{"id":176832,"date":"2021-01-26T00:00:04","date_gmt":"2021-01-26T00:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gamerant.com\/dragon-ball-z-movie-fight-goku-shouldve-lost\/"},"modified":"2021-01-26T00:00:04","modified_gmt":"2021-01-26T00:00:04","slug":"dragon-ball-z-10-movie-fights-goku-should-have-lost-game-rant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/wordpress\/index.php\/2021\/01\/26\/dragon-ball-z-10-movie-fights-goku-should-have-lost-game-rant\/","title":{"rendered":"Dragon Ball Z: 10 Movie Fights Goku Should Have Lost | Game Rant"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Since Dragon Ball<\/a> is primarily Goku\u2019s story, it stands to reason that he gets most of the spotlight in the series proper. Dragon Ball<\/a> quite literally begins and ends with Son Goku, following his martial arts journey from his humble origins all the way to him finally taking on a student at the end of the series. Goku has to be front and center for Dragon Ball<\/a> to work, but that doesn\u2019t mean he hasn\u2019t overstayed his welcome \u2013 especially in the movies.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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The Dragon Ball Z<\/a> movies have a very nasty habit of throwing Goku<\/a> into fights he realistically can\u2019t or shouldn\u2019t win. Most of Goku\u2019s movie fights involve him confronting impossible odds that require nonsensical finishers to keep\u00a0him alive. Goku\u2019s movie career is defined by battles he should have lost.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

10 <\/span>Vs Garlic Jr<\/h2>\n
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Given that Garlic Jr. wishes for immortality, Goku and Piccolo stood no real chance fighting him at the end of Dead Zone. Both martial artists do a great job at syncing up their attacks, but the best they can do is battle Garlic Jr. to a stalemate \u2013 they\u2019ll never actually win so long as he cannot die. Goku and Piccolo would have been sucked into the Dead Zone had Gohan not knocked Garlic Jr. into it first.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

9 <\/span>Vs Tullece<\/h2>\n
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The first real instance of \u201cEvil Goku\u201d in Dragon Ball<\/a>, Tullece is memorable if only for his design and cruel personality. He also stands out for being one of the earliest movie villains to put Goku in his place, more or less winning their main fight without too much effort. It\u2019s a battle that\u2019s framed similarly to Goku\u2019s fight against Vegeta in the Saiyan arc, complete with a life or death beam struggle \u2013 the key difference here being that Goku somehow manages to overwhelm Tullece whereas Vegeta realistically survives Goku\u2019s \u201cfinishing\u201d move.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

8 <\/span>Vs Lord Slug<\/h2>\n
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It\u2019s hard not to question why Pseudo Super Saiyan is even in Lord Slug to begin with. The actual Super Saiyan transformation hadn\u2019t been introduced in the manga yet and Pseudo Super Saiyan doesn\u2019t even do anything in Slug\u2019s actual defeat.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Goku ultimately loses the form, can\u2019t do much with Kaioken, and exhausts most of his energy just trying to keep up with Slug. It\u2019s only thanks to Piccolo and Gohan that Slug\u2019s defeated. Without them on this side, Goku would have lost.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

7 <\/span>Vs Cooler<\/h2>\n
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Goku actually has a lot of trouble during the events of Cooler\u2019s Revenge. Not only does he spend a decent chunk of the movie waiting for Gohan to deliver him a Senzu, he doesn\u2019t get a real hold of his fight with Cooler until turning Super Saiyan \u2013 which he can\u2019t trigger manually for whatever reason.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Up until Goku picks up a dying bird and feels enough emotion to turn into a Super Saiyan, Cooler locks him into a worse beatdown than Frieza delivered. Just like on Namek, though, being a Super Saiyan is more than enough for Goku to take full control of the battle.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

6 <\/span>Vs Meta-Cooler<\/h2>\n
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The Return of Cooler makes it very clear that Goku & Vegeta are out of their element on New Namek. The two Super Saiyans struggle beyond belief as they fight Meta-Cooler only to see an entire army of them on the horizon. Goku and Vegeta are immediately defeated, remaining Cooler\u2019s prisoners for the rest of the movie.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Logically, there should be no way for Goku and Vegeta to defeat Cooler in his state, especially since the Meta-Coolers were strong enough as is. Bafflingly, there\u2019s no real trump card to save the day. Both characters seemingly exhaust all their energy before Goku manages to land a Super Saiyan Ki attack that finishes off Cooler with little fanfare.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

5 <\/span>Vs Super Android 13<\/h2>\n
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The main problem with Goku winning his fight with Super Android 13 is how nonsensical the actual victory is. Super Android 13 is so powerful that Goku has no choice but to depower out of Super Saiyan, charge up one of the largest Genki Damas in the series up to that point, and then somehow absorb the energy into his Super Saiyan transformation. There\u2019s a difference between a character being creative with their skill set and randomly inventing new abilities in a moment of desperation. In any other fight, Goku would have lost.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

4 <\/span>Vs Broly<\/h2>\n
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Broly\u2019s defeat in his debut movie is often criticized and for very good reason. After building up Broly\u2019s character for half the film and then dedicating the rest to a brutal battle where the Legendary Super Saiyan puts the strongest characters in Dragon Ball<\/a> in their place, Goku saves the day by punching Broly really hard after borrowing everyone\u2019s energy.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Ignoring the fact that Broly keeps getting stronger through battle (to the point where Goku shouldn\u2019t have been able to beat him so worn down), this is just an unsatisfying conclusion. It makes sense to give the win to Goku, but the actual death blow is as poorly built up as it is executed \u2013 especially since the fight makes it painfully clear how hopeless Goku\u2019s chances are against Broly.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

3 <\/span>Vs Broly (Second Coming)<\/h2>\n
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To be fair, Goku doesn\u2019t fight Broly long enough where there\u2019s any point he should have lost in The Second Coming \u2013 but that\u2019s kind of the problem. Goku has no real role in this movie. While the first half centers on Goten, Trunks, and Videl before conceding to Gohan\u2019s point of view for the second half, Goku\u2019s presence in the finale feels off. Beyond ripping off the Father\/Son Kamehameha from the Cell Games, Goku logically shouldn\u2019t be able to lend a hand for any Earth shenanigans.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

2 <\/span>Vs Hirudegarn<\/h2>\n
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Everyone struggles so much fighting Hirudegarn that it\u2019s almost nonsensical when Goku uses the Dragon Fist to finish them off. Not only is Goku not a major character in the film \u2013 conceding important character work to Tapion, Trunks, and even Bulma \u2013\u00a0he shouldn\u2019t even be the strongest character at this point: Gohan should.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

If anyone was going to defeat Hirudegarn through raw power alone, it should’ve been Gohan. Otherwise, Tapion and Trunks should have played definitive roles in defeating him while Goku either sat out or lost along with the rest of the supporting cast (which he ostensibly is in Wrath of the Dragon.)<\/span><\/p>\n

1 <\/span>Vs Golden Frieza<\/h2>\n
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Goku only has himself to blame for losing his chance to defeat Frieza. Even though Golden Frieza is technically stronger than Super Saiyan Blue, he can\u2019t maintain the form\u2019s stamina for long. Goku, on the other hand, is comfortable enough with SSB where he\u2019s able to simply wait out Frieza\u2019s worst attacks, gradually turning the fight in his favor.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Instead of finishing off Frieza, though, Goku lets down his guard and gets shot through the heart by Sorbet for it. In the Dragon Ball Super anime, Goku even depowers out of Super Saiyan Blue to speak with a Frieza who\u2019s very much still a threat.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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