Android 1 (, Jinzōningen Ichi) is an invisible character from the Dragon Ball franchise. It was created by Dr. Gero, the chief scientist of the Red Ribbon Army, to serve the army but malfunctioned. Major Metallitron was the first android introduced in the series, but it was not part of the numbered series.
Super 17 is probably the most powerful android in the entire series, created by merging Android 17 and Hellfighter 17. Goku's Super Android 13 dies when he transforms into his Super Saiyan form and absorbs the energy of the Spirit Bomb. Androids are artificial warriors with a wide range of abilities and powers. Gero had a strong hatred for Goku because he single-handedly crushed the Red Ribbon Army as a child. That's why he began creating androids, bioandroids and cyborgs to kill Goku and restore his army.
When Goku and the Z Fighters go to Muscle Tower to find the Dragon Ball, they confront General White and the reprogrammed Android 8.It has an Android barrier and can deplete its opponent's health through its energy drain and super energy drainage techniques. Gero created fully artificial androids labeled from 1 to 7 and from 9 to 12. When Krillin, Vegeta, Gohan and Future Trunks attacked it, it became Super Android 13 after absorbing Androids 14 and 15. Gero designed some of its androids (Android 13, Cell and Android 2) with the special ability to absorb its other Android creations, resulting in an android with much more power than before. Cell seeks to absorb Android 17 and 18 to reach their perfect shape. In Dragon Ball FighterZ, Android 21 rebuilds Android 16 by placing its memories in a newer model body, identical to the original, although it lacks the original programming of 16 to kill Goku.
A strange peculiarity of this android is that it carries and drinks from a small bottle of alcohol that it keeps in its front pocket from time to time. After he and Android 18 finish beating the Z Fighters on Mountain Road, they embark on a long road trip to The House of Goku. After that, he defeated and absorbed Androids 16, 17 and 1 to transform into perfect shape. Android 8 is a completely mechanical construction according to Akira Toriyama, while certain guides claim that it is human-based (such as 17 and 1). It looks like a cross between Android 2.0 and Android 16, albeit with black hair and an exposed brain shell.
