Vegeta in movies 2-5

[GSM123]

Why wasn't Vegeta in any of the movies until Return of Cooler? It's a bit obvious why he wasn't in Dead Zone, but what about the others? Is there any reason for his abscence, in or out of universe?

 

[SSJ2]

Tenshinhan probably killed him in the Toei universe.

 

[GSM123]

So Toeiverse is all just Tenshinhan's dream?

 

[SSJ2]

Honestly makes sense. Look at how he one shotted SSJ Trunks in M9.

 

[SSJ3 Gothic]

Vegeta wasn't really brought in as a permanent cast member or Z fighter until after Namek. He was still a full villain/rival/reluctant ally until he came back to Earth.

 

[Fantastische Hure]

he didn't officially come to z-team until after freeza-saga i think i think

they might have thought he might not come-back i think i think

 

[Fantastische Hure]

like why wasn't good-boo in movie 13 maybe i think

 

[SSJ3 Gothic]

he didn't officially come to z-team until after freeza-saga i think i think

they might have thought he might not come-back i think i think

I agree. There's a clear shift in his motivations between the two arcs. During the Freeza Saga, he still wanted the dragon balls and immortality, but only put it aside due to the bigger threat in Freeza. He'd stab any of the Z Fighters in the back given the chance to get what he wants.

Once the Android Arc came and he became a Super Saiyan, the Goku/Vegeta buddy cop show started, and he didn't care about the dragon balls anymore despite having all the time in the world to get them. He only cared about showing up Goku.

 

[Fantastische Hure]

ye, i think that's hard to maybe think of a scenario for toei to think of vegeta teaming-up with them, since freeza-saga he only reluctantly teamed-up with them & he had no reason to go to earth until he at-least defeated freeza i think i think

 

[Pakl]

like why wasn't good-boo in movie 13 maybe i think

Because the movie came out while SSjin Vegetto was fighting Gohan-Boo.