"I have a daughter at home, Jimmy. A little girl about the age of that boy out there. And right now, I'm being told I might be able to save the world, (grabs 16's head) and all I gotta do is throw this robot's head in spitting distance of that crazy killer bug-monster? Sure...that may sound crazy-- " |
Mark (マーク, Māku) Mr. Satan (ミスター・サタン, Misutā Satan; lit. "Mister Satan"), also known as Hercule or Hercule Satan in the FUNimation dub, is a character in the manga Dragon Ball, and the anime series Dragon Ball Z and Dragon Ball GT. His real name is Mark (Note that TFS uses "Mark Satan" despite "Satan" being only his ringname). He is voiced by Antfish.
In the anime[]
In Dragon Ball Z, Mr. Satan enjoys a rich and self-centered life style. Enjoying such things as: Eating high-class steak, playing golf and driving expensive cars. He is also an egomaniac, shown when he claims to have defeated Cell. His family consists of himself, a wife named Miguel who left Mr. Satan and his daughter Videl. He is very protective of Videl, especially when it comes to boyfriends. He will only allow her to date boys who are stronger than himself. Despite his selfish, egotistical and quite cowardly ways, he is still capable of genuinely heroic or altruistic feats, such as willingly tossing 16's head over to Gohan to give him the needed encouragement to fight Cell, managing to convince Majin Buu into ceasing his mindless killing ways and befriend him, and even using his fame to convince Earth's people to give energy to Goku's Spirit Bomb in order to destroy Majin Boo.
In DBZ Abridged[]
Nappa mentioned having just hired Mark Satan when speaking with Vegeta before he left Earth,[1] saying he was considering working on a new name for him while leaning on "Hercule".
Mr. Satan was able to win a World Tournament while the Z-Fighters were training for the conflict with the androids.
Shortly after Cell's declaration of the Cell Games over national TV, Mr. Satan immediately contacted Nappa, who acting as his agent assures him everything was in motion to respond. Mr. Satan later appeared on television to state his intent to defeat Cell, immediately embraced by his adoring crowd. He mentioned the week that Cell had given everyone to prepare for it, surmising this was due to Cell's hope that he would not show up. This was the first instance the Z-Fighters became aware of him, as Gohan, Yamcha, Krillin and Master Roshi watched him on TV, disbelieving that he could be of any use against Cell.[2]
The day of the Cell Games, Mr. Satan arrives at the arena, and launches a fully loaded threat onto Cell on how he was going to defeat him, leading an annoyed Cell to bemoan his decision to make the tournament open-invitation. After Mr. Satan finishes his dramatic boast, Cell asks him aloud is truly serious and makes several stinging remarks about Satan's personal life, immediately leaving the celebrity uncomfortable. The Z-Fighters show up not long afterwards, with Mr. Satan immediately irritated by what he perceives as show tricks for attention. Unwilling to let Goku take the first (and probably only) shot at Cell, Satan attacked and was easily swatted aside by Cell, leaving a bloody smear on a nearby plateau for the world to see. As this humiliating defeat was broadcast on national TV, the world's populace began rioting.
Miraculously, Mr. Satan survived this brush with a plateau and spent most of the Cell Games on the sidelines attempting to explain all of the Dragon Team and Cell's superhuman feats as special effects and the like, until the destroyed-yet-sentient head of Android 16 lands near them and asks to be thrown near Gohan. Seeing the chance to do something truly heroic and for the sake of his daughter and all of Earth's people, Satan willingly does so, despite being terrified out of his mind.
Once the climactic Kamehameha struggle between Gohan and Cell concludes with Cell's final destruction, a dumbstruck Mr. Satan begins reflecting on his life and choices until Jimmy Firecracker alerts Mr. Satan to working audio broadcast equipment (as much of the rest were destroyed by various forces during the Games.) This way, Satan can at least tell the very much rioting (as Jimmy emphasizes) populace of the world what happened. To put the people's minds at ease, Satan claims to have been the one to have defeated Cell.
Personality[]
In the Kai Abridged series, Mr. Satan sums up his TFS interpretation directly to the viewer: "They didn't really change my character much anyway."
Satan is a loud and boastful person who likes to plug in promotions. However he hides behind some insecurities which Cell managed to unravel after some brief but cutting dialogue. Despite that, he also has a sense of nobility as he was willing to bring Android 16's head close to Gohan and Cell despite knowing the risks.
It is implied throughout the Cell Games that Mr. Satan lead a very checkered life prior to his discovery by Nappa. Cell accuses him of being homeless, participating in producing low-grade unsafe pornography, and being involved in bum fights, none of which he is able to refute. Various "advice" and history he offers seems to corroborate Cell's claims, though based on said advice he seems to be ashamed of his past life. He also admits to having a serious gambling problem.
He also does not believe that anything the Z-Fighters or Cell can do are very much real, preferring to make excuses for them. One example is how he explains the sudden demise of the Y Network hosts (and their martial arts team) to be nothing more but robots controlling a helicopter, and their corpses as fake cadavers. Satan also lies a lot, telling the viewers that the reason he lost to Cell was that there were magnets under the ring that affected the iron in his blood. However, when Larry's cameras were destroyed during the battles, with little other equipment to broadcast with, Satan became somewhat more honest. Finally, when Cell was destroyed and working audio systems were found in the van, Satan lied about killing Cell to calm his thousands of rioting fans. This shows that Mr. Satan, while still a showboating blowhard by any standard, still cares enough about the people of Earth to get them to calm down and stop destroying each other's lives.
Attacks[]
- Satan Punch: A simple punch. Attempted to use it against Cell, but failed
Explanations[]
Mr. Satan uses false explanations for events occurring.
- Vegeta and Android 16 flying down to the Arena - They were hiding behind rocks, and using a system of pulleys and levers to make it look like they were flying.
- The Y Network's helicopter is destroyed, killing its passengers - The helicopter was piloted by robots and the dead bodies were fake cadavers "for added effect."
- Mr. Satan is easily flung out of the ring by Cell - There were magnets under the ring, that caused him to go flying because of the iron in his blood from eating spinach.
- The yellowish-orange glow of Cell and Goku's Ki - The two fighters are engulfed in flames while wearing fire-retardant clothing and a thin protective gel on their skin.
- Cell's Multi-Form Technique - Simply mirrors.
- Cell's Kamehameha and the breeze coming from it - Lasers and industrial fans are being used.
- Cell and Goku are too fast to be seen by the naked eye - The two fighters are wearing camouflage, as in the Predator and Harry Potter (When Firecracker questions the latter, Mr. Satan tells him his daughter Videl is a big fan).
- Cell's limbs and head are disintegrated by the Instant Kamehameha - Cell's real body was switched out for a prop which was exploded with c4 charges.
- The appearance of the Cell Juniors - They're dwarves in costumes that have poor agents.
- Cell's destruction - He himself destroyed him with a Megaton Punch (although it was more to keep his fans from rioting again).
Appearances[]
| Appearances of Mr. Satan in DragonBall Z Abridged | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | |||||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
| No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| Season 2 | |||||||||
| 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 |
| No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 |
| No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes |
| Season 3 | |||||||||
| 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 | 39 | 40 |
| No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| 41 | 42 | 43 | 44 | 45 | 46 | 47 | 48 | 49 | 50 |
| No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| 51 | 52 | 53 | 54 | 55 | 56 | 57 | 58 | 59 | 60 |
| No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Epilogue | |||||||||
| No | |||||||||
| Movies | |||||||||
| M1 | M2 | M3 | M4 | M5 | M6 | M7 | M8 | ||
| No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | ||
| Specials | |||||||||
| SP1 | SP2 | SP3 | SP4 | ||||||
| No | No | No | No | ||||||
| Kai Abridged | |||||||||
| Kai1 | Kai2 | Kai2.9 | Kai3 | Kai3.5 | |||||
| No | No | No | No | No | |||||
Trivia[]
- The photo Nappa uses to show off Mr. Satan in the finale of Dragon Ball Z Abridged season 2 is an infamous photo of a Japanese man who bore an uncanny resemblance to the character. While the photo is infamous on the internet, the man's identity as well as where the photo was taken remains a mystery to this day.
- During the Xenoverse Let's Play, it is mentioned by multiple members of TeamFourStar that he is one of their favorite characters. There was even some speculation he would kill Cell in Cell-Out as a gag.
- Mr. Satan's fans loudly declare "hail Satan" in support of him, seemingly unaware of the religious implications they're yelling.
- Nappa's mention of "Mark Satan" needing a more marketable name is an obvious riff on the censoring of the character's name in various foreign markets, which use the name "Hercule" instead.
- Mr. Satan's declaration of having a "hot Asian wife" is a reference to the WWE wrestler and former Bullet Club member Karl Anderson, who would always go on about having a hot Asian wife (and as it happens, actually has one).
- The English (Canadian) subtitles tend to always insult him whenever he talks, either due to his obnoxious personality or because the things he gives as explanations are OBVIOUS lies. And we absolutely enjoy writing them that way.
- Lanipator was originally slated to play Mr. Satan, but the character was ultimately recasted to avoid sounding too similar to Vegeta and Piccolo, both of whom Lanipator plays.