Goku has employed some ingenious strategies throughout Dragon Ball's history. These were some of the most clever.

The Ginyu Force are in Dragon Ball Z's story for two reasons: to force the initial team-up between Vegeta and the Z-Warriors, and to delay the final fight against Frieza on Namek until after Goku ...

He even manages to survive somewhat longer than his friends, dying in actual combat against Vegeta after Ginyu takes over ...