Future Gohan

"*I've done too much to preserve this peace. Those who do not value the life on this planet will be taken down by me again and again.*"
— Future Gohan, What-If 7

**Future Gohan** is a character introduced in What-If 7. This incarnation of Future Gohan comes from a timeline that was tampered with, causing Future Trunks' death, this alteration triggering the Super Saiyan 2 transformation in the half-Saiyan, making him able to take down 17 and 18.

## Appearance

Future Gohan dons a similar outfit as his late father, his hairstyle appearing similar to his younger self, minus the longer hair. He still has both his arms, and doesn't have any scar on his face, unlike his canonical counterpart.

## Biography

### Before What-If 7

Due to Goku Black interfering with the timeline by killing Future Trunks, Future Gohan finds his student's body. Fueled by rage, Future Gohan transforms into a Super Saiyan 2 for the first time, and blames Future Trunks' death on the the Androids, which he manages to destroy thanks to his new power.

### What-If 7

After reaching this timeline and sending a Ki signal in order to attract somebody, Goku Black meets with Future Gohan. The half-Saiyan is shocked at seeing his father alive and well, with Black initially faking to be the real Goku, before unleashing a Ki explosion, incinerating the entire continent.
Realizing that this man is not his father, Future Gohan powers up to a Super Saiyan and attacks Black, overwhelming him. In order to gain edge, Black transforms into a Super Saiyan himself, and manages to stab Future Gohan, with the latter answering by ascending to Super Saiyan 2, remarking how he has done too much to protect the peace of his world, and that he'll always take down those who threaten the life of Earth, remembering how he failed his student.
Black muses that both of them consider the other an enemy, but he claims he sees things from a much higher place, attacking Future Gohan.

After dodging Black's Kamehameha, Future Gohan angrily asks Black who he thinks he is, demanding his identity. Black explains how he's a god that does not originate from this timeline, and that he used the Dragon Balls in order to swap bodies with Goku, in order to carry out his "Zero Mortals Plan" and to punish Trunks, who broke the space-time continuum by generating a total of 3 new timelines.
Although initially unable to use Goku's body to its fullest potential, Black was aware of the Saiyan ability to grow stronger by recovering from near-death, thus he executed an experiment: traveled back in time before Future Trunks could travel to the past and killed him, thus generating Future Gohan's timeline.

Realizing that Future Trunks wasn't killed by the Androids but by Black, Future Gohan anger explodes, with it making him able to access Super Saiyan 3. Future Gohan dominates Black, who is barely able to keep up and, in order to finish him off, fires a Special Beam Cannon, impaling Black.
Future Gohan powers down, telling Black of the irony about being killed by the same timeline he has created, with Black dismissing this, lecturing the half-Saiyan of his "justice" in eliminating all mortals, while he sneakily grabs a Senzu Bean. Future Gohan answers that his "justice" has no meaning if it means the eradication of all life, and that taking his father's body won't let him achieve his objective. Future Gohan is too late to notice the Senzu Bean which Black eats, recovering from near-death and gaining a Zenkai.
Expressing his disgust for Black's ideology, Future Gohan fires a Kamehameha, which Black easily nullifies, remarking that he's too weak to pose any threat to him now. Black subsequently powers up to his newly-gained Super Saiyan Rosé, flamboyantly showing off the form to his foe, who immediately transforms into a Super Saiyan 3 and fires another Kamehameha. Black counterattack with a Kamehameha of his own, forcing a stalemate. As the beam struggle ensues, Future Gohan tells Black that even if he kills him, somebody else will take his place, with Black rebutting that he's a God, overwhelming the half-Saiyan Kamehameha, killing him.

## Cameo

* Future Gohan appears in What-If 14, while Goku Black recounts of his journey in order to grow stronger to Vegeta.

## Abilities

* Power Scaling
* Transformations

Future Gohan appears in the Power Scaling video, and is ranked as such:

### Super Saiyan

Future Gohan can become a Super Saiyan. He assumes this form to engage Goku Black, forcing the latter to power up into a Super Saiyan as well. In this state, his hair turn a golden yellow, and his eyes become green.

### Super Saiyan 2

Future Gohan first became a Super Saiyan 2 after finding Future Trunks' body who, unbeknownst to him, was killed by Goku Black. He uses this form in order to take down 17 and 18, and then to battle out Super Saiyan Goku Black. While in this form, his golden slightly spike up, and his aura produced bursts of electricity.

### Super Saiyan 3

After discovering the truth behind Future Trunks' death, Future Gohan once again transforms, ascending to Super Saiyan 3. With this form, Black is no match for him, and ends up being impaled by the half-Saiyan Special Beam Cannon. After gaining a large Zenkai after eating a Senzu Bean, Future Gohan couldn't keep up with Black's newly gained godly form, Super Saiyan Rosé, and ended up being vaporized by Black's Kamehameha.
As a Super Saiyan 3, Future Gohan's hair become long and flowing.
## Trivia

* In What-If 7, Future Gohan retains both arms, implying that Goku Black's intervention took place before the battle between Future Gohan, Future Trunks and the Androids, thus never leading to Future Gohan losing his left arm;
* In the manga, Future Android 17 mentions that he was able to best Future Gohan before without having to use half of his full power. Had Future Gohan obtained Super Saiyan 2 (thus doubling his power), there's still a fair chance that he would've still lost to both Androids. However, circumstances of the battle in this timeline were never precisely given, meaning that Future Gohan may have trained to become stronger and subsequently battled the Androids, or gained a Rage Boost which increased the power of his Super Saiyan 2 transformation.