looks like the God of Earth as he appears in ''[[Dr. Slump]]''.
 
*Master Roshi's walking stick has a shape similar to that of the Nimbus Cloud flying.
 
*Master Roshi was the first character to be shown to transform, when he transforms into his Max Power form.
 
*Master Roshi's Max Power form shares some similarities with the [[Ultra Super Saiyan]] form. They both give the user increased strength and muscle mass, but decrease speed and stamina.
 
[[File:SlumpKamiRoshi.png|thumb|God in ''Dr. Slump'']]
 
*It is possible Roshi designed his Jackie Chun disguise to be a homage to Master Mutaito, as it has the same hairstyle Mutaito had.
 
*Master Roshi once stated that he was "naturally bald", when Krillin told Goku that he must shave his head like his master and himself. This is contradicted, however, in Master Roshi's flashback when he climbed Korin Tower, with a full head of hair, but he could have lost it naturally because of old age.
 
*If he fights Chi-Chi in ''Budokai Tenkaichi 3'', Roshi will say that he never liked Ox-King.
 
 
==Gallery==
 
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Teenroshi.png|Master Roshi as a teenager
 
RoshiTeenEp129.PNG|A young Roshi poses
 
YoungRoshi.png|A young Roshi bored
 
DribbleRoshi.png|A young Roshi dribbles while looking at Fanfan
 
YoungRoshi&Goku.png|A young Roshi with Goku
 
TeenRoshiTower.png|A young Roshi climbs the Korin Tower
 
Roshi in a flashback.png|Roshi climbing the Korin Tower
 
RoshiDrinksSacredWater.png|Young Roshi drinks the Sacred Water
 
RoshiOldPhoto.PNG|An old photo of Master Roshi when he was young
 
Roshi.jpg|Roshi art for WJ #31 (1986)
 
RoshiKanzenban.png|Art of Roshi by [[Akira Toriyama]]
 
JackieKanzenban.png|Art of Jackie Chun by Akira Toriyama
 
Master Roshi On Turtle.PNG|Master Roshi on Turtle
 
Dbep003.png|The Turtle Hermit arrives
 
Masterroshi2.jpg|Roshi on the beach
 
Roshi summoning carpet.jpg|Roshi summons a gift for Goku
 
Roshi FAILSlol.jpg|Master Roshi
 
Smooth Roshi.jpg|Roshi thinking
 
ROSHI SUMMONING FLYING NIMBUS.PNG|Roshi summons the Flying Nimbus
 
Roshi bout to demestrate how to sit on the Nimbus.jpg|Master Roshi
 
Roshi Fail.jpg|Roshi falls from the cloud
 
Roshiasapervert.jpg|Roshi being a pervert
 
Roshi and Sea Turtle.jpg|Roshi yells at Turtle
 
Master Roshi seeing bulma's crotch.png|Roshi while Bulma shows her "panties"
 
MasterRoshiDragonBall.jpg|Roshi gives Bulma his Dragon Ball
 
ROSHI NOSE BLEED.JPG|Roshi has a nose bleed
 
RoshiRidingKame.png|Master Roshi riding Turtle
 
MasterRoshiEp03.png|Master Roshi back on his island
 
Roshi laughing.jpg|Roshi chuckling
 
Roshi9.jpg|Master Roshi on his island
 
Roshi face.jpg|Master Roshi confronting Goku and Chi-Chi
 
DBMangaKame-Sen'nin.jpg|Master Roshi in the ''Dragon Ball'' manga
 
Roshi buff.jpg|Master Roshi "bulks up" to use his Kamehameha
 
MasterRoshiSB.png|Master Roshi in his maximum power form
 
Roshi power up.png|Roshi prepares the MAX Power Kamehameha
 
Roshi super Nosebleed.jpg|Roshi has a nosebleed
 
Roshi and Goku in SleepingPrincess.png|Goku and Roshi in ''Sleeping Princess in Devil's Castle''
 
Roshi7.PNG|Roshi at Kame House
 
RoshiSleepingPrincess.png|Roshi in ''Sleeping Princess in Devil's Castle''
 
MasterRoshi-LOL.png|Roshi surprised
 
GokuRoshiLol.Ep.14.png|Goku yells in Roshi's ear
 
Roshi4.JPG|Roshi prepared to host a woman
 
Masterroshi5.PNG|Roshi tells Goku what type of women he likes
 
GokuLikesBoth.png|Roshi shows the type of girl he wants
 
RejectedRoshi.png|The Mermaid rejects Roshi
 
MasterRoshiExcitedEp15.png|Master Roshi excited as he sees Launch
 
LaunchInRoshisIsland.png|Roshi comes out to greet Launch
 
Roshiexcited.png|Master Roshi does a dance
 
Findthatstone1.jpg|Master Roshi running
 
MasterroshiS11.png|Master Roshi's No. 1 Rule: "Travel in Style!"
 
MasterRoshiS2.png|Master Roshi horrified by Launch
 
KrillinGMasterRoshi.png|Master Roshi's beard blown away as Goku darts past
 
MasterRoshiS15.png|Master Roshi launching the stone
 
MAsterRoshiS26.png|Master Roshi feeling ill from the puffer fish
 
Milk Delivery 02.jpg|Master Roshi takes a peek through the key-hole at Launch
 
Milk Delivery 03.jpg|Master Roshi blushes while he watches Launch
 
Milk Delivery 05.jpg|Roshi scared to find out Launch sneezed while she was asleep
 
Captusdsdsdsrar.png|Roshi "checks" to make sure Launch is not too badly hurt
 
RoshiGivingTrainingTips.png|Roshi giving Krillin and Goku training advice
 
RoshiSmoking.png|Roshi smoking while Goku and Krillin deliver milk
 
RoshiTraining.png|Roshi training
 
RoshiMysticalAdventure.png|Master Roshi in ''Mystical Adventure''
 
021SmellsLikeTrouble05.jpg|Roshi gives Bulma a T-shirt
 
021SmellsLikeTrouble06.jpg|Roshi gives Bulma a fancy golden necklace
 
021SmellsLikeTrouble08.jpg|Roshi reveals the reason for giving Bulma presents
 
021SmellsLikeTrouble09.jpg|Roshi imagines Bulma the shirt he gave her
 
021SmellsLikeTrouble10.jpg|Roshi receives Bulma's gratitude
 
021SmellsLikeTrouble23.jpg|Jackie Chun asks to be paired up with Ranfan
 
021SmellsLikeTrouble40.jpg|Jackie Chun (Master Roshi)
 
MasterRoshiDancing.png|Jackie Chun rapping for the ladies
 
MasterRoshiS5.png|Yamcha comparing Roshi to Chun
 
JackieChunVs.Kuririn.png|Jackie Chun confronts Krillin
 
KrillinAndJackieChun.png|Chun catching Krillin's attack
 
Roshi's only weakness.png|Jackie Chun jumps on panties thrown by Krillin
 
MasterRoshiS24.png|Chun uses the Kamehameha to save himself
 
KuririnLoses.Ep.024.png|Jackie Chun (Master Roshi) lands a fatal blow onto his student
 
JackieChun (Ep26).png|Jackie Chun before the final
 
MasterRoshi (Ep26).png|Yamcha thinks that Jackie Chun looks like Master Roshi
 
JackieChun.Ep.027.png|Jackie Chun prepares a hypnosis technique
 
MasterRoshiJackieChunEp27.png|Jackie prepares his next move
 
RoshiThunderShock.png|Jackie Chun prepares the Thunder Shock Surprise
 
ChunShocked.Ep.027.png|Jackie Chun shocked by Goku's transformation
 
MasteRRoshiS5.png|Jackie Chun explaining that he destroyed the moon
 
MasterRoshiS18.png|Jackie Chun defending himself
 
MasterRoshiS25.png|Jackie declared the winner
 
MasterroshiS29.png|Roshi tearing his wig off
 
MasterRoshiWMAT.png|Master Roshi at the World Tournament
 
ID1218 SS0.jpg|Master Roshi
 
RoshiFishing2.png|Roshi fishing on Turtle's back
 
Vlcsnap-00002.png|Roshi watching TV
 
Turtle&Roshi.png|Master Roshi with his turtle
 
RshBathrmSpyBlma.png|Master Roshi's reaction to a beautiful girl
 
LuckyDevilRoshi.png|Roshi is happy when there is a girl around
 
RoshiNooo.png|Master Roshi with a look of frustration
 
RoshiDrown.png|Roshi gets flushed down the toilet
 
WetRoshi.png|Roshi after getting flushed down the toilet
 
RoshiBeingAPervertSmall.png|Roshi attempting to getting a peek of Launch's private area
 
RS5.jpg|Roshi knocks out one of the Red Ribbon soldiers
 
RS6.jpg|Roshi attacks the Red Ribbon Army
 
MasterRoshiDragonBallEp61.png|Roshi
 
Roshi(KT).png|Master Roshi using ''ki''
 
MRoshi,Bulma,Turtle,LaunchRRS.png|Roshi ready to head to the Red Ribbon Headquarters
 
RochiSpy.png|Roshi using Bulma's Scouter Drone to spy women on the beach
 
Roshi and Launch's gun.png|Roshi threatened by Launch
 
Roshi looks relieved.png|Master Roshi relieved
 
Roshi and Oolong shocked to hear that Goku defeated that army.png|Oolong and Roshi
 
Roshi after hearing about Goku at Korin Tower.png|Roshi after hearing about Goku at Korin Tower
 
Roshi gives his opinions.png|Roshi in Yamcha's plane
 
RoshiKrillinBabaSaga02.png|Roshi and Krillin at Baba's palace
 
BabaGMasterRoshi.png|Baba smacking her brother
 
TheEternalDragonRises10.jpg|Roshi tells Goku he has outgrown his training
 
DragonBallSpecial14.jpg|Krillin and Roshi in "Goku's Traffic Safety"
 
DragonBallSpecial16.jpg|Master Roshi in "Goku's Traffic Safety"
 
DragonBallSpecial118.jpg|Master Roshi
 
RoshiBeingRoshi.png|Roshi in a fire fighter uniform
 
10.jpg|Roshi excited while in lingerie store
 
RAA6.jpg|Roshi laughing at Master Shen
 
RAA11.jpg|Roshi in his Jackie Chun outfit
 
JackieChun.Ep.85.png|Jackie Chun telling Yamcha and Tien not to fight
 
Roshi vs Bear.png|Jackie Chun defeats an anthropomorphic bear
 
JackieChunGokuKuririn.Ep.093.png|Jackie Chun with Goku and Krillin
 
TS vs. JC - Master Roshi.png|Jackie Chun
 
Roshi attacks first.jpg|Jackie Chun blocks and attacks Tien
 
Roshi in ep 94.png|Jackie Chun
 
JackieStepsDown.Ep.094.png|Jackie Chun gives up
 
TienDissappointedByRoshisAnswer.png|Roshi and Tien discuss after their match
 
Roshi3.jpg|Roshi at the World Martial Arts Tournament
 
KameNTsuruArguing.png|Roshi arguing with Shen
 
FMTG1.jpg|Roshi watches ladies work out videos
 
MutenRoshi.Ep.102.png|Roshi telling about King Piccolo
 
RoshiSaysThatPiccoloHasTheLead.png|Tien, Master Roshi and Chiaotzu begin hunting for the Dragon Balls
 
MutenRoshi.Ep.107.png|Roshi confronts mercenaries
 
MasterRoshiKingPiccoloSagaK.png|Roshi during the King Piccolo Saga
 
RoshiTalkingToFighter.png|Master Roshi inside a wooded structure
 
Master Roshi and Tien Waiting for Piccolo.jpg|Tien and Roshi wait for King Piccolo to arrive
 
Roshi11.PNG|Master Roshi without his sunglasses on
 
Roshi ready.png|Master Roshi prepares the Evil Containment Wave
 
Roshi!!!.png|Roshi uses the Evil Containment Wave
 
RoshiFails.png|Roshi fails to trap King Piccolo
 
RoshiDies.png|Roshi dies
 
ChaozuRoshiDead.Ep.113.png|Chiaotzu and Roshi's corpses
 
Roshi alive.png|Roshi is resurrected
 
OilRoshi.png|Roshi after his resurrection
 
Masterroshi3.jpg|Roshi at the 23rd World Tournament
 
Roshi6.jpg|Roshi wondering about how to stop the evil Raditz
 
MasterRoshiGohanEp06.png|Roshi with Gohan in his arms
 
Master Roshi Power Level.png|Master Roshi's power level reading
 
DBC212 02.png|Roshi on the toilet
 
DBC212 03.png|Master Roshi wishes Goku back to life
 
Roshi2.jpg|Master Roshi in the Kame House
 
WatchingBulmaFreakOut.png|Roshi and the others at the hospital
 
Handshake.png|Master Roshi shakes Krillin's hand
 
FriendlySurprise14.png|Roshi looks for Goku with Chi-Chi
 
MasterRoshiBeingPerverted.png|Roshi with a nurse
 
NurseEnragedByRoshisPerversion.png|Roshi and the nurse
 
MasterRoshiFlirting with Nurse.png|Roshi flirting with the young nurse
 
Chichiroshiyajirobepuaroolongspace.jpg|Roshi, Chi-Chi, Yajirobe, Puar, and Oolong try to head to Namek
 
DBKAI054-17.jpg|Roshi wonders where Gohan and Chi-Chi are
 
DBKAI054-18.jpg|Master Roshi watches Porunga being summoned
 
DBKAI054-19.jpg|Master Roshi comments how big Porunga is
 
DBKAI054-22.jpg|Master Roshi says Goku stays away from Earth because of his wife
 
OxKingRoshiLookingAtMaron.Ep.117.png|Ox-King and Roshi looking at Maron
 
Master Roshi covered in seaweed.png|Master Roshi covered in seaweed
 
Masterroshi4.PNG|Master Roshi in ''The World's Strongest''
 
Roshi wins.png|Roshi fights Bio-Men
 
Roshi defeated them all easily.png|Master Roshi
 
Roshi in the arena.png|Roshi in Wheelo's fortress
 
Roshi is ready to fight them.png|Roshi is ready to fight
 
Roshi being attacked.png|Roshi being attacked
 
Kishime tries to kick Roshi.png|Kishime tries to kick Roshi
 
Ebifurya attack gets blocked.png|Roshi dodges Ebifurya's attack
 
Roshi and Misokatsun.png|Roshi kicks Misokatsun
 
Roshi uses the Kamehameha!.png|Roshi firing his Original Kamehameha
 
Roshi Dodge.JPG|Roshi leaps away from his own attack
 
Roshi Dodging Kamehameha.jpg|Roshi dodges his own attack
 
Roshi Zapped.jpg|Roshi hit by Kishime's attack
 
Roshi down.png|Roshi down
 
Roshi(ToM).png|Master Roshi at [[Grandpa Gohan's house|Goku's house]] in ''The Tree of Might''
 
Roshi taking a nap.png|Roshi takes a nap in ''Lord Slug''
 
Roshi.png|A closeup on Master Roshi
 
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DBZ - 224 -(by dbzf.ten.lt) 20120303-15123547.jpg|Roshi looks at Android 18
 
DBZ - 224 -(by dbzf.ten.lt) 20120303-15130382.jpg|Roshi attacked by Android 18
 
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TrunksGotenRoshiKO.png|Master Roshi in ''Wrath of the Dragon''
 
DragonBallJumpSpecial200827.jpg|Oolong and Roshi in ''Yo! Son Goku and His Friends Return!!''
 
Roshi.jpeg|Master Roshi in ''Yo! Son Goku and His Friends Return!!''
 
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Dragon Ball GT Capitulo 1 Unas Misteriosas Esferas Del Dragón Aparecen medium 943818.jpg|Roshi crashed on a wall in ''GT''
 
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MasterRoshiPuarOolong.png|Master Roshi with Oolong and Puar in ''GT''
 
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MuscleRoshi.png|Roshi prepares a MAX Power Kamehameha
 
Dragonball-Movie04 1385.jpg|Master Roshi prepares his Kamehameha
 
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Dragon-ball-sd-1582944.jpg|Master Roshi in ''Dragon Ball SD''
 
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Wa035.jpg|Master Roshi in his Jackie Chun outfit in the Bandai CCG
 
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This article is about the original character. For the character portrayed in live-action by Chow Yun-Fat, see Roshi/Dragonball Evolution.

"Goku... Krillin... You're the ones who showed this old fossil he still had something left to give. That it was too soon to let the limits of age sentence him to sit idly by on the sidelines. You boys who were never content to stop, who kept aiming for and climbing greater and greater heights want me to take it easy? Now, listen to me, boys! Always remember these words: Work hard, study well, and eat and sleep plenty! That is the Turtle Hermit way! We must master the art of peace in addition to the art of war! The Turtle Hermit School will be with you... always! This will be my greatest, most powerful Kamehameha!"
— Master Roshi towards Goku and Krillin in "A Valiant Fight! Master Roshi's Blaze of Glory!"


Master Roshi (てんろう Muten Rōshi, lit. "Old Heavenly Martial Arts Master"), also known as the Turtle Hermit (かめせんにん Kame Sen'nin) (or Turtle ( Kame)[6] in his youth) and God of Martial Arts (武道の神様 Budō no Kami-sama), is a perverted hermit and a master of martial arts. He lives on his own isolated island called Kame House, where he may be willing to train students who travel to his doorstep. He is also the originator of the Kamehameha Wave.

Despite his lecherous tendencies and his old age, Roshi is an extremely respected and capable warrior, serving as the master of Gohan, Ox-King, Goku, Krillin, and Yamcha. His drive to push his students to new heights and support them on their martial arts journeys makes him one of the most notable supporting characters in the series.

Appearance

Master Roshi is bald, with a thick white fu manchu mustache and beard. He is almost always seen wearing his trademark sunglasses; sometime later Master Roshi left his old sunglasses and began to wear more futuristic ones. He wears beach clothes or a martial arts suit and a Turtle Shell on his back. He usually wields a walking stick. His bust, waist and hip measurement are all 73cm.[7] When disguised as Jackie Chun, Master Roshi glues a wig of white hair onto his head.

In Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods, Master Roshi wears a pink shirt and white shorts with crocs. In Dragon Ball Z: Resurrection ‘F’, Master Roshi wears a white tank top and green flip flops.

When he was a teenager while training under Master Mutaito and Korin, it is shown that he had black hair and wore a black pair of sunglasses along with a bluish-purple Qipao style martial arts uniform. He was also noted by Bulma to be very handsome, shocked to see how Roshi turned out in old age. During the King Piccolo wars, his head was shaven, and he wore a purple Mutaito Training Academy Gi like the rest of Mutaito's students at the time including Master Shen. He also did not wear any sunglasses during this time.

In Dragon Ball Super, Master Roshi wears the pink shirt outfit in the God of Destruction Beerus Saga and the white tank top outfit in the Golden Frieza Saga as he did in the movies.

During the Galactic Patrol Prisoner Saga, while acting as a Deputized Galactic Patrolman, his white shirt similar to the one he wore during the Tournament of Power features the Galactic Patrol symbol.

Personality

"But, you know, my lessons don't come free. You must find me a young gal! It's the only way I can start training you."
— Master Roshi towards Goku in "Goku's Rival"

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Roshi gets a nosebleed after seeing Bulma lift up her nightgown

Master Roshi is over three hundred years old at the start of the series and provides various stories to explain his longevity. Roshi enjoys eating home delivered pizza,[3] which serves as a tongue-in-cheek joke because Roshi lives so far out into the ocean. He also enjoys reading, watching TV, using the internet (mainly for adult sites), playing video games and taking afternoon naps.[3] He is a very lecherous pervert who constantly watches Wide-Thigh Aerobics on television or looks at Dirty Magazines in his spare time. He even accepts a bribe from Bulma to show him her panties in exchange for a Dragon Ball early in the series (and got a very big surprise, as Bulma unknowingly was not wearing any panties when she exposed herself). Master Roshi often makes humorous sexual advances on any beautiful woman he can get close enough to; usually Bulma or Launch in Dragon Ball or Maron, Android 18, or Chi-Chi in Dragon Ball Z. He firmly believes that he is the ultimate stud and very cool, even though his fashion sense and mannerisms seem to be at least a few generations out of style. His lechery is apparently a relatively recent development, as he was once able to ride the Flying Nimbus, an ability he has lost by the time he passes it on to Goku. Aside from his lechery, he was also somewhat of an alcoholic, as implied in the Japanese version of The Fire-Eater where he admitted he gave misleading information about the Hikui Bird in his book regarding the Bansho Fan because at the time he wrote it, he had been severely drunk (the dub changes this to him admitting he made the entire thing up so he could impress girls), and confirmed in the Japanese version of Broly - The Legendary Super Saiyan. Although he is dedicated to training his students in the way of the Turtle School, he will nonetheless tell off his students when they are practicing the Kamehameha wave because the water is ruining his magazines. The only time he did not tell off one of his students for this when practicing the Kamehameha wave was when Krillin tried to practice it in order to get his mind off his breakup with Maron, partially because he was asleep when it happened.

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Master Roshi wishing he could have done something to prevent the death of his students

Roshi cares deeply for his students to the point he entered the World Martial Arts Tournament in the guise of a martial named "Jackie Chun" to ensure they would lose the tournament as he felt they might lose interest in the martial arts if they won it too easily due to the great strength they had obtained through his training. While this may have been true for a fellow Earthling martial artist like Krillin, Roshi was unaware that Goku was actually a Saiyan who would never lose interest in fighting due to the Saiyan's inborn love of fighting until many years later after the arrival of Raditz, though through a story he heard from Goku's Grandpa Gohan he did known that Goku was the elder Gohan's adoptive grandson and may have suspected the boy's potential alien origins from the story Gohan told him. As a result, Roshi found a tough opponent in the young Saiyan, and it took all of his skill, power, and abilities to defeat Goku during final match of the tournament. Also during the tournament he showed compassion to Nam by explaining he did not need the prize money to buy water after he was defeated by Goku and gives him a capsule to store water from a well, although in exchange for his help Roshi asks Nam to help him protect his secret identity from his students by having him impersonate Master Roshi in the audience and convince his students that Jackie Chun and Master Roshi were separate people. He is also shown to be quite intelligent as he managed to figure out the Moon was the cause of Goku's Great Ape transformation and correctly deduced that destroying it would cause Goku to return to normal and prevent any further transformations (Piccolo would later use this very same tactic in Dragon Ball Z to stop Gohan's transformation in the Vegeta Saga as well as prevent Nappa and Vegeta from using the Moon to transform). Despite his skirt-chasing antics, Master Roshi is still a very wise and kind-hearted person who loves those around him like his own grandchildren. He openly enjoys life and its simple pleasures but is willing to die for an honorable cause if necessary. Despite being immortal Roshi dies when attempting to utilize the Evil Containment Wave against King Piccolo (who was freed during the King Piccolo Saga), which shows that his immortality only prevents him from dying from old age and thus is not completely immortal. He appears in most of the Dragon Ball and Dragon Ball Z movies, usually as comic relief, though in The World's Strongest and Resurrection ‘F’ he actively participates in the fight alongside the other Z Fighters.

In Dragon Ball Super, it is implied that the Paradise Herb is the source of Master Roshi's unnaturally long life. He claims that eating some of it will allow him to live on for another 1,000 years.[8]

In the Universe Survival Saga of Dragon Ball Super, he is recruited as a member of Team Universe 7 after Goku fights Master Roshi at 100% MAX Power when he is turned into a Jiang Shi controlled by Yurin. It is revealed that Master Roshi had secretly been training, and even Goku is surprised at how powerful he is and is excited by the idea of fighting his former master again when he is serious (Goku is still unaware that he fought Roshi in the World Martial Arts Tournament, having never learned that Master Roshi was Jackie Chun).

During the Tournament of Power, Roshi's compassion for his students and tactical fighting style were made prominent when he focused on eliminating the trickier fighters (such as Dercori), knowing that Goku (and his teammates by extension) were prone to getting tripped up by deceptive foes. In addition, he was wary of fighters such as Ganos who rapidly improved their fighting performance and sought to deal with them before they became a threat to Team Universe 7. He was also willing to put his life on the line to eliminate Ganos by using a Kamehameha powered by his own life energy. This compassion was reciprocated by his students, who were both desperate to save Roshi when he nearly passed away afterwards (Goku succeeding in doing so and tearfully embracing him when he got back up).

In the manga version of the tournament, Roshi's influence on Goku extended more directly to his fight against Jiren when Roshi himself confronted the Pride Trooper in order to teach Goku a valuable martial arts lesson, reminding him about the Turtle School way and the advice of his other mentors before using his experience to briefly and surprisingly outmaneuver Jiren. Despite Jiren eliminating Roshi soon after, the hermit's words impacted Goku so greatly that it enabled him to tap into a sign of the answer Roshi told him to search for, ultimately allowing Goku to - as Roshi taught him - conquer himself. In addition, during the Galactic Patrol Prisoner Saga, it was mentioned by Merus that Ultra Instinct would activate when the user achieved self-control in the face of a jarring shock to their emotions, further pronouncing Goku's value of Roshi's teachings.

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