20 Strange Secrets We Didn’t Know About Dragon Ball GT
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Dragon Ball GT might be one of the most polarizing Dragon Ball series out there, but there’s more secrets about it than we thought.
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The ending of Dragon Ball Z is considered to be unsatisfactory by many fans of the series. Goku goes off to train with Uub… and that’s about it. We don’t get much in the way of conclusions for the character arcs of the series, with the story ending at the start of someone else’s adventure.
With Akira Toriyama ready to take a long rest after creating a weekly manga series for so long, it was up to Toei to create their own continuation of the series. This resulted in Dragon Ball GT, which tried to return to the more adventurous stories from the days of Dragon Ball. It didn’t take long for GT to abandon this idea and return to the power level vs big spiky hair nonsense that had plagued the end of Dragon Ball Z.
We are here today to look at the dark secrets behind the existence of the most polarizing aspect of the Dragon Ball franchise. From the horrifying costumes of the live show, to the amazing TV show that we almost received.
Here are Twenty Dark Secrets You Didn’t Know About Dragon Ball GT!
20 That Weird Live Show
Musical theatre has always been popular in Japan. This has often crossed over with successful anime and video game franchises, with series like Bleach, Naruto, Phoenix Wright, One Piece, and Prince of Tennis receiving popular stage productions. Dragon Ball Z has also received several stage shows over the years. Dragon Ball GT also had a short-lived stage show in 1997, which featured Goku, Pan, and Trunks battling against Don Kee, who brings Frieze and Perfect Cell back to life.
Dragon Ball GT Live Show was recorded and can be seen online.
We advise that you give it a miss, due to how scary the costumes are. The choice was made to use mascot costumes, which means that Goku, Pan, and Trunks never blink. They have just a never-ending state.
19 The Captain Ginyu Cameo Makes No Sense
We still don’t know what Captain Ginyu’s original body looks like. It’s likely that the purple form we see him using in Dragon Ball Z isn’t the body he was born in, as he likely had to have used his body-swapping ability in the past, due to how familiar he is with its usage.
The Ginyu Force has a brief cameo in Dragon Ball GT, as they manage to escape from the afterlife along with all of the other deceased villains of the series. They are defeated and sent back so that their punishment can continue. When we see the souls of the Ginyu Force in Dragon Ball GT, we see Captain Ginyu in his purple form. This doesn’t make sense, as this wasn’t his original body. Why would he appear in this form instead of the one that he was born in?
18 The First Was Worst
It took a while for Dragon Ball Z to find an audience in North America and the other English-speaking territories. This wasn’t the case in certain European and South American countries, where the series was popular throughout the early and mid-nineties.
Dragon Ball Z was the first series in the franchise to become popular in the west.
Despite this, the first Dragon Ball video game to receive an official English release was Dragon Ball GT: Final Bout. Dragon Ball GT: Final Bout is widely considered to be one of the worst video games to bear the Dragon Ball name. It also happens to be one of the rarest and most valuable Dragon Ball video games, due to how limited its original print run was.
17 The Final Flash Kamehameha Prediction
Goku and Vegeta have fused in two different ways in Dragon Ball Z; through the Fusion Dance (which created Gogeta) and through the Potara Earrings (which created Vegito.)
Gogeta and Vegito both possessed their own powerful attacks. Fans were disappointed that neither character mixed Goku’s Kamehameha with Vegeta’s Final Flash. They had to wait until Vegito’s appearance in Dragon Ball Super for the Final Kamehameha to become canon.
What most fans didn’t realize is the move had already appeared in Dragon Ball GT: Final Bout, where it could be used by Vegito. The Final Kamehameha would appear in numerous Dragon Ball video games before Vegito finally made the move canon in a 2015 episode of Dragon Ball Super. Dragon Ball GT: Final Bout predicted a move almost twenty years before it debuted.
16 The Mystery Of The Cut Golden Oozaru Cameo
One of the new Saiyan forms that was introduced in Dragon Ball GT was the Golden Oozaru. This was a variant of the Great Ape transformation that had golden hair, like a Super Saiyan. The Golden Oozaru form was said to have been the one used by the Legendary Super Saiyan in ages past.
The Golden Oozaru form almost debuted in the Dragon Ball Z era.
It seems like the idea of a Super Saiyan version of the Oozaru form was planned to appear in the Dragon Ball Z video games of the 16-bit era. Fans have discovered character portraits for the Golden Oozaru form in Dragon Ball Z: Super Saiya Densetsu, which was an RPG released for the Super Nintendo.
15 Bulla’s Unused Potential
The fans of Dragon Ball had to wait a long time before a canon female Super Saiyan appeared. Dragon Ball Super featured female Saiyans from a different universe that could transform into a Super Saiyan. Fans were disappointed by the fact that Pan never turned into a Super Saiyan, even though her own descendants could do so and they had way less Saiyan blood than she did.
According to the Dragon Ball GT Perfect Files book, it was possible for Bulla to transform into a Super Saiyan, as she had the same potential as Trunks. The reason she never became a Super Saiyan was due to the fact that she wasn’t interested in fighting and never experienced the hardships that were necessary in order to transform.
14 The Value Of The Dragon Box
It’s possible to purchase every episode of the first three Dragon Ball series on DVD. These come in Dragon Box sets that contain all of the episodes that are spread across several discs. The Dragon Ball GT Dragon Box is the smallest of the series, due to the fact that it only carries sixty-four episodes, which is the entire run of GT.
This DVD box set is one of the most valuable pieces of Dragon Ball merchandise.
The Dragon Ball GT Dragon Box might not be in demand for its content, but it’s actually worth a lot of money, due to how limited the print run was. There were certain versions of the Dragon Ball GT Dragon Box that came with a universal remote in the shape of a Dragon Rader, which also bumps the price up significantly.
13 The Weird Cat-Calling Scene
One of the most memorable scenes in Dragon Ball GT involves the aftermath of Vegeta taking Bulla on a shopping spree. The two of them are driving home when two teenage boys pull up next to them and start cat-calling Bulla. The two boys tell Bulla how cute she looks and ask her to dump the old man she is driving with. This prompts Vegeta to rip the steering wheel out of their car so that they drive off the road and crash into the water.
You might think Vegeta over-reacted slightly until you realize that Bulla is only supposed to be around eleven or twelve years old at the time. She actually isn’t that much older than Pan at this point.
12 The Bizarre Desk Commercial
The massive popularity of Dragon Ball in Japan has led to Goku and his friends being used to advertise numerous different products over the years. Goku has appeared commercials for everything from fast food to eye drops intended for children who are about to go swimming.
Some of these things are very strange.
One of the most curious commercials that Goku ever appeared in happened during the Dragon Ball GT era. Goku was the face of the Hyper Desk, which was a writing desk with numerous compartments and shelves. It’s odd that the characters from Dragon Ball would be chosen to represent writing desks, considering the fact that Goku is barely literate and doesn’t spend much time putting pen to paper. A writing desk isn’t usually the first thing people think of when someone mentions Dragon Ball.
11 Interpreting The Words Of Akira Toriyama
We likely won’t ever know Akira Toriyama’s true thoughts concerning Dragon Ball GT. This is partly due to his reclusive nature, as he rarely gives interviews and is usually polite to a fault when he does them. If he bears any ill-feelings towards the designs or story of Dragon Ball GT then he likely won’t say them out loud.
The most Akira Toriyama has ever discussed his opinions on Dragon Ball GT was in a written introduction to the Dragon Box for the series. It was in this introduction that he referred to Dragon Ball GT as a “side-story” to Dragon Ball. This has caused a lot of discussion among the fans, who have interpreted this message as evidence both for and against the notion that Dragon Ball GT was meant to be considered canon.
10 The Truth Of Toriyama’s Involvement
There used to be a debate among Dragon Ball GT fans about how much involvement Akira Toriyama actually had with the development of the series. There were those who claimed that he was involved with the direction and the plot of the series, while there were those who said that he had no involvement whatsoever.
Akira Toriyama didn’t have much involvement in Dragon Ball GT.
The introduction that Akira Toriyama wrote for the Dragon Ball GT Dragon Box elaborated on his role in the production. He admitted that he was still burned out from the grueling serialization process of the Dragon Ball manga and wasn’t interested in continuing the series. His entire contribution to Dragon Ball GT involved creating the title and drawing some character designs.
9 The Two Dubs
Dragon Ball hasn’t had the best history when it comes to a decent English localization. The original English dub of Dragon Ball Z was infamous due to its poor quality and excessive censorship. The fans had to wait a long time before a decent English version of Dragon Ball Z was created, despite the popularity of the series.
Dragon Ball GT didn’t fare much better in this regard. There were two dubs created for the show: the FUNimation dub that was made for America and the Blue Water dub that was created for the other English speaking territories. The Blue Water dub is generally considered to be the superior of the two, due to how it is more faithful to the original Japanese version of the show.
8 The Lost Episodes
The other way in which the Blue Water dub of Dragon Ball GT was superior was due to the fact that they didn’t skip the first sixteen episodes of the show. One of the biggest differences between Dragon Ball GT and Dragon Ball Z was the decision to have the show focus more on adventures and journeying into the unknown, rather than battles. This decision was reversed at some point, with the series shifting back to the martial arts battles that Dragon Ball was known for.
But this resulted in some lost content in a certain dub.
It seems that FUNimation was keen to get back to the fighting, as they skipped the first sixteen episodes of Dragon Ball GT, with all of the pertinent information being crammed into a single episode that existed to bring the audience up to speed.
7 The Banishment Of Dragon Ball GT From Canon
The existence of Dragon Ball Super has pretty much banished Dragon Ball GT from continuity. The only time Dragon Ball GT is ever mentioned is during video game crossovers, where it is commonly referred to as an alternate timeline. Dragon Ball GT had been banished from continuity well before the existence of Dragon Ball Super. Akira Toriyama had already created an official continuation of Dragon Ball Z in 2010, with an MMO called Dragon Ball Online.
The setting & story of Dragon Ball Online were created by Akira Toriyama. It was set in the far future, where the Saiyans had faded away and the Earth was now populated by Namekians and the descendants of Majin Buu. Dragon Ball Online has since closed down, but most of its material was reworked into the Xenoverse games.
6 Goten’s Original Girlfriend
Goten was a lot like Gohan, in that he lacked his father’s love for combat. It seems that Goten was more focused on girls than he was with the quest to gather the Black-Star Dragon Balls, which is why he ended up remaining on Earth, while Goku, Pan, and Trunks went on a space adventure.
Goten’s girlfriend changed design during the production of Dragon Ball GT.
Goten starts dating a girl named Valese, who comes from an affluent background. It appears that there were some changes to Valese’ design during the production of the show. This is due to the fact that she had a different color scheme in the early promotional material for Dragon Ball GT. The original advertisements for Dragon Ball GT showed Valese with blonde hair while wearing a red dress. The version of Valese that appeared in the show was a brunette.
5 The Krillin Inconsistency
One of the biggest drawbacks of the Dragon Balls of Earth is the inability for the same wish to be made twice. This meant that Shenron was only able to bring someone back from the dead a single time. It wasn’t until the Z-Fighters traveled to Namek and encountered the Namekian Dragon Balls that this restriction could be overcome, which allowed Chiaotzu to be revived for a second time.
This rule caused an inconsistency at the end of Dragon Ball GT. Krillin is ended by Android 17, yet he is revived at the end of the series by Shenron. This shouldn’t be possible, as Shenron had previously brought Krillin back to life after he was ended by Tambourine in Dragon Ball.
4 The American GT
The Dragon Ball franchise remained relevant during the long break between GT and Super with the aid of numerous video games. There have been a lot of Dragon Ball video games released, which date back to the Nintendo Entertainment System. Dragon Ball GT has only ever had two video games based on the series; Dragon Ball GT: Final Bout and Dragon Ball GT: Transformation.
There are only two Dragon Ball GT games and one of them was made in America.
Dragon Ball GT: Transformation was a beat-em-up game in the same vein as Double Dragon that was released for the Game Boy Advance in 2005. Transformation is considered to be one of the most mediocre games based on the Dragon Ball franchise, which means that it has a lot of company.
3 Dragon Ball Heroes & Super Saiyan 4
Dragon Ball GT is probably the most ignored part of the franchise. We likely won’t ever see a HD remaster of the series (like Dragon Ball Kai) or any sort of official sequel that follows Pan’s descendants.
The Dragon Ball video games are the only place where you will see the content from GT appearing. One of the biggest examples of this is the Japan-exclusive arcade game called Dragon Ball Heroes. This is a game that requires the use of real-life trading cards to play. Dragon Ball Heroes features character from pretty much every incarnation of the series, including those from the non-canon movies.
Dragon Ball Heroes has cards that show Super Saiyan 4 versions of characters other than Goku, Vegeta, or Gogeta. Heroes has Super Saiyan 4 versions of Bardock, Broly, and Gohan.
2 The Sweet Bread Commercial
The Dragon Ball characters have commonly appeared in food commercials. This at least makes a lot more sense than a commercial for a writing desk, as Goku and the other Saiyans are shown to be big eaters, who will consume plate after plate of food during their training.
It was during the original run of Dragon Ball GT that Goku and the cast of the show appeared in a commercial for Mushipan, which is a kind of cake that you cook using steam that is popular in Japan. Dragon Ball GT wasn’t a well-received as the previous entries in the series, which is why it didn’t have as many commercial endorsements as Dragon Ball Z. The comparatively brief length of the show didn’t help things in this regard.
1 The Original Pitch Actually Sounded Interesting
Dragon Ball Z ended with Goku taking on Uub as his student, which seemed as if he was passing the torch on to a new generation. Dragon Ball GT almost immediately undid this by turning Goku into a child again and having him become the focal point of the story once more. The creators of Dragon Ball GT had a different idea for the series at first. The original plan for GT was for it to be an anthology series that was made up of stories that bridged the ten-year gap between the defeat of Kid Buu and Goku encountering Uub. These stories would have focused on the kids of the original characters, such as Goten, Pan, and Trunks.
We almost had Dragon Ball: The Next Generation instead of Dragon Ball GT.
The decision was made for Dragon Ball GT to be a sequel to Dragon Ball Z, as a means of respecting the source material, while also defining GT as its own series.
Scott has been writing for The Gamer since it launched in 2017 and also regularly contributes to Screen Rant. He has previously written gaming articles for websites like Cracked, Dorkly, Topless Robot, and TopTenz. He has been gaming since the days of the ZX Spectrum, when it used to take 40 minutes to load a game from a tape cassette player to a black and white TV set. Scott thinks Chrono Trigger is the best video game of all time, followed closely by Final Fantasy Tactics and Baldur’s Gate 2. He pretends that sorcerer is his favorite Dungeons & Dragons class in public but he secretly loves bards.
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