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Spopovich is a supporting antagonist in the Majin Buu Saga in Dragon Ball Z.

He was voiced by Hisao Egawa in Japanese, Michael Dobson in the Ocean dub and Andrew Chandler in the Funimation dub.

What Makes Him a Hate Sink?[]

  • When he's called to draw his number for the World Martial Arts Tournament, he just stands idle for no reason, even after being called repeatedly. This causes Goten and Trunks, disguised as Mighty Mask, whom they don't know the name of, to assume they are Spopovich, and go to draw a number, after which, Spopovich very rudely grabs them and tosses them away, despite them being children, and while he didn't know this, it's not like he would've cared either way. This blatant act of holding up the other contestants for no reason and rudely tossing another person away is the first sign he's a jerk. While he was right to be upset when "Mighty Mask" impersonated him, he shouldn't have stood by and ignored the announcer when he called for him, and he certainly had no right to pick "Mighty Mask" up and throw him away.
  • He brutally beats Videl, a 16 year old girl, leaving her on the brink of death. Despite being far stronger than her and having perfect opportunities to throw her out of the ring, he keeps her inside it to continue pummeling her. He continues until she is crying and screaming. In the anime, he actually catches her and throws her back into the ring before she can fall out to prolong her suffering.
  • His beating of Videl is so severe that even his partner Yamu is sickened, demanding that Spopovich just get her out of the ring and end the match.
  • Although Spopovich was brainwashed by Babidi, this does not excuse his actions toward Videl. Yamu, who was also brainwashed, still retained enough of his humanity to be disgusted by the beating. This is the first sign that despite being controlled, those under Babidi's influence do retain enough of their humanity to understand what they are doing is wrong. This proves that Spopovich's actions toward Videl were not a product of the brainwashing, and that he was likely already a bad person before being brainwashed. In the anime, the reason he beats Videl so badly is petty revenge against her father for defeating him in the last World Martial Arts Tournament. In the manga, the backstory of Spopovich losing to Hercule is left out (while it's still stated he was a competitor in the previous tournament, it's not stated who he lost to, nor is it implied to have been Hercule), meaning that in the manga, he just beats Videl to the brink of death because he's cruel. The fact that he's given no reason for torturing Videl in the manga and still does so to the point of disgusting Yamu, pretty much spells out that he was already a bad person before the brainwashing. Even Vegeta managed to resist Babidi's control to the point where he refused to obey the sorcerer's command to kill the other Z fighters, as it was only Goku he was after, further proving Spopovich knew what he was doing.
  • In the manga, the beating is even more severe, with Spopovich knocking out several of Videl's teeth.
  • He's visibly disappointed when Yamu steps in and stops the torment of Videl, showing that he wanted it to continue longer.
  • When Gohan promises to pay Spopovich back for what he did to Videl, Spopovich grins sadistically, obviously hoping to beat Gohan up as well.
  • An anime flashback shows that even before being brainwashed, Spopovich was arrogant. When Hercule correctly predicted that he would easily defeat Spopovich, Spopovich angrily replied that he'd show him, only to suffer a humiliating defeat.
  • He and Yamu grab Gohan, stab him with a device, painfully suck out all of his energy, and take the energy to give to Babidi to help revive Majin Buu, who Babidi plans to use to conquer the universe, selling out humanity to the evil wizard (although this can be excused by him and Yamu being brainwashed).
  • His death, while gruesome, does not warrant sympathy from the heroes, only shock at the brutality of the scene.
  • While it's unknown if Yamu was revived by the wish to resurrect all the non-evil people who died that day (since he and Spopovich were brainwashed), it's very unlikely that Spopovich was, considering his sadistic torture of Videl and apparent willingness to beat Gohan up as well, which was done of his own volition.
  • Overall, he is depicted as nothing but a dimwitted, sadistic brute.

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