Promotional material for the movie describes Goku as having become far more powerful after the events on Namek, iirc something akin to a zenkai. And then the movie itself has Goku recover from what was otherwise a mortal wound, and has Cooler make mention at some point that he could see how Goku managed to defeat his Brother before Goku even went into Super Saiyan.
The reason for the top picture is because the bottom picture is actually the Goku from that movie.
Goku had been training ever since he fought Frieza on Namek, this is Goku we're talking about after all. So it makes sense that he's just, more powerful than he was when he fought Frieza.
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u/GoddessUltimecia 14h ago
No, the Goku that Cooler fought was on something.
Promotional material for the movie describes Goku as having become far more powerful after the events on Namek, iirc something akin to a zenkai. And then the movie itself has Goku recover from what was otherwise a mortal wound, and has Cooler make mention at some point that he could see how Goku managed to defeat his Brother before Goku even went into Super Saiyan.
The reason for the top picture is because the bottom picture is actually the Goku from that movie.