Candy Beam

The Candy Beam works through a simple but terrifying process. Buu points his antenna at a victim, announces their impending transformation (usually with childlike excitement), and fires a thin beam of energy that instantly converts the target into some form of confection. Chocolate bars, jawbreakers, cookies; the specific candy seems to vary based on Buu's whim. Once transformed, the helpless victim is typically eaten on the spot.

The technique bypasses conventional power scaling entirely. It does not matter how strong the target is; if the beam connects, they become candy. This makes it one of the most dangerous abilities in the entire Dragon Ball universe, limited only by the fact that it requires a direct hit and Buu has to actively choose to use it.

The most famous use of the Candy Beam comes during Buu's fight with Vegito. Super Buu (with Gohan absorbed) fires the beam at Super Vegito and successfully turns him into a coffee-flavored jawbreaker. Victory seems assured for all of two seconds before the tiny candy starts talking, flying, and delivering a brutal beating to Super Buu.

Vegito's power is so immense that he retains full consciousness, speech, and fighting ability even as a piece of candy. The absurd spectacle of a jawbreaker pummeling one of the strongest beings in the universe is one of the most comedic moments in the Buu Saga. Humiliated and unable to land a hit on the tiny projectile, Buu is forced to reverse the transformation just to have a chance at fighting back.

Other Notable Uses

Earlier in the saga, Innocent Buu uses the Candy Beam on terrified civilians after Babidi threatens Earth, turning crowds of people into candy and eating them. He also uses it on a young girl who refused to give him a kiss, even after he shapeshifted his face to look like the actor Barry Kahn. Good Buu later fires it at Kid Buu during their battle on the Sacred World of the Kai, but Kid Buu dodges, and the beam hits a rock instead, turning it into candy that Kid Buu casually eats.

The Candy Beam has become one of the most recognizable and entertaining attacks in Dragon Ball video games. In FighterZ, Kid Buu uses it to turn opponents into candy and chew on them before spitting them out. In Jump Force, Good Buu's version is unblockable on hit, transforming the opponent into a chocolate bar that Buu inhales with his Flame Shower Breath.

Demon God Demigra notably hijacks the technique during the Xenoverse storyline, using it to capture and absorb the divine bird Tokitoki during his invasion of Toki Toki City. The Candy Beam is also available as both a Super Skill and Evasive Skill in Xenoverse 2, making it one of the few transformation-based attacks that player characters can learn.