Highlights
- Goku and Gohan's fusion would have astronomical power, potentially surpassing Vegito's strength in the series.
- The fusion of Goku and Gohan would result in a broken arsenal of powerful attacks, combining their signature techniques.
- The fusion could unlock a new, never-before-seen transformation with incredible potential in Dragon Ball lore.
Fusions are a way for characters in Dragon Ball to get an incredible power boost in a very short amount of time, merging two warriors into one super-powerful fighter. This concept, with regard to Saiyans, was introduced in the Buu Saga with Gotenks and Vegito's battles against Majin Buu. Despite Vegito's exceptional strength, which embarrassed Buu's most powerful form, Gohan was actually Goku's first choice for fusion.
However, Gohan's absorption by Buu meant that fans could never see the answer to this potential merger, which promised to be one of the most powerful characters that the series would have ever seen. Even to this day, many fans in the Dragon Ball community stand true to the belief that Goku and Gohan's fusion would have been even stronger than Vegito, so let's break down how strong this character would truly be and how he'd compare to other fusions.
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Strength of the Fusion
He would have the power of both Goku and Gohan
Right off the bat, Goku and Gohan are already some of the most powerful characters in the entire multiverse, so their fusion would take this strength and multiply it significantly. Due to this, the resulting warrior would have an astronomical level of power, far eclipsing that of any other character in the Buu Saga since, at the time, both Goku and Gohan had access to Super Saiyan 3 and the Ultimate forms, respectively, the most powerful transformations ever seen in Dragon Ball up to that point.
Power comes in response to a need, not a desire. You have to create that need.
This put their powers far above most other characters in the series. In fact, if Goku and Gohan from the Buu Saga fused, their strength after undergoing their various transformations would be great enough to do decently well in Dragon Ball Super! In the present day, much of this is still true since Ultra Instinct Goku and Beast Gohan would make for a vicious pairing that any villain would be terrified to face!
Move Set
Since fusions have been shown before with the ability to use attacks that belong to either warrior who makes them up, this specific fusion would have one of the most broken arsenals in the series. Not only would his regular Kamehameha waves be far stronger, but he could use Goku's exclusive techniques like his Instant Transmission or Spirit Bomb while also making use of Gohan's incredible Special Beam Canon, among many others.
Moreover, fusions can also mix attacks that belong to their constituents, forming super powerful combination techniques that deal devastating damage. Examples of this are Gogeta's Big Bang Kamehameha or Vegito's ultra-powerful Final Kamehameha. While the father-son fusion could mix attacks like this, he could also have entirely new powers the likes of which have never been seen before.
Transformations
One of the biggest advantages that this fusion would have is the various, powerful transformations at its disposal. Although fusions haven't been seen using character-specific transformations before, since Gogeta and Vegito only went Super Saiyan and Super Saiyan Blue, they can seemingly use forms that either of the fusees can't. An example of this is Gotenks, who can go Super Saiyan 3 despite Goten and Trunks being unable to.
This shows that Goku and Gohan's fusion has the opportunity to unlock a brand-new transformation that has never been seen before in all of Dragon Ball, with incredible potential due to his ability to tap into Divine Ki through Goku. If the series somehow shows characters mixing their transformations, then this fusion can potentially merge the outstanding powers of Ultra Instinct and Beast Gohan.
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Other Advantages
Some other areas where the fusion can benefit
While Goku is undoubtedly aloof and an all-around silly character, it cannot be denied that he is a combat genius. This is because he always knows how to tackle a fight, and his constant need to get even stronger speaks about his work ethic. So, if Goku and Gohan were to fuse, the resulting warrior could make perfect use of Goku's brilliant strategic mind in a fight, mixing it with Gohan's natural intelligence and ability to formulate plans on the fly, perhaps creating the greatest combat genius in the series.
I want you, Gohan, to be more powerful than me.
Moreover, Gohan is a half-blooded Saiyan with some of the greatest potential in all of Dragon Ball. By taking his seemingly infinite power reserves and coupling them with Goku's composed nature during a battle, their fusion would have the ability to control this near-infinite potential, making him seemingly never run out of energy or fuel for his attacks!
Conclusion
Would he be stronger than Vegito?
The answer to whether this fusion would be stronger than Vegito would probably come down to the method of the fusion. This is because most of the things said about why this fusion would be so powerful hold equally true for fusing with Vegeta, though Vegito wins out on the concept of the Rival Boost. This is unique to the Potara Earrings since this method of fusion has a special property that gives the resulting fusion an extra boost of power if they are rivals, which, in Goku and Gohan's case, they're not. So, through Potara Fusion, Vegito probably wins.
Our two strengths aren't just added together, they're significantly magnified!
However, Fusion Dance does not require an extra boost. Although the dance was seen as the inferior method of fusion for the longest time, Dragon Ball Super: Broly retconned this by having Gogeta gain a similar boost upon fusion as Vegito's Rival Boost. Though the conditions of this are unknown, it seems that the Fusion Dance gives a boost regardless of whether the two are rivals or not, so with this method, it could go either way!
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Dragon Ball Super
Action
Adventure
- Release Date
- July 5, 2015
- Creator
- Akira Toriyama
- Number of Episodes
- 131