Potaro (The Survivor)

"You've threatened my friends... my family... everyone I've ever known. NOW IT ENDS!"

- Potaro before fighting Arctic

Potaro (pronounced Poh-tar-oh) is the main character in Dragon Ball Z: The Survivor. He is the son of Terrax, a high-ranking Saiyan military man. His name comes from the word Potato.

Appearence
Potaro is originally potrayed as a rather skinny, whipcord like youth. He is wearing a scanner when he arrives of Vigil, but as the series progress, he wears it less and less, and when he fights the Manticore at the Old Temple, he tears it off and breaks it. Sense then he never wears it.

Potaro is seen getting slowly taller, in contrast to his original short build, as well as gaining more muscle. This can be contributed to the fact that Saiyans get stronge after every battle. By the time he leaves Vigil at the end of the Revenge Saga, he has almost completely discareded the traditional Saiyan wear.

While training with Prince Vegeta on Namek during the Vegeta Saga, Potaro has reached his full hight and now is fully muscular. He is shown to be able to beat Vegeta during a fight, and even wears Goku-like clothes, except the symbol is of the Saiyan Race. He appears more cocky and confident, easily flying back towards Vigil, using



only his Ki to form a protective energy bubble. Potaro's hairstyle also changes to match Goku's (though it is speculated that it took on this quality when Frieza struck at him with a Destructo Disk, which did shave off parts of his hair.)

Unlike Goku, by the beginning of the Arctic Saga, Potaro has gained a fine collection of scars and bruises, mostly from his brief, brutal battle with Freiza (a non-canon moment that took place shortly after Vegeta, his mentor, was killed). When Zechariah asked him where they came from, he responded with a line from an Indiana Jones move, "It's not the years, it's the milage!" in response to Aria thinking that Saiyans get more scars as they grow older. He wears this for most of the series.

During the Arctic Saga, Potaro adopts a more Vegeta-like look in response to Arctic's attack. During this time he unlocks his Super Saiyan form when Aria is knocked off a cliff. In this form he looks almost exactly like Vegeta does in that form, though his power seems to be much higher. His hair is once again reshaped when Arctic uses a similar move as Frieza's which makes his hair more like Gohan's. Potaro grumbles about too much action in his life.

History
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