Gogeta
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| ゴジータ (Gojīta) | |
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| 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.[1] A character of the same name was used in Super Saiyan 4 form in the Dragon Ball GT television series in 1997.[2] Gogeta's original design was adapted by Akira Toriyama[3] for the 2018 theatrical film Dragon Ball Super: Broly[4], effectively serving as a reboot of the character.
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.[5] Gogeta's design features Goku's bang and Vegeta's facial expressions.[6] 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.[7]
Dragon Ball Z Movie 12
Even as a Super Saiyan 3, Goku finds himself outmatched for the transformed Janenba. Vegeta, still dead, is transported to the battlefield as a last resort. After a bit of pleading and explaining, Goku convinces Vegeta to fuse with him. Following Goku's demonstration...
Dragon Ball GT
Following Vegeta's appearance and transformation into Super Saiyan 4, he and Goku (also a Super Saiyan 4) decide to use fusion to take on Yi Xing Long. Trunks, Gohan, and Goten distract the evil dragon along enough for the two to fuse, creating Super Saiyan 4 Gogeta. Yi Xing Long's attacks largely prove ineffective against Gogeta, who routinely mocks his opponent throughout the fight. Gogeta splits into five versions of himself and promises to completely eradicate his opponent with the resulting multiple Kamehameha blasts, but in actuality fires confetti as a gag. Gogeta is thoroughly unimpressed with Yi Xing Long, stating that he only needs a single finger to defeat him. Yi Xing Long uses the "minus energy" of his absorbed Dragon Balls to create a massive Power Ball, which he then condenses into an attack to launch at the Earth. Gogeta not only kicks the Power Ball back, but at the moment of impact, uses his own energy to convert the negative energy within the attack to positive energy; this energy change then negates the shroud of darkness covering the Earth. Ready to end the fight for good, Gogeta uses the Big Bang Kamehameha, but Yi Xing Long is somehow able to withstand the attack. Gogeta prepares to use the attack once more, but right before he fires, the fusion runs out and splits the two back into Goku and Vegeta. Goku figures that due to the amount of power used up in a Super Saiyan 4 fusion, the overall fusion time is reduced, in this case to about ten minutes.
Dragon Ball Super: Broly
Following Broli's transformation into a Super Saiyan, Goku and Vegeta find themselves outmatched even in Super Saiyan Blue. Running out of additional options, the two settle on using the fusion dance. Goku and Piccolo demonstrate the dance for Vegeta, who has thus far only heard about it from Trunks. Following misalignment of fingers and incorrect angles resulting in obese and skinny forms, respectively, the two finally perform the dance correctly. Piccolo wonders what to call this new fusion, who ultimately decides that it would indeed be cooler if he had a name, and if "Vegetto" came from the Potara, this is "Gogeta".
Gogeta teleports back to fight with Broli, sparring for a bit before transforming into a Super Saiyan himself. Broli fires back against Gogeta's Kamehameha, warping the two into a sort of colorful, alternate dimension-esque location. Broli then bulks into his Full Power Super Saiyan form, prompting Gogeta to turn Super Saiyan Blue. Running directly through the flames from Broli's mouth, Gogeta continues his assault, finishing with a rainbow-colored ball of energy. Broli continues to fight back, though clearly on the losing end of this match. As Gogeta fires one more Kamehameha to finish him off, Broli is whisked away to Planet Vampa courtesy of Cheelye making a wish to Shenlong.
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. Early merchandise such as Carddass cards labeled this failed fusion under the "Gogeta" name[8], while subsequent releases and merchandise would stick with "Veku" as a standard name.
The 2003 American release of Dragon Ball Z: Ultimate Battle 22 on the Sony PlayStation mistakenly names Gogeta as "Vegeto" (missing prior "Vegetto" and "Vegito" name spelling conventions in the process of mistaking the character's name as a whole).
Production
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.[9] 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.
Due to 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.[9] 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 perhaps indicates a last-minute name change decision. 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.[10][11]
In addition to the standard, "complete" fusion, two "failed" versions were also developed and designed: a "fat" version and a "skinny" version.[7][12] The fat version is labeled as the 失敗作(ベクウ) version — literally the "Failed Work (Veku)" version[7] — while the skinny version is also noted as a version of Veku.[12] 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 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[13]; 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.
Super Saiyan Gogeta is seen facing Broli in the opening animation to 2004's Dragon Ball Z 3, while Super Saiyan 4 Gogeta is seen facing Yi Xing Long in the opening animation to 2011's Dragon Ball: Ultimate Blast.
Transformations
Super Saiyan
In the twelfth Dragon Ball Z film, Goku and Vegeta finally perform the fusion dance correctly to form Gogeta, who appears immediately in Super Saiyan form. In Dragon Ball Super: Broly, the two first form Gogeta in an non-transformed state before ramping up to Super Saiyan. Gogeta appears in Super Saiyan form in most of his subsequent video game inclusions.
Super Saiyan 2
Gogeta reaches Super Saiyan 2 in the Dragon Ball Heroes card-based video game through various actions. Through the JPJ-21 promotional card (originally distributed with the September 2014 issue of Shueisha's V-Jump magazine that July), for example, Gogeta will transform into Super Saiyan 2 during the second round while also receiving a boost of 3000 to power.
Super Saiyan 3
As part of the "Sparking Campaign" alongside the "Galaxy Mission 3" update, Gogeta received a Super Saiyan 3 transformation in Dragon Ball Heroes in 2012. The August 2012 issue of Shueisha's V-Jump magazine heavily promoted this transformation, and included three cards (a Super Saiyan 3 Vegeta card and a Super Saiyan 3 Goku card, alongside a Super Saiyan 3 Gotenks card) allowing players to access the form.[14] The character received his first individual card already in the Super Saiyan 3 transformation, HG3-CP4, that same update. Certain cards, such as HJ8-51, allow Super Saiyan 3 Gogeta to further transform into Golden Great Ape.
Super Saiyan 4
Goku and Vegeta fuse in Super Saiyan 4 form to create Super Saiyan 4 Gogeta.[2] The resulting fusion has red hair and a bit of a childish personality. With ten times the power of a single Super Saiyan 4, Gogeta is capable of defeating Yi Xing Long with a single finger. The character's "dream attack" combines the Big Bang Attack and Kamehameha, creating the Big Bang Kamehameha. Due to the fusion's overwhelming power in Super Saiyan 4, the usual time limit of 30 minutes is reduced to only 10 minutes.[15]
Super Saiyan God Super Saiyan
Following Broli's transformation into his Full Power Super Saiyan form in the 2018 Dragon Ball Super: Broly theatrical film, Gogeta himself transforms from regular Super Saiyan into Super Saiyan God Super Saiyan to continue the fight. Gogeta appears to easily handle Broli in this form, able to run directly through his mouth-flames and use a familiar rainbow-colored ball of energy. Gogeta in Super Saiyan God Super Saiyan was subsequently added to video games such as Dragon Ball XENOVERSE 2 (where it appeared as paid downloadable content in the game's "Extra Pack 4") and the Super Dragon Ball Heroes series.
Golden Great Ape
Certain forms of Gogeta in the Dragon Ball Heroes series are able to transform even further, such as the Super Saiyan 3 Gogeta card HJ8-51 being able to transform into a giant form Golden Great Ape during the second round of a battle.
EX Gogeta
In addition to the standard dance fusion-resulting Gogeta, using Bulma's special Metamo-Ring in 2016's Dragon Ball Fusions on the Nintendo 3DS allows Son Goku and Vegeta to fuse into "EX Gogeta" (character no. 120).[16] Players may face Goku and Vegeta in a series of late-game battles (Sub-Event: "Four Fists Are Better Than Two") that sees the two progress up through various forms, including Super Saiyan 4 and Super Saiyan God Super Saiyan, before fusing into EX Gogeta.
Players may then fuse their own characters to create EX Gogeta, provided the three requirements are met:
- Goku (Adult) is over level 60
- Vegeta is over level 60
- Sub-event "Four Fists Are Better Than Two" is cleared
Goku and Vegeta's EX Fusion form. Their personalities are completely opposite, but they are both Saiyans, so their lust for strength is immense.
— EX Gogeta in-game character profile, Dragon Ball Fusions
Techniques
Soul Punisher / Stardust Breaker
Originally used against Janenba in the twelfth Dragon Ball Z theatrical film, the Soul Punisher (ソウルパニッシャー, Souru Panisshā) is a rainbow-colored ball of energy. The attack is sometimes also named the Stardust Breaker (スターダストブレイカー, Sutādasuto Bureikā) in video games. Gogeta uses this attack in most forms, including as Super Saiyan God Super Saiyan against Broli in Dragon Ball Super: Broly, and as a Golden Great Ape in the Dragon Ball Heroes video games.
Kamehameha
Announces he will use against Yi Xing Long, but instead fires confetti.
Big Bang Kamehameha
The Big Bang Kamehameha (ビックバンかめはめ波, Biggu Ban Kamehameha) is a ball of energy formed by two outstretched hands, then fired at the opponent. The attack name combines the Big Bang Attack from Vegeta and the Kamehameha from Goku. Super Saiyan 4 Gogeta uses the Big Bang Kamehameha against Yi Xing Long in the Dragon Ball GT series. Alongside its improved 100x Big Bang Kamehameha super move variation, the standard Big Bang Kamehameha makes its video game debut in Dragon Ball Z 3 for the Sony PlayStation 2 in 2004 as an available technique for Super Saiyan 4 Gogeta, who regularly receives it as an available attack in most games moving forward.
Additional Information
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 "Anime Densetsu no Kaitakusha" adapted Gogeta's line in the twelfth Dragon Ball Z film as "I am not Goku nor Vegeta. I am the instrument of your defeat."[17] While a somewhat liberal translation of the original dialog[note 1], this line became well-known enough that it made its way into the 2004 Webfoot Technologies Game Boy Advance game, Dragon Ball Z: Buu's Fury; FUNimation's home video release of the respective film (with its own separate English dub dialog and accurate subtitle translation track) would not be out until March 2006.
Notes
- ↑ A conservative translation of the line would perhaps be, "I am neither Goku nor Vegeta... I am the one who will defeat you!"
References
- ↑ Dragon Ball Z: The Rebirth of Fusion!! Goku and Vegeta. Japan: 1995 Toei Anime Fair (Spring). 04 March 1995.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Fusion!! The Ultimate Super Gogeta". Dragon Ball GT. Episode 60. Japan: Fuji TV, 22 October 1997.
- ↑ "2018 'Dragon Ball Super' Theatrical Film Revealed as Broli Movie" (09 July 2018). Kanzenshuu. Retrieved: 11 January 2019.
- ↑ Dragon Ball Super: Broly. Japan: Formal Nationwide Theatrical Debut. 14 December 2018.
- ↑ Anime J Wing Act.15. Weekly Shōnen Jump, 1995 #28. Japan: Shueisha, June 1995. (pp. ##)
- ↑ "DBZ the Movies No. 12". Dragon Ball Daizenshuu 6: Movies & TV Specials. Japan: Shueisha, 04 December 1995. ISBN 4-08-782756-9. (p. #)
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 Jump Anime Library 1: Dragon Ball Z Movie 12. Japan: Shueisha, 03 June 1995. (pp. 58, 71)
- ↑ "第２２弾【VS魔人ブウ編】". Dragon Ball Extra Daizenshuu: Carddass Perfect File Part 1. Japan: Shueisha, 10 January 1996. ISBN 4-08-102016-7. (p. 115)
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 "Akira Toriyama Super Interview". Dragon Ball Daizenshuu 6: Movies & TV Specials. Japan: Shueisha, 04 December 1995. ISBN 4-08-782756-9. (p. #)
- ↑ Dragon Ball Chapter 502: "Is This Gonna Work?! The Potara Fusion!". Dragon Ball Digest Edition — Super Goku Legend, Legend 18: Majin Boo Arc (Part 3). Japan: Shueisha, 13 January 2017. ISBN 978-4-08-111182-4. (p. #)
- ↑ @VegettoEX (08 March 2018). Twitter. Retrieved: 09 January 2019.
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 "Character Design Materials". Dragon Ball Daizenshuu 6: Movies & TV Specials. Japan: Shueisha, 04 December 1995. ISBN 4-08-782756-9. (p. 189)
- ↑ Dragon Ball Z: Ultimate Battle 22. Japan: Bandai. Sony PlayStation. 28 July 1995.
- ↑ "Super Saiyan 3 Gogeta Coming to 'Dragon Ball Heroes'" (21 June 2012). Kanzenshuu. Retrieved: 11 January 2019.
- ↑ "GT Characters". Dragon Ball GT: Perfect File Volume 2. Japan: Shueisha, 17 December 1997. ISBN 4-08-874090-4. (p. 15)
- ↑ Dragon Ball Fusions. Japan: Bandai, Ganbarion. Nintendo 3DS. 04 August 2016.
- ↑ Jawdrahb (Re: Here is the Real Story of Dragonball Fansubs...) (29 January 2012). Kanzenshuu. Retrieved: 10 January 2019.
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