Akira Toriyama’s ever-popular Dragon Ball Z franchise has been airing on television since 1986 and continues strong today with Dragon Ball Super. Over the years we’ve seen some pretty crazy fights and even crazier transformations of the Saiyan race. Saiyans are an alien warrior race that was wiped out by Frieza, leaving a handful of survivors which seems to grow💃 every few years when they need a new movie or new season. One of the major characters of the show is Gohan, the son of Goku. Because Goku is a full Saiyan and his wife, Chi-Chi, is a human, Gohan is half human, half Saiyan. Turns out that’s an advantage for him though, as Saiyan hybrids have been proven to be stronger than pure-blood Saiyans.

Which brings us to the main point of this article; the fact that Gohan tends to be way overpowered throughout the entire manga and anime adaptation. From his very first appearance in Dragon Ball Z, Gohan has reached incredible heights simply because of his mixed heritage. He is able to do way more than someone his age should and even overpowers many of the adults in the show. At one point, he was considered the strongest fighter. But given his reserved personality, Gohan doesn’t like to fight and will only do so when he has to. This is one of those cases where you shouldn’t push the quiet one too far, as his anger is the key to his overpowered cha🌜racter.

25 🧜 The Comeback Kid ൲

much t🅠he entire human race will only get weaker when drastically injured, at least once the adrenaline. But then Gohan is not completely human. He gets one very important gene from ඣhis dad, and that is the fact that Saiyans only get stronger when they are critically injured. Based on all of the Z fighters’ battles, this comes in handy more often than not. This is also one of the main points that people point to when discussing how Gohan defeated Cell. Pain is power, I suppose.

24 ﷽ To Infinity... And Beyond! 🧜

creating a story, you can’t have your protagonist incredibly strong from the start. They have to work their way up the ladder while their enemies do the same. For most p🔥eople though, the ladder has an end. There comes a point where it is impossible to progress.

Gohan’s unlimited potential has created some majorly overpowered moments.

Not so much with Gohan. Due to his heritage, he has been slated to have a nearly unlimited potential. This is probably the easiest way they can explain why Gohan tends to be overpower♍ed in many situations.

23 Look Ma, No Plane 🔜

 were you 🌺doing at the age of five? If ๊it includes using ki (spiritual energy) to fly, you might be a Saiyan. Gohan lives out in the country, so getting anywhere without a car is a real hassle. Since Goku is a deadbeat dad and can’t drive (they have a whole episode on it), they tend to rely on the power of flight to get around quickly. While flight is something that humans also do in the show, Gohan learned the skill presumably when being trained by Piccolo; a time when he would have been under major duress.

22 A Mean Uncle 💝

know what mama bears can do when their cubs are in danger. But it’s not often that a child is able to protect their parent. Things are a little different when you’re an overpowered half breed that can transform into a giant monkey. After being taken by Raditz and forced to watch his dad get hurt, understandabl♏y Gohan was upset. Because human-Saiyan hybrids tend to have more power, Gohan was able to fight back against the villain with a surprising strength. I’ll be saying this a bit: the kid was only four or five (depending on the translation).

21 Mak🌄e A Monkey Out Of You

 Vegeta was undoubtedly a villain spouting off pro-Saiyan propaganda, it’s only delicious story-telling irony that he should be defeated by a half-Saiyan. Gohan was actually the first of the Z fighters to give prince Vegeta a slice of humble pie. At four years old, he was upset at the way Vegeta was treating his dad, and ended up transforming into the great ape Oozaru. Now, Vegeta was a major threa💫t for a while, but the fact that Gohan was able to trounce on him so swiftly is pretty overpowered.

20 💯 Camping Trip 🍌

 part of his training with Piccolo, Gohan was thought he was left to fend for himself. Tꦏhat meant he had to hunt and protect himself at the tender age of five. Mind you, his father had just been ended by his uncle Raditz, and he had just been taken by an alien with unknown intentions.

Gohan lived in the wilderness as part of his training.

Piccolo was indeed watching over to make sure he didn’t hurt himself too badly, but Gohan didn’t know that. Had h🃏e known, he may not have fought as hard and grown as he did.

19 A True Jurassic World ♔

Gohan’s adventures start at a pretty young age. Because Goku can’t seem to be bothered to provide financially for his family, it’s usually up to Gohan to hunt and provide food for his sustenance farming mother. Being overpowered helps in this situation, because he is able to bring home quite a lar🌠ge amount of meat to be used later. One case of this is when he’s living out in the wild and is shown to be cooking the tail of a Tyrannosaurus Rex. Given the size of a dinosaur, it’s pretty impressive on paper.

18 𝓡 𓄧 So Much For Prince Of All Saiyans

when we mentioned about Gohan’s insane strength on Namek? Well, his battle against Frieza was not the only show of power exhibited. At that point, Vegeta was still on the fenඣce as to if he were going to be a good guy or a villain. When the tides looked like he was going to be antagonistic, Gohan showed part of his potential in a battle against Vꦗegeta. While not completely able to defeat the Saiyan prince, Gohan was able to show Vegeta that Saiyan-human hybrids have great potential to be better than even he imagined.

17 💙 🧔 An Unexpected Contender

hard to be eleven. It’s even harder when you’ve become part of a group of the strongest fighters on the earth and are expected to keep all aliens at bay. That’s the life that Gohan has been♏ thrown into when Frieza comes to Namek.

Anger gives Gohan the power-up he needs to fight back.

After Piccolo is ended, Gohan understandably goes into a blind rage over his father figure, giving Frieza a run for his money. Being half-Saiyan, his emotions highly p🐈layed into his aওttack power, making him much stronger than anyone expected.

16 ꦆ The Bigger They Are ♔

Once again, Gohan was able to dent an incredibly hard enemy. Need we remind you that Gohan was still a child at this point.

Gohan was able to take on foes much larger than himself.

Granted, he didn’t take Bojack on single-handedly, but the fact that he’s ev💟en capable of even holding his own against someone quite a bit larger than himself gives a reminder to the viewer that Gohan has the potential to take Goku’s spot🥂 as protagonist. While Bojack’s arc was not canon, it’s still pretty impressive to us.