Vegeta has been and always will be my favorite DBZ character.People make it out to seem that Goku was ALWAYS WAY stronger than him.But in truth the thing that agravated Vegeta the most was the fact that he was always one step behind.Not an insect in comparison, but almost there and he could never reach that level as hard as he tried.But still he was always cooler, and one of the most powerful warriors the Universe has ever known.
* there is a big difference between "cooler" and "stronger"...
* majority of people here thinks that Vegeta is cooler than Gokou, so hands down... Vegeta is cooler than Gokou... but saying Vegeta is stronger than Gokou, it's another thing...
* the Buu Saga is canon and Vegeta admitted there that Gokou is superior than he, that Gokou is the one that can defeat Buu, not him...
* Gokou is more experienced in martial arts and in energy manipulation, that's why he alone can control the Genki Dama...
* Vegeta exceeds Gokou in executing powerful blasts, he is quicker than Gokou... see the Gogeta movie: Gokou fires Kame Hame wave, and because it requires sufficient time to "power-up", the enemy teleported Gokou as if he fired the blast to himself... the enemy tries the same thing to Vegeta but fails because Vegeta executed a powerful blast way quicker than Gokou...
* cooler, Vegeta... stronger, Gokou... 😉
Did they go at it in the anime? I don't remember them fighting. I just remember Gokou saying that they don't need to fuse anymore while Gohan searched for the earring that he dropped or whatever because Gotenks unfused and then Gohan getting absorbed.
Actually I don't ever remember Gokou going SSJ3 until Kid Buu after his fight with Fat Buu.