Trunks (Dragon Ball)

For the other uses, see Trunks. For the same character from an alternate timeline see Future Trunks.

Trunks (called Chibi Trunks by many to distinguish from Mirai Trunks) is a fictional character in the manga Dragon Ball/Dragon Ball Z, and the anime Dragon Ball/Z. He is the human/Saiyan hybrid son of Bulma and Vegeta. In the English dub of the Dragon Ball Z Budokai 2 video game, he is called Kid Trunks. Trunks' seiyū is Takeshi Kusao. In the American English dub, he is voiced by Laura Bailey as a child (in Dragon Ball Z) and by Eric Vale as an adult (in both Dragon Ball Z and GT). In the Canadian dub of DBZ, Cathy Weseluck provides the voice of kid Trunks; in the Canadian dub of GT, Matthew Erickson provides his voice.

Biography

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Baby Trunks

Kid Trunks makes an appearance in the Androids Saga of Dragon Ball Z as a newborn baby of Bulma and Vegeta. He has purple hair like his grandfather Dr. Briefs and eyes shaped like Vegeta's, and has Bulma's blue colored eyes. His role becomes much larger by the Buu Saga, at which point Trunks is 8 years old and fantastically strong for his age. As a child he was trained by Vegeta. He goes Super Saiyan while training with Vegeta in the gravity room, an event that comes as a shock to Vegeta considering his young age (this is not, however, the first time he went Super Saiyan; the circumstances surrounding his initial transformation are unknown.) Being the son of Vegeta, the prince of the Saiyan race, Trunks was destined for greatness with a seemingly natural ability to transform into Super Saiyan. Filled with pride, Trunks is adventurous and constantly looks for stronger opponents to challenge, much like his father. In the Fusion Saga (a subset of the Buu saga), he and his best friend Goten fight Buu, both separately and by joining together into the temporarily-fused being Gotenks. In this fused form Trunks can be seen as the ultimate fighter with a power level that even exceeds his father, Vegeta. Trunks can be a bit of a spoiled brat at times, but this is probably only due to the fact that he has spent a great deal of time around Vegeta, and has unconsciously adopted his father's cocky attitude. Trunks seems to have developed a habit of taunting and mooning his enemies.

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Trunks and Goten, still best friends as teenagers.

His unusual name comes from the running joke of his family members all being named after various undergarments. It's fanon that his full name is Trunks Briefs. Bulma does actually refer to him by this full name in the anime.

He achieves the stage of Super Saiyan far earlier than Future Trunks (Trunks of the Future). When taken along with Goten's massive natural power level, it is fanon that the father's power level at time of conception determines the child's power, since the alternate Vegeta who sired Mirai Trunks was weaker than the one who fathered this Trunks. He never becomes nearly as powerful as Future Trunks due to his lack of training since he grew up in a more peaceful time.

During the final episodes of Dragon Ball Z, Trunks, who is now 18, appears to be developing nearly physically identically to Future Trunks. Like Future Trunks, he begins to call Vegeta "father" instead of "dad" more often. Personality-wise, he's more cheerful (as the world is not devastated in this timeline) and continues to spend much time in the company of his best friend Goten. He has a sister named Bra who is approximately 13 to 15 years younger than he is.

Dragon Ball GT

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Trunks as he appears on Dragon Ball GT

By the time of Dragon Ball GT, he has grown up and become the president of the Capsule Corporation (often seen trying to escape from the drudgery of the office only to be dragged back by Vegeta), and helps Goku and Pan try to find the Black Star Dragonballs. In one saga, Bebi possesses him but seems to be driven out by Trunks' power, when in fact Bebi only wanted to place an egg in him, to be later activated on Earth. As a servant of Bebi, Trunks helps to power him up to defeat Goku on Earth. On the reconstituted Planet Plant, he, Goten, and Gohan try to save their new lord from Uub, who seems to overpower him. However, Bebi 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.

Trunks appears to have inherited his mother's fascination with technology. He gets distracted by the gadgets on the hospital planet, allowing Bebi 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 Bebi's ki when he got excited about hunting them.

In the Super 17 saga,Trunks joins up with Goten and Vegeta to fight Super 17 but is unable to defeat him. Later in the Shadow Dragon saga he is seen fighting Omega Shenron but cannot defeat him.

Power

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Trunks as a Super Saiyan.

The Trunks of the present never comes close to the power level of the Trunks of the future, though he does become powerful. Trunks achieves the level of Super Saiyan at a very young age though it appears that he never perfected the form. At the end of Dragonball Z, Trunks stops training and doesn't increase his strength any further. In Dragonball GT he still isn't shown training and instead has become the president of Capsule Corp. Like Goten, he never reaches his full potential, but springs into action when needed. While fighting, it is shown that Trunks is still able to go Super Saiyan.

Trunks was trained by Vegeta for a few months (not a few years as previously thought, otherwise he would have been used to the gravity when he was shown in the gravity chamber, which he wasn't) within the gravity chamber, while Goten was trained in secret by ChiChi and then by Gohan for only a few months. This leads to the speculation that Trunks may be stronger than is known. Although Goku states when teaching the two the Fusion Dance that Trunks is only slightly more powerful than Goten due to being older, Goku, like the others, may not be aware of Trunks' true potential. Also, Goten is shown making a greater effort in training in the Hyperbolic Time Chamber than Trunks, leading some to think Goten passed him there. For now, both Trunks and Goten are considered to be nearly equal.

Abilities

Finish Buster

Used in most Dragonball games he's featured in. Trunks launches and incredible force of yellow energy. It looks kind of like a gigantic ki blast. He puts his hands up in the air, charges up the move and then launches it.

Kamehameha

Used in the DBZ movies along with Goten. He used it the most in the movie Bio-Broly as a double team move with Goten, and a triple team move with Krillin and Goten. He used it again in Dragonball GT along with Goku and Pan to destroy General Rilldo.

Buster Cannon

Trunks signature move in the Budokai Series games. He launches a small force of yellow energy. He puts his hands to his chest, charges up the attack, and releases it.

Double Buster

Used in the Budokai series. It's attack similar to Vegeta's Final Flash, only smaller. He proformed an attack similar to this against Goten in the Tenkaichi Budokai. It is debatable whether this is the same attack.

Fusion Dance

Trunks performs an odd dance with Goten and then becomes Gotenks.

Dragon Ball Movies

Trunks appears in the following Dragon Ball Movies and Specials:

As a Baby

As a Kid

Video Games

Trunks appears as playable character in the following games: