Goku is the worst character

Whuditdew · 10-18-2010, 02:12 PM

It is amazing how good DBZ is despite it's main character being totally unlikeable.

There are two fatal flaws with Goku's character that make him almost impossible to like or relate to.

- Every time he is faced with a challenge or an obstacle he is given a way to overcome it, not by hard work (thats not to say he doesn't try) but by some kind of magic/unexpected feat. No other character ever really takes the spotlight from Goku because of this, and his character almost seems divine.

- His decision making doesn't make any sense and his personality is inconsistent. Everything Goku says and does never follows rhyme or reason. He has no logic at all but he supposed to be an somewhat intelligent character.

Honestly, who was rooting for Goku the first time they saw Majin Vegeta and Goku fight? No one. How could you root for a the guy who is given everything by chance, who you know will always win, and who has the most uninteresting personality possible? You can't. You vote for the guy who has solid unchanging ideals, works incessantly to reach his goals, and has a strong personality.

I_Am_A_Noob · 10-18-2010, 02:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Whuditdew

Honestly, who was rooting for Goku the first time they saw Majin Vegeta and Goku fight? No one. How could you root for a the guy who is given everything by chance, who you know will always win, and who has the most uninteresting personality possible? You can't. You vote for the guy who has solid unchanging ideals, works incessantly to reach his goals, and has a strong personality.

I was rooting for him, vegeta was possessed and I had just watched him blow people away at the world martial arts tournament

Whuditdew · 10-18-2010, 02:30 PM

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I was rooting for him, vegeta was possessed and I had just watched him blow people away at the world martial arts tournament

Boo hoo.

You knew they were going to be wished back with the Dragon Balls.

CONTAK · 10-18-2010, 05:11 PM

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Boo hoo.

You knew they were going to be wished back with the Dragon Balls.

Quit trying to act like your smart

ChompOnThis · 10-18-2010, 05:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Whuditdew

It is amazing how good DBZ is despite it's main character being totally unlikeable.

There are two fatal flaws with Goku's character that make him almost impossible to like or relate to.

- Every time he is faced with a challenge or an obstacle he is given a way to overcome it, not by hard work (thats not to say he doesn't try) but by some kind of magic/unexpected feat. No other character ever really takes the spotlight from Goku because of this, and his character almost seems divine.

- His decision making doesn't make any sense and his personality is inconsistent. Everything Goku says and does never follows rhyme or reason. He has no logic at all but he supposed to be an somewhat intelligent character.

Honestly, who was rooting for Goku the first time they saw Majin Vegeta and Goku fight? No one. How could you root for a the guy who is given everything by chance, who you know will always win, and who has the most uninteresting personality possible? You can't. You vote for the guy who has solid unchanging ideals, works incessantly to reach his goals, and has a strong personality.

I know what you mean. I think most people wanted Majin Vegeta to win because they knew in the end Goku would end up being the stronger fighter.

If acting like your smart is a bad thing what does acting stupid make you?

Ussj Future Trunks · 10-18-2010, 08:09 PM

i was rooting for vegeta. i dislike goku as well, mainly cos hes uninteresting and makes braindead decisions. honestly what possessed him to do some of the things he did, like giving cell a senzu, not being ssj3 vs majin vegeta and not fusing to beat kid buu? does he WANT the universe to die?

DragonDudeX · 10-18-2010, 08:14 PM

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i was rooting for vegeta. i dislike goku as well, mainly cos hes uninteresting and makes braindead decisions. honestly what possessed him to do some of the things he did, like giving cell a senzu, not being ssj3 vs majin vegeta and not fusing to beat kid buu? does he WANT the universe to die?

Let's not act like Goku was the only character in the dragonball universe to make ridiculous decisions. As I remember Vegeta allowed Cell to become perfect when he could killed Cell before his complete transformation. I think its easy to try to criticize Goku since he's the protagonist of the show. Although Goku made some questionable decisions I actually like Goku more than Vegeta. His personality reminds me of mine, a bit different but similar so I can connect to that. Goku > Vegeta

ChompOnThis · 10-18-2010, 08:22 PM

I don't hate Goku but I can see why people would dislike him a lot. I mean when your the best there's always people who hate you.

Ussj Future Trunks · 10-18-2010, 08:39 PM

that wasnt ridiculous. vegeta firmly believed he had achieved the ultimate power and that cell wouldnt be much of a threat even if he was perfect. thats not really arrogance. trunks explains it as a sense of honour and feeling of vegeta accomplishing what he had struggled his whole life to become. legendary. after all he's heard so much about how the original lssj was the strongest most unstoppable thing ever. naturally he wouldnt think this weakling who hes been slapping around would get that strong. goku made INFINITELY more stupid decisions.

we are all cocky when we get alot of power. being a saiyan just amplifies that ego.

ChompOnThis · 10-18-2010, 08:47 PM

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that wasnt ridiculous. vegeta firmly believed he had achieved the ultimate power and that cell wouldnt be much of a threat even if he was perfect. thats not really arrogance. trunks explains it as a sense of honour and feeling of vegeta accomplishing what he had struggled his whole life to become. legendary. after all he's heard so much about how the original lssj was the strongest most unstoppable thing ever. naturally he wouldnt think this weakling who hes been slapping around would get that strong. goku made INFINITELY more stupid decisions.

we are all cocky when we get alot of power. being a saiyan just amplifies that ego.

Agreed, but Vegeta is much more arrogant than most.

Goku sort of did the same thing Vegeta did with Cell with Frieza. Goku let Frieza achieve 100% and then fought him. Although when Cell achieved his Perfect form he was much more powerful than Vegeta had thought.

MooooooCow · 10-18-2010, 09:10 PM

A walking racial slur like Mr Popo is the worst character in dragonball

Lord Vegeta · 10-19-2010, 08:48 AM

I don't think Goku is the worst character he made some great moments in Dragonball Z.

Earthling Kappy · 10-19-2010, 12:17 PM

This really depends on how one defines "worst". Personality? Decision Making? Plot Development? What exactly are you trying to judge here?

MojonCurao · 10-19-2010, 05:05 PM

i've always liked goku, specially in dragonball, god he was funny

I_Am_A_Noob · 10-19-2010, 07:00 PM

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This really depends on how one defines "worst". Personality? Decision Making? Plot Development? What exactly are you trying to judge here?

I think he's judging based on his dislike of goku

ShOcK · 10-19-2010, 07:46 PM

In Dragonball goku was the most likable character because he always worked hard to get stronger (korin tower, training with roshi and kame, etc.) and he actually lost some battles like with tao pai pai and against roshi in the world martial arts tournament. To top it off his ignorance was comedic gold he was a really funny character.

In Dragonball Z it seemed that after the Raditz saga no matter what Goku did you knew he was going to win. It is easy to dislike Goku here because he wasnt the same. Yes he trained and whatnot but it was different. In dragonball he trained then fought and half the time would still lose only to train even harder and finally win. In dragonball z he would train and the end result would be him getting like x1000 times stronger.

RasenganEXE · 10-19-2010, 09:00 PM

Goku is a very likable character. Very funny to watch.

The way he is makes sense by the way he was raised. He had no education or any contact with any other human till he met Bulma.

Krueger · 10-19-2010, 09:07 PM

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In Dragonball goku was the most likable character because he always worked hard to get stronger (korin tower, training with roshi and kame, etc.) and he actually lost some battles like with tao pai pai and against roshi in the world martial arts tournament. To top it off his ignorance was comedic gold he was a really funny character.

In Dragonball Z it seemed that after the Raditz saga no matter what Goku did you knew he was going to win. It is easy to dislike Goku here because he wasnt the same. Yes he trained and whatnot but it was different. In dragonball he trained then fought and half the time would still lose only to train even harder and finally win. In dragonball z he would train and the end result would be him getting like x1000 times stronger.

I can pretty much agree with this.

I don't hate Goku. I think he's pretty cool sometimes. But I was definitely rooting for Vegeta by the time the Boo Arc came around. I used to be a Goku fanboy when I first got into DB but as I grew up and watched it progress I grew away from Goku and started preferring Vegeta.

tienshinhan08 · 10-19-2010, 09:29 PM

Yeah I would say Goku is one of my least favorite characters in the series. He had his moments for sure, but he wore out his welcome as the main character by the Buu saga.

Ussj Future Trunks · 10-22-2010, 07:46 AM

yeah toriyama understood that too. hence gohan taking over and beating cell. but toriyama fell for the fanboys. thats what happens when you dont say "**** you its my story. dont tell me how to write it".

in answer to the title. no goku is not even close to the worst. broly is. in every concievable way.

Krueger · 10-22-2010, 02:37 PM

Toriyama did state in an interview that he felt Gohan just didn't fit the part of the hero at the end of the day, which is why he went back to Goku again.

5star · 10-23-2010, 05:08 AM

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It is amazing how good DBZ is despite it's main character being totally unlikeable.

If he is then why does he have so much fans?

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Every time he is faced with a challenge or an obstacle he is given a way to overcome it, not by hard work (thats not to say he doesn't try) but by some kind of magic/unexpected feat.

Wasn't training with king kai in 10x earth gravity hard work? Wasn't training 50x earth gravity hard work? wasn't training in the hyperbolic time chamber for one year hard work?

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No other character ever really takes the spotlight from Goku because of this, and his character almost seems divine.

Hes the damn hero/star :|

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His decision making doesn't make any sense and his personality is inconsistent. Everything Goku says and does never follows rhyme or reason. He has no logic at all but he supposed to be an somewhat intelligent character.

Non of this is true.

You obviously haven't seen Dbz in a long while and has been dreaming of vegeta being the star way too much.

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Honestly, who was rooting for Goku the first time they saw Majin Vegeta and Goku fight?

I knew it would be a draw, you got giant amount of fans on both side, AT wouldn't upset either.

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How could you root for a the guy who is given everything by chance,

He's the main character! You talk as if dbz is the only show you've watched; Haven't you seen yu yu haku (spelled incorrectly) show, naruto or Kenchin? Its the same thing dude.

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who you know will always win,

He lost against raditz, ape vegeta,(technically)freeza(before he tured ssj),#19 and cell.

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and who has the most uninteresting personality possible?

Hes powerful and at the same time good hearted and is zealous about fighting someone stronger than him, whats not interesting about that.

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You vote for the guy who has solid unchanging ideals, works incessantly to reach his goals, and has a strong personality.

He has all this; He wants to be the strongest/greatest fighter in the universe, and obviously he works hard towards that goal. :|

Ussj future trunks: ''i was rooting for vegeta. i dislike goku as well, mainly cos hes uninteresting and makes braindead decisions. honestly what possessed him to do some of the things he did, like giving cell a senzu, not being ssj3 vs majin vegeta and not fusing to beat kid buu? does he WANT the universe to die?''
1/He gave cell the senzu bean so gohan would tap into his hidden powers, wasn't that obvious?
2/He probably didn't want too much energy to go towards majin buu's resurrection, or he knew his time would expire quickly, or probably he wanted vegetas help but to gain that he needed to make him think they were equal(he probably had fusion with vegeta up his sleeves at that time). Or pobably he didn't want to kill vegeta's fighting spirit (like trunks when he fought perfect cell).
3/Because buu seemed weaker and being stuck together was a bad taste at that point. And Not fusing was also vegetas decision.

Give a reason for these wack decisions will you:
1/ Why did vegeta let andriod 19 take most of his energy subsequently letting 20 get away to #17 and #18
2/why did vegeta take so long to help gohan in the power clash with cell
3/Why did vegeta knock goku out instead of teaming up with him
4/Why did vegeta kill lots of people (almost killing his wife) just to fight KAKAROT

Man, I couldn't think of any wack decisions from the sayin saga or namik saga. What I was telling my peeps is true. its proof. Everything after the freeza saga was fan feed. Its obvious when you consider the strange transition. At put less effort into the rest of the series(from the android saga to buu), stroy wise that is.

ChompOnThis · 10-23-2010, 08:01 AM

I definitely don't think Goku is the worst character or Broly for that matter. But I can understand why people wouldn't like them. Certain things that they do or just the unbelievable feats Goku seems to effortlessly pull off are things I could see people hating him for.

I mean c'mon Goku and Broly aren't as bad of characters as say Yamcha towards the end of DBZ. Or what really has Chaiotzu ever contributed towards in DBZ. At least in DB he was introduced as another student of Shen's but in DBZ the only thing he really does is blow himself up in a failed attempt to kill Nappa and cry about the welfare of Tien. I'm not saying I hate those characters either because I think hating an anime character is a bit much but I definitely think they are worse characters than Goku and Broly.

What I don't understand about the whole hating Broly thing is he's only in 2 DBZ movies.(I guess that is more than most movie villains though :/) If you don't like him then don't watch those movies. But I get how if you don't like Goku though how that could be annoying since he is the main character and all though.

Ussj Future Trunks · 10-23-2010, 08:44 AM

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He gave cell the senzu bean so gohan would tap into his hidden powers, wasn't that obvious?

yeah but he failed to realise gohan might not want to and didnt even care that his son was being beaten to death till it was too late and the cell jrs were beating the **** out of HIM.

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He probably didn't want too much energy to go towards majin buu's resurrection

being ssj3 would have prevented that as vegeta cant hit him and therefore cant damage him. goku can just knock vegeta out, IT to babidi, fry his nuts. job well done.

being stuck together was a bad taste at that point
rofl. so goku knowingly almost doomed the universe to destruction cos he didnt want to be stuck with vegeta. right...i wonder what he'd say to chichi in otherworld "sorry i couldnt save the universe cos itd be a bad taste if i was stuck with vegeta forever".

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Give a reason for these wack decisions will you:

its vegeta. unlike goku he hasnt learnt till buu saga to care for others or realise hes not that powerful. he was acting for himself and his own pride. goku needed to be the one thinking about the safety of the universe above himself and vegeta.

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Broly aren't as bad of characters as say Yamcha

yamcha is infinitely better than that crap stain. he actually has character and behaves realistically.

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If you don't like him then don't watch those movies

and i dont. but the problem is he has so many fanboys he keeps cropping up everywhere. we cant get rid of that piss infused with crap.

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Or what really has Chaiotzu ever contributed towards in DBZ.

um not doing things doesnt mean your a bad character. chiaotzu is interesting and had a role in dragonball. broly barely qualifies as a character at all. hes more of a concept.

MooooooCow · 10-23-2010, 09:10 AM

Chauzu really is a horrible character, but he's no the central point of the series.