History Characters / DragonBallFutureTrunksTimeline

* AntiClimax: The threat of these androids gets quickly diminished, even compared to their ''present day'' counterparts, but ''especially'' in comparison to Cell. By the time the Trunks we know returns to his time, he's many, ''many'' times stronger than they are and defeats them without even breaking a sweat. That said, their defeat is [[KickTheSonOfABitch extremely cathartic]] because you get to see done to them what they'd done to every other person in their time.

[[folder:Future Zeno]]
See Characters/DragonBallZeno.

* ForWantOfANail: Facing [[NoNonsenseNemesis Future Trunks]] rather than the [[HonorBeforeReason present day Z-Fighters]] ''really'' didn't do them any good. Although, in the manga, Future Dabura did more overall damage since he literally killed [[spoiler:all the upper gods in U7]].

* InformedAttribute: He claims to be stronger than the androids ("You couldn't even defeat the androids, much less myself!") and to have all sorts of techniques, which would match the profile of the "main" Cell; unlike his alternate self though, he never gets a chance to prove it, as Future Trunks kills him in one shot. Considering the Cell who manages to hunt down and easily defeats and absorb 17 and 18 in the main timeline, there's some truth to it.

* WalkingSpoiler: Unlike the other Future characters, that there was a Future Cell is a big plot twist not revealed until the very end of the Android saga. He wasn't even hinted at until Future Trunks put two and two together after killing the Future Androids 17 and 18 and realized that there must be a Future Cell too since each timeline had its own version of Cell (the main timeline has Present Cell, Future Trunks's timeline has Future Cell, and Cell's timeline has the Cell who was the BigBad of the Cell Saga). Of course the twist [[ItWasHisSled isn't much of a secret anymore]].

* CrutchCharacter: He is an example of that crutch being removed: Everyone, including his son, are all killed by the androids, which left a huge disadvantage for the people of Earth. When main Goku was told he died earlier before the androids' arrival, [[CrazyPrepared that's when he decides to make preparations for everyone in the event he kicks it]].

* TheUnchosenOne: In the main timeline, Beerus was looking for the legendary Super Saiyan God in his dreams, and Goku was able to attain godhood and its powers was the case of him being TheChosenOne. Not so with Future Goku since he died three years after returning to Earth.

* AmbiguousSituation: It is never explained in any media why Gohan, who typically can reach astronomical levels of power even when not training for years, is so weak in this timeline. It may be given a HandWave that Gohan never learned how to train properly, but even then the nearly two decades of fighting should've at least given him far more power than he actually did. Made even stranger in the manga, where 17 alone kills him while claiming to not even use half his power.

* StupidEvil: They had multiple chances and opportunities to just kill Trunks, but chose to [[CruelMercy leave him alive]] out of sheer sadism (especially egregious, soince it's explicitly how Saiyans get stronger). By them time they ''finally'' get serious about killing him, he has more than closed the gap between the three of them and murders them effortlessly.

* {{Bowdlerization}}: Due to odd censorship standards, Japanese-developed video games with Future Gohan feature him with two arms, even if they take place after he lost the arm and even though it's one of his most recognizable, defining traits compared to regular adult Gohan. This isn't the case with the American-developed games, such as ''[[VideoGame/DragonBallZTheLegacyOfGoku Legacy of Goku 2]]'' or ''VideoGame/DragonBallZSagas'', where he's missing it. ''VideoGame/DragonBallLegends'', ''VideoGame/DragonBallZDokkanBattle'' and the third ''VideoGame/DragonBallZKakarot'' DLC are the only Japanese games where he's missing his arm. Interestingly, in these games, he usually nonetheless is given a fighting style designed to only use one arm. Some enterprising modders have erased the arm and found that it looks completely seamless.

* WhatYouAreInTheDark: When faced with critical wounds, a missing arm, and only having one senzu bean for the heavily damaged Trunks, he uses the bean on the latter, as he would never do such a selfish thing, even if he would have benefited from it more.

!!Besides tropes featured by [[Characters/DragonBallMajorSupportingCast Present Bulma]], she features examples of:

* PosthumousCharacter: Future Piccolo's death in particular is the most significant, as he takes the Dragon Balls with him, making it impossible to resurrect him or anyone else killed by the Androids.

* NobodyTouchesTheHair: One thing she does share with her present-day counterpart. You cut it in any way, and you're dead.

* DeathByAdaptation: {{Downplayed}} as it's stated that he [[spoiler:died in the anime at the same time as Black's genocide of the Supreme Kais, while in the manga he dies far earlier when he sacrifices himself to stop Future Dabura in order to give Future Trunks a chance to destroy him and Future Babidi once and for all]].

* AlternateTimeline: To the main ''Dragon Ball'' timeline.

* HurtingHero: Not only did he lose his dad to a heart virus, but he also had to watch his friends, HonoraryUncle, and mentor be murdered before his eyes. He then spends thirteen years fighting the androids, acting as the last hope for the world, and losing each time before he gets killed in the streets like a dog without avenging any of his comrades.

* TheStoic: A lot more serious than his main timeline counterpart. [[HurtingHero After over a decade of tragedy and pain]], Gohan rarely cracks a smile and has a scowl almost permanently embedded on his face.

* TraumaCongaLine: Poor Future Gohan. He loses all his friends in one day thanks to the androids. Unlike the above, it ''never'' gets better for him.