Meta-Coolers are metallic clones of Cooler created by the Big Gete Star. Although there are thousands of
Meta-Cooler
Meta-Coolers, people often refer to them by "Meta-Cooler", the first one encountered by Goku.
History[]
After Cooler fused with the Big Gete Star, he takes control of the machine and creates two new groups of henchmen: Cyclopian Guards and remote-controlled robotic duplicates of himself called Meta-Coolers. Cooler set a course for New Namek, intent on draining the planet and using the Namekians as fuel for the star. Dende, learning of this horrible news, calls the Z Fighters for help.
Goku, Gohan, Piccolo, Krillin, Master Roshi, Oolong, and Yajirobe travel to New Namek. Upon arriving, they fight the Cyclopian Guards. Throughout the battle, Goku is distracted by a familiar face; that of Cooler on a metallic body (a Meta-Cooler). The Meta-Cooler is able to easily repel Goku even as a Super Saiyan, and had it not been for the unlikely appearance of Vegeta, Goku most likely would have been killed.
Cooler reborn in the Big Gete star
While Piccolo goes inside the Big Gete Star to save the others who have been taken there by the Cyclopian Guards, he encounters another Meta-Cooler who attacks him with a green ki blast. Meanwhile, Goku and Vegeta run into difficulty handling the Meta-Cooler, as the nano-machines that made up his body would instantly detect and repair any defect, making it so that defect would no longer hinder the "new-and-improved" version. Only by working together in a joint attack, the Meta-Cooler is finally destroyed. However, thousands of Meta-Coolers then arrive. Goku and Vegeta soon realize they have no chance of beating them all, especially as only a single Meta-Cooler gave them so much trouble. Beaten, they are taken inside the Big Gete Star and meet the true Cooler.
Power[]
A Meta-Cooler fights with Goku as a Super Saiyan
Cooler's metal body duplicates are incredibly deadly as they have the ability to repair any damage done to them up to a certain point (similar to Cell's regeneration), forcing Goku and Vegeta to blast the Meta-Cooler they were fighting into pieces so small he couldn't repair himself. These repairs also had a much deadlier side effect. When repairing himself, Cooler could also analyse how he was damaged and upgrade himself accordingly. In other words, every time a Meta-Cooler is damaged in any way, it can instantly become stronger; such as the power boost it gained when it repaired itself after Goku's attack. These upgrades would then become standard for every new Meta-Cooler created.
Special abilities[]
- Finger Blitz Barrage – An energy sphere barrage fired from the index finger.
- Flight – The Meta-Coolers are able to fly.
- Full-Metal Avalanche – A Rush Attack used by Meta-Cooler.
- Instant Transmission – A unique ability to teleport nearly anywhere. In FUNimation's English version Meta-Cooler claims it to be "one of his favorite moves". Originally he was surprised Goku knew the technique.
- Ki Blast – The most basic form of energy wave.
- Kiai – A Meta-Cooler uses this ability to end the "You Are Stronger Than I Expected" counterattack and drive Goku through a mountain on New Namek.
- Lock-On Buster – An attack used in his metal form. Meta-Cooler focuses his energy into one point, then releases it into an invisible beam. It is one of his most powerful attacks.
A Meta-Cooler before he uses Nano-regeneration to grow back his arm
- Nano-regeneration – Any injury Meta-Cooler might suffer is instantly detected and repaired, and whatever flaws in his design that allowed the injury are corrected; thus, he cannot be harmed in the same way twice and become extremely stronger than before. However, as Goku and Vegeta proved, attacking continuously without letting time for the regeneration to occur effectively stops Cooler. This was named Rebirth in Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 3.
- Supernova – Like Cooler, the Meta-Coolers have the ability to gather tons of ki in seconds to create a supernova.
- You Are Stronger Than I Expected – A counterattack used by Meta-Cooler.
Video game appearances[]
The Meta-Coolers are playable character in several versus fighting games, including Supersonic Warriors 2,
Meta-Cooler he appears in the Budokai Tenkaichi series
Budokai Tenkaichi 2, Budokai Tenkaichi 3, and Dragon Ball: Raging Blast 2.
Via item, they are one of Cooler's transformation in Dragon Ball Z 2 V, Budokai 3, Infinite World.
Voice actors[]
- Japanese Dub: Ryusei Nakao
- FUNimation Dub: Andrew Chandler
- Latin American Dub: Ricardo Brust
- German Dub: Peter Flechtner