"As the franchise character of Dragon Ball Z, it is hard to imagine anyone other than Goku as the leading character of the series, yet creator Akira Toriyama actually thought about killing him and making his son Gohan his replacement. There is no doubt that the resemblance between Goku and Gohan is uncanny and the latter showed unprecedented potential as a fighter at a very young age, but fans expressed a tremendous amount of disapproval, and thankfully, Goku was never killed … for real."