Grandpa Son Gohan

This article is about the Dragon Ball character. For other uses, see Gohan (disambiguation).

In this article, the family name is Son.

Grandpa Son Gohan
Dragon Ball character
File:GrandpaSonGohanWearingFoxMask.jpg Gohan in his fox mask
Created by	Akira Toriyama
Information
Species	Human
Gender	Male
Occupation	Martial artist
Family	Son Goku (adoptive grandson)

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Grandpa Son Gohan (孫 悟飯 じいちゃん, Son Gohan Jīsan; FUNimation "Grandpa Gohan", Viz "Son Gohan") is a fictional character in the Dragon Ball series created by Akira Toriyama. Grandpa Son Gohan is the adoptive human grandfather of Son Goku, he has also given Kakarot the name Son Goku when he first found him and that is the name everyone knows him by. Gohan easily overwhelms Goku as the "Mysterious Fifth Man", ripping off Goku's tail and leaving him almost dead. After that, it's revealed Goku was fighting his adoptive grandfather. Gohan surrenders later on, and is proud of Goku for coming so far and putting up a good fight.

Biography

Grandpa Son Gohan was a very loving and caring man who became the adoptive grandfather of Son Goku when he found him in a crashed spaceship when he was a baby.^[ch. 197] When Son Goku first landed on Earth, his mission was to, in time, destroy the entire human race and sell the planet to another race. Being a Saiyan, who are known to be very aggressive and short-tempered, Son Goku was very uncooperative at first (in the Bardock special, he simply laughs as Grandpa Son Gohan found him in the wilderness). But after falling into a ravine, Son Goku hit his head, causing him to lose his memory, and became a regular happy, loving boy. Grandpa Son Gohan was taught martial arts by Master Roshi and passed on his knowledge to Son Goku. Grandpa Son Gohan always warned Son Goku to never look at the full moon and to stay indoors on nights of one – implying that he had already transformed before and Grandpa Son Gohan managed to survive the first time. He followed his advice for sometime until one night when Son Goku stepped outside to relieve himself. He then glanced at the full moon, transforming into a Great Ape, and went on a rampage, killing Grandpa Son Gohan, though because Son Goku didn't remember what he did.^{[ch. 21, 233]} From that time on, Son Goku believed that Grandpa Son Gohan was killed by a monster and that his soul was in the Four-Star Ball. In Dragon Ball Z, when Son Goku was battling Prince Vegeta as he transformed into a Great Ape, Son Goku finally realized that he had killed Grandpa Son Gohan when he was little. Grandpa Son Gohan briefly appears in the final chapter of Toriyama's 2013 manga series Jaco the Galactic Patrolman, which is set before Dragon Ball. Grandpa Son Gohan also reunites with Son Goku later on as the "Mysterious Fifth Man".

Powers and Abilities

Grandpa Son Gohan was a student of the Turtle School, and a vastly powerful human and noted as being the second most powerful person in the Turtle School behind Master Roshi until Son Goku and Krillin surpass them at the end of Dragonball. Grandpa Son Gohan noted to be the first person to teach Son Goku martial arts. Being a disciple of the Kame School, it comes as no surprise that Grandpa Son Gohan is one of the few to have mastered it.

Other Media

Movies

Dragonball Evolution: Grandpa Son Gohan in the live-action film Dragonball Evolution is played by Randall Duk Kim. In the movie, he is killed by Demon King Piccolo in his search for the Four-Star Dragon Ball, rather than his own grandson Son Goku. In the movie, Gohan gives Goku a Dragon Ball as a gift for his 18th birthday.

Video Games

Dragon Ball: Advanced Adventure - Grandpa Son Gohan appears as a boss fight in line with his appearance in the manga and is then unlocked for free.

Dragon Ball: Revenge of King Piccolo - Grandpa Son Gohan appears as a boss fight in line with his appearance in the manga and is available as a playable character.

Dragon Ball Online: Grandpa Son Gohan appears in the first time travel story quest for the game.

Dragon Ball: Origins - Grandpa Son Gohan appears as the final optional Boss for levels 1 to 7.

Dragon Ball: Origins 2 - Grandpa Son Gohan appears as a boss fight in line with his appearance in the manga.

Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 2 - Grandpa Son Gohan appears as a playable character. This time, he's wearing the fox mask that he uses to disguise himself when fighting Son Goku during the Fortuneteller Baba saga, though this will fall off with enough done damage.

Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 3 - Grandpa Son Gohan appears as a playable character. He has special dialogue with Son Goku when he is a Super Saiyan.

Cultural impact

Son Gohan has impacted the culture a lot. People all over social media post pictures of him. Fans have always wondered why Son Goku hasn't used the Dragon Balls to revive Son Gohan, however, fans have come to the conclusion that it can be either that he reincarted as Goku's own son, Son Gohan. Or, that he likes the other world and wants to stay and watch over Goku.

Merchandise

There's a lot of merchandise for Son Gohan, including shirts, hoodies, and shoes.

External links

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