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Son Goku

From The Codex

“ I'm the Saiyan who came all the way from Earth for the sole purpose of beating you. I am the warrior you've heard of in the legends, pure of heart and awakened by fury. That's what I am. I am the Super Saiyan, Son Goku! „
~ Son Goku's speech to Frieza
“ I am the hope of the universe. I am the answer to all living things that cry out for peace. I am protector of the innocent. I am the light in the darkness. I am truth. Ally to good! Nightmare to you! „
~ Son Goku to Frieza

Background

Son Goku is the main protagonist of Dragon Ball. Born on Planet Vegeta, he is sent to Earth for protection from the impending destruction of his home planet. After being found by an old martial artist named Son Gohan, he is trained in martial arts himself. Throughout the years, he has defended the Earth and his universe from countless threats.

This dropdown contains the synopsis of Son Goku’s story. Read at your own risk as you may be spoiled otherwise!

Goku is introduced in the Dragon Ball manga and anime at 12 years of age (initially, he claims to be 14, but it is later clarified during the Tournament Saga that this is because Goku had trouble counting), as a young boy living in obscurity on Mount Paozu. Goku owns the Power Pole and the four-star Dragon Ball, inheritances from his grandfather. One day, after doing his daily chores, Goku is hit by a car when on his way home after catching a Giant Fish. Having never seen a car before, he assumes it is a monster attacking him. When the driver shoots Goku with a gun, she becomes scared after seeing that it hardly does any damage and surrenders, revealing herself to be a Human girl, named Bulma. Goku states that he has never seen a girl before and that the only human he has seen in his life is his deceased grandfather.

Goku takes Bulma to his house, where she ends up discovering his four star Dragon Ball. However, Goku does not want Bulma touching it since it is precious to him, so Bulma decides to let Goku to join her on a quest to collect all seven Dragon Balls to summon the Dragon, not revealing to him that the Dragon Balls would be scattered across the Earth once they succeeded. Later that night, when camping in Bulma's Capsule House, Goku is introduced to various technology such as Television, lights and even a bath. Early the next morning, Goku is surprised when he learns a bit about the anatomy of women after he takes Bulma's underwear off while she is sleeping.

Later that morning, Goku meets Turtle, whom he decides to take back to the ocean, forcing Bulma to come along. After defeating a Bear Thief who wants to eat the turtle, they make it to the beach, where he meets his future master, the turtle hermit, Master Roshi. When the turtle hermit meets them, he rewards Goku with a flying cloud called the Flying Nimbus, that only allows people of pure heart to ride it, with which Goku has no difficulty. Bulma also receives the three star Dragon Ball out of this, in exchange for showing the old horn-dog her underwear (however, she is actually nude, because Goku had pulled them off the night before).

Three days later, Goku and Bulma end up in Aru Village, which is under control by an evil shapeshifter named Oolong, who kidnaps the villagers' daughters. After Goku fails to impersonate Pochawompa in an attempt to find the location of Oolong's hideout, he decides to face Oolong head on. After chasing him outside the village, Goku manages to capture him, forcing Oolong to give the villagers back their daughters. Afterward, they are rewarded the six star Dragon Ball and Oolong is forced to join Goku and Bulma on their quest. While crossing the Diablo Desert on their way to Fire Mountain, Goku fights a bandit named Yamcha, who is friends with a former classmate of Oolong, named Puar. Goku and Yamcha have a duel, and Yamcha is surprised when Goku brings out his Power Pole, learning that he is the grandson of the legendary martial artist, Gohan. After nearly losing to Yamcha's Wolf Fang Fist due to hunger, Bulma awakens, causing Yamcha to flee due to of his fear of women. Later that night, Goku and the others stay the night in Oolong's House-Wagon, where Goku tells Oolong about the Dragon Balls while Yamcha and Puar hide outside and listen, also learning of the mystical spheres. The next morning, Goku fights Yamcha again after he destroys the House-Wagon and attempts to rob them. Goku knocks out his opponent's tooth and Yamcha, in a false display of apology, gives them a car that secretly has a tracking device for him to follow them. Two days later, the gang ends up at Fire Mountain, where Goku ends up fighting the Ox-King after he attempts to kill Bulma and Oolong. After Goku summons the Flying Nimbus, the Ox-King stops fighting and tells Goku that the man who gave Goku that cloud is the same master that taught him. In an effort to douse the fire surrounding the Ox-King's castle at the top of the mountain, Goku is sent to retrieve the Bansho Fan from Master Roshi after picking up the Ox-King's daughter, Chi-Chi. When they arrive at Master Roshi's Island, he tells them that he accidentally threw the fan out and decides to come there himself and put out the flames. When they get back to Fire Mountain, Master Roshi uses a technique called the Kamehameha to put out the flames, unfortunately destroying the mountain as well. Much to Master Roshi's surprise, Goku immediately imitates the wave and makes one big enough to destroy their car. While Bulma and Oolong find the Dragon Ball in the rubble, Master Roshi asks that Goku trains with him after finishing his quest for the Dragon Balls.

On their way to the last Dragon Ball, they take a break at a town which is ruled by a gang known as the Rabbit Mob. While there, Goku and Bulma get into trouble with the Rabbit Mob, but Goku defeats their leader, Monster Carrot with the help of Yamcha. When they get back on the road, they are attacked by a robot piloted by Shu, who steals five of their Dragon Balls. Luckily, though, Goku insists on keeping his four-star ball with him instead of with the rest of the Dragon Balls. Yamcha gives them a lift to Pilaf's Castle to get them back. However, once they arrive, they get locked in a room filled with sleeping gas, where Goku's four-star Dragon Ball is stolen.

When they wake up, Emperor Pilaf summons Shenron and tries to use the wish to rule the world, but his plan is foiled when Oolong interferes and wishes for a pair of panties after getting out from a small hole made by Goku's Kamehameha. After trying to escape, the gang is placed into a special cell that will fry them when the sun comes out. Goku ends up looking at the full moon that night, causing him to turn into a Great Ape and destroy the cell along with the rest of Pilaf's castle. Seeing Goku out of control in the ape form, Yamcha grabs Goku's tail and has Puar turn into a pair of scissors to cut Goku's tail off, causing him to revert to his normal form. The next morning, Oolong begins to speculate that Goku is not a human, raising the question of whether he is "some kinda space alien." Declining the offer of his new friends to come with them to West City, Goku bids them goodbye to train with Roshi. While flying off on the Nimbus, Goku cheerfully says the world is an amazing place.

Statistics

Key: Start of Dragon Ball | 21st Budokai | Red Ribbon Arc | 22nd Budokai | King Piccolo Arc | 23rd Budokai

Tier: 9-B, Higher with the Kamehameha, even Higher as an Oozaru | High 8-C | 7-A | 7-A | 7-A | 5-C

Name: Son Goku, Kakarot

Origin: Dragon Ball

Sex: Male

Age: 12 at the beginning of Dragon Ball, 18 by the end

Classification: Alien, Saiyan

Alignment: Chaotic Good (Goku is one that is pure of heart and due to his pure heart he was able to unlock a transformation into the legendary Super Saiyan. He does not care for the reason or laws behind a person being evil and is willing to tear those down and defeat the ones that are a threat to the people and his friends)

Dimensionality: 3-D

Attack Potency: Wall level (Could physically grab and crush a large boulder with his own hands. Broke a door with a punch, could destroy several bricks with his finger. Hit a pterodactyl so hard, he broke a part of its body. Defeated Yamcha when fully fed), Higher with the Kamehameha (His kamehameha can break parts of walls that both his and Yamcha’s punches and kicks can’t break through), even Higher in Oozaru form (His power is increased tenfold, can break through steel and glass that not even the kamehameha could break through) | Large Building level (Defeated General Blue. who survived his plane crashing into a mountain at full speed) | Mountain level (Master Roshi states that Goku has surpassed him in power with him even making note that not even he would have the stamina to defeat the entire red ribbon army, which should include his Max power state who could destroy fry pan mountain) | Mountain level (Fought evenly with Tien Shienhan who Roshi post-training noted might even be stronger than him) | Mountain level | Moon level (Matched Piccolo Jr., who should not be that much weaker than his beginning of Saiyan Saga self, who destroyed the moon during his battle with Oozaru Gohan)

Durability: Wall level (Could tank an axe hitting his head, causing the very axe to break, could tank being shot with the bullet not piercing him, took a beating from Yamcha while hungry that sent him flying through several pillars), Higher as an Oozaru | Large Building level | Mountain level | Mountain level | Mountain level | Moon level

Striking Strength: Wall Class, even Higher as an Oozaru | Large Building Class, likely Higher as an Oozaru | Mountain Class | Mountain Class | Mountain Class | Moon Class

Lifting Strength: Class 5 (Could pick up and throw Bulma’s car, with the average weight of a car being over 1000 kg), Class 10 as an Oozaru (An Oozaru increases one’s strength 10 times) | Class 100 (Moved a giant boulder with a lot of effort), possibly Class M as an Oozaru (Great Ape transformation increases the users power tenfold) | Class 100, likely Higher | Class 100, likely Higher | Class M (Has fused his untapped potential with the Oozaru within him) | Class M, likely Higher

Travel Speed: Superhuman (Could travel 120 kilometers in a short timeframe), High Hypersonic Flight Speed with the flying nimbus (Even post King Kai training Goku used the flying nimbus to make it to the saiyans implying it is at least comparable to his flight speed by then, with Goku being capable of traveling over a million of kilometers in two days) | Superhuman, High Hypersonic Flight Speed with the flying nimbus | Superhuman, High Hypersonic Flight Speed with the flying nimbus | Superhuman, High Hypersonic Flight Speed with the flying nimbus | At least Superhuman, High Hypersonic Flight Speed with the flying nimbus

Combat Speed: Superhuman (Appeared faster than a trained bandit could see, traveled 120 km in a short timeframe. Tagged a pterodactyl, which can reach up to 67 miles per hour, 29.95 meters per second) | Supersonic | Supersonic | FTL | FTL | FTL

Reaction Speed: Superhuman | Supersonic (Can avoid bullets from close range, on a consistent basis) | Supersonic | FTL (Could avoid a point blank laser beam, could avoid the kamehameha which could reach the moon in a very short timeframe, along with tagging someone who could react to a kamehameha) | FTL | FTL

Stamina: Superhuman

Range: Standard Melee Range, Extended Melee Range with Power Pole, Tens of Meters as an Oozaru, Up to Thousands of Kilometers with Power Pole extended (Can reach up to the moon with the pole extended), Thousands of Kilometers with Ki Attacks (Should be comparable to Master Roshi's kamehameha, which can reach the moon)

Intelligence: Animalistic as an Oozaru, Below Average socially (Raised in the mountains with his adoptive grandpa before the latter’s death, knows little to nothing about how society functions), At least Below Average, possibly Above Average academics wise (While training with Master Roshi he learned about Math & Calculus, though Goku has displayed he can’t count beyond 18 after being explained to him what comes after 18 he was able to quickly count past it, along with this he has shown to have better understanding academically of situations), Extraordinary Genius combat wise (Copies a Kamehameha after seeing it once, which is supposed to take 50 years to learn according to Roshi, copied Master Roshi’s ultimate technique the afterimage after seeing it done, could copy Tien’s solar flare and his flying technique and could copy the demon clan’s air ki techniques. Goku is an incredibly skilled fighter to the point that he is able to easily outskill trained Martial Artists such as Krillin and Yamcha and match prodigies such as Tien and even nearly beat his Master, Roshi, after training with him for a few months)

Key: Saiyan Saga | Ginyu Saga | Frieza Saga | Cell Saga | Buu Saga

Tier: 5-C, Low 5-B with Kaioken x3, 5-B with Kaioken x4 Kamehameha | 5-B | High 5-B, Higher in Kaioken x20, Super Saiyan, and with the Spirit Bomb | At least High 5-B, 4-B as a Full Power Super Saiyan and with Instant Kamehameha | 4-B, Higher with Super Saiyan forms

Name: Son Goku, Kakarot

Origin: Dragon Ball

Sex: Male

Age: 23 during the beginning of Dragon Ball Z (Five years have passed since the end of Dragon Ball), 24 during the Saiyan, Ginyu, and Frieza Saga (An entire year of training happened during the Sayain Saga), 26 during the beginning of the Android Saga (Two years passed while Goku was off Earth), 29 in the Middle of the Android Saga (Trained for three years), 30 after the Hyperbolic Time Chamber (Trained with Gohan for a year in it), 37 during the beginning of the Buu Saga (7 years have passed since the end of the Android/Cell Saga), 47 by the end of Dragon Ball Z (Ten years have passed)

Classification: Alien, Saiyan

Alignment: Chaotic Good (Goku is one that is pure of heart and due to his pure heart he was able to unlock a transformation into the legendary Super Saiyan. He does not care for the reason or laws behind a person being evil and is willing to tear those down and defeat the ones that are a threat to the people and his friends)

Dimensionality: 3-D

Attack Potency: Moon level+ (Easily stopped Nappa's attacks, who is far above Raditz), Small Planet level with Kaioken x3 (Caused Vegeta to bleed, whose power level is 18000, making him 44 times above Piccolo during beginning of Z), Planet level with Kaioken x4 (Overpowered Vegeta's Galick Gun with a Kaioken x4 Kamehameha. The Galick Gun in question was meant to destroy Earth) | Planet level (Superior to Captain Ginyu who had a power level of 120,000, putting him far beyond the Kaioken x4's 32,000 power level) | Large Planet level (Fought Final Form Freiza using less than 50% of his power, the latter who is far superior to his first for, who destroyed Planet Vegeta which has ten times the gravity of Earth, requiring a GBE of this level to overcome), Higher in Kaioken x20, Super Saiyan, and with the Spirit Bomb (Defeated Full Power Frieza) | Large Planet level (Much stronger than he was previously, easily blocked Trunks' slashes with his finger before becoming stronger for the confrontation with the androids). Solar System level as a Full Power Super Saiyan and with Instant Kamehameha (Fought against Perfect Cell who should not be that far off from his Super Perfect form’s Solar Kamehameha, which was stated it was going to destroy the entire Solar System. Nearly killed Perfect Cell with his Instant Kamehameha, with Cell only coming back due to regeneration) | Solar System level (Is so much stronger than before that he was unimpressed by Dabura's power despite directly comparing him to Perfect Cell, to the point where he doesn't even consider him strong), Higher with Super Saiyan forms

Durability: Moon level, Small Planet level as Kaioken x3 | Planet level | Large Planet level, Higher in Kaioken x20 & Super Saiyan | Large Planet level in base. Solar System level as a Full Power Super Saiyan and with Instant Kamehameha | Solar System level, Higher with Super Saiyan forms

Striking Strength: Moon Class, Small Planet Class in Kaioken x3 | Planet Class | Large Planet Class, Higher in Kaioken x20 & Super Saiyan | Large Planet Class, Solar System Class as a Full Power Super Saiyan | Solar System Class, Higher with Super Saiyan forms

Lifting Strength: Class M, likely Higher | Class M, likely Higher | Class M, likely Higher | Class M, likely Higher | Class M, likely Higher

Travel Speed: At least High Hypersonic (Traveled over a million kilometers in 2 days making Goku move at 5787 m/s), High Hypersonic Flight Speed with the flying nimbus, Massively Hypersonic with Kaioken | High Hypersonic, Massively Hypersonic with Kaioken | High Hypersonic, Massively Hypersonic with Kaioken | At least Massively Hypersonic (Reached a state that shocked him so much in his base that it beyond even his kaioken multiplier against Ginyu), Higher with Super Saiyan (During his battle with Frieza, he fought so fast that King Kai could not keep up with him, despite King Kai being able to track his spaceship without problem) | At least FTL (Far superior to his Super Saiyan form on Namek) | At least FTL

Combat Speed: FTL, Higher with Kaioken | FTL (Faster than his Saiyan Saga Kaioken x4 form) | FTL, Higher with Super Saiyan (During his battle with Frieza, he fought so fast that King Kai could not keep up with him, despite King Kai being able to track his spaceship without problem) | At least FTL (Far superior to his Super Saiyan form on Namek) | At least FTL

Reaction Speed: FTL, Higher with Kaioken | FTL | FTL, Higher with Super Saiyan | At least FTL (Far superior to his Super Saiyan form on Namek) | At least FTL

Stamina: Superhuman

Range: Standard Melee Range, Interplanetary with Ki Blasts (Ki blast can reach out of the planet and to other planets), Interstellar with Instant Transmission (Can transport to a completely different solar system as long as he can lock onto the persons ki)

Intelligence: Below Average socially (Raised in the mountains with his adoptive grandpa before the latter’s death, knows little to nothing about how society functions), At least Below Average, possibly Above Average academics wise (While training with Master Roshi he learned about Math & Calculus, though Goku has displayed he can’t count beyond 18 after being explained to him what comes after 18 he was able to quickly count past it, along with this he has shown to have better understanding academically of situations), Extraordinary Genius combat wise (Copies a Kamehameha after seeing it once, which is supposed to take 50 years to learn according to Roshi, copied Master Roshi’s ultimate technique the afterimage after seeing it done, could copy Tien’s solar flare and his flying technique and could copy the demon clan’s air ki techniques. Goku is an incredibly skilled fighter to the point that he is able to easily outskill trained Martial Artists such as Krillin and Yamcha and match prodigies such as Tien and even nearly beat his Master, Roshi, after training with him for a few months)

Powers and Abilities

Superhuman Physical Characteristics, Martial Arts, Enhanced Senses (Goku’s nose is as sharp as a dog’s allowing him to smell the scent of people from far away. Can sense people in a village even when they are all hiding), Accelerated Development (Training; Physical Stats, Skill, & Abilities. As Goku trains he naturally grows stronger at a much faster rate then any of the earthlings. As an example, Goku in a few months of training matched Master Roshi, one of the strongest Earthlings, being able to increase his ki allowing him to mimic various attacks and gain access to abilities that even if teachers could not, such as how he was able to access Kaio-ken, which even King Kai couldn't access when he made the move itself), Extrasensory Perception (Goku has been trained by Mr. Popo in learning to hone his sixth sense to be able to notice people attacking him from behind without using his eyes and feeling the environment around him), Bulletproof (Asides from gag scenes, bullets are unable to pierce him), Aura, Psuedo-Fear Manipulation, Limited Soul Manipulation & Pain Manipulation (Powerful ki users can exert their ki onto a user greatly harming them, ki is the manifestation of one’s lifeforce, along with the aura giving one the feeling of being crushed, exerting fear into the target, sometimes making them incapable of moving as their body is instinctively stuck due to the sheer difference in power), Summoning (Can summon the flying nimbus), Flight & Body Control (Could control his tail to move fast enough to have him briefly fly), Afterimage Creation (Could use Jackie Chun’s afterimage technique. Could eventually make an even better version of Chun’s afterimage technique. By the end of original Dragon Ball he learns the flight technique from seeing Tien and co. do it), Ki Manipulation, Reactive Power Level (A saiyan’s power increases if they survive from injury in battle), Power Mimicry (Goku has a consistent streak of mimicking abilities he’s seen others use, the most famous being him easily mimicking the kamehameha, an ability stated by Roshi takes 50 years of practice to use, along with mimicking the demon clan’s air attack abilities and Tien’s solar flare, and Goku being capable of mimicking Roshi’s afterimage technique after seeing him use it against Krillin, with Goku even being able to improve upon it), Precognition (Type 2. During his training with Korrin he learns how to read his opponents movements), Air Manipulation & Breath Attack (Goku can unleash a great blast of air from his lungs to momentarily stop himself in the air), Spatial Manipulation (Goku can erase his presence completely, and ki allowing him to appear wherever, even when Piccolo punched him he didn't actually hit the real Goku), Rage Power (Mere rage can amplify a saiyan a level that's believed to be a myth even by the highest levels of saiyans in the verse), Sheer Will (Goku has an immense amount of willpower, to the point that he can start his heart beating again after it stops from sheer will, along with drinking the water of the gods and suffering immense and unexplainable pain for six hours straight without ever giving in just to gain more power), Light Manipulation (With the solar flare, creates a blinding flash of light that blinds the opponent), Healing (Low-Mid. With Senzu beans, can heal even wounds such as holes on one’s body), Resistance to Electricity, Heats (Unaffected by the heat of the desert)

All previous powers and abilities to a greater extent, Reactive Adaptation (Goku is able to adapt to higher levels of gravity after training within them), Telepathy and Mind Reading (Read Krillin's mind, could read into King Kai’s telepathy with Guru and telepathically speak with King Kai), Telekinesis (Could telekinetically move water, though this took a lot of concentration), Ki Sensing, Teleportation & Dimensional BFR (Type 1. Via Instant Transmission. Can forcibly send his opponent to other places such as heaven), Limited Attack Reflection (His ki created by King Kai allows him to repel weak attacks), Power Nullification (Can nullify attacks with his ki alone), Statistics Amplification (With Kaioken and Super Saiyan transformations), Mind Manipulation (Characters can link their ki together and train within each other’s mind enacting in image training), Power Absorption & Transferal (Ki users can transfer their ki to others and absorb the ki given to them from others), Immortality Negation (Type 7; Gotenks can destroy the Dictator’s undead army with their Ki; others with Ki should thus be able to do the same), Non-Physical Interaction (The Z Fighters were able to harm the Ghost Warriors), Healing (Ki is shown to have healing properties), Fusionism (With the Potara Earrings or the fusion dance Goku is able to fuse with another to amplify his strength to unimaginable levels), Absorption (Goku can absorb the ki gathered from the Spirit Bomb and use it to fuel his own ki), Forcefield Creation (Capable of creating energy barriers), Resistance to Gravity Manipulation (Can withstand 100 times Earth's gravity), Extreme Heats, Extreme Colds, & Air Manipulation (Can survive in the Hyperbolic Time Chamber for an entire year, which contains sub-zero temperatures to over one hundred degrees temperatures, along with the chamber having 1/4th the air of the regular world and ten times gravity), Mind Manipulation (The original Super Saiyan was consumed by its own rage and power losing any sense of itself it had, Goku is capable of maintaining Super Saiyan for as long as he wants), Illusion Creation (When focused, Goku can see into his mind's eye to see through illusions), Ice Manipulation (Broke out of Ebifury's Frozen Fist with the Kaio-ken and was immune to its ability to freeze others)

Standard Equipment

  • Power Pole: The Power Pole is a magical, length-changing staff that is owned and wielded by Goku for most of the original Dragon Ball series. Before Master Roshi gave the Power Pole to Grandpa Gohan, it was owned by Korin. Although Goku uses it primarily as a weapon, its true purpose is to use its size-changing ability to travel from Korin Tower to The Lookout.
  • Flying Nimbus: Flying Nimbus is a magical, yellow cloud that serves as a way of transportation. Goku obtains the Nimbus from Master Roshi as compensation for saving Turtle. It served Goku and his sons well throughout Dragon Ball and Dragon Ball Z, by acting as a way for them to fly around at high speeds without using up any energy.
  • Senzu Beans: Senzu Beans are mystical beans with immense rejuvenation properties, being capable of healing entire wounds, such as one's stomach being punctured.

Optional Equipment

  • Dragon Balls: Dragon Balls are the titular artifacts of the Dragon Ball series. They are large, crystalline spheres that feature five-pointed stars inside of themselves; individually, they have no powers, but united they have the ability to call forth their associated Eternal Dragon. Originally under Kami, Shenron could only grant one wish. However, under Dende, Shenron can grant three wishes, however since Dende is not powerful enough, Shenron can only fulfill two of the three wishes if a large number of people are revived using one of the wishes. Alternatively, Porunga can grant three wishes, however, Porunga could only bring one person back from the dead per wish as compared to Shenron who can revive an unspecified number per wish. Later, Porunga's power is strengthened by Moori to bring back as many lives as needed without any reduction in the remaining number of wishes.
  • Attack Ball: Spaceships used for interstellar travel. Due to being a low-class Saiyan, Goku was sent to Earth, so that he would one day conquer it. The space pod landed somewhere in a jungle or forest, and it was there that Grandpa Gohan found Goku and adopted him. Goku also used an Attack Ball belonging to the Ginyu Force to escape the exploding Namek after his battle against Frieza, eventually using the Attack Ball to arrive on Planet Yardrat and later Earth.
  • Dragon Radar: An invention of Bulma made to track down Dragon Balls. While Goku and other people can sense the Dragon Balls' energy in a general area, the Dragon Radar can pinpoint their exact location from across the entire planet. This let Goku and his friends track all the Dragon Balls within days rather than years, or hours with teleportation.
  • Potara: Sacred earrings worn by Supreme Kais to symbolize their full elite status as grand overseers of their respective universe. While worn so casually, they have incredible properties. When a matching set is worn between two people on opposite ears, they will immediately be fused into new individual that represents the apex of both people's traits combined. While fusing with a Kai will result in a permanent fusion, any other union will only last for an hour.

Notable Techniques

*Rock, Scissors 'N' Paper: A technique taught to Goku by Grandpa Gohan which employs one of three attack styles; either a closed-fist assault, a two-finger jabbing assault, or an open-palm thrust assault. It was Goku's signature attack early on during his childhood, soon afterwards being replaced with the Kamehameha.

  • Tail Attack: A technique used by those who have tail in order to attack their opponents. They can use it to whip or constrict the opponent. Goku uses this to break free from Tien Shinhan's Four Witches Technique.
  • Double Axe Hand: Goku cups his hands together and reels back, then slams his fists on the opponent.
  • Eight-Arm Fist: A physical technique that involves its user moving their arms fast enough that they seemingly have eight of them, allowing them to attack and defend themselves much more efficiently. Used to counter Tien Shinhan's Four Witches Technique.
  • Crazy Fist: A distraction technique used by Goku and designed to confuse and taunt the opponent. Pretending to be a wild uncontrollable dog or monkey, Goku catches his opponent off guard, and eventually knocks him out with a swift kick by jumping from behind. Goku uses this in reaction to Jackie Chun's Drunken Fist.
  • Tornado!: After calling the name of the attack, Goku spins while rushing on the opponent to attack him/her. Used against Nam.
  • Afterimage Technique: Goku creates perfect replica afterimages of himself to give the illusion of him still being in a location making it difficult for the opponent to actually harm his true self.
  • Mid-Air Stop: While falling to the ground, Goku exhales his breath like an explosive blast to stop his decent. Goku uses this technique against King Chappa in the 22nd World Martial Arts Tournament preliminaries.
  • Tail Helicopter: Goku swings his tail in a circle fast enough to hover and fly freely. Used only once, in his fight against Jackie Chun in the 21st World Martial Arts Tournament.
  • Agile Style: After his training under Kami, Goku could remove the Weighted portions Turtle School Uniform to increase his power level and agility due to being no longer incumbered by the heavy weights allowing him to utilize a more agile fighting style hence its name. Goku first used it during the 23rd World Martial Arts Tournament and later when he confronted his brother Raditz alongside Piccolo. According to Raditz's Scouter, Goku's power level rose from 334 to 416 indicating the weight removal alone increased his power level by 82. This state was named in Dragon Ball Legends (albeit in relation to Piccolo & Pikkon's use of Agile Style) where it is the "base" form used by Goku (DBL22-01S) which represents Goku from the period during which he fought Raditz.
  • Dragonthrow: Goku grabs his opponent's arm, leg, tail, or antenna, then he spins and throws them away.
  • Meteor Combination: First, Goku charges at the opponent and elbows them away. Then, he attacks the opponent with a powerful barrage of kicks and punches, ending with a heavy punch to their stomach. When the opponent lays on the ground paralyzed, Goku jumps up in the air and fires a Super Kamehameha down at the opponent, inflicting a massive amount of damage.
  • Meteor Smash: Goku punches the opponent in the stomach. Then, he punches the opponent away and flies after them to right hook kick them in their face. Finally, Goku axe kicks the side of the opponent's head, knocking them away and inflicting a great deal of damage.
  • Bōjutsu: The art of wielding a staff which Goku utilizes when wielding his Power Pole. Goku learned it from the Power Pole's previous owner, his adoptive Grandpa Gohan. Goku's Bōjutsu skills are so great that he can use his Power Pole to deflect bullets as shown during his assault on Muscle Tower. Additionally, due to the Power Pole's mystical length changing properties, his attack range with the Power Pole is much greater than an average staff.
  • Kaoi-ken Finish: First, Goku charges at the opponent and kicks them up into the air. Then, he flies up after the opponent and double axe-handle punches them down to the ground. Next, he powers up to his Kaio-ken technique as he charges down at the opponent and double-punches them in their back. Finally, Goku quickly lands on the ground and catches the opponent on their back before throwing them onto the ground, inflicting a great deal of damage.
  • Kaoi-Ken Attack: Goku powers up to Kaio-ken x3 as he charges at the opponent and roundhouse kicks them up into the air. Then, he flies up in the air and punches the opponent away. Next, he flies up over the opponent and down behind to double kick them further up into the air. Finally, Goku flies up into the air around the opponent and hook kicks them down into the ground, inflicting a huge amount of damage.
  • Ki Blast: The most basic energy attack, Goku creates a small form of energy that he blasts at an opponent, usually he uses this to keep his distance from an enemy or to distract them so he can land another attack.
  • Kiai: A technique where Goku affects the air currents around him with ki to produce powerful shockwaves in order to strike the opponent at mid-range.
  • Kamehameha: Goku's signature move since obtaining it. It unleashes a powerful and long-stretching blue energy blast from his cupped hands. Goku first learns the move as a kid after witnessing Master Roshi using it. It can be charged to compete with practically any enemy attack. Since mastering this technique, Goku has continued to improve on it and develop new variations of it.
  • Spirit Bomb: Easily Goku's most powerful techniques and arguably the strongest in the series, it allows Goku to channel ki from all sources of life that he can detect and focus it all into a single energy ball. It was taught to him by King Kai during his training for the upcoming battle against Vegeta and Nappa. Over time, Goku continually learned to expand the range of which he could gather energy, thereby increasing both the size and power of the Spirit Bomb. He reserves this technique as a last-ditch effort for only the most powerful of foes.
  • Instant Transmission: Goku learns this technique on the Planet Yardrat after his battle with Frieza by learning Spirit Control - which also allowed him to sense ki from a much greater distance. This technique allows him to teleport to any location so long as he can find an energy source to home onto. However, it also greatly extends his ability to sense energy. Noticeably in Yo Son Goku, he seemingly improved on the technique as transports to the radish field without sensing anyone, possibly because he had accurate enough knowledge of where it is.
  • Solar Flare: Goku places his hands close to the center of his face with the fingers spread toward his eyes. He then calls out the name of the technique, which provokes a white light to fire out and blind everything watching except him, since he is projecting the light.

*Great Ape: Like all Saiyans, Goku can transform into a Great Ape when absorbing enough blutz waves, usually from looking at a full moon, while still having his tail, though not of his choosing. As a Great Ape, Goku's dormant Saiyan traits re-emerge, and he becomes feral and violent. His power and senses increase 10-fold and are able to generate powerful mouth blasts. However, because his tail was removed permanently Kami when restoring the moon, Goku lost access completely to this form.

  • Unlock Potential: After drinking the Ultra Divine Water and surviving its painful side-effects, Goku's true potential was released, apparently in the form of accessing Great Ape in his base form. This was seen by his natural aura manifesting as an image of a Great Ape surrounding him, essentially absorbing the power of the Great Ape into himself. The power boost not only enabled him to fight on par with King Piccolo in his prime, who previously decimated Goku in his frailer elderly state, but it also heightened Goku's senses and instincts, able to detect the location of people's ki.
  • Kaoi-ken: Goku learns this technique while training under King Kai after dying against Raditz. While using it and any of its multipliers, Goku's various capacities and techniques are all proportionally increased. However, the strain of using too high a multiplier and/or for too long can be dangerous and greatly damage his body. As such, he ceased using it after his gaining Super Saiyan. While he can combine the two powers, Goku never tried this while alive as doing so could lead to near-certain death. Later, however, with his Super Saiyan Blue, taking advantage of his divine form's superior energy control and more naturally calm mindedness, he was able to use this technique more regularly.
  • Super Saiyan: Goku achieves this form in a rage after Frieza killed Krillin. In this form, Goku's muscle and height slight increase and his skin turns lighter. His eyes become noticeably sterner and more defined with green eyes. His hair becomes blond and stands with no loose strands. His power also generates a yellow aura. In the anime, when unleashing the full intensity of his power, Goku's aura also produces some slight electrical sparks. Goku's demeanor is greatly affected by this form, making him more aggressive and irritable.
    • Super Saiyan Second Grade: Realizing that the androids' power exceeds a Super Saiyan, Goku entered the Hyperbolic Time Chamber to surpass the basic Super Saiyan form. Ultimately, Goku unlocked this form after weeks of training. However, Goku realized that this form spends too much ki to be maintained. Rather than attempting the more arduous and time-consuming task of refining this form, Goku came to the conclusion that the basic Super Saiyan form is better suited for combat, making a plan to master it and abandon this form completely. As a result of this and discovering more powerful forms, this form is never used again.
    • Super Saiyan Third Grade: Along with Second Grade, Goku achieves this form in the Hyperbolic Time Chamber. While vastly stronger than Second Grade, the power output is too intense, causing Goku's muscles to become engorged from the struggle of maintaining this unsteady power boost. This instability drained his ki too fast to be of use for long. It also causes an extreme drop in his speed and agility, tiring him even more and reducing his effectiveness overall. Goku noted that while much stronger than Semi-Perfect Cell, it meant nothing if he could not actually hit his foe with it. This made this form impractical against foes of any real speed. Instead of training to overcome this problem, Goku decides that simply mastering the basic Super Saiyan, feeling that it is the best way to fight and gain power. As such a result, this form is never used again.
    • Mastered Super Saiyan: After realizing the weaknesses inherent to the higher Super Saiyan grades, Goku concluded that mastery over the basic Super Saiyan form would be more beneficial. He used the remainder of his time chamber training learning to maintain Super Saiyan for extended periods. Gradually, he overcame the heightened aggression and uneasiness that accompanies this form to feel as natural as his base form, reducing the energy drain to nothing and increasing his endurance to achieve a max output for this form without drawbacks even in regular life. Ultimately, he is able to enter, maintain, and fight in this form for as long as he desires at its full potential with no loss in efficiency or performance. In the anime, with this mastery, during the Tournament of Power, Goku - having gone well-beyond his limits - was able to flash between base and Super Saiyan to defeat Jiren alongside Frieza despite his battered and exhausted state.
  • Super Saiyan 2: Goku achieved this form at some time after Cell's defeat while in the Other World.[26] In this form, Goku gains some changes; his hair becomes spikier, his forehead has only three bangs over it, making his hair more defined than his other previous Super Saiyan forms. His muscles also become more defined, and his aura also generates electricity surrounding his body, while the aura grows markedly larger and more vibrant. Since gaining greater forms, Goku reserves this form for opponents he takes semi-seriously.
  • Super Saiyan 3: Goku's strongest form in the original manga and anime. Goku achieved this level after years of training in Other World, where he could put unlimited energy into this form.[26] In this form, his hair reaches down to his thighs and his eyebrows vanish completely while making the forehead and eye ridges larger and more prominent. His muscle mass grows noticeable larger more defined while his eyes gain green irises. His aura also becomes rounder with larger electrical sparks. Goku first used this form against Innocent Buu during the Majin Buu Saga, where he had a slight advantage over the Majin. However, this form is extremely draining in terms of energy due to the living world having less energy to siphon. This made him tire fast and even cut Goku's time left on Earth from hours to a mere thirty minutes after using this form for a short time. When attempting to gather enough energy to defeat Kid Buu, he was unable to sustain it as he had not taken into account the strain overcoming his living body, and soon reverted to his base state. Altogether, these heavy disadvantages make it impractical to use this form out of the afterlife and even more while alive.
  • Fusion Dance: A short series of poses that are performed by two characters of equal power levels and roughly equal size. To correctly perform the Fusion, the fuses must strike the poses in a perfectly symmetrical image of one another. The result of a correctly performed Fusion Dance is a superior being whose power is multiplied several-fold over that of the individual fuses.

Other

Weaknesses: His durability drops when off guard. Grabbing Goku’s tail completely weakens him to the point that he cannot get up, removal of his tail will cause him to lose balance, though he learned how to get used to this. Though due to his lack of a tail it was harder for him to hit attacks at full power (up to the Red Ribbon Army Arc). Transforming into an Oozaru makes him berserk for the duration of the form.

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