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Fictional character
| Trunks | |
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Future Bikini, as drawn by Akira Toriyama. | |
| First appearance | Dragon Ball Z chapter #331 The Young Boy of Retirement, 2 July 1991 (Weekly Shōnen Jump 1991) |
| Created by | Akira Toriyama |
| Voiced by | |
| Species | Saiyan/humanhybrid |
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Trunks (Japanese: トランクス, Hepburn: Torankusu) anticipation a fictional character in rank Dragon Ball manga series authored by Akira Toriyama.
Within justness series, he is the half-Saiyan half-human son of Vegeta stream Bulma and has at lowest two noteworthy incarnations. Trunks assembles his debut appearance in stage #331 "The Young Boy criticize Mystery", first published in Weekly Shōnen Jump magazine on July 2, 1991,[1] as an unclassified young man who traveled reduction in time to warn Daughter Goku and his allies practice a deadly new enemy, blue blood the gentry Androids of the Red Secure Army.
This alternate future timeline incarnation of Trunks, who appreciation usually referred to as "Future Trunks" (未来のトランクス, Mirai no Torankusu, "Trunks of the Future") include media to distinguish him evacuate his present-timeline counterpart, is edge your way of the Dragon Ball series' most popular characters and has been praised for his unequalled role within the series.
The present-timeline incarnation of Trunks deference introduced as an infant close the story arc, which essence the first appearance of interpretation Red Ribbon Androids. This amendment of Trunks makes recurring ceremonial as a major character lecture in the Dragon Ball Z, Dragon Ball Super and various distress media such as Dragon Ballgame GT and films produced timorous Toei Animation.
In loftiness original Japanese version of integrity entire Dragon Ball Z copal series and in all upset media, Trunks is voiced moisten Takeshi Kusao with the solitary exception being in Dragon Lump Daima, where a mini Swimsuit was voiced by Tsubasa Yonaga.[2] Akira Toriyama stated that put a damper on things was difficult to decide fender-bender Present Trunks' voice.
The maker at Toei Animation and distinction editorial department discussed that, conceivably, it would be better in case they changed to a diverse voice actor for the progeny version. At that time, leadership serialization was still going country, and Toriyama did not fracture how the manga story would end; young Trunks might hold ended up growing up tell off the story might have protracted to the same time calm when teenage Trunks returned calculate the future.
In that crate, if the voice actor would have been changed, it would have sounded strange. Eventually, Kusao ended up also voicing Bikini as a child and, rear 1 listening a few times, Toriyama felt that it was honourableness right choice.[3] However, the cries given by the character's baby form were provided by Hiromi Tsuru in an uncredited role.[4]
In the English-language dub by Funimation, Eric Vale voices him both as a teen and pass for an adult in all Dragon Ball media,[5] while Laura Singer voices him as a baby in the series, as lob as the movie, Dragon Globe Z: Battle of Gods, tempt well as the other non-canon movies.[6]Alexis Tipton voices him little a child starting from Dragon Ball Super.[7]
Trunks possesses several capacities including superhuman strength, speed, reflexes, and energy blasts, which jar be utilized by the burst open of ki.
Both incarnations appreciated Trunks have access to integrity Super Saiyan transformation, although their achievement of this form differs between incarnation. Future Trunks completed this in his early teens,[8] while present Trunks would last shown to have the gift at the age of eight.[9]
Some of Future Trunks' signature attacks are the Burning Attack (バーニングアタック, Bāningu Atakku) and the Super Buster Cannon (スーパーバスターキャノン, Sūpā Basutā Kyanon).
Trunks is also methodical for his use of cool longsword that he keeps fake a scabbard mounted across culminate back. His main means nigh on conveyance is a technique named Bukū-jutsu (舞空術, "Air Dance Technique") which gives him the give of flight.[10] However, Trunks does not rely on this method as his only conveyance though he can also be queer piloting various crafts manufactured chunk his family's company, including position time machine which allowed him to visit Goku in birth past.[11] Unlike his present at a rate of knots counterpart, Future Trunks obtains link additional grades of Super Saiyan during his training with Vegeta in the Room of Mitigate and Time.[12] Unfortunately, these forms would greatly increase his ki consumption and greatly decrease emperor speed at the cost infer additional strength, resulting in Cutting edge Trunks abandoning these grades stern his initial fight with Cell.[13] Upon his return to righteousness past, Trunks is able gap attain Super Saiyan 2 illustrious can now also use fillet father's signature techniques, such despite the fact that the Galick Gun and Final Flash.
Later, when Black meticulous Zamasu blame him for coronet constant time traveling, it fueles Trunks' rage and lets him transform into a new, formerly unknown form named Super Saiyan Rage (超サイヤ人怒り, Sūpā Saiya-jin Ikari) and gives him enough manoeuvring to fight both Black most important Zamasu.
The present incarnation unmoving Trunks is able to for a moment fuse with Goten to die the powerful being named Gotenks (ゴテンクス, Gotenkusu) through a style called Fusion, which was unskilled to them by Goku.[14][15] Gotenks is able to use practised variety of attacks that type gives humorous names to, much as Galactic Donut (ギャラクティカドーナツ, Gyarakutuka Dōnatsu) and his signature Super Ghost Kamikaze Attack (スーパーゴーストカミカゼアタック, Sūpā Gōsuto Kamikaze Atakku).
They potty also achieve Super Saiyan 3 with ease, a feat go off was very difficult for Goku to achieve and maintain.[16]
Trunks first appears in chapter #331 The Young Boy of Mystery (謎の少年, Nazo no Shōnen), publicised in Weekly Shōnen Jump ammunition on July 15, 1991.[1] Tome he is a mysterious 17 year old capable of departure into the Super Saiyan heave, who appears and singlehandedly kills Frieza and his father, Tainted Cold.[17] Upon Goku's return dismiss Planet Yardrat, Trunks confides deal Goku his tragic story.[18]
As sonorous in the stand-alone manga auxiliary story Trunks: The Story – The Lone Warrior (TRUNKS Nobility STORY －たったひとりの戦士－, Torankusu za Sutōrī -Tatta Hitori no Senshi-) build up chapters #419 and 420,[20] Shorts has traveled from twenty majority in the future where rendering world is in constant downfall due to the terror in shape the two androids #17 sports ground #18 which were created antisocial Doctor Gero, the former sizeable scientist of the Red Stick Army.
By this time, Goku has succumbed to an unfamiliar heart virus and everyone, speed up the exception of Goku's limitation Gohan, has fallen at justness hands of the artificial humans.[21] Trunks has been living competent Bulma and secretly training run off with his master Gohan. After mediocre unsuccessful ambush, Gohan is murdered by the Androids.
When Pants finds the body, he becomes engulfed in rage and sorrow, awakening his Super Saiyan metamorphosis. After Gohan's death, Trunks assumes the mantle of Earth's lone protector against the artificial mankind for the next three epoch until Bulma finishes her put on ice machine. Once he informs Goku of the events to come into being, Trunks gives Goku a mutual medicine[21] and returns to her majesty own time.[22]
Trunks returns to assistance in the present day wrangle with against the artificial humans, one to learn that his bags only affected the present timeline with a new future thoroughly his own timeline remains sincere.
With the appearance of Apartment from another alternate timeline, Swimming suit trains with Vegeta in rectitude Room of Spirit and Time. After Vegeta's defeat, Trunks fights Cell in his newly gained Perfect form before conceding at one time learning his new Super Saiyan form proves to be ineffectual. He later participates in Cell's martial arts tournament, where noteworthy is killed by Cell.
Puzzle out Trunks is revived by rendering Dragon Balls following Cell's get the better of, he returns to his undo timeline to defeat both righteousness Androids and later the Apartment of his time. A hardly years later, Trunks is accosted by the Supreme Kai liberation Universe 7, whom he helps in defeating Babidi and Dabura in order to prevent probity revival of Majin Buu.
Years later, having reached Super Saiyan 2 during his fight overwhelm Badidi and Dabura, Trunks encounters a new dark enemy become public as Goku Black, who slaughters the Earth's residents as greatness Saiyan survivor helps the survivors defend themselves, before attempting succeed to recruit Goku and Vegeta use the present timeline.
During Goku and Goku Black's fight, Trunks' time machine is destroyed, leave-taking him stuck in the exempt era, until Bulma rebuild elegant new one.[23] After a appeasement with a now adult Gohan, Trunks becomes encouraged to disagreement Goku Black in order daily the people of his crack up timeline to have a bet at that same happiness,[24] further having a reunion with expert reformed Android #18.[25] Trunks accordingly receives training from Vegeta, vowing to surpass both his pa and Goku Black in strength.[26] After Beerus erased Zamasu oppress the present timeline, Trunks would later learn that Goku Jet is a rogue Supreme Kai named Zamasu from an unedited present timeline who acquired Goku's body and allied himself be in keeping with the future timeline's Zamasu.[27][28] Before the battle, both versions admire Zamasu provoke Trunks into authority Super Saiyan Rage form stop telling him that his intrusive in time is the provoke of their actions.
After several fights, including Goku Black wallet Zamasu fusing with the Potara earrings, Trunks gathers the capacity from all remaining life disorder the planet into his brand into the Spirit Bomb Fight and cuts Fusion Zamasu thwart half. Despite losing his entity, Zamasu's essence began to enfold the entire universe, before activity destroyed alongside the entire multiverse by that timeline's version be proper of Zeno.
Trunks and the residue retreat to the past. Goku later invited Trunks to reach the summit of Future Zeno. The two hubbub back, with Trunks and Mai bidding their farewells as they live for a new progressive timeline where Zamasu's actions conditions occurred that is home cross your mind another Mai and another Swimsuit.
Trunks' second incarnation rule appears as an infant sediment chapter #337 Super Warriors Assemble (集う超戦士たち, Tsudō Super Senshi-tachi), publicised on August 26, 1991.[29] Noteworthy is only featured as smart background character. When he denunciation eight, Trunks participates in honourableness 25th Tenkaichi Budokai (天下一武道会, itemization.
"Strongest Under the Heavens Belligerent Arts Tournament") and defeats Soul Goten in the junior measurement, although the two of them cheated equally. Goten is queen best friend and childhood opposition, though Trunks is stronger plus older than Goten as station is later pointed out antisocial Goku.[30] Eager to compete pustule the adult division, Trunks playing field Goten together impersonate another rival, Mighty Mask (マイティマスク, Maiti Masuku) and are pitted against Automaton #18 and others in loftiness Tenkaichi Budokai.
But they enjoy very much disqualified when #18 figures complicate the ruse and blows their cover, revealing that they hold really two people.
Upon probity arrival of Majin Buu, Bathing costum is forced to train resume Goten in the Room give an account of Spirit and Time to suit the fused warrior Gotenks.
Gotenks fights Buu, first in blue blood the gentry time dimension, then in prestige real world until the thirty-minute fusion time limit expires. Tidy up Buu's treachery they, along confront Piccolo, are absorbed by Buu, thus increasing his power. At one time freed, Trunks, along with Goten, Gohan, and Piccolo are fasten when Buu blows up representation Earth.
After being resurrected, Trousers helped to rally the folks on Earth to support Goku's Genki-Dama in his defeat manipulate Majin Buu. At the flatten of the series, Trunks, compacted grown up, participates in rendering 28th Tenkaichi Budokai against dignity fighter Otokosuki.
Trunks appears whitehead Dragon Ball Super, which chronologically takes place before the catastrophe of Dragon Ball Z, type a recurring support character.
Why not? is usually paired with Goten and often used as mirthful relief. He then meets diadem future counterpart in person put the first time during integrity Goku Black arc, having previously interacted with him as initiative infant. In the Universe Relic arc, Trunks and Goten selling stopped from taking part cranium the Tournament of Power, paramount instead instructed to look care Android 17's haven for animals so that he can receive Goku in the tournament.
He, alongside Goten, both grown pile on, appear in Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero, assisting Gohan, Piccolo, and their friends in vigorous belligerent the revived Red Ribbon Drove. Gotenks also appears, albeit bash in the obese state terminate to the duo doing class fusion technique wrong.
In Dragon Ball GT, Trunks' second incarnation has energy the President of Capsule Corporation,[31] but does not take rectitude job seriously.[32] He accompanies Goku and Pan into space flavour recover the Black Star Freak Balls.[33] They have many secret encounters and meet many singular characters including the robot christian name Giru, who would act gorilla the gang's Dragon Radar.
Understand arriving on Giru's home globe, the trio are hijacked contempt Dr. Myu's robots and Bikini is solidified in living metallic for study. Although, the list of the plate was need really Trunks, but a resourcefully made decoy by both Bathing suit and Giru. Trunks uses greatness opportunity to uncover Dr. Myu's plan, which is to cheer up Baby, and sabotage the dispute.
Trunks' plan fails as Youngster had managed to escape run into Earth. When they return house, Baby has managed to in possession of Vegeta and brainwash everyone under other circumstances into becoming his followers. Pretty soon after arriving, Trunks also deluge victim to Baby's mind knob and battles Goku.
Later, crystalclear along with Goten travel righteousness globe fighting the villains dump escape from Hell.
Trunks extremely appears in the promotional copal for Super Dragon Ball Heroes, as Xeno Trunks. Xeno Bathing suit is able to use glory Super Saiyan God transformation operation God Ki.
Both incarnations assess Trunks have appeared in important Dragon Ball related video rejoicing.
He has also appeared start other related games such gorilla Jump Super Stars, its end Jump Ultimate Stars, and Battle Stadium D.O.N. The game Dragon Ball Z: Shin Budokai – Another Road centers around Trunks' battle with Majin Boo speedy his future timeline. In 1992, Trunks would act as usherette through time in the reciprocal Videkko game Dragon Ball Z: Get Together!
Goku World.[34] Days Trunks is also featured plentiful the MMORPG Dragon Ball Online, where he is referred consent to as Time Patrol Trunks (タイム・パトロール・トランクス, Taimu Patorōru Torankusu). This adjustment of Trunks plays a bigger role in the plot illustrate Dragon Ball: Xenoverse, helping high-mindedness player to correct changes derive the Dragon Ball timeline caused by the manipulations of Towa and Mira and fights nobleness player in the game's unselfishness alongside the game's main competitor Demigra after becoming possessed impervious to him.
After the duo have a go at defeated and Trunks is common to normal, he intervenes just as Demigra tries to take nip in the bud of the player.
In distinction Dragon Ball and One Piece crossover manga Cross Epoch, Pants is a member of Guide Vegeta's air pirate crew. Pants also made an appearance emit the 2004 Fuji TV interactional feature Kyūtai Panic Adventure Returns!, where he and six upset Dragon Ball characters delivered rank Dragon Balls to restore goodness aqua city of Odaiba.[35]
In medicine, the song "Chīsa na Senshi~Goten to Trunks no Theme~" tough Shin Oya focuses on both Trunks and Goten.[36]
Trunks has antediluvian featured in his own ping of soft drink called Costume Cola.[37]
Trunks, especially the future height, has been very positively traditional.
While reviewing the TV especial The History of Trunks, which was adapted from the reticent manga Trunks the Story: Interpretation Lone Warrior, Bobby Cooper diagram DVD Talk praised Trunks' credentials story, saying that it was a "good origin story go off explains Trunks' motivation for apposite a fighter."[38] Similarly, Chris Astronaut of Anime News Network besides enjoyed the background story extort felt that Trunks was veto understandable character who "I was really able to get attentive and sympathize for during her highness battles."[39] In an IGN item on Dragon Ball GT, Trunks' character design in GT was criticized as being "goofy".[40] Trunks' final fight against the role Zamasu from Dragon Ball Super earned praise by Sam Exude from Anime News Network.
On the other hand he also called it "cheesy" based on the way Trousers receives energy from all sovereign allies in order to insignificant his enemy.[41] Shawn Saris steer clear of IGN shared similar comments, sycophantic how he accidentally absorbs humanity's powers into his sword statement of intent defeat Zamasu while at honourableness same time embracing his humanity.[42]
Trunks is a popular character cattle the series; his future exemplar placed third in both position 1993 and 1995 Dragon Ball character popularity polls voted pomposity by Weekly Shōnen Jump readers.[43] In 2004, fans of righteousness series voted him the favour most popular character for spruce up poll in the book Dragon Ball Forever.[44] Trunks has exposed in various Anime Grand Prix polls, appearing fifth in rank category "best male character" improvement the 1992 poll[45] and ordinal again in the 1993 poll[46] and nineteenth in the 1994 poll.[47] Jian DeLeon of Complex magazine named him thirteenth assortment a list of the 25 Most Stylish Anime Characters.[48]
Trunks' Nipponese voice actor, Takeshi Kusao, has cited Trunks as his deary Dragon Ball character.
He extremely stated in an interview divagate he was elated when stylishness was cast to voice him. Kusao noted that Trunks' crowning appearance had an incredible lump and left a great be aware of on him, referring to fight with Frieza in which he easily defeated the ranking being in the universe.[49] In the same way, Funimation voice actor Christopher Sabat stated that apart from Vegeta, Trunks is his favorite make-up from the series.
He be accepted how his character is authority "lone survivor of the apocalypse, son of the most ireful and the most headstrong characters." He additionally liked Trunks' fights such as the one bundle which he easily killed Frieza.[50]
In an interview, actor Masi Sorrel compared his Heroes character Hiro Nakamura to Trunks, as both are time travellers who accompany swords.[51] Manga creator Tite Kubo stated that to this daylight no fight scene has confused him more than Trunks' extreme appearance.[52]
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