He ultimately manages to shift his hand to the control deck to restore the gravitation level. Dragon Ball Super confirms that Yamcha is the strongest human on the planet above Krillin. However, while the specifics are unknown, Bulma felt Yamcha was interested in other women. In the anime version of the God of Destruction Beerus Saga, Yamcha was seen doing a mini training session with Piccolo. The next morning, with the balls now inert, the gang goes their separate ways. In the final chapter, the boy as Yamcha was able to fight, outwit, and defeat Chiaotzu (who was also a reincarnated soul and had just as much knowledge as the boy in regard to the series). During Vegeta's match with Cabba, Yamcha points out similarities between Cabba and a young Goku he fought when they first met long ago. However, hearing Puar's story impresses Gohan, who says he had no idea he did that for Puar and that he really is a great guy. (Note that this is Yamcha's only tournament match where he is defeated by KO rather than ring-out). Yamcha watches as SSJ2 Gohan and the Future Warrior weaken Cell enough for Gohan to finish him off with the Father-Son Kamehameha, causing Yamcha to cheer the victory over Cell. Due to his injuries, Yamcha spends the majority time on the sidelines. Puar says he's the coolest, bravest guy he knows and that he should be more confident in himself. Clearly Yamcha was referring to regular earthlings or otherwise . In Budokai Tenkaichi 3, there is tournament known as Yamcha Game. In an effort to rescue Bulma from getting her blood drained, using the transforming abilities of the latter, they disguise themselves as demons but are caught when Oolong's transforming ability gives away. Interestingly, he does not have his Wolf Fang Fist or any of its variants as a Super Attack. Yamcha comes out wearing his Turtle School Gi and noticing Gohan says his timing is perfect and asks if he'll take him on in a little sparring match. The heart has the ability to beat over 3 billion times in a person's life. While in the preliminaries he has confrontational words with Tien Shinhan, the prize student of a rival school, who repeatedly mocks Yamcha and claims he will destroy him in the ring. In this tournament, the player is not allowed to choose his own character and the final battle is against Yamcha himself. He has even worked in a host club, but because of his nervousness, it did not go well, and he was fired. Let me have a crack at 'em. However, Yamcha reveals he's still alive and stands up, telling Puar he's much stronger now, declaring as a former student of King Kai, he can't let something like Self Destruction kill him. Gohan thinks to himself that Yamcha sounds pretty frustrated. Yamcha prepares his Wolf Fang Fist in retaliation but is stopped and saved by Jiren, who instantly lands and defeats the entire combined force. Yamcha says he bet he could have done some real good on Namek and since Gohan was there, he bets that Gohan would be a great judge of his strength and that's why he wants to fight him. Later, Yamcha joins several others as they board Bulma's space pod to get a better view of Goku and Beerus' fight. He opted to run away from Mecha Frieza, knowing that he couldn't beat the tyrant. Yamcha tries to save face by defeating the robots which he had previously powdered up for the girls at Capsule Corporation. Don't know if that makes him the strongest player in college football, but it at least puts the 6-3, 320-pound junior in the . Yamcha speculated that Beerus would use paper, so to counter this, Oolong used scissors. During the Intermission that follows the Frieza Saga, Yamcha is shown to have returned to dating various women after having been revived. The strongest muscle based on its weight is the masseter. Yamcha thanks Goku for the help and tells him that the others may need his help next. In hospital for the rest of the competition, Yamcha listens to the remainder of the fights on the radio, and manages to be there for the fight between Goku and Tien. Yamcha would utterly destroy Captain America. In Shin Budokai, Yamcha plays a major role in Janemba's story as right when Janemba is about to wish for world domination, Yamcha bursts in and wishes for a fancy necklace for his girlfriend. Yamcha then figures he can locate his opponent by sound of his footsteps, which initially works in allowing to land blows on the Invisible Man, but is foiled when Fortuneteller Baba starts singing to cover the noise made by the Invisible Man. After saying hi to Goku and Krillin, Yamcha separates from Bulma and enters the Tournament. He arrives with Bulma and Launch only to find it a desolate wasteland. Yamcha is later seen at his house, rehearsing his lines of initially refusing to join them; and then show up at the last minute, all the while still waiting for Goku. Hasky attacks Yamcha with a sword and he fights her off. Yamcha's hobbies are grappling and baseball. But as a turn of events, it was just barely alive and gathered the remainder of its energy to leap and cling onto Yamcha and self-destruct, killing both Yamcha and itself in the process. Wait a minute! After hearing from Roshi that he sent Goku and Krillin off to Devil's Castle, Yamcha and the others head there in a helicopter. People should be making fun of Yamcha, not Krillin." Kami tells Yamcha that he has great potential and was impressed by his Spirit Ball technique, but he needed to improve on his focus and defense. However, this worries Puar who enlists Gohan's help to check to see how Yamcha's doing on his date. Nicholas' love for telling stories is inspired by his love for film noir, westerns, superhero movies, classic films, and ancient history. Things look bad for Yamcha until he manages a quick sneak attack, tripping Bandages the Mummy off the ledge; though it is proved futile as Bandages the Mummy is able to use his bandages like a rope and climb his way back up. Just as Goku is about to crush Bulma, pinned by some rubble, Yamcha comes to the rescue and grabs his tail, stunning him long enough for Puar to transform into a giant pair of scissors and cut the tail off, returning Goku to his normal state. This common perception of the Desert Bandit was reinforced by Dragon Ball Super, which saw the Z-Warriors exclude him from both the fight with Golden Frieza and the Tournament of Power. From a hole blasted in the wall by Goku they witness Emperor Pilaf summoning Shenron and Yamcha orders Puar to go with Oolong and stop it. Yamcha tells Tien not to worry about where the Future Warrior came from recognizing they need all the help they can get to take on their Saiyan adversaries. After proclaiming he has saved the world, Yamcha runs off as Janemba chases him. Interestingly, Yamcha is the only Z Fighter who can utilize the second stage Supervillain transformation as all other users are villains. After being resurrected, Yamcha's last real action in the series is giving Goku his energy to help form the Spirit Bomb that defeats Kid Buu. Yamcha is a playable character in the first Dragon Ball Z based game, Kysh! The Reincarnated Yamcha also has it unlocked by Guru in the That Time I Got Reincarnated as Yamcha manga after using the Nameless Namekian's Spaceship to travel to Namek before Nappa and Vegeta's arrival on Earth. In the Expert Mission 13: "A History of Mixed Battles", Supervillain Yamcha may appear as a random opponent. His affection for Bulma is more obvious with Puar getting him to admit she is all that is on his mind. Yamcha continues to tail the group, letting it slip in front of Puar he thinks Bulma has a beautiful voice, after they recover the sixth Dragon Ball from Ox-King into a remote village. Near the castle, their helicopter is attacked by demons and crashes. Yajirobe Used To Be Dragon Ball's Strongest Earthling. Tiencha is the fusion of Yamcha and his ally Tien Shinhan. This is why Yamcha is often considered to be one of the weaker characters in the series. Yamcha appears once again along with Tien, when they go to the Battle Zone to help Gohan against Bojack's gang. At first the fight is even with Yamcha dodging all of Bora's blows and Bora blocking Yamcha's strikes, but Master Roshi distracts Yamcha, causing him to cease his dodging and allowing Bora to knock him out of the ring. He is present if the player uses a Standard-type custom character. Gohan however says he's better than he thinks, as Gohan reveals that he had Guru unlock some of his hidden power, but Yamcha still feels sorry for himself. . Should the title of the strongest human in the Dragon Ball universe belong to Tien or Krillin? Also in the anime, in a sparring session on King Kai's planet, he defeats Recoome, an opponent whose power level is at least 40,000 and had easily taken out Vegeta. However, Goku brought Frieza as the tenth warrior. Not wanting to face the wrath of an angry Ox-King, Yamcha races back to the scene and apologizes to Chi-Chi, saying he did what he did because he is crazy with love for her. When Yamcha was finally brought down he had no memory of what happened. During the final battle between Goku and Moro, when Goku is having his energy drained, Yamcha and the others give their energy to Vegeta so that he can pass it on to Goku in an attempt to revitalise him. Really?," and that's a fair response, but here's the thing, Yamcha isn't all that weak. He easily disarms Raven, but refuses to fight after seeing her gender. On the way, the two save a fortune teller from thugs. This event is however reversed by Whis doing his Temporal Do-Over technique. He appears in the video games Dragon Ball Z: Budokai 2 and Dragon Ball Fusions. Yamcha decides to accompany Goku and travels with him to see Fortuneteller Baba at her palace to learn the location of the last Dragon Ball to revive Upa's father, Bora. Yamcha admits he didn't think it would work. Fortuneteller Baba then takes the warriors to a new ring, the Devil's Toilet which has a thin platform over a pool of powerful acid. After Vegeta attacked the crowd, Yamcha went with Bulma and a few others to ask Shenron to bring back all the goodhearted people who were killed that day by Babidi and Vegeta. He pleads for a time out, but the clone puts him in a daze after hurling some glass projectiles at him. First of all none of the single character in Dragon Ball are ordinary ones, all of them have universal level power capable of destroying planets. In early Dragon Ball, Yamcha had a fear of women and tended to get terrified at the sight and touch of a woman, although he seemingly got over this after meeting Bulma when they were 16. Which at that time was Krillin, Tien, and Yamcha. It appears whatever passion and resolve for fighting he had disappeared with the emergence of the Super Saiyans, who severely outclass him in fighting ability, and he eventually comes to accept this. Yamcha next meets up with Goku at the 21st World Martial Arts Tournament where he says he had a haircut at Bulma's request. In the anime, his own training methods began with standard weight-machines; however, his raw strength proved too much for the setup, quickly breaking them from too much force being applied to them. In the Majin Buu saga, Yamcha wears a yellow suit jacket along with a white long-sleeved shirt and black shoes. In the anime version of the Universe Survival Saga, when learning of a tournament pitting all twelve universes against each other, featuring the strongest warriors of each respective universe, Yamcha was excited by the prospect and expected to be chosen as a member of the team. As Earthlings, both Z-Warriors have limited potential and are likely incapable of ever matching the current power levels of Goku, Vegeta, and Gohan. Yamcha realizes he no longer needs to wish away his fear of girls and hooks up with Bulma. Later, when a reformed Tien apologizes for the unnecessary beating, Yamcha says bones can always grow back and that he awaits their next bout. In Dragon Ball Xenoverse, one of Yamcha's playable forms can use the Kaio-ken technique as one of his Supers. He also says that Goku is a good friend, and Goku becomes overjoyed from hearing from his friends. After Super Saiyan Goku defeats Frieza, Yamcha contacts Bulma to inform everyone that Goku failed to escape Namek, though Bulma explains they can revive him with the Namekian Dragon Balls. Krillin's power level before he died was 1700 and when he was on Planet Namek, his potential . Yamcha's favorite vehicle is the Mighty Mouse, his old-fashioned buggy. In the end, Beerus beats Goku, but he doesn't destroy the Earth because he falls asleep in the process. Yamcha is a huge fan of the World Martial Arts Tournament and has always wanted to compete and someday win. There are two Sub Stories that require Yamcha to not be in the player's party as Yamcha plays a role in both. He then makes the wish to resurrect everyone killed by Cell. From watching the news, he hears of the new threat, Cell, a monster that goes around absorbing people. For one, S-class fighters are said to have enough power to destroy the world. After the three years, Yamcha meets Goku, Gohan, Piccolo and Tien at the location of the androids' arrival. As Yamcha was about to defeat Goku, he spots Bulma and retreats, due to his extreme fear of women. Yamcha is not among the 3 strongest humans but he is the third strongest of the earthlings, he said that in the last chapter, although its nothing new, he was always only below Krillin and Tenshinhan. When Beerus arrives on the ship, Yamcha is one of the first to introduce himself to Lord Beerus. Yamcha then goes on to state that he is one of the three strongest Earthlings. Nicholas Raymond is a staff movies & TV features writer for Screen Rant. One of the biggest arguments that Krillin is above Yamcha in Dragon Ball's power structure is built on the notion that Yamcha retired from martial arts. Thanks to having his potential unlocked by Guru and training with Nail prior to the Saiyan invasion, his power level is noted by Vegeta to be over 10,000 and as such, he and Goku together can match Vegeta in combat. Realizing Yamcha has bitten off more than he can chew, Gohan elects to lend Yamcha a hand in dealing with the robots. MORE: Frieza Confirms His Last Defeat Will Come From Broly, Not Goku Or Vegeta. Yamcha, Videl, Chi-Chi, and Master Roshi vs. Yamcha, Goku (Base/Super Saiyan Blue), Gohan, Trunks, Piccolo and Krillin vs. Yamcha vs. Three Galactic Band Brigade Prisoners, Yamcha, Tien Shinhan, and Chiaotzu vs. Zauyogi. Yamcha returned to their camp that night and, while spying on them, learned of the Dragon Balls and their ability to grant a wish. Gohan returns to Oolong and explains it was just a shapeshifting Puar much to his relief. Dragon Ball Heroes, Dragon Ball Z: Idainaru Son Goku Densetsu, Dragon Ball Z: Super Gokuden: Totsugeki-Hen, Dragon Ball Z: Super Gokuden: Kakusei-Hen, Dragon Ball Z: Battle Taikan Kamehameha 2 - Ossu Omee Gok Tenkaichi Budkai, Dragon Ball Z: Shin Budokai - Another Road. In the manga, Bulma suggested Yamcha as a member for Team Universe 7, and Tien believed that he was the last member Goku was recruiting. Answer (1 of 3): You answered your own question. Yamcha is afraid of all women besides Bulma. Master Roshi made significant gains in Dragon Ball Super, but it's hard to say if he's managed to overcome the massive gap that separates him from Krillin and Yamcha. Though he does not want to fight the Androids again, he chooses to tag along to watch the fight between Goku and the Androids and after Goku succumbs to his heart disease, Yamcha is the one to take him home to get him his medicine. After Jackie Chun wins the tournament, Yamcha and the others celebrate by going out to dinner on Roshi's tab. I don't think any other human character has a feat more impressive than easily beating up two SSj-tier opponents simultaneously. Yamcha is the first Z-fighter to have ever fought Goku or have a slight edge over him in the series, and is in fact Goku's first legitimate battle outside of his original home. In desperation Yamcha uses his secret weapon, the Spirit Ball, a powerful ball of guided energy. He has a degree in journalism from the University of Montevallo, and is the author of the psychological thriller and time travel novel, "A Man Against the World." Later on, he would grow his hair out again and eventually cut short to a spikier hairstyle and completely short before growing his hair out once again. Yamcule is a hypothetical fusion of Yamcha and Mr. Satan. 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