Gohan had a tail. Initially. Sometimes. It grew back at least once too. And he transformed at least twice. It was how they beat Vegeta actually.
The tail and transformation should be present in at least half-Saiyan hybrids.
I mean, we don't see Goten, Trunks or Bulla with it, but they could just keep removing it offscreen.
And shush. Adorable.
edited 1st Feb '14 12:47:58 PM by unnoun
No, Trunks, Bra, and Goten are never seen with tails and explicitly don't have them. The guidebooks explain that they're a different kind of hybrid compared to Gohan, and that's why they became Super Saiyans so young.
Nothing with Vegeta can be adorable.
edited 1st Feb '14 12:49:05 PM by sockpuppet1
Screw the guide books.
...And different kind of hybrid makes less than no sense so screw anyone that thinks biology works that way. I mean, if it was a Tigon vs. Liger thing maybe, but Goku and Vegeta are both male Saiyans and Chi Chi and Bulma are both female humans and Gohan and Goten are brothers anyway.
And I know we never see them with tails but I don't think "explicitly don't have them" either. I think it was brought up and just sort of ignored at one point.
And Gohan was like ten when he went Super Saiyan the first time.
Five when Namek happened, then a year for Goku to come back, then three for androids, then a year in the time chamber.
And screw anything that dares to get in the way of my daily quota of adorableness.
edited 1st Feb '14 1:11:16 PM by unnoun
They're never seen with tails, them not having them is brought up in-story, and the guidebooks are just making sense of what Toriyama himself wrote (also, Toriyama himself said the guidebooks were well put together and accurate, soooo...). Biology doesn't work that way, but then again the saiyans already make no sense biologically, especially the stupid giant monkey transformation that creates matter out of nowhere. The difference was that Goku was a Super Saiyan when he had Goten, but not when he had Gohan. Because of this, Goten was born without a tail to let him jump to Super Saiyan quickly.
Yeah, and Goten was less than 7. And unlike Gohan, he didn't have any super special ROSAT training with his father, he just got that transformation while derping around with Trunks. That's because he's a tail-less hybrid.
The period between Goku and Freeza's battle and both of them coming to Earth was more like two years; specifically, one and two thirds of a year.
Nothing with a remorseless mass murderer who caused most of the problems in the series, including the death of his son, can be adorable.
edited 1st Feb '14 1:11:52 PM by sockpuppet1
Vegeta beat the shit out of him from the time his bones finished developing, there's your training.
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That's right. I went there. And I have all of you to thank for it.
edited 1st Feb '14 2:02:37 PM by HandsomeRob
One Strip! One Strip!Frieza eradicated the Spartan race.
You... are the last... Spartan... oh god, you're the last Spartan.
Spartans grow stronger after every battle.
Spartans turn into giant monkeys during a full moon.
Spartans have tails?
Spartans are a warrior race who travel the stars in search of valuable worlds.
I AM THE SUPER SPARTAN, SON GOKU!
This is a Super Spartan. And this is a Super Spartan 2. And this... is to go... even further - beyond! (beat) Sorry that took so long. You can call this a Super Spartan 3.
edited 1st Feb '14 2:11:52 PM by FOFD
SUPER SAIYAN 3 FOR EVERYONE. ALREADY HAVE A SUPER SAIYAN 3? GET A SUPER SAIYAN 4! ALREADY SUPER SAIYAN 4? HAVE A SUPER SAIYAN GOD!
My various fanfics.And it'll still be completely powerless against Bills, because...fuck, I don't know. God, Battle of the Gods pisses me off so much.
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I thought this was adorable.