Mr. Satan (Dragon Ball)

"'You tell that freak I just declared open season on psychopaths! Spopovich, for every second Videl's in recovery, I'M GONNA BREAK SOMETHING YOU DIDN'T KNOW YOU HAD!' — Mr Satan's protective response to his daughter being hurt by Spopovich."

Mark, also known as Mr. Satan or Hercule (depending on the versions), is a main character in Dragon Ball Z and Dragon Ball GT.

Why He Rocks

 * 1) Character development: When Mr. Satan was first introduced, he was a manipulative fake "hero" who was also a coward and a jerk with good publicity. However, when he honored 16's last request by throwing his head close enough to speak to Gohan, even when doing so put him at great personal risk (16 lowered his ego a bit), this directly led to the world being saved via 16 giving Gohan a moment to face death with dignity. In a way, he really did save the world in the Cell Games (though he took all credit for beating Cell). This revealed his tendencies as a jerk with a true heart of gold who became less of a coward and defined himself as the classic Anti-Hero throughout the Buu saga.
 * 2) * As time passed on, he's become more accepted into the Dragon Team. He also proved himself to be much more humble, thoughtful, kind, and appreciative of their powers and achievements underneath all of his grandstanding, he even went out of his way to grant them their honourary ranks due for all they've done. In the OVA Dragon Ball: Yo! Son Goku and His Friends Return!!, he treats the entire gang to a feast at the hotel that was built for supposedly beating Buu. Later, in Dragon Ball Super, he's handed a World Peace Prize and one hundred million Zeni, instead of using it for himself he immediately starts offering the money to Vegeta, then to Goku (who Goten convinces to accept). He also built Gohan and Videl a house to live in as well as fronting the bill for Gohan and Videl's marital home, and his making Goku and Chi-Chi rich subsidizes Goku's ability to train (and, by extension, allows him to continue protecting Earth). Not so bad for a guy who once took all the credit for killing Cell while calling the real heroes fakes.
 * 3) Everything he says and does is hilarious. Especially his facial expressions being some of the funniest in Dragon Ball history.
 * 4) His voice is so exuberant and expressive, it's much hammier than most of the series' villains.
 * 5) Despite being extremely arrogant, cunning, a good liar, and often clueless about what is going on, he still is very good-hearted and heroic when he has to be.
 * 6) * Even though he always shows many signs of greed, incompetence, and cowardice, Mr. Satan is still a fundamentally honorable, decent, sensitive, and kind-hearted man. He genuinely cares about protecting the innocent and fighting for justice to the best of his abilities and is prone to violent and righteous anger when faced with the abuse of helpless innocents by villains.
 * 7) * When Goku and Vegeta fail to telepathically convince the people of Earth to lend their energy for Goku's Spirit Bomb, Mr. Satan angrily yells out for them to do so. Thanks to his popularity back on Earth, it works. Then after the energy isn't enough, he stands up to Vegeta, who is demanding that he do it again. He refuses because the initial energy push to build up the Spirit Bomb had drained most of the population's energy already, and asking them to give another dose would kill those who didn't have enough to give.
 * 8) Satan is the strongest "normal" human of the series and has a stroke of incredible luck. Since he not only survives anything painful like being pummeled through mountains or landing on his crotch, but he also gains fame for most of the heroes' acts.
 * 9) He is a very loving and caring father figure to Videl. Being a wacky and goofy parent who is still very protective of his daughter Videl, and would not allow her to hang out at any boy's house unless they are tougher than him (which he might consider).
 * 10) * In grave danger, Mr. Satan will take great offense to people like Spopovich beating Videl to a bloody pulp, and nearly killing her. Satan's first response to this was to attack the tormentor who instigated the conflict with his daughter.
 * 11) He even has a good relationship with his wife Miguel as a loving father and also has a sweet relationship with Pan in GT as a caring grandfather of hers.
 * 12) In many ways, his personality is quite similar to Master Roshi's as both are lecherous yet heroic martial artists, the only difference is that Mr. Satan is apparently far more successful with women than Roshi due to his fame and wealth.
 * 13) Mr. Satan may be a little immature and something of a buffoon, but he isn't stupid.
 * 14) * He's also vital in the final battle against Kid Buu, where he uses his popularity to motivate everyone on planet Earth, requesting that they give "him" their power to help finish Goku's Spirit Bomb.
 * 15) * Mr. Satan may be come across as a boisterous idiot, but he fully understands how out of his league he is amongst the Z-Warriors and the kinds of monsters they regularly face. As much as he would like to surrender, his status as Earth's champion means that he can't afford to show weakness in front of any opponent, forcing him to get creative in finding ways to wriggle out of the conflict.

Bad Qualities

 * 1) Despite being entertaining, hilarious, and endearing, he started off as a deceptive egomaniac who lied about his title as a heroic martial artist who challenged powerful threats like Cell when he didn't until later.
 * 2) Ever since his wife's death and his rise to martial arts stardom, Mr. Satan became a hedonistic womanizer, much to the annoyance of his daughter Videl. This is the main reason she doesn't have a problem with Gohan and the others bringing him down a peg or two.

Trivia

 * His real name is Mark (a pun on akuma, the Japanese word for "devil"), as stated by Akira Toriyama in a interview, additionally, according to Toriyama, he is from a cultural region in which surnames are not used, therefore, that is his full name as well.
 * In Christianity, Satan is sometimes referred to as "the Father of Lies". If there's one thing Mr. Satan has in common with his Biblical namesake, it's his remarkable talent for spinning elaborate deceptions and manipulating people into doing his bidding. The cult-like worship that the Earthling population show for him can help to further the comparisons.
 * Due to the religious implications of his name, the character was renamed as Hercule in North America to avoid problems with the Christian community.
 * Mr. Satan himself is based on the martial arts blowhard Count Dante, and his English vocal performance recalls the mannerisms that resemble Hulk Hogan and Randy Savage. His character design also bears an uncanny resemblance to '80s era Frank Zappa.

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