3 video game characters who aren’t as evil as you think

Vegeta

Sure, he’s arrogant and his pride costs him a lot (especially in Dragan Ball Z), but the Prince of all Sayains is quite honestly one of the most relatable characters in the entire Dragon Ball Franchise. After he’s defeated via Goku and company in the Sayain saga, Vegeta becomes obsessed with redeeming himself by getting stronger and defeating Goku in combat.

One might chalk up Vegeta’s conflict to be a simple case of hurt pride in this particular situation and they’d be correct. However, when it comes to his ruthlessness and why he did the things he did in his early years, that topic is still up for discussion.

After the merciless tyrant, Frieza strikes a defenseless Vegeta with his signature death beam, the prince spends his last few remaining moments warning Goku not to be Mr. nice guy as this would get him killed when fighting someone cold-hearted as Frieza.

Depending on which dub you happened to be watching, Vegeta explains that Frieza took control of him and Goku’s homeland, Planet Vegeta when he was just a kid. As tears begin to flow, he goes on to say that Frieza took him away from his father at a young age and threatened to kill his dad if he didn’t do as he was told.

This moment in DBZ history is a rarity in the Vegeta hardly ever shows this sort of emotion or vulnerability. It also shows, in Goku’s on words, that Vegeta “wasn’t as cold-hearted as he believed himself to be.”