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There is a huge debate everywhere about whether or not this is an even fight or who would win. It is hotly contested between the respective fans of each character. The fact is though, without seeing them in the same story we'll never know. Also, they are both the boyscout of their series, so them actually having a reason to fight is hard to imagine.
In the first couple episodes of Dragon Ball Z Goku and Piccolo are getting whipped by Raditz. During this fight Piccolo says "He's faster than the speed of light!" This alone shows a MAJOR difference in the physics between the two universes. In Dragon Ball Z one of the lowest level opponents Goku fights is faster than anyone in the DCU can be by the laws of physics in the DCU. And this is the slowest that Goku ever is in DBZ. As he progresses in power through DBZ and DBGT he fights progressively faster and stronger enemies and he him self is much much faster and stronger than they are. Which means Goku is many times faster than light. There are several times during DC continuity that the Flash, who is faster than Supes hits the barrier of the speed of light and is stopped by the speed force. Assuming Superman could ever even hit the speed force he would still be outmatched by Goku by several times. So Goku could hit Superman quite easily and never be touched by him.
Now on strength, Superboy prime is shown to push planets around at a whim. And Superman is stronger than superboy prime which means he also can push planets. Goku can Destroy planets with Energy blasts but he can not physically move them. So Superman is stronger than Goku.
Imperviousness, Since Goku takes damage from people who are weaker than he is and Superman is stronger than Goku we must assume that Goku would take severe damage if a hit from superman ever landed. But Superman takes hits from people like Doomsday, Black Adam, and the Hulk and gets up afterward, going so far as to take a hit from the Hulk (who has been shown to punch people in to orbit or different countries, and also JUMP into orbit and punch asteroids into dust.) (Black Adam also punches Mary Marvel who is also a super being across several countries.) So assuming all this would go into a fight between Goku and Supes. Goku hits Supes a million times a second but does it ever hurt Superman? We can't know.
Energy beams. Goku's energy beams are much more powerful than his punches and they destroy planets so we much assume Superman would definately be damaged by a Kamehameha or any variation thereof.
Final Decision:
Who the heck knows. Goku always, ALWAYS, finds a way to win against any opponent. Whether this is through getting his butt kicked and coming back stronger or fusing with someone else, he always saves the day in the end.
BUT so does Superman. Neither character loses in the end. So this is truly an incident of an unstoppable force meeting an immovable object. It all comes down to the physics of the universe in which they fight. If Goku can move at full speed Superman never touches him, but Goku can't hurt Supes. If Superman ever does hit Goku then he dies in one punch. but how do you punch someone moving 100x faster than light when you yourself are not allowed by physics to reach the speed of light.
Batman would win. He could use Kryptonite on Superman and trick Goku into not fighting at all. Or possibly make a Dragon Radar, get the Dragon Balls, have some lunch, reveal his identity to an attractive woman he plans on bedding, and save the day before Goku boots up to Super Saiyan.
I will say this though, Goku is a much better martial artist than Superman. Yes Superman knows kung fu. Besides using his own fighting style based on his abilities, Batman taught him many martial arts. However Goku trains everyday. He doesn't have a secret identity and he is a flake of a husband. He is a martial artist. So far, the greatest his universe. Superman is in no way the greatest martial artist in his universe. There are of lot of pretty sweet martial artists in both so it's not as if there is a handicap. Often Superman is bested by opponents he's already beaten. The same cannot be said for Kakkarot with the exception of Pikkon.
Also there appears to be some talk in the above threads stating a Kamehameha can either a.) beat Superman or b.) be interrupted by Superman.
a.) Superman weathers energy blasts all the time. I'm betting if for some reason he sat around for a Spirit Bomb comprised of energy from beings who have never heard of Superman being a good guy, he'd still take it. He'd be injured like Frieza afterwards but he would still take it.
b.) The actual fighting in the fight scenes in DB/Z/GT take, usually, very little real time. A Kamehameha is actually a lot faster than you'd think; check out the Budokai/Tenkaichi PS2 games. In addition, Goku can use the Instant Transmission Kamehameha to possibly surprise Superman.
But you know what? There are lot cooler match-ups to be made here than the ole' Kakkarot/Kal-el debacle; mostly because they're Elseworlds versions of each other.
Broly versus Sentry/Void
Piccolo versus Thor
Tien versus Rogue
Bulma versus Alfred
Master Roshi versus The Immortal Iron Fist
Android 18 versus Ms. Marvel
Gero versus Luthor (my favourite)
Sometimes I replace myself with an animal painted green. Beast Boy; Teen Titans GO!
I think people underestimate how well Aquaman would do in this fight. He would poke an armored car in the grill with his trident and then flip it onto someone's head. WIN!
...now, if we can just get Professor Pyg confirmed.
Just cause I love posting in these things I'm going to post, but I've already had this discussion with like the biggest Superman fan of all time and it basically comes down to this:
Which version of Goku vs. which version of Superman?
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The most damage they ever manage in Dragonball is destroying a planet.
Silver Age Superman could sneeze and destroy an entire solar system.
I don't care about 'claims' for anything. Cell claims to be able to destroy the solar system, but nobody (Not even Buu, he just destroys the Earth.) ever manage to.
Superman can fly into the sun, you know what happens when anyone from DBZ does so? They die. It only makes Superman stronger.
And Raditz was not faster than the speed of light, it was just Piccolo being a stupid demon. If Raditz was truly that fast he would have killed them in less than a second.
And Raditz was not faster than the speed of light, it was just Piccolo being a stupid demon. If Raditz was truly that fast he would have killed them in less than a second.
Not true, Goku and Piccolo were both extremely fast themselves. Since they were the fastest and strongest fighters on Earth and not human themselves. Raditz was faster than light because he is able to dodge the special beam cannon which is a beam of energy (light) just like every other energy blast in DBZ. Energy blasts are dodged and blocked all the time by everyone on the show and since they are basically light beams everyone who does it must be faster than light.
This is one of the main differences between the two universes and a main reason why the fight can't really be decided without the respective writing teams doing a comic/manga/anime. Which of course will never happen because DC will not let Supes be beaten and the creators of DBZ would not let him get beaten indefinitely. He always comes back stronger and then wins.
Result. They come to a draw or something like the Supes vs Spidey crossover in which they fight for a bit by accident and then team up to win the day. This is an outcome that I see most likely if the two ever crossed over. And if a cross over happened the speeds and strengths of both fighters would be matched up so that they would have an even fight.
Real Result: We the fans win because it would be a freakin awesome crossover.
You're all missing the point. Goku is a dumb character with dumb power levels, it doesn't matter if he's written so ridiculously powerful he could possibly defeat the original super hero, because dumb.
My homemade character Skyblast Laserfang the Destroyninator can defeat Goku any day.
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The most damage they ever manage in Dragonball is destroying a planet.
Silver Age Superman could sneeze and destroy an entire solar system.
I don't care about 'claims' for anything. Cell claims to be able to destroy the solar system, but nobody (Not even Buu, he just destroys the Earth.) ever manage to.
Superman can fly into the sun, you know what happens when anyone from DBZ does so? They die. It only makes Superman stronger.
Kid Buu used the Instant Transmission technique to hunt down Goku. He travels to several planets and destroys them with ease. Frieza use the Death Ball technique to destroy the planet Vegeta. This isn't as powerful as destroying a solar system with a sneeze true, but still to be noted.
In GT Goku at Super Saiyan 4 fought Nuova Shenron whose body heat alone was 6000 degrees Celsius. Which as hot as the surface of the sun. It goes without saying that his super attacks blasted heat of at at least the same temperature, probably worse.
Again, I'm not saying one is stronger than the other. I am just clarifying some things.
Sometimes I replace myself with an animal painted green. Beast Boy; Teen Titans GO!
The most damage they ever manage in Dragonball is destroying a planet.
Silver Age Superman could sneeze and destroy an entire solar system.
I don't care about 'claims' for anything. Cell claims to be able to destroy the solar system, but nobody (Not even Buu, he just destroys the Earth.) ever manage to.
Superman can fly into the sun, you know what happens when anyone from DBZ does so? They die. It only makes Superman stronger.
And Raditz was not faster than the speed of light, it was just Piccolo being a stupid demon. If Raditz was truly that fast he would have killed them in less than a second.