There are many Super Saiyan transformations throughout the games. Dragon Ball in the franchise. Dozens of them exist between anime, movies, games, manga and other media.

Many of them are just slight variations on their primary forms that no one would think of, but each one has a subtle charm that keeps fans excited. That's not to mention the thrill of seeing a Saiyan achieve a form they hadn't had before (like Vegeta becoming a Super Saiyan God).

Whether a Super Saiyan form is well-known or obscure, just hearing the name is enough to spark something in fans. With that in mind, here are all the Super Saiyan variations anyone will need to know about—at least until the next ones are introduced.

The Original Super Saiyan

The initial Super Saiyan transformation gives the user 50 times their power. It spikes the Saiyan's hair and gives it a golden glow with a matching golden aura. This form has several variations before even transitioning to the next level.

Goku and the other Saiyans encountered several new Super Saiyan grades in their search for a means to ascend in the Cell Saga. Vegeta and Trunks discovered muscular Powerhouse forms that took their power to new heights in exchange for speed; Vegeta only ascended to the Second Grade to maintain his speed, but Trunks, not understanding the tradeoff, ascended to the Third Grade.

Goku and Gohan achieved Super Saiyan Full Power (also known as Fourth Grade), which became the standard variant. Eventually, all of these forms became obsolete when even more powerful transformations were discovered.

The anime also introduced more subtle variations of the Super Saiyan. The fourth DBZ film, Lord Slug, had Goku transform into what the anime assumed would be a Super Saiyan. However, once the official Super Saiyan transformation was revealed in the manga, Lord Slug's form was renamed Pseudo Super Saiyan.

There is also a partial manifestation of the Super Saiyan known as Super Saiyan Power! This form gives the user all the visual attributes of a Super Saiyan, except for the hair color change. This form is only briefly shown as a Saiyan becoming a full Super Saiyan, but Goku notably used it in the Other World Saga.

There are a few more variations of the initial Super Saiyan form that have been introduced throughout the franchise, but they're best discussed as part of the other transformations and power-ups they're associated with. With that in mind, here's how the form has been changed and improved upon throughout the franchise.

Super Saiyans 2, 3 and 4

Super Saiyan 2 was a considerable continuation of Super Saiyan. Even though it only doubled the user's power (as opposed to Super Saiyan's 50X multiplier), achieving it was ascending and becoming a Super Saiyan among Super Saiyans.

Once again, Goku and the other Saiyans went through several new degrees of Super Saiyan in order to break the barrier. However, Gohan was the only one with the potential to advance to the next level (initially). This form is recognized by its spiky hair and sparks of electricity.

Super Saiyan 3, while four times stronger than Super Saiyan 2, was considered a downgrade by many. The way it burned through the user's energy reserves made the lesser Super Saiyan forms more practical for prolonged battles.

Regardless, fans still find this to be one of the best Super Saiyan forms aesthetically because of its longer hair, missing eyebrows, and pronounced brow ridges.

Dragon Ball GT introduced another fan favorite in Super Saiyan 4. This form has several distinguishing features, including red fur, long black hair, yellow eyes, red outlines around the eyes, and a tail.

It makes Saiyans ten times stronger than Super Saiyan 3 and doesn't come with the drawback of draining energy. Whatever people think of GT, many agree that Super Saiyan 4 was one of its best contributions to the universe. Dragon Ball.

There are a few more notable forms associated with Super Saiyan 4. Before achieving this form, Goku and Vegeta became Great Apes with a Super Saiyan transformation called Golden Great Ape.

Xeno Goku and Vegeta also encountered Super Full Power Saiyan 4 Limit Break in the Super Dragon Ball Heroes canon; this form is achieved by having the energy of several other strong Saiyans transferred into them; this form gives them magenta skin (and aura), crimson hair, and even some of the whitish hues commonly associated with Ultra Instinct.

Super Saiyan God and Super Saiyan God Super Saiyan

Super Saiyan God, despite its name, is more of a variation of a Saiyan's base form than any Super Saiyan transformation. It does not spike the user's hair like a Super Saiyan, but instead changes to a deep red, along with their eyes and aura. The muscles also become smaller, though the form grants more power than Super Saiyan 3. This form is ideally achieved by channeling the energy of five Super Saiyans into one, but can also be achieved with the necessary training. Any Saiyan who senses godly ki this way can also channel it into the rest of their Super Saiyan forms.

The proper fusion of godly ki and Super Saiyan results in a new transformation formally called Super Saiyan God Super Saiyan (Super Saiyan Blue for short). This form takes the Super Saiyan God transformation and applies the Super Saiyan multipliers to it. It looks like a Super Saiyan, but the eyes, hair, and aura are all blue. Saiyans can obtain this form by capturing their godly ki and preventing it from leaking out. Fans theorize that this form could be pushed further into Super Saiyan Blue 2 and 3.

However, there are canon variants of Super Saiyan Blue. When Vegeta tried to push himself to a new level, he ended up with Super Saiyan God Super Saiyan Evolved; this form adds an extra layer of blue.

The manga also introduced the perfected Super Saiyan Blue, which takes the principle to become a Super Saiyan Blue and refines it to its limit; the result is a complete lack of aura flowing from the user. Goku Black also found a variant color scheme for the form which he dubbed Super Saiyan Rosé, though it is not known to make the user stronger than Super Saiyan Blue; it gives the user pink hair, gray eyes, and a dark purple aura with red and black outlines.

Other Super Saiyan Transformations

There are a few more notable variations of Super Saiyan, starting with Broly (and Kale). He has a form known as Legendary Super Saiyan, which grants him unimaginable strength in exchange for his sanity. It also enlarges his muscles, whitens his eyes, and turns his hair and aura green instead of gold.

Broly's strange form comes with a few more sub-variants of Super Saiyan. He used Super Saiyan A-Type to turn his hair purple or blue when he first fought Goku in the eighth DBZ film named after him. In the tenth film, Broly: Second Coming, he became a Super Saiyan C-Type, which resembles the standard Super Saiyan transformation. He can also transform into a Legendary Super Saiyan 2, 3, and 4 in media such as Dragon Ball Heroes.

Future Trunks never went beyond the Super Saiyan form, but he did encounter something called Super Saiyan Rage. This form has transformational properties above Super Saiyan, such as electrical sparks and a godly aura. Most media refer to Future Trunks in this state as Super Trunks.

Super Dragon Ball Heroes also introduced the Super Saiyan (Berserk). This form corrupts the Super Saiyan and its variants with Evil Aura and causes them to go berserk. Some Saiyans such as Vegeta can tame the Evil Aura; he specifically became a Super Saiyan God Super Saiyan (Controlled Berserk) by doing so.

Several hybrid transformations combine Super Saiyan with some other technique or power-up. Super Saiyan God Super Saiyan is technically one of them, but there are others. The Spirit Bomb Super Saiyan was achieved when Goku absorbed the Spirit Bomb into Super Android 13. He can also mix Super Saiyan with Kaio Ken.

Cumber can use his evil aura to become an Evil Saiyan–Super Saiyan. Perfect Cell used a variation of the Powerhouse form against Gohan called Power-Weighted. Baby became a Tuffled Super Saiyan in Vegeta's body; this form further evolved into Strongest Form 1 and 2.

Dragon Ball Hero also gave Super Saiyan a Dark Dragon Ball enhancement to characters like Xeno Bardock and the Future Warrior in Black. Demon Realm Race hybrids like Mira and Fu can also become a Super Saiyan variant with red eyes and spiky hair.

Super Saiyan Transformations in Video Games

The video games have a few more diverse forms, which are variations of the pre-existing Super Saiyan forms. These include GT Super Saiyan, Super Vegeta, Super Vegeta 2, Future Super Saiyan, and Super Saiyan (Special Move). The only differences in these transformations are their in-game functionality. Villainous Super Saiyan and Super Saiyan 2 were also introduced in the Xenoverse games.

New Super Saiyan forms will likely continue to appear as Dragon Ball continues as a franchise. New additions will no doubt be welcomed by fans as they continue to expand the lore and mythos of the game overall.