Editing Android 13 (section)

== Personality ==
Being a man-made android and serving only as a lackey to target and kill Goku, Android 13 seems to display little-to-no emotion. His face seems to always display a diabolical grin. In the original version, he is dead-set on this goal although he seems to be laid-back about approaching it, saying that anyone who gets in his way will die as well.

In the Funimation dub, his attitude is essentially that of a stereotypical "redneck" (which his character design also appears to have been modeled after), with Future Trunks even referring to him as a Red Ribbon Redneck at one point. Android 13 makes references to Native Americans when noting that if Goku couldn't even handle the "Indians" (referring to Androids 14 and 15), there's no need to bring out the chief in reference to himself (who shared a rivalry with cowboys in the Old West) and even yells "Yeehah!" during battle. When using the S.S. Deadly Bomber, he also makes a brief reference to heat stroke when Goku attempts to block the attack by noting that Goku had been "out in the sun without his hat on for way too long." Also in the dub, he scarcely refers to Goku by name, preferring instead to call him by such titles as "city boy," "son" or "boy". In fact, he only refers to Goku by name three times: the first time when he is first activated, the second when stating that he will go through with his mission to kill Goku to Future Trunks, and the third just before his destruction. Owing to the basis of his attitude in the dub, he speaks with an extremely thick Mason-Dixie accent.

In addition, Funimation's dub provides a further glimpse into Android 13's psyche when he lectures Future Trunks about how people have misused their free-will to create more sufferings like war, segregation and hatred (even though he uses this lecture to justify the pursuit of his own morally questionable goal of killing Goku). In the uncut version of the dub, he is also shown to be somewhat coarse regarding his opponents, such as commenting upon arrival that Goku was "catching an ass-whoopin'" from Androids 14 and 15, as well as declaring he intends to do what he was programmed to do, which is to "kill [Goku's] ass". Also in the Funimation dub, Dr. Gero's computer directly relays information to him, which is something only subtly hinted at in the original Japanese dub of the film (the computer does not actually say anything in the original version).

The English localization for his various video game appearances merged the personalities from the two versions of the movie, as he retains his Mason-Dixie accent, yet exudes a more no-nonsense demeanor regarding his programmed mission to kill Goku similar to that of the Japanese version.

In his Super form, he is shown to be a lot more assertive and maniacal (in the Japanese dub, he does not speak at all aside from yelling Goku's name upon his death. This is retained in later video game appearances where he is reduced to giving feral roars, with the few lines of dialogue he gives being shouted out), and, in the case of the uncut dub, was also prone to cursing when irritated at one's persistence, as evidenced by his yelling "Damn you!" when Goku tried to get up. He is a much more frenzied and brutal character in this form also, as he punches Goku in the crotch (Japanese and uncut dubs only), almost breaks Vegeta's back, grabs and blasts Trunks's skull and steps on Piccolo's face while charging his ''ki''. He also doesn't allow others to fully charge their attacks like Omega Shenron. Despite his mania in this form, he was nevertheless shown to retain a degree of intelligence, as he made an attempt to attack Goku as soon as he saw him charge up the Spirit Bomb (with the English dub even having him claim to know about Goku's Spirit Bomb and vow to not allow him to use it before doing so).

Although fully dedicated to his programmed duty of assassinating Goku, he is not above turning against Dr. Gero if he got in the way of his objective, which can be implied by a special interaction between Android 13 and Dr. Gero if paired up in a match. Similarly, he also considers himself an "elder" to Android 17 and 18, presumably due to having predated their creation, as he retorts that they should "mind their elders" when they make a rude remark towards him. Certain dialogue when paired up against Androids 14 and/or 15 also imply he's perfectly willing to turn against and kill his comrades if he wished to ascend to his ultimate form. This is reinforced in ''Dragon Ball Legends'' as he betrays Android #14 & #15 to become Fusion Android #13 in order to settle his score with Shallot.