Vegeta

Biodata

Feature	Details
Name	Vegeta (贝吉塔)
Alias(es)	Saiyan Prince; Super Vegeta; “Tragic Vegeta”; “King of the Saiyans” (self-proclaimed) 183 324
Species/Race	Saiyan of the royal bloodline 86
Gender	Male
Affiliation	Formerly associated with Frieza’s forces; later fights alongside Earth’s Z Fighters 111 325
Occupation/Role	Saiyan prince and combatant
Status	Active; continues pursuing power beyond the Super Saiyan path 412
First Appearance	Confronts Goku during the Saiyan invasion 81

Power Progression

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
Base form — Battle Power 18,000	81	Arrives on Earth confident that his strength far exceeds Goku’s base power of 8,000.
Great Ape	83	Creates an Artificial Full Moon to generate Blutz Waves and transforms into a Great Ape over fifty meters tall.
Post-recovery Saiyan boost	111	Recovers from Recoome’s near-fatal beating in a Frieza Force medical pod and experiences a major increase in power.
Rage-boosted base — Battle Power 480,000	113	Attacks Trunks in a desperate rage after being denied immortality.
Super Saiyan — initial stage	137	Achieves Super Saiyan after intensive training; assessed at 16 million in base and 800 million at full transformation.
Super Saiyan Second Stage	173	Reaches a bulked-up form under 450-times gravity; grants immense power but consumes ki at an extreme rate.
Super Saiyan Second Grade / “Super Vegeta”	183	Refines the enhanced Super Saiyan form to preserve speed while increasing power; defeats Android 15 decisively.
Super Saiyan 2	227	Fully stabilizes the form and challenges Goku without accepting a base-form opponent.
Super Saiyan 2: Modified	280	Condenses his Super Saiyan 2 energy instead of following Goku’s Super Saiyan 3 route; its output matches or slightly exceeds Goku’s Super Saiyan 3.
Tail-supported Super Saiyan state	301	Regrown tail anchors Great Ape power, allowing his Super Saiyan 2-based form to sustain compressed energy without depletion.
Super Saiyan 3	306	Develops a distinct Super Saiyan 3 route: short dark-gold hair and ki compressed within half an inch of his body.
Golden Great Ape	315	Blutz Waves forcibly collapse his modified Super Saiyan 2 form and trigger a golden Great Ape transformation; he struggles to retain his consciousness.
Super Saiyan 4	324 338	Forces Golden Great Ape power into a humanoid form through willpower and royal pride; later identifies this state as Super Saiyan 4.

Background / History

Vegeta first comes to Earth as an overwhelmingly confident Saiyan invader. He dismisses Goku as a low-class warrior, but Goku’s Kaio-ken reverses their battle. Humiliated and injured, Vegeta attempts to destroy Earth with the Garlic Gun before resorting to his Great Ape transformation through an Artificial Full Moon. He survives the battle in critical condition, displaying the Saiyan race’s extraordinary durability. 81 82 83 86

On Namek, Vegeta’s recovery from near-fatal injuries greatly increases his power. He challenges Zarbon and later Recoome, but Recoome overwhelms him despite Vegeta’s aggressive assault. His ensuing recovery in a Frieza Force medical pod gives him another major Saiyan power increase, which he immediately views as proof of his destined superiority. 99 102 111

Vegeta’s obsession with surpassing Goku intensifies after learning of Super Saiyan transformations. He trains under extreme gravity, reaches Super Saiyan, and continues refining increasingly powerful forms rather than accepting Goku’s lead. His progression is repeatedly driven by the humiliation of falling behind Goku, Gohan, Trunks, Krillin, and other fighters. 137 145 173 185

Tights later recounts that she found Vegeta alone and abandoned on an Earth rooftop ten years earlier. Her willingness to treat him as a “lost traveler” rather than a feared Saiyan prince gradually broke through his hostility. Their relationship ultimately resulted in the birth of their son, Trunks. 264

During the Majin Buu conflict, Vegeta regains his tail, develops his Super Saiyan power through Great Ape energy, and eventually achieves Super Saiyan 4 independently. He then fights beside Goku and Gohan against Kid Buu. 296 301 324 325

Appearance

Vegeta is a compact, muscular Saiyan typically seen in a tight battle suit. His transformations become progressively more imposing, reflecting his preference for compressed, controlled power rather than Goku’s more outwardly explosive forms. 173 280

• Super Saiyan Second Stage — Sharper golden hair, heavily expanded musculature, and a violent golden aura. 173
• Super Vegeta — Granite-like muscles and a balanced increase in speed and strength. 183
• Super Saiyan 2: Modified — Retains the outward appearance of Super Saiyan 2, but with darker golden aura and scorching blue lightning. 280
• Super Saiyan 3 — Keeps short, metallic dark-gold hair while confining energy close to his body. 306
• Golden Great Ape — Approximately fifty meters tall, covered in dark-golden fur, with a greatly enlarged tail. 315
• Super Saiyan 4 — Short deep-crimson fur over his upper body, shoulder-length black hair retaining his distinctive M-shaped hairline, sharp red eye markings, golden pupils, and a tail held high behind him. 324

Personality

Vegeta is defined by immense pride in his royal Saiyan lineage. He cannot tolerate being surpassed by those he considers inferior—especially Goku, half-Saiyans, Earthlings, and artificially enhanced fighters. Setbacks usually drive him toward harsher training or reckless confrontation rather than surrender. 81 145 173 226

His pride is both a weakness and his greatest source of growth. It leads him to underestimate enemies such as Recoome and Chi-Chi, but it also allows him to maintain his identity while trapped in the Golden Great Ape’s instincts and force himself into Super Saiyan 4. 102 227 324

Despite his aloofness, Vegeta has developed attachments he refuses to express directly. He is visibly embarrassed by Tights’ account of their relationship and recognizes Trunks as his bloodline and continuation. 264

Abilities & Skills

Saiyan Physiology

Vegeta possesses the standard strengths of a royal-blooded Saiyan, including exceptional durability, combat instincts, and explosive growth after recovering from near-fatal injuries.

• Survived catastrophic injuries after the Earth battle, including widespread fractures and internal bleeding. 86
• Gains major strength increases after recovery from severe injuries, as shown following Recoome’s assault. 111
• Regrown tail enables Great Ape transformations and stabilizes higher Super Saiyan states. 296 301
• His tail remains a major weakness; pain inflicted there can interrupt his attacks and overwhelm his focus. 318

Ki Manipulation

Vegeta is an advanced ki user capable of ranged destruction, rapid flight, energy compression, and fine power suppression.

• Garlic Gun / Garlic Cannon — A purple beam attack powerful enough to threaten a planet’s core. 82
• Artificial Full Moon — Creates an artificial moon that produces concentrated Blutz Waves and triggers Great Ape transformation. 83
• Kamehameha — Uses the technique casually after attaining Super Saiyan Second Stage. 173
• Ki compression — Suppresses a base battle power of three billion down to 198 for an even spar with Master Mutaito. 218
• Condensed transformation energy — His modified Super Saiyan forms prioritize energy density, mobility, and endurance over uncontrolled aura output. 280 306

Transformational Control

Vegeta continually refines his transformations instead of treating raw power as sufficient.

• Balances Super Saiyan Second Grade’s strength and speed, avoiding the excessive sluggishness associated with bulked-up forms. 183
• Stabilizes Super Saiyan 2 through continued training. 227
• Uses his restored tail to form a self-sustaining cycle between Great Ape life force and Super Saiyan energy. 301
• Retains partial awareness as a Golden Great Ape, though most of his sanity is overwhelmed by instinct. 317
• Achieves Super Saiyan 4 by forcibly shrinking and condensing his Golden Great Ape power through sheer will. 324

Combat Skill

Vegeta is an experienced battlefield fighter who combines speed, physical force, and ruthless targeting.

• Initially overwhelms Goku through superior speed and a relentless barrage of strikes. 81
• Uses rapid close-range combinations of punches, knees, elbows, and kicks against Recoome. 102
• Defeats Android 15 through overwhelming speed, physical strikes, and a finishing energy blast. 183
• Maintains lethal combat precision even when his power is compressed to an equal level with Master Mutaito. 218

Fusion

Vegeta can combine with Goku to form Gogeta.

• Gogeta overwhelms Ultimate Buu and is assessed as having reached the conventional Super Saiyan 4 ceiling for Main Universe Saiyans. 379 380

Relationships

• Goku — Primary rival. Vegeta’s fixation on surpassing “Kakarot” drives most of his training, though they repeatedly fight as allies against greater threats. 81 173 325
• Krillin — Ally, provocateur, and frequent source of frustration. Krillin exploits Vegeta’s pride to push him toward new goals, including joining the Demon Realm expedition. 147 338
• Tights — Partner who approached Vegeta without fear or pity, eventually becoming the mother of his son. 264
• Trunks — His son with Tights; Vegeta recognizes him as his bloodline and becomes protective when Trunks seeks his help. 264
• Future Trunks — A future-timeline son whose mother is revealed to be Bulma, a revelation that deeply shocks Vegeta. 147
• Bulma — Future-timeline partner and mother of Future Trunks; she also restores Saiyan tails and activates the Blutz Wave generator used in the Golden Great Ape transformation. 147 296 315
• Gohan — Rival and occasional ally. Vegeta challenges him to fight, dismisses his half-Saiyan heritage, and later joins him and Goku in defeating Kid Buu. 227 303 325
• Master Mutaito — Training elder who recognizes Vegeta’s exceptional ki control when he suppresses his power for a spar. 218

Story Role / Major Arcs

Saiyan Invasion

Vegeta serves as the central invading threat after Nappa’s defeat. His battle with Goku establishes their rivalry, while his Garlic Gun and Great Ape transformation endanger Earth itself. 81 82 83

Namek Conflict

After recovering from the Earth battle, Vegeta becomes a volatile independent combatant on Namek. He battles Zarbon and Recoome, suffers another crushing defeat, and emerges stronger after medical recovery. 99 102 111

Android Training and Conflict

Vegeta’s pursuit of Super Saiyan power culminates in Super Saiyan Second Stage and Super Vegeta. He defeats Android 15, but Goku’s later Super Saiyan Kaio-ken output leaves Vegeta forced to acknowledge that Goku has surpassed him again. 173 183 185

Buu Arc and Saiyan Evolution

Vegeta develops Super Saiyan 2: Modified, regains his tail, and discovers how Great Ape power can stabilize his Super Saiyan evolution. His Golden Great Ape crisis becomes the catalyst for independently attaining Super Saiyan 4. 280 301 315 324

Demon Realm

Initially dismissing the Demon Realm as too weak to interest him, Vegeta agrees to accompany Krillin’s group after being tempted by the possibility of advancing beyond Super Saiyan 4 and reaching a divine realm. 338

Ultimate Buu Battle

Vegeta reacts more grimly than Goku to Ultimate Buu’s threat. He ultimately fuses with Goku into Gogeta, whose Super Saiyan 4 power overwhelms Ultimate Buu. 375 379 380

Notable Quotes

“A low-class warrior should know his place.” 81

“I am... Super Vegeta!” 183

“I am Vegeta. King of the Saiyans!” 324

“Now this is more like it. This is... the power of royalty.” 324

Trivia

• Vegeta’s Super Saiyan 2: Modified is his direct rejection of Goku’s long-haired Super Saiyan 3 approach. 280
• He deliberately waits before powering down from Super Saiyan 4 so nobody will think he obeyed Krillin immediately. 327
• He considers flying on a Flying Demon Seed beneath his dignity and chooses to sit cross-legged on it instead. 346
• Vegeta’s pride is so predictable that Krillin repeatedly motivates him by suggesting Goku may gain power first. 338 412