Unlock Potential

is an empowered state of being brought upon either by surviving drinking the Ultra Divine Water, or Grand Elder Guru or Babidi drawing out a target's dormant power, thus allowing them to use their full potential at the time.
==Overview==
The form can also be unlocked through various methods, such as drinking the Ultra Divine Water and surviving or having another being bring out their dormant power directly, granting them access to their current full potential. Due to functioning as an improvement to the user's base form, all people who achieved this state continued to use it for the rest of their participation in the series, drastically increasing the effectiveness of any transformations that happen to magnify the user's base power level.
==Usage and Power==
During the King Piccolo Saga, Goku has his potential unlocked fully by drinking the Ultra Divine Water, causing the image of a Great Ape to surround him on multiple occasions: signifying Goku's hidden power having been released.:File:Kid Goku's full potential released.png
Much later, during the Namek Saga, Krillin and Gohan both have their potential unlocked by Grand Elder Guru, greatly increasing their power.
Later still, Babidi displays the ability to draw fighter's abilities beyond their limits after he takes control over them, resulting in their veins bulging to the surface of their skin. Dabura, Yamu, Spopovich, and later Vegeta all gain this power up.
In the Granolah the Survivor Saga, Granolah has all of the potential he will ever possess in the remaining 150 years of his life unlocked by the Divine Dragon, Toronbo, at the cost of those years, leaving Granolah only 3 more years to live. Later on Elec used the power of Toronbo to grant the same wish to his younger brother and chief enforcer Gas, unlocking all of the potential he could ever attain in his lifetime in exchange for almost all of his lifespan.
Saiyans are naturally able to draw their hidden power out to its limits using the Super Saiyan 3Daizenshuu 7, 1996 and Super Saiyan 4Dragon Ball GT: Perfect File, 1997 forms.
===Further Power-Up===
Even after having their potential unlocked, if the individual has transformations, they can still use them to boost their power, as Goku, Gohan, Vegeta, and Piccolo did after having their potentials unlocked.
With Old Kai's Unlock Ability, the person whose power is drawn out by the ritual also becomes able to access a powerful Ultimate form which pushes their power beyond its limits.
thumb|left|Gohan goes Super Saiyan in Resurrection ‘F’
In Dragon Ball Z: Resurrection ‘F’, Gohan, having given up on fighting to pursue a career as a scholar, was no longer able to access his Ultimate state and was not even completely sure if he could transform into a Super Saiyan. In the Golden Frieza Saga, due to losing most of his power after having ceased training entirely, Gohan had to utilize his Super Saiyan form as a last resort. This was because it caused a huge strain on his under-conditioned body. From his brief performances in Super Saiyan, he was able to knock down Captain Ginyu in Tagoma's body and single-handedly act as a beacon for Goku's Instant Transmission. After Frieza's defeat, Gohan, ashamed that his own laziness got Piccolo, Videl and Pan killed by Frieza, had Piccolo retrain him in order to properly harness his power again.
By the time of the anime version of the Universe Survival Saga, Gohan was again able to properly uses his Super Saiyan forms with no adverse effects, using Super Saiyan to score a tie against Lavender. In final preparation for the Tournament of Power, Gohan resumed training with Piccolo. Despite accessing Super Saiyan 2, the Namekian mentor proved able to easily overpower Gohan, nearly killing him in several skirmishes. It was not until Piccolo reawakened Gohan's inner drive and fighting spirit that Gohan finally became able to fully access his ultimate power again, once again entering his Ultimate state and quickly defeating Piccolo. Wanting to get stronger and test their strength even further, Gohan and Piccolo went on to spar with Goku and Tien Shinhan. Later, Gohan and Goku decided to train a little more without Piccolo and Tien. While Gohan and Goku transformed beyond their previous Super Saiyan forms, Gohan's Ultimate power was at a certain level that allowed him to hold his own against Goku's Super Saiyan Blue power. However, Goku transformed further into Super Saiyan Blue Kaio-ken and knocked Gohan out cold with a single blow.
In Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero, when Super Saiyan Gohan struggles against Gamma 1, Piccolo, disguised as a Red Ribbon soldier, manhandles Pan who feigns helplessness to draw out Gohan's Ultimate state in anger. While battling Gamma 2, Piccolo remembers Shenron's words that he had given him a little something extra, triggering a transformation beyond his Ultimate state that lets him defeat Gamma 2 with a single punch. During their battle with Cell Max, when Gohan thought Piccolo had been killed, he awakens a transformation beyond his Ultimate state that lets him overpower Cell Max and kill him with a Special Beam Cannon with Orange Piccolo's help.
==Video Game Appearances==
The Unlock Potential form appears as a transformation for Kid Gohan and Krillin in several video games, including the Budokai series. In Dragon Ball Z: Budokai 3, Goku and Piccolo can also have Guru unlock their potential, but this is just a minor plot point in the Namek Saga and is not actually reflected in-game.
In Dragon Ball Z: Super Saiya Densetsu, Yamcha, Tien, and Chiaotzu can all get their potential unlocked by Guru if they survive to Namek.
In Dragon Ball Z: Supersonic Warriors 2, after Babidi's Manipulation Sorcery reawakens the evil of the Demon King Piccolo within the heart of Piccolo, though instead of gaining a Majin Mark, instead Piccolo regains his Demon Clan status as the Demon King Piccolo's personality takes control of the reborn Nameless Namekian's body. With Demon King Piccolo effectively revived inside of Piccolo, he gains not only the Super Namekian power of the Nameless Namekian and from Piccolo's fusion with Nail, but his potential is also unlocked due to the effects of the Manipulation Sorcery (additionally Dragon Ball Z: Supersonic Warriors had also previously established that Piccolo could only truly achieve his full potential if he fused with a revived King Piccolo, indicating the possibility that Babidi's Manipulation Sorcery had allowed Piccolo to achieve his true potential by reawakening the evil within his heart restoring Demon King Piccolo as Piccolo is his both his son and reincarnation). With his newfound power, he is able to take on the likes of Gohan and take control of the Organization of Babidi in order to fulfill his original goal of world domination.
In Dragon Ball Fusions, it is a status buff called Release granted by the Unleash Potential Special Move which can be used to unleash an ally's potential to grant them the "Release" status which allows the released ally to deal 1.5 times damage during their next turn.
In Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2, a time rift forms around Guru's house on Namek. While investigating this anomaly, the Future Warrior can help Nail defend the Namekian Dragon Balls from Frieza's invading army. If they are diligent in their defense of Guru's house, then they will be allowed to meet Guru who will use his power to unlock their potential which will increase their attribute point limit from 1-100 to 1-125. This increase is just a stat upgrade and is not considered a transformation in Xenoverse 2. This status increase is called Unleashing Potential in its Tutorial description.
During the Conton City Tournament event, the Future Warrior utilizes Potential Unleashed Awoken Skill if they are Earthling, Namekian, or Majin during Conton City Tournament 05: "The Fated Finale". The Potential Unleashed Awoken Skill is used instead of the Unlock Potential skill from Dragon Ball Xenoverse which acted as their Potential Unleashed state in Xenoverse.
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