Son Goku (Dragon Ball)

Son Goku, also known as Kakarot, is the main protagonist from the Dragon Ball series.
==Charactah Account==
Originally named Kakarot, Gokuu is born a member of a race of extraterrestrials called the Saiyans. Shortly following his birth, Gokuu is sent from his native planet Vegeta to Earth, for potential selling on the intergalactic market by destroying all its life; Goku was also sent away to escape Freeza's genocide of the Saiyans. Once he lands on Earth, he is adopted by an old man named Gohan (who is later just called Grandpa Gohan). At first, Goku is very violent as a kid due to his Saiyan blood, but due to an injury to his head that caused him severe amnesia, Gokuu changes to a more tempered, innocent boy. At the start of the series, Gokuu meets Bulma, Yamucha, Oolong, and Pu'ar, whose characters mirror those found in Wu Cheng'en's Journey to the West. He also encounters Kuririn, who eventually becomes his best friend, and others during his journey for more strength. Participating in several World Martial Arts Tournaments, Gokuu also battles foes-turned-allies such as Tenshinhan and Chaozu, as well as the offspring of Demon King Piccolo named Majunior (later, he's named just Piccolo).
Dragon Ball Z takes place 5 years after Gokuu's victory against Piccolo in the 23rd Budokai Tenkaichi. He now has a son named Son Gohan (named after Grandpa Gohan) who lacks his father's love of fighting but has a great hidden potential himself. Throughout the series, Gokuu & Gohan face terribly strong opponents like other powerful Saiyans, a space tyrant, artificial humans, Majins & Gods that threaten Earth while also giving them exhilarating fights. Along with new enemies, they also gain new friends that help in these situations. As well as becoming more powerful, Gokuu learns to accept his forgotten Saiyan heritage (this gives him a small identity crisis when Raditz reveals his past, and is something he carries with him into the proceeding Namek arc) & consistently comes across the predicament of killing an opponent (he starts out killing without much thought to the moral consequences of taking a life, and only after training under Kami does he start to struggle with killing a person; this comes to a head when he fights Freeza on Namek).
==Appearance==
=== Anime ===
* Dr. Slump
* Dr. Slump Movie 07: N-cha! From Penguin Village With Love
* Doctor Slump: Hoyoyo! Arale's Secret is Revealed!
* Dragon Ball
* Dragon Ball GT
* Dragon Ball GT: A Hero's Legacy
* Dragon Ball Movie 1: Curse of the Blood Rubies
* Dragon Ball Movie 2: Sleeping Princess in Devil's Castle
* Dragon Ball Movie 3: Mystical Adventure
* Dragon Ball Movie 4: The Path to Power
* Dragon Ball Specials
* Dragon Ball Super
* Dragon Ball Super: Broly
* Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero
* Dragon Ball Z
* Dragon Ball Z Kai
* Dragon Ball Z Kai: Bring Peace to the Future! Goku's Spirit is Eternal
* Dragon Ball Z Kai: The Final Chapters
* Dragon Ball Z Movie 1: Dead Zone
* Dragon Ball Z Movie 2: The World's Strongest
* Dragon Ball Z Movie 3: The Tree of Might
* Dragon Ball Z Movie 4: Lord Slug
* Dragon Ball Z Movie 5: Cooler's Revenge
* Dragon Ball Z Movie 6: The Return of Cooler
* Dragon Ball Z Movie 7: Super Android 13!
* Dragon Ball Z Movie 8: Broly - The Legendary Super Saiyan
* Dragon Ball Z Movie 9: Bojack Unbound
* Dragon Ball Z Movie 10: Broly - Second Coming
* Dragon Ball Z Movie 11: Bio-Broly
* Dragon Ball Z Movie 12: Fusion Reborn
* Dragon Ball Z Movie 13: Wrath of the Dragon
* Dragon Ball Z Movie 14: Battle of Gods
* Dragon Ball Z Movie 15: Resurrection 'F'
* Dragon Ball Z Special 1: Bardock, The Father of Goku
* Dragon Ball Z: Atsumare! Goku's World
* Dragon Ball Z: Looking Back at it All - The Dragon Ball Z Year-End Show!
* Dragon Ball Z: Plan to Eradicate the Saiyans
* Dragon Ball Z: Plan to Eradicate the Super Saiyans
* Dragon Ball Z: Summer Vacation Special
* Dragon Ball Z: The Real 4-D
* Dragon Ball: Yo! The Return of Son-Goku and Friends!
* Orb Panic Adventure Returns!
* Orb Panic Adventure!
* Super Dragon Ball Heroes
=== Manga ===
* Cross Epoch
* Dr. Slump Returns
* Dragon Ball
* Dragon Ball Heroes: Victory Mission
* Dragon Ball SD
* Dragon Ball Side Story: That Time I Got Reincarnated as Yamcha!
* Dragon Ball Super
* Dragon Ball Z: Resurrection of F
* Dragon Ball: Heya! Son Goku and His Friends Return!
* Ginga Patrol Jaco
* Jump Super Stars
* Neko Majin
* Super Dragon Ball Heroes: Big Bang Mission!
* Super Dragon Ball Heroes: Dark Demon Realm Mission!
* Super Dragon Ball Heroes: Universe Mission!
=== Video Games ===
* Anime Designer: Dragon Ball Z
* Battle Stadium D.O.N
* Data Carddass Dragon Ball Z 2
* Dragon Ball 3: Gokuden
* Dragon Ball Discross
* Dragon Ball FighterZ
* Dragon Ball Fusions
* Dragon Ball GT: Final Bout
* Dragon Ball Heroes
* Dragon Ball Kai: Ultimate Butouden
* Dragon Ball Legends
* Dragon Ball Minus
* Dragon Ball Online
* Dragon Ball RPG: Shounen-hen
* Dragon Ball Super Card Game
* Dragon Ball Xenoverse
* Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2
* Dragon Ball Z 2: Super Battle
* Dragon Ball Z 2 V
* Dragon Ball Z Butchigiri Match
* Dragon Ball Z For Kinect
* Dragon Ball Z II: Gekishin Freeza
* Dragon Ball Z III: Ressen Jinzouningen
* Dragon Ball Z Side Story: Plan to Eradicate the Saiyans
* Dragon Ball Z Side Story: True Plan to Eradicate the Saiyans - Earth Saga
* Dragon Ball Z Side Story: True Plan to Eradicate the Saiyans - Space Saga
* Dragon Ball Z: Atsumare! Goku's World
* Dragon Ball Z: Bakuretsu Impact
* Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Z
* Dragon Ball Z: Battle Taikan Kamehameha 2 - Ossu Omee Gokuu Tenkaichi Budoukai
* Dragon Ball Z: Budokai
* Dragon Ball Z: Budokai 2
* Dragon Ball Z: Budokai 3
* Dragon Ball Z: Budokai HD Collection
* Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi
* Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 2
* Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 3
* Dragon Ball Z: Burst Limit
* Dragon Ball Z: Buyuu Retsuden
* Dragon Ball Z: Collectible CD Picture Cards
* Dragon Ball Z: Dokkan Battle
* Dragon Ball Z: Dragon Battlers
* Dragon Ball Z: Extreme Butouden
* Dragon Ball Z: Gekitou Tenkaichi Budoukai
* Dragon Ball Z: Harukanaru Densetsu
* Dragon Ball Z: Hyper Dimension
* Dragon Ball Z: Idainaru Son Goku Densetsu
* Dragon Ball Z: Infinite World
* Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot
* Dragon Ball Z: Kyoushuu! Saiyan
* Dragon Ball Z: Legendary Super Warriors
* Dragon Ball Z: Sagas
* Dragon Ball Z: Shin Budokai
* Dragon Ball Z: Shin Budokai - Another Road
* Dragon Ball Z: Super Butouden
* Dragon Ball Z: Super Butouden 2
* Dragon Ball Z: Super Butouden 3
* Dragon Ball Z: Super Gokuden: Kakusei-Hen
* Dragon Ball Z: Super Gokuden: Totsugeki-Hen
* Dragon Ball Z: Super Saiya Densetsu
* Dragon Ball Z: Supersonic Warriors
* Dragon Ball Z: Supersonic Warriors 2
* Dragon Ball Z: Taiketsu
* Dragon Ball Z: Tenkaichi Tag Team
* Dragon Ball Z: The Legacy of Goku
* Dragon Ball Z: The Legacy of Goku II
* Dragon Ball Z: The Legend
* Dragon Ball Z: Ultimate Battle 22
* Dragon Ball Z: Ultimate Tenkaichi
* Dragon Ball Z: V.R.V.S.
* Dragon Ball Z: W Bakuretsu Impact
* Dragon Ball Z: XKeeperz
* Dragon Ball: Daimaou Fukkatsu
* Dragon Ball: Dragon Daihikyou
* Dragon Ball: Raging Blast
* Dragon Ball: Raging Blast 2
* Dragon Ball: Revenge of King Piccolo
* Dragon Ball: Shenron no Nazo
* Dragon Ball: Tap Battle
* Dragon Ball: The Breakers
* Dragon Ball: Ultimate Swipe
* Dragon Ball: Zenkai Battle
* Dragonradar Mobile
* Famicom Jump: Hero Retsuden
* Famicom Jump II: Saikyou no Shichinin
* J-Stars Victory Vs
* J-Stars Victory Vs+
* Jump Force
* Jump Force: Deluxe Edition
* Jump Super Stars
* Jump Ultimate Stars
* Jumpland
* Jumputi Heroes
* Super Dragon Ball Heroes: World Mission
* Super Dragon Ball Z
==Trivia==
*In Japan, Goku is sometimes rendered as "Gokuh" or "Gokou" in promotional material such as toys and figures, mainly as a way to make him stand out from other Japanese adaptations from Sun Wukong. However, the latter spelling would make the pronunciation different from its intended one.
*Comically, in Dragon Ball, Goku says he hates carrots (his namesake) when fighting against Monster Carrot.
*In the anime, Goku is shown to suffer from severe trypanophobia, or the fear of needles.
*Goku's hobbies include finding and fighting strong opponents.
*Goku will eat anything.
*Goku's favorite vehicle is the Flying Nimbus.
*From his mid-teens to early twenties, Goku was a famous celebrity on Earth for his defeat of King Piccolo and his later victory over Piccolo Jr. at the 23rd World Tournament. Later, Goku appears to have been largely forgotten in favor of the following World Tournament champion, Mr. Satan (most likely due to Mr. Satan using success to become a rich and famous media hound in contrast to Goku living a humble and quiet life away from the public's eye). However sometime after the defeat of the Shadow Dragons and before the 64th World Martial Arts Tournament, in GT, Goku is once again a revered hero as a giant statue of him is displayed in the stadium. Additionally, though the general public may have forgotten his heroics, people like King Furry and World Tournament Announcer do as they have witnessed to his exploits.
*In the Japanese version, Goku's voice actress, Masako Nozawa, also voices every biological male relative of Goku, with the exception of Raditz.
*In the anime version of the Universe Survival Saga Goku is seen as a villain by most of the other Universes due to his role in creating the Tournament of Power (although Goku's actions actually gave the universes with low mortal levels a chance to survive as Zeno was originally going to erase them all immediately).
*Goku shares many similarities with Superman from DC Comics:
**Both are human-like aliens who were sent to Earth before their planets were destroyed (Goku from Planet Vegeta and Superman from Planet Krypton) and spent their lives believing they were human until learning the truth as young adults. The difference was that Goku was sent to Earth to destroy it, while Superman was sent to Earth to live in and help it.
**Both have alien names (Goku was Kakarot and Superman was Kal-El) they seldom go by.
**Both are aliens that appear as tall and muscular men with fair skin and distinct black hair styles.
**They both have gained the respect of gods and other such beings, such as Beerus and Whis for Goku and citizens of New Genesis and Themyscira for Superman.
**They both have an Achilles' Heel that is generic for their respective races: Goku's are his tail and hunger, while Superman's is Kryptonite and yellow sunlight depletion/red sunlight exposure.
**Both can draw power from the sun: Superman subconsciously being empowered by exposure to its light and Goku to create the Spirit Bomb or (reflected off the moon) enter the Great Ape forms.
**They both have flight, incredible super speed, extreme super strength, super senses, and can emit powerful blasts from their being.
**Both have fought members of their race who are or were evil: Vegeta for Goku, and Zod for Superman.
**They both have evil counterparts: Turles, Goku Black, and a clone for Goku, and Ultraman, Bizarro, Cyborg Superman, H'El and Superboy-Prime for Superman.
**They both have a married an Earth woman: Chi-Chi for Goku, and Lois Lane for Superman.
**Both have half-human sons, Gohan and Goten for Goku, and Jonathan Kent for Superman, who have been implied to have the potential to be more powerful than their respective fathers.
**Both had contact from their race through a blood relative (Raditz and Kara Zor-El).
**Both have discovered that their race home planet was not completely wiped from existence (Universe 6 Saiyans and the Citizens of Kandor).
**Both have fathers who foresaw the end of their home planet and attempted to save it (Bardock and Jor-El).
**Both have also fought virtually unstoppable monsters from their home planet (Broly and Doomsday).
**Both are pacifists by nature who refused to use more power than necessary to face a problem (albeit Goku also does this for the sake of a better challenge while Superman fears hurting others too much in general).
**Both are considered the greatest champion of good for their people and known for their pure/noble views in life.
**Due to all above statements, there are heavily conflicted debates among fans of both characters on who would win in the event of a full-on battle against each other.
*On one occasion, in an interview with Shonen Jump in 1995, Akira Toriyama stated that Goku is his favorite character from the series. In previous statements, he claimed that Piccolo was his favorite, and before this, that Tien was his favorite.
*In the Raging Blast series, Goku is the only character to have three ultimate attacks, which can be changed through customization.
*Goku is unusually light for his build; despite having a muscular physique, he is only 62kg (137 lbs) and given that his official height is also 175 cm (5'9"), this would put Goku's weight as approaching underweight.
*In 2004, Goku was voted the top character in the series to the Japanese fans.
*Goku having a Naruto Sage Mode costume in Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Z is similar to how Naruto has Goku's Turtle School uniform as a bonus costume in the 2013 video game Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 3; both costumes are based on an artwork featured in the Naruto 10th Anniversary Special Fanbook 2. Sage Goku performs his Kamehameha with a gesture similar to a jutsu attack from Naruto and runs with his arms stretched outside like the way Naruto characters run.
**Additionally, canonically Goku himself is no stranger when it comes to Shurikenjutsu (which is often associated with Ninja in popular culture) as he was able to learn Ninja Murasaki's Ninja Mist Shuriken technique via Mimicry and then performed it himself by stealing some of Murasaki's shuriken during their battle in Muscle Tower.
***In Super Dragon Ball Heroes: World Mission, Ninja Mist Shuriken can be performed by Goku if the Ninja Mist Shuriken accessory is equipped to any non-Special Type Goku card in a custom deck (additionally it can also be equipped to a Custom Card through Card Creation). Goku performs this in the same manner as Ninja Murasaki does in World Mission.
**In addition to his use of Shuriken jutsu and the Naruto Sage Mode costume, Goku also worn Shu's clothes (which is basically a Ninja Suit) after his clothes were destroyed by the Pilaf Machine in the Fortuneteller Baba Saga.
*In Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2, despite his adversarial relationship with Frieza, Goku will state he is jealous that the Future Warrior gets to train with him (if the warrior talks to him without selecting anything).
*Monk Bomber, a character from the Bomberman franchise, features a very similar outfit to the one Goku wears.
==Gallery==
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==External Links==
*Goku at Dragon Ball Wiki
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