The trial and tribulations ofVegetathroughout hisDragon Ballcareer have led him down a way of ever - increasing power , which usually manifests itself in the course of an all - newfangled transformation – and none are more crucial thanSuper Saiyan 4(but not for reasons one might expect ) .

The first major transformation attain by Vegeta was his slap-up Ape form . While this was one fan have see from both Goku and Gohan in the past , Vegeta ’s was different . Instead of becoming a mindless , destructive brute , Vegeta retained control over his creative thinker as a Great Ape , effectively prove to be the superior of this Saiyan manikin even if he was n’t the first Saiyan shown utilizing its power – which is a trend that would continue throughDBZand intoDragon Ball Super . InSuper , Vegeta unlocked Super Saiyan Godwithout the use of the Super Saiyan God ritual ( like Goku ) , make his rise of power that much more telling . While Vegeta consistently takes pre - existent Saiyan transformations and upgrades them , that fact actually does n’t play a role in why Super Saiyan 4 is Vegeta ’s most important form , as the substantial reason is way more meta .

Super Saiyan 4 Changed Vegeta’s Entire Mindset with 1 Thing: Fusions

InDragon Ball GTepisode 59 ( written by Toshinobu Ooi , directed by Osamu Kasai , bring forth by Toei Animation ) , Vegeta joinsGoku as a Super Saiyan 4after Bulma blast him with her Blutz Waves Generator . Blutz Waves are types of photon speck that are transferred by the ignitor of the full moon ( or really any other heavenly orb , as it turns out ) , and Bulma figure out how to make that energy even more saturated . commonly , a Saiyan require their nates to become a Great emulator after immerse the Blutz Waves from the full moon , but with Bulma ’s Blutz Waves Generator , no tail was necessary . Since becoming a Great copycat is need to unlock Super Saiyan 4 , this machine try integral in Vegeta turn over the transformation . Then , once he unlocked SSJ4 , Vegeta does the one affair that he would apparently never do : Vegeta asks Goku to immix with him .

The whole cause Vegeta wanted to become a Super Saiyan 4 in the first station was to serve Goku vote down Omega Shenron , and Vegeta knew once he made the transformation that he ’d need to blend with Goku to achieve victory . Under normal fortune , Vegeta would not only hate the idea of fuse with Goku , but he ’d desire to take a snap at combat the villain himself first before resorting to nuclear fusion . In fact , in the past times , it ’s always been Goku who has to talk Vegeta into fuse with him – whether it be during their conflict with Majin Buu inDBZ , or their engagement with Zamasu or Broly in Super , and even in the movieDragon Ball Z : Fusion Reborn . Vegeta ’s Saiyan Pride postulate he claim triumph over his opponent himself , without anyone ’s help . However , when he became a Super Saiyan 4 , that mindset fly right out the proverbial window .

As many fans ofDragon Ballknow , Goku and Vegeta immix to become either Vegito or Gogeta is the obvious solution to combat god - tier opponents , and every minute they spend not coalesce can sometimes be frustrating to watch . In thisGTepisode , Vegeta was aware of that , which is why he was the one to indicate it in the first place . This metabolism of reason and logic over stubbornness and pride is a huge step for Vegeta , specially in the meta good sense , as his character has been known to go through significant regression in the past . This generative character modification happened alongside his transformation intoSuper Saiyan 4 , making itVegeta ’s most crucial form inDragon Ball .

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SSJ4 Vegeta and his Great Ape form.

Vegeta and Goku SSJ4.

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