Goku's mom appears in "Jaco the Galactic Patrolman"!

[silverzeo]

Her name is Gine.... she cooks.



According to here Dragonball Wiki page: 

Gine had a gentle personality, and unlike many other Saiyans, she was not cut out for fighting. She used to be a member of Bardock's team. While she was a part of that team, Bardock routinely saved her from many dangers on the battlefield. This caused her to develop romantic feelings for him, and the two grew to have a special bond. It was a rare case for Saiyans, who normally do not develop male-female relationships except for breeding purposes.

As she was not cut out for fighting, Gine went on to work at the meat distribution center on Planet Vegeta.^[3] She is killed along with most of the other Saiyans when Frieza destroys Planet Vegeta




And Goku was a test-tube baby to boot... fun facts years after the series end, right? just liek Star Wars, right?

Comments

[q99]

I didn't think there *were* Saiyans not cut out for fighting!

[silverzeo]

Do you also ever thought the closest thing that the human race has to Super Human is literally just Krillin and Yamacha... I would bring up Tien but... turns out he is partly alien too...

[q99]

There's a number who aren't bad. Roshi, the Crane hermit, Nam, Tao Pai Pai, Chaotzu, Yajirobe...

[coldfury]

Do you have a source for the Tien/alien thing? Because I can't find it. http://dragonball.wikia.com/wiki/Tien_Shinhan states that he's a human.

I always wonder, at their peak who was strongest, Tien or Krillin. Tien gets more showboat moments, but Krillin gets into the action a lot more.

[crinos]

Yeah, Tien is a human who just happens to have three eyes, just like Chaotsu is a human who happens to be a short mime (And also an emperor apparently).

Its actually kind of frustrating: Tien and Chaotsu are two of the most visually interesting characters in the series, and by the time DBZ comes around they're basically cannon fodder. I think the last time Tien ever had anything significant to do with the plot was when he stunlocked Cell to keep him from absorbing 18.

[coldfury]

Tien is actually the last useful human standing in the Buu saga, he saves Gohan for a brief moment.

[crinos]

To be fair, that's because he was one of the last living beings on the planet at this point.

[silverzeo]

It was brought up in a manga review of the Tournament before the King Piccolo saga, the reviewer brought up anothe recent piece or something from an ultimate guide book, but he called out BS on it too.

[silverzeo]

Here it is. http://youtu.be/1yLOiM9cUvg?t=10m21s

[crinos]

Well, aside from this one, we also have Vegeta's little brother Tarble, from the 2008 reunion special. Who was also a total wimp and was banished from Vegeta because of it, and ended up marrying a Pillsbury doughboy alien from the planet he was sent to.

So there is a precedent for there being Saiyan's who can't really fight, its just... wow this is disappointing.

[silverzeo]

Wait, didn't Trunks count a bit too? He DOES lack his father's Sayian... urge to fight and kill...

[crinos]

No, but he was a badass warrior.

[silverzeo]

No, I mean, aren't Sayians like pure fighting machines, even Goku was an angry baby before he hit his head...

[crinos]

I think it was implied that Saiyans pre program their children to be violent monsters at birth while they are being shipped to whatever planet they are killing.

As for Trunks, he is only a half saiyan, and he was raised among humans.

Then again, Gohan is also half saiyan, and he has a pretty famous temper he can use to wreck everyone's shit at a moments notice.

[silverzeo]

Huh... so is that what the Test-Tube is about then?

Yeah, that does make sense, Vegeta did NOT make any effort to be a parenting elite with his son... which makes me wonder how he handles being a father to a girl....SERIOUSLY! VEGETA'S DAUGHTER! How come we seen nothing about this outside of GT?

I think Gohan's temper comes from his mother...

[q99]

But even being a weak fighter, he could still fight... and that's of a royal family who expects the best.