Goku

Chi Chi (Wife)

Gohan (Older Son)

Goten (Younger Son)

Evil villains

People trying to destroy Earth

Lack of food

His heart virus

Evil Androids

Universal Villains

Being held back from training

Being forced to fight a friend.

Krillin

Oolong

Puar

Upa

Master Roshi

Chi Chi

Android 8

Suno

Giran

Piccolo Jr.

Gohan

Vegeta

Tien

Chiaotzu

Dende

Futher Trunks

Trunks

Goten

Son Goku (孫そん悟空ごくう, Son Gokū), born Kakarot (カカロット, Kakarotto), is the main protagonist of the Dragon Ball series. Goku is a Saiyan male originally sent to destroy Earth as an infant. A head injury at an early age alters his memory, ridding him of his initial destructive nature and allowing him to grow up to become one of Earth's greatest defenders. He constantly strives and trains to be the greatest warrior possible, which has kept the Earth and the universe safe from destruction many times.

## Physical Appearance

Goku looks almost exactly like his father, possessing the same spiky black hairstyle, dark-colored eyes, and facial features. However, he has softer eyes, a kind demeanor, and a lighter-pale skin complexion from his mother. Goku's most distinguishing physical characteristic is his hair. He has three bangs hanging to the right of his forehead and two bangs hanging to the left. His hair also stands up in the front with four spikes and three bangs in the back (later in the anime, he has five spikes in the front and four in the back).

## Personality

Originally as an infant Saiyan, Goku was very timid, constantly crying for attention. Goku was then programmed with intense hostility to carry out his mission of eradicating all sentient life on Earth. When found by Grandpa Gohan, he was unruly, savage, and aggressive, wanting nothing to do with the elder, although this was seemingly only when worked up, as when initially found by Gohan, he quickly took a liking to the old man. However, after the head injury that caused him to lose his instinctual aggression, Goku became well-known for the energetic, kindhearted, pure heart and caring personality traits he inherited from his mother Gine. He was taught to be respectful to others by Grandpa Gohan. He takes most situations in stride, he rarely lets things get him worked up; he quickly got over losing his tail each time. He is however not without fear. Goku is shown to be submissive to overbearing women like Bulma and Chi-Chi, even to the point of Master Roshi jokingly declaring that for all his universal-class might, he is terrified of his wife. In the anime, he also has aichmophobia; a crippling fear of needles. He is not beyond feeling sorrow, most noticeably seen from the loss of his grandfather.

## Powers and Abilities

Goku is one of the strongest mortal warriors in the multiverse, often referred to (including by deities) as the most powerful and fittest warrior in Universe 7, as well as a one of the most powerful characters in the franchise. A prodigy of combat, he learned a great deal while a young child and would continue to near-effortlessly learn practically any new technique he encountered. His natural talent for battle along with his unwavering drive have taken his power to unprecedented levels to the point of reaching and rivaling the domain of the Gods of Destruction. Ultimately, Goku's immeasurable potential has made him believed to be incomparable and even unbeatable for any other fighter when he is at his absolute peak.

### Physical Abilities

Main article: Saiyan

As a Saiyan, Goku possesses a vast array of superhuman physical attributes, which he has trained to God-like levels through years of rigorous training.

* Superhuman Strength: As a Saiyan, Goku possesses immense physical strength, far more advanced than that of any human being, and most alien races. He is strong enough to effortlessly break all Earthling-made materials or weapons, move in increased gravity without any discomfort, and even lift a suit capable of sinking through a planet. His physical strength is so great he can harm beings like 100% Final Form Frieza (who can survive a planet explosion while weakened).￼
* Superhuman Speed: Goku can move/react at least as fast as Beerus, who's shown massively faster than light speeds and fly at hypersonic speeds, enabling him to travel great distances in short periods of time, or move at "untrackable" speeds while in combat.￼
* Superhuman Durability: Goku's body is far more durable than that of normal human beings, being essentially invulnerable to all Earthling-made weapons. His durability is so great that he can survive universal force of energy. However, while naturally durable thanks to his Saiyan physiology, he does have limits, as other powerful beings as himself can hurt, and potentially kill him, if he does not defend himself correctly, and when purposely lowering his guard and ki to protect him, even an ordinary energy gun shot, was capable of leaving him near death.
* Superhuman Senses: Goku is able to think and react at extremely high speeds, easily able to dodge or catch projectiles fired from weapons, or even keep up with incredible combat speeds from his opponents. As a Saiyan, Goku also has enhanced senses of smell, taste and sight, which further increase his combat senses and instincts.￼
* Superhuman Endurance: Thanks to his physiology and willpower, Goku is capable of exerting himself even if fatigued from using techinques or transformations that cost a lot of his energy or wounded as shown when he defeated Piccolo when he was younger while his limbs are broken and being mortally wounded. The most impressive display of his endurance is during the final moments of Tournament of Power. He pushed himself depsite having little stamina and being severely injured due to the side effects of Perfected Ultra Instinct through his willpower in order to defeat Jiren alongside with Frieza.
* Powerful Lungs – Thanks to his physiology, Goku possesses powerful lungs, being even able to breathe in the stratosphere while fighting Beerus.

* Heat Resistance: Thanks to his Saiyan biology, Goku possesses an extremely high resistance to heat. This was first seen when he was able to calmly relax in the boiling hot saunas of Princess Snake's palace. As the years went by, his resistance to heat only increased, as he was able to fall through the Earth's atmosphere without burning up from the high-speed descent. Perhaps the most impressive display of his heat resistance is in Dragon Ball Super: Broly, when he's fighting with Broly in lava, and both foes are unabated by the boiling magma. However, this could be because Goku's energy acts as a barrier against the lava, and not because his body is naturally resistant to such high temperatures.

### Energy Abilities

Goku has a great mastery over his Ki, the natural life force every being possess, and uses it to increase his fighting abilities.

* Flight: The ability to take flight through the manipulation of ki. However, as a Saiyan, Goku already possesses the innate ability to fly, which later in adulthood, he'd show to completely dominate. In Dragon Ball Fusions, Kid Goku from the time he was training under Kami manages to somehow learn how to fly using ki and demonstrates the same proficiency at flying that his future adult self does.

* Ki Sense: The ability to sense the energy of other beings. Goku acquired the ability after drinking the Ultra Divine Water, but was unable to use it to home in on an opponent's location until he trained with Mr. Popo. He can also hide his ki to prevent someone else senses his.￼

* Ki Transfer: Goku can grant some of his energy to a wounded person to restore some of their energy.

* Spirit Control: Thanks to his training on Yardrat, Goku gained the basic level of Spirit Control, allowing him to sense ki at a much greater distance and use Instant Transmission.
* Godly Ki mastery: Goku can change the nature of his ki to that of the gods, increasing his power drastically. With the Godly Ki, Goku gains access to god-level transformations such as the Super Saiyan God and the Super Saiyan Blue.

* Regeneration - Super Saiyan God Goku is able to regenerate by pouring his godly ki into his wounds.

* Energy Nullification – During his battle with Beerus, Goku learned how to nullify the negative damaging effects of their clash.