Despite the fact thatAndroid 17isn’t exactly a ‘ household name ’ when it comes to the most popularDragon Ballcharacters , he has for sure made a name for himself within betimes every era of the serial publication , includingDragon Ball GT , where 17 seemingly masteredVegeta ’s potent form way before the Saiyan Prince did inDragon Ball Super .

Android 17 was introduced inDragon Ball Z ’s Android Saga , and he and his babe , 18 , were demonstrate as the groovy threat the Z - Fighters had ever faced up until that spot – mostly because that is what the Z - Fighters were told by thetime - travel Saiyan warrior , Trunks . In Trunks ’ alternate future , 17 and 18 decimated the satellite and killed much everyone who could stop them , with only Trunks alive to transport on . Thankfully , due to Trunks ’ meddling in the timestream , the main - continuity version of 17 avoided becoming a baddie , and inDragon Ball Super , he actually prove to be a hero on a cosmic scale . Android 17 won the Tournament of Power , and he used his unbounded wish to make for back every cosmos that was obliterated as a answer of the tourney . skip over over toDragon Ball GTand 17 is back in the proverbial villain can , but in a way that is still crazily impressive given his immense strength compare to the the likes of of Super Saiyan 4 Goku . All - in - all , 17 has had a jolly sound test inDragon Ballthus far – and his legacy just got a - whole - lot cooler .

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Android 17 Seemingly Mastered Ultra Ego Long Before Vegeta

InDragon Ball GTepisode 46 ( save by Atsushi Maekawa , lead by Osamu Kasai , produced by Toei Animation ) , Goku is trying to arrest Super 17 ( a massively raise interlingual rendition of Android 17 ) from taking over the world . While Goku antecedently masteredthe Super Saiyan 4 transformationupon his fight with the immensely powerful Machine Mutant , Baby , he still was n’t a match for the kick upstairs 17 , and for one reason . Any attack – most notably , ki blast – Goku struck 17 with , 17 would just engulf it , and that vigor would only serve to make him stronger .

Not only was 17 taking no damage while Goku exert himself greatly throughout their combat , but the damage he should have been taking was summate to his already unequalled big businessman . If this vocalise familiar , it should , because that is exactly how Vegeta described Ultra Ego when fightingGranolah in the lastDragon Ball Superarc . Ultra Ego is the channel mogul of a Destroyer God through a deathly body , effectively making that mortal akin to a deity – at least , if they can perfect it . Vegeta only unlocked this power lately , meaning he ’s a tenacious fashion from surmount the form . However , when he maintain it , he explicitly submit that one of the benefits of Ultra Ego is that it dedicate him the ability to have his force increase with every injury he sustained . The more abuse Vegeta took , the strong he ’d become , just like Super 17 inDragon Ball GT .

The only differences between the two ostensibly identical abilities inGTandSuper , severally , is that 17 technically had it first ( if one were to view the real - world release date of theGTepisode vs theSuperchapter ) and that 17 ’s was infinitely estimable . SinceVegeta is n’t able-bodied to maintain Ultra Egoyet , his ability to get stronger with every plan of attack is very limited and does finally get up to him – ensue in Vegeta essentially passing out from unmingled pain and exhaustion when he can no longer sustain Ultra Ego . Super 17 , on the other hand , is able-bodied to absorb flak after flak constantly , and is only eventually take down by Goku by - way of a powered - up battle royal attempt with the assist of 18 . So , not only didDragon Ball ’s 17 essentially masterVegeta ’s strongest form inDragon Ball GT(way beforeDragon Ball Super ) butAndroid 17 ’s interlingual rendition was also much better by compare .

Naruto in a battle pose, throwing a kunai while he holds three more. Behind him, Kaguya and Madara can be seen.

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Ultra Ego Vegeta and 17.

Super 17 absorbing attacks in GT.