The newest character to join theDragon Ball FighterZroster is coming from a far off corner of theDragon Ballfranchise, not technically even being considered canon. So, some fans of the series may still be scratching their heads about whoSuper Baby 2is, especially if they aren’t familiar withDragon Ball GTand its Baby Saga.
For those confused about the name suddenly appearing inDragon Ball FighterZ, Super Baby 2 is really more of a form for the main villain in the first major storyline inDragon Ball GT. In short, the character is somewhat of an alien version of the Androids fromDragon Ball Z, with a touch of Cell and Majin Buu sprinkled on top for good measure.
Dr. Myuu and His Machine Mutants
Even thoughDragon Ball GTisn’t considered canon, it is still reaches 64 episodes in length by the end of its run, with a tie-in movie added onto the end. For the majority of this runtime, the main storyline involves Goku, an adult Trunks, and Gohan’s daughter Pan hunting down the Black Star Dragon Balls that are scattered across the universe. Dr. Myuu appears during this Black Star Dragon Ball Saga as thefirst mainDragon Ball GTvillain, looking to get these Dragon Balls for himself and complete Baby.
Dr. Myuu acts as a stand-in for theclassicDragon Ballvillain Dr. Gero, even teaming up with the dead version of the villain in the afterlife to begin the incredibly confusing Super Android 17 Saga. However, when Dr. Myuu is first introduced, he is attempting to take control of the universe by finishing the creation of Baby, an infantile android made of liquid metal that can take over people’s bodies. Eventually, Baby is finished and starts hunting down the Saiyans, looking to take control of one of them and take their strength for his own.
Baby’s Evolution
Over the course ofDragon Ball GT, Baby takes on a number of different forms, quickly evolving from a baby to an teenager to a fully adult form by the end of the series. This may have been something that a game likeDragon Ball Xenoversecould have added as the character’s transformations, but considering howFighterZhandles different forms, it makes sense to jump straight to Super Baby 2. However, most of these evolutions required Baby to infect and absorb other fighters as he continues to chase Goku and crew through the galaxy, until reaching Earth.
Eventually, Baby gives up on hunting down Goku, and decides to head straight to Earth instead, hoping to find others that are either as powerful or stronger while no one is aware of his presence. At this point, Baby goes through a few more forms and pulling a sort of reverse version of Cell by infecting almost every person in the world, as opposed to simply absorbing them. This is actually where one of the key critiques ofDragon Ball GTcomes in, where it’s difficult to tell the difference in power between Baby, the people he’s absorbed, and the remainingfighters from the rest ofDragon Ball.
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Baby Takes Over Vegeta
Finally, Baby takes over Vegeta on Earth, and this is when viewers are first introduced to Super Baby Vegeta, which a lot of extended material often shortens to Super Baby. This winds up acting very similar to the way Majin Buu absorbs people, taking on pieces of their personality along with their physical strength as he takes over their body. Ironically, similar to howVegeta’s pride causes problems inDragon Ball Z, its his arrogance that gets him infected by Baby in the first place, bringing the same trope of the Prince of Saiyans making everything worse toDragon Ball GTas well.
However, this still isn’t where Super Baby 2 comes from, as it takes the villain a lot of time to really unlock the power of Vegeta’s transformations, with little indication of how powerful Vegeta had been before. It’s seemingly implied that Baby’s accumulated power is what makes this Baby Vegeta form so powerful, but this is again another part of the critique where this version of the two fighters just starts getting more powerful for seemingly no reason. After a few more fights againstDragon Ball GT’s original fighters, viewers are finally introduced to Super Baby 2, which as the meme goes, isn’t even the character’s final form, but does bring all of this back toDragon Ball FighterZ.
Baby Vegeta Unlocking the Ascended Super Saiyan Form
The reason for the number in Super Baby 2’s name is that Baby has taken Vegeta to what was originally referred to as the Ascended Super Saiyan form, before the transformations were given numbers. It’s had been revealed in the Majin Buu Saga ofDragon Ball Zthat Vegeta is able to reach this form on his own, but never really got touched on inGT. So, this second level of Super Saiyan is why the villain is referred to as Super Baby Vegeta 2, often shortened to Super Baby 2 in extended material andfuture games referencingDragon Ball GT.
Considering the canonicity ofDragon Ball GTand the general response to the show when it first aired, it isn’t surprising that many fans weren’t exactly impressed with the story throughout the Baby Saga. However, that isn’t to say that nothing good came out of it, as Super Baby 2 does make for one of the better villains in the non-canon series, due in part to having a similar set of powers as Cell, especially when it comes to regeneration. Additionally, Baby allowed for Vegeta to become the main villain of the story again by having the character’s arrogance and basic aspects of his personality come out in the Super Baby 2 form.
Altogether, Baby himself is a difficult villain to get a read on, due to a lack of power scaling and his ability to just win whenever he feels like it, until the plot suddenly decides he loses. It’s really when Baby takes over Vegeta and starts taunting the characters in the familiar style fromDragon Ball Z’s Saiyan Sage that the character reallyearns his place inDragon Ball FighterZ. That’s not even mentioning the Golden Great Ape form, that may be making an appearance in the game in one way or another.
Dragon Ball FighterZis available now for PC, PS4, Switch, and Xbox One.
