Penetrate!

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"I'm coming at you with everything I got!"
— Goku to King Piccolo, in "Final Showdown"

Penetrate! (つらぬけ！, Tsuranuke!)^[10] is a Rush Attack used by Goku.

Overview[]

While the opponent is in the air, Goku charges and fires a one-handed Reverse Kamehameha at the ground to launch himself up into the air. Then, he clenches his hand into an energy-powered fist. A silhouette of a Great Ape (which is said to represent Goku's hidden powers) appears as Goku puts his fist forward and punches through the opponent, inflicting a huge amount of damage.

Usage[]

160Goku using penetrate — Goku performing the technique

Goku used this attack to defeat King Piccolo. After breaking Goku's legs and left arm, King Piccolo flew high up into the air and charged back down to kill the crippled Goku. However, with his right arm still intact, Goku launched himself up at King Piccolo with a Kamehameha and attacked him with the "Penetrate!" punch. Although King Piccolo braced for impact, the force of Goku's attack was too powerful and the evil Namekian was left with a large, gaping hole in his chest.^[11] However, King Piccolo spat out the egg of his final offspring and reincarnation and encouraged his son to avenge his death by killing Goku before succumbing to his injuries and blowing up.^[12]

Goku later used the "Penetrate!" punch when fighting Mr. Popo, but Mr. Popo effortlessly dodged it, much to Goku's surprise.^[13]

Variation[]

Beast Roar - A variation used by Natz and several minor Saiyan characters in Dragon Ball Fusions.

Similar techniques[]

RRAPenetrate! — Goku rips a hole in Commander Black's Battle Jacket

Prior to his battle with King Piccolo, Goku uses a similar technique to destroy the Pirate Robot.^[14] He uses it again to destroy the Red Ribbon Army Battle Jacket which the recently self-promoted Commander Black pilots, resulting in Black's death. This attack is the same as Penetrate! but with two hands extended forward rather than one (probably since Goku had no usage of his other limbs at this point when fighting King Piccolo).^[15] When reflecting on the events of the Red Ribbon Army war, Master Roshi refers to it as Goku "using his head". Goku also uses a similar technique to defeat Major Metallitron in Dragon Ball: Mystical Adventure.

Goku rams through Slug — Goku punches through Lord Slug

Goku performs a similar attack using Kaio-ken as an impulse both to kill Misokatsun in Dragon Ball Z: The World's Strongest and to wound Great Namekian Lord Slug in Dragon Ball Z: Lord Slug.

Gohan also uses a technique nearly identical to Goku's Penetrate! to rip a hole in Garlic Jr.'s body followed by blasting him with a Masenko. However, since Garlic Jr. is immortal, the attack barely fazed the Serpent, as he was able to regenerate all types of wounds.

In Dragon Ball Z: The Return of Cooler, Gohan and Krillin use a similar attack to destroy some of the Cyclopian Guards. Gohan's attack is called Body Destruction in the Dragon Ball Z Collectible Card Game.

In the Space Saga of Plan to Eradicate the Saiyans, Goku uses this move to destroy the Godgardon he was fighting.

In Dragon Ball Z: Fusion Reborn, Super Saiyan 3 Goku performs another powerful technique charging two energy spheres in his hands to penetrate and explode the body of Janemba.

In the Tournament of Power, Android 18 uses a similar move to take down Super Giant Ribrianne and penetrate through her forehead forcing her to revert to her base form and fall out of the tournament.

B29Fue1CIAEzG6V — Broly defeats Rage Shenron in *Victory Mission*

In Dragon Ball Heroes: Victory Mission, Super Saiyan 4 Broly uses a similar technique in order to defeat Rage Shenron (who had powered himself up using Electric Slime Body Build).

Video Game Appearances[]

In Budokai 3, it is named Super Dragon Fist. Goku launches the Reverse Kamehameha, then flies towards his opponent, pummeling through him, and with a tear in his eye, he says "I did it!"

In Advanced Adventure, it is named Punch Through!.

In the Budokai Tenkaichi 3 it is named Penetrate! where it is Kid Goku's Ultimate Blast.

Revenge of King Piccolo - Penetrate! — Goku's Pierce Strike in *Revenge of King Piccolo*

In Revenge of King Piccolo, it is named Pierce Strike!. Goku shouts "Pierce Strike!" while performing it in a the final cinematic.

In Xenoverse, the move is only used by the Future Warrior. This golden version is used to attack Démigra but fails to kill him as it was only Demigra's Mirage.

In Dragon Ball Fusions, Kid Goku (DB) utilizes the Penetrate! as part of his Dragon Fist, Super Dragon Fist, and Godlike Dragon Fist Special Moves as does Super Saiyan 3 GT Goku, Coohan, Gomas, Gorillin, and Stabba. Additionally, Natz utilizes his own variation called Beast Roar.

In World Mission, Kagyu performs Penetrate! (without the image of the Great Ape as his avatar is Namekian) as a finisher on Dark Giant Xeno Lord Slug in his Side Story: "Kagyu's Adventure" after defeating Demon God Salsa, Angila (Villainous Mode), Medamatcha (Villainous Mode), & Wings (Villainous Mode). However, the attack only severely weakens Dark Giant Xeno Slug forcing Kagyu to distract Salsa while Piccolo finishes off Dark Giant Xeno Slug with a Ki Blast.