Shown here in the middle of returning to his original larva form, Cell grew from the above "baby" form into a larva form, which also included a giant husk (which Gohan, Bulma, and Trunks discovered out in the woods). The larva would break out of this husk, which would result in Cell's first actual form (which was very lizard-like). In the future timeline, Cell kills Trunks and steals his time machine. Cell, in his first form, cannot fit into the time machine, however, and is forced to degenerate into his larva form. This larva form somewhat creates a purple egg (which Gohan and the others also find); when Cell arrives in the timeline, he bursts from this egg, encased in the husk as larva. The larva breaks out of the husk, leaving it empty in the woods near the time machine. This husk was the first thing discovered, and the first indication that something evil was on its way... and may have even been here for years! In our timeline, once Cell breaks from the husk, he never returns. It is only in the future timeline that the degeneration occurs.

To make matters even more complicated, Cell appears to even go "USSJ," the interesting stage between SSJ1 and SSJ2. in two instances. The first time Cell shows off this stage is shortly after Trunks transforms into USSJ2; Cell mocks him by also turning into an extremely "buff" stage, scoffing at the drop in speed and high energy consumption. Later, when SSJ2 Gohan knocks back Cell's giant Kamehameha with no problem, Cell makes the same mistake that Vegeta and Trunks had made, earlier; he bulks up his muscle size, which increases his over-all strength... but drastically reduces his speed. Is this USSJ? We don't really know for sure, but it's pretty convincing...!

When Bee (the dog) is shot, Majin Buu goes into an uncontrollable fury. His only two friends, Mr. Satan and Bay, are now reduced to one. While Buu is ultimately able to heal Bee, the repercussions of the attack are too great.

The attack on Bay prompts Majin Buu to vent out an incredible amount of steam from the vents on his head; it appears that he is actually venting out, in a physical manifestation, all of the evil intents and thoughts he holds inside of himself! What emerges is a skinny, gray, "evil" Majin Buu that attacks the "Fat" Majin Buu. His speed and power surpass "Fat" Buu, and eventually turns him into a cookie and eats him! This "absorbing" of the "Fat" buu results in the changing into "Super" Buu, as seen below.

NOTE: Technically, once Majin Buu vents out the "Evil" Buu, he becomes "Mr. Buu" (as further described below). Since he's only around for a short time at this point, we will discuss him in more detail, later.

Once Goku and his friends are ripped from the innards of the new "Super" Buu and "Fat" Buu is disconnected, somehow the absolutely original Majin Buu is all that remains! This may seem (and is) completely confusing; if everyone is ripped out of "Super" Buu (being Gotenks, Piccolo, Gohan, Goku, and Vegeta; "Fat" Buu is disconnected on the inside)... all that should remain is "Gray/Evil" Buu, just as he was before he started absorbing people.

However, what we have is the original form of Buu, as created by the magician Bibidi (Babidi's father). This Buu is chibi (small) in form; basically, a diminutive "Super" Buu. This Buu, however, never really speaks, instead choosing to make strange chirping and bellowing noises, yelping and flopping around like a combination between a newborn baby and a monkey!

This Buu has the ability to learn techniques simply by watching them, nevermind experiencing them (as seen by his teleporting to Kaiôshin's planet after watching Goku use Shunkan-idô, where-as Cell had to actually be in the teleportation to use it). The strength and speed of this Buu are nearly incomprehensible; Goku and Vegeta are no match, and with Vegeta's earring crushed, fusion cannot be attained. This new Buu is ultimately defeated by Goku with a giant Genki-Dama comprised of energy donated from every human on Earth, but not before doing one last "transformation"...

When Chibi Buu is formed and begins attacking people, there is still one person he cannot bring himself to hit... Mr. Satan. Buu remembers how Mr. Satan befriended him and treated him so well, but still desires to let the evil take over and destroy, destroy, destroy!

Buu hunches over, cluching his head in pain, spits something out... and... what's this?!

Out comes the "Fat" Majin Buu?! With "Fat" Buu out of his system, Buu truly has come back to his original, pure evil form! However, the other Buu (sometimes called "Mr. Buu") is now a Buu without any evil, what-so-ever, in his system. He is a pure-hearted fighter and even tries to help out in the battle by attacking Chibi Buu!

When you really sit back and think about it, he shouldn't be able to co-exist with Chibi Buu... but whatever!

MAJIN BUU (+SOUTHERN KAIÔSHIN; anime-only flashback)

In an anime-only flashback right after Buu degenerates into his "Chibi" form, the viewers are treated to a story showcasing just how the "Fat" Majin Buu came to be! When Bibidi created Majin Buu, they attacked the five Kaiôshin (Northern, Southern, Eastern, Western, and Dai Kaiôshin) of the universe (the only one remaining, from the East, being the one we know from our present timeline who appeared with Kibito).

Majin Buu killed two Kaiôshin (Northern and Western), but managed to absorb two others before being sealed away by the Kaiôshin that we know! Buu first absorbs the Southern Kaiôshin, and transforms into an incredibly "buff" version of himself shown above (which increases his strength quite dramatically, apparently). After this, Buu absorbs another fat, jolly old man... Dai Kaiôshin. When Buu absorbed this Kaiôshin... the "Fat" Majin Buu that is first introduced to us is formed! The fat, jolly Kaiôshin holds back some of Buu's power when absorbed, and turns him into an almost innocent, child-like monster.

Note that in the manga, this "form" is somewhat seen, but only as a middle-ground during Buu's full transformation into Chibi Buu. The full series of events (and Buu actually walking around in this stage) is seen only in the anime-exclusive flashback.

UUB

As he destroys Chibi Buu with a giant Spirit Bomb, Goku wishes that he could one day fight Buu again. King Yemma hears Goku's request, and works a little afterlife magic. Little does anyone know, but Buu is being reincarnated... without evil... as a human child!

At the 28th Tenka-ichi Budôkai, Goku realizes that a new, strong challenger awaits him... in the form of a scared, poor little boy named "Uub" ("Buu" spelled backwards). Goku forces this child to show his hidden powers by verbally and physically attacking him; everyone is astounded to see such a young child (really only grade-school age) display such incredible power.

Goku, always the terrible father and husband that he is, decides to take off with Uub and train. And so ends DragonBall (and thus DragonBall Z) with Goku leaving with this child to train! Of course, 10 years later they will re-emerge from Dende's Palace when DragonBall GT begins... but that's a completely new story, one which involves yet another transformation of Majin Buu!

• Ginger: "Shôgayaki!" ("Ginger Fried Pork")
• Nicky: "Nodoame!" ("Throat Lozenge")
• Sansho: "Unajû!" ("Eel with Rice")

Tullece appears on the scene looking exactly like Goku in nearly every way; facial features, hair, and even muscle tone. At this point in the series, Goku has not yet gone Super Saiyan, and is only able to use Kaiô-Ken to temporarily increase his strength and speed; Turles does not show any hint of these types of abilities, and in fact, avoids fighting for the most part until later in the movie! It is only when he is faced with Goku that we truly see what Turles' plan was all along... to eat the holy fruit.

Upon eating the fruit, Tullece's muscles bugle and expand an incredible deal almost immediately. Interestingly, though, they do not stay at this point; they seem to contract right back down to normal, even though it is quite obvious that Tullece's strength and speed have increased exponentially. This quasi-transformation puts Tullece's strength far above Goku's own, and it is only with the Genki-Dama that Goku is able to defeat him.

Temporarily running out of ideas for characters? Let's just repeat the Piccolo-Daimaô arc all over again in a short DBZ movie! That's pretty much what DBZ movie 4 amounts to, and Slug takes full advantage of his Namekian abilities... abilities that we've already seen far too often in the show, already!

When he first shows up, he is quite aged; what better to do than use Earth's Dragon Balls to again wish for youth?! Just as Piccolo-Daimaô had done, Slug returns to his (more powerful) youthful form by using the Dragon Balls.

Sound like you've heard it before? Oh, just wait!

But the fun doesn't stop there, oh no! Just as we had seen Ma Junior do at the 23rd Tenka-ichi Budôkai, Slug uses the good ol' "grow a gazillion times larger" ability. In essence, Slug is as derivative of a character as it gets in DBZ (and oh, how it gets!), and his transformations follow suit in this very fashion.

If you're looking for fun new transformations... keep on looking ^_~.

densetsu no sûpâ saiya-jin... The Legendary Super Saiyan

When we first are introduced to Broli, he appears to be nothing more than a calm (perhaps scared?) young man, a survivor of the Saiyan race with his father, Paragus. They have come to Earth in (supposed) hopes to recruiting "King" Vegeta to once again lead them as a people, this time in hopes of defeating the so-called "Legendary Super Saiyan."

Things start to change when Broly is confronted with Goku ("Kakarrot," of course!), and he begins to lose his temper.

Courtesy of a convenient flashback we are shown that, as a child (pre-teen?), Broli has seemingly already transformed into a Super Saiyan and is running amuck out of control; Broli was apparently born quite insane, and it did not seem to be helped by Goku's incessant crying in the baby ward (the two were born on the same day)! Paragas is forced to have a special device made that wraps around Broli's head. Via a hand-held control, Paragas is able to keep Broli subdued (and not running around destroying galaxies!).

However, now that Goku is back in the picture, Paragas' device is unable to fully control Broly. For the first few instances of the fighting, Broli showcases a strange form of Super Saiyan in which his hair is a green-ish/blue and stands on end. In some cases, his pupils disappear (mostly when making the transformation from Super Saiyan to "Legendary Super Saiyan," as described below).

Once Broly confronts Goku for the second time, he transforms directly into his "Legendary Super Saiyan" stage. In this stage, Broly loses his pupils, his hair stands very much on end (especially on the sides and in the back), his muscles increase in size by the most dramatic sense we've ever seen in the entire DragonBall franchise... and he appears to have no weaknesses, what-so-ever.

It's very difficult to place this stage in the canon continuity of SSJ stages; it looks most similar to USSJ, but does not have its weaknesses, similar to SSJ2. The sixth daizenshuu even goes so far as to name this stage directly as its own entity (literally naming it "densetsu no sûpâ saiya-jin"). It is only Goku (with the combined power of all of his friends) that can defeat Broly... and even that doesn't kill him...

When Broly lands on Earth in movie 10, the viewers are somewhat shocked to see him in neither regular form of "Legendary SSJ" form... he appears as a regular Super Saiyan! With a much more reserved muscle bulk and pupils, Broly crashes in his ship as a Super Saiyan and falls asleep...

When Videl, Goten, and Trunks come across Broly, he has turned back into a regular Super Saiyan, and continues to fight in his form for a rather long duration of time. While as a regular Super Saiyan, Broly seems to have much more fun taking pleasure in the destruction and pain he causes to his foes, smirking and licking the blood off of his lips.

It isn't until Gohan arrives and is forced to transform into SSJ2 that Broly once again lets loose with the "Legendary" form. The pupils disappear and the muscles bulk up, just as they had done in the previous feature; this is the Broly that is a force to be reckoned with! He is ultimately killed, once and for all, with a massive triple Kamehameha from the father and his two sons. Broly may be dead... but he's not through transforming!

In movie 11, we learn that Broli has been cloned at a bio-warrior production plant. What the creators failed to note was the utter insanity that is Broly. When he breaks free, he also sets loose strange goo in the plant which covers him, creating a very mutant-like "Bio-Broly" (note: this is the official name for this character/clone, as written in the sixth daizenshuu). Broly's clone seems to be in "Legendary" form while in this stage since no pupils appear in the red eyes. There is also the strange, red, beating heart. The only further "transformation" (somewhat) that this mutant undergoes is a giant resizing of himself near the end of the feature .Popping out of the ocean as a giant (literally), Broly's mutant/sludge clone is destroyed (for good, this time!) with a double blast from Goten and Trunks.

In one of the only instances in DBZ history, both the main villain and one of his henchmen have transformations! In both case, they are pretty simple with slight color and muscle changes that are mostly visible.

Gokua is Bojack's henchman with a sword that battles Trunks. Like most of the other henchmen, he speaks very little, and seems to have quite an ego! In his base form he sports green skin, yellow hair, and some rather puffy shoulders. His body mass is very well toned, but not to any excessive amount. His face is rather calm looking, as well. It seems that when Gokua realizes that Trunks may be more of a match than he thought, he pauses as the crystal he wears hanging from his necklace begins to glow, and his hair starts to stand on end slightly. He raises his arms into the air, and when the water clears away, he is much more buff than before, his hair is red, and his shirt has torn apart. What is most interesting about Gokua's transformation has little to do with him, and actually seems to have more to do with the movie's animators; in the second scene (where Trunks ultimately kills him), his hair randomly goes back and forth between the new red and the original yellow color! He does not seem to have transformed back (his body is still much larger than before), and in the matter of just a couple frames and a crash through a building, his hair has changed colors, only to change back again just another second later! Intentional, or mistake? Hard to tell...!

Next up is the main villain, himself, Bojack. Many describe Bojack in his main form as a "pirate," and this makes quite a bit of sense. His clothing seems almost "frilly," with an interesting cape and a few necklaces hanging down, in addition to the bandana wrapped around his head...

... all he's missing is the eye patch!

In his base form, his skin is green and he has long yellow-ish/red hair that falls down his back. Similar to Gokua's first form, his muscle bulk is relatively well-toned, but not to any excess.

Bojack transforms after Vegeta's arrival. His transformation is a very quick yelling and bringing down of the arms. In his transformed state his hair changes to a much more defined red his cape and upper clothing is "burned" away, and he grows more muscular.

Probably one of the most insane and absurd transformation sequences in the entire DragonBall franchise, Janenba is certainly a character all to him... her... err... itself! When the young Oni (Tank Boy) accidentally lets the soul cleansing machine overload, all Hell breaks loose... literally! He is overtaken by Janenba, an amalgamation of evil souls. What's most strange about Janenba is... well... look at him! Very similar to Majin Buu when he first appeared, Janenba is very childlike in nature, seemingly only out to have fun and amuse himself. He's extremely large with exaggerated features, and can be found saying his name repeatedly, clapping, and laughing to himself. He wears pinkish clothing on his lower regions and arms, and does not appear to have a nose. He can also seemingly bend the laws of... well... anything, really, as he sees fit; gravity and physics, in general, do not seem to be an issue for Janenba!

After Janenba's dozens of miniature self versions are defeated by Goku, and he is beaten to a pulp by SSJ3 Goku, Janenba begins his transformation into his "true" self... a much more demonic creature, also very similar to a Majin Buu form (specifically, the "Chibi" form).

In this form he is much smaller than before in every way (height and muscle mass). His tail seems to have grown a good deal, as have his two horns. His skin is now red, with a purple-ish armor-type surrounding over most of the body (horns, torso, and legs).

Just as before, Janenba seems to have control over much of physics, now even teleporting himself around in a series of puzzle piece-type objects! He now only grunts and yelps, not even saying his name as he did in the previous form.

Janenba also creates a sword which he can use to slice through the air, pushing blades of cutting wind as his opponent.

Hildegarn's first form is actually a full form cut in half. On the planet Konack, Hildegarn was brought to life by evil sorcerers, but was cut in half with the help of a holy sword. Since Hildegarn could not actually be killed, the two halves were sealed away. One half resides within Tapion, while the other half originally resided within his brother, Minoshia. Unfortunately, since the other half has gotten lose, this can only mean that Minoshia is dead.

Hildegarn is a somewhat Godzilla-like monster, if only in size and destruction. He does the majority of crushing with his giant feet and long, swinging tail.

Hildegarn's transformation seems to be more of an instant evolution than anything else. Similar to a butterfly, Hildegarn breaks free from a cocoon-type encasing, and rises with slightly changed features and new wings. Two long horns now stretch back from his head, which is now more than just the skull from before.

Hildegarn's speed and power also increases with the transformation (of course). He also seems to adopt a new teleportation-type technique, allowing him to almost always stay one step ahead of his opponent.