Recaps

Goku traveled with Bulma to gather the Dragon Balls, won the 21st World Martial Arts Tournament, and trained with Kami, King Kai, and the people of Planet Yardrat. He and Bulma became a couple, and after mastering new techniques, Goku headed to Planet Beyond to buy her gifts.

• Goku joined Bulma’s Dragon Ball search, defeated Oolong and Yamcha, helped Ox-King extinguish Mount Frypan’s flames, and gathered all seven Dragon Balls.
• Goku used the Dragon Balls to obtain a gravity chamber for Bulma, then won the 21st World Martial Arts Tournament and later trained with Master Korin, Kami, and Mr. Popo.
• Goku met Bulma again, trained in her upgraded gravity chamber, and remembered King Piccolo as the group prepared to leave the tournament.
• Goku battled King Piccolo, who released explosions across Earth before dying, and Goku and Bulma used Shenron to revive the victims.
• Goku trained under King Kai for six months, mastering the Kaioken up to twenty times, then returned to Bulma and began a relationship with her after becoming a Super Saiyan.
• Goku secretly had Dr. Brief repair Kami’s spaceship, left Earth while Bulma slept, and traveled to Planet Yardrat to learn martial arts from Pybara and Batra.
• After a year on Planet Yardrat, Goku mastered four martial arts and improved his Ki control, then traveled to Planet Beyond to shop for gifts for Bulma.

Goku built a family and trained his friends while facing the arrival of Raditz, Vegeta, and Frieza. After defeating Frieza on Namek, he returned to Earth and resumed training as Vegeta tried to catch up.

• Goku defeated Cooler, then brought Aku and Izu to Earth and joined the World Martial Arts Tournament, where he beat Piccolo in the final.
• Goku invited his friends to train at the Lookout, married Bulma, and used a god’s cultivation method before they welcomed their son Gohan.
• After Raditz arrived on Earth, Goku welcomed him into the family, while Piccolo took Gohan into the wilderness to train him.
• Vegeta and Nappa landed on Earth, and Goku learned that Frieza knew about the Namekian Dragon Balls and might pursue them.
• Goku sent Vegeta and Piccolo to Namek, then used Tree of Might fruit and the Grand Elder’s potential-unlocking power to strengthen his allies and himself.
• Goku confronted Frieza on Namek, defeated him as a Super Saiyan after a mysterious woman empowered Frieza, and brought Vegeta back to Earth.
• Goku wished for greater stamina and the ability to learn the Language of the Gods, then returned to training while Vegeta sought a way to transform into a Super Saiyan.

Goku trained Vegeta, Raditz, Nappa, Gohan, and Trunks, then helped save the future timeline from the androids. Back home, he brought Gohan to school and began training with Whis while pursuing mastery of time and a higher dimension.

• Goku helped Vegeta achieve Super Saiyan, then trained until he reached Super Saiyan God and helped Raditz and Nappa fuse into Natz for a fight.
• Trunks arrived from the future with medicine for Goku, and Goku traveled with him to meet Future Gohan and Bulma.
• Goku restored Gohan’s missing arm through Porunga, then trained Gohan and Trunks in the Hyperbolic Time Chamber until they could face the androids.
• Gohan and Trunks defeated Androids 17 and 18, and Goku left the future timeline after giving them a cultivation method and warning them about an evil version of himself dressed in black.
• Back home, Goku enrolled Gohan in school, where he met Videl, and Bulma used Future Bulma’s notebook to build an upgraded gravity bracelet.
• Goku mastered Full Power Super Saiyan Blue and persuaded Whis to train him, agreeing to visit the God of Destruction’s Planet while returning to Earth each night.
• Whis told Goku to focus on the Power of Time and his dimension, and Goku developed Super Saiyan 4 Limit Breaker before returning to Earth.

Goku defeated Cell and Goku Black, then advanced his divine training with Whis and learned Ultra Instinct Sign. He visited Chronoa in the Time Realm, where he discovered that Bardock and Yamoshi were involved in its martial arts tournament.

• Goku killed Android 19 and Dr. Gero, freed Android 17 and Android 18 from their bombs, and released Android 16 before Cell reached his Perfect Form and defeated Vegeta.
• Gohan transformed into Super Saiyan 2 and badly injured Cell, but Cell returned as a Demon God and tried to self-destruct until Goku used Super Saiyan God to contain the explosion and kill him.
• Goku destroyed Dr. Gero’s remaining Cell embryo, celebrated with his family and friends, and later trained with Whis until he reached the Divine Dimension and challenged him as Super Saiyan 4 Limit Breaker.
• Chronoa recruited Goku to fight Goku Black, who had stolen Goku’s body and attacked across timelines, and Goku defeated him after Black transformed into Super Saiyan Rosé 3.
• Goku returned home with a Space-Time Origin, asked Whis to teach him Ultra Instinct, and reached Ultra Instinct Sign that same afternoon, though Whis warned him to master his emotions to maintain it.
• Goku continued training with Whis and supporting his family, then visited Chronoa in the Time Realm and learned that Yamoshi had become a Super Saiyan God and was set to face Bardock in the tournament final.
• Chronoa told Goku that Bardock had joined the Time Patrol in exchange for Gine’s revival and had reached the Divine Power Second Realm, leaving Goku puzzled about Bardock’s place in the tournament.