Android 17

Do-Gooder

Full Name

Lapis

Alias(es)

No. 17
Artificial Human #17

Origin

Dragon Ball Z

Occupation

Park Ranger

Member of the Z Fighters
Assassin for Dr. Gero (formerly)

Powers / Skills

Superhuman strength, speed and dexterity

Energy manipulation and projection
Flight
Limitless stamina
Exceptional hand-to-hand combatant

Hobby

Protecting the environment

Defending animals

Goals

Kill Goku (formerly)

Defend the Wildlife from Poachers
Win the Tournament of Power (succeeded)
Give his family a cruise trip around the world (succeeded)

Family

Android 18 (twin sister)

Krillin (brother-in-law)
Marron (niece)
Unnamed Wife
Unnamed Child
2 Unnamed Adopted Children

Enemies

Cell

Dr. Gero
Frieza (eventually)
Android 19

Type of Hero

Redeemed Nature Lover

“	Sacrificing myself for others. I kind of like how human that is.	„
	~ 17's last words before apparently sacrificing himself to save the rest of Team Universe 7 from Jiren

Android 17 is one of the main characters in the Dragon Ball manga, and the anime series Dragon Ball Z and Dragon Ball GT. He is Dr. Gero's seventeenth android creation, designed to serve Gero's vendetta against Goku who overthrew the Red Ribbon Army as a child. Despite his interests not initially deviating from this expectation, Android 17 takes it upon himself to kill Dr. Gero, who is uncooperative with Android 18's curiosity in activating Android 16. He and 18 attack the Z-Fighters and defeat them. 17 later fights with Piccolo (who turned into a Super Namekian), but they are evenly matched. Eventually, he redeems himself and aids Piccolo fight against Cell before being absorbed. Seven years after the events of the Cell Saga, he maintains a peaceful life as a Park Ranger and is currently married with three children (two of which are adopted). Eventually, he helps Goku later so he can gather more energy for the Super Spirit Bomb against the pure evil Kid Buu. In Dragon Ball Super, he become an active participant in the Universal Survival Tournament alongside the other Z-Warriors and ultimately becomes the last remaining participant and earns the right to use the Super Dragon Balls for one wish, which he uses to revive all of the universes erased by Zen-Oh. He possesses the same abilities as Android 18.

Early Life

Android 17 was originally a human named Lapis, along with his twin sister Lazuli. The twins were notorious delinquents, who Dr. Gero would meet by chance while looking for fresh material for his experiments. He kidnapped them and restructured them into Android 17 and Android 18.

Android 17 is the first artificial human created by Dr. Gero to be a biologically modified human being as well as being an infinite energy model, along with his sister Android 18. The nature and mechanisms of their infinite energy source has not been made clear. Since they are human-based androids, they can become stronger if they train. Also their artificial cells made them stop aging and their appearances remain the same as well before they were turned into androids.

Appearance

Android 17 is a handsome young man who is short, slim build, much like his twin sister, Android 18. He has shoulder-length black hair and thin, blue eyes. Underneath his hair, he has two gold hoop earrings. He wears an orange bandannaaround his neck. He wears a short sleeve black shirt with the Red Ribbon Army's logo, and, underneath, he dons a long-sleeve white shirt. He wears a belt to hold up his blue jeans which have a tear just above the knee of the left leg. Just below the first belt he wears another belt with a gun holster and another pouch, although he discards it by the time the Androids arrive at Goku's house. Android 17 wears green socks and blue and white sneakers.