u/CrispyGold

Obviously this doesn't apply to every villain (Bio-Broly), but a lot of the movie villains are popular with the fanbase. Turles, Cooler, Broly, Janemba, so much so they are mainstays in the video games and even used heavily in advertising such as the Tenkaichi 3 opening placing Broly and Janemba alongside Buu.

Broly was even so popular he was officially made canon.

I don't think I've ever seen this anywhere else. Like Naruto has 9 movies and the only villains of note are the last 2 films, the Last and Boruto the only 2 canon movies.

What's your take on this? Why do you think DB movie villains tend to be pretty popular or well liked?

Giving even more opportunities for Vegeta to get the absolute shit beaten out of him.

Seriously there is not a more majestic punching bag like there is Vegeta. He turns jobbing into an art form.

Talks a big game, goes all "I am Super Vegeta, I am the strongest", and he gets punched in the gut. Classic, always second place. XD

Olibu is a pretty cool character. Nice guy, great warrior, and he adds to a pretty cool concept in helping to showcase a lineage of great warriors King Kai has trained after they reached him in Otherworld.

Plus it means we have a case where Sun Wukong (Son Goku) is training buds with Hercules (Olibu) and that's pretty neat.