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I just saw two clips of a movie (I am not sure, because it was short) of
Bardock.

One shows the destruction of the Saiyan home world, where he gets the power to
see the future and psychic powers while fighting on a different planet.

The second one starts at the same place just after Frieza uses his powerball
to destroy Bardock and the planet Vegeta. It starts from the blast and Bardock
is sent back in time to his own planet where Frieza's ancestor arives and
fights Bardock and where he becomes a Super Saiyan.

Does this mean he is alive? Or that his future would be different in the same
way that Dragon Ball Z usually explains that every time you time travel and
change history a different parallel dimension is created?


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Is Bardock dead?


The first clip is from the TV special, [**Dragon Ball Z: Bardock - The Father
of Goku**](http://dragonball.wikia.com/wiki/Dragon_Ball_Z:_Bardock_-
_The_Father_of_Goku). Bardock and his crew are sent to the Planet Kanassa
destroy all life there.

> [...] Bardock and crew rest up and celebrate their victory... Until one
> remaining warrior catches him off guard and decides to give him the "gift"
> of seeing the future. This gives him the ability to see the destruction of
> Planet Vegeta, and almost the entire Saiyan race along with it, at the hands
> of their master, Frieza. Also, he sees the salvation of the planet Earth
> through his son Kakarot.

Bardock supposedly dies along with Planet Vegeta when Frieza uses his
Supernova. The disintegration of the planet happens and is shown on screen.

The second clip you mentioned is from the film, [**Dragon Ball: Episode of
Bardock**](http://dragonball.wikia.com/wiki/Dragon_Ball:_Episode_of_Bardock).
It's scenario is set after the events of _Bardock: The Father of Goku_ and is
based on the game, **Dragon Ball Heroes**. In this storyline, Bardock doesn't
die from Frieza's Supernova, and is instead teleported to the past. He time
travels to the timeline of Frieza's ancestor, _Chilled_. Bardock's
transformation into a Super Saiyan happens in this special. He defeats
Chilled, who is badly injured and devastated. Chilled then informs his people
of the Super Saiyan power and the fear was created there.

Now, both of the mentioned works are non-canon. So canonically, Bardock is
dead. But non-canonically, he had survived his demise and survived by going
back in time (unclear if he's still alive).

And as for the future, it remains unaffected. Bardock's actions and Super
Saiyan transformation in the battle against Chilled created the long felt fear
of Super Saiyans in the hearts of Frieza and his species. This fear led to the
destruction of Planet Vegeta. There's continuity in the plot and it doesn't
change anything. The future/history of Bardock himself, is however not
revealed.


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Bardock is dead according to the series and according to canon, but according
to the game Dragon Ball Xenoverse he was sent to an alternate timeline.
Nothing is said about where he was sent, though.


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