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* [[The Ace]]: Made abundantly clear since the early parts of [[Dragon Ball]]. Learned a technique with a glance, which took 50 years to develop, Within a few years, his martial arts skill surpassed his master, and of course winning a Tenka'ichi Budokai before he turned 20. Then he found out ''why'' he's able to do all those things when it's revealed he's a [[Human Aliens|Saiyan]]. Even that doesn't fully make it a [[Justified Trope]], when he defeats members of his race considered to be elites, [[Did You Just Punch Out Cthulhu?|defeats and/or kills seemingly invincible aliens and monsters]] and achieves virtually ''all'' the available Super Saiyan transformations. Not bad for someone considered a "low-class soldier".

** Eventually he loses it forever, unless you count the events of GT.

* [[Adorably Precocious Child]]: As a kid.

* [[Doting Parent]]: He tries his best. When he is actually around, that is.

* [[Dumb Is Good]]/[[Good Is Dumb]] - And nice too.

* [[Easily Forgiven]]: He does not hold grudges ''period''; once the fight is over, ''anyone'', even last-season's enemies, are affectionately embraced as friends if they can stop trying to kill him and his crew or take over the world long enough.

** Though, oddly enough, even if he absolutely forgives even demonic, universe-shattering monsters or interplanetary tyrants and mass-murderers, for some reason he has never once tried to reconnect with his biological family in the afterlife. He had to kill his brother Raditz to stop him from killing his young son, but Vegeta, Frieza, Cell and Buu all tried to kill him as well and he also refused to grudge against them. It seems borderline out-of-character for Goku to just ignore/forget about Raditz, Bardock and whoever his biological mother was when he had years to find them out and reconnect with them.

* [[Expy]]: of [[Journey to the West|Sun Wukong The Monkey King]] from ''[[Journey to the West]]'', with light dashes of [[Superman]].

* [[Fire-Forged Friends]]: With Krillin, though Goku's side of it is more of a subversion. He generally got along just fine when they first met. It was Krillin that was initially hostile.

* [[Fountain of Youth]]: During pretty much THE ENTIRE series of GT, where the black-star dragon balls regress Goku into a child on a messed up wish from the [[Big Bad]].

* [[Genius Ditz]] [[Genius Bruiser|Bruiser]] - He may not be the brightest knife in the crayon box, but he mastered and created an improved version of the Kamehameha simply by watching his master use it! Furthermore, his combat prowess is second-to-none.

** In this way he's a bit of an [[Idiot Savant]]. He's fantastically dumb in all ways but fighting - and not just in a physically strong kind of way, but the tactics and strategies of it as well.

* [[Hairstyle Inertia]]: As seen in the picture above.

** [[Hereditary Hairstyle]].

* [[Laser-Guided Amnesia]]: Lost his memory as a child, facilitating his [[Heel Face Turn]].

* [[Look What I Can Do Now!]]: One of the biggest examples of the trope.

* [[Made of Iron]]: Pretty much par for the course, really.

* [[The Messiah]]

* [[Nice Guy]]: One of the nicest.

* [[No Nudity Taboo]]: ''Very much so'' as a little kid. [[Justified Trope|Then again, he pretty much grew up completely by himself.]]

* [[Older Than They Look]]: Kid Goku is supposed to be 12 in the 21st tournament and 15 on the 22nd. However, in neither instance does he looks older than ''10''. Then, in late DBZ, when Goku is on his early forties and beyond, he looks no older than 30!

* [[One-Man Army]]: Remember that this is the guy who destroyed the Red Ribbon Army at age ''twelve''.

** [[Raised by Wolves]]: Technically out in the wilderness for an untold number of years after the old hermit died.

* [[The Runner Up Takes It All]]: Played straight during the first two Tenkaichi Budokai. He finally won in his [[Rule of Three|third try]].

* [[Shaping Your Attacks]]: His Dragon Fist/''Ryū Ken'', where he shapes his Super Saiyan 3 ki into a massive Shenron-esque dragon.

* [[Shirtless Scene]]: Of everyone, Goku takes the most [[Clothing Damage]] in the series.

* [[Spell My Name with an "S"]]: Pronounced "Son Gokū" (with a long vowel "u"), but usually its spelled "Son Goku" (without any indication of a long vowel), while Toriyama himself writes it as "Son Gokuh". Bandai actually spells it "Son Gokou" in most of their toys and games in what seems to be an attempt to anglicize his name (think of the "cou" in "cougar"), but it only makes thing more confusing since "Gokou" can be mistaken for an entirely different Japanese name ("Gokō"). (Also, [[It Is Pronounced "Tro-PAY"|in one episode Pilaf reads a sign that says "Welcome back, Goku!", but mispronounces Goku's name as "Go-cow"]].)

** His Saiyan birthname is also subject to variations, with most English adaptations using "Kakarot". However, the fact that his fused form with Vegeta is called "Vegetto" (the spelling used by Bandai) and not "Vegerot" seems to suggest that "Kakarotto" is the preferred spelling. Funimation uses the spelling "Vegito", despite them using the Kakarot convention otherwise, while Viz actually changed it to "Vegerot", only to changed it back to Vegetto in later reprints (while oddly enough keeping the "Kakarot" spelling).

* [[Strong Family Resemblance]]: Resembles his dad and his 2nd son Goten resembles him.

* [[Supporting Protagonist]]: During ''Dragonball Z''. If one looks closely, ''Z'' chronicled ''Gohan's'' life, despite Goku being [[The Hero]].

** And [[Sean Schemmel]], who later played King Kai.

** In the Latin-American Spanish dub, Laura Torres plays both child!Goku, child!Gohan and child!Goten. Mario Castañeda, who voices teenaged and adult!Goku, voices Bardock and Tullece.

* [[Technical Pacifist]]/[[Thou Shalt Not Kill]]/[[Took a Level In Kindness]]: After training with Kami, he became a ''lot'' less kill-happy.

* [[Teleporters and Transporters]]: His Instant Transmission/''Shunkan Idō'' technique. He can teleport to any person he can sense the ki of and take people touching him at the time with him.

* [[Lovable Sex Maniac]]: Roshi is seriously perverted but he's shown to be a really nice person at several points.

* [[The Obi-Wan]]

* [[Older Than They Look]]: Looks about in his 70s-80s right? Try ''300+''.

* [[Only Known by Their Nickname]]: His real name is never revealed throughout the series, only the titles Muten Roushi ("Martial Arts Heavenly Old Sage") and Kame Sen'nin ("Turtle Hermit").

* [[Rival]]/[[Rival Dojos]]: Tsuru Sen'nin and his Crane school.

* [[Secret Identity]]: Jackie Chun.

* [[Sunglasses At Night]]: ''Rarely'' takes his shades off.

* [[Super Mode]]: His "Max Power" form, where he basically bulks up like [[The Hulk]].

Yamcha was a desert bandit, Bulma's first love, and Goku's first rival. Even in the original series, Yamcha was often used as the primary victim of the [[Worf Effect]], hardly winning any important fights despite being one of the most powerful protagonists. By Z he was pretty much a target to show how tough the villains were, so much so that around the Buu Saga he gave up fighting entirely (except for fillers in which he somehow defeated enemies even Goku had trouble with a few years before).

* [[Adaptational Badass]]: He fares either worse or better in the anime. Yamcha does more in anime only battles and situations, but sometimes he comes off better in the manga version of events(an example of this is Yamcha had no trouble holding down Great Ape Goku in the manga).

* [[Adorkable]]: Its even admitted [[In-Universe]].

** [[Big Badass Wolf]]:

** [[Animal Battle Aura]]

* [[Arrogant Kung Fu Guy]]: In his debut Yamcha was this ([[Love Makes You Dumb|except]] [[Shrinking Violet|around]] [[Cannot Talk to Women|Bulma]]). He lost most of this after his [[Heel Face Turn]].

** [[Badass Abnormal]]: After training with Roshi.

** [[Badass Long Hair]]: His most frequent hairstyle. He mentioned his short haircut was at Bulma's request and could be considered an example of him trying to change from a bandit to ordinary citizen.

* [[Bishonen]]: Yamcha's been described as "Good looking in a boyish sort of way" and "a pretty boy." Very slightly lessened after he gets his scars.

** [[Long-Haired Pretty Boy]]: When he has long hair.

** He never even gets to fight Vegeta and Nappa with the others; he gets distracted and killed off by a [[Suicide Attack]] of a seemingly dead [[Mook|Saibaman]] beforehand, Power level guides say Yamcha would've won too if he hadn't let his guard down. He also gets badly injured by Dr. Gero right at the start of the Androids saga. Oh, and then his girlfriend has Vegeta's baby. Poor guy just can't catch a break.

* [[Centipede's Dilemma]]: Inverted with Yamcha. He thought he was cursed with the inability to talk to or even be around women, and for that reason, once he learned about the existence of the Dragon Balls, he decided to use them to wish away his fear of women. Much to his surprise, by the end of a long period of time where he was forced to be around Bulma, Yamcha learned that his fear of women was all in his head, and that it was only when he consciously invoked it on himself that he felt uncomfortable around women. Shortly afterwards, he and Bulma started dating.

* [[Clueless Chick Magnet]]: Yamcha's quite popular around women despite his shyness.

* [[Can't Catch Up]]: Same as Kuririn.

* [[Cannot Talk to Women]]: Used to be like this to such a degree that he couldn't even be a around women without freaking out. After a while of being around Bulma in the Pilaf Arc, particularly an incident where he picked her up to get her to safety, Yamcha mostly got over his phobia. Though he sometimes still does show some nervous around beautiful women.

* [[Demoted to Extra]]: Cell Saga, Buu Saga, and GT.

* [[The Determinator]]: Yamcha's pretty eager to fight most of the time, he eagerly volunteered to fight King Piccolo when his leg was broken. Until he goes down against #20, at which point [[Know When to Fold'Em|he calls it quits]].

* [[Downer Ending]]: Yamcha is never seen accomplishing his dream to marry and have a family. In [[Dragon Ball GT]] he's even seen going back to his life alone in Diablo Desert. After the Cell Saga he also gave up martial arts and competing in tournaments, when both were things he loved to do.

* [[Dub Text]]: Funimation changes his dialogue more then most characters. For example Bulma being mad at Yamcha for canceling a date due to being broke, became him taking another girl out to a concert in the dub. Even in ''Kai'', Funimation changed a line of Yamcha saying he's got to help Goku with "I'll be there" to "I'll just watch".

* [[Easily Forgiven]]: Yamcha is generally shown as pretty forgiving, possibly due to being bad once himself. When Tenshinhan apologizes for breaking his leg, he just shrugs and says its nothing.

** Once he stopped trying to prove he was better than Vegeta, they seemed to get along pretty well. He's even paid the prince a genuine compliment once or twice.

* [[Enemy Mine]]: Helps Goku against the Rabbit mob.

* [[The Everyman]]: He is perhaps one of the most relatable characters among the Z warriors. For instance, he is commonly seen wearing outfits other than his combat gear and he has been shown driving vehicles like sky cars and airships instead of flying everywhere like most of the other characters. He also has grounded interests like romance, sports and is actually concerned with having money, as opposed to most of the other protagonists, who do not seem to work at all and spend most of their time training. A notable example of how normal he is happens at the end of the Cell Saga, when the other protagonists are struggling to think of one last wish to be granted by Sheng Long. Yamcha suggests that, since nobody else could think of any important uses for that wish, they should wish for something for themselves, like lots of money. The other characters silently stare at him as if shocked that he would ever as much as consider using one of the wishes for purposes that are not altruistic. In response, Yamcha timidly apologizes and agrees to leave the last wish to Krillin.

* [[Like Brother and Sister]]: He maintained a close relationship with Bulma after their breakup. Even telling Future Trunks about Vegeta going [[Papa Wolf]] on Cell to make him feel better.

* [[Mr. Fanservice]]: He was the first handsome adult male in the cast.

* [[Overshadowed by Awesome]]

* [[Really Gets Around]]: According to Future Trunks, this is the reason Bulma eventually left him for Vegeta in that timeline. What's ironic is that Yamcha was initially extremely shy around girls at the start of the series and said he wanted to get married.

* [[Redemption Demotion]]: Yamcha generally remained useful in [[Dragon Ball]] and in the first arc he and Puar actually saved everyone from Great Ape Goku. In "'Z'' Yamcha was really only useful for distracting villains or taking care of wounded characters.

* [[The Worf Effect]]: Yamcha suffers from this as early as ''[[Dragon Ball]]'', always losing in his first round in the three world tournaments he participates in to show how powerful Jackie Chun, Tien, and Hero/Shen/Kami are, despite his training.

* [[X Marks the Hero]]: After the three year timeskip at the end of [[Dragon Ball]].

* [[Adorkable]]

* [[Awesome but Impractical]]: His signature move, [[Deadly Disc|Kienzan]], can cut through ''anything'' and is completely unblockable, but it's slow to produce, its aim is unwieldy and it can't be guided once launched.

* [[Badass Normal]]

** [[Badass Abnormal]]

* [[Can't Catch Up]]: Started out as the [[The Rival]], fell further behind with each new storyline, although remaining very important.

* [[Chivalrous Pervert]]: When he was younger. Seems to fade out with age.

* [[Comic Relief]]: Basically his major role in 'Z' and the movies. (For example, disguising himself as Piccolo before saving Gohan, and then doing a cape twirl).

* [[Dating Catwoman]]: Him married to Android 18 of course. He is a very mild while she is very spicy.

* [[Weak but Skilled]]: Not having nowhere near as much raw strength or ki, he is a ''seriously'' cunning fighter. He ran rings around Nappa ''and'' Freeza when they tried to kill Gohan, and played a major part in the battle with Vegeta.

** More notable is that he managed to develop a technique that could seriously wound or kill an opponent easily a hundred times his strength. [[The Worf Barrage|He just never hits anyone with it.]]

{{quote|'''Voiced by:''' [[Hiromi Tsuru]] (Kid Piccolo), [[Toshio Furukawa]] (Adult<ref>they grow up so fast</ref> Piccolo) (Japanese); [[Scott McNeil]] (Ocean dub); [[Christopher Sabat]] (Funimation dub)}}

* [[Alien Blood]]: Piccolo's blood was originally red in [[Dragon Ball]] and early episodes of DBZ (it was turned [[Black Blood|green]] in early episodes of the original dub), but after he was established as an alien, he is shown to have purple blood, like his fellow Nameks.

* [[Large and In Charge]]: The tallest Z-Fighter, ''and'' the one most likely to lead the team into battle when Goku's not there (which is often).

* [[Literally Shattered Lives|Literally Shattered Life]]: He is accidentally shattered by Kid Trunks when he's turned to stone. Subverted because it's a [[Good Thing You Can Heal|Good Thing He Can Heal]].

* [[Love Redeems]] - Even Demons.

* [[Manly Tears]] - See [[Humanity Is Infectious]] Above.

** Gets even funnier when you realize that, technically speaking, he's one of the youngest characters. He's only four years older than Gohan--making him something like sixteen years younger than Goku!

** Technically speaking, he is a mind that is hundreds of years old inside of a much younger body.

* [[Took a Level In Kindness]]: [[Rule of Three|Three times.]] Once after [[Licked by the Dog|training Gohan,]] once after [[Fusion Dance|merging with]] [[Proud Warrior Race Guy|Nail]], and once after [[Fusion Dance|reuniting with]] [[God Job|Kami]].

* [[Tritagonist]]: Saiyan Saga. He and Vegeta trade the position throughout the Freeza and Cell arcs.

** [[Future Badass]]: In the ''Trunks The Story''/''Resistance To Despair!! Gohan and Trunks, The Last Super Warriors'' side story.

** [[Handicapped Badass]]: Future Gohan becomes one after he loses an arm fighting the androids.

* [[Being Good Sucks]]: Future Gohan is a very good example of this. After witnessing his father and all of his friends die at the hands of the androids, Gohan went into hiding in order to train himself to become strong enough to challenge this new threat. He spent his entire adult life challenging the androids to no avail, watching as countless innocents died at the hands of the monstrous duo. His reward for all of his self-sacrfice was to lose his left arm, and in the next and final fight between him and his two nemesis, Gohan was completely outmatched and left for dead, with his face down on the ground of the wreckage of yet another city he failed to protect. And then a sad rain starts pouring over his battered, crippled corpse. It's amazing how Trunks didn't have all of his spirit sapped way at such a tragic sight.

* [[Beware the Nice Ones]]: Especially when he's in Super Saiyan 2.

* [[Big Brother Mentor]]: To Future Trunks in the alternate timeline; slightly less so to Goten and Present Trunks in the main series timeline. Kuririn is this to him.

* [[Boring but Practical]]: [[Fan Nickname|"Mystic"]] Gohan doesn't look flashy (he doesn't even go Super Saiyan), but is on par with Super Saiyan 3 and doesn't require Gohan to spend energy or put any strain on his body to use it.

* [[Break the Cutie]]: Poor Gohan...

* [[Character Development]]: Arguably undergoes the most in Z, appropriate to his aging throughout the series. Notably, his entire subplot in the Saiyan Saga revolves around his growth from a cowardly "spoiled brat" to standing up to his fears and being able to fight.

* [[Child Prodigy]]: In both fighting ''and'' academics.

* [[Dark Messiah]]: Even if Son Gohan himself is an angel, the cold-blooded and sadistic ''Super Saiyan Level 2 Son Gohan'' who saved the world most certainly is '''not.'''

* [[Dead Guy, Junior]]: Named after Goku's adopted grandfather.

* [[Oblivious to Love]]: Endearingly and ''completely'' clueless about Videl's affections towards him until it's spelled out in black and white. Once that happens, he [[Chaste Hero|tries to deny his own feelings toward her for a while]], but it doesn't last long at all.

* [[Out of Focus]]: After being one of the primary protagonists during the entirety of ''Dragonball Z'', his role in GT is little more than a cameo at times.

* [[Psychotic Smirk]]: [http://img571.imageshack.us/img571/6427/vlcsnap00176.png Oh dear god yes.]

* [[Punny Name]]: Saiyaman! (Remember that hito/jin means "person".)

* [[Training From Hell]]: The poor kid suffered this under Piccolo, and when he finally escaped it [[Education Mama|he suffered this under Chi Chi]]. [[Genius Bruiser|Totally worth it, mind.]]

* [[Tareme Eyes]]/[[Tsurime Eyes]]: Look at the picture.

* [[Unstoppable Rage]]: What Gohan's "hidden powers" usually manifest as.

* [[Use Your Head]]: Used effectively against his uncle Raditz.

* '''[[Badass]]''': Continued to be so despite experiencing some [[Badass Decay]].

** [[Badass Decay]]: [[Genre Savvy|And he's completely aware of it]].

* [[Bad Boss]]

{{quote|''(to Nappa)'' "A paralyzed Saiyan has no further need to live. '''Die!!'''"}}

* [[Bad Guys Do the Dirty Work]]: On Namek.

* [[The Berserker]]

* [[Big Bad]]: Of the Saiyan/Vegeta Saga. Though, it could be argued that as he was still under Freeza, and fans argue that the Saiyans' arrival was part of the Freeza arc, he was more of a [[Dragon with an Agenda]].

* [[Child Soldiers|Child Soldier]]

* [[Combat Pragmatist]]: Knowing that the Ginyu Force [[Beware the Silly Ones|were as dangerous as they were silly]], Vegeta kills Guldo, Burter and Recoome after the former had his back turned and the latter two were defeated and knocked unconscious by Goku.

* [[Cry Cute]]: A rare ''male'' example of this trope, tearfully begging Son Goku {{spoiler|to avenge the cold-blooded murder of their people as he dies of a punctured heart.}}

* [[Deadpan Snarker]]: Mostly when he's trash-talking his opponents.

* [[Demoted to Extra]]: Arguably in GT.

* [[Gratuitous English]]: In the Japanese version, he is the only major character to have English signature moves, namely "Big Bang Attack" and "Final Flash." Everyone else has Japanese-named techniques. According to Toriyama, this was done to make the alien Vegeta more exotic, or as he said in an interview "to portray his foreign personality."

* [[Heel Face Revolving Door]]: To sum up his alignment changes in ''DBZ'': he's bad, he's good (sort of), he's bad again (for a cup of coffee), he's good (for real).

* [[Honor Before Reason]]: Much like Goku, though with a distinctly Saiyan-centric cultural influence to it.

* [[Hot-Blooded]]: Even if it does lead to a lot of trouble for the Z-fighters he still looks cool talking about the hurt he's going to deliver.

* [[Pure Is Not Good]]: He achieved Super Saiyan without having a pure good heart.

* [[Readings Are Off the Scale]]: Former [[Trope Namer]]

** He ''does'' manage to avoid the worst of this trope however, unlike most of the others who get hit with it in this series. Vegeta manages to remain in the top three among the heroes in terms of power and ability fairly consistently. He's even the number two behind Goku during the latter parts of the Frieza saga and the beginning of the Majin Buu Saga.

* {{spoiler|[[Redemption Equals Death|Redemption Equals]] [[Heroic Sacrifice]] (against Majin Buu)}}

* [[Redemption in the Rain]]: He actually subverts it when he ''[[Screaming Warrior|SCREAMS]]'' the rain clouds away.

* [[Warrior Prince]]: The ultimate Anime-example.

* [["Well Done, Son" Guy]]: Well, he seems to ''try'' to be a standoffish father to (main timeline) Trunks, but his son never takes him seriously.

* [[Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?]]: It doesn't come up very often, but he dislikes 'squirmy things': watch his reaction to meeting a family of giant worms inside Buu's body. "Kakarot, I think I'm going to puke."

* [[Worf Effect]]: Serves this role from the Freeza Saga forward.

* [[Bishonen]]: The most stand out example of the cast.

** [[Long-Haired Pretty Boy]]: Again when his hair is longer.

* [[Breakout Character]]: His importance in video games is something to be amazed with. That's where his attacks got named in the first place. In ''Final Bout'' he's treated as a separate character even tough there's other ''two'' grown-up Trunks in the game already. In ''Shin Budokai'' and ''Heroes'', Trunks is [[The Protagonist]] and a Supporting Protagonist respectively. Also the latest video games are fond of giving the Super Saiyan 3 transformation to other Saiyans besides Goku but they're just thrown in with no proper build up. Trunks' transformation, however, is an important plot ticket in ''Heroes'' and got an animation just for it.

** During the Cell Saga, in Japan's Character poll Trunks ranked higher than both Vegeta ''and'' Piccolo.

* [[Half-Human Hybrid]]: [[Human Mom, Nonhuman Dad|His father's a Saiyan, his mother's a human]].

* [[Heroic Bastard]]

* [[Hurting Hero]]

* [[Kamehame Hadoken]]

* [[Stepford Smiler]]: Trunks was definitely this at the beginning of the Android Saga when he met the Z Fighters with smiles after defeating Freeza and King Cold. They had no idea where he was from or the fact he's a [[Hurting Hero]] who arrived to prevent their deaths.

* [[Tell Me About My Father]]: Bulma's kindly-meant whitewashing of Vegeta's personality paid off with some unexpected dividends later on.

* [[Took a Level In Badass]]: Wasn't badass enough at first to take on the androids of his timeline but then spent time training in the Room of Spirit and Time (Hyperbolic Time Chamber).

* [[Troubled but Cute]]: 20 years of fleeing for your life from two homicidal androids has left Future Trunks emotionally scarred and serious.

* [[Tsurime Eyes]]

* [["Well Done, Son" Guy]]: Desperately wants approval from the father he never knew.

* [[Bash Brothers]]: With Goten.

* [[Bratty Half-Pint]]: What distinguishes him from Future Trunks.

* [[Demoted to Extra]]: Later on in GT.

* [[Fusion Dance]]: Into Gotenks and part of the [[Trope Namer]].

* [[Sensitive Guy and Manly Man]]: The 'manly' part (well, [[Bratty Half-Pint|bratty at least]]) with Goten.

* [[The Smart Guy]]: In ''GT''. Granted, his competition is Goku and Pan...

* [[Team Mom]]: Is a male version of this in ''GT''. He's just not enough of a disciplinarian to be a [[Team Dad]].

* [[Bash Brothers]]: With (main timeline) Trunks.

* [[Casanova Wannabe]]: In GT.

** Also, she really is interested in him.

* [[Demoted to Extra]]: In GT.

* [[Baleful Polymorph]]: But he didn't let that stop him. See ''The Amazing Fighting Candy''!

* [[BFS]]/[[Laser Sword]]: His Spirit Sword attack.

* [[Showy Invincible Hero]]: And he's well aware of it! "No, really! That was an awesome attack! I could have been killed! *[[Beat Panel|beat]]* Well, maybe I am exaggerating a little bit. I could have at least gotten a bruise or maybe a small scratch..."

* [[Spell My Name with an "S"]]: "Vegetto" (Bandai's spelling) or "Vegito" (Funimation's spelling)? Neither one makes sense in most English adaptations, since his name is a portmanteau of Vegeta's name with Goku's Saiyan name, which is commonly romanized as "Kakarot" instead of the literal "Kakarotto". Viz attempted to reconcile this by changing his name to Vegerot in the English manga, but then they changed it back to Vegetto in the Viz Big reprint (although, one has to wonder why they didn't went with the more obvious "Vegetot").

* [[Voice of the Legion]]

* [[You Fight Like a Cow]]: Most well known for this. He combines Goku's sense of humour with Vegeta's arrogance and wit, to both beat and mock the living daylights out of Super Buu.