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Son Goku [nb 20] is a fictional character and the main protagonist of the Dragon Ball manga series created by Akira Toriyama.He is based on Sun Wukong (known as Son Gokū in Japan and the Monkey King in the West), a main character of the classic 16th-century Chinese novel Journey to the West, combined with influences from the Hong Kong action cinema of Jackie Chan and Bruce Lee.
Goku incapacitates Salza and attacks Cooler. After Goku proves to be a worthy opponent, Cooler reveals that he discovered a new transformation above Frieza's capabilities. Goku is pummeled by Cooler, who boasts and mocks him. However, after seeing a bird die from wounds inflicted by their fight, Goku reflects on the well-being of his loved ones.
He noted that the Daizenshuu 7 book quoted the dubbing team as saying that speaking "9000" in English was a better fit for Vegeta's animated mouth movements; on the other hand, Elvy made the assertion that Dragon Ball Z's Ocean dub "was notorious for making translation errors (such as Goku believing Vegeta killed Grandpa Gohan or Bardock being ...
Dragon Ball Z picks up five years after the end of the Dragon Ball series, with Son Goku now a young adult and father to his son, Gohan.. A humanoid alien named Raditz arrives on Earth in a spacecraft and tracks down Goku, revealing to him that he is his long-lost older brother and that they are members of a near-extinct elite alien warrior race called Saiyans (サイヤ人, Saiya-jin).
Almost five years later after following his defeat by Goku at the 23rd World Martial Arts Tournament, Piccolo Jr. trains alone when he is caught in an ambush by a group of mysterious warriors. Chi-Chi, along with her father Ox King and son, Son Gohan, are attacked by the same group while her husband Goku is away fishing. He senses the danger ...
Goku makes it to the getaway submarine in the nick of time, still carrying the mouse in his mouth. As the trio escape, rocks collapse and hit the sub and it soon runs out of fuel. Goku manages to launch the sub to the surface with a Kamehameha Wave. Bulma has managed to take one diamond with her. General Blue also reaches the surface.
The character of Son Goku in Dragon Ball is based on Sun Wukong, as attested by his monkey tail, staff, and name (which is simply the Japanese reading of the same name in Chinese: 孫悟空). [19] The manga-anime series Saiyuki ' s Sun Wukong counterpart also uses the Japanese reading Son Goku.
Goku joins his sons and fires a Kamehameha wave, however their combined effort remains futile as Broly continues to resist until he is distracted by Trunks who fires a blast at him. The family of Super Saiyans unleash a final push propelling the Father-Sons Kamehameha wave which directly pushes Broly into space and he dies when he collides with ...