Gollum
Gollum is a fictional character from J. R. R. Tolkien's legendarium. He was introduced in the 1937 fantasy novel "The Hobbit", and became an important character in its sequel, "The Lord of the Rings". Gollum was a Stoor Hobbit of the River-folk, who lived near the Gladden Fields. Originally known as Sméagol, he was corrupted by the One Ring and later named Gollum after his habit of making "a horrible swallowing noise in his throat".
List of Dragon Ball characters
, Korin in the Ocean and Funimation dub and known as Whiskers the Wonder Cat in the Harmony Gold dub, is a "Senbyō" (仙猫, "immortal cat") and is at least 800 years old when he is introduced in the "Dragon Ball". He is a minor deity who lives at the top of the extremely tall , which is situated underneath Kami's lookout; a warrior named Bora (ボラ) and his son Upa (ウパ) reside at the base of the tower, and serve as its guardians. He trained Kame-Sennin at one point back in the past for three years and gave him the and the ("Nimbus" and "Power Pole" in the English anime dub respectively), both of which are later passed on to Goku. Karin trains Goku after his defeat by Taopaipai and, later, gives him a poisoned water from the gods to make him strong enough to beat Piccolo Daimaō. He is also the one in charge of deeming people worthy of meeting Kami; Goku being the first human he has ever deemed worthy. He continues to help Goku and his friends by growing , which can fully heal any injuries and fatigue instantly, and is often accompanied by Yajirobe. Karin was modeled after the pet cat that Toriyama had at the time. Japanese fans voted Karin the twelfth most popular character of the "Dragon Ball" series in a 2004 poll. He is voiced by Ichirō Nagai and Naoki Tatsuta in Japanese, Paul Dobson and Ted Cole in the Ocean dub, and Mark Britten and Chris Sabat in the Funimation dub.