Trunks: Son of Vegeta, Prince of All Saiyans. Grandson of King Vegeta.
Goten: Son of Goku, the first Super Saiyan in 1,000 years. Also, Goten is the youngest Super Saiyan ever.
Born the sons of the greatest rivals ever, these two defied the rivalry and became best friends. This friendship, however, is the reason Goten simply was never more than a side character. Trunks has notoriety because of his trip from the future to warn the Z Fighters and help in the fight against the androids and Cell. Other than being the youngest SS, and being part of the obnoxious Gotenks, Goten is single most wasted Super Saiyan in DBZ. Had Trunks and Goten been rivals, I think they would have pushed each other beyond the level of Super Saiyan and Goten wouldn't have become Saiyan equivalent of Yamcha in GT.
It really irritates me that Goten, being so much like Goku, just loses all desire to become better than what he is. Hell, he was given Super Saiyan on a platter as was Trunks. Sure Gohan was young when he transformed, but at least he busted his ass. All Goten did was fight Chi Chi... WTF is up with that? Hence the problem. He was given WAY too much power at too early of an age without working for it and thus had nothing to aim for. Chibi Trunks is useless too, but as an adult, he did much for the Z warriors. Goten does absolutely nothing.
Goten: Son of Goku, the first Super Saiyan in 1,000 years. Also, Goten is the youngest Super Saiyan ever.
Born the sons of the greatest rivals ever, these two defied the rivalry and became best friends. This friendship, however, is the reason Goten simply was never more than a side character. Trunks has notoriety because of his trip from the future to warn the Z Fighters and help in the fight against the androids and Cell. Other than being the youngest SS, and being part of the obnoxious Gotenks, Goten is single most wasted Super Saiyan in DBZ. Had Trunks and Goten been rivals, I think they would have pushed each other beyond the level of Super Saiyan and Goten wouldn't have become Saiyan equivalent of Yamcha in GT.
It really irritates me that Goten, being so much like Goku, just loses all desire to become better than what he is. Hell, he was given Super Saiyan on a platter as was Trunks. Sure Gohan was young when he transformed, but at least he busted his ass. All Goten did was fight Chi Chi... WTF is up with that? Hence the problem. He was given WAY too much power at too early of an age without working for it and thus had nothing to aim for. Chibi Trunks is useless too, but as an adult, he did much for the Z warriors. Goten does absolutely nothing.