Thread by @Herms98

Age 732: with the Tsufruian war concluded (unless that never happened) and his alliance with Freeza and/or Cold forged, King Vegeta III finds himself a queen and quickly produces an heir: Vegeta IV, the prince of the Saiyans. #HistoryofEver

Young Prince Vegeta lives an idyllic childhood playing with Saibaimen, pulling Nappa’s hair out, and exterminating the odd civilization. His few unpleasant memories from this period, long repressed, concern the occasional visits by one of his father’s acquaintances...

On another occasion (or an alternate version of the same occasion, or whatever), Beerus sent King Vegeta out on a fetch quest, but naturally it didn’t end well

Sometime after the crown prince’s birth, but before the destruction of Planet Vegeta, King Vegeta has a second son, Tarble. Frankly, he’s a bit of a disappointment, and is quickly sent off and forgotten about (but apparently not before the brothers get to know each other a bit)

Vegeta’s age relative to Goku isn’t specified in the original manga, beyond the idea that Vegeta was already a promising warrior when their planet got nuked, implying a greater age than Goku. The Bardock TV special takes this up, showing Vegeta as a kid when Goku is a newborn

Their official birth years: Age 732 and 737, putting five years between them. DB Minus makes the exact age gap more questionable, but still shows Vegeta as an older child relative to Goku

The Daizenshuu 7 timeline describes King Vegeta as marrying his queen “around Age 731”. It seems likely they already had 732 in mind as Vegeta’s birth year and simply backtracked from there, on the assumption a king would waste no time in producing an heir

And so far this vague timeline entry is all we’ve ever been told of Vegeta’s mother. You can look at Gine and draw your own conclusions as to whether that’s a shame or a blessing

In the original manga, the name “Vegeta” first pops up when Raditz explains about the Saiyan planet. Later, Nappa claims that Vegeta the man was named after Vegeta the planet, as a sign of his strength.

It’s not until the Namek arc that we get the more familiar explanation: that Vegeta is prince and named after his father. Yet even this is only spelled out in the anime, while the original manga never names Vegeta’s father beyond “the king”.

Vegeta’s younger brother Tarble was created by Toriyama for the 2008 Jump Super Anime Tour special, and he’s later alluded to (but not named) in the BoG film. He’s pushing 40 in the special, so his extremely youthful looks are thanks to Saiyan genes

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