
Likewise, can any Saiyan become a Super Saiyan? A Saiyan who has a very large battle power canturn Super Saiyan without needing a trigger, due to theirtremendous amount of S-Cells. Super Saiyan 6 form is onlyrequired if you are of an elite Saiyanancestry. Super Saiyan 7 is an extremely advancedtransformation reserved for Saiyans who have mastered theSSJ 5 and 6 forms respectively. Super Saiyan 5 Gokufrom the infamous Dragon Ball AF or Dragon Ball After Future or ifI remember some even called it After Trunks. Some of thepictures are Pokemon 2000, a picture of Goku and Vegeta as SuperSaiyan 4 and one that stood out. And it was terrible.Super Saiyan 5 Goku is not real. Dragon Ball GT is also excluded, because although the sequel series isn't explicitly confirmed as non-canon, it directly contradicts events in Dragon Ball Super, which was made with Toriyama's involvement.

This rundown will stay strictly to canon appearances, ruling out all movies prior to 2013's Battle of Gods and any Super Saiyan states that only appeared in filler episodes. With so many Super Saiyan forms in the Dragon Ball universe, some often get swept under the carpet and replaced by newer, shinier transformations. Related: What Went Wrong With The Live-Action Dragonball Evolution Movie When Goku first debuted as a golden-haired warrior during his classic battle against Frieza, he was the first Saiyan in years to attain the form, but as Super Saiyan became old news, more and more transformations were added, each one trying to replicate the drama and impact of the first. The basic concept of Super Saiyan is a member of the Saiyan race breaking through the limits of their strength to achieve a completely new level of power, usually in response to extreme anger or dire need.

Akira Toriyama's iconic anime and manga series had been in progress for years before the Super Saiyan concept was introduced, but the transformations fast become an integral part of the story and have cast huge influence on other properties too, with dramatic power-ups and "final forms" now standard practice in most Shonen-style stories. There are more Super Saiyan transformations in the Dragon Ball canon than just the basic forms.
