Tuesday, December 20, 2022

Character Analysis: Gogeta

Note: This blog won't contain any material on Heroes, due to Heroes being looked into separately from the initial research. 


 Background

Gogeta and Vegito are both the fusions of Goku and Vegeta, via differing methods. The former via the fusion dance technique and the latter via magical objects called the potara earrings. As a fusion of Goku and Vegeta, Gogeta has access to the combined training and abilities of both. As well as a myriad of exclusive moves that combine their abilities into new attacks.


The combination of Goku’s battle heavy mindset and Vegeta’s arrogance, can sometimes make this fusion over confident. Though in most cases they can overpower the opponent to such an extent that it doesn’t matter that much. 


According to the world guide books Potara fusion is supposedly the more powerful and efficient fusion method between the two.Fusion is explained in both GT and Super to increase a person’s fighting ability dozens of times over. For example Vegito in DBZ could fight Super Buu in his base, which was impossible for SS3 Goku. Gogeta in Super fought Broly in base and SS better than Goku/Vegeta could in SS blue.


Fusion methods

Fusion Dance

The ability to fuse with another person, by manipulating Ki in tandem with a series of ballet-like poses. Both people involved in the fusion must have similar power levels and physical statues. The poses they make must also be perfectly symmetrical, or else the fusion will fail. The fusion lasts approximately 30 minutes before wearing off, though increased power usage can make that time limit drop considerably.

  • DBZ ep 240 5:12 Goku explains the fusion technique

  • DBZ ep 244 5:10 Goku explains fusion requires matching power levels

  • DBZ ep 247 20:40 Goku explains the posing part of the fusion ability

  • Fusion reborn 37:44 Goku explains fusion to Vegeta. Particularly how their posters and power levels need to match.

    • Fusion reborn 40:10 A failed Goku and Vegeta fusion

  • Fusion reborn 44:49 Goku and Vegeta successfully fuse into Gogeta

  • GT ep 60 3:40 Goku uses the fusion dance to fuse with vegeta to fight Omega shenron

  • Super Broly 1:17:32, 1:20:00 Goku and Vegeta quickly learn the fusion dance to form gogeta


Abilities

KI

A form of metaphysical life energy that exists within all living things. Humanoids and other sapient creatures can harness it to increase their physical strength and durability. As well as channel it for various energy attacks. A large enough outburst of ki can affect the environment, manipulating clouds and causing earthquakes.

It’s mentioned Ki control is needed to increase physical power


God Ki

A specialized version of Ki typically utilized by deities. God Ki is more potent than normal ki and normally can’t be sensed by non deities. Goku first learned how to utilize God Ki after performing the Super Saiyan God ritual, but has since learned to tap into that on his own. Gogeta/Vegito inherit this ability.

  • DBS ep 24 20:02 King kai specifically states Goku mastered god ki and doesn’t need outside help to reach that level of power

  • DBS ep 24 20:29 Goku explains that he learned to tap into the power of SSG on his own and that Blue is the SS level of that form

Sensing God Ki

  • Battle of Gods 19:54 Goku mentions he can’t sense Beerus’s presence and King kai explains that it's because you can’t sense the presence of deities

  • DBS ep 5 2:35 Goku mentions he can’t sense Beerus’s god ki

  • DBS ep 9 3:49 Gohan mentions he can’t sense Goku’s god ki. Whis explains that gods cannot be sensed by mortals and that god ki is incomprehensible to them. They mention that his God ki may not be on the same level as Beerus or the Kai’s


Regeneration

God Ki can also be used to regenerate minor or major wounds, such as impalation.

  • DBS ep 11 17:56,20:00 Goku gets punched through the chest. He falls through orbit and into the ocean.His god power regenerates the wound however.


Ki blasts

The ability to create small explosive bullets of Ki as a projectile attack.


Flight

The ability to manipulate ki to fly or lift oneself into the air. The technique was initially introduced into the series by the crane hermit students Tien and Chaitsu.


Spirit control

Various techniques for better regulating and controlling spiritual energy. Techniques such as instant transmission and the fusion dance are both sub-set abilities utilized via spirit control. Goku learned advanced spirit control techniques after landing on the planet yardrat after escaping Namek in the Freeza saga. The fusion inherits this ability.

  • DBZ ep 123 6:10 Goku on the animes' version of yardrat


Instant transmission

The ability to instantly teleport to another location via KI. Gogeta/Vegito can go both short distances, and long distances ranging from across the universe, the afterlife and outer worlds of the Kai. You typically need some kind of energy beacon to lock onto so can get to a destination. This typically takes the form of allies or the general populace of a location. Due to the nature of the instant transmission being connected to the ki sense, there tends to be a limit to the teleporting range based on the power and distance of the people he’s trying to sense.

  • DBZ ep 122 5:32  Goku first mentions the instant transmission move. Allows him to instantly move to a location by locking onto a ki signature

  • Super Broly 1:21:25 Gogeta uses instant transmission


Note: The original anime stated Goku dematerialized into light when using this move. This was a mistranslation.


Forced spirit fission

A new ability that Vegeta used in the Moro arch. It allows a person to forcibly separate life energy that has been obtained via absorption or fusion. This can essentially be used to undo fused characters like Piccolo and Kami.


Eye blast

A projectile ki attack projected from the eyes. 

  • GT ep 60  5:10 SS4 Gogeta uses the eye blast attack on Omega shenron


Kamehameha

A powerful Ki attack invented by master Roshi over a period of 50 years. It’s an energy beam released from the user's palms that has significantly more power behind it than an average kick, punch or Ki beam. 

  • Super Broly 1:23:33 Gogeta appears to use a K-wave type attack


Ultimate 

A more powerful K-wave used in the god forms.


Cloning

The ability to create energy duplicates of oneself. The power of the person in question is split between the copies.

  • GT ep 60 10:28 SS4 Gogeta splits himself into 5 individuals


Big Bang Kamehameha

A combination beam attack that mixes elements of Vegeta’s Big bang attack and Goku’s Kameha wave.

  • GT ep 60 16:25 Gogeta uses the big bang K-wave attack on Omega Shenron


Kio-ken

A power multiplication ability taught to Goku by King Kai. The ability multiplies speed, strength and endurance form 2x to around 20x. Kio-Ken requires intense concentration and Ki manipulation abilities and overuse of higher levels can cause blowback on the bodies of the people who use it. Gogeta/Vegito should technically be able to use it.

  • DBZ ep 29 13:36 Goku uses Kaioken for the first time.

  • DBZ ep 29 15:47 King kai explains how the kaioken attack can make his power go out of control and kill him.

  • DBZ ep 30 17:14 Goku using kaioken x 2

  • DBZ ep 31 15:03 Goku uses Kaioken attack x3

  • DBZ ep 31 13:29 Goku uses Kaioken x4

  • DBZ ep 92 3:39 It’s mentioned Goku can use 20x Kio-ken


Misc

  • Super Broly 1:23:43 Gogeta and Broly break into a separate dimension


God punisher

A move where God ki is used to create two powerful Ki spheres that are flung at an opponent.

  • Super Broly 1:25:10 Gogeta charges two ki orbs in both of their hands and hits Broly with them.


God bind

A move that binds an opponent in the air, before exploding them with God Ki

  • Super Broly 1:27:58 Gogeta lifts Broly into the air with some kind of God power bind move and makes him explode. It creates an island sized explosion.


Punisher shield

A small energy barrier created to block and reflect projectiles.

  • Super Broly 1:25:01 Gogeta uses the punisher shield to deflect a ki attack back at Broly.


Stardust breaker

https://dragonball.fandom.com/wiki/Stardust_Breaker 

A powerful KI ball that explodes on contact and can purify negative spiritual energy.

  • Super Broly 1:25:43 Gogeta charges up the stardust ball attack and hits Broly with it.

  • Fusion reborn 46:20 Gogeta uses the spirit ball attack on Janemba. This move purifies the negative energy of his creation.


Stardust fall

https://dragonball.fandom.com/wiki/Stardust_Fall 

A barrage of powerful Ki blasts. They almost create a net like sets of energy barrages.

  • Super Broly 1:24:15 Gogeta uses a barrage of Ki blasts.

  • Super Broly 1:25:36 Gogeta hits Broly with another barrage of Ki blasts#Gogeta


Energy purification

Gogeta has the ability to purify negative spiritual energy or negative emotional energy.

  • GT ep 60 15:38  Gogeta altered omega’s negative energy ball into positive energy

  • Fusion reborn 46:20 Gogeta uses the spirit ball attack on Janemba. This move purifies the negative energy of his creation



Transformations


Super Saiyan

A legendary transformation of the Saiyan race that had been forgotten about for centuries until Goku rediscovered it after witnessing the death of his friend Krillen at the hands of Freeza.. The official guide books state this form is a 50x power boost, though other multipliers higher and lower have been suggested by other media or Akira himself. Because this form has emotional turmoil as its trigger, the form tends to increase aggression. The “base” Super Saiyan transformation has several variants.

  • Fusion reborn 44:49 Goku and Vegeta successfully fuse into Gogeta. Gogeta is a super saiyan


Note: Technically Gogeta/Vegito should be able to use SS2 and 3, but they never had to in any canon installment or GT.

Super Saiyan 4

A separate branch of the SS transformation that utilizes the power of the great ape form, while maintaining a humanoid appearance.  Only Super Saiyans who can maintain control over their great ape state can access it. True to its name, it's more powerful than SS3. It was initially believed only full blood saiyans could use the form. The form also increases aggression.

  • GT ep 34 17:56 Goku gets the great ape power under control, and utilizes it in his human form as SS4

  • GT ep 35 0:40 Goku gaining the SS4 form for the first time

  • GT ep 53 5:02 Goku mentions ss4 makes him more aggressive

  • GT ep 60 3:40 Goku uses the fusion dance to fuse with vegeta and fights omega shenron as SS4 Gogeta


Super Saiyan Blue

Essentially the Super saiyan god form stacked with the normal super saiyan form. Its official name is super saiyan god super saiyan, but said name was shortened to Super saiyan Blue. Goku and Vegeta obtained the form after training with Whis on Beerus’s planet. Hence Gogeta has it.

  • Super Broly 1:24:02 Gogeta transforms in SSB and fights legendary Broly


Note: Gogeta could technically have Ultra instinct or Vegeta’s new destruction form due to being a fusion of both.


Feats

Speed

  • Fusion reborn 45:58 Gogeta Punching Janemba at super speed

  • GT ep 60 13:57 Gogeta kicks a negative ki ball made by Omega Shenron out of orbit


Strength

  • Super Broly 1:24:27 Gogeta and Broly shatter the dimension they entered


Endurance

  • Super Broly 1:24:27 Gogeta and Broly shatter the dimension they entered

  • GT ep 60 8:17 SS4 Gogeta gets hit by ki blasts from Omega


Scaling

Gogeta is basically the strongest character outside maybe the angels and Zeno, so they should scale to all feats.

  • Super Broly 1:34:20 Its stated that Broly might even be stronger than Beerus and Gogeta fought him #Scaling

  • DBS ep 109 9:00 Its stated the entire null realm is shaking, due to Jiren’s power

  • DBS ep 12 5:51-6:04 Goku and Beerus perform a physical clash that releases a shock wave that travels over earth and to the Kai realm in seconds

    • DBS ep 12 9:06,9:19 Goku and Beerus create more impact waves. The also move in tandem with them when produced

  • DBS ep 12 6:19 Goku and Beerus create energy shockwaves that can rip the entire universe apart#strength feat

    • DBS ep 12 6:59 It’s stated Beerus and Goku’s shockwaves will destroy galaxies, and the planets, reducing the area to an empty void


GT/Toei feats

  • GT ep 39 15:06 Goku pushes baby into the sun with a k-wave in a few seconds

  • DBZ ep 195 17:42 Goku and Pikkon fly from Grand kai’s planet to hell

  • GT ep 63 13:01 Goku gathers energy from across the universe, which comes to his location fairly quickly(less than a few minutes

  • Fusion reborn 24:48 Goku goes SS3. This shakes a large portion of the afterlife

  • GT ep 62 16:07 Omega Shenron claims he’ll lay the universe to waste with his negative power

    • GT ep 62 16:52 The Kais says the planet, galaxy, and the entire universe will be destroyed by this negative energy. No time frame is given though


Experience 

  • Broly Super 1:24:02 Gogeta transforms in SSB and fights legendary Broly

  • Fusion reborn 45:58 Gogeta Punching Janemba at super speed

  • GT ep 60 6:24 SS4 Gogeta fights omega shenron


Weaknesses

Both Potara and Dance fusion have shown to have difficulties being sustained when the people involved are particularly powerful. Sometimes cutting down the time limits to minutes.
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