How does goku lose his tail

The Akira Toriyama created Dragon Ball manga arrived in and followed Saiyan warrior Goku on his epic - and fight-filled quest - to find the Dragon Balls of the title. An anime adaptation quickly followed in and the franchise has been running pretty much non-stop ever since. Over the years there's been numerous sequels, animated movies, spinoffs, video games and more and the series easily ranks among Pokemon in terms of evergreen popularity.

In the early s a live-action American adaptation was put in development with names like Zack Snyder and Stephen Chow Kung-Fu Hustle linked to the director's chair at different points. Ultimately, James Wong helmed a cast that consisted of Emmy Rossum, Justin Chatwin and Chow Yun-fat in a film that proved to be a massive disappointment. Dragonball Evolution lacked the spirit and energy of its source material and came across as a chintzy attempt at a blockbuster.

The movie's screenwriter Ben Ramsey Blood And Bone later gave an apology for his role in its production to the fanbase. Before Goku can retaliate, Gohan reveals himself to his grandson and the two briefly get to reunite. Before parting one final time, Gohan urges Goku to fortify his tail.

Goku spends the next three years training his tail and removing its weakness, a fact which ends up netting him the win during his match against Krillin during the 22nd Tenkaichi Budokai. Goku spends the next three years training off-screen with Mr. Popo and Kami for the explicit purpose of defeating Piccolo at the 23rd Tenkaichi Budokai.

Come the tournament, Goku is now a grown man with no tail in sight. Goku explains to his friends that God removed his tail because he wanted to restore the moon— a fact which makes no sense to Goku, but means the world to the original Dragon Team.

Waking up on the night of a full moon, Gohan transforms and immediately starts to overwhelm Piccolo, leveling the region around them. He transformed into an Ozaru, knocked over some mountains and Piccolo blew up the moon.

Gohan shrunk, Piccolo ripped off his tail and clothes beamed him. The final time a character loses their tail in Dragon Ball is when Gohan transforms at the end of the Saiyan arc. This action leads to the demise of both Goku and Raditz as Piccolo fires his new Special Beam Cannon attack at Raditz while Goku is restraining him from behind, Goku sacrificed himself in order to rid the world of his evil brother.

Word games. How did Goku lose his tail permanently?