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This article is about the main character. For other uses, see Vegeta (disambiguation).

"Fine, Kakarot, you are the mightiest Saiyan, I've admitted that much. At least for now. But don't you dare think that this is over. I won't let you keep me in second place forever, feeding on the scraps of your glory. I will surpass you, and even then I'll keep pushing, I'll surpass every single warrior in the Universe. I won't stop until I'm the ultimate number one!"

— Vegeta in "To the Promised Resort! Vegeta Takes a Family Trip!"

Vegeta

Anime

Manga

ベジータ

Bejīta

Alias

Vegeta IV

Vegita

Prince of all Saiyans

Saiyan Prince

Debuts

Appears in

Manga Debut

"The Needs of the Many"

Anime Debut

Cameo: "Reunions"

Full Appearance: "Gohan's Rage"

Movie Debut

Dragon Ball Z: Bardock - The Father of Goku

Characteristics

Race

Saiyan

Tuffle-Saiyan (formerly; GT)

Gender

Male

Height

164 cm (5'5")[1]

Weight

56 kg (123 lbs)[1]

Birth Date

Age 732[1]

Death Date(s)

December 24, Age 762

May 7, Age 774

June, Age 779

Age 801[2]

Age 889[3]

Professional Status

Occupation

Prince of Planet Vegeta (formerly)

High-class Warrior

Galactic Patrolman

Allegiance

Frieza Force (formerly)

Dragon Team

Organization of Babidi (formerly)

Team Universe 7

Team Universe 6 (baseball only)

Galactic Patrol

Address

Vegeta's Palace (formerly)

WST 3338926 K.[4]

Personal Status

Relatives

King Vegeta (father)

Mother

Dr. Brief (father-in-law)

Bikini (mother-in-law)

Tarble (brother)

Bulma (wife)

Tights (sister-in-law)

Gure (sister-in-law)

Trunks (son)

Future Trunks (alternate timeline son)

Bulla (daughter)

Bulma Leigh (descendant)

Vegeta Jr. (descendant)

Youth (Dragon Ball Online) (descendant)[5]

Counterparts

Future Vegeta

Xeno Vegeta

Duplicate Vegeta

Janemba's Majin Vegeta

Clone Vegeta

Mentors

Whis

Pybara

Beerus

Students

Future Trunks

Trunks

Cabba

Shallot[6]

Vegeta (ベジータ Bejīta), more specifically Vegeta IV (ベジータ四世 Bejīta Yonsei)[7], recognized as Prince Vegeta (ベジータ王子 Bejīta Ōji) is the prince of the fallen Saiyan race and the husband of Bulma, the father of Trunks and Bulla, the eldest son of King Vegeta, as well as one of the main characters of the Dragon Ball series.

Regal, egotistical, and full of pride, Vegeta was once a ruthless, cold-blooded warrior and outright killer,[8] but later abandons his role in the Frieza Force, instead opting to remain and live on Earth. He would later repeatedly fight alongside Universe 7's most powerful warriors in order to protect Earth and his family, as well as to surpass Goku in power.[9]

Vegeta's character development is the most praised and one of the biggest in the series. He started off serving as the main antagonist of the Saiyan Saga, but then as an anti-heroic tritagonist throughout the rest of Dragon Ball Z. After the Majin Buu Saga, he would evolve into a hero as the main deuteragonist/secondary protagonist of the sequel series Dragon Ball Super.

Contents

1 Appearance

2 Personality2.1 Relationship with Bulma

3 Biography3.1 Background

3.2 Jaco the Galactic Patrolman

3.3 Between Jaco and Dragon Ball Z

3.4 Dragon Ball Z3.4.1 Saiyan Saga

3.4.2 Frieza Saga

3.4.3 Frieza-Androids Interlude

3.4.4 Androids Saga

3.4.5 Cell Saga

3.4.6 Great Saiyaman Saga

3.4.7 World Tournament Saga

3.4.8 Majin Buu Saga

3.4.9 Gods of the Universe Saga

3.5 Dragon Ball Super3.5.1 God of Destruction Beerus Saga

3.5.2 Golden Frieza Saga

3.5.3 Universe 6 Saga

3.5.4 Copy-Vegeta Saga

3.5.5 "Future" Trunks Saga

3.5.6 Universe Survival Saga

3.5.7 Broly Saga

3.5.8 Galactic Patrol Prisoner Saga

3.5.9 Granolah the Survivor Saga

3.6 Dragon Ball Heroes3.6.1 Prison Planet Saga

3.6.2 Universal Conflict Saga

3.6.3 Universe Creation Saga

3.6.4 New Space-Time War Saga

3.6.5 Supreme Kai of Time Saga

3.7 Peaceful World Saga

3.8 Dragon Ball GT3.8.1 Black Star Dragon Ball Saga

3.8.2 Baby Saga

3.8.3 Super 17 Saga

3.8.4 Shadow Dragon Saga

4 Film appearances4.1 Bardock - The Father of Goku

4.2 Super Android 13!

4.3 The Return of Cooler

4.4 Broly - The Legendary Super Saiyan

4.5 Bojack Unbound

4.6 Broly - Second Coming

4.7 Fusion Reborn

4.8 Wrath of the Dragon

4.9 Battle of Gods

4.10 Resurrection 'F'

4.11 Broly

4.12 Super Hero

5 Other Dragon Ball stories5.1 Dragon Ball SD

5.2 Plan to Eradicate the Saiyans

5.3 Yo! Son Goku and His Friends Return!!

5.4 The Real 4-D

5.5 Nekomajin

5.6 30th Anniversary Special Manga

5.7 Super Tenkaichi Budokai

5.8 FighterZ

5.9 Society Survival Saga

5.10 Dragon Ball Online

5.11 Xenoverse

5.12 Xenoverse 2

5.13 Detective Vegeta

5.14 World Mission

6 Power

7 Abilities

8 Appearances in other media8.1 Cross Epoch

8.2 Video Game Appearances

9 Voice Actors

10 Battles

11 List of characters killed by Vegeta

12 Trivia

13 Gallery

14 See also

15 References

16 Site Navigation

Appearance

Goku and Vegeta's height difference.

Vegeta is a slim yet very well-built man of a below-average stature, standing at 164 centimeters tall (5'5"). His hair is black (or dark reddish brown, depending on the media) and spikes upwards. Vegeta has a prominent widow's peak. Like most Saiyans, he possesses defined eyes with a consistently stern look to them. Like other Universe 7 Saiyans, he was born with a prehensile brown-furred tail, until it was permanently cut off by Yajirobe.

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Over the course of the series, Vegeta's physical appearance changes. While originally appearing very short and lean, especially compared to his massive partner, Nappa, he later seems to be somewhat taller and noticeably more muscular. His hair and forehead appears to be shorter and his facial features, which are perpetually in a scowl, also look more distinct and sharply defined as the series progresses, making him look much older in later sagas compared to what he looked like in his debut.

Vegeta as a Frieza Force combatant

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A major characteristic of Vegeta's is the fact that he is one of the only Saiyans who have continued to don the traditional Saiyan armor in combat. His general look is a dark blue, full-bodied jumpsuit with white gloves and boots with the said armor on top. He has also been seen wearing alternate forms of the armor, customizing it to better suit his persona. When first arriving on Earth, he wore a white armor with yellow shoulder pads and also padding at his hips and groin. Along with it, he wore a red-lens scouter on his left eye. During the Frieza Saga, he replaced his heavily damaged armor with a similar one, minus the padding around his waistline. He also briefly wore another scouter until deeming it unnecessary and destroying it. When his armor was damaged in battle against Recoome, he replaced his outfit with an older model design consisting of a black bodysuit, white gloves and boots, and a near-purely white armor without shoulder pads. In the Trunks Saga, he wore a pink short sleeved loose button shirt with the sign "Bad Man" at the back, a white sleeveless undershirt, yellow pants and green shoes with a brown trim. During the Androids Saga, he wore an updated version of his original armor, but without pads. During the Buu Saga, to be allowed to fight in the World Martial Arts Tournament, Vegeta sported a sleeveless blue tank top tucked into matching sweatpants along with white gloves and boots. He later wore a similar outfit in Dragon Ball Super: Broly and Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero as the color of his bodysuit is blue gray/navy blue.

Originally in the Dragon Ball Z anime, Vegeta appeared with a totally different color scheme from his usual one, having red hair and a battle armor consisting of a green khaki chest piece and burnt orange guard pieces, orange gloves, a navy blue jumpsuit, and his boots with orange tops and brown footings to them. This color scheme also appears as an alternate color for his Battle Armor in various video games.

In Dragon Ball GT, Vegeta swaps out his armor in favor of clothing more characteristic to an Earthling, wearing a crimson tank top, violet gloves, dark blue jeans and violet boots along with a black leather vest. He also cropped his hair, which still spikes upward, and grew a mustache (albeit temporarily, as he shaves it off after Bulla mocks him for it).

In Dragon Ball Super, Vegeta returns to wearing the same modified battle armor he wore during the Androids/Cell Sagas. During the early part of his training under Whis, Vegeta wore a new armor made by Bulma, which changes to have a grey bodysuit, futuristic looking boots and a sleeker armor. Whis also placed his insignia in the left side of the armor's chest without Vegeta noticing when they were training. After the Tournament with Universe 6, Vegeta again returns to wearing the same outfit he wore in the Android/Cell sagas. In Broly, to compensate for the Ice Continent's cold weather, Vegeta also wears a light green winter jacket on top of this outfit which consists of a high turtleneck, a long white line on each sleeve of the jacket with a bold violet colored "SAB" marking in the left chest side of the jacket. Underneath the jacket, his bodysuit has a dark teal shade. In the Galactic Patrol Prisoner Saga, Vegeta wears traditional Yardrat armor while training on Planet Yardrat. Under Beerus's tutelage and Energy of Destruction training in the Granolah the Survivor Saga, Vegeta returns to his familiar armor and wears a golden earpiece on his left ear, just like the Destroyer, as a symbol that he can use Energy of Destruction.

In Dragon Ball Heroes, when he appears in the Prison Planet Saga, Vegeta is back to wearing the armor he wore during Resurrection 'F' and the Universe 6 Saga, but with a Capsule Corp logo in place of Whis' symbol. He also has small white leg paddings handing at his hips. In the latest mission of Super Dragon Ball Heroes, the gray sections of the armor have changed to a bright blue, similar in color to Vegeta's old bodysuit.

Personality

"There's no planet to protect. No people to save. Just me, immersed in battle. My happy place. Just the thing to get a battle-crazed Saiyan's blood pumping."

— Vegeta in "Vegeta Vs. Granolah"

Vegeta is arrogant throughout the series and becomes bitter due to the abuse his race suffered at the hands of Frieza. Following the destruction of his homeworld Planet Vegeta, his hatred toward Frieza grows. His royalty seems to have bestowed upon him an inflated sense of superiority, holding himself above nearly everyone he encounters. He is immensely proud of his Saiyan heritage and believes his race to be the most powerful in the universe. Despite this, even as an antagonist, he did not act as an ordinary Saiyan, being even crueler and prideful thanks to Frieza's influence.

As the prince of a demolished Planet Vegeta, Vegeta is initially introduced as an unrepentant villain. Judging from his evil intentions before joining the Z Fighters, Vegeta has been consistently characterized as extremely arrogant, vengeful, and at times, sadistic. Many of Vegeta's early heroic acts are because of self-interest or revenge, although he later settles down and mellows out, adjusting to Earth as his home, raising a family with Bulma. Having been born into the upper tier of Saiyan society, Vegeta was fixated on achieving the legendary status of Super Saiyan and becoming the most powerful warrior in the universe. Vegeta is more of a tactical fighter who often rushes in the brawl without hesitation. However, his rage or arrogance often causes him to underestimate his opponent and usually leads to his eventual defeat and sometimes death. His royal blood and intense fighting style have both benefited and harmed him in many battles.

Vegeta has also been shown to be one of the more intelligent characters of the series, as well as one of the most serious, rarely exhibiting humor. When he does so, his humor is often very dry and far darker than his fellow Z Fighters. However, he does delight in mocking his enemies, as demonstrated when he offers to reconstruct Android 18 into a "toaster" or a "washing machine" (Funimation dub only). He also shows his bleak sense of humor towards Goku when he was about to battle him in the World Martial Arts Tournament. Aside from his more bleak sense of humor, he has also at times engaged in more sarcastic humor when gloating. A notable example of this was when fighting Semi-Perfect Cell. When Cell demanded to know how Vegeta was as strong as he was, Vegeta flippantly stated that he got that strong by "doing lots of push-ups and sit-ups, and [drinking] plenty of juice", as well as calling Kid Buu a "gifted speaker" when the latter barely responded at all just before the latter destroyed the Earth. Normally, his massive ego and arrogance overshadow his positive qualities.

Despite his personality flaws, Vegeta is capable of respecting individuals, although he never outright states it often showing his respect non verbally. By The Majin Buu Saga, it is heavily implied that he and Piccolo were on civil terms and seemed to have mutual respect for one another. He also expressed some grief over Gohan's fate at the hands of Buu himself. Outside of these two instances, his relationship with the rest of the Dragon Team seemed cool at best.

Initially, Vegeta was extremely aggressive and cold-blooded. Since his childhood, Vegeta had proven himself to be a ruthless killer, merciless like most Saiyans. During the Namek Saga, however, he began to exhibit changes; rather than killing Krillin or Gohan as he promised in the previous saga, he instead forges an alliance with them. Throughout the first half of the Frieza Saga, whomever he defeated, he killed without mercy. His first sign of mercy was sparing Krillin and Bulma's lives in exchange for the Namekian Dragon Ball they were carrying when he could have easily killed them and taken it. Another sign of mercy came when he encounters Gohan a short time later and knees him in the stomach instead of killing him, and again when he let Namekian Frog Captain Ginyu live, taking delight at the notion of Ginyu's being stuck in the frog's body as punishment enough and not wanting to get frog guts all over his boots. After his defeat at the hands of Frieza, Vegeta tearfully explains to Goku that Frieza forced him to be ruthless and that he never had the chance to be anything else (implying that he could have been kinder and more merciful were it not for Frieza). He used to have bigotry towards other races, considered physical and emotional attachments to be meaningless, and admittedly was repulsed by children, especially those with mixed heritage. However, all these changes when he falls in love with Bulma and she bears him two half-Saiyan children. After settling on Earth, Vegeta softened up and began to exhibit compassion for his family. As a result of his love for Bulma and the birth of his children, Vegeta started to feel content settling down with a loving family while being a competitive warrior. However, Vegeta secretly felt ashamed for sacrificing his goal of becoming the strongest warrior in the universe for the sake of his family and came to believe it was his attachment to them and the planet that rendered him weak compared to Goku.

Although he kept those thoughts hidden, it was not until the Babidi Saga that he gave in to his obsession of overtaking Goku in might, becoming a Majin and "evil" once more. This was a desperate, failed ploy to restore his former wickedness, believing it to have been the source of his true power. Goku believes Vegeta is bluffing, and correctly so; Vegeta demonstrates his prevailing softness in hugging Trunks for the first time and telling him that he is proud to be his father, before performing a sacrificial Final Explosion against Majin Buu. It is when his family falls victim to Majin Buu that Vegeta finally understands the pain of losing a loved one and fully grasps the harm he has caused to so many people, and he comes to regret his many transgressions. Since then, he has refrained from killing his opponents unless necessary and tries to be cautious of situations.

"But that's the thrill... don't you wanna see this power he keeps talking about?"

— Vegeta to his son about not letting Cell achieve his perfect form in "The Last Defense".

Majin Vegeta