ALL DRAGON BALL HEROES S VILLANS SERIES
ALL DRAGON BALL HEROES S VILLANS ANDROID
Fountain of Youth: Super reveals that the they managed to gather the Dragon Balls and wish for restored youth during the Android Saga.Expy: All three are based on the Space Patrol Squad of Dr.Shu and Mai's names are two parts of shumai, a type of Chinese dumpling.Butt-Monkey: They take a lot of Amusing Injuries like being thrown off of a moving airplane by King Piccolo, or in Mai and Shu's case being punished by Pilaf.The gang comes back, so they can't be all that bad. After Majin Buu exterminated humanity, Porunga resurrects all of those killed since the day of 25th World Martial Arts Tournament, with the exception of the truly evil ones. But Not Too Evil: After their appearances in Dragon Ball, they're definitely this.They get on the bus again during the Tournament of Power, but return during the party in the ending montage. The Bus Came Back: After being completely absent from Dragon Ball Z and if you don't count GT, the Pilaf gang makes their canon return in Battle of Gods.They all do really care for each other though.
Blind Obedience: Mai and Shu follow Pilaf's orders without question, despite his stupidity.They come back in force during Super and remain important to the plot until the Universe Survival Arc. In addition, they are also secondary antagonists for the first few episodes of the Red Ribbon Army arc, before being easily defeated by the Red Ribbon Army, and they make one last appearance shortly before Goku and Chi Chi's wedding, whereas in the manga they were never seen again for the rest of the manga's original run after being betrayed by King Piccolo. Ascended Extra: While we only first meet them near the end of the manga's first arc, the anime introduces them in the very first episode and has them around as reoccurring villains from the start, even showing how they got ahold of their Dragon Ball.Affably Evil: Both Mai and Shu are decent enough and only do bad things under Pilaf's orders.For the rest of the meta-arc, their various exploits in attempting to acquire the other Dragon Balls are depicted. In the anime, they show up in the very first episode, and acquire the Dragon Ball that they have in the manga. Adaptational Early Appearance: In the original manga, they aren't introduced until Goku and friends have collected six Dragon Balls and reached his castle (Chapter 18).Click here to see the Pilaf Gang in SuperĪ group run by Emperor Pilaf that tries to obtain the Dragon Balls for Pilaf, so he can Take Over the World.