UPDATE: C-16 / GINYU / REACUM / SON GOHAN / SON GOKU / TEN SHIN HAN
CORRECTION:
Gohan's Anime version was wrong (the symbol had a colored circle when it's actually black in the anime). This has been fixed.
(LEFT: Wrong picture / RIGHT: Corrected picture).
I don't mention it in the descriptions (cause I would have to repeat it over and over), but if you play many old-gen 2D games - or watch pictures of them in
DNA's gallery), you'll notice they choose to erase any sign like the Kame Sen symbol on Goku's gi, the Commando Ginyu sign on Ginyu and Reacum's armors (as well as their scouters), the Red Ribon symbol on C-16's armor, and other examples like that. As you'll probably guess, this is to make the mirrored sprite more natural. Otherwise, depending on the player's position, the symbol would appear to teleport from one side to another, and sometimes be backwards too.
C-16:
1) Anime version.
2) Super Butoden version. The alternative costume for this Super NES video game shows a much greener shade of green.
3) Buyu Retsuden version. An alternative costume for this game, showing an orangy yellow tint for the armor, and a black suit (slightly blue-tinted, which is very obvious when comparing to the announcer's black outfit).
4) Ultimate Battle 22 version. The alternative appearance for this game shows a blue armor, with black (subtly turquoise-shaded) suit.
4) Budokai version N°1. The base outfit for this game has the suit being unusually blue.
5) Budokai version N°2. The alternative costume for this game displays the armor in a dark grey shade, while still retaining the blue suit.
6) Budokai 3 version. This time, the suit is back to normal black, and the alternative outfit for this game shows a much brighter grey color for the armor.
GINYU:
1) Anime version.
2) Kanzenban version. Ginyu shows a darker purple than on the anime. His scouter is now blue. The line on the side of the scouter is blue as well, but there is also supposed to be a red button which only appears on the "Goku possessed" picture down below. Note that the scouters belonging to Commando Ginyu are different than the one from Raditz, keeping their white color and various colors for lines and buttons, while Raditz' scouter is all dark grey, possibly hinting at a lower quality.
3) Dragon Ball Z (Arcade) version. A greenish skin for this game's alternative appearance, it does give a different "classic alien" feeling to the character. The scouter does not appear in-game.
1) Anime version.
2) Chapter 287 version. In the color pages of this manga chapter, Goku appears in his usual manga color scheme, but the scouter is unusually depicted as yellow. Counting anime and manga, the scouters will end up having as much color variations as lightsabers!
3) Kanzenban would-be version. Goku wears orange and has Ginyu's new Kanzenban scouter.
REACUM:
1) Anime version.
2) Dragon Ball Z (Arcade) version. You're not dreaming, and you probably never thought of it: Reacum has green hair for the alternate version of this video game. Note that the in-game version does not wear the armor, and it is unknown how it would be affected. The suit itself has a slight blue tint, ultimately making it a different grey than his original sprite, but it's much more subtle than his hair change as you can see on the pictures above. The scouter does not appear in-game.
3) Buyu Retsuden version. An alternative appearance for this game, still going with the recolored hair concept. It's pink/purple this time, with a yellowish green - or greenish yellow - armor. And you may not see it with this small picture, but his eyes are blue in this game! The scouter does not appear in-game.
4) Ultimate Battle 22 version. No change in his outfit for this video game's alternative look, recolored indigo hair seemed more than enough to the staff. Note how his suit is pitch black in this game (for the base appearance too), without the slightest reflection. The scouter does not appear in-game.
SON GOHAN:
1) Anime version.
2) Full-Color manga version. Using a lot of the anime colors, but the manga staff apparently had another opinion on what looked best for his hat, totally changing the color scheme for it. The symbol is different too, written in black with a colored circles unlike the anime, but like all other manga versions. Note that the hat and symbol could both be specifically borrowed from the "Daizenshuu 108 & 110 version", the one Toriyama used twice during the origina run. Some will argue that it takes away variety by taking out the big red part of the suit, while others - like me - will enjoy the more coherent feel that it gives (keeping the hat in line with the clothes).
3) Daizenshuu 108 & 110 version (with Kanzenban touch). From two artworks by Toriyama appearing on the Weekly Shonen Jump magazine. Features a ketchup-like orange-gone-almost-red top, with green for the under-clothes and hat. The tail has been adapted to the Kanzenban tone.
4) Daizenshuu 121 version. Used in the title page for chapter 228. Blue for the top, indigo for the under-clothes and hat.
5) Daizenshuu 122 version. From an artwork by Toriyama used as a poster. A pinkish purple tone for the under-clothes and hat while the top is blue.
6) Daizenshuu 130 version (with Kanzenban touch). From an artwork by Toriyama used in a 1989 WJ calendar. Apple green for the top, indigo/blue for the under-clothes. The tail has been adapted to the Kanzenban tone.
7) Daizenshuu 207 version (with Kanzenban touch). The latest representation of baby Gohan appears in the title page for chapter 404, when the young teenager prepares to fight Cell, showing his evolution so far. The tail has been adapted to the Kanzenban tone.
1) Anime / Kanzenban version. Red belt and red wrists, likely to mimic Piccolo's belt and natural wrists.
2) Original Manga version. For years, Toriyama had Gohan wearing blue wrists, possibly so that he would display some "Goku-like" part on his outfit.
3) Daizenshuu 112 & 114 version. In two artworks made by Toriyama for WJ, Gohan has purple wrists, fitting his outfit's main color.
4) Daizenshuu 125 & Daizenshuu Volume 7 version. A big change for Gohan, but originally used only once for the fully-colored pages in chapter 238, as well as the title page. It does reappear in the seventh Daizenshuu though. Here Gohan had the outfit from his master, but Piccolo apparently gave him another color as a distinctive sign. He also has Goku's blue for the wrists, distinguishing him from Piccolo even more.
5) Dragon Ball Z (Arcade) version. This alternative costume is reminiscent of Goku's gi, but does keep its own marks like the white collar, white wrists and a red belt. The bandana does not appear in-game.
6) Burst Limit version. The alternative oufit for this video game has Gohan wearing turquoise with dark orange wrists and belt.
7) Ultimate Tenkaichi version. The base outfit for this video game is like the original manga version, but reversed: red wrists, but a blue belt. In the same game, the same outfit for Gohan when he's on Namek has both the wrirts and the belt red.
SON GOKU:
1) Anime version.
2) Last part of
Dragon Ball Anime version. In the pre-Z original Dragon Ball series, as soon as Goku shows up all grown-up and gets his Kame Sen gi, his clothes change a bit: the under-shirt and the belt are both black. At the time, the Kame Sen symbol was also yellowish.
3) Original Manga / Full-Color Manga version. Goku's most famous outfit is not red, but orange in the manga. Different tints of this orange, sometimes going to yellow, were used throughout the artworks. All in all, Goku is supposed to wear the monks' colors according to Toriyama in the Daizenshu interview.
4) DBZ 2 Super Battle version. For this video game's alternative costume, the gi is immaculate white, with just a slight blue tint (only visible on shadows) that makes it look all the more bright white. The blue under-clothes are also much darker. I find this version pretty interesting, it gives an idea of a western-style Goku, where his outfit forgets about Shaolin influences and becomes more of a Karate costume. Note that the Kame Sen symbol does not appear in-game.
5) Burst Limit version. The alternative outfit for this video game shows a reversed color scheme for Goku, inverting the blue and orange, although not necessarily in the same shades.
TEN SHIN HAN:
1) Anime / Manga version.
2)
Ultimate Battle 22 version. For the alternative costume in this video game, you just have to invert Ten's regular color scheme: red goes green, green goes red.
It'll be corrected with the next update!
