Character Guide: M 

Mai - The beautiful Asian woman who works for Emperor Pilaf.  Together, Mai and her partner Shao carry out the work of their ambitious Emperor, who is both short of stature and temper.  Mai is definitely the brighter of the two, but even she manages to bungle things, particularly when Goku and crew become involved.

Majin Buu -   see Buu

Maron* Krillin’s ditzy girlfriend in the Garlic Junior Saga, she appears only in the anime.  Not to be confused with Marron, Krillin’s daughter later in DBZ.  Maron resembles Bulma, but the two are quite different as far as intelligence is concerned.  Krillin’s girlfriend has the sex appeal of a super model and the brainpower of an orange.  She’s also anything but loyal, and proves it time and again.  At the end of the Garlic Junior Saga, Krillin is about to propose to Maron when she suddenly leaves him for a guy in a red sports car.  Maron returns later in the Android Saga looking for Krillin at the Kame House.  However, she doesn’t last more than a handful of episodes before Maron gets lonely and calls a few of her boyfriends to pick her up.   “A few” becomes more like 20 when a fleet of boats and hovercrafts arrive at the fickle girl’s service, and she rides away from Kame Island for good.

Marron  Daughter of Krillin and Android 18.  Not to be confused with Maron, Krillin’s girlfriend earlier in the anime.  As a child, Marron resembles her father more.  She has his big eyes and nose, or rather lack of nose.  However, she does indeed have a nose, though small, and as she grows older, Marron begins to look more like her mother.  Marron first appears in the early Buu Saga as a toddler.  She cheers on her mommy at the 25^th Tenkaichi Budoukai, and proves to be one of the only people who can make 18 smile.  Their heartwarming relationship lasts through GT, when Marron is a teenager.  Apparently, she doesn’t fight or train at all, but she loves both of her parents very much.

Master Roshi - “Mutenroshi” (also Kame Sennin)   Master Roshi is the bald old man seen from time to time with a pair of sunglasses and a long beard.  He is Goku’s old Sensei in Dragonball, and is several hundred years old at the beginning of the series.  He is also called Kame Sennin, or the Turtle Hermit.  He lives on a tiny island in the middle of the ocean called Kame Island with his “pet” turtle, named Turtle in the dub.  Master Roshi was born in 430 AD, and once drank from the fountain of youth.  However, instead of keeping him young-looking, it only extended his life span.  He trains under the great master of martial arts, Mutaito, alongside his rival Crane Elder.  Master Roshi becomes the strongest man in the world after the death of his sensei, and he participates in many Tenkaichi Budoukai’s in his years, winning every single one he enters up to the 22^nd Tenkaichi Budoukai.  Roshi becomes a pervert at the age of 123, and over his hundreds of years spent on Kame Island, he builds the world’s largest collection of dirty magazines.  Roshi constantly tries to grab the boobs and poke the butt of any remotely sexy woman he can get close enough to; this list includes, but is not limited to: Bulma, Lunch, Chi Chi and Maron.  He meets Goku in the early episodes of Dragonball in the year 749 AD.  In September of that same year, Roshi begins training Goku and Krillin.  As the years pass, Roshi is surpassed by all of the Z Senshi, though he never loses his fighting spirit.  He appears in most of the DB and DBZ Movies, usually as comic relief in the DBZ films.  Master Roshi weighs only 97lbs, and is 5’4” tall.  His home address at Kame Island is NBI8250012B (I’d like to see the mailman who delivers HIS mail every day… perhaps the same one who delivers Korin’s mail).

Mez - “Mezu”*   A red ogre who keeps watch over the dead souls in Hell.  Mez is the second ogre to greet Goku after he falls off Snake Way.  He wears glasses and a shirt with the word HELL spelled out on it (which Pioneer conveniently changes to HFIL).  Mez boasts to be the fastest ogre in Hell, and announces that if Goku can beat him in a race, the ogres will show him a secret passageway back to Snake Way.  Goku easily outruns Mez, a feat that stuns the ogres who must keep their word.

Monster Carrot -   see Boss Rabbit

Mr. Popo - “Misuta Popo”   Kame’s faithful servant.  Mr. Popo is very old, and he has served every Kami of the past.  His job consists of tending to Kami’s Palace, keeping the lookout clean, and most importantly, taking care of Kami. He also tends to the ancient butterfly garden that he planted thousands of years ago, and enjoys the more simple things in life.  While FUNi’s Mr. Popo speaks using complete, highly intelligent sentences, the Japanese version proves him to be a slightly more primitive figure.  His grasp of the common tongue is somewhat less than the dubbed version makes it out to be.  Though it is not obvious, Mr. Popo is an excellent martial arts master.  In Dragonball, Mr. Popo is far stronger than Goku when he first arrives at Kami’s Palace.  He trains Goku for 3 years until the boy learns everything he knows.  Some of the techniques he teaches Goku later prove invaluable, for example the ability to sense ki.

Mr. Satan - “Misuta Satan”   Father of Videl and grandfather of Pan.  While the Japanese version never reveals his first name, the dub gives him one – Hercule.  Mr. Satan is the winner of the 24^th Tenkaichi Budoukai, which takes place around the Trunks Saga.  None of the Z Senshi happen to participate in the tournament that year, and so Mr. Satan becomes the famous champion of the world.  Although he is quite strong for a human, he is nothing compared to the Z Senshi.  However, hardly a single Earthling realizes this.  Almost everyone on Earth believes that Mr. Satan is the strongest man in the world, and can defeat anyone or anything.  Thus, with TV appearances, books written and movies made after him, Mr. Satan becomes immortalized in the minds of every man, woman and child on the planet as the World Champion.  As a renowned master of the martial arts, he performs amazing feats live on television for all the world to see, such as breaking 22 bricks with a single karate chop.  He has a city named after him, and the town he lives in becomes Satan City overnight.  Eventually he lets all the fame and popularity go to his head, until Mr. Satan is little more than an egomaniac who happens to be extremely lucky.  In 756 AD he has a daughter named Videl.  His wife dies young, before Videl can remember her very well.  While Mr. Satan enjoys his fame, he loved his wife and probably misses her very much, although it is never mentioned directly.  Although cowardly compared to the Z Senshi, Mr. Satan is neither a complete coward nor a fool, and manages to keep at least a general appearance of confidence and calm through much of the strange events, no easy task for the average human.  (add name of moves?)   Mr. Satan first appears in DBZ in the Cell Saga, where he appears at the Cell Game to take out Cell alone.  Of course, he is only fooling himself, but even when he begins to realize that Cell is too much for him, he cannot let his confidence drop for a second, because the ZTV camera is on him the majority of the time.  Millions of people watch him, and with each one’s hopes lying on him, Mr. Satan cannot show fear.  Cell handles the egomaniac quite well, considering just about everyone at the tournament sweats terribly at the sight of Mr. Satan on the tournament floor except him.  Mr. Satan takes up several episodes with his bragging and jeering, and his lackeys cheering him on, but Cell simply knocks him far away with one swipe.  In the anime, Mr. Satan is shown cowering behind boulders for several scenes and trying to convince the audience watching that he is still the strongest, and that all the other fighters are simply using light tricks.  He helps Gohan turn Super Saiyajin 2 when he reluctantly carries Android 16’s severed head to where Gohan is standing.  After the Cell Game, Mr. Satan returns home crowing that it was he who defeated and destroyed Cell, although Gohan is the real champion.  Almost everyone on Earth believes Mr. Satan, and he is praised internationally for saving the world.  In the Buu Saga, Mr. Satan returns in the 25^th Tenkaichi Budoukai, but he hasn’t forgotten the Z Senshi, whom he knows to be far stronger than he.  He tries everything to get out of fighting, but after the Z Senshi take off in search of Babidi, and a few disqualifications are made, he ends up making it to the finals with Android 18.  He convinces her to let him win, and in return Mr. Satan agrees to give her the prize money.  And so the great Mr. Satan is again crowned World Champion.  He later takes on Majin Buu, and uses many tactics in effort to kill the magical creature.  However, Buu only thinks of it as a game, and the two become friends.  Mr. Satan tries to reform Buu, and nearly succeeds.  The two even get a little dog, named Bee.  However, two sick gunmen arrive in town and shoot first the puppy, then Mr. Satan.  Buu heals them both instantly and releases his evil half.  Throughout the Buu Saga, Mr. Satan attempts to help out where he can.  He is lucky enough to survive the destruction of Earth when Goku grabs him just before teleporting to Namek II.  When the planet is wished back, Vegeta uses a special psychic link to speak to the people of Earth, and tries to convince the planet’s population to give their energy to Goku for the Genki Dama (Spirit Bomb).  But, after all, Vegeta isn’t exactly the sociable type.  Where Vegeta fails, Mr. Satan is perfect for the job.  He tells everyone on Earth to give their energy to Goku, and ends up causing a huge chant all over the planet of “SATAN! SATAN!”  Mr. Satan and Buu remain best friends and live together for the rest of the series.  He becomes a grandfather when his daughter Videl has a baby girl named Pan.  Mr. Satan has a few minor roles in Movies 9-12, but just as in the series, throughout all of them he somehow manages to defend and keep his title of World Champion.