Android 13

“	Number 13... That's your unlucky number. And I ain't talkin' about no silly superstition, city-boy. I'm talkin' about yours truly; Big 13!	„
	― Android 13

“	Number 13... That's your unlucky number. And I ain't talkin' about no silly superstition, city-boy. I'm talkin' about yours truly; Big 13!	„
	― Android 13

Android 13 is Dr. Gero's thirteenth Android creation. He is designed to continue Gero's vendetta against Goku, who overthrew the Red Ribbon Army as a child

Name: Android 13, 13, Artificial Human No. 13, Cyborg 13, Super Android 13

Origin: Dragon Ball Z: Super Android 13!

Gender: Male

Age: Less than 1 Year

Species: Android

Appearance

In his standard form, he appears as a muscular man with greenish-blue eyes and long white hair. He wears a yellow-brown vest adorning the Red Ribbon Army logo on his left side, as well as tiny gray suspenders worn underneath his vest, dark green trousers, dark grey boots with black tips, brown gloves, as well as a gray and yellow baseball cap with the Red Ribbon Army logo on its front (he is the only one of Dr. Gero's Android models to wear a hat without having a glass-domed cranium).

When transforming, his vest ended up completely destroyed, while his suspenders were destroyed to the extent that what remained of them hung loosely from his trousers. When he’s fully transformed, his muscles bulk up, and his skin turns blue with grey areas on his shoulders, stomach, chest, and back. His pupils and irises also vanish, and his scleras turn yellow. Also his hair changes to look exactly like Vegeta’s Super Saiyan hair, except it’s orange in color.

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.

Biography

Film - Super Android 13!

Android 13 is completed by Dr. Gero's self-aware supercomputer after Android 14 and Android 15, who by this time are already taking up arms against Goku and Future Trunks. Upon his arrival on the Glacier, 13 confronts Goku, leaving Future Trunks and Vegeta to fight against 14 and 15 respectively. During his fight with Goku, he has the utmost confidence he will surely win the battle and seems to have a slight edge over him. Goku then transforms into a Super Saiyan in hopes to turn the tables,but 13 is still able to fight on par with him if not still having the edge. Shortly after which Piccolo intervenes to assist Goku. Ultimately, 14 and 15 are defeated, following Future Trunks and Vegeta's transformations into Super Saiyans; their deaths are fail-safe, however, as 13 absorbs components from both, resulting in his transformation into Super Android 13.

Vegeta is the first to attack the newly transformed 13, only to quickly be brought to his knees by his amazing new strength. Goku, Future Trunks, and Piccolo's attempts are also foiled with little effort on 13's part. Becoming desperate to kill 13, Goku is forced to prepare his ultimate weapon, the Spirit Bomb, while Krillin, Vegeta, Gohan and Future Trunks distract 13. Super Android 13 easily dispatches them (in the Funimation dub, he informs Goku that he knows about his Spirit Bomb technique). He begins charging up his S.S. Deadly Bomber when Piccolo charges at 13 and puts him in a Full Nelson. Super Android 13 quickly counters it and begins crushing Piccolo's head, but he stops short when he notices Goku's Spirit Bomb charging.

When Goku transforms into his Super Saiyan form, his body absorbs the Spirit Bomb's immense energy and erases the surrounding ice until the land 13 is standing on is nothing more than a singular pillar. When 13 tries to attack Goku, his arms end up incinerated by the raw energy emitted from Goku and the Spirit Bomb. Afterward, one punch from Goku disintegrates 13, with help from the ki Goku emits (in the edited dub, Goku merely kicks Super Android 13 away before the latter is destroyed, due to the punch impaling the android's stomach being cut out). 13 dies while yelling Goku's name (in FUNimation's dub, he curses that Goku must die). Consequentially at the same moment, Gero's supercomputer shuts down.

Trivia

• The number 13 is considered unlucky in many traditions, something Android 13 references in the FUNimation dub.
• Android 13's way of dressing resembles that of an American truck driver.
• Android 13 is the only character to harbor two Red Ribbon insignias (one on his cap and another on his vest), as all other androids have only one.
• Physically, Android 13 bears some resemblance to Dr. Gero, having the same skin tone, eye and hair color, as well as a similar head shape and a hairstyle, albeit 13 has a much more youthful appearance than Gero.
• During his fight with Goku, there is a moment where Super Android 13 punches him in the crotch; this was edited out with a flash of light in televised English dubs.
• In the Polish version dubs, Goku says that Super Android 13 has a hairdo similar to that of Super Saiyans.
• Android 13, alongside Androids 14, 15, and 19 are among the few Androids completely dedicated to Dr. Gero's vendetta.
• In the remastered version of the film, the voice of his Super form sounds the same as his first form (albeit gruffer in tone).
• Android 13's frequent reference to Goku as "City Boy" in the dub is ironic, as Goku largely grew up in the wilderness and even during adulthood tended to live off the land.
• He is the first Red Ribbon Android model with the ability to absorb other Androids to achieve a more powerful form, as he predates Cell, Android 21, and Super 17..
• Even though Android 13 is a purely synthetic android, he is depicted as fighting Goku underwater with little to no hindrance, even deliberately dragging Goku underwater beforehand, implying that his circuits were waterproof.
• In the Funimation dub, Android 13 refers to himself as a cyborg; presumably a mistake made by the localization team who may have assumed he was the same type of "Android" as Android 17 and Android 18.
• Android 13 in the English version of various video games has a slightly higher pitch in his voice than in the film.
• His manner of death in Dragon Ball Legends is actually an example of the "Died Standing Up" trope where a character literally dies while standing.