Goten's appearance as a child is a spitting image of Goku's childhood look, including messy, unkempt

hair, same eye color, lighter-pale complexion and a playful face. He also wears an orange gi similar to
Goku's, minus the kame symbol, along with a dark blue long-sleeved undershirt and black training
shoes with dark blue shin guards in the Majin Buu Arc. Goten is known for looking almost identical to
his father as a child, to the point when Goku first meets Goten he proclaims "I think there is a little
me hiding behind your leg Chi-Chi!" This resemblance to his father is pointed out numerous times by
other characters throughout the series, as well as in a few video games. His appearance drastically
changes as he grows older, towards the end of Dragon Ball Z. Goten's hair grew, so that he would
not be mistaken for Goku and is seen with a shaggier hairstyle similar to Yamcha and also wears an
orange gi similar to what Pan wears at the World Martial Arts Tournament.

In Dragon Ball Super, Goten wears his gi without the blue undershirt as he did in the Majin Buu Saga.
He also wears blue armbands, which he previously didn't and his hairstyle still resembles that of his
father. When not fighting, he wears a blue sleeveless changshan with a green trim and a lavender
long sleeve shirt underneath with white folded sleeves and a long red sash tied around his waist
which it was concealed beneath his changshan, lavender Chinese pants with white folded sleeves
and black Kung-Fu shoes.

For the movie Super Hero, as it takes place a year before the end of Z, he's older. He is taller and
wears a long green, buttoned shirt, and has hair similar to his older brother Gohan, in the Cell Saga.
He also wears a purple undershirt, alongside black pants and black shoes. Goten changed his
hairstyle as a result of being mistaken for Goku.[5]

In Dragon Ball GT, his hairstyle becomes spiky, straight and tilted. He begins to look like his brother
Gohan as in contrast to Goku. In the Black Star Dragon Ball Saga, Goten wears a green long-sleeved
shirt with a yellow t-shirt underneath and wears purple chino pants and light beige golden boots just
like the ones Trunks wore. Later in the Baby saga, his outfit has been changed to a new color. his
long-sleeved shirt is white with a purple t-shirt underneath and his chino pants are lavender.

Personality

As a child, Goten is a fun-loving and kind-hearted person like his father. However, thanks to his
mother's structured upbringing, he tends to show more common sense and proper manners than his
father did as a child (even in some cases as an adult). While still being forced to study hard like his
older brother by their mother, having mellowed out following Goku's death, Chi-Chi allowed Goten
to have more freedom to explore his own interests than Gohan did growing up; Chi-Chi even took it
upon herself to train Goten in the martial arts. This allowed him to develop love for play-fighting and
bug catching.[2]

He is also somewhat mischievous, due to being influenced by his best friend Trunks and joins him in
their many antics. Between Trunks and himself, he is surprisingly the voice of reason, though he
usually goes along with the former's ideas. Goten is also well mannered (like his father), as he always
bows before he faces someone in a fight. He looks up to and greatly admires his older brother Gohan
(he was the only person who finds Gohan's embarrassing Great Saiyaman Suit to be "cool"). When
Trunks had blamed the tournament intermission on Gohan's defeat in the previous match, Goten
quickly became agitated and aggressive towards the other in an attempt to defend his older
brother's honor. However, in Dragon Ball Super, his opinion of Great Saiyaman has changed, as he
rejects a Great Saiyaman costume that Gohan had made for Goten, considering it lame and showing
that his tastes have changed.

Goten also shows great love for wild animals, a trait obviously passed down from his father Goku, as
he is seen often getting distracted from training by them on more than one occasion. Goten also
shares the typical Saiyan appetite, like his father and brother. In one episode, following Trunks and
Goten awakening at The Lookout after being knocked out by Vegeta, Trunks successfully wakes up
Goten by telling him it was time to eat, which made Goten excited; this is similar to what Bulma used
to wake Goku up when he was facing Jackie Chun. Goten's favorite food is pocky sticks and
strawberry daifuku.[2]

As a teenager and adult, Goten is still kind-hearted and considerate of other people, but is seen to
be more mature. In GT, he settles down to live more or less as a normal teenager, worrying more
about girls and bikes[2] than fighting.