Mr Satan, known as Hercule in certain edited versions of the English dub and in Viz's English manga, is a character from the Dragon Ball media franchise.
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15 Facts About Mr Satan
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Mr Satan is a popular character with fans of the Dragon Ball series since his introduction, and is generally well received by critics as an effective comic relief character.
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Series creator Akira Toriyama explained that Mr Satan is a ring name akin to an in-ring persona or character used by real-life professional wrestlers.
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Mr Satan's spouse is never named or discussed within the series, though Toriyama suggested that she was a beautiful singer named "Miguel", essentially his angelic counterpart based on the notion of an unconventional marriage between both characters.
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Mr Satan was voiced by the Daisuke Gori in Japan until his death in 2010.
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Mr Satan first appears during the Cell Games as a preening challenger of Cell.
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Mr Satan is much weaker in power, and lacks some of the original Majin Buu's unique capabilities.
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Mr Satan makes minor appearances in the Dragon Ball GT anime series, where he is protected from the extraterrestrial villain Baby's influence by Majin Buu and later his successor, Uub.
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Mr Satan again appears as a supporting character in Dragon Ball Super, where he is often seen in the company of Mr Buu.
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Mr Satan essentially serves as the caretaker of his friend as Buu has a childlike personality.
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Mr Satan is depicted as having grown immensely wealthy due to the monetary rewards he received from his false claims of successfully defending Earth from multiple external threats.
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Mr Satan has appeared in several Dragon Ball video games, often as a comically ineffective "joke" playable character.
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In 1993, Mr Satan placed seventh in a Dragon Ball character popularity poll voted on by Weekly Shonen Jump readers, and was voted the eleventh most popular character by fans of the series for the 2004 book Dragon Ball Forever.
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Martin noted that Mr Satan does have some semblance of self-awareness in that he knows he is severely outclassed by the other main characters, and that he serves as a yardstick between them and the rest of humanity.
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