Your Defining Dragon Ball Moment?

[MetaMoss]

What moment in the whole Dragon Ball series just defines the rest for you? For me, it was when Goku defeated Piccolo Daimao with that Kamehameha-power blow. That was just awesome. The Ozaru? More awesome.

[kaialone]

What moment in the whole Dragon Ball series just defines the rest for you? For me, it was when Goku defeated Piccolo Daimao with that Kamehameha-power blow. That was just awesome. The Ozaru? More awesome.

That.That wasthe moment when my 6-year old self realized just what that was that I was watching.Normally I was just watching things without getting a thing.

[Codarik]

For me it's when Goku finally arrived to the battlefield, saved Gohan, and saw some of his friends dead. Then took his anger out on Nappa.

[Pokewhiz7]

Cell killing 16 and causing Gohan to go SSJ2.

[penguintruth]

Cell killing 16 and causing Gohan to go SSJ2.

This.

As I wrote in my Top 15 DB/Z/GT Moments article:

My absolute favorite moment in the Dragon Ball franchise is Gohan's transformation into the second full Super Saiyan form at the Cell Games. Since Gohan first appeared, his hidden potential had always been brought up, and it had always been speculated that he could one day surpass his father. Frustrated at not getting at this power, Cell deployed the Cell Juniors to beat on his father and friends, but Gohan was still holding back. The final straw is Cell's stomping to death of the already disabled Artificial Human #16 who just wanted peace and valued that and nature the way Gohan had. Gohan explodes with rage, accompanied by the song "Unmei no Hi ~Tamashii tai Tamashii~" ("Day of Destiny ~Spirit vs Spirit") sung by Kageyama Hinorobu that echos the importance of that moment: Gohan is finally reaching his potential, and Cell is in for the fight of his life. Ultimately, we know Gohan prevails, but this is the real moment of triumph. The son has surpassed the father.

[Piccolo Daimao]

Same here. That scene always gives me chills.

[Booney]

The whole SSJ Goku vs Freeza battle.

Well not exactly the fight between them but rather what went on before.
They had been through all that shit on Earth against the Saiyans and now with all of their power, exhausted, they had finally killed the greatset evil the universe had ever known.
When they thought they had finally killed him with the Genki-dama, only for him to pop back up again and kill Piccolo and Krillin.
The desperation, no way out of it, it was over.
That really got me into it.

Mainly because I was used to happy ending cartoons back then.
To see this happen to characters I had grown to love I was shocked.
A real eye-openener into the real world.

Ofcourse Goku went SSJ and in the end it all did turn out ok, but still, that moment really got me.

I still pains me to see Trunks kill Freeza and his father that easy for that reason.
I mean, it was so disapointing that my favorite moment in the series meant nothing after that, and so fast.

[Ussj Future Trunks]

Goku becoming SSJ on Namek or Goku vs Tien

[TheLegendary117]

Majin Vegeta sacrificing himself to try and kill Majin Buu. To see Vegeta make such a decision was incredible, to see that it did absolutely no good was unreal.

[Ketchup_Revenge]

The battle against Freeza as a whole. It was the last time in the canon series in which the dragonballs were a major part of the story.

[Snail]

Movie 8.

Prior to the viewing, I had only been exposed to the first 13 episodes of Dragon Ball, so you can imagine my reaction.

[KKZ]

Can I say the entirety of Movie 9? I guess I'll label that as the Definitive Dragon Ball Experience!

If I had to pick just one moment, I'd probably have to go with SSJ2 Gohan finally defeating Perfect Cell. Goku's Instant Transmission Kamehameha against Cell, Goku's SSJ Transformation in Movie 5, Piccolo fusing with Kami, Majin Vegeta sacrificing himself against Majin Buu, Mystic Gohan handing Super Buu his ass, and Tenshinhan holding off Imperfect Cell with multiple Kikoho blasts are also big favorites of mine.

[Zionist]

Cell killing 16 and causing Gohan to go SSJ2.

Likewise

[TheLegendary117]

One of my favorites was the scene where Vegeta goes berserk on Cell once he kills Trunks. Seeing that for the first time got me all wound up, I still do. Giving everything he's got to try and avenge his son only to get completely f***ed up
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vRKNBD_-jrc

[Ahiru77]

The whole SSJ Goku vs Freeza battle.

Well not exactly the fight between them but rather what went on before.
They had been through all that shit on Earth against the Saiyans and now with all of their power, exhausted, they had finally killed the greatset evil the universe had ever known.
When they thought they had finally killed him with the Genki-dama, only for him to pop back up again and kill Piccolo and Krillin.
The desperation, no way out of it, it was over.
That really got me into it.

Mainly because I was used to happy ending cartoons back then.
To see this happen to characters I had grown to love I was shocked.
A real eye-openener into the real world.

Ofcourse Goku went SSJ and in the end it all did turn out ok, but still, that moment really got me.

I still pains me to see Trunks kill Freeza and his father that easy for that reason.
I mean, it was so disapointing that my favorite moment in the series meant nothing after that, and so fast.

My defining moment ruins your defining moment ?!

This show is tearing me apart! :<


Well atleast the popularity poll clearly shows that Goku vs Freeza didn't mean nothing.......at all.

[songohan619]

My moment is after Cell finally is defeated, with everyone happy, including Goku, even though he`s dead.

[Jackal puFF]

Mine would have to be Goku's classic beam struggle with Vegeta. Everything was epic about it. Yajirobe slicing Vegeta's back was nice too!

Another one would be the Spirit Bomb used on Buu and of course the Kamehameha that killed Cell.

[Rocketman]

An exhausted Piccolo who just wasted a huge amount of power nuking the Budokai swatting the fresh 'n rested supporting cast away with one hand because ~GOKU~ is the ~ONLY ONE~ who can do anything.

[Michsi]

Dragonball has two defining moments for me.

1. Goku sacrificing himself to defeat Raditz. Basically the entire fight vs. Raditz but particuallry that scene where he gets pierced by the Piccolo's attack while holding Raditz.

2. Goku turning SSJ. It's not necessarily one of my favorite scenes but I consider it almost symbolic for DB and it sorta defines what the show/story became later on. As much as I hate the fact that the saiyans took over the show via SSJ transformations, I can't help but admit the SSJ appearance is one of the most well recognized desings in the anime industry and international media in general.

[Scarz]

When Goku becomes a SSJ for the first time. I remember watching it on a bootleg video and even though I was somewhat of DB fan it was that episode that made love the series.