Android 8

Android 8 is stationed inside Muscle Tower, the Red Ribbon Army's northern fortress in Jingle Village. Despite his imposing size and considerable strength, he refuses to fight or harm anyone, a disposition that his creators consider a critical malfunction. General White threatens to detonate the bomb implanted inside 8 if he does not comply, but the android would rather be destroyed than become a weapon of violence.

When Goku storms Muscle Tower searching for the Dragon Balls, he encounters Android 8 and immediately befriends him, giving him the nickname "Eighter" because his full designation is too long. Their partnership during the tower's ascent is charming and formative. Eighter provides Goku with guidance through the fortress while Goku handles the fighting, and the two develop a genuine bond rooted in mutual kindness.

After Muscle Tower falls, Eighter settles in Jingle Village, where the grateful townspeople accept him as one of their own. He makes brief appearances later in the series, including a cameo during the Buu Saga when he gives his energy to Goku's Spirit Bomb. In the Super Hero film, Android 8's legacy carries forward as Dr. Hedo (Dr. Gero's grandson) builds android heroes like Gamma 1 and 2, whose sense of justice echoes Eighter's gentle defiance. Android 8 stands as proof that even a weapon built for war can choose peace.