Here
you can learn the Saiyan transformations, how they are achieved
and the characteristics of them.
Saiyan
This
is the basic state for all Saiyans. They usually
have black, spiky hair that also grows unnaturally long.
When Saiyan babies are born, their power levels are read
and the ones with the lower levels are usually sent to
far, distant planets to rid them of all life so it the
planet can be sold. This is why Vegeta is always
angry that some weak common Saiyan, Goku, is a better
and stronger fighter than he is. Full Saiyans are
born on Planet Vegeta, which Freeza blew up.
Characteristics
-Long
black hair usually pointing up
-A
long brown tail
-Usually
have muscles
Super
Saiyan
There
are several requirements to turn into a super Saiyan.
The first is, you can't have a tail. Secondly, your
power level must be upwards of 1 000 000. Also, the most
important part is there must be a pure heart. This can
also include pure evil. The transformation into a Super
Saiyan is fueled by anger. This explains why Trunks
couldn't turn Super Saiyan until he stood over Gohan's
dead body (in the future timeline). He had the strength,
but nothing to be extremely angry at. Several
things happen when someone goes Super Saiyan. Their hair
turns yellow and it sticks up more than usual. Their
eyebrows also turn yellow and their eyes turn green.
Also with this transformation, the fighter's power level
is greatly increased. (The transformation by Goku into a
Super Saiyan easily allowed him to defeat Freeza).
The first time anyone went super Saiyan was when Freeza
killed Krillan and got Goku really angry and made him go
Super Saiyan
Characteristics
-Incredible
Muscles
-Yellow
hair that stands up
-A
surrounding golden glow
-Green
eyes
Ultra
Super Saiyan
This
is between SSJ and SSJ2. This is what happens when
Saiyans just train physically. They get really
strong and their muscles get really big. Although
incredibly powerful, they get slowed down since they are
so bulky. Also, they lose their pupils and their
hair becomes spikier. Brolly is the first to
become one and the only one who can effectively use this
level. In the series though, it's Trunks or Vegeta
(it wasn't explained who made it first in the time
chamber.)
Characteristics
-Longer
yellow spiky hair
-Very
bulky
-No
pupils
-Incredible
muscles
Super
Saiyan 2
Super
Saiyan 2 is also different. For one, the body mass isn't
as much as it was in USSJ. Also, when the fighter has
the glowing power around him, there will be little
charges of electricity every once in a while. The hair
becomes more triangular, and is often times characterized
by one strand that hangs in front of the face. (Think
Gohan when he fought Cell or Bojack). Also, at this
stage the fighter can control how much of what skill he
wants to use. For example, if he wanted to be a lot
stronger, he could focus his energy into his power, but
it would slow him down. This helped Vegeta a lot because
he was a very experienced fighter and could use this
stage to his advantage. Gohan is the first to turn Super
Saiyan 2 when Cell killed Android 16 making him very
angry and strong enough to destroy Cell.
Characteristics
-A
lot less bulky than Ultra super saiyan
-More
muscle mass than a regular super saiyan
-Golden
hair is longer
-Electricity
zapping around them every once in a while
-Glowing
golden power around them
Super
Saiyan 3
Ok,
now we're getting into less subtle differences here!
The hair grows extremely long (kinda like Raditz except
it is still gold). Super Saiyan 3s lose their eyebrow
hair plus the eyebrows themselves are more pronounced.
Other than that and the increased power, there's the
same gold stuff and electric bolts. It took Goku
to train in the afterlife to reach this unbelievably
high level. Goku first achieved this level during
a fight with Majin Buu. Majin Buu could overpower SSJ3
Goku but this level did destroy Fat Janenba in movie
#12. SSJ3 was also used in Dragon Ball GT, but Goku
couldn't hold it due to his little body's lack of
strength, although he does reach Super-Saiyan Level 4.
Only Goku and Gotenks reach this level. (Vegeta
skipped it and went straight to SSJ4)
Characteristics
-Really
long golden hair that doesn't stick up
-No
eyebrows
-Green
eyes
-More
incredibly big muscles
Super
Saiyan 4
There
are many major differences here. Their hair isn't
as long as it was in SSJ3 mode but more like SSJ1 except
that it is black, a lot longer and has two long strands
of hair going down their shoulders. Their eyes are no
longer green but black. Another difference is
their eyebrows grow back. They also have red fur
on their backs and arms and the rimming around their
eyes are also red. This is the only SSJ level with a
tail. It's basically going more towards the monkey look.
Some people argue that this is not an true SSJ level but
it's on the show, which means it is.
Characteristics
of Super-Saiyan 4
-Shorter
black hair than SSJ3 but longer than SSJ
-A
lot of red fur around the body
-A
long tail
-Dark
Black Eyes
-Kid
Goku had a normal adult body in this level
-Muscular
Body
Oozaru
Any
Saiyan with their tail remaining can become one.
All they have to do is look at a moon, and then they
turn into a huge monster were-monkey. Their energy
is increased ten-fold plus they can shoot energy blasts
from their mouths. Goku and Gohan go pretty
berserk when in this state though, and they attack
anybody close. All other Saiyans can control this
form.
Characteristics
of Oozaru
-Bigger
than buildings
-Brown
fur all over
-Big
eyes
-Long
Tail
Golden
Oozaru
Golden
Oozaru is a level that was achieved by Goku and
Bebi-Vegeta in Dragon Ball GT. This is the most powerful
form of Oozaru, demonstrated by Goku
in DBGT episodes 38-40, when he swatted Bebi-Vegeta all
over Planet Plant (Bedi's recreation of the Tsufuru home
planet.) The main physical difference with the Oozaru
stage is that the fur is yellow instead of brown. Also
before Planet Vegeta was taken over by the Saiyan it was
also called "Planet Plant", of course before
renamed to Planet Vegeta
