Would you ever want an as-yet-unwritten arc to end with the Dragon Team ganging up on the main villain?

[johnboy1]

Just about every major threat in the series has ultimately been felled by a single person, or by two people working in tandem. This, in a series where the number of competent fighters on Goku's side sits at over a dozen. They flirted with this during the Saiyan arc, but it wasn't so much that they fought Vegeta together as it was Vegeta getting worn down by a succession of independent assaults. Probably the real closest example is the filler segments of the Kamehameha duel with Cell, where everyone present did chip damage to distract him from Gohan. I thought we were finally going to get the real deal with Gomah, but as soon as their childhood state was undone, we went back to "Okay, now it's your turn to fight".

[WittyUsername]

I wouldn’t be against it, but I assume the overall consensus would be “that’s not how Dragon Ball works.”

[Grimlock]

If it hasn't happened yet, then maybe it's time. Unless we still want more of Goku and Vegeta at all times on our screen.

[Kenji]

That already exists, it's the Saiyan Saga lol
But yes, I would like to see it happening again.

[Koitsukai]

Didn't Jiren fight Goku, Freeza and 17 at the same time? I mean, he did, but why doesn't that count?
And not just once, Goku, Vegeta and 17 were also fighitng Jiren together before the main course.

Saganbo took on every character available at the time, but I understand he wasn't the major threat.

[Alruneia]

I'm guessing the qualifier would be that it's a team battle the whole time and there's no segment where the fight turns into a one-on-one? Like, Jiren doesn't count because of the big UI Goku vs Jiren part, and Vegeta doesn't count because of the big Goku vs Vegeta part?

I mean, now (after chapter 104 of the DBS manga) is the best time for it, isn't it? Goku, Vegeta, Gohan, Piccolo and Broly are all roughly on the same level, so they'd all be able to pull their weight in a team battle. The "too many cooks" concept probably kicks in pretty fast, though, I feel like an extended mass brawl like that would be really messy. The heroes would get tangled up in each other (except Goku because of UI I guess lol) and it'd also be visually very busy and hard to read/watch. So I don't think a "let's all jump him at once" approach is gonna make for good content, it'd be better executed on page/screen with a small and coordinated team. Two people would probably be the best team size for a long battle, maybe three people at most. The easiest example is that they could absolutely have Goku and Vegeta fight a main antagonist side-by-side the whole time. No fusion, no taking turns, only teamwork. Honestly it's kinda what I'd hope to see in a hypothetical final battle with Black Frieza, just UI Goku and UE Vegeta side by side battling him simultaneously without it ever becoming a one-on-one.

So from me, no to a big pile-on, but yes to a two-on-one fight and probably yes to a three-on-one fight.

[JulieYBM]

I mean, that's basically just the Tournament of Power arc with Jiren's defeat at the hands of Gokuu, Freeza and #17. I'd like more of that, but I want it to be part of a character arc for those characters. Gokuu's relationships with Freeza and #17 being a pretty big part of the Tournament of Power made their final combination strike really impactful.

[BernardoCairo]

I mean, that's basically just the Tournament of Power arc with Jiren's defeat at the hands of Gokuu, Freeza and #17. I'd like more of that, but I want it to be part of a character arc for those characters. Gokuu's relationships with Freeza and #17 being a pretty big part of the Tournament of Power made their final combination strike really impactful.

I agree. In fact, I'd say Freeza was probably the best character in the Tournament of Power. Him and Goku working together was the perfect ending to the story.

[goku the krump dancer]

Hatchiyack was defeated by a multiman team attack.

Broly in Movie 10 was defeat by the Son Family trio.

Clone Broly was defeated by Goten, Trunks and Krillin in movie 11.

Technically everyone chipped in to beat Boo and Shenron for that matter in GT as well. I guess Moro would count for that as well.

Cell Max was sorta ganged up on too.

Not to shift topics but if anything as mostly crap as the Granolah arc was, the final fight ending in basically a no contest is not only different but sorta interesting.

[Kid Buu]

The Lord Slug battle was basically a team up, and I thought that battle was awesome.

[PhantomSaiyan]

I also love teamups like everyone else in this thread. What's there not to love? Of course I'd like to see more of them.

The fact that the Z Fighters don't often team up makes the situation seem all the more desperate whenever they do, and helps to be extra invested in whatever threat is currently going on. Bonus points if it's an unlikely teamup, but that's not necessary for me.

I love the Saiyan arc final fight of everyone (the ones who were left anyway) vs Vegeta fight, probably my favorite part of the entire franchise. Gives you that feeling that the characters really are throwing everything they have at the enemy

[MCDaveG]

There is one team-up and I loved it as a kid, in both versions of Plan To Destroy Saiyans.