Goten

**Son Goten** is a character from the *Dragon Ball* anime and manga.

The second son of Goku and Chi-Chi, born some time after the Cell Games. Has a very childlike naivety not unlike Goku when he was little; though also has Gohan's childhood crybaby tendencies. Like Trunks, he eventually mellows out some in time, and by Super he surprisingly becomes something of a voice of reason for both his family and Trunks, though he usually goes along with the latter's ideas anyway. In GT, he is depicted as settling down to live more or less as a normal teenager, worrying more about girls than fighting.

In the U.F. stories, Goten is a Class 4 Student of Unity Force Academy.

## Appearance

Goten's appearance is very similar to Goku's childhood look, including messy, unkempt hair and a playful face. He also wears a similar gi to Goku's. However, Goten's appearance drastically changes as he grows older, resembling his brother Gohan more than his father as a teenager, he has the same long messy hair as Gohan at a younger age. Towards the end of Dragon Ball Z, Goten is seen with a shaggier hairstyle. He also shares the typical Saiyan appetite like his father and his brother.

## Personality

As a child, Goten is a fun-loving and kind-hearted person like his father. However, thanks to his mother's structured upbringing, he tends to show more common sense and proper manners than his father did as a child (even in some cases as an adult). While still being forced to study hard like his older brother by their mother, having mellowed out following Goku's death, Chi-Chi allowed Goten to have more freedom to explore his own interests than Gohan did growing up; Chi-Chi even took it upon herself to train Goten in the martial arts. This allowed him to develop love for play-fighting and bug catching.

He is also somewhat mischievous, due to being influenced by his best friend Trunks and joins him in their many antics. Between Trunks and himself, he is surprisingly the voice of reason, though he usually goes along with the former's ideas. Goten is also well mannered, as he always bows before he faces someone in a fight. He looks up to and greatly admires his older brother Gohan (he was the only person who finds Gohan's embarrassing Great Saiyaman Suit to be "cool"). When Trunks had blamed the tournament intermission on Gohan's defeat in the previous match, Goten quickly became agitated and aggressive towards the other in an attempt to defend his older brother's honor. However, in *Dragon Ball Super* his opinion of Great Saiyaman has changed as he rejects a Great Saiyaman costume that Gohan had made for Goten, considering it lame showing that his tastes have changed.

Goten also shows great love for wild animals, a trait obviously passed down from his father Goku, as he is seen often getting distracted from training by them on more than one occasion. Goten also shares the typical Saiyan appetite, like his father and brother. In one episode following Trunks and Goten awakening at The Lookout after being knocked out by Vegeta, Trunks successfully wakes up Goten by telling him it was time to eat, which made Goten excited; this is similar to what Bulma used to wake Goku up when he was facing Jackie Chun. Goten's favorite food is pocky sticks and strawberry daifuku.

As a teenager and an adult, Goten is still kind-hearted and considerate of other people, but is seen to be more mature. He settles down to live more or less as a normal teenager, worrying more about girls and bikes than fighting.

## Abilities

During the ten years between the Kid Buu Saga and the World Martial Arts Tournament, Goten spent most of his time being trained by Goku. When the 28th World Martial Arts Tournament comes around, Goten has a date, which Goku makes him cancel to enter the tournament. Goku asks Goten and Trunks to continue their training while he is leaving to train Uub. Both Goten and Trunks promise they will continue their training.

Comparing Goten to his friend Trunks in power has been the subject of much debate among fans over who is more powerful. In the few months prior to the World Martial Arts Tournament, Trunks trained with his father in the gravity chamber, while Goten trained in the woods with Chi-Chi. This leads to the speculation that Trunks may be stronger than is known. Although Goku states when teaching the two the Fusion Dance that Trunks is only slightly more powerful than Goten due to being older. However, when Goten and Trunks enter the Hyperbolic Time Chamber, Goten is shown putting forth more effort because his mother was killed by Super Buu, leading some fans to think Goten is stronger than Trunks, but both warriors by the end of their training in the Hyperbolic Time Chamber are set equal in power, stated by Piccolo.

In Dragon Ball GT, Goten has grown into a young man, and has become more powerful. Goten's power is displayed during various sagas of Dragonball GT, like the Super 17 saga, where Goten destroys countless enemies, that Goku and the other Z warriors from Dragon Ball Z would struggle with at his age. Goten and Trunks seem to have their power levels as equals, due to Goten and Trunks requesting fusion through multiple moments in Dragon Ball GT. He has also helped in giving Goku his energy, along with the help of Trunks and Gohan.

### **Techniques and Special Abilities**

* **Assault!**– Goten rams to the ground at full speed. If he misses he uses an energy ball to break the fall, but ends up flying towards his opponent. He demonstrated this at the world tournament.

* **Kamehameha** – Like his brother and father, Goten is also able to use the Kamehameha. He presumably learned this technique during his training with Gohan.
* **Kamekameha** – Goten is famous for mispronouncing his father's move the Kamehameha by the slip of the tongue calling it Kamekameha. He first demonstrated this ability at the World Tournament while facing his best friend Trunks.
* **Super Kamehameha** – Goten is capable of using this because he was able to perform the normal Kamehameha before. For this attack, he just needs to charge it longer before releasing it.
* **Bros. Kamehameha** – Goten and Gohan in their Super Saiyan form charge their different Kamehameha to the opponent.
* **Family Kamehameha** – The Family Kamehameha is a technique used when Goten, Gohan, and Goku combine their Super Kamehameha's against Broly in Broly: Second Coming.
* **Fusion Dance** – The ability for two beings to become one. Goten performs this ability many times with his friend Trunks creating the temporarily-fused being, Gotenks. Performing the Fusion Dance improperly can result in a fat or deformed version of Gotenks that are extremely weak, however.
* **Flight** – When Goten first appeared he didn't know how to use this ability and when Gohan finds out he trains Goten and teaches him how to fly.
* **Full Power Energy Blast Volley** – Goten thrusts his hands back and forth and fires a barrage of small energy waves at his opponent. He uses this technique in his battle with Baby and when along with Gohan and Trunks went to help Vegeta defeat Omega Shenron. It is named in the Budokai Tenkaichi series.
* **Here We Go!** – Goten throws a rock at point-blank range.
* **Unnamed Attack** – This attack is only used by Goten in Dragon Ball GT. He used this technique against Baby that was buried under the broken street but evaded the attack without Goten noticing. This attack is performed in a similar way to the Spirit Bomb except that Goten does not ask for energy to be donated for this attack. It is formed out of his own energy and upon impact this attack creates a giant explosion and destroys everything in it's range.
* **Super Explosive Wave** – This was used when Goten was possessed by Baby. He used this to force Gohan to go Super Saiyan so he could take control of Gohan's body.
* **Ki Blast** – The most basic form of energy wave.
* **Ki Sense** – Goten has the ability to sense life energy.
* **Kikoukenjutsu Sword Style** – Goten and Trunks developed and founded this Sword style and many of its techniques (which are seen in Dragon Ball Online).

## Trivia

* Goten's name literally means "Awakening to Heaven" or "perceiving heaven", as "Ten" can translate as sky or heavens. His name is very similar to Goku's, as he was likely named after him. Due to this, Goten's name can be read in the same manner of Mandarin/pinyin like with his brother and father's names. In Goten's case, the reading is "Sun Wutian" (Sūn Wùtiān).
	+ It should be noted that the kanji (ten/tian) is exactly the same one used in Tien Shinhan's name. However, both "ten" portions are not pronounced the same in the English dub as Goten's is "ten" via the Japanese on'yomi pronunciation, while Tien's follows the exact Mandarin/pinyin pronunciation.
	+ Goten also shares the same pinyin name as Master Roshi's pinyin name, as both Goten and Muten in Chinese pinyin are read as "Wutian".
* Goten's hobbies are play-fighting and bug catching.
* Goten's favorite foods are daifuku and pocky.
* Goten's favorite vehicle is a bike.
* The *Dragon Ball Collectible Card Game* lists Goten as Human, when he is in fact half-Saiyan and half-Human.
	+ In *Dragon Ball Fusions*, all Earthling/Saiyan hybrids (such as Goten, Gohan, Trunks, Pan, and Bulla) and Androids are classified as Earthlings, presumably due to them originating on Earth.
* Unlike his older brother Gohan, Goten was never shown with a tail in the series.
	+ In one interview, Toriyama explained Goten's lack of a tail as the result of the tail being a recessive trait in Saiyan hybrids, though in a more recent interview, Toriyama revealed that he could never figure out how Saiyans could dress themselves with the tail on and these little minutia annoyed him to no end and thus he decided to get rid of them, explaining Goten, Trunks, Bulla, Pan, their descendants, and Saiyans of Universe 6 lack of tails.
* Goten is a Jack in one of Oolong's card games.
* In Future Trunks' timeline, Goten does not exist due to Goku dying of a heart disease before the arrival of the Androids, as he was conceived shortly before the Cell Games (stated in Japanese tankoban 36).
* A hidden audio file in the *Xenoverse* series shows that Goten can wield the Power Pole, indicating that it may have been planned as one of his Super Skills.
* Out of all the Saiyans in the series, Goten was the youngest one who learned how to transform into a Super Saiyan and the quickest.