<p>They didnt recognize him because the former Broly movies were non-canon (not written by Akira Toriyama but by Toei animation) so they dont follow exactly the same timeline-continuity. In the new Broly movie story, Goku and Vegeta never met Broly before, the events of the 3 former movies never happened. Besides this Broly is supposed to have a different personality than the former Broly, who was pure evil who wanted to destroy everything and this is somehow a good guy.</p>

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<p>In the new movie, why were both Vegeta and Goku unaware of Broly. They didn't recognise him even though Goku/Vegeta had fought Broly a long time ago. Feel free to add/edit information.</p>

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[This question is related.](https://anime.stackexchange.com/q/47759/32564)
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Why did Goku/Vegeta not recognise Broly?
# Why did Goku/Vegeta not recognise Broly?
Posted by: username_0 on 2019-02-04
In the new movie, why were both Vegeta and Goku unaware of Broly. They didn't recognise him even though Goku/Vegeta had fought Broly a long time ago. Feel free to add/edit information.
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> **username_1**: [This question is related.](https://anime.stackexchange.com/q/47759/32564)  
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### Answer by username_2 on 2019-02-05. Score: 4 | Accepted answer
They didnt recognize him because the former Broly movies were non-canon (not written by Akira Toriyama but by Toei animation) so they dont follow exactly the same timeline-continuity. In the new Broly movie story, Goku and Vegeta never met Broly before, the events of the 3 former movies never happened. Besides this Broly is supposed to have a different personality than the former Broly, who was pure evil who wanted to destroy everything and this is somehow a good guy.
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