Top Ten Dragon Ball Characters That Shouldn't Be So Powerful

There are a few characters that shouldn't have been so powerful compared to the other characters because some power ups didn't make sense. Easily the majority were brilliant and made sense but there were a few questionable moments and characters.
The Top Ten
1 Goku after taking the Z fighters power (in Broly The Legendary Super Saiyan)

Oh my God, what a lame, pathetic ending the first Broly movie had. Broly was there absolutely destroying everyone with ease, and then somehow all Goku has to do is take a bit of power from the half-dead Z Fighters, and he is able to beat Broly with one punch. Who in the world thought that was a good idea? It ruined an otherwise brilliant battle. Even if Goku put all the energy into one punch, it still shouldn't have even hurt Broly, nevermind beat him. When the Z Fighters were attacking Broly together they couldn't hurt him, then they got pounded into the ground, then when they can't even move anymore they somehow give Goku enough energy to beat Broly. Now I'm a massive DBZ fan, I love this show so much, but this is just pushing it too far... The ending to Broly The Legendary Super Saiyan was PATHETIC.

Well technically, where Goku punched Broly would be his most vulnerable spot. Sorta like his Achilles Heel. He's invincible everywhere but get him in that spot and he's done. It still makes no sense how Goku knew where it was but punching him there probably dealt the 2nd biggest blow to the Legendary Super Saiyan (Right behind the Family Kamehameha). Plus he was obviously vulnerable as a baby and he got stabbed (emphasis on stabbed) there on orders from King Vegeta. But still it's messed up how Goku found out even with nobody telling him where that spot was.

I have no idea... Goku, battered to near death, after a point blank kamehameha did nothing, team work and taking the other Z fighters powers had done nothing, then a even more beaten up Vegeta lends a little energy and the whole thing is over in one punch. Doesn't work.

Broly had 10,000 power at birth, survived a deathball from frieza when he was a baby, I've never seen vegeta so rattled by someones power even by goku, I would have agreed if all the z fighters took a senzu bean and lend all their powers to goku then someone could have distracted broly then goku throws the punch would have been a better ending but oh well!

2 Super Android 17

Android 17 was originally supposed to be stronger than Cell; but something went wrong when Gero was building/programming him, so he remained at the under-powered level he is in in Z. (He was also too powerful for Gero to control even at that point, which is why he made 18 a tiny bit less powerful than him and didn't bother trying to do what he was planning with 17.) And when Gero and Myuu created Hell Fighter 17, his structure was able to fuse with 17's and bring him to his full potential, along with more power from being turned into a Machine Mutant...His story and creation could have been executed more gracefully, but he is by no means ridiculously overpowered.

Like I said before super 17 power doesn't make sense it clearly says in the show when hell android 17 was fighting Vegeta in his base form android 17 was at half power, which means the other 17 was the same level. So both the 17 combined should be weaker than cell which also absorbed 17 and 18 also 18 was pronounced to be a little stronger than 17. Even with the absorption of SSJ Goku's kamehamahe he shouldn't have been that strong to compete with SSJ4 Goku a true dbz fan would know that android 17 couldn't compete with ssj2 anything. But super 17 can handle SsJ2 Vegeta, Gohan, Trunks, Goten and Maaj uub. Which states that uub has the same power as kid buu and with Majin buu power combined he's far past kid buu and uubs punches didn't affect super 17 at all that made no type of sense for him to be that strong.

Why are these characters getting single out for powerful characters that shouldn't be all that powerful, when comics/anime series have ridiculous powerful individuals, which basically come out of nowhere & abilities are handed to them oppose the dragon ball fighters that actual for what they got. Really be fair..

It does make sense. Fusion makes two relatively weak peopel into a monstrously strong being. Did you ever consider maybe your thinking is limited and the method they used far surpasses fusion dance or potara eaarings? They made him to absorb any energy and use it as a source of power so it makes sense he jumped from just over majuub level to ssj4 level. Goku himself kept feeding him with more ki till he realised what was going on

3 Vegito Vegito is an anime fictional character from the anime series, Dragon Ball Z, created by Akira Toriyama.

Vegito is op'd, true, BUT, it does make sense. The way that DBZ has done fusion suggests that it not only simply augments the end results power, but it completely multiplies: by how much isn't clear. For example, Trunks and Goten would never be able to hold out against Buu... But the moment they fused, they had more then enough power to basically show off. When Goku and Vegeta were fighting Janemba, they couldn't make a dent... Fuse to Gogeta, and Janemba was severely outclassed and got virtually molested. So it makes perfect sense that Vegito is able to overpower Super Buu. One key thing to factor in with Gogeta AND Vegito is the sole fact that Goku is able to go SSJ3 which in theory would give a good power spike to the fusion.

The Kai's are practically gods who never for. They have been around for as long as they allow us to know. By them being gods along with their longevity; it's only natural for them to have a technique that overpower any foe. The two strongest sayians times a gods fusion technique. That speaks in volumes bruh.

I understand Vegito being insanely powerful, that's gonna be obvious because it's Goku fused with Vegeta, but even though the Pottara is a stronger type of fusion, Vegito still shouldn't be that strong. He owns Super Buu when Buu has absorbed Ultimate Gohan who is stronger than SS3 Goku, Goten and Trunks who are both Super Saiyans, and Piccolo, and Majin Buu who is much stronger than a SS2, and then there's the original Super Buu's powers too, so all that all together would logically be much stronger than Vegito, and yet the people making that saga apparently forgot that Super Buu had absorbed an insane amount of power, and decided that one fusion would be able to overpower all of that. Buu should at least be stronger than normal form Vegito

Super Buu and Mystic Gohan are both far more powerful than than Goku or Vegita, yet when Goku and Vegita fuse, they are stronger that Super Buu with everyone else absorbed as well as Mystic Gohan. Unless the earing fusion was 100000000 times more powerful Mystic Super Buu should have been stronger

4 Gogeta Gogeta is an anime fictional character from the anime series, Dragon Ball Z, created by Akira Toriyama.

There is no way a suppressed Janemba can effortlessly solo SS3 Goku and SS2 Vegeta but then when they fuse, SS1 Gogeta can tank the punches of a full-powered Janemba. Did the creators of that movie even factor in that SS3 is 8x stronger than SS1 and 4x stronger than SS2? Also, Super Saiyan Gogeta isn't just a little stronger than SS3 Goku, but he is wayyy stronger than him. There's no way that's even slightly possible. Gogeta isn't Vegito. He wishes he could do that to Janemba.

Goku and Vegeta were getting killed by janemba but when they fused they put no sweat into killing him.

I mean like come on

A soul with good and evil always overpower one single sided soul

5 Chi-Chi Chi-Chi is an anime fictional character from the anime series, Dragon Ball Z, created by Akira Toriyama.

I hate her. A terrible ox. Without her, Gohan and Goten AND Goku would be much stronger ( She forced them to study and being a radish farmer instead of train). She thinks Gohan's studies is more important than Earth's existance. So if Gohan goes to school for a few days and then dies due to Earth's explosion and humanity's extinction,she's find with it? She nags and hurts Goku so many time, ignores him when he's near dead, obsessed with money, and if she hadn't forced Gohan to study, he would have been strong enough and defeated Cell immediately, thus prevents Goku's 7-year death. Furthermore, she forced Goku to marry her although he doesn't love her, what kind of girl that wants to marry a husband you love but he doesn't love you? And she's selfish as well that she scolds Gohan for wanting to save's Picollo's life, forced him to obey her, and when he can't because of her selfishness ( Even the peaceful Goku got irritated with her selfishness and arrogrance), she thought Gohan's is ...more

Just because you can beat somebody up doesn't mean you should or will...

If your mom told you to clean your room would you punch her in the face because you're stronger than her, and thus you shouldn't have to listen to her?

Why doesn't someone stand up to her?! Anyone in this show could easily wipe the floor with her!

Almost every girl in the series (except android 18 of course) is weak so she's actually very important.

6 Gotenks Gotenks is an anime fictional character from the anime series, Dragon Ball Z, created by Akira Toriyama.

Yes Vegeta did deserve it more! I get that he's probably cursed from all the crap he did but with the way that he trains Gotenks reaching Super Saiyan 3 first is ridiculous. I mean Gohan is understandable since he had this mysterious amazing power but this is too much.

It's unfair how he reached Super Saiyan 3 faster. I think Vegeta deserved it more than him and I don't even like Vegeta!

7 Broly Broly is the main antagonist in the Broly Triple Threat trilogy and Dragon Ball Super: Broly movie. He appears to be the latest of the Legendary Super Saiyans who appear every thousand years. His father was Paragus.

One word for this guy
Badass!
His height, His physical Appearance, His attitude.. All of them fit with his character.. And His character in turn fits with his Awesome Power
Broly's LSSJ form is OP, not just that, his power keeps on increasing as long as he is in this form. He doesn't need to train or anything, should just sit there in his LSSJ doing nothing, All the work is done by his Legendary form.
But him getting defeated with a single punch sucked
He didn't die from that punch though.. Nor did he die from the comet, he returned to earth next time.

In don't understand how he is fast enough to catch up with smaller Z fighters. If USSJ trunks couldn't catch up with cell becuase he was to bulky. Or Cell when he was in his perfect form and when he transformed into big muscle like fighter, he couldn't catch SSJ 2 Gohan! And how the heck can broly catch Goku or anyone smaller?!

Broly can't beat Omega Shenron?
Broly'll destroy his
You know why? because have you ever seen broly getting overpowered and thrown around?
No.
Such a sight doesn't exist. Look at broly, he looks badass!
What part of omega shenron is badass? His mustachios?
Broccoli destroys whis and beerus
Broly is love
Broly is life

I mean, I love Broly to death, but I hate how everyone thinks he is the strongest. They all think that Broly would kill Omega Shenron. Really? That would be like saying Yamcha vs. Whis. Broly will be crushed.

8 Kid Trunks Kid Trunks is an anime fictional character from the anime series, Dragon Ball Z, created by Akira Toriyama.

His case is similar to Goten's.

9 Omega Shen Long

The power of the shadow dragons in general makes no dang sense. They are supposed to be evil versions of shenron, which is a cool idea, but shenrons power level was only 250, and that divided by the 7 dragons brings it down to around 35 each. Even if you take "evil energy" into the equation (which is incredibly stupid), it probably wouldn't boost his power that much.

So even omega shenron with all the powers combined wouldn't be that strong, and certainly not strong enough to stand up to ssj4 Goku, whose power level numbers in the HUNDRED BILLIONS.

No, omega shenrong was alright, but SSJ 4 gogeta... need I say any more?

10 Goten Goten is an anime fictional character from the anime series, Dragon Ball Z, created by Akira Toriyama.

In previous Super Saiyan transformations, the Saiyans went through extreme emotional traumas. Goku's catalyst was the death of his best friend, Krillin. Vegeta dealt with an asteroid field that threatened his life. Gohan transformed due to the fear of Cell destroying his loved ones and his planet. Future Trunks achieved Super Saiyan after his mentor Gohan was killed by the Androids; Future Trunks' life was plagued by death and destruction. Goten and Trunks however, became Super Saiyans without earning it. They diluted the legendary transformation into a child's play thing. I call B.S. on that.

The only reason he and Gohan was so strong was so that they can keep up with everyone else. If they started from the bottom (Like Goku) then they would have been nothing against the likes of Frieza, Cell or BUU!

... Goku is the strongest

What is ridiculous is that Goten is stronger than Frieza in base form and Chi Chi training him to be that strong... Goku is an idiot he should just let Chi Chi train him before instead of training with King Kai then...

Although I like the idea of Chi-Chi loosening up a bit and even taking it upon herself to teach her son martial arts, I don't think sparring with Chi-Chi should have turned Goten into a Super Saiyan.

The Contenders
11 Vegeta Vegeta is an anime fictional character from the anime series, Dragon Ball Z, created by Akira Toriyama.

Long story short bruh. If you over train your body it'll give out. Only natural for Goku to get stronger because they aren't as pressed to be the strongest. He enjoy the sport of fighting people stronger than him which eventually leads to all of his evolutions. Vegeta on the other hand wants to be stronger and he was for a while but what happened on namek? He practically got someone to put him at borderline of death in order to get stronger. That's crazy bro

Vegeta is the most dedicated to his training and Toriyama refuses to cut him some slack. I get he's scared Vegeta will only gain more fans and popularity more than his stupid favorite but Vegeta already does so what's the hold up?

Vegeta was the strongest but when he was brought back to the show due to the fandom's demand, Toriyama got pissed and made him play second fiddle to dim-wit Goku.

I agree to that it isn't fair that a prince that's first class can't even beat a saiyan that's is the lowest class of the saiyan.

12 Android 18

She is not OP. She had power similar to her brother #17. 18 beated ssj vegeta and? What now? Vegeta then had power a bit stronger than 19 though. My opinion

No.. She isn't OP.
But it's weird vegeta loses in ssj from android 18 in the cell saga though..

I like Android 18

13 Gotenks SSJ3

Okay I see where this discussion is going
But I think you guys don't quite get the concept of SSJ3.
SSJ3 unlike SSJ2 is accessible by anyone if they are taught how to become one
The problem is it depends on IF their bodies can handle that transformation.
Goku kept on saying time and time again that his body can't hold SSJ3.. For gotenks when they fuse, the body becomes stronger.. and Gotenks after months of training in the time chamber unlocked & learned to hold SSJ3, he trained for it.
For example take Gohan from Dragon Ball Super Frieza arc, he has become so weak that he can Barely go super saiyan, and could'nt become SSJ 2 or Mystic.. It's not like he forgot how to become one, he can transform into Mystic form but like he said himself his body would just tear apart if he did so.. Its all because he didn't train and his body was out of shape.
Gotenks power is on point, those two trained their fused body to become and maintain a SSJ3, that makes their bodies more ...more

It makes absolutely no sense whatsoever. Abo and Cado, Frieza's henchmen, recently became just as strong as Frieza, according to Vegeta's brother, Tarbel. Most people in the universe didn't know that Frieza could transform, which means that they were on 1st form Frieza's P.L. Goku stated that Goten and Trunks were a perfect match for Abo and Cado at base states. This would mean that Goten and Trunks would be around Frieza's 1st form as well. When a Saiyan turns into a Super Saiyan, their power levels increase from 50x-100x P.L. When a fusion happens, the two children's P. L's gets added together. Imagine, a 2x 1st form Frieza that can turn into a Super Saiyan 3, be as strong as a Goku with the 7 years of training after the Cell Games, in his Super Saiyan 3 form. That sounds absurd, if you ask me.

Show me one Fused entity who has trained

Gogeta just formed out of nowhere, and disappeared after beating Janemba

Vegito was formed in the midst of battle

Gotenks on the other hand was formed and after that Gotenks trained as Gotenks, not Trunks and Goten as separate but as Gotenks.. Who knows how good fused fighters are at training, maybe if you train as a fused warrior you can get abrupt power increases,

Doesn't make sense to me. Goten and trunks were nowhere close to as strong as their fathers, and neither of them could turn even super saiyan 2, let alone super saiyan 3. How is it that when they fuse, they achieve super saiyan 3, and vegito can't when he is made up of two way stronger people, one can turn super saiyan 2 and the other can turn super saiyan 3?

14 Goku/Vegeta SSJ4

Yeah, the only good thing I like about ssj4 is how they look. but the power, come on guys. Ssj 3 goku couldn't even touch Baby Vegeta, SSJ 4 totally kicked his ass. I was really looking forward to much better fighting in GT, I mean for the first 40 episodes, super saiyan ONE was used like three times, and I was looking forward to more SSJ 3 actio.

15 Bills

Can't even tank hits from a raged Vegeta whereas Cell could. There is no way he should be rated above Vegito or others. Also, he has such a lazy and dumb design. A purple cat is beating Piccolo with chopsticks? He should stick to playing rock, papers, and scissors with Oolong instead.

Well he's was made by Akira for him to be insanely strong I just want to say just because of your fanboyish that ssj3 Goku lost to beerus because beerus only used five percent and his design was based off of Akira's old pet cat.

He's supposed to be stupidly powerful due to that whole god theme in the new movie. I don't see how his strength is a big deal.

Beerus only used 80% of his power and beat Goku without showing a sign of tiring. Goku was exhausted and would have died if Beerus wasn't so impressed with Goku.

16 Red Shenron

Why did they make some random dragon at the start of GT that was far stronger and bigger than the green original Shenron? How did they even do that? Surely if they could make this crazy dragon then they could make something that could kill any villains that come along

17 Super Android 13

Nowhere near as ridiculous as Super 17 is, but still pretty stupid, how can absorbing literally 3 or 4 pieces of Androids 14 and 15 (who were beaten by Super Saiyans) make Android 13 so strong? He gets to the point where he can't even be moved by the Super Saiyan's attacks, and then ONCE AGAIN the people who made this movie had to bring yet another lame ending into it simply because they can't think of any other way to kill him. So once again they use the Spirit Bomb, and somehow Goku actually absorbs it and destroys Super 13. After a while the movie ending got really lame because you got the feeling that no matter how hopeless the situation seemed, you'd know that the goodies would win because they could simply use the Spirit Bomb or Fusion, both of which became overused. Back in the day, back in the Frieza saga, fans would actually be on the edge and wouldn't know what is going to happen, whereas later on it got so stupid that nobody would really care because we all knew that the ...more

Not as silly as super 17 but really absorbing 2 androids that die by ssj can make you stronger? This is the worst android next to android 19 a pathetic android that got so much power it did not deserve

Super android 13 looks like a clown he was a cowboy ten he turned into a match for goku the secret labratory was destroyed that means dr. Gero had a secreter lab android 13 is the worst android ever next to andoid 19

I understand this

18 Ultimate Gohan

To anyone saying that Gohan would have been just as strong, regardless of the ritual, if he had trained for those 7 years;
Are we then to assume that Gohan, or any character for that matter, can simply do nothing but have their "potential unlocked"? And this alone would be enough to surpass some of the strongest fighters?
Don't get me wrong, I like Gohan as a character, especially his SSJ2 transformation, but this "unlock potential" feels kind of cheap. It was somewhat acceptable on Namek as it didn't make Gohan completely overpowered. However, the second time, when it was done by the Elder Kai, it just felt like an underhanded move to make Gohan stronger than SSJ3 Goku. I don't know, maybe I'm missing something.

I just hate the idea that half Saiyans are stronger than pure Saiyans. I mean, how does that even work?
First, a 9-year-old brat becomes SSJ2 before anyone else, even his father, and proceeds to kill Cell. Then he got much weaker due to not training. Then, oh well, just sit still for 24 hours and you become the strongest warrior once again!
Well, Toriyama did make up for this though. Even after becoming so strong, Gohan fell flat on his sorry face shortly after. Well, I guess he wasn't weak. He was just a terrible fighter with little battle experience. Such wasted potential.

Gohan would have reached that power if he trained for the 7 years that passed. His " hidden potential" is actually just what would have come if he would have trained. Gohan has been shown to be momentarily stronger than Goku during his childhood. Gohan surpassed Goku at 9 - 11 yrs. he would have been stronger than Goku regardless of the ssj3 transformation if he had trained those 7 years.

Gohan is indeed strong but he is still a half sayian. Pure sayians has proven time and time again to be the superior race. Even in the show all the villains wanted were full sayians, but by the other being half ; they were capable of achieving the same power, but what gohan has shown previously only happened because Goku allowed it. Even vegeta has allowed it. Speaks volumes bro

19 Super Perfect Cell

Wrong vegeta had power level 18,000 then went to 24,000 that's 6,000 increase goku was actually 33.3 super perfect cell inherited other saiyans which is goku vegeta nappa and gohan so that could be the reason why he is so strong but he hit gohan with a death beam and damaged gohan critically so cell had to be stronger in some way or cell could of had a 4.5 increase to get him to 90 mill

I disagree with that one. Goku gone from a power level of 90.000 to 3.000.000 just because vegeta kicked his ass. Cell exploded himself and there was nothing of him left, so its fair

20 Ultra Super Saiyan Trunks

Two major flaws with this one, one Trunks as USSJ is taking the the form and pushing pretty much all of the power meant for speed into strength. The form before this that both Vegeta and Trunks achieve is simply a lower example of this. They sacrificed some speed at this level, but ti didn't matter because they were already on par with incomplete cell's speed, so they could trade some speed for power which was where they were lacking. Number 2, the difference between fuision and simply adding multiple power sources is quite different. It's like tossing a huge bag of styrofoam on someone versus throwing a single brick. In DBZ, numbers don't really add up, this is quite simple to see as an easy example would be cell wiping out all of earth's military forces. As long as a character is superior, they can't be defeated no matter how many lower powers are thrown at them. But when multiple powers are combined into one, then it gives the merged being enough power to fight on equal level ...more

He isn't overpowered at all he's just slow.

21 Great Ape Baby

In the same episode Super Saiyan 4 was fully introduced, they decide to give the villain a form that is as strong as a Super Saiyan 4... Oh, surprise surprise. Bet you didn't see that coming did you? Oh sorry, you did. I did. We all did.

Bruh just shut up. What you're saying makes no sense at all. He is still a full blood sayian with a tuffle fused with his DNA

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23 Goku Son Goku (Kakarrot) is the main protagonist in Dragon Ball franchise created by Akira Toriyama in 1984. He has many abilities like, super strength, utilization of ki, flight, teleportation, super speed, enhanced reflexes, and Super Saiyan transformation that increase strength, speed, and durability. ...read more.

Goku is the smarter trainer, but Vegeta is a smarter fighter. If Vegeta had Goku's power, he'd kill Buu, Cell and even Frieza by himself. Especially Freiza. You probably didn't pay attention, but Future Trunks made the comment "I won't hold back like Goku did either." What does that tell you. Goku would of been wiped Freiza as a Super Saiyan.

Started from the bottom now he here
Seriously guys
He started with a power level of like 20

24 Whis Whis is an anime fictional character from the anime series, Dragon Ball Super, created by Akira Toriyama.

I get that he's Lord Beerus/Bill's master, but you've seen how strong Beerus is. Beerus almost destroyed King Kai's planet and Whis can do even more than that. He also has his time travel wand which makes him undo any mistake he would make. Time + Power = Way too much OP

Bills States that he isn't the most powerful but that whis is his teacher. So obviously he is the STRONGEST. And if you don't agree with me well your wrong and not a true dbz fan

Whis is beerus' master and confirmed by the series beerus is a universe buster therefor whis is a multiverse buster.

He is so OP and the weird thing is that I like him and his attitudes!

25 Golden Frieza

To me it was kinda dumb for frieza to go from being molested by ssj Goku to having a god form to keep up with SSGSS. It made a good spark in the movie but Frieza trained for only 6 months with a guy who was outclassed, Tagoma, and couldn't fight back and have a good training session. How do you get God ki from that. You may say he was already close to being strong as a ssj at full power but even Goku and Vegeta couldn't get results that fast. And they are Saiyans. They had to train their whole lives just to be reconized by Whis and Beerus. Disagree or Agree Frieza shouldn't have had God ki that fast with a short matter of time

How does Frieza who died against ssj 1 Goku and trunks come back and be as strong as super god Goku 1. They say he trained for 6 months but Goku trained his whole life and got god form and Frieza came out of nowhere and was stronger. Let me remind you that he said he never trained his whole that his powers where natural. So let him train for 6 months and he is as strong as a god.

B.S

Frieza was born with a huge power
He never trained because he didn't feel the need to, yet his power and defense was so high
If someone is born with PL of 120 million take them serious, even Beerus took interest freiza.
Toriyama always answered on interviews that his favourite and strongest DBZ villain is Frieza..
Now he explained how strong Frieza really is

How does Frieza go from being WEAKER than Cell Saga Frieza to having god ki just by training. Dragon Ball Wish or some ritual would have made more sense. Maybe a canon Fifth Form...

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