Bardock. wakes up in a bed on a planet whose sky looks a lot like the planet Vegeta, he is being healed by two aliens, the village doctor, and his son Berry. Bardock observes that the medicine used to cure him is similar to that of the liquid in healing tanks, then Ipana says that the name of the planet is Planet Plant, Bardock remembers that that was the old name of Planet Vegeta and begins to wonder if he is in last. come on 3 different formats. Its name comes from the modification of the syllables of burdock, an English word that translates into Spanish as burdock, an edible herb and plant species. The Anglicism of the said plant in Japanese is written as bādokku (バ ー ド ッ ク Kan, bādokkuHepJP), but the character's name is written as Bādakku (バ ー ダ ッ ク Kan, BādakkuHepJP).

The main members of the Bardock family have names based on root vegetables, for example carrot (Kacarrot), radish (Raditz), and onion (Gine), which is related to the origin of the Saiyan name system, who have names from plant species.