[43] Failing to defeat Goku Black before traveling to the present, where he trains, giving him enough strength to best Goku Black in their next encounter. Without Goku alive, Vegeta likely stagnated in his training (especially since the Cell arc is what really developers their rivalry.) Following the trend that names of members of the Saiyan race are puns on vegetables, Vegeta's name is a pun of the word vegetable itself. "The Death of Vegeta" (ベジータ死す! Vegeta (Japanese: ベジータ, Hepburn: Bejīta) (/vəˈdʒiːtə/ və-JEE-tə), also known as Prince Vegeta (ベジータ王子, Bejīta-ōji) or alternatively styled as Vegeta IV (ベジータ四世, Bejīta Yon-sei) is a fictional character in the Dragon Ball franchise created by Akira Toriyama. Super Dragon Ball Heroes: Dark Demon Realm Mission! [14][15][16][17] Three years later, Vegeta finally becomes a Super Saiyan and easily destroys Android 19, sent by Dr. Gero to kill Goku. Goku angrily tells Frieza that he did not have to kill Vegeta, but Frieza sarcastically replies that he killed Vegeta because he was repeating himself. The song centers around Vegeta trying to write a love song for Bulma, but keeps getting distracted by his hatred for Goku. He seems to be more muscular than his canon counterpart during the Freeza Saga, likely due to years of training. As a Super Saiyan, his hair turns golden-yellow and gets even spikier, looking nearly identical to Gokū in appearance. In the former, Vegeta is ready to lose his life to keep Trunks alive. Goku easily defeats Nappa who is then killed by Vegeta, for the shame of being defeated by a low class Saiyan such as Goku. Kakarot (aka Goku) is a saiyan from the Planet Vegeta. [51][52] Vegeta is later split from Baby's body before Baby is destroyed. In the Dragon Ball and One Piece crossover, Cross Epoch, Vegeta is re-imagined as a captain of a crew of air pirates which includes Trunks, Usopp, and Nico Robin. After Frieza's death, Vegeta later unites with the heroes to thwart greater threats to the universe, most notably Cell, Majin Buu, Beerus, Zamasu and Broly. Drummond returned in the Funimation dub of Dragon Ball Super to voice Vegeta's Duplicate. Returning after having used Shunkan Ido, Vegeta takes away Moro's stolen life energy and revives the victims of Namek in an act of redemption using a new technique. If Vegito would have beaten Buu, what would happen to Vegeta's half of the fusion? Viz We're not sure why Trunks wouldn’t recognize who it was, although dressing as a clown would be just as offensive to Chiaotzu. [25] Goku and Vegeta manage to free their allies who have been absorbed by Buu, causing him to undergo a new transformation, which results in his return to his original Kid Boo form. After the Buu arc, Vegeta attends a gathering with the other heroes. Bejīta Shisu!! he doesn't vegeta jr is his great great great and another great grandson and at that time vegeta is dead but he dies naturally. [5] After the release of Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods, Toriyama expressed interest in having Vegeta be the lead in the event of another animated feature, though he insisted this was only his intent and no decision had been made. [76] Vegeta can increase his strength, speed, stamina, invulnerability, and flight speed many fold if he directs ki into them. His hair is black (or dark brown, depending on the media) spiky and it firmly stands upwards and has a prominent widow's peak. Early on, he was used by Frieza as a bargaining chip to keep the king under his control. It is during this fight that Vegeta finally admits Goku as both his superior and friend. Vegeta also possesses several transformations that greatly enhance his abilities to varying degrees. In the film Dragon Ball Super: Broly, Vegeta and Goku battle Freeza's newest recruit, the Saiyan Broly, but he proves too powerful for either of them. His fight against Goku during the final story arc was also commented to be very entertaining, despite its length as well as Goku and Vegeta's fighting styles, which Martin considered to have become stale. Vegeta is a prideful Saiyan, having a hard time accepting losses and always striving to better himself as a fighter so that he could become the strongest warrior alive. Here are 12 Things You Need to Know About Vegeta. The song focuses of Vegeta cooking a special Okonomiyaki,[70] and in Dragon Ball Kai: Song Collection he sings the song "Saiyan Blood", which he brags about how great he is. During his fight with Jiren, a mortal stronger than a destroyer, Vegeta unlocks a transformation called Super Saiyan Blue Evolution by breaking his very utmost limits. Grandpa Gohan taught him martial arts, and gave him the four star dragon ball. One of his better known attacks is the Galick Gun (ギャリック砲, Gyarikku Hō), although he uses it only once in the series proper; during his battle against Goku in an attempt to destroy the Earth. This results in a 'potara fusion' creating Vegito (ベジット, Bejitto, "Vegerot" in Viz Media's manga translation), who, in his reappearance in Dragon Ball Super, can also transform into a Super Saiyan God Super Saiyan. PIccolo is the first to fall, with Vegeta dying soon after. [92], There has also been multiple criticism to his relationship with Bulma with writers finding it forced. [48] When his daughter, Bulla, is born, Vegeta develops a strong attachment to her and becomes very protective over her wellbeing. Vegeta has appeared in many video games related to the Dragon Ball franchise as both a playable character and boss. While Sabat continued to dub Vegeta's adult incarnation in Dragon Ball Z Kai,[8] Laura Bailey voiced Vegeta's child incarnation in Dragon Ball Z Kai and Justin Briner voiced Vegeta's child incarnation in Dragon Ball Super. [3] He believed that he should be regarded as the strongest fighter in the Universe and becomes obsessed with surpassing Goku after losing his first battle with him. Garbage. One of Vegeta's most commonly used tactics in the series is when he bombards an opponent with an array of small ki blasts. [94] Bulma's voice actress joked that it was difficult for her to love Vegeta, having thought Bulma would end up with Yamcha. The demo version of the song from "First Impressions" by Thrice has a sample of Vegeta in the intro from the original Ocean dub: No way! He is then reunited with Future Trunks and begins training to fight Goku Black,[39] also training Trunks for the fight. 42, 43 Vegeta can also fuse with Goku and create a warrior who has the combined power and skills of both. He also makes a single panel appearance in Toriyama's 2014 Dragon Ball Minus: The Departure of the Fated Child special. In Funimation's in house dub, Christopher Sabat has voiced Vegeta in all Dragon Ball media, including video games. [46] Vegeta loses a battle to Arale,[47] and later declines training with Goku due to Bulma's pregnancy. [63] A Time Breaker-possessed version of Vegeta also appears in the game. No halo ever appeared on Vegito, but we still knew Vegeta was dead. [84][85][86] Vegeta later achieved the immensely powerful Super Saiyan Blue (超サイヤ人ゴッドSS（スーパーサイヤ人ゴッドスーパーサイヤ人）, Sūpā Saiya-jin Goddo Sūpā Saiya-jin) transformation under Whis's tutelage. [38] He travels to Planet Potaufeu to retrieve Goten and Trunks, where he fights a copy of himself. At the end Nappa and the Saiyans are still present, once to watch Kakarotto's battle and also to watch the other Saiyans to learn from them. By telling Goku about the Saiyans, Vegeta is not only sharing a heritage that Goku grew up without, he's also keeping the memory of his people alive, a heartwarming act no matter how terrible the Saiyans were. ... the characters in the show don’t quite come alive until we hear them speak. The Death of Vegeta [19][20], Seven years later, Vegeta allows himself to be consumed by Babidi's evil power for his own desire to become powerful enough to fight and defeat Goku.