Nappa

Nappa is the towering, bald Saiyan elite who served as Vegeta's second-in-command during the Saiyan invasion of Earth. A military general from Planet Vegeta's royal army, Nappa survived Frieza's destruction of the Saiyan homeworld because he was off-world with Vegeta and Raditz on a mission.Nappa is the towering, bald Saiyan elite who served as Vegeta's second-in-command during the Saiyan invasion of Earth. A military general from Planet Vegeta's royal army, Nappa survived Frieza's destruction of the Saiyan homeworld because he was off-world with Vegeta and Raditz on a mission. A battle-hardened veteran of countless planetary conquests, Nappa wielded raw power that dwarfed anything the Z-Fighters had encountered. Upon arriving on Earth with Vegeta, he single-handedly demolished the assembled Z-Fighter team, killing Chiaotzu (self-destruct), Tien (in rage), and Piccolo (protecting Gohan) while shrugging off their strongest attacks with casual sadism. His most devastating technique, the Volcano Explosion, raised two fingers and instantaneously obliterated an entire city skyline. Nappa's defeat came at the hands of a newly returned Goku, who had completed King Kai's training and whose power level of over 8,000 utterly overwhelmed the Saiyan general. Vegeta, disgusted by Nappa's failure and injury, executed him without hesitation, casually tossing the broken warrior into the air and destroying him with a single energy blast. Nappa's pragmatic cruelty and absolute loyalty to Vegeta's command made him a memorable early antagonist — less cunning than his prince but terrifying in his brute-force application of Saiyan supremacy. His presence established the enormous power gap between Earth's warriors and the galactic-scale threats they would face throughout Dragon Ball Z. In non-canon material and video games, Nappa has enjoyed comedic afterlife appearances, often depicted as a movie producer or a ghost lamenting Vegeta's betrayal. ... Read more