Goku is one of the most powerful anime characters of all time, but he is not invincible. one of the following dragon ballThe main theme of is that there is always someone better. Most of the time, Goku takes a lot of joy in finding and fighting stronger opponents, but a brutal defeat cost him his life.
Goku has been killed by several powerful characters. dragon ball, Dragon Ball Z, Dragon Ball GTand dragon ball super. Death is never permanent. dragon ball Being a franchise, Goku (almost) always comes back stronger than ever. But in several timelines, death was truly the end for Goku.

Goku vs Vegeta: The most powerful user of each Saiyan and God form
Goku and Vegeta are on different paths to power in Dragon Ball Super, and are very picky about which forms they master.
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King Piccolo stopped Goku's heart.
Strictly speaking, Goku's first death occurs in the original work. dragon ball Japanese cartoon movie. In his first battle with Demon King Piccolo, Piccolo completely overpowers Goku and stops his heart. King Piccolo also checks Goku's vitals to make sure his heart has actually stopped before moving on to find the remaining Dragon Balls. After a while, Goku's heart miraculously starts up and Yajirobe takes him to Korin's Tower to drink Ultra Divine Water.
Interestingly, Goku's resurrection after his heart stopped was dragon ball super comic book. In Granolah the Survivor Saga, it is revealed that Bardock wished his sons to prosper in the Dragon Balls. With this in mind, Goku's heart being restored is no longer a random occurrence, but the result of his father caring for him and giving him another chance at life.
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Piccolo kills Goku and Raditz with his special beam cannon.
Son Goku's death at the beginning Dragon Ball Z It's one of the biggest plot twists in animation history. After becoming the strongest character in virtually every field dragon ball Goku, being a Saga and always saving the day, finally finds an opponent he can't beat in Raditz. Raditz is so powerful that Goku has no choice but to team up with Piccolo to fight him, but that's not enough.
In the end, Goku is forced to sacrifice his life and capture Raditz so Piccolo can kill them both with the Special Beam Cannon. Ironically, getting killed was the best thing that ever happened to Goku. If Goku hadn't died, he wouldn't have been able to train with King Kai and learn Kaioken and Soul Bomb. Without the two techniques, all Z-Fighters would have died in the final battle with Vegeta in the Saiyan Saga.

Dragon Ball Super officially forms the most powerful villain in shonen animation history
Dragon Ball Super established some of the most powerful villains not only in Dragon Ball, but in anime and manga history.
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Goku sacrifices his life to save the Earth from the cells.
Super Saiyan 2 Gohan is powerful enough to kill Perfect Cell in the Cell Games, but rather than finish him off when he had the chance, he gets cocky and starts toying with Cell. Cell, desperately trapped in his semi-perfect form, becomes terrified and decides to self-destruct to destroy Earth and all Z-Fighters.
Realizing he has no choice, Goku says goodbye to Gohan and uses Instant Transmission to teleport himself and Cell to King Kai's planet, where he commits suicide along with King Kai and Bubbles. Unfortunately, Cell's core is not destroyed in the explosion and he experiences a massive Zenkai Boost that turns him into Super Perfect Cell.
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Wukong Heuk murders Wukong and steals his body.
In an alternate timeline, Zamasu watches Goku's final battle against Hit in the Tournament of Destroyers on GodTube and develops a deep hatred for the fact that mortals can reach the same level of power as gods. Zamasu finds Zeno and threatens him, telling him everything about Goku, then gathers the Super Dragon Balls of the multiverse to exchange bodies with Goku.
Now that Zamasu is inside Goku's body and Goku is inside Zamasu's body, Zamasu becomes Goku Black and murders Goku, then kills Goten and Chichi. Goku Black then uses the Time Rings to travel to Future Trunks' timeline and personally threaten Trunks after eliminating all the gods of the multiverse.
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Killed Goku after being hired to assassinate him
While fighting Hit in the Destroyer Tournament, Goku realizes that because Hit is an assassin, he cannot actually fight at full power or use killing intent. Goku ends up forfeiting the match and waits for his chance to fight again. That time never comes dragon ball super Although it is a cartoon, dragon ball super The anime includes a two-part mini-arc in which Goku hires Hit to assassinate him, forcing him to fight to the death.
Surprisingly, Hit actually succeeds in killing Goku. Hit uses his time skip abilities to overpower Super Saiyan Blue Goku and stop his heart, killing him on the spot. However, just before Hit can kill Goku, Goku throws a Ki blast into the air that lands back on Goku's chest, restarting his heart and giving Hit another chance to fight. In the rematch, Goku and Hit exhaust each other without either of them dying in the process.
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Vegeta and Goku kill each other in the future of Dragon Ball Online.
dragon ball online It is a sequel to Akira Toriyama's original work. Dragon Ball Z Before he came back to write Dragon Ball Z: War of Gods And started working dragon ball super. By 801, Goku and Vegeta were too old and past their prime. Realizing that they are running out of time to fight against each other, Goku and Vegeta head into space for one final battle where they can fight at full power without endangering anyone else.
This final battle is never seen, but a few years later a supernova is observed in the general area where Goku and Vegeta left. Neither Saiyan ever returned to Earth, and it is implied that Goku and Vegeta ultimately killed each other in their final battle out of mutual respect for each other's powers rather than out of malice. Goku and Vegeta killing each other is a morbid end to the characters, but one that makes perfect sense considering their intense desire to fight.

The era of Dragon Ball's strongest Saiyan is over.
When the Dragon Ball Super comic finally returns with the Black Frieza Saga, Goku and Vegeta are no longer the most powerful Saiyans in the series.
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Omega Shenron killed Goku at the end of Dragon Ball GT.
Omega Shenron is one of the most powerful villains. dragon ball Multiverse. at the end Dragon Ball GTOmega is more powerful than every single character except Super Saiyan 4 Gogeta. In fact, Omega Shenron is so powerful that he is actually able to kill Goku in the final battle. Omega's negative energy ball successfully killed Goku. Through regular Shenron's intervention, Goku is restored to a state between life and death, concluding the fight.
From this point on, Omega's attacks do not connect with Goku, allowing Goku to finish him off with the Universal Spirit Bomb. However, after doing so, Shenron takes Goku and the Dragon Balls, and Goku becomes the vessel for the Dragon Balls 100 years later. Dragon Ball GT: Legacy of Heroes). If Shenron hadn't somehow brought Goku back, Omega Shenron would have destroyed the entire universe after killing Goku.
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