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Son Goten

From The Codex

I don’t want to go, but dad’s making me... I had a date tomorrow, and yet...
~ Son Goten

Background

Son Goten is the second son of the legendary martial artist, Son Goku, and the younger brother to Son Gohan. Born directly following the defeat of Cell, Goten was raised solely by his mother during peacetime, and thus didn’t experience much fighting.

Nonetheless, Goten was still born a prodigy, becoming the youngest Super Saiyan of all time, at only 7 years old during his first transformation. He and his best friend, Trunks, were born with such natural power levels, that they shocked most of their family members, and developed a lax personality.

Eventually, Goten would become crucial in the fight against Majin Buu, as he learned the Fusion Dance and, alongside Trunks, could become the extremely powerful Gotenks. After Buu’s defeat, however, Goten would live a much more ordinary life, and lacked motivation for fighting.

On occasion, his father would convince him to train, although Goten greatly disliked how great the gap was between them. He’d often spend his time going on dates with women and hanging out with Trunks, though this lack of training soon turned against him when he was forced to participate in the 25th World Budokai.

Statistics

Key: Buu Saga | Peaceful World Saga

Tier: At least High 5-B, Higher in Super Saiyan | At least High 5-B, Higher in Super Saiyan

Name: Son Goten

Origin: Dragon Ball

Sex: Male

Age: 7 years old (Buu Saga) | 17 years old (Peaceful World Saga)

Classification: Human/Saiyan Hybrid, Martial Artist

Alignment: Chaotic Good (Although Goten always fights for good, he is fairly laid back and doesn't take fighting nearly as seriously as his peers. Goten is often a showboat, especially around his girlfriend, and treats battles as an excuse to show off more than actually protect things)

Dimensionality: 3-D

Attack Potency: At least Large Planet level (Is comparable to Trunks, but slightly weaker due to being younger; a Ki blast from whom surprised Android #18. Goten and Trunks’s individual powers were even enough to terrify her. Android #18 herself was able to defeat Super Saiyans without trouble; they are far stronger than First Form Frieza, who can casually destroy Planet Vegeta), Higher in Super Saiyan | At least Large Planet level, Higher in Super Saiyan

Durability: At least Large Planet level, Higher in Super Saiyan | At least Large Planet level, Higher in Super Saiyan

Striking Strength: At least Large Planet Class, Higher in Super Saiyan | At least Large Planet Class, Higher in Super Saiyan

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

Travel Speed: At least High Hypersonic (Is superior to Saiyan Saga Goku, who flew over Snake Way in 28 hours, at around 5000 m/s), FTL in Super Saiyan (Should be superior to Goku on Namek, who went so fast that he escaped from King Kai’s view, despite King Kai being able to track his spaceship without problem) | FTL (Should be comparable to base form Cell Saga Goku, was able to travel from Grand Kai’s planet to Hell in at most 10 minutes time), Higher in Super Saiyan

Combat Speed: FTL (He and Trunks can attack so fast that they catch Android #18 off guard, who is far faster than Namek Saga Goku; Namek Saga Goku fought so fast that King Kai could not keep up with him, despite King Kai being able to track his spaceship without problem), higher in Super Saiyan | FTL, Higher in Super Saiyan

Reaction Speed: FTL, higher in Super Saiyan | FTL, Higher in Super Saiyan

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, Interstellar with Ki Attacks (Ki attacks can reach out of the planet and to other planets. All ki attacks should be comparable to Goku's kamehameha, which reached all the way to the sun)

Intelligence: Genius (Although fairly young, Goten is a very intelligent fighter who is able to keep up with and surprise other fighters with several years of experience, including Son Gohan and Android #18. Later in his teens, he trained with Son Goku, who has decades of fighting experience)


Powers and Abilities

Superhuman Physical Characteristics, Genius Intelligence, Martial Arts (Son Goten was trained by martial artists such as Chi-Chi, and can compete in the World Martial Arts Tournament), Acrobatics, Extrasensory Perception, Flight, Ki Manipulation (Goten can generate Ki for attacks 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),Homing Attack (Ki users can create attacks that will home in and chase a target forever), 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), Forcefield Creation (Capable of creating energy barriers), Enhanced Senses, Aura (He can surround himself in an aura of Ki), Psuedo-Fear Manipulation, Limited Soul Manipulation & Pain Manipulation (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), Forcefield Creation (Ki users such as Cell can generate forcefields around themselves), Reactive Power Level (As a Saiyan, his power level will increase after a tough battle), 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), Light Manipulation (Goten can generate Ki, which gives off light), Transformation (Goten can transform into a Super Saiyan), Non-Physical Interaction (Those with Ki were able to harm the Ghost Warriors), Healing (Ki is shown to have healing properties), Fusionism (Goten can perform the Fusion Dance)

Resistance to: Extreme Heats, Extreme Colds, & Air Manipulation (Contains DNA from Goku and Vegeta, who 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, Bardock is capable of maintaining Super Saiyan for as long as he wants)

Standard Equipment

  • Flying Nimbus: Before learning how to fly, Goten was forced to use his father's Flying Nimbus which Gohan had inherited after their father's death and later passed it down to Goten. However, Goten eventually stopped using it after learning Flight from Gohan.

Notable Techniques

*Flight: With a mastery of Ki control, Goten is able to fly at incredibly high speeds.

  • Ki Blast: Using Ki, Goten can concentrate it into a ball that he uses as a projectile attack.
  • Ki Sense: Goten is able to detect lifeforms and power levels from far off.
  • Kamehameha: The iconic move coined by Master Roshi, which Goten has adopted for himself. This starts as a blue Ki ball, which is charged in Goten’s hands before releasing as an incredibly powerful beam.
    • Kamekameha: A much weaker version of the standard Kamehameha Wave, used by Goten as a child when he first learned of the attack. Not only is it weaker, but it is also more out-of-control.
    • Super Kamehameha: This is an amplified version of the Kamehameha which has a larger and more devastating beam, which Goten uses by first bolstering his Ki.
  • Stone Bullet: The user throws a rock that can only be used in point-blank range.
  • Assault!: First, Goten charges at the opponent and punches them away. Then, he flies up into the air and charges down at the opponent head-first at top speed. When the opponent dodges, Goten blasts the ground with an energy sphere to propel himself towards the opponent's direction to knock them away with a headbutt, using his falling speed to inflict severe damage.
  • Full Power Energy Blast Volley: The user fires flurries of large, bright Ki Blasts that is more powerful than the average energy volley. It is useful for quick, effective, as well as causing massive accumulations of damage to the foes. The difference with the Full Power Energy Barrage Wave is that the user does not move his hands while firing it. The waves themselves just chase the opponent.
  • 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 fusees 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 fusees. If the dance is performed incorrectly, it will result in an obese or skinny character who is much weaker than either fusee individually.

*Super Saiyan: Goten gains the ability to transform into a Super Saiyan at a very young age, and is the youngest known Super Saiyan. He could even transform before learning how to fly. He is first shown in the form while training with his mother. Unlike his brother and father, Goten was instinctively able to manifest this form without any extreme emotional distress nor dire need, so much so that he didn't even realize the change until Chi-Chi pointed it out. To which, he quickly mastered the form. This reduces his emotional build-up and energy consumption while in said form to near-nothing and can therefor maintain it for as long as desired without any strain on his body.

*Gotenks: Gotenks is the fusion created when Goten and Trunks perform the fusion dance. Gotenks' power far surpasses either of the fighters' individual strengths other than Gohan and Goku. He attains the Super Saiyan and Super Saiyan 3 forms. Goten and Trunks are capable of fusing into Gotenks within 0.05 seconds. They use the technique several times as kids. As young adults, in Dragon Ball GT, Goten and Trunks are tempted to fuse into Gotenks to try and help their fathers but are told not to by Gohan. The Fused Warrior Gotenks shares both Goten and Trunks' playfulness as well as their special attacks and new moves that Goten and Trunks do not have, such as Super Ghost Kamikaze Attack as well as Galactic Donut or Charging Ultra Buu Buu Volleyball.


Other

Standard Tactics: Goten will start off with hand to hand combat along with using ki blast.

Weaknesses: Goku notes that Goten could have been much stronger if he had trained.

Note: Some clips used on the profile come from an anime or movie due to the fact that some abilities from ki use shouldn't function much differently from how they can in canon, along with this sometimes the anime version/video game version of a scene will be used for cleaner visuals. Toriyama himself directly overlooks scenes in the anime and movies and gives Toei the thumbs up[1].

References

  1. "What work do you do on the films, Sensei?
    I check the plot and script that gets sent to me from Toei Animation. I also do some character designs and touch-ups, as well as altering the names and such."

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