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* '''Dragon Balls:''' Dragon Balls are the namesake artifact of the Dragon Ball series. They are large, crystalline spheres (of varying sizes and colors) that feature five-pointed stars (ranging from one to seven, and also varying in sizes and colors, along with being either rigid or flat in appearance) inside of themselves (akin to glass art); individually, they have no powers, but united they have the ability to call forth their associated Eternal Dragon who can grant (usually) one wish(s). | * '''Dragon Balls:''' Dragon Balls are the namesake artifact of the Dragon Ball series. They are large, crystalline spheres (of varying sizes and colors) that feature five-pointed stars (ranging from one to seven, and also varying in sizes and colors, along with being either rigid or flat in appearance) inside of themselves (akin to glass art); individually, they have no powers, but united they have the ability to call forth their associated Eternal Dragon who can grant (usually) one wish(s). | ||
** '''Black Star Dragon Balls:''' A set of Dragon Balls created by a nameless Namekian, long before Kami's creation of Earth's Dragon Balls. This set of Dragon Balls summon Ultimate Sheron, who can grant wishes far more potent than the original Shenron can; such as being able to kill people with a wish. However, as a wish is made on the Black Star Dragon Balls, they spread out across the entire universe, and if they are not returned to the planet the wish was made on in a years time, it will destroy said planet. | ** '''Black Star Dragon Balls:''' A set of Dragon Balls created by a nameless Namekian, long before Kami's creation of Earth's Dragon Balls. This set of Dragon Balls summon Ultimate Sheron, who can grant wishes far more potent than the original Shenron can; such as being able to kill people with a wish. However, as a wish is made on the Black Star Dragon Balls, they spread out across the entire universe, and if they are not returned to the planet the wish was made on in a years time, it will destroy said planet. | ||
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===Dragon Ball=== | ===Dragon Ball=== | ||
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Even during the beginning era of ''Dragon Ball'', the verse had many superhuman characters, starting all the way back at the strength of '''Wall level''', the characters grew in strength through various different training regimens and sagas, reaching '''Small Building level | Even during the beginning era of ''Dragon Ball'', the verse had many superhuman characters, starting all the way back at the strength of '''Wall level''', the characters grew in strength through various different training regimens and sagas, reaching '''Small Building level''' for most characters, after Son Goku's journey before entering the 22nd budokai, they have all reached around '''City Block level'''. After surpassing his limits even further the strongest attacks for the likes of Master Roshi, Son Goku, King Piccolo, and Piccolo Jr. are '''Metropolis level''', being the most powerful characters in the original series before Toriyama continued it with Z. Characters also are no slouch in speed, gaining '''Superhuman''' to '''Supersonic''' speeds, and eventually ending with '''High Hypersonic''' speeds. In terms of powers and abilities, the Dragon Ball characters have access to '''[[Energy Projection]]''', '''[[Summoning]]''', '''[[Size Manipulation]]''', '''[[Sleep Manipulation]]''', '''[[Mind Manipulation]]''', '''[[Extrasensory Perception]]''', '''[[Telekinesis]]''', '''[[Wish Granting]]''', etcetera. | ||
====Dragon Ball Z==== | ====Dragon Ball Z==== | ||
While original ''Dragon Ball'' was strong in it's own right, ''Dragon Ball Z'' is where characters start growing in strength absurdly. Almost all of the relevant characters by the end of the Saiyan Saga range from '''Metropolis level''', with '''Multi-Continent level''' with their strongest charged attacks. By the time of the Android/Cell Saga, anyone fighting Semi Perfect Cell and above are '''Island level''' and the strongest characters reach '''Planet level''' with their most power charged attacks. They stay with this tiering through Buu Saga. With their speed ranging from '''Massively Hypersonic+''' to '''Relativistic''' due to the sheer power increases they get. They also add on more new abilities such as the introduction of various abilities such as '''[[Healing]]''', '''[[Attack Reflection]]''', '''[[Reactive Power Level]]''', '''[[Teleportation]]''', '''[[Forcefield Creation]]''', '''[[Time Stop]]''', '''[[Paralysis Inducement]]''', '''[[Fusionism]]''', etcetera, | While original ''Dragon Ball'' was strong in it's own right, ''Dragon Ball Z'' is where characters start growing in strength absurdly. Almost all of the relevant characters by the end of the Saiyan Saga range from '''Metropolis level''', with '''Multi-Continent level''' with their strongest charged attacks. By the time of the Android/Cell Saga, anyone fighting Semi Perfect Cell and above are '''Island level''' and the strongest characters reach '''Planet level''' with their most power charged attacks. They stay with this tiering through Buu Saga. With their speed ranging from '''Massively Hypersonic+''' to At most '''Relativistic''' due to the sheer power increases they get. They also add on more new abilities such as the introduction of various abilities such as '''[[Healing]]''', '''[[Attack Reflection]]''', '''[[Reactive Power Level]]''', '''[[Teleportation]]''', '''[[Forcefield Creation]]''', '''[[Time Stop]]''', '''[[Paralysis Inducement]]''', '''[[Fusionism]]''', etcetera, | ||
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===Dragon Ball Super Manga=== | ===Dragon Ball Super Manga=== | ||
Despite being a manga adaptation of ''Dragon Ball Super'', the power differs greatly, with characters being mostly at '''Island level''' and having only '''Relativistic''' speeds. The series gains some abilities such as '''[[Deconstruction]]''', '''[[Instinctive Reaction]]''', '''[[Paralysis Inducement]]''', '''[[Destruction]]''', etcetera. | Despite being a manga adaptation of ''Dragon Ball Super'', the power differs greatly, with characters being mostly at '''Island level''' and having only At most '''Relativistic''' speeds. The series gains some abilities such as '''[[Deconstruction]]''', '''[[Instinctive Reaction]]''', '''[[Paralysis Inducement]]''', '''[[Destruction]]''', etcetera. | ||
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===Dragon Ball GT=== | ===Dragon Ball GT=== | ||
The cast have powered up from their ''Dragon Ball Z'' selves as GT uses a mixture of the toei movies and the anime for its power set. Almost every major alien Son Goku, Trunks, and Pan comes across are able to give them a decent fight, with most characters reaching '''Island level''' in power. Their speed reaches the likes of '''Relativistic'''. They have some abilities such as, '''[[Possession]]''', '''[[Energy Manipulation|Negative Energy Manipulation]]''', '''[[Corruption]]''', '''[[Broadway Force]]''', etcetera. | The cast have powered up from their ''Dragon Ball Z'' selves as GT uses a mixture of the toei movies and the anime for its power set. Almost every major alien Son Goku, Trunks, and Pan comes across are able to give them a decent fight, with most characters reaching '''Island level''' in power. Their speed reaches the likes of At most '''Relativistic'''. They have some abilities such as, '''[[Possession]]''', '''[[Energy Manipulation|Negative Energy Manipulation]]''', '''[[Corruption]]''', '''[[Broadway Force]]''', etcetera. | ||
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===Dragon Ball Toei Movies=== | ===Dragon Ball Toei Movies=== | ||
The cast here mostly stay around the same strength as ''Dragon Ball Z'' keeping the same set of tiers as their canon counterparts, their speed ranges from '''Massively Hypersonic+''' to '''Relativistic'''. They gain some abilities from the movie with some of them being used more in this media then most of the animes such as, '''[[Forcefield Creation]]''', '''[[Mind Manipulation|Mind Control]]''', '''[[Duplication]]''', '''[[Shapeshifting]]''', '''[[Law Manipulation]]''', '''[[Reality Warping]]''', '''[[Spatial Manipulation]]''', etcetera. | The cast here mostly stay around the same strength as ''Dragon Ball Z'' keeping the same set of tiers as their canon counterparts, their speed ranges from '''Massively Hypersonic+''' to At most '''Relativistic'''. They gain some abilities from the movie with some of them being used more in this media then most of the animes such as, '''[[Forcefield Creation]]''', '''[[Mind Manipulation|Mind Control]]''', '''[[Duplication]]''', '''[[Shapeshifting]]''', '''[[Law Manipulation]]''', '''[[Reality Warping]]''', '''[[Spatial Manipulation]]''', etcetera. | ||
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===Dragon Ball Xenoverse=== | ===Dragon Ball Xenoverse=== | ||
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===Dragon Ball Heroes=== | ===Dragon Ball Heroes=== | ||
Similar to Xenoverse, the characters fight various of the canon and non-canon characters but amplified, dealing with enemies from canon, the movies, GT cast, and Super Cast. With many of them reaching around '''Island level''' in strength, and a few characters reaching '''Universe level''' through absorbing the energy of the Universe Tree and being capable of making big bangs. The characters range from '''Massively Hypersonic+''' to '''Relativistic''' to '''Faster Than Light''' in speed. They obtain far more abilities such as '''[[Probability Manipulation]]''', '''[[Sealing]]''', '''[[Fate Manipulation]]''', '''[[Memory Manipulation]]''', etcetera. | Similar to Xenoverse, the characters fight various of the canon and non-canon characters but amplified, dealing with enemies from canon, the movies, GT cast, and Super Cast. With many of them reaching around '''Island level''' in strength, and a few characters reaching '''Universe level''' through absorbing the energy of the Universe Tree and being capable of making big bangs. The characters range from '''Massively Hypersonic+''' to At most '''Relativistic''' to '''Faster Than Light''' in speed. They obtain far more abilities such as '''[[Probability Manipulation]]''', '''[[Sealing]]''', '''[[Fate Manipulation]]''', '''[[Memory Manipulation]]''', etcetera. | ||
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===Dragonball Evolution=== | ===Dragonball Evolution=== | ||
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==Explanations== | ==Explanations== | ||
*[[Dragon Ball Full Explanation|Full explanation of Dragon Ball]]. | |||
*[[User:GiverOfThePeace/There_was_never_a_moon|Blog discussing Moon level]]. | *[[User:GiverOfThePeace/There_was_never_a_moon|Blog discussing Moon level]]. | ||
*[[User:GiverOfThePeace/DBS_Whose_the_Universe_level|Blog discussing Universe level ''Dragon Ball Super'']]. | *[[User:GiverOfThePeace/DBS_Whose_the_Universe_level|Blog discussing Universe level ''Dragon Ball Super'']]. | ||
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==Calculations== | ==Calculations== | ||
'''Attack Potency''' | '''Attack Potency''' | ||
*[[User:GiverOfThePeace/Cell_destroys_solar_system|Cell's kamehameha destroys the sun causing it to supernova and destroy the solar system]] (4.254093272067852939e46 | *[[User:GiverOfThePeace/Cell_destroys_solar_system|Cell's kamehameha destroys the sun causing it to supernova and destroy the solar system]] (4.254093272067852939e46 Joules, '''4-B''') | ||
'''Durability''' | '''Durability''' | ||
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*[[User:GiverOfThePeace/Gotenks_flies_around_the_Earth|Gotenks flies around the earth dozens of times in a short timeframe]] (35,355,882.352941177785 m/s, '''Relativistic''') | *[[User:GiverOfThePeace/Gotenks_flies_around_the_Earth|Gotenks flies around the earth dozens of times in a short timeframe]] (35,355,882.352941177785 m/s, At most '''Relativistic''') | ||
==Knowledgeable Members== | ==Knowledgeable Members== | ||
*[[User:GiverOfThePeace|GiverOfThePeace]] | *[[User:GiverOfThePeace|GiverOfThePeace]] | ||
*[[User:SuperSaiyan2Link|SuperSaiyan2Link]] | *[[User:SuperSaiyan2Link|SuperSaiyan2Link]] | ||
==Characters== | ==Characters== | ||
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===Dragon Ball GT=== | ===Dragon Ball GT=== | ||
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===Dragon Ball Xenoverse=== | ===Dragon Ball Xenoverse=== | ||
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===Dragon Ball Heroes=== | ===Dragon Ball Heroes=== | ||
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===Neko Majin=== | ===Neko Majin=== | ||
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===Non-Canon Media=== | ===Non-Canon Media=== | ||
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Breaking through the shining clouds, I fly away (fly away), The panorama spreads throughout my body. Kicked in the face, the Earth gets angry (angry), Making a volcano explode. If, within melting polar icecaps, If there's a dinosaur, I want to train it to balance on a ball. Cha-La Head-Cha-La No matter what happens, I won't be bothered one bit Cha-La Head-Cha-La As long as my heart beats loud, The Energy Sphere roars... Sparking! Swooping through the sky in a Jet Coaster (Coaster), I fall in the paradise of panic. The scenery turns upside-down and I'm pleasant (pleasant), Even the mountains look like rear-ends. There's no time to worry, Cause there's a "Surprise!" somewhere, and I want to find it! Cha-La Head-Cha-La I'd rather empty my head and stuff it with dreams. Cha-La Head-Cha-La With a smile that's Ultra-Z, Even today goes Aye-yi-yi-yi-yi Cha-La Head-Cha-La No matter what happens, I won't be bothered one bit. Cha-La Head-Cha-La As long as my heart beats loud, The Energy Sphere roars... Sparking! |
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~ Original Dragon Ball Z Opening |
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Don't stop, Don't stop were in luck now! Don't stop, there's no fun to be found We can't find paradise All we have to do is go! Go! Free your soul! Mysteries abound made of deep energy (energy) Foes all around well now we'll go fearless and free I'll give you strength and you'll give me love that's how we'll live (that's how we'll live!) Your courage won't fade, if you're with me my enemies will never win! We will fight for love and glory, we will love to tell a story There is nothing we can live through nothing can ever dies, we will rise again! Don't stop, Don't stop were in luck now! Don't stop, there's no fun to be found We can't find paradise All we have to do is go! Go! Free your soul! Dragon Soul! |
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~ Dragon Ball Kai Intro |
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Bit by bit I'm falling under your spell Your smile's all I need to see to know we'll Leave this endless darkness Saying "Come along with me Hold my hand"
Back when you first came into my life I recalled a place that I knew as a child A special place, one that I held close to my heart Won't you lead me in a dance down this winding road? Where light and shadow entwine to take hold Of the thoughts of the one left far behind
Know that sometimes I want To turn Around and see the things That I've passed on The journey But know that with love on my side With courage and pride I'll fight I will carry on
Bit by bit I'm falling under your charm You'll keep me and all the world far from harm Bring hope to everyone Take in your hands eternity Even when it seems that I don't need you Just know that I'm in love, can't wait to Leave this endless darkness Won't you come along with me? Hold my hand |
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~ Dragon Ball GT opening |
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Witness the ultimate battle (Step into the Grand Tour) Between the greatest of warriors (take a Grand Tour, Grand Tour) In all the worlds. Take a Grand Tour, Grand Tour (Time is running out!) GT! Step into the Grand Tour (GRAND TOUR, GRAND TOUR!!!) Step into the Grand Tour (DRAGONBALL GT!!!) Step into the Grand Tour (GRAND TOUR, GRAND TOUR!!!) Step into the Grand Tour (DRAGONBALL GT!!!) One, two, three. For many a year the Dragonballs have always been there and now, The righteous, the innocent and the just must now depend, On themselves to defend mother earth from the rebirth of the ultimate end. Now the tournament is over the closer the greed creeps, For every good that's done further can evil seeps. Inside the very spirit that makes the good compete. Get the just to prevail, the righteous CAN'T FAIL! Step into the Grand Tour (GRAND TOUR, GRAND TOUR!!!) Step into the Grand Tour (DRAGONBALL GT!!!) Step into the Grand Tour (GRAND TOUR, GRAND TOUR,DRAGONBALL GT!!!) Step into the Grand Tour, A brand new adventure begins, Another challenge for Goku and his friends. Now, he's a Saiyan, strong. Pilaf makes him a child again. The Dragonballs are turnin', burnin' to end the world and everything within. The ultimate battle between good and evil, who's gonna win? When the sand clock dictates the consequence, Will our heroes have the strength to be our LAST LINE OF DEFENSE??!! Lets override the powers that seek to destroy, Steal the innocence of our worldly joy with their evil schemes. Hungry for the destruction that the evil brings. The power to provoke, the hope to lose sight of the greater good, Then allow the race to catch ablaze like sandalwood. Step into the Grand Tour (GRAND TOUR, GRAND TOUR!!!) Step into the Grand Tour (DRAGONBALL GT!!!) Step into the Grand Tour (GRAND TOUR, GRAND TOUR!!!) Step into the Grand Tour (DRAGONBALL GT!!!) Step into the Grand Tour (GRAND TOUR, GRAND TOUR,DRAGONBALL GT!!!) |
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~ Dragon Ball GT Opening |
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Don't you wanna dream again? Now it's calling for me, go back to the start Wishing on the starlights In the sky, let's paint a door for tomorrow Just step on the new stage, don't be shy Gonna take the challenge of god Kyo-Let's☆Mo-Let's☆Dynamic! Let's!Go!Go! Big panic! I don't care bout limit, no regret Make me tougher even though I lose Nothing gonna stop me no mo', try me So-Zets☆ Cho-Zets☆Dynamic! Let's Go! Yes! Give a kick! Keep on going, power pumpin' up Something greater waiting not so far away Tears are falling from my eyes They are telling me they don't ever give it up Something's burning in my heart I don't know why but it keeps me going now You know it's the reason of my life Wanna live with passion to shine Hey, gonna bang a gong and I bring it, c'mon c The danger game, I don't mind, enjoy fighting! No matter what I keep on movin' faster Sparking! Kamehameha Kyo-Let's☆Mo-Let's☆Dynamic! Let's!Go!Go! Big panic! I don't care bout limit, no regret Make me tougher even though I lose Nothing' gonna stop me no mo', try me So-Zets ☆ ☆ Dynamic Cho-Zets! Let's Go! Yes! Give a kick! Keep on going, power pumpin 'up Something greater waiting not so far away Waku-Waku more supa dupa say Something wonderful, not so far away Everything gon' be supa dupa yeah |
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~ Dragon Ball Super Opening |
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It's the heroic Z party. So, it's all right! We gonna take you there, Dragon World! HAI HAI Now I know what you freaking blamed me for. You said I was a mess when I was caught by loneliness. But you don't know how my life was mad and empty. You can't imagine it's true! You know. There are so many ways to go. But they all don't make much sense to me. So I want to seek out, my way even if it's a bloody path. I have a key to wonderland. So just GO! GO! GO! It's the heroic Z party. So, it's all right What we need is fun and little fame, not a shame! Fantastic moment and friends. Hey! What a pleasure! We gonna take you there, Dragon World! HAI HAI Now I know what you really feared before. Fly high up in the sky, then you can see their weaknesses. But you don't know how to fly away from that tyranny. You can't imagine it's true You know, we have to win the fights to grow. However, they aren't defenseless foes. So we can go forward together even if it's a bloody path We gonna reach the wonderland Now just GO! GO! GO! It's the heroic Z party. So, it's all right What we need is fun and little fame, not a shame! Fantastic moment and friends. Hey! What a pleasure! We gonna take you there, Dragon World! It's the heroic Z party. So, it's all right What we need is fun and little fame, not a shame! Fantastic moment and friends. Hey! What a pleasure! We gonna take you there, Dragon World! We gonna take you there, Dragon World!
Hey boy, don't look back and go for it. Don't doubt yourself. And now, let's get on with the freaky trip. Hey ya, don't look back and go for it You can make it! And now, let's go to the party We gonna take you there, Dragon World!
HAI
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~ Dragon Ball Infinite World English opening |
Background
Dragon Ball is an internationally popular media franchise. It consists primarily of a manga series created by Akira Toriyama, five anime series (Dragon Ball, Z, GT, Super and Heroes), twenty anime films, seven anime specials, three live-action films, five anime OVAs, four anime crossovers, two anime PSAs and a high-def remastered recut of Dragon Ball Z. Dragon Ball has an extensive online fanbase and is consistently one of the most frequently searched-for terms on Google, Yahoo! and Lycos. As of January 2012, generating $5 billion in merchandise, Dragon Ball is one of the most merchandisable anime based media franchises of all time.
The story and characters of Dragon Ball were partly inspired by the Chinese folk novel Journey to the West, though they diverge from the novel very quickly. The plot follows the adventures of lead character Son Goku (just simply known as Goku, originally under his Saiyan name Kakarot, and is based on the Monkey King of the folk legend, Sun Wukong) from his childhood through his adulthood. The story includes elements both of action and comedy, though the series became more action-oriented over time.
The following plots for Dragon Ball Media are as follows:
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A unifying component of the plot accompanying Goku's progression as a martial artist is his search for the eponymous Dragon Balls. They are one component of the universe, but are not the focus of most of the plot lines of the title. The Dragon Balls themselves are seven magical orbs which are scattered across the world. When assembled, they can be used to summon Shenron, the dragon who will grant one wish within its limit. After the wish is granted, the Dragon Balls are scattered again across the world and become inert for one year. In times past, it would take generations to search the world and gather the Dragon Balls. At the beginning of the story, however, a 16-year-old genius girl named Bulma invents a Dragon Radar to detect the Dragon Balls and makes the process far easier than it was originally intended to be. The story of Dragon Ball unfolds gradually over 11 years of publication. The tone and the style of the stories gradually changes to reflect the tastes of the readers and the editors of Shōnen Jump in Japan. The early volumes of the manga (chapters 1-134) are primarily humorous fantasy stories, but they contain some minor sci-fi elements, much like Dr. Slump. Notable fantasy elements include not only the monkey boy Goku and the Dragon Balls themselves, but also many talking animal characters, unlikely martial art techniques, and identifying characters as gods and demons. Despite the fantasy elements, the world does contain highly advanced technology including hoi-poi capsules, space-saving capsules which are pocket sized but can store almost any object (including cars, planes and even houses) and other "near future" objects. The overall mood of the earlier volumes is light with few deaths and an emphasis on adventure and humor. A subtle but significant change in mood begins after Goku's best friend Krillin is killed (the first of many deaths in this arc). This begins the King Piccolo arc (chapters 135-194) in which the manga enters a darker tone compared to its earlier volumes. This arc would more or less define how later arcs would be structured. Dragon Ball fully transforms into an action based shōnen manga at the onset of the Saiyan arc (chapters 195-241). Starting with introduction of Goku's first son (Gohan), things begin to take a much more serious and harder sci-fi approach. Many characters which were previously implied to have mystic origins, including Goku and Piccolo, are revealed to be aliens from other planets. Advanced space travel, alien threats, and powerful cyborgs and androids take center stage instead of more fantastic villains. After the defeat of Vegeta, and the conclusion of the Saiyan arc, the survivors of the vicious Saiyan attack head off to the planet Namek to resurrect their friends. This begins the Frieza arc (chapters 242-329). The Frieza arc is noteworthy for introducing the first Super Saiyan (Goku), now a staple of the series. It also sets the tone for more awesomely powerful characters. For example, the antagonist Frieza is first said to have a "power level" (the series' futuristic measure of a fighter's speed and strength, i.e., one average human is listed as 5) of 530,000. He then transforms into a more powerful form, at which point his power level is over 1,000,000. After two subsequent transformations, he reveals that he is still only using a fraction of his full power. The Android arc (chapters 330-420) introduces Future Trunks, a mysterious Half-Saiyan Half-Human from a destroyed future world where all of the Z Fighters are killed by evil, seemingly unstoppable war machines called Androids, and the enigmatic and villainous Cell who is made from the cells from most of the heroes as well as some of the villains. This arc is notable for being the only arc in which Goku does not defeat the main villain; instead it is his son Gohan who defeats Cell. In this arc, Gohan surpasses the level of Super Saiyan and reaches the stage of Super Saiyan 2 in order to defeat Cell. After Goku's death he is allowed to keep his body and train in the Other World. Seven years pass and Goku gets stronger while Gohan's power decreases. Fortuneteller Baba allows Goku to return to Earth for a single day which marks the start of the Majin Buu arc (chapters 421-519) which is the final arc of the manga. The beginning of this final arc concentrates on a teenaged Gohan. All the male Saiyans manage to reach the level of Super Saiyan at least (including fusions). Gohan can still use Super Saiyan 2, while Goku and Vegeta obtain this transformation as well. And the final level of the Super Saiyans, Super Saiyan 3, is reached by Goku, and later Gotenks. A considerable number of fusions also take place to add to the series, allowing Goten and Trunks to fuse resulting in Gotenks, Goku and Vegeta fuse to create the single most powerful character in Dragon Ball: the invincible Vegito. During this series, Majin Buu destroys earth and even manages to increase his own power by absorbing Gotenks, Piccolo and Gohan. Majin Buu also succeeds where the villains Vegeta, Frieza and Cell had previously failed and destroys Earth. Earth and everyone that was on it when it was destroyed are restored using the Namekian Dragon Balls, and Kid Buu is destroyed by Goku's Spirit Bomb only after taking on Goku, Vegeta, Mr. Satan and Good Buu. Kid Buu was reincarnated into a human being of pure good called Uub and Goku, Vegeta, Mr. Satan and the Good Buu return to Earth and returned to Earth to reunite with their friends and families. Ten years later, Goku asks Good Buu to cheat so Goku and Uub can have a match, after the match Goku decides to go to Uub's village and train Uub to his potential so that one day they can have a match to decide who is the strongest fighter in the universe (currently Goku). Uub's village later receives money from Mr. Satan. To say goodbye the heroes that appear in the manga (excluding minor characters), everyone waves to the readers and a large "THE END" sign is seen floating. After completing this series, Toriyama had a break before making gag manga called Nekomajin. This story features many elements and a few characters from Dragon Ball, including characters such as Majin Buu, Vegeta, and Goku. A Korean MMORPG that serves as a follow-up to the manga, Dragon Ball Online, was developed with Bandai Namco Games and NTL. The game acts as a sequel to the manga with Akira Toriyama having supervised all aspects of the game, from storyline and setting to character and location designs. In a press conference in South Korea on February 14, 2008, Kazuhiko Torishima, the director of Shueisha at the time (and Toriyama's first editor), stated that Toriyama had immersed himself in creating character designs and providing editorial supervision for the game for the past five years. Two of the main villains of the game, Mira and Towa, were created by Akira Toriyama himself. Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods and Dragon Ball Z: Resurrection ‘F’ have been said to be an expansion to the manga, as well as the new arcs of Dragon Ball Super, due to Toriyama's involvement in the production writing their respective scripts.In a peaceful period following the defeat of Kid Buu, Goku continues to attempt to maintain Earth's peace despite being forced by Chi-Chi to get a job as a radish farmer. Gohan and Videl are married while Krillin has become a police officer.[16] The God of Destruction Beerus prophesizes of a Super Saiyan God and upon waking begins a search for the figure. The search leads him to King Kai's planet where he outclasses a Super Saiyan 3 Goku, before turning his eyes to Vegeta on Earth. Beerus enjoyed his time on Earth until he was angered by the ungenerous Majin Buu for not sharing his pudding. The Z Fighters team up to take out Beerus but his power was too much for them. Before Beerus could destroy the Earth, Goku intervenes and requests for more time to seek out the Super Saiyan God. Goku uses the Dragon Balls to summon Shenron and learns that a ritual is performed to make the Super Saiyan God. After achieving this state, Goku begins another battle with Beerus. In the end result of Beerus winning, Beerus leaves to go back to his planet and sleep. Sorbet and the rest of the Third Stellar Region are failing to find Dragons Balls and their empire starts to crumble by the day so they set out to revive Frieza. After Frieza has been revived, he seeks revenge on Goku and trains for four months. During this time, Goku and Vegeta are being trained by Whis to grow stronger in their base, and Videl gives birth to her and Gohan's daughter, Pan. Frieza has returned to Earth and brings an army of one thousand soldiers. His army has been defeated by some Z-Fighters. Goku and Vegeta eventually realize Frieza is alive and reach Earth. Goku and Vegeta combat Frieza in his Golden form using Super Saiyan Blue. Frieza destroys the Earth as a last ditch effort to escape the wrath of Vegeta, however, Whis, Beerus, Goku and some few others survive. Whis alters time and sends Goku three minutes into the past to finish off Frieza before he can destroy the Earth. Gohan starts training with Piccolo to get back in fighting shape and protect his loved ones. Additionally, Goku and Vegeta resume their training. Goku and Vegeta's training is interrupted once again with the arrival of Champa and Vados. It is revealed that there are twelve universes in all, and Goku and Vegeta are from Universe Seven, and Champa is the God of Destruction of Universe 6. Upon being stunned by the delicacies of Earth, Champa and Beerus arranges a Tournament of Destroyers. If Champa wins, he will swap the Earth of Universe 7 with the extinct Earth of his universe. If Beerus wins, he will obtain the six Super Dragon Balls Champa has been secretly collecting throughout the two universes. Team Universe 7, consisting of Goku, Vegeta, Piccolo, Majin Buu and the mysterious Monaka face off against Team Universe 6, Frost, Hit, Botamo, Cabba and Auta Magetta. Team Universe 7 wins after Goku surrenders in his final match with Hit, stating that he wants to fight him in full power, prompting Hit to intentionally eliminate himself against the shockingly useless Monaka in the final match. As Champa is about to incur his wrath against his own tournament candidates, Zeno, the King of All Gods, appears and says that he has been observing the event, and hopes to set up a similar tournament, with contestants from all twelve universes. Zeno leaves, and Beerus utilizes the Super Dragon Balls to resurrect Universe 6's planet Earth along with its inhabitants. After that event, Goku, Vegeta, Goten, Trunks and Monaka are stranded on an outer space adventure, where Goku faces off against Duplicate Vegeta. Some time later, Future Trunks uses his time machine to escape from his dystopian timeline, where Future Bulma and millions have perished from the mysterious threat known as Goku Black, a mysterious but sinister doppelganger of Goku. Arriving in the present, Trunks reunites with the Z Fighters and meets Beerus and Whis. Goku Black invades their timeline to seek Future Trunks, and ends up fighting with Goku. However, a distortion pulls him back to Future Trunks' timeline. Realizing that Black was using a mystical artifact known as the Time Ring, which only belongs to the Supreme Kais, along with Goku, Beerus & Whis travel to Universe 10, to apprehend Gowasu, who has the Time Ring, and his apprentice Zamasu, who possesses identical ki to Black. Zamasu despises all mortals due to their aggressive nature and their inevitable drive to start conflict and wars, which he believes is something that can never be prevented as long as they aren't destroyed. After he is easily defeated by Goku, Zamasu becomes fanatically obsessed with the Universe 7's imprudent warrior, who he realizes, has divine ki, which makes him believe that the power of the mortals are going unchecked. Zeno summons Goku to his palace, where they meet Grand Minister. Zeno declares that he wants to be Goku's friend and gives him a button that will summon him if needed. Using another time machine, Goku, Vegeta and Future Trunks head into the future and are shocked to see Black with another counterpart of Zamasu. They get defeated and head back to the past. Zamasu's beliefs of mortal extinction is strengthened after he sees more barbaric violence initiated by the mortals in the far future and later the Destroyer's Tournament, which makes him infuriated at the irresponsibility of the other gods, who he believes is not taking their job seriously. He confronts Zuno and forces him to tell him everything about the Super Dragon Balls and Goku. Shin informs of this event to the Z Fighters. Beerus, Goku, Whis & Supreme Kai head to Universe 10 where they witness Zamasu assassinating Gowasu in order to steal the Time Ring. Whis uses his Temporal Do-Over to undo the effect, and Beerus destroys Zamasu. Goku, Vegeta & Future Trunks head back to the future where they see that Goku Black and Zamasu are still present. Black reveals that he is indeed Zamasu. Before Future Trunks created a new timeline by going to the past, in the original timeline, Zamasu still met Goku, assassinated Gowasu, stole his Time Ring, and used the Super Dragon Balls to swap bodies with Goku whose power he lusts over and later kills him and his family. Realizing his own timeline is doomed beyond repair, he uses the Ring to travel to the timeline of Future Trunks and seeks a new ally, this timeline's version of Zamasu. They wreak havoc on multiple planets and universes, killing all gods, and reach to Earth as their final act of genocide, after every other part of the cosmos are wiped out, continuing their Zero Mortals Plan. Also, it is revealed that Future Zamasu used the now-destroyed Super Dragon Balls of their timeline to attain immortality. Trunks attains a powerful transformation, while a beaten Goku and Vegeta return to the past. Goku learns the Evil Containment Wave so that he can seal Zamasu away while Vegeta trains in the Hyperbolic Time Chamber. They return to the future and later, Gowasu and Supreme Kai joins in to stop the evil acts. After Future Zamasu is driven to a corner, Goku Black decides to utilize their contingency plan, and they fuse to become Fused Zamasu. Goku and Vegeta use Supreme Kai's Potara earrings to fuse and become Vegito, and a ferocious battle ensues. However, because of the time limit and physical constraints caused by the Potara Fusion, Goku and Vegeta defuse. Future Trunks steps in as Zamasu is being overwhelmed by the imbalance of his spiritual and physical state and uses the energy of Goku, Vegeta and all the living beings in the planet, to slice Zamasu up, he is forced to cast off his physical body. He transcends his physical vessel and his essence & will becomes one with the very cosmos itself. Goku uses Zeno's button which summons Future Zeno, who erases the timeline out of annoyance. The surviving fighters escape to the past. Future Trunks and Goku return to the timeline back again, and they take Future Zeno to the main timeline's Zeno, and they become playmates. A traumatized and devastated Future Trunks and Future Mai decide to live in the new alternate timeline that Whis created after he went to warn Future Beerus about Zamasu and they bid a heartful final farewell to the Z Fighters after they are unable to save their own world. After that event, minor events revolve around some of the characters. Some time later, at Goku's request, the two Zeno's decide to organize a tournament including all twelve universes, called the Tournament of Power, which will take place in the Null Realm. In the Zeno Expo, Great Priest reveals that this tournament is not only made for recreational purposes, in fact, the Zeno's were planning to get rid of the weaker universes all along and this tournament will also serve as a judging basis for them to do so, with the four universes that were at the top of Zeno's mortal level scale, being spared automatically. However, before the actual Tournament begins, Future Zeno wishes to see an exhibition match to experience the thrill beforehand. The Grand Priest accedes and a warm up tournament is setup between Universe 7 and Universe 9. Majin Buu, Gohan and Goku respectively defeat the wolfish fighters Basil, Lavender, and Bergamo with Goku revealing his Super Saiyan Blue form, thus surprising all the Gods of Destruction. After Goku wins, a mysterious fighter by the name of Top wishes to fight Goku, considering himself a servant of justice and the latter as evil. An intense battle begins with Toppo dislocating Goku's shoulder and Super Saiyan Blue Goku delivering a Kamehameha at point blank range. Toppo survives but the Great Priest stops the battles before one of them dies before the tournament. Before leaving, Toppo reveals that he is not the strongest fighter in Universe 11 but it is his friend Jiren, who will destroy Goku for sure. The Great Priest announces that the tournament will begin in 40 Earth hours and all the Universes depart. Goku returns to Earth and, along with Gohan, sets out to recruit 8 other members. Vegeta agrees to participate after Bulma gives birth to their daughter, Bulla. Goku recruits Piccolo, Master Roshi, Androids 17 and 18, Tien, and Krillin. Majin Buu is selected but falls asleep and Goku chooses Frieza as a replacement, much to everyone's horror. Everyone arrives at the World of Void for the tournament and a chaotic battle royal ensues between all the eight universes. Powerful new warriors prove their worth in the battlefield and Universe 7 defeats Universes 9, which is promptly erased. The tournament proceeds, and Universe 6's Saiyan warriors Kale and Caulifla continue to break their limits throughout the battle royal. Shortly, Universe 10 is erased after their last fighter Obni is defeated by Gohan. As half of the time goes by in the tournament, Goku faces off against the mightiest mortal, Jiren, whose power is rumored to be in the domain of the Gods of Destruction. During his intense battle with Jiren, Goku falls after his plan to release the Spirit Bomb, but he ends up obtaining a godly state known as Ultra Instinct, which allows him to dodge any attack without having to think, in exchange of putting unconditional faith on his own body. Goku ultimately loses and proceeds to battle the other universes. Universe 6's strongest fighter Hit is unpredictably eliminated by Jiren. Goku defeats Kefla, the fusion of Kale and Caulifla, by reactivating his Ultra Instinct and erupting a mighty Kamehameha at her, throwing her out of the ring. Promptly, Universe 2 and their love warriors and Universe 6 and their last Namekian fighters are erased by the combined efforts of Universe 7, who also clear up Universe 4 and it's fighting team, comprised of cunning superpowered extraterrestrials of diverse races, briefly. Universe 3's mightiest warriors fuse together to create the towering and gigantic winged monster, Agnilasa, who is defeated by the combined powers of the seventh universe, causing Universe 3 to get erased. The final warriors remaining in the stage are Goku, Vegeta, Gohan, Frieza and 17, who have to face off against Universe 11's Jiren, Toppo & Dyspo. Gohan eliminates himself in the process to take down Dyspo with him with the help of Frieza. Toppo, infuriated at his inability to stand a chance against Universe 7, leaves behind all his ideals and motivations to turn into a God of Destruction. Frieza is pummeled by Toppo, who is eliminated in a frenzied attack by Vegeta. Jiren finally decides to release his true power, and starts to drop his calm and composed attitude. It is revealed that Jiren's family and allies were all ravaged by an evildoer in the past, and that Jiren has lost all his faith in humanity and friendship or trust after his own allies betrayed him when they abandoned him out of fear of getting the same fate as their fallen friends. Jiren's mind broke, and so did his will. Traumatized, Jiren convinced himself that strength was absolute, that strength forgives all, even the past, as the strength of the evildoer was enough to destroy the hopes of Jiren and his allies. Jiren trained endlessly all these years, reveling in his own unstoppable growing strength to suppress his frustrations and enforcing his own brand of justice against evil by enlisting in the Pride Troopers, vowing to never let anything like his past ever happen in the future again. Vegeta goes beyond Super Saiyan Blue during his ferocious battle with Jiren, the last remaining Universe 11 warrior. Android 17 seemingly blows himself up in a last ditch effort to save Goku and Vegeta from Jiren. Vegeta is knocked out by Jiren, who gives all of his energy away to Goku, putting his trust in his fellow Saiyan. Goku taps into Ultra Instinct again, and goes toe to toe with Jiren, and finally, he masters the godly form. Goku proceeds to defeat Jiren, who starts going through a mental breakdown, devastated that all of his years of training and his ideals were all shattered by Goku, who proved that friendship and unity could be used as a drive to victory. Before he is able to eliminate Jiren who has started to acknowledge the Saiyan warrior's words, Goku's body suffers from using Ultra Instinct repetitively and he collapses. However, it is revealed that both Frieza and Android 17, who has survived his explosion, are still in the ring. They save Goku and proceed to fight a heavily damaged Jiren, who finally exhibits catharsis, upon hearing the inspiring words of his comrade Toppo who says that he believed in Jiren all along and always will. Although, initially, Frieza planned to clear up the strong enemies and then later betray Universe 7 to steal the Super Dragon Balls for himself and use it's power to turn the gods against each other and receive unimaginable strength, he realizes that Jiren's power is too much for even him to handle. Frieza reluctantly accepts to team up with Goku to save Universe 7, throwing away his selfish goals of obtaining the Super Dragon Balls to defeat their opponent in the face of erasure. Putting their complete trust in each other despite being enemies, Goku and Frieza unite their strength to eliminate Jiren. However, they are eliminated in the process. Universe 11 is erased and Android 17, the last person standing in the tournament, uses the Super Dragon Balls to restore all the erased universes. The Grand Minister reveals that Zeno foresaw the outcome of the tournament, and that if the victor used the Super Dragon Balls for a selfish wish, he would destroy everything in existence. The tournament would serve as a great message to gods of the different universes to balance the order of their own respective universes. Out of gratitude, Beerus commands Whis to resurrect Frieza for his true comradeship in the end. Jiren finally acknowledges that he is done letting the past bind him in the future, revealing that he has let go of his hollow exterior to mask his problems, and that he was going to face them head on. He seems to come closer to accepting the Pride Troopers as his friends. The Dragon Team return to Earth and celebrate. Bulma gifts Android 17 a cruiser for his valiant contributions in the tournament. After his imminent return, Frieza seizes the opportunity to reassemble the extinct Frieza Forces, declaring with a malicious grin, that the emperor of the universe has returned. Goku and Vegeta go to the place where they first battled. Goku reveals that he has lost the ability to use Ultra Instinct, but he and Vegeta promise each other that they will keep getting stronger, and continue breaking their limits.Four years after the defeat of Majin Buu, Goku is seen working as a farmer, and his family and friends live peacefully. However, the God of Destruction Beerus awakens after decades of slumber. Beerus, along with his Angel assistant and teacher, Whis, seeks a warrior known as the Super Saiyan God, threatening to destroy the Earth if he loses to him. Goku transforms into the Super Saiyan God with the help of his friends, battles Beerus and loses, but his efforts appease Beerus, who spares the planet. Afterwards, while Goku and Vegeta train, with Whis as their teacher, the remnants of Frieza's army collect the Dragon Balls and revive Frieza. After training, Frieza returns to Earth, seeking revenge. Despite achieving the Golden Frieza transformation, he is defeated by Goku and Vegeta, who have mastered the Super Saiyan Blue transformation. In spite, Frieza destroys the Earth, but Whis reverses time, allowing Goku to slay Frieza. Champa, Beerus' brother and the God of Destruction of Universe Six, convinces Beerus to hold a tournament between the best fighters from their universes. The reward for the winner is the Super Dragon Balls, planet-sized Dragon Balls with nearly unlimited wish-granting abilities. Champa intends to swap Universe Six's barren Earth with Universe Seven's for their cuisine. Goku and his friends join the tournament. The tournament reaches its climax in a match between Goku and Hit. Unable to fight Hit at full power, Goku forfeits the match. Hit forfeits the final match, and Universe Seven wins. Beerus secretly wishes for the Super Dragon Balls to restore Universe Six's Earth. Goku meets and befriends Lord Zenō, the Omni-King of all universes, and promises to bring him a friend. Later, Future Trunks reappears, with news of an enemy who resembles Goku, known as Goku Black. They discover that Goku Black is Zamasu, a Supreme Kai apprentice from Universe Ten, who used the Super Dragon Balls to steal Goku's body from a different timeline, as part of his plan to wipe out every mortal. Ultimately, Zamasu and the future timeline are erased from existence by Future Zenō, who accompanies Goku back to the present, where he becomes Present Zenō's friend. Future Trunks leaves for an alternate timeline. Later, both Zenōs hold the Tournament of Power, where teams of fighters from eight of the twelve universes battle, with defeated universes being erased. Goku, his friends, Android 17, and a temporarily revived Frieza join the tournament. They battle formidable warriors, such as Universe Eleven's Jiren. Goku attains a new form known as Ultra Instinct, allowing him to fight unconsciously. The tournament ends with Goku and Frieza eliminating Jiren along with themselves, leaving Android 17 as the winner for Universe 7. He is awarded one wish from the Super Dragon Balls, and restores the erased universes. Frieza is permanently revived. Frieza and his rebuilt army seek the Dragon Balls. During his search, Frieza meets two exiled Saiyan survivors, Broly and his father Paragus, the latter of whom wants revenge on Vegeta for his father exiling Broly before the Saiyan homeworld's destruction. Broly overpowers both Goku and Vegeta, until they fuse into "Gogeta". However, before Gogeta can kill Broly, he is saved by Frieza's henchmen Cheelai and Lemo. Frieza flees Earth, vowing revenge. Goku and Vegeta are asked by the Galactic Patrol to recapture the fugitive Moro. In New Namek, Moro defeats them and uses the Namekians' Dragon Balls to restore his abilities and release all criminals in the Patrol's custody. Moro and the convicts rampage while Goku and Vegeta prepare for a rematch. Goku learns to use Ultra Instinct at will, while Vegeta heads to Planet Yardrat. Moro leads his army to Earth, and Goku's allies make a stand until Goku and Vegeta arrive and overpower him. In desperation, Moro fuses with the Earth, threatening to self-destruct. After absorbing energy fused by Vegeta's new powers, Goku slays Moro, saving the Earth. Goku and Vegeta return to training with Whis and Beerus. Meanwhile, a Cerelian mercenary named Granolah learns from his employers, the Heeters, that Frieza is alive, and vows to destroy him and avenge his home planet of Cereal. Granolah uses his planet's Dragon Balls to become the strongest warrior in the universe, at the cost of his lifespan. The Heeters manipulate Goku and Vegeta into fighting Granolah. While Goku and Vegeta grow stronger fighting Granolah, and Vegeta gains a new Ultra Ego transformation, the two are defeated by Granolah. Before he can finish them, Granolah's foster father, the Namekian Monaito, reveals that Bardock, Goku's father, had saved them during Frieza's attack on Cereal forty years prior. During the attack, the Heeters, who were behind Cereal's destruction, killed Granolah's mother Muezli. Bardock saved Monaito and Granolah, defeating the youngest Heeter Gas. In the present, the Heeters Oil, Maki and Gas arrive to finish off Granolah, Monaito, Goku and Vegeta. Gas has become the strongest warrior in the universe, through a wish made to the Cerealian Dragon. Gas easily defeats Granolah and Goku as Vegeta retrieves a Senzu bean. Vegeta feeds the bean to Granolah, who confronts Gas, and overwhelms him. Elec arrives and removes Gas' pendant that was suppressing his powers. Gas goes berserk, but regains control of himself, with Elec's help. With Granolah and Vegeta incapacitated, Goku uses Instant Transmission to lure Gas away from Cereal. Goku, Granolah, Vegeta and Monaito retreat to Monaito's house to recuperate. Monaito gives Goku Bardock's scouter, which contains an audio recording of him defeating Gas through sheer will and determination. As Monaito heals Granolah, Goku and Vegeta face off against a returning Gas. Despite their best efforts, they are defeated, though Gas' lifespan is also consumed in the fight, aging him greatly. Granolah eventually returns, and seemingly defeats him. As Monaito heals Goku, Vegeta, and Granolah, Gas, in a more powerful though decrepit state, returns and fatally injures Monaito. Granolah tends to Monaito, while Goku and Vegeta fight Gas, but are defeated. Frieza arrives on Planet Cereal, having been lured by Elec so Gas could kill him. Having spent 10 years training in a Hyperbolic Time Chamber, Frieza easily kills Gas and Elec, and reveals his new transformation, Black Frieza, easily defeating Goku and Vegeta. He hires Oil and Maki for his crew and leaves. Whis arrives and heals Monaito, retrieving Goku and Vegeta.
After turning practically all of the Earth's population, including the Saiyans, into Neo-Tuffles, Baby decides to convert Vegeta's body into his own and use it to kill Goku. Goku fights him and is quickly defeated, but, after having his tail regenerated by Kibito Kai and Old Kai, transforms and achieves the power of Super Saiyan 4. In this new form, Goku easily overpowers Baby before destroying the evil Tuffle by propelling him into the sun with a 10x Kamehameha. Piccolo then sacrifices himself to permanently destroy Ultimate Shenron and the Black Star Dragon Balls when the Earth explodes after Goku and the others help the people of Earth evacuate to Planet Plant, which Baby had wished back into existence using the Black Star Dragon Balls. Super Android 17 Saga A year after Baby's defeat, Dr. Myuu (Baby's creator) and Dr. Gero (creator of the Red Ribbon Army androids) create an evil replica of Android 17 in Hell, and have it control the original Android 17 so that a portal from Hell to Earth opens up, leading to a mass invasion of the planet by revived villains. The original Android 17 attempts to mentally manipulate Android 18 as well, but Krillin intervenes. Enraged, 17 murders Krillin by shooting an energy beam through his heart. The two Android 17s then fuse into Super 17, who vows to destroy all of humanity and avenge the Red Ribbon Army's defeat at the hands of Goku. Super 17 seems impervious to Goku's attacks, but when 18 attacks him to avenge Krillin's death, Goku takes advantage of the distraction to penetrate through Super 17 with his Super Dragon Fist technique, then unleashes a Rapid-Fire Kamehameha that completely eradicates him. Shadow Dragons Saga
Towa and Mira have begun interfering with time, and later the Demon God Demigra is released, who will begin to alter history as well. As a result, the Time Patrol, created by the Supreme Kai of Time, and led by Future Trunks and the Future Warrior, are sent to repair the timelines. The Future Warrior can travel through different parts of the Dragon Ball timeline using a scroll named the Book of Endings and Beginnings. Every time the Future Warrior fixes the events which were changed by the Time Breakers, history returns to running its original course. The game's Hub World Toki Toki City exists in Age 850. The Time Breakers destroying history causes many changes to the timeline: Saiyan Saga
Namek Saga
Android Saga
Buu Saga
God of Destruction Beerus Saga
Demigra Saga
Wormhole Trouble
Starting from the God Missions, Dragon Ball Heroes began implementing story arcs that followed a consistent narrative. So far, there have been seven overarching original story arcs: the Dark Demon Realm Saga, Dark Empire Saga, Prison Planet Saga, Dark King Mechikabura Saga, Universal Conflict Saga, Universe Creation Saga, New Space-Time War Saga and Supreme Kai of Time Saga. Happening within and alongside the Dark Demon Realm Saga are the God of Destruction Beerus Saga, Golden Frieza Saga, King Piccolo Saga, Baby Hatchiyack Saga, Universe 6 Saga, Ultimate Hirudegarn Saga and "Future" Trunks Saga. Happening alongside the Dark Empire Saga are the Super Bardock Saga, Modern-Day Mayhem Saga. Universe Survival Saga and Surviving City Life. Happening alongside the Prison Planet Saga, Universal Conflict Saga and Dark King Mechikabura Saga are the end of the Universe Survival Saga, Android 21 Saga and Dragon Ball Super: Broly, as well as a series of "Ages" focusing on a specific character or series. Following the Tournament of Power, Goku, Vegeta and Future Mai are informed by a mysterious figure named Fu that Future Trunks is being held captive on a world called the Prison Planet, which is under control of Frieza’s brother Cooler. While there, they are confronted by the Saiyan criminal Cumber. After defeating Cumber and freeing Future Trunks, the events on Prison Planet was revealed to be conducted by the mastermind of Hearts. Hearts, who has recruited a cyborg version of Zamasu, reveal his plan to elimate Zeno and his counterpart just before destroying the Prison Planet. The surviving heroes safely make it back to Beerus’ world while Goku was rescued by the Grand Minister who decides to train him so that he can maintain Ultra Instinct. Hearts plants a "universal seed" on Universe 11 to drain its energy as he sends enemies across Universe 6 and 3. Vegeta, Trunks and the fighters of Universe 6 face against android siblings Oren and Kamin, who eventually fuse into “Kamioren” while Cooler, now transformed into “Meta Cooler”, fights against Cumber in Universe 3. The fight on Universe 6 is eventually taken to Universe 11. Goku arrives on Universe 11 with some control over Ultra Instinct. Vegeta manages to defeat Kamioren with his evolved Super Saiyan Blue. Realizing he can't defeat Hearts with Ultra Instinct, Goku convinces Vegeta to fuse with him into “Gogeta”. Gogeta, powered up to Super Saiyan Blue, delivers a final blast aimed towards the seed now infused in Heart’s chest, killing him. In his final words, Hearts explains that his true intentions were only to free all mortals from the Omni-King before congratulating Gogeta and the other fighters in defeating him. Elsewhere, a satisfied Fu declares that his next experiment is ready to begin. In Universe 7, Beerus warns the Z Fighters of a bird that will destroy the multiverse. Fu arrives with his evil Toki-Toki, "Dogi-Dogi" - the prophesied Bird of Catastrophe - and explains his plan to create an entirely new universe using the Universe Tree he planted across the multiverse that was created from Heart’s experimental universe seed and then flees back with Dogi-Dogi. The tree on Universe 7 begins weakening its inhabitants including Krillin and Piccolo. Beerus raises a shield around the Tree to drain his energy instead despite not being able to do it for long. Fu recruits villains such as Turles, Bojack, Super Android 17 and Dr. W from alternate timelines. Turles and Bojack attack Goku and Vegeta while Fu captures Toki-Toki and escapes. Elsewhere, Dr. W collects Xeno Goku and Xeno Vegeta's energy to give to Janemba, who becomes stronger. To overcome Janemba's new power, Xeno Goku and Xeno Vegeta borrow energy from their Saiyan counterparts, Xeno Trunks and Xeno Pan to achieve a new level of power to defeat Janemba. They then teleport to the site of the Universe Tree with help from Majin Salsa and Putine and Fu reveals his plan to them. Goku and Vegeta fuse into Vegito and battle Fu, while Towa reveals the truth behind Fu's existence and helps him with his plan. However, the Universe Tree is destroyed with a wish made from the Super Dragon Balls, causing Fu to use his newfound power to revive the tree while Vegito and Xeno Vegito fight against Broly, Towa and Mira with help from Demigra and Robelu. Nevertheless, Fu successfully creates a new universe but is trapped with Xeno Vegito in a Time Labyrinth by Demigra. Awakening in the new universe, Goku is informed by the Xenoverse fighters that he is in a duplicate of Universe 7, created by Fu. Hearts, who was bought back by Demigra from Hell, returns and proposes an alliance with Goku to defeat Fu before being attacked by Frieza and Cooler in their Golden forms. Suddenly, a Super Saiyan Broly intervenes and overpowers the four. Unbeknownst to them, a mysterious masked Saiyan watches over them while powering Frieza and Cooler with Dark Dragon Balls. However, the Dark Dragon Balls are extracted from them by another mysterious cloaked Saiyan. Hearts formulates a plan with Goku to locate the duplicate unvierse's Dragon Balls to return home. Using the duplicate universe's Dragon Radar, Goku and Hearts track one of the Dragon Balls on a nearby planet where Vegeta, Turles, and Cumber are fighting each other. Goku and Hearts arrive on the planet but Goku is confronted by the masked Saiyan, who is revealed to be Goku Black. Black transforms into Super Saiyan Rose and confronts Goku while Vegeta continues to confront Turles and Cumber. Vegeta manages to absorb Cumber's dark energy with his Super Saiyan Blue form and overpower Turles before knocking Cumber unconscious with a Galick Gun. He advises Turles to leave and train before challenging him again. Vegeta then becomes shocked to see that Black is overpowering Goku in the distance. Goku uses Ultra Instinct against Black, but the latter destroys the planet they're on. During its destruction, Cell appears to save Goku and Vegeta, who question Cell's motives which he responds to he was bought back the same reason Hearts was, who then claims he is also part of "Majin's collaborators".Dr. Slump is set in Penguin Village, a place where humans co-exist with all sorts of anthropomorphic animals and other objects. In this village lives Senbei Norimaki, an inventor. In the first chapter, he builds what he hopes will be the world's most perfect little girl robot, named Arale Norimaki. However, she turns out to be in severe need of eyeglasses. She is also very naïve, and in later issues she has adventures such as bringing a huge bear home, having mistaken it for a pet. To Senbei's credit, she does have super-strength. In general, the manga focuses on Arale's misunderstandings of humanity and Senbei's inventions, rivalries, and romantic misadventures. In the middle of the series, a recurring villain named Dr. Mashirito appears as a rival to Senbei. |
Terms
- Dragon Balls: Dragon Balls are the namesake artifact of the Dragon Ball series. They are large, crystalline spheres (of varying sizes and colors) that feature five-pointed stars (ranging from one to seven, and also varying in sizes and colors, along with being either rigid or flat in appearance) inside of themselves (akin to glass art); individually, they have no powers, but united they have the ability to call forth their associated Eternal Dragon who can grant (usually) one wish(s).
- Black Star Dragon Balls: A set of Dragon Balls created by a nameless Namekian, long before Kami's creation of Earth's Dragon Balls. This set of Dragon Balls summon Ultimate Sheron, who can grant wishes far more potent than the original Shenron can; such as being able to kill people with a wish. However, as a wish is made on the Black Star Dragon Balls, they spread out across the entire universe, and if they are not returned to the planet the wish was made on in a years time, it will destroy said planet.
- Super Dragon Balls: This set of Dragon Balls were made by the Dragon God, Zalama, which are each the sizes of entire planets. The Super Dragon Balls summon Super Shenron, who dwarves entire galaxies with his size, and can seemingly grant virtually any wish, no matter the severity.
- Super Saiyan: Super Saiyan is an advanced transformation assumed by members and hybrids of the Saiyan race in the Dragon Ball franchise, which was told in ancient Saiyan legend. Earthlings (of Saiyan heritage) in Dragon Ball Online can also assume the transformation by wishing to have their dormant Saiyan powers unlocked. This transformation grants a significant boost to the user's power, and has many evolved and mutated forms; including directly evolutions like Super Saiyan 2 and Super Saiyan 3, and mutated versions like Super Saiyan 4 (accessed through Blutz Waves) and Super Saiyan God (accessed through God Ki.)
Power of the Verse
Dragon Ball
Original
Even during the beginning era of Dragon Ball, the verse had many superhuman characters, starting all the way back at the strength of Wall level, the characters grew in strength through various different training regimens and sagas, reaching Small Building level for most characters, after Son Goku's journey before entering the 22nd budokai, they have all reached around City Block level. After surpassing his limits even further the strongest attacks for the likes of Master Roshi, Son Goku, King Piccolo, and Piccolo Jr. are Metropolis level, being the most powerful characters in the original series before Toriyama continued it with Z. Characters also are no slouch in speed, gaining Superhuman to Supersonic speeds, and eventually ending with High Hypersonic speeds. In terms of powers and abilities, the Dragon Ball characters have access to Energy Projection, Summoning, Size Manipulation, Sleep Manipulation, Mind Manipulation, Extrasensory Perception, Telekinesis, Wish Granting, etcetera.
Dragon Ball Z
While original Dragon Ball was strong in it's own right, Dragon Ball Z is where characters start growing in strength absurdly. Almost all of the relevant characters by the end of the Saiyan Saga range from Metropolis level, with Multi-Continent level with their strongest charged attacks. By the time of the Android/Cell Saga, anyone fighting Semi Perfect Cell and above are Island level and the strongest characters reach Planet level with their most power charged attacks. They stay with this tiering through Buu Saga. With their speed ranging from Massively Hypersonic+ to At most Relativistic due to the sheer power increases they get. They also add on more new abilities such as the introduction of various abilities such as Healing, Attack Reflection, Reactive Power Level, Teleportation, Forcefield Creation, Time Stop, Paralysis Inducement, Fusionism, etcetera,
Dragon Ball Super
While most of the cast initially stay around their Buu Saga levels of strength, after Goku fights Beerus and absorbs the Super Saiyan God into his base form, many characters start training to surpass their previous limits and keep up with Goku, having a lot of them reach Island level in strength. They get even more abilities from before such as Destruction, Nothingness Manipulation, Resurrection, Destructive Aura, Omnipresence, etcetera.
Dragon Ball Super Manga
Despite being a manga adaptation of Dragon Ball Super, the power differs greatly, with characters being mostly at Island level and having only At most Relativistic speeds. The series gains some abilities such as Deconstruction, Instinctive Reaction, Paralysis Inducement, Destruction, etcetera.
Dragon Ball GT
The cast have powered up from their Dragon Ball Z selves as GT uses a mixture of the toei movies and the anime for its power set. Almost every major alien Son Goku, Trunks, and Pan comes across are able to give them a decent fight, with most characters reaching Island level in power. Their speed reaches the likes of At most Relativistic. They have some abilities such as, Possession, Negative Energy Manipulation, Corruption, Broadway Force, etcetera.
Dragon Ball Toei Movies
The cast here mostly stay around the same strength as Dragon Ball Z keeping the same set of tiers as their canon counterparts, their speed ranges from Massively Hypersonic+ to At most Relativistic. They gain some abilities from the movie with some of them being used more in this media then most of the animes such as, Forcefield Creation, Mind Control, Duplication, Shapeshifting, Law Manipulation, Reality Warping, Spatial Manipulation, etcetera.
Dragon Ball Xenoverse
Xenoverse cast as they deal with the main timeline stay around the same tiers as the main timeline.
Dragon Ball Heroes
Similar to Xenoverse, the characters fight various of the canon and non-canon characters but amplified, dealing with enemies from canon, the movies, GT cast, and Super Cast. With many of them reaching around Island level in strength, and a few characters reaching Universe level through absorbing the energy of the Universe Tree and being capable of making big bangs. The characters range from Massively Hypersonic+ to At most Relativistic to Faster Than Light in speed. They obtain far more abilities such as Probability Manipulation, Sealing, Fate Manipulation, Memory Manipulation, etcetera.
Dragonball Evolution
The verse is far weaker then all of the other forms of Dragon Ball media, though is is still quite strong in its own right. Ranging from Peak Human level to Room level in power, and having Hypersonic speeds. They have abilities such as, Afterimage Creation, Air Manipulation, Energy Manipulation, Healing, Chi Manipulation, etcetera.
Canon
There are official dates to every major event in the series that could comprise together a major “Dragon Ball timeline.” However, there is still much confusion in the fanbase about what should be considered “canon” and what shouldn’t.
“Canon” in Dragon Ball is an incredibly complex topic that nobody can completely agree on, we have an entire page explaining how we treat canon in depth here.
Primary Timeline
This is material that is considered the main canon, of which every other material is based upon, and cannot be contradicted.
- Dragon Ball: Chapter #1 (Bloomers and the Monkey King) - #519 (Farewell, Dragon World!)
- Toei Animation’s Dragon Ball: Episode #1 (The Secret of the Dragon Balls) - #153 (The End, The Beginning)
- Toei Animation’s Dragon Ball Z: Episode #1 (The New Threat) - #291 (Goku’s New Journey)
- Dragon Ball Z: Bardock – The Father of Goku
- Dragon Ball Z: History of Trunks
- Dragon Ball Z Kai: Episode 1 (Prologue to Battle! The Return of Goku!) - #167 (Even Stronger! Goku’s Dream is Never-Ending!)
- Dragon Ball Z Kakarot
- Dragon Ball Super: Episode #1 (The Peace Reward – Who Will Get the 100 Million Zeni?) - #131 (A Miraculous Conclusion! Farewell, Goku! Until We Meet Again!)
- Dragon Ball Super: Broly
- Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero
- Dragon Ball Fighter Z
- Dragon Ball Xenoverse
- Dragon Ball: The Breakers
Alternative Timelines
This is material that cannot co-exist with one another, but can individually be slotted into the Primary Canon, albeit sometimes with a few contradictions. These can be considered alternate timelines.
- Dragon Ball Online
- Dragon Ball Heroes
- Dragon Ball GT: Episode #1 (A Devastating Wish) - #64 (Until We Meet Again)
- Dragon Ball GT: A Hero’s Legacy
- Super Dragon Ball Heroes: Episode #1 (Goku vs. Goku! A Transcendent Battle Begins on the Prison Planet!) - ???
- Dragon Ball Super: Chapter #1 (God of Destruction’s Premonition) - ???
- Jaco the Galactic Patrolman
- Dragon Ball Minus
- Dragon Ball Films: Movie #1 (Curse of the Blood Rubies) - Movie #4 (Path to Power)
- Dragon Ball Z Films: Movie #1 (Dead Zone) - Movie #15 (Resurrection F)
- Dragon Ball Video Games (ie. Dragon Ball Z Attack of the Saiyans, Dragon Ball Z Shin Budokai, etcetera)
- Nekomajin
Non-Canon
This material fully does not fit with the continuity no matter how it's handled and thus should not be used at all in canon discussions.
- Dragonball Evolution
- J-Stars Victory Vs.
- Jump Force
Explanations
- Full explanation of Dragon Ball.
- Blog discussing Moon level.
- Blog discussing Universe level Dragon Ball Super.
- Blog discussing Universe to Low Multiverse level Dragon Ball GT.
- Blog discussing Multiverse level Dragon Ball Heroes and Dragon Ball Xenoverse.
Calculations
Attack Potency
- Cell's kamehameha destroys the sun causing it to supernova and destroy the solar system (4.254093272067852939e46 Joules, 4-B)
Durability
- General Blue survives a plane crash (3.72 Tons of TNT, Low 8-C+)
Speed
- Gotenks flies around the earth dozens of times in a short timeframe (35,355,882.352941177785 m/s, At most Relativistic)
Knowledgeable Members
Characters
Universe 7
Dragon Ball
Protagonists
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Kid Goku
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Yamcha
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Krillin
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Master Roshi
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Tien Shinhan
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Chiaotzu
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Puar
Antagonists
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Tien Shinhan
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Chiaotzu
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King Piccolo
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Piccolo
Dragon Ball Z
Protagonists
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Son Goku
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Vegeta
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Son Gohan
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Son Goten
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Piccolo
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Yamcha
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Krillin
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Tien Shinhan
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Chiaotzu
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Master Roshi
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Future Trunks
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Future Gohan
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Nail
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Android 18
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Mr. Satan
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Good Buu
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Trunks
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Videl
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Pan
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Gotenks
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Vegito
Antagonists
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Raditz
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Saibamen
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Nappa
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Vegeta
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Cui
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Dodoria
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Zarbon
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Guldo
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Recoome
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Burter
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Jeice
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Captain Ginyu
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Frieza
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King Cold
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Android 16
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Android 17
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Android 18
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Android 19
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Dr. Gero
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Cell
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Cell Jr.
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Dabura
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Majin Buu
Dragon Ball Super
Protagonists
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Son Goku
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Vegeta
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Gogeta
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Broly
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Beerus
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Whis
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Gine
Universe 6
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Hit
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Caulifla
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Vados
Universe 10
Present Timeline
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Zamasu
Future Timeline
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Goku Black
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Future Zamasu
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Merged Zamasu
Universe 11
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Jiren
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Toppo
Zeno's Palace
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Zeno
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Future Zeno
Dragon Ball Super (Manga)
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Son Goku
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Gine
Toei Movies
Movie Protagonists
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Son Goku (Path to Power)
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Son Goku (Toei Movies)
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Bardock
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Tapion
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Gogeta
Movie Antagonists
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Dr. Wheelo
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Turles
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Lord Slug
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Chilled
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Cooler
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Android 13
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Android 14
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Android 15
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Broly
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Meta-Cooler
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Bojack
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Bio-Broly
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Janemba
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Hirudegarn
Dragon Ball GT
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Son Goku
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Pan
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Gogeta
Dragon Ball Z Shin Budokai
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Son Goku
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Janemba
Dragon Ball Z: Attack of the Saiyans
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Son Goku
Dragon Ball Z: Extreme Butōden
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Son Goku
Dragon Ball Xenoverse
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Son Goku
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Future Warrior
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Future Warrior 2
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Chronoa
Dragon Ball: The Breakers
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Survivors
Dragon Ball Heroes
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Xeno Goku
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Universe 7 Goku
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Chronoa
Neko Majin
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Neko Majin Z
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Neko Majin Mix
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Neko Majin Mike
Jaco the Galactic Patrolman
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Jaco
Other Media
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Yamcha
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Oushou
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Soba
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Raditz
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Mr. Satan
Non-Canon Media
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Goku