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As the Royal Prince of the demolished Planet Vegeta, Vegeta was initially introduced as an unrepentant villain. From his evil intentions before he joined the Z Fighters, Vegeta has been typically characterized as extremely arrogant, vengeful, and somewhat cold. Many early stints of heroism were due to self-interest or revenge, although he later settles down and grows fond of Earth as his home, later raising a family with Bulma. His opinion of Goku always being one step ahead of him, even though he is a lower class Saiyan, runs the gamut from contempt to rivalry, and later to grudging respect. Naturally, Goku always takes an optimistic opinion about him. Vegeta is more of a tactical fighter. But often, his rage or arrogance blinds him in his fighting style. His royal blood and intense fighting style have both benefited and harmed him in many battles. Vegeta's actual age is unknown, but he was about five when the events of '''Bardock: The Father of Goku''' took place. He is typically considered the second most powerful fighter in the Z-Universe, right next to Goku. It seems Goku is, indeed, always one step ahead of Vegeta. This is the only interference with Vegeta not taking over earth, or the Z Fighters. |
As the Royal Prince of the demolished Planet Vegeta, Vegeta was initially introduced as an unrepentant villain. From his evil intentions before he joined the Z Fighters, Vegeta has been typically characterized as extremely arrogant, vengeful, and somewhat cold. Many early stints of heroism were due to self-interest or revenge, although he later settles down and grows fond of Earth as his home, later raising a family with Bulma. His opinion of Goku always being one step ahead of him, even though he is a lower class Saiyan, runs the gamut from contempt to rivalry, and later to grudging respect. Naturally, Goku always takes an optimistic opinion about him. Vegeta is more of a tactical fighter. But often, his rage or arrogance blinds him in his fighting style. His royal blood and intense fighting style have both benefited and harmed him in many battles. Vegeta's actual age is unknown, but he was about five when the events of '''Bardock: The Father of Goku''' took place. He is typically considered the second most powerful fighter in the Z-Universe, right next to Goku. It seems Goku is, indeed, always one step ahead of Vegeta. This is the only interference with Vegeta not taking over earth, or the Z Fighters. |
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Physically, especially during the Buu saga, Vegeta at his normal state has always been superior to Goku. The difference however comes from the quantity of power that Goku can unlock due to his natural talent with Ki energy and the power he gains from fighting for the love of the fight and to protect his family, friends and all whom inhabit the Earth. Throughout the series, Vegeta fails to comprehend the power that Goku finds fighting for others and is always infuriated as to how Goku manages to surpass him despite his best efforts. |
Physically, especially during the Buu saga, Vegeta at his normal state has always been superior to Goku, because he is much older than Goku. Confirmed by Goku during the Buu Saga, because Vegeta is older, his power level will be a little higher. The difference however comes from the quantity of power that Goku can unlock due to his natural talent with Ki energy and the power he gains from fighting for the love of the fight and to protect his family, friends and all whom inhabit the Earth. Throughout the series, Vegeta fails to comprehend the power that Goku finds fighting for others and is always infuriated as to how Goku manages to surpass him despite his best efforts. |
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Vegeta or Prince Vegeta is a fictional character in the manga and anime Dragon Ball Z and Dragon Ball GT. He is a Saiyan warrior, voiced by Ryô Horikawa in the original Japanese version, Brian Drummond for the first two seasons of the FUNimation English dub, and Christopher Sabat in all episodes, movies, and specials thereafter, with the original seasons re-dubbed after the series' completion as well. As a member of the Z-Fighters, Vegeta is considered by far the most arrogant and prideful of them all. However, for the majority of the series, he is widely respected for being the 2nd most powerful amongst the Z-Fighters, only next to Goku, though as a Super Saiyan 4, in Dragon Ball GT, he is Goku's equal. His name can be considered a pun on either vegetable or the condiment vegeta.
Appearance
Vegeta is not that tall, standing at about 5 feet 3 inches (in comparison with Goku's 5 feet 7 inch height as stated by creator Akira Toriyama). His hair firmly stands upwards, and has a huge widow's peak (similar to Odd Della Robbia from Code Lyoko). As he ascends to different Super Saiyan levels, his hair becomes much spikier than before. Vegeta wore many outfits during Dragon Ball Z and GT, but he was most commonly seen wearing a Saiyan outfit, since he himself is a Saiyan. He is always, or mostly seen, wearing white gloves on his hands. His regular skin color is a slight Tan, or more caramel in color. Along with his white gloves, are white reglular boots that he almost never takes off in Dragon Ball Z. Vegeta is actually less muscular in his normal form than other Saiyans such as Goku, or sometimes Gohan. Vegeta's hair never grows in length besides when he transforms to Super Saiyan 2 and Super Saiyan 4. He states in an episode of the Cell Saga in Dragonball Z that a pure Saiyan's hair never grows from the day they are born.
If observed closely, Vegeta actually changes appearance physically over the course of Dragon Ball Z. Originally he is drawn to appear very small and lean to make him appear to be the less threatening of his pairing with the immensely sized Nappa. However by the end of Dragon Ball Z he appears to be much taller, his hair height having also been shortened though he is still roughly the same height and shorter than Goku.
History
Behind the childhood
Vegeta is seen in his youth in the Bardock Movie Special. Vegeta easily destroyed 5-6 Saibamen in this movie. In comparison to the other Z warriors in the Saiyan Saga, this power is incredible, because Vegeta was only a young Saiyan warrior as compared to fighters like Yamcha who was killed by a single Saibaman (To Yamcha's credit, Vegeta's accomplice Nappa clearly states that the Saibamen the Z warriors faced are very strong, while the ones Vegeta beat could've been weak). The movie also tells of Vegeta's father, King Vegeta, being the King of the Saiyan race. But he, along with Vegeta himself, were under the rule of the planetary warlord Freeza. However, Freeza kills King Vegeta and destroys the Saiyan planet, Planet Vegeta. With this annihilation, Freeza took out all Saiyans, with the exception of Goku, Raditz, Vegeta and Nappa. In the movies only, three other Saiyans survived: Tullece, Broly and Paragus, but they are not considered canon. Freeza kept Vegeta, Nappa, and Raditz as slaves to do his bidding. Goku was sent to Earth to cleanse it of its inhabitants. Because he is the son of a King, Vegeta is constantly referring to himself as "The Prince of all Saiyans". He is extremely proud of this title, even though he is ignorant that he is also the new King of all Saiyans, with Bulma as his Queen and his son and daughter as the new Prince and Princess.
Behind the prince
As the Royal Prince of the demolished Planet Vegeta, Vegeta was initially introduced as an unrepentant villain. From his evil intentions before he joined the Z Fighters, Vegeta has been typically characterized as extremely arrogant, vengeful, and somewhat cold. Many early stints of heroism were due to self-interest or revenge, although he later settles down and grows fond of Earth as his home, later raising a family with Bulma. His opinion of Goku always being one step ahead of him, even though he is a lower class Saiyan, runs the gamut from contempt to rivalry, and later to grudging respect. Naturally, Goku always takes an optimistic opinion about him. Vegeta is more of a tactical fighter. But often, his rage or arrogance blinds him in his fighting style. His royal blood and intense fighting style have both benefited and harmed him in many battles. Vegeta's actual age is unknown, but he was about five when the events of Bardock: The Father of Goku took place. He is typically considered the second most powerful fighter in the Z-Universe, right next to Goku. It seems Goku is, indeed, always one step ahead of Vegeta. This is the only interference with Vegeta not taking over earth, or the Z Fighters.
Physically, especially during the Buu saga, Vegeta at his normal state has always been superior to Goku, because he is much older than Goku. Confirmed by Goku during the Buu Saga, because Vegeta is older, his power level will be a little higher. The difference however comes from the quantity of power that Goku can unlock due to his natural talent with Ki energy and the power he gains from fighting for the love of the fight and to protect his family, friends and all whom inhabit the Earth. Throughout the series, Vegeta fails to comprehend the power that Goku finds fighting for others and is always infuriated as to how Goku manages to surpass him despite his best efforts.
Dragon Ball Z
Saiyan Saga
Vegeta is introduced to Dragon Ball Z aged twenty-nine (never confirmed in the anime, as his age is apparently never revealed in the animated form of the story) as a mercenary for Frieza. Vegeta comes to Earth when he receives Raditz's report of seven magic objects known as the Dragonballs which will grant wishes. After hearing this report, and of Raditz's defeat, Vegeta and his companion, Nappa, decide to come to Earth and use the Dragon Balls to wish for immortality. Goku and the Z Fighters are warned of their arrival, and begin to train themselves. Goku however, was on King Kai's planet training. When they landed on Earth, Nappa and Vegeta wreaked havoc with little to stop them. They were then confronted by Piccolo, Tenshinhan, Yamcha, Krillin, and Gohan. After losing Yamcha (After Saibamen's selfdestruct), the remaining Z Fighters power up and defeat the remaining Saibamen.
Vegeta and Nappa are impressed, but Nappa decides to heat things up by being the first to battle Earth's defenders. Vegeta sits back and watches the show. Nappa easily dominates all the Z Fighters. He does manage to be wounded every now and then, but for the most part he seemed in total control of the battle. The Z Fighters desperately needed Goku's help, but Goku was still trying to reach the site of the battle. Goku, after training with King Kai, was now much more powerful than when he fought Raditz. He flew down the long Snakeway, but eventually made it off Snakeway, and lands on Earth. He quickly makes it to the battle field using his Flying Nimbus. Nappa was about to kill Gohan, but Goku arrived just before he could land his blow. Vegeta detects the high power level of Goku with his scouter, and after a quick intoduction, Goku begins to fight Nappa. Goku and Nappa seemed to be evenly matched at first, but the benefits of Goku's training quickly became evident. When Vegeta calls Nappa back, the brutish Saiyan decides that he will kill Gohan and Krillin instead. Goku invokes the Kaioken technique, and stops Nappa before he can do anything. Because of Nappa's failure to defeat a low class Saiyan like Goku, Vegeta kills him. After giving everyone Senzu Beans, which fully recovers the user's strength, Goku tells Gohan and Krillin to leave Vegeta to him.
They eventually agree, and leave the battle field. Vegeta fights Goku after some conversation, and it is made clear that Vegeta is even stronger than the much-improved Goku. Even using Kaioken at the second level (Kaioken times two) wasn't enough to stop Vegeta. Thus, Goku had to push the multiplier of the technique even higher, ignoring King Kai's warnings. This power overwhelmed Vegeta, and the Prince of Saiyans decided he would destroy the planet with his Galick Gun technique, and go find the Dragon Balls on Namek instead. However, Goku countered the Galick Gun with a Kamehameha, and the two struggled for several minutes. Finally, Goku used Kaioken x4 to boost his power even higher, overwhelming Vegeta and sending him skywards. Vegeta managed to escape the beam carrying him ever higher, and realized that Goku's strength was superior to his. Thus, Vegeta decided to transform himself into an Oozaru, which would multiply his power ten fold. When Vegeta transformed, Goku was completely outclassed and had to resort to using the Genki Dama (Spirit Bomb) technique. However before he could use it, Vegeta disrupted it.
Krillin and Gohan had seen the Moon Burst technique that Vegeta had used to transform, and had returned to the battle. Upon finding Goku defeated, they attempted to distract Vegeta and cut off his tail, in order to force him back to his normal form. This attempt failed, but Yajirobe succeeded where the strong Z Fighters had not. When he was back to normal, Vegeta became enraged and fought Gohan briefly. Despite Gohan's efforts, Vegeta is far stronger and faster than he is. Goku then decides to give Krillin the last of the Spirit Bomb he managed to retain. Krillin accepted this new energy, and was instructed by Goku how to unleash it on Vegeta.
Panicking at first, Krillin receives further instructions from King Kai, and he hurls the Spirit Bomb at Vegeta. At first it missed, but Gohan was pure enough that he could bounce the energy back, striking Vegeta. The Spirit Bomb devastated him, reducing his energy and strength greatly; but he miraculously survived. Vegeta then draws upon his dwindling Ki reserves and unleashes a mighty blast that strikes down everyone nearby. Vegeta notices that Gohan has regrown his tail from the effects of the Moon Burst, and realizes that he may soon transform. The villain is unable to prevent this thanks to Yajirobe distracting him with an attack from behind. Realizing his mistake, Vegeta quickly returns to Gohan, but was too late. Gohan was an Oozaru, and Vegeta was no match for him. However, Vegeta could out-think the primitive ape form of Gohan, and manages to cut off Gohan's tail, returning the young half-breed to normal size. Before Gohan could fully return to normal, however, he fell on Vegeta as an Oozaru, and Vegeta was unable to dodge in his wounded state. Vegeta finally retreats, and crawls to his space pod, realizing he cannot keep fighting in his current condition. Krillin was about to kill him with Yajirobe's katana sword, but Goku asked him to let Vegeta go. Vegeta then departs Earth, and his space pod takes him to one of the planets controlled by Frieza. With his extreme arrogance he cannot understand how a "low-class" Saiyan like Goku could have bested him, unwilling to factor the contributions of the other three warriors into the battle. The Saiyan Saga ends.
Namek Saga
After rehabilitation, Cui tells Vegeta that Frieza is already on Namek alongside his henchmen Zarbon and Dodoria and they are searching for the dragonballs. Without wasting any time, Vegeta makes his way to Planet Namek, now planning to make a wish with the Namekian Dragon Balls. During his stay on the planet he meets up with Krillin and Gohan, who were also in search of the Namekian Dragon Balls. He tries to track them down and torment them, but eventually leaves them alone since he has much bigger problems such as Frieza, his previous master and the warlord who was also in search in the mystical Balls. While on Namek, Vegeta is followed and ambushed by Cui. Frieza had given Cui the order to terminate Vegeta, something he had been hoping to hear for many years. However, Vegeta's encounter with the earthlings allowed his strength to be potentially higher and he easily overcomes Cui. Vegeta later takes the opportunity to dispatch Dodoria as well. Once Dodoria is alone, Vegeta learns from him the true circumstances of Planet Vegeta's destruction by Frieza himself. Vegeta is not in a forgiving mood so he ruthlessly executes Dodoria as well. After killing Dodoria, Vegeta goes and causes mass havoc in a Namekian village in order to obtain one of the dragonballs. Frieza and his henchmen had already collected five dragonballs so he hopes to hang on to one and steal the rest from Frieza when the opportunity would show itself.
Once Vegeta obtains one dragonball and hides it, he takes flight and he soon comes face to face with Frieza's most powerful henchman, Zarbon. Vegeta and Zarbon enter a fierce battle and Vegeta seems to have the upper hand until Zarbon undergoes a powerful reptilian transformation. Zarbon and Vegeta resume the brutal battle. Before finishing the battle, Zarbon reveals to Vegeta that Frieza can also transform. Zarbon easily defeats Vegeta with multiple kicks and combos and performs a powerful piledriver, sending Vegeta headfirst into the ground and completely battered. Zarbon returned to Frieza to relay the message of his victory, but Frieza wasn't satisfied. Frieza knows that Vegeta may know the location of one of the dragonballs so he sends Zarbon to go and retrieve Vegeta and heal him for questioning. Vegeta was later dragged back to Frieza's ship by Zarbon, where he healed him in a rejuvenation chamber. Vegeta waited for the right opportunity to escape. He made a clever distraction and ran away with Frieza's collected Dragon Balls. Frieza is extremely angered and he sends Zarbon after Vegeta once more, giving him a limit of one hour. Zarbon is able to locate Vegeta, along with Krillin and Bulma. A fierce clash ensues and the now healed and fully rejuvenated Vegeta reveals that he has become stronger from his near death experience. Zarbon can't believe it, but he is unable to defeat Vegeta even in his transformed state. Vegeta ruthlessly slams his fist through Zarbon's stomach and sends him to a watery grave in the Namekian sea. Vegeta now had six of the seven Dragon Balls in his grasp, and needed only one more to make his dream of immortality a reality.
Ginyu Saga
After Frieza realized that both Zarbon and Dodoria had been defeated, he decided to summon the Ginyu Force, his hired mercenaries. The Ginyu force were a team of 5, consisting of: Jeice, Recoome, Burter, Guldo, and Captain Ginyu. They were a strange, yet powerful group Frieza always relied greatly on. After they were summoned, Frieza instructed the Ginyu Force to kill whoever was responsible for the stealing of his Dragon Balls, and the defeat of his top two henchmen. Meanwhile, Vegeta senses the Ginyu Forces's powerlevels, and prolonges his search of the last Dragon Ball. During his search, he confronts Gohan and Krillin again. He decides to join an uneasy alliance with them to take down the Ginyu Force. During all this drama, Goku was also heading to planet Namek after hearing from King Kai, his friends were in danger of Frieza. During his travel, Goku was training much harder than when he was on King Kai's planet. And as a result, was growing more powerful. Back on Namek, Vegeta and his alliance of Gohan and Krillin confronted the Ginyu Force. The first member of the Force, Guldo, was the weakest, yet trickiest of them all. He had the ability to freeze time. This gave Vegeta and his alliance a tough time. Eventually, Vegeta figured out how to kill Guldo, and beheaded the short villain. Next up was Recoome. He was much more powerful than Guldo, and completely dominated the alliance.
Even Vegeta was no match, and was being trampled all over. Even though he was tremendously powerful, Recoome always left himself open from his silly childness and wakiness. Before he was about the finish the alliance, Recoome and the Ginyu Force sensed a much more powerful power nearby. Goku just landed on Namek, and was targeting where his friends were. Captain Ginyu, leader and most powerful member of the Ginyu Force, was personally taking care of the Dragon Balls for Frieza. Back on the Battle field, Goku confronts the Ginyu Force members, including the powerful Recoome, and easily dominates them all. He defeats Recoome in one blow, so quick that no one was able to notice him even move. Goku was later tag teamed up on by Jeice and Burter and eventually defeats them both with swiftly. Vegeta then kills Burter and Recoome, much to Goku's dismay. Vegeta and his alliance were revived by Goku's Senzu Beans. Vegeta was shocked at how powerful Goku had become, and acknowledged the Saiyan's power. However, the coniving Vegeta leaves Goku to the captain of the Ginyu Force. After hearing from the only survior of Goku's assault, Jeice, that all his members were ambushed, the leader of the Ginyu Force, Captain Ginyu, personally confronts Goku himself. Using his scouter, he came to the conclusion that Goku's power was astonishing. He briefly fights Goku, and seems to be inferior to the mighty Saiyan. Ginyu then uses his special ability of Body Switching, and switched Bodies with Goku. However, he cleverly injured his body, before entering Goku's, making Goku in Ginyu's body to be in great pain.
The new Captain Ginyu in Goku's body, now wields a great power from Goku. He starts to fool Vegeta, Krillin, and Gohan. Vegeta however, realized that Goku was not himself. Krillin and Gohan were easily fooled, but immediately came to their senses that Goku isn't himself when they saw Goku wearing a scouter, and hanging around Jeice. Krillin and Gohan then joined forces to stop Captain Ginyu in Goku's body. Meanwhile, Vegeta handles Jeice on his own. He swiftly takes care of the meddling Ginyu Force member, and heads off to fight Captain Ginyu. Goku, now in Ginyu's body, makes an alliance with Gohan, Vegeta, and Krillin, to stop Ginyu in Goku's body. They all bash him up pretty bad, and Vegeta was about to finish him off. But Ginyu fired another change beam, fortunately Goku got in the way, and both returned to their original bodies. Captain Ginyu, now in his old body, was no match for Goku or Vegeta. He was being pummled by Vegeta. Knowing he is finished, Ginyu planned another Body switch using his change beam, with Vegeta. The beam was about to connect with Vegeta, but Goku threw a frog in between them. The body switch was now with a Frog. Ginyu was now a frog, and the frog was Ginyu. Vegeta decides to not kill Goku and take his revenge on him, because he needs his help to stop Frieza. Vegeta, Krillin, and Gohan take Goku into a recovery chamber, where he would begin healing.
Frieza Saga
Eventually, after Cui, Dodoria, Zarbon and the Ginyu Force have all failed in their attempts to kill Vegeta, Frieza decided to take matters into his own hands. After realizing his powerful Ginyu Force members were all taken down, Frieza was furious. He fled towards his ship to find any traces of his collected Dragon Balls. Meanwhile, Vegeta stands by a rejuvinating Goku. Vegeta spares Goku only in time on his assistance against Frieza. Krillin and Gohan gather the 7 Namekian Dragon Balls, and began telling their wishes. Their first wish was for Piccolo's return. Then they wished to transport him back on Namek. Their 3rd and final wish was interrupted by an enraged Vegeta. He found out about their schemes, from looking at the dark skies. Frieza also realized this strange feature, and was gaining on them at high speeds. Vegeta pries Dende, the wisher of the Namekian Dragon, to wish him immortality to stop Frieza. The wish almost succeeded, if Guru, the eldest of all Nameks, had not died. Then, Frieza showed up. He provided a sneak peak at his amazing power, but Vegeta was able to match him.
Vegeta told Frieza to transform and explained that Zarbon had already mentioned that Frieza also had the ability to transform, so it was no longer a secret. As a result, Frieza decided to transform with some encouragement from Vegeta. In this new form, Frieza was far too powerful for either Vegeta, and especially Krillin, Dende, or Gohan. Goku was healing, and even he could sense Frieza's awesome power. Frieza badly injured Krillin by stabbing him with his huge horns. This enraged Gohan, who, after awakening his dormant hidden power, makes a surprise attack on Frieza and temporarily hurts him, but to no avail. After doing away with Gohan, Frieza was then confronted by Piccolo, who had fused with Nail to become even more powerful. It seemed Piccolo could handle Frieza in his 1st Transformation. As a result, Frieza decided to transform into his most hideous form. After transforming yet again, Frieza was once again too powerful for anyone, including the fused Piccolo. He was being completely dominated by Frieza's immense strength. Gohan, once again spurred on, races to help Piccolo and unleashes a humungous "Masenko" on Frieza, hindering him for quite a bit of time. When Frieza eventually manages to deflect this, Vegeta realized Frieza may be too strong for even him or Goku, and concocts a plan to reach the rank of Super Saiyan by having Krillin hurt him badly, leaving only an inch of his life, then having Dende heal him (because Saiyans grow stronger when they recover from near-death experiences). He fails utterly, as Frieza decided yet again to transform due to Gohan, when angered, being powerful enough to deter his 3rd form. In his final form, Frieza was the ultimate fighter on the battle field, and in the universe.
Even Goku had to open his eyes in awe of Frieza's frightening power. Frieza first Killed Dende, badly injured Piccolo, and then began fighting Vegeta. He was completely dominating Vegeta. Vegeta was being pummled and punched all over the place, and the Saiyan prince still thought he was a legendary Super Saiyan. Vegeta was on the brink of death from Frieza's assault, until the renewed Goku showed up and briefly rescued him. However, Frieza fired a beam right through Vegeta's heart, ending the Saiyan Prince's life. Vegeta dies slowly and painfully, pouring his heart and his past out to Goku as the only other pure-blooded Saiyan left alive. Goku vows to take revenge for Vegeta on behalf of their race, burying the fallen prince. Goku then fights Frieza. Vegeta reappears when a wish is made with the Dragon Balls to bring back everyone killed on Planet Namek by Frieza. He is accidentally revived and brought to Earth, but not before he sees that Goku has transformed into the legendary Super Saiyan warrior that Saiyan legend says will appear only every three millennia [sic as said by Vegeta, though in another translation, he simply says it has been 3 millennia since the last one, leading one to believe there have been only 2 Super Saiyans at that time]. Meanwhile, Goku defeats Frieza but, unbeknowst to Goku, Frieza lives. Goku then goes off to train and heal in space. Vegeta follows him in a spaceship he steals from Bulma, in an attempt to find Goku and find out from him how to become a Super Saiyan (this occurs only in the anime).
Android Saga
A year after the events on planet Namek, Vegeta returned to Earth, not having found Goku. Vegeta had been training during that time, and was quite a bit more powerful than before. However, he still did not achieve the rank of a Super Saiyan. Freeza and his father, King Cold, are sensed on their way to Earth, Freeza having survived the explosion of Namek. However, a young man appeared, named Trunks, transformed into a Super Saiyan, and destroyed both Freeza and his father. After the fight, Trunks explained he has come from the future in a time machine, and said that Goku will soon arrive. The Z-Warriors (Piccolo, Tenshinhan, Yamcha, Gohan, Vegeta, and Krillin), along with Bulma, waited for 3 hours for Goku's arrival. Vegeta was curious as to who the stranger really is. He was jealous of the young warrior's ability to become a Super Saiyan, seeing Trunks as an obstacle to his goal of becoming the strongest fighter in the Universe, by obtaining the Super Saiyan form. Eventually, Goku shows up - he explained that he ended up on Planet Yardrat and learned Instant Transmission from the natives. Trunks speaks with Goku privately, after testing the Saiyan's power briefly. He tells Goku that his father is Vegeta, his mother is Bulma, and he is a Super Saiyan. Goku doesn't talk about this with the others, so the future isn't changed. But he will speak about Trunks being a saiyan, which will make Vegeta angry and jealous. He says it is impossible, because all saiyans have black hair.
Trunks then gives Goku an antidote for a heart virus that Trunks says Goku will soon develop. He also says that in three years androids, created by former Red Ribbon scientist Doctor Gero, will appear, kill all of the Z-Fighters, and begin a reign of terror over the Earth. During the next three years, the Z-Fighters began to train very hard. Vegeta was no exception, as he trained the hardest to become a Super Saiyan. After witnessing Goku, a lower class, and another stranger he doesn't even recognize as from his race, being Super Saiyans, Vegeta trained in just pure determination. Soon, three years pass, and a baby named Trunks (Chibi Trunks) is born to Vegeta and Bulma. It isn't long after that the prophesied Android 19 and Android 20 appear. Goku fights Android 19, and puts up a great fight as a Super Saiyan, but the heart disease begins to attack him during the battle. The Z-Fighters were about to intervene and save Goku, as the Android began to strangle him, but Vegeta came out of nowhere and kicked the android in the face, saving Goku. Goku is then flown home by Yamcha, where the heart medicine is. Vegeta surprises everyone by transforming into a Super Saiyan. Vegeta then began to effortlessly demolish Android 19 with his increased power, and finished the android off with his new technique - the Big Bang Attack.
Vegeta seemed to be far more powerful than both of the androids, and Android 20 decided to flee. After pursuing Android 20 (who is really Dr. Gero, with his brain in a cyborg body) Vegeta and the rest of the team discover Android 16, Android 17, and Android 18, who were activated by Android 20 in a desperate attempt to save himself. These Androids were far more powerful than either Dr. Gero, or Android 19. However, Android 17 crushes Dr. Gero's head, not being loyal to his creator at all. The three new androids fly away from Dr. Gero's secret laboratory, but the Z-Fighters follow them, and Vegeta challenges them to battle. He fights with Android 18, and seems to be doing fairly well at first, but is eventually defeated. When Piccolo, Tenshinhan, and Trunks step in, they too are beaten into submission. The androids then head off to look for Goku in order to destroy him - the mission they were made for. Krillin, the only Z-Fighter not to have gotten involved in the skirmish with the androids, gives everyone senzu beans, which revived all of his fallen comrades. Vegeta then spends three days standing on a cliff, thinking about his defeat. He decides that there must be a level beyond Super Saiyan, and resolves to reach it. Vegeta enters the Room of Spirit and Time at Kami's Lookout and trains for a whole day (a year while inside) with Trunks. Meanwhile, Gero's ultimate android creation, Cell, is discovered.
Cell Saga
Cell is first confronted by the new Super Namek version of Piccolo, formed by the merging of Kami and Piccolo. After Cell managed to absorb Android 17, and become even stronger than Piccolo, Vegeta and Trunks emerge from the Room of Spirit and Time, and confront Semi-Perfect Cell. Vegeta completely dominated Cell, and even made the evil android beg him to allow him to absorb Android 18, in order to become complete, and make the fight more interesting. This strategy was obvious to everyone, including Vegeta, and he initially refuses. However, eager to show off his new power, Vegeta eventually permits Cell to do as he wishes, even going so far as to fight Trunks and stop him from preventing Cell's attainment of perfection. After becoming Perfect Cell, the android fights Vegeta a second time. This time Vegeta is the weaker one, and he had to resort to using his Final Flash technique. He nearly destroyed Cell, but the android managed to dodge at the last instant. Even so, the attack's power was obvious, as Cell was missing a third of his body from the blast. Cell regenerated, though, and then badly beat the weakened Vegeta. Cell then fought Trunks, who managed to put up a fighter against the perfect Android, but he was defeated as well. Instead of killing the defeated Z-Warriors, Cell proposes a tournament so that he can have some fun before destroying Earth. The tournament would commence in ten days.
During this time, Goku and Gohan got their turn in the Room of Spirit and Time, and began training hard. The training gave Gohan the ability to become a Super Saiyan. Goku and Gohan also attain Full-Power Super Saiyan. All the Z-Warriors then gathered at the tournament after ten days had passed. On the day of the tournament, the martial arts champion Hercule (known as Mr. Satan in the Japanese and uncut English versions) and his trainees attack Cell first, but they are easily defeated. Then the tournament truly begins, as Goku steps forward to fight Cell first. He battles Cell for a while and puts a good fight, but it is clear that Cell is slightly stronger. Goku gives up and sends 11-year-old Gohan out to fight. Gohan fights Cell, but doesn't really want to DESTROY the android, or even fight at all, and thus doesn't use his full strength. This continues until Android 16 (who is now allied with Goku) is killed - when this happens, Gohan transforms beyond Super Saiyan into Super Saiyan 2. After being pounded for a bit Cell spits out Android 18. No longer perfect, he begins to self destruct as a last resort. Goku teleports him to King Kai's planet, and is killed in the explosion. Cell regenerates and returns to Earth, where he kills Mirai Trunks with the same finger beam attack that Freeza used on Namek. Vegeta attacks Cell in a rage after his son goes down, blasting the android straight on with an incredible volley of Ki blasts. When it is all over, Cell emerges, unharmed, and knocks Vegeta aside. After an intense Kamehameha duel, Cell is finally defeated by Gohan's Kamehameha attack after Vegeta distracts him with a ki blast to the back, allowing Gohan's beam to finally overcome Cell's. With the battle over, Vegeta began to finally realize his good side (as he, like Piccolo before him, had now grown to care for others), and began to settle down on Earth, becoming quite fond of it.
Buu Saga
Seven years pass since the Cell Games, and the World Martial Arts Tournament is reinstated. Goku is allowed to come back to Earth for 24 hours so he can fight in it. Vegeta is eager to fight Goku in this tournament to prove that he was the stronger one. Goku meets his son Goten (who was born after Goku was killed) and the tournament starts. Soon, East Kaioshin (Shin) and Kibito appear and tell Goku that a wizard named Babidi is about to unleash an evil monster named Majin Buu on the world, and they must help stop him. Buu needs energy from fighters so he can be freed from the shell he is trapped inside. Goku prepares to go with Shin but Vegeta is enraged - he was scheduled to fight Goku, and thinks Goku is trying to wiggle out of it. He joins Goku, Gohan, Videl (Gohan's girlfriend), Piccolo and Krillin. They follow Shin to Babidi's ship. However, the gang is ambushed, and Piccolo and Krillin are turned to stone statues by Dabura, one of Babidi's henchmen. Videl returns to the tournament, advised that the fight against Babidi might be too dangerous for her as she is inexperienced. Goku, Gohan, Vegeta and Shin enter Babidi's ship.
They fight their way down the levels, encountering a different Majin (Babidi's fighters) at each level - Vegeta was the first character to fight. He fought Pui Pui and easily dominated him. Goku was up next, and he fought a pet creature of Babidi known as Yakon. At first, Yakon was troublesome, seeing as though he has the ability to see in dark, and Goku didn't. However, Goku manages to defeat to creatures from him absorbing too much of his energy. At this point, Vegeta realizes that even though he has trained for seven years, he has not even closed the gap between his and Goku's power. Then Gohan begins to fight Dabura. During the fight between Gohan and Dabura, Vegeta and Goku had an argument about how to best handle the Babidi/Buu threat. Dabura retreats, saying that there is a different fighter who is more powerful. They are confused - Shin says that Dabura is the most powerful Majin. Suddenly, Vegeta begins acting strangely, claiming that something invisible is attacking him. Shin informs the others that Babidi is trying to take over Vegeta's mind, and they encourage him to fight back: but it is too late. Vegeta is overhwelmed by Babidi, and is transformed into a much more powerful stage, Majin Vegeta. Babidi orders his new apprentice, Majin Vegeta, to destroy Goku, Gohan and Shin, but he refuses. He says he will only fight Goku.
Babidi is surprised by Vegeta's ability to fight his mind control, but obediently transports the three fighters and Shin back to the World Martial Arts Tournament. Vegeta eager to fight Goku, blows up part of the spectator stands to convince Goku to fight him. Goku eventually agrees. East Kaioshin tries to get in the way of the 2 Saiyan feud, but backs down when Goku threatens to blast him if he gets in the way. Goku and Vegeta then are teleported to a secluded mountain area, and fight. Vegeta revealed to Goku that he deliberately let Babidi to control him in order to allow his evilness to resurface again because his powers draw on his desires to crush his enemies. Goku and Vegeta fight furiously, with each fighter having their glorious moment. They both were perfectly even. Throughout the battle, Babidi is drawing off the energy spent by Goku and Vegeta and using it to try and revive the sleeping Buu. Eventually, Goku calls a halt to the fight, as he senses Buu's extraordinary power, and knows he has been released. When Goku turns his back to get out the last senzu bean and split it between him and Vegeta to stop Buu, Vegeta attacks and knocks him out. Vegeta takes the senzu bean and goes to fight Buu by himself: he feels that he owes Goku for the destruction wrecked during the Cell Games, as it was his fault Cell absorbed #18. Vegeta wants to repay his debt by saving the Earth.
Vegeta fights Buu, but cannot win. He attempts many blows on Buu, but the pink monster seems invincible. In the end, Vegeta uses a self-destruct technique and kills himself in an attempt to kill Buu in a nuke-like explosion. This technique fails, as Buu regenerates from the pieces of him which are left. Everyone finds out about Vegeta's sacrifice, and mourns on the Saiyan Prince's demise. Later on in the series, Vegeta is given the chance of another shot at Buu by King Yemma, and returns to Earth - unfortunately, he's still dead. He finds Goku (now brought back to life, thanks to one of Shin's ancestors) who tells him that everyone has been killed or absorbed by Buu. Buu was now far more powerful than when Vegeta first fought him. As a result, Goku asks Vegeta to put on one of the Potara earrings so that they can permanently fuse their bodies and minds together and fight as one. Vegeta denies Goku's offer, and tells him that he knows about Goku again surpassing him, furious at the fact he has found and reached the new Super Saiyan 3 stage. Vegeta got angry at Goku for holding back in their fight before, and it got in the way of him accepting his offer. The new Buu, now called Super Buu w/Gohan, confronted Goku and Vegeta.
At Super Saiyan 2, Goku and Vegeta were absolutely no match for him. They were both being completely dominated. As Buu was coming down with a finisher, Goku mentions the fact that Bulma has been killed, and Trunks has been absorbed. Vegeta decides to go along with the plan even if it means being stuck with Goku forever, because he wants to avenge his family's death, and to stop Buu. Vegeta then agrees with Goku, and they fuse to become Vegetto, the strongest and most powerful fighter in the DBZ universe. Vegetto fights Super Buu w/Gohan absorbed. The fused Saiyan is far stronger than even the mass-absorbed Buu, easily able to beat him even after being turned to coffee-flavored jawbreaker. However, Vegetto realizes that he cannot destroy Buu because his friends and family have been absorbed into Buu's body and allows himself to be purposely absorbed after putting up a barrier. The strange circumstances within Buu cause the fusion to separate and Goku and Vegeta find themselves back in their own bodies. Not entirely, though: they are still telepathically linked. Goku and Vegeta fight their way through Buu's body to the brain, where they find not only Gohan, Goten, Trunks and Piccolo but also the original fat form of Buu!
They deduce from reading Fat Buu's mind that at some time in the past, Buu split into his good and evil sides. The evil side absorbed the good side, Mr. Buu. Goku and Vegeta fight a "thought-form" of Super Buu inside the brain, and get badly beaten. Buu's power had tremendously been decreased in comparison to when he fought Vegetto. However, he was still stronger than both Goku and Vegeta. Buu was about to destroy Goku when Vegeta distracts him by threatening to tear Fat Buu out of the pod he was trapped inside. Buu gets really scared and frightened at what Vegeta is about to do, and begs the Saiyan prince to stop. Vegeta then pulls the pod, then he and Goku escape. They take their sons, Piccolo and Fat Buu with them. Once outside, they see that Buu's form is changing again. He morphs back into Kid Buu, his original form before he absorbed Dai Kaioshin, the benevolent leader of the Kaioshin. The new Buu, Kid Buu, was the original, said-to-be pure form of Majin Buu. A form that is nothing but pure evil.
Kid Buu decides to destroy the earth in his wake. Vegeta and Goku have a small conversation afterwards, with Vegeta making fun of Goku because he was so worried but he just shrank. Goku and Vegeta cannot stop Buu's horrible power, and the two Saiyans fly quickly to try and reach the now-free absorption victims, but Goku makes a detour and picks up Hercule, the young Namekian healer Dende, and Hercule's pet Labrador puppy, Bee. There is no time to save Gohan, Goten, Trunks or Piccolo and Goku uses Shunkan Ido to transport himself, Vegeta, and the three others, to the Kaioshin Kai (the sacred homeworld of the Kaioshin). Vegeta blames Goku for the needless death of their sons. They watch through a crystal ball and see that Kid Buu is destroying planet after planet in search of them. Kid Buu was aware they escaped, and as result decided to hunt them down. Goku and Vegeta decide it can't go on, and power up to entice him to come to the sacred planet to fight them. Kid Buu answered their call, and quickly made himself visible at the planet.
After playing a quick game of Jan Ken Pon to decide who faces Kid Buu first, Goku gets to fight first. He powers up to a Super Saiyan 2, and is easily dominated. He then powers up to a Super Saiyan 3, and evenly fights the psychotic demon. However, Kid Buu seems to have a slight advantage over Goku. Goku fights in his Super Saiyan 3 stage for a while, and as a result loses a colossal amount of energy. He starts losing so much power he eventually collapses when he tries to fire the powerful Kamehameha attack. Vegeta steps in and fights for a short time, but is no match for Kid Buu. Goku recovers in the nick of time and begins fighting again at his full strength. Vegeta goes through a long flashback sequence, remembering how he met Goku and everything that's happened since then - he thinks about their different attitudes to their families, about Goku's friends, and most of all about their strength. He finally comes to terms with Goku's greater power and acknowledges him as the best, "number 1" - it is Goku who will defeat Kid Buu.
Goku is the legend his race has been waiting for. Goku gradually began losing power despite being in Super Saiyan 3 form, and since Kid Buu maintained his full strength even after multiple powerful attacks from Goku, the Saiyan warrior began to panic. Vegeta realized that Goku couldn't defeat Kid Buu by using his power alone, and devised a plan for Goku to create a massive Spirit Bomb (or "Genki Dama"), with energy given by all the people on Earth in order to destroy Buu. Communicating with King Kai, he coordinated the search for the seven Dragon Balls of New Namek and had the Nameks use them to make three wishes: 1) Restore the destroyed planet Earth, and 2) Revive everyone who had died since the arrival of Babidi, so that they can give their energy to the spirit bomb. The third wish was to recover Goku to his full strength. This last wish was made when Kid Buu was about to overpower the Super Spirit Bomb. Combining Goku's enormous strength and Vegeta's strategic mind, the last two pure-blood Saiyans were able to defeat Kid Buu and save the universe. The fighters return to Earth and Vegeta goes on to father a second child, his daughter, Bra. Vegeta finally (perhaps unwillingly...) accepts Goku as a friend, but there is still a rivalry between them, this time more friendlier. Then, years later, Goku, Vegeta, and others enter the next Tenkaichi Budokai. Vegeta hopes to fight Goku (again) and Goku hopes to find the reincarnated version of Buu (Uub). As both Goku and Uub fly away, Vegeta once again swears to himself that he will fight Goku, but, unfortunately for him, Dragon Ball Z ends.
Dragon Ball GT
Bebi Saga
In the time between Dragon Ball Z and Dragon Ball GT, Vegeta had grown a moustache. However, he shaves it off, shortly after his daughter, Bra, tells him how much she hates it. In this saga, Bebi, an artificially-created Tsufurujin (called "Tuffles" in the FUNimation dub, which may be a pun for "truffles") came to Earth. These people were the race that used to live on the Saiyan's homeworld before being wiped out by the stronger race. He possessed people, including Gohan and Goten, to find Vegeta. Vegeta fought both Goten and Gohan, and beat them, but Bebi entered Vegeta's body through a cut and proceeded to control him completely. Bebi Vegeta spread his control, taking over the minds of everyone on Earth using special seeds, save those with special protection (ie. Mr. Buu's ability to control his body in any way he wishes protected him from the seeds). After creating a new Tsufurujin homeworld with the Dragon Balls, he began moving the people of Earth there bit by bit, proclaiming himself ruler. After a battle with Goku, who managed to reach Super Saiyan 4, Bebi-Vegeta transformed to a Golden Oozaru (giant ape) form. The two battled and Goku eventually won by slicing off Vegeta's tail. Bebi fled Vegeta's body and was blasted into the Sun by Goku.
Super 17 Saga
After Goku gets trapped in Hell and is forced to fight Freeza and Cell, Vegeta claims that he is the Earth's protector in the case of Goku's absence and is determined to win the battle against Super 17 (the fusion of Android 17 from the Cell Saga and a newer version of 17). He even uses his Final Shine Attack, however this proves futile, as Super 17 simply absorbs the attack. It's Goku again who has to come to the rescue. Vegeta then decides to take care of Trunks, and tells him to rest, as he senses that Goku and Android 18 have finally delivered the final blow to Super 17.
Shadow Dragon Saga
As Goku continues to have trouble against the One Star Dragon, Omega Shenron, Vegeta comes to his aid. Transforming into a Golden Oozaru, due to the Blutz Wave Generator (a device invented by Bulma), Vegeta proceeded to become a Super Saiyan 4 after gaining control over the Oozaru form. When even this form failed to stop the Shadow Dragon, Goku and Vegeta fuse to become Super Saiyan 4 Gogeta. Gogeta overwhelmed Omega Shenron in power almost bring the heroes to victory, but the fusion time ran out before they the final blow could be dealt. Vegeta then suggests using a Genki Dama to take out the creature and buys Goku some time to form it while he holds the dragon back. Eventually, thanks to the people of the Earth and universe, Goku gains a big enough Spirit Bomb to destroy Omega Shenron. Before leaving forever, Goku tells Vegeta that the lives of everyone are now in his hands, passing the role of protector of the Earth and anyone in need of help, to Vegeta.
Forms and transformations
As a member of the Saiyan race, Vegeta possesses a large number of transformations that enhance his abilities to varying degrees and drastically alter his physical appearance. These forms are listed in the order they were attained.
Normal
This is Vegeta's normal form (See Appearance). His appearance remains the same over the course of the entire series, though his basic level of power greatly increases from training and injury as time progresses. This in turn boosts the power potential for all his transformations. When any transformation is cancelled due to unconsciousness, depletion of energy, death or self-reversion, Vegeta returns to this form.
Oozaru
This is Vegeta's least used trasformation. He was only seen within this form twice in the series. The first time Vegeta transformed into this huge ape like monster, he used a power ball resembling similar effects of the moon. The second time when he transformed, was in GT when Bulma used the brute ray that she created for him, because he was missing his tail. His size is paramount, his ears are keen enough to hear a pin drop from a mile away. His eyes are big and red. He has sharp teeth, and a large "U" shaped mouth. He can control this form the best of any Saiyan, even Goku. He is much more powerful than his normal form when transformed, and easily crushed Goku. Vegeta claimed that the power of Oozaru form equals to ten times of the normal form for every Saiyan.
Super Saiyan
This is Vegeta's Super Saiyan form. Though it was only a Saiyan legend, Vegeta was fascinated with this transformation and obsessed over obtaining it so that he could avenge his race by having the power to defeat Freeza. Goku achieved the state prior to Vegeta however as did Future Trunks (Though chronologically, Vegeta actually achieved it first) which only fuelled his desire to unlock the potential hidden within him. Vegeta first showed off the Super Saiyan state while he was fighting Android 19.
His power greatly increases from his regular level. His hair turns blond, the irises of his eyes become green, and he acquires a golden aura. He gains a slight muscle increase as well. Vegeta mastered this level by the Buu Saga and became much more powerful than when he first became a Super Saiyan, able to remain in the transformation for multiple days without the normal exhaustion overcoming him.
Ascended Super Saiyan
This form wields much greater power than his Super Saiyan level. This level is commonly called "Ascended Super Saiyan", but Vegeta personally calls himself "Super Vegeta." He has the same basic golden features of his Super Saiyan level, only now his muscles are tremendously larger. His hair is angled slightly more backwards, and he just looks more dominant. Vegeta went through this transformation when he fought Imperfect Cell, and in his battle with the Cell Juniors.
Majin Vegeta
Vegeta became a Majin, a follower of Babidi, when Babidi attempted to take control of him. Babidi invaded Vegeta's mind, something he could only achieve because of the hidden depths of evil lurking within his heart, in an effort to use him against the other Z-Fighters.
It was revealed that Vegeta intentionally let Babidi take control of his body believing that he would gain the ability to finally defeat Goku(Kakkarot) by allowing Babidi to awaken and focus the evil within his heart. As he grew attached to his new home on Earth and his family, Vegeta slowly became less and less evil and struggled to hold onto his dark side believing that it was his true source of power. Without the ruthlessness of his past, Vegeta believed he could never defeat Goku.
Without a heart of good or evil, competition with Goku and after being saved by Gohan during the Cell Games, Vegeta's pride was shattered and he never achieved the motivation to push beyond the boundaries of Super Saiyan 1 though he continued to obsessively train himself. Knowing that he needed the selfish desire for power that his evil side embodied to compete equally against Goku's best efforts, Vegeta took his last chance and allowed his possession.
Majin Vegeta, in appearance, looks exactly like Vegeta in Super Saiyan form except his hair is now more defined and bolts of electricity form around his body indicating that he has transcended to the Super Saiyan 2 form. The major difference to Vegeta however is the "M" symbol on his forehead, the mark of the Majin, indicating he is now a servant of Babidi.
During his brief incarnation, Majin Vegeta is much more like his original self, ignoring the immediate plight of the Earth so that he can do battle once more with Goku. Over the course of the fight he completely overrides the control of Babidi with sheer will alone. Vegeta reveals the bitterness he has held within himself all the years that Goku has been deceased and Vegeta has been forced to live with his loss of pride, the only thing he believes has any value. Eventually, Majin Buu is released due to the fighting, alerting both Vegeta and Goku. The pair agree to a truce in order to stop Buu killing their loved ones but Vegeta betrays Goku and heads off to face Buu alone so that he can finally try to defeat someone threatening his loved ones without Goku's help.
Ultimately, Majin Vegeta, despite vastly out-powering Majin Buu, cannot overcome his endless durability and stamina and admits defeat. As his final and only selfless act, Vegeta self-destructs his body in order to save Bulma, Trunks, Goku and the entire world from the threat of Majin Buu, despite knowing that all that awaits him is eternity in Hell. This marked the final transformation of Vegeta from his selfish evil and neutral states into a good hero. Upon death, he is freed from the symbol of the Majin.
As a Majin, he is never seen in anything but the Super Saiyan 2 form despite the length of time he spends transformed.
Super Saiyan 2
This is Vegeta's Super Saiyan 2 form. In the manga, there are a few hints he achieved it before the Majin powerup. He attempts to fight against Super Buu, and also fights Kid Buu in this form. He stalls Kid Buu for time so that Goku can gather enough energy in his Super Saiyan 3 form to defeat Buu.
Bebi Vegeta
Like Majin Vegeta, this is a form outside the normal Saiyan transformations. This was achieved when Vegeta was cut and then infected with the Bebi alien. Though for some reason Vegeta could not fight this hostile takeover off as with his Majin mind control. Vegeta slowly mutated over the Bebi saga, his hair slowly turning gray and his eyes turning red. His skin turned a bluish hue and he gained a black suit with golden shoulder pads. His power was slightly augmented but not to a massive degree, it was similar to Vegeta being in Super Saiyan 2 state permanently.
Golden Oozaru
Vegeta first attained this form whilst not under control of his own body. The entity known as Bebi(Baby) had infested his body and taken control of Vegeta. Due to Bebi-possessed Bulma's application of wave surges called "Blutz Waves" ("Bruits Waves" in the original version), Bebi was transformed into a Golden Oozaru in order to compete with Super Saiyan 4 Goku. In this state, Bebi Vegeta was able to compete with the powerful Saiyan foe. After his tail was severed, Bebi Vegeta reverted to Vegeta's normal state and Bebi fled. This process was necessary for Vegeta to later attain Super Saiyan 4. It is unknown why Bebi could not condense the Oozaru energy of Vegeta in order to become a Super Saiyan 4 Bebi Vegeta before the tail was severed, though Vegeta speculates later on that it could be because of the Tuffle invading his Saiyan body.
Super Saiyan 4
This transformation was only seen within Dragon Ball GT. Vegeta could not achieve this form by himself because of when Yajirobe cut off his tail. He was aided with the help of Bulma, using Blutz Waves. These waves ran through Vegeta's veins, forcing his tail to grow back, allowing him to transform into an Oozaru. His great power allowed him to transform into a Golden Oozaru, and then, upon gaining control of himself, Super Saiyan 4. Vegeta's features are quite different from his previous forms. He has red fur on his arms, and the sides of his chest, and his hair style changes, becoming longer and more wild. His hair becomes dark brown, and extends to his shoulders and his eyes are aqua-coloured. His power is incredible at Super Saiyan 4, and is considered Vegeta's strongest transformation. There is a debate if Vegeta could go Super Sayian 4 again (by his own will) or not, because he has no tail at the end of GT.
Fusions
Vegetto
The Potara Saiyan Fusion between Goku and Vegeta, Vegetto is considered to be the most powerful being in Dragon Ball Z. He was created as a desperate plan by Rou Dai Kaioshin, to stop the powerful Majin Buu. Goku's relaxation, and Vegeta's strategic mind enabled Vegetto to be quite an intelligent character without being overcome by arrogance as Vegeta alone would be but possessing the ruthlessness to kill Buu that Goku would lack. He is very similar to Gogeta, who is another fusion of Goku and Vegeta.
Gogeta
The Fusion Dance of Goku and Vegeta, Gogeta is considered to be one of the most formidable characters introduced in the series. Like Vegetto, Gogeta was an act of desperation, though this one was to stop the powerful demon, Janemba, rather than Majin Buu. Gogeta easily outclassed Janemba, and the Demon was quickly disposed of in a heart beat. Vegeta contributed his Saiyan smarts, and his power.
Super Saiyan 4 Gogeta
Gogeta returns in Dragon Ball GT, to stop the tremendously powerful Ii Shenlong (Omega Shenron in the FUNimation dub). This time, Goku and Vegeta fuse as Super Saiyan 4's, instead of Super Saiyans, and the Fusion Dance produced the most powerful being ever introduced in Dragon Ball history, Super Saiyan 4 Gogeta. Gogeta is far more powerful than anyone introduced in Dragon Ball, including his alternate side, Vegetto (Though it is arguable that a Potara Earing fusion of Super Saiyan 4 Vegeta and Goku could possibly be stronger plus permanently provide access to that level of power). Unfortunately, the strength of Gogeta is so great that the normal 30-minute duration of the Fusion Dance is cut to 10 minutes, due to the huge energy drain associated with maintaining the SSJ4 form.
Techniques and special abilities
Atomic Blast
A devastating special attack used only by Majin Vegeta in the Buu Saga. He extends his right arm towards his opponent. He then carefully targets which part of the enemy his wishes to fire the blast by extending out his index finger and middle, while carefully limiting the space of his thumb. Each of these fingers determine which area the blast will fire. An extremely powerful attack that would easily kill any unware foe. The attack appeared but once in the series when it was used to attack Majin Buu.
Big Bang Attack
His signature attack. Vegeta extends his arm and opens his palm and turns his hand up at a 90 degree angle (as if to signal "Stop") and starts to charge up. He then fires a sphere of Ki, a large energy ball or comet-like energy projectile. This attack is either yellow or white in color and creates an enormous explosion upon contact. This move is remeniscent of the supposed Japanese obsession with nuclear explosions as Big Bang Attack leaves a mushroom cloud like an atomic bomb in its wake. He first used it against Android 19 during the same battle that he first fought as a Super Saiyan. The attack's name and state is also reminiscent of the Big Bang Theory of Existence.
Bukuu Jutsu:
The power of flight. It literally means "lighter than air skill" or "Air Dance". Most warriors in the Dragon Ball universe can do this.
"Saishuu Saigo no Waza", "Ultimate Final Skill", "Final Explosion" or "Suicide"
Majin Vegeta uses this attack against Majin Buu. He engulfs himself in fiery energy and charges up for a while and when he gathers all of the energy in his body, he cuts loose and releases a titanic burst of energy in the shape of an orb/dome and keeps expanding until Vegeta is out of energy vaporising Buu but killing himself in the process. Unfortunately, it wasn't enough to defeat Majin Buu. Sometimes called ultimate sacrifice by fans. It was also called "Suicide" in the video game "Dragonball Z Legendary Super Warriors" and called Final Explosion in the Budokai series. It is bright yellow with a redish orange glow in color. This attack is Vegeta's most powerful attack since it uses up every ounce of Vegeta's energy. As a result his body is turned to stone. In the Buu Saga this technique was portrayed, and then the statue fell the ground, shattering, and the pieces scattered to the winds.
Final Flash
Vegeta's most powerful attack. He performs it by extending his arms outwards from the sides of his body, then placing the base of his hands together directly forward and releasing a colossal, devastating Ki beam that consumes everything in its path. This enormous wave of pure energy can deal serious harm to even fighters much stronger than himself; however, it requires some time to "charge up." He challenges Perfect Cell to take the full force of it, only to have the Bio-Android feign critical injury before regenerating laughing in the Saiyan's face; however, had Vegeta's aim been slightly truer he would have destroyed Cell and left nothing he could regenerate from. He uses the attack again several times but in a different way, the variation is a quickly charged "blast" rather than a beam. He uses it this way when fighting Goku as Majin Vegeta during the Buu saga.
Gyarikku Hou/Galick Gun
A beam similar to the Kamehameha. Vegeta charges it up with his hands behind his back on one side of his body with both hands are facing the same direction. Vegeta then throws his hands out in front of him and yells "Galick Gun!", firing off a concentrated, fuchsia-colored energy beam from his hands and body. Vegeta uses this against Goku in their first fight during the Saiyan Saga. When Goku countered the Galick Gun by Kamehameha, Vegeta noted that the two skills are very similar. Translated as Garlic Gun or Galick Gun. In keeping with the Saiyan pun on vegetables, it is named after the vegetable "garlic" (note that "ga-rikku" is the Japanese way of saying garlic). Capable of destroying small planets if enough power is put into it.
Ring Jyou no/Energy Rings
Vegeta creates five energy rings which he then uses to pin his opponent by binding their limbs and neck. He used this ability in his fight with Goku during the Buu Saga. In the Original Japanese Vegeta intended to quarter Goku with this attack gruesomely pulling his head and limbs from his body, as noted when he sentenced him to "Death by Dismemberment". This attack does not appear in the manga.
Final Shine
Seen only in Dragonball GT, this is a powerful and quick charge attack that Vegeta launched at Super 17. It is very powerful, but had little effect, only due to 17 using a barrier right before impact. (17's condescending reply to it was "What a sad attack.") The concentrated explosive beam is green.
Ki
Vegeta's ki color varies.
The color of his Ki is defined by how much power he uses in a blast.
White ki for his standard Ki moves.
Blue ki for medium Ki attacks
Purple ki for his strongest non-Super Saiyan attack. (The Galick Gun)
Yellow ki (Gold) for Super Saiyan
Crimson Ki for Super Saiyan 4
Voice actors
- Roger Rhoges
Dragon Ball movies
Vegeta appears in the folowing Dragon Ball Movies and Specials:
- Return of Cooler
- Super Android 13!
- Broly: The Legendary Super Saiyan
- Bojack Unbound
- Fusion Reborn
- Wrath of the Dragon
- Bardock - The Father of Goku
- The History of Trunks
- Plan to Eradicate the Saiyans
Video game appearances
PlayStation
Gamecube
PlayStation 2
- Dragon Ball Z: Budokai
- Dragon Ball Z: Budokai 2
- Dragon Ball Z: Budokai 3
- Dragon Ball Z: Sagas
- Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi
- Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 2
Wii
DS
- Dragon Ball Z: Supersonic Warriors 2
PSP
- Dragon Ball Z Shin Budokai