


Whereas the other Androids are mostly mechanical, 17 and his twin sister are cyborgs, having been forcibly transformed into their current states by Gero. Gero to carry out his vendetta against Son Goku.

Just below the first belt he wears another belt with a gun holster and another pouch, although he discards it by the time the Androids arrive at Goku's house.Android 17 (real name: Lapis) is one of the Red Ribbon Androids created by Dr. He wears a belt to hold up his blue jeans which have a tear just above the knee of the left leg. He wears a short sleeve black shirt with the Red Ribbon Army's logo, and, underneath, he dons a long-sleeve white shirt.

He wears an orange bandanna around his neck. Underneath his hair, he has two gold hoop earrings. He has shoulder-length black hair and thin, blue eyes. Since they are human-based androids, they can become stronger if they train.Īlso their artificial cells made them stop aging and their appearances remain the same as well before they were turned into androids.Īndroid 17 is a handsome young man who is short, slim build, much like his twin sister, Android 18. The nature and mechanisms of their infinite energy source has not been made clear. Gero to be a biologically modified human being as well as being an infinite energy model, along with his sister Android 18. He kidnapped them and restructured them into Android 17 and Android 18.Īndroid 17 is the first artificial human created by Dr. Gero would meet by chance while looking for fresh material for his experiments. The twins were notorious delinquents, who Dr. He possesses the same abilities as Android 18.Īndroid 17 was originally a human named Lapis, along with his twin sister Lazuli. In Dragon Ball Super, he become an active participant in the Universal Survival Tournament alongside the other Z-Warriors and ultimately becomes the last remaining participant and earns the right to use the Super Dragon Balls for one wish, which he uses to revive all of the universes erased by Zen-Oh. Eventually, he helps Goku later so he can gather more energy for the Super Spirit Bomb against the pure evil Kid Buu. Seven years after the events of the Cell Saga, he maintains a peaceful life as a Park Ranger and is currently married with three children (two of which are adopted). Eventually, he redeems himself and aids Piccolo fight against Cell before being absorbed. 17 later fights with Piccolo (who turned into a Super Namekian), but they are evenly matched. He and 18 attack the Z-Fighters and defeat them. Gero, who is uncooperative with Android 18's curiosity in activating Android 16. Despite his interests not initially deviating from this expectation, Android 17 takes it upon himself to kill Dr. Gero's seventeenth android creation, designed to serve Gero's vendetta against Goku who overthrew the Red Ribbon Army as a child.
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~ 17's last words before apparently sacrificing himself to save the rest of Team Universe 7 from JirenĪndroid 17 is one of the main characters in the Dragon Ball manga, and the anime series Dragon Ball Z and Dragon Ball GT.
