Trunks - Dragon Ball
Trunks is the son of Vegeta and Bulma. He appears in the series in two forms, his future teenage form (often called Future Trunks) and his child form. He is usually shown with blue or purple hair and a sword (future). He is voiced by Takeshi Kusao as a child and adult in all forms of the Japanese series.
Appearances in Dragon Ball Z
Trunks first appears in Dragon Ball Z as a baby in the Cell saga carried by Bulma while on the way to meet the Z Fighters. Assuming he is Yamcha’s son, everyone is surprised to discover that Vegeta is the father. Despite this, however, Trunks cries whenever Vegeta comes near. Later, after Cell’s defeat, Trunks is seen pulling Future Trunks’ hair, much to the amusement of everyone except Future Trunks.
During the Buu saga, Trunks is now 8 years old and trains with Vegeta in the gravity chamber. To Vetega’s astonishment, the young half-Saiyan is able to transform into a Super Saiyan. Trunks joins the next World Tournament’s junior division, where he effortlessly reaches the final round and defeats his best friend, Son Goten. Since the two were unsatisfied with the junior division, they disguise themselves as Might Mask and enter the adult division, though they are quickly disqualified. After hearing about Majin Buu, the pair head towards the battleground with Videl. Seeing his father fighting a losing battle, Trunks steps in to distract the mighty Majin Buu. Vegeta decides to use his self-destruction blast, giving Trunks a hug and sharing his first ever heartfelt moment before sending Trunks and Goten away.
On Kami’s lookout, Trunks hears of his father's death and vows to avenge him. After learning the fusion dance from Goku and Piccolo, they eventually perfect the dance and become Gotenks. The fused fighter proves to be incredibly powerful, but loses to the incredible Super Buu. The boys head back to the time chamber to train some more before Buu comes to fight again. When Buu enters the time chamber, the boys manage to fuse but are still not strong enough to beat the overwhelming Buu. Gotenks hatches a plan to distract Buu to give Piccolo enough time to destroy the entrance to the chamber. In frustration, Buu manages to escape and eats the remaining people outside on Kami’s lookout. Gotenks also escapes the time chamber thanks to his new Super Saiyan 3 powers and, after seeing everyone has been eaten, explodes into a fit of rage. Just before defeating Majin Buu, Gotenks defuses and Gohan appears with his mystic form to save the day. Unfortunately, Buu absorbs Gotenks and the other fighters. When the boys are freed by Goku and Vegeta they are killed along with everyone else when Kid Buu destroys the Earth. Trunks is revived with the Namek Dragon Balls and helps give energy for Goku's spirit bomb.
Appearances in Dragon Ball Super
In Dragon Ball Super, at Bulma’s birthday party, Trunks and Goten fuse to form Gotenks again in a futile effort to confront the mighty Beerus. Gotenks, even in his Super Saiyan 3 form, is swiftly blasted away into the sea by a physically unfazed and slightly agitated Beerus. Trunks is also seen turning Super Saiyan among the group of Saiyans involved to help Goku achieve the Super Saiyan God form. Trunks can also be seen cheering at the Universe 6 tournament, but does not engage in combat. He and Goten have a brief fight with a shape-shifting liquid enemy that takes the form of Vegeta to become Copy Vegeta. They manage to hold up against Copy Vegeta for a short time before being outclassed and saved by Goku. While the tournament of power commences, Trunks and Goten are taken to Monster Island with Marron by Android 17 (the wildlife ranger of the area) to protect the local animals from poachers. Little did they know, however, that Android 17 had forgotten to warn them of the Cell Juniors that inhabit the island as well.
Appearances in Dragon Ball GT
In Dragon Ball GT, the story is set in the future. Trunks is president of Capsule Corporation, but hates the responsibilities of the job, often escaping from his office through the window. Vegeta requests that Trunks goes into space with Pan and Goku in search of the Black Star Dragon Balls to prevent Earth from being destroyed. They first crash land on a planet and begin searching for parts to repair their ship, but get caught up in helping the inhabitants fight against their cruel ruling dictator. Trunks is later possessed by Baby, but eventually is cured.
Powers and Abilities
Trunks’ abilities include all of the typical feats, super strength, super speed, and super sonic flight. Even though he is of Saiyan heritage he is never seen with a tail.
Some of his most used techniques and transformations are:
- Double Buster - Trunks’ signature attack. After pulling his hands to the side, he charges up energy and fires a yellow beam from his palms.
- Kamehameha - Trunks is shown using the Kamehameha with Goku and Pan in GT.
- Fusion Dance - He can use the fusion dance with Goten to form the powerful Gotenks.
Family
Future Trunks
Much like his younger counterpart, Trunks is the son of Vegeta and Bulma. He comes from a future timeline where Goku dies of heart disease and the Androids kill everyone except him and Gohan. He travels to the main timeline to prevent the future he knows from happening and to find a way to kill the Androids in his own timeline. He is usually seen wearing a denim jacket and a black vest with black baggy pants and yellow boots. Future Trunks also uses a sword that he received from ‘someone close’.
Trunks first appears just before the return of Mecha-Frieza and King Cold. When Mecha-Frieza appears on Earth Trunks quickly defeats his soldiers and proceeds to humiliate him, cut him to pieces, and blast the remains. He then quickly finishes off King Cold and waits for Goku to arrive. After Cell is defeated by Gohan, however, Future Trunks returns to his original timeline.
Future Trunks comes back to the main timeline one more time during the events of Dragon Ball Super to warn them of a new foe, Goku Black, an alternate universe Goku that is possessed by the evil Zamasu. He recruits the fighters and brings them to the future, though they fail to take down the enemy. After a number of failed attempts, however, the group is successful in defeating Goku Black, though Zamasu is immortal.
Links
Dragon Ball Series
Dragon Ball Z Series
Dragon Ball Kai Series
Dragon Ball Super Series
Dragon Ball GT Series
Super Dragon Ball Heros
Akira Toriyama