Tullece

Japanese Names: Tāresu (ターレス)Name Pun: LettuceFUNimation Name: Turles Silver Shenron Name: TulleceOther Names: Taurus; Tales; TurlusRace: SaiyanHeight: N/AWeight: N/ABirth Year: N/ADeath Year: Age 762 Approx?Hobbies: N/AFavorite Food: N/AFavorite Vehicle: N/AFirst Appears: DBZ Movie 3Appearances: DBZSeiyuu: Masako NozawaVoice Actor: Chris Patton Tullece, one of the Saiyan warriors and former servant of Freeza. It is assumed that Tullece escaped Planet Vegeta's destruction because he was on a mission. Nearly thirty years after Planet Vegeta's destruction, Tullece, along with his squad of henchmen, make their way toward Earth to check up on the Saiyan, Kakarot (Son Goku).

Tullece's age is unknown, though he appears to be around same age as Goku. But he is older than Goku (as Saiyans age slower than human, in order to stay younger longer and keep fighting), seeing as he abandoned Freeza long before Goku was born.

The seed of the Tree of Might has come into possession of himself. When the tree is planted, it saps the energy of the world in which the tree has taken root. Therefore, he seeks out a planet that he would be able to plant the seed on, so he can eat the Fruit of the Gods, and become exponentially stronger than before. With him, Turles has gathered a medley of ragtag thugs, all of whom are quite strong (stronger than the average Z-Senshi).

After his arrival to Earth, he mainly watches the battle between his men and the Z-Senshi. He does not appear until he sees Son Gohan defeating one of his men, single-handedly. He realizes that he is the son of Goku, and soon meets with him. Gohan is shocked to find that he has almost identical appearance to his father, and is also in fact a Saiyan. Turles asks him to join his team, yet Gohan refuses. Piccolo soon comes to Gohan's rescue, but is defeated and almost killed easily by Tullece.

Tullece soon sees that Gohan has grown back his tail. He quickly creates a Bruits Wave energy ball and forces Gohan to look at it. Helpless, Gohan transforms into Oozaru. Gohan soon goes on a rampage, and nearly kills Goku. He abruptly stops when he sees his friend Icarus in the area. He stops and, thanks to his childhood innocence, plays around with Icarus. Turles, however, attacks Icarus, apparently killing him, provoking Gohan. To Turles's surprise, Gohan is able to control himself and specifically attack Tullece. However, Oozaru Gohan is no match for Tullece, and is nearly killed. But Goku cuts his tail off before getting hit with Turles's deadly final attack. Goku swears revenge on Tullece for harming his son.

With the Z-Senshi defeated with much ease, Turles's men all attack Goku. Watching at the sidelines, he was ambushed by Piccolo. Tullece is able to survive Piccolo's Makankosappo at blank point range, and with one blast, Tullece defeats Piccolo. With a single Kaio-ken, Goku kills all of Tullece's men with a single hit each. To the anger of Turles, Goku's power continues to increase. Tullece soon learns that he had highly underestimated Goku's power, and resorts to eating the fruit from the Tree of Might.

Eventually, Tullece successfully grabs and eats a piece of fruit, which causes his strength dramatically increase. Even with a Kaio-ken at ten-times it's normal strength and a Genki Dama formed from what little remained of the planet's energy, Goku is unable to topple Tullece. It is only with a newly formed Spirit Bomb containing energy from the Tree of Might that Goku is able to obliterate and kills both Tullece and the Tree of Might once and for all.

Toriyama stated that Tullece's physical similarities to Goku are not coincidental, and that Tullece was intended as an alternate version of him. Tullece was developed as a version of Goku if he had not bumped his head and forgotten his purpose, however, his in-universe story has varied from dub to dub from Goku's long lost twin to simply a Saiyan that shares his appearance, like several other characters in the series.