Villain who absorbs energy

Villain who predicts moves

Villain who is insanely fast that you can't see him

Villain who steals power

Villain who shape shifts

And so on

To be fair though, buu turned out to be really fun as a character

So six or so different tropes

And frieza was interesting

I thought Buu was the most recycled villain

They already had someone who could regenerate

Yes, but he was entertaining

I disagree

I'm taking personal opinion man, you're entirely free to do that

Buu was childish and powerful

That is fine

But he regenerated easier than Cell

And he had forms like Frieza

Even Cell had forms but it was based on who he absorbed

Buu did too but only after his evil form

Anyway I am not in total disagreement but I personally liked Frieza and Cell over Buu

Plus lets get into the cynical side of things

as in why they chose villains for the franchise

Frieza's first form seemed interesting but people thought it was weird he was so short. But that is sorta why he seemed so haunting

then the producers said "maybe Frieza should have a second form"

so he basically turned into King Cold before King Cold was reveiled

a big version of Frieza

but wait it would make more sense if Piccolo was wished back and actually did something against the second form, right

so he does

Then he goes third form

The third form is basically Freiza as the alien from alien

Gohan goes apeshit and beats him up at least for a moment

Frieza goes final form, Goku comes back and beats him up a bit and it it seemingly over

His final form is basically his first form but more streamlined

less ridiculous, but still perplexing due to his short height

geez

All of this was decided based on marketing

Just like Cell

i leave for twenty mins and the spaghetti is everywhere

Cell had three forms just because the producers said "he looks too gross" for his first form

then Toriyama makes a second form and they say "he looks too dumb"