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Goku

His real name is Kakaroto. He discovered this from his brother Raditz which is also the first time he learned that
he is a Saiyajin. Throughout the series, he had inspired many, including both of his sons Gohan and Goten and especially Vegeta. He is a diligent and hardworking person who would never fail to take on new challenges. Even though he had becaem the most powerful warrior in the universe by defeating Freeza, he still strives to become better. After Future Trunks had foretold the arrival of the androids and Dr. Gero. He could have took the easy way by getting to Dr. Gero before the androids were created, but he chose to challenge himself instead of preparing for their arrival. After he forfeited the battle against Cell, no one, not even Gohan had the confidence to defeat Cell. Goku was the only one who had confidence in Gohan and he followed through all the way to the end, even after Gohan was seriously injured and lost the will to fight. He never quit under any circumstance. Even after everyone gave up, his mind never stoped looking for solutions. Seconds before Cell was about to explode and destroy Earth, Goku realized he could teleport Cell to another location. His leadership and inspiration was proved pivotal as Future Trunks unveiled the grim story of his time where Goku died of a rare heart disease and everyone except for Trunks were killed. The most tragic of all was that Gohan's tremendous power was never realized as he died under the hands of #17. After the Dragon Ball Warriors initial encounter with #17 and #18 and subsequently Cell, Goku relized that he must transcend the Super Saiyajin to stand a chance against the androids. Under his guidance , an intensive training program in the "Time Room" was launched. During that time, he trained Gohan for the first time and fully unleashed Gohan's potential. The one person he had inspired
most thoughout the series was Vegeta. Vegeta entered the story as an evil person who would find any means neccessary to satisfy his hunger for power who was also too proud to accept defeat. Through Goku's inspiration, Vegeta slowly transformed into a good hearted person who accpted himself. During Goku's final battle with Majin Buu, he openly accepted that he was no match for neither Buu nor Goku and willing to participate on the sidelines (by gathering energy for Goku's final strike) rather than the actual fight.

Gohan

Gohan is the second most important character in Dragonball Z. His father, Goku is the most important. Gohan grows from a little child of the the age of 5 to a grown up of 25 in the series. A picture of him when he was 9 and in Super Saiyajin stage is shown left. Gohan's 15 minutes of fame was when he destroyed the great villian, Cell with one single punch. Another identity of Gohan was The Great Saiyaman. He defeated everyone in a tournament and then unmasked himself as Son Gohan. Gohan was trained by the Namekkian Piccolo. Piccolo was first in the Dragonball series as a villian but then switched to the side of good. He never really liked Goku, but he did take a liking towards Gohan. He trained him and in the Vegeta saga, took a big punch intended for Gohan by Vegeta's partner Nappa. The two got closer together as the series went on, and in one part, Gohan sings a song to Piccolo about how much he admires him, while Piccolo looked on, insulted by this Saiyajin warrior singing a song. Later in the series, Gohan began going out with the daughter of Mr. Satan, Videl. Later on in the series they get married. Gohan also made an appearance in Dragonball GT. In the Baby Saga, Baby takes over the body of Gohan and Gohan hits Piccolo with a Kamehameha while Piccolo retreats and carries Goten to safety.

Goten

Goten is the secound son of Goku and the brother of Gohan. Goten and Trunks are best friends. In a special movie, the two feel their fathers energy as they fuse into Gogeta, and they follow suit and fuse into Gotenks and perfom their Super Ghost Kamikazee Attack. Like the rest of the Son Family, Goten has a big appetite. In the Brolli Story, Goten makes an appearance and helps out his dad, Trunks, and Piccolo get rid of Brolli. In the final movie of the Brolli Story, it is up to #18, Trunks and Goten to finish the job as Jaguar genetically cloned Brolli.

Vegeta

Even though he is evil at heart, Vegeta is perhaps one of the most strong-willed characters in the series. Like Son
Goku, he is extremely industrious, constantly striving to be the best, but different purposes drove Vegeta's spirit. Goku fought to defend the lives and others and to challenge his limitations while Vegita fought to satisfy his bloodthirsty appetite and die-hard pride, which he is unwilling to accept defeat. This gradually changes throughtout the series. The primary driver of his will is Son Goku. Vegeta's defeat in his first battle against Son Goku constantly fuelled his strong will to continue to train himself. After seeing Goku turn into Super Saiyajin and defeating Freeza, he grew even more jealous of Goku's achievements and immersed himself in intensive training. After much seat and frustration, he finally became Super Saiyajin. He only enjoyed a fleeting moment of pride in destroying #20, before being defeated by #18. Vegeta's first big change occurred during Gohan's battle with Cell. Because of his rash decision to attack Cell when he did not have the power to, he had caused Gohan's arm to be seriously injured when Gohan saved is life. Not only was he not even close to Cell's ability, but he also served as a hindrance to Gohan. That was the first time Vegeta accepted his incapabilities by making an apology to Gohan. By the time Majin Buu appeared, what used to be a cold-hearted Vegeta changed. Right before he proceeded to sacrifice his life in an attempt to destroy Buu, he told Trunks that he cared about him and how he felt bad about giving Trunks much less attention then he deserved. During Goku's final battle with Majin Buu, Vegeta goes through a complete change. He realized that Goku's pure and kind heart gave Goku the power that Vegeta never had. He finally realized that the good unltimately prevails.

Trunks

Trunks is the son of Bulma and Vegeta. Half Saiyajin and half human, just like Gohan and Goten. Trunks was surrounded by a scientific environment. Having his mother and grandfather as scientists, Trunks became very intelligent at science. In the future, Trunks and Goten were battling the androids, but they were too strong, Bulma had completed a time machine and sent Trunks back to help Goku and Gohan fight. This is the story of Mirai (Future) Trunks, who is pictured right Another version of Trunks is the small child version, Chibi Trunks. In most of the Dragonball Z series, Trunks and Goten fight side by side and they are in the Brolli story and the "Fusion Form: Goku and Vegeta" movie as well. They are in others too. Trunks is famous for killing Freeza by cutting him in half. This was Trunks' first appearance on the show. He was also one of the stars in the third and final dragonball series, Dragonball GT. Dragonball GT was about the journey around space that Trunks, Goku, and Pan had traveled in search of the Dark Star Dragonballs. Which is why GT stands for Grand Tour.

Piccolo

He is one of the characters who was originally evil, but throughout the series of unexpected events, the evil in him was slowly washed away as Piccolo took different forms. Piccolo is the offspring of Daimon, who was the pure evil which separeted from Kami-sama as another body. Piccolo and Kami-sama is one person in two bodies. If one of them dies, they both die. When Daimon was killed by Goku, he vowed that his offspring Piccolo will avenge him. Thus Piccolo's character is not just pure evil the Daimon is, he is simply focused on destroying Goku. The two of them first met in the Tenkai Budokai. Because of the arrival of Raditz, Piccolo found himself an unwilling partner of Goku and together defeated Raditz. When he learned that two more powerful Saiyajins will avenge Raditz, Piccolo only found himself even more unwillingly on Goku's side by volunteering to train his son, Gohan to become a warrior to fight against the Saiyajins. Piccolo's militant training style made Gohan a stronger person, gradually unleashing Gohan's tremendous talent. During the time he spent with Gohan, Piccolo began to develop love and care for Gohan, which was fully realized when he sacrificed his life for Gohan in the battle against Nappa. His love and care for Gohan is readily apparent throughout the Freeza and Cell sagas.