Appule

Appule
Vital statistics
Names	Appule, Apoule, Apool, Apule, Slug
Gender	Male
Race	Alien
Occupation	Solider (Frieza Force)
Origin	Dragon Ball Chapter 250: (DBZ 56) "Goku Returns! Again!" (孫そん悟ご空くう　復ふっ活かつ！！ Son Gokū Fukkatsu!!, lit. "Son Goku Revived!!") November 14, 1989 (Weekly Shōnen Jump, 1989 #50)
Alignment	Evil
Age	Over 41
Created By	Akira Toriyama
Height	Not Stated
Weight	Not Stated

Appule (アプール, Apūru) is a mid-ranking soldier in the Frieza Force, noted for his intelligence and power, placing him above the unnamed Frieza Soldiers but below Zarbon, Dodoria, and Cui in rank.

Appearance

Appule is a purple-skinned alien with yellow spots on his body and head. He lacks a nose and is always seen wearing traditional Frieza Force battle armor. Unlike many other members of the force, he is never shown wearing a scouter.

Personality

Appule is loyal and obedient, promptly following the orders of both Zarbon and Frieza. He is relatively intelligent; for example, he correctly deduces that Vegeta had already taken the Dragon Ball from a Namekian village upon finding its inhabitants dead. Appule shows contempt for the Namekians, mocking them during their deaths. He can also be arrogant, as seen when he taunts the wounded Vegeta just before his own demise.

Biography

Dragon Ball Z

Saiyan Saga

Appule is among those chosen by Dodoria and Zarbon on Planet Frieza 79 for a top-secret mission to invade Namek, just as Goku's battle with Vegeta is concluding.

Frieza Saga

Appule is dispatched to Namek as part of Frieza's search for the Dragon Balls and reports any findings of Namekian villages. He arrives at Moori's village with other members of the raiding group, where he initially watches his comrades fight before joining the battle himself. Appule is knocked away by a Namekian, but he survives the battle along with Dodoria and Zarbon. Later, he discovers the destroyed Namekian village of Tsuno, reporting back to Frieza. He is then tasked with overseeing Vegeta's recovery. However, Vegeta escapes from the Medical Machine and kills Appule with a single energy blast.

Dragon Ball GT

Super 17 Saga

Appule makes a cameo appearance in Dragon Ball GT when he escapes from Hell alongside Raspberry and other Frieza Force soldiers to attack a city, where they are ultimately defeated by Trunks.

Xenoverse

In the GT Pack 1 DLC, Appule and Raspberry escape from Hell in the GT Timeline and attack the West City suburbs, only to be confronted by the Future Warrior. Appule, recognizing the warrior's strength, realizes that they are outmatched and fears they will be killed and sent back to Hell.

Xenoverse 2

Frieza's Siege

Appule invades Conton City with the rest of the Frieza Force. He mistakenly believes the Future Warrior has betrayed them, unaware that they were actually an undercover Time Patroller.

Dragon Ball Legends

During the Tournament of Time, multiple incarnations of Appule appear due to the tournament's hyperdimensional nature. He is one of the few soldiers who remain loyal to Frieza after most of the Frieza Force is convinced that Frieza is a fake.

Appule teams up with Shallot after they form an alliance with Frieza to rescue the kidnapped Bulma (Youth). During a mission to find new recruits, he is taunted by a rogue faction but is saved by Shallot. Appule expresses that all Saiyans look the same to him and notes that Shallot seems to call all members of his race "Appule," to which Shallot humorously agrees.

Appule manages to recruit Android 19, but the android turns out to be a spy for Turles and Dr. Gero, who are aligned with the rogue faction. Despite their efforts, Frieza kills Appule for his mistake, enraging Shallot to the point of confronting Frieza, though he is ultimately reminded of his mission to save Bulma.

Ironically, after helping Frieza regain control of his army by eliminating Frost, a usurper from Universe 6, Frieza allies himself with Dr. Gero and Turles and sends his men to hunt down the three Saiyans. This leads to a confrontation where Super Saiyan Shallot kills Frieza, avenging both Vegeta and Appule's deaths. However, Shallot encounters more incarnations of Appule afterward.

Powers and Statistics

Tier: 5-B

Powers and Abilities: Superhuman Physical Characteristics, Acrobatics, Skilled In Martial Arts and Ki Manipulation,Afterimages, Flight, Information Analysis and Extrasensory Perception (Via Scouter; The Scouter can be used for the following: communicate to other Scouters near or as far as deep outer space, detect power level, location, distance, and velocity)

Attack Potency: Planet level (Stronger than the average Frieza Soldier, who are similar in strength to Raditz)

Speed: Relativistic+

Lifting Strength: Unknown

Striking Strength: Planet level

Durability: Planet level

Stamina: Superhuman

Range: Standard Melee Range, Planetary with Ki Blasts

Standard Equipment: His Scouter

Intelligence: At least Above Average. (is a mid-ranking soldier in the Frieza Force, noted for his intelligence )

Weaknesses: None notable

Notable Attacks/Techniques:

• Energy Wave – Appule puts his hands in front of his body and unleashes a purple wave of energy from his hands. It is one of his special techniques in Dragon Ball Z II: Gekishin Freeza, Dragon Ball Z: Super Saiya Densetsu, and Dragon Ball Z: Super Gokuden: Kakusei-Hen, and one of his Blast 2 in the Budokai Tenkaichi series.
  • High Agility Rush – Appule's Super Attack in Dragon Ball Z: Dokkan Battle. Appule poses as if performing a Mach Dash and fires an Energy Wave from his body.

• Continuous Energy Bullet – A combination of many energy waves fired at a rapid rate. It is one of his special techniques in Super Saiya Densetsu.
  • Consecutive Energy Blast - An energy sphere barrage used by Appule as one of his Super Skills in Xenoverse 2.
  • Full Power Energy Blast Volley - Appule's Ultimate Skill in the Dragon Ball Xenoverse series.
• High Speed Rush – Appule's Blast 2 Rush Attack in the Budokai Tenkaichi series.
• Full Power Energy Ball – Appule's Ultimate Blast in the Budokai Tenkaichi series.
• Energy Charge - A ki charging technique used by Appule as one of his Super Skills in Xenoverse 2.
  • Full Power Charge – One of Appule's Blast 1 in the Budokai Tenkaichi series.
• Backflip - A Super Skill that allows Appule to dodge backwards by backflipping used in Xenoverse 2.
• Super Front Jump - A forward somersault used by Appule as his Evasive Skill in Xenoverse 2.
• Ki Transfer - A technique where the user transfers ki to another person to restore their energy or power them up. Used by Appule in Parallel Quest 98: "Villains Regroup!" in Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2.

Trivia

• Appule's name is a pun on the fruit "apple."
• Appule's skin color varies throughout the series; at some stages, he appears with light purple or light blue skin, while in others, he is depicted with a pure purple color.
• In Budokai Tenkaichi 3, Appule's biography incorrectly states that he injured Vegeta, when in reality, it was the transformed Zarbon who did so.
• Appule, or a character similar to him, appears twice in crossover events with the manga KochiKame. In volume 63 of the KochiKame manga, the main character, Ryotsu Kankichi, is thrown into the Namek Saga after making a joke about renaming the series "KochiKame Z," where he meets Frieza, Zarbon, and Appule. In the Dragon Ball chapter of the Chō KochiKame crossover manga, Appule and Frieza are seen waiting for the three remaining Namekian Dragon Balls when Ryotsu arrives and claims that Frieza has parked his spaceship illegally. After several failed attempts to kill Ryotsu, Appule realizes that Ryotsu is a gag manga character who cannot die, leading Frieza and Appule to return to their spaceship and leave.