This is my page on the ever expanding world of DBZ. I know the title says dragonball as well but Emperor Pilaf is the only character who is in Dragonball but not Dragonball Z everyone else just gets older not that anyone would notice it with Master Roshi since he never seems to age at all.When I say Emperor Pilaf is the only character to not go to DBZ from Dragonball I mean the only important character who doesn't go from one to the other as there is a few other characters who don't cross over. Some of you might think the Red Ribbon Army didn't continue into DBZ but who do you think made the Androids.I will be mainly sticking to the style I used for the characters page in my Dr Who section for the rest of the cartoon section.

GOKU/KAKKAROT

The main character of both Dragonball and Dragonball Z, the best way to describe this man is as a gentle giant as despite being the most powerful man in the universe(except perhaps Gohan sometimes-see below) he doesn't let it go to his head and he is always polite to those around him sometimes even his worst enemies including the worst one in DBZ(actually Kid Buu is the worst but your perception depends on whether you consider his different forms to be one villian or many) Majin Buu although he is in his weakest form when Goku is nice to him.Unfortunately Goku's brain power isn't as powerful as his muscle power.Another way of putting it is he's an idiot. Goku is usually the one who saves the day but it was his son who beat Cell (more in the Gohan section).It is also Goku who ends up beating Buu(Kid) with his spirit bomb. That is also how he beat Frieza for the first time.When I say the first time I mean it was Future Trunks who beat Frieza for good after he had been fixed up by his father. Actually technically even that wasn't his final death and it was Pikkon who beat him and Cell eventually in the other world.So I was also wrong about Gohan being the one who beat Cell altogether but if you don't count the other world deaths then Gohan beat Cell for good and Future Trunks beat Frieza for good. Goku didn't even realise he was a Saiyan until Radditz came along.The technical name for his race is Saiya-Jin but since everyone else calls him a Saiyan I guess that's the best name to call his race by. Goku was the first character to become a Super Saiyan when he was fighting Frieza on Namek(in the series). I know most people think that that is the first time he becomes a Super Saiyan but the actual first time if you include the DBZ movies is when he is fighting Lord Slug.

GOHAN

The first son of Goku has adopted most of his fathers traits having nearly no resemblance to his mother. He has his fathers strength,his fathers gentleness but especially his fathers fear of Chi-Chi. He also manages to become more powerful than Goku on several occasions (Cell Saga,Majin Buu Saga). This is because of the mysterious power deep inside him which no-one understands. This power first surfaced in one of the first DBZ episodes when Goku was being annihilated by Radditz(I think but it may have been someone else). It showed up again when Frieza blew Krillin up ("pop goes the weasel") but on neither of these occasions did anyone say anything about it except to comment on how high his power level got.The first time it was really brought up-and controlled was during the Cell Saga. Gohan used his mysterious power combined with a Kamehameha(is that spelled right?)to finally destroy the "unstoppable" android(actually since he was flesh he was more like a cyborg).That term (unstoppable) is probably used more often in DBZ than the words God,Jesus,Holy Spirit and Sin are used in the bible put together. Almost every single time they find a new villian the first things they say are always about how overwhelming their power level is and things along that line. Some people refer to him as "Mystic Gohan" after his training with Elder Kai when his power reaches an unbelievable,incredible,unstoppable level(another DBZ common occurence)I believe that Gohan's Power comes from his human half's adrenalin combined with his Saiyan half's power. This would explain why it only appears when he is angry or scared(or both-like with Frieza)

VEGETA

To be honest with my visitors I wasn't sure whether to put this guy under heroes or villains as he starts as a villian but goes over to the good side although he isn't "officially" one of the good guys until the very end of the Kid Buu Saga