

Yardrats, the inhabitants of Planet Yardrat, supposedly know this technique, as they taught it to Goku.Goku learned the technique from the Yardrats sometime after the destruction of Namek and prior to his return to Earth in the Trunks Saga.However, in the episode " Piccolo's Decision", it is revealed that this ability has limits, as Goku said he could not move the entire world's population in one trip.

Goku can take passengers along with him, as long as they are touching him. In the Dragon Ball Universe, more of the heroes use the technique than the villains. Throughout the rest of the series, Goku uses the technique often to travel around the Universe. Later he discovered he can use two of his popular attacks with this technique, such as Instant Kamehameha and Instant Spirit Bomb. He intended to use the technique to get to Earth before Frieza could harm anyone, but found it unnecessary because Future Trunks had already come to finish Frieza off. The beings on the planet Yardrat taught Instant Transmission to Goku during his time on the planet.
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When Goku became a child in Dragon Ball GT, however, the ability to use this technique was greatly hindered to the point where he just randomly travels to places a short distance away however, as a Super Saiyan 4, he is able to use the ability to its full potential. However, the user cannot travel to an area they have never been to unless they can detect someone familiar to them to use as a homing beacon. It is revealed in the eighth Dragon Ball Z movie, Dragon Ball Z: Broly - The Legendary Super Saiyan that this move briefly moves the user into a pocket dimension which then allows them to move to any location instantly. In the Funimation dub of the anime, Goku describes the technique as allowing him to move at the speed of light (specifically 186,000 miles per second) however it occurs instantly as New Namek for example is light years away. Goku can even shift through realms, having no problem teleporting from Earth to the Sacred World of the Kais in Other World, traveling there to find New Namek. The technique has many practical uses throughout the series. For example, at the end of DBZ, Goku proclaimed to Dende that he could not travel to New Namek because their ki signature was too far away. This action is usually accompanied by Goku placing his index and middle fingers on his forehead to help him concentrate, though if extra time is taken the technique can be performed without this aid.īecause Instant Transmission requires a ki signature to lock onto (whereas Instantaneous Movement does not), the successful performance of the technique is dependent on one's ability to detect them. Goku using Instant TransmissionInstant Transmission allows Goku and anyone that is in contact with him (although planets do not count) to instantly travel great distances (from meters to light-years, or even travel between the living world and Other World) just by concentrating on a particular individual's energy signature, and 'transmitting' or feeling that being's location.
