There are 6 total Saiyan transformations that occur in the whole DragonBall series. Here are the details in order from weakest to strongest:
Super Saiyan: This is a powered-up version of a normal Saiyan. When they reach this stage, their hair turns bright yellow and their eyes turn green. The legend of the Super Saiyans states that there can be no stronger force when a Super Saiyan is at battle, but this definitely does not hold true. Just about all of the important Saiyans reached this stage. This includes: Goku, Vegeta, Brolli, Gohan, Goten and Trunks. The requirements for getting this strong are simple: The character must obtain a power level of over 100,000 and for his first transformation, he must get super angry. Otherwise, the change will not occur. Afterwards, each transformation is simple.
Ultra Super Saiyan: This version is a beefed-up form of a normal Super Saiyan, who can't quite reach level2. Muscle bulk increases, but speed decreases during this form. Trunks and Brolli make it to this form, but Vegeta can't quite make it all the way. To reach this form, the Saiyan must have a very high power level, but anger has nothing to do with obtaining it.
Super Saiyan 2: This stage is easily more powerful than normal Super Saiyan form. In this form, hair gets a little longer and muscles bulge more. Only three of the Saiyans reach this stage: Gohan, Goku and Vegeta. Gohan reaches it during the Cell Games, and Goku and Vegeta both reach it when they are fighting each other and Vegeta is charmed into Majin Vegeta.
Super Saiyan 3: This form is by far the strongest normal Super Saiyan stage. It's one of the most odd looking stages, with hair down to the feet, eyebrow ridges pushed out and eyebrows completely gone. All this physical deformity equals an immense source of power, which saves lives in a pinch. Goku and the fused warrior Gotenks are the only Saiyans to reach this form.
Super Saiyan 4: This form can only be seen in the Dragon Ball GT series. It is not a true Super Saiyan (along Z lines, that is), but it's something of a mix between Oozaru and human. In this form, warriors keep their hair color, grow red fur across some of their body(except SSJ4 Gogeta, who had brown fur and red hair) and wear some funky-looking pants. Some believe this form is the true Super Saiyan, because the Golden Oozaru can be reached from this form . Also, a Golden Oozaru is shown in the background when Vegeta explains the Super Saiyan story.
Oozaru: His form isn't seen much after the early episodes in Z, but they do pop up occasionally in GT. Oozaru form is when a Saiyan with a tail catches a glimpse of a full moon or an energy level that can mimic it. When they do, they grow fur all over their body, get red eyes and grow to immense proportions. Their power grows 10 times in this form.
The idea to fuse warriors was the brainchild of a friend Dragon Ball creator Akira Toriyama. According to an interview, Toriyama wondered how to make a warrior more powerful, and his friend said to make two warriors into one. So they created fusion. This can be done in two ways: by fusion dance or Potara earrings.
Goten and Trunks first used the fusion dance during the Buu saga. When attempting to beat Buu, they formed Gotenks. After some training, Gotenks was able to reach Super Saiyan level 3. Son Goku and Vegeta also used the dance once, during movie 12 - Rebirth of Fusion. They fused incorrectly once, forming Fat Gogeta. But they successfully created the powerful Gogeta the second time.
Vegeta and Son Goku used the other form of fusion, Potara earrings, during the Buu sage. Each person put an earring on the opposite ear of the other person, and the two characters pulled together. Thus, Goku and Vegeta formed Vegetto. |