Top Characters In Dragon Ball Series.
1) Goku:-
Goku, also known as Son Goku (孫 悟空) in the original Japanese-language version[1] and in the English language manga, is a character and the protagonist of the Dragon Ball mangaseries written by Akira Toriyama. He is loosely based on Sun Wukong, a central character in the classical Chinese novel Journey to the West.[2] Goku is introduced as an eccentric, monkey-tailed boy who practices martial arts and possesses superhuman strength.[3] At first, Goku is believed to be an Earthling, but he is later revealed to be a member of an extraterrestrial warrior race called the Saiyans.[4]
In Dragon Ball, Goku trains himself in various martial arts at his home in the jungle. He meets Bulma who is searching for the Dragon Balls. Bulma notices Goku's power and asks Goku to join her after explaining the legend of the Dragon Balls. As Goku matures, he becomes one of universe's mightiest warriors and protects his adopted home planet, Earth from villains who wish to harm it. Goku is depicted as carefree and aloof when at ease but quickly serious and strategic-minded when fighting. Goku is able to concentrate his Ki and use it for devastatingly powerful energy-based attacks, the most prominent being his signature Kame Hame Ha technique, in which Goku launches a blue energy blast from his palms.
As the protagonist, Goku appears in most of the episodes, films, television specials, and OVAs of the anime series Dragon Ball, Dragon Ball Z and Dragon Ball Z GT, as well as many of thefranchise's video games. Due to the series' international popularity, Goku has become one of the most recognizable and iconic anime characters in the world. Outside the Dragon Ballfranchise, Goku has made cameo appearances in Toriyama's self-parody series Neko Majin Z, has been the subject of other parodies, and has appeared in special events. Goku's critical reception has been largely positive and he has been recognized as the greatest manga/anime character of all time.
Western countries were introduced to the version of Goku appearing in the Dragon Ball Z anime, an adaptation of Dragon Ball Volumes 17-42, as opposed to his initial child form, which Japan was first introduced to.
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Appearance's:-
Goku first appears in the manga chapter Bulma and Son Goku (ブルマと孫悟空 Buruma to Son Gokū), originally published in Japan's Weekly Shōnen Jump magazine on December 3, 1984.[6] Goku first appears as a supremely strong, monkey-tailed child adopted by the hermit Gohan. Before the series' narrative begins, he accidentally kills Gohan on a full-moon night when he temporarily transforms into a giant ape-like creature. Living alone, Goku befriends a teenage girl named Bulma and joins her to find the seven Dragon Balls, which, when gathered, summon the wish-granting dragon Shenron. They encounter the desert bandit Yamcha and two shapeshifters named Oolong and Puar, who also join their quest. Goku is later trained by the martial artist Master Roshi, alongside a Shaolin monk named Krillin, who becomes his best friend. While participating in the World Martial Arts Tournament, Goku battles foes-turned-allies such asTenshinhan and Chiaotzu, as well as the Namekian Piccolo. After becoming the runner-up champion of the 21st and 22nd tournaments, Goku finally wins in the 23rd tournament with Piccolo's defeat, and marries the Ox King's daughter Chi-Chi soon after.
Five years later, Goku meets his evil older brother, Raditz, and sacrifices himself to defeat Raditz after he learns about his heritage.[7][8] Goku comes from a race of extraterrestrials called Saiyans that live on the planet Vegeta, himself having been sent from Vegeta to prepare Earth for sale on the intergalactic market by destroying all its life.[9] While Grandpa Gohan is taking care of him, Goku suffers severe amnesia and forgets his mission to conquer Earth.[9] Goku faces enemies linked to his heritage, such as the Saiyan prince Vegeta, who eventually becomes his ally; and the galactic tyrant Frieza, who destroyed Planet Vegeta. This is the great battle where Goku becomes a Super Saiyan. After his battle with Frieza, Goku contracts a heart virus whereof the time-traveler Trunks warns him, but recovers after taking medicine provided by Trunks. Later, Goku trains his first son, Gohan, to be his successor and sacrifices himself again during the battle against the evil life-form Cell. Goku is resurrected on Earth seven years later and meets his second son, Goten. Shortly after, he is drawn into a battle for the universe against the monster Majin Buu. Goku also battles Vegeta again after Vegeta falls under the control of the wizard Babidi. Eventually, Goku destroys Buu with a Super Spirit Bomb. Ten years later, during another World Martial Arts Tournament with fighters from all over the world , Goku meets Buu's human reincarnation, Uub and leaves with him, intending to train Uub as another successor.[10]
In the anime sequel, Dragon Ball GT, Goku is transformed into a kid by an accidental wish made by his enemy Emperor Pilaf using the Black Star Dragon Balls.[11] Goku, Trunks, and Goku's granddaughter Pan travel the universe to search for the Black Star Dragon Balls and return them to Earth. Here, Goku defeats the evil Tuffle Baby, Super Android 17, and the evil Shadow Dragons. His final challenge is against Omega Shenron, who he destroys using the Spirit Bomb.[12] Goku leaves with the original form of Shenron, but not before saying his goodbyes to his friends on earth and his friend piccolo in hell. He then appears 100 years later at the next martial arts tournament as an adult, where he watches a battle between his descendant, Goku Jr., and Vegeta's descendant. An elderly Pan sees him, but he quickly departs.
Conception And Creation:-
Goku was based on one of Akira Toriyama's earlier characters named Tanton, a fictional protagonist who appeared in a one-shot series called Dragon Boy.[14] In this story, Tanton has a pair of wings. When Toriyama created Dragon Ball, he was inspired by Chinese author Wu Cheng'en's 16th century classic novel Journey to the West. The name Goku is the Japanese version of 孫悟空 (Sun_Wukong), the central character of the novel. Toriyama designed Goku as a human boy with a monkey's tail, rather than a complete simian, because the tail would be visible even when Goku was trying to hide.[14] Similarly, in Journey to the West, Sun Wukong can assume human form, but retains his tail. Toriyama initially planned to make Goku an Earthling, but given the introduction of fighters from other planets, it was later established that Goku is a Saiyan. To increase the pace of the story, Toriyama gave Goku the ability to teleport to any planet in seconds.[15]
Wanting Dragon Ball to have a Chinese appearance, Toriyama modeled Goku's gi (martial arts uniform) on the robes worn by the Shaolin monks of China.[16] During early developments of the manga, readers commented that Goku looked rather plain, so the author changed his appearance and added several characters like Master Roshi and Krillin, then created the World Martial Arts Tournament to base the storyline on fighting. To defy the assumption that Goku would win the tournaments, Toriyama made him lose the first and second but win the third. With the conclusion of the Cell Saga, Gohan was intended to replace his father as protagonist, but Toriyama decided that Gohan was unsuitable for that role.
Design:-
Goku is usually recognized by his unique hairstyle, which does not change its length except in his Super Saiyan forms, wherein his changes in color and length according to the form he takes. This is explained by Vegeta to be a common characteristic of full-blooded Saiyans.[17] Except in his Super Saiyan 4 state, Goku's hair color changes from black to golden after ascending to a Super Saiyan, and his irises change from black to green. Goku prefers dressing in a dōgi uniform to show his devotion to Earth, instead of standard battle fatigues of his race;[18] the only time he actually does wear these garments is during his training with Gohan in the Hyperbolic Time Chamber at Kami's Lookout, before the Cell Games.[19]
In his early childhood, Goku is introduced wearing a dark colored dōgi uniform with red wristbands and a white belt tied in a bow.[6] Throughout Dragon Ball Z, Goku is commonly seen wearing an orange dōgi uniform with a blue short-sleeved undershirt, blue wristbands, a blue belt tied in a knot, and striped boots. Goku also often wears the encircled kanji of his training masters on the front and back of this uniform; the first kanji being Master Roshi's, "kame" (亀?, meaning "turtle");[20] the second kanji being King Kai's, "kaio" (界王?, meaning "world king");[21] and the third being his own "Go" (悟?, meaning "wisdom" or "enlightenment").[22] Eventually, Goku stops wearing a kanji[23] and replaces his knot-tied belt with a blue obi.[23] In Dragon Ball GT, Goku wears a multi colored dōgi that consists of a blue fold-over shirt, yellow pants, pink wristbands, and white shinguards, and he also has a darker skin complexion.
Voice actors:-
In the Japanese version of the entire Dragon Ball anime series and subsequent spin-offs, Goku has been voiced by Masako Nozawa. Toriyama selected Nozawa upon hearing her audition sample, remarking that only Goku could sound like that.[25] In most non-Japanese versions, different voice actors have been used for the child and adult forms of the character. In the numerous English versions, Goku is played by different actors because different companies produced the dubs, by reason of changes of ADR companies and recording studios, or due to actors quitting.
In Harmony Gold's very brief English dub of Dragon Ball, Goku (renamed "Zero") was voiced by Barbara Goodson.[26] In Bandai's English release of the video game Final Bout, Brianne Siddall was the voice of kid Goku.[27] In Funimation's original dub of the first 13 episodes of Dragon Ball and the movie Curse of the Blood Rubies (produced in association with BLT Productions), kid Goku was voiced by Saffron Henderson.[28] In Funimation's in-house dub of the franchise, kid Goku was originally voiced by Ceyli Delgadillo in the movies Sleeping Princess in Devil's Castle and Mystical Adventure dubbed before the series;[28] Stephanie Nadolny in the entire Dragon Ball and Dragon Ball GT series, the movieThe Path to Power, as well as various video games;[28] and by Colleen Clinkenbeard in flashbacks for Dragon Ball Z Kai and the movie Curse of the Blood Rubies.[29] In AB Groupe's English dub of Dragon Ball and Dragon Ball GT(produced in association with Blue Water Studios) for Canadian and European broadcast, kid Goku was voiced by Zoe Slusar.[30]
In Bandai's English dub of the video game Final Bout, Steven Blum voiced adult Goku.[27] In Creative Products Corporation's dub of the first 35 episodes of Dragon Ball Z (produced in association with Animation International) for the Philippines, adult Goku was voiced by Nesty Calvo Ramirez.[31] In Funimation's dub of the first 67 episodes (edited into 53) of Dragon Ball Z produced in association with Saban and Ocean Productions, adult Goku was voiced by Ian James Corlett in episodes 1-49 (1-37 edited) and then by Peter Kelamis in episodes 50-67 (38-53 edited).[32] In Geneon's dub of the movies Dead Zone, The World's Strongest and The Tree of Might (produced in association with Funimation and Ocean Productions), Peter Kelamis again voiced adult Goku.[33] In Westwood Media's dub of the last half of Dragon Ball Z (produced in association with Ocean Productions) for European and Canadian broadcast, adult Goku was voiced by Peter Kelamis in episodes 108-158 and by Kirby Morrow in episodes 159-291.[34] In AB Groupe's dub of Dragon Ball and Dragon Ball GT (produced in association with Blue Water Studios) for Canadian and European broadcast, the adult Goku was voiced by Jeffrey Watson in Dragon Ball and Jeremiah Yurk in Dragon Ball GT.[30] In Funimation's in-house dub of the entire Dragon Ball franchise in the U.S., adult Goku has been voiced consistently by Sean Schemmel.
Abilities:-
Through constant training, Goku has achieved many extraordinary abilities, like incredible superhuman strength and durability. He also possesses super speed[36] and swift reflexes, and can perform energy blasts formed from ki. As a child, Goku wields the Nyoi-bo (如意棒 lit. "Mind Stick", renamed "Power Pole" in Funimation's anime dub), a magic staff that extends and retracts on command, given to him by Grandpa Gohan;[6] but as he grows older and stronger, Goku eventually stops using the staff. Goku's first means of conveyance is a magic cloud called Kinto-un (筋斗雲lit. "Somersault Cloud", renamed "Nimbus" in Funimation's dub), given to him by Master Roshi in return for saving Roshi's pet sea turtle.[37] After training with Kami, he learns to fly by virtue of the technique Bukū-jutsu (舞空術 lit. "Air Dance Technique") and uses the cloud less frequently.
Goku's signature move is the Kamehameha (かめはめ波 lit. "Kamehame Wave"), an energy blast technique learned from Master Roshi.[38] Another notable technique of Goku's, taught to him by King Kai, is the Kaiō-ken (界王拳 lit. "World King Fist"), an attack that multiplies his chi and strength for an instant, but can also strain his body afterwards.[39] Goku's most powerful attack is theGenki Dama (元気玉 lit. "Good Spirit Ball", renamed "Spirit Bomb" in Funimation's dub), an energy sphere created by gathering ki from surrounding life forms, which he also learned from King Kai.[21] Goku also learns a teleportation skill called Shunkan Idō (瞬間移動 lit. "Teleport", renamed "Instant Transmission" in Funimation's dub), which he learned from the inhabitants of the planet Yardrat.[40]
Goku is the only Saiyan in the series to achieve all known Saiyan transformations seen in the manga. In Dragon Ball, he can transform into a gigantic monkey-like creature called an Ōzaru (大猿 lit. "Great Monkey", renamed "Great Ape" or "Giant Ape" in Funimation's dub) when he stares at a full moon while possessing a Saiyan tail. Goku loses the ability to make this transformation when his friends cut off his tail.[41] Although it grows back, Goku's tail is later permanently removed by Kami.[42] In Dragon Ball GT, Goku is able to use this transformation again after regrowing his tail with the Elder Supreme Kai's help.[43] In Dragon Ball Z, Goku becomes the first Super Saiyan in a millennium in rage when Frieza kills Krillin on the planet Namek.[44] As the series progresses, Goku achieves every advanced form of Super Saiyan. Each transformation changes Goku's appearance and enormously enhances his abilities.
Goku can fuse with Vegeta, creating a warrior with the combined powers and skills of both Saiyans. He can achieve this using two methods. The first method involves using the Potara Earringspresented to Goku by the Elder Kai, which results in a 'perfect fusion', creating Vegito ("Vegerot" in Viz Media's manga translation).[45] The other method, appearing only in the anime, is by performing the Metamorese Fusion Dance, which creates Gogeta. If the dance is performed incorrectly, it forms the obese Veku.
Reception and Legacy:-
Goku's character has been well received by publications for manga, anime and other media. Anime News Network noted Goku as a good source of comedy and remarked that after everything he experiences, he remains a naïve character.[47] THEM Anime Reviews noted that Goku is not an omnipotent character in the first series, unlike Dragon Ball Z, and does not disappear for long periods of time between sagas. They also liked the way the series' depict his entire adventures, making him a good main character.[48] Rationalmagic.com praised Goku's innocence as one of the funniest parts of the series.[49] According to Julius Weideman, Goku's journey and ever-growing strength resulted in the character winning "the admiration of young boys everywhere."[50] Goku was ranked Number One in IGN's Top 25 Anime Characters of All Time,[51] and in Mania Entertainment's 10 Most Iconic Anime Heroes written by Thomas Zoth who commented that "Goku and Dragon Ball completely revolutionized the shonen genre."[52] In a Newtype poll from March 2010, Goku was voted the fourth most popular male character from the 1980s.[53]
Several pieces of merchandising based on Goku have been released, including action figures,[54][55] plushes,[56][57] and keychains.[58] In a 2005 The Daily Reader article entitled "The Greatest Geek Movie Heroes of All Time", Goku is the only animated character listed, and is ranked tenth.[59] Goku has been featured in the Animage's Anime Grand Prix 1989 polls, ranked the second most popular male anime character.[60][61] One Piece creator Eiichiro Oda andNaruto creator Masashi Kishimoto said that Goku inspired their series' themes.[62][63] In 2000, Goku placed third in an Animax poll of favorite anime characters.[64] In a survey of 1,000 people, conducted by Oricon in 2007, Goku ranked first place as the "Strongest Manga character of all time."[65] In the survey "friendship" developed by rankingjapan.com, in which people chose which anime character they would like as a friend, Goku ranked fifth.[66] Masako Nozawa, the Japanese voice actor who played Goku, said that she liked when he lost his tail because it made him look normal and that the character was still the same at the end of the series.[67] Jackie Chan has gone on record stating that Goku is his favorite Dragon Ball character.[68]
The German rock band Son Goku takes their name from Goku. The band's lead singer Thomas D chose the name because Goku embodies the band's philosophy, saying he was "fascinated by Goku's naïveté and cheerfulness, yet, at the same time, a great warrior saving the world."[69]
In 2010, a fiberglass statue of Goku was created by Chinese artist Edison Chen, with Chen's facial features instead of Goku's, as part of Chen's "I Hate You For Looking!" collection that was displayed at the "Treacherous Treis" exhibition.[70] Rafael Nadal confessed that when he was a young boy, he would run home from school to watch Goku in his favorite Japanese anime, Dragon Ball. CNN released an article explaining how Goku was Nadal's childhood inspiration, and called Nadal "the Dragon Ball of tennis" due to his unorthodox style "from another planet.
Appearance's In Other Media:-
Goku has appeared in various other media including an unofficial Taiwanese live-action film[72] and an unofficial Korean live-action film.[73] He was portrayed by Justin Chatwin in the 2009 20th Century Fox feature Dragonball Evolution.[74]Goku has also appeared in almost every Dragon Ball licensed electronic game, including crossover games such as Jump Super Stars and Jump Ultimate Stars. In 1992, Goku was featured in the interactive game Dragon Ball Z: Get Together! Goku World,[75] in which Goku and his gang travel back in time to review events in the Dragon Ball timeline and interacts with his younger self. In 2006, Goku was featured in the Dragon Ball Z, One Piece and Naruto crossover game Battle Stadium D.O.N. In December 2007, Goku, Naruto Uzumaki and Monkey D. Luffy made guest appearances in avatar form in the MMORPG Second Life for a Jump Festa promotion titled Jumpland@Second Life.[76] Goku also appears in the Dr. Slump and Arale-chan video game for the Nintendo DS.[77]
Goku has been the subject of, and is mentioned in, various songs. "Son Goku Song"[78] and "Gokū no Gokigen Jānī"[79] feature Goku as a child singing about himself. During his adult years, the song "Aitsu wa Son Gokū" by Hironobu Kageyama, where Kageyama praises everything about Goku,[80] and the duet "Ore-tachi no Energy"[81] feature words spoken by the character. For the release of the single of the Dragonball Evolution international theme song "Rule" Toriyama supplied CD artwork of singer Ayumi Hamasaki dressed as Goku.[82]
Goku has been used in Japanese public service announcements aimed at children. In June 1988, Goku and other Dragon Ball characters were featured in two PSA short films. The first, in which Goku is taught the importance of obeying traffic safety by others, is entitled The Goku Traffic Safety (悟空の交通安全 Gokū no Kōtsū Anzen).[83] The second is called The Goku Fire Fighting Regiment (悟空の消防隊 Gokū no Shōbō-tai), in which he teaches two children the importance of fire safety.[83]
Goku has made guest appearances in various Japanese television shows and manga. In 2005, Goku appeared in the Toriyama parody manga Neko Majin Z where he is the sensei of the main character Z.[84] On September 15, 2006, Goku, Vegeta and Frieza appeared in a chapter of the Kochikame manga Super Kochikame entitled Kochira Namek-Sei Dragon Kōen-mae Hashutsujo (こちらナメック星ドラゴン公園前派出所), in which Ryotsu Kankichi travels to Namek and tries to issue Frieza a citation and scolds he and Goku for parking their ships illegally.[85] Goku and other Dragon Ball characters joined the cast of One Piece in a crossover manga entitled Cross Epoch.[86]
Goku has been the subject of various parodies. In the episode Career Day of Takeshi's Castle, known in the United States as MXC, the hosts Beat Takeshi and Sonomanma Higashi dressed as popular anime characters, one as Kid Goku, the other as Doraemon.[87] Shonen Jump's Gag Special 2005 issue, released on November 12, 2004, featured a Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo one-shot Dragon Ball parody manga, a retelling of the battle between Goku and Vegeta in the Saiyan Saga.[88] In chapter #179 of the Yakitate!! Japan manga, Kawachi executes a Genki Dama parody called a Shinrai Dama (信頼玉 lit. "Trust Ball") on the character Katsuo.
Goku regularly appears on Fuji TV. In 2003, Goku appeared in the interactive feature Kyutai Panic Adventure! (球体パニックアドベンチャー! Kyūtai Panikku Adobenchā!, Orb Panic Adventure!), which was featured exclusively at the Fuji TV headquarters in the Kyutai (orb) section. In this, Frieza attacks a visiting tourist, blasting the orb section free from the rest of the Fuji TV building. Goku fights Frieza over the real life aqua city of Odaiba. In 2004, a sequel called Kyūtai Panic Adventure Returns! (球体パニックアドベンチャーリターンズ! Kyūtai Panikku Adobenchā Ritānzu!, Orb Panic Adventure Returns!) was produced. On March 25, 2006, Goku and Frieza appeared in an original animated short film in the IQ Mirror Mistake 7 (ＩＱミラーまちがい７ Aikyū Mirā Machigai Nana) segment of the Japanese game show IQ Supplement (IQサプリ IQ Sapuri, or IQ Supli). On April 7, 2007, Goku and Fuji TV announcer Masaharu Miyake were commentators on the anime segment in the Nippon Ijin Taishō (日本偉人大賞 Japan Great Man Awards) titled Saikyō no Ijin ha Dare? (最強の偉人は誰？ Who is the Strongest Hero?). The segment featured a special tournament to decide who was the greatest person in Japanese history. During the intermission, Goku promoted the coming release of R2 Dragon Ball DVDs.
Since the U.S. debut of Dragon Ball Z in 1996, Goku has appeared in American pop culture. He was featured in an issue of Wizard magazine in which he and Superman fought a hypothetical battle and won. In the Codename: Kids Next Door episode "Operation: R.E.P.O.R.T", Numbuh Four's version of the story is a parody of the Goku and Frieza's battle in Dragon Ball Z. Goku appears in Robot Chicken in a sketch entitled A Very Dragon Ball Z Christmas, where Goku and Gohan fight an evil Mrs. Claus with Santa's reindeer, in an attempt to save Christmas. The SNL sketch TV Funhouse titled Kobayashi depicts real-life hot-dog-eating champion Takeru Kobayashi as able to transform into a Super Saiyan as he prepares to eat hot dogs; Goku appears briefly near the end. Goku is referenced in the song "Goku" by Soulja Boy Tell 'Em, where he brags that he looks and feels like Goku and a few other Dragon Ball related characters also including unrelated Pikachu.[99] Goku appears in parody of the film Moneyball on an episode of Mad entitled Money Ball Z, in which Billy Beane drafts Goku and a couple of other Dragon Ball characters into the Oakland A's
2) Vegeta:-
Vegeta (ベジータ Bejīta) is a character and anti-hero in the Dragon Ball franchise created by Akira Toriyama. Vegeta appeared as the main antagonist in an arc of Dragon Ball known as the Saiyan Arc. This part of the series later became known as Dragon Ball Z. Afterward, Vegeta unites with the heroes reluctantly to thwart a greater threat, becoming an anti-hero. In spite of this change, Vegeta remains a dangerous rival to the series's main character Son Goku for almost the remainder of the series.
Vegeta first appeared in the manga chapter #204 Sayōnara Son Gokū (さようなら孫悟空 Goodbye Son Goku) first published in Weekly Shōnen Jump magazine on December 19, 1988,[1] and in episode 5 of its anime adaptation Dragon Ball Z. Vegeta was originally a dangerous enemy who sought to use the Dragon Balls to gain immortality, but later became an antihero as even greater threats were introduced in the series. Vegeta is a member of the royal Saiyan lineage, the extraterrestrial race of warriors that the series' main character, Goku, also belongs to. He is obsessed with surpassing Goku's strength.
Creation And Conception:-
Appearances:-
Vegeta's initial appearance in the manga is a handsome character, with upright standing hair and a defined widow's peak. Vegeta is noticeably shorter than Goku, who according to the series's creator Akira Toriyama, is around 5'9". As the series continued, Toriyama's artwork evolved, and as a result, Vegeta's appearance becomes more sharp and menacing, however he remains short in the manga series as opposed to himself in the anime series where he is sometimes seen to be as tall as Goku. In the anime only spin off called Dragon Ball GT, Vegeta's appearance goes through a drastic change, more so than any other previous time. Vegeta and Goku are seen to be almost the same height for unknown reasons. Also unlike the majority of the manga series, Vegeta is seen to completely abandon his Saiyan style attire and dress in Earth clothing reminiscent of real life Western cultures.
Personality:-
When Vegeta is introduced in the series, he is seen as sadistic and merciless, murdering his long-time comrade Nappa, seeing the latter's inability to defeat Goku as an unforgivable weakness. He is the son of the great king Vegeta, one who ruled planet Vegeta, home planet of the Saiyan race. During this time, Vegeta is seen to have a fierce desire for immortality and galactic rule. He desires to seek vengeance for the genocide of his race, murder of his father, and destruction of his planet by the hands of the evil tyrant, Frieza, whom he worked for. Following Frieza's defeat at Goku's hands, Vegeta's personality changes from a sadistic killer to a vengeful anti-hero, obsessed with becoming the strongest and surpassing Goku. Because of his arrogance, attitude, and past wrongdoings, Vegeta gains a lot of disdain and mistrust from those around him (particularly Piccolo), except Goku, who is often friendly and cheerful despite the animosity Vegeta has towards him. After a long time, Vegeta becomes romantically involved with Goku's close friend Bulma, after which she bears him a son named Trunks and later on a daughter named Bra (Bulla in the English adaptation). As a result of his love for Bulma and the birth of his son, Vegeta soon simply becomes a rival of Goku's, and thinks of Earth as a good place to settle down and live. As a result of this change he sees within himself, Vegeta attempts to return to his old sadistic self by willingly letting the wizard Babidi control him with his spell and thus becoming Majin Vegeta. However, the devotion that he feels towards his family soon overcomes the evil within him. In the end, he becomes Goku's closest ally, and even a good friend. Despite this, Vegeta is still annoyed by Goku's ignorance and ability to surpass him in power. His change in personality is shown in the last episodes when he decides to finally join the party and became more of a friendly rival and no longer obsesses himself with defeating Goku. However, he still desires to be the strongest. Another example is when he is defending innocent people (though sometimes through force).
Overall, Vegeta is displayed as being extremely proud of his Saiyan heritage, frequently referring to himself as the "Prince of all Saiyans" and always addressing Goku as "Kakarot" even when everybody else calls him "Goku", possibly to remind him of his Saiyan ancestry. Vegeta's pride often gets in the way of things and puts himself at risk and others around him, as he is never the one to defeat any of the main antagonists. Yet he later plays an essential role in saving the Earth from its aggressors.
Vegeta's personality is primarily based on his rivalry with Goku, and how Goku was able to change him over the course of time, despite his obsession with surpassing Goku in power.
Abilities:-
Up until his tail was cut off by Yajirobe, he could turn into a Great Ape, or Ōzaru under a full moon. This is a capability of all Saiyans with tails. Vegeta has the ability to create and enhance attacks with the use of ki. He also has the ability to use Bukū-jutsu (舞空術 lit: air dancing technique), which enables him to fly.[2] Constant training and his Saiyan heritage have given him vast superhuman strength, durability, speed and reflexes.[2]
Vegeta is known to give names for his various energy attacks. In his early appearance, Vegeta is seen to use attacks similar to several of the protagonists of the series, such as a Ki Disk Razor (気円斬 Kienzan), a two fingered laser-like disk capable of cutting through solid objects, and a ki wave similar to Goku's Kamehameha. This beam, known as the Galick Gun (ギャリック砲 Gyarikku Hō), is used by Vegeta during his battle against Goku in an attempt to destroy the Earth.[2] The Galick Gun is Vegeta's main attack and one of his favorites, used in most Dragon Ball Z video games, although he uses it only once in the manga. He later develops the Big Bang Attack (ビッグ・バン・アタックBiggu Ban Atakku) and the Final Flash (ファイナルフラッシュ Fainaru Furasshu) attacks, which are much more powerful than his older energy attacks. Vegeta's most commonly used attack in the series is when he bombards an opponent with an array of small ki blasts. He is not known to have an official name for this attack, but is usually called Rapid-Fire Energy Balls (連続エネルギー弾 Renzoku Enerugī Dan). Some fans have dubbed it "Energy Bullet Volley". Vegeta is capable of concentrating his power into a super proton cannon ray blast. Also, in Dragon Ball GT, Vegeta displays a powerful new attack, entitling it the Final Shine Attack (ファイナルシャインアタック Fainaru Shain Atakku), where he uses his left hand to fire off a massive beam of green ki that widens with distance. Because of his immense strength and power, Vegeta, along with few other characters from the Dragon Ball franchise, can destroy entire planets with single attacks if he intends to.
Vegeta also possesses several transformations that greatly enhance his abilities to varying degrees. He gains the ability to transform into a Super Saiyan and, through training, can further transform into advanced states of Super Saiyan as the series continues, including Ascended Super Saiyan and Super Saiyan 2.[3][4][5] While he was not able to achieve Super Saiyan 3, in Dragon Ball GT he reaches Super Saiyan 4, with the help from Bulma's Blutz Wave Machine. In the Raging Blast, Raging Blast 2 and Dragon Battlers games he has a Super Saiyan 3 form.
Vegeta can also fuse with Goku and create a warrior who has the combined power and skills of both. One method is by using the Potara Earrings presented to Goku by the Elder Kai. This results in a 'potara fusion' creating Vegito ("Vegerot" in Viz Media's manga translation). The other method, appearing only in the anime, is by performing the Metamorese Fusion Dance, which creates Gogeta, or if performed incorrectly, results in the ineffective "Veku.
Plot Review:-
Vegeta is introduced in Dragon Ball Z as the proud prince of the Saiyan race. He travels to Earth with his comrade Nappa in order to use the Dragon Balls to wish for immortality.[6] After having coldly destroyed a poor planet called Arlia, he and Nappa fight off the Z-Fighters, but then Goku arrives, having finished his training with King Kai. Vegeta kills Nappa for losing so easily to Goku, but soon finds that he is unable to prevail against the Z-Fighters and barely escapes with his life.[7] After the fight, Vegeta travels to Planet Namek in an attempt to wish for immortality using the Dragon Balls.[8] Upon arrival, Vegeta manages to kill many of Frieza's henchmen as well as members of the Ginyu Force. Also, he merciless destroys a whole defenseless Namekian village for their Dragon Ball. Later, he is defeated and subsequently killed by Frieza, but is revived with a wish from the Earth Dragon Balls.[9][10] Vegeta then chooses to stay on Earth and enters into a relationship with Bulma, resulting in the birth of their son, Trunks, and daughter, Bulla.[11]
Years later, Vegeta finally becomes a Super Saiyan and easily destroys Android 19, sent by the Red Ribbon Army to kill Goku.[12] However, even as a Super Saiyan, he is soon defeated by Android 18. Afterwards, Vegeta ascends beyond the Super Saiyan level while training with Trunks in the Hyperbolic Time Chamber and pummels the android Cell, who has absorbed Android 17. But his cockiness leads him to allow Cell to absorb Android #18, upon which Cell achieves his perfect form. After Vegeta fails to defeat Cell, he is forced to participate in a martial arts tournament created by Cell, called the Cell Games, in which he aids Gohan (Goku's first son) in order to defeat Cell in his perfect form.[13][14]
Seven years after the Cell Games, Vegeta allows himself to be consumed by Babidi's evil power for his own desire to become powerful enough to fight and defeat Goku.[15] However, when the monster Majin Buu is revived as a result of the energy released from their fight, Majin Vegeta goes to face him alone and sacrifices himself in an attempt to defeat Majin Buu, dedicating his sacrifice to Trunks, Bulma, and Goku.[16] After King Yemma gives Vegeta back his body and sends him down to Earth to help against the threat of Buu, he combines with Goku using the Potara Earrings, creating Vegito, who completely overwhelms Buu with his strength.[17][18] Eventually, he is absorbed into Buu's body and subsequently, the fusion splits.[19] Goku and Vegeta then recover their allies who have been absorbed by Buu, causing him to undergo a new transformation, which results in his return to his original form, called Kid Buu. On the Supreme Kai's planet, Vegeta and the fat Majin Buu battle Kid Buu again to buy time for Goku to gather energy for the Spirit Bomb, which he uses to defeat Kid Buu once and for all.[20]
In Dragon Ball GT, Vegeta is possessed by Baby and battles Goku, but is eventually split from Baby's body before Baby is destroyed. Later, he fights Super Android 17, but again, he is knocked out and nearly killed. When Omega Shenron wreaks havoc, he fuses with Goku as a Super Saiyan 4 to become Gogeta, who defeats the evil Shenron, but his arrogance doesn't allow him to finish the job, and the fusion time runs out, reverting the two back to normal. At the end of Dragon Ball GT, Vegeta says a farewell to Goku, who leaves the duty of protecting Earth in Vegeta's hands before he flies off into the sky on Shenron.
Voice actors:-
In the original Japanese version of the anime, Vegeta has been voiced by Ryo Horikawa. The first English language dub was released by an upcoming dubbing company out of Texas known as Funimation Entertainment, but they hired a group of Canadian dubbing actors called Ocean Group. Vegeta for this dub was voiced by actor Brian Drummond, and actor Saffron Henderson voiced younger Vegeta in flashbacks for the Ocean Group dub. Due to the expenses of using outside actors to dub the series, Funimation discontinued its contract with Ocean Group and hired its own actors. Vegeta was recast, featuring the voice of Christopher Sabat, who would voice Vegeta in all of the Dragon Ball based video games and him as a child. Actress Laura Bailey would take over voicing Vegeta as a child for the dub of Dragon Ball Z Kai, which was simply a re-vamped version of Dragon Ball Z.
In the Canadian version done by Blue Water, Vegeta was voiced by Roger Rhodes, which aired in Canada and the United Kingdom. including English adapted Dragon Ball video games, and also Vegeta in child flashbacks. Vegeta is voiced by Laura Bailey as a child in flashbacks in Dragon Ball Z Kai. In Dragon Ball GT: Final Bout, he was voiced by Milton James. In the original Ocean dub, Vegeta spoke Standard American English. In the Funimation dub, however, he spoke with a New England accent.
Appearance's In Other Media:-
Vegeta has appeared in many video games related to the Dragon Ball franchise as both a playable character and boss. He has also appeared in other non Dragon Ball-related video games, such as Jump Super Stars, Jump Ultimate Stars, and even in the Dragon Ball Z/One Piece/Naruto crossover game Battle Stadium D.O.N.
Vegeta has made several appearances in other manga. One of which is in Akira Toriyama's Dragon Ball self-parody Neko Majin, where he battles the main character Neko Majin Z. In Cross Epoch, Vegeta is reimagined as a captain of a crew of air pirates which include Trunks, Usopp, and Nico Robin. On September 15, 2006, Vegeta would make a guest appearance in a chapter of the Kochikame mangaSuper Kochikame, entitled Kochira Namek-Sei Dragon Kōen-mae Hashutsujo (こちらナメック星ドラゴン公園前派出所 This is the Dragon Police Station in front of the Park on Planet Namek) [21]
Vegeta has also been the victim of parody: the Shōnen Jump Gag Special 2005 issue released on November 12, 2004 featured a Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo one-shot Dragon Ball parody manga. The manga was a humorous retelling of the battle between Goku and Vegeta in the Saiyan Saga. Jelly Jiggler was Goku and Don Patch was Vegeta.[22]
Vegeta has made two contributions to music: in the eighth installment of Hit Song Collection series entitled Character Special 2, Vegeta sings the song "Vegeta-sama no Oryori Jigoku!!". The song focuses of Vegeta cooking a special Okonomiyaki,[23] and in Dragon Ball Kai: Song Collection he sings the song "Saiyan Blood", which he brags about how great he is.[24] Other Dragon Ball-related songs that center around Vegeta are "Koi no NAZONAZO" by Kuko and Tricky Shirai which focuses on his and Bulma's relationship[25] and "Ai wa Ballad no Yō ni~Vegeta no Theme~" by Shin Oya which represents Vegeta's reflections on his life and then current family.[26]
Vegeta's face is used on the cover of the book, Dragon Ball Z "It's Over 9,000!" When Worldviews Collide, by Derek Padula, author of The Dao of Dragon Ball. The image was illustrated by Javier Secano and shows Vegeta staring into the eyes of his rival, Goku, from the Dragon Ball series. The book provides a psychological analysis of Vegeta and Goku's colliding worldviews. It was written in English and is available worldwide on most major online retailers, including Amazon and iTunes.
Vegeta appears in the Karate Shoukoushi Kohinata Minoru manga in Chapter 178. Two characters go to a restaurant that features live Muay Thai boxing and Vegeta is in the background cheering.
Reception:-
The character of Vegeta has received praise and criticism from various reviewers from manga, anime and other media. Todd Douglass Jr. from DVDtalk commented on Vegeta's skills and anger, noting them to be a good combination for any fight even though it is a one-sided battle due to how powerful he is. During the appearance of Babidi, his reveal as a villain was considered to be "the real meat" from the story.[27] Theron Martin from Anime News Network noted Vegeta's pride as being partially responsible for the success of the series. His fight against Goku during such time was also commented to be very entertaining, despite its length as well as Goku and Vegeta's fighting styles, which were considered to be becoming stale.[28] In another review, Theron noted Vegeta's overcoming his pride to help defeat Cell as the best scene from the fight against said antagonist due to how it creates the climax from the scene.[29] Carlos Ross from Them Anime Reviews found Vegeta and Bulma's relationship to have too much comic potential and comments that such characterization was lost.[30] In About.com "Top 8 Anime Love Stories", Vegeta and Bulma's relationship ranked second with Katherine Luther commenting that such a relationship was unpredictable by fans.[31] Mania Entertainment writer Briana Lawerence listed Vegeta 9th in the article 10 Male Headaches of Anime, criticizing his personality and his repeated desire to surpass Goku's power.[32] Vegeta has appeared in the 1991 and 1992 Anime Grand Prix polls, taking high places in the category "best male character."[33][34] Vegeta was placed twenty-first inIGN's Top 25 Anime Characters of All Time list.
Saiyan Form's:-
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| Vegeta |
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| Vegeta In Ultimate Tenkaichi |
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| Vegeta in Ultimate Tenkaichi(Great Ape) |
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| Vegeta (Scouter) |
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| Vegeta(Evil) Majin Form |
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| Vegeta Super Saiyan |
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| Vegeta Super Saiyan 4 |
