Freeza's Plan

[Almighty Majin]

At the end of the Granolah arc, Freeza comes in with his newfound power to put Goku and Vegeta in their place. He makes a statement that he was tired of losing to Saiyans and wanted to make sure that would never happen to him again. Considering the Saiyans he would have to keep in mind, here is what Freeza would have prepared for if we assume he was careful.

Saiyans:

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1. Goku - Freeza witnessed Goku in the Tournament of Power. He saw how powerful Jiren was and he saw Goku being able to fight him using Ultra Instinct. Even though Goku could not access it after the tournament, Freeza knows full well that Goku would eventually find a way to learn how to tap into it yet again and master it.

2. Vegeta - Freeza knows how resilient Vegeta is and that he will continue training in preparation for Freeza (as he was doing in the Broly movie). He would also know that somehow, someway Vegeta would end up finding a way to catch up to Goku's Ultra Instinct.

3. Gohan - Freeza is aware of Gohan's rage boosts and potential back during their fight on Namek. Not only that, but Freeza should be aware of Gohan's immense growth in power between RoF and the ToP. Gohan went from barely being able to hold up Super Saiyan to being one of the strongest fighters in the Tournament of Power on the same tier as him. Freeza most definitely would have to be wary of Gohan's potential by that point.

4. Broly - Freeza was forced to fight against Broly during the movie and he personally witnessed Broly's fight against Goku and Vegeta. Freeza clearly is aware that Broly is an anomaly of great power. If you think about it, Broly is essentially the Freeza of his race, a mutant prodigy.

5. Gogeta - Freeza lamented Goku and Vegeta's access to fusion and even complained that it was unfair. There is no way that Gogeta Blue was not on Freeza's mind during training. There is no confirmation on whether or not Gogeta or Vegetto can access Ultra Instinct or Ultra Ego (I personally think they cannot, but I would not be surprised if they somehow could), but perhaps Freeza had a potential Ultra Instinct Gogeta in mind? We will just have to see...

The question is however, just how prepared is Freeza for the Saiyans? Does he have something up his sleeve? Here are a few possible paths:

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1. Black Freeza is just that powerful. Freeza has sufficiently trained to the extent that even if he fights Goku, Vegeta, Gohan, Piccolo, and Broly (and maybe some more fighters) at the same time, he is still an overwhelming force.

2. Cooler is going to be introduced in this arc and he will be revealed to be Freeza's training partner. Freeza needed someone equal to him so he could get stronger himself and perhaps... do the fusion dance. Yes, Freeza could visit planet Metamor and in exchange for sparing their planet, they will teach him and Cooler the fusion dance. The fusion between him and Cooler will be the ace in the hole that will allow Freeza to remain unopposed, maybe even surpassing Beerus? (HA! Imagine! Hahaha!)

3. Instead of Cooler, Kuriza is introduced in this arc. Knowing that he is a genetic anomaly, Freeza produces a progeny who will be the ideal training partner for him. This child of Freeza, Kuriza will be the strongest born in the universe that the Oracle Fish predicted. Kuriza will be the Uub to Freeza's Goku. This will also end up serving as the path to connect Neko Majin Z to the continuity (as an additional note, Toyotaro did do that drawing of Onio and his wife being survivors of the Saiyan genocide).

4. The Demon Realm could become relevant. Considering that Freeza knew about Majin Buu from his father, he may have knowledge on the Demon Realm. This becomes more likely when Marba mentions having dealings with mortals concerning Saibaimen trade. There is a decent chance that King Cold may have dealt with her at some point. The post-credits of Daima show that there are more Third Eyes just lying around waiting to be collected. What if Freeza is able to gain access to the Demon Realm and buy a Tertian Oculus? Combined with his Black Freeza form, this power will guarantee his superiority to the Saiyans and even the Hakaishin.

5. Freeza selected a few impressive soldiers and he would have personally trained all of them into a new special force worthy of opposing the Dragon Team. Freeza will essentially have a Dragon Team of his own and it will be an all out war like RoF and Moro.

Those were a few ideas I was having fun thinking about. What do you think could be the outcome of Freeza's planning? Does he have something up his sleeve? How far will it go?

[PhantomSaiyan]

I also thought about the Cooler idea. Considering what Iyoku is doing with the franchise, introducing beloved characters from non canon material into the main storyline, this seems like the next logical step.

But whatever plan frieza has, no doubt he's going to look dumber than ever for inevitably losing to the saiyans again.

[Zephyr]

I think Freeza's plan was to get stronger than them.

[obiwan23s]

I think Freeza's plan was to get stronger than them.

That's a bold strategy, Cotton. Let's see how it works out for him!

[Zephyr]

I think Freeza's plan was to get stronger than them.

That's a bold strategy, Cotton. Let's see how it works out for him!

Indeed. We'll see how he likes it when the Saiyans train to get stronger than him!

[johnboy1]

If I had to guess, it's that Frieza's plan is to be so ungodly powerful that he's unbeatable by himself (not roping his brother into it, in other words). It would be his next, last, and permanently fatal lesson: Nobody has his back. Assuming the Power Rangers-esque color squad of Goku, Vegeta, Gohan, Piccolo, and Broly are really being prepped for this confrontation, Frieza's going to find that dealing with all five of them simultaneously is NOT going to be a repeat of his fun time from the early Namek fight.

The only question is how long it will take for those five to realize that they don't have to fight him one-on-one. In true DB fashion, that's gonna be what takes up 90% of the fight.

[Nickolaidas]

I think that Frieza is aware of the next arc's Big Bad and purposefully spared Goku and Vegeta because he knows he needs their help to tag team the Big Bad and beat.

While in the past such tactics would seem inconceivable for Frieza, the Tournament of Power more than proved that he's willing to use his enemies in order to take down stronger foes.

Also, bonus theory / tinfoil hatting time: Frieza training and earning his power instead of just being born with it makes him appreciate and respect other people who are able to reach equal levels of power. I think he may become Street Fighter IV's Sagat, in the way that that he begins to appreciate the thrill of experiencing the mettle and character of other people through combat and starts seeing them not as maggots to be squashed, but as rivals to respect and exchange blows with. We see this in the Broly movie by him not wanting to become immortal any more because 'the game would not be fun that way'. He clearly sees immortality as 'cheating' right now, which basically means he is starting to have a moral code of sorts. And if you think about it, every improvement in Frieza's personality is achieved through toil. Frieza didn't earn his first resurrection, which is why he seems to have learned almost nothing about respect and fair play. His second resurrection, however, was a humongous trial which probably made him appreciate his third chance a lot more than his second one.

There is definitely some play with the writers since the ToP to make him and the heroes not be completely hostile towards one another. Gogeta is not hostile towards him after Broly is defeated, Frieza takes the L with grace, Black Frieza spares Goku and Vegeta ... you can see that the animosity between Goku and Frieza is definitely lessened after the ToP. Whether that is because they are saving Frieza for his final death in a future arc, or because these are the first steps of him pulling a Negan remains to be seen.

[Koitsukai]

There is definitely some play with the writers since the ToP to make him and the heroes not be completely hostile towards one another. Gogeta is not hostile towards him after Broly is defeated, Frieza takes the L with grace, Black Frieza spares Goku and Vegeta ... you can see that the animosity between Goku and Frieza is definitely lessened after the ToP. Whether that is because they are saving Frieza for his final death in a future arc, or because these are the first steps of him pulling a Negan remains to be seen.

This is narratively organic and a good thing. It'd be boring if we had characters being unfazed by literally the most extreme experiences they could possibly go through.
Freeza becoming good is a no-go, of course, but changing his dynamics with the saiyans is interesting.