Olibu

Olibu
オリブー
Oribū
Anime name	Olibu
Alias	Olivue Olive
Debuts
Debut	"Tournament Begins"
Appears in
Characteristics
Race	Human
Gender	Male
Professional Status
Personal Status
Relatives	King Kai (mentor) Goku (comrade) Mijorin (comrade) Sarta (comrade)

"Think of it as a ladder. On the bottom rung is all of space. Higher up is Hell and then Snake Way. At the next level are the planets of the four Kais who oversee their parts of the universe. And higher still, above the four Kais and all the rest is the Grand Kai's planet." — "Tournament Begins"

Olibu (オリブー) is a deceased fighter representing the North Quadrant in the Other World Tournament. He is King Kai's greatest fighter next to Goku.

Overview

Appearance

Olibu and Goku prepare for the Tournament

Olibu appears as a fair skinned man with long blonde hair and purple eyes. He is very tall, at least two feet taller than Goku, and has a large muscular body. He dons white Ancient Greek-style robes with brown suspenders and belt, wears white bands on his wrists and shins, and dons large light brown boots. He also wears an orange headband.

Name

His name is based on "olive", the name of a species of tree and its fruit which is an important food crop in Italy, Spain and especially in Greece among other countries around the Mediterranean.

Biography

Olibu confronts Chapuchai

King Kai stated that most of Earth's heroic legends are based on Olibu's acts of heroism during his life. It is implied in an anime filler that Korin Tower on Earth could have been built to honor him.

After his acts of great heroism during his lifetime, Olibu was granted access to live and train on the Grand Kai's planet. He was working on his 10,000 years of training when Goku meets him in the Other World. During the Other World Tournament, Olibu beats Chapuchai, and later battles but loses to Pikkon in the quarter-finals.

Olibu makes a cameo appearance, along with Mijorin and Maraikoh, in the movie Dragon Ball Z: Fusion Reborn.

During the Kid Buu Saga, he is seen with another fighter sparring with Yamcha, and taunted Kid Buu along with Pikkon. Kid Buu almost destroys Olibu with the Shocking Ball, but instead decides to fight Goku and Vegeta when he senses their energy. Olibu's last appearance in Dragon Ball Z is when he, along with hundreds of other fighters, watch Goku's battle with Kid Buu.

Special abilities

Olibu lifting a giant rock

• Flight – The ability to fly with the use of ki.
• Chasing Energy Ball – A blue energy ball that has the ability to home in on its target. Olibu used it against Pikkon during the quarter-finals of the Other World Tournament.
• Gigantic Rock Throw – Used during the Kid Buu Saga.

Battles

Dragon Ball Z

• Olibu vs. Chapuchai (Anime only)
• Olibu vs. Pikkon (Anime only)
• Olibu and Gorilla vs. Yamcha (Anime only)
• Olibu and Pikkon vs. Kid Buu (Anime only)

Video game appearance

• Dragon Ball Z: Buu's Fury

Voice actors

• FUNimation dub: Rick Robertson
• Ocean dub: Dale Wilson
• Latin American dub: Ricardo Brust
• Brazilian Portuguese dub: Sérgio Moreno

Trivia

• According to the booklet included with FUNimation Entertainment's Dragon Box Five, his character design is essentially Recoome's body with Android 16's face.
• Olibu may be based on Hercules in terms of having "heroic legends" being based on him, as King Kai himself suggested and because his name resembles "Olympus", the Greek mountain where the Greek gods' kingdom was stated to be located. He also resembles He-Man from the Masters of the Universe series, and bears some resemblance to Conan the Barbarian as well as Thor from Marvel Comics, which are all based on the same Hercules-type hero archetype.
• When training in Grand Kai's planet, he was defeated by Yamcha.

Gallery

Olibu vs. Chapuchai Olibu faces seven Chapuchais Olibu jumps in the air Olibu fires a Chasing Energy Ball Olibu's Chasing Energy Ball Olibu misses Pikkon Olibu kicks Pikkon Olibu blocks Pikkon's punch Mijorin and Olibu on the left in Fusion Reborn Olibu beaten Olibu and Pikkon watch the fight between Goku and Kid Buu Olibu in Buu's Fury

See also

• Olibu (Collectibles)