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"I know your kind! You think you can just waltz in and take our planet! But you forgot one thing; I'm my father's SOOOOOONNNNNN!"
Dragon Ball Z: Bojack Unbound

Template:Character Son Gohan (そんはん Son Gohan) is the elder son of the series' primary protagonist Goku and his wife Chi-Chi, the older brother of Goten, the husband of Videl and father to Pan. Gohan is the first hybrid (half-Earthling, half-Saiyan) to appear in the series. He is named after Goku's adoptive grandfather, Gohan.

Unlike his father, Gohan lacks a passion for fighting and prefers to do so only when the need to defend his loved ones arises.[1] Nevertheless, Gohan fights alongside the Z Fighters in the defense of Earth for much of his life. He eventually settles down with a family at the end of Dragon Ball Z, opting for the life of a scholar instead.[2]

Appearance

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Most of Gohan's appearances throughout the series

Gohan's appearance changes drastically through Dragon Ball Z, due to the fact that the series starts out with him as a child and ends when he is fully grown, married, and with a child of his own. But Gohan's basic physical appearance pretty much stays the same through the course of the series. Gohan has black hair and black eyes. He has his father's facial features, and also has his mother's light peach complexion rather than his father's light tan.

When Gohan is first introduced, he wears a child's outfit with his family name, 'Son', written on the front and the Four-Star Dragon Ball attached to his hat, the same Dragon Ball in which Goku believed that his grandpa's spirit resided. Before he transforms into Great Ape and mostly appears in the ending theme of the anime, Gohan wears a white tank top and his green pants and black shoes from his child attire.

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Gohan as a child

While training with Piccolo, he wears an outfit similar to Goku's original, with the 'Ma' symbol (魔) King Piccolo wore after he reverted to his human form from his Great Ape form and his tail was removed also by Piccolo until it grows back during his fight against Vegeta. After training with Piccolo, he has a mullet-type haircut and dons a similar attire to the Namek warrior which he continues to wear until the end of the Captain Ginyu Saga, after which he wears Battle Armor given to him by Vegeta. He would continue to wear clothing similar to Piccolo's for the majority of his childhood, but his hair trended closer to his father's wild self-cut style. During the Androids Saga, he now has long hair and retains the same outfit that he wore in the Saiyan Saga and the Frieza Saga, but now wears black kung-fu shoes and white shin guards instead of brown grass shoes. While training in the Hyperbolic Time Chamber, he begins wearing Saiyan training gear. After leaving the Time Chamber, he grows noticeably taller (roughly Krillin's height), and also quite muscularly developed for his age. He reverts to Piccolo's clothing for the Cell Games, with the addition of Piccolo's white cape and weighted shoulder pads. During this time his hair is spiky much like Goku's. Gohan's outfit in the movie Bojack Unbound which looks exactly like the one Goku wore in the Androids Saga and Majin Buu Saga.

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Gohan as a teen

As a young adult, he becomes similar in height to his father. His hair is much shorter and stands on end in a spiky formation, with a single bang hanging over the right side of his forehead. Having slacked off in training, he looks noticably skinnier, though that is only in his school uniform. When he's not wearing his school uniform, he has actually gained a good amount of muscle since the Cell Saga. Making him almost as muscular as Goku. He alternates between a school uniform, his Great Saiyaman costume, a blue gi similar to the Piccolo clothing (except larger in size), a replica of the gi his father Goku wore while he was alive. His obi, wrist bands and shin guards are red but in the movie Broly: The Second Coming, His shin guards are reverted to white. During the Buu Saga, he wears Kai clothing given to him by Kibito. In his fight against Super Buu and reuniting with his father and Vegeta after they defeated Kid Buu, Gohan wears an outfit identical to his father. At the party for the celebration of the defeat of Kid Buu, he wears a blue suit as part of his formal clothing.

As an adult in the end of Dragon Ball Z, Gohan's hair would be similar to how it was in the Buu Arc minus the bang which resembles Yamcha's hairstyle from the Androids Saga. In Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods, Gohan's wears glasses, a blue vest with a long white undershirt, and brown slacks with black shoes.

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Gohan in Resurrection ‘F’

In Dragon Ball Z: Resurrection ‘F’/Dragon Ball Super, having since retired from fighting completely and slacked off in his training, Gohan became very scrawny in built. His hair is also smoother and much flatter. Gohan tends to wear formal clothing as he studies to become a professor consisting of a grey collar shirt with a blue vest and red pants. On Frieza's arrival on Earth, he wears a green tracksuit because he forgot where his gi was. After he resumes training with Piccolo, Gohan slicks up his hair again to have spiky ends.

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Gohan during the Tournament of Power in the manga

By the time of the Tournament of Power, Gohan's training with Piccolo appears to have reconditioned his body, becoming almost as muscular as Goku. Also for the tournament, in the anime Gohan dons the same style gi he wore against Super Buu, while in the manga he dons a gi virtually identical to what he wore at the Cell Games, minus the white cape and shoulder pads. He also removes his glasses when fighting.

In Dragon Ball GT, he retains his hairstyle from the end of Dragon Ball Z with the only difference being it is a little longer and is usually seen dressed as like a professor or a businessman, in a suit and a tie. He also wears eyeglasses, even though he shows no sign of actually needing them, due to the fact that he does not need them to fight. It is possible, however, that these are reading glasses of some kind, as opposed to general corrective glasses. When facing Omega Shenron, Gohan wears a gi resembling that of the ones Goku used to wear throughout Dragon Ball Z.

In the Assault on the Hell Gate Saga, GT Gohan wears a gi identical to Piccolo's, though without the cape and turban.

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Gohan as a Time Patroller

After becoming a Time Patroller, Gohan's appearance is Gohan with his Ultimate Gohan-look, but with informal martial arts clothes almost identical to Trunks (Xeno)'s, most notably a black trench coat. He also wears glasses, like in his appearance in Dragon Ball Z: Resurrection ‘F’.

Personality

As a child, Gohan is a shy and studious intellectual child who lacks the Saiyan fighting spirit, so he had to utilize his incredible half-breed Saiyan potential and emotional reserves to protect those he loves, becoming one of the most powerful Z Fighters. As an adult, he achieves his dream career of becoming a great scholar.

Being only half-Saiyan, Gohan is unusual in his values and personality compared to most full-Saiyans. These unique values and personality separate him from pure Saiyans; as powerful as he is, he does not like fighting much. However, when he is forced to fight, he shows special interest in protecting his family and friends. Like his father, Gohan has a truly pure and gentle heart, apart of having the typical Saiyan appetite and will eat anything.[3]

Though he claims he does not share the love of fighting Goku has, Gohan does indeed love martial arts and adventures. It is also clearly obvious that he enjoys his superhuman powers, and he greatly enjoys using them to be a superhero, though he dislikes receiving the fame and attention that comes with it and prefers to keep a low profile, which is why he created the Great Saiyaman persona, in order to keep his identity a secret. This is even more evident when he didn't acknowledge Cell's defeat at his hands to the public after Mr. Satan falsely took credibility for it. During the Zen Exhibition Match, he admitted that his Saiyan half was getting excited from the challenge shown by Toppo of Universe 11, demonstrating that even though he despises senseless violence, he actually does enjoy fighting as a sport. It is possible that he prefers not to fight due to the many gruesome and painful fights he experienced in the past, and because of these battles, Gohan has negative emotions associated with fighting.

However, even though he is naturally smart, humble and kind, Gohan himself has been a victim of his own power in the past, whenever Gohan gets a gigantic power boost, he becomes arrogant and cocky, essentially becoming drunk in his power, often acknowledging and even enjoying his superiority over his opponents, as he did when he first became a Super Saiyan 2 against Cell, and later in his life when he achieved his Ultimate form, and fought Super Buu. This fatal flaw of his warrior-personality might be an actual side-effect of his Saiyan-heritage, since Saiyans such as Vegeta, or Nappa, have been known to act similarly when drunk in their own power while fighting. This has lead him to the brink of defeat on several occasions, and has later had to deal with the consecuences of his actions, such as the death of his father at the hands of Cell, or Super Buu absorbing him and endangering the entire universe in the process. However, thanks to Piccolo, Gohan works on overcoming this flaw of his, to not let his own superior power blind him in the battlefield ever again.

Besides concerning himself with his family (and his studies), Gohan has a strong attachment with his mentor: his father's former archrival Piccolo. After the death of Goku, Piccolo chose to train Gohan as he sensed the boy's potential power, which would be harnessed to help defend the Earth from the attack of the Saiyans. At first, the relationship with Piccolo is a frightening one, but after just one year, Piccolo admits his change because of the friendship he develops with Gohan and even sacrifices himself to save the boy. Because of this, Piccolo can be considered as a surrogate father for Gohan. Krillin also has influence on Gohan, as almost an uncle/nephew relationship, mainly because Krillin is Goku's closest friend. While Gohan does care about his mother, he like his father has a fear of her temper to the point in Dragon Ball Super he informs his mother that Goku planned to leave to train under Whis, stating that he had to tell her for his own safety, though fortunately Chi-Chi surprisingly calmed down after Goku left with Whis. However Gohan will defy his mother if it is important as he tells his mother off after she refuses to let him go to Namek to revive Piccolo using the Namekian Dragon Balls, due to feeling responsible for Piccolo's death at the hands of Nappa.

After the battle with Cell, Gohan gives up martial arts to focus on his studies and only resumed his training at the behest of his little brother Goten. Although he acknowledged he had fallen out of practice and lacked the fighting expertise of his father and Vegeta, Gohan gave all that he had as he fought Majin Buu and was eager to kill Buu for murdering his family and friends. In the years to come, he continued to train on-and-off while having a career and being a family man. He marries Videl, with whom he fell in love despite her being Mr. Satan's daughter, and has a daughter named Pan. Gohan proves to be a loving husband and doting father who takes delight in lavishing his daughter with attention and affection.

After witnessing the death of Piccolo, Videl and Pan at the hands of Frieza in the timeline erased by Whis' Temporal Do-Over, Gohan realizes that he must get much stronger in order to protect them. Because of this, he asks Piccolo to train him once again.[4] To which, by the time of the Tournament of Power, Gohan has become considerably more powerful than before, although it is unclear as to how much more powerful he has become as Piccolo has stated that Gohan's power is truly bottomless and that he can continue to further strengthen himself to new heights. However, despite reawakening his power, Piccolo points out his tendency to become arrogant and let his guard down could prove disastrous for Team Universe 7 during the tournament so Piccolo tries to discipline Gohan in order to break this dangerous habit. After witnessing his son's newfound power, fighting instincts and keeping in mind his keen intellect, Goku makes the decision to step aside from the role of Team Captain and appoints Gohan as the Captain of Team Universe 7 after their fight, stating Gohan's power is similar to his own and his intelligence makes him ideal for the role. Gohan has also expressed the desire to surpass his father by his own terms and methods, choosing to focus on empowering his natural and unamplified power rather than depend on any Super Saiyan transformations.

In Dragon Ball Online, it is shown that as a scholar Gohan became devoted to studying and researching the nature of ki and begins researching the martial arts of the past, organizing them in his book Groundbreaking Science in Age 804. The book became extremely popular and introduced the concept of ki to the general population of Earth sparking a renewed interest in the martial arts and fighting. One of the articles, "Katchin Can Be Cut!", had an immense influence on his brother and Trunks leading them study swordsmanship which allowed them to develop their natural potential via intense training and as adults Goten and Trunks founded the Kikoukenjutsu Sword School. The renewed interest in the martial arts also lead to the founding of the New Turtle School by Krillin and New Crane School by Tien Shinhan. As Goku and Vegeta had left Earth to settle their rivalry in Age 801 after Goku realized his death was imminent, it was left to the remaining Z Fighters Gohan, Goten, Pan, Trunks, Krillin, and Tien to defend the Earth after the remnants of the Frieza Force invaded Earth following the death of Gohan's father-in-law Mr. Satan whom the Guard troops that lead the army assumed had defeated Frieza. Like he had in the past, Gohan resorted to using his old alter-ego Great Saiyaman to defend the Earth and managed to convince Pan, Goten, Trunks, Krillin, and Tien to disguise themselves with Saiyaman-like suits as well to hide their identities while combating the Frieza Force, however their ki-based fighting style became a hot topic and global interest in ki escalated. As a result, Gohan in his role as a scholar and Z Fighter ended up sparking a martial arts revolution on Earth and secretly continued to defend Earth with his family and friends as he had done for most of his life.

Biography

Background

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Gohan as a baby

Gohan was born in May of Age 757, about a year after Goku and Chi-Chi married following the conclusion of the 23rd World Martial Arts Tournament. As a newborn, he went on for a time without a name until Goku's grandfather's name was mentioned, which Gohan liked, as opposed to the name his mother chose (Einstein). His early childhood was a pampered one, unlike his father's. His life was relatively well-balanced with a loving family and a nice home. Gohan was well-adjusted and intelligent, but unlike his father as a child, he lacked any affection for fighting and was easily scared at a level that most normal children would be. Goku gave Gohan the four star Dragon Ball and put it into a hat for him to honor his grandpa. Once, Goku and Chi-Chi were walking through a meadow with Gohan on a stroller, but the stroller was accidentally released, causing them to chase after it. Gohan was then sent flying out of the stroller, but his latent powers' brief awakening not only allowed him to survive crashing into a tree, but also plowing a hole through the trunk, amazing Goku at the hidden power of Gohan.[5]

Dragon Ball Z

Saiyan Saga

Main articles: Raditz Saga and Vegeta Saga

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Gohan getting introduced to Krillin, Master Roshi, and Bulma, by Goku

Despite Goku's protests, Chi-Chi home-schools Gohan to be a scholar until he is four, before Goku takes him to Kame Island to introduce him to Master Roshi, Bulma and Krillin. At this time, he is shown as a shy, but very smart boy who also has a tail like Goku once had before it was removed. He is also very sensitive and appears cowardly at some times. While Goku reunites and talks with his old friends, Gohan rides on Turtle's back, and plays Rock-Paper-Scissors with a crab, enjoying himself. After Goku's brother, Raditz, explains his Saiyan origins and attacks Goku with ease, he kidnaps Gohan, putting Goku at a stalemate, that if he does not kill 100 humans by the next day, Raditz will eliminate his nephew. Gohan soon gets locked up in Raditz's space pod, because Raditz cannot stand his constant crying. It is during this time that Raditz discovers that Gohan is potentially far stronger than Goku himself.

"You stop hurting... MY DADDY!!!"
— An enraged Gohan assaults Raditz ("A Life or Death Battle! Goku and Piccolo's Desperate Attack!")

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Gohan delivers a devastating blow to Raditz

During the battle between Goku, Raditz, and Piccolo, Gohan becomes angry and breaks free of the space pod he is being held captive in when he spots Raditz torturing Goku by repeatedly kicking one of Goku's broken ribs. He delivers a devastating blow to Raditz, giving Goku and Piccolo time to kill the evil Saiyan, though Goku dies in the process as well.

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Gohan trains with Piccolo in preparation for the Saiyan attack

After the battle with Raditz, Piccolo, having seen Gohan's power first hand, decides to take Gohan out training in the wilderness. He leaves Gohan alone to survive against dinosaurs and other dangers for six months, though during this time he watches Gohan carefully. During the first six night, while complaining about the sour flavor of the apples Piccolo has given him, Gohan accidentally looks at a full moon and transforms into a Great Ape. Piccolo destroys the moon, causing Gohan to revert into his normal form before Gohan destroys too much of the land. Piccolo yanks his tail off, then reconstitutes his clothing, giving him a uniform similar to Goku's. The difference: it bears the Demon symbol, to symbolize him being Piccolo's student. For the rest of the year, Piccolo shows no mercy as he teaches Gohan how to fight. Soon, Gohan's bright and cheerful nature makes Piccolo protective over the young boy. As the boy grows on Piccolo, the two of them have a few conversations about Piccolo's past and why he did the things he did and Gohan tells Piccolo he thinks he is not as bad as everyone has told him.

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Gohan's first on-screen usage of the Masenko, after becoming enraged by Piccolo's noble death

Eventually, the time comes for the Z Fighters to take on the remaining two Saiyans, Vegeta and Nappa. Piccolo senses the Saiyans making their approach and tells Gohan to be ready, when he suddenly senses a third ki from another direction. They think it is another Saiyan but soon find out that it is Krillin who joins them to fight the Saiyans. The Saiyans find them and before the fight starts, they decide to test their Saibamen against the Z Fighters. Soon Yamcha, Tien Shinhan, and Chiaotzu join them in the fight. While Yamcha and one Saibaman fight, Gohan cannot keep with their speed through his eyes alone, so Piccolo orders Gohan to concentrate and find them using Ki Sense, which Gohan is eventually able to master quickly. When Nappa begins to fight after Yamcha is killed and the six Saibamen are destroyed, Gohan is able to sometime control his fear but becomes frightened and hides behind rocks at times his age catches up with him. This prevents him from being very effective in the battle, except for short intervals, such as a point when he single-handedly kicks Nappa through a boulder. During one part of the battle, Piccolo hatches a plan for Gohan to blast Nappa after Piccolo has kicked him towards Krillin, and Krillin then will kick Nappa towards Gohan for the attack. The first two thirds of the plan work accordingly, but when it is Gohan's turn, Gohan cowers behind more boulders, botching the plan, resulting in Piccolo calling him a worthless coward. When Vegeta gives the group three hours for Goku to arrive, Piccolo loses all hope in Gohan, and after some bickering, he orders Gohan to go home. However, Gohan refuses and even realizes Nappa would not let him go away.

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Goku and Gohan badly beaten by Vegeta

When the fight continues after Goku fails to arrive on time, Gohan regains his confidence and does his best to amend for his previous cowardice. Piccolo hatches another plan for Gohan to attack Nappa after Krillin distracts him and Piccolo grabs his tail. Though Gohan quickly goes on the assault, the plan fails when Nappa is shown to have overcome his tail's weakness. Eventually, when Nappa fires a lethal energy blast at Gohan, Piccolo throws himself in front of Gohan and takes the impact. Gohan watches his mentor slowly die, and while Piccolo confesses his true bond with Gohan, Gohan's emotions once again take over, starting to cry in extreme anger. Once Piccolo slowly passes on, Gohan in turn fires a powerful Masenko at Nappa, which does only minimal damage to his arm. With that last Masenko consuming all the energy he had left, Gohan decides to give up and meet his fate, despite Krillin's protests for him to run. He is almost squashed by Nappa, but is saved by the Flying Nimbus when the resurrected Goku finally arrives to the battle. After eating a Senzu Bean with Krillin, he watches Goku overpower Nappa. When Vegeta kills Nappa, Goku tells Gohan to let him battle Vegeta alone, not wanting Gohan to get hurt again.

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Great Ape Gohan fights Vegeta

Later on, after Vegeta turns into a Great Ape using a Power Ball and injures Goku, Gohan returns to the battle. After Yajirobe chops off Vegeta's tail, making him transform back, Gohan fights Vegeta alone while Krillin and a broken Goku prepare to fire a Spirit Bomb, the last resort. Krillin fires the Spirit Bomb, but misses. Gohan bounces it back, hitting Vegeta, but not killing him. Gohan himself transforms into a Great Ape after looking at Vegeta's Power Ball. He defeats Vegeta by landing on him after Vegeta cuts his tail with a Destructo Disc. Afterwards, Goku lets Vegeta go, hoping to one day face him again.

Frieza Saga

Main articles: Namek Saga, Captain Ginyu Saga, and Frieza Saga

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Gohan right after his hidden potential was unlocked by Guru

After recovering from his injuries in West City hospital, Wukong Hospital, Gohan chose to go to the planet Namek with Krillin and Bulma to gather the Namekian Dragon Balls to bring back his friends back to life, because Piccolo's death caused Kami's death too, which caused the Earth's Dragon Balls to turn to stone. Gohan was on a personal mission to wish back Piccolo, and went so far as to wear a copy of Piccolo's dōgi to honor him.

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Gohan and Krillin witnessing Frieza's treatment to the Namekians

After their long trip, with a few sidetracks, they finally make it to Namek, where they find out Vegeta has also come seeking the Dragon Balls, along with his former far more powerful boss, Frieza. While scouting the planet with Krillin, Gohan spots Frieza and his minions, Zarbon and Dodoria, tormenting Namekian villagers. When Gohan sees Dodoria, one of Frieza's top henchmen, attack a little Namekian child named Dende, he goes out and attacks him. Afterwards, Dodoria chases Gohan, Krillin and Dende, but they eventually lose him and Vegeta kills Dodoria. Dende leads Gohan and Krillin to Grand Elder Guru, the ruler of the Namekians, where he unlocks both of their hidden potential. Later, Gohan steals a Dragon Ball that Vegeta has hid in a lake for himself, and even tricks Vegeta who runs into him on his way back from retrieving the ball. Vegeta figures this out eventually and becomes enraged, but the arrival of the Ginyu Force makes Vegeta have to form an alliance with Gohan and Krillin in order to get all the Dragon Balls and put up a fight against Frieza's feared Special Forces. Unfortunately, when they gather all of the Dragon Balls, they are ambushed by the Ginyu Force. The weakest of them, Guldo, is to take on Krillin and Gohan, but fails as Vegeta steps in and decapitates him with his hand.

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Gohan wearing the Battle Armor Vegeta gave him

Then, when Vegeta is fighting a losing battle against Recoome, Krillin and Gohan step in and fight, but it is still not enough. Gohan is on the brink of death until Goku shows up with Senzu Beans. Goku takes on the rest of them, but has his body switched by Captain Ginyu. With Goku completely weak in Captain Ginyu's body, Gohan has to try to fight Captain Ginyu in his father's body (although he is initially reluctant to do so, despite knowing it is not his dad, as he still feels he is injuring his dad by doing so). Captain Ginyu is unable to fully figure out Goku's powers and after a short fight with Gohan, Krillin, and Goku in Ginyu's body, Vegeta kills Jeice and ultimately defeats Ginyu. After Captain Ginyu ends up in a frog's body, Gohan and the others gather the Namekian Dragon Balls and wish for Piccolo to be brought back to life on Namek.

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Gohan kicks Frieza

Shortly after, Frieza ambushes them, making them stall for Piccolo to come. In the Z Fighters' battle against Frieza's second form, Krillin is injured by the tyrant and is sent into the depths of the water below. Gohan rushes to save his friend from drowning, but Frieza stops him. Getting angry, Gohan attacks Frieza with a barrage of punches and kicks followed by the Gekiretsu Madan (a massive wave of energy blasts), following up with a Masendan to finish the job, that would bring the tyrant to his knees.

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An enraged Gohan unleashes a relentless attack against Frieza

When Piccolo (now greatly powered up after fusing with the Namekian hero Nail) arrives on the battle field, he fights an even battle against Frieza while Gohan and the others watch in amazement. However, Frieza transforms into his third transformation and gains the upper hand against Piccolo. Seeing this, Gohan becomes enraged and attacks Frieza with the Full Power Masenko, hindering Frieza for a few minutes. Eventually, Frieza manages to deflect the attack back at Gohan, who is saved by Piccolo when he destroys the attack with a Ki Blast. Frieza then transforms into his final form, and as his first act, kills Dende, who had been healing the Z Fighters. Frieza then tries to kill Gohan with a Death Beam, but Vegeta saves the young Saiyan by kicking him out of the way of the blast. Gohan, Krillin, and Piccolo watch in horror as Vegeta gets brutally beaten by Frieza until Goku arrives. In the end, Vegeta meets his end at the hands of Frieza, who kills him with a Death Beam.

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Gohan confronts Frieza again

Gohan and the others are left on the sidelines while Goku fights an even battle against Frieza. However, things turn bad when Frieza powers up to 50% of his power and gains the upper hand against Goku, who desperately attempts to use the Spirit Bomb. In order to buy Goku some time, Gohan and Krillin lend their energy to Piccolo so he can stall Frieza enough for Goku to complete his Large Spirit Bomb. When Frieza prepares to kill Piccolo, Gohan and Krillin summon up the last of their energy and distract the tyrant with a surprise attack, saving the Namekian's life. Goku then fires his completed Spirit Bomb. It proves successful and Frieza is plummeted into the depths of the Spirit Bomb, heavily injuring him.

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Gohan attacks Frieza in anger after he injures Piccolo

Believing the tyrant to be dead, the heroes relax and prepare to go back home to Earth, until Frieza appears on top of a boulder and reveals to be alive. Frieza mortally wounds Piccolo (in the anime, Frieza attempted to fire a Death Beam at Goku, but Piccolo pushed him out of the way and got hit by the laser instead, whereas in manga, Frieza intended to fire the attack at Piccolo), overwhelming Gohan with horror and grief at the presumed death of his mentor and friend. Next, Frieza kills Krillin, by telekinetically blowing him up into pieces, which enrages Goku and allows him to transform into a Super Saiyan. He assertively orders Gohan to take Piccolo and retrieve Bulma and take them to the ship that he traveled in and use it to head back to Earth. Reluctantly obeying his father's wishes, Gohan leaves the battle field with the unconscious Piccolo and manages to retrieve Bulma.

"You killed my Dad. And Krillin too. And the others... Because of you, they're gone! I'm going to make you pay for what you did to them!!!"
— Gohan angrily challenges Frieza when believing Goku to be dead in "Goku's Furious Roar! A Last-Minute Resurrection Wish!"

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Gohan returns to the battle field to stall Frieza before planet Namek explodes

Later, when he senses that his father is supposedly dead, Gohan returns to the fight to stall Frieza before Namek explodes. However, despite his best efforts, he is unable to stall Frieza as the tyrant taunts him and he is not fighting, in addition to Frieza deducing the real reason Gohan is attempting to fight him. However, Gohan then senses that his father is still alive and powers up. Next, Gohan attacks Frieza with a barrage of punches and kicks, knocking him to the ground and finally blasting him with a Super Masenko. Unfortunately, Frieza appears unaffected by the attack and powers up to full power again, saying that Gohan is a true Saiyan and that is why Frieza must kill him. However, before Frieza can kill Gohan, Goku rises up from the ocean below and tells Gohan to get off Namek. Gohan flies away from the fight and encourages his father to win. As Gohan is flying back to the spaceship, he and the others are later transported to Earth by Porunga while Goku is left finishing the battle with Frieza on the dying planet Namek.

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Gohan at Capsule Corporation

After Goku wins the battle, but is caught in planet Namek's explosion, Gohan and the others mourn the Saiyan warrior's apparent death. Months later, they are allowed to use the Namekian Dragon Balls to wish Goku back to life. However, they are shocked after the Eternal Dragon Porunga refuses the wish that Goku be brought back to life, but everyone rejoices once the Dragon explains that Goku did not die from Namek's explosion. During this time of peace, everyone awaits the arrival of Goku, and Gohan goes back to his studies while Piccolo watches over him and his mother.

Garlic Jr. Saga

Main article: Garlic Jr. Saga

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Gohan prepares to fight The Spice Boys

Only in the anime, while everyone on Earth is waiting for Goku to come back, Garlic Jr. escapes from the Dead Zone, and enslaves most of humanity with the Black Water Mist. Gohan, who is unaffected due to hiding in a cave with his dragon friend Icarus, is forced to travel to the lookout point to save his mother and friends, together with Piccolo, Krillin, and his new girlfriend Maron, who is left at Korin Tower.

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Gohan powers up to send Garlic Jr. into the Dead Zone

He has to do battle with Garlic Jr.'s henchmen, the Spice Boys, and after killing them, he has to face his friends: Krillin and Piccolo. Luckily, it turns out that these two are only pretending to be evil so they can free Kami and Mr. Popo. While outmatched at first, after a reunion with his friends, Gohan eventually manages to overcome and send Garlic Jr. back to the Dead Zone by blowing up the Makyo Star that is powering the villain. This would be the first time Gohan has saved the world without his father's help.

Cell Saga

Main articles: Trunks Saga, Androids Saga, Imperfect Cell Saga, Perfect Cell Saga, and Cell Games Saga

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Gohan during the Trunks Saga

A year after (two years later in FUNimation dub) Goku defeated Frieza on Namek, Gohan and Chi-Chi still wait for Goku's safe return to Earth. However, things turn bad when the Z Fighters sense Frieza heading towards Earth, along with another powerful being: his father, King Cold. Gohan and the Z Fighters regroup where Frieza and King Cold's spaceship is landing, at Northern Wastelands, but without Goku's help, the Earth appears to be doomed.

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Gohan trains with Goku and Piccolo for the next three years

However, when Frieza and King Cold land on Earth, they are confronted by a mysterious youth, who transforms into a Super Saiyan and easily destroys Frieza and King Cold along with their henchmen. After the fight, he tells the others to follow him to when and where Goku will be arriving. After waiting two hours (three in the manga), Goku arrives on Earth and he and the youth have a private talk.

The mysterious youth reveals himself as Trunks, the son of Bulma and Vegeta from 20 years in the future, who has traveled from the future and explained that a pair of deadly Androids will appear and threaten the Earth in the next three years. Future Trunks then gives Goku an antidote for the heart disease he will soon contract. With the conversation over, Future Trunks departs to his future, but promises to meet them again when the Androids arrive. During the next three years, Gohan trains hard with Goku and Piccolo to prepare for the Android threat.

"These guys are ruthless. What happened back in the city will happen everywhere. They'll start torching the whole planet if we walk away."
— Gohan responds to Krillin's suggestion to retreat ("No Victory for Android 19! Enter Super Vegeta!")

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Gohan in the early Androids Saga

Three years later, the Z Fighters locate the Androids on an island nine miles southwest of South City. However, not wanting to fight in the city in fear of causing more damage after Gero had already destroyed half of the city, they fly to a wasteland so they can fight. Goku transforms into his Super Saiyan form and dominates Android 19, until the Saiyan contracts the heart virus Future Trunks warned him about three years prior, allowing Android 19 to gain the upper hand and steals some of Goku's energy. Goku, however, is saved by the arrival of Vegeta, who transforms into a Super Saiyan himself and easily destroys Android 19 while the Z Fighters watch in amazement.

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Gohan saves Piccolo from Android 20

With Android 19 destroyed, Android 20 (a.k.a. Dr. Gero) becomes scared and retreats, with the Z Fighters in pursuit. During the search, Piccolo is suddenly ambushed by Android 20, who attempts to steal the Namekian's energy and use it against Vegeta. Luckily, Piccolo telepathically contacts Gohan and tells him to come help him. Gohan soon arrives and knocks Dr. Gero down to the ground, saving Piccolo's life as the Z Fighters gather around. Piccolo then fights Android 20 alone and dominates the android with the strength he achieved from the last three years of intense training, cutting off one of Gero's hands. Future Trunks then comes back from the future and arrives on the battle field with the Z Fighters, only to discover that these Androids are not the ones in his future timeline. However, Android 20 manages to escape and the Z Fighters search for him while Gohan flies Bulma, Trunks, and Yajirobe back home to Capsule Corporation. Dr. Gero makes it back to his lab and activates two of his more powerful creations, Android 17 and Android 18. However, the Androids rebel and kill Dr. Gero and proceeded to activate another android, Android 16, whose sole purpose is to kill Goku. The Z Fighters battle the new Androids, only to be badly beaten as the Androids fly away to find and kill Goku.

"But, if you could actually go back and destroy the Androids in the past, what would happen to the ones that are already here? In our present I mean. Would they all just, disappear or something? Or, would it be more like they, well, like they never existed?"
— Gohan questions Future Trunks' plan to defeat the Androids
("The Hunt for Cell is On! Goku, Back in Action!")

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Gohan, Future Trunks, and Bulma discover Cell's larval state

When the Z Fighters are in an airplane with a weakened Goku, flying away from the Androids, Gohan and Future Trunks leave and meet with Bulma to investigate an old time machine that was used to travel to the past. The time machine is covered in moss and has a large hole at the top. In there, they find a large egg shell split in half, but can not get any conclusions from it. Then, Gohan finds some thing unusual in the distance: the skin of a huge bug (later known as the android, Cell). Bulma takes the shell with her to do some more investigating.

After Goku is cured from the heart virus, he takes Gohan, Future Trunks, and Vegeta up at Kami's Lookout, where they are shown by Mr. Popo a special room up at Kami's Lookout, known as the Hyperbolic Time Chamber, in preparation for a new threat: Cell. In the Hyperbolic Time Chamber, Future Trunks and Vegeta both enter the room first for the whole day while Goku and Gohan wait and sense that Piccolo (now fused with Kami and returned to the original nameless Namekian) is fighting against the Androids. Gohan tries to go down to Earth and help Piccolo, but Goku does not let him go and explains he is not strong enough and will only get in Piccolo's way. Goku tells Gohan as soon as they get their training done, they will go down to Earth and help Piccolo.

"NO!!! I can't just sit here and do nothing, I'm going down there! Got it!? I'm done waiting!"
— Despite Goku's orders, Gohan prepares to rescue Piccolo and take on Cell
("Run, Android 17! Piccolo's All-Or-Nothing Struggle!")

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Gohan tries to help Piccolo back on Earth, but is ordered by Goku to stay on Kami's Lookout

Later, when Piccolo was nearly killed by a powered-up Imperfect Cell, who arrived on the battle field between Piccolo and Android 17, Goku and Gohan sense Piccolo's energy disappear. Believing his mentor to be dead, an enraged Gohan tries to go down to Earth, but is held and calmed down by Goku. Still angered, Gohan flies up into the air and tries to escape from the Lookout, but is punched down to the ground by Goku. As Mr. Popo rushes to help him, he explains to Gohan that Goku is hurting inside too and is even more angry than Gohan about Piccolo's near death. Gohan and Goku apologize to each other for their actions, and Goku promises that he will not let Piccolo's sacrifice be in vain.

"I've gotta be strong! Everyone's counting on me, I can't let them down! Like against the Saiyans... or the Ginyu Force, or Frieza. Whenever my friends needed me most I was always too weak or too scared to help them. I've been letting them down my whole life!"
— Gohan's inner monologue as he transforms into a Super Saiyan for the first time
("The Tables are Turned! Witness the Power of Perfection!")

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Gohan in the Hyperbolic Time Chamber

After Cell absorbs Android 17 and achieved his Semi-Perfect form, he is about to set his sights on Android 18 when Tien Shinhan arrives and attacks Cell with his Neo Tri-Beam, allowing Android 18 and Android 16 (who was injured by Semi-Perfect Cell) to escape. Goku and Gohan sense Tien's energy decreasing and he finally collapses from exhaustion. Just before Semi-Perfect Cell can kill Tien, Goku uses Instant Transmission to appear on the battle field. He grabs the barely alive Tien and Piccolo and teleports back to the Lookout, where they are fully healed with a Senzu Bean. Piccolo explains that despite their best efforts against Semi-Perfect Cell, they proved useless.

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Gohan transforms into a Super Saiyan for the first time in the Hyperbolic Time Chamber

At that moment, Mr. Popo interrupts and brings the group to the Hyperbolic Time Chamber, where Future Trunks and Vegeta emerge stronger than ever. They are given new Saiyan armor by Bulma (who by this time already arrived) and fly down to the Earth to confront Semi-Perfect Cell. While Vegeta and Future Trunks fight Semi-Perfect Cell, Goku and Gohan enter and train in the Hyperbolic Time Chamber while wearing some new Saiyan armor made by Bulma. In the Hyperbolic Time Chamber, Gohan struggles to transform into a Super Saiyan. Goku informs him that to become a Super Saiyan, it must be triggered by anger and rage. Gohan realizes the only way to become a Super Saiyan is for his father to fight him at full power. Hesitantly, Goku transforms into a Super Saiyan and fires a powerful Kamehameha at Gohan. Gohan blocks the attack and thinks about all the other times he was not able to help his friends whenever they were in danger while his friends helped him out if he was in danger. Thinking about this, Gohan becomes overwhelmed with rage, allowing him to transform into a Super Saiyan and fire the Kamehameha back at Goku, who dodges the attack and tells his son to focus his energy, making him return to his base form. Goku tells Gohan they can take a break and even gives his son a haircut.

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Gohan training in the Hyperbolic Time Chamber as a Super Saiyan

Later, Gohan again transforms into his Super Saiyan form and trains while Goku sits down and watches his son's training in his Super Saiyan form improve. Gohan gets tired and transforms back into his base form when Goku demonstrates the second and third grade forms (which are the forms that Vegeta and Future Trunks are using against Cell, who by this time had achieved his perfect form by absorbing Android 18).

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Gohan and Goku train in their Super Saiyan forms to attain the Super Saiyan Full Power state

Seeing this incredible strength and power, Gohan is sure Goku can beat Cell, but Goku says he can not. He explains that because his muscles are now bulky, they slow down his speed, which is obviously important in the fight with Cell. Goku tells Gohan that transforming into a Super Saiyan takes a great deal of energy, but they need all the Super Saiyan energy they can get. Goku comes up with a plan to transform into a Super Saiyan Full Power, so he tells Gohan to try and stay transformed as a Super Saiyan for the whole day when it starts to feel normal.

At some point during their training, Goku prepared to call it a day, but then Gohan then manages to surprise Goku by transforming into an unprecedented Super Saiyan form before collapsing from exhaustion. Although Gohan does not remember it due to the strain of this initial transformation, it ended up being the catalyst that caused Goku to realize that, should Cell achieve his perfect form, Gohan is the only one of the Z-Fighters, including Goku himself, who would stand any chance at defeating Cell in even that state.

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Goku and Gohan emerge as Super Saiyan Full Powers

With their training finally completed, Gohan and Goku emerge earlier than expected from the Hyperbolic Time Chamber as Super Saiyan Full Powers. As Goku and Gohan are eating food made by Mr. Popo (because they do not really know how to cook when they were in the Hyperbolic Time Chamber), Future Trunks, after being defeated by Perfect Cell along with his father Vegeta, tells them that Perfect Cell is hosting a tournament for the Earth's strongest warriors called the Cell Games, to which Goku thinks of it as an interesting challenge. While Goku wears his trademark orange and blue clothes for the tournament, Gohan asks Piccolo for a copy of his uniform, since he was his first mentor. Piccolo conjures up a uniform similar to his for Gohan, who happily appreciates the new outfit.

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Gohan in his new Piccolo-style outfit (back left)

Goku pays Perfect Cell a visit using Instant Transmission, and after returning, he claims he is no match for the android. Piccolo suggests they can still go in the Hyperbolic Time Chamber for extra training. However, Goku declines and says that he and Gohan can train outside the Hyperbolic Time Chamber, greatly surprising everyone. Goku and Gohan leave the Lookout, (after Goku and Gohan show Korin and Yajirobe their new power) and arrive at the Kame House to pick up Chi-Chi so they can go home. Gohan asks his father if they have a chance of beating Cell if they spend the next nine days resting and training outside. Goku laughs and says they do not have to worry about it now, since they have nine days to relax. Gohan and Goku go inside and meet everyone else (at one point, Oolong and Puar even say that Gohan has, "buffed up.") However, when Chi-Chi sees Goku and Gohan, she freaks out and exclaims that Gohan has become a hair-dyeing punk.

In a filler episode, Gohan flies to a village called Chazke Village to run a shopping errand for his mother. He meets Lime and Mr. Lao there, and later encounters one of his father's deadliest enemies in his childhood: Mercenary Tao, rebuilt as a cyborg. Taken over by panic and shock at discovering Gohan is Goku's son, Mercenary Tao flies away on a tree. Goku arrives and he and Gohan are given the groceries by Mr. Lao, who encourages them that they can defeat Cell. Gohan and Goku say their goodbyes to Mr. Lao and Lime and fly back home.

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Gohan receives a telescope on his 11th birthday

In another filler episode, Gohan has his 11th birthday and all of his other memories are revealed. One of his memories include Goku, Chi-Chi, and the Ox-King discussing a name for their newborn son. However, when they mention Grandpa Gohan, Goku's deceased adoptive grandfather, they discover the baby laughs at the name, "Gohan." Seeing as the baby likes the name, "Gohan", Goku, Chi-Chi, and Ox-King name the baby, "Gohan." In another flashback Goku, Chi-Chi, and Gohan are walking in the woods when they look up in a tree at a bird family. However, Goku accidentally lets go of Gohan's stroller, causing Gohan to zoom violently down the hill while Goku and Chi-Chi run for their lives after their crying son. The stroller jumps over a ravine and heads for a tree where it crashes and breaks. The crying Gohan is about to smash into the tree, but he stops crying and uses his hidden power to smash through the tree without injury. Goku catches Gohan on the other side of the tree and he laughs, ending the flashback.

Gohan, Goku, and Krillin return home, where they, along with Chi-Chi and Ox-King, celebrate Gohan's 11th birthday. Before he blows out the candles, Gohan makes a wish in his mind. He wishes he would have enough strength to defeat Cell so his family would live in peace. However, when Gohan blows out the candles, he accidentally ends up blowing the cake everywhere on everybody's face. Chi-Chi says a boy would get severely punished for trashing his birthday cake. However, Chi-Chi's mood changes to happy and she says he can not help it because he is Goku's son, to which everyone joyfully laughs.

"Look. I'm giving you the chance to end this without violence. I really don't want to kill you. Even if you are evil, you can still walk away. I'm not interested in fighting you just for the challenge, my Dad's the one who cares about that stuff..."
— Gohan gives Cell a chance to surrender ("Get Angry, Gohan! Release Your Hidden Power!")

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Gohan at the Cell Games

Finally, ten days have passed and the Z Fighters arrive at the Cell Games for the battle against Perfect Cell. Goku is the first Z Fighter to battle against Perfect Cell and matches the monster blow for blow. To everyone's surprise, Goku forfeits the battle against Perfect Cell after using the Instant Kamehameha (a combination of the Instant Transmission and Kamehameha) which left him and Cell drained. Goku then chooses Gohan to fight Perfect Cell in his place. Gohan states Goku and Cell's battle was not hard to keep up with, leading to the conclusion that Gohan was possibly stronger than Goku, who was fighting at full power.

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Gohan fights Perfect Cell

Gohan powers up to the point where his power exceeds even Goku's and reluctantly fights Perfect Cell. As the battle occurs, Gohan does not have the same fighting spirit as his father nor does he have the desire to kill, thus allowing Perfect Cell to gain the upper hand. Gohan tells Cell that once he becomes enraged, his hidden power is unleashed, referring to when he attacked Raditz, when he was in training with Piccolo, and when he was fighting Frieza. Gohan did not wish to see this power unleashed, much to Perfect Cell's chagrin. Believing he could see this hidden power, Perfect Cell began smacking Gohan around to get him angry. Gohan finally gets a little angry and kicks Perfect Cell in the face, giving him a bloody lip and fueling his desire to see Gohan's hidden power. When things start to get dangerous, Android 16 sneaks up behind Perfect Cell and gives him a bear hug, attempting to self-destruct and take the monster with him. However, Krillin reveals to Android 16 that Bulma and her father removed the self-destruct bomb, allowing Perfect Cell to break free and blast Android 16 to bits, much to the horror of the Z Fighters. However, the android's head is left still intact and rolls over to Mr. Satan and his gang, who were hiding and watching the fight.

"What are you so afraid of, Cell? Isn't this what you wanted? I warned you. I told you what would happen if you pushed me too far. But you didn't listen. You forced me to awaken my hidden power, and now that you've seen it, you're afraid... because you know that I'm going to destroy you."
— Gohan during his battle with Cell

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Gohan turns Super Saiyan 2 after witnessing #16's tragic death

Perfect Cell then creates seven Cell Juniors and has them attack the Z Fighters. Gohan watches in horror and becomes angry as his friends are mercilessly beaten by the Cell Jrs. Meanwhile, the head of Android 16 convinces Mr. Satan to throw his head to where Gohan and Perfect Cell are so that he may help Gohan. Now in Gohan's sight, Android 16 tells Gohan to not be afraid of releasing his anger and that it was okay to fight if he wants to protect the people and world he loved. Finally, 16 said to Gohan to drop his restraints and let it go because he has enough power and strength to defeat Perfect Cell. With Android 16's final words, Perfect Cell crushes Android 16's head, ending the peaceful android's life. Touched by Android 16's final words and enraged by the peaceful android's death, Gohan's rage reaches its limits and transforms him into a new level, Super Saiyan 2.

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Gohan kills the Cell Juniors

Now in his new anger-fueled state, Gohan says to Perfect Cell stating that he will never forget what he has done. He approaches the android and quickly snatches the Senzu Beans that Perfect Cell stole from Krillin. Gohan disappears as Cell tries to grab them back and appears in front of a Cell Jr., showing new amounts of speed. The Cell Jr. attempts to strike Gohan, only to be easily killed by the enraged young Saiyan. Gohan moves so fast that it appears that he has teleported to where Krillin is held captive by two of the Cell Jrs., something that Future Trunks realizes about Gohan increasing his strength and power without losing speed. Gohan rescues Krillin and kills another of the Cell Jrs. Seeing this new incredible power that Goku spoke of earlier, Perfect Cell orders all of the Cell Jrs. to take on Gohan all at once; however, Gohan easily kills all of Cell Jrs. without mercy, much to the amazement and shock of everyone, including Perfect Cell. After Gohan gives the stolen Senzu Beans to Future Trunks to heal the Z Fighters, he proceeds to challenge Perfect Cell.

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Gohan delivers a devastating blow to Perfect Cell

As the Z Fighters are healed by the Senzu Beans and get to a safe distance, Gohan battles Perfect Cell and gains the upper hand against the android. Perfect Cell unleashes his maximum power and punches Gohan hard in the face. However, Gohan is barely fazed by Perfect Cell's blow and counterattacks with two powerful punches to his stomach and face, severely injuring the Android. Perfect Cell fires attacks used by some of the Z Fighters, including the Destructo Disc, Special Beam Cannon, and Scatter Shot at Gohan, who easily brushes through the attacks. Gohan tells Perfect Cell that he should not have pushed him and because of that, he is going to destroy him.

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Gohan lands a powerful kick to Perfect Cell's stomach, making him regurgitate Android 18

Perfect Cell flies up high into the air and fires a massive Kamehameha down at Gohan in an attempt to destroy the entire Earth. However, just as the huge energy beam is about to hit the Earth, Gohan counterattacks with a bigger and more powerful Kamehameha, overpowering Perfect Cell's Kamehameha and destroying the android's legs, left arm, and the two straight sections on top of his head. Goku yells for Gohan to finish off Cell before he regenerates, but Gohan, still enraged at Perfect Cell's actions, refuses and wants Cell to suffer before he kills him. As Goku predicted, the enraged Cell regenerates and transforms into his Power Weighted form but even with his enormous power, he is unable to hit Gohan, making the same mistake Future Trunks made ten days ago. After Gohan dodges Cell's punches, he delivered two powerful kicks to Perfect Cell's face and stomach, making him regurgitate Android 18 and transform back into his Semi-Perfect form.Template:DbzRef

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Gohan cries following Goku sacrificing himself to stop Cell

In a fit of anger and desperation, Semi-Perfect Cell began a Self Destruction technique, planning to blow himself up along with the Earth. Gohan attempts to attack the self-destructing Semi-Perfect Cell, but the android replies that if he is hit, he will immediately explode. Hearing this, Gohan realizes that there is no way that he can save the Earth and blames himself for not finishing Cell off sooner. However, at the last second, Goku uses instant-transmission to transport in front of Semi-Perfect Cell. Goku tells Gohan how proud he is of his son for putting up a good fight and to look after Chi-Chi. After a heart-felt goodbye to his son, Goku transports Cell away from Earth to King Kai's planet where Semi-Perfect Cell finally explodes, destroying the planet and killing Goku, King Kai, Bubbles, and Gregory in the process. Back on Earth, Gohan and the other Z Fighters mourn Goku's noble sacrifice. Realizing how cocky and arrogant he was, Gohan cries and blames himself for his father's death while Krillin tries to comfort him.Template:DbzRef

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Gohan's arm is badly broken after defending Vegeta from Super Perfect Cell's attack

However, unknown to the Z Fighters, Cell survives the explosion, regenerating from a lone cell in his core. Doing this effectively raised his power higher due to the Saiyan genes he absorbed from Goku and Vegeta, and he also learned Goku's Instant Transmission technique, which he used to head back to Earth. As his first act of return, Super Perfect Cell kills Future Trunks with one blast in front of the shocked Z Fighters. Gohan was in fact pleased to see Super Perfect Cell had returned, hoping to defeat the android so he could avenge his father. Enraged by his son's death, Vegeta in a fit of fury and rage, transformed into to a Super Saiyan and attacked Super Perfect Cell with a powerful barrage of energy blasts. However, as the dust clears, Super Perfect Cell emerges from the blast, unharmed, and smacks Vegeta aside to the ground and fires a powerful blast at the Saiyan prince. Gohan jumps in front of the unconscious Vegeta and takes the full-force of Super Perfect Cell's attack, costing him the use of his left arm and most of his power drained.

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Gohan fires the Father-Son Kamehameha at Super Perfect Cell

Wanting to end the conflict, Super Perfect Cell prepares a massive Kamehameha to destroy Gohan, who loses all hope after having his left arm broken and seeing how much more powerful Super Perfect Cell is now. However, at that moment, Goku telepathically contacted Gohan with the help of King Kai and encouraged Gohan to believe in his power. When Gohan tells Goku it was all his fault that this happened, Goku reminds him that not only do things like this happen, but if anyone is to blame for it, it is Super Perfect Cell. With new found hope and confidence, Gohan prepares a one-handed Kamehameha with the assistance from Goku's spirit. With their attacks finally charged and ready, Gohan and Super Perfect Cell fire their Kamehameha attacks at each other, resulting in a huge Beam Struggle that knocks away everyone else.

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Gohan destroys Super Perfect Cell once and for all

During the Kamehameha duel between Gohan and Super Perfect Cell, Super Perfect Cell has the upper hand against Gohan. However, Gohan, still aided by his father in Other World, is able to charge more of his power into his Kamehameha, seemingly bringing the energy duel to a standstill. The Z Fighters, except for Vegeta, also help out Gohan by blasting Super Perfect Cell, who retaliates by knocking all of them away with his energy, rendering them unable to help Gohan. However, just as Super Perfect Cell is about to destroy Gohan, Vegeta, after regaining his confidence, aims at Super Perfect Cell's head with a Galick Blazer, distracting the android. Seeing this opportunity, Gohan (encouraged by Goku) unleashes all the rest of his power into his Kamehameha, completely destroying every cell in Super Perfect Cell's body, dispatching the android once and for all. Having successfully won, Gohan reverts to his normal state and collapses to the ground, breathing heavily and smiling as Goku in Other World expresses how proud he is of his son for finally defeating Super Perfect Cell and saving the world.

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Gohan says his goodbye to his deceased father

Following Super Perfect Cell's defeat, the Z Fighters and Gohan return to Dende's Lookout, where he is healed by Dende. With the newly recreated Dragon Balls, they summon Shenron and wish for all of Cell's victims to be revived. However, Goku does not come back and telepathically contacts the Z Fighters on the Lookout. Goku tells them not to revive him and explains that he seemed to attract evil villains that were after him, so the Earth would be safer if he was not there. He also said that Gohan had greatly surpassed him and if there were any other threats, Gohan would be there to defend the Earth. With the conversation over, Gohan and the Z Fighters say their goodbyes to Goku and to each other before leaving Kami's Lookout and going their separate ways, leaving the Earth safe once more.Template:DbzRef

Majin Buu Saga

Main articles: Other World Saga, Great Saiyaman Saga, World Tournament Saga, Babidi Saga, Majin Buu Saga, Fusion Saga, Kid Buu Saga, and Peaceful World Saga

"Guardian of the city, I am the one and only... Great Saiyaman!"
— Gohan displaying his new Great Saiyaman alter ego to some crooks

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Gohan on his first day of high school

Seven years after the events of the Cell Games, Gohan lives at home with his mother and his seven-year-old brother named Goten, born just after the Cell Games. His training has taken a backseat to his studies and his strength has decreased overtime, although he can still compete with Goku and Vegeta, who have trained hard in those years. Chi-Chi decides Gohan needs to attend high school in order to pursue higher education, so she sends him to Orange Star High School in Satan City. On his first day in the city, he turns Super Saiyan (in order to conceal his identity) to stop a robbery, and by the time he arrives at Orange Star High tales of the newest hero, "Gold Fighter", have already spread (which name was actually given to him after two previous incidents while going to the school to take entrance exams). In class, he meets another crime-fighter and the most popular girl in school, Videl. She is the daughter of Mr. Satan, who got rich and famous for stealing Gohan's credit over the defeat of Cell. While at school, Gohan also had to be careful not to reveal his true power.

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Gohan as a teenager during the Majin Buu Saga

Videl is highly suspicious of Gohan and spies on him to see if he is really the Gold Fighter. Videl confronts Gohan several times to voice her suspicions, but Gohan nervously denies them. Gohan decides to use a disguise when fighting crime and goes to Bulma to make him a costume. He becomes the Great Saiyaman to hide his identity so that the media will not bother his family. However, while trying to convince Videl to let him return a stolen pterodactyl baby to its two pterodactyl parents, he accidentally reveals his identity to Videl, who then blackmails Gohan to compete against her in the newly revived World Martial Arts Tournament in exchange for her silence. Gohan, having no experience with kids his own age, especially girls, is helpless against the confident Videl, who makes him promise to teach her how to fly.

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Gohan teaches Videl how to use her energy to fly

When Gohan tells Bulma about the tournament, Goku, listening in from the Other World, contacts them and tells them he'll compete too, using his one-day pass to the human world. Hearing this, Vegeta also decides to compete. To make it more interesting, and to give them a chance to meet Goku again, Gohan tells all his friends about the tournament, and they all decide to compete. While Gohan trains with Goten, he is shocked to see Goten transform into a Super Saiyan, breaking his record as the youngest Super Saiyan ever, worrying that if he does not train harder, Goten will surpass him.

When Videl shows up at Gohan's home to learn to fly, Gohan learns that she has no knowledge of energy, since her father believes it to be just a trick. Gohan begins training her from scratch, though she picks it up pretty quickly. During his training of Videl as well as his brother Goten, Videl learns more about Gohan and grows closer to him. Also when teaching Videl becomes a great flyer, Gohan had thought that Videl was really something special. Despite the relentless teasing from friends (such as Krillin), Videl and Gohan develop a sweet kind of relationship.

"Last chance for requests! Do you just want to see just a Super Saiyan? Or should I take it up to the next level!?"
— Gohan confronting Kibito at the World Martial Arts Tournament

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Gohan angrily turns Super Saiyan after witnessing Spopovich beating up Videl

As the Z Fighters arrive at the World Tournament, Goku, who had been in Other World training for the last seven years, arrives on Earth and after an emotional greeting by Gohan, meets his second son, Goten. As the tournament occurs, the Z Fighters easily brush through their matches. Later, however, when Videl fights Spopovich, she is nearly beaten to death by the large brute. Gohan watches in anger as his friend horribly suffers at the hands of the ruthless Spopovich. Finally, having seen enough, Gohan turns Super Saiyan and tries to save Videl from Spopovich, but before he can, Yamu interrupts and tells for Spopovich to finish the match because they have much more important things in the matter. Spopovich kicks Videl out of the ring and leaves with Yamu, but not before being told by the angry Gohan that he will win the next time they fight.

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Gohan transforms into a Super Saiyan 2 in front of Kibito

After rushing Videl to the hospital and giving her a Senzu Bean to heal, Gohan returned to the tournament and found himself set up to fight Kibito. In order for Shin and Kibito to find Babidi's spaceship, they are forced into tricking Gohan into turning into a Super Saiyan. However, Gohan states that there is a level beyond a Super Saiyan and transforms into his Super Saiyan 2 form, shocking the audience, while revealing that he was the mysterious Gold Fighter. At that moment, Yamu and Spopovich jump into the ring and Shin paralyzes Gohan when he is about to attack. Yamu and Spopovich steal Gohan's energy, reverting him back to his normal state, and fly off, with Shin and the other Z Fighters in pursuit. Kibito heals Gohan, restoring his energy and explains they are going after Spopovich and Yamu to find Babidi's spaceship. Gohan and Kibito, along with Videl, fly away to meet up with the Z Fighters.

"Come on, Dabura! Show your true power, you can't win at this rate!"
— Gohan during his battle against Dabura

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Gohan confirms that he will face the next adversary in Babidi's spaceship

After flying for a time, Videl gets tired and decides to head back to the World Tournament, seeing as the opponent they are going to face is too powerful for her. However, before leaving, she and Gohan have a conversation about the identity of the Gold Fighter, who is actually Gohan. Figuring this out, Videl comes to the conclusion that seven years ago during the Cell Games, Gohan was the golden-haired boy who had defeated Super Perfect Cell, not Mr. Satan. Gohan and Videl say goodbye to each other and Videl promises that she is not through with him yet, indicating that she has fallen for him.

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Gohan faces Dabura

Gohan and Kibito later catch up with Shin and the Z Fighters at Babidi's spaceship. They hide and secretly watch as Yamu and Spopovich give the energy to the evil wizard Babidi, who retaliates by killing them. Dabura and Babidi realize the Z Fighters are nearby and decide to steal their energy by killing the weaker fighters and luring them into the spaceship. Dabura flies up to the Z Fighters and kills Kibito with a Evil Impulse blast at point blank range. After a brief fight, Dabura spits on Krillin and Piccolo, turning them to stone, and flies back to the spaceship, with Goku, Gohan, Vegeta, and a reluctant Shin following behind.

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Gohan battling Dabura

When they get inside the spaceship, they are told they must defeat the three fighters if they want to destroy Babidi. The first fighter, Pui Pui, appears and fights against Vegeta, only to be easily killed when the Saiyan prince fires a powerful energy blast on Pui Pui's chest. Goku is the next to fight against Yakon, the second fighter, who has the ability to absorb energy. However, Goku manages to kill him by making him absorb too much of his energy, causing Yakon to explode. With the two fighters defeated, Gohan fights against the last and strongest of Babidi's fighters, Dabura in a mountain area. At first, Gohan is fighting a little rusty against Dabura due to not training during the seven years after the Cell Games, but after transforming into his Super Saiyan form, Gohan manages to fight evenly with the Demon King. However, it is revealed by Goku and Vegeta that Gohan had a lot more power when he faced Cell seven years earlier. Vegeta becomes disgraced with Gohan's lack of motivation and expresses his frustration, believing Gohan to have peaked in power. Dabura notices Vegeta's frustration and stops the fight with Gohan to report his findings to Babidi.

Soon after the fight, Vegeta's mind is taken over Babidi's magic, transforming him into Majin Vegeta thus releasing the evil in his heart. Babidi transports them to the World Tournament arena, where Majin Vegeta destroys parts of the stadium, killing many people to convince Goku to fight him. Goku agrees and they are transported to a desert area. Before leaving with Shin to stop Babidi, Gohan is given a Senzu Bean by Goku, who tells him to remember about the people he is fighting for and how much he cares about them and let that be his weapon. Gohan says goodbye to Goku as he and Shin head down Babidi's spaceship to confront the evil wizard, while Goku and Majin Vegeta fight their intense battle.

"But there's people I care about! And this time around, I'm not gonna just stand by and let them all get hurt!"
— Gohan rejecting Shin's order and preparing to attack Majin Buu's cocoon

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Gohan fires a series of Kamehameha waves in an attempt to destroy Majin Buu's cocoon

After easily defeating many weak henchmen, Gohan and Shin make it to the bottom of the ship where the Sealed Ball containing Majin Buu is. Babidi and Dabura appear and prepare to release the Majin from the ball. Shin orders Gohan to retreat and wait for the others to think of a way to defeat Majin Buu, but Gohan, remembering his father's words, refuses and says he needs to protect the people he cares about. Gohan powers up and fires an Electric Kamehameha one after another attempting to destroy the cocoon and Majin Buu along with it, but the cocoon is unaffected. The cocoon finally stops steaming and hatches, but nothing is inside. However, only Gohan knows that something did come out of the cocoon, and it was forming something up into the sky. The steam that erupted from the cocoon forms into a pink, fat creature: Majin Buu.

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Gohan trains with the Z Sword on the Supreme Kai Planet

Despite his best efforts to protect Shin from Majin Buu, Gohan is left nearly killed after Majin Buu fires a devastating attack that blasts him up into the sky. The weakened Shin uses his psychic powers to destroy the attack and Gohan ends up falling down into a nearby forest, unconscious and severely beaten. Fortunately, when Kibito is brought back to life by the Dragon Balls he locates and heals Shin. They eventually find Gohan in the forest and bring him to the Supreme Kai Planet to be healed. After being revived, Gohan is then told he was brought to the Kai Planet to pull out the legendary Z Sword to defeat Majin Buu. At first, Gohan has trouble pulling the Z Sword out, but after transforming into a Super Saiyan 2, he manages to pull it out.

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Gohan holding the broken Z Sword

During his training with the Z Sword, Gohan reunites with his father Goku, who has returned from Earth where he transformed into Super Saiyan 3 to fight Majin Buu. Goku is surprised to see that his son is still alive and discovers Shin was behind this. Seeing Gohan's excellent progress with the Z Sword, Goku decides to test its strength by throwing a huge boulder, which Gohan easily slices in half. Supreme Kai summons a large cube of Katchin, the densest metal in the universe, to test if Gohan can slice through it. However, when Goku throws the Katchin at Gohan, the Z Sword snaps in two and from the broken sword emerges Old Kai, who tells them that he will fully unlock Gohan's latent potential in a ritual.

"Fight you? No, I wanna kill you."
— Gohan confronting Super Buu

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Gohan's hidden power is finally unlocked by Old Kai

As Goku, Shin, and Kibito observe what is happening down on Earth, Gohan grows increasingly impatient as Old Kai reads and laughs at comics instead of unlocking his power. Gohan soon loses his patience and angrily powers up, displaying an amazing power that illuminates the Supreme Kai planet. However, amazed at realizing that some of his power really was unlocked, Gohan apologizes to Old Kai, and resumes the ritual. After some time, the ritual is finally completed and Gohan is told to power up like he does for the Super Saiyan transformation; however, when he does, his appearance does not change, but his power and strength gain an awesome increase. Gohan says goodbye to Shin, Old Kai, and his father Goku and is transported back to Earth by Kibito. Before Kibito transports back to the Supreme Kai planet, Gohan asks for the clothes reminiscent of his father's, to which Kibito happily complies. Kibito wishes Gohan good luck and transports back to the Supreme Kai planet. With his power finally released and the fate of the world now in his hands, Gohan flies off to confront the new Majin Buu: Super Buu.

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Gohan dominates Super Buu after having his hidden power released by Old Kai

Gohan arrives on the battlefield where he finds Goten, Trunks, and Piccolo, who reveal that all of their friends and family were killed and eaten by Super Buu. Gohan is angry about this at first, until he senses Dende's faint energy signature. Gohan powers up and completely outclasses Super Buu, much to the shock of Goten, Trunks, and Piccolo. No matter how much he tries, Super Buu is unable to land any damage on Gohan, who easily dodges and blocks all of the monster's strongest attacks. In an act of desperation, Super Buu attempts to self-destruct and take Gohan with him, but Gohan sees through this and grabs and flies away with Piccolo, Goten, and Trunks before they are all caught in the explosion.

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Gohan battles Super Buu after he absorbs Gotenks and Piccolo

After getting to a safe distance, Gohan explains to Goten, Trunks, and Piccolo how he had become very powerful through Old Kai's magic ritual. Gohan and the others sense Dende's weak life force and decide to fly after him before Super Buu does. Along the way, they meet up and rescue an exhausted Mr. Satan and his adopted dog, Bee, who were strolling around in the desert. They finally locate Dende, who explains to them that he was thrown off of the Lookout by Mr. Popo before he could be hit by Super Buu's Chocolate Beam. After the hour is up, Super Buu arrives and challenges Goten and Trunks to fight him again for a rematch, which the boys agree on and fuse into Super Saiyan 3 Gotenks. At that moment, however, Super Buu absorbs Gotenks and Piccolo, resulting in a massive increase of mental and physical strength.

"I'm tougher than Gotenks and smarter than Piccolo. So I guess the only thing you have to worry about is if I'm stronger than you."
— Gohan confronting Super Buu (w/ Gotenks absorbed)

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Gohan is strangled by Super Buu

As the battle begins, Gohan manages to fight evenly with the new Super Buu until Buu starts playing mind games with Gohan. Once Gohan gets frustrated, Buu begins thrashing Gohan, all the while using Piccolo's intelligence to continue playing mind games and further torment Gohan. When he remarks that Dende is healing Gohan's injuries, Buu attacks Dende. Tien Shinhan soon joins the fight, saving Dende and Mr. Satan, but Super Buu quickly defeats him with one kick and prepares an attack capable of destroying the entire Earth. At the last second, however, Goku (after receiving Potara Earrings from Old Kai) appears and slices Super Buu in half. Goku throws one earring to Gohan, but Gohan fails to catch it and Goku is forced to transform into his Super Saiyan 3 form to stall Super Buu, while Gohan searches for the earring. He manages to find the earring, but since Gotenks defused inside of Super Buu, which caused his power to decrease, Goku says there is no need for Potara Fusion, seeing as they can easily beat Super Buu now. However, Super Buu manages to absorb Gohan while he is caught off-guard, vastly increasing his power.

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Later, Goku and Vegeta (who had fused into Vegito to dominate Super Buu) enter Super Buu's body and escape with Gohan, Goten, Trunks, and Piccolo. However, this causes Super Buu to undergo a final transformation into his original form – Kid Buu. Gohan is killed when Kid Buu destroys the Earth, but he is soon revived along with the Earth and everyone else by Porunga. When they learn from Vegeta that Goku needs energy for his Super Spirit Bomb, they contribute part of their energy to the Spirit Bomb, but the citizens of Earth are reluctant to give up their energy. However, after Mr. Satan convinces the people to donate their energy, the Super Spirit Bomb is completed, and Goku obliterates Kid Buu once and for all.

Yo! Son Goku and His Friends Return!!

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Gohan chatting with Videl

Two years after the defeat of Kid Buu, Gohan and his family attend a banquet held by Mr. Satan. During this event, he meets Tarble and Gure, soon after Avo and Cado, who are remnants of the Galactic Frieza Army. While Goten and Trunks are fighting Avo and Cado, he decides to coach them and give them tips while they are fighting.

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God of Destruction Beerus Saga

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Gohan leaving a book store with Videl.

Some time after the titanic battle with Majin Buu, Gohan is first seen leaving a book store with Videl and wants to become a scholar. He is later seen at his home when Goten and Trunks are giving Videl a wedding gift.

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Gohan stating that he will stop Beerus.

Gohan arrives at Bulma's birthday party with Chi-Chi and Videl. While he was there, he gives Piccolo a copy of their wedding picture, in which he blinks right as the photo was being taken. Gohan takes to serving Bulma a drink while she complains about his father not being in attendance to the party. He spends some private time with Videl away from the others and is introduced to Beerus and Whis following the pair arriving to the party, joining the other attendees in clapping for Beerus and chanting his name. When Mr. Satan was blown away by Majin Buu and Beerus, Gohan and Videl try to help him recover. After Beerus is challenged by Buu, who he defeats effortlessly as well as Gotenks, Gohan decides to get involved and charges Beerus. However, he is knocked out when Beerus hits him with Buu's body.

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Gohan and Videl witnessing a Super Saiyan God being born.

Goku intervenes before Beerus can destroy the Earth and in the group summoning Shenron, they learn how to create a Super Saiyan God, Gohan joining the other Saiyans in holding hands in an attempt to make Goku into one. When this fails, Beerus tries to destroy Earth again, aiming directly at them prior to Videl intervening despite Gohan attempting to convince her otherwise. After Videl reveals that she is pregnant, Gohan is excited to become a father and arguing to his father that her joining them is their only hope when he ponders if the womb will be enough.

Golden Frieza Saga

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Gohan's life as a scholar and father

Gohan is cooking for Videl but it turns into a fiasco. Six months later, Gohan's first child has been born and is named Pan. Gohan finally became the scholar he wanted to be. One time, Gohan returned home and wanted to play with Pan as his alter ego Great Saiyaman self but Mr. Satan wanted to play too. They both began tossing Pan around until Chi-Chi interrupted and began yelling at them. Gohan along with Mr. Satan wanted Pan to be a martial artist but she did not want another warrior in the family.

Gohan notices that Goku is trying to leave and go with Whis and train so he tells his mother to try to prevent him from going. When Goku is about to leave, Gohan shows up with Chi-Chi and Goten with him and Gohan argues that Goku needs to train and grow stronger in order to protect the Earth, but Chi-Chi didn't budge to that and was eventually relieved when Chi-Chi abruptly gave into Goku's wishes after he leaves as she knows that he will return when he gets hungry.

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Gohan and Piccolo going to battle

Gohan returns home with Videl. They have Piccolo babysit Pan when they're away. By the time of Frieza's revival, Gohan shows up and notices that Piccolo is worried. Piccolo senses power that he can't explain, then Gohan notices it too. Four months later, when Gohan and Piccolo heard news of Frieza's return, they join Master Roshi, Krillin, and Tien Shinhan in the fight against him and his army of 1,000 soldiers.

Gohan tells everyone that Goten and Trunks will not show up due to Bulma's request and they would do something reckless. When Krillin wondered if Buu was going to show up, Gohan says that he won't because he fell asleep and it'll be hard waking him up. Master Roshi asks if Gohan has kept up with his training, he declines but says that he can probably go Super Saiyan. Gohan takes on Frieza's army along with Piccolo, Krillin, Tien Shinhan, Jaco, and Master Roshi.

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Shisami holding Gohan in a Bear Hug

Gohan challenges Shisami when he approaches. Gohan shoots a barrage of ki blasts while he gets charged at by Shisami then gets caught in a Bear Hug. Gohan isn't struggling while being in the possession of Shisami. He tells him that he has a child and that when a person like him disturbs the peace, he needs to protect them. Before Gohan could attack Shisami, Tagoma shoots a ki blast at them and kills Shisami and critically injures Gohan. Gohan's heart stops beating so Piccolo restarts it by blasting a kiai and was given a Senzu Bean by Krillin.

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Gohan getting elbowed by Captain Ginyu in Tagoma's body

Tagoma is taken on by Piccolo but when he's in need, Gohan helps Piccolo by shooting a blast at Tagoma to get him away. However, Gohan's blast doesn't hurt Tagoma as his body has endured the pain and suffering from Frieza, making his body steel-like. Gotenks comes out of nowhere and charges Tagoma and hits him in his crotch. Captain Ginyu switches bodies with Tagoma and takes on the Z Fighters with his immense power. They are easily beat by Ginyu with just single punches to everyone. Gohan takes on Captain Ginyu after he switches bodies with Tagoma. Gohan is struggling to fight against Captain Ginyu because he hasn't been training to maintain his power. Gohan transforms into a Super Saiyan and beats Ginyu in several hits but spares him.

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Super Saiyan Gohan fighting Captain Ginyu

Frieza gets furious because Gohan transformed into a Super Saiyan and sparing Ginyu, reminding him of when Goku spared him on Namek and thought it would be fun to torture him to make Goku mad. Gohan is shot numerous times through the arms, legs, stomach and chest with Death Beams, leaving him on the ground, nearly dead. As the fatal Death Beam Frieza shot at Gohan, Piccolo gets in front of the beam and takes it for Gohan, once again dying for him. Devastated, Gohan expresses regret for not training and not even having the power to protect Piccolo and his family, with Krillin comforting Gohan and assuring him that him giving up fighting to be with his family is not a bad thing. While Frieza taunts and threatens to also kill Videl and Pan, Gohan vows to stop him at all costs, causing him to power up to his fullest. At this time Bulma manages to contact Whis and inform them of what is happening so Whis gathers Beerus, Goku and Vegeta and attempt to find Earth for Goku however Goku can't sense anyone so Whis shows him a picture of Gohan to assist.

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Gohan about to be tortured by Frieza

Gohan's rage is building and he stands back up ready to fight Frieza and begins to power up with what little energy he has left. Krillin, Master Roshi, Tien, Goten and Trunks attempt to calm Gohan down saying Goku and Vegeta will be here in a moment but he isn't listening and powers up further. Beerus commends Gohan for being able to put out so much power not knowing he had it in him and says Goku surely has to sense him by now however he isn't, with Vegeta getting annoyed at Goku for not being able to sense Gohan yet. Gohan's rage blows and he powers up to Super Saiyan not only turning the sky black but putting out more than enough power for Goku and Vegeta to sense.

Gohan's body, however, is too injured to go on and his body breaks, dropping him out of Super Saiyan, leaving him dazed and powerless. Frieza laughs and fires a Death Beam at his head however Goku and Vegeta arrive and block the attack for Gohan and Goku catches Gohan. Gohan is disappointed in himself for not being able to save Piccolo and being too weak, however Goku and Vegeta commend him for putting out so much power that they were able to sense him all the way from Beerus's planet and they are proud of him for standing up to the newly empowered Frieza for so long on his own. Goku gives Gohan to Krillin, who brings him back with a Senzu bean. Gohan retreats with Krillin, leaving the battle to Goku.

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Gohan embracing Videl and Pan after the battle with Frieza

He then watches the fight between Goku and Frieza and later Vegeta who steps in after Goku is taken out. After Frieza destroys the Earth, Gohan gets protected by Whis, along with the others. Whis undoes time for Goku to be able to kill Frieza and send him back to Earth's Hell. After that, Gohan heads back home to see that Videl and Pan are okay then he embraces them and promises to protect them at all costs. He is later seen at a party, with the other Z fighters who participated in the fight and talks to Piccolo as he realized he needs to train and asks Piccolo if he could do so and Piccolo accepts this and tells him to maintain his dull body first.

Universe 6 Saga

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"Will you train me again? This battle made me realize something, in order to protect those who are important to me I need to get more and more powerful"
— Gohan asking Piccolo to help him to regain his lost power

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Gohan while training with Piccolo

Sometime after the encounter with Golden Frieza, Gohan has been training with Piccolo in order to regain his lost power. During the training, Piccolo has grown considerably stronger and has become equal to or even surpassed Gohan. One day while they are training, Goku and Vegeta show up to recruit Piccolo to a team for the Tournament of Destroyers, but Gohan insists that he should take his place because he wants to show off his new found power. However, after hearing from Goku that the tournament is in four days, Gohan is disappointed because he has to attend an important conference for Videl's benefit and thus, he cannot participate in the tournament.

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Gohan and Videl having lunch with the professor and his wife

A few days after the tournament ends, Goku suffers from "Delayed Onset Ki Disorder", due to recklessly using his ki against Hit. Due to not controlling his ki properly, he destroys his house so he, Goten, and Chi Chi move into Gohan's house in Satan City. Gohan and Videl are dressed formally, eating lunch with a professor and his wife, while Piccolo babysits Pan at their house. The professor was impressed with Gohan's presentation at the conference and wants to hire him as his assistant. During the lunch, however, Goku calls Gohan to tell him what happened.

Gohan and Videl later come home to greet Pan. Goku, Goten, Chi Chi, and Piccolo are there. Gohan is surprised that Pan learned a new word, calling Goku "Gramps". Gohan reveals that he turned down the job as the professors assistant, because it would take too much time away from Videl and Pan.

"Future" Trunks Saga

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Gohan and Future Trunks

In the anime, Gohan is met by Future Trunks during a conference and while having ice cream with him is sized up by Future Trunks as not being of the same power that he once was. Gohan introduces Future Trunks to his family not long after, Gohan having to don his Great Saiyaman disguise to retrieve Pan once she starts flying around and finishing his work before stopping a tug-of-war over Future Trunks' sword between his daughter and old friend. Gohan, Future Trunks and Pan go outside, Gohan revealing that he wishes he could be stricter with her but cannot due to his getting "soft" whenever he looks at her. Gohan bids Future Trunks a farewell and realizes that he forgot to ask Future Trunks why he had returned to the past to begin with.

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Gohan worried about Future Trunks

He is later called for a meeting about the situation of Future Trunks' timeline and the true origin of Goku Black being originally the Universe 10 Supreme Kai Gowasu's apprentice Zamasu from the unaltered main timeline. Gohan is horrified to learn that Zamasu swapped bodies with Goku through the Super Dragon Balls, destroyed the Dragon Balls, killed him, Goten, and Chi Chi in that unaltered main timeline, and lastly invaded Future Trunks' timeline with the aid from Zamasu of that timeline to exterminate humanity and kill all gods around the universes. Gohan realizes this is the reason Trunks returned to the past.

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Gohan rushes to bid Future Trunks farewell

After Zamasu's demise at cost of sacrificing Future Trunks' universe by Future Zeno, leaving Future Trunks, Future Mai, and Future Zeno as the only three survivors from their universe, Gohan flies to Future Trunks and Future Mai, bidding them farewell to find another world safely. Future Trunks in turn sees the Gohan of the alternate timeline reflected on the current Gohan.

In the manga, Gohan does not show up for most of this saga. Gohan meets Future Trunks at Capsule Corp after Zamasu's defeat. Gohan reveals he was training in the Gravity Room - as no one has asked for his help in recent battles. He tells Future Trunks he wishes to visit his peaceful timeline and Future Trunks tells Gohan he will let him visit at some point later - as Future Trunks has decided to go to a new future timeline.

In the anime, Following this Gohan partakes in the Universe 7 vs Universe 6 friendly baseball game and fills the role of catcher. Gohan admits to not knowing much about baseball but tells his dad to just throw the ball at him and that should work. Seeing Champa is up first, Beerus instructs Goku to throw the ball as hard as he can. Goku, taking the advice literally, powers up to Super Saiyan Blue and throws the pitch as hard as he can, engulfing the pitch in his godly ki much to Gohan and Champa's shock, leveling half of the playing field. To everyone's shock Gohan actually caught the ball bare handed and emerged from the rubble mostly unharmed, laughing that he almost got vaporized giving Champa his first strike. Later when Gohan is up to bat, Piccolo pulls him aside and instructs him to hit the ball to Magetta. Piccolo tells Gohan that he wasn't present for the tournament but Magetta can't fly. Gohan does as instructed but Botamo and is thrown into the air to catch it, however Champa intervenes and grabs the ball himself and throws it to Yamcha and hits him in the spine however Yamcha landed on 3rd base, making him safe.

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Gohan and Goten searching for Goku

Not too long after, Gohan notices his dad is acting strange and opts to follow him one day as the Great Saiyaman with Goten. After witnessing his odd behavior, Gohan tells Goten he will invite them over to eat tomorrow and confront him about it. After supper where Goku was normal, Gohan and Goten confront Goku. Goku tells them someone is out to kill him and they promise not to tell Chi Chi. Piccolo, who was present for dinner notices Gohan is thinking about something and confronts him about it. Gohan comes clean and tells Piccolo what Goku had told him and Goten. Piccolo, initially not concerned, says that there aren't many who could actually threaten Goku until they both feel Goku's ki disappear. Both quickly realize Goku has turned Super Saiyan Blue and the situation is serious, so they head off to help Goku. Gohan tells Goten to stay, but Goten protests saying he can help and isn't useless. Gohan relents and allows Goten to come along. When they catch up to Goku they find him, lifeless, on the ground. Initially sad, Piccolo throws Goten aside and begins CPR, but fails to revive Goku. Gohan, sensing something, looks up and notices a giant ki blast falling back to Earth at Goku and has everyone move. It is revealed that Goku fired the blast at himself to revive himself after he died. Goku tells them to get away and Hit is here for him. Gohan and the others leave Goku to confront Hit alone, but return with Chi Chi later as Piccolo reveals Chi Chi forced them to tell her.

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A few weeks later, Gohan hears of a Great Saiyaman Movie where he is to battle Mr. Satan. However, instead of having Gohan play the role, the film studio got Barry Kahn, a world-famous actor, to play the role. Gohan heads to the set with Videl and Mr. Satan and Pan and meets Barry. Barry tries to hit on Videl, but Videl turns him down harshly and walks away with Gohan. Barry quickly covers for himself as cameras were present. Barry's ego and vanity cause him to change much of the film to make it more action packed, with stunts that were impossible and fatal for ordinary people to perform so Gohan sneaks into the stunt double's room in his Great Saiyaman outfit and convinces the stunt double to leave it to the real Saiyaman. Due to the extreme amount of changes Barry made to the script, Gohan ended up acting the majority of the film with Barry barely doing anything. As the filming progressed and Gohan kept performing these normally fatal and dangerous stunts effortlessly, he kept gaining more and more attention, with Barry becoming more jealous of him, even with the film's love interest starting to fall for Gohan.

During the filming, a bank robbery takes place and Gohan, in Great Saiyaman gear, actually flies away to go and take care of it, leaving some of the crew to wonder if it really is the true Great Saiyaman. Krillin initially confronts the robbers, but is accidentally taken out by Gohan entering the bank. The robbers recognize Great Saiyaman when a parasite that Jaco has been chasing attaches itself to one of the robbers, causing him to bulk up and slap the other through a wall and attack Gohan. While initially taken aback by what was happening, Gohan at first fell back, effortlessly dodging the rapid fire punches and kicks, but tells him not to get cocky and levels him with one kick and prepares to finish them off with a Kamehameha but thinks twice about it not wanting to attract attention to himself for using a worldwide known move and instead creates a new attack on the spot an orange finger beam he quickly names "The Great Saiyaman Beam."

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Afterwords Krillin confronts Gohan about being there calling him by name but Gohan protests and calls himself the Great Saiyaman. Krillin relents and plays along, asking him how does his wife allow Gohan to dress so stupidly at his age. Gohan proudly proclaims Videl thinks it is cool and supports him 100% and goes back to posing and while posing, notices the parasite slide into the sewer. The news cover the story, but Barry quickly swoops in and claims it was a publicity stunt for the film and the Great Saiyaman isn't working on the film as he is a washed up has-been hero who needs someone like him to give him some spot light, much to Gohan's annoyance who is talking to Hercule about it.

During the conversation, the film's love interest catches Gohan unmasked. Gohan, worried about his job, now is revealed when she says that she doesn't care and finds it cool that he is just a normal person underneath the helmet and asks Gohan to fly her home like in the film so she can see things from his point of view. Despite Gohan's hesitation, Hercule convinces him to do so and he will distract Videl.

While flying her home, Jaco, believing Gohan is infected with the parasite, fires his Super Elite Cannon at Gohan and Gohan dodges it landing on Jaco's ship telling him to stop. They land and Jaco explains what he is after, a parasite named Watagash who brings out the evil in people's hearts. The more hatred they have the stronger the result. After this, Gohan runs Cocoa home and they practice the film lines. During the practice Cocoa breaks down and has a flashback to Barry, who is blackmailing her to keep Gohan in her apartment all night so the paparzite can get photos of her and Gohan together as revenge for Gohan and Videl standing him up. While Cocoa doesn't tell Gohan she closes the blinds after Gohan motivates her and they head up to the roof where they practice all night. After they are done, Cocoa tells Gohan her apartment is dangerous and she kisses him. Gohan nervously flies off quickly, but not before Barry gets several photos of them. Gohan heads back home and is greeted by Videl, who was under the impression that Gohan was doing a late night filming.

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Gohan opting to go along with it says yeah and before they can eat, Barry arrives at their house and attempts to blackmail Gohan and Videl with the photos he took. Videl, enraged at Barry, calls him pathetic and lacking in self-confidence saying that Gohan has a reason for doing what he was doing and trusts him. His confidence restored, Gohan tells Barry to leave. Barry attempts to intimidate Gohan, but Gohan blasts him into a wall with a weak Kiai and angrily demands he leaves now . Outside, Barry is enraged he got embarrassed and beat up by Gohan when Watagash infects him. Barry, with his new power, sneak attacks Gohan and Videl. Gohan shoves Videl aside and takes the sneak attack which knocks him out cold. When he comes around he notice Pan is missing with a message written into the wall telling him to come to the TV station. Enraged, Gohan heads off instantly and confronts Barry, who has been gaining a lot of media attention on top of the studio with Pan, who isn't scared but amused. Barry mocks Gohan, asking him to do a cheesy catch phrase for him, but Gohan charges him and unloads on Barry and overwhelms him and knocks his transforming body to the ground. Barry, now unrecognizable, continues to power up due to his hatred while Videl arrives to get Pan along with the Director and a film crew with Cocoa to record and watch the fight. Barry, now larger than a skyscraper, attacks Gohan and Gohan realizes that Barry is far faster then he is, appearing to actually teleport and knocks Gohan around for a bit. Gohan attempts to keep up for a time, but is eventually caught and crushed in Barry's hands and blasted into space with a massive eye beam.

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Cocoa, believing Gohan to be dead, begins to cry but Videl tells her to be quiet and explains that she and Pan believe in him. Videl continues that to her, Gohan is an invincible superhero who can never be beaten and Gohan would never allow himself to lose in front of her. Together with Pan, Videl and Pan call out to Gohan who is floating above the clouds injured from the blast. Hearing Pan, Gohan regains the will to fight and reminds himself he will never lose for Pan, no matter what and powers up to Super Saiyan and flies back down, with the Director calling the form "Super Great Saiyaman." Not wasting time Gohan begins to charge up a Super Kamehameha while Barry charges up an even larger Eye Beam and fires it. Gohan fires his attack, calling it the "Super Great Saiyaman Beam" and effortlessly plows through Barry's attack and nearly kills him defeating Watagash and Barry, leading to Jaco coming and recapturing Watagash.

Gohan instinctively begins to pose in Saiyaman style and mouths off to Barry's unconscious body that he was holding back on him. After his posing, Gohan comes back down and apologizes to Videl for making her worry. The Director was able to work the battle as the final scene of the film and the film is overwhelmingly positive by the public. A heavily injured Barry is present, but a shell of his former vain self, with Hercule speaking over him and Cocoa actually blackmailing Barry, telling him that if he reveals that Gohan is the Great Saiyaman, she will use the proof Gohan gave her to show the public that Barry was the monster who attacked the city. At the screening of the film, Goten is once again overjoyed about the Great Saiyaman wanting to use the Super Great Saiyaman Beam as his new attack with Chi Chi proud of Gohan. Goku also present reveals he is proud as well, but fell asleep during the film as he likes to be in fights, not watching fights. Chi Chi attacks Goku and begins to berate him while Videl and Pan smile at Gohan.

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Gohan (Great Saiyaman) as a Super Saiyan

After this Chi Chi and Goten invite Gohan over and they head out to the fields and notice Goku plowing the fields and training. Chi Chi says that she thought of the idea as it keeps both Goku and her happy. Goten reveals that dad wants a sparring partner and thought of Gohan. Gohan attempts to get out of it by mentioning Whis, Vegeta and Piccolo but they are all busy. Gohan reveals he would love to but he doesn't fight anymore but know someone who does and turns into the Great Saiyaman and approaches Goku who calls him Gohan initially. Gohan protests and tells him he got him confused with someone else. Chi Chi is happy and says Gohan is in total character.

Gohan then dares Goku to take him on and he is here to help someone in need of a sparring partner. Goku accepts and charges Gohan. Gohan, while initially stunned by Goku's speed, was able to block the shot and actually push back his father, with Goku revealing he was testing him and powers up to Super Saiyan with Gohan throwing off the Saiyaman helmet and going Super Saiyan as well. Ultimately, their match ends when Chi Chi yells at them to stop as they ended up destroying the entire field and countyside.

Universe Survival Saga

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Gohan learns about the Tournament of Power.

After learning that Future Zeno wants a preview of what a martial arts tournament is and only gives Goku an hour to find two more team members Goku instantly heads to Earth at the request of Beerus, who yelled at Goku to take responsibility for the destruction of 11 other universes. Goku instantly heads to Vegeta who turns him down saying he is waiting for his child to be born and suggests his son. Goku looks at Goten and Trunks who are training together, but says they aren't ready yet. Suddenly, he figures out who Vegeta was talking about and goes to Gohan. Goku asks, but Gohan is once again hesitant and says that he still doesn't have his instincts back. Goku tells Gohan that a good fight is all Gohan will need to get his instincts back and reminds him of their fight in the fields a few days ago. Goku decides to tell Gohan what the stakes are and Gohan is scared and asks his dad what will they do if they lose and Goku says they will deal with it. Gohan, angry at his father for his irresponsibility, calms down when he sees Pan and Videl, with Videl telling Gohan to partake in the fight and to listen and respect his dad's wishes once in a while. Motivated, Gohan agrees to fight. At this time Hercule and Buu arrive with Goku convincing Buu to fight, bringing along Hercule to act as Buu's handler. Gohan having found his gi once again arrives on the Sacred World of the Kai's. Beerus was initially unamused with Gohan and Buu as the choices but he quickly warms up to Gohan after Goku revealed that Gohan suggested they keep the destruction of the universe if they lose quiet as it would cause a panic, which Beerus thought was a great idea.

After witnessing Buu's victory, Gohan requests to go next and squares off with his foe, Lavender and is considering taking it slow so he can regain his fighting senses. Goku tells him no and to go all out at him since he can't sense him thus making Gohan's plan useless. Realizing his father is right Gohan says he will go all out from the start, saying he needs to see how strong he is so he can know where he needs to improve. Gohan and Lavender engage each other in rapid fire punches and kicks with Gohan driving him back. Gohan goes for an early knock out but Lavender attaches himself to Gohan's arm and sprays him in the face with poison blinding him, allowing Lavender to batter Gohan around. Hercule is worried about the poison but Goku says it could be bad but this is perfect training for Gohan as he is blinded and can't sense his opponent and tells Hercule that Gohan is at his absolute best when he is backed into a corner like this and this is perfect for bringing back his fighting senses. Roh begins bragging that Gohan will die if he doesn't give up as his body will rot away.

Shin takes out senzu beans and says that if Universe 9 can do it so can they. Shin is about to throw Gohan a senzu bean but yells at him to stop and says he refuses it and wants to win under his own strength to Goku's approval. Gohan then begins to concentrate and tones out Lavender's voice and using his ears is able to pinpoint his attacks and is able to block them, much to Lavender's shock calling it a fluke and tries again and Gohan blocks all of them and retaliates. Lavender falls back and bombards Gohan with ki blasts only to have Gohan block and deflect all of them. Lavender flies up and attacks from afar knowing how Gohan is sensing him. Hercule and Shin are worried again but Goku tells them to relax and while admits this may be bad reminds them that the deeper the hole Gohan is in the better for him right now as Gohan is remembering how to fight. Having been bombarded with numerous shots Gohan says his potential is far from unleashed and accesses his full potential and pushes it one step farther into Super Saiyan shocking everyone. The Zeno's are amazed at the form and call it very pretty and strong. While the God's present discuss the form, a fighter from Universe 11 says that the individuals from Universe 7 must be able to hide their true powers.

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Gohan overpowers Lavender

Lavender isn't impressed at the form and attacks again only for Gohan to deflect the blast and the numerous ones that follow, then Gohan suddenly charges him and attacks. Lavender assuming Gohan is able to see again begins to protest but Gohan tells him he is still blind but his energy is telling him where he is. Goku impressed by Gohan and says not bad. Whis calls what Gohan is doing as brilliant using his energy like a radar but says it is a double edged sword and says that his Super Saiyan form will accelerate the poison. Gohan attacks and overwhelms Lavender and throws him to the ground hard, with Lavender barely able to stand. Gohan flies in for the final blow but the poison accelerates to Gohan's heart nearly killing him and powers him back down to normal. Lavender begins to batter a dying Gohan around more and says he will enjoy killing him, Gohan not done yet stands back up and powers up once again to Super Saiyan, ignoring the risk to his life much to Shin's protests and attacks once again. After another exchange Gohan fires a Kamehameha at Lavender's attack and begins to overpower him but the poison reaches Gohan's arms and Gohan is overwhelmed by Lavender's attack and Lavender tries to kill Gohan with another blast of his poison breathe. Gohan having had enough of Lavender's games flies straight through the poison to everyone's shock however Gohan emerges unharmed and grabs Lavender in a Full Nelson. Lavender asks how and Gohan replies he doesn't need eye sight to grab him at this range and flies straight up high into the void and turns upside down and flies back down to the arena floor as fast as he can. Lavender attempts to escape but Gohan being far physically stronger is able to restrain Lavender and piledrive him clean through the arena floor knocking Lavender out cold. A near dead Gohan rises to his feet and declares himself the winner and passes out.

The Grand Priest moves in to inspect the damage and says that since both fighters are unconscious the fight is a draw much to everyone's disappointment, saying that a great fight shouldn't end like that. The fight over Goku goes to the floor and gives Gohan a Senzu Bean and tells Gohan the news. Gohan is disappointed in himself for not being stronger but Goku tells Gohan that he is amazingly strong as he is and is proud of him and says that he is genuinely excited from watching him fight and can't wait for his fight now. Gohan seeing how excited his dad is cheers up and stands up saying he still wants to become stronger. Goku's fight is up next and before leaving the ring the Grand Priest repairs it. As Goku gets ready, Gohan wishes his father luck and Goku and Gohan fist bump.

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Gohan fights Krillin

While the battle between Goku and Toppo goes on, Gohan remarks that he is getting excited watching the battle between them. After the battle Gohan and Goku begin to form the team, with Gohan suggesting Piccolo and Master Roshi. When Goku suggests Krillin, Gohan doubts him and Goku requests they simulate the battle with image training. It was determined initially that Krillin would be slaughtered but Goku told Gohan he hasn't seen him lately and said he would be fine and told Gohan to come and see. Goku and Gohan go and get Krillin and Android 18 and they both agree but Gohan wants to test Krillin 1st under the tournament rules. Gohan was initially surprised at Krillin's increased power but begins to overpower him but falls out of the ring after Krillin uses his new technique, the x100 Solar Flare. Realizing he is still rusty Gohan heads off to find Piccolo.

After finding Piccolo and filling him in, Piccolo agrees, and says he wants to take the time they have to re-train Gohan to use his old powers again. Piccolo reveals he has 2 Senzu Beans and they will only use them when they are done and not before and demands Gohan to come at him. Gohan powers up to Super Saiyan and attacks but is easily pushed back by Piccolo who is still wearing his weights. Piccolo reveals that Goku came to him a while ago and already asked him and was concerned about Gohan in the tournament. Goku mentioned that while incredibly strong he is extremely rusty and entrusted Piccolo to get his senses back. Piccolo tells Gohan he has one major weakness and that is he has been too eager and that is hindering his power and always has. Piccolo tells him to settle down a bit. Gohan, listening, powers back up to Super Saiyan 2 once again. Piccolo and Gohan begin to battle and Piccolo takes off his weights saying that is enough of a warm up and quickly gains the upper hand on Gohan and entangles him in his extended arms and begins to strangle Gohan, telling him he will murder him if he doesn't get out of it.

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Gohan powers up to Super Saiyan 2

Gohan wonders how Piccolo get so strong and Piccolo screams at him that he hasn't been sitting around while he studied as Gohan passes out into a near death state. Piccolo brings his pupil in and shoots him in the heart with a Kiai reviving him. After coming to Piccolo tells Gohan that he hasn't given his heart into the warrior that lives inside him and this causes him to let his guard down at vital moments. Piccolo goes on to say that his great power always goes to his head and "you get drunk on power" and become arrogant and overconfident, leading to him always being defeated. Gohan powers back up to Super Saiyan 2 and heeding Piccolo's words attacks again and does better but Piccolo screams at Gohan that Super Saiyan isn't his true power and screams at him to re-awaken "your true self."

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Gohan regains his full potential

Gohan, finally giving into the warrior in his heart heeds Piccolo's words and finally reawakens his Potential Unleashed state. Piccolo, proud of Gohan, summons his clones and fights Gohan again, with Gohan saying he isn't gonna hold back. The clones attack and Gohan defeats them all with simple single blows and even takes out Piccolo in one shot by chopping his arm clean off. Gohan, shocked that he actually got the real Piccolo, hesitates and Piccolo attacks him from behind with his severed arm. Piccolo says that he dropped his guard again and tells Gohan that he gets that from his father and tells Gohan not to be like his dad and to not stop until the fight is over. Gohan agrees and they take a break, with Gohan cutting off a T-Rex's tail and cooking it for them. Piccolo tells Gohan that he believes that his current state isn't his true and full power and believes Gohan can push himself much farther and Piccolo extends his hand and tells Gohan to give him the chance to help him attain that power. He asks Gohan is he curious to how strong he can become. Gohan says yes and shakes Piccolo's hand without hesitation and suggests how about working on a few tag team attacks. Piccolo says he likes the idea and agrees.

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Ultimate Gohan overwhelming Tien Shinhan

Later Gohan and Piccolo are meditating together and Piccolo tells Gohan that he has taught him as much as he can and together they go to find Goku, who is eating with Master Roshi, Tien and Chiaotzu. Gohan asks for a fight with Goku which shocks everyone. They move out into a mountain plateau and Roshi tells them it is a tag team battle royale just like the tournament. Tien tells Goku they should be careful so they don't hurt them but Goku tells Tien that they will get hurt if they are not careful as Gohan charges both of them. Goku blocks the shot and is struggling to keep up with Gohan and has to escape briefly. Gohan tells Tien and Goku he isn't full power yet which scares Tien however Piccolo reminds Gohan to cool it and Gohan reels himself back in. Piccolo then begins to power up and Tien tells Goku that they need to stop Piccolo now and they both charge Piccolo. Gohan suddenly throws himself in front Piccolo and drops Tien with a massive body shot shocking Goku at Gohan's new ferocity then watches as Gohan powers up a bit more and attacks Goku again. Goku is able to stand his ground but is being gradually overwhelmed by Gohan's massive increase in power. Tien staggers back to his feet and prepares to shoot Gohan with the Tri-Beam but Goku tells him to ignore Gohan and hit Piccolo. Tien takes aim at Piccolo, but Gohan having heard kicks Goku away and fires a small explosive ki blast at Tiens feet to stop him and punches him straight through the mountain. Goku comes to Tien's aid and grazes Gohan as Gohan dodges Goku's attack. Tien pulls himself out of his hole and yells for Goku to look out. As Goku turns around he finds Piccolo behind him charged up and unleashed his Hyper Explosive Demon Wave on Goku. Goku attempts to block it but can't and is overwhelmed by the blast.

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Ultimate Gohan vs. Super Saiyan Blue Kaioken Goku

Gohan and Goku look to keep going but Tien tells them that is enough as the arena no longer exists. Not satisfied Gohan wants Goku to fight him one on one with Goku answering by going Super Saiyan 2. Tien and Piccolo move away as Gohan powers up to his Potential Unleashed state. Goku, shocked, asks Gohan no Super Saiyan and Gohan answers no and his goal is an ultimate form that no one has ever seen before. They begin fighting and while initially even, Gohan is pushing back Super Saiyan 2 Goku and blocking all of his attacks with no issues. Goku then has to use Instant Transmission to give himself an edge and knocks Gohan down hard and fires a kamehameha at him with Gohan returning one of his own. Goku asks Gohan to power up more and Gohan begins to do so but Goku uses Instant Transmission again to knock Gohan back. Gohan powers up more and chases Goku up into the air and begins to batter Goku around with no issues and demands Goku get serious. After being thrown into the sky Goku has no choice and powers up to Super Saiyan Blue and engages Gohan again. Gohan charges at Goku and Goku powers up to Super Saiyan Blue Kaio-Ken. Hearing Piccolo cheering on Gohan from the ground Gohan smiles that he pushed his dad to his limit. Gohan and Goku move in for the final blow, with the impact being felt all across the planet and shocking the likes of Vegeta and Whis whom is watching the fight from Capsule Corp. When the dust clears Gohan falls unconscious. After taking some senzu beans Goku reveals he is extremely proud of Gohan and happy that Gohan is strong enough to make him get serious.

Impressed with Gohan, Goku reveals he is stepping down as Team Captain and appointing Gohan as the New Captain of Team Universe 7, much to Gohan's shock. With Gohan now in charge they reveal the news to Beerus, Whis, Supreme Kai, and Old Kai and Gohan instantly calls a meeting with all the members of Team Universe 7 to develop a strategy.

When Majin Buu falls sleep and Goku has gone to try to wake him up, most of the team meets at Capsule Corp. but Gohan decides to tell them the truth about the universe being erased if they lose when Krillin mentions prize money as a reward. Goku suggests they make Frieza as Majin Buu's replacement, much to Gohan's shock but relents because there is no one else to recruit. Vegeta and Frieza begin provoking each other and Gohan once again asks Vegeta to put aside the past so they can fight for the universe. Gohan and Piccolo decide to take command because Goku and Vegeta are not likely to rely on teamwork.

When the team is finally complete with ten members, Whis takes them to the World of Void, where they meet the warriors of the other universes. When the tournament begins Gohan goes over his battle plan with everyone which is to stand in a circle and fight as a group and using teamwork. Vegeta protests calling it boring. When the fighting begins Goku, 17, 18 Vegeta all run off instantly. Frieza walks off also but calls Gohan's plan interesting and nice but wants to get involved with the chaos. Gohan along with Beerus protest but Roshi calms Gohan down quickly telling him he shouldn't be shocked those 5 aren't following it. Gohan regains his composure and stand with Tien, Krillin, Piccolo and Roshi and fend off an attack from Universe 9 using teamwork. Gohan's plan appears to work, despite Tien, Roshi and Krillin being far weaker then the Universe 9 attackers.

After Univers 9 is erased, Gohan is just as shocked as the other fighters. They are attacked by Universe 10's Jium whom Krillin and Master Roshi defeat. Gohan witnesses Kale's rampage. After her rampage, Gohan is separated by the others, but they successfully regroup. After deciding that his plan would no longer work based on the current state of the battle field Gohan suggests it is best to break off into groups of 2, with Tien and Master Roshi being one and Gohan and Piccolo heading off in another. While wondering Gohan is attacked by Botamo and attacks. Botamo initially mocks his attempts when Goku arrives to watch the fight and questions what is Gohan doing. Eventually Gohan's plan is quickly realized as Gohan's attacks begin to lift Botamo clean off the ground with Gohan effortlessly able to punch Botamo off to the ring side and kick him high into the air and blast him over the edge with a Kamehamaha. Goku and Piccolo both proud of Gohan as they part ways again.

Shortly after Piccolo and Gohan are attacked by Obuni and Rubalt, the final survivors of Universe 10. Rubalt quickly attacks Piccolo sending him flying away leaving Gohan alone with Obuni. In his base form Gohan is able to easily match Obuni. However, when Obuni begins to use his technique of displacing his ki across several copies of himself Gohan begins to struggle finding the real one. Whis points out this is a problem for Gohan as Gohan doesn't actually use his eyes to find his opponent but rather instinctively his senses instead. Having a plan Gohan powers up and dares Obuni to try that again. Obuni obliges and Gohan takes the hit but this time doesn't budge. Piccolo appears having quickly disposed of Rubalt and watches Gohan fights back now. Gohan takes another hit and counters again. Whis points out that Gohan's plan is effective and will work but relies on Gohan being able to outlast his opponent due to taking so many powerful hits. Beerus, concerned, pleads with Gohan to not fail. Eventually Obuni's runs out of ki due to using far too many feints and Gohan begins to pummel him and overwhelm him, much to the delight of Beerus, Shn, Old Kai, and Whis. Gohan suddenly does a feint of his own blinding Obuni and jumps into the air and fires a Super Kamehameha knocking Obuni clear out of the ring. Gohan lands and finds a locket Obuni had around his neck which was of his family. Gohan becomes sad and mournful of what he has just done but Piccolo snaps him back to reality and that they need to be moving.

Sometime later, Gohan and Piccolo are approached by Universe 6's Dr. Rota. Dr. Rota wants to reveal his ability, however before he can do so, he is taken out by a powerful Ki Blast. Gohan and Piccolo hide. Piccolo throws a rock out in the open which is destroyed by the same Ki Blast that took out Dr. Rota. Piccolo says its an attack that focuses energy in one point like the Special Beam Cannon and is shot from far away. Also, Piccolo cannot sense the attacker's energy. Gohan asks if Dr. Rota is dead, Piccolo says that if he would be dead then the attacker would have been disqualified, meaning he is still alive. Gohan and Piccolo decide to move to an area with rubble without the attacker seeing them. Afterwards, Piccolo's arm is shot off, however Piccolo regenerates, and the two decide to find the attacker. While spheres are patrolling the area, Piccolo puts his arm out in the open, and is shot, however he dodges it. Gohan saw the direction of the shot and the two decide to head there to take out the attacker. Gohan throws a rock which Piccolo blows up with a Ki Blast, creating dust, which they use as cover. In the dust, Piccolo finds one of Prum's spheres. Piccolo wonders what the sphere does, and the two are attacked once again. Piccolo destroys the sphere, revealing that the sphere had heat. Piccolo then takes a shot that was meant for Gohan, this time, both of his arms are shot off, however Piccolo regenerates once again. Piccolo reveals that the attacker is looking for their body heat, explaining why the attacker was capable of shooting them even in the dust. Piccolo and Gohan then heat up the entire area with heat in order to trick the attacker. Prum then bombards the entire area with Ki Blasts, cutting off Gohan and Piccolo. Gohan and Piccolo hide under a rock, as Tien comes to help them, dodge all the Ki Blasts. Gohan and Piccolo witness as Tien is eliminated by Hermila. After Hermila and Prum are eliminated, Gohan and Piccolo depart together.

Later on, Gohan is separated from Piccolo and is attacked by Frieza and Frost. Still not trusting him, Frost asks Frieza to eliminate Gohan. Frieza obliges and attacks Gohan, tackling him through a mountain. Frieza resumes his attack and Gohan avoids it, powering up to his Ultimate Form and pushes Frieza back with ease. Somewhat taken aback by Gohan's power Frieza, powers up to his Golden Form and re-engages Gohan. While both fighters manage to damage each other, Frieza eventually beats Gohan and knocks him out cold. Frost now approaches and congratulates Frieza, saying he didn't know he had that kinda of power. Frieza tells him with enough training he can attain it to someday and shows Frost the 100% Power state to which Frost reveals he is already aware of. After telling Frost the weakness of the form, that which Frost wasn't aware of, Frieza quickly blasts him out of the ring with Gohan snapping right back up to his feet. Stunned at what happened, everyone looks on when Beerus realizes that Gohan knew Frieza could be trusted. Gohan reveals he was able to tell on his 1st blocked attack that Frieza wasn't being serious, so he just played along and trusted Frieza knew what he was doing. Frieza confirms this and says that he knew Gohan was strong enough to handle his Golden Form and if he wasn't he would have killed him. Frieza begins to leave with Gohan when Frost attacks Frieza from the stands. However, Zeno erased him on the spot, declaring if Team Universe 6 acts out again all of Universe 6 will be erased. As Champa apologizes, Frieza smiles at Gohan and suggests that they should continue to work together to ensure that their Universe wins to which Gohan smiles at Frieza.

Later, Gohan and Piccolo protected Goku from Saonel and Pirina's attack. During their battle, Piccolo and Gohan seem to be at a slight disadvantage against the duo, having to save each other on several occasions. However, as the fight goes on Gohan seems to be gaining more and more ground on them in just his base form and is able to cause major damage to Pirina after knee dropping his arm off forcing him to regenerate, and blocks Sanoel attack to Piccolo with a Masenko. The battle resumes later after Goku's fight with Kefla and Gohan and Piccolo both sense a change in their Namekian foes. Gohan realizing that they have fused with every single Namek in Universe 6 powers up to his Ultimate state and says that there vitality and endurance is far to high right now so he tells Piccolo he doesn't need to worry about killing them which is why he is going full power at them and asks Piccolo to charge the Special Beam Cannon to maximum. As Gohan fights both of them Piccolo let their spirit get the better of him and fires his attack to early as it does nothing to Pirina who responds by hitting them with a Mouth Ki Wave. In his mind Piccolo is met by Kami and Nail who point in front of him and as Piccolo awakens he finds Gohan shielding him and asks Piccolo to do it again and he won't get lazy this time as he will take them seriously now. Gohan goes back in and begins to dominate both Saonel and Pirina. Having them set up now Gohan charges a Super Kamehameha at the same time as his father, who is stuck in a black hole by Universe 2. Saonel is overwhelmed by the blast and as a last resort Pirina fires another Mouth Wave at Gohan to save themselves. As Saonel pulls himself through Gohan's attack Gohan simply smiles at him as Saonel is pierced clean through his chest by Piccolo's Special Beam Cannon and goes on through Pirina allowing Gohan to blast them out of the arena, eliminating Universe 6.

After rejoining with the rest of the remaining team Universe 7, they are attacked by Team Universe 3. As 17 and 18 take care of Viara, Gohan steps in to take on the rest himself, with his plan being to preserve Goku and Vegeta's remaining stamina for Universe 11. Initially Gohan in his Potential Unleashed state is easily able to read and beat back the Universe 3 warriors however they are ordered to fuse into Koichiarator. After fusing Gohan is still able to keep up with the three of them but has a few close calls. Gohan slips and gets into a strength test with Koichiarator. While initially struggling and being shoved through the ring Gohan is eventually able to overpower him and push him off. As he does so Goku and Vegeta come in and knock him away. Goku apologizes for interrupting but says that thanks to Gohan's efforts his stamina has fully recovered. Vegeta tells Gohan they aren't gonna sit back and watch if they are gonna fuse into one fighter at this stage of the Tournament and together the three of them will make short work of Koichiarator and Goku and Vegeta power up to Super Saiyan Blue as Gohan powers up to maximum and they attack together. Goku and Vegeta lead the assault pushing back initially but unable to damage Koichiarator. Paparoni mocks them for their efforts and says they lose. Vegeta smiles at him and tells him to think again as Gohan leaps out from behind Vegeta with a fully charged Ultimate Kamehameha. Beerus and the others now realize that Goku and Vegeta didn't have any desire to fight but simply provided a small distraction so Gohan can charge up one decisive attack. While initially able to block it Koicchiarator is unable to resist for long and appears to be blown apart by Gohan's attack and seems to be eliminated. After powering down Goku compliments Gohan on doing a great job finishing it as Vegeta smiles at Gohan, proud of his efforts as well as Beerus even gives Gohan a show of respect by calling him by his name finally instead of kid. However it is revealed that Universe 3 barely hung onto the edge as Paparoni reveals their trump card, which is to fuse himself with Koichiarator. The monstrosity was initially able to beat the entire Team of Universe 7 around without much effort and after 18 sacrifices herself to save 17 the remaining fighters fire there strongest attacks but are still pushed back. 17 realizes they can't win and charges through the attack with his barrier and shatters the reactor allowing his teammates to finish off Universe 3.

During the final battle, Gohan teams with Android 17 to battle Toppo. The pair have difficulty facing the Pride Trooper and struggle to find rhythm as teammates. During the battle, #17 tells Gohan that they need to stop trying to coordinate the battle together, as they have never fought with one another before and therefore don't know how to anticipate the needs and movements of one another. They formulate a quick plan, in which #17 will immobilize Toppo and sacrifice himself, giving Gohan an opportunity to eliminate them both from the competition. The plan almost succeeds, though Toppo manages to free himself at the last minute. This battle is interrupted, however, when Gohan and #17 take notice of Frieza's battle with Dyspo.

When Beerus reprimands Frieza for getting to close to the edge of the ring, call out to Frieza, Gohan leaves 17 to hold off Toppo so that he may save Frieza. Frieza reminds Gohan of who he is and asks Gohan what would he do if he betrayed him. An unamused Gohan rebukes Frieza, stating that he will eliminate the undead emperor himself should such a betrayal occur. Frieza is not impressed but agrees to work with Gohan. With his maximum speed Dyspo is able to dodge Gohan and Frieza's onslaught of attacks however Gohan shocks himself when he realizes he is actually capable of seeing his movements, something Frieza is not able to do. Realizing this, Gohan orders Frieza to trap himself and Dyspo in a Cage of Light so Dyspo can't move so much. Frieza, initially hesitant, relents and agrees. Gohan charges Dyspo and allows himself to be hit so Frieza can trap them. Dyspo tries to reason with Gohan. However, Gohan says he doesn't care and attacks. Dyspo attempts to move but learns he is actually too fast and hits the Cage of Light. Dyspo engages Gohan in a head to head fight using his speed to attempt to hit Gohan faster however Gohan shockingly is able to keep up with Dyspo's speed and begins to take a clear advantage over him and quickly overwhelms him. Before Gohan can land the finishing blow, Frieza loses control of his cage and it breaks. Dyspo attempts to use his speed to eliminate Gohan but, due to being able to see his movements, Gohan catches Dyspo in a rear naked choke and orders Frieza to eliminate them both. Frieza praises Gohan's plan, saying he is indeed worthy of being called their leader, and fires a Death Cannon, eliminating both Dyspo and Gohan. After his elimination, 18 tends to Gohan and asks if he's OK. Gohan says he is fine as Piccolo and Master Roshi praise Gohan's plan of taking out Dyspo and Beerus simply smiles in approval at the young saiyan.

Peaceful World Saga

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Gohan at the end of Dragon Ball Z

Ten years after Kid Buu's defeat, Gohan has finally become a scholar, married Videl and had a daughter named Pan. At the 28th World Martial Arts Tournament, Goku participates and fights Uub, the reincarnation of Kid Buu. After an equal battle, Goku takes in Uub as his student to train him and better control his power. Goku bids farewell to Gohan and the others before Goku and Uub fly away to Uub's village.

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Black Star Dragon Ball Saga

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"So they caught you off guard right?"
— Gohan asking his father after seeing Goku being transformed back into a child by Emperor Pilaf using the Black Star Dragon Balls

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Gohan is shocked to see that his father has become a child again

Five years after Goku meets Uub, Gohan is employed by Bulma's company as a researcher and, like Trunks, he rarely trains, though apparently, even in the Earth's peaceful time he has not neglected his training.[6] He now is more concerned about being a good husband and father. He is one of the first to learn about Goku's transformation back into a child thanks to a wish made to the Black Star Dragon Balls by Emperor Pilaf. They all soon learn that if the Black Star Dragon Balls are not collected and brought back to Earth within a year's time, the planet will explode.

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Gohan and Videl witness Trunks' spaceship blast off

Gohan, along with the help of Bulma and Videl, works on the spaceship used for Goku, Trunks, and Goten (later replaced by his daughter Pan) to go hunt the Black Star Dragon Balls. However, Gohan's power is still held in high regard among the Z Fighters. He was originally wiling to go with his father, and Trunks remarks that Gohan is among those on Earth stronger than himself and Pan.

Baby Saga

Main article: Baby Saga

"My mother can overreact some, which is why I didn't say anything earlier. So what have you done with my brother?"
— Gohan confronting Baby-possessed Goten

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Gohan survives Baby Goten's energy wave

Gohan is later seen again visiting his mother and brother at Capsule Corp. with Videl. They tell Chi-Chi that Goten got into a fight somewhere (with Baby) over at Satan City. Goten returns shortly after, now under the control of Baby. Baby immediately realizes that Gohan is stronger than Goten and could be a little more sufficient body to help him infect Vegeta. Gohan also realizes something is not right with his brother. They two get into a little fight and decide to settle at a remote location. Baby-possessed Goten immediately plays the offensive against Gohan, trying to force him to power up (making it easier for him to takeover Gohan's body). Gohan refuses to do so, realizing that if he uses enough energy, he could hurt Goten. Baby-possessed Goten then powers up to full strength, cornering Gohan. Having no other choice, Gohan powers up to a Super Saiyan. Baby uses this opportunity and easily takes over Gohan's body. Baby tests Gohan's powers by attacking Piccolo in the area.

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Baby-possessed Gohan attacks Vegeta

Now with Gohan under his control, Baby seeks out his true target: Vegeta. Baby-possessed Gohan locates Vegeta and fights an even battle with the Saiyan prince. The fight is soon interrupted by the arrival of Goten, who Baby left an egg implanted inside of, rendering him under his control. With the help of Goten, one of Baby-possessed Gohan's attacks pierces Vegeta's skin, which Baby takes the opportunity to liquefy himself and enter Vegeta's body, gaining control of a more powerful host. However, just like Goten, Gohan has an egg implanted inside of him by Baby, bringing him under control of the Tuffle parasite. Later, when Goku, Pan, and Trunks return home from outer space after collecting the Black Star Dragon Balls (which Dende later gave to Baby so he could wish for Planet Plant to be restored), Gohan and Goten appear at their house and transform into Super Saiyans to immediately fight Goku and Pan. Gohan even promises to kill Pan and fires an energy blast at her. However, Goku blocks the attack and the explosion knocks him and Pan down to the ground, rendering Pan unconscious. This angers Goku and he fights at full power, allowing him to gain the upper hand against the controlled Gohan and Goten. However, before Goku fires his Kamehameha at Gohan and Goten, Mr. Satan and Majin Buu show up and explain what has happened.

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Piccolo's final farewell to Gohan before he dies

After being purified by the Sacred Water by Kibito Kai, Gohan, along with Goten, Trunks, and Pan help restore Goku's Super Saiyan 4 powers. Eventually, Goku manages to defeat Great Ape Baby, forcing the Tuffle parasite to flee from Vegeta's body, returning him back to normal. Baby then tries to escape in a spaceship, but Goku fires a powerful 10x Kamehameha up at the spaceship, blasting it to the sun while Baby was inside and killing the Tuffle for good.

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Gohan weeps over Piccolo's death

Later, Gohan helps in evacuating the population of Earth to the New Planet Plant before Earth's explosion. However, when Goku teleports back to Earth to get a little boy who was left behind during the evacuation, Piccolo suddenly appears, saves the boy, and gives Goku enough energy to teleport back. However, he chooses to share the same fate as the Earth. Moments before his death, Piccolo has a telepathic farewell conversation with Gohan. He tells him that he chooses to remain behind as his death would cause the Black Star Dragon Balls to be eternally turned to stone. This way, no wishes from the Black Star Dragon Balls will be made, saving the Earth from a future disaster. Gohan bursts into tears and pleads for Piccolo to come with them, but Piccolo declines and tells him how proud he is of Gohan for how he has matured and the amazing potential he had displayed over the years. With the conversation over, Piccolo says his final goodbye to Gohan, who screams Piccolo's name in devastating sadness as his mentor dies a dramatic death in Earth's explosion.

The Earth is restored back to normal and everybody is back on it. Gohan says to Goku that he still misses Piccolo, but his father comforts him and says that he misses Piccolo, too, cheering him up. With that, Goku and Gohan are happy that the Earth and its inhabitants are safe for now.

Super 17 Saga

Main article: Super 17 Saga

"We can't let them do this! They've all been beaten before, we can beat them again!"
— Gohan, while fighting Super 17

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Gohan battles General Rilldo

A year later, Gohan observes the 31st World Martial Arts Tournament with Videl and Krillin while Goku fights in the Junior Division and Pan, Mr. Satan and Majuub compete in the Adult Division.

Some time afterwards, along with the rest of the gang, Gohan fight the villains that escaped from Hell. He mainly battles a revived General Rilldo, saving Pan and Mr. Satan from him. He and General Rilldo have an evenly matched fight before Rilldo unexpectedly uses his Metal Breath to turn Gohan's right arm and left leg into metal. He is nearly killed, but was saved at the last minute by Majuub.

Along with Goten, Trunks, Vegeta, and Majuub, Gohan battles against Super 17, even firing an incredible Kamehameha attack at the Android but it has no effect because Super 17 absorbs it. Gohan is the first to be knocked out. He is saved along with the others by Goku, who, with the help of Android 18, eventually kills Super 17 with a Dragon Fist followed by a Kamehameha.

Shadow Dragon Saga

Main article: Shadow Dragon Saga

"My father was the galaxy's greatest fighter, and he was doing it long before you were even born. You're history!"
— Gohan to Syn Shenron ("Shadow Dragons Unite")

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Gohan in the Shadow Dragon Saga

Gohan, along with the rest, learns that thanks to the several wishes made to the Dragon Balls over the years, negative energy has overflowed, turning the balls evil, causing seven powerful Shadow Dragons to emerge from them.

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Syn Shenron attacks Gohan

Pan and Goku are successful in hunting down and killing most of the dragons, but are no match for the powerful Syn Shenron. Gohan, Trunks, and Goten come to the rescue and revive Goku's energy, while Majuub holds off Syn Shenron. Shenron is, however, relentless at killing Goku, and tries his best to stop the re-powering. He is even successful in landing a devastating blow on Gohan. Syn's efforts are in vain, though, as the three are able to restore Goku's energy. Goku, now at full power, is more than enough to beat Syn Shenron, but things go for the worse when Syn absorbs all seven Dragon Balls, and transforms into Omega Shenron. Not even Goku is able to comprehend his power.

The situation changes when Vegeta arrives and absorbed Blutz Waves from Bulma's new machine, to help him achieve Super Saiyan 4. Gohan warns Bulma that if given too much, he might lose control and become too powerful and uncontrollable (like Baby). However, Vegeta is successfully able to achieve Super Saiyan 4. It is not enough to stop Omega Shenron though, and Goku and Vegeta realize there's only one option: fusion.

Gohan, Trunks, and Goten hold off Omega Shenron long enough for the fusion to be successful, forming Gogeta. Gogeta is far more powerful than Omega Shenron, but because he failed to take the fight seriously, the fusion expires before he kills Omega Shenron. It now seems that all hope is lost, but Goku attempts to form an Universal Spirit Bomb. The rest battle Omega Shenron, but all are defeated easily by him. They do however, hold out long enough for Goku's attack to be complete and kill Omega Shenron, once and for all. After the final battle with Omega Shenron, he is last seen in one of the flashbacks in the end of Dragon Ball GT.

Film appearances

Dead Zone

Main article: Dragon Ball Z: Dead Zone

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Gohan in Dead Zone

A three-year-old Gohan ends up kidnapped by Garlic Jr. and his henchmen, largely due to his possession of the Four Star Dragon Ball. While held hostage at Garlic Jr.'s lair, he ends up eating one of the apples that Nikki was eating, unaware that it has an intoxicating substance (resulting in him entering a state comparable to drunkenness). He eventually wakes up and unknowingly pees on Krillin's head. Eventually, Gohan manages to awaken his inner power and send Garlic Jr. into the Dead Zone. Goku, witnessing this, decides to tell Gohan about his power later and took him home.

The World's Strongest

Main article: Dragon Ball Z: The World's Strongest

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Gohan in The World's Strongest

After Oolong saw the Dragon Balls being congregated to one spot, Gohan accompanied him to investigate (with Oolong in particular planning to wish for another set of panties). However, upon arrival, they ended up witnessing Dr. Kochin using the Dragon Balls to free Dr. Wheelo's Fortress. Gohan and Oolong later ended up attacked by Wheelo's Bio-Men, but Piccolo ended up saving them, although at the cost of being captured (with Gohan believing him to have been killed). He and Oolong were later confronted by Chi-Chi and Goku regarding the disappearances of Master Roshi and Bulma, where they admitted what they had witnessed.

The Tree of Might

Main article: Dragon Ball Z: The Tree of Might

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Gohan in The Tree of Might

During a camping trip, Gohan ended up, alongside the rest of the Z Fighters, putting out a forest fire (caused by Turles' probe crashing into the forest), also saving a dragon named Icarus from the blaze, befriending it as a result. He later stopped Icarus from attacking Shenron when they attempted to wish the damage from the Forest Fire to be undone. Afterwards, Gohan ended up encountering Turles, and mistook him for Goku. He then was forced to turn into a Great Ape by Turles (the latter using a Power Ball) and then destroying the power ball in order to have Gohan last long enough in Great Ape form to cause immense destruction. However, Gohan was soothed by the presence of Icarus, causing Turles to shoot down Icarus and thus Gohan to attack Turles instead. Gohan was nearly killed by Turles, but Goku arrived and sheared off Gohan's tail to save him from the attack. He then passed out, although not before telling Goku to stop Turles. He later woke up after the Tree of Might was destroyed by Goku (with Turles dying with it) and witnessed alongside Icarus the Earth being restored.

Lord Slug

Main article: Dragon Ball Z: Lord Slug

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Gohan after firing a Ki Blast at Slug's army

Gohan appears in this film along with Goku, Piccolo, and Krillin. When we first see him, he is with Icarus and he puts on a dance with him for Piccolo. Without noticing, he starts to whistle and the whistling seems to cause Piccolo a great deal of pain. After apologizing, both of them sense the presence of a high power level heading toward Earth. Gohan arrives at the landing site where Lord Slug and his minions begin to terrorize the city. He loses his Dragon Ball hat that is picked up by Lord Slug. He starts to battle with them, but is taken down by Medamatcha and Angila.

When Lord Slug's machine brings the planet to a deep freeze, he takes refuge with his mother in their house, but flies off to battle him wearing Piccolo's Namekian suit. He fights well, but as he is outnumbered, Piccolo comes to his aide. Together they duel the villains until Gohan is over taken by Medamatcha's creations, but is saved by Piccolo. Goku comes to battle Lord Slug himself, but he has a very hard time of it, and Piccolo once again intervenes. When he has Slug's full attention, he rips off his own ears and tells Gohan to whistle. As Gohan begins to whistle, he weakens Slug, and gives Piccolo the chance to give his energy to Goku, aiding him in his victory over Lord Slug.

Cooler's Revenge

Main article: Dragon Ball Z: Cooler's Revenge

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Gohan in Cooler's Revenge

Gohan accompanied Goku, Krillin, Oolong, and Icarus on another camping trip (although Goku initially planned to have Gohan finish up his homework first). However, the camping trip was short lived due to Cooler's Armored Squadron ambushing them. Gohan attempted to aid Krillin, but was himself weakened by Dore grabbing his tail (which Krillin had attempted to warn Gohan immediately before he had been knocked out by Neiz), with Dore also spinning him around by the tail until Goku interfered. While the Armored Squadron (who had arrived to kill Goku in the first place) attacked Goku, Gohan remained behind to attempt to restore Krillin to consciousness. Eventually, he flew in an attempt to aid his father, although the then-recently arrived Cooler tried to murder the boy with his Darkness Eye Beam, resulting in Goku taking the blast to save Gohan. They later went into hiding inside of a cave, although they were later trapped inside by the Armored Squadron blasting the landscape. They were later found by the rest of the group by Icarus' scent. Gohan then informed them about Goku's wounded status as well as wanting to know about the survival of the animals in the area. Gohan then, alongside Icarus, traveled to Korin's Tower to get Senzu Beans, also going high into the sky to avoid the Armored Squadron's scouters.

Upon arrival, Gohan attempted to get beans, although he was told to descend the tower because he failed to bring Korin a gift (in the Japanese dub, it was because he only climbed halfway up the tower), although largely because of Yajirobe's interference, he got a bean satchel and a spare bean. Gohan and Icarus then departed back to Goku's location, but were ambushed by the Armored Squadron, with Icarus being shot down and Gohan nearly killed by Dore's Can-Opener Attack, although Piccolo intervened, also holding off the Armored Squadron so Gohan can successfully deliver the Senzu Beans to Goku. He was also pursued by Dore, although Piccolo finished him off with his Chasing Bullet. He eventually arrived at the cave, but the satchel was destroyed by the Armored Squadron commander and sole survivor, Salza (who had escaped from Piccolo due to Cooler's interference earlier). Fortunately, the spare bean was still intact, which Gohan then proceeded to feed Goku the bean. He then attacked Salza in a rage after witnessing Salza defeat Krillin, but was defeated effortlessly. He then passed out, although not before witnessing Goku emerge from the cave completely healed. Gohan was among those in Goku's mind when he transformed into a Super Saiyan again to defeat Cooler. Gohan later met up with his father after Cooler had apparently been killed, and decided to search the rubble to see if Piccolo was present (due to it shaking), although they soon discovered it was actually Salza preparing to ambush them. However, Piccolo intervened from a distance with his Special Beam Cannon, finishing him off. Gohan then tried to call out to Piccolo.

The Return of Cooler

Main article: Dragon Ball Z: The Return of Cooler

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Gohan's punch penetrates a Cyclopian Guard

Gohan goes with the other Z Fighters to New Namek, when they all notice that the entire planet has been taken over by a gigantic planet-eating machine known as the Big Gete Star. All of them set out to investigate, seeing that the Namekians have been taken prisoner. Gohan is the first to act, saving a Namekian from being killed. It wasn't long before they find out that Cooler had returned, and he sent his new mechanized soldiers to kill them. Gohan, Piccolo and Krillin do battle with their metal foes, but it doesn't take long before they begin breaking the Cyclopian Guards apart by upping their attack strength. Though they start doing better, Gohan and Krillin are taken to the Gete Star and imprisoned, ready to be absorbed for their energy.

After a long battle between Goku, Vegeta, and Cooler, the Saiyans overpower the Gete Star, and Piccolo takes that chance to save Gohan and the rest of the accompanying Z Fighters. They escape before the entire Big Gete Star is destroyed. Together, Gohan and the rest of them return to Earth.

Super Android 13!

Main article: Dragon Ball Z: Super Android 13!

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Gohan in Super Android 13!

Gohan attended his mom and dad in shopping (as Gohan had earlier agreed to undergo Summer School). While having a meal at a penthouse restaurant with his family, Future Trunks, Krillin, Oolong, and Master Roshi (the latter four having attempted to go to a swimsuit show that actually was not supposed to happen in weeks), Gohan and the others ended up surviving an attempted bombing as well as saved the other patrons. Gohan later attempted to aid Goku and Future Trunks in confronting the entities responsible for the attack: Android 14 and Android 15, who had obviously been targeting Goku due to Dr. Gero's desires of revenge against him. However, Chi-Chi attempted to stop him largely due to his commitment to Summer School. Gohan, however, coldly asked her whether his studies were more important than ensuring Goku survived against the Androids, with Chi-Chi being shocked enough to let Gohan go. Krillin later accompanied Gohan (the latter being forced to tag along by Chi-Chi) to aid Goku, and eventually tracked him, Future Trunks, Android 14, Android 15, and the newly arrived Android 13 to an arctic area. He later interfered and aided Goku when it was becoming clear that Android 13 was having the upper hand in fighting Goku, and was himself saved by Piccolo. Afterwards, when Android 13 transformed into Super Android 13 via parts from Androids 14 and 15 (who had been destroyed by Future Trunks and Vegeta, respectively), he was attacked by the Super Android. Gohan later attempted to aid Goku with the Spirit Bomb by attacking Super Android 13 to distract him long enough to ensure Goku got the energy needed. He later ended up hospitalized for the injuries.

Broly - The Legendary Super Saiyan

Main article: Dragon Ball Z: Broly - The Legendary Super Saiyan

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Broly attacks Gohan

Gohan attended a Hanimani picnic with Future Trunks, Krillin, Bulma, Vegeta, Master Roshi, and Oolong (with Goku and Chi-Chi not attending due to Chi-Chi wanting to ensure Gohan got into a prestigious school). He later bore witness to Paragus' arrival, and attempted, alongside Krillin and Oolong, to stop a drunk Master Roshi (who was himself attempting to stop Vegeta from going to the South Galaxy to rule the new Saiyan Empire and defeating the Legendary Super Saiyan plaguing the Galaxy). Upon arriving at New Planet Vegeta, Gohan, alongside Roshi, Oolong, Krillin, and Trunks (the latter accompanying them at the last minute due to being suspicious of Paragus' motives and further attempt to get Vegeta to refuse Paragus' offer). Upon witnessing Vegeta meet Broly, Paragus' son, Gohan could not help but express amazement. Gohan later accompanied Krillin and Future Trunks to investigate the city, due to their distrusting Paragus. They then discover that the "city" was nothing but ruins, as well as stumbled upon a slave quarry.

Gohan later interfered on the Shamoian slaves behalf and attacked the slavemaster. Gohan later ended up shocked at Goku's arrival (as well as Goku being accidentally punched in the face by Krillin while using instant transmission to arrive on the planet and showing off, respectively), also learning that Goku himself had been searching for the Legendary Super Saiyan (having been informed of this by King Kai earlier). Gohan, Future Trunks, and Krillin later questioned the Shamoian slaves (after feeding them) about the status of the Legendary Super Saiyan, and had confirmation that the Legendary Super Saiyan was indeed real, as he was responsible for the destruction of their homeworld prior to Paragus enslaving them. Later that night, Gohan and Krillin woke up (presumably to ask Goku something), but ended up witnessing Broly attacking Goku in a fit of rage, also being crushed underneath Goku's (now destroyed) mattress by the irate Saiyan after Broly threw it aside. The next morning, Gohan, alongside Master Roshi, Oolong, Krillin, and Future Trunks brought along several Shamoian slaves before Vegeta to expose Paragus' deception, with the Shamoians also recognizing Broly as the Super Saiyan who destroyed planet Shamo, as well as witnessing Broly's transformation into the Legendary Super Saiyan in a fit of rage. Gohan attempted to prevent Broly from attacking Goku, but Goku ended up pushing him aside due to realizing Broly was far too powerful for Gohan to handle, also being forced to retreat, although not before being hit by one of Broly's Explosive Waves.

Gohan later was shielded by Goku from another blast. Gohan then enters his Super Saiyan state to attack Broly, alongside Goku and Future Trunks. However, Goku later forced Gohan to leave after Broly threatened him, with Goku attempting to hold him off. However, Broly caught up and violently attacked Gohan, eventually resulting in Gohan being snagged by the neck on a beam, nearly breaking it. He was nearly killed by one of Broly's Eraser Cannons, although he was saved by Piccolo, also being fed a Senzu Bean. He then, alongside Future Trunks, attempted to use a combined Masenko against Broly, but it did not phase Broly at all other than destroying the building he was on, and ended up clotheslined by the insane Saiyan while he attacked Piccolo. Gohan later ended up knocked out, but then donated his remaining energy to Goku as a last resort to put down the Legendary Super Saiyan once and for all. After Broly's defeat, Goku and Gohan returned to their house via instant transmission, only to encounter Chi-Chi (who was angry at Gohan and especially Goku for missing out on the Parent Teacher Conference), as well as attempting to help his mom after the latter fainted in exasperation.

Bojack Unbound

Main article: Dragon Ball Z: Bojack Unbound A few months after the Cell Games, Gohan and the other Z-Fighters (including a visiting Future Trunks) proceeded to participate in the Intergalactic World Martial Arts Tournament. Gohan managed to get through the preliminary battles and managed to reach the final round of the tournament, alongside Trunks (after defeating Tien Shinhan), Krillin (who won by default after Piccolo forfeited out of disgust for the former's poor attempts at fighting the latter), and a sumo-wrestler named Doskoi. After moving the tournament to Battle Island 2, the fighters were to encounter and fight the Intergalactic Fighters (really Hercule's students dressed up like aliens) in specially built Battle Zones underneath the island. Gohan and the others are launched to their Battle Zones in rocket-propelled space pods, with Gohan arriving in his Battle Zone: a surreal world resembling a toy chest.

Gohan then encountered his supposed challenger and one of the Galaxy Warriors: Bujin. Bujin used his telekinesis to hurl several building blocks at Gohan, who hopped away from each one. Bujin then telekinetically yanks the hands of a clock and tries to skewer the teenage Saiyan with them, which Gohan disintegrates with an Aura burst. Gohan states that Bujin was trying to kill him, to which Bujin remarks "you have no idea". Bujin then used his powers to warp the area, revealing the "toy chest" was an illusion, and the Battle Zone was actually a forested area. Midway through the fight, Gohan managed to sense a far stronger power take out Future Trunks. Gohan then proceeded to rush from the forest where he was fighting Bujin to the location, an ancient ruined civilization, and discovered the other Galaxy Soldiers, alongside the unconscious bodies of Trunks and Krillin, as well as the group's leader, Bojack. Gohan transformed into Super Saiyan and challenged the warriors, battling them. They broke through the sky, revealing the Victorian-style city Battle Zone where Trunks previously fought and killed Koba, where the rest of the battle takes place. Gohan is dominated by Bojack and almost gets obliterated by a Full Power Energy Ball but is saved when it is deflected by a Special Beam Cannon from Piccolo. Piccolo gets beaten, with Vegeta and Trunks following suite. Gohan again starts to battle them alone. Outmatched, Gohan is near powerless against the Galaxy Warriors and gets caught in Psycho Thread.

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Gohan after defeating Bojack

Mr. Satan arrives in a space pod and distracts Bojack, saving Gohan. Moments later Bojack had Gohan in a Bear Hug. While struggling and screaming for help, Goku comes to Gohan's aid by using Instant Transmission to punch Bojack. Goku gives Gohan energy and turns Super Saiyan 2. Gohan evaporates Bujin and Bido, killing them with a simple punch and kick. Gohan punches Bojack, penetrating his abdomen but refuses to be beaten. Bojack uses Galactic Buster and Gohan charges a Kamehameha forming a collision. Gohan kills Bojack ending the battle.

Broly - Second Coming

Main article: Dragon Ball Z: Broly - Second Coming

"So, it's my father you're after, right Broly? Why is it that scum like you always want revenge for being put in your place? Well come on, I'll be happy to put you back again!"
— Gohan's thoughts before going to fight Broly

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Gohan in Broly - Second Coming

Gohan sensed Broly attacking Goten and Trunks, and rushed to stop the trouble. Gohan then arrived and interfered with Broly's Planet Geyser technique against a weakened Goten and Trunks, also discovering Broly's survival. Upon meeting with the boys, he then explained who Broly was, and that Goku had beaten him, although he was later horrified when he discovered that Broly had also fought and injured Videl. Gohan then vowed to "put [Broly] back again" after deducing that Broly most likely wanted revenge against Goku for his earlier defeat, and fought Broly to a stalemate. After launching a blast that destroyed part of the area, Gohan realized that Broly has gotten much stronger since their last encounter (In the Japanese version, he also mentions that Gohan himself had "powered up considerably" since then as well). Broly then shrugged off the attack and emerged back up while threateningly declaring Kakarot's name, but Gohan was later saved by Videl, with Gohan expressing relief at her being alright. Gohan then attempted to stop Broly after he cracked the ground in four with an energy wave by launching into the air, and ended up bracing himself for an apparent attack from the deranged Super Saiyan. However, he then ended up attempting to defend the others when it became apparent that they were the true target, although this failed, leaving Gohan the only one left standing. He then became a Super Saiyan 2 in his rage, with Broly powering up to Legendary Super Saiyan. They then fought, although Gohan was largely getting beaten, eventually being trapped in a backbreaker over the newly formed lava pit. Gohan, however, eventually hit Broly hard enough to temporarily stun him and lured the Saiyan into the magma pit in the hopes of beating him. He succeeded, but was saved by Krillin (whom he mistook for Piccolo due to his wearing Piccolo's attire).

However, the victory was short-lived when Broly revealed that the lava did not affect him at all. Gohan eventually was put in the vengeful Saiyan's mercy, but eventually broke free in anger at Videl's injured status (having used the last of her strength to hurl a crystal at Broly). Gohan then entered a beam struggle with the mad Saiyan, with Goten later participating, but were on the losing end. Gohan and Goten later were apparently spiritually aided by Goku, and eventually succeeded in launching Broly into the sun. Gohan later noticed that Goku disappeared, although he was certain Goku had been present. He later reunited with Videl, but then was forced to flee when it became apparent that she was upset with Gohan for not coming to her aid earlier.

Fusion Reborn

Main article: Dragon Ball Z: Fusion Reborn

"I am son of Goku, guardian of all that is good, Gohan."
— Reintroducing himself to Frieza.

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Gohan in Fusion Reborn

Gohan and Videl appear to fight the dead who return to Earth. Eventually, Frieza arrives and he and Gohan have a brief discussion where Gohan reveals his identity to the tyrant. Frieza sends an army of Hell inhabitants (including former Frieza Force members, Bojack's gang, etc.) to attack Gohan, but Gohan flies through them and defeats Frieza in a single blow.[7] Afterwards, he and Videl hunt down and defeat the other escaped villains.[8]

Wrath of the Dragon

Main article: Dragon Ball Z: Wrath of the Dragon

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Gohan confronts Hirudegarn

Months after the defeat of Kid Buu, Gohan along with the Z Fighters fight against Hirudegarn after he's revived by Hoi.

Battle of Gods

Main article: Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods

"Those who would commit evil beware! The all powerful Great Saiyaman is here to save Trunks from his evil girlfriend!"
— A drunk Gohan entertaining the party.

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Gohan telling Mai that playing with guns are dangerous.

Four years after the defeat of Kid Buu, Gohan and friends attend Bulma's birthday party. There, he gets drunk and in his Saiyaman guise tries to get Mai to fire a bullet as part of a show for the others where she is holding Trunks hostage, though in reality she was in threatening his life despite his superhuman strength making him in no real danger. One of the bullets that Gohan deflects hits Videl in the leg, Dende then heals her and learns she is pregnant. Another hits Beerus but Vegeta is able to calm him down by singing and dancing on stage.

"I'll hold him off. Get the others to safety!"
— Gohan telling Krillin to get everyone out while he prepares to fight Beerus.

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Ultimate Gohan charges at Beerus

Soon after, a fight between Majin Buu and Beerus breaks out, Gohan, Android 18, Piccolo, and Tien Shinhan jump into action against the God of Destruction but are heavily outclassed, with Gohan attempting to restrain Beerus in a full-nelson only to be flipped and kicked away. Soon after learning of the Super Saiyan God, he joins with Vegeta, Trunks, and Goten in an unsuccessful attempt to help Goku transform, though soon learn that they need another Saiyan to successfully perform the ritual and Dende reveals Videl's pregnancy, leading Gohan and the others to cheer in happiness before performing the ritual again, this time successfully transforming Goku into a Super Saiyan God. Later, Gohan and the others follow Goku and Beerus' battle. In the end, Beerus wins but he does not destroy the Earth.

Resurrection ‘F’

Main article: Dragon Ball Z: Resurrection ‘F’

"I can handle his men, I guess. But this is serious, Bulma. I don't think you understand what kind of opponent Frieza is. It took my dad everything he had to win their battle last time, and Frieza's powered up to a completely different level. We can't beat him."
— Gohan talking to Bulma about him getting stronger.

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Gohan noticing something is bothering Piccolo

Sometime after the battle with the God of Destruction, Beerus, Gohan and Videl return home from shopping, who they had Piccolo babysitting their newly born child, Pan. Both Gohan and Piccolo sense bad energy on the planet but can't depict what it is. He later notices the sky has gone dark, meaning that Shenron has been summoned. Four months later, Gohan is told by Bulma that Frieza is heading to Earth in an hour so he heads to North City with Piccolo, where Frieza has arrived with his army. In the manga, Gohan takes Videl and Pan to The Lookout and requests for Dende to locate where Frieza is and Gohan is told that he is at North City. Upon landing there, both Gohan and Piccolo are shocked seeing Frieza and his army. Tien Shinhan arrives and says that he didn't bring Yamcha or Chiaotzu to the battle because it's too dangerous for them. Gohan follows with stating that he was told by Bulma not to tell Trunks or Goten about Frieza as they would've challenged him to a duel. Krillin and Master Roshi suddenly arrive with Senzu Beans. Krillin asks why Gohan has a track suit on; Gohan replies with due to not having enough time, he left his gi at home. Master Roshi then asks if he had been training, Gohan questions his power due to not keeping up with his training. Bulma and Jaco show up on the scene and Bulma was talking poorly of Frieza, but Gohan put some sense into her, telling her they have no chance against Frieza. Sorbet then orders the soldiers to battle.

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Gohan getting one-punched in the abdomen by Frieza

Gohan and the others are taking on Frieza's men one-by-one but they eventually spread out because there are too many against them. Gohan easily takes out the men he has to defeat. He even helps Krillin out during the battle before he almost died. Everyone eventually goes back to the center stage to finish off Frieza's soldiers. Gohan sees that Piccolo struggling to fight a warrior named, Shisami. Gohan intervenes and easily defeats him when he goes Super Saiyan. After this, Frieza is ready to fight so he chooses Gohan as his first victim. He punches Gohan and has him his heart stop beating. Piccolo uses a kiai, which gets Gohan's heart beating and enables him to down the second-to-last Senzu Bean. For Goku and Vegeta to arrive, Bulma demanded that everyone should power up so Goku could reach Earth using Instant Transmission. Gohan later watches the battle between Goku and Frieza and later Vegeta. When Frieza destroyed the Earth, Whis shielded him and the others from being killed. After Goku learned from his mistake, Whis uses his temporal do-over technique, before Frieza blew up the Earth for Goku to kill Frieza.

Other Dragon Ball stories

Shin Budokai

At the time of the Cell Games, in the PSP game Dragon Ball Z: Shin Budokai, Super Janemba's messing with reality in the future causes Teen Gohan's essence to be dragged into the future two years after Kid Buu's defeat while Gohan was asleep. Gohan is consumed by blind rage when taunted by Cell about the mistakes that he made and, taken over by Janemba's influence, he gains a power boost enough to easily destroy Super Perfect Cell (who had previously beaten Super Saiyan 3 Gotenks thanks to a Zenkai boost). As his rage builds, Teen Gohan begins to lose his memories. Teen Gohan then aids his future self and his friend's future selves in defeating Super Janemba, before his essence is sent back in time by Piccolo's wish to Shenron. He wakes up in the morning with no memories of the events.

Online

Tim Breaker Great Ape Gohan

Time Breaker Great Ape Gohan

In the computer game Dragon Ball Online, it is revealed that after the demise of his father around Age 801, Gohan reflects on the power he wields and so he devoted himself to scholarly research on the source of that strength, ki. In Age 804, Gohan begins to research the martial arts of the past, organizing them in his book Groundbreaking Science, introducing concepts such as ki control to the general public and ushering in a worldwide revolution in martial arts. Later, when the remnants of Frieza's army launch a full-scale invasion of Earth, Gohan and the other Z Fighters band together and defeat them, using Saiyaman-like costumes to hide their identities.

Gohan also appears as a kid in the game during Time Machine Missions in Age 761; in Break Wasteland, Great Ape Gohan is fought after he is made into a Time Breaker by Evil Bardock. The Time Patrol defeat Gohan and he is freed, returning to normal.

Xenoverse

In Dragon Ball Xenoverse, Gohan first appears during the prologue fighting Dark Cell in an altered timeline of the Cell Games in Age 767. These history changes along with others cause Xeno Trunks to summon Shenron in Toki Toki City and wish for a Warrior capable of defending history, leading to the Future Warrior to be summoned to Toki Toki City and become a member of the Time Patrol.

During the warrior's first mission in Age 762, like in the original history Gohan attacks Raditz with Leave My Daddy Alone!, however thanks to a Dark Magic power-up Dark Raditz dodges the attack and retaliates with a ki blast to kill Gohan. Fortunately, Gohan is saved by the Future Warrior who joins Goku and Piccolo in fighting Raditz and manages to weaken him enough for Goku and Piccolo to kill him using the Full-Nelson Special Beam Cannon restoring the original history. The Warrior later comes to the aid of Gohan and the other Z Fighters during the battle with the Saibamen who like Raditz have also been empowered by Dark Magic. The Warrior gets separated, leading Tien and Yamcha to be killed by a Saibamen self-destruction. Nappa tries to kill Gohan with his Bomber DX, but like in the original history, Piccolo shields Gohan and dies. The Warrior protects Gohan and Krillin from Nappa until Goku arrives, convincing Gohan and Krillin to leave while they deal with Nappa and Vegeta. The Warrior kills Nappa, though Vegeta resorts to using his Great Ape form after his Galick Gun is overpowered by Goku's x4 Kaio-ken Kamehameha. Goku and the Warrior continue to fight Great Ape Vegeta, until Gohan and Krillin show up to help. While Gohan and the Warrior distract Vegeta, Krillin uses the opportunity to slice Vegeta's tail off with a Destructo-Disc, which is successful. Eventually Vegeta is defeated and the original timeline is restored.

Later on Namek, the Future Warrior aids Gohan, Vegeta, and Krillin during the battle with the Ginyu Force, which is altered when Guldo is sent to take the Namekian Dragon Balls back to the ship by Dark Ginyu. Goku eventually arrives and defeats Recoome. Goku tells Gohan and Krillin to go retrieve the Dragon Balls while he and the Warrior deal with the Ginyu Force. Dark Ginyu tries to steal Goku's body, but Jeice accidentally knocks the Warrior into the Body Change beam, causing Ginyu to switch bodies with the Warrior instead. Realizing the switch, Goku asks the Warrior to use Ginyu's body to sneak into Frieza's Ship to aid Krillin and Gohan while he deals with Ginyu in the Warrior's body. As a result, the Warrior helps Gohan and Krillin who are fighting the combatants lead by Guldo. Gohan realizes the Warrior is not Ginyu and convinces Krillin they are an ally. Together the three defeat Guldo forcing him to retreat. However they are confronted by Ginyu in the Warrior's body and are joined by Goku who chased after Ginyu. The Warrior manages to return to their original body when Ginyu tries to steal Goku's body again. However Guldo returns and uses his telekinesis to paralysis Goku, allowing Ginyu to steal his body. Vegeta joins the battle and kills Guldo, before attacking Ginyu in Goku's body with the Future Warrior. However Dark Ginyu is able to access the full power of Goku's body thanks to Villainous Mode. However his is eventually beaten, and when Vegeta tries to finish him off with Wild Hunt, Ginyu tries to switch bodies, though Goku shields Vegeta, returning to his original body. Ginyu tries again, but Goku throws a Namekian Frog, causing Ginyu to switch bodies with it like in the original history. As a result, Gohan and Krillin use the Dragon Balls to revive Piccolo like in the original history. However the timeline is altered and a history change showing Dark Final Form Frieza killing Vegeta, Piccolo, Krillin, forcing Goku to leave the healing chamber too early to save Gohan (it is unclear if Gohan is killed before Goku arrives or is just knocked out).

The Future Warrior travels through time to prevent this change. Gohan, Krillin, and Vegeta confront first form Frieza, though when he transforms, Frieza transforms directly into his final form. Piccolo soon arrives but is no match for Dark Final Form Frieza. Vegeta is defeated as well. Goku however arrives fully healed and joins the Warrior in combating Dark Frieza, before resorting to the Large Spirit Bomb. Gohan and Krillin later approach Goku and Piccolo after it seems the Spirit Bomb has killed Frieza, however Dark Frieza appears and subdues the Future Warrior, before injuring Piccolo and killing Krillin with Death Psycho Bomb, causing Goku to transform into a Super Saiyan. Frieza attacks Goku with Killer Ball, but he dodges, however one of the stray blasts heads right towards Gohan and Piccolo, though they are saved by the Future Warrior who shields them from the blast before joining Goku in fighting Frieza once more. Goku orders Gohan to leave with Piccolo to avoid anymore close calls. Ultimately the Future Warrior and Goku manage to weaken Frieza though Goku asks the Warrior to leave Frieza to him and Gohan is transported to Earth by Dende's wish to Porunga who is revived just as the Warrior leaves.

During an altered timeline Cell Games in Age 767, Mr. Satan, the Cell Juniors, and Cell are empowered by Villainous Mode defeating most of the Z Fighters. Cell and his two of Cell Juniors then attack Gohan with their own version of the Father-Son Kamehameha which presumably kills him. The Warrior travels back in time to prevent this history and saves Mr. Satan from being killed by Dark Cell by kicking him out of the arena. They continue to protect Mr. Satan until he is knocked unharmed into a nearby mountain by Cell like in the original history. Gohan watches his father fight Cell, while the Future Warrior is forced to fight Mr. Satan who has been empowered by Villainous Mode, allowing Mr. Satan to fly and use ki blasts. Eventually Goku forfeits and announces Gohan as his replacement, while the Warrior continues to fight with Dark Mr. Satan. Gohan refuses to kill Cell like in the original history, while the Future Warrior manages to defeat Mr. Satan freeing him of the Dark Magic. Dark Cell creates Dark Cell Juniors to anger Gohan, forcing the Future Warrior to fight them off. Soon Towa uses her Dark Magic to trigger Gohan's Super Saiyan 2 transformation with Villainous Mode, turning him into Dark Gohan. After defeating the Cell Juniors, the Warrior is called off by Trunks who has found Mira and Towa nearby. It is later revealed that Towa empowered Gohan to Super Saiyan 2, in order to gather more energy from his fight with Cell, before removing the power up, causing Gohan to revert to his Super Saiyan Full Power form, leaving him too weak to defeat Dark Super Perfect Cell. Fortunately, the Warrior returns in time to aid SSJFP Gohan in fighting Cell, weakening him enough for Gohan who manages to reacquire Super Saiyan 2 without Villainous Mode to kill Cell with the Father-Son Kamehameha restoring the original history.

Later after the Future Warrior defeats Mira in Age 774, the Demon God Demigra sends his Mirage to alter history in Age 774 by taking control of Piccolo with Dark Magic, forcing him to attack Goten and Trunks to prevent them from fusing, while Ultimate Gohan fights Super Buu. However Demigra uses his Dark Magic to force Dark Super Buu to use Super Vanishing Ball to destroy the Earth much earlier. The Warrior is sent to prevent this, and manages to restore Piccolo to his senses by giving him a sound beating, causing Demigra's Mirage to flee. This allows the boys to fuse into Gotenks when Super Buu arrives. Eventually Ultimate Gohan arrives and confronts Super Buu alongside the Future Warrior after Gotenks defuses. However Demigra forces Super Buu to transform into Kid Buu, who destroys the Earth killing Gohan, Piccolo, Goten, and Trunks like in the original history. Future Warrior, Vegeta, Mr. Satan, and Dende are saved by Goku's Instant Transmission and transported to the Sacred World of the Kais. Dende leaves with Elder Kai and Kibito Kai to use the Namekian Dragon Balls to restore Earth and its people while Goku, Vegeta, Mr. Satan, and the Future Warrior remain behind to confront Kid Buu. Gohan is revived and contributes to the Super Spirit Bomb with his family and friends, while Mr. Satan convinces the people of Earth to do so as well. Together with Goku, the Warrior gives the Super Spirit Bomb one final push which kills Kid Buu. Mr. Satan then informs Gohan, Videl, and everyone on Earth of Majin Buu's defeat. However the Time Patrol continues to deal with Demigra's attempts to free himself by altering history.

In Age 778, Gohan attends Bulma's birthday party, when Demigra's Mirage interferes when Vegeta manages to save a pudding cup for Beerus by using his power to manipulate Goten and Trunks' ball into knocking the pudding cup out of Beerus' hands leading to a battle between Beerus and the Z Fighters. The Future Warrior arrives to stop Demigra, while Ultimate Gohan joins the battle against Beerus but is soon defeated. He later participates in the Super Saiyan God ritual, allowing Goku to fight Beerus like in the original history. Demigra's plot to control Beerus fails, as Beerus pretends to be effected to lure the Demigra's Mirage out in order to attack. Demigra's Mirage is defeated by Beerus and the Future Warrior, though it survives due to its intangibly. Demigra later has his Mirage to revive Frieza, Cell, and Kid Buu in Age 778.

After they are defeated by Goku and the Warrior, it is revealed that Demigra used his magic to take control of Vegeta, Ultimate Gohan, and Gotenks. While under the Demon God's control, Ultimate Gohan is granted the Dark Magic transformation and Villainous Mode (Super Saiyan 2). Gohan however manages to mentally resist the transformation somewhat though his physical body continues to fight during Demigra's control. Goku and the Warrior manage to defeat Gohan and the others freeing them of Demigra's control, however Demigra is able to free himself from the Crack of Time and attacks Toki Toki City. Goku and the Time Patrol manage to stop Demigra, who resorts to trying to destroy the Time Vault to erase history and the universe while he rides out its destruction safely in the Crack of Time, though the Future Warrior manages to follow him and frees Goku to stop Demigra's attack from destroying history. In the game's secret ending, spiritual images of Gohan, Goku, Piccolo, Vegeta, and Krillin appear to the Future Warrior, whom they provide energy and spiritual assistance to allowing the Future Warrior to destroy Giant Demon God Demigra with the Z-Spirit Kamehameha. Chronoa later reveals that their appearance in the Crack of Time was likely the result of the nature of the Crack of Time itself.

As part of the Legendary Super Saiyan Saga, the Future Warrior is sent to Natade Village in Age 774 to aid Videl, Goten, and Trunks against Dark Broly after he is empowered by Demigra's Wormhole which Demigra had set up before his death. The Warrior manages to hold off Broly, long enough for Gohan to arrive and together they defeat Broly though Broly is saved from death by the Wormhole which transports him to Dying Namek in Age 762, though he is ultimately defeated by the Warrior, a time-displaced Bardock, and Vegeta from that period after being transported to Earth by Dende's wish to Porunga. Xeno Trunks returns Broly to his proper timeline.

In Toki Toki City in Age 850, Gohan and Videl mentor members of the Time Patrol together as a team and offer to train the Future Warrior, though most of the skills they teach are Videl's, though Gohan does teach the Warrior his Ki Blast Cannon skill.

Additionally, Teen Gohan appears in Toki Toki City to ask someone to aid him and the other Z Fighters to train, leading to a parallel quest. If the Warrior defeats both Super Saiyan Vegeta and Super Saiyan Full Power Goku before defeating Super Saiyan Full Power Gohan after he powers up, then an Ultimate Finish is triggered in which Gohan revives and is empowered by Villainous Mode forcing them to defeat him to return Gohan to normal.

Xenoverse 2

In Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2, another alteration to history prevents Gohan from appearing during the battle with Raditz, forcing Elder Kai and Chronoa to send a new Future Warrior to aid Goku and Piccolo to weaken Raditz. During the Saiyan conflict, the 2nd Future Warrior joins Gohan and the other Z Fighters in combating Nappa. However Gohan is sacred when Nappa's eyes briefly glow red due to Towa's Dark Magic. Krillin tries to console Gohan, but Piccolo tells him to ignore Gohan as they have bigger concerns. Soon they sense Goku's ki, but notice that another ki is heading towards Goku. The 2nd Future Warrior is ordered to sneak away, leaving Gohan and the others to combat Nappa. The Warrior later learns that the other ki was Turles who prevents Goku from reaching the battlefield. However the original Future Warrior is sent to aid Goku and the 2nd Future Warrior by Xeno Trunks, forcing Turles to retreat with the original Future Warrior in hot pursuit. Goku and the second Future Warrior return to the battlefield just in time to save Gohan and Krillin from being killed. Gohan and Krillin leave, with the Warrior and Goku taking on Nappa and Vegeta. Vegeta uses a Power Ball to transform himself and Nappa into Great Apes. The Warrior defeats Great Ape Nappa. As Goku and the Warrior continue to fight Great Ape Vegeta, Gohan and Krillin return distracting Vegeta long enough for Yajirobe to cut off Vegeta's tail restoring the original history.

Later on Namek, Gohan and Krillin flee Moori's Village after rescuing Dende. However Dark Frieza orders both Zarbon and Dodoria to chase after them. As a result, Zarbon prevents and Krillin and Gohan from escaping when Krillin blinds Dodoria with the Solar Flare. Fortunately the 2nd Future Warrior is sent to aid them in escaping. Krillin tells Gohan to flee with Dende while he and the Warrior hold off Zarbon and Dodoria. However Zarbon sends Dodoria to chase after them, leaving Krillin and the Warrior to fight Zarbon. Krillin manages to flee while Zarbon is distracted. Fortunately, Vegeta attacks Dodoria like in the original history, allowing Gohan and Dende to flee to safety. The Warrior however is forced to contend with Lord Slug who attacks them for interfering, though he is chased off by Xeno Trunks, allowing the Future Warrior to aid Vegeta against Dark Dodoria, who is killed by Vegeta restoring the original timeline. In another altered history, Ginyu in Vegeta's body poses with Jeice in front of a bewildered Gohan and Krillin. The 2nd Future Warrior is sent back to aid Gohan, Krillin, and Vegeta against Dark Guldo and Dark Recoome, after they are ordered by Dark Ginyu to defeat them while he takes the Namekian Dragon Balls back to the ship. The Warrior manages to defeat Dark Guldo and knocks down Dark Recoome, however he recovers and is about to kill them with Ultra Fighting Bomber when he is knocked out by Goku. Goku tells Gohan and Krillin to go after the Dragon Balls while he, Vegeta, and the Future Warrior deal with the Ginyu Force, however Vegeta tricks Goku and leaves. Soon Turles arrives and gives Jeice and Burter Demon Realm-enhanced Fruit of the Tree of Might that had been created by Towa. They manage to defeat Dark Burter. However Dark Ginyu steals Xeno Trunks' body while he was following Ginyu in the hopes it would lead to Towa and Mira, forcing the Warrior and Goku to combat Ginyu in Trunks' body and Jeice. Eventually Trunks returns to his original body and Turles aids Ginyu in stealing Goku's body. Eventually Goku manages to return to his original body and stops Ginyu from stealing the Warrior's body with a Namekian Frog. Due to Ginyu's absence Gohan and Krillin manage to collect the Namekian Dragon Balls without interference.

However while the Future Warrior is aiding Nail against Dark 1st Form Frieza, Turles attacks Krillin and Gohan to steal the Namekian Dragon Balls so he can wish for immortality so he can defeat Goku, Mira, and Frieza to rule the Universe, only to be stopped by Slug who reveals he desires the same thing for himself. Chronoa has the Warrior return to the Time Nest to travel back further in time after aiding Nail in holding off Frieza. As a result, the Warrior arrives to aid Gohan and Krillin in retrieving the Dragon Balls, forcing Turles and Slug to eat the enhanced Fruit of the Tree of Might empowering them with Villainous Mode. Turles tries to convince Gohan to join him like he had when he attacked Earth in his alternate timeline, but decides against it stating he'd have to be pretty desperate to recruit Kakarrot's brat. Eventually the Warrior convinces Gohan to take the Dragon Balls and flee with Krillin. Gohan is reluctant at first, but Krillin tells him to there are times when they must trust their allies. Gohan thanks the Warrior for there help before leaving. While the Warrior and Xeno Trunks deal with Supervillain Mode Turles and Supervillain Mode Slug, Gohan and Krillin meet up with Dende, and use the Namekian Dragon Balls to revive Piccolo and transport him to Namek before Guru dies and they are confronted by Frieza. Turles and Slug are defeated, with Xeno Trunks telling the Warrior to go aid Gohan and the others against Frieza while he joins his partner the original Future Warrior in chasing after Mira. The Warrior arrives just as Frieza transforms into his final form. Piccolo apologizes to Gohan and the others for wasting not being strong enough to stop Frieza despite all their efforts to revive him. Vegeta having been healed by Dende after being injured by Krillin steps up to fight Frieza believing he has became a Super Saiyan, but is defeated like in the original history. Eventually Goku arrives and the dying Vegeta tells him to defeat Frieza and avenge their race.

Goku and the Warrior fight Frieza, under Goku resorts to the Large Spirit Bomb, with the 2nd Future Warrior holding off Frieza. After Frieza is seemingly killed, Gohan and Krillin join Goku and Piccolo, only to be attacked by Frieza who injures Piccolo and kills Krillin causing Goku to transform into a Super Saiyan. Goku does not dodge Frieza's Killer Ball and instead takes the attack head on without suffering any damage, thus the 2nd Future Warrior does not have to shield Gohan and Piccolo like the original Future Warrior did in Xenoverse. Goku orders Gohan to flee with Piccolo, while he and the Warrior continue to fight Frieza. After Frieza attacks Namek's core, Cooler appears and reveals that Towa had aided him in traveling through time to prevent his brother from being defeated by Goku. Together the two brothers join forces to confront SSJ Goku and the Future Warrior, though the Warrior manages to defeat Cooler who falls into the remains of the molten core of Namek where he is presumably killed. Frieza notices Porunga who Dende uses to transport everyone to Earth after the Future Warrior leaves to join Xeno Trunks in confronting Mira, who flees after injuring Xeno Trunks, forcing Trunks to order the original Future Warrior to chase after him, while he and the 2nd Future Warrior return to the Time Nest.

During the Cell Games in Age 767, the Warrior protects the other Z Fighters from the Dark Cell Juniors while Android 16 convinces Mr. Satan to throw his head over to Gohan, allowing him to say his final words to Gohan before being destroyed by Cell, causing Gohan to transform into Super Saiyan 2. The Warrior and SSJ2 Gohan fight Dark Cell and the remaining Cell Juniors. Eventually they defeat the remaining Cell Juniors, but suddenly a Wormhole appears connection the altered main timeline with Age 767 of Metal Cooler's timeline during his attack on New Namek, causing an army of Metal Coolers to appear to participate in the Cell Games, which Cell welcomes. Xeno Trunks is ordered by Chronoa to travel through the Wormhole and tells the Warrior to follow after defeating the Metal Coolers. After defeating the Metal Coolers, the Warrior travels through the Wormhole, leaving SSJ2 Gohan to confront Cell on his own. While Xeno Trunks and the Future Warrior are dealing with the Metal Coolers on New Namek, Gohan causes Cell to spit up Android 18, and revert to his Semi-Perfect form, leading to Goku to sacrifice himself to prevent Cell's Self-destruction from destroying the Earth. Super Perfect Cell returns to confront Gohan once more though Towa shaves off some of his life force to grant Cell the power of Supervillain Mode. Fortunately the Warrior returns in time to weaken Dark Cell enough for Gohan to finish him off with the Father-Son Kamehameha restoring the original history.

Towa and Mira later reactivate Future Android 16 in Future Trunks' timeline and send him to kill Gohan's counterpart Future Gohan in Age 780, though the 2nd Future Warrior prevents this only to be confronted by Mira, forcing Xeno Trunks to defy Chronoa in order to save both Future Gohan and the Warrior. However Future Gohan refuses to allow Xeno Trunks to accompany him when he tries to join him in combating the Androids, having deduced his fate from Trunks' reaction, causing Future Gohan to go off to his death willingly, after the Future Warrior stops Xeno Trunks from altering his history. Ultimate Gohan later joins the Future Warrior when they are confronting Super Buu in Age 774.

However the Warrior is forced to leave the battle to Gohan, when something is preventing Vegeta from leaving Hell. The Warrior later finds it is Supervillain Janemba, whom they manage to defeat with Vegeta. Gohan is killed by Kid Buu when he destroys the Earth, leaving the Future Warrior, Vegeta, Goku, and Mr. Satan to deal with Supervillain Kid Buu, who is destroyed by the Super Spirit Bomb after Gohan and the people of Earth are revived. The Warrior later joins Gohan and the other Z Fighters in confronting the Frieza Force in Age 779 during Frieza's revenge, which has been altered by Towa so that Cooler was revived with Frieza and rebuilt as Metal Cooler, joining his brother in his revenge. However Towa tricks Beerus and Whis into leaving Age 779, leading to Gohan, Goku, and the other Z Fighters saved by Whis to be killed when Frieza destroys the Earth, though this is later undo by Whis' Temporal Do-Over which allows the Future Warrior to stop Frieza's attack, forcing Golden Frieza and Metal Cooler to transform into the Supervillain forms, thought they are defeated by the combined might of SSGSS Goku, SSGSS Vegeta, and the 2nd Future Warrior. Goku thanks the Warrior for saving the Earth and hopes to repay them someday, which he later does when through help from Whis travels through time to aid the Future Warrior during their battle with Final Form Mira in Age ???.

In Conton City in Age 852, Adult Gohan and Videl work as instructors at the Time Patroller Academy which is based in a replica of Orange Star High School. Unlike Xenoverse, all the skills they teach are Videl's, however this may be due to the fact that Gohan's younger self works as an instructor as well. Additionally, as part of the Masters Pack DLC, Gohan's counterpart Future Gohan works as an instructor as well. If the Warrior talks to Future Gohan while training under Gohan and Videl, Future Gohan learns of his counterpart and is happy to learn his counterpart lives in a peaceful timeline. If the Warrior talks to Kid Gohan while training under Future Gohan, Gohan asks what his alternate future self like had had with Future Trunks during the Android conflict. However none of the Gohans are shown interacting while in Conton City, presumably due to the potential danger. However Pan does meet her father's counterpart Future Gohan though neither realize they are related and Pan even offers to introduce Future Gohan to her father and Grandpa (GT Goku). Pan also admits she wish her dad were more like Future Gohan.

Additionally the Masked Saiyan leaves a Distorted Time Egg at Satan House, causing it to be surrounded by a large time rift anomaly which appears in Conton City and is contained inside a Time Miniature while the Time Patrol investigates the cause. If Earthling is selected, the Warrior is sent to investigate Satan House during the prologue, where they observe Gohan as Great Saiyaman showing Videl as Great Saiyaman 2 how to perform the Justice Pose. However Videl is reluctant to do the pose and accidentally calls Great Saiyaman Gohan, causing Gohan to remind her to call him Great Saiyaman before encouraging her to pose, which Videl does flawlessly causing Gohan to praise her. Videl finds she enjoyed posing and becomes more enthusiastic about posing, causing them to start working on a team pose, though the Warrior is called off to take on their new assignment by Elder Kai. The Warrior is later allowed to return checking out each anomaly for Chronoa. They discover that Great Saiyaman and Great Saiyaman 2 have recruited Galactic Patrolman Jaco into helping the Saiya Squad to defend Earth in exchange for helping Jaco repair his spaceship after a crash landing strands him on Earth. They convince the 2nd Future Warrior into joining the Saiya Squad as Great Saiyaman 3. Led by Gohan as Great Saiyaman, the Saiya Squad defends Earth from various threats such as the Ginyu Force, Cell, Super Buu, and even protect Pan from the Shadow Dragons on Planet Tuffle while she is searching for parts to repair Giru.

If the Future Warrior is an Earthling, Gohan and Videl decide that the Warrior needs something to help them stand out. Jaco suggests a cool weapon while Mr. Satan suggests a cool vehicle, which causes Gohan to remember his dad's Power Pole and Flying Nimbus. Together with Videl in their alter-egos, they aid the Warrior in unlocking the Power Pole Pro transformation which allows the Warrior to summon the Flying Nimbus and wield the Power Pole in battle. Gohan later reveals that Goku of the anomaly's timeline asked Gohan to give them the Power Pole and Flying Nimbus after hearing about their exploits as a member of the Saiya Squad. Mr. Satan later shows the Future Warrior the Distorted Time Egg the Masked Saiyan left behind, which he asks to take. After the Warrior collects all the other Distorted Time Eggs, Chronoa decides to allow the anomalies to remain as they are stable and do not pose a threat. As a result, the anomaly's Gohan and Videl continue to defend the Earth's peace in the anomaly's timeline.

Heroes

Dark Demon Realm Saga

Assault on the Hell Gate

Main article: Assault on the Hell Gate Saga

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GT Gohan during the Hell Gate Attack Saga

At some point Gohan went out into the wilderness to try and attain the Super Saiyan 4 form. After he took on the form, Goku and Vegeta both sensed his power and headed off to confront him as Super Saiyan 4s, upon meeting him Goku expressed shock that Gohan had managed to take on the form. However, the three soon noticed a dark portal appear in the sky and headed into it to discover why it had appeared.

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Gohan goes Super Saiyan 4 to fight Super 17 (18 absorbed)

Super Saiyan Gohan, alongside Super Saiyan 4 Goku, Super Saiyan 4 Vegeta, and Android 18 encountered Super 17 - who had re-appeared somehow. They defeated him, however Darkness Towa appeared and forcefully merged Android 18 into Super 17, causing him to greatly power up. He quickly knocked Gohan to the ground and then began overwhelming Goku and Vegeta. In response Gohan took on his Super Saiyan 4 form and headed back to fight the super android.

Power

Main article: List of power levels

"Incredible. When his emotions run wild, he loses control and taps into some sort of vast hidden power."
Vegeta when seeing Gohan pummeling Frieza

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Kid Gohan powering up against Raditz

Since early childhood, seemingly stemming from his hybrid heritage, Gohan is known to have within him a seemingly limitless dormant power, which at first only revealed itself when he experienced extreme emotional stress, losing most of his cognitive thought in the processs and then his power would drop dramatically lower than before once calming down. The earliest occurrence of this hidden power was as an infant when he about to crash into a tree when his stroller was accidentally released, giving him enough power to plow a hole clean through the trunk.[5] Even by normal Saiyan standards, Gohan's increase of might from fear or anger is exceptionally greater, able to compete against the strongest enemies.

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Gohan unleashes his hidden power

As he got older and continued to train, he gradually became able to access larger portions of his power while retaining conscious control of himself. It was not until he was a young adult that his power was fully awakened and he was able to use and focus it all at his own will. He displays exceptional power at a very young age, even surpassing his father Goku by turning Super Saiyan 2 and defeating Cell at only 9 years old (10 if including the 10 months in the Hyperbolic Time Chamber) Gohan is also the first known Saiyan to ever achieve Super Saiyan 2. Despite his inconsistency in training, Vegeta stated that Gohan's potential exceeded both Goku's and his own, even after they both obtained Super Saiyan Blue.[9]

Manga and Anime
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Raditz on his Scouter noticing an immense increase in Gohan's Power level

As a child during the battle against Raditz, when angered, Gohan's power level raises to 710 and then further to 1,307, before falling to 1 after attacking Raditz. Gohan gets more powerful after training for the battle against the Saiyans with Piccolo he is the second strongest Z fighter during the encounter second only to Piccolo himself (stated by Vegeta upon arrival). His power level is 1,083 when confronting Nappa and Vegeta, and it rises up to 2,800 when using his Masenko on Nappa. When Kid Gohan has his potential unlocked by Guru, it is said to rise to a level comparable to Vegeta's at the time of the saiyans first arrival on earth (who had a power level of 18,000). On Namek, when his anger rises during his battles with the different forms of Frieza, he is able to knock the tyrant around several times and even cause him some damage.

Gohan's power grows even higher before and during the Androids/Cell Sagas, as he trains with his father and attains the Super Saiyan form. When watching the battle between Goku and Perfect Cell, Gohan does not understand everyone's awe at their power - as he is easily able to track them and believes that they must be holding back (though Goku was actually at full power). Piccolo and Vegeta are astounded at the power that Gohan possess when he reveals some of it. Gohan eventually attains Super Saiyan 2, at which point he becomes far stronger than any of the other Z Fighters and full power Perfect Cell - he displays this new power by effortlessly killing the Cell Jrs. with a single shot each. His speed has become colossal, easily exceeding the speed of Cell's. Vegeta states that Gohan isn't trying while fighting Cell. During his final beam struggle with Super Perfect Cell, Super Saiyan 2 Gohan loses half of his power due to having been damaged trying to save Vegeta, however even with just half his power Super Saiyan 2 Gohan is still able to defeat Cell in the beam struggle.

By the time of the 25th World Martial Arts Tournament, due to lack of training, Gohan is no longer as strong as he was during the Cell Games but is powerful enough to fight Dabura. It is later said by Dabura that he could easily defeat Gohan if he wanted to, though in turn if Gohan were to get angry and use his true power he would be able to defeat Dabura, as shown when he attacked Buu's cocoon. As a Super Saiyan 2 (with his anger allowing him to use his true power) he was also able hold off Majin Buu for a short time, but was defeated and almost killed. However, after training with the Z Sword, Shin believes that Super Saiyan 2 Gohan will be able to defeat Majin Buu, but Goku is not so sure that he could.

After the Z-Sword is broken, Gohan has his potential unlocked further by the Old Kai gaining the ability to surpass his limits. Trunks states that Ultimate Gohan is equal to Super Saiyan 3 Gotenks, though Goten states Ultimate Gohan is stronger and Trunks takes back what he said and states that Gohan is a little stronger than Gotenks. Gohan is able to defeat Super Buu in his regular state. He is however swiftly defeated when Super Buu absorbs Gotenks and Piccolo (though in the anime he manages to hold his own and is only worn down after some time by Majin Buu's superior combat skill and cunning).

In the God of Destruction Beerus Saga of Dragon Ball Super, Potential Unleashed Gohan was proven nowhere near enough to defeat Beerus, who nonchalantly knocked Gohan aside. By the Golden Frieza Saga, Gohan had slacked off from training for so long that he became unable to utilize his full potential, and found it challenging to even access his Super Saiyan form. Though it is stated by Tagoma that the level of power Gohan possess in his normal form is stronger than Piccolo. Ginyu takes Tagoma's body and is able to unlock his full power than - which is said by Gohan to be equal to Gohan's at the time when he was at his best, Ginyu goes on to claim that compared to him Gohan possess a very low power level. Gohan tries to access his full potential to take on Ginyu but finds that he cannot and thus compensates by transforming into a Super Saiyan, thanks to this tremendous power up he proves to be able to knock Ginyu down with two blows, though the captain gets up again soon after - undamaged by Gohan's attack - to try and continue the battle, only to be stopped by Frieza. Even in his Super Saiyan form, Gohan proved no match for first form Frieza, and was easily defeated by him without even getting out of his chair. However, when Gohan released a huge amount of power as a Super Saiyan due to Piccolo's death, it proved large enough that Goku could sense his ki from Beerus' planet.

In the Universe 6 Saga, while selecting members of Beerus' team for his competition with Champa, Vegeta suggests that they place Gohan in their team - as he possesses potential even higher than Goku and Vegeta themselves, and the rest of the Z Fighters - however Goku declines, saying all Gohan cares about is studying. However - in the anime - unknown to Goku, after Frieza's defeat, Gohan had been training with Piccolo, so that Gohan can get back into shape and Piccolo can get stronger. By the time of Tournament of Destroyers, the two had presumably been training for at least half a year, and Gohan and Piccolo had powered up greatly - with base Gohan equal to the newly empowered Piccolo, who proved strong enough to keep up with final form Frost during the tournament a few days later. When attempting to get Cabba to transform Vegeta tells him he should not have entered the tournament with such a low power level while Vegeta thought Gohan should enter suggesting he is stronger than Cabba who was in turn able to fight on par with base Vegeta.

During the "Future" Trunks Saga, in the anime Piccolo notes that Gohan has given up fighting and now leads a normal life. To which, when Future Trunks encounters Gohan he notes that he does not possess the overwhelming power he had during the Cell Games, stating that he could barely sense his power. During the baseball game between Universe 6 and Universe 7 Gohan participates in the game and manages to catch a godly ki enhanced baseball thrown from a full power Super Saiyan Blue Goku barehanded. The explosion was seen visible from space and leveled the majority of the field yet Gohan emerged from the heart of the explosion and rubble nearly unharmed and actually laughing about almost being vaporized. Impressed, Champa actually gives Gohan a rare compliment, calling him "pretty tough." In the manga, days before Future Trunks leaves to his new timeline he encounters Gohan, who has begun training in the Gravity Chamber in order to get back into fighting shape.

In the anime, while battling Watagash, Gohan was able to completely overwhelm him when he possessed a bank robber. When Watagash possessed Barry Kahn, Gohan was knocked out cold with one blow as he took a blow for Videl and Pan. When Gohan confronted Barry possessed Watagash later Gohan was able to effortlessly dominate him once again after he powered up more using he superior power and training. When Watagash powered up one more time becoming larger than a skyscraper Watagash was far faster the Gohan and was able to smack him around with ease and eventually blasted Gohan into orbit with a massive Eye Beam. After hearing Videl and Pan call out to him Gohan reminds himself he will never lose in front of Pan and Videl and powers up to Super Saiyan and flies back down as Watagash prepares another larger Eye Beam and fires it. Gohan responds with his own version of the Super Kamehameha; the Super Great Saiyaman Beam and effortlessly plows through the beam and nearly kills Watagash. Later, at the request of Chi-Chi and Goten, Gohan proved himself able to fight on par with his father in a sparing match in both base form and as Super Saiyans, the latter of which Gohan was able to land some solid blows.

Initially in the Universe Survival Saga, in the anime although rusty while Gohan fought Lavender, Goku calling it "perfect training for Gohan right now so he can regain his fighting senses." Even blind Gohan uses his sense of hearing and touch to detect Lavender and overwhelm him. After powering up to a Super Saiyan Gohan was able to use his ki as a radar and was able to keep track of Lavender by bouncing his ki of his aura off of him. Even while having poison rotting his body, Super Saiyan Gohan was able to match Lavender in combat, and his Kamehameha matched Lavender's own energy wave until Gohan succumbed to the poison, Gohan eventually managed to catch Lavender off-guard and piledrive him clean through the arena and still stand up afterwards, with Goku noting Gohan was still very strong. Later, Piccolo is using what time they have until the tournament to retrain Gohan and reawaken warriors heart. While initially struggling to keep up with Piccolo even at Super Saiyan 2, Piccolo's guidance ultimately lets Gohan fully reawaken his true power and enter his Potential Unleashed state. Upon doing so, Gohan quickly overwhelms Piccolo without using a Super Saiyan form. To which, even against a swarm of clones, Gohan was able to easily defeat Piccolo's assault, although he still has a tendency to let his guard down, allowing weaker blasts to cause harm. After this, Piccolo believes that Gohan can still become far more powerful.

Soon after, Piccolo acknowledged Gohan's training under him is complete to which Gohan tested his progress against his father. In base form he fought on par with base Goku and was able to easily handle Tien with no issues at all. Once using his non-fully powered Potential Unleashed state, he is able to fight Super Saiyan 2 Goku, though Goku initially had the upper hand, Gohan eventually began to overpower Goku. After going to his full power and asking his father to fight at full power, he briefly manage to fight with Super Saiyan Blue Goku (going to the point where Goku punching Gohan with considerable power in this state didn't even faze the latter), even taking a couple of his punches, with Gohan asking for more, making Goku unleash Kaio-Ken to appeal to his sons request in order to beat his son Gohan, which he promptly did with just a single hit, however after being hit by the Kaio-ken enhanced Goku, Gohan still barely remained conscious and was able to nearly land one more punch before he fell unconscious. Ultimately, it was agreed that with Gohan's growth as a warrior, he was made the official team captain for Team Universe 7. In the manga, Vegeta noted that if Gohan regained his fighting instincts, he will be extremely useful, having high regard in Gohan's full potential. To which, once Vegeta saw Gohan after finishing his reconditioning with Piccolo, Vegeta notes that he is unrecognizable from before, pleased with the results.

During the Tournament of Power, in the manga, Gohan was able to fend off the unified assault from the entire Trio De Dangers with mild difficulty. He also showed deceptive leaping ability against Rozel, able to reach the flying foe from high above to aid Piccolo. In the anime, Gohan, alongside Piccolo, Krillin, Tien Shinhan and Master Roshi, launched an assault that caused little to no damage against Lavender, Botamo, Comfrey, Shosa, and Dercori. He effortlessly deflected Zium's Fire Breath. Base Gohan's punches did no damage to Botamo, however Gohan used this to his advantage as his punches lifted Botamo in the air. Gohan pushed Botamo to the edge, kicked him in the air, and knocked him out of the arena with a Kamehameha. Base Gohan was able to match Obuni in combat, however when Obuni used his secret technique of energy, Gohan was overwhelmed. Gohan decides to turn into his Potential Unleashed state and let himself be hit by Obuni in order to do a counter hit. Using this strategy, Potential Unleashed Gohan was able to once again match Obuni in combat. Gohan was able to outlast Obuni's energy reserves, and when Obuni ran out of energy, Gohan blasted him out of the arena with a Kamehameha. Although Whis stated Gohan would take damage from Obuni's attacks, at the end of the fight, Gohan is shown to be completely fine. Against Jimeze, base Gohan was overwhelmed by Jimeze' professional use of Instant Transmission, although Frieza notes that Gohan would have had no problem against the Yardat if he hadn't stubbornly refused to use Super Saiyan. Base Gohan was able to compete against Final Form Frieza, while previously, Super Saiyan Gohan was no match for First Form Frieza, showing Gohan's increase in power. In his Potential Unleashed state, Gohan was able to push back Final Form Frieza, and briefly hold his own against Golden Frieza. However, it is revealed that Frieza and Gohan were acting so Frost would let his guard down.

Against Saonel and Pirina, Gohan was initially pushed back along with Piccolo but Gohan was able to quickly regain the edge and proved to be able to overwhelm both Saonel and Pirina in his base form by blocking Saonel's best attacks like his Ki Blade with his bare hands and his most powerful ki blast with his Masenko and proved strong enough in his base form to knee drop Pirina's arm off. After the two Universe 6 Namekians fully adjusted to their accumulated power from their entire race, while initially pressured by them, once Gohan entered his Potential Unleashed state, he was able to push back the duo, holding his ground long enough for Piccolo to aid him in eliminating the two foes with a Kamehameha.

Against Universe 3's modified warriors, Potential Unleashed Gohan was able to fend off Bollarator, Koitsukai, and Panchia, gradually adapting to their attack patterns to quickly overwhelm them, forcing them to use their Plan X: merging into Koichiarator. Despite Goku and Vegeta's aid against this new merged foe, Gohan's sheer might was on par it, as neither was able to push back the other. Ultimately, with a timely distraction from Goku and Vegetea, Potential Unleashed Gohan was able to launch a Kamehameha able to overwhelm Koichiarator while also catching Paparoni in the blast. Against Anilaza, even in his Potential Unleashed state, Gohan was overwhelmed by the giant warrior. Together with all the remaining members of Team Universe 7, Gohan engaged Anilaza in a beam struggle, and even then, Anilaza almost overwhelmed Team Universe 7. It was only when Android 17 damaged Anilaza's energy reactor that Gohan and his teammates were able to knock Anilaza out of the arena.

Against Toppo, alongside Android 17, Potential Unleashed Gohan was at a disadvantage against the Pride Trooper, to the point that his Ultimate Kamehameha did no damage to Toppo. Later on, after Android 17 trapped himself and Toppo in an Android Barrier, Gohan was able to almost knock both of the off the arena with an Ultimate Kamehameha, however Toppo was able to free himself. Against Dyspo, Gohan was able to work out the weakness of his Super Maximum Light Speed Mode by watching how he dodged his and Frieza's attacks. After Frieza trapped both Gohan and Dyspo in a Cage of Light, Gohan was capable of matching Dyspo in combat, even overpowering him in the end. However, Frieza ran out of stamina, and Dyspo was once again able to move freely. Despite that, Gohan was fast enough to catch Dyspo in a grip lock, allowing Frieza to knock both of them off the arena. His efforts earn the full recognition and admiration of Beerus with a pleased smiled, who finally refers to Gohan by his given name, rather than just addressing him as Goku's son.

In Dragon Ball GT, in the Black Star Dragon Ball Saga, Gohan is shown to feel confident that he would be helpful to Goku on a trip to recover the Dragon Balls. Despite the fact that he and his mother acknowledge there could be all sort of threats out in space, and that would be a reason why Pan should not go. Gohan's confidence in his power is pretty notable. Later, when Pan boasts that on Earth, she is the third strongest (After Goku & Trunks), Trunks corrects her by stating several people on Earth are stronger than him and that second would be giving him to much credit. Trunks notes Gohan as one of the people with strength surpassing his own. While Gohan is not shown fighting during this saga due to his presence on Earth, it's obvious the strength Gohan has always had still holds some precedence, even now.

During the Baby Saga, Baby learns from Goten's memories that Gohan is stronger than his younger brother. When Baby Goten confronts Gohan, Baby continuously remarks on his desire to take Gohan's body due to his ability to handle Goten without transforming. In his base form is shown to have similar power to Super Saiyan Baby Goten, as when the two fight they both tire out at the same time and Gohan is able to resist Baby Goten's attacks without much damage. Gohan is noted for being able to hold his own while trying not to hurt Goten, and while Baby is trying to force Gohan to raise his power. Gohan only transforms after Baby forces an explosion of Goten's ki. Once Baby finally has control of Gohan's body, he remarks that the power Gohan's body has is incredible and believes it will be useful in him gaining Vegeta's body, to which Gohan's body was able to force Vegeta to fight seriously and with Baby Goten's assistance was able to defeat and possess Vegeta.

During the Super 17 Saga, he is able to hold his own in his base form against General Rilldo, who is remarked by Goku for having a ki greater than that of Majin Buu. Rilldo ultimately choses to metallize Gohan's limbs to take the advantage in the battle. After Uub kills Rilldo, Gohan is shown to not have retained any damage from the assault and jokingly remarks that he should retire if they're going to save him. When he attacks Super 17, everyone is shocked that his Kamehameha has no effect, showcasing the regard to which his power is held. Despite going Super Saiyan 2, he is unable to defeat Super 17.

In the Shadow Dragon Saga, Gohan is among the group who does not go to fight due to his power being inferior to Super Saiyan 4 Goku. Despite this however, Gohan suits up in his gi and goes to help his father against Syn Shenron. Though his intentions are only to help Goku recover his full power. Gohan manages to survive hits from Syn Shenron, and gives Goku the power to go beyond his limits as a Super Saiyan 4. Later, Uub offers to fuse with him, but Gohan declines and states that Uub would need to heal his arm before they could attempt fusion.

Films

Turles' scouter later reads Gohan's power level as 10,000 during the events of the movie The Tree of Might. When he has his tail held by Dore in Cooler's Revenge, Gohan's power level drops to 50.

In the Japanese version of Dragon Ball Z: Broly - Second Coming, Gohan, after noting that Broly became much stronger since their prior encounter, also notes with some annoyance "And here I was supposed to have powered up considerably since then", strongly implying that, at least within the context of that film, he continued to train and became much stronger than his Cell Games saga self.

In Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods, Gohan's Potential Unleashed power (Potential Unleashed Super Saiyan 2 in the original release) made him the only one (without a power-up) able to touch the God of Destruction Beerus, being able to get him into a full-nelson lock. Despite this, Beerus easily broke free and quickly defeated Gohan by smashing heads with Buu's and kicking the young Saiyan in the abdomen.

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Gohan effortlessly beat Shisami despite the decrease in power

During Dragon Ball Z: Resurrection ‘F’, Gohan proved powerful enough to defeat Frieza's soldiers that he had brought to Earth by the hundreds. Despite his power having dropped from lack of training, he is more powerful than Piccolo - being the strongest of the warriors who fought Frieza's army.[10] When he took on his Super Saiyan form he effortlessly defeated Shisami - who also possessed power greater than Piccolo - in one shot. Frieza himself states that base form Gohan alone would be more than enough to instantly beat all 1,000 men in the Frieza Force.

Statements by authors and guidebooks

Gohan's power level is 6,000 during the events of the movie World's Strongest according to The Tree of Might pamphlets.[11]

After his potential was unlocked by Grand Elder Guru, Gohan's power level rises to 14,000. After the battle against the Ginyu Force, by the time he, Vegeta, and Krillin begin fighting Frieza, Gohan's power level is 200,000.

Gohan's potential is greater than his father's and his power surpassed Perfect Cell's when he fought in the Cell Games, but his gentle heart stopped him from fully using it.[12]

Daizenshuu 2 states that Gohan's dormant power is bottomless and also says that Gohan's potential growth is greater than his father Goku's due to being the son of a Saiyan and Earthling. Also, even after his potential was released and harnessed by Old Kai, Gohan is still capable of using his Super Saiyan forms for additional might as shown in Battle of Gods and Dragon Ball Super, but even without utilizing the form he is stronger than Gotenks.

The data book Dragon Ball: Extreme Battle Collection refers to Gohan as having fantastic power surpassing even a Super Saiyan 3.[13] However, the Dragon Fist utilized by Super Saiyan 3 Goku possess superior power to Ultimate Gohan thanks to its massive ki amplification.

It is noted on Ultimate Gohan that during the Majin Buu conflict and Battle of Gods, Ultimate Gohan's power surpassed that of Super Saiyan 3 Goku.[14] A V-Jump article for the Universe Survival Saga noted that Gohan's potential is greater than Goku's.[15]

Gohan continued to train in the years following the Buu Saga and the end of Dragon Ball Z to Dragon Ball GT.[16]

Video games

In Dragon Ball Z: Buu's Fury, Goku states that had Gohan trained from the time he defeated Cell until the time when Buu appeared, his strength would have doubled.

In the story of the PSP game Shin Budokai, which is set two years after Kid Buu's defeat, Piccolo states that Gohan grew even stronger than he previously was the last time they met. In his base form, Gohan is implied to be far stronger than Androids arc Gohan in his base form, as he far surpasses his younger counterpart even when suppressing his power. Majin Vegeta, who has been possessed and further been empowered by an evil copy of himself, states that Gohan is "a monster with power beyond legend" upon encountering him. In Dragon Ball Xenoverse, Whis, a man with very high standards, deeply applauded Gohan's full power obtained from Old Kai's aid.

In Dragon Ball FighterZ, Cell notes that Gohan does not possess the overwhelming power he had at the Cell Games and Gohan agrees, telling Cell that if he wanted a challenge then there would be no point in fighting him as he was much weaker than before and no longer considered himself a fighter and only fights to protect those he cares about if they are threatened. Although Gohan did warn Cell he has been training again and is no where near as weak as Cell thinks.

In the Assault on the Hell Gate Saga, Super Saiyan 4 Gohan is said to be extremely powerful, so much so that he has a hard time controlling his power. He is powerful enough that when he fired a Kamehameha in the direction of the Earth in order to defeat an enemy, it took the combined power of Super Saiyan 4 Goku and Super Saiyan 4 Vegeta firing their strongest beams to stop it.

Abilities

Great Ape

Main article: Great Ape

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Gohan as a Great Ape

This transformation occurs when a person with Saiyan heritage (and with a tail) looks directly at a full moon, or something that simulates its effects, such as a Saiyan Power Ball. The result is the waves from the moon stimulating a gland in their tails, enabling a seemingly unavoidable transformation. This is a complete genetic transformation, so it greatly affects Gohan's mental state. Because Gohan never had any proper training, Gohan loses all form of mental control, becoming a primal beast. However, during his fight against Vegeta, Goku's words were able to reach Gohan enough to regain some of his rational thought and focus on his real enemy. Gohan only transforms into this state three times throughout the series, twice while he was training with Piccolo, and one final time when fighting Vegeta, the final of which Gohan was able to regain some rational control of himself thanks to Goku's interventions.

He also transforms into this state the movie Dragon Ball Z: The Tree of Might when the main villain Turles creates a Power Ball and forces Gohan to see it, transforming him into a Great Ape. Great Ape Gohan gains some rational control over this form when Icarus intervenes, and he eventually ends up specifically targeting Turles after the latter shot Icarus down. He later has his tail cut off by Goku, returning him to normal. Gohan is the only known Saiyan/Human hybrid to ever achieve this transformation, due to having been born with a Saiyan tail.

Unlock Potential

Main article: Unlock Potential

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Gohan uses his Unlock Potential enhancement

Unlock Potential, in truth, is not a form of Gohan but is simply an enhancement that he acquires during the Namek Saga. This term is only used in the Budokai games. Gohan acquired this when he visited Guru during his trip on Namek. Guru placed his hand on top of Gohan's head and using his own powers, released Gohan's latent potential. This, however, did not release all of Gohan's hidden power, since he was still only able to unleash his hidden power through fierce rage.

Gohan's abilities were enhanced along with the strength of his hidden power, and as a side effect, continuously grew alongside Krillin with each battle, as stated by Vegeta. The first time that he receives this power-up roughly multiplies his power tenfold, allowing him to access a power in around the mid-10,000s range, though with the subsequent battles against Recoome and Frieza, he grows many times stronger. During one bout of rage, he was even able to subdue Frieza's third form. According to FUNimation dub, after this power-up, Gohan was equal to Vegeta's strength when the latter appeared on Earth (before Gohan got stronger through battle).

Super Saiyan

Main article: Super Saiyan

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Kid Gohan as a Super Saiyan

Gohan became a Super Saiyan at nine years of age (if including the 10 and a half months spent in the Hyperbolic Time Chamber since he came out earlier by 3 hours; he was almost at the physical age of ten), during the intense training he endured with his father to help him ascend. Gohan was the youngest to appear as a Super Saiyan until the appearance of his brother, Goten, who accesses the state effortlessly at seven years old. In this state, Gohan was called the Gold Fighter by the residents of Satan City during the Great Saiyaman Saga. After Gohan has his potential unlocked by Old Kai, his Super Saiyan form became much stronger due to his base form having powered up.

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Adult Gohan as a Super Saiyan

Gohan mastered the Super Saiyan to such an extent that his power in this state matched Goku's power as a Super Saiyan above Saiyan beyond God. On one occasion, Gohan utilized his Super Saiyan form on top of his Potential Unleashed state,[17] he achieved this in Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods and it's saga equivalent in order to help his father achieve the Super Saiyan God form. Gohan uses this form of Super Saiyan again during the return of Frieza to defeat Ginyu in Tagoma's body and uses the form's power to signal Goku although it was only equal to his old power. He retrained with Piccolo and regained his power and uses this form to fight and defeat Watagash. This form's full power was shown while he was sparring with Goku, where he was able to fight evenly with his dad who was also a Super Saiyan with the power of God. The power was shown off more during his battle with Lavender, even while blind Gohan is able to use the ki he gives off like a radar, allowing Gohan to fight and overwhelm Lavender in this state, even while dying and his body rotting from poison. When he fought Piccolo prior to the Tournament of Power, Piccolo was able to easily overcome Gohan in this form.

Super Saiyan Full Power

Main article: Super Saiyan Full Power

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Teen Gohan as a Super Saiyan Full Power

Gohan is one of the first people to display full mastery over the Super Saiyan. Gohan had learned to perfect the Super Saiyan form with his father, when his father suggested that they remain transformed for extended periods of time so that they could master Super Saiyan, including all the unwanted behavioral effects. This mastery of the Super Saiyan enables full control over the energy output and consumption, completely diminishing strain on the body. Gohan continues to use this form during the Buu Saga, particularly when training with Goten.

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Adult Gohan as a Super Saiyan Full Power

Due to a lack of training, by the time of Frieza's revenge Gohan had lost his Super Saiyan Fourth Grade form, with it having regressed back into Super Saiyan First Grade. But once Gohan returns to training with Piccolo and regains part of his lost power, he gets used to being a Super Saiyan again and uses it to defeat Watagash and match his father Goku's own Super Saiyan form in a sparring match.

Super Saiyan 2

Main article: Super Saiyan 2

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Gohan as a Super Saiyan 2

Gohan was the first and the youngest character in the series to reach Super Saiyan 2, achieving it at the age of 9. This occurred when his dormant power was fully awakened through his rage at Perfect Cell for hurting his friends and killing the peaceful Android 16 (though it was revealed in an anime-only flashback by Goku that Gohan actually achieved the transformed state while training in the Hyperbolic Time Chamber, but was too exhausted to maintain the form). While in this form, Gohan's hair stands straight up with the exception of one lock that hangs down, and he is surrounded by aura electricity all the times. One thing is quite noticeable when he in particular manifests this transformation: his nature is prone to complete change, giving him an almost sadistic sense of mind. This is completely opposite of his natural reluctance and innocence when he is not transformed. The most noted example of this happening is his desire to watch Perfect Cell suffer before he was going to kill him, while prior to ascending to Super Saiyan 2, he made it quite clear that he did not want to hurt or even fight Cell, let alone kill him.

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Super Saiyan 2 Adult Gohan

In addition to his battle with Cell, Gohan uses this form to defeat Bojack in Dragon Ball Z: Bojack Unbound and to fight Broly in Dragon Ball Z: Broly - Second Coming. Seven years later, he uses it during the 25th World Martial Arts Tournament when Kibito asked him to demonstrate his Super Saiyan powers so that they may lure out Babidi's men; he instead makes the full jump to Super Saiyan 2, only to have Shin paralyze him so that his power may be drained (and subsequently returned, by Kibito) as to lure out Spopovich and Yamu, and lead them towards Babidi's spaceship. When Gohan makes a jump to Super Saiyan 2, his hair grows longer around the sides and a bit at the top, similar to regular Super Saiyan, with the exception that his hair stands up more, gets more spiky and he gains one hair bang instead of two. He also fights Majin Buu in this form, but loses and is nearly killed. But when Gohan fought Majin Buu he was weaker than when he fought Cell. After training with the Z Sword he grew much stronger as he was able to wield the sword perfectly in his base form not needing to transform raising his base power so that when he transforms into a Super Saiyan 1 or 2 his power would increase making him stronger. After training with the Z Sword, Shin believes Super Saiyan 2 Gohan can beat Majin Buu.

Prior to the start of the Tournament of Power Piccolo and Gohan are sparring, with Piccolo's intentions of re-awakening Gohan's true power. Gohan for a time fought at Super Saiyan 2 but was still no challenge for Piccolo, who managed to choke him to near death.

In Dragon Ball Xenoverse, Towa's dark magic awakens Gohan's Super Saiyan 2 power instead, thus making Gohan slowly start to become corrupted. This is most noticed by Gohan letting out an evil laugh after saying he has to make Cell suffer. Goku takes notice and even Trunks notices that Gohan's energy is different. Gohan returns to normal, after Towa and Mira are both driven off.

Great Saiyaman

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Great Saiyaman

The Great Saiyaman (グレートサイヤマン, Gurēto Saiyaman) is Gohan's transformation alter ego and an attempt to hide his true identity from his classmates when he attended school in Satan City. The Great Saiyaman was first born when Gohan transformed himself into a Super Saiyan in order to disguise himself as he fought some bank robbers on the morning on his first day to school. However, his classmates (and in particular, Videl) began to note strange similarities between himself and the mysterious "Gold Fighter" (as they described his Super Saiyan form). Concerned that his identity might be figured out, but wanting to protect the city from random crime, he approached Bulma and asked her if she could invent a device that could instantly change his appearance. With his new costume ready and easily accessible with the press of a button, he could now protect the city without his identity being easily discovered. When Gohan becomes a Super Saiyan as Great Saiyaman, he is referred to as "Super Great Saiyaman".

Despite the new disguise and protection of his identity being discovered, the Great Saiyaman identity still did not ensure Gohan's identity from being safe. Juggling between his school and superhero life proved to be difficult, and his classmates and teachers noticed that he was gone for a long period of time when he asked for bathroom breaks. Also, Videl proved to be a thorn in Gohan's side, as she was both reluctant to accept assistance from him and most importantly wanted to discover his true identity. At one time, the Great Saiyaman's true identity was in jeopardy of being discovered when he changed from being the Great Saiyaman to his normal form and noticed that his classmate Angela was standing in front of him during his change; however, he was saved when she revealed that she did not have her contact lenses on at that time and could not see anything, and that her big secret about Gohan was the fact that he wears teddy bear underwear. Gohan's luck ran out when Videl eventually discovered his true identity, agreeing to keep it a secretly only if he agreed to enter the World Martial Arts Tournament and to teach her how to fly, to which he reluctantly agreed. After the demise of Kid Buu, Gohan continued to fight crime as the Great Saiyaman alongside Videl, who now had the identity of the Great Saiyaman 2; nonetheless, he eventually retired from heroics to become a scholar.

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Gohan as Super Great Saiyaman

All Great Saiyaman costume were made by Bulma. The costume initially consists of a green tunic, black tights, white gloves and boots similar to those used in Battle Armor uniform, a red cape, and an orange-and-black helmet with a visor. Because the rules of the World Martial Arts Tournament forbid any type of armor, Gohan swapped out the helmet in favor of a white bandana and sunglasses, similar to the hero of the 1960s TV show Kaiketsu Harimao. He maintained the sunglasses and bandana look for the Saiyaman identity after the defeat of Kid Buu, and subsequently abandoned the red cape.[18] The name "Saiyaman" is a reference to Gohan's Saiyan heritage. He thought up the name on the spot while confronting two youths who were speeding in a car, and was easily offended when they laughed at his name. Later, the name was frequently mistaken for others, such as the "Great Soyman" or the "Great Singing man", which further aggravated Gohan however over the years this issue has resolved itself as Great Saiyaman is now known worldwide as a superhero. He was also noted for his comical poses (comparable to or even more ridiculous than the poses of the Ginyu Force) he would perform when introducing himself, and was generally written off as hilarious or weird. Nonetheless, he was still a respected hero within Satan City. While in this disguise, Gohan still uses his energy-based techniques. Recently Gohan has begun to use other attacks and transformations as well during his battles with Watagash. He adopted an orange finger beam he calls the Great Saiyaman Beam. He also begun to use his Super Saiyan form as well if situations called for it, opting to go with what the film director called it his "Super Great Saiyaman" form.

Old Kai's Unlock Ability

Main article: Old Kai's Unlock Ability

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Gohan after his potential is unlocked by Old Kai

This power-up is when the full extent of his dormant capacities are released. It was achieved during the Fusion Saga and with this power Gohan is referred to as Ultimate Gohan (アルティメット悟飯; Arutimetto Gohan).[14][19] This power up was achieved by a special ceremony performed by Old Kai. Although technically this ability is not exclusive to Gohan alone as the ceremony can be used to unlock anyone's sleeping powers, his was unusual in the amount of time it took to unlock due to his amazing potential. Thanks to his potential unlock, his base form becomes much stronger - eclipsing that of Gotenks in equivalent forms - and thus his Super Saiyan form powers up as well, with his Super Saiyan form's appearance also altering slightly.

Base Ultimate Gohan

Ultimate Gohan prepares to fight Lavender

Gohan activates this ability in a similar fashion to the Super Saiyan transformation and subtle differences are present, including more pronounced facial features including sterner eyes, and a large, white aura. Due to the lack of training in the five years that followed, Gohan had difficulty accessing his full power during the invasion of Galactic Frieza Army, despite his efforts. But even in his base form, Gohan demonstrated that he possessed even greater power than Piccolo and rivaling Tagoma thanks to the potential unlock. When transforming into a Super Saiyan, he effortlessly defeats Shisami (in Resurrection ‘F’) and Ginyu with Tagoma's body (in the Golden Frieza Saga), though he could only maintain the form for a short period of time. Pushing his power to maximum as a Super Saiyan proved great enough for Goku to sense him from Beerus' planet, but this quickly overexerted his body and left him in a near-death state. Gohan still retained the power levels he had the last time he charged his potential, by the time of his battle with Lavender,[14][19] and after this battle trained with Piccolo - demonstrating his Super Saiyan 2 form for the first time since his potential unlock - in order to regain his Potential Unleashed state. In the manga 34, and is able to deal with almost everyone in the universe 9 to the trio of danger with some difficulty.

Potential Unleashed

Main article: Potential Unleashed

Potential Unleashed Gohan

Ultimate Gohan in his Potential Unleashed state

Thanks to Old Kai's Unlock Ability, Gohan is capable of pushing his power past his normal levels via his Potential Unleashed state. This state looks virtually identically to the base level of his Ultimate state, with the addition of a lock of hair hanging down over his forehead. He is also known as Mightiest Warrior[20] and Strongest Warrior[21] in this state.

Initially, Gohan is much stronger than the likes of Super Saiyan 3 Gotenks and Super Buu (Piccolo absorbed) and was able to put up an even fight against Super Buu (Gotenks absorbed). However, by the time Frieza resurfaced, he had lost the ability to access his full potential from lack of training and had to transform into a Super Saiyan to access a fraction of his true power. Eventually Gohan regained full mastery of this form and grows even stronger than ever through training with Piccolo in anticipation of the Tournament of Power, enough that Goku tests him by fighting as a Super Saiyan 2 and even further as a Super Saiyan Blue but was actually pushed back and only defeated Gohan once he further amplified his power via Kaio-Ken.

When Gohan used his Potential Unleashed form against Goku, Goku questioned why he did not utilize Super Saiyan on top of it, to which Gohan responded by stating that he was aiming for an ultimate form different from his father's.

Gohan no longer possesses his "Ultimate Gohan" states in Dragon Ball GT.[22]

Potential Unleashed Super Saiyan

Main articles: Potential Unleashed, Super Saiyan, and Super Saiyan 2

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Ultimate Gohan as a Potential Unleashed Super Saiyan

While rarely doing so, Gohan can utilize his Super Saiyan forms on top of his Potential Unleashed state. In the original release of Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods Gohan transformed into Potential Unleashed Super Saiyan 2 to fight Beerus. Later, in both versions for Battle of Gods, Gohan transformed into Potential Unleashed Super Saiyan in order to help his father Goku reach the Super Saiyan God state.[17]

Infected

Main articles: Baby, Tuffle parasite, and Super Saiyan

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Infected Gohan

During the events of Dragon Ball GT, Gohan is possessed by Baby (while under Baby's control he is named Baby Gohan), and then later by a regular Tuffle parasite.

This state of Gohan makes its debut for the first time as a playable character in Dragon Ball Heroes, as both base and Super Saiyan forms.

Brainwashed

Main articles: Demigra's Dark Magic and Great Ape

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Brainwashed Great Ape Gohan

In Dragon Ball Heroes GDM7, a brain washed Great Ape Gohan was introduced. Great Ape Gohan is featured with purple aura as well as red eyes.

Possessed by Janemba

Main articles: Janemba and Super Saiyan 2

Gohan (Under Janemba's influence)

Teen Gohan while tainted by Janemba

In the PSP game Dragon Ball Z: Shin Budokai, after travelling into the future, Teen Gohan is consumed by blind rage when taunted by Cell about the mistakes that he made and tainted by Janemba's influence, he transforms into a Super Saiyan 2 and gains a power boost enough to easily destroy Super Perfect Cell (who had previously beaten Super Saiyan 3 Gotenks - though he was messing around - thanks to a Zenkai boost). Like anyone else who is overtaken by evil energy, Gohan starts to transform into Janemba and begins to forget his friends and family, however he is freed from Janemba's influence by Goku, who manages to snap him out of his blind rage.

Super Saiyan 3

Main article: Super Saiyan 3

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Super Saiyan 3 adolescent Gohan card for Dragon Ball Heroes

Gohan attains this form in the arcade game Dragon Ball Heroes, introduced in the fourth mission of the God Mission series (GDM4). Like his future counterpart, his Super Saiyan 3 form also possesses two hair bangs instead of just one unlike his father. He is also seen using Piccolo's outfit, including his cape, exactly the one he wore during the Cell Games except in a bigger size. In this form, he also attains a new technique called Hyper Masenko Wave, which is a stronger version of the Masenko technique.

This transformation is a result of what would've happened if Gohan continued to train under Piccolo in the years following the Cell Games.[23]

Villainous Mode

Main article: Villainous Mode

Villainous Gohan

Gohan transformed by dark magic

During the finale of Dragon Ball Xenoverse, Demigra possess and transforms Ultimate Gohan into the full Villainous Mode, forcing him to fight the Future Warrior and Goku.

Super Saiyan 4

Main article: Super Saiyan 4

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GT Gohan as a Super Saiyan 4

Gohan achieves this form in the arcade game Dragon Ball Heroes since the fifth mission of the God Mission series (GDM5). In this form, Gohan's hair grows identically to Goku's and Vegeta's and he has his bang back (although in the same position he has during the "Ultimate" state). Red fur appears covering the upper part of his body and he wears died purple pants with Piccolo's shoes. He also gains a new technique called Ultimate Soaring Dragon Strike, which he punches the opponent and then he launches an uppercut with an image of a dragon hitting the opponent very fast. In this state Gohan's power is overwhelming to the point where Gohan actually loses control of himself at times and can't properly control the power. A full power Kamehameha (which are purple colored in this state) from Gohan requires the full power of Goku's x10 Kamehameha and Vegeta's Final Shine Attack to overpower and not destroy the Earth.

EX Gohanks

Main article: EX Gohanks EX Gohanks is the EX Fusion between young Gohan and kid Trunks who debuts in Dragon Ball Fusions. He also appears as a card in the arcade game Dragon Ball Heroes.

Kuhan

Main article: Kuhan Kuhan is the EX-Fusion between young Gohan and young Goku. This form debuts and appears only in Dragon Ball Fusions.

Krigohan

Main article: Krigohan Krigohan is the EX-Fusion between young Gohan and Krillin. This form debuts and appears only in Dragon Ball Fusions.

Colohan

Main article: Colohan Colohan is the EX-Fusion between Adolescent Gohan and Piccolo. This form debuts and appears only in Dragon Ball Fusions.

Great Saiyaman #12

Main article: Great Saiyaman 12 Great Saiyaman #12 is the EX-Fusion between the Great Saiyaman and The Great Saiyaman 2. This form debuts and appears only in Dragon Ball Fusions.

Ginyuman

Main article: Ginyuman Ginyuman is the EX-Fusion between the Great Saiyaman and Captain Ginyu. This form debuts and appears only in Dragon Ball Fusions.

Great Jaco

Main article: Great Jaco Great Jaco is the EX-Fusion between the Great Saiyaman and Jaco. This form debuts and appears only in Dragon Ball Fusions.

Great Satanman

Main article: Great Satanman

Great Satanman is the EX-Fusion between the Great Saiyaman and Mr. Satan. This form debuts and appears only in Dragon Ball Fusions.

Appearances in other media

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Krillin, Oolong, and Gohan in an eye drops commercial

Gohan is used in eye drops commercials and Dragon Ball Z school supply commercials, which is a part of the Dragon Ball series' good influence on education and is one of their reach outs. He has also been used in promotional merchandising at fast-food chain Burger King.[24]

Collectible cards, such as the Dragon Ball Z Collectible Card Game, have featured Gohan frequently, and he also appears in almost every Dragon Ball Z video game.

Gohan also appears in the 2010 live action battle show Dragon Ball Kai: Super Battle Stage, which is loosely based on the 1993 movie Broly - The Legendary Super Saiyan.

Video game

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Gohan battles Cell in Ultimate Tenkaichi

Gohan is playable in almost every Dragon Ball Z video game. He appears in the trailers of Dragon Ball Z: Ultimate Tenkaichi, seen in the Saiyan and Frieza Sagas of the game.

Alongside Videl, Adult Gohan appears as a Master in both Dragon Ball Xenoverse and Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2 whom each of the games' Future Warriors can train under. Gohan & Videl are unique among the masters in both games in that they train the warriors as a team. The skills they teach are ones primarily used by Videl/Great Saiyaman 2 or Great Saiyaman. In Xenoverse 2, Kid Gohan appears as a Master as well and teaches the Future Warrior (Xenoverse 2) his skills such as the Masenko.

In the Satan House time rift anomaly in Xenoverse 2, Great Saiyaman 1 & 2 defend Satan City and the Earth as members of the Saiya Squad. They manage to recruit the assistance of Galactic Patrolman Jaco who had become stranded on Earth and needs their help in repairing his spaceship. The Future Warrior can join them in protecting the peace as Great Saiyaman 3 allowing them to train with the Jaco and the Saiya Squad. The Saiya Squad fights to defend Earth against the likes of the Ginyu Force, Saibamen, Cell, Super Buu, and Shadow Dragons. The Saiya Squad also help rescue KO'd civilians (who actually undercover Time Patrollers investigating the rift) from Saibamen, retrieve spaceship parts for Jaco, and help Pan retrieve Giru's parts from Planet Tuffle in order to repair him.

If the Warrior is an Earthling, the Saiya Squad will help the Warrior unlock their Power Pole Pro Awoken Skill transformation which allows them to wield the Power Pole while riding the Flying Nimbus in battle. After testing the Warrior alongside Great Saiyaman 2, Great Saiyaman reveals he had gotten from his father (the Goku that exists within the timeline of said rift), who asked Gohan to give them to the Warrior after hearing about their exploits to aid them in battle.

In Dragon Ball Fusions, after learning how to recruit more teammates from Master Roshi, Tekka's Team can find Teen Gohan (known as Young Gohan in Dragon Ball Fusions) in Satan City. Pan, Goten, and Kid Trunks are surprised to encounter the younger Gohan, who is equally surprised to meet his future daughter, brother, and Kid Goku. Pan finds her father's younger self to be cute. They ask Gohan if he would be willing to join their team, but he explains that he is busy hunting down a mysterious fighter who is draining energy from fighters in the Timespace Tournament, so Tekka's team decide to help him gather enough energy (which is used to break barriers and as currency in the Timespace Rift) to lure out the person responsible. Eventually they find that Meta-Cooler is the one who has been stealing energy and defeat him. After Meta-Cooler's defeat, Teen Gohan joins Tekka's team and appears in the Team's Spaceship (allowing him to be selected as a playable character). Additionally, Adult Gohan and Great Saiyaman appears as well (as separate playable characters). Teen Gohan, Adult Gohan, and Great Saiyaman can also fuse with several different characters via EX-Fusion.

Reception

In 1993, Gohan placed first in an official Shonen Jump character popularity poll; the closest Dragon Ball character to rank behind him, Goku, took fifth.[25] Due to the popularity of Gohan, other merchandise, such as action figures, video games, and clothing have featured Gohan in Japan and in various countries around the world. In an interview featured in the second Dragon Ball GT Perfect Files, a companion book released in December 1997 by Shueisha's Jump Comics Selection imprint, Masako Nozawa, Gohan's voice actor, stated that her favorite episode voicing Gohan was "Sorry, Robot-san - The Desert of Vanishing Tears", an episode originally cut from the American release of Dragon Ball Z.[26] Saffron Henderson, Gohan's original Ocean Group voice actor, has stated she felt protective of the role and considers it to be one of her favorites.[27]

Gohan ranked first on The Artifice writer Santiago Rashad's list "Top Ten Misused Dragon Ball Characters". Rashad argued that the character's role in the series had suffered from the backlash by fans not wanting him to become the protagonist following his defeat of Cell as he expressed: "He was never accepted by the fans, and thus the show that was meant to be his never became his. His story became the b-plot and he was relegated to being a relief pitcher after being the clutch closer for Cell." Calling Gohan "the guy—for all of the conclusion of the Cell Arc", Rashad mentioned his role in the films, but stressed that "for whatever reason he was never deemed fit for the throne that was all but forced upon him."[28]

IGN's writer, D. F. Smith, liked how during the Cell Games Gohan has more screentime than Goku, and praised his scenes as one the biggest moments from such story arc.[29] Theron Martin from Anime News Network celebrated Gohan's development in the Cell Games as he has grown up and has become stronger.[30]

Voice actors

  • Japanese: Masako Nozawa
  • English dubs
  • French dub: Brigitte Lecordier (child), Jackie Berger (child; substitute), Marc Lesser (teen), Sébastien DesJours (adult)
  • Italian dub: Patrizia Scianca (child), Davide Garbolino (teen & adult), Alessio De Filippis (child; in Dynit dub), Daniele Raffaeli (teen & adult; in Dynit dub)
  • Spanish dub (Latin America): Laura Torres (child & teen; in Dragon Ball Z and DBZ Kai flashback ep. 99), Luis Alfonso Mendoza (adult), Karina Altamirano (child; in Dragon Ball Z Kai until Cell Saga)
  • Spanish dub (Spain): Ana Cremades (child), Ana Fernández (teen; Cell Games Saga), Alejandro Albaiceta (adult)
  • German dub: Sandro Blümel (child & teen), Robin Kahnmeyer (adult)[31]
  • Brazilian Portuguese dub: Fátima Noya (child), Yuri Chesman (teen), Vagner Fagundes (adult)
  • Portuguese dub (Portugal): Henrique Feist
  • Catalan dub: Joël Mulachs (child), Marta Calvó (teen), Roser Aldabó (teen in movies 8 and 9; 1st adult voice in Z) Enric Hernández (adult in Z, GT and DBZ Kai); David Jenner (Battle of Gods and F no Fukkatsu)
  • Valencian Dub: Miry Giner (Z); Ignasi Díaz (Battle of Gods)
  • Galician Dub: Tonia Fuentes (Child); Iñaki Baliño (Adult); Antón Xa López (GT); Antía Álvarez Jiménez (DBZ Kai)
  • Basque Dub: Xebe Atencia (Z); Kepa Cueto (GT); Eba Ojanguren (DBZ Kai)
  • Tagalog dub: Robert Brillantes, Hazel Hernan (child, DBZ Kai)
  • Hungarian dub: Judit Koltai (child), Gábor Csőre (teen & adult)
  • Croatian dub: Lucija Barišić (child & adult)
  • Polish dub: Krzysztof Szczerbiński (adult; movie 12 & 13)
  • Arabic dub: Samar Kukes (child)
  • Thai dub: Wipada Jatuyodsaporn (child/teen), Nirun Boonyarattaphan (adult)
  • Mandarin dub: Li Wan Fung (child), Guan Zhi-Hong (adult, DBZ), Yu Zheng Sheng (adult, Battle of Gods)
  • Cantonese dub: Lin Yuanchun (child), He Guoxiong (adult; teen in 9th movie), Ciao Chi-Chang (child, remastered old movies re-dub, Kai and new movies)
  • Hebrew dub: Matan Bello (ep. 1 - 105) Uri Har-Lev (ep.106 - 263) Tomer Geller (Mystic Gohan) Ido Mosseri (adult movies & GT) Tuval Shafir (child/teen movies)
  • Serbian dub: Nikola Bulatović (Old Serbian dub) Andrijana Tasić (New Serbian Dub)

Battles

Dragon Ball Z
  • Gohan, Goku, and Piccolo vs. Raditz
  • Gohan vs. Dinosaur (anime only)
  • Gohan and the orphans vs. Social Workers and Police (anime only)
  • Gohan vs. Piccolo (anime only)
  • Gohan (Base/Great Ape) vs. Piccolo (anime only)
  • Gohan vs. Piccolo (anime only)
  • Gohan vs. Piccolo
  • Gohan vs. Piccolo
  • Gohan, Krillin and Piccolo vs. Saibamen (anime only)
  • Gohan, Chiaotzu, Tien, Piccolo, and Krillin vs. Nappa
  • Gohan, Piccolo, and Krillin vs. Nappa
  • Gohan and Krillin vs. Vegeta
  • Gohan vs. Vegeta
  • Gohan and Krillin vs. Vegeta
  • Gohan (Great Ape) vs. Vegeta
  • Gohan vs. Krillin (Image training)
  • Gohan and Krillin vs. Stone Giant (anime only)
  • Gohan and Krillin vs. Sea Creatures (anime only)
  • Gohan and Krillin vs. Raiti and Zaacro (anime only)
  • Gohan and Krillin vs. Banan and Sūi
  • Gohan and Krillin vs. Dodoria
  • Gohan and Krillin vs. Guldo
  • Gohan vs. Recoome
  • Gohan and Krillin vs. Captain Ginyu (Goku's body)
  • Gohan, Krillin, and Goku (Ginyu's body) vs. Captain Ginyu (Goku's body)
  • Gohan, Vegeta, and Krillin vs. Frieza (First Form) (anime only)
  • Gohan vs. Frieza (Second Form)
  • Gohan, Vegeta, and Krillin vs. Frieza (Second Form) (anime only)
  • Gohan vs. Frieza (Third Form)
  • Gohan, Piccolo, and Krillin vs. Frieza (Final Form)
  • Gohan vs. Frieza (Final Form/50&) (anime only)
  • Gohan vs. Vegeta (anime only)
  • Gohan vs. Chi-Chi (Infected) (anime only)
  • Gohan vs. Spice, Vinegar, Mustard, and Salt (anime only)
  • Gohan vs. Garlic Jr. (anime only)
  • Gohan vs. Salt (anime only)
  • Gohan vs Salt and Mustard (anime only)
  • Gohan vs. Piccolo (anime only)
  • Gohan vs. Vinegar (anime only)
  • Gohan vs. Piccolo and Krillin (anime only)
  • Gohan vs. Spice (anime only)
  • Gohan vs. Super Spice (anime only)
  • Gohan vs. Super Spice and Super Vinegar (anime only)
  • Gohan vs. Super Garlic Jr. (anime only)
  • Gohan, Piccolo, and Krillin vs. Super Garlic Jr. (anime only)
  • Gohan and Krillin vs. Giant Eel (anime only)
  • Gohan vs. Goku and Piccolo (training; anime only)
  • Gohan and Piccolo vs. Goku (training; anime only)
  • Gohan vs. Goku (training; anime only)
  • Gohan, Goku, Future Trunks, and Krillin vs. Android 17 and Android 18 (dream; anime only)
  • Gohan (Base/Super Saiyan) vs. Goku (Base/Super Saiyan) (training; anime only)
  • Gohan (Super Saiyan) vs. Goku (Super Saiyan) (training; anime only)
  • Gohan (Super Saiyan) vs. Goku (Super Saiyan) (training; anime only)
  • Gohan (Super Saiyan) vs. Goku (Super Saiyan) (training; anime only)
  • Goku (Super Saiyan) vs. Gohan (Super Saiyan) (training; anime only)
  • Gohan (Super Saiyan) vs. Cell (Perfect Form)
  • Gohan (Super Saiyan 2) vs. 7 Cell Juniors
  • Gohan (Super Saiyan 2) vs. Cell (Perfect Form/Power-Weighted Form)
  • Gohan (Super Saiyan) vs. Goku (Super Saiyan) (Flashback; anime only)
  • Gohan (Super Saiyan 2) vs. Cell (Semi-Perfect Form) (anime only)
  • Gohan (Super Saiyan 2) vs. Cell (Super Perfect Form)
  • Gohan (Super Saiyan 2), Piccolo, Tien Shinhan, Yamcha, and Krillin vs. Cell (Super Perfect Form) (anime only)
  • Gohan (Super Saiyan 2) and Vegeta (Super Saiyan) vs. Cell (Super Perfect Form)
  • Gohan (Super Saiyan) vs. Bank Robbers
  • Gohan (Great Saiyaman) vs. Robbers
  • Gohan vs. Jimbo
  • Gohan (Great Saiyaman) vs. Red Shark Gang
  • Gohan (Great Saiyaman) vs. Circus Worker (anime only)
  • Gohan (Great Saiyaman) vs. Videl (anime only)
  • Gohan (Great Saiyaman) vs. Toh Toh (anime only)
  • Gohan (Super Saiyan) vs. Goten (Super Saiyan) (training)
  • Gohan (Base/Super Saiyan) vs. Goten (Base/Super Saiyan) (training)
  • Gohan (Base/Super Saiyan/Super Saiyan 2) vs. Dabura
  • Gohan (Super Saiyan/Super Saiyan 2) and Shin vs. Majin Buu
  • Gohan (Potential Unleashed) vs. Super Buu
  • Gohan (Potential Unleashed) vs. Super Buu (Gotenks and Piccolo absorbed)
  • Gohan (Potential Unleashed) vs. Super Buu (Piccolo, Trunks, and Goten absorbed)
Dragon Ball Super
  • Gohan (Potential Unleashed) and Good Buu vs. Beerus
  • Gohan, Master Roshi, Tien Shinhan, Piccolo, Krillin, and Jaco vs. Galactic Frieza Army
  • Gohan vs. Shisami
  • Gohan and Piccolo vs. Tagoma
  • Gohan, Piccolo, Master Roshi, Tien Shinhan, and Krillin vs. Captain Ginyu (Tagoma's body)
  • Gohan (Base/Super Saiyan) vs. Captain Ginyu (Tagoma's Body)
  • Gohan (Super Saiyan) vs. Frieza (First Form)
  • Gohan vs. Piccolo
  • Gohan (Great Saiyaman) vs. Duo of Robbers (anime only)
  • Gohan (Great Saiyaman) vs. Watagash (Infected Robber) (anime only)
  • Gohan (Great Saiyaman/Super Saiyan) vs. Watagash (Infected Barry Kahn) (anime only)
  • Gohan (Great Saiyaman/Super Saiyan) vs. Goku (Base/Super Saiyan) (anime only)
  • Gohan (Base/Super Saiyan) vs. Lavender (anime only)
  • Gohan vs. Krillin (anime only)
  • Gohan (Base/Super Saiyan/Super Saiyan 2/Potential Unleashed) vs. Piccolo (anime only)
  • Gohan vs. Piccolo (manga only; unseen)
  • Gohan and Piccolo vs. Goku and Tien Shinhan (anime only)
  • Gohan (Potential Unleashed) vs. Goku (Super Saiyan 2/Super Saiyan Blue/Super Saiyan Blue Kaio-ken) (anime only)
  • Gohan, Piccolo, Tien Shinhan, Krillin, and Master Roshi (Base/Max Power) vs. Botamo, Lavender, Shosa, Comfrey, and Dercori (Anime only)
  • Gohan vs. Zium (Anime only)
  • Gohan vs. Zium (Anime only)
  • Gohan, Krillin, Piccolo, Tien Shinhan, & Master Roshi vs. Zium (Anime only)
  • Gohan vs. Bergamo, Lavender, and Basil (manga only)
  • Gohan vs. Comfrey (manga only)
  • Gohan vs. Lavender and Basil (manga only)
  • Gohan vs. Botamo
  • Gohan (Base/Potential Unleashed) vs. Obuni
  • Gohan and Piccolo vs. Hermila and Prum (anime only)
  • Gohan vs. Bollarator
  • Gohan vs. Jimeze (anime only)
  • Gohan (Base/Potential Unleashed) vs. Frieza (Final Form/Golden Frieza)
  • Gohan (Base/Potential Unleashed) and Piccolo vs. Saonel and Pirina
  • Gohan vs. Gamisaras
  • Gohan and Piccolo vs. Bergamo (Illusion), Lavender (Illusion), Basil (Illusion), Hop (Illusion), and Sorrel (Illusion)
  • Gohan (Base/Potential Unleashed) vs. Panchia and Bollarator
  • Gohan (Potential Unleashed) vs. Panchia, Koitsukai, and Bollarator
  • Gohan (Potential Unleashed) vs. Paparoni
  • Gohan (Potential Unleashed) vs. Koichiarator
  • Gohan (Potential Unleashed), Goku (Super Saiyan Blue), and Vegeta (Super Saiyan Blue) vs. Koichiarator and Paparoni
  • Gohan, Goku, Vegeta, Android 17, Android 18, Frieza (Final Form), and Jiren vs. Anilaza
  • Gohan (Base/Potential Unleashed), Goku (Base/Super Saiyan God), Vegeta (Super Saiyan), Android 17, and Android 18 vs. Anilaza
  • Gohan (Potential Unleashed), Goku (Super Saiyan God), Vegeta (Super Saiyan), Android 17, Android 18, and Frieza (Final Form) vs. Anilaza
  • Gohan (Potential Unleashed), Goku (Super Saiyan God/Super Saiyan Blue), Vegeta (Super Saiyan/Super Saiyan Blue), Android 17, and Frieza (Final Form/Golden Frieza) vs. Anilaza
  • Gohan (Potential Unleashed) and Android 17 vs. Toppo
  • Gohan (Potential Unleashed) and Frieza (Golden Frieza) vs. Dyspo (Super Maximum Light Speed Mode)
Dragon Ball GT
  • Gohan vs. Baby Goten (Super Saiyan)
  • Infected Gohan (Super Saiyan) and Infected Goten (Super Saiyan) vs. Goku
  • Gohan vs. General Rilldo
  • Gohan (Base/Super Saiyan/Super Saiyan 2), Goten (Base/Super Saiyan), Trunks (Base/Super Saiyan), Majuub and Vegeta (Base/Super Saiyan) vs. Super 17
  • Gohan (Super Saiyan 2), Goten (Super Saiyan), Trunks (Super Saiyan), and Majuub vs. Syn Shenron
  • Gohan (Super Saiyan 2), Goten (Super Saiyan), Trunks (Super Saiyan), and Vegeta (Super Saiyan 2) vs. Omega Shenron
Films
  • Gohan vs. Super Garlic Jr.
  • Gohan vs. Dr. Kochin
  • Gohan vs. Dr. Wheelo
  • Gohan vs. Lakasei
  • Gohan (Base/Great Ape) vs. Turles
  • Gohan and Krillin vs. Medamatcha
  • Gohan and Krillin vs. Salza
  • Gohan, Krillin, Master Roshi, Yajirobe, and Piccolo vs. Cyclopian Guards
  • Gohan, Goku (Super Saiyan), Future Trunks (Super Saiyan), Vegeta (Super Saiyan), and Piccolo vs. Super Android 13
  • Gohan (Mastered Super Saiyan), Goku (Mastered Super Saiyan), Future Trunks (Ascended Saiyan), Vegeta (Ascended Saiyan), and Piccolo vs. Broly (Legendary Super Saiyan)
  • Gohan (Mastered Super Saiyan) vs. Ghost Turles
  • Gohan (Mastered Super Saiyan), Goku (Mastered Super Saiyan), Future Trunks (Super Saiyan), Vegeta (Super Saiyan), and Piccolo vs. Hatchiyack
  • Gohan vs. Bujin
  • Gohan (Mastered Super Saiyan) vs. Bido, Bujin, Zangya, and Bojack
  • Gohan (Super Saiyan 2) vs. Bojack (Full Power)
  • Gohan (Super Saiyan 2) vs. Broly (Super Saiyan/Legendary Super Saiyan)
  • Gohan (Super Saiyan 2), Goten (Super Saiyan), Goku (Super Saiyan), and Trunks vs. Broly (Legendary Super Saiyan)
  • Gohan (Great Saiyaman) vs. Zombies
  • Gohan (Potential Unleashed) vs. Frieza (Final Form)
  • Gohan (Potential Unleashed) vs. villains who escaped from Hell
  • Gohan (Great Saiyaman/Potential Unleashed) and Videl vs. Hirudegarn's lower half (Pre-Transformation)
  • Gohan (Potential Unleashed), Goku, and Goten vs. Hirudegarn (Pre-Transformation)
  • Gohan (Potential Unleashed), Gotenks (Super Saiyan 3), Videl, and Goku (Super Saiyan 2)[32] vs. Hirudegarn (Post-Transformation)
  • Gohan (Potential Unleashed) and Good Buu vs. Beerus
  • Gohan, Piccolo, Master Roshi (Full Power), Krillin, Jaco, and Tien Shinhan vs. Galactic Frieza Army
  • Gohan (Super Saiyan) vs. Shisami
  • Gohan vs. Frieza (First Form)
  • Gohan (Great Saiyaman) vs. Krillin and Android 18 vs. Piccolo

List of characters killed by Gohan

The following is a list of characters actually killed by Gohan.

Dragon Ball Z

Namek Saga
  • Sūi – Punched in the face by Gohan, causing him to fall into a lake.
Garlic Jr. Saga
  • Salt – Gohan got angry at him for nearly killing Krillin with an energy blast, and Gohan vaporized the Spice Boy with a Masenko.
  • Mustard – Gohan was still in his rage after he killed Salt, and Mustard ran at Gohan in revenge but Gohan kicked him and then destroyed him with a Masenko.
  • Spice and Vinegar – Gohan was angry that Vinegar beat up Krillin, and that he was about to fall to his death over the edge of the lookout, Spice and Vinegar attacked Gohan, so Gohan unleashed his hidden powers and unleashed the Double Masenko on them destroying both Spice and Vinegar.
Cell Games Saga
  • The Cell Juniors – All seven of them were killed by Gohan. In a continuity error, an eighth Cell Junior is killed by Gohan in the anime, despite Cell only creating seven.
  • Cell – Gohan and Cell entered a beam struggle with Kamehamehas, and Cell was about to win when Vegeta hit him with an energy ball, allowing Gohan to overpower Cell, completely destroying him.

Films

Dragon Ball Z: Lord Slug
  • Slug's soldiers – Most of them are killed by Gohan and Piccolo.
Dragon Ball: Plan to Eradicate the Saiyans
  • Turles - After the Destron Gas Generator is destroyed, Gohan kills Turles with a Masenko.
Dragon Ball Z: Bojack Unbound
  • Bido – Punched in half by Super Saiyan 2 Gohan, causing him to explode, Cell Junior style.
  • Bujin – Kicked in half by Gohan, causing him to explode, Cell Junior style.
  • Bojack – Killed by Gohan. After Gohan impaled Bojack with his hand, the two shot energy beams at each other. They ran at each other through their beams, and in this final attack, Bojack was killed, completely disintegrated inside the explosion.
Dragon Ball Z: Fusion Reborn
  • Frieza – Gohan punched him in the stomach, causing Frieza to explode, and causing all his henchmen (and many henchmen from the previous movies) to run off.

Video games

Dragon Ball Z: Shin Budokai
  • Cooler – After defeating him and then talking with him in hopes of redeeming him, Cooler provokes Gohan, so Gohan kills him with an energy wave.

Trivia

  • When Chapter 196 first ran in Weekly Shōnen Jump, Son Gohan was introduced as three years old. However, this would immediately be contradicted in Chapter 197, where Gohan reintroduces himself to the reader as four years old in the title page. While it is possible that Gohan's introduction as three is simply a mistake on the part of Akira Toriyama, this is unlikely, as in that same chapter, Gohan clearly holds up three fingers when proclaiming his age. His age is nonetheless changed to four in the Tankōbon release of Volume 17, and the anime followed suit, claiming that Gohan was four, and changed the scene so that he holds up four fingers instead.
  • The name "Gohan" is a homophone for gohan (御飯), the Japanese word for "cooked rice" which also refers to meals in general, which continues Akira Toriyama's food naming pun diagram. In Mandarin, the reading of 悟飯 is homophone for 午飯 (wǔfàn), meaning "lunch". As a result, in a similar vein to his father's name, Gohan's name in pinyin/Mandarin is read as "Sun Wufan".
  • Gohan's hobbies are reading, fishing, and research.[33]
  • Gohan will eat anything.[33]
  • Gohan's favorite vehicle is a house wagon.[33]
  • Gohan has killed every member of the Spice Boys.
  • In the FUNimation dub, Gohan was originally intended to be named either Einstein or Archimedes by Chi-Chi. Alternatively, some of Ox-King's name suggestions included "Ox-King Jr.", "Ox-Monkey", "Big Ox", "Oxford", "Ox in the Box", "Ox-Man" and "Johnny Oxseed".[5]
    • In the Japanese version, Ox-King's name ideas include "Gyumataro", "Gyumahiko", "Doctor Gyuma", "Gyumanosuke", "Gyumashin", "Gyumantohihi", and "Gyumasuki".
  • Gohan's tail is cut off four times in the anime (twice by Piccolo, once by Vegeta, and once by Goku) before it stops growing back. Piccolo removing it for the second time (along with the transformation that accompanied it) was anime-only filler where the space pod Goku flew in, which was in the mountains before being found by a nearby Grandpa Gohan, appears in the middle of a desert. This is considered to be one of the biggest plot holes in Toei's anime series by fans.
  • Consecutively, Gohan has stayed transformed the longest as a Super Saiyan/Super Saiyan 2, clocking up a total of 29 episodes. Gohan is also the character who goes through the most character design and costume changes.
  • In the anime during the Cell Saga, Gohan has a dream about Cell killing Chi-Chi and Piccolo inside the Hyperbolic Time Chamber; However, he previously stated to his father that he did not know what Cell looked like when Goku asked him to imagine Cell killing all his friends so he can achieve Super Saiyan form for the first time.
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"Saiyaman Versus Tigerman"

  • In the English version of Dr. Slump, there is a reference to Gohan's alter ego superhero, Great Saiyaman, in the chapter "Here Comes Arale!" The movie which Senbei Norimaki and Aoi Kimidori see and which was originally titled "Nekotoraman vs. Nekotora-7" (a reference to Ultraman and Ultra Seven) in the Japanese version, and is renamed "Tigerman versus Saiyaman" in the English translation.
  • In volume 1 of the Dragon Ball Z manga, Piccolo refers to Raditz as "Raggedy Saiyaman". Saiyaman is what Gohan calls his superhero self.
  • Gohan is the only partial Saiyan to be seen with a tail. Akira Toriyama stated that tails on a hybrid Saiyan is a recessive trait. Although, this is likely because Toriyama stated that he simply forgot Saiyans had tails by the time another hybrid Saiyan was born.
    • However Toriyama recently revealed in an interview that he decided to get rid of Saiyan tails as he couldn't figure out how Saiyans would dress themselves with the tails on and these minutia annoyed him to no end. Thus this is presumably one of the reasons why Saiyan hybrids born after Gohan and the pure blood Saiyans of Universe 6, lack tails entirely.[34]
  • In both manga (Chapter 426) and anime (Episode 205), Gohan was talking to the audience (breaking the fourth wall) about Krillin letting his hair grow out after the Cell Games.
  • Gohan is the first Hybrid Saiyan to transform into a Super Saiyan 4 in the franchise.
  • Like his father, wife, and father-in-law, Gohan is a Martial Arts Champion as he is the true winner of the Cell Games. However unlike them he has never won a tournament officially (as Mr. Satan officially took credit for Gohan's defeat of Cell). Goku won the 23rd World Tournament, while Mr. Satan won the 24th World Tournament after the Cell Games (which is implied to have been won legitimately) as well as countless others (albeit rigged), and Videl is was the first Junior World Champion which she won at the 24th World Tournament which was the first World Tournament to feature a Junior Division.
  • In Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2 Teen Gohan has special dialog with Bojack where you can hear Adult Gohan's voice instead of Teen Gohan's.

Gallery

Main article: Gohan/Gallery

See also

References

  1. Dragon Ball Z episode 182, "Gohan's Plea"
  2. Dragon Ball Z episode 289, "Granddaughter Pan"
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  4. Dragon Ball Super, Episode 27
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 Cell Games Saga, #171/156 ("Memories of Gohan")
  6. Dragon Ball GT: Perfect File, 1997
  7. Dragon Ball Z: Fusion Reborn, 1995
  8. Daizenshuu 6 1995
  9. Dragon Ball Super, Ch.6
  10. Dragon Ball Volume ‘F’, 2015
  11. Dragon Ball Z: The Tree of Might Movie Pamphlet, 1990
  12. Dragon Ball Z: The History of Trunks Film Anime Comics, May 31, 1993
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  14. 14.0 14.1 14.2 Universal Survival arc Gohan notes. twimg.
  15. Team members V-Jump. twimg.
  16. Dragon Ball GT Perfect Files
  17. 17.0 17.1 IC Carddass Dragon Ball
  18. Dragon Ball Z: Wrath of the Dragon, 1995
  19. 19.0 19.1 Dragon Ball Heroes, 2017
  20. Daizenshuu 2
  21. Dragon Ball Z: Legendary Super Warriors
  22. Dragon Ball Q Atsushi Maekawa Story Q&A
  23. Dragon Ball Heroes, 2015, Piccolo Daimao Arc final mission
  24. Burger King to launch Dragon Ball Z promotion
  25. Translated Dragon Ball Daizenshū Complete Illustrations guide
  26. Masako Nozawa Long Interview
  27. Magical Girl: Toon Zone Talks to Saffron Henderson
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  29. Dragon Ball Z - Season Six DVD Review by Smith, D.F. for IGN
  30. Dragon Ball Z DVD - Season 6 Box Set (uncut), Martin, Theron, November 25, 2008, Anime News Network
  31. List for german voice actors
  32. Dragon Ball Z: Ultimate Tenkaichi, 2011
  33. 33.0 33.1 33.2 Dragon Ball: Super Exciting Guide
  34. http://www.kanzenshuu.com/translations/dragon-ball-super-history-book-akira-toriyama-interview/

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