History Characters / DragonBallVegetaTropesAToD

* ConqueringAlienPrince: He is introduced to Goku this way, as the Prince of the Saiyans and Frieza's crony.

** After allowing himself to be turned into a Majin. He sold his soul to bridge the gap between Goku and him, killed a stadium full of people to provoke Goku to fight, and allowed Buu to be revived by his actions. Despite all of that, Vegeta's sacrifice is still tragic because he [[HeelRealization realizes]] what a selfish jackass he's been and how he made a terrible mistake underestimating Buu. After he asks Piccolo if he would see Goku in the afterlife, he is told point-blank that he would not end up anywhere but in Hell for his past actions and that he effectively will cease to exist as further punishment when his memories and soul are purified, meaning he'll never see his family or Goku again. He still gives his life to kill Buu, fighting for the sake of others for the first time in his life (barring his rage at Future Trunks' mortal wound 7 years prior), with Piccolo and Krillin even being mournful when he sacrifices himself. Vegeta's sacrifice and the last battle with Kid Buu were the final turning points for his character arc that has been building since the Frieza Saga and everyone afterwards ceased hating him.

** After allowing himself to be turned into a Majin. He sold his soul to bridge the gap between Goku and him, killed a stadium full of people to provoke Goku to fight, and allowed Buu to be revived by his actions. Despite all of that, Vegeta's sacrifice is still tragic because he [[HeelRealization realizes]] what a selfish jackass he's been and how he made a terrible mistake underestimating Buu. After he asks Piccolo if he would see Goku in the afterlife, he is told point-blank that he would not end up anywhere but in Hell for his past actions and that he effectively will cease to exist as further punishment when his memories and soul are purified, meaning he'll never see his family or Goku again. He still gives his life to kill Buu, fighting for the sake of others for the first time in his life (barring his rage at Future Trunks' mortal wound 7 years prior). This and the last battle with Kid Buu were the final turning points for his character arc that has been building since the Frieza Saga.

* DadCantCook: Vegeta shows in ''Super'' that he can't prepare a decent meal to even please a god as he breaks eggs just by simply grabbing them. All he can make is instant ramen.

** Although he loved his father, King Vegeta and one of the reasons why he resents Frieza is that he killed him, King Vegeta did raise him to be cold and ruthless, sure to have taught him anything besides physical strength was for the weak.

** Some versions of the English dub tend to soften the amorality and ruthlessness that defined Vegeta's character during the Saiyan and Frieza Sagas and give him a hefty dose of FreudianExcuse. While the original Japanese version of Vegeta's death simply has him bemoan his genocide of the Saiyans (solely because he couldn't become their kng), the dubs have him outright tell Frieza that he was the one who made him who he is and even threatened his father's life if Vegeta didn't obey him (whereas in the original he didn't care one bit about his family).

** Suffers from this again in ''Super's'' manga adaptation of the Future Trunks arc, letting his pride get in the way of fighting alongside Goku to take down Zamasu and Black, resulting in the two being able to fuse and gain much more power than before, effectively the situation is worse than if he had taken his opponent seriously to begin with.

** When he is about to die, he begs Goku to defeat Frieza by Saiyan hands before expiring. Goku even comments this after he passes.

** His death at Frieza's hands. Vegeta has been despicable for sixty-something episodes, and killed a village full of those who only wanted to stop his selfish use of Dragon Balls - namely some cute alien children, their big brothers, and their elders. You'd expect a character of this type to die in a spectacular manner, then never be seen again. Instead, he is given a ''horrible'' [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown beating]] from Frieza after giving everything to beat him, including allowing Krillin to put a hole in his chest. His best attack was kicked like a beach ball and Frieza beats him up so brutally that he's left nearly unconscious, crying as he told Goku about all the years of Frieza enslaving him and had destroyed his whole planet, and - in the first Funimation dub - turned him into who he is. After seemingly being saved by Goku's arrival, he is shot in the heart and forced to beg Goku to finish the job of beating Frieza. Goku, who had no real love for Vegeta and kept him alive so he could beat him one day, buries him and loses all of his ill feeling towards him. After his revival, no one on Goku's side sees him as an enemy anymore, just a {{Jerkass}}.
** After allowing himself to be turned into a Majin. He sold his soul to bridge the gap between Goku and him, killed a stadium full of people to provoke Goku to fight, and allowed Buu to be revived by his actions. Despite all of that, Vegeta's sacrifice is still tragic because he [[HeelRealization realizes]] what a selfish jackass he's been and how he made a terrible mistake underestimating Buu. After he asks Piccolo if he would see Goku in the afterlife, he is told point-blank that he would most likely be going to Hell for his past actions. He still gives his life to kill Buu, fighting for the sake of others for the first time in his life (barring his rage at Future Trunks' mortal wound 7 years prior). This and the last battle with Kid Buu were the final turning points for his character arc that has been building since the Frieza Saga.

** At the start of Z, he was the someone always better to Goku. From the Frieza Saga onward, he becomes Always Second Best to Goku. He also doesn't react well when anyone else surpasses him like Future Trunks, Piccolo, Cell, and Gohan.

** Some versions of the English dub tend to soften the amorality and ruthlessness that defined Vegeta's character during the Saiyan and Frieza Sagas. While the original Japanese version of Vegeta's death simply has him bemoan his genocide of the Saiyans, the dubs have him outright tell Frieza that he was the one who made him who he is.
** In Dragon Ball Z: Resurrection 'F', Vegeta sees Frieza as more of his plaything and, like Goku, didn't take the fight seriously. In the Super adaptation, he is very concerned about Frieza's return and gets on Goku for taking too long to defeat him.
** In the anime of Super, Vegeta wants to fight and kill Goku Black because he murdered his future wife and tortured his future son. He's overall far more willing to put aside his pride and fight for the sake of others compared to his manga version. Most of all, he willingly fuses with and fights alongside Goku against Fusion Zamasu.

* BullyingADragon: He actually mocked Frieza, goading him to transform since he didn't think there would be a major difference in power. He was ''very'' wrong. A flashback showed him mocking Guldo, a member of the powerful Ginyu Force, by calling him weak.