Goten

Goten is the second son of Chi-Chi and Goku, older brother to Xicor and younger brother to Gohan. Goten was conceived before the final battle with Cell and was born shortly after the Cell Games Saga, and had not met his father Goku, who died in the Cell Games, until he was seven-years-old. Goten was not pushed into school as much as Gohan was by their mother. The reason to this is never fully explained. Chi-Chi trained him in martial arts instead (possibly due to his early resemblance to Goku, who was deceased at the time). Goten is shy, carefree, and overly naive like any other child, but he does display determination and fighting spirit when he is in combat. When he becomes an adult, he prefered to trade training and fighting for dating and peace, but remains a warrior to help his father and friends in combat.

Goten is incredibly strong as a child, far stronger than both Goku and Gohan ever were at his age. Chi-Chi first discovers that Goten can become a Super Saiyan at only seven-years-old while training him. When Gohan asked how his transformation occurred, Goten said that he could not remember. The ease at which he does so has been a matter of controversy seeing how it took years for Goku, Vegeta, and to a lesser extent Gohan to obtain and master the technique. Whatever the reason, Goten displays exceptional power at a young age, rapidly increasing his strength. Some also explain his ability to transform into a Super Saiyan is due to genetics. Goku was not a Super Saiyan when Gohan was conceived but he was at the time of Goten's conception (this would also go for Trunks, as Vegeta was Super Saiyan when Trunks was conceived, yet Future Trunks from the future (as seen in History of Trunks) had to work hard to obtain his Super Saiyan form, where Vegeta was not a Super Saiyan during conception). Since his earliest childhood, he has been good friends with Bulma and Vegeta's son Trunks, who he would have "fight games" with. This served to increase their respective strength significantly, compared to the other Human-Saiyan hybrids that the we see at that age. Like Trunks, Future Trunks, and Bulla, Goten has no tail that transforms him to a Great Ape in times of a full moon. It is possible for their tails to have been cut off at childbirth