The official discord link if you wish to join the discord: https://discord.gg/j5RKwCvAFu
Support the wiki on our official Ko-Fi page or Patreon page!
Son Goku (Toei Movies)

“ | I-I promised Gohan... I-I can't lose... I'm... Son Goku! | „ |
~ Goku refusing to give in to Turles |
“ | Gohan! I don't know about the earth, but I'll protect you, at least! And I am definitely going to defeat that guy! | „ |
Background
Son Goku, born Kakarot, is a Saiyan raised on Earth and the overall main protagonist of the Dragon Ball series. Originally was sent to Earth as an infant, Kakarot would be adopted by Grandpa Gohan who named him Son Goku. A head injury at an early age alters Goku's memory, ridding him of his initial destructive nature and allowing him to grow up to become one of Earth's greatest defenders. He constantly strives and trains to be the greatest warrior possible, which has kept the Earth and the universe safe from destruction many times.
This dropdown contains the synopsis of Son Goku’s story. Read at your own risk as you may be spoiled otherwise! |
---|
Statistics
Key: Dead Zone to The World's Strongest | Tree of Might | Lord Slug to Return of Cooler | Broly: The Legendary Super Saiyan to Broly - Second Coming | Fusion Reborn to Wrath of the Dragon
Tier: 5-C, Low 5-B with Kaioken, 5-B with Kaioken x4 and Spirit Bomb | 5-B, Higher with Kaioken x10 and Spirit Bomb | High 5-B, Higher with False Super Saiyan, Super Saiyan, & Kaioken x100, Far Higher with Spirit Bomb Absorbed Super Saiyan | 4-A, Higher with Super Saiyan, Far Higher with Everyone's Energy | 4-A, High 3-C with Super Saiyan 3, Higher with Dragon Fist
Name: Son Goku, Kakarot
Origin: Dragon Ball Mystical Adventures
Sex: Male
Age: 23 during Dead Zone (Dead Zone takes place during the beginning of Dragon Ball Z, where 5 years have passed since the original Dragon Ball making him the same age as his canon self during beginning of Dragon Ball), 24 during Tree of Might, Lord Slug, and Cooler's Revenge (The events of these movies all take place during the Saiyan and Frieza Saga which take place a year after beginning of Dragon Ball), 29 to 30 during Return of Cooler, Broly, and Bojack (The events of these movies take place during the Android and Cell Saga which is a total of 5 years after the Frieza Saga along with Goku training with Gohan in the Hyperbolic Time Chamber for a year), 37 during Broly - Second Coming, Fusion Reborn and Wrath of Dragon (All movies take place during the Buu Saga where seven years have passed since the Cell Saga)
Classification: Alien, Saiyan
Status: Alive | Alive | Alive | Alive during Broly: The Legendary Super Saiyan, Deceased during Bojack Unbound, Broly - Second Coming, & Bio-Broly (These movies take place during the period where Goku was in the afterlife after scarificing himself to save the Earth from Cell's explosion) | Deceased during Fusion Reborn (Takes place while Goku is in the afterlife during the Buu Saga), Alive during Wrath of the Dragon (Takes place after the end of the Buu Saga where Goku was wished back to life)
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+ (The events of Dead Zone and The World's Strongest take place during the early and late periods of the Saiyan Saga, with The World's Strongest taking place after the Nappa and Vegeta fight, Goku at this point could easily stop Nappa's attacks, who is far above Raditz, who is far above early saiyan saga Piccolo, who could destroy the moon), 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), Higher with Spirit Bomb (Used it on Dr. Wheelo after he resisted everything other attack of his to finish him off for good) | Planet level (Recorded on Turles scouter [to have a battle power of 30,000, which puts him near his Kaioken x4 kamehameha power level of 32,000), Higher with Kaioken x10 and Spirit Bomb (His Kaioken x10 has him reach a power level of 300,000, making him 9.375 times above his kaioken x4 kamehameha. Used the Spirit Bomb to defeat Turles who casually stomped him in Kaioken x10) | Large Planet level (The events of these movies take place after the Frieza fight. Fought Cooler and overwhelmed him in base forcing him to transform into his 5th form. This should make Goku far superior to First Form Frieza, who destroyed Vegeta which has ten times the gravity of Earth, requiring a GBE of this level to overcome), Higher with False Super Saiyan (Could easily stomp Slug when prior he couldn't beat him in base, Slug is noted to have power greater then Frieza himself), Super Saiyan (Stomped and defeated 5th Form Cooler, who was easily stomping Goku in his base), & Kaioken x100 (After receiving Piccolo's power, gained a massive kaioken amplification that let him easily one-shot Slug), Far Higher with Spirit Bomb Absorbed Super Saiyan (Absorbed the spirit bomb, massively amplfiying him to the point where a single punch from him caused Super Android 13 to disentegrate. Super Android 13 earlier easily stomped Super Saiyan Vegeta, Super Saiyan Trunks, Kami/Nail fused Piccolo, and Super Saiyan Goku) | Multi-Solar System level (Could fight off and harm Restrained Super Saiyan Broly, who tore large portions of Southern Galaxy), Higher with Super Saiyan, Far Higher with Everyone's Energy (With the energy of Vegeta, Trunks, Son Gohan, and Piccolo, massively amplified himself into being capable of one-shotting Legendary Super Saiyan Broly) | Multi-Solar System level (Far stronger then before), Multi-Galaxy level with Super Saiyan 3 (Goku’s Super Saiyan 3 transformation was able to shake the afterlife), Higher with Dragon Fist (After weakening him enough, Goku completely one-shotted Hirudegarn with his dragon fist, who all of the Z-Fighters could not even harm prior)
Durability: Moon level+, Small Planet level with Kaioken x3, Planet level with Kaioken x4 | Planet level, Higher with Kaioken x10 | Large Planet level, Higher with False Super Saiyan, Super Saiyan, & Kaioken x100, Far Higher with Spirit Bomb Absorbed Super Saiyan | Multi-Solar System level, Higher with Super Saiyan, Far Higher with Everyone's Energy | Multi-Solar System level, Multi-Galaxy level with Super Saiyan 3, Higher with Dragon Fist
Striking Strength: Moon Class+, Small Planet Class with Kaioken x3, Planet Class with Kaioken x4 | Planet Class, Higher with Kaioken x10 | Large Planet Class, Higher with False Super Saiyan, Super Saiyan, & Kaioken x100, Far Higher with Spirit Bomb Absorbed Super Saiyan | Multi-Solar System Class, Higher with Super Saiyan, Far Higher with Everyone's Energy | Multi-Solar System Class, Multi-Galaxy Class with Super Saiyan 3, Higher with Dragon Fist
Lifting Strength: Class M, likely Higher (Superior to King Piccolo Saga Goku, who fused his untapped potential with the Oozaru within him, making his power tenfold above his previous self who moved a giant boulder with a lot of effort) | Class M, likely Higher | Class M, likely Higher | Class M, likely Higher | Class M, likely Higher
Travel Speed: High Hypersonic (As the movies take place post-Vegeta battle, this means Goku has done the feat where he traveled over a million kilometers in 2 days making Goku move at 5787 m/s), Massively Hypersonic with Kaioken | High Hypersonic, Massively Hypersonic with Kaioken | Massively Hypersonic, FTL 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, likely Far Higher | At least FTL, likely Far Higher
Combat Speed: At least FTL, likely Far Higher | At least FTL, likely Far Higher | At least FTL, likely Far Higher | At least FTL, likely Far Higher | At least FTL, likely Far Higher
Reaction Speed: At least FTL, likely Far Higher (Far beyond his kid self who could dodge a laser and a Kamehameha point-blank) | At least FTL, likely Far Higher | At least FTL, likely Far Higher | At least FTL, likely Far Higher | At least FTL, likely Far Higher
Stamina: Superhuman (Should be comparable to Vegeta who stood thinking for three days without showing any signs of tiring or growing hungry)
Range: Standard Melee Range, Interplanetary with Ki Blasts (Ki blast can reach out of the planet and to other planets, Goku's kamehameha reached all the way to the sun), Intergalactic with Instant Transmission (Can transport to a completely different galaxy as long as he can lock onto the persons ki, such as when he teleported to South Galaxy)
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 (Should be the same level of intelligence as his main timeline self, who 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, Acrobatics (Capable of doing large superhuman jumps and leaps along with acrobatic flips during combat), Martial Arts, Vehicular Mastery (Able to drive cars), Weapon Mastery (Goku can use his power pole in combat and for other practices, such as a way to extend objects up without the use of his hands, along with reaching "the heavens" (Kami's Lookout)), 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), Pure Heart (Goku is able to ride the nimbus cloud, which only those of a pure heart can ride. Was directly noted he doesn't have a single bit of evil in his heart), 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, in the 21st World Martial Arts Tournament saga, Goku in a few months of training matched Master Roshi, one of the strongest Earthlings. Goku is 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), Bulletproof (Asides from gag scenes, bullets are unable to pierce him), Extrasensory Perception (After drinking the Water of the Gods, Goku was able to sense ki. 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. Goku is capable of hearing telepathic conversations), Ki Manipulation (All beings in dragon ball have ki, the very life force energy of all characters, ki allows a fighter to extend beyond their bodies limits, allowing them to even block attacks that would otherwise kill them from raising their guard, higher level users can lower their own durability to allow people far below them to fatally wound them), Reactive Power Level (A saiyan’s power increases if they survive from injuries in battle, with their powers allowing them to greatly exceed their previous levels beforehand), 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), Rage Power (Mere rage can amplify a saiyan to 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), Damage Boost (His beam attacks such as the kamehameha, are far beyond his regular attacks which is an attack that focuses all of Goku's latent energy into a single blast), 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), Afterimage Creation (Could use Jackie Chun’s afterimage technique. Could eventually make an even better version of Chun’s afterimage technique), Precognition (Type 2. During his training with Korrin he learns how to read his opponents movements), Air Manipulation, Shockwave Generation & Breath Attack (Goku can unleash a great blast of air from his lungs to momentarily stop himself in the air. Through punching the air with tremendous force, Goku creates a shockwave that blows opponents away before they have a chance to dodge), Flight (By the end of original Dragon Ball he learns the flight technique from seeing Tien and co. do it), Pressure Point Strikes (Used it to chop King Chappa and knock him out in one blow), Power Suppression (Type 1. With ki control, able to suppress one's ki to be able to fight weaker enemies, along with vary it to hide their true strength), Light Manipulation (With the solar flare, creates a flash of light that blinds the opponent), 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), 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), Telepathy (Goku is able to telepathyically speak in people's heads. Read Krillin's mind, could read into King Kai’s telepathy with Guru and telepathically speak with King Kai), Reactive Adaptation (Goku is able to adapt to higher levels of gravity after training within them), Power Nullification (Can nullify attacks with his ki alone), 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), Healing (Ki is shown to have healing properties), 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), Power Suppression (Type 1. With ki control, able to suppress one's ki to be able to fight weaker enemies, along with vary it to hide their true strength), Statistics Amplification (With Kaioken transformations, capable of increasing his strength and durability at the sacrifice of his body), Power Manifestation (Goku is capable of coming up with new abilities), Attack Reflection (Goku is capable of pushing away ki attacks), Resistance to Hell Manipulation (Goku is completely unaffected by attacks that effect the evil in one due to having no evil in his heart), Pain (Is capable of drinking the Water of the Gods and withstanding the unimaginable pain from it which even a small bit of it can induce terrible pains. Consistently in this movie and later movies takes unimaginable levels of pain from foes far stronger then him and still has the will to fight), Extreme Heats & Extreme Colds (Unaffected by the heat of the desert. Could take a bath in boiling water. Could fight within the ice mountains with just his regular ki, though he notably started freezing when he fell in the ice cold water), Illusion Creation (Type 1. When focused, Goku can see into his mind's eye to see through illusions)
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.
- Four Star Dragon Ball: The most well-known Dragon Ball is the Four-Star Dragon Ball, being the one Grandpa Gohan had and which Goku kept after he passed away, also being the one which Goku put on his first son Gohan's hat. On its own it has no real special abilities, however it can serve as a way to shield Goku from attacks that would've otherwise killed him.
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.
- 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.
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.
Other
Standard Tactics: Goku is a trained and gifted martial artists who has always kept the same tactics when entering battle. Goku will size up his opponent to see where their strengths and weaknesses lay, see how strong they are, and dish out various martial arts attacks and techniques to overwhelm his opponent. Goku will never immedieatly go all out from the start unless he fully needs to and will usually start with warm ups. Due to this fighting style, even if the enemy he's facing is already transformed he will still opt for a while to fight them in base form before transforming himself.
Weaknesses: His durability drops when off guard. Goku will not immedieatly go all out during a battle to size up his opponent and see how strong they are unless he openly needs too, making his guard low in some cases. Even if the enemy he's facing is already transformed he will still opt for a while to fight them in base form before transforming himself.
Note: The Dragon Ball movies do not take place within the main continuity, and instead within a different dimension[1].
Trivia
- Interestingly enough in Dragon Ball Z: Attack of the Saiyans there is a location called "Another Dimension" where Goku can battle Broly. This implies that Goku went into the movie continuity timeline. The area being called "Another Dimension" might also be in reference to Toriyama's statement that the movies take place in a different dimension.
References
- ↑ Q: "What is your personal stance on Dragon Ball’s theatrical films, Sensei?"
A: I take the movies as “stories in a different dimension from the main story of the comic”. I’m entirely just an audience member for them.
Battle Records
None.