
https://youtu.be/s-DoemCSr-s
Fast forward to Namek. The first crack at the image of this "most powerful warrior in the universe" Vegeta was fronting came when Zarbon let it slip out in front of Krillin, Bulma that he kicked Vegeta's ass 5 hours ago.

At this point they may been thinking this was all shit talking and not paying too much heed to it, so overall his reputation was maintain and he was still looked at as a very powerful warrior.

Then the Ginyu force came and Recoome totally thrashed Vegeta in front of everyone. The confidence Gohan and Krillin had in thinking he was just (if not better) than Goku and could pull out a win against impossible odds came plummeting. They realize that Vegeta isn't one of the top dogs he made himself out to be and he is kind of a bitch.


Fast forward to Freeza and they see Vegeta cower and try to flee from Freeza, and even witness him crying like a little bitch before getting killed. Needless to say Vegeta's reputation of being as good as Goku went to shit after that and he was looked at as a Goku lite if not more so a punching bag for villains. I'm pretty certain behind his back Krillin, Tien and Yamcha make fun of him.


His reputation only got thrashed even worse throughout the series as he got hammed in by Android 18 in front of everyone then Cell. Even in the Buu saga when he regain back some credibility by beating Goku, he ended up failing to beat the big boss of that season with a suicide attack.


At this point Z-senshi can always expect Vegeta to fail and their confidence in him turning the tide of battle and coming out with a win went to 0. I think everyone in Z-senshi just thinks vegeta is a good staller until Goku gets here now.

So as we see vegeta went from being considered by them as a great warrior who they were confident was like goku and could beat powerful foes by pulling out a win from his ass to being a staller whose only purpose was to hold off the villain long enough for Goku to get to the battlefield.








