Well, not really specific, since I can't remember the events of this arc that clearly, and sometimes I mix-up manga and filler stuff when it comes to this part of the story, but I seem to remember him rushing a base and he just mows down anyone that gets in his way.KBABZ wrote:Could you name any specific examples? The only one I can think of are the Muscle Tower opponents in Major Mettalitron and Buyon, one of which is a robot and the other is a vicious and un-negotiable robot, and the octopus in the Pirate Cave. There are a lot of RRA soldiers, but I don't recall any of them being outright killed; even Goku left Colonel Silver in a stunned state before leaving. I guess the main one would be Tao Pai-Pai, but IMO that was Tao's fault because Goku had no choice but to kick the grenade away; in a sense it's similar to Frieza where the villain gets himself killed by putting Goku in a corner with a cheap attack.Michsi wrote:It's curious to see RRA arc Goku among the favorite iteration. I love Goku as a kid, but I always felt he was just a bit too callous. While I haven't seen RRA arc in a long time, I seem to remember Goku having no problem offing his opponents. He develops a conscience later on, tough ironically, he's also far more careless as an adult than he was as a child.
Kid Goku's mook kills later on would be Tambourine and Drum, both of which are like Buyon in that they are heartless monsters. I have no familiarity on the filler stuff.
But since you brought up Tambourine, I guess that could count as an example too. See, Nappa killed more of his friends than Tambourine did, yet he abstained from going all out against him and ending his life. He still punished him, but mostly just wanted to make sure he would never be able to hurt anyone again. Similar thing happens with the Ginyu force later. The most relevant example here would be Freeza , who killed Krillin in cold blood right in front of him and prompted the SSJ transformation - he actually looked upset at having had to kill Freeza. He displays none of this mercy as a kid, as far as I can remember. I mean, he wouldn't kill anyone deliberately , but neither did he seem particularly concerned with holding back.