Editing Vegeta (section)

===''Dragon Ball Z''===
Vegeta is introduced as a member of the {{nihongo|Saiyan|サイヤ人|Saiya-jin}} race. He travels to Earth with his partner [[List of Dragon Ball characters#Nappa|Nappa]] to use the Dragon Balls to wish for immortality.<ref>{{cite book | last = Toriyama| first = Akira|author-link= Akira Toriyama|title = Dragon Ball Z|publisher = [[Viz Media]]| year = 2003 |chapter=Chapter 10| volume = 1 | isbn = 978-1-56931-930-7}}</ref> Nappa easily fights off Earth's heroes and kills [[Tien Shinhan]], [[Chiaotzu]], [[Yamcha]], and [[Piccolo (Dragon Ball)|Piccolo]] in the process. Goku then arrives after completing his training with [[Kaiō-sama]]. Goku easily defeats Nappa who is then killed by Vegeta, for the shame of being defeated by a low class Saiyan such as Goku. Vegeta fights Goku and is severely beaten by Goku's Kaioken technique, forcing him to resort to his [[Ozaru]] form to overpower Goku, the first time he has ever transformed in single combat, but he is unable to beat the rest of the heroes due to his sustained injuries from Goku, [[Gohan]], [[Krillin]] and [[Yajirobe]]. Exhausted and on the brink of death, he barely escapes with his life and is further humiliated by the fact that Goku pleaded with Krillin to spare his life.<ref>{{cite book | last = Toriyama| first = Akira| author-link = Akira Toriyama|title = Dragon Ball Z|publisher = [[Viz Media]]| year = 2003 | volume = 5| isbn = 978-1-56931-934-5|chapter=Chapter 47}}</ref>

Vegeta then travels to planet Namek in an attempt to wish for immortality using that planet's Dragon Balls, Earth's Dragon Balls having ceased to exist following Piccolo's death, cutting the tyrant [[Frieza]] off from making the same wish in the process.<ref>{{cite book | last = Toriyama| first = Akira| author-link = Akira Toriyama|title = Dragon Ball Z|publisher = [[Viz Media]]| year = 2003 | volume = 5| isbn = 978-1-56931-934-5|chapter=Chapter 52}}</ref> Upon arrival, Vegeta manages to kill many of Frieza's henchmen and also mercilessly destroys a defenseless Namekian village for their Dragon Ball. Later on Vegeta is forced to team up with Gohan, Goku, Piccolo, and Krillin so they can fight off the [[Ginyu Force]] and later Frieza. He also kills most members of the Ginyu Force after they are weakened by Goku. Ultimately, he is severely beaten and mortally wounded by Frieza; as he dies, he begs Goku to avenge him and all the other Saiyans whom he was their prince. Vegeta is later unintentionally revived with a wish to revive all of Frieza's victims from the Dragon Balls from Earth, and is subsequently sent to Earth with another wish so that he will survive Namek's impending explosion. Vegeta later learns that Goku defeated Frieza and managed to flee Namek in time.<ref>{{cite book | last = Toriyama| first = Akira| author-link = Akira Toriyama|title = Dragon Ball Z|publisher = [[Viz Media]]| year = 2003 | volume = 11| isbn = 978-1-56931-939-0|chapter=Chapter 114}}</ref><ref>{{cite book | last = Toriyama| first = Akira| author-link = Akira Toriyama|title = Dragon Ball Z|publisher = [[Viz Media]]| year = 2003 | volume = 10| isbn = 978-1-56931-807-2|chapter=Chapter 129}}</ref>
[[File:Vegeta First.PNG|thumb|upright=0.9|left|Vegeta's first few appearances in the anime depicted him with a radically different color scheme.]]<!-- Please don't remove this image from this article as it help prove that Vegeta looked drastically in his first three appearances in the anim. -->

After Frieza's final defeat, Vegeta chooses to stay on Earth to await Goku's return and has a son named [[Trunks (Dragon Ball)|Trunks]] with [[Bulma]].<ref>{{cite book | last = Toriyama| first = Akira| author-link = Akira Toriyama|title = Dragon Ball Z|publisher = [[Viz Media]]| year = 2003 | volume = 12| isbn = 978-1-56931-985-7|chapter=Chapter 143}}</ref><ref name="trunksmanga">{{cite book|last1=Toriyama|first1=Akira|author-link=Akira Toriyama|title=[[Dragon Ball (manga)|Dragon Ball]]|volume=28|chapter=337: 集う超戦士たち|date=November 8, 1991|publisher=[[Shueisha]]|language=ja|isbn=4-08-851418-1}}</ref><ref name="trunksanime">{{Cite episode|title=ボクの父はベジータです…謎の少年の告白|trans-title=My Dad is Vegeta… Confessions of the Mysterious Boy|episode-link=List_of_Dragon Ball Z episodes|series=Dragon Ball Z|series-link=Dragon Ball Z|language=ja|date=January 8, 1992|publisher=[[Toei Animation]]|location=Japan|station=[[Fuji TV]]|number=122}}</ref><ref name="trunksanime2">{{Cite episode|title=気配を持たぬ殺人鬼どいつが人造人間だ！？|trans-title=Murderers Who Leave No Trace – Which Ones Are the Artificial Humans?!|episode-link=List_of_Dragon Ball Z episodes|series=Dragon Ball Z|series-link=Dragon Ball Z|language=ja|date=February 5, 1992|publisher=[[Toei Animation]]|location=Japan|station=[[Fuji TV]]|number=126}}</ref> Three years later, Vegeta finally becomes a Super Saiyan and easily destroys [[Android 19]], sent by [[Dr. Gero]] to kill Goku.<ref>{{cite book | last = Toriyama| first = Akira| author-link = Akira Toriyama|title = Dragon Ball Z|publisher = [[Viz Media]]| year = 2003 | volume = 13| isbn = 978-1-56931-986-4|chapter=Chapter 150}}</ref> However, even as a Super Saiyan, he is easily defeated by [[Android 18]]. Afterwards, Vegeta ascends beyond the Super Saiyan level while training with Future Trunks, a version of his son from an alternate timeline, in the {{nihongo|Room of Spirit and Time|精神と時の部屋||}} and pummels the artificial life form [[Cell (Dragon Ball)|Cell]] after he has absorbed [[Android 17]]. Vegeta's overconfidence leads him to allow Cell to absorb Android 18, upon which Cell achieves his third "perfect" form. After Vegeta fails to defeat Perfect Cell, he is forced to participate in Cell's martial arts tournament known as the Cell Games, in which he makes a crucial intervention so [[Gohan (Dragon Ball)|Gohan]] can overpower and defeat Cell in his Super Perfect form.<ref>{{cite book | last = Toriyama| first = Akira| author-link = Akira Toriyama|title = Dragon Ball Z|publisher = [[Viz Media]]| year = 2004 | volume = 16| isbn = 978-1-59116-328-2|chapter=Chapter 191}}</ref><ref>{{cite book | last = Toriyama| first = Akira| author-link = Akira Toriyama|title = Dragon Ball Z|publisher = [[Viz Media]]| year = 2005 | volume = 19| isbn = 978-1-59116-751-8|chapter=Chapter 222}}</ref>

Seven years later, Vegeta allows himself to be consumed by [[Babidi]]'s evil power for his own desire to become powerful enough to fight and defeat Goku. The M on Vegeta’s forehead stands for Majin. It is a seal put by Babidi to indicate that he controls Vegeta in a certain way. It was placed through black magic. He knew that he was powerful enough to resist mind control.<ref>{{Cite web |last=sheep1987 |date=February 1, 2023 |title=Who is Majin Vegeta? |url=https://sheepbay.com/who-is-majin-vegeta/ |access-date=February 7, 2023 |website=Sheepbay |language=en-US |archive-date=February 7, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230207034856/https://sheepbay.com/who-is-majin-vegeta/ |url-status=live }}</ref> He then goes on an indiscriminate killing spree to provoke Goku to fight him.<ref name="ch262">{{cite book | last = Toriyama| first = Akira| author-link = Akira Toriyama|title = Dragon Ball Z|publisher = [[Viz Media]]| year = 2005 | volume = 22| isbn = 978-1-4215-0051-5|chapter=Chapter 262}}</ref> However, when the monster [[Majin Buu]] is revived as a result of the energy released from their fight, Vegeta knocks out Goku from behind after deceiving Goku by feigning a truce. Vegeta then faces Majin Buu alone and ends up sacrificing himself in an attempt to defeat Buu, dedicating his sacrifice to Bulma, Trunks, and also Goku.<ref>{{cite book | last = Toriyama| first = Akira| author-link = Akira Toriyama|title = Dragon Ball Z|publisher = [[Viz Media]]| year = 2005 | volume = 23| isbn = 978-1-4215-0148-2|chapter=Chapter 273}}</ref> With all other fighters dead or absorbed, Vegeta is allowed to recover his body and returns to Earth to help Goku, the last warrior remaining, against the threat of Buu. He reluctantly combines bodies with Goku using the ''Potara'' earrings, to create the fused warrior Vegito, who completely overwhelms Buu with his strength.<ref>{{cite book | last = Toriyama| first = Akira| author-link = Akira Toriyama|title = Dragon Ball Z|publisher = [[Viz Media]]| year = 2006 | volume = 25| isbn = 978-1-4215-0404-9|chapter=Chapter 306}}</ref><ref>{{cite book | last = Toriyama| first = Akira| author-link = Akira Toriyama|title = Dragon Ball Z|publisher = [[Viz Media]]| year = 2006 | volume = 26| isbn = 978-1-4215-0636-4|chapter=Chapter 311}}</ref> Eventually, Vegito allows himself to be absorbed into Buu's body to free the other heroes absorbed by Buu, but this leads to the splitting of the fusion.<ref>{{cite book | last = Toriyama| first = Akira| author-link = Akira Toriyama|title = Dragon Ball Z|publisher = [[Viz Media]]| year = 2006 | volume = 26| isbn = 978-1-4215-0636-4|chapter=Chapter 312}}</ref> Goku and Vegeta manage to free their allies who have been absorbed by Buu, causing him to undergo a final transformation, which results in his return to his original Kid Buu form. On the [[Kaiō-shin]]'s planet, after getting revived once more thanks to the Namekian Dragon Balls, Vegeta battles Buu again to buy time for Goku to gather energy for the ''Genki Dama'', which he uses to defeat Majin Buu once and for all. It is during this fight that Vegeta finally admits Goku as both his superior and friend.<ref>{{cite book | last = Toriyama| first = Akira| author-link = Akira Toriyama|title = Dragon Ball Z|publisher = [[Viz Media]]| year = 2006 | volume = 26| isbn = 978-1-4215-0636-4|chapter=Chapter 322}}</ref>

Ten years later, at the next World Martial Arts Tournament, Vegeta is among those who witnesses Goku's battle with Buu's human reincarnation, Uub, and later bids Goku farewell as Goku departs with Uub to his village to train him as his successor.