- This article is about Bardock's Teammate. For the anime-only Saiyan with the same Japanese name, see Scarface.
"Why do we need to fight for this dump anyway? Is Frieza out of his little tiny mind or something?" |
Shugesh, known as Pumbukin (パンブーキン Panbūkin) in the original Japanese version, is a Saiyan warrior within the Saiyan Army and one of the members of Team Bardock.
Appearance
Shugesh is a bulky Saiyan, coming off more fat than muscular. Nevertheless, underneath his bulk, Shugesh remains one of the most fit members of Bardock's team. He has black hair in a pudding bowl style, beady black eyes, and a thin, pencil mustache. He wears the "Team Bardock model" of Saiyan armor, with the straps and abdomen guards being colored teal, with boots of a similar color scheme, and black pants. Underneath his armor, he wears a tattered, olive-green shirt.
In Dragon Ball Super: Broly, the straps and abdomen guards on Shugesh's battle armor are beige.
Personality
Like the other members of his team, Shugesh has a high degree of camaraderie with his teammates. He is also a ruthless and skilled fighter. He has a sense of honor too.
Biography
Dragon Ball Super
According to Toyotarou's interpretation of what may have happened to them during Dragon Ball Super: Broly, when Tora is contacted by Leek about the order to return, Shugesh and the other members of the squad are with him. Shugesh notices Dodoria's presence and they are then killed by him and his two underlings.
Film Appearances
Bardock - The Father of Goku
While battling in Great Ape form in Planet Kanassa, his cheek is cut by a Ki Blast from Demetrious to which he retaliates by crushing the Kanassan under his foot. He remarks that morning that he remembers "the crusty little devil that gave me this." As he rubs the cut on his cheek. Later, he tackles another Kanassan after he hit Bardock in the back of the neck. He remarks that the news of the change in Bardock's brain wave patterns doesn't sound good and that the crew should handle their next mission on their own. Tora agrees and bids farewell to Bardock and the team leaves. After the team destroys Planet Meat's inhabitants, Shugesh is the first of his teammates to be killed by Dodoria and his elites under Frieza's orders.
Broly
Shugesh makes a cameo appearance in Broly when Frieza was using his scouter to detect the snipers that were in King Vegeta's palace.
Other Dragon Ball stories
Episode of Bardock
Shugesh has a cameo appearance along with his fallen comrades Tora, Fasha, and Borgos.
Power
- Video Games
According to Dragon Ball Carddass, Shugesh's power level is 4,200.
Techniques and Special Abilities
- Knee Strike – Used to tackle Toolo.
- Flight – The ability to fly with the use of ki.
- Massive Catapult – Shugesh's special attack in Dragon Ball Heroes.
- Gigantic Stomp – Used as a Great Ape to kill the Kanassan who wounded him.
- SP Fighting Pose 1 (2) – Used in Dragon Ball SD.
Forms and Transformations
Great Ape
As with all Saiyans with a tail, Shugesh can transform into a Great Ape at the sight of a full moon (or another source of Blutz Waves). He used this ability while on Planet Kanassa.
Video Game Appearances
- Dragon Ball Z: Budokai 3
- Dragon Ball Heroes
- Dragon Ball Z: Dokkan Battle
- Super Dragon Ball Heroes: World Mission
- Dragon Ball Legends
- Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot
In Budokai 3, Shugesh's face is shown whenever Bardock does his Spirit of Saiyans. Shugesh's first appearance as a playable character is in Dragon Ball Heroes.
He also is playable (in his base and Great Ape form) in Dokkan Battle, in which (since it was released outside of Japan) is makes his debut to European and American players.
Voice Actors
- Japanese: Takeshi Watabe ✝ (originally), Yasunori Masutani (Dragon Ball Heroes)
- English:
- Brazilian Portuguese dub: Ivo Roberto
- Spanish:
- Latin American Spanish dub: César Soto
- Castilian Spanish dub: Manuel Duarte
- French dub: Eric Legrand
- Hebrew dub: Dov Reiser
- Greek dub: Dimitris Mylonas
Battles
- Pre-Dragon Ball
- Tora, Fasha, Borgos, and Shugesh vs. Dodoria and his elites
- Films
- Shugesh (Great Ape), Bardock (Great Ape), Tora (Great Ape), Fasha (Great Ape), and Borgos (Great Ape) vs. Kanassan Commander, Demetrious, Toolo, and Kanassan warriors
- Shugesh, Bardock, and Tora vs. Toolo
- Shugesh, Tora, Fasha, and Borgos vs. Dodoria and his elites
Trivia
- In Katsuyoshi Nakatsuru's original character design of Bardock's Team, Shugesh/Pumbukin was drawn with a more Nappa-like structure. For example, he was much taller and had an equal muscle mass. He was later changed into the "pumpkin" resembling figure he is now, for reasons that Akira Toriyama said that he wanted Saiyans to have more "distinguishing features" (Akira Toriyama drew the final draft of Bardock's team).[1]
- The physical change may also be a reference of his name, which is a pun on the vegetable “pumpkin”. [1]
- He is not the first Saiyan character to be named after the pumpkin; a similar spelling was used for Scarface’s original name in the Japanese version.
- This also technically makes him one of seven characters to reuse a pun, the others being Brocco ("Shorty" in the Funimation dub) and Broly ("Broccoli"); and Vegeta, King Vegeta, and Tarble ("Vegetable").
- His Japanese name is a pun on "pumpkin," well fitting his overweight physique.
Gallery
 Shugesh being scanned by Frieza in Broly  Great Ape Shugesh after his face is cut by Demetrious' ki blast in Bardock - The Father of Goku  Great Ape Shugesh stomps on Demetrious in Bardock - The Father of Goku  Great Ape Shugesh kills Demetrious in Bardock - The Father of Goku  Shugesh after the battle on Kanassa in Bardock - The Father of Goku  Shugesh touching his wound in Bardock - The Father of Goku  Shugesh after knee-striking the Kanassan in Bardock - The Father of Goku  Shugesh in his Attack Ball in Bardock - The Father of Goku  Shugesh lying dead on Planet Meat in Bardock - The Father of Goku .png "Shugesh(B3).png (542 KB)") Shugesh in Budokai 3  Shugesh's Massive Catapult attack in Dragon Ball Heroes  Shugesh's Massive Catapult attack hits Broly in Dragon Ball Heroes   Shugesh in Dragon Ball Legends |
See also
References
| Frieza Force | ||
|---|---|---|
| Leaders | Chilled • Frieza Race Conton City Hero • King Cold (Future • Cell) • Frieza (Future • Cell • Xeno • Team 4) • Frost • Frieza's Honor Guard (Captain Wata • Rigll) |  |
| Sub-leaders | Captain Ginyu • Cooler (Meta • Future) • Froze • Garana • Sorbet • Tagoma • Kuriza • Frieza's Honor Guard (Bullgokin • Compression-01 • Toki Toki City Hero) | |
| Executives and elite soldiers | ||
| Mid-level soldiers | ||
| Low-level soldiers | Combatants • Cranberry • Cyclopian Guards • Three Planet Frieza #79 soldiers • Bardock (Future • Xeno) • Blueberry • Borgos • Cheelai • Fasha • Fisshi • Frieza Soldiers • Frog-Face • Guprei • Iru • Kakarot (Future • Cell • Xeno) • Krumbo • Leek • Mei • Melone • Monre • Nabana • Namole • Navel • Orlen • Raspberry • Robery • Scarface • Shorty • Shugesh • Taro • Tora • Turles (Xeno) | |
| Non-combatants | ||
| Fused members | ||
| Squadrons | Cooler Force (Cooler's Armored Squadron • Meta-Cooler Corps.) • Dried Fruitz • Team Dodoria • Frieza's Elite (Ginyu Force • Frieza's Honor Guard) • Namek Invasion Task Force • Frieza's Subordinates • Galaxy Soldiers • Third Stellar Region • Frieza Soldiers • New Frieza Army • New Gadget Super Lovers • Saiyan Army (Team Bardock • King Vegeta's Elite • Phantom Saiyans) • Team 5 • Team Zarbon | |
| Races controlled | Aka's race • Ankoku-seijin • Appule's race • Arcosians • Arlians • Boulean • Beppa-seijin • Blueberry's race • Bowlean • Brench-seijin • Burter's race • Buonean • Cabira's race • Cranberry's race • Cui's race • Dodoria's race • Earthlings • Fishman • Frieza Race • Frieza Soldier race • Frog-Face's race • Ginyu's race • Hera Clan • Inhabitants of Plant • Iru's race • Jiggler • Kanassan • Kettlean • Ledgic's race • Litts • Malaka's race • Majins • Mixxileean • Namekians • Namekian Frogs • Recoome's race • Rejinean • Saibamen • Saiyans • Serpent • Sinkleean • Slug-jin • Sui's race • Toasterean • Tobi's race • Vewonean • Yardrat • Zalt-seijin • Zarbon's race | |
| Planets | Arcose • Bas • Big Gete Star • Cereal • Cooler No. 6 • Cooler's Unnamed Planet • Frieza No. 17 • Frieza No. 79 • Cooler No. 98 • Cooler No. 256 • Frieza No. 448 • Frieza's Training Planet • Kanassa • King Cold's planet • Litt • Meat • Shikk • Tritek • Vegeta • Zeshin and Bun's planet | |
| Motherships | ||
| Technology | Attack Ball • Battle Armor • Cosmic Suit • Drones (Assist Drone • Attack Drone • Recovery Drone) • Fruit of the Tree of Might (Demon Realm) • Galactic Arena • Grenade • Hovercar • Hover Pod • Kiri Charging Machine • Laser Sword • Medical Machines • Metamo-Ring • Ray Gun • Rocket Launcher (Frieza's Rocket Launcher) • Saibamen Set • Scouter | |
| Operations and Wars | Attack on Planet Plant • Occupation of Planet Vegeta • Kanassan war • Invasion of Planet Meat • Genocide of the Saiyans • Shikk conflict • Tritek conflict • Attack on Zeshin and Bun's planet • Attack on Gure's planet • Attacks on Earth • Fight on Planet Frieza 448 • Broly conflict • Frieza's Siege • Tournament of Time | |
| Allies & Affiliated Groups | Beerus • Cells (Cell • Cell Jr.) • Dragon Ball Heroes (Froze) • Dark Empire • Dark Namekians (First Narak) • Frieza Race • Heeter • Mastermind's group (Mastermind • Giblet) • Pilaf Gang (Emperor Pilaf • Mai • Shu) • Red Ribbon Army (Red Pants Army) • Team Beerus (Shallot) • Team Universe 7 • Time Patrol • Whis | |
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