<P> Goku has made guest appearances in various Japanese television shows and manga . In 2005, Goku appeared in the Toriyama parody manga Neko Majin Z where he is the sensei of the main character Z . On September 15, 2006, in celebration of the 30th anniversary of Kochira Katsushika - ku Kameari Kōen - mae Hashutsujo, the special manga Super Kochikame (超 こち亀, Chō Kochikame) was released . The chapter entitled This is the Police Station in front of Dragon Park on Planet Namek (こちら ナメック 星 ドラゴン 公園 前 派出所, Kochira Namekku - sei Dragon Kōen - mae Hashutsujo) has Ryotsu Kankichi travel to planet Namek and try to issue Freeza a citation and scold he and Goku for parking their ships illegally . Goku and other Dragon Ball characters join the cast of One Piece in the 2006 crossover manga Cross Epoch . He also appears in a single panel of Toriyama's 2013 manga Jaco the Galactic Patrolman, which is set before the events of Dragon Ball . The collected tankōbon volume of Jaco features the bonus story Dragon Ball Minus: The Departure of the Fated Child, depicting how and why Goku's father and mother, Gine (ギネ), sent him to Earth . </P> <P> Goku has been the subject of various parodies . In the episode Career Day of Takeshi's Castle, known in the United States as MXC, the hosts Beat Takeshi and Sonomanma Higashi dressed as popular anime characters, one as Goku as a child, the other as Doraemon . Weekly Shōnen Jump's Gag Special 2005 issue, released on November 12, 2004, featured a Bobobo - bo Bo - bobo one - shot Dragon Ball parody manga, a retelling of the first fight between Goku and Vegeta . In chapter #179 of the Yakitate!! Japan manga, Kawachi executes a Genki - Dama parody called a Shinrai - Dama (信頼 玉, lit . "Trust Ball") on the character Katsuo . In the manga and anime series Blood Lad, the character Staz performs the gestures for Goku's Kamehameha, having learned it from his favorite manga superhero, but it has no actual effect . </P> <P> Goku regularly appears on Fuji TV . In 2003, Goku appeared in the interactive feature Kyutai Panic Adventure! (球体 パニック アドベンチャー!, Kyūtai Panikku Adobenchā!, "Orb Panic Adventure!"), which was featured exclusively at the Fuji TV headquarters in the Kyutai (orb) section . In this, Freeza attacks a visiting tourist, blasting the orb section free from the rest of the Fuji TV building . Goku fights Freeza over the real life aqua city of Odaiba . In 2004, a sequel called Kyūtai Panic Adventure Returns! (球体 パニック アドベンチャー リターンズ!, Kyūtai Panikku Adobenchā Ritānzu!, "Orb Panic Adventure Returns!") was produced . On March 25, 2006, Goku and Freeza appeared in an original animated short film in the IQ Mirror Mistake 7 (IQ ミラー まちがい 7, Aikyū Mirā Machigai Nana) segment of the Japanese game show IQ Supplement (IQ サプリ, IQ Sapuri). On April 7, 2007, Goku and Fuji TV announcer Masaharu Miyake were commentators on the anime segment in the Nippon Ijin Taishō (日本 偉人 大賞, "Japan Great Man Awards") titled Saikyō no Ijin ha Dare? (最強 の 偉人 は 誰?, "Who is the Strongest Hero?"). The segment featured a special tournament to decide who was the greatest person in Japanese history . During the intermission, Goku promoted the coming release of R2 Dragon Ball DVDs . </P> <P> Since the U.S. debut of Dragon Ball Z in 1996, Goku has appeared in American pop culture . He was featured in an issue of Wizard magazine in which he and Superman fought a hypothetical battle and won . In the Codename: Kids Next Door episode "Operation: R.E.P.O.R.T", Numbuh Four's version of the story is a parody of the Goku and Freeza's battle in Dragon Ball Z . Goku appears in Robot Chicken in a sketch entitled A Very Dragon Ball Z Christmas, where Goku and Gohan fight an evil Mrs. Claus with Santa's reindeer, in an attempt to save Christmas . The Saturday Night Live sketch TV Funhouse titled Kobayashi depicts real - life hot - dog - eating champion Takeru Kobayashi as able to transform into a Super Saiyan as he prepares to eat hot dogs; Goku appears briefly near the end . Goku is referenced in the songs "Goku" and "Anime" by Soulja Boy Tell' Em, where he brags that he looks and feels like Goku . Goku appears in a parody of the film Moneyball on an episode of Mad entitled Money Ball Z, in which Billy Beane drafts Goku and a couple of other Dragon Ball characters into the Oakland A's . In 2013, he and Superman fought in a "Death Battle" episode of the Rooster Teeth web series ScrewAttack . The episode "Goku vs. Superman" in the web series Epic Rap Battles of History won a Streamy Award for Best Music Video . </P>

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