General Rilldo

General Rilldo
“ Why did you decide to start walking rather than continue to crawl? And then why did you venture into space rather than continue to walk? Progress, my little friend. Natural evolution. Just as the inferior beings of this planet were replaced by our robot mutants, so too does forward progress dictate that this must happen throughout the galaxy. Dr. Myuu is the grand conductor of this orchestration, and there is nothing you can do to stop him! The strong must flourish and the weak must perish! „ ― General Rilldo to Goku in "A General Uprising"
Vital statistics
Names	General Rilldo, Rulrildo, Rirudo, Rilld, General Lock (Blue Water dub)
Gender	Male
Race	Machine Mutant
Occupation	Commander
Origin	Dragon Ball GT Episode 15: "Beginning of the End" (もうグレてやる!!パンの家いえ出で! Mō Gurete Yaru!! Pan no Iede!?, lit. "I'm Running Away!! Pan's Desertion?!") (1996)
Alignment	Evil
Age	Unknown
Created By	Toei Animation
Height	Not Stated
Weight	Not Stated

General Rilldo (リルド将軍) is a Machine Mutant antagonist in the anime Dragon Ball GT. He is Dr. Myuu's general, as well as the commander of planet M-2.

Appearance

General Rilldo is the largest of the Machine Mutants in the series at the time of his introduction and unlike his counter parts has a more humanoid face. In his second form he takes on some of the features from the members of the Sigma Force after absorbing their powers. In his third and final form, he takes on a more sleek appearance where his body is capable of turning into a liquid like metal.

Personality

General Rilldo is a stern and arrogant commander. He believes in the superiority of Machine Mutants to all biological beings, especially humans and Saiyans.

Biography

Background

General Rilldo was formerly an ordinary alien, around Age 760 to 770 of the Dragon Ball timeline. He was restructured into a Machine Mutant by Dr. Myuu to be the leader of his Machine Mutant armies on M-2.

Dragon Ball GT

Black Star Dragon Ball Saga

Rilldo is first seen when Dolltaki tries to inform Dr. Myuu of Luud's defeat. However, in Myuu's place is General Rilldo, who murders Dolltaki for his failures. Later, when Goku, Pan, and Trunks arrive on the planet M-2 with Giru, Rilldo sends the Sigma Force to capture them.

Baby Saga

The Sigma Force eventually manage to capture Goku and Trunks, and bring them back to Rilldo.

While their power levels are being scanned, the Machine Mutants become concerned with Goku's power, and show this information to General Rilldo, who becomes surprised and concerned himself. The Sigma Force are eventually defeated by Goku, even after turning into the Super Mega Cannon Sigma, leaving the hot-headed Rilldo to take care of the two by himself.

Sensing his approach, Trunks becomes stunned by the almost impossible Ki that he can feel. Goku meanwhile is amazed too saying that Rilldo is even more powerful than Buu. Pan attacks Rilldo and to everyone's surprise knocks him down, when he fires back using his Metal Breath, Trunks intercepts taking the attack in place of Pan and is turned into metal and transported away.

When attacking Goku, Rilldo turns the surroundings into metal when Goku dodges all of Rilldo's Metal Breath beams. He instead decides to fight Goku the old fashioned way and dukes it out over the skies of M-2 however it isn't long before Goku gains the advantage in the battle. After Goku transforms into a Super Saiyan, Rilldo combines with the four members of the Sigma Force and powers up to his Hyper Meta Rilldo form. As Goku once again begins to gain the upper hand, Rilldo transforms again to allow him to fuse with any metal on the planet. Eventually, Rilldo succeeds in turning both Goku and Pan into metal.

Later, while the trio try to leave the planet M-2, Rilldo stops them by grabbing hold of the Grand Tour Spaceship. Trunks tries to reason with him, saying he was nothing but a pawn in Dr. Myuu's games, just an inferior being that would be shut down once his plans with the other creation Baby were complete. Rilldo refuses to listen, but the three fire a combined Kamehameha attack that easily kills the un-transformed Rilldo.

It is later revealed that Rilldo was in fact under the control of Baby during that time.

Super 17 Saga

General Rilldo, like other villains, escapes from Hell, thanks to Myuu and Dr. Gero. He is first seen chasing Pan and Mr. Satan, only for them to be saved by Gohan. The two end up fighting, with Rilldo easily gaining the upper hand. He is even successful in encasing Gohan's arm and leg in metal. He nearly kills Gohan, but is killed by a sneak Ki Blast attack from Majuub.

He is last seen waiting with the other villains on their way to King Yemma's Check-In Station in the Other World.

Powers and Stats

Tier: 2-C | 2-C | 2-C

Key: Base | Hyper Meta Rilldo | Meta-Rilldo

Powers and Abilities: Superhuman Physical Characteristics, Longevity, Acrobatics, Martial Arts, True Flight, Spaceflight, Self-Sustenance (Types 1, 2 and possibly 3), Ki Manipulation (Can be used defensively and offensively, to strengthen his skin or to fire ki blasts, which can home in on targets and form defensive barriers), Body Manipulation and Malleability, Metal Manipulation, Regeneration (High-Mid), Dimensional Travel, Sound Manipulation, Space-Time Manipulation & Portal Creation (At Buu Saga level of power he can create dimensional rifts and destroy space-time and pocket dimensions with his energy), Transformation, Assimilation (Rildo's transformation into Hyper Meta Rildo is triggered by absorbing the remains of the Sigma Force), Forcefield Creation (As Hyper Meta Rildo), Resistance to Extreme Cold and Cosmic Radiations

Attack Potency: Low Multiverse level (Goku remarked that Rilldo was even stronger than Buu) | Low Multiverse level (Somewhat comparable to Super Saiyan Goku) | Low Multiverse level (Fought evenly with Super Saiyan Goku, and eventually defeated him by encasing him in metal)

Speed: Massively FTL+ (Far superior to Base Goku during the Otherworld Tournament Saga, who traversed the afterlife at 4.38 quadrillion times FTL) | Massively FTL+ | Massively FTL+

Lifting Strength: At least Class P, likely far higher

Striking Strength: Low Multiverse level | Low Multiverse level | Low Multiverse level

Durability: Low Multiverse level | Low Multiverse level | Low Multiverse level, his ability to regenerate by absorbing metal makes him very difficult to kill

Stamina: Superhuman. He did not tire during his fight with Goku. Considering his ability to rejuvenate himself with metal and the fact that he is a mechanical being, it may be infinite.

Range: Standard Melee Range, Low Multiversal with ki blasts and attacks | Standard Melee Range, Low Multiversal with ki blasts and attacks | Standard Melee Range, Low Multiversal with ki blasts and attacks. His ability to manipulate metal has at least Planetary range

Standard Equipment: None | Remains of the Sigma Force | Any metal materials or minerals in the vicinity

Intelligence: Combat savvy, unknown otherwise

Weaknesses: None notable

Notable Attacks/Techniques:

• Flight: The ability to levitate and fly using his cybernetic powers.
• Ki Blast: The most basic form of energy wave. Rilldo used it to kill Dolltaki.
• Blaster: Hyper-Meta Rilldo can fire a pink blast from a cannon in his arm.
• Deadly Crush: A powerful punch used against Gohan, which Gohan dodged at the last second.
• Deadly Metal Needles: Meta-Rilldo's special technique, where he fires tiny pink lasers powerful enough to cut through metal.
• Shooting Knuckle: A technique where General Rilldo launches one of his arms at his opponent in the form of a rocket. Used while fighting Gohan on Earth.
• Super Explosive Wave: A powerful Explosive Wave technique used by Rilldo during his battle against Goku.
• Absorption: Rilldo can absorb the remains of Super Mega Cannon Sigma to transform into his Hyper-Meta Rilldo form.
• Metal Mending: Rilldo can absorb metal into himself to regenerate.
• Energy Shield: Used by Hyper-Meta Rilldo to deflect Goku's energy barrage.
• Hyper Meta-Rilldo Punch: Rilldo's left hand transforms into a drill that expands as it moves forward, tearing apart everything it hits. Goku was able to stop it by grabbing the tip of the drill and gripping it until it stopped.
• Liquefaction: The ability to liquefy and pass through metal.
• Metal Breath: In all his forms, Rilldo can turn anything into metal by firing a green beam from his mouth.
• Metal Manipulation: In his final form, Rilldo can control metal on Planet M-2 and possibly on other metal-rich planets at will.

Note: The statistics of Dragon Ball GT/Movie characters are part of a separate continuity and tend to differ significantly from the current canon.

Trivia

• During his battle with Goku, in the dub he remarked that if Goku were to become a Machine Mutant, he would most likely turn out like him.
• Rilldo's shiny metal appearance in his Meta form looks similar to Meta-Coolers (both were voiced by Andrew Chandler in the Funimation dub as well). Both villains have several similarities as they both can regenerate, have Metal bodies, are effectively one with a machine planet (Big Gete Star and M-2), and manage to overwhelm and capture Goku briefly, only to be killed later on with an energy attack.
• Early in the Baby Saga, Rilldo says that the only way he can be killed is by destroying all the metal on the planet since he can use it to recreate himself. However, he is killed later by a single blast by Trunks, Pan, and Goku when he is under the control of Baby.
• General Rilldo closely resembles Bon Para.
• Rilldo's metal, liquifying body in his second form is somewhat similar to the T-1000 from the Terminator series.
• Rilldo's name is an anagram of the Japanese pronunciation for "drill" (ドリル).