History DragonBallSuper / TropesUToZ

** Hit is anything but weak, but he falls behind Goku and Vegeta in terms of pure power. Still, he defeats Super Saiyan Blue Vegeta with ease, despite only using a low amount of power. He can do this because [[spoiler: he can jump 0.1 seconds ahead in time and aim for his vital spots, which Vegeta can't figure out since to him it looks like Hit is moving so fast that he seemingly disappears.]] When Goku successfully figures out how to counter Hit's fighting style, he fares better against Hit in his base form than Vegeta did even at full power. [[spoiler: However, Hit shows that he can ''improve'' his Time-Leaping technique, but taking it up to 0.2 seconds and then 0.5]]. When he has his rematch with Goku, he actually [[spoiler: kills Goku]] thanks to his assassin technique and keeps Goku on the ropes with his other abilities, despite Goku out-powering him by a noticeable amount.

* WeakButSkilled: In general, ''Super'' has many examples of how power alone does ''not'' win one a fight, and there are plenty of times where an comparatively weaker fighter manages to defeat or hold his own against a stronger one, using unique skills or greater experience:

* UpToEleven:
** Goku have finds new levels of power that overshadows his previous Super Saiyan forms.
*** The red-haired Super Saiyan God when facing Beerus.
*** Along with Vegeta, the blue-haird Super Saiyan Blue (or Super Saiyan God Super Saiyan) when facing Freiza.
*** Combining Super Saiyan Blue with Kaio-Ken when facing Hit.
*** Reaching and mastering the power of [[spoiler: Ultra Instinct during the Tournament of Power.]]
** The Super Dragon Balls are planet saved versions with even greater power than the Earth and Namekian variety combined.

** The Gods of Destruction are considered to be the best warriors in their respective universe since they are trained by the angels (who are the best martial artists in the series) to do their job. Beerus specifically is extremely well trained and can disabled his opponent without killing them or doing permanent damage using pressure points.

* YankTheDogsChain: Future Trunks gets the short end the stick. After bringing Goku and Vegeta to future, they are stomped into the ground by [[spoiler: Goku Black and Future Zamasu, forcing them to retreat]]. In round 2, they fare no better. Then Trunks gets a new transformation, Super Saiyan Rage, and is able to push [[spoiler: Goku Black]] back...for all of five minutes before [[spoiler: Goku Black]] powers up again and nearly overwhelms in. He then learns the [[spoiler: Evil Containment Wave that he uses to seal Future Zamasu]], but that fails because Goku and Master Roshi forgot the seal. This causes [[spoiler: Goku Black and Future Zamasu to fuse into Merged Zamasu]]. Despite the odds though, he [[spoiler: he slices Merged Zamasu in half by absorbing a Spirit Bomb into his sword]]. [[HopeSpot Just when the world appears to be saved]], [[spoiler: Merged Zamasu's spirit fuses with the multiverse and kills everyone in it except Goku, Vegeta, Bulma, Future Mai, and the Supreme Kais. And as an added bonus, Future Zeno destroys the multiverse to kill Merged Zamasu, rendering everyone in that timeline DeaderThanDead]]. When all is said and done Trunks [[spoiler: lost everything]]. It's a wonder how he can still function.

** Basil during the Zen'o Exhibition Tournament dismisses Buu and laughs at his easy victory, not knowing that Buu has a ton of stamina, can regenerate, and is a powerhouse.

* {{Understatement}}: When Future Zen'o finally notices that [[spoiler: Zamasu has become a universe-spanning EldritchAbomination]], his only response is to call him "annoying". Goku agrees.

** The gods, especially the Gods of Destruction, come off as this towards Goku since it's stated that Zen'o was going to destroy [[spoiler: the eight universes with the lowest mortal ranking. Goku reminded Zen'o of the tournament he promised back in the Champa Saga and the prize for the winning universe is that they won't be destroyed. So Goku indirectly saved at least one universe]]. Despite knowing this and Vados actually [[PetTheDog saying]] that they should be grateful towards Goku, they despise him for his arrogance and his [[GreenEyedMonster friendship with Zen'o]].

** Goku reminds Zen'o of the multiversal tournament promise he made back in the Champa Saga. Zen's decides that the [[spoiler: losing universes will be destroyed, putting the multiverse in danger of destruction]]. This is reverse later, however, when it's revealed that [[spoiler: Zen'o was going to destroy eight universes with the lowest mortal level even before the tournament]]. Goku actually gave one universe the chance to save itself.

* TheUsurper: [[spoiler: Zamasu's rebelling is him wanting to become the 'supreme god' so he can bring forward his version of justice, which is to wipe out all the mortals. To that end, he kills all his fellow gods in the future timeline and teams up with his future counterpart who becomes an immortal through the Super Dragon Balls. Once the two Zamasus fused and lose their physical body to Future Trunks, he becomes one with the multiverse and murders everyone in it except Goku, Vegeta, Future Trunks, Future Mai, Bulma, and the Supreme Kais. It takes Future Zen'o, the ''true'' TopGod of the multiverse, to stop him. By utterly destroying the timeline]].

** Episode 40 ends with the arrival of [[spoiler:Zen'o, the King of All, who's appearance shocks both Beerus ''and'' Champa!]]
** In Episode 41, [[spoiler: Zen'o enjoyed the tournament between U6 and U7 so much that he wants to hold one of his own with ''all'' 12 universes. Beerus also uses his wish to restore U6's Earth]].

** Episode 67, the finale of the Future Trunks Saga. [[spoiler: Merged Zamasu's body is destroyed, but his soul lives on since he's an immortal. He fuses with the ''multiverse'' where he processes to kill all survivors, including ''everyone'' on Earth except Goku, Vegeta, Future Trunks, Future Mai, Bulma, and the Supreme Kais. Merged Zamasu not only threatened the multiverse, but ''all'' timelines! The only way to stop him is to have Future Zen'o destroy Future Trunks' timeline, wiping Merged Zamasu out and destroying the souls of everyone in that timeline rendering them DeaderThanDead. Now, Future Trunks and Mai must live in another timeline similar to their own except Whis warns Future Beerus about Zamasu so he can stop him]]. Talk about BittersweetEnding.

---> '''Zen'o''': [[spoiler: Well, I'd like to see Goku.]]

** Beerus tears into Goku for endangering the multiverse after he asked Zen'o about the tournament he promised. The rules of the tournament states that the loser [[spoiler: gets their universe destroyed]]. Gohan also isn't happy when he learns about this rule and yells at his father for not having a plan if their universe [[spoiler: ends up on the chopping block]].

** Noticeably {{Subverted}} with Zen'o. Beerus makes it a point to say that Zen's isn't a fighter, but he has ''[[WorldsStrongestMan no]]'' equal in the multiverse since he can erase anything.

** Then we have the Zen'o, the King of All the Universes, who is able to wipe out ''all'' twelve universes in an instant and strikes fear into Champa and Beerus. According to Beerus, there is ''nothing'' stronger than Zen'o in any universe making him the true strongest man in the Dragon World.

* YankTheDogsChain: Future Trunks gets the short end the stick. After bringing Goku and Vegeta to future, they are stomped into the ground by [[spoiler: Goku Black and Future Zamasu, forcing them to retreat]]. In round 2, they fare no better. Then Trunks gets a new transformation, Super Saiyan Rage, and is able to push [[spoiler: Goku Black]] back...for all of five minutes before [[spoiler: Goku Black]] powers up again and nearly overwhelms in. He then learns the [[spoiler: Evil Containment Wave that he uses to seal Future Zamasu]], but that fails because Goku and Master Roshi forgot the seal. This causes [[spoiler: Goku Black and Future Zamasu to fuse into Merged Zamasu]]. Despite the odds though, he [[spoiler: he slices Merged Zamasu in half by absorbing a Spirit Bomb into his sword]]. [[HopeSpot Just when the world appears to be saved]], [[spoiler: Merged Zamasu's spirit fuses with the multiverse and kills everyone in it except Goku, Vegeta, Bulma, Future Mai, and the Supreme Kais. And as an added bonus, Future Zen'o destroys the multiverse to kill Merged Zamasu, rendering everyone in that timeline DeaderThanDead]]. When all is said and done Trunks [[spoiler: lost everything]]. It's a wonder how he can still function.

* WarriorVersusSorcerer: The Galactic Patrol Prisoner Saga has the Saiyan warriors Goku and Vegeta fighting the evil KungFuWizard Moro.

** The initial wish that revived Frieza is a waste: it was meant to bring Frieza back to get his empire under control. Instead, he focused on revenge and sacrificed what remains of his army for it. Ultimately it amounts to nothing and [[NiceJobFixingItVillain the trade empire is completely wiped out]].

* WorldOfCardboardSpeech:
** Gohan gives one to Shisami as he prepares to fight, saying he's just become a father and wants to live in a world of peace, and is willing to fight for that peace if Shisami won't give in. However, he's cut short as Tagoma sneak-attacks both of them.
** Gohan gives another one about being too weak to protect anyone because he neglected his training for so long. He then uses the last of his energy to [[EpicHail summon Goku and Vegeta]].
** Hit gets one when he reveals that he never needed to improves himself before and that there is only one way for someone like him to become stronger since he can't transform like the Saiyans. [[spoiler: He improves his Time-Skipping power, more than doubling it, going from 0.1 to 0.5]].

** Magetta can't fly and doesn't use KiAttacks, but his ability to heat up the battlefield gives him the HomeFieldAdvantage, especially since Vados creates a second barrier to hold in Magetta's heat. This gives Vegeta a lot of trouble even as a Super Saiyan. After the match, Whis also points out that Vegeta could have beaten the mentally fragile Magetta very easily if he had just insulted him.

** The Tournament of Power was structured in such a way that it really helped showcase characters with proficiency in things other than raw power alone. The banning of ki-based flight plus the requirement of ringing-out opponents without killing them meant that it would take much more than power alone to be a top contender. As a result, fighters with an arsenal of varied skills like Roshi and Piccolo, or extreme amounts of stamina like the Androids, ended up being very effective alongside the power-reliant Saiyan characters.

** The Tournament of Power was structured in such a way that it really helped skilled fighters shine among those with raw power. The banning of ki-based flight plus the requirement of ringing-out opponents without killing them meant that it would take much more than power alone to be a top contender. As a result, fighters with an arsenal of varied skills like Roshi and Piccolo, or extreme amounts of stamina like the Androids, ended up being very effective alongside the power-reliant Saiyan characters.

'''Goku''': [[spoiler: Kaioken times ten!]]

* WealthyEverAfter: The Son family. In the beginning of the ''Super'' series, Mr. Satan meets with Goku and Goten while they're working to stave off the poverty Chi-Chi had mentioned they were facing back during the Buu Saga, giving them the insane windfall of ''one hundred million Zeni''. While this is in part due to Mr. Satan being happy about winning the "World Peace Prize", it's mostly in due recognition for Goku ''actually'' saving the Earth. Goku, [[IdiotHero being Goku]], [[HonorBeforeReason refuses at first]], but eventually accepts so that he may train as he likes and [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere get away from his boring farming job]]. Of course, this being ''Dragon Ball'', this doesn't last, as soon enough Chi-Chi ''somehow'' spends all the money in the wake of the battle with Beerus, which means that Goku is again stuck with doing farm work. However, it turns out Chi-Chi lied about spending all the money and they've rich since the end of Episode 1. She lied so Goku would work at a respectable job instead of training.

** For Episode 61, [[spoiler: Goku Black [[GutPunch murdering Goten and Chi-Chi]] in cold blood and Future Trunks gaining a new form that gives him a double aura, which is blue energy on the inside and golden energy on the outside, with pure white ProphetEyes]].

** Everyone who faced Beerus in episode 7. They actually performed ''worse'' than in ''Battle of Gods''. Gotenks gets his arm smacked until it's swollen and red, Piccolo, 18, and Tien are taken out by Beerus' aura, Gohan is smacked aside by Beerus using Buu as a club, and Buu's multiple attempts end in abject failure and it's only his near endless endurance and recovery that allowed him to keep getting back up.

** Beerus has no problem slapping Bulma so hard that she nearly flew off the ship. Then again, given how powerful he is, Bulma's lucky not to be in pieces.

* {{Yandere}}: To say that Black has a complexed relationship with Goku is an understatement. [[spoiler: From the moment Goku defeated him as Zamasu, he became utterly ''obsessed'' with Goku, especially after seeing him with god energy from watching his fight with Hit on Godtube. Once he learns about the Super Dragon Balls, he threatens Zuno's life to ascertain the location of the Super Dragon Balls for one reason: to take Goku's body as his own. Once he gains control of Goku's body, he slaughters the Son family and Goku who's trapped in his old body, before making his way into Trunks' timeline where henceforth calls himself 'Son Goku'. He openly adores and reveres Goku's body and power as being the ultimate form of existence for him]]. He also has a love/hate relationship with Goku as a person. On the one hand, [[spoiler: he sees Goku as being [[SatanicArchetype everything wrong with mortals]], despises him for challenging the gods, and takes his body as an eternal reminder of the gods' failure]]. At the same times, he respects and reverses Goku's for his strength and openly tries to get approval from him. Goku is also the only one he sees as a WorthyOpponent, dismissing Future Trunks and Vegeta even when they overpower him.

* UnexpectedCharacter:
** Arale makes a brief cameo in Episode 43, as Goku's lack of Ki control causes his Instant Transmission to teleport him to random places.
** Future Mai being a major character in the Future Trunks Saga is very unexpected, especially since the side-story with her being Trunks' girlfriend was dropped in this series.

---> '''Goku''': [[spoiler: Kaioken!]]\\

---> '''Black''': Finally… it's the day you take your final breath…''Saiyan''.

---> '''Zen'o''': [[spoiler: I want to meet Son Goku.]]

--->[[spoiler: '''Zamasu''': [[TheReveal That's enough.]] [[ItsPersonal You promised to let me be the one to finish off Goku.]]]]

--->'''Zamasu''': [[spoiler:I have now gained an immortal body]].\\

--->'''Black''': [[spoiler:This is Son Goku's body... his true body. But the heart is mine... Zamasu's heart.]]\\
'''Goku''': Then what happened to [[spoiler:me after you stole my body?!]]\\
'''Black''': [[spoiler:'''I killed you'''.]] *Makes a fist to show the ring on his hand* With my own hands.

* VocalEvolution: On the flipside of Nozawa, Sean Schemmel's Goku Black is also different from not only his Goku, but ''hers.'' While he doesn't exactly speak softly like she does, and his Goku doesn't talk like a hick in the English dub, his take on the character also speaks in a lower register than his Goku normally does, has a bit of a rasp similar to Super Saiyan 3, and is influenced by Zamasu's voice actor, James Marsters', performance. He's said he'll also affect a slight-British accent at over time to match him more. It's a significant improvement on the voices he originally used for the character in ''Xenoverse 2''; them being an even more rough version of his Super Saiyan 4 voice (that was originally supposed to match Nozawa's performance, but didn't quite fit) for base Goku Black and a strong British accent (which was felt as better, but was too jarring next to the gruff voice) for Super Saiyan Rosé. Overall, the fandom is liking the more nuanced performance thus far.

* {{Yandere}}: To say that Black has a complexed relationship with Goku is an understatement. [[spoiler: From the moment Goku defeated him as Zamasu, he became utterly ''obsessed'' with Goku, especially after seeing him with god energy from watching his fight with Hit on Godtube. Once he learns about the Super Dragon Balls, he threatens Zuno's life to ascertain the location of the Super Dragon Balls for one reason: to take Goku's body as his own. Once he gains control of Goku's body, he slaughters the Son family and Goku who's trapped in his old body, before making his way into Trunks' timeline where henceforth calls himself 'Son Goku'. He openly adores and reveres Goku's body and power as being the ultimate form of existence for him]]. He also has a love/hate relationship with Goku as a person. On one hand, [[spoiler: he sees Goku as being [[SatanicArchetype everything wrong with mortals]], despises him for challenging the gods, and takes his body as an eternal reminder of the gods' failure]]. At the same times, he respects and reverses Goku's for his strength and openly tries to get approval from him. Goku is also the only one he sees as a WorthyOpponent, dismissing Future Trunks and Vegeta even when they overpower him.
* YankTheDogsChain: Future Trunks gets the short end the stick. After bringing Goku and Vegeta to future, they are stomped into the ground by [[spoiler: Goku Black and Future Zamasu, forcing them to retreat]]. In round 2, they fare no better. Then Trunks gets a new transformation, Super Saiyan Rage, and is able to pushed [[spoiler: Goku Black]] back...for all of five minutes before [[spoiler: Goku Black]] powers up again and nearly overwhelms in. He then learns the [[spoiler: Evil Containment Wave that he uses to seal Future Zamasu]], but that fails because Goku and Master Roshi forgot the seal. This causes [[spoiler: Goku Black and Future Zamasu to fuse into Merged Zamasu]]. Despite the odds though, he [[spoiler: he slices Merged Zamasu in half by absorbing a Spirit Bomb into his sword]]. [[HopeSpot Just when the world appears to be save]], [[spoiler: Merged Zamasu's spirit fuses with the multiverse and kills everyone in it except Goku, Vegeta, Bulma, Future Mai, and the Supreme Kais. And as an added bonus, Future Zen'o destroys the multiverse to kill Merged Zamasu, rendering everyone in that timeline DeaderThanDead]]. When all is said and done Trunks [[spoiler: lost everything]]. It's a wonder how he can still function.

** Frieza zigzags this trope. When the Earth's fighters show that they can easily beat Frieza's army, he is not surprised, commenting that these are all second rate soldiers. He, however, badly underestimates Krillin, still seeing him as that runt he blew up. He also becomes quite annoyed when his men can't defeat a single one of Earth's fighters. He also manages to underestimate Goku since he is shocked that Goku can fight him in his base form and [[DirtyCoward resorts to attacking his friends to land hits]]. As Golden Frieza, Frieza has the advantage and is able to beat Super Saiyan Blue Goku senseless, but he underestimates Goku's endurance while overestimating his own, having failed to train his new form, which costs him the fight. However, [[CrazyPrepared Frieza did have a backup plan just in case Goku did somehow beat him]]: have Sorbet shoot him when he drops his guard. Still, he completely underestimates Vegeta, thinking he was still the same person he killed with ease on Namek. He didn't even know Vegeta could become a Super Saiyan, much less Blue.

** Despite not having any super powers or martial arts, almost nothing fazes Bulma. An out of control God of Destruction crashes her birthday party and is fighting over pudding, she slaps him. Frieza returns with one-thousand men, she's right on the front line, assuming that the battlefield would be the safest location (which turns out to be correct). There's an evil version of her childhood friend wrecking Future Trunks' timeline, nothing strange about that. Whis using his powers to pop out Baby Bulla and put the newborn in her arms, wow no labor pains! About the only thing that truly shocked her were [[spoiler: Future Bulma's death and learning who Black was]].

** Once Zamasu gets into his head that mortals must be eliminate to bring peace to the universe, nothing stands in his way, not even his teachings as a Supreme Kai. [[spoiler: Without any hesitation, Present Zamasu tries to kill Gowasu to gain access to the Time Ring so he can use the Super Dragon Balls and Future Zamasu immediately joins Goku Black's side after he murders his master in coldblood and helps him kill the rest of the gods in the universes]].

** Zigzagged with Super Saiyan transformations. The original Super Saiyan form falls into further decay after Cabba from U6 manages to become one after some [[RageBreakingPoint prompting]] from Vegeta and he teaches other U6 Saiyans how to do it. At the same time, Super Saiyan God is only ever achieved by Goku (if your count the manga Vegeta gets it, too) and only Goku and Vegeta have access to Super Saiyan Blue. Gotenks is also the only one who still uses Super Saiyan 3, while [[spoiler: Goku Black has his own Super Saiyan form, Super Saiyan Rosé]]. Future Trunks even gets his own Super Saiyan form, Super Saiyan Rage.

** Magetta zigzags. He is a giant robot like creatures who starts the fight with Vegeta quite [[MightyGlacier slow, but strong]] and he also can't fly, something that has become a standard technique in ''Z''. At the same time, he knows how to use his abilities like [[GeoEffects heating up the battlefield]] to give himself the HomeFieldAdvantage and can easily tank all of Vegeta's attacks, including a Galick Gun and the Final Flash. He also becomes much faster as the fight progressive and makes very good use of his ability to harden magma, turning it into a bat and nearly ring out Vegeta.

*** It's Zuno giving information to Zamasu about the Super Dragon Balls and Goku that kick starts the major events of the saga and leads to the creation of the StableTimeLoop.

** [[spoiler: Future Zamasu]] freaks out after being [[spoiler: sealed with the Evil Containment Wave by Future Trunks]]. He's so shaken by the experience, that he no longer see mortals as mere insects and tells [[spoiler: Goku Black that play time is over, causing them to fuse]].

** It seems a tiny piece of Frieza does sees Goku as a WorthyOpponent. When he losses to Goku again, Frieza is very upset, [[CrazyPrepared but came up with a backup in case it happened]]. This shows that Frieza acknowledges that he can lose to Goku. This is compared to the major VillainousBreakdown he has when Vegeta beats him, making him come close to tears.

** Frieza has nothing but contempt for Gohan after he realizes that he's purposely holding back to keep from killing his men. He also mocks Goku for trying to spare him, yet again, which leads him to being shot in the back.

** It was [[spoiler: Goku Black]] who recruited [[spoiler: Future Zamasu]] in his quest to destroy all the mortals, after he [[spoiler: took Goku's body and murdered him and his entire family. They then go on to murder all the gods in Future Trunks' timeline so they would become the 'supreme gods' and execute their form of justice]].

** After flying through a forest, Vegeta get two fruits stuck in his hair. The fruits are a durian fruit and a zabon, the Japanese name for pomelo. These are the name puns for Zarbon and Dodoria.

* VitriolicBestBuds: After many trials, Goku and Vegeta's relationship has evolved into this. Goku treats Vegeta like one of his best friends, and enjoys teasing him and treating their once tense rivalry like a game. Vegeta is more often than not annoyed by Goku's childishness and he still begrudges the fact that he's stronger than him, but he also sees Goku as a comrade and can actually live with him in the Hyperbolic Time Chamber for three years, when before they couldn't even be in the same room without Vegeta throwing death threats. [[TookALevelInKindness He also willingly saves Goku from Frieza]], while his movie counterpart was more than happy to let Frieza kill him for being a idiot for dropping his guard.

* VoidBetweenTheWorlds: The Tournament of Power take place in the World of Void, a space between the universes devoid of matter, energy, and time. The Grand Priest uses his powers to construct a stage there.

* WagTheDirector: {{Invoked}} routinely by Barry Kahn. He uses his fame to bully film crews and directors to make stupid and dangerous alterations to productions to better inflate his self image. However, when faced with a director with ''genuine'' force of will, he will hastily back off.

** The initial wish that revived Frieza is a waste: it was meant to bring Frieza back to get his empire under control. Instead he focuses on revenge and sacrificed what remains of his army for it. Ultimately it amounts to nothing and [[NiceJobFixingItVillain the trade empire is completely wiped out]].

** [[spoiler: Goku Black]] is a blackhearted villain who has caused mass-genocide to countless planets before he even arrived on Earth. At the same time, he truly believes that he's carrying out the gods' will by getting rid of all the mortals, who are the sole failure of the gods. He even mourns the mass destruction on Earth, saying how sad the planet looks.

** Episode 57 has [[spoiler:Zamasu NoSell being stabbed, then grabs Goku and Future Trunks, holding them in place while Black fires a Kamehamaha that handily defeats them... that Zamasu ''also'' no-sells, point-blank. Only with the help of the badly-wounded Vegeta, Future Mai, Yajirobe, and Earth's Resistance do they make it out of there alive. The three wounded warriors and then sent back to the present in the Time Machine, having resoundly lost this round in two episodes flat. In the present, Zamasu learns about the Super Dragon Balls, and goes straight to Zuno to learn more about that]].

* WickedCultured: Because he's trained to be a Supreme Kai, Zamasu is quite formal and polite, at least if you're a fellow god. On his down time, [[spoiler: Future Zamasu enjoys drinking tea, much like his former master]].

** In a very unusual way. [[spoiler: Goku Black is a version of Zamasu who used the Super Dragon Balls to trade bodies with Goku before killing him. This is despite Goku being everything Zamasu ''hates'' about mortals like him hanging out with gods like he's their equal, fighting them in the battle, and being immature as well being extremely powerful. It was his entire meeting with Goku that sent him on his StartOfDarkness. Yet, not only did he steal the body of the mortal he hates the most, but he takes several of Goku's character traits like his need to fight, grow stronger, and be challenged. He even takes Goku's name]]. Furthermore, after getting into his first fight with present day Goku, his distinctly polite speech pattern begins to slowly devolve into informality similar to how Goku speaks (though he never loses his sinister tone or articulation). We later find out that this was on purpose.