Do you think Goku will have another child?

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Do you think Goku will have another child?

Post by TenshiGokuu » Tue Feb 04, 2014 2:12 am

So yeah basicly at the end of the buu saga, goku is revived back pretty much and the story slows down there. My question is do you think goku will have another child with chi chi, like it would be cool if he had a daughter or something, cause them maybe she could turn into super saiyan also and plus since goku will start getting older i think his age will make him stay at home more and take care of his kid. rather than run off somewhere and train again.

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Re: Do you think Goku will have another child?

Post by Tanooki Kuribo » Tue Feb 04, 2014 2:27 am

TenshiGokuu wrote:and plus since goku will start getting older i think his age will make him stay at home more and take care of his kid. rather than run off somewhere and train again.
As long as Goku's alive, he'll always want to train. Hell, him and Vegeta eventually have an all-out brawl on a planet somewhere before they die of old age!
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Re: Do you think Goku will have another child?

Post by Polyphase Avatron » Tue Feb 04, 2014 2:30 am

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Re: Do you think Goku will have another child?

Post by Chuquita » Tue Feb 04, 2014 2:41 am

I think he and Chi-Chi are too old by that point to have another baby. They're both in their mid-to-late-40's (47?) at the end of Z. It's likely Chi-Chi's hit menopause by then.
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Re: Do you think Goku will have another child?

Post by Sylveon » Tue Feb 04, 2014 2:49 am

Hey, Bulma and Vegeta had a kid in their late 40s. It's possible.

But considering Goku and Chi-Chi are already grandparents at the end of the series, I doubt it.
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Re: Do you think Goku will have another child?

Post by TenshiGokuu » Tue Feb 04, 2014 2:49 am

Chuquita wrote:I think he and Chi-Chi are too old by that point to have another baby. They're both in their mid-to-late-40's (47?) at the end of Z. It's likely Chi-Chi's hit menopause by then.
he looks really young, like in his late 20s or early 30s. and plus hes a saiyan, chichi on the other hand might have less chance but, who knows , its dragon ball z goku can wish shenron to stop chichis's menopause or whatever that is, and have a kid.
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Re: Do you think Goku will have another child?

Post by TenshiGokuu » Tue Feb 04, 2014 2:52 am

Sylveon wrote:Hey, Bulma and Vegeta had a kid in their late 40s. It's possible.

But considering Goku and Chi-Chi are already grandparents at the end of the series, I doubt it.
I have an aunt whos 3 years younger than me. so i think its still possible to have another kid even when your a grandparent.

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Re: Do you think Goku will have another child?

Post by flashback0180 » Tue Feb 04, 2014 4:18 am

LOL :D , No goku is what !?...53 something and chichi is literally as old as a grandma for a 12 year old.

Even if we did Ignore GT , goku will be 45+ and chic chi will still be a grandma for a 4 year old. It would make more sense if Gohon had a another kid ..

Which probably will never happen, Because even though toriyama wasn't heavily involved with GT he still loved it and worked as a part of it. He wouldn't intentionally ruin the storyline.

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Re: Do you think Goku will have another child?

Post by Blade » Tue Feb 04, 2014 5:00 am

Given that Gohan and Videl have Pan, making Goku therefore a grandfather, I think Toriyama has probably chosen to end Goku's own productivity at this point in the story.
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Re: Do you think Goku will have another child?

Post by DBZ Mick » Tue Feb 04, 2014 5:04 am

Think Goku and Chi-Chi are a little too old at this point (more Chichi)...
It is in his character to be rude and a bit crass. He's a hick, with no formal education. That is Son Goku. That is who he is.

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Re: Do you think Goku will have another child?

Post by Tzigi » Tue Feb 04, 2014 5:33 am

Let's break the question up into several parts:
1. When could they have another child? According to which "canon" do we want to look at it?
2. How old would they be (actually how old will Chi-chi be - men never stop to be able sire children [the Guinness record holder fathered a child at the age of 92 years and 10 months] so Goku's age doesn't really count)?
3. Do we have real world precedents for women of such age bearing children?

1. We don't see any new children in the last chapters of Dragon Ball so we can assume that during the 10 years after the Buu saga Goku and Chi-chi had no new children. If we go then by the manga canon then the first year the child could be born would be 784. If we go by the anime canon - including GT - then the only way it could happen would be for Chi-chi to already pregnant with the third child during the fights against the Shadow Dragons (we don't see any new children earlier) - so the child would probably be born around 790, 791 at the latest. By the way, it would probably require Goku to father such a child while being SSJ4 - unless we have to look also for the youngest fathers (the youngest I could find was 11 years old - so if Goku was transformed by Shenlong to have the exact same age as in the beginning of Dragon Ball, then it would be theoretically possible - but Chi-chi doesn't strike me as a paedophile so I don't consider this likely).
2. How old would Chi-chi be? She was born in 737 so that gives us 47 for the manga canon possibility and 54 for the anime canon. By the way Goku was born in the same year but since he spent 7 years in the afterlife and was revived only then, he's physically 7 years younger then Chi-chi.
3. If Wikipedia is to be trusted on this topic, then, yeah, we have quite a wealth of precedents. The trouble is most of those women conceived only via special treatments (even the oldest women to conceive naturally did so while receiving hormonal treatment). But still, at the Wikipedia list there are some women over the age of 54 to conceive naturally.

So in theory it would be possible for Goku and Chi-chi to have another child.

And now let's move from the In-Universe to General Franchise Discussion :)
Would such a character be seen as beneficial to the franchise? I don't think so. Goku's the main cash generating character, Vegeta and Piccolo also are quite universally loved. The second generation doesn't seem to inspire such a following - the only well-liked character seems to be Trunks (and even then only in his future incarnation). Gohan is regarded as un-Dragon-Ball-like and Goten... You know what I'm talking about (actually Goten is my favourite character but that doesn't change my perception of the fact that he's poorly viewed in the fandom). So why would the creators go with another character who's unlikely to be liked - so eventual merchandise featuring him won't sell well..? There's a bunch of new young characters for the viewers to identify with - the "Dragon Ball Heroes" (meant here as a name of the group in Toyotaro's manga - not as the card game). So creating a new child for Goku would be kinda pointless.

By the way, the title of the thread goes "Do you think Goku will have another child?". It could also imply Goku having children with different women. I see this as out of character for Goku but some fanfic/fanfcomic writers don't - so, while it's highly improbable, we could get Goku's son a la Xicor or (God forbid) Goku's daughter a la Mary Sue.

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Re: Do you think Goku will have another child?

Post by 90sDBZ » Tue Feb 04, 2014 5:49 am

If he did it would sure screw GT up.

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Re: Do you think Goku will have another child?

Post by Sylveon » Tue Feb 04, 2014 5:58 am

Some women can remain fertile well into their fifties(though it's very rare). Women giving birth in their late forties is not uncommon these days. Bulma had Bra when she was 46-47, which is the same age Chi-Chi was at the end of the manga so... there's in-universe precedent at least. However, it can cause serious problems for both the mother and baby, and getting pregnant over the age of forty in general is not recommended. (There are also risks involved with older fathers, such as a higher chance of autism.)

Goku doesn't seen like the kind of guy who'd sleep around with other women so I think that rules out any possible child not mothered by Chi-Chi.

It's a possibility, but I doubt it. If Toriyama wanted Goku to have another kid, he would have made Pan his daughter rather than his granddaughter. Plus, neither GT nor Dragon Ball Online mention him having another kid.

But hey, the only definitive canon is the manga. For all we know, they did have another kid.

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Re: Do you think Goku will have another child?

Post by dbboxkaifan » Tue Feb 04, 2014 8:42 am

I don't know but it's not very healthy for a 60-plus year old woman to give birth to a child let alone if she's in her 80's or 90's.

This might gross you out: http://dailyscene.com/most-bizare92-yea ... -old-baby/

Also, I don't know if Goku's penis would be that strong to even make it happen with Chichi, or if he even could any more.

Oh god what a creepy topic. :|
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Re: Do you think Goku will have another child?

Post by Mystic Buu » Tue Feb 04, 2014 8:54 am

TenshiGokuu wrote:
Chuquita wrote:I think he and Chi-Chi are too old by that point to have another baby. They're both in their mid-to-late-40's (47?) at the end of Z. It's likely Chi-Chi's hit menopause by then.
he looks really young, like in his late 20s or early 30s. and plus hes a saiyan, chichi on the other hand might have less chance but, who knows , its dragon ball z goku can wish shenron to stop chichis's menopause or whatever that is, and have a kid.
Hahaha,i think that is useless wish on Shenron.I mean they are more than 40 years old so I think he won't have another child.

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Re: Do you think Goku will have another child?

Post by Sin » Tue Feb 04, 2014 9:38 am

Tzigi wrote:By the way Goku was born in the same year but since he spent 7 years in the afterlife and was revived only then, he's physically 7 years younger then Chi-chi.
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Re: Do you think Goku will have another child?

Post by thatdbzguy » Tue Feb 04, 2014 9:40 am

dbboxkaifan wrote: Also, I don't know if Goku's penis would be that strong to even make it happen with Chichi, or if he even could any more.
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Re: Do you think Goku will have another child?

Post by Marco Polo » Tue Feb 04, 2014 10:03 am

I don't think he will have another child.

IMO the only reason Goten was born is because FPSSJ Goku in the period before the Cell Games was insisting on not training and instead relaxing and chilling and stuff. After the Buu Saga he is not in that kind of mindset and prefers to spend his time training.

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Re: Do you think Goku will have another child?

Post by DonZ » Tue Feb 04, 2014 10:32 am

I would prefer a girl, they already have two sons. i think a daughter would be good and refreshing :D

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Re: Do you think Goku will have another child?

Post by dbboxkaifan » Tue Feb 04, 2014 11:09 am

DonZ wrote:I would prefer a girl, they already have two sons. i think a daughter would be good and refreshing :D
Pan with Goku in Dragon Ball GT felt more like a daughter than a granddaughter, I guess that's as close as you'll get.
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