Krillin has always been one of the most popular characters in Dragon Ball Z. He consistently places first out of the human characters in popularity polls, as well as having good showings on "best sidekick" lists. We love Krillin for a lot of different reasons, which include his loyalty and tenacious spirit. He battled every major villain in Dragon Ball Z, even though he💛 knew he was totally outclassed. Krillin was willing to throw his life away in order to save the lives of his friends or to buy the Earth a precious few more seconds while Goku took his sweet time to do something.

Being a popular character comes with some unusual caveats. There are people all around the world who love to scr⭕ew around with Krillin, which includes his creator. Akira Toriyama has made Krillin his personal chew toy for over thirty years now and he doesn't🤡 seem to be stopping anytime soon.

We are here today to look into the insane life of one of the most popular characters in Dragon Ball Z. From his non-canonical fusion with Piccolo, to the irrefutable evidence that he is strꦏonger than Perfect Cell and Frieza.

Here are Twenty Crazy Facts You Never Knew About Krillin!

20 What Would A Fusion Between Piccolo &🃏amp; Krillin Look Like?

The concept of two characters fusing together and becoming a new being has happened a few times in Dragon Ball Z. The Namekians naturally possess the ability to do this, though it rarely happens due to the fact that it is permanent and results in one of the two beings being destroyed. The Fusion Dance offers a temporary method of fusiꦐon (which may be a little too short, depending on the threat involved), as do the Potara Earrings.

Akira Toriyama actually created a theoretical fusion of Krillin and Piccolo, called Prilin, though it originally wasn't canon. He submitted the drawing to Weekly Shonen Jump magazine to show in one of their features. Prilin would finally see a video game debut in Dragon Ball Fusions.

19 ༒ ♐ Krillin's Short-Lived Music Career

Dragon Ball Z didn't find an audience in America until the end of the '90s. The show still had fans in English-speaking countries before then,🎃 as you could buy the episodes on VHS tapes at anime conventions, which had been subtitled by♔ devoted fans.

This may be the explanation as to how the band Voodoo Glow Skulls had heard of Krillin, as he appeared on the cover of their album Who Is, This Is? which was released in 1994.

It seems that the Voodoo Glow Skulls may have forgotten to ask for permission to use the Krillin character, as his face is obscured in the 2012 digital reissue of the album. This may be because Dragon Ball Z had becomeꦰ a big🐭 franchise in the west by that point.

18 📖 He's Got A Record In Dying

When it comes to tallying up the deaths in the Dragon Ball franchise, you need to come up with two separate numbers: one for the original manga that was created by Akira Toriyama and one for the anime, which ꧟includes the spinoffs.

In terms of the Dragon Ball manga, Krillin is tied for the most deaths with Chiaotzu. Krillin was killed by Tambourine, Frieza, and Buu. Chiaotzu was killed by King Picc🅘olo, he self-destructed while fighting Nappa, and by Buu.

Krillin takes the lead in the anime, as he was also killed by Android 17 in Dragon Ball GT.

Chiaotzu and Krillin both died again when Golden Frieza blew up Earth in Ressurection 'F', though these deaths w𝐆ere undone by Whis when he turned back the clock.

17 𒈔 ꦰ The Heir To Master Roshi's School

There was once a Dragon Ball MMO that was made available in Japan and South Korea, called Dragon Ball Online.

Dragon Ball Online is set two hundred years after the events of the manga. Gohan published a book on the subject of ki control, which led to lots of people trying to learn martial arts. This led to Krillin creating the New Turtle School (as Master Roshi was retired) in order to teach students how to fight. His school still endures to the present day, tho✅ugh it contends with Tien's Crane School and Goten & T🐠runk's Sword School.

The Dragon Ball Xenoverse games are considered to be the successors of Dragon Ball Online, as they both use a lot of the same b🅘ack🔥story and assets.

16 Stronger Than All The Other Hu🦋mans ꦉ

There have been several interviews and supplemental materials associated with Dragon Ball that have confirmed that Krillin is the strongest human being ali♚ve. This is due to the fact that Tien is actually an alien hybrid.

Yamcha stopped posing a threat to Krillin a long time ago, as he had given up martial arts after the Cell Saga and found a legitimate career as a professional baseball player. Chiaotzu gave up before the Androids arrived, as he knew he could never keep up with the other characters and would just get in t𒉰he way.

Tien never stopped training, which means that he would outclass Krillin in a fight. Tien technically isn't a human, as he is descended from a race of three-eyed aliens called Triclops. This is why Tien possesses unique moves, such as the ability to grow new arms. This alien heritage is what stops Tien from being classed as the most po✱werful human on Earth.

15 A Ringtone Full Of References ܫ

There have been numerous different English dubs of the Dragon Ball franchise, which means that each character has been voiced by several different voice actors. This isn't the case in Japan, as the same voice cast has been used since the debut of Dragon Ball. Goku's voice actress, Masako N♓ozawa, has been v꧅oicing him since 1986.

Krillin has been voiced by Mayumi Tanaka in Japan since 1986. She would later go on to voice the main character of the most successful anime/manga franchise of all time: One Piece. 

Dragon Ball Z: Resurrection 'F' included a shout out to One Piece. Krillin's ringtone is "We Are!", which is one of the recurring intro themes used in One Piece. The fact that it's Krillin's ringtone is a reference to how his voice actor also voices Monkey D. Luffy in One Piece.

14 Doe💧s🌞 Krillin Drive A Ford?

Dragon Ball Z is a huge franchise, yet it never quite reached the level of mainstream success that would allow it to be openly loved on the same level as other nerdy series, like Game of Thrones.

It seems that the Ford Motor Company felt that Goku & his friends were the right candidates to promote two of their vehicles. In 2015, two commercials ran that crossed over Ford cars with the world of Dragon Ball Z.

One of these commercials . He was trying to use all three of Porunga's wishes to create the perfect car (the Ford Focus). Porunga re💮minds Krillin that the Ford Focus has all of the features that he wants, so he only needsꦅ to use one wish to create it.

13 ꦫ A Monstrous Mobile Game ⛦

Puzzle & Dragons is one of the most successful mobile games of all time. It has been downloaded over fifty million times and it has made well over a billion dollars in profit. Puzzle & Dragons is a basic match-three game, that involves a combat element. The game is hugely popular𒈔 in Japan, which has meant that some of the biggest media franchises in the country have had crossovers.

The release of Dragon Ball Kai was what inspired the initial Puzzle & Dragons crossover. Krillin was one of th🐼e characters added to the game in a 2014 update. He joined the likes of Goku, Gohan, the Ginyu Force, and Vegeta. There are several versions of Krillin that appear in the game, one of which involves him using his powerful Destructo Disc attack.

12 𒁃 Racing Against Toriko 𒅌

One Piece and Dragon Ball Z are probably the two biggest series ever published in Weekly Shonen Jump magazine. The only other series that came close to their success was Naruto.

Dragon Ball once crossed over with One Piece and Toriko in an hour-long animated special. This was during the period when Toriko was being pushed hard in Japan (though not in the rest o💎f the world, due to its creator's despicable criminal history). This special pitted the casts of all three shows together in a race.

Krillin was one of the characte꧋rs who appeared in this special. He was one of the competitors in the 🍬race, though he didn't come close to victory. Goku, Monkey D. Luffy, and Toriko were the ones who took the lead, which makes sense considering they are the protagonists of their respective franchises.

11 ꧋ 🌳The Shenron Inconsistency

The Dragon Balls of Earth can grant pow⭕erful wishes, which include making you immortal or bringing a loved one back from the dead. There are some limits to what Shenron can actually do, which includes not being able to revive people who died of natural causes or those who died over a year before he was summoned.

Shenron cannot grant the same wish more than once. This means that he technically cannot raise Krillin, Chiaotzu, Master ⛄Roshi, or Goku back from the dead, as he had already done so in the past.

Krillin is killed by Android 17 in Dragon Ball GT, yet Shenron is still able to revive him at the end of the ▨story. This is despite the fact that he had already granted this wish. This inconsistenꦫcy is never addressed in the story.