NEWS
26.08.2025
Weekly ☆ Character Showcase #224: Appule!
Appule
The Weekly ☆ Character Showcase is an article series where we introduce one character from the Dragon Ball universe each week. This week we're taking a closer look at one of the Frieza Force lackeys, Appule!
Story
Appule, a Frieza Force soldier, is dispatched to Planet Namek to look for the Dragon Balls. He accompanies Frieza, Zarbon, and Dodoria in an attack on a Namekian village.
(Tale 254)
While other Frieza Force soldiers are taken out one by one by Namekian warriors, Appule survives.
(Tale 260)
Under Frieza's orders, Appule and Zarbon split off from the group to search for the Dragon Balls. He then discovers a village that was destroyed by Vegeta and reports this finding to Frieza.
(Tale 264)
In order to find out where the Dragon Balls are hidden, Appule helps Vegeta heal his grievous injuries from the latter's fight with Zarbon. However, the Saiyan heals quicker than Appule expected and ambushes the soldier.
(Tale 265)
First Appearance
"Dragon Ball" Tale 247
Trivia
Appule's species plays a major role in the Frieza Force?
When Vegeta made an emergency trip back from Earth to Planet Freeza No. 79, a soldier that looked a whole lot like Appule was working as an air traffic controller.
(Tale 246)
Furthermore, other soldiers that look like Appule appeared alongside him when Frieza attacked a Namekian village. It seems that there are quite a few of Appule's kind in the Frieza Force.
(Tale 252)
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