Dragon Ball Super finally finished its 131-episode run. The most impactful moment of the finale was watching Goku and Vegeta square off during the closing frames of the episode, mimicking an identical stance and fighting choreography as their first showdown nearly 30 years before.

The debate over who is the superior Saiyan has been a frequent topic among the Dragon Ball faithful ever since Vegeta approached Planet 4032-Green-877 in his spacepod.

We have to take the side of the Saiyan prince, who wears the tribulations of his past on the jumpsuit sleeve of his Saiyan armor.

The evolution from unrepentant antagonist to conflicted anti-hero has been one of the most compelling parts of the Saiyan Saga. While Goku is away on vacation with his family or stuffing his gob, Vegeta tries to better himself -- a parallel to Sisyphus that the most ambitious can relate to.

While the "heel-face turn trope" can be abused in the series (see all of Goku’s allies), Vegeta’s arc has always been fascinating. In fact, even the internet has spoken in support of this complex martial artists, selecting him as the true face of the franchise over Kakarot.

They’re both the last of their race, and Goku respects Vegeta and the Saiyan bloodline, later admitting that their powers are comparable to one another in Super.

With that in mind, here are the 15 Dragon Ball Memes that Prove Vegeta Is Better Than Goku.

15. Forgiving A Villain Isn't An Option

Goku has a soft spot for his enemies, as we can clearly see from his tight posse of friends, which is mostly composed of vanquished foes.

Although this can be a strength in some instances, it can also backfire majorly on Goku, and has throughout the series. Why Goku is so forgiving of Frieza, we will never understand.

During their brawl with one another, Goku even allowed Frieza mercy, despite the volumes of horror stories that Vegeta laid down on Earth and the little psycho.

On the other hand, though, Vegeta has no mercy. Instead, he takes down anyone who opposes him without hesitation. He also doesn’t resurrect anyone, which makes him decisive and steadfast in his beliefs.

14. The Saiyan Clown

Vegeta is mean to Goku purely because he needs his rival. Without him, he’d have no drive to be better-- he would reach the plateau of perfection in martial arts.

Without the need to test himself, Vegeta would be powerful enough and likely rest on his laurels. Vegeta is constantly hurling insults at Goku, but at this point, it's more provocation of their rivalry than harmful.

However, no one talks to Goku in the way that Vegeta does-- he holds a deep-rooted desire to surpass his rival, and has occasionally topped the others' technical prowess.

Goku’s buffoonery can be off-putting to the rigid Vegeta, thus the clown imagery. No one would dare call Vegeta such a thing or they'd be obliterated by his Galick Beam.

13. Vegeta Had An Intense Childhood

Goku was the victor of the 23rd World Martial Arts Tournament by beating Piccolo, but before that, he was scouring the world as a small child with his flying cloud, Nimbus.

In the meantime, Vegeta was raised fighting Saibamen -- bioengineered creatures, each the equivalence of Raditz in strength. The prince of the planet of warriors fought critters capable of destroying a planet.

With his pedigree of violence, Vegeta joined Frieza’s army and went from planet to planet to eradicate the population, later selling the area to the highest bidder.

Goku was supposed to do this, but bonked his head as an infant, turning him into a naive warrior with a serious case of the munchies.

Being battle-tested and having the scars to tell stories about your interstellar voyages seems like a much more captivating water cooler conversation than being 1-2 at a World Martial Arts tournament.

12. Goku Has Never Beaten Vegeta

During their first meeting, Vegeta beat Goku by transforming into his Great Ape form, splintering all of his opponent's bones.

It takes monkey Gohan and Krillin with a little sword to save Goku. Otherwise, the DBZ protagonist was done. Since Vegeta was such a superior foe, Goku spared his life for future clashes.

The root of their rivalry is that Vegeta is convinced that Goku's skills are superior -- not that he ever beat him in a fight.

If anything, the win-lose count is 2-0 in favor of Vegeta, who beat Goku initially during their first encounter and later knocked him out when their clash was interrupted by Majin Buu’s awakening.

If this were professional fighting, a trilogy of pay-per-view fights wouldn't be necessary, since the victor is obvious from the duo of KOs.

11. Vegeta Restrains Goku

Vegeta gets a power boost from Babidi's spell and immediately uses it to clash with Goku. Picture Gohan when he obliterates Cell, reaching a completely elevated level of intensity.

Goku pulls out Super Saiyan III later, so it kind of cheapens this image since he was holding back -- likely an editorial decision, since Akira Toriyama was notorious for adhering to what his editors wanted.

The Buu Saga has some of the most notoriously recognized and marketable characters, including Majin Vegeta -- who was temporarily the original antagonist that spooked all of the humans when he was searching for the Dragon Balls to attain eternal life.

The energy move pins Goku to the wall and he slaps him around, with sound effects equivalent to a Three Stooges routine. The coupling of calling Goku a clown and batting him senseless is ballsy and something we can never imagine happening if the roles were reversed.

10. Yamcha: The Butt Of All DBZ Jokes

Yamcha was killed by a bomber Saibamen -- a foe that Vegeta destroyed effortlessly as a child. Mr. Steal-Your-Girl Vegeta also nabbed Yamcha’s former flame Bulma, while the previously important Goku ally in Dragon Ball was relegated to the background of Dragon Ball Z.

There are laundry lists published on fan forums about Yamcha devolving into the most useless DBZ character, which include his proclivity for avoiding major fights, despite his dedication to training.

As a warrior-turned-baseball-player-turned warrior again, Yamcha’s irrelevance beneath the shadow of the Saiyan’s is apparent-- bogged down by women problems, he spends more time as comic relief, rather than as a fascinating character.

In total, Yamcha has perished five times (six if you count History of Trunks as canon). Maybe Toriyama should have kept him in the ground.

No other character is more responsible for the downfall of Yamcha than Vegeta. Goku ends his foes, while Vegeta does this and humiliates those who are still alive.

9. A Saiyan’s Hair Changes

This GT burn criticizes the show that’s no longer canon. There’s no explanation for why Vegeta’s hair changed in the show. Saiyan’s can grow facial hair, but the meme crops out Vegeta’s hairdo, which is shorter.

According to Toriyama, to compensate for this sudden change, a Saiyan can cut his hair -- like Nappa -- and it’ll eventually grow back to its original length, but no longer.

However, Vegeta is the first Saiyan to change his appearance in the series, making him a trendsetter. Who knew that he was just as concerned about his manscaping, as he was with his physical prowess?

The alien is one of the last members of his race-- and also the most fabulous. Unlike Goku, who basically remains the same (besides the time when the duo grew beards training in Super), Vegeta can look like a Freddie Mercury impersonator and still pull it off.

8. Yo Vegeta, I'm Really Happy For You...

We’re all familiar with Kanye’s antics at the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards, where he interrupted a bewildered Taylor Swift’s acceptance speech in order to claim that Beyoncé was robbed of the award.

Vegeta is essentially doing what all Swifties have wanted to do since the award show debacle-- incinerating the outspoken artist.

Goku often chides Vegeta for being weaker than him, which sends the Saiyan prince into an existential frenzy. He become furious with himself that despite his progress, he fails to reach his rival’s level.

In Dragon Ball Super, Goku changes his tone, admitting that Vegeta’s ki is much stronger while training under Beerus’ tutelage. So perhaps people can change, or at least do-good protagonists like Goku can.

7. Vegeta Dresses In A Goku Clown Costume

Since Goku is consistently a popular costume for both cosplay and Halloween, we seriously doubt if Trunks would be that miffed with his father donning the outfit for his birthday.

Vegeta is constantly throwing abuse at his rival and is usually annoyed by his childlike antics. We're not sure why Trunks wouldn’t recognize who it was, although dressing as a clown would be just as offensive to Chiaotzu. Or, even more extreme, Vegeta would look like Belmod the God of Destruction, which is a little heavy for a b-day getup.

Vegeta refers to Goku so many times in each episode of the English dub, that you wonder whether Funimation needs to peruse a thesaurus. Regardless, Vegeta gets away with the slander that no one else can, and is pretty ballsy with his verbiage of insults.

6. The Ultimate Heartbreaking Sacrifice

Babidi casts his spell on Vegeta, who surprisingly submits to the magic because he wants to go back to his antagonistic roots.

Somehow, he disobeys the shriveled alien wizard and uses his new found power to one-up Goku by knocking him unconscious.

Against Buu, he realizes that he must make the ultimate sacrifice to save his family and delivers a poignant monologue.

Even in his final moments, he asks Piccolo if Goku will be in the afterlife, but the former villain dismisses him and says he’s going to hell for all of his misdeeds. We are pretty sure Goku would only ask if there was grub.

Consequently, Vegeta’s sacrifice didn’t matter much because Buu continued his absorbing spree. However, his action showed a complete transformation from his early days as an exterminator to a doting family man, and remains as the best sacrifice moment in the entire series.

5. Who's Goku? His Name Is Kakarot

Vegeta is the fan of his birthplace that reps the jerseys, hat, and swag of every team from his hometown. If Planet Vegeta were a clothing line, he’d wear it every day -- hence his insistence on wearing the Saiyan uniform in the early parts of DBZ.

Because of his prideful demeanor, Vegeta insists on calling Goku by his Saiyan name as a way for him to never forget his true roots.

In season one alone, Vegeta calls Goku "Kakarot" 40 times, causing him to be have an identity crisis about his secret outerspace origins.

The pride that Vegeta has in the superior species is prevalent throughout the DBZ run. Goku feels more earthling than Saiyan, but Vegeta doesn’t understand that at all. Instead, he sees Goku as a New Yorker going crazy for the Los Angeles Lakers.

4. Vegeta Makes More Sense As An Adult

As a kid, Goku is a lovable oaf -- a carefree extraterrestrial intent on eating, sleeping, and battling his away across the planet earth.

The lack of responsibilities is a little more concerning as an adult, though: Goku shrugged off having a job and was content with living off the land… we guess.

In fact, we’re not sure how he survived, besides the Ox King taking care of the Son family. Goku is the frat guy who indulges in the most basic necessities, while Vegeta is far more complex, like all of us.

Vegeta slowly evolves from a selfish jerk into a caring father, dropping his hard facade as he sees the development of Trunks into a powerful Saiyan.

Also, he cares deeply about his people, which is a contrast to Goku, who has had nothing but bad experiences with the race of his origin.

In fact, when Goku found out he had a brother, he takes his and his kin's lives, which is extremely troublesome to contemplate with a mature brain.

3. A Relatable Villain

We always like our villains more than heroes because their sinister plights make them captivating, as is the complexity of their minds.

Darth Vader is usually ranked among the upper echelons of the all-time greatest villains. Despite his misdeeds, audiences often root for his ruthless behavior, even prompting George Lucas to make him the blonde, pretty boy protagonist for most of the prequel trilogy.

However, it wasn’t until the last few minutes of Return of the Jedi that Darth Vader changed his ways and threw his former master down a space chute.

Vegeta’s transformation is even lengthier. He goes through various stages to redeem what were formally unforgivable sins. Like Daddy Skywalker, Vegeta also destroyed numerous planets and boasted a feared name that made beings across the galaxies shudder.

Later, both would be renowned as good fathers whose offspring essentially save existence. Both men lost themselves to power before finding the light in family.

2. Vegeta Pursues Perfection

In Team Four Star’s rendition of the abridged Dragon Ball Z, the YouTube channel voices Vegeta as a profanity spewing megalomaniac.

While fighting Cell, he’s enraged when his adversary presses the “Goku button,” declaring that Vegeta should just bring his rival because he’s a more formidable opponent.

Cell says he’s semi-perfect, to which Vegeta responds, “you’re either perfect or you're not me. There’s no gray area.” In both canon and the spoof, Vegeta lets Cell absorb another android to give him a proper challenge, and ends up getting whipped.

The vanity was a former weakness, but by becoming more humble throughout the series, he’s transformed into a much more sympathetic character, unlike Goku, who walks around like a bodybuilder with his shirt off, constantly showing off his gains.

The pursuit of perfection is a ride worth purchasing admission to, and we hope that Vegeta eventually finds it.

1. Trunks Become Super Saiyan For The First Time And Vegeta Hits Him

Prior to one of Goku’s countless resurrections, Vegeta is training in the gravity chamber with Trunks as a little kid, effortlessly throwing combinations in the background while his son is straining to walk.

One hundred and fifty times gravity is a man’s training level. You’re clearly still a child,” the condescending father tells the boy, despite knowing full well that when his offspring grows up, he’ll travel back in time and wreck Frieza.

Trunks powers up to Super Saiyan to make the process easier, much to the surprise of Vegeta.

If you can land a punch on my face, I’ll take you to the park for an hour,” Vegeta promises. Like any kid, Trunks is totally stoked by this bargain and throws a series of blows, barely nicking his father, who responds by punching him.

Vegeta takes no disrespect, even if it’s from his own flesh and blood. However, his son bursts into tears, and like any good father, he takes the boy to the park anyway, proving that Dad Vegeta is still awesome, albeit unapologetic.

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What do you think? Is Vegeta better than Goku? Do you know of any other Dragon Ball memes that prove this? Let us know in the comments!