KameHameHa, el nuevo meme de moda que llega desde Japón". Radio Programas del Perú. April 3, 2013 . Retrieved April 6, 2013. The Saturday Night Live sketch TV Funhouse titled Kobayashi depicts real-life hot-dog-eating champion Takeru Kobayashi as able to transform into a Super Saiyan as he prepares to eat hot dogs; Goku appears briefly near the end. [91] Goku is referenced in the songs "Goku" and "Anime" by Soulja Boy Tell 'Em, where he brags that he looks and feels like Goku. [92] Toriyama, Akira (September 10, 1985). 8 ヤムチャおそるべし!!. 孫悟空と仲間たち. Dragon Ball (in Japanese). Vol.2. Shueisha. ISBN 4-08-851831-4. In Dragon Ball Super, Goku displays full mastery of this form. In the Tournament of Power, when the eager Universe 6 Saiyan Caulifla desired to learn Super Saiyan 3, Goku insisted she was not quite ready for it, before mastering Super Saiyan 2. To which, Goku demonstrated such by intensifying the sheer power of this form, leaving a baffled Caulifla to wonder if this was really the same Super Saiyan 2 she was using. In this state, his aura expands significantly. This state lets Goku fight on par against both Super Saiyan 2 Caulfla and Legendary Super Saiyan 2 Kale simultaneously. As noted by Vegeta during the Super Hero Saga, he, Goku, Jiren, Broly, Moro, Gas, and Frieza all possess power on par with each other, however Jiren, Broly, Moro, Gas, and Frieza are capable of wielding it to a higher degree than Goku and Vegeta due to operating in a Relaxed State. It is also stated that by this point Goku and Vegeta have long since reached the limit to their power outside of special training.

In the numerous English versions, Goku has been played by different actors because different companies produced the dubs, by reason of changes of automated dialogue replacement companies and recording studios, or due to actors quitting:

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Dragonball's Toriyama Sketches Ayumi Hamasaki as Goku". Anime News Network. February 3, 2009. Archived from the original on October 20, 2012 . Retrieved February 4, 2009. In AB Groupe's dub of the anime produced for Canadian and European broadcast (initially also in association with Ocean Productions and later with Blue Water Studios), Goku was voiced by Peter Kelamis again and later by Kirby Morrow in episodes 123-291 of Dragon Ball Z, [36] by Zoe Slusar as a child in both Dragon Ball and Dragon Ball GT, [32] by Jeffrey Watson as an older teen in Dragon Ball, [36] and by Jeremiah Yurk as an adult and Super Saiyan 4 in GT. [36] Goku, Superman Face Off in Epic Rap Battle Series". Archived from the original on October 27, 2017 . Retrieved October 27, 2017. Goku was revealed a month before the Dragon Ball manga started, in postcards sent to members of the Akira Toriyama Preservation Society. [28] During the Super Space-Time Tournament, Goku as a Super Saiyan Blue fought an even battle against Super Full Power Saiyan 4 Limit Breaker Xeno Goku.

Joe Ballard (May 23, 2020). "Is Dragon Ball Z Actually a Slice-of-Life Anime in Disguise?". CBR . Retrieved August 22, 2020. Ep. 31 Favorite Dragon Ball Z moment?". CyberConnect2 OFFICIAL CHANNEL. Archived from the original on October 30, 2021 . Retrieved February 3, 2021– via Youtube. Later, against Final Form Frieza and Super Perfect Cell, base Goku easily repelled the two dead foes, horrifying them at his might. When facing Super 17, Super Saiyan Goku fought on par against the android that all the Z Fighters combined were swiftly overpowered by (until he absorbed Goku's energy).Anime Grand Prix (1994 May issue)]. Animage (in Japanese). Archived from the original on September 14, 2009 . Retrieved November 17, 2013. As a baby, Goku had a power level of 2, which is very low for even a low-level Saiyan. By age 11, his power was 10. Great Ape Goku was described as having destructive power similar to that of a battleship's main gun. [6] In the 22nd World Martial Arts Tournament, Goku's power became 180. After drinking the Ultra Divine Water to combat King Piccolo, Goku's power level increased to 260. During his battle with Frieza on Namek, Goku's power leaps to 3,000,000 thanks to Saiyan Power. a b c d e "Goku Son (Kid) Voices (Dragon Ball) - Behind The Voice Actors". Archived from the original on February 6, 2018 . Retrieved February 6, 2018. Goku has been the subject of various parodies. In the episode "Career Day" of Takeshi's Castle, known in the United States as MXC, the hosts Beat Takeshi and Sonomanma Higashi dressed as popular anime characters, one as Goku as a child, the other as Doraemon. [79] Weekly Shōnen Jump 's Gag Special 2005 issue, released on November 12, 2004, featured a Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo one-shot Dragon Ball parody manga, a retelling of the first fight between Goku and Vegeta. [80] In chapter #179 of the Yakitate!! Japan manga, Kawachi executes a Genki-Dama parody called a Shinrai-Dama [nb 58] on the character Katsuo. [81] In the manga and anime series Blood Lad, the character Staz performs the gestures for Goku's Kamehameha, having learned it from his favorite manga superhero, but it has no actual effect. [82]

Dr Slump Arale-chan feat Son Goku Kid". GameKyo.com. September 26, 2008. Archived from the original on December 31, 2009 . Retrieved February 6, 2009. Suzuki, Haruhiko, ed. (December 19, 2003). "5: Dragon Ball Children". Dragon Ball Landmark (in Japanese). Shueisha. p.164. ISBN 4-08-873478-5. a b Toriyama, Akira (February 25, 1996). DRAGON BALL 大全集 7: DRAGON BALL 大事典. Dragon Ball (in Japanese). Shueisha. ISBN 4-08-782756-9. Suen, Michael (July 23, 2010). "Why Anime is Doomed: Soulja Boy Records "Anime" and "Goku," Manga Also in Works". Geekosystem. Archived from the original on July 29, 2010 . Retrieved July 29, 2010. Anime Grand Prix (1993 May issue)]. Animage (in Japanese). Archived from the original on September 13, 2009 . Retrieved November 17, 2013.

Leach, Sam (May 14, 2017). "Dragon Ball Super Episode 90". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on May 17, 2017 . Retrieved May 14, 2017.

Anime Grand Prix (1988 June issue)]. Animage (in Japanese). Archived from the original on October 14, 2013 . Retrieved November 17, 2013. The character Goku is based on Sun Wukong (Son Goku in Japanese), [nb 25] the central character of the Chinese novel Journey to the West. [15] To be creative with the idea of Sun Wukong, Toriyama designed Goku as a human boy with a monkey's tail, rather than a complete simian, because the tail would give the character a distinguishing feature. [13] He later stated that the tail was a pain to draw, hence why he had it get cut off early on. [16] Toriyama did not initially plan to make Goku an alien, it was not until the introduction of fighters from other planets that he established him as a Saiyan [nb 26] [nb 27]. [17] Goku was given the ability to teleport to any planet in seconds, so that Toriyama could increase the pace of the story. [18] According to Weekly Shōnen Jump #20, Goku as Super Saiyan Blue in Resurrection ‘F’ has an "overwhelming power that the world has never seen before". At the time of the Universe 6 Saga, Toyotarou considered Beerus and Whis to be an unsurpassable wall for Goku and the others, and Toriyama stated that he has no immediate plans for Goku and Vegeta to surpass neither Beerus nor Whis. [11]

Goku causes the Zenos to decide to hold a multi-universal martial arts tournament with the losing universes wiped from existence; the Tournament of Power [nb 50]. [55] Throughout the tournament, Goku faces multiple opponents but finds his toughest in Jiren. It is during his fights with Jiren that Goku acquires a temporary transformed state using a divine technique known as Migatte no Goku'i. [nb 51] [nb 52] Ultimately, Goku and Frieza manage to work together to force Jiren out of bounds in a triple elimination, leaving Android 17 as the winner who uses his wish on the Super Dragon Balls to restore the erased universes. [56] The 9th Anime Grand Prix (June issue 1987)]. Animage (in Japanese). Archived from the original on October 19, 2010 . Retrieved November 17, 2013. At the very beginning of the manga version of the God of Destruction Beerus Saga, Goku has a mental battle with his three strongest enemies from the original series: Frieza, Cell, and Kid Buu. Using Super Saiyan alone, Goku effortlessly defeats Frieza and Cell in their strongest forms. Before he can face Kid Buu, still as a Super Saiyan, he is suddenly interrupted by Goten.