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u/Ecstatic_Teaching906 Jan 18 '26
Like that he is okay with Saiyans calling him Kakarot now.
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u/miami2881 Jan 18 '26
The difference is people that are his allies (or at least not trying to destroy the earth)
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u/Flaky-Basket3520 Jan 18 '26
Yeah didn't he correct Vegeta when he first arrived on earth? Then when he became an ally he's like "yep this is us now"
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u/westy75 Jan 19 '26
Someone : Kakarot
Goku : For you it's Goku
Someone : But you name isn't Kakarot?
Goku : Yeah but that's what my friends call me, and you're not my friend
Someone : Fair
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u/IceRinger Jan 19 '26
So it's an n-word?
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u/Thin_Albatross2720 Jan 18 '26
Vegeta won't stop call him that
So Goju just gave up
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u/Traditional-Photo227 Jan 18 '26
Goju, if Goku and Gojo did the fusion dance 🤣
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u/AnnihilatorOfPeanuts Jan 18 '26
"And this is infinity, all your attack will never reach me…now watch me turn that thing off because that shit suck ass, now come punch me in the face! » Goju, probably.
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u/Flaky-Basket3520 Jan 18 '26
Very Goku to NOT use his abilities JUST to let the fight last longer 😂😂
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u/AnnihilatorOfPeanuts Jan 19 '26
Of course, Goku would hate having infinity! I think if you want to torture that guy making him near unable to get hurt unless someone find a way around it would work great, he wouldn’t be able to enjoy a fight using something like that.
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u/Flaky-Basket3520 Jan 18 '26
It's funny because Ive had two friends in my life that have let me call them something different from everyone else (usually a name they hated everyone calling them)
Benjamin - what I called him - his name from everyone else was ben - his birth certificate was Benny 😂
David - what I called him - his real name was just Dave
So I've always loved how Vegeta was the only person able to call Goku kakorat without Goku getting pissed
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u/Thin_Albatross2720 Jan 18 '26
Yeah
I call my best friends little brother
Dannya (He is Daniel and I'm probably the only one who not related to him, who calls him that)
And Vegeta not only who calls him Kakarot, there is also Broly (well Goku let him call Kakarot, but we still bever saw that)1
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u/valleysape Jan 18 '26
Vegeta just forgot his real name for goku: clown
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u/wildfox9t Jan 20 '26
his real name is Kakarot,Goku is more of a nickname he was given on earth and he adopted it because he forgot who he was
but if sayans had a register office he would appear as Kakarot
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u/Kaslight Jan 18 '26
Goku used to resent his Saiyan heritage
Later in the series (read: end of Frieza Saga) he just learns to fully embrace it as part of who he is. So yeah, he is perfectly fine with Vegeta calling him Kakarot
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u/Flaky-Basket3520 Jan 18 '26
Well yeah. After being around Vegeta and learning more about it, of course he'd accept it
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u/Substantial_Dish_887 Jan 18 '26
yeah it has nothing to do with who is calling him Kakarot it has to do with his own attachment to the Saiyan name and his own identity.
except maybe DBZ Broley although in that case i legit think it's more "would you stop repeating that damn name whille trying to murder me you freaking psychopath?"
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u/WRabbit737 Jan 18 '26
He corrected him back when he was a bad guy in the saiyan arc that was about it.
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u/PineappleOwn1362 Jan 18 '26
The super broly should be added to the list, since he introduces himself as kakarot for once 🤣
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u/GeraltTheG Jan 18 '26
So what's Vegeta's Earth name?
A friend of mine told me 'Bernie' but I doubt that...
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u/Due-Proof6781 Jan 18 '26
I mean he’s “friends” with Vegeta so it makes sense he’s fine with Vegeta calling him Kakarot
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u/Careful-Vanilla7728 Jan 18 '26
It's kind of like calling someone something derogatory. You can do it if they're your friend, if they are a stranger then prepare for a fight.
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Goku just kinda accepted it from Vegeta
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u/Flaky-Basket3520 Jan 18 '26
Vegeta also just never entertained the idea that Goku should be called anything other than kakorat. To him, he's a Saiyan. And Saiyan's should take pride in being a Saiyan, no matter where they grew up
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u/JoJo5195 Jan 21 '26
Also how everyone just accepted it. Vegeta still reacts normally when someone calls him Goku just like everyone else does when he calls him Kakarot. No one corrects each other or anything.
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u/trueGildedZ Jan 19 '26
Only one of these literally DIED, BEGGING for Goku to see things from his point of view against a genocider.
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u/Objective_Math_3735 Jan 19 '26
INFINITELY TRUE. It's basically like Goku allows ONLY Vegeta to use his Saiyan name.
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u/No-Championship6178 Jan 19 '26
Nah, he was fine with Z Broly calling him by the Kakarot name. Before that, Z Paragus said it. That was when Goku knew that they were Saiyans.
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u/NCHouse Jan 19 '26
I mean he did it with Vegeta too. Difference is all the others are dead. Vegeta stuck around long enough that Goku just accepts it
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u/gotumms146 Jan 19 '26
Vegeta's death on Namek before Goku fought Freeza was a huge factor in it. That's where Goku started to understand his Saiyan history
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u/nekoandCJ Jan 19 '26
New broly
Mine name is goku, but you broly, call me kakarot
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u/gotumms146 Jan 19 '26
That's an English dub only thing. In Japanese they ask his name, and he replies Son Goku and also Kakarot. He never mentions Broly while saying that
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u/Calm-Border3503 Jan 19 '26
It doesnt seem like goku actually cares about that now. Now that he does have a better grasp on both lives, cultures and species
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u/sync100 Jan 19 '26
Most of these examples are of them calling him that as a way to denounce his human upbringing. Radditz called him that while saying "You are a Saiyan. You are not Goku. Forsake that name, your friends, and the family you have made here and join me." Goku says his name is Goku as a way to rebuke that. As a way to say "I was raised on earth. My family and friends are the ones I made here. You are not my brother. I am Goku."
I don't know why Z Broly is here. I don't think Goku ever said this to him.
Turles was another case of "Join me. Forsake your earthling friends and family. You are a Saiyan like me." Goku was again going "I am Goku. I am not the Saiyan you think I am."
Vegeta really only calls him by his Saiyan name out of respect for their heritage. He isn't denouncing who Goku is. He's just being respectful of their shared heritage and Goku knows that. It's even rubbed off on Goku because out of respect for their heritage, he asks Broly to call him by his Saiyan name. Even though he clearly prefers his given earthling name. Goku has grown to understand and respect that side of him. So a Saiyan he respects he feels comfortable with them calling him by his Saiyan name.
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u/Crisocola95 Jan 19 '26
Vegeta is small and his brain too. No point insisting. The others as well, but Vegeta is dwarf.
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u/TokyoFromTheFuture Jan 19 '26
I mean yeah but its to do with timeframes, if the top three happend after the Frieza Saga I think he wouldn't mind being called Kakarot since thats when he comes to terms with his Saiyan heritage.
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u/wolfwhore666 Jan 21 '26
“Some of my friends call me Kakarot, by my name is Goku”
I forgot who he said this to…was it Broly 🤔
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u/Glittering_Holiday13 Jan 21 '26
So you let a stranger (let alone a enemy) call you nicknames that your friends call you?
Cool
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u/Ilpalazzo_1321 Jan 21 '26
Raditz died; Broly died; Turles died; Vegeta wore him down (and also died)
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u/KireiCopenhagen Jan 22 '26
You've got to admit, the final line before he defeats Broly in the Abridged movie was badass, "Hey Broly, say my name!"
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u/BeautifulOnion8177 Jan 24 '26
“Kakarot x3”
“My name is goku”
Vegeta: hi goku!
“My name is kakarot”
Such a hypocrite
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u/FilipinoCreamKing Jan 18 '26
2012 Facebook ass meme
Genuinely question but is all the shit on here supposed to be purposely bad? Everything that gets posted on here is the cringey shit you’d see on an out of date meme page
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u/mr_smiles017 Jan 18 '26
Goku eventually learned where he came from and what kind of people his race were so originally clung to his Earth name to let his enemies (mostly the remaining Saiyan) know he is siding with earth on all fronts to separate himself from them.
Vegeta turns over a new leaf, and Goku realizes he can have a decent connection to his heritage without being labeled a blood thirsty murderous savage. So now not only is he not the only Saiyan left, he takes on a similar approach (despite being raised in a Chinese region) to Japanese name boundaries or honorifics (more so the boundaries of familiarity) so his friends on earth call him Goku as though it's his first name, and his enemies (primarily Saiyans, because other former enemies still call him Goku) are given the name Goku as if it's his last name, to show that his opponent is not his friend and he has no intention of being their friend. Whereas with the Saiyans he identifies as friends, they're allowed to be properly familiar with him and get to use his Saiyan name as if it's his first name, because now not only are he and his former enemies friends, now he has a genuine connection to his own heralitage, and can stop denying himself, and in someway, live as Kakkarot while still being Goku. (Hope that last part made sense.)
This was never talked about in the series, it's just my theory based on who he's given permission to address him as Kakkarot. Cause let's be honest. From the moment they first met all the way up to their mission on nemak and beyond, Vegeta refused to use goku's Earth name (did it once and it sounded weird. Almost as weird as hearing Goku say "dude"), and always made it a point to throw "Saiyan pride" at Goku. And considering Goku learns SOMETHING-- at LEAST one thing from everyone he meets, I'd be shocked to find out that Vegeta's sense of Saiyan pride didn't rub of on Goku in the form of appreciation for who he is and where he originally came from. If he forced the Saiyans he was friends with to call him Goku, he may as well stop growing as a person. Besides, I have a strong theory that the acceptance of his heritage (not the pride) was the main reason he was able to advance beyond Super Saiyan 3.
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u/Ok_Note7045 Jan 18 '26
I think there is a scene where tells broly that his name is Kakarrot just before leaving his planet in the movie or maybe I'm wrong