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"I think being world champion's going to be fun."
— "Trunks vs. Goten"

Trunks
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トランクス
Torankusu
Alternate names Trunks Brief
Chibi Trunks
Present Trunks
Kid Trunks
Mini Trunks (by Goku)
Trunks: Childhood
Trunks: GT
Debut Manga: "The Gathering of the Warriors"
Anime: "The Androids Appear"
Movie: Dragon Ball Z: Broly - The Legendary Super Saiyan
Appears in
Dragon Ball Z
Dragon Ball GT
Race 1/2 Saiyan - 1/2 Human
Gender Male
Date of birth Age 766
Date of death May 8, Age 774 (revived)
Before Age 889
Height 129 cm (4'2") "child"
Weight 30 kg (66 lbs) "child"
Address WST 3338926 K.
Occupation Martial Artist
President of Capsule Corporation
Martial arts teacher
Allegiance Capsule Corporation (Family Business)
Z Fighters (Age 774 - Age 790)
Family
  • Future Trunks (Future Counterpart)
  • King Vegeta (Paternal Grandfather)
  • Queen Vegeta (Paternal Grandmother)
  • Dr. Brief (Maternal Grandfather)
  • Bikini (Maternal Grandmother)
  • Vegeta (Father)
  • Bulma (Mother)
  • Bulla (Younger Sister)
  • Tights (Maternal Aunt)
  • Tarble (Paternal Uncle)
  • Gure (Aunt)
  • Melissa (Wife)
  • Matthew (Son)
  • Jimmy (Father-in-law)
  • Kayla (Mother-in-law)
  • Tommy (Brother-in-law)
  • Bulma Leigh (Descendant)
  • Vegeta Jr. (Descendant)
  • Marie (Descendant)
  • Trunks (トランクス, Torankusu) is the Human and Saiyan hybrid firstborn son of Bulma and Vegeta, and later the older brother of Bulla. He's also the husband of Melissa and the father to Matthew.

    In the English dubs of the Budokai and Budokai Tenkaichi video game series, he is called Kid Trunks, to differentiate with his alternate future counterpart.

    Appearance[]

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    Trunks' blue hair

    Trunks has his grandfather's hair color (lavender), and his mother's blue eye color, although his eyes are shaped more like his father's; as per his paternal heritage, he inherited his father's eye shape, facial features and tanned skin, and his hair turns blond and eyes turn (pupil-less) green when he becomes a Super Saiyan. Several characters, such as Goku, Marcus, Shaun, Danielle, Krillin and Bulma, remark how much Trunks resembles Vegeta. For the majority of the Buu Saga, Present Trunks wears a dark green gi, an orange belt, orange wristbands and the same golden boots that Future Trunks wears, he also wears this in the movie, Bio-Broly. In the events of Broly - Second Coming, Trunks wears a light green long sleeve hoodie with a black short sleeve undershirt with a red collar, indigo blue denim shorts and his golden boots from his primary outfit. He later wears Maloja's necklace. In Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods, Trunks wears overalls and a blue undershirt with maroon wristbands.

    At the end of Dragon Ball Z, Trunks now wears a black long-sleeved shirt, a golden vest, dark gray pants and the same golden boots that he wore as a child. Later, he wears a black sleeveless muscle shirt with a CAPSULE logo at the center of his shirt, gray pants and his boots from his childhood.

    In Dragon Ball Super, Trunks wears a yellow jacket with a white undershirt, jeans, yellow boots, and maroon wristbands. During Bulma's birthday party, he wears a Hawaiian shirt with shorts and sunglasses.

    In Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero, since the movie takes place a year before the end of DBZ, Trunks is now older. He's taller, and along with having blue hair, he also wears a purple vest, black shirt, blue jeans, and black shoes with red outlines.

    In Dragon Ball GT, Trunks wears a black long-sleeved shirt with a blue bandana, brown leather gloves, a light tan blazer, white baggy short slacks, and now he wear brown boots. During the events of Baby Saga, where Baby possessed him until the events of the Shadow Dragon Saga, he is not seen wearing his light tan blazer. His hair is now purple instead of lavender.

    Personality[]

    Present Trunks as a child during the Majin Buu arc is shown to be quite cocky and stingy, as well as mischievous, most likely due to the fact that this Trunks grew up with his father Vegeta and enjoyed the luxuries of peace, while Future Trunks grew up without Future Vegeta and in an apocalyptic world, causing him to be much more serious and cautious.[1]

    Trunks tends to usually take control over the younger Goten, stating to him numerous times how he is both older and stronger (during childhood). Trunks at first also has his doubts about Goku, whom he originally believes is not as strong as his father. Later on, Trunks does gain more respect for Goku after seeing Goku's Super Saiyan 3 power in action when holding off Majin Buu. He is shown to be loving towards his parents and grandparents and will not think twice about defending his family. Trunks is very loyal towards his father and thinks highly of him despite his flaws, though this is in part due to Trunks knowing nothing about Vegeta's past as a former enemy, and being ignorant of Vegeta's personal conflict over whether his family or superiority was more important. For example, when Trunks learned of Vegeta's death in the Majin Buu Saga, Trunks blamed Goku for being unconscious at the time, even though Piccolo tried to reveal it was Vegeta responsible for that and allowing Majin Buu's revival before Goku stopped him from doing so. Also, Trunks believed his father to be a hero and vowed to surpass him as a warrior, even though most of the Z Fighters opted to keep Vegeta's past as a villain a secret to protect Trunks from the burden of the truth. This, however, doesn't mean Trunks is not fearful of his father, as Trunks was taught by Vegeta to be obedient and well-mannered, and Trunks admits he is afraid of Vegeta's discipline when he misbehaves.

    Trunks meets the 6 year old young girl named Melissa for the first time at the 25th World Martial Arts Tournament of Junior Division in the World Tournament Saga, because of her caring, sweet, native, tomboyish and kindhearted personality toward him at a young age, he's very protecting of her from the mean boys who always picking on her and dislikes her as Jimmy's favorite little girl like her parents and grandparents. In the Fusion Saga later, Trunks is angry at Super Buu for physically and mentally beating and abusive towards Melissa in front of him, Goten, Kelly and Piccolo; but she's tries to protect them from evil Super Buu as a fighter and also taunting and scared her before he and Goten along with Piccolo are tricked and absorbed by Super Buu, he's rescued her from Yakon, Pui Pui, Android 19, Frieza and Cell as young adults when he's wanted to telling her that he's confessed his true love feelings for her as his childhood friend to become his girlfriend before they're married at the end of the Dragon Ball Z and Dragon Ball GT series.

    In his later years, Trunks adopts a personality similar to his future counterpart's. During and in between his battles at the World Martial Arts Tournament, he acts just like his father does, calm when he fights and insults his opponents. He does not act like this however during his battle with Goten, because Goten is his best friend or it could be because it is a battle he could possibly lose. Because of his maternal side of the family being scientists, he also possessed a significantly huge amount of knowledge about biological and scientific-related knowledge, especially for his age, as demonstrated in the movie Dragon Ball Z: Bio-Broly, when he correctly identifies what the Culture Tank equipment is used for, as well as correctly defining two-thirds of what biotechnology is (the only thing he was not able to answer is what genetic-engineering is).

    Along with inheriting the scientific mind of his mother and maternal grandfather, Trunks is also shown to possess a tactical mind like his father and paternal grandfather, as demonstrated by his and Giru's deception of Dr. Myuu and his forces on planet M-2 during the Baby Saga. During the "Future" Trunks Saga, Trunks showed respect towards his Future self. Soon afterward, when his Future self was sulking, he approached him and berated him for moping around after one loss, and thinking that he's being a coward. When his younger sister, Bulla, was born, Trunks was a bit disappointed because he wanted to have a brother to train with, but he had a change of heart when he first held her, and became protective of her.

    Biography[]

    Background[]

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    Trunks as a baby

    Trunks was born in November 1 of Age 766 to Vegeta and Bulma, thus making him a Saiyan and Human hybrid. In his infancy, he was well-loved and doted on by his mother, but it appeared as if his father had little to no parental emotions towards the boy, such as Vegeta admitting to never hugging his son until he was eight years old during the Majin Buu Saga and telling him how proud he is to be Trunks' father. During Trunks' childhood, he and Vegeta developed a normal father-son relationship, and Trunks idolized his father, who was strict when it came to his training but was fair to him and did spend time with him.

    Dragon Ball Z[]

    Future Trunks[]

    Main article: Future Trunks

    The events of Dragon Ball Z: The History of Trunks tell the origins of Future Trunks' story. Thirteen years have passed since the deaths of Goku and the other Z Fighters. Trunks is seen as a 14 year old boy being taught by a 23 year old Future Gohan along with his two best friends, 24 year old Future Jimmy and 22 year old Future Kayla before the deaths of their friends by the evil version Future Android 17 and Android 18. Tragically, Gohan is later murdered by the twins Androids 17 and 18, which however sparks Trunks' first transformation into a Super Saiyan. Three years later, Trunks attempts to battle the twins, but fails miserably and is nearly killed. Six months to a year later Bulma completes the Time machine and Trunks goes twenty years into the past, with hopes of finding a way to break the apocalyptic grip the artificial destroyers have on his future. Trunks goes through a lot of fights and uses Gohan's help.

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    Baby Trunks in the Androids Saga

    In Dragon Ball Z, Trunks first makes an appearance in the series as his 17 year old alternate future counterpart. Upon arrival, Trunks transforms into a Super Saiyan and easily defeats Frieza with his sword and his father King Cold with a powerful energy wave. He, along with the other Z Fighters, then await for Goku's return to Earth. Once Goku arrives, Trunks tells of the horrors that will soon unfold. He explains that in three years, on the morning of May 12th at 10:00 a.m., two tremendously powerful androids will appear, kill all of the Z Fighters, and will reign destruction upon the Earth for nearly two decades. He also tells of Goku's death from a heart virus six months before the androids attack. After giving Goku an antidote for the virus, Future Trunks takes his leave back to his time.

    The Androids[]

    Main articles: Androids Saga, Imperfect Cell Saga, Perfect Cell Saga, and Cell Games Saga

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    Bulma holding a happy baby Trunks

    Two years after Future Trunks' arrival, the present Trunks is born to Vegeta and Bulma. Initially, he is raised by his mother and his father periodically saw him while he and the rest of the Z Fighters prepared for the battle against the androids. A year later, Future Trunks returns to help the Z Fighters fight the androids. Future Trunks, along with the other Z Fighters, have the main roles of defeating the androids, and eventually the evil Cell.

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    An upset Trunks crawls on his father Vegeta

    After Cell's defeat at the hands of Super Saiyan 2 Gohan, Future Trunks returns to his time much more powerful than before, and effortlessly kills both Future Android 17 and Future Android 18. He also planned to kill Cell in his time (in Trunks' time, Cell was still in his first form so he was easily defeated). After Future Trunks had destroyed the androids, he continued living in his time with his mother.

    The World Tournament[]

    Main articles: Great Saiyaman Saga and World Tournament Saga

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    Trunks transforms into a Super Saiyan

    Seven years following Cell's defeat, present Trunks takes a much larger role. Trunks is eight years old and fantastically strong for his age. He was trained by Vegeta since he learned how to walk. As a result, he was able to transform into a Super Saiyan at age 8, as well as become acclimated to the state without Vegeta's knowledge. This is first shown on-screen while he is training in a Gravity Room with Vegeta, when he cannot handle the gravity in his normal state. He then transforms out of nowhere and leaps around naturally in gravity that at first was supposedly overwhelming him. This comes as a massive shock to Vegeta considering his young age, but makes him proud to see his son becoming stronger.

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    Trunks fights Goten at the World Tournament Junior Division Championship

    In the Junior Division of the 25th World Martial Arts Tournament, Trunks makes it all the way to the grand finals and becomes the new junior champion by defeating his best friend Goten, the second son of Goku and Chi-Chi (by becoming a Super Saiyan, firing an energy blast which knocked Goten out of the ring, and using his left arm; all three of which Trunks had agreed not to do, though Goten had cheated too and became a Super Saiyan earlier in the fight). When Trunks is set up against Mr. Satan, Satan asks him to only lightly tap in on the face, knowing how much power Trunks has. However even Trunks' light tap is enough to launch Mr. Satan out of the ring, allowing Trunks to win the match. However, the crowd thinks Mr. Satan did it deliberately to be nice to Trunks. Trunks meets a six years old girl Melissa for the first time

    The Ancient Evil, Majin Buu[]

    Main article: Majin Buu Saga

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    Trunks and Goten (Mighty Mask) vs. 18 in World Tournament

    He and Goten then compete in the adult division disguised as Mighty Mask, but Android 18 realizes this and blows their cover with a Destructo Disk while in the match, disqualifying them.

    Shortly after Trunks learned about Majin Buu from Videl, he tries to help his father battle the monster. Trunks wants to stay and help his father fight Majin Buu and is hugged for the first time by his father, but he, Melissa and Goten are knocked out by Vegeta who blew himself up to try to destroy Majin Buu, albeit failing. The boys and girl are taken to Kami's Lookout to take shelter from Majin Buu. When they wake up, the boys and Melissa learn that Vegeta, Kayla and Gohan are dead, which makes them cry. Goku tells them about the fusion dance to defeat Majin Buu. Babidi makes an announcement to the world that if Goten, Trunks, Melissa and Piccolo do not come out of hiding they are going to destroy West City. Trunks must rush to Capsule Corporation to get the Dragon Radar. Goku intercepts Babidi and Majin Buu, and shows them the Super Saiyan 3 form. Majin Buu and Goku fight while Trunks gets the Dragon Radar. Later, Trunks returns to the Lookout with the Dragon Radar and shows Goku his respect. Then, Goku shows them the fusion technique and, only in the anime, shows them Super Saiyan 3. However, Goku's time on Earth is ended and he leaves Piccolo to teach the boys the rest of the Fusion dance. Everyone on Kami's Lookout says goodbye to Goku as he leaves with Fortuneteller Baba to the Other World.

    Fusion plan[]

    Main article: Fusion Saga

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    Goten and Trunks Super Saiyans after just defusing from Gotenks

    In the Fusion Saga (a subset of the Buu Saga), Trunks and Goten fight Majin Buu, both separately and by joining together into the temporarily-fused being Gotenks, but with a couple of failed attempts. When Super Buu arrives at the Lookout, Trunks and Goten enter the Hyperbolic Time Chamber to train. Later, Super Buu and Piccolo enter, and just before the two boys get to fuse, Super Buu punches Trunks. They do fuse into Gotenks, but are not strong enough to beat him. When Gotenks pretended to be tired and low on energy, Piccolo destroys the entrance to the chamber, but Super Buu escapes and eats the remaining Z-Fighters and support on the Lookout. Gotenks finally escapes, thanks to his Super Saiyan 3 transformation, and they fight Buu again, almost defeating him until they defuse right at the killing blow. He's horrified saw Super Buu truly physically abused and beating Melissa in front of himself, Goten, Kelly and Piccolo, because she's tries to protect them from him and Trunks save her from harm way of his wrath. Trunks and Goten witness Gohan returning from the Supreme Kai's planet with his new powers and easily overpowering Super Buu. When Super Buu escapes, the crew find Dende and Kayla, picking up Mr. Satan and his dog along the way. When Super Buu sakes to fight Gotenks, they fuse, but Super Buu tricked them and absorbed them to become stronger. After being set free from Super Buu by the newly revived Goku and the still deceased Vegeta, Trunks is killed along with Goten, Piccolo, and Gohan when Kid Buu uses the Planet Burst attack and destroys the Earth.

    The final battle[]

    Main article: Kid Buu Saga

    Trunks is later revived by the Namekian Dragon Balls, and lends energy to Goku's Super Spirit Bomb. He and Goten also get a group of people to lend a hand as well. He is thrilled to see his father again and runs to him with his mother. Trunks is later seen at a party at his home.

    Dragon Ball Z movies[]

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    Trunks as a baby in Bojack Unbound

    Trunks' first movie appearance is in a brief scene during Dragon Ball Z: Broly - The Legendary Super Saiyan, where he is seen being held by Bulma as a baby. He also appears in Dragon Ball Z: Bojack Unbound, still as a baby.

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    Trunks holds Tapion's sword

    During Dragon Ball Z: Broly - Second Coming, Trunks takes one of the main roles as he and Goten battle the awoken, enraged Broly. Despite putting up an impressively decent fight against the Legendary Super Saiyan, they are eventually defeated, only to be saved by Gohan. During the final struggle, Trunks plays a small but important role: using the last of his strength, he throws an energy ball that blocks Broly from powering up his Omega Blaster, allowing Goten, Gohan, and Goku to defeat the fiendish warrior with the Family Kamehameha.

    In Dragon Ball Z: Bio-Broly, Trunks and Goten once again team up to battle the cloned version of Broly, Bio-Broly. The two young Super Saiyans eventually defeat the clone by using the ocean water to dissolve him, finally putting an end to the monstrous Saiyan.

    Trunks also makes an appearance in Dragon Ball Z: Fusion Reborn, where he and Goten team up yet again to stop the evil villains that had returned from Hell. They most notably battle The Dictator, a Dragon Ball version of Hitler.

    In Dragon Ball Z: Wrath of the Dragon, Trunks befriends the hero named Tapion, who, after Goku defeats the evil monster Hirudegarn, gives Trunks his sword, even saying it was always meant for him, (in reference to Future Trunks' swordsmanship). This sword is then later seen in the intro of Dragon Ball GT, but it was never used in any episodes.

    Yo! Son Goku and His Friends Return!![]

    Main article: Dragon Ball: Yo! Son Goku and His Friends Return!!

    In Dragon Ball: Yo! Son Goku and His Friends Return!!, two year after the defeat of Kid Buu, Trunks is now at the age of 10. Trunks and his parents go to Mr. Satan's party, where they meet Tarble, who is Vegeta's brother and Trunks' uncle. Tarble tells them about two brothers who worked for Frieza, Abo and Kado. After pulling the longest radish in a contest to see who would have to fight Abo and Kado, Trunks confronts the two brothers with Goten and Melissa. When Abo and Kado fuse and form Aka, Goten and Trunks use the Fusion Dance to form Gotenks. After a brief battle, Aka starts to destroy everything, but he ends up being defeated by Goku.

    End of Dragon Ball Z[]

    Main article: Perfect World Saga

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    Trunks near the end of Dragon Ball Z

    Ten years pass, 18-year-old Trunks has a new younger sister named Bulla and is forced by Vegeta to compete in the 28th World Martial Arts Tournament. Although in the original Japanese dialogue, there is no mention of a girlfriend by Trunks, in the FUNimation Dub, Trunks promises Goten that he would introduce him to his girlfriend after the tournament (of which his girlfriend is also watching). He ends up being paired up with Otokosuki, much to his extreme discomfort because of the latter's sexuality. Trunks is not seen competing in this tournament, due to Goku and Uub's leaving the competition at the end of the series. He is seen, however, holding Pan's arm in victory over defeating Goten.

    Dragon Ball GT[]

    Quest for the Black Star Dragon Balls[]

    Main article: Black Star Dragon Ball Saga

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    Trunks in Dragon Ball GT

    At the beginning of Dragon Ball GT, Trunks has become the President of Capsule Corporation. Although it pays quite well (so well that he can afford his own chauffer and servants), he does not like the job and its overwhelming responsibilities, and will often slip out the window and fly away.

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    Trunks, Pan and Goku in the hotel

    Forced by Vegeta, Trunks goes on a journey with Goku and Pan (who replaced Goten) in a spaceship designed by Bulma. Later, a piece of the ship falls off and Goku, Trunks, and Pan are forced to crash land on the planet Imecka to get the parts needed to repair the ship. Groups of merchants then swarm Trunks and the others to the point that they take refuge from them in the Gold Star Hotel. They then realize they are being charged every second for everything in the hotel. They escape without paying and stumble upon the house of an old couple and their children. They talk about Don Kee the ruler of the planet and how he mistreats his rule; just then his men came and repossessed the old couple's house saying they were behind payment. Goku suggests that they go and fight Don Kee but the couple says that is impossible because of his grand army. On their way back to the ship Trunks drops the Dragon Radar and it is swallowed by the small T-2006 series robot nicknamed Giru who says that he can not give the radar back to them because it is already integrated into his system.

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    Trunks attacks Don Kee's soldiers

    Meanwhile, Goku notices the ship being dragged away by Don Kee's men. He tries to use Instant Transmission to teleport them to the ship but after two failed attempts realizes that he can not use it in his small body. They are forced to travel to Don Kee's palace on foot to recover their ship. Pan decides that they will use a stealth operation to recover the ship and would only result to fighting as a last resort. After briefly sneaking around, a large rock falls on Trunks' head and Giru starts making noises that alarm the guards. The guards open fire on the group. Pan jumps in the carrying car while Goku moves the ship onto the car, and Pan drives the ship out of the palace with Goku and Trunks. But while escaping, Don Kee's henchmen Gale and Sheila fire a ki blast at Goku who reflects it back with ease towards Ledgic, Don Kee's right hand man, who recognizes them as Saiyans.

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    Trunks dressed under the guise of a woman who goes by the name "Trunksette"

    Goku and the others escape but Trunks says they have to go back into town for more parts due to Pan's "reckless driving". Once they reach the town, everyone hides and Trunks finds the three of them on Imecka's most wanted list. While running from Don Kee's men they fall into the house of a nice old couple who offer them food after realizing Goku and company mean no harm. They say that Don Kee made it a law that no one is allowed to own a ship so that no one would escape the planet including the old couple. Pan gets fed up and convinces Goku and Trunks to go face Don Kee head on. They turn themselves in to the police and get brought to the palace. Once there Goku and Trunks and Pan incapacitate Gale, Sheila, and all of Don Kee's guards. Then Goku blasts his way into Don Kee's throne-room. Don Kee sicks Ledgic on the fighters after capturing Pan in an energy chamber. Ledgic says that he will fight Goku but for his own satisfaction. After a short fight Goku defeats Ledgic and they take down Don Kee and make him give everyone free rent and give them back their ships free of charge. Plus Don Kee gives them the parts they need for free and they leave Imecka.

    They then land on an unnamed planet where everything is larger than life. They find the Four-Star Ball in the tooth of a giant and they go to the next planet.

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    Trunks on Planet Luud with Goku and Giru

    On planet Gelbo they find the Six Star Ball in the hair of the princess of the village, Leena. Trunks asks for the ball but her fiance Doma said that they were in a large problem already. The amphibian creature Zoonama would keep on terrifying the village, if they did not give him a wife. The villagers had agreed on Leena for his bride. Goku, Trunks, and Pan decide that they will help them out in exchange for the Dragon Ball and they agree. Pan comes up with the idea to disguise Trunks as Leena (it was originally Goku but he was too small, much to Trunks' dismay). Zoonama comes and takes Trunks to his lair. Trunks gets Zoonama tipsy and Goku arrives with Pan and Doma. Doma cuts off Zoonama's left whisker with a huge pair of scissors and as he cuts off the left one Zoonama awakens in a drunken rage. He begins to wiggle his whiskers and an earthquake begins to come, but stops soon after, while Zoonama continues to wiggle his whisker. Pan realizes that he can not cause earthquakes, but only predict them. But, now he is so tipsy, that he did not realize that the quake was over. Suddenly a really big earthquake erupts and Goku and the others leave the cavern with Zoonama, because they are under a volcano that is starting to erupt because of the earthquake. Goku stops the huge volcano with a Kamehameha, saving the village and winning the Dragon Ball. Just as they are leaving the planet, Bon Para, one of the mysterious Para Brothers, arrives and takes the ball from Pan's hands using his telekinesis. In shock the three Z Fighters just watch as he leaves.

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    Trunks as a Super Saiyan

    Trunks then jumps in the ship with Pan and Goku and they chase after the Para Brothers' spaceship. The brothers trick them onto the asteroid of Beehay inhabited by huge bloodthirsty worm-like creatures called Mouma. The Para Brothers escape and fly to planet Luud. They go to Cardinal Mutchy Mutchy who tells them that they have failed and that Trunks has another Dragon Ball on his ship that they failed to get and they must go retrieve it. They travel back to find Goku and the others and they get hypnotized by the Para Para Boogie until they are saved by the hungry Mouma. Pan goes aboard the Para Brothers' spaceship to find the Dragon Ball that they stole. She accidentally activates the auto-pilot and is brought to planet Luud. There she is captured and turned into a doll for the evil lord Dolltaki. Goku shows up with Trunks and kills Cardinal Mutchy Mutchy who reveals that he is actually two parts, the body and the whip which transforms into Mutchy and fights Goku. Trunks finishes Mutchy off with the Brave Cannon and saves Goku from Mutchy's whip-like arms.

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    Trunks on Rudeeze

    Then Dolltaki turns everyone except for Trunks, himself, Goku, and Pan into dolls and feeds them to the machine deity called Luud. Dolltaki then awakens Luud who takes him and Pan inside of Luud's body to gain their energy. While Luud fights Goku and Trunks, Pan forces Dolltaki to tell her the weakness of the seemingly invincible Luud. Dolltaki reveals that Goku must strike the outside of Luud's mechanical heart while Pan strikes the inside at the exact same time. After multiple tries, Goku and Pan finally succeed and destroyed Luud freeing all of the people. Trunks then takes back his Dragon Ball and they leave the planet.

    Battling Baby[]

    Main article: Baby Saga

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    Trunks under Baby's control

    On planet Pital, Baby possessed Trunks a brief moment, but Trunks drived him out by transforming into a Super Saiyan, which removed Baby from his body. In fact Baby, only wanted to place an egg in Trunks to be later activated on Earth. As a servant of Baby, Trunks helps to power him up to defeat Goku on Earth. On the reconstituted New Planet Plant, he, Goten, and Gohan try to save their new lord from Uub, who seems to overpower him. However, Baby was just playing with Uub, and blasts his slaves into unconsciousness for their interference. Trunks is the first to be cured by the Sacred Water, and after being cured, he along with Gohan and Goten help to restore the energy of Super Saiyan 4 Goku so that he can finish off Baby. Trunks appears to have inherited his mother's fascination with technology. He gets distracted by the gadgets on the hospital planet, allowing Baby to sneak up on him. This turns out to have been a plan to lure the villain into a trap however, as Goku, Trunks, and Pan could sense Baby's ki when he got excited about hunting them.

    Super 17, The Ultimate Android[]

    Main article: Super 17 Saga

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    Trunks punched by Super 17

    A year later, Trunks sneaks away from work to see the 30th World Martial Arts Tournament, due to the fact that it was too late for him to compete.

    A month later, Trunks is ambushed by a brainwashed Android 17. Wounded, he goes to Chi-Chi's house to warn the group. Later, Trunks joins up with Goten, Majuub, Pan, Gohan and Vegeta to fight countless villains who have escaped from Hell. Trunks then joins them again the fight against Super 17 but is unable to defeat him even with the help of Gohan, Goten, Majuub, and his father. Eventually, Super 17 is defeated by Goku (who was previously trapped in Hell) with the help of Android 18.

    The Shadow Dragons[]

    Main article: Shadow Dragon Saga

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    Trunks attacked by Omega Shenron

    When Black Smoke Shenron rises from the Dragon Balls to the Z Fighters, Trunks is shown attempting to calm his mother after Old Kai claimed she was responsible for Black Smoke Shenron's existence. Later, against Syn Shenron, Trunks tries to restore Goku's energy once again along with Goten and Gohan. After the dragon transforms into Omega Shenron and Super Saiyan 4 Vegeta suggests he and Goku fuse to defeat him, Trunks along with Gohan, Goten and Majuub tries to hold off Omega long enough for Goku and Vegeta to fuse. Trunks is the last person to stall Omega by performing an explosive wave to distract Omega while Goku and Vegeta perform the fusion dance. They are successful and Goku and Vegeta form Gogeta, however Gogeta defuses before he can finish Omega off.

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    Trunks and Pan

    Later on when Goku is presumed dead by Omega Shenron, Vegeta decides the Earth's best bet is for him to try and defeat Omega Shenron while everyone else escapes. Before sending them off, Vegeta requests that Goten, Gohan, Trunks continue the fight if he fails. The three half-Saiyans say goodbye to their families and decide to go back to help Vegeta in the fight but they are all easily defeated. However they do succeed in distracting Omega long enough for Goku to charge his Universal Spirit Bomb which destroys the Shadow Dragon. Trunks is last seen telling Pan that the Dragon Balls will come back after the Earthlings have proven they can take care without them.

    Power[]

    Manga and Anime

    Trunks was able to achieve the Super Saiyan form much earlier than his father. Due to a combination of his Saiyan heritage and having trained under his father Vegeta at an early age, Trunks was a capable fighter. He continuously trains with his father, Vegeta, in the Gravity Room because Vegeta wants Trunks to be stronger than Goten. While preparing for the 25th World Martial Arts tournament, training under 100 times gravity is challenging for Trunks. However, when he transforms into a Super Saiyan, he is able to move easily in the Gravity Room.

    At the age of eight, he became the Junior Division Champion of the 25th World Martial Arts Tournament following his defeat of Goten (won by cheating). Due to his strong friendship and friendly rivalry with Goten, both are shown to work well as a team, this made him and Goten ideal candidates for learning the Fusion Dance. In the anime, after training in the Hyperbolic Time Chamber for a week and managing to have Gotenks achieve Super Saiyan 3, Trunks states that he and Goten have become more than twice as strong as before.

    However, it was too dangerous for Trunks (as well as Goten) to confront villains such as Majin Buu without either the assistance of the other Z Fighters and/or the use of the Fusion Dance to turn into the mighty Gotenks. When peace came after defeating Kid Buu, Trunks stopped training.

    In Dragon Ball Super, Trunks only fought with Goten or fused with him, due to the extreme gap in power between himself and their enemies. Despite being fused as Gotenks, the duo often were overpowered by foes such as Beerus and Duplicate Vegeta, although they were able to damage Tagoma and were able to interest the newly revived Frieza. In the anime, Super Saiyan Trunks' power at maximum was enough for Goku to detect from Beerus' planet at the start of the "Future" Trunks Saga. After meeting his future counterpart, Trunks attempts to re motivate him by insulting him and attacking him as a Super Saiyan. While the fight was unseen, we are able to see post battle Trunks even as a Super Saiyan was not even a remote challenge for Future Trunks, who appeared no worse for wear while Trunks himself was completely exhausted.

    In Dragon Ball GT at the start of the series it is stated that Trunks has not been training seriously. in the Black Star Dragon Ball Saga he is shown to be stronger than Pan in even his base form. He is able to kill Cardinal Mutchy Mutchy in his Super Saiyan form. He is also able to somewhat keep up with Goku against Luud. Trunks is also stated by Pan to be the second strongest on Earth (though he corrects her by saying Gohan, Piccolo & his father are stronger than him.) Dr. Myuu is interested in Trunks' power, and remarks that he'd make a fine Machine Mutant.

    When the Baby Saga rolls around, Trunks remains superior to Pan. When Goku states that Rilldo is stronger than Majin Buu, Trunks states that he is getting riled up, excited to fight him (However he does not, because of the plan he and Giru came up with in order to get the Dragon Balls back.) Goku also remarks that he found it strange that Trunks was beaten so easily, which gave away his plan to Goku. He is later shown to be much stronger than infant Baby and was too strong for Baby to control. Baby even went as far as to describe his power as "bottomless". When he attacks Golden Great Ape Baby, the latter now finds his power sad (due to the now massive gap).

    During the Super 17 Saga of Dragon Ball GT, in his base form Trunks is strong enough to defeat Yakon with a single ki blast and can easily destroy Android 19 when he and Goten fire a combined ki blast at him (record granted that these villains are comparatively much weaker now since they've been dead for years). Trunks also possesses sword skills, as shown when he wields the Brave Sword as an adult in Dragon Ball GT.

    However, detouring away from his training (instead focusing more on running Capsule Corp), during the 5 years after the 28th tournament Trunks was unable to catch up to his father, Goku, or Gohan, and remains on par with Goten who also didn't fully dedicate to training. Despite his power disadvantage he is always eager to fight to defend the Earth or his friends.

    In Dragon Ball Xenoverse, in an altered history of the Super 17 Saga, Trunks' fight with a powered up Nappa proved to be difficult even in his Super Saiyan form with aid of the Future Warrior proving that while Nappa was significantly weaker (despite unseen training conditions), Trunks was almost overpowered by the Saiyan general due to his lack of training.[8]

    Films

    Working as a team Trunks, Melissa and Goten were able to take on powerful fighters like Broly and Bio-Broly. Though they were no match for Broly and were only able to damage him a little.

    Like his counterpart, Trunks is shown to be a capable Swordsman and was entrusted with Tapion's Brave Sword following Hirudegarn's death in Dragon Ball Z: Wrath of the Dragon.

    In Dragon Ball: Yo! Son Goku and His Friends Return!!, Trunks and Goten are able to take on Abo and Kado who are the same rank as the Ginyu Force and a power of 530,000, similar to Frieza.

    Video games

    In the Adventure Mode taking place after GT it is noted that it would be impossible for GT Trunks to defeat Frieza (from the Battle of Namek) or Cell (from the Cell Games), and that Pan was catching up to him in power, when fighting as a Super Saiyan he is completely outmatched by base Goku - who defeats him using just one tenth of his power - with Trunks being in such an awe of 10% power Goku that he notes he is on a whole other level.

    Inspired by Gohan's book Groundbreaking Science, in Age 805 Trunks along with his best friend Goten became the founders of the Kikoukenjutsu Sword Style and through intense training Trunks developed his natural potential as a master swordsman alongside Goten, leading to the foundation of the Kikoukenjutsu Sword School. In Age 820, at the age of 54 both he and Goten (age 53) used their school's sword-based style to defeated an army Jigglers during an invasion of Earth by the remnants of the Galactic Frieza Army following the death of Mr. Satan.

    Statements by author's and guidebooks

    This statement is made in the Dragon Ball GT Perfect Files volume

    Techniques and Special Abilities[]

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    Trunks firing the Double Buster during the 25th World Tournament

    • Flight – The ability to fly using ki.
    • Ki Blast – The most basic form of energy wave.
    • Ki Sense – Trunks can sense life energy.
    • Rapid Movement - The fighter moves with great speed, which creates the illusion of teleportation.
    • Double Buster – A Full Power Energy Wave used against Goten in the World Martial Arts Tournament. It is the first energy attack Kid Trunks used in the series.
    • Vision Smash – Trunks punches the enemy in the face and teleports behind to kick them in the back. Used against Goten at the 25th World Martial Arts Tournament.
    • Double Buster – First, Trunks brings both his arms to the side of his torso and changes his ki. Then, he extends his arms forward and fires a golden energy wave at the opponent, inflicting a high amount of damage.
    • Trick Buster – First, Trunks opens his hands forward and charges a yellow energy sphere. Then, Trunks fires the sphere, which creates a sizable dome of energy on impact, inflicting a high amount of damage.
    • Final Cannon – Trunks' High Speed Rush technique. Named in the Budokai video game series and Dragon Ball Heroes, and also used in the Budokai Tenkaichi video game series. It is named Sonic Punch in Dragon Ball Z: Super Butōden 3, where he performs six light punches at an extremely rapid pace.
    • Big Tree Cannon – This attack is similar to Vegeta's Final Flash, though scaled down in power. Trunks first performed it as Mighty Mask while fighting Android 18. Named in the Budokai Tenkaichi series.
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    Trunks fires the Energy Burst at Broly

    • Energy Burst – Trunks first used this Full Power Energy Barrage Wave technique against Broly in Broly - Second Coming. Also used in the Butōden video game series, the Budokai series, and the Budokai Tenkaichi series. Named in the Budokai series, where it is also one of Future Trunks' techniques.
    • Kamehameha – Trunks never displays the knowledge of how to use this attack in the original manga series, however he displays this skill in the movie Dragon Ball Z: Bio-Broly, and later in Dragon Ball GT. Trunks most likely learned the attack from watching Goten or Gohan using it or by shared knowledge during his time fused with Goten as Gotenks. The Legacy of Goku series gives him his own unique version of Kamehameha, called Flame Kamehameha, where Trunks fires a Kamehameha-like wave composed of fire, and flails it around like a whip.
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    Trunks prepare to fire his Big Tree Cannon on Bio-Broly

    • Friend Kamehameha – This Kamehameha attack was first used in Dragon Ball Z: Bio Broly by Goten, Melissa and Trunks. They used this attack in an effort to destroy Bio-Broly before he was released from the Bio-Chamber.
    • Fusion Dance – The ability for two beings to become one. Trunks performs this ability many times with his friend, Goten, temporarily creating the being, Gotenks.
    • Brave Cannon – A pure white energy sphere he used to kill Mutchie in Dragon Ball GT.
    • Buster Cannon – Trunks gathers energy in each of his hands and forms it into a large ball, pulls it back and fires at the opponent. Used against Baby on planet Pital, as well as in the Butōden series and Budokai series.
    • Burning Storm – A one hand fired energy attack. Used against Baby on planet Pital.
    • God Breaker – A yellow energy wave he used during the Super 17 Saga to attack the villains escaped from Hell.
    • Double Strike – A combined downward kick used in conjunction with Goten. Used in Dragon Ball GT, and named in the Dragon Ball Z Collectible Card Game.
    • Super Explosive Wave – Trunks charges up his whole body with energy and then releases that energy into a giant explosion to cause serious damage to any opponents caught inside the explosion. He used this attack to try to stop Omega Shenron so his father and Goku can do the fusion.
    • Kikoukenjutsu Sword Style – Trunks and Goten founded this sword style and many of its techniques (which are seen in Dragon Ball Online).
    • Jump Kick Trunks – Trunks jumps forward and spin kicks the opponent, hitting them up to three times. Used in Super Butōden 3.
    • Saulting Kick – Trunks permforms a backflip, kicking the opponent as he flips. Used in Super Butōden 3.
    • Kakusan Energy Dan – Trunks lets out three ki blasts all at once, one hovering over the other. Used in Super Butōden 3, where it is also one of Future Trunks' techniques.
    • Spirit Rush – Trunks' meteor attack in Super Butōden 3. He flipsupside-down and kicks the opponent in the head numerous times, and then he knocks them flat with a Big Tree Cannon.
    • Super Elbow Smash – A dashing elbow smash used in the Butōden series.
    • Reverse Tornado – A turn around kick used in the Butōden series.
    • Pointed Charge – A dashing jumping kick used in the Butōden series.
    • Lightning Kick – A seven hits kick attack used in the Butōden series.
    • Big Bang Attack – An energy sphere attack that is his father's signature attack. It is one of his super attacks in Dragon Ball Z: Ultimate Battle 22 and Dragon Ball Z: Shin Butōden.
    • Meteo Ki Crash – Trunks' meteor attack in Ultimate Battle 22. Also used by Goten.
    • Finish Buster – One of Trunks' techniques in several video games.
    • Burning Attack – Trunks moves his arms quickly in a specific pattern, then brings his fingers together, making a diamond shape with his index fingers and thumbs, and fires a yellow energy shere. This was first used by Future Trunks. Current timeline Trunks performs it in the video games Dragon Ball Z: Legendary Super Warriors, Dragon Ball Z: Buu's Fury, and Dragon Ball GT: Transformation.
    • Blast Attack – Trunks kicks the opponent up in the air, and then he kicks and punches them down again. Used in the Budokai series, where it is also one of Future Trunks' techniques.
    • Grand Impulse – Trunks grabs and kicks his opponent up in the air. Used in the Budokai series.
    • Afterimage Technique – One of Trunks' Blast 1 in the Budokai Tenkaichi series.
    • Finish Sign – One of Trunks' Blast 1 in the Budokai Tenkaichi series.
    • Explosive Wave – One of Super Saiyan Trunks' Blast 1 in the Budokai Tenkaichi series.
    • Super Unyielding Spirit – One of Super Saiyan Trunks' Blast 1 in the Budokai Tenkaichi series.
    • Back Flip - Kid Trunks signature attack in the Raging Blast series.
    • Kikoukenjutsu Sword Style – Used in Dragon Ball Online.
    • Victory Rush - GT Trunks' Ultimate Skill in Xenoverse.
    • High Tension Turn - Used in Xenoverse.
    • Armored Boost - Used in Xenoverse.
    • Meteor Blow – Used by GT Trunks in Xenoverse.
    • Chain Destructo Disc Barrage – Infected GT Trunks' Ultimate Skill in Xenoverse's Time Patrol mission: "Wake Up, Other Trunks!".
    • Para Para Boogie - Used by GT Trunks in Xenoverse.
    • Shining Sword Attack - Used by GT Trunks in Xenoverse.
    • Galick Gun - Used in Dragon Ball Fusions.

    Transformations[]

    Super Saiyan[]

    Main article: Super Saiyan

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    Trunks as a Super Saiyan

    ‎Trunks gains the power to become a Super Saiyan at a very young age. He was capable transforming before his first appearance onscreen during his training with his father, Vegeta, while they are preparing for the 25th World Martial Arts Tournament by training inside a gravity chamber; the Super Saiyan transformation allows Trunks to withstand, and easily run around at 150 times the gravity of Earth, which he was barely able to walk around before transforming.[9] He briefly uses the Super Saiyan form to fight Goten during the Grand Finals of Junior Division, and he uses it several more times during battles in Dragon Ball Z and Dragon Ball GT. Trunks uses the form in Dragon Ball Super as well but seldomly fights due to the extreme gap in power between himself and the foes, often fusing with Goten instead. Trunks only uses this form in an unseen fight with his Future counterpart but is assumed to have been badly beaten and he is virtually exhausted upon seeing him post battle while his Future counterpart is perfectly fine.

    In Dragon Ball GT: Final Bout, Trunks is referred to as Super Trunks in this form.

    Infected[]

    Main articles: Baby, Tuffle Parasites, and Super Saiyan

    During the events of Dragon Ball GT, Trunks is temporarily possessed by Baby along with Gohan, Goten and Bulla, and then later by a regular Tuffle parasite. This state appears for the first time as a playable character in Dragon Ball Heroes, as both base and Super Saiyan forms.

    In Dragon Ball Xenoverse, infected Trunks appears in his Super Saiyan form as an enemy during the first GT Saga, and is also under the influence of Demigra's Dark Magic.

    Super Saiyan 3[]

    Main article: Super Saiyan 3

    Like Future Trunks, Present Trunks has this form as an adult in Dragon Ball Heroes, introduced in the first mission of the Galaxy Mission series (GM1). He also appears in this form in the Japanese arcade game Dragon Ball Heroes.

    Fusions[]

    Gotenks[]

    Main article: Gotenks

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    Goten and Trunks fuse together to become Gotenks

    Gotenks is the fusion created when Trunks and Goten perform the Fusion Dance. Gotenks' power far surpasses either of the fighters' individual strengths, as he attains not only the Super Saiyan form, but also the Super Saiyan 3 form. Trunks and Goten are capable of fusing into Gotenks within 0.05 seconds.[10] They use the technique several times as kids. As young adults, in Dragon Ball GT, Trunks and Goten are tempted to fuse into Gotenks to try and help their fathers but are told not to by Gohan. The Fused Warrior Gotenks shares both Trunks and Goten's playfulness as well as their special attacks and new moves that Goten and Trunks do not have, such as Super Ghost Kamikaze Attack as well as Galactic Donut or Charging Ultra Buu Buu Volleyball. The Adult version of Gotenks featured in Dragon Ball Heroes has a new Super Attack called Burning Kamehameha.

    Equipment[]

    • Brave Sword - An enchanted sword owned by Tapion during the events of Dragon Ball Z: Wrath of the Dragon.
    • Metamo-Ring - A product of the Capsule Corporation that allows people to perform EX-Fusion that was introduced in Dragon Ball Fusions.

    Appearances in other media[]

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    Trunks, with Goku and Pan, in an eye drops commercial

    Trunks has appeared in eye drops commercials and Dragon Ball Z school supply commercials, which is a part of the Dragon Ball series' good influence on education and is one of their reach outs.

    In music, the song "Chīsa na Senshi~Goten to Trunks no Theme~" by Shin Oya focuses on both Trunks and Goten.[2]

    Video Games Appearances[]

    It is revealed in the MMORPG Dragon Ball Online that Trunks and Goten open their own martial arts school based on swords in Age 805, the Kikoukenjutsu Sword School. The school teaches the principle of channeling ki energy through swords to increase strike power. Their discipline has become one of the most praised disiciplines on Earth as of Age 1000. Trunks has shown interest in swords since he was young, as in Age 774 (in the movie Dragon Ball Z: Wrath of the Dragon), a hero named Tapion gave his sword to Trunks. Trunks and Goten's Kikoukenjutsu Sword School help in defeating the remnants of the Planet trade organization who attacked Earth in Age 820.

    Trunks is the playable character to appears in following Dragon Ball video games appearances include:

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    Trunks in Budokai 2

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    GT Trunks in Dragon Ball Heroes

    In Xenoverse, Trunks (GT) appears as part of the GT Pack 1 DLC.

    In Xenoverse 2, Trunks (Kid) and Trunks (GT) can be unlocked through normal gameplay, though Kid Trunks' Yellow Jacket from Dragon Ball Super appears as a free update DLC skillset.

    Voice Actors[]

    • Japanese: Takeshi Kusao
    • English dubs:
      • English Dub of Dragon Ball GT: Final Bout: Skip Stellrecht
      • Ocean Group Dub: Cathy Weseluck (Child); Allistair Abell (Adult)
      • FUNimation Dub: Stephanie Nadolny (Baby, DBZ); Laura Bailey (Child); Eric Vale (Adult); Colleen Clinkenbeard (Baby, DBZ Kai)
      • Blue Water Dub: Matthew Erickson (DBGT)
    • Latin American Dub: Gabriella Willert (Child); Sergio Bonilla (Adult)
    • Brazilian Dub: Diogo Maques (Child); Marcelo Campos (Adult)
    • Portuguese Dub: Henrique Feist
    • Spanish Dub: Pilar Valdés (Child); Rafa Torres (Adult, DBZ); José Manuel Seda (Adult, DBGT)
    • Italian Dub: Monica Bonetto (Child); Simone D'Andrea (Teen and Adult)
    • Philippines Dub: Bernie Malejana
    • Polish dub: Jonasz Tołopiło (child)
    • Thai dub: Chantana Tarajan
    • Cantonese dub: Lu Sujuan
    • Greek dub: Renata Kalderari

    Battles[]

    Battles[]

    • Trunks (Base/Super Saiyan) vs. Vegeta (Super Saiyan) (training)
    • Trunks vs. Idasa
    • Trunks vs. Junior Division contestants
    • Trunks (Base/Super Saiyan) vs. Goten (Base/Super Saiyan)
    • Trunks vs. Mr. Satan
    • Trunks and Goten (Mighty Mask) vs. Killa
    • Trunks and Goten (Mighty Mask/Super Saiyan) vs. Android 18
    • Trunks (Super Saiyan), Goten (Super Saiyan), Melissa (Super Saiyan) and Majin Vegeta vs. Majin Buu
    • Trunks (Super Saiyan), Goten (Super Saiyan) and Melissa (Potential Unleashed) vs. Mr. Popo (anime only)
    • Trunks, Goku and Pan vs. the Imeckian Army
    • Trunks vs. Ledgic
    • Trunks, Goku and Pan vs the Mouma
    • Trunks, Goku and Pan vs. the Para Brothers
    • Trunks (Base/Super Saiyan) and Goku (Base/Super Saiyan) vs. Mutchie
    • Trunks (Base/Super Saiyan) and Goku (Base/Super Saiyan) vs. Lord Luud (Base/Full Power)
    • Trunks, Goku and Pan vs Myuubots
    • Trunks, Goku and Pan vs. Baby
    • Trunks, Goku and Pan vs General Rilldo
    • Trunks (Baby Trunks) vs. Goku
    • Trunks (Base/Super Saiyan) vs. Baby Vegeta (Golden Great Ape)
    • Trunks and Goten vs. Yakon and Android 19
    • Trunks (Base/Super Saiyan), Melissa and Z Fighters vs. Super 17
    • Trunks (Base/Super Saiyan) and Z Fighters vs. Syn Shenron
    • Trunks, Gohan and Goten vs. Omega Shenron
    • Trunks (Super Saiyan), Vegeta (Super Saiyan 2), Gohan (Super Saiyan 2), and Goten (Super Saiyan) vs. Omega Shenron

    Movies[]

    • Trunks, Melissa and Goten vs. Broly (Super Saiyan)
    • Trunks (Super Saiyan) and Melissa (Super Saiyan) vs. Broly (Super Saiyan)
    • Trunks, Gohan (Super Saiyan), Goku (Super Saiyan), Melissa (Super Saiyan), Jimmy (Unlock Potential), Kayla (Potential Unleashed) and Goten (Super Saiyan) vs. Broly (Legendary Super Saiyan)
    • Goten, Trunks, Melissa, Jimmy, Kayla and Android 18 vs. Bio-Warriors
    • Trunks (Super Saiyan), Melissa (Potential Unleashed) and Goten (Super Saiyan) vs. Bio-Broly
    • Trunks (Super Saiyan), Goten (Super Saiyan), Melissa (Potential Unleashed), Krillin, Jimmy (Unlock Potential), Kayla (Potential Unleashed) and Android 18 vs. Bio-Broly (Giant Form)
    • Trunks (Super Saiyan), Melissa (Super Saiyan) and Goten (Super Saiyan) vs. The Dictator
    • Trunks and Goku (Super Saiyan 3) vs. Hirudegarn (Second Form)
    • Trunks, Melissa and Goten vs. Abo and Cado
    • Trunks, Melissa and Goten vs. Aka

    List of characters killed by Trunks[]

    • Mutchy - Killed by Trunks with a Brave Cannon while he was off guard.
    • General Rilldo - Killed by the combined blast of Goku, Pan and Trunks.
    • Yakon - Killed by Trunks with a sneak attack to save Goten.
    • Android 19 - Destroyed by the combined ki blast of Trunks and Goten.
    • Saibamen - Killed by the combined efforts of Trunks, Goten, Melissa and Majuub.

    Movies[]

    • Bio-Broly - Killed by a combined blast along with Goten and Melissa.

    Video games[]

    • Pharaoh Totenhotep
    • Ninja Boss - Optionally killed by Trunks or Goten

    Trivia[]

    • Trunks' grandfather, Dr. Brief, made him a time machine toy that looks like the one Future Trunks arrived in. He also had a Goku doll.
    • His unusual name comes from the running joke of his family members all being named after various undergarments, though these are downplayed in the English anime, and the word "trunks" can have several meanings, such as plural for tree trunk (interestingly enough, he uses an attack called Big Tree Cannon). The English dub of Dragon Ball Z has his name as Trunks Brief and Dragon Ball GT dub identifies him as Mr. Brief during his appearances as President of Capsule Corp.
    • Trunks inherited Vegeta's prideful attitude and his low opinion of Goku, as seen when Goku arrives on Earth for his one-day revival pass, where he and Vegeta look upon the emotional scene of Goku reunites with everyone, and even meeting Goten for the first time with total indifference. However Trunks does respect Goku as a warrior after witnessing his Super Saiyan 3 transformation, and in Wrath of the Dragon, expresses genuine concern for Goku's well-being after he is crushed in between Hirudegarn's hands.
    • In Bio-Broly, Trunks admits to having a "problem" with dogs.
    • Trunks' hair whilst a Super Saiyan varies multiple times throughout the series, movies, and video games. In Dragon Ball Super his hair as a Super Saiyan resembles Gohan's super saiyan hair.
    • Trunks is the only half/pure-blooded Saiyan who doesn't have jet-black hair that can go Super Saiyan.
    • Trunks is the first child of Bulma to be voiced by Bulma's seiyū Hiromi Tsuru who voices Trunks as a baby, the second being his sister Bulla in both DBZ and GT (as well as video games).
    • In Dragon Ball GT and video games, Trunks knows many techniques originally used by his alternate timeline counterpart (Burning Storm, God Breaker, etc.).
    • Trunks' hobby is playing video games.[1]
    • Trunks' favorite food is yakiniku.[1]
    • Trunks' favorite vehicle is a sports air car.[1]
    • Because Vegeta is the Saiyan prince, this technically makes Trunks a prince as well (he is even referred to as "Prince Trunks" at one point) but this is never mentioned in the Dragon Ball franchise.
    • A major inconsistency throughout the franchise follows Trunks' hair color, often changing in a variety tone of purples. blues and, in his Super Saiyan Third Grade state, red (with his eyes being pink). For years left many fans confused, with some in attribute to the new design in Super, making up theories.
    • This was due to Toriyama's oblivious intents. In an interview stated in the Daizenshuu 1, Toriyama quoted "Yeah that's right, I don't do it consciously. When I'm applying the color, "It was more or less this color". However, with people that I've already drawn in color before. I generally don't go back and check, so sometimes I end up using different colors than I did before. (laughs)"[12]
    • Trunks was born in Age 766, however despite this was born the year of the Horse in the Chinese Zodiac. Trunks has shown several characteristics of this zodiac sign throughout Z, Super and GT.[13]
    • Trunks has shown to be very independent, often going out on his own without the need of his parents and uses his skills to solve most practical problems. Like his father, he is endowed with promising efforts of achievement (both in and out of combat) and normally endures most situations or the individuals that surround him.
    • Trunks is a upright, kindhearted, and easygoing as a child, significant traits seen in most individuals born under year of the Horse, and as such Trunks often helps with such things like, caring for Bra as an infant, educating Goten, etc., but his direct personality, occasionally when insulting Goten, is also another keynote to the Zodiac sign's traits.
    • Like his sister, Trunks takes great fond over his father doting to the close relationship that the Horse and Ram attribute in the Chinese zodiac. However unlike his father he often lacks the persistent drive most Saiyans inherit, this coinciding to the zodiac sign again, however in Super, Trunks has become slightly more determined since then.
    • Whilst the horse being his zodiac sign, Trunks does inherit some of his personality from the snake, being relatively smart.[14]
    • It is doted from Trunks close interactions with Piccolo, Piccolo's being the dragon, in the Buu Sagathat his zodiac was supposed to be the Snake

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    References[]

    1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Dragon Ball: Super Exciting Guide, 2009
    2. ↑ Dragon Ball GT: A Hero's Legacy, 1997
    3. ↑ Dragon Ball Online, 2010
    4. ↑ Jaco the Galactic Patrolman, 2013
    5. ↑ Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods
    6. ↑ Dragon Ball Z: Resurrection ‘F’
    7. ↑ Daizenshuu 7, 1996
    8. ↑ Dragon Ball XenoverseGT Pack 1 DLC
    9. ↑ Dragon Ball Z episode 207, "Take Flight, Videl"
    10. ↑ Dragon Ball Z: Shin Budokai, 2006
    11. ↑ Chīsa na Senshi~Goten to Trunks no Theme~ in Dragon Power single by Hironobu Kageyama (1994), Shin Oya, CD case published by Forte Music Entertainment, FMDC-514, Japan
    12. ↑ Geekdom101 Why is Future Trunks Hair Blue In Dragon Ball Super?
    13. ↑ TravelChinaGuide Year of the Horse
    14. ↑ TravelChinaGuide Year of the Snake

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    Animal-Type Earthlings AgarizameBoar BanditCaptain YellowDonbeGeneral BonJasmineJinkuKelly/Future KellyKing FurryKonkichiKorinMan-WolfMonster CarrotMr. PigOolongOonaanPuarShuTorahachiroTurtle/Future TurtleWombat and BikerWorld Tournament ChairmanYordon
    Monster-Type Earthlings Emperor PilafPaellaIgorKing Gurumes
    Earthling-Saiyan Hybrids AkinaBullaBulma LeighGohan/Future GohanGotenTrunks/Future TrunksMelissaBriannaAshleyBrittanyTiffanyKaylahKatherineDorisMariaHaylieMarcus/Future MarcusAlyson/Future AlysonNathaniel/Future NathanielKayla/Future KaylaMichelleAlissaTylerLucyTommyPanMatthewGoku Jr.Vegeta Jr.MarieZesmond/Future ZesmondZesmond Spencer
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    1. Daizenshuu 7, 1996
    2. Chīsa na Senshi~Goten to Trunks no Theme~ in Dragon Power single by Hironobu Kageyama (1994), Shin Oya, CD case published by Forte Music Entertainment, FMDC-514, Japan
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