Hatchiyack

Hatchiyack is a character from the video game Plan to Eradicate the Saiyans. He is a supercomputer created by Dr. Lychee to enact revenge against the Saiyans, as he is a Tuffle, a race that inhabited the planet that would become Planet Vegeta after the Saiyans took it over and murdered almost all previous inhabitants.

Name: Hatchiyack

Origin: Dragon Ball Z Side Story: Plan to Eradicate the Saiyans

Gender: Genderless (appears to be Male)

Age: A few minutes

Species: Artificial Lifeform

Appearance

Hatchiyack is a machine with a unique looking design. What appears to possibly be a skin like substance is pink while the armor that covers him in parts is red. He also has blue oval shaped designs on his arms, chest and head which glow brightly when he is storing up energy. In the remake of the OVA, these were changed to green instead of blue.

Personality

Being a machine, Hatchiyack is focused on his objective to eradicate the last Saiyans and everything that stands in his way. He is also ruthless and merciless when it comes to finishing his mission. In the 2010 remake, he displays more emotion and slightly more dialogue.

During the Baby Hatchiyack Saga, Hatchiyack has a sort of kinship of sorts with Baby due to their shared origin as artificial beings created by Tuffle scientists during the Saiyan-Tuffle war who are both motivated to seek revenge on the Saiyans leading to the two to fuse after Towa summons Hatchiyack to Age 789.

Biography

Background

Hatchiyack first appears as a massive supercomputer, designed by Dr. Lychee to amplify the "power of hate" in order to help the Tuffles fight back and defeat the Saiyan menace. Unfortunately for the Tuffles, Dr. Lychee is unable to complete his machine in time to stop the Saiyan advance; instead, he allows Hatchiyack to absorb the hatred and negative energy of the fallen Tuffles before jettisoning it into outer space.

Plan to Eradicate the Saiyans

Years after the Saiyan-Tuffle war and the Genocide of the Saiyans, the machine revives Dr. Lychee, Frieza, Cooler, Lord Slug, and Turles as Ghost Warriors in order to attack the remaining Saiyans that live on Earth. After absorbing the pure hatred of Dr. Lychee's ghost, who was defeated by the Dragon Team on the Dark Planet, the machine materializes itself into a powerful fighter.

Hatchiyack first appears to be too powerful for the Z Fighters to handle, but after about 15 minutes of a one-sided fight, Goku figures out Hatchiyack's weakness. Hatchiyack only fires his Revenger Cannon after charging up for 15 seconds and doing so leaves him completely defenseless. Knowing this, Goku and the others begin powering up their strongest blasts and fire at the count of 15. And after a brief struggle, this proves to be more than enough to fully destroy Hatchiyack.

In Dragon Ball Z Side Story: True Plan to Eradicate the Saiyans - Space Saga, Hatchiyack survives the Z Fighters' attack and continues the battle. The final battle depends on the player's earlier choice: if Goku went to the first planet then the final battle is against Super Hatchiyack, who defeats the Z Fighters once more until he is taken down by an Instant Spirit Bomb. If Goku went to the second planet, the final battle is against Giant Hatchiyack, who is defeated when Goku flies inside him and destroys his core.

Trivia

• Hatchiyack's name is likely derived from "Hyakuhachi", which is Japanese for "One-hundred and eight", a number of great significance in Buddhism. "Eight hundred" is read as "Happyaku", and has no such notability. His name is also similar to the name of a cultivar of persimmon called the "hachiya", popular in Japan; it seems fitting due to the Tuffles' own name.
• Hatchiyack is very similar to Dr. Gero's Super Computer, for perpetuating its creator hatred and continuing the fight even after its doctor's death. Like Hatchiyack, Future Dr. Gero's Super Computer takes the form of a mechanical fighter after its creator's death in Dragon Ball Z: Supersonic Warriors 2.
• In his fighter form, Hatchiyack's physical appearance resembles Perfect Cell, only pink and red with green sections instead of dark on his body.
• Hatchiyack is similar to Baby as both are machine created by Tuffles (Dr. Lychee & King Tuffle respectively) and seek revenge on the surviving Saiyans for their race's role in the Genocide of the Tuffle race.
  • Fittingly, Hatchiyack becomes Baby's host resulting in the Neo Machine Mutant becoming Baby Hatchiyack in the Dragon Ball Heroes series. Hatchiyack is also an ideal host for Baby as both were created to take revenge upon the Saiyans and would allow both of them to fulfill that goal. Hatchiyack also has the ability to take on Giant Form which would allow him to host Baby's Adult form.
• Hatchiyack being potentially stronger than Broly might imply that Dr. Lychee knew enough about the Legendary Super Saiyan to deduce its overall combat prowess and made sure his revenge weapon against the Saiyans was capable of fighting one should the opportunity occur.