22 Facts About Dr Gero

1.

Dr Gero is a neat freak, and when he does not enjoy Bulma's attempts at seduction, she states that he is gay.

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2.

Dr Gero manages to steal the Dragon Radar during their final encounter but after returning to the army's headquarters is set to be executed for not obtaining any of the Dragon Balls after multiple failures.

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3.

Dr Gero is allowed to fight the hitman Mercenary Tao to redeem himself, though Tao easily kills Blue using only his tongue.

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4.

Dr Gero is voiced by Toshio Furukawa in Japanese, and Sonny Strait in the Funimation dub.

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5.

Dr Gero is the younger brother of Master Shen, or Crane Hermit, the lifelong rival of Master Roshi.

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6.

Dr Gero is first introduced in the series by being hired by the Red Ribbon Army to take out Goku and retrieve the Dragon Balls he possesses.

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7.

Dr Gero gets caught in the explosion of his own grenade and is assumed dead.

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8.

Dr Gero enters the 23rd World Martial Arts Tournament with the support of Master Shen, but is easily defeated by his brother's former student Tien Shinhan.

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9.

Dr Gero is the presumed head of Red Pharmaceuticals, used as a front for the reformed Red Ribbon Army, where he serves as its new leader.

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10.

Dr Gero is confident about his plans, but like his father, becomes belligerent when faced with the notion of things not going his way.

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11.

Dr Gero is accompanied by his bodyguard and driver, Carmine.

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12.

Dr Gero is responsible for the creation of the army's secret weapon, an even more powerful variant of the original Cell, Cell Max.

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13.

Dr Gero has an expertise in biology and has a medical license, and is revealed to have injected himself with a serum that protects him from light shock injuries.

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14.

Dr Gero has a large pompadour hairstyle and has a habit of combing it.

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15.

Dr Gero is incredibly ruthless and cold-blooded in situations, as he enjoys tormenting his enemies and is willing to kidnap and kill children.

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16.

Later supplementary material suggests that Frappe and Dr Gero developed the Red Ribbon Androids together as colleagues.

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17.

Dr Gero is initially encountered by Yamcha, who is nearly killed when Gero impales his chest with a hand and absorbs Yamcha's chi using a small device on his hand.

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18.

Dr Gero later flees back to his laboratory and release Androids 17 and 18 in order to fend off Goku's associates, but 17 turns on his creator and murders him following a brief altercation.

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19.

Doctor Dr Gero is voiced by Koji Yada in Japanese, Brian Dobson in the Ocean dub, and Kent Williams in the Funimation dub, who voiced Mercenary Tao.

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20.

The creature is completed at a later date and unleashed by Dr Gero's supercomputer, intended as a fail safe by collecting data in the background.

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21.

In Dragon Ball GT, Doctor Dr Gero creates a replicant copy of Android 17 along with Doctor Myu in the afterlife, who later merges with the original Android 17 to become the villanous Super 17.

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22.

Dr Gero found the Red Ribbon Army to be effective villains, as it was first time Goku has faced "real bad guys", as opposed to "goofy Team Rocket-esque wannabes" like the Pilaf Gang.

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