Yeah he realized they could hide their powers, which is probably what let him know that power levels are bullshyt. Remember when he showed up to Namek he told Freeza and his goons that the radars are pointless. Yeah higher the "power levels" the bigger the attack, but its all relative. Like Gohan who had way power inside of him but could only let it out when he was mad. Thats why Gohan wasn't bodying nikkas as a kid cuz he didnt know how to fight.
Goku's weird strength progression
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Nah Goku was just being a fukkboy. It's pretty clear he could've progressed if he really wanted to, and he actually did a little bit(Goku and Gohan fully mastered the SSJ form while Trunks and Vegeta merely tried abusing that ascended ssj mode), but he essentially threw training/progression in the bushes because Gohan was potentially stronger than him. Gohan wasn't holding Goku back, Goku is just an idiot.
There's mad plotholes in DBZ but shyt was really setting up Gohan to carry the rest of the series until nikkas started
and demanded Goku come back. In which Gohan gets thrown to the bushes.
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Goku sat at the feet of masters and actually LEARNED from every defeat. Check out how torn dude was when it came to finally bringing the hammer down on Freiza shyt carried on on because dude faced bad before but never PURE fukking evil like Freiza. He straight up had the
face during the fight. But because he humbled himself and sat at the feet of a perv, a goddam cat and an alien , My man did what needed to be done to that Beautiful Tyrant( can't hate on Freiza dude had sonnings for days) but did so with a heavy heart. I dont think dude saw a limit he could'nt slap since then.Now go from that to Majin Buu My man gave no fukks when obliterating Buu's ass with the
look on his face.
face during the fight. But because he humbled himself and sat at the feet of a perv, a goddam cat and an alien , My man did what needed to be done to that Beautiful Tyrant( can't hate on Freiza dude had sonnings for days) but did so with a heavy heart. I dont think dude saw a limit he could'nt slap since then.Now go from that to Majin Buu My man gave no fukks when obliterating Buu's ass with the look on his face.Gero didn't kno about Super saiyans. Either Vegeta or Piccolo said that 19 absorbed a lot of his energy. If Vegeta didn't bluff Gero so well, Gero would've killed him.
prince vegeta pushed them dudes wig back
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Gohan was a fukking lame I was happy he got tossed in the bushes 
Vegeta bodied 19 with the quickness... but got most of his energy drained in the process. Lucky for Vegeta he somehow maintained his super saiyan aura and blond hair allowing him to shook Dr. Gero making him run away. Had Gero would have said "fukk It!" and charge at Vegeta then Gero would have had the upper hand... but I'm pretty sure Piccolo would have stepped in before the killing blow.
Not only that but Piccolo and maybe even Gohan were already stronger than Gero.
piccolo would've stepped in and killed gero before that happened.