The creator of theDragon Ballfranchise , Akira Toriyama , has always been a huge rooter ofGodzilla , and eagle - eyes fans of the series may have noticed that Toriyama quietly find ways to show his love for the Nipponese daddy culture icon by including Godzilla Easter eggs in some of his show , including the firstDragon Ballanime .

Toriyama has been pay up homage toGodzillaas far back as the 1978 manga , Wonder Island . Toriyama made verbatim references to Godzilla throughout the 1980s anime serial , Dr. Slump . Godzilla was also take care in the mangaThe Adventures of Tongpoo . With this in intellect , it should n’t fall as a surprise that Toriyama would insert the King of the Monsters into his most popular oeuvre , theDragon Ballseries .

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Toriyama ’s originalDragon Ballseries , which consisted of 153 episode , first aerate in Japan in 1986 and lasted until 1989 . Taking plaza twelvemonth before the upshot ofDragon Ball ZandDragon Ball Super , Dragon Ballcentered on the story of a youthful Goku . But unbeknownst to Goku and the gang , some of their adventures were witnessed by classic Toho lusus naturae , like Godzilla . Here ’s every Godzilla cameo and cite inDragon Ball .

Godzilla

In an installment ofDragon Ball , the body of villain Tambourine is set up . He was kill by Goku , but since Goku was believed to be utter at the time , Mai briefly ideate that Godzilla was in reality responsible for or Tambourine ’s death . Later inDragon Ball Z , the dragon Porunga was summoned after gather the Dragon Balls . A nearby police officer marvel if the monster was Godzilla .

Baragon

Baragon is a four - legged , horn kaiju who has appear in a few Toho photographic film , includingDestroy All Monstersand as one of the three guardian colossus inGodzilla , Mothra , and King Ghidorah : Giant demon All - Out Attack . Baragon makes a cameo at Capsule Corporation when he gravel his head out of a George H.W. Bush and scares away a police officer . This version has pitch-dark skin rather of red .

Rodan

Rodan , one of Godzilla ’s closest allies in Toho movies and one of the four main Titans featured inGodzilla : King of the Monsters , is briefly seen flying through the sky in an episode ofDragon Ball . Since the world ofDragon Ballis inhabit with dinosaurs , monsters like Rodan tally seamlessly into the show .

King Ghidorah

In the semifinals of the World Martial Arts Tournament , Goku confront off against Krillin . In the bunch of human viewer isKing Ghidorah(viaComicBook ) , who just stands by and sedately watch the fighting . Ghidorah is only seeable in that abbreviated slam . Of all the Godzilla cameos in Dragon Ball , Ghidorah sticks out in a form of humourous way , count that the fictional character is surrounded by human who do n’t seem to be too interested about the comportment of a three - headed dragon .

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