Editing Gohan (section)

=== ''Dragon Ball Z''===
[[File:Gohan, all depictions, 2014.jpg|thumb|upright|Cover for manga chapter #404, showing four different appearances of Gohan during his childhood years.]]
Gohan is introduced as the four-year-old son of [[Goku]] and [[Chi-Chi (Dragon Ball)|Chi-Chi]], named after Goku's [[Grandpa Son Gohan|adoptive grandfather]]. Described as well-mannered and reserved,<ref name = b>{{cite book | last = Toriyama| first = Akira|author-link= Akira Toriyama|title = Dragon Ball Z|publisher = [[Viz Media]]| year = 2003 |chapter=Chapter 2| volume = 1 | isbn = 978-1-56931-930-7}}</ref><ref name = c>''Dragon Ball Daizenshū'', book 2, ''Story Guide''</ref> Gohan is abducted by the extraterrestrial Saiyan named [[List of Saiyans in Dragon Ball#Raditz|Raditz]], revealed to be his paternal uncle. While Goku is pinned to the ground, Gohan's extreme distress explodes with the release of his dormant power, which allows him to injure Raditz. With Goku training in the realm of the dead, [[Piccolo (Dragon Ball)|Piccolo]] trains him for the upcoming battle against the two other Saiyans, [[Vegeta]] and [[List of Saiyans in Dragon Ball#Nappa|Nappa]].<ref>''Dragon Ball Z'' manga, volume 2, chapter 11</ref> His tutelage under Piccolo forms a deep bond between the two characters, with Piccolo ultimately sacrificing himself to save Gohan during their fight with Nappa.<ref>''Dragon Ball'' Z manga, volume 3, chapter 29</ref> After Vegeta's defeat, Gohan travels with [[Bulma]] and [[Krillin]] to planet Namek to use the Dragon Balls there to revive their fallen friends.<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 51}}</ref> Gohan and the others wish Piccolo back to life, causing Kami and the Dragon Balls to be returned. Gohan, along with Krillin and Vegeta, are then forced into an encounter with [[Frieza]].<ref>''Dragon Ball Z'' manga, volume 9, chapter 103</ref> After a long fight, Gohan is replaced by Goku.<ref>{{cite book | last = Toriyama| first = Akira|author-link= Akira Toriyama|title = Dragon Ball Z|publisher = [[Viz Media]]| year = 2003 |chapter=Chapter 108| volume = 10 | isbn = 978-1569319390}}</ref><ref>{{cite book | last = Toriyama| first = Akira|author-link= Akira Toriyama|title = Dragon Ball Z|publisher = [[Viz Media]]| year = 2003 |chapter=Chapter 109| volume = 10 | isbn = 978-1569319390}}</ref> In the final fight, the Dragon Balls bring everybody from Namek to Earth. Frieza is found in space by his father, King Cold, and is turned into a cyborg.<ref>{{cite book | last = Toriyama| first = Akira|author-link= Akira Toriyama|title = Dragon Ball Z|publisher = [[Viz Media]]| year = 2003 |chapter=Chapter 135| volume = 12 | isbn = 978-1569319857}}</ref>

Years later, [[Trunks (Dragon Ball)|Trunks]] kills Frieza and warns Goku about the appearance of Androids.<ref>''Dragon Ball Z'' manga, volume 12, chapter 138</ref> Gohan goes into the wilderness with Goku and Piccolo to train for the upcoming threat.<ref>''Dragon Ball Z'' manga, volume 12, chapter 142</ref> In the upcoming battle, they are unable to defeat [[Dr. Gero]]'s creations, Gohan enters the Room of Spirit and Time with Goku where they train for 1 year in a single day. Gohan makes the jump to Super Saiyan while he is in the chamber and after they emerge, both Goku and Gohan retain the physical characteristics of a Super Saiyan. In the tournament organized by the android Cell, Goku tells his son to replace him in the battle. With Gohan being unable to use the rage Goku told him, Cell tortures him by harming his friends with his own children.<ref>''Dragon Ball Z'' manga, volume 18, chapter 212</ref> After Android #16 is murdered by Cell, Gohan unleashes his rage and full power.<ref>''Dragon Ball Z'' manga, volume 18, chapter 213</ref> Gohan easily defeats the Cell Juniors and proceeds to toy with Cell. However, Cell, attempts to self-destruct when transformed back and Goku dies with him. Cell returns, having regenerated from a single Cell that survived the blast. Right before Cell is about to finish Vegeta, Gohan intercedes which costs him the use of his left arm.<ref>''Dragon Ball Z'' manga, volume 18, chapter 220</ref> As Cell charges up one final ''Kamehameha'' wave to finish the Earth, Gohan hears the voice of his father who gives him the resolve to attack with the father-son kamehameha. Gohan unleash all his fury into his attack, which kills Cell.<ref>''Dragon Ball Z'' manga, volume 18, chapter 222</ref>

The Gohan of the alternate timeline, referred to as "Future Gohan", to distinguish him from the character's present-timeline incarnation, is presented in the volume #33 [[sidestory]] of the original manga, ''Trunks the Story'' and its film adaptation ''[[Dragon Ball Z: The History of Trunks]]'', in which he is shown to be the only surviving fighter; the others have all died at the hands of the androids (sans Goku due to having died from a heart virus 6 months prior to the androids' arrival).<ref>''Dragon Ball Z'' manga, volume 17, chapter 140</ref><ref>''Dragon Ball Z'' manga, volume 17, chapter 141</ref> Gohan is shown training Trunks to assist him in battling Androids #17 and #18. In this timeline, Gohan has become a Super Saiyan and is depicted wearing a uniform similar to his father's, one with his own [[kanji]] symbol on the back, ''Han'', {{nihongo2|[[wikt:飯|飯]]}}. Gohan states he wears it in hopes of becoming as strong as his father one day, and is mentioned that he bears a striking resemblance to Goku when donning it.<ref name = g>''Dragon Ball Z'' manga, volume 17, ''Trunks the Story''</ref> He eventually loses his left arm fighting Androids #17 and #18.<ref name = g/> He is ultimately killed by the two androids during a battle where they ganged up on Gohan, killing him with machine gun-like ''ki'' blasts. This is only depicted in the anime; his cause of death is left ambiguous in the manga, where he is already dead by the time Trunks arrives at the scene.

In the present-timeline, Gohan is shown enrolled at Orange Star High School in Satan City. After foiling crimes as a Super Saiyan he earns the alias the {{nihongo|"Golden Warrior"|金色の戦士|Kiniro no Senshi}} from the public. In order to hide his identity, and with help from [[Bulma]], he adopts a [[superhero]] persona that he dubs the {{nihongo|"Great Saiyaman"|グレートサイヤマン|Gurēto Saiyaman}}. When his peer, [[Videl]] figures out his identity as the Great Saiyaman, she blackmails him into attending the 25th Tenkaichi Budōkai and teaching her to fly.<ref>''Dragon Ball'' manga, volume 36, chapter 425</ref> Over time, the two begin to bond together and eventually form a relationship. Gohan is depicted as having grown weaker, which the ''Daizenshū World Guide'' book explains as due to a lack of training and anger in transforming.<ref name = f/> Gohan, after having his ''[[Qi|chi]]'' absorbed by Spopovich and Yamu, pursues the two and enters [[Bobbidi]]'s spaceship with the [[Kibitoshin|Kaiō-shin]], Goku and Vegeta, where Gohan later fights with Dabura.<ref>''Dragon Ball Z'' manga, volume 22, chapter 257</ref> Following [[Majin Buu]]‘s release and Gohan's defeat at his hands, Gohan is taken to the home planet of the Kaiō-shin. After pulling out the Zeta Sword (Known in the English Funimation Dub as the Z Sword)  and accidentally breaking it in a training session, Gohan unwittingly releases the [[Kaiō-shin|Old Kaiō-shin]], who then performs a prolonged ceremony to unlock Gohan's latent powers.<ref>{{cite book | last = Toriyama| first = Akira|author-link= Akira Toriyama|title = Dragon Ball Z|publisher = [[Viz Media]]| year = 2003 |chapter=Chapter 302| volume = 25 | isbn = 978-1421504049}}</ref> Gohan then returns to Earth and confronts Buu for a second time, and easily defeats him.<ref>''Dragon Ball Z'' manga, volume 25, chapter 302</ref> However, his victory is temporary, as he is overpowered when Buu absorbs Gotenks and Piccolo. He is later absorbed by Buu.<ref>''Dragon Ball Z'' manga, volume 25, chapter 307</ref> Though Goku and Vegeta manage to rescue him along with Goten, Trunks, and Piccolo, he is killed when Buu (now in his pure form) destroys the Earth. Once revived, Gohan is able to aid Goku's ''Genki-dama'' by lending his ''chi''.<ref>''Dragon Ball Z'' manga, volume 26, chapter 319</ref> Following Buu's defeat and a ten-year gap, Gohan has finally become a scholar, is married with Videl and they have a daughter [[Pan (Dragon Ball)|Pan]].<ref>''Dragon Ball Z'' manga, volume 26, chapter 324</ref>