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A Namek or a Namekian, is a fictional race from the Planet Namek in the Animes Dragon Ball, Dragon Ball Z and Dragon Ball GT.
Namekians have green skin, pointy ears, and antennae, but otherwise they have a humanoid form. They are an ancient race, and have many magical abilities, as can be seen when for instance, Piccolo creates Son Gohan's first martial arts gi at the start of Dragon Ball Z when he is training him in the woods, and later when he creates a similar outfit to his own for the boy before the Cell games. They are also the creators of the Dragonballs, which grant wishes - clearly magical.
Generally not strong, Nameks are usually peaceful, however there are a few exceptions. In the past several Nameks found the secret "ancient knowledge" to becoming Super Nameks. The power went to their heads and they became violent and tyrannic. The peaceful Nameks banished the Super Nameks from the planet using the magic of the Dragonballs. The only known Super Nameks are Piccolo and Lord Slug. (Note that this information is specific to the movie and not canonical to either the anime or manga series.)
Reproduction occurs by vomiting up a huge egg, which later hatches into another Namek; making them asexual. Namekians probably are genetically encoded to have different abilities. While most easily develops some level of fighting skills, they are not really stronger than trained human fighters. Possibly due to their magical abilities, they have the ability to fuse with other Nameks, while keeping one body (as apposed to a combination of the two bodies). The results in a much stronger being, who has the personality traits of both Namekians combined. This happens with Piccolo and Nail, and later Piccolo and Kami. Kami is also seen to expunge the evil within himself, which then forms into yet another Namek, the original evil Piccolo.
Up until the arrival of Raditz on Earth, Piccolo and the other Nameks on Earth were considered demons. (This was largely due to Piccolo and his spawn being incarnated evil. Kami's status as a Namekian was not generally known, though he would not have considered himself a demon.) All Nameks during that time were offspring of Piccolo (and, by extension, Kami) and had names which were based on musical instruments. The original Namekians on their homeworld all had names which were (in Japanese or in English) puns on snails or similar
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