Z Warriors

The Z Warriors are a team that feature in Dragon Ball.

History

Dragon Ball

The Dragon Team (Japanese: ドラゴンチーム, Hepburn: Doragon Chīmu) were a team of fighters that came to form on the Planet Earth. It unofficially formed when Goku agreed to go with Bulma on her quest to find the Dragon Balls. They travelled past Mount Paozu and into Skull Valley where they met Turtle. Goku and Bulma returned the turtle back to the ocean where his owner, Master Roshi, gave Bulma his Dragon Ball and Goku the Flying Nimbus as a reward. After Oolong joined Goku and Bulma they met the desert bandit Yamcha along with Puar in the Diablo Desert, who would later become additional members of the team. At Fire Mountain, they came to meet the Ox-King and Chi Chi.

Dragon Ball Z

The battle against the Saiyans, Vegeta and Nappa, is commonly considered the first time the Z-Fighters engaged enemies together. After Goku's death against Raditz, Piccolo trained Gohan to prepare for the arrival of the Saiyan warriors. Though several of the members expressed distrust of their former enemy, Piccolo, this first Z-Fighter roster consisted of Goku, his inexperienced son Gohan, Piccolo, Tien Shinhan, Krillin, Yamcha, and Chiaotzu. Yajirobe, though choosing not to join the fight, ended up playing an important role in repelling Vegeta by slicing off the Saiyan's tail, saving Goku's life. Unfortunately, the Z-Fighters were decimated in the battle against Nappa and his Saibamen, with only Goku, Krillin, Gohan, and Yajirobe surviving the fight. The deceased would train in Other World with King Kai like Goku, while the survivors (sans Yajirobe) headed to Namek with Bulma to find the Namekian Dragon Balls and revive their fallen comrades.

During the Battle on Planet Namek, Earth's Special Forces would ally with the Namekian race against Frieza and his Frieza Force, this marked a turning point for the group, as Piccolo is fully reformed and Vegeta allies with the group, mainly out of necessity to take down Frieza and strongly hints his intentions to eliminate them once the battle is over. This is also the first time in the series in which a character actually refers to the group as the Z Fighters, when Gohan pleads with Chi-Chi to be allowed to go to Namek with Krillin and Bulma. He informs her that he too is a Z Fighter and must be there to protect his friends. The team members of this conflict consisted of Goku, Gohan, Krillin and Piccolo after being revived by the Dragon Balls. Although Vegeta aids them in battling Frieza, he had yet to become a member due to his reluctant allegiance with them. During the battle, Vegeta and Krillin are killed by Frieza, and this causes Goku to transform into a Super Saiyan for the first time. A desperate Frieza prepares to blow the planet up to kill Goku while everyone besides the former are transported to Earth, including a revived Vegeta. In the aftermath, it was assumed Goku and Frieza died in the explosion, but Goku actually managed to escape. The group uses the Dragon Balls to revive Krillin, Yamcha, Tien Shinhan and Chiaotzu and wait for Goku's return.

Four years later, Goku returned from space one year after defeating Frieza, while Future Trunks comes from the future to warn everyone about the Androids that have caused apocalyptic mayhem in his time. After his defeat on Earth and brief alliance with the Z-Fighters on Namek, Vegeta decides to return and remain on Earth in anticipation of Goku's return in the hopes that he would be ready to challenge his rival once again. When Future Trunks reveals the future, Vegeta decides to stay and train for the upcoming conflict with the androids rather than prepare to battle Goku, though like previously with Piccolo, most of the other Z-Fighters do not fully trust him and are unwilling to consider him a true ally. Krillin, Yamcha, Tien Shinhan, and Chiaotzu, who were wished back to life, also begin training for the fight with the androids. It is evident around this time that the series refers to the group of warriors as the "Z-Fighters". When the androids do arrive, Future Trunks returns as well, bolstering the team's ranks. With Goku, Gohan, Piccolo, Krillin, Yamcha, Tien Shinhan, Chiaotzu, Vegeta, and Future Trunks. Although the sequence of events is altered due to Future Trunks' intervention, Goku is cured from his illness, and everyone avoids being killed by Androids 17 and 18. However, they instead face off against an unexpected enemy: Cell, who tries to absorb the Androids to achieve perfection. Cell holds a tournament called the Cell Games. Everyone trains relentlessly to prepare for the event and Gohan is able to transform into a Super Saiyan. During the battle, Goku decides he is unable to win and chooses Gohan to take the lead. After Cell uses his Cell Juniors to attack the Z Fighters and destroys Android 16, Gohan ascends to Super Saiyan 2 and is able to turn the battle into the Z Fighters' favor. However, Goku sacrifices himself to stop Cell, though Cell survives and kills Future Trunks, though is later killed by Gohan. Goku decides to remain dead because he believes his existence will draw in more enemies and pose a threat to Earth and leaves the role of Earth’s protector to Gohan. By end of the Cell Games, Future Trunks is revived and returns to his timeline more powerful than ever and proceeds to destroy the Androids 17 and 18 in his world, as well as his timeline's Cell a while later. Meanwhile, Tien Shinhan bids farewell to the Z Fighters and plans to live in seclusion with Chiaotzu, realizing he can no longer compete with the powers of the Super Saiyans. Yamcha retires from fighting for the same reason. Krillin continues to live with Master Roshi, and after a few years, eventually reunites with and later marries Android 18. They soon have a daughter named Marron, and thus Krillin stops training as well. Piccolo decides to live with Dende and Mr. Popo on The Lookout, continuing to train and meditate there. Vegeta resolves to never fight again now that Goku is dead and marries Bulma as they continue raising their son Trunks together. Chi-Chi gives birth to their second son Goten. Finally, Gohan keeps his promise to his mother Chi-Chi and gives up fighting to study and become a scholar.

Seven years later, the Z Fighters consisted of the next generation of warriors. Gohan was 17 years old by this point where he served as Planet Earth's primary hero. He came to use his Super Saiyan status to operate as a superhero alter ego called the Great Saiyaman. With the 25th World Martial Arts Tournament, Goku was granted 24 hours to visit with his family and friends and meets Goten for the first time. Upon being visited by Shin, the Universe 7 Supreme Kai, the Z Fighters learn about the forthcoming resurrection of Majin Buu, and they immediately head out to battle the monster. The Z Fighters consisting of Goku, Gohan, Piccolo, Vegeta, his son Trunks, and Goku's second son Goten are directly involved with the event. An additional member is Mr. Satan, who ends up serving as a positive influence on Majin Buu. Majin Buu wipes out almost the entire human population and defeats all the living warriors until it was just Piccolo, Trunks and Goten left. Gohan was thought to have been killed but was saved by Shin and Kibito and sent to their world for training. However, Gohan, Goten, Trunks and Piccolo were ultimately all absorbed by Super Buu. Goku was finally brought back to life after the Old Kai transferred his life force to him and performs the Fusion technique using the Potara with Vegeta to stop Buu, but Buu succeeded in blowing up the Earth, killing everyone except Goku, Vegeta, Dende, and Mr. Satan. Goku and Vegeta have their final fight with Buu, using the Sacred World of the Kai as the battle ground. Eventually they were able to defeat Majin Buu for good with the aid of Mr. Satan and Good Buu. Also worth noting is that unlike the Android conflict, the Majin Buu Conflict is when Vegeta voluntarily became a hero confirming his redemption and ultimately leading him to reconcile with the rest of the team.

Dragon Ball Super

During Bulma's 45th birthday party, the God of Destruction Beerus and his attendant Whis unexpectedly show up looking for the Super Saiyan God. Beerus finds Goku first and has a sparring session at Goku's request, and easily beats him in two blows before heading to Earth. Remembering Beerus and knowing how dangerous he is, Vegeta makes sure nothing angers Beerus into blowing up the Earth. After Mr. Buu enrages Beerus and he decides to destroy the Earth, the various fighters make a futile effort to stop him. Although they fail, they do manage to stall him long enough for Goku to show up, who has the idea to ask Shenron about the Super Saiyan God. Confirming with Shenron that they need to pool the hearts of five righteous Saiyans into another, Trunks, Goten, Gohan, Vegeta and Videl do as instructed and transform Goku into a Super Saiyan God who fights Beerus. Although Goku fails to defeat the godly foe he does stall him long enough for his stamina to run out and fall asleep. Afterwards, Whis came to take Beerus back home.

Following Beerus's leave, Vegeta and later Goku convinces Whis to take them on as students who puts them through grueling intensive physical and Ki Control training with the goal of mastering their godly Ki. During this time, they both achieved the new Super Saiyan Blue transformation. Meanwhile, the remnants of the Galactic Frieza Army travel to Earth and secretly use the Dragon Balls to resurrect Frieza and similarly puts himself through grueling training for about four months to draw out his full potential. Frieza then sets out to Earth to kill Goku in revenge. The Z-Fighters are informed of what is happening and try to contact Goku and Vegeta to no avail. The Z-Fighters unite to fend off Frieza's forces and Goku and Vegeta finally arrive on Earth, with Beerus and Whis following them shortly after. After an intensive fight with Frieza, during which Goku endures his Golden Frieza form, Frieza's subordinate Sorbet fatally wounds Goku when he lets his guard down, prompting Vegeta to step in to finish off Frieza and almost succeeds. When Frieza realizes he is no match against Vegeta he destroys the Earth and all the Z-Fighters with the exception of those standing next to Whis at the time. Realizing Frieza may still be alive, Whis rewinds time for three minutes and Goku rushes in to kill Frieza seconds before he can destroy the planet.

Overview

In appearance, the Z Warriors were a group of skilled martial artists based on Planet Earth many of whom capable of manipulating their Ki to achieve various superhuman feats. They were sometimes used to refer to the defenders of Earth. Occasionally, this group is also referred to as "Earth's Special Forces."

Members

• Goku :
• Gohan :
• Krillin :
• Piccolo :
• Tien :
• Yamcha :
• Chiaotzu :
• Trunks :
• Goten :
• Vegeta :
• Uub :
• Pan :

Notes

• The Z Warriors were created by Akira Toriyama where they featured in the setting of the Dragon Ball universe.
• Also known as the less impressive-sounding "Z Fighters."

Alternate Versions

• In Dragon Ball GT, the Z Warriors appeared in the alternate setting.

External Links

• Dagon Ball Wiki Entry

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