Meatian

Planet Meat and its people exist primarily in the context of the Bardock television special, "Bardock: The Father of Goku." The Meatians were a civilization unfortunate enough to be targeted by the Frieza Force for conquest. As was standard practice, a squad of Saiyan warriors was dispatched to clear the planet of its inhabitants so it could be sold to the highest bidder.

Little is shown of the Meatians themselves before their destruction. What we know of Planet Meat comes almost entirely from the aftermath, as Bardock arrives to find the conquest already completed and his teammates waiting for him.

Planet Meat's true significance lies not in its native population but in what happened after their defeat. Frieza, growing increasingly paranoid about the Saiyans' rising power and the Super Saiyan legend, dispatched Dodoria and his elite soldiers to Planet Meat to eliminate Bardock's team. Tora, Fasha, Borgos, and Shugesh were caught off guard and killed one by one.

When Bardock arrived, he found his comrades dead or dying. Tora, barely clinging to life, warned Bardock about Frieza's treachery before passing. This moment on Planet Meat was the catalyst that sent Bardock on his doomed mission to confront Frieza directly, culminating in his final stand above Planet Vegeta.

The Meatians themselves are essentially collateral damage twice over: first destroyed by the Saiyans who conquered their world, then rendered historically irrelevant by the larger tragedy that unfolded on their planet's surface. No individual Meatians are named or characterized in any detail.

Their planet's legacy belongs entirely to the Saiyan story, specifically to Bardock's arc. Planet Meat is remembered not for its people but for being the place where Bardock's crew died and where the seeds of his rebellion against Frieza were planted. It is a fitting, if grim, illustration of how the Frieza Force's conquests erased entire civilizations without a second thought.