Android 17

Android 17
Dragon Ball character
Android 17 as depicted in the anime
First appearance	Dragon Ball chapter #349: "No. 17 and No. 18 Are Awakened" (1991)
Created by	Akira Toriyama
Voiced by	Japanese Shigeru Nakahara English See Voice actors
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Gender	Male
Relatives	Dr. Gero (creator) Android 18 (sister) Kuririn (brother-in-law) Marron (niece)

Android 17 (Japanese: 人造人間17号, Hepburn: Jinzōningen Jū Nana Gō^?, lit. "Artificial Human #17") is a fictional character in the Dragon Ball manga series created by Akira Toriyama. Android 17 makes his debut in chapter #349 The Androids Awake! (目覚めた17号、18号, Mezameta Jūnanagō, Jūhachigō), first published in Weekly Shōnen Jump on November 25, 1991.

He and his sister, Android 18 were forcibly turned into cyborgs by Dr. Gero to kill series protagonist Goku. The present-timeline version of the character has little interest in doing so, only pursuing it as a game. The alternate timeline version is activated after Goku's death, murdering the other characters and having a twenty year reign of terror on Earth until being killed by Future Trunks.

Android #17 is activated by Dr. Gero after he fails to terminate Goku. #18 is activated a short time after, and the group of androids are discovered by the heroes, Dr. Gero ordering #17 and #18 to terminate them while Android #17 remains passive until killing Gero. After surviving a full power attack from Trunks, the androids activate #16 and begin a quest to find Goku out of pure entertainment, being confronted by Vegeta who begins a duel with #18. #17 is content with allowing the pair to combat each other but warns against the other heroes joining in as he would get involved, doing so after Trunks attacks #18 once she breaks Vegeta's arm, #17 easily defeating Piccolo and Tenshinhan. Kuririn confronts Android #17 over his intent to kill Goku, trying to talk him out of it and failing. Continuing their search, the androids arrive at Goku's home, finding no one there and then journeying to Kame House, where they find several of Goku's friends, Piccolo stepping up to combat them. #17 agrees to the battle and they fight an even match until Cell arrives, able to find the group thanks to the outpouring of power on Piccolo's part. #17 is confused to see the bio android, Piccolo revealing Cell's needing to absorb him and #18 to achieve his perfect form. #17 and Piccolo find themselves overwhelmed by Cell, #16 stepping in and proving to be a match against Cell, though insisting that #17 and #18 leave as the pair decline. Cell sneaks up behind #17, being seen by Tenshinhan from the sky who warns #17 moments before he is absorbed and triggers Cell's transforming into his second form. #17 dies when Cell self-destructs in a failed attempt to destroy the Earth, being resurrected with the Dragon Balls after Cell's defeat along with all of his other victims and having his bomb removed by a wish from Kuririn. Years later, #17 is killed a second time when Majin Boo destroys the Earth, being revived along with all other good people on Earth and donating his energy to Goku's Genki-dama to destroy Boo.