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* Vegeta fighting Frieza, all the way from his first punch to [[Manly Tears|his]] [[Tear Jerker|death]], pretty much attracted most of his fans to the character.
** Admittedly, for a character that doesn't have as many victories as the main characters, his [[Crowning Moment of Awesome]] tends to be the insane amount of damage he can take and still be up like in the one minute of beatings he took that Goku then proceeded to waste. But his being a tank with attitude is probably what makes this character a [[Badass]]. But he does have his moments such as his owning Imperfect Cell and then his Final Flash against Perfect Cell.
** [[How Much More Can He Take?|How much of a beating can he take and keep fighting?]] In the fight against Kid Buu, he gets pounded into the ground not once, not twice, but three times. Buu thinks he's won, when Vegeta stands up, covered in blood, slowly walks toward him, and starts making a speech about how he can't be defeated by such measly attacks. Buu is frozen with a look of utter shock on his face, and then he ''takes a step back in fear''. When you scare the fight out of ''Majin Buu'', you know you're [[Badass]].
{{quote| '''Vegeta:''' "What did you think, huh? That I was gonna roll over and die from an attack like that? You're nothing. Just a trickster. [[This Is Sparta|I am a warrior... the Saiyan Prince... VEGETA!!!]]"}}
** There was also his fight with Recoome. He knew from the very beginning that he was completely outclassed, yet he still beat the shit out of him various times by using every trick in the book. Recoome seemingly won the battle at various points, yet Vegeta would pop right back up and lay the smackdown some more.
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** Just saw it again. Hands down, Vegeta's best scene is his tearful death speech when he's dying at the hands of Frieza. First and first of only two time he cries, and the only time we get a glimpse at what made him what he is today. And they said DBZ couldn't get dramatic. Watch it [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XCD4PDz4JNQ here], partway through. (The original dub, so while there is plenty of [[Narm]] what with the inexperience of the voice actors at the time, it's still a [[Tear Jerker]].)
*** The other cry was when he blew himself up to try and kill Majin Buu (it didn't work). He admits that it was the first time he fought for someone other than himself.
** His sadistic and stunning [[I Am Not Left
** He gets another awesome moment with his [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b8JqbvjyUxU FINAL FLASH] against Cell. It didn't work, but it was one of the most epic and ridiculously over-the-top attacks in the entire series (that is saying something).
*** Besides, this is the attack that makes Cell scream out "OH SHIT!" in basically every language but English.
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** His fight against Tenshinhan is seen by many as one of the finest examples of more serious hand-to-hand combat in the series. Of course it doesn´t work quite well for him, but the fight is very nice to look at and it shows that he is no pushover even for future champions.
** Arguably Yamcha's last great moment was when he defeated Recoome in the afterlife one-on-one. To put it in perspective, he just mopped the floor with a guy who [[Curb Stomp Battle|curbstomped]] Vegeta earlier on. An impressive feat for a guy who has been the series' most consistent [[Jobber]]. Sadly, it's not long after this that he gets completely [[Overshadowed By Awesome]] and drops out of the series almost entirely.
* Bardock does it twice. First when he finds his comrades dead, and [[Badass|takes his bandage and wipes the blood off his dead friend's face before wrapping it around his head.]] Right before unleashing a can of whoop ass on Dodoria's men. Of course, Dodoria comes himself and [[Breath Weapon|blasts him with his mouth]], [[Left for Dead|leaving him for dead]]. Afterwards, he returns to his homeworld, and after [[Cassandra Truth|failing to convince his fellow Saiyans that Frieza is planning to wipe them out]], he charges towards his spaceship himself blasting past several henchmen and Mooks he shouldn't able to fight, and just to top it off, [[Did You Just Flip Off Cthulhu?|he fires a ''ki'' blast at Frieza!]]. Although then again, he was probably planning to kill him with that move, but Frieza replied by creating a massive Death Ball while laughing maniacally, easily nullifying the Saiyan's attack as he fired the ball at him, his soldiers who failed to hold him, and Planet Vegeta, killing all life as he [[Earthshattering Kaboom|annihilated the planet.]] [[Go Out
** Speaking of Bardock, Burst Limit has a Moment of Awesome (yes, the game has a Moment of Awesome) with the first of its post game arcs which finishes in a dream match between Bardock and Goku with [[Crowning Music of Awesome|the theme song playing in the background]].
*** When reading the Dragonball Z page for [[Fridge Brilliance]], this troper realised something. The trigger to become a Super Saiyan is anger, and Bardock's rebellion is initiated by the discovery that Frieza's men have killed his fellow Saiyans, and under orders from Frieza himself. Sure they were as a race raised to be ruthless, but having clearly fought alongside them for a long time, they were probably the closest thing Bardock ever had to friends. When you consider this, and then his anger when finally face-to-face with Frieza, suddenly the idea of 'Super Saiyan Bardock' seems to have actually been very close to happening.....
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* Mr. Satan even gets an amazing moment in GT during the Baby Saga. Giant Golden Ape Baby has just supposedly wiped out every big hero...including his Grand Daughter Pan. What is Mr. Satan's first and only reaction? He stands his ground, takes up a fighting stance and threatens to kill Baby; no joking, no running away. He's dead serious and Goku himself even says that Mr. Satan has impressed him.
** He may not be all that strong (although to be fair, he's still one of the more powerful pure-humans in the series, but he's [[Overshadowed By Awesome|waaaay outclassed by all of the aliens and androids and whatnot]]...), but he definitely has the heart of a hero. Even Goku has said he deserves to be called the Champ.
* Android 18. It's a toss up between her utter ''mauling'' of Vegeta in the Android Saga, and her hilarious extortion of Mr. Satan in Buu Saga (and the [[Non
** Also, in GT, when she is confronted by 17, she tells him that the people he is hurting are innocent, and he kills Krillin, she attacks 17 in a fit of rage, and stands in the way of 17's attack when he tried to kill her daughter. This shows that she is truly redeemed, and shuns her former, murderous ways.
*** [[Canon Dis Continuity|But that moment was in GT! It never happened.]] Besides, 18 and 17 never had any real "murderous ways" in DBZ except in Future Trunks' timeline.
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* ''Dragon Ball Kai'' Uncut... oh man, the way Goku's transformation was handled was simply amazing. It made it an even more awesome moment than it was.
{{quote| [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ot3fnCxeEc4 "YOU RUTHLESS... HEARTLESS... BASTARD!!! I WILL... MAKE YOU.... SUFFER.......]}}
* There is this scene in the fifth movie (The Incredible Mightiest vs. Mightiest) where [[Big Bad|Cooler]], Frieza's older brother, goes [[One-Winged Angel]] and [[No
* The very first Kamehameha. It was in that moment that Kame Sen'nin went from a perverted old rascal living on a tiny island with a sea turtle for company to a full blown [[Retired Badass]]. To elaborate, the kooky old geezer who gave Goku his magic cloud up and blew away a mountain THAT WAS ON FIRE. ''By accident.''
* It should be noted that the only two villains to have beaten Goku in a straight fight (As in, not get torn apart with him) are Taopaipai and King Piccolo.
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