Goku lets tao go. Tao tries to stab goku in the back and screams "you fool" Goku lets frieza go. Frieza tries to stab goku in the back and goku screams "you fool" Poetic?
Tao was the first villain that completely outmatched Goku in terms of power. There were times where Goku was defeated before (for example his first fight against Yamcha). But it was always because he was taken off guard or in a bad condition or not serious. Not because he didn't have enough power.
LJN Channel I don’t know about the anime, but in the manga, General Blue only beat Goku due to his paralysis technique. Without that, Goku beat him pretty easily.
Goku's defence is he was acting in self defence much of the time, the Red Ribbion army soldiers, they weren't killed at least when he attacked the base, outside of Commander Black, the rest were just KO and evenly fled the base! Besides, Goku is a good person, he has done a lot of good during his life, lets see now: Helps Chi-chi find Roshi and get his help putting out a fire Beat the Red Ribbion Army Help reform Tien he saved the earth (Piccolo senior & JR) Save earth from his evil big brother and then later on Vegeta with whatever his name was (I forgot) saved the galaxy (Freeza) saved the earth again (Cell) saved the universe (Buu) saved earth yet again (Breaus and a revived a while later Freeza) likely save alternative future earth (Black Goku) I think its safe to say Goku is on Santa good list for along time to come despite the lives he has taken. From what I can think of, only one feat Goku hasn't achived, YET and that is saving all of reality, if he does that, I think he would be classed as the strongest being in all 12 known Universes!
Then he did that a couple of times until he fought Frieza. Goku tried to help Frieza because he thought maybe he can change just like Piccolo and Vegeta but after Frieza attacked Goku with a blast, Goku just fired another one at him, supposably killing him. Of course Frieza was still alive because he can breath in space. In Trunk's timeline, Goku actually killed Mecha Frieza and King Cold, even though King Cold tried to apologize and begged to be spared, Goku just killed him. It seems that Goku learned from his mistakes.
Also one of many examples you can use to debunk the obviously false "Goku only lets villains go so he could fight them again"-crap that purists keep spouting.
@@vu1pix With the exception of Master Roshi, literally all of Goku's friends have either tried to kill him or acted as a rival to him. Even Krillin originally started as his rival, even if it didn't last very long. Oolong, Yamcha, Tien, Piccolo (though he didn't turn friendly until Z), Bulma (as you pointed out). All of them fought him and tried to kill or surpass him. It's a recurring theme in Dragonball, that continues in Z with Vegeta, Androids 16, 17 and 18 end Fat Buu.
SubKuri probably because he has a better tolerance before energy blast because in that one scene he blocked a bullet with his shoe so maybe he can't take bullets but he could take Energy blast
@@artizzy2k2k But it was war. The red ribbon army was invading Upa's homeland. When his father, Bora, fought back and won, the RR hired Mercenary Tao to kill him. As a response, Goku fought Tao and lost. After training, he came back and that is the fight in the video. Sure, Goku is a martial artist. But he is not somehow above killing if the situation calls for it. Otherwise, those killings of Piccolo, Freeza, Cell, and Buu would also be considered murder.
@@artizzy2k2k that’s because he began to develop his no killing rule. But he didn’t kill Tao either, he fatally wounded him, same goes with vegeta and Frieza.
@@alexanderchristopher6237 I still think he could be a formidable foe, even now since he's a cyborg like 17 and 18. Maybe over the years from DB to DBS he could secretly update himself to be stronger, faster, more agile than the Z fighters. But this is all just my wishes.
This was a justified kill. Tao killed Upa's father (Whose name I sadly can't remember now) without a second thought. Goku didn't care if it was Tao's job; the man laughed about it and didn't give two shits that he just left Upa an orphan. If I remember right the Red Ribbon Army was going to kill off their whole village anyway so leaving Upa alive was actually more cruel. Goku had the power to make Tao pay, and the Dragon balls to reverse death, he wasn't about to let Tao walk away after killing someone he seemed a friend.
Even if it was in cold blood, Tao deserved his comeuppance. Don't defend him. The dude was ruthless. If he were to exist in real life, he'd kill you, your family, your pets, your extended family, your in-laws, your friends and everyone who ever crossed your path if he was paid enough. Guy was a evil bastard.
I like how in Dragon Ball, not everything is just a zenkai boost. Goku actually just learns how to fight better here. Sure, he probably got a bit stronger from the climbing but it's more than just raw power.
tbf zenkai boost isn't overused in Z. The only time it's REALLY used is once on vegeta to demonstrate it against zarbon (and then again in his attempt to fight frieza), and then on Goku to remove him from the plot until Frieza's about to kill Vegeta. When Z starts out, Goku is slightly weaker than Radditz, but him getting special beam canon'd to death doesn't zenkai boost him. Instead he has to train with king kai and get wished back to life, training which involves learning a new technique to temporarily power himself up, which he can power up to arbitrarily high levels but at the risk of injuring himself. He then uses this training and new technique to barely edge out a win against vegeta with a kaio ken x20 kamehameha, hospitalizing himself in the process until he gets a senzu bean. Then, he goes on a flight to namek for 6 days and trains his ass off the whole time under 100x gravity. Training which allows him to defeat enemies that Vegeta couldn't, powerscaling him above Vegeta. Goku then gets taken out of commission for a few episodes thanks to the body switching guy to heal in a pod and that's when he gets his zenkai boost. And even then, he has to use kaio ken x100 to keep Frieza on his toes. He doesn't beat Frieza until he gets the super saiyan boost. Later on, Goku learns off-screen how to teleport and later still Goku and Gohan get another huge powerup when they go in the hyperbolic time chamber, along with a stronger super saiyan form. Though it is Gohan who ultimately defeats cell cause that's how the show was supposed to end according to Toriyama himself, with Goku, the student, becoming the master and mentor and passing on his legacy. There wasn't supposed to be a buu saga. Why do you think they killed Goku off permanently near the end of the cell arc? That was the end of his story. From freakishly strong orphan child with questionable morals to sacrificing his own life so his son may live on. Zenkai boost is actually very seldom used in all these powerups. The actual problem IMO is that most of the training happens off-screen and the powerscaling gets so ridiculous that you can't keep track. In DB, you get to see most of the training and the powerups usually aren't unbelievable. For most of the series nobody can fly. Even Tao Pai Pai "flies" by chucking a pillar and riding it like a missile. It isn't until the final arc where Goku becomes tall after a 3 year time skip that he learns off-screen how to fly, but after seeing the starting of his training being learning to dodge lightning and how to move without telegraphing, it feels earned. Goku learning how to teleport on the other hand feels like a plot convenience since he's stranded in another solar system and they needed a way for him to come back. I feel like the point of the zenkai boost was to show that vegeta's overreliance on these things was hurting him rather than helping. Vegeta is shown learning how to sense power levels himself without needing a scouter, and then he falls back into old habits overrelying on zenkai boosts to get stronger which ultimately gets him killed. Instead, Goku is the one who attains super saiyan, and it's not because he had someone blast him to near death. It's because he trained his ass off and then had an intense surge of emotion. Goku earned his way to super saiyan. Vegeta tried to cheat his way there and failed. That, to me, feels like the real point of zenkai boosts. It's the explanation for why Vegeta is so much stronger than Goku without training, and also why Goku will inevitably overtake him.
They certainly help Goku too but the key difference is that he also would never rely solely on that to get stronger even if he had known about it when he was a kid. That’s why he pulled ahead of Vegeta.
This was actually one of the funniest deaths in Dragon Ball, ever! His expression as he's getting blown away, and as the bomb gets really close to him is HILARIOUS!!
Getting rebuilt because ur so injured and changes your body completely I call that death plus he got one shooted by tien shin han so does it matter if he came back
He didn't kill anyone except King piccolo, even king piccolo didn't die since he asexually reproduced and piccolo had every memory king piccolo had, so no. Goku didn't kill anyone in DB.
@@yakamashi8211 I don't remember tambourine and drum but he killed grandpa Gohan by accident. I forgot who's captain yellow but probably part of the red ribbon so I can't tell. Officer black guy was I think launched into the forest, there was a small detail in the behind when the camera was on Goku so I don't think he died, but unconscious.
+ThePaleSamurai i know that its mercenary tao, but in some of the video games he's known as GENERAL tao. I think it might have something to to with the red ribbon army cause you know how the R.R army had all the generals? (general Blue, violet, silver, etc) since tao was working for red ribbon at the time it must have referred to him as general, or something like that.
1:01 it’s crazy how so many poses from DBZ have been used initially in DB. That stand may seem simple but it got used in Super (manga as well) collectively 3 times
Or at the very least demonstrating his incredible skills, as he did when showcasing his speed to Tien during their second fight at the World Martial Arts Tournament.
From the original DB, all the way to Super, I don't think there's a single moment in all of the Dragonball franchise as priceless as Tao's face just before he gets blown up. I can't get enough of it. LOL!
This was a big part of the early dragonball story. Tao is often considered Dragonball's first super villain. Jackie Chun (Roshi) was Goku's first powerful opponent, Krillin was his first rival, Yamcha was his first true martial arts fight, and Pilaf was his first enemy. However, Tao was the first truly evil opponent who succeeded in killing one of Goku's friends and whose power was so great that Goku needed to break his limits in order to defeat him. Goku broke his limits (sort of) only once before this during his basic strength training with Roshi. This was the first time Goku had to break his limit specifically to defeat one foe or die trying.
It's funny that Tao is one of the few villains to actually survive his encounters. He even met teenage Gohan once before leaving. I wonder if he'll make a DBS appearance.
He'll probably not appear again. Toriyama said in Dragon Ball Forever that both Tao and Tsuru-sen'nin are dead. Knowing Toriyama though, he may forget he said that and end up including them in Super.
Even though Goku becomes a Universal+ badass as an adult, you almost forget that he has a bunch of those badass moments as a child too, this one being no exception.
Jason Darkflame It was at that moment that the killer for hire knew he was dead as a robot. One more cybornetically augmented body replacement and he gets a free toaster.
1:38 "Oh yeah, he only murdered my father in cold blood and scarred me for life but sure sure, let's let the psychopath live and wait for him to kill us all"
Real talk: The force it would take to kick the grenade that high would either cause it to explode instantly or damage it so much that it would no longer be functional.
The grenade clearly had a high concussion Force as it was shaking trees from multiple feet away. With that in mind it can also have a higher strength casing also tao was only a few stories in the air
even in 2021 this fight still gives me chills everytime love it one of my fav moments. Love how master Roshi's first lesson to goku is not to drop his guard a lesson he never learns even in super pretty sure roshi even quotes in one of the OG dragon ball episodes i believe when hes fighting him in the first tournament " that boy ive told him once if not a thousand times not to let his guard down" maybe in the new super episodes goku will finally learn it xD ive always preferred the original dragon ball to the rest love goku as a kid adorable back when stupid power levels where not a thing, feel power levels ruined alot specially after freiza like whats his power now off the scale for sure in super, they missed a opportunity to split power levels in super and have normal power level, and divine power level that way beerus could be 1000 divine power level without having there insane numbers that are way off the scale heck maybe even angelic power levels for angels uh well
Anyone realize this is similar to how Goku defeated Frieza? The enemy fake-surrenders, Goku lets down his guard, and then the enemy tries to kill him again but Goku coutnerattacks, resulting in the enemy nearly dying but being reborn into a cyborg, only to then be effortlessly defeated by a side character later in the series
Well Upa did yell "IT'S A BOMB!" as Tao threw it, and Goku does know what a bomb is at least, so his instinct to get it away from them asap was to be expected at this point.
@@295Phoenix Also, Tao was hired to murder Upa (the other kid) and Upa's dad (who Tao did kill) so that the Red Ribbon Army could torch the whole forest to find the dragonball, so, yeah, I would understand why they might celebrate.
@@samuelzuleger5134 if this man was not going to surrender as he just demonstrated I would celebrate that the best possible scenario just happened as well
@@ujbboxing4336 good graphics which they refuse to animate as good as dragon Ball z. Take the death of Gohan for example specifically trunks' reaction. You can go find the comparison video
I remember playing Tao in one of the Dragonball games and one of his moves was throwing an explosive and it would cause a ridiculous amount of damage. It was stronger than the Kamehameha and Final Flash. They made him so OP for some reason.
I don't care what canon says. If you get blown up so badly you need to be brought back as a robot, that counts as dying.
+SergeiAndropov llol!! So I guess Freeza died on Namek then, huh? xD
It blew off the top part of his face, he dead
Friezas not a human, he can lose half of his face and live, but humans can't
seems legit
so freeza has died 3 times then?
Goku lets tao go. Tao tries to stab goku in the back and screams "you fool"
Goku lets frieza go. Frieza tries to stab goku in the back and goku screams "you fool"
Poetic?
Lol
You deserve some likes
and they both become cyborg
@@fritz7098 holy shit i didnt even think about that
Tao was the first major villain and frieza was intended to be the last *mindexplosion*
Tried to trick Goku, but that plan blew up in his face.
What an explosive battle
Stefan Notchev legends say he is still flying up from that jump
@@reeck771 Wait, so there are two of them? Could've sworn I saw a some type of metallic version of that dude. 😆
Literally...
Wait... Tried to trick Goku but got instantly bodied for it, came back as a cyborg.
Is... Is he Frieza?
Tao was the first dragon Ball character you can take seriously
"Take Seriously" ? He kills blue with his tongue... XD
@@kanemannell3650 lol I forgot about that, Tao was such a good villain, though I loved it when Tien beat the fuck outta him at the tournament.
LJN Channel well not really considering those fighters battled super cheaply
Tao was the first villain that completely outmatched Goku in terms of power. There were times where Goku was defeated before (for example his first fight against Yamcha). But it was always because he was taken off guard or in a bad condition or not serious. Not because he didn't have enough power.
LJN Channel I don’t know about the anime, but in the manga, General Blue only beat Goku due to his paralysis technique. Without that, Goku beat him pretty easily.
Kid Goku killed more enemies during Dragon Ball than Adult Goku did through out Z, GT and Super combined.
People don't know when to quit against Kid Goku. Kid Goku tries to let them off the hook most of the time.
Even GT kid Goku alone killed more than DBZ, DBS and GT adult Goku combined unless we count movies because DBZ Goku killed a lot of villains there.
Technically goku killed trillions in super via wiping out entire universes.
@@duo1666 he didnt kill them nor was he responsible
@@SonGoku-777 He is directly responsible for the original timeline being erased, as he gave zamasu the plan to steal his body.
And the people responsible for dubbing Dragon Ball Z were worried about Adult Goku's character being cold and heartless? Kid Goku is a serial killer!
Goku's defence is he was acting in self defence much of the time, the Red Ribbion army soldiers, they weren't killed at least when he attacked the base, outside of Commander Black, the rest were just KO and evenly fled the base! Besides, Goku is a good person, he has done a lot of good during his life, lets see now:
Helps Chi-chi find Roshi and get his help putting out a fire
Beat the Red Ribbion Army
Help reform Tien
he saved the earth (Piccolo senior & JR)
Save earth from his evil big brother and then later on Vegeta with whatever his name was (I forgot)
saved the galaxy (Freeza)
saved the earth again (Cell)
saved the universe (Buu)
saved earth yet again (Breaus and a revived a while later Freeza)
likely save alternative future earth (Black Goku)
I think its safe to say Goku is on Santa good list for along time to come despite the lives he has taken. From what I can think of, only one feat Goku hasn't achived, YET and that is saving all of reality, if he does that, I think he would be classed as the strongest being in all 12 known Universes!
"There are ones who words alone will not reach" Android 16
Given the levels of explosions and detonations of their own weapons, I'd say many of them died
superomegaprimemk2 he killed them bro
Serial killing is just killing random people for no reason, Goku always has a reason for killing\ nearly killing someone
the first of many times goku falls for the "I'm sorry, please let me live" thing
Jeice is the only one that actually decided to take Goku's advice but he came back with Captain Ginyu.
Then he did that a couple of times until he fought Frieza. Goku tried to help Frieza because he thought maybe he can change just like Piccolo and Vegeta but after Frieza attacked Goku with a blast, Goku just fired another one at him, supposably killing him. Of course Frieza was still alive because he can breath in space. In Trunk's timeline, Goku actually killed Mecha Frieza and King Cold, even though King Cold tried to apologize and begged to be spared, Goku just killed him. It seems that Goku learned from his mistakes.
Vegeta being the worst offender
Also one of many examples you can use to debunk the obviously false "Goku only lets villains go so he could fight them again"-crap that purists keep spouting.
@@kasimirjuslenius6273 i mean he also désire it but also for the goodness of his heart
"I could never look at myself in the mirror again!" *gets permanently disfigured by explosion he caused*
Irony aint it? Lol
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@@KmoneyB12 Not even close. He can actually see even better now.
@@a-buttonace i mean he did get cybernetic attachments, so i wud hope he would able to see better.
But no, its still irony tho
At least Tao doesn't have to worry about looking at himself in a mirror anymore after this, he not going to see his face again!
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Well,not all of it at least....
he will
I like how Goku speaks to him again around 25 years later and he treats him like an old friend
Let's be honest how many of Goku's friends didn't try to kill him. The first episode opens with Bulma shooting him in the face with a pistol.
@@vu1pix With the exception of Master Roshi, literally all of Goku's friends have either tried to kill him or acted as a rival to him. Even Krillin originally started as his rival, even if it didn't last very long. Oolong, Yamcha, Tien, Piccolo (though he didn't turn friendly until Z), Bulma (as you pointed out). All of them fought him and tried to kill or surpass him. It's a recurring theme in Dragonball, that continues in Z with Vegeta, Androids 16, 17 and 18 end Fat Buu.
The classic dragon ball theme tune is the best
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It's still surprising that Tao survived that. Especially since you don't see his body anywhere
Yeah me too my friend.
pretty sure Toriyama didn't plan this at first, but yes it is clearly odd, you can imagine his body was ejected far away during the explosion.
@@mielthesquid6536 yes I agree with u on that one my friend.
What if he treated the explosion as a smoke a smoke bomb to get away like a Ninja? 💥
Oh my God... He blew into more pieces than Yamcha...
And still lived...
Now we know who the bigger disappointment is
@@Randomdude1979 we've always known that yamcha is the biggest disappointment
@@deathxanamon7211 Gohan and goten are the biggest.
@@remig0ld_641 😔 yeah
@@remig0ld_641 they both had so much potential
guy survives a kamehameha but almost dies because of a gernade?
SubKuri kamehameha is only as powerful as it's user is. Young Goku wasn't OP back then.
SubKuri It was a pretty damn powerfull grenade if the shockwave knocked goku to the ground and blew all of those trees back like that
SubKuri probably because he has a better tolerance before energy blast because in that one scene he blocked a bullet with his shoe so maybe he can't take bullets but he could take Energy blast
SubKuri I meant to say maybe he has a better tolerance for energy blast
Bovine Intervention gravity knocked goku to the ground.. he couldn't fly yet afterall
I do have the observation that this is one of the most flashbacked scenes in the whole dragon ball series.
+Kyle Victor Jose True that lol. This moment was totally badass :D Goku be like:
"Bombs? I *kick* dat".
Smartteaser192 OHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
mrm64 looooooool
Smartteaser192 the most is probably Goku and krillin training under Roshi.
What about when Kid Goku punches through King Piccolo? That's a scene that gets shown many times to my memory.
It’s so funny how they react after just murdering someone 😂
They were in war. So it wasn't murder.
@@jaroslavpesek6642 war and fighting a person aren't the same
@@artizzy2k2k But it was war. The red ribbon army was invading Upa's homeland. When his father, Bora, fought back and won, the RR hired Mercenary Tao to kill him. As a response, Goku fought Tao and lost. After training, he came back and that is the fight in the video.
Sure, Goku is a martial artist. But he is not somehow above killing if the situation calls for it. Otherwise, those killings of Piccolo, Freeza, Cell, and Buu would also be considered murder.
@@samuelzuleger5134 ok now I get what you mean but he didn't kill Frieza or Cell
@@artizzy2k2k that’s because he began to develop his no killing rule. But he didn’t kill Tao either, he fatally wounded him, same goes with vegeta and Frieza.
Considering how Z treated Tao, maybe he should have just stayed dead.
Good thing it was filler
@8bit NES Cutscene No, I mean how he was treated like a joke in Z.
@@twoDie4 Well, when Saiyans and aliens enter the picture, pretty sure everyone else is gonna be weaker in comparison.
@@alexanderchristopher6237 I still think he could be a formidable foe, even now since he's a cyborg like 17 and 18. Maybe over the years from DB to DBS he could secretly update himself to be stronger, faster, more agile than the Z fighters. But this is all just my wishes.
@@twoDie4 Hes dead now, so that ain't happening.
We really watch him go from a kid to man The whole series was amazing
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You can just watch DragonBall without any of the other series and it will still feel like a story with a great resolution. It had everything
...to kid again, and I don't mean GT, heh.
One of the best
I miss the days when dragonball was on cartoon network.
And NickToons
@Muhammad abdul Khan_4224034 nah he's dead, electricks ain't going to use his account anymore
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Me too my friend dragon ball was indeed a very good show.
Shitty publishing channels
Wow, that grenade was the most powerful grenade I've ever seen.
In real life the shrapnel would probably kill all of them.
Powerful than Zeno erasing the whole universe
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"I've been studying you. Your breathing gives away your next move". He's a fighting genius. A true warrior.
I can't get over Tao's expression as he gets blown up. Toriyama seems to have a knack for death faces.
"I killed him in cold blood. Hahaha. Yeah yeah!"
Wasn't Goku cute as a kid?
Cold blood?
lol I thought the same with Goku and Upa laughing it off like yayayayayayay
This was a justified kill. Tao killed Upa's father (Whose name I sadly can't remember now) without a second thought. Goku didn't care if it was Tao's job; the man laughed about it and didn't give two shits that he just left Upa an orphan. If I remember right the Red Ribbon Army was going to kill off their whole village anyway so leaving Upa alive was actually more cruel. Goku had the power to make Tao pay, and the Dragon balls to reverse death, he wasn't about to let Tao walk away after killing someone he seemed a friend.
ShadowSkyX yes
Even if it was in cold blood, Tao deserved his comeuppance. Don't defend him. The dude was ruthless. If he were to exist in real life, he'd kill you, your family, your pets, your extended family, your in-laws, your friends and everyone who ever crossed your path if he was paid enough. Guy was a evil bastard.
"Press R2 to throw grenade back"
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I like how in Dragon Ball, not everything is just a zenkai boost. Goku actually just learns how to fight better here. Sure, he probably got a bit stronger from the climbing but it's more than just raw power.
tbf zenkai boost isn't overused in Z. The only time it's REALLY used is once on vegeta to demonstrate it against zarbon (and then again in his attempt to fight frieza), and then on Goku to remove him from the plot until Frieza's about to kill Vegeta. When Z starts out, Goku is slightly weaker than Radditz, but him getting special beam canon'd to death doesn't zenkai boost him. Instead he has to train with king kai and get wished back to life, training which involves learning a new technique to temporarily power himself up, which he can power up to arbitrarily high levels but at the risk of injuring himself. He then uses this training and new technique to barely edge out a win against vegeta with a kaio ken x20 kamehameha, hospitalizing himself in the process until he gets a senzu bean. Then, he goes on a flight to namek for 6 days and trains his ass off the whole time under 100x gravity. Training which allows him to defeat enemies that Vegeta couldn't, powerscaling him above Vegeta. Goku then gets taken out of commission for a few episodes thanks to the body switching guy to heal in a pod and that's when he gets his zenkai boost. And even then, he has to use kaio ken x100 to keep Frieza on his toes. He doesn't beat Frieza until he gets the super saiyan boost. Later on, Goku learns off-screen how to teleport and later still Goku and Gohan get another huge powerup when they go in the hyperbolic time chamber, along with a stronger super saiyan form. Though it is Gohan who ultimately defeats cell cause that's how the show was supposed to end according to Toriyama himself, with Goku, the student, becoming the master and mentor and passing on his legacy. There wasn't supposed to be a buu saga. Why do you think they killed Goku off permanently near the end of the cell arc? That was the end of his story. From freakishly strong orphan child with questionable morals to sacrificing his own life so his son may live on.
Zenkai boost is actually very seldom used in all these powerups. The actual problem IMO is that most of the training happens off-screen and the powerscaling gets so ridiculous that you can't keep track. In DB, you get to see most of the training and the powerups usually aren't unbelievable. For most of the series nobody can fly. Even Tao Pai Pai "flies" by chucking a pillar and riding it like a missile. It isn't until the final arc where Goku becomes tall after a 3 year time skip that he learns off-screen how to fly, but after seeing the starting of his training being learning to dodge lightning and how to move without telegraphing, it feels earned. Goku learning how to teleport on the other hand feels like a plot convenience since he's stranded in another solar system and they needed a way for him to come back.
I feel like the point of the zenkai boost was to show that vegeta's overreliance on these things was hurting him rather than helping. Vegeta is shown learning how to sense power levels himself without needing a scouter, and then he falls back into old habits overrelying on zenkai boosts to get stronger which ultimately gets him killed. Instead, Goku is the one who attains super saiyan, and it's not because he had someone blast him to near death. It's because he trained his ass off and then had an intense surge of emotion. Goku earned his way to super saiyan. Vegeta tried to cheat his way there and failed. That, to me, feels like the real point of zenkai boosts. It's the explanation for why Vegeta is so much stronger than Goku without training, and also why Goku will inevitably overtake him.
@@BradenBestUnderrated gem of a comment
Vegeta abuses Zenkais in Z far more than Goku
They certainly help Goku too but the key difference is that he also would never rely solely on that to get stronger even if he had known about it when he was a kid. That’s why he pulled ahead of Vegeta.
This was actually one of the funniest deaths in Dragon Ball, ever! His expression as he's getting blown away, and as the bomb gets really close to him is HILARIOUS!!
?? ? DO YOU MEAN CANON? BECAUSE CANNONS ARE NOT ALLOWED IN THE TOURNAMENTS.
i love those getting blown away faces. wide ass mouth lol, kid buu also had a funny one. and who could forget friezas
Getting rebuilt because ur so injured and changes your body completely I call that death plus he got one shooted by tien shin han so does it matter if he came back
Nappa💀
@@Chris_HTI was about to mention him too. The exact same expression Nappa had on his face when he was being blown away
Goku was more willing to Kill when he was younger.
He didn't kill anyone except King piccolo, even king piccolo didn't die since he asexually reproduced and piccolo had every memory king piccolo had, so no. Goku didn't kill anyone in DB.
^ I can't reply bc of your name lol, but Grandpa Gohan, Captain Yellow, Staff Officer Black, Tambourine, and Drum.
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Yeah, king piccolo basically transferred his soul into a new egg.
@@yakamashi8211 I don't remember tambourine and drum but he killed grandpa Gohan by accident. I forgot who's captain yellow but probably part of the red ribbon so I can't tell. Officer black guy was I think launched into the forest, there was a small detail in the behind when the camera was on Goku so I don't think he died, but unconscious.
He straight up murked Tambourine bruh
Its Mercenary Tao and will always be Mercenary Tao, people who call him General Tao must have not watched Dragonball.
+ThePaleSamurai i know that its mercenary tao, but in some of the video games he's known as GENERAL tao. I think it might have something to to with the red ribbon army cause you know how the R.R army had all the generals? (general Blue, violet, silver, etc) since tao was working for red ribbon at the time it must have referred to him as general, or something like that.
+SUPER GAMER GUIDER Ya I see what you are saying but he was never part of the Red Ribbon Army just a hired mercenary to get the Dragon Balls.
***** thats what im saying he never was but thats probably WHY they call him that in the games
+SUPER GAMER GUIDER I think the reason why Toriyama started calling him a general in DBZ was to fit Dr. Gero because he was not in Dragonball.
***** what do you mean?
1:01 it’s crazy how so many poses from DBZ have been used initially in DB. That stand may seem simple but it got used in Super (manga as well) collectively 3 times
It's a classic Chinese kung fu pose
.......*Kills a man*
... he's gone! *two children dance on the grave of their enemies* Yeah yeah!
TV-Y7
Lmfao
Well, he did kill his dad
To be fair, Tao did deserve it.
@@leighbelk769 he didn't just deserve it but he rejected the offer of Mercy
when Makafushigi Adventure starts playing, you know Goku's laying down a beat down
opponent : *chuckles* i’m In danger
Or at the very least demonstrating his incredible skills, as he did when showcasing his speed to Tien during their second fight at the World Martial Arts Tournament.
This theme is the most uplifting thing ever in the history of TV!
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To think that this adorable little kid would one day grow up to be pretty much a God of War so to speak..
I get chills when watching this, the music is brillient! Goes so well with Goku finally overpowering Tao. Best scene.
It's cool in GT how Upa made an appearance, when he met Goku as an adult. That was a wholesome scene.
"He's gone!"
"And horribly disfigured! Yeah! Yeah!"
"bakooom" was the first thing I noticed at the end.
Bro I started og Dragon Ball a few months ago, and this fight had me DYING
From the original DB, all the way to Super, I don't think there's a single moment in all of the Dragonball franchise as priceless as Tao's face just before he gets blown up. I can't get enough of it. LOL!
This was a big part of the early dragonball story. Tao is often considered Dragonball's first super villain. Jackie Chun (Roshi) was Goku's first powerful opponent, Krillin was his first rival, Yamcha was his first true martial arts fight, and Pilaf was his first enemy. However, Tao was the first truly evil opponent who succeeded in killing one of Goku's friends and whose power was so great that Goku needed to break his limits in order to defeat him. Goku broke his limits (sort of) only once before this during his basic strength training with Roshi. This was the first time Goku had to break his limit specifically to defeat one foe or die trying.
One of my favorite action scenes in the series, something about the way Goku moves in this fight is so satisfying
It's funny that Tao is one of the few villains to actually survive his encounters. He even met teenage Gohan once before leaving. I wonder if he'll make a DBS appearance.
He'll probably not appear again. Toriyama said in Dragon Ball Forever that both Tao and Tsuru-sen'nin are dead. Knowing Toriyama though, he may forget he said that and end up including them in Super.
Bihte Stuff He met Kid Gohan (as in, by his actual age, not the video game name he got), and that was filler.
Seeing Tao in DBS would be great. With how the power scales in that show, he'd probably be as strong as Cell by now.
1:15
General Tao pulls a Dr. Wily....😂
Even though Goku becomes a Universal+ badass as an adult, you almost forget that he has a bunch of those badass moments as a child too, this one being no exception.
Anyone else Notice the explosion say “BAKOOOM” instead of “KABOOOM”
Lol just made a comment saying the same thing before I saw this 😂 translation error
Yep
Yeah lol. I thought it was funny
Dokkan vibes
Its obviously so they could avoid Copyright
Anime Protagonists: “THE WAY YOU BREATHE WILL BE YOUR UNDOING”
Alright...2:25... who taught mercenary Toa the substitution jutsu?
What makes you think any show can be unrealistic enough to have Jutsu to turn into fucking literally, w o o d
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I like how goku does the same attack to cell as he did to Tao
Gabriel Garcia but Goku died the second time lol
Tao was the first villain that outclassed goku flawlessly but goku always comes back stronger
I love the Dragonball story when he was a little kid
i love taos wile e coyote-ish "oh shit" expression right when the granade pops up next to him. best moment ever.
2:09 it was at that moment Tao knew, that he'd fucked up.
Jason Darkflame It was at that moment that the killer for hire knew he was dead as a robot.
One more cybornetically augmented body replacement and he gets a free toaster.
1:38 "Oh yeah, he only murdered my father in cold blood and scarred me for life but sure sure, let's let the psychopath live and wait for him to kill us all"
Kid Goku may have a high kill count but all of those kills were earned and none of them were forced every single person had a chance to walk away
@@ilyte1 are you forgetting tambourine
Present Goku: One flick, Tao is vaporized!!
Real talk:
The force it would take to kick the grenade that high would either cause it to explode instantly or damage it so much that it would no longer be functional.
The grenade clearly had a high concussion Force as it was shaking trees from multiple feet away. With that in mind it can also have a higher strength casing also tao was only a few stories in the air
This guy actually has the best transportation method in all anime.
Anyone here after the new LR mercenary Tao animations dropped for dokkan.
Me
That’s one powerful grenade it blew the trees back
2:26 Tao with that Substitution Jutsu👀👀
Kid Goku is so innocent and naive. It's fun to watch the progression
Kid goku an absolute unit just standing there…
Menacingly!
0:16 Is that the slap technique Goku later uses on Frieza?
Freezer stole a lot of s*** from tao
2:07 That moment when you know you done totally f'd up!
I love how the explosion is spelled "Bakoom!" instead of the usual "Kaboom!". Gotta love Toriyama's wordplay.
Goku: your breathing gives away your next move
Darth vader:………shit
From this to super saiyan god
I'd rather go back to this.
Ssjgod is ass
This is better.
To "MUI"
even in 2021 this fight still gives me chills everytime love it one of my fav moments. Love how master Roshi's first lesson to goku is not to drop his guard a lesson he never learns even in super pretty sure roshi even quotes in one of the OG dragon ball episodes i believe when hes fighting him in the first tournament " that boy ive told him once if not a thousand times not to let his guard down" maybe in the new super episodes goku will finally learn it xD ive always preferred the original dragon ball to the rest love goku as a kid adorable back when stupid power levels where not a thing, feel power levels ruined alot specially after freiza like whats his power now off the scale for sure in super, they missed a opportunity to split power levels in super and have normal power level, and divine power level that way beerus could be 1000 divine power level without having there insane numbers that are way off the scale heck maybe even angelic power levels for angels uh well
Mercenary Tao:
The inspiration behind Lau
Chan from Virtua Fighter.
0:14 my favorite moment of dragon ball (besides when Goku stuck his power pole up the messenger of death)
Apparently, Goku doesn't have a left nipple.
sega64guy you pervert
Zeno - Sama he’s not being perverted smart one
sega64guy no
Why did I laugh so hard at this😂
He doesn't have any as a kid.
Anyone realize this is similar to how Goku defeated Frieza? The enemy fake-surrenders, Goku lets down his guard, and then the enemy tries to kill him again but Goku coutnerattacks, resulting in the enemy nearly dying but being reborn into a cyborg, only to then be effortlessly defeated by a side character later in the series
I remember seeing this when it first aired on Toonami- it was a really epic moment.
This is easily the most flashbacked-to moment in the entire Dragon Ball series.
Ever realize that every time a bomb is thrown at Goku he always kicks it back
Also happened with the missile thrown by general black
0:46 ULTRA INSTINCT GOKU POSE!!
I love the look on his face at 2:08.
It was that moment he realised he fucked up.
This is my favorite Dragonball.
0:16 to 0:32 totally reminds me of punchout on nes
daleva187goligo Lmao
daleva187goligo Wow then you never played Punchout
Yeah me too
Mercenary Flamenco
goku: leave
tao: ok ill leave
goku: hmm, should we let him leave?
The very first time Goku used the Moving After Image Technique
The theme is so refreshing, actually kind of makes you happy.
0:10 his eye puples get bigger
The music is incredible.
To think this little grows up to have strength of angels and gods.
"I can't surrender to a child, I could never look at myself in the mirror again, think of the shame!" Dude, its gonna be a lot worse than that.
Back then when dragon ball was actually actually an martial art anime.
Goku used to be a real savage he just laughed after “killing” Tao:)
It's pretty dope how despite almost murdering him, Goku was happy to see him in Z and even dabs him up
I mean he was alive in the vs tien fight.
Love revisiting this, Goku’s always wild.
When goku threw them haymakers it reminded me of broly hitting frieza
counts as self destruction, death by his own attack, yes throwing a nade is an attack lol.
Damn what kind of grenade was that? A mini nuke? It was blowing the trees back and everything. 😮
I think it's funny how Goku chose the best response without knowing what a grenade was lol
Well Upa did yell "IT'S A BOMB!" as Tao threw it, and Goku does know what a bomb is at least, so his instinct to get it away from them asap was to be expected at this point.
I laughed my ass off when Goku saw him again after he grew up in DBZ
It was a brutal death and they celebrated. 😅🤔
Watch the clip again. Goku would've spared him if Tao didn't start lobbing grenades around.
@@295Phoenix Also, Tao was hired to murder Upa (the other kid) and Upa's dad (who Tao did kill) so that the Red Ribbon Army could torch the whole forest to find the dragonball, so, yeah, I would understand why they might celebrate.
@@samuelzuleger5134 if this man was not going to surrender as he just demonstrated I would celebrate that the best possible scenario just happened as well
The music in the background... So good
0:16 to 0:25 everyone wishes they could fight their enemy like that.
Guess in Japanese it's "bakooooom" and not "kaboom"
I love dragon ball because dis actually about marital arts dont get me wrong i love da entire dragon ball series but i like dragon ball the most
2018 Bois
Dragonball ist better than dragonball z and dragonball super
Its more realistic the animation is better and the technics and martial art skills are more realistic
Dragonball super only has good graphics
@@ujbboxing4336 good graphics which they refuse to animate as good as dragon Ball z. Take the death of Gohan for example specifically trunks' reaction. You can go find the comparison video
It was just so cathartic watching Goku take Tao apart.
I remember playing Tao in one of the Dragonball games and one of his moves was throwing an explosive and it would cause a ridiculous amount of damage. It was stronger than the Kamehameha and Final Flash. They made him so OP for some reason.