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{{Quote|Blonde hair!? Blue eyes!? Super strength!? I should be recruiting them...|''[[Dragon Ball Z: Fusion Reborn]]''}}
 
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{{Character Infobox
|RefName = The Dictator
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|RefName = The Dictator
|image = [[File:TheDictator.png|280px]]
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|image = TheDictator.png
|JapName = 独裁者
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|JapName = 独裁者
|RomName = Dokusaisha
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|RomName = Dokusaisha
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|AltName = Zombie General<br>Adolf Hitler<br>Führer
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|AltName = Zombie General<br>Adolf Hitler<br>Führer
|FirstApp = ''[[Dragon Ball Z: Fusion Reborn]]''
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|movie debut = ''[[Dragon Ball Z: Fusion Reborn]]''
 
|Appears in = {{DB Series|DBZ}}
 
|Appears in = {{DB Series|DBZ}}
 
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|Race = [[Human]]/[[Zombie]]
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|Race = [[Earthling]]/[[Zombie]]
|Gender = Male
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{{Nihongo|"'''The Dictator'''"|独裁者|Dokusaisha}} is a minor villain in ''[[Dragon Ball Z: Fusion Reborn]]''. He is a caricature of the real-life Austrian-born politician {{w|Adolf Hitler}}. Instead of Nazi swastikas on the flags and uniforms of his army, the insignias are replaced with X's.
{{Quote|Blonde hair!? Blue eyes!? Super strength!? I should be recruiting them...|''[[Dragon Ball Z: Fusion Reborn]]''}}
 
"'''The Dictator'''" is a minor villain in the movie ''[[Dragon Ball Z: Fusion Reborn]]''. He is a caricature of the real-life Austrian-born politician [[Wikipedia:Adolf Hitler|Adolf Hitler]]. Instead of Nazi swastikas on the flags and uniforms of his army, the insignias are replaced with X's.
 
   
 
==Biography==
 
==Biography==
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===''Dragon Ball Z''===
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====''Fusion Reborn''====
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{{main|Dragon Ball Z: Fusion Reborn}}
 
[[File:TheDictator2.png|thumb|left|The Dictator scared]]
 
[[File:TheDictator2.png|thumb|left|The Dictator scared]]
The Dictator and his army were resurrected from [[Hell]] along with villains the [[Z Fighters]] previously defeated. Once they arrive on [[Earth]], him and his [[Zombie|undead army]] are fought by [[Goten]] and [[Trunks]]. In the [[FUNimation dub]], after they become [[Super Saiyan]], the Dictator says that he should have been recruiting them because they have blonde hair, blue eyes (they actually have green eyes), and super strength. He and his army are defeated when Goten and Trunks [[Fusion Dance|fuse]] into [[Gotenks]], who uses the [[Super Ghost Kamikaze Attack]] against them.
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The Dictator and his army were resurrected from [[Hell]] along with villains the [[Dragon Team]] previously defeated. Once they arrive on [[Earth]], he and his [[Zombie|undead army]] are fought by [[Goten]] and [[Trunks]]. In the [[Funimation dub]], after they become [[Super Saiyan]], the Dictator says that he should have been recruiting them because they have blonde hair, blue eyes, and super strength. He and his army are defeated when Goten and Trunks [[Fusion Dance|fuse]] into [[Gotenks]], who uses the [[Super Ghost Kamikaze Attack]] against them. After his defeat, the Dictator is sent back to Hell.
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==Other ''Dragon Ball'' stories==
After his defeat, the Dictator is presumably sent back to Hell, though he is not seen again in the series (he does not appear in the [[Super 17 Saga]] of ''[[Dragon Ball GT]]'' where a similar event takes place).
 
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Although unseen, a reference to The Dictator is made in ''[[Dragon Ball Z: Shin Budokai]]''. While looking at some zombies and other revived creatures, present Trunks comments about a person who catches his eye, he has seen him in a picture book of some kind, and that both he and Goten studied about him. Also, that he was in one of [[Gohan]]'s textbooks, which comically, according to Trunks and Goten, means that he is a monster as well.
   
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==Power==
==Video game appearance==
 
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The Dictator, aside from his use of a tank, was never seen fighting. It is implied that, although formidable to most humans thanks to his undead status, he was no match for the likes of Goten and Trunks, as they proceeded to humiliate him and even cause his tank to crash even before they went Super Saiyan, and later fused to become Gotenks and finished him and his army off effortlessly via the Super Ghost Kamikaze Attack.
Although unseen, a reference to The Dictator is made in the game ''[[Dragon Ball Z: Shin Budokai]]''. While looking at some zombies and other revived creatures, present Trunks comments about a person who catches his eye, he has seen him in a picture book of some kind, and that both he and Goten studied about him. Also, that he was in one of [[Gohan]]'s textbooks, what comically, according to Trunks and Goten, means that he is a monster as well.
 
   
==Voice actors==
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==Voice Actors==
*Japanese dub: '''[[Bin Shimada]]'''
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*Japanese: '''[[Bin Shimada]]'''
*[[FUNimation dub]]: '''[[Christopher Sabat]]'''
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*[[Funimation dub]]: '''[[Christopher Bevins]]'''
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==Battles==
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*The Dictator and his army vs. [[Goten]] (Base/Super Saiyan) and [[Trunks]] (Base/Super Saiyan)
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*The Dictator and his army vs. [[Gotenks]] (Super Saiyan)
   
 
==Trivia==
 
==Trivia==
 
[[File:Hitler.jpg|thumb|The Dictator in his tank]]
 
[[File:Hitler.jpg|thumb|The Dictator in his tank]]
*The Dictator's insignia is an X, and not Hitler's familiar swastika. While obviously changed to avoid offending people, this may also be a reference to the [[Wikipedia:Charlie Chaplin|Charlie Chaplin]] film ''[[Wikipedia:The Great Dictator|The Great Dictator]]'', in which Chaplin plays Adenoid Hynkel, a character who is a parody of Hitler and who uses a two X insignia.
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*The Dictator's insignia is an X, and not Hitler's familiar Hakenkreuz, also known as swastika (卐). While obviously changed to avoid offending people, this may also be a reference to the {{w|Charlie Chaplin}} film ''{{w|The Great Dictator}}'', in which Chaplin plays Adenoid Hynkel, a character who is a parody of Hitler and who uses a two X insignia.
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**The manner in which he and his army was defeated (by being obliterated by Gotenks' [[Super Ghost Kamikaze Attack]]) was similar to the ending of ''{{w|Raiders of the Lost Ark}}''.
 
*Unlike his real life counterpart, The Dictator actually leads his army into battle. However, this may be due to him being undead.
 
*Unlike his real life counterpart, The Dictator actually leads his army into battle. However, this may be due to him being undead.
*In the FUNimation dub, he comments on Goten and Trunks Super Saiyan form; he is comparing them to the Nazi physical ideal, which is blonde hair, blue eyes, and super strength (though in actual fact their eyes are closer to green). It is likely that he believes them to be [[Wikipedia:Aryan Race|Aryan]], unaware that they are Super Saiyans.
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*In the FUNimation dub, he comments on Goten and Trunks Super Saiyan form; he is comparing them to the Nazi physical ideal, which is blonde hair, blue eyes, and super strength (though in actual fact their eyes are closer to green). It is likely that he believes them to be {{w|Aryan Race|Aryan}}, unaware that they are Super Saiyans. Owing to this, he also states "I should be recruiting them..."
 
**In the original Japanese dub, he instead states that they are little punks that dyed their hair and most likely does not consider them to be Aryan.
 
**In the original Japanese dub, he instead states that they are little punks that dyed their hair and most likely does not consider them to be Aryan.
*He is not seen in the German, Hebrew, and French versions of ''Fusion Reborn''. This is because of strict laws in both Germany, France, and former Soviet-bloc nations that prohibit the reproduction of Nazi emblems and references as well as avoiding to insult Israelis and Holocaust survivors in World War II. He also did not appear in Polish and Spanish versions of the movie, but the battle with his army was still present in said versions.
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*He is not seen in the German, Hebrew, and French versions of ''Fusion Reborn''. This is because of strict laws in both Germany, France, and former Soviet-bloc nations that prohibit the reproduction of Nazi emblems and references as well as avoiding to insult Israelis and Holocaust survivors in World War II. He also did not appear in Polish and European Spanish versions of the movie, but the battle with his army was still present in said versions.
**His battle with Goten and Trunks was also removed when ''Fusion Reborn'' was broadcast on [[Wikipedia:Toonami|Toonami]] and on the American Nicktoons broadcast.
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**His battle with Goten and Trunks was also removed when ''Fusion Reborn'' was broadcast on [[Toonami]] and on the American Nicktoons broadcast.
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Revision as of 12:46, 22 March 2020

"Blonde hair!? Blue eyes!? Super strength!? I should be recruiting them..."
Dragon Ball Z: Fusion Reborn


"The Dictator" (独裁者 Dokusaisha) is a minor villain in Dragon Ball Z: Fusion Reborn. He is a caricature of the real-life Austrian-born politician Adolf Hitler. Instead of Nazi swastikas on the flags and uniforms of his army, the insignias are replaced with X's.

Biography

Dragon Ball Z

Fusion Reborn

Main article: Dragon Ball Z: Fusion Reborn

TheDictator2

The Dictator scared

The Dictator and his army were resurrected from Hell along with villains the Dragon Team previously defeated. Once they arrive on Earth, he and his undead army are fought by Goten and Trunks. In the Funimation dub, after they become Super Saiyan, the Dictator says that he should have been recruiting them because they have blonde hair, blue eyes, and super strength. He and his army are defeated when Goten and Trunks fuse into Gotenks, who uses the Super Ghost Kamikaze Attack against them. After his defeat, the Dictator is sent back to Hell.

Other Dragon Ball stories

Shin Budokai

Main article: Dragon Ball Z: Shin Budokai Although unseen, a reference to The Dictator is made in Dragon Ball Z: Shin Budokai. While looking at some zombies and other revived creatures, present Trunks comments about a person who catches his eye, he has seen him in a picture book of some kind, and that both he and Goten studied about him. Also, that he was in one of Gohan's textbooks, which comically, according to Trunks and Goten, means that he is a monster as well.

Power

The Dictator, aside from his use of a tank, was never seen fighting. It is implied that, although formidable to most humans thanks to his undead status, he was no match for the likes of Goten and Trunks, as they proceeded to humiliate him and even cause his tank to crash even before they went Super Saiyan, and later fused to become Gotenks and finished him and his army off effortlessly via the Super Ghost Kamikaze Attack.

Voice Actors

Battles

  • The Dictator and his army vs. Goten (Base/Super Saiyan) and Trunks (Base/Super Saiyan)
  • The Dictator and his army vs. Gotenks (Super Saiyan)

Trivia

Hitler

The Dictator in his tank

  • The Dictator's insignia is an X, and not Hitler's familiar Hakenkreuz, also known as swastika (卐). While obviously changed to avoid offending people, this may also be a reference to the Charlie Chaplin film The Great Dictator, in which Chaplin plays Adenoid Hynkel, a character who is a parody of Hitler and who uses a two X insignia.
  • Unlike his real life counterpart, The Dictator actually leads his army into battle. However, this may be due to him being undead.
  • In the FUNimation dub, he comments on Goten and Trunks Super Saiyan form; he is comparing them to the Nazi physical ideal, which is blonde hair, blue eyes, and super strength (though in actual fact their eyes are closer to green). It is likely that he believes them to be Aryan, unaware that they are Super Saiyans. Owing to this, he also states "I should be recruiting them..."
    • In the original Japanese dub, he instead states that they are little punks that dyed their hair and most likely does not consider them to be Aryan.
  • He is not seen in the German, Hebrew, and French versions of Fusion Reborn. This is because of strict laws in both Germany, France, and former Soviet-bloc nations that prohibit the reproduction of Nazi emblems and references as well as avoiding to insult Israelis and Holocaust survivors in World War II. He also did not appear in Polish and European Spanish versions of the movie, but the battle with his army was still present in said versions.
    • His battle with Goten and Trunks was also removed when Fusion Reborn was broadcast on Toonami and on the American Nicktoons broadcast.

Site Navigation