Gogeta

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Gogeta
ゴジータ (Gojīta)
Film DBGT
English Name(s)	Gogeta (FUNimation) Gogeta (Bandai Namco) Gogeta (Toei)
Name Pun	Son Goku + Vegeta
Anime Debut	Dragon Ball Z Movie 12
Japanese VA	Masako Nozawa + Ryō Horikawa
Funimation VA	Sean Schemmel + Christopher R. Sabat

Gogeta, the Metamoran dance-based fusion of Son Goku and Vegeta, is a fictional character in the Dragon Ball franchise. Gogeta originally debuted in the twelfth Dragon Ball Z theatrical film in 1995. A character of the same name was used in Super Saiyan 4 form in the Dragon Ball GT television series in 1997. Gogeta's original design was adapted by Akira Toriyama for the 2018 theatrical film Dragon Ball Super: Broly.

Biography

The ultimate warrior, Gogeta is the result of fusion between Son Goku and Vegeta using the special dance Goku learned from the people of Planet Metamor. Gogeta's clothing is the native garb of these people. All of Gogeta's abilities, such as his power and speed, are given a super upgrade courtesy of the fusion. However, perhaps due to Vegeta's influence, it seems his personality becomes a little bad. The failed attempt, Veku, is extremely weak, but his bad personality itself is the same.

Dragon Ball Z Movie 12

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Dragon Ball GT

TBD

Dragon Ball Super: Broly

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Name

Gogeta's name is a clear combination of Goku (悟空, Gokū) and Vegeta (ベジータ, Bejīta) into Gogeta (ゴジータ, Gojīta), in line with other similar combinations of character names for fusions.

The character's name has been transliterated as "Gozita" in the past; this is likely due to the placement of the ジ (ji) character in katakana as part of the "z-" syllable row (za, ji, zu, ze, zo). All modern materials now use "Gogeta".

An incomplete, failed version of the fusion appears in the twelfth Dragon Ball Z theatrical film, named by the Southern Kaiō as not a "Gogeta", but a "Veku" (ベクウ, Bekū), itself a separate combination of Vegeta (ベジータ, Bejīta) and Goku (悟空, Gokū). This failed version subsequently also appears in Dragon Ball Super: Broly.

Production

Chapter 502's original serialization notes "Gogeta" as appearing next chapter

Gogeta and "Veku" designs from Daizenshuu 6

The idea for fusion in the Dragon Ball series was suggested by Masakazu Katsura, fellow manga artist and friend to Akira Toriyama, who was struggling with a way to power-up his heroes beyond the (by then) traditional and standard Super Saiyan transformations. Gotenks, a fusion of Son Goten and the present-timeline Trunks, debuts in chapter 480 of the manga, originally serialized in July 1994.

The twelfth Dragon Ball Z film — The Rebirth of Fusion!! Goku and Vegeta, written by Takao Koyama and directed by Shigeyasu Yamauchi with character designs by Tadayoshi Yamamuro — debuted in March 1995 featuring Gogeta.

Following this usage of fusion in the film, Toriyama once again struggled with what to do in the manga, ultimately using the Kaiōshin earrings — up to that point simply drawn as decoration — as another fusion method. From this, Vegetto was created, debuting in chapter 503 of the manga in January 1995. Promotional splash text at the bottom of chapter 502 states that the reader would see the birth of "Gogeta" in the following chapter, though the character explicitly names himself "Vegetto" (ベジット, Bejītto) in chapter 503; it is unknown whether this was a misprint or a last-minute decision change. Said text is present in the original Weekly Shōnen Jump 1995 No. 7 issue as well as volume 18 of the Dragon Ball manga's "Digest Edition" (Sōshūhen) re-release from January 2017.

In addition to the standard, "complete" fusion, two "failed" versions were also developed and designed: a "fat" version and a "skinny" version. The fat version is labeled as the 失敗作(ベクウ) version — literally the "Failed Work (Veku)" version — while the skinny version is also noted as a version of Veku. The fat version does appear in the twelfth Dragon Ball Z film, though the skinny version does not. Both the fat and skinny versions do make appearances in Dragon Ball Super: Broly.

Performance

Gogeta is played in all media by the standard dual-voice role of Masako Nozawa and Ryō Horikawa (as Son Goku and Vegeta, respectively).

Notable Appearances

Gogeta facing against Ginyu in his debut video game appearance, Dragon Ball Z: Ultimate Battle 22

Gogeta appears in three pieces of animation:

• The twelfth Dragon Ball Z theatrical film, originally screened in March 1995 (Super Saiyan only)
• The sixtieth episode of the Dragon Ball GT television series, originally aired in October 1997 (Super Saiyan 4 only)
• The Dragon Ball Super: Broly theatrical film, previewed in November 2018 with a wide theatrical release in December 2018 (regular, Super Saiyan, and Super Saiyan God Super Saiyan)

Gogeta makes his video game debut in 1995's Dragon Ball Z: Ultimate Battle 22 on the Sony PlayStation; the 2003 North American release of the game mistakenly refers to him as "Vegito". The character makes regular appearances in Dragon Ball video games after this point.

Additional Information

Akira Toriyama's drawing of Gogeta from 2006's "Dragon Box: The Movies"

Prior to the character's revival for 2018's Dragon Ball Super: Broly theatrical film, Akira Toriyama is known to have only drawn Gogeta once: to accompany his introductory message for 2006's "Dragon Box: The Movies" home video DVD box set.

The fansub group (TBD) adapted Gogeta's line in the twelfth Dragon Ball Z film as "I am neither Goku nor Vegeta... I am the instrument of your defeat!" While a somewhat liberal translation of the original dialog, this line became well-known enough that it made its way into the 2004 Webfoot Technologies GameBoy Advance game, Dragon Ball Z: Buu's Fury.