Frieza - Appearance

Appearance

Frieza's design is an amalgamation of what Toriyama thought monsters looked like in his childhood.

Frieza is one of the supervillains in the series who possesses an entire range of transformations, each one being quite different than the others. It is implied by the character Vegeta in the series that Frieza's fourth, most powerful form is actually his basic form, with the other three being transformations that suppress his power in order to conserve it. Frieza later confirms this while fighting the series' main protagonist, Goku.

Frieza is capable of amazing power and changing into a wide array of forms, looking more menacing each time. Although his fourth and Final Form looks scrawny and weak, he possesses unbelievable power in that form, utterly dwarfing his previous transformations. Frieza is capable of boosting his power to the max, bulking him up, though he is still no match for Goku after transforming into a Super Saiyan (in the anime, however, Frieza briefly becomes slightly stronger than Goku for a while before the stress on his body rapidly expends his energy to the point that Goku eventually overpowers him). He gets his name from the same naming convention as the rest of his family, all referring to cold temperatures (in this case, Freezer).