Old Kai's Unlock Ability

is the name given to the power Old Kai uses to fully unlock someone's potential.
==Overview==
After a long and even bizarre ritual (whose length depend on how much power the person in question has to be unlocked), Old Kai is capable of bringing out the full potential of any person that he wants.
This ability was derived from the magical powers Old Kai gained from the Old Witch that made up half of his fusion.
In the Dragon Ball Super manga, it is revealed that this ritual is also used to officially make individuals an attendant/apprentice of an active Supreme Kai and bless them with healing powers, as Future Shin did this on Future Trunks.
==Usage==
Out of gratitude for being freed from the legendary Z Sword and Goku promising to get a kiss from a beautiful woman afterward (the latter of which was conveniently forgotten), Old Kai explained that he would release all of Gohan's dormant power. While this sacred ritual normally takes 5 hours of Old Kai dancing around the person and another 20 hours afterward sitting with the person in a meditative pose, Gohan's exceptionally immense dormant capacities required several more hours. At only a partially completed process, Gohan, in a fit of anger, showed a considerable boost in power, much to the spectators' surprise. Once finished, Old Kai instructed Gohan to power up, just like a Super Saiyan would. Doing so, Gohan's facial features change to take on a more defined shape, while his body otherwise remains normal. Old Kai explains that Gohan's new normal levels of power have become so high that he didn't need to transform. Later, after Gohan was absorbed by Buu, an evil copy of Ultimate Gohan is seen Inside Buu.
In Dragon Ball Super, Future Shin used this ritual to unlock Future Trunks' dormant power and make him a Supreme Kai apprentice. During the Universe Survival Saga, Old Kai offered to perform his ability on Goku. While Goku was eager to accept his offer, Shin noted that there was not enough time left before the start of the Tournament of Power to complete the ritual.
==Video Game Appearances==
It was named in the Budokai series.
In Dragon Ball Z: Shin Budokai and Shin Budokai - Another Road, Gohan has dark-brown skin in this state.
During the Demigra Assault Saga, Xeno Goten asks Elder Kai to perform the ritual on him so he could achieve Ultimate like his brother Xeno Gohan had during the Xeno world Majin Buu conflict. The ritual is successful allowing Xeno Goten to utilize his Potential Unleashed state against Demigra Army's invasion of the Time Nest.
In Dragon Ball Z: Dokkan Battle, Elder Kai's cards represent his unlock ability as they increase Super Attack level when he is used as a training partner. Light Doze Elder Kai (Dozing) has a 30% chance of increasing Super Attack level while Mysterious Ritual Elder Kai has a 100% chance of increasing Super Attack level. Both cards show aspects of the ritual. However, in training Elder Kai is physically attacked like all training partners granting EXP in addition to increasing Super Attack level (unless EXP level is maxed out).
In Dragon Ball Xenoverse, Elder Kai will perform the ritual to unlock the Future Warrior's potential. The ritual takes place in the Time Nest and requires the Future Warrior to sit as Elder Kai dances around them, with a couple of Time Patrollers coming to watch only for each of them to get bored and leave one by one. Eventually the Future Warrior will be prompted to stand up, with Elder Kai revealing the ritual is finished and the Future Warrior obtains their equivalent to Gohan's Ultimate form. However, in Xenoverse 2 they obtain the Unlock Potential transformation instead.
In Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2, with Elder Kai becoming the headmaster of the Time Patroller Academy as well as taking a more active role in overseeing the Time Patrol's day-to-day operations due to Chronoa being more focused on Tokitoki due to him being ready to lay a Time Egg, Elder Kai apparently develops an alternative method to unlock the potential of Time Patrollers who complete advancement test training by passing the "Advancement Test Quest 06: "Final Advancement Test - Super Class" which only becomes available after achieving a Z Rank in the first 5 tests. Elder Kai's star pupil the Future Warrior will face off against four Super Class instructors, Pan, Jaco, Legendary Super Saiyan Broly, and finally God of Destruction Beerus. Upon completion of the final test, they will automatically receive the Ultimate Awoken Skill, though no ritual is performed (nor is it implied to have been performed off screen). However, Elder Kai's ritual dance does appear as Emotes 39: "Elder Kai's dance" which the Future Warrior can learn by performing Emotes 6: "Bow" in front of the male NPC Isoss that appears near the tree northeast of the Academy fountain who appears in Conton City after defeating Raditz in the main story. Elder Kai's dance will cause the user to dance and unlike other Emotes, they can still move around while dancing albeit slowly. However, like most Emotes, the Future Warrior just performs the dance. Isoss will also briefly perform the dance after the Future Warrior performs the Bow emote, though he will point out that he will just be going through the motions of the dance and that it won't actually unlock their latent potential.
As part of the Masters Pack DLC, it is implied that Zamasu performs the dance when he grants them the honor of becoming his Disciple based upon the sounds he makes and the fact he tells them to keep their eyes closed (presumably to avoid embarrassing himself by dancing in front of a mortal). However even if he did perform the dance, it like Emote 39 has no effect. As part of the 1.15.00 Update DLC during Conton City Tournament 06: "The Fated Finale", the Toki Toki City Hero (chosen by the player at the beginning of the game or transfered over from Xenoverse) will appear as their opponent and possesses their Ultimate Awoken Skill if their selected race is Earthling, Majin, or Namekian and effectively represents their Unlock Potential skill acquired from Elder Kai's ritual in Xenoverse. Performing Elder Kai's dance around any Icarus type CC Mascots (scheduled to be added Summer 2022), will cause the little mascots to dance just like Icarus did in Dragon Ball Z: Lord Slug during the scene where it was revealed that Piccolo's Namekian ears were sensitive to whistling.
==Trivia==
*While Gohan's potential was unlocked by the Old Kai, a lack of training will affect the effects of the ritual, as seen in Resurrection ‘F’ and its anime adaption. While Gohan kept a large amount of the extra power, he required his Super Saiyan state to tap into his true potential and, even then, he could only keep it up for a short while.
*As this ritual blessed Future Trunks with healing powers, it is possible that Gohan, who was also trained by both Shin and Old Kai, may also possess healing powers.
*In the Xenoverse series, the dance Elder Kai does during the ritual appears as an Emote called Elder Kai's Dance. In Xenoverse, Elder Kai performs the dance during the Future Warrior's ritual to unlock their potential and the Emote is unlocked after completing it. In Xenoverse 2, it is learned from the Time Patroller Ioss at the Time Patroller Academy after the Warrior performs the Bow Emote in front of him. Unlike other Emotes, the user can move around during the dance and even control the direction in which they dance.
*Interestingly, in Xenoverse 2, the Ultimate Awoken Skill is not unlocked via Elder Kai's ritual and is instead unlocked through completing the 6th and final Advancement Test for Super Class at the Time Patroller Academy. However, it should be noted that Elder Kai oversees both the academy and the advancement tests, it is possible that Elder Kai created the test as a quicker alternative method of unlocking the potential of Time Patrollers as the ritual may have taken too much of Elder Kai and the Patrollers' time to be used effectively. Another possibility is that Elder Kai unlocked the 2nd Future Warrior's power after they complete the test off-screen (its absence in Xenoverse 2 may be due to players complaints about the ritual in Xenoverse or due to the fact that the requirements to unlock it first require the Future Warrior to Z-Rank the first 5 advancement tests in order to unlock the 6th, which unlocks the skill when completed).
==Gallery==
Dokkan Battle Light Doze Elder Kai (Dozing) card.png|Light Doze Elder Kai (Dozing) card from Dokkan Battle
==References==
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