Dragon Ball 10 Things You Didnt Know About Saiyans

Dragon Ball is one of the most popular anime shows out there, but there are some things even die-hard fans might not know about the Saiyans.

Without Saiyans, the Dragon Ball universe would be a completely different place. This iconic warrior race has changed anime with their planet-crippling attacks, unwavering sense of pride, and luminescent transformations. After watching Goku, Vegeta, Gohan, and others in action for years, we know just what Saiyans are capable of, but there's still so much about Saiyans that remain a mystery.

Dragon Ball Super: Broly expanded upon the existing Saiyan lore, giving fans more of a look as to how they used to live, which only made us wish we could get a spinoff set in this time. In an effort to help keep the memory of the strongest warrior race alive (and hopefully pressure Toriyama a bit), here are ten things you may not have known (or even just forgot) about Saiyans.

10 Hybrid Saiyans Possess A Greater Potential To Become Super Saiyans

Goku and Vegeta endured many harsh battles over the course of two decades before they even got close to their first Super Saiyan transformations, yet Gohan, Goten, and Trunks managed to reach Super Saiyan with relative ease. When a Saiyan has reached a certain level of power and is placed under great emotional stress while possessing an appropriate number of S-cells, they'll undergo their first Super Saiyan transformation.

Saiyan hybrids already possess high numbers of S-cells due to their wider emotional palette and gentler nature, and because they never had to live under forced on Planet Vegeta, their S-cell count also experiences another natural boost. All of these factors enable them to access this legendary power of their race, which eventually led to the Super Saiyan form being reduced to, in Vegeta's words, "a child's plaything."

9 They Are Genetically Inclined To Like Strong-Willed Women

Although Goku and Vegeta have the power to destroy whole planets and tangle with gods, both their wives manage to strike fear into their hearts. In Dragon Ball Super, Vegeta reveals that Saiyan men are genetically predisposed to like strong-willed women, like Chi-Chi and Bulma, since they resemble the now-extinct women of Planet Vegeta.

This does leave us to ponder why Gine, Goku's mother, and Gure, Tarble's alien wife, weren't as strong-willed as Goku and Vegeta's wives though. Kind of makes us wonder what's going on behind the scenes when the credits start rolling...

8 The Saiyan Ancestors Spoke Of A Legendary Super Saiyan Form That Kale/Broly Possess

Over the years, fans have gotten to see many Super Saiyan forms, from Super Saiyan to Super Saiyan 3, and even Super Saiyan God and Super Saiyan Blue. However, the strongest Saiyan transformation known to date might just be the Super Saiyan form that Dragon Ball Super's Kale and Broly have exhibited.

When Kale first transformed during the Tournament of Power, Vegeta warned Goku that Kale's Super Saiyan form could be the Legendary Super Saiyan form that their ancestors spoke of. This means that the first Super Saiyan transformation ever was most likely a lot more spectacular than the one we saw on Namek years ago.

7 Not Every Saiyan Is A Warrior

Since the early days of Dragon Ball Z, we were led to believe that the Saiyans were wholly a warrior race. While this is true for the most part, Dragon Ball Super: Broly gave us the most flushed-out depiction of Planet Vegeta's society that we've ever seen, and to our surprise, there were many Saiyans who weren't fit for combat at all.

Several Saiyan scientists were shown monitoring Broly's power level, and Beets, the Saiyan who found himself stranded on Planet Vampa with Broly and Paragus, didn't exactly have a warrior's physique. We even saw Saiyan snipers at the start of the movie, as well as Gine and another Saiyan woman shown preparing meat that would most likely be devoured in under two seconds by a powerful warrior.

6 Stronger Saiyans Are Resistant To Extreme Temperatures

When Saiyans are focused on the fight, they've been shown to ignore just about everything else. We've seen time and time again, however, that Saiyans don't just ignore extreme changes in temperature, but they're also immune to them. When Bulma sent Goku to the Earth's core to look for a rare crystal for her Time Machine, he barely needed any protection at all.

In Dragon Ball Super: Broly, Goku and Broly also fought under lava for a brief few seconds as though it were water. And let's not forget how the beginning of Goku and Vegeta's fight against Broly took place in the arctic. The below-freezing temperatures had no effect on their overall performance during the fight, and even if they did, they should've warmed up during the second half of their fight anyway.

5 Having A Tail Can Boost A Saiyan's Overall Power

Originally, a Saiyan's tail was his secret weapon, allowing him to transform into a Great Ape to overwhelm his foes. After Vegeta lost his tail, they were absent for the majority of the series, but Dragon Ball GT found a way to make them relevant again.

After Goku's tail grew back when he turned into a child, he was able to fight with a greater level of ferocity than he did without it. His younger body was also able to handle his Super Saiyan 3 transformation and even played a pivotal role in his attainment of Super Saiyan 4.

4 Saiyans Can't Survive In Space

Many fans thought that Goku and Beerus fought in space, but technically, they were still in Earth's exosphere. Since oxygen still exists there, Goku could survive, and we have hard evidence to show that Saiyans, no matter how strong, can't survive in the middle of space where oxygen is scarce.

In Dragon Ball Super's manga, when Moro began draining Namek's energy, Goku and Vegeta couldn't leave the planet's atmosphere to challenge him, a huge flaw that will always leave Saiyans at a disadvantage against opponents like Moro and even Frieza.

3 Saiyans Prefer To Eat Meat More Than Anything Else

Saiyans are known for their voracious appetites, often consuming more food in one sitting than many people would eat over the course of one week alone! It's obvious that their efficient metabolisms and heightened calorie demands are the main culprits here, but what most fans may not have realized is that Saiyans generally prefer to eat meat as opposed to anything else.

In Dragon Ball Super: Broly, we see Gine cutting up chunks of meat in the marketplace, and fans most likely remember Goku and Vegeta scarfing down huge chunks of meat whenever they choose to feast. Even when we're introduced to Caulifla, she's shown chowing down on a hunk of meat straight from the bone! This makes perfect sense since meat would provide Saiyan warriors with the vast quantities of protein required to support muscle growth, although it makes us wonder if Saiyans are deficient in any other nutrients they'd normally get from fruit and veggies.

2 Even Super Saiyan Pee Packs A Punch!

This fact about Saiyans made us laugh more than anything. During the Buu Saga, as Vegeta was busy fighting an uphill battle against Majin Buu, Goten and Trunks decided to take a leak while in their Super Saiyan forms.

In a twist that goes overlooked, their urine generated steam! The two even attempted to carve their names into the rock with their superpowered urine! We don't know what would happen if this Super Saiyan urine touched a human, but anything that causes steam to rise into the air can't be too good for the skin.

1 Saiyans Can Get Old

It's common knowledge that Saiyans age much slower than humans, despite living for a similar amount of time. In the Nintendo 3DS game, Dragon Ball Fusions, fans were introduced to Stabba, a pure-blooded female Saiyan elder who, despite her age, isn't exactly a pushover.

We know we have yet to see Goku, Vegeta, or any other pure-blooded Saiyan with some wrinkles in the show, but nevertheless, they can get that old! That just goes to show that even Saiyans can't defeat time. Jiren, however, is a different story...