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'''Major Characters'''\\
[[Characters/DragonBallSonGoku Son Goku]] ([[Characters/DragonBallSonGokuTropesAToC A-C]] | [[Characters/DragonBallSonGokuTropesDToH D-H]] | [[Characters/DragonBallSonGokuTropesIToO I-O]] | [[Characters/DragonBallSonGokuTropesPToZ P-Z]]) | [[Characters/DragonBallBulma Bulma]] | [[Characters/DragonBallKrillin Krillin/Kuririn]] | [[Characters/DragonBallPiccolo Piccolo]] | [[Characters/DragonBallSonGohan Son Gohan]] | [[Characters/DragonBallVegeta Vegeta]] ([[Characters/DragonBallVegetaTropesAToD A-D]] | [[Characters/DragonBallVegetaTropesEToN E-N]] | [[Characters/DragonBallVegetaTropesOToZ O-Z]]) | [[Characters/DragonBallFutureTrunks Future Trunks]] | [[Characters/DragonBallAllies Allies]] | [[Characters/DragonBallFamiliesAndFriends Families & Friends]] ('''Chi-Chi''' | [[Characters/DragonBallAndroids17And18 Androids 17 and 18]] | [[Characters/DragonBallTrunksAndSonGoten Trunks and Son Goten]] | [[Characters/DragonBallMrSatan Mr. Satan/Hercule]]) | [[Characters/DragonBallFusionCast Fusions]]-]]]]]

!Chi-Chi (チチ)
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->'''Chi-Chi voiced by (Japanese):''' Mayumi Sho (''DB'', ''Z'' Seasons 1-2, ''Z'' Movie 1-3, ''Budokai''), Creator/NaokoWatanabe (''Z'' Seasons 3-9, ''GT'', ''Kai'', ''Super'', other video games and all other media)\\
'''Kid Chi-Chi voiced by (English):''' Creator/LauraBailey (Most media), Monika Antonelli (''Z'' ep. 202 only and as a voice double in ''DB'' ep. 7), Creator/BrittanyLauda (''Kakarot'') (Creator/FUNimation dub); Creator/AndreaLibman (1995), Katie Rowan (2004) (Ocean/Blue Water dub)\\
'''Adult Chi-Chi voiced by (English):''' Creator/CynthiaCranz[[note]]Creator/LydiaMackay doubles a line in ''Z'' ep. 123[[/note]] (Creator/FUNimation dub); Laara Sadiq (''Z'', Movie 3), Creator/LisaAnnBeley (''Z'' ep. 131-138, 166, 181-182, Movies 1-2), Creator/NicoleOliver (''Z'' ep. 269-291), Creator/CarolAnneDay (''DB''), Debbie Munro (''GT'') (Ocean/Blue Water dub); Sharon Mann (AB Groupe/"Big Green" dub); Mitch Frankenberger Pellicer (Creative Products Corp., Philippines); Creator/MichelleRuff (Bang Zoom!/Toonami Asia dub in ''Super'')\\
'''Chi-Chi voiced by (Latin American Spanish):''' Creator/PatriciaAcevedo ('''current voice'''), Pilar Escandón (''Movie 4'')\\
'''Voiced by (French):''' Céline Monsarrat (''DB'', ''Z'', ''GT''), Anouck Hautbois (''Kai'', ''Super'')\\
'''Voiced by (Italian):''' Creator/ElisabettaSpinelli

The daughter of the Ox-King. Chi-Chi is Goku's first and only love (though he didn't realize it when they first met). At the start Chi-Chi was rather panicky, attacking anything threatening with extreme force (she beheaded a T-Rex with only the blade on her helmet), though eventually grew out of this to become a rather firm fighter. At first, when Chi-Chi asked Goku to wed, he agreed, under the impression marriage was food. When he realized his mistake years later, he still gladly agreed to marry her anyway. By the Z series, she was a rather overprotective parent, worrying about Gohan's education (which clashed with his saving the world) and her family's welfare in general.
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* ActionGirl: She was this in the original series. Even as a child, Chi Chi demonstrated superhuman characteristics, being she was able to outrun a dinosaur and throw her blade with enough force to decapitate it. During her sparring date with Goku, she proved to be an even match for him, showing she was extremely strong for a human child. By her late teens she was arguably the strongest human woman on the planet, as she was able to endure a fight with Goku during the 23rd World Martial Arts Tournament. It becomes severely downplayed throughout Z and Super where she's retired from fighting to become a housewife for Goku, while Android #18 has well and truly eclipsed her as the world's strongest woman. She does however still possess some skill in fighting as she trains Goten in martial arts and her fiery temper can terrify fighters even more powerful than herself.
* ActionMom: Even though she's retired from fighting, she still has some scenes when she kicks ass.
* AdaptationalBadass: Her incarnation in ''Super Dragon Ball Z'' (with the assistance of Nimbus, and while using the Power Pole and Bansho Fan) can go toe to toe with, and even beat, every other fighter in the game. That being said, the game's roster includes the likes of Frieza, Cell, and Majin Buu.
* AdaptationalJerkass: While she had two bad moments in the manga, in the anime, she is obnoxious, impatient, pushy, and short-tempered. Also overlaps with AngerBornOfWorry. Even ''Anime/DragonBallZKai'' which usually cuts out the {{filler}} material has moments where she comes across as a very terrible mother and person in general. Fans who have just read the manga would be surprised. For instance, when they are all on a run because androids 16, 17, and 18 are looking for Goku, while he is suffering from the viral heart disease, she forces Gohan to study in the plane and every time he tries to talk to [[FutureBadass Future]] [[KidFromTheFuture Trunks]], she forcibly turns his face back to his book. In the manga, however, Gohan is allowed to chat with Trunks without any issue. Chi-Chi is not even sitting with Gohan. Similarly, she is more upset in the anime, when Goku makes Gohan fight Cell because she fears Gohan might end up becoming a BloodKnight like his father instead of studying, than the fact that Gohan's life was on the line. In the manga, however, she was angry because Goku had endangered his life. A fact that angered and horrified the other characters too.
* AesopAmnesia: In ''Dragon Ball Super'' some of her CharacterDevelopment from the Buu Arc is reversed. She's once again demanding of Goku, forcing him to get a job instead of train. Most of this is because the family needs money and she's about to have her first grandchild, making her high-strung again. She's still, however, quite lenient on Goten, allowing him to run off and play with Trunks with no issue. She is also quite chilled when Goku leaves to train again, even saying she wants to throw a party for his return.
* AgeInappropriateDress: Her outfit at age ''twelve'' is a blue bikini, with pink gloves and boots, and a green cape. In the edited dub, Goku even commented she should wear more clothes.
* AlmightyMom: [[EducationMama Chi Chi]] along with providing the current page image with Bulma, personifies this trope and will viciously tell off of [[MamaBear anyone who mistreats or endangers her children]] had been a long RunningGag in the series. It's jokingly stated she is the only one that Goku, the most [[TheChampion powerful hero]] of Earth, is utterly terrified of. That is [[SubvertedTrope until]] she tried to do it to [[OmnicidalManiac Majin Buu]], at which point it stopped being funny.
* TheAloner: Before meeting Goku, she had been raised and had lived in complete seclusion from others.
* AmazinglyEmbarrassingParents: Chi-Chi can be this at times. In the Bojack Unbound movie, she does a clumsy cheerleader routine, while cheering for Gohan to fight at the tournament, obviously embarrassing him. Also, in a filler episode called "He's Always Late", when she's dancing, Trunks remarks "Your mom's obviously as cool as your outfit, Goten." Goten then asks Gohan if he thinks her (Chi-Chi's) outfit is cool. Gohan couldn't give a straight answer, as he was embarrassed. Then again, in Chi-Chi's defense, she was raised in seclusion, so she probably lacks good social skills and probably doesn't know she's being embarrassing.
* AngerBornOfWorry: The only reason she gets upset with Goku and Gohan fighting dangerous villains, or Goku dragging Gohan into dangerous battles, is because she cares for their well-being.
* AngstComa: Went into a brief one when she heard that Gohan was (supposedly) killed during the Buu Saga.
* AntiHero: Chi-Chi, deeply cares about her family, but in spite of that she can be very [[ControlFreak controlling over them]] and can also be a [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold jerk at times]]. On some occasions, she has even prioritized her family's education and financial well being over the fate of the entire world and it's only after she is called out on this that she loosens up.
* AnywhereButTheirLips: After their fight at the end of the 23rd World Martial Arts Tournament in Dragon Ball, which ends with Goku proposing, Chi-Chi gives Goku a peck on the cheek. Though they're HappilyMarried by the time Z rolls around and have two kids by the series' end, this is the only kiss they share on-screen.
* AscendedExtra:
** Chi-Chi first appeared in the original series as the Ox King's sweet little daughter, and was little more than a running gag; she wanted to marry Goku, while Goku failed to understand that marriage wasn't a type of food. Years later, an angry and considerably skilled Chi-Chi fought Goku in the 23rd World Martial Arts Tournament. They end up together as husband and wife, where from Dragon Ball Z onwards, Chi-Chi goes from an ActionGirl to a MamaBear, while still getting to kick someone's ass occasionally.
** The anime gives her a couple more appearances as a kid. The first is in the Red Ribbon Army Saga during Colonel Silver's hunt for a Dragon Ball and again in the Demon King Piccolo Saga when the titular villain sics the king's guard on her father as part of his plan to eliminate all renowned martial artists from the world. [[AdaptationInducedPlotHole This made Goku's not recognizing her in her adult age a lot less believable, however, compared to their single prior meeting in the manga]].
** The Fire Mountain/Wedding Dress filler arc, which occurred after the 23rd World Tournament, has Chi-Chi and Goku working together on a quest to save her father by extinguishing the flames around their castle via the Bashō Fan. One of their stops involving collecting bee wax also displays Chi-Chi developing her affinity for domestic work.
* AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther: Chi-Chi can be very overbearing towards Goku, especially when it comes to Gohan's studies and after she finds out she's going to be a grandmother. Still, it's clear that she loves him dearly. When he was sick with his heart virus, Chi-Chi was literally in tears as she took care of him and cried for joy when he got well. She is also accepting, eventually, of Goku leaving to train with Whis. She even planned to have a big feast for him when he returns home, and she rushes to his side after he's kicked out of the ring and knocked unconscious by Frost. She hugs him, saying that she was afraid that he had died. She also becomes greatly concerned when Goku loses his appetite and control of his energy because he's sick with his Delayed Onset Ki Syndrome and wants to feed him until he gets well.
* BadassAdorable: Chi-Chi as a child is this entirely by accident: cute as a button, but once chopped off a dinosaur's head and then recoiled in horror so hard she blew the head up with a laser beam.
* BadassNormal: Chi-Chi alongside Yajirobe is the only main human fighter in the series who doesn't rely on KiManipulation (barring a PlayedForLaughs Kaioken-esque BattleAura when she's pissed off in the Garlic Junior FillerArc). Yet as expanded material like the fourth movie shows, Chi-Chi is powerful enough to NoSell Ki blast explosions and take down two alien soldiers (who could BeamSpam her HalfHumanHybrid Gohan son out of the sky) with a single kick. In the aforementioned Garlic Junior arc she's presented as a genuine threat while BrainwashedAndCrazy and when training her other son Goten [[MadeOfIron Chi-Chi takes a kick from him]] when he accidentally goes [[SuperMode Super Saiyan]], considering even casual hits from a Super Saiyan can knock out Muggles and seriously injure someone like Frieza -- this is extremely impressive. The only reason Chi-Chi doesn't train to become even stronger is that [[RefusalOfTheCall she hates fighting]].
* BadassUnintentional: Initially, Chi-Chi's most stunning displays were all complete accidents, such as decapitating a T. Rex. Later on, she [[TookALevelInBadass takes a level in badass]] and they became much more deliberate.
* BerserkButton: Don't call her an old lady. Maron almost had to learn this the hard way if Roshi and the others didn't restrain Chi-Chi from her.
* TheBerserker: As Chi-Chi is focused on living a normal life and having a close family, she almost never engages in battle or employs her abilities, however when that family is in danger she will go into full attack-mode, such rages are feared deeply by every-one from Goku, to Gohan, to Piccolo.
* BestHerToBedHer: While she was already in love with Goku and was eager to marry him, prior to their marriage, she insisted that he had to defeat her in combat before she would truly agree to it.
* BookDumb: While it's not as obvious as Goku, she never actually had an education either and was raised in seclusion her whole childhood. No doubt this is a factor in why she pushes Gohan to obtain a proper education, in order for him to have more opportunities than she did.
* BothSidesHaveAPoint: Although she does have messed-up priorities and they often clash with Goku's, she does have a point about how Gohan shouldn't grow up being an idiot. In about 50% of her lectures, she is actually right.
** It should be noted that Goku actually does agree with this 75% of the time, in part because he knows Gohan does enjoy studying. The last 25% is either because Gohan needs to train to help save the world or she is taking it a little bit too far.
* BrainwashedAndCrazy: During the Garlic Jr. Saga, Chi-Chi becomes infected by the Black Water Mist and is able to hold her own against Gohan being absolutely ruthless in her fighting though Gohan likely held back to avoid seriously hurting his own mother who was not in her right mind due to the mist. She also becomes a devoted follower of Garlic Jr. and the Spice Boys whom she worships. Luckily, she gets returned to normal when Kami and Mr. Popo dispersed the Sacred Water on the Earth.
* CaptainObvious: In the Piccolo Jr. Saga, she screams "Goku's hurt!!" after Goku is shot through the shoulder by Piccolo's BreathWeapon. Really, Chi-Chi? The fact that Goku has a gaping hole in his shoulder and is [[BloodFromTheMouth coughing up his own blood]] and screaming in agony wasn't enough of an indicator?
* CharacterDevelopment:
** As a child, Chi-Chi was very shy and often thought about who she would marry. Despite being the daughter of the Ox-King, who had a reputation of being terrifying, she was shown to be of pure heart by being able to ride the Flying Nimbus. During fighting, she was often scared and defeated her opponents while crying. Her personality changed later on when she became an adult, especially after marrying Goku and having her son Gohan. She is often depicted as a sometimes nagging, overprotective, controlling, tough and fundamentally well-meaning woman, with a feisty and more tomboyish personality.
** She is notable for emphasizing Gohan's "academic achievement" rather than his fighting ability, as she was hesitant for Gohan to repeat Goku's habits of getting into danger, and she also did not want Gohan to grow up without proper education as Goku had. Therefore, she often became frustrated when Goku decides to take Gohan to fights. It takes all the way until the World Martial Arts Tournament and Intergalactic World Tournament for Chi Chi to openly admit that she is proud of her son for fighting.
** In some cases, her insistence that Gohan study could also impact her common sense, as shown by her trying to prevent Gohan from aiding Goku when the latter was being attacked by a pair of assassins in order for him to finish his studies, causing Gohan to sternly ask her which between his studies or Goku's life mattered more, shocking her enough to let him go fight them. By the Androids Saga, Chi-Chi has grown more accepting of Gohan fighting, as she allows him to train because of the androids and attend the Cell Games, even though she did not want him to participate. She later taught Goten martial arts herself out of a desire to prevent him from being incapable of defending himself whenever needed, just like her father did with her and showed extreme strictness on it equal to when she was on Gohan about his education. Chi-Chi also allowed Gohan (and Goten) to participate in the 25th World Martial Arts Tournament.
** Chi-Chi had a somewhat negative opinion of Super Saiyans as she seems to associate the transformation with delinquency due to its hair color. Though she retains her initial negative opinion of the Super Saiyan form, she does at least come to understand how the transformation works.
** Eventually, she manages to control her anger better whenever it comes to Goku disobeying her and training. Though she loves Goku, she was often frustrated by his tendency to focus most of his time on martial arts training instead of contributing to their family financially, sometimes even scaring and threatening him into working on their family's radish farm to earn a living rather than train to protect the planet. After the birth of her granddaughter Pan, Chi-Chi becomes adamant that Pan is raised as a gentle GirlyGirl with a calm and normal life so that she will not end up as another "battle-loving idiot". She also wants Goku to be a good grandfather and not just fight all the time; going as far as furiously hunting him down to forbid him from leaving with Whis to train under him alongside Vegeta so he can grow stronger to protect the Earth, attempting to scare him into submitting to her. However unlike the last times, she does not get mad after Goku blatantly disobeys her and leaves with Whis to go train, finally accepting that Goku means well.
* CharacterExaggeration: The anime makes Chi-Chi more of a bossy, short-tempered EducationMama compared to the manga, to the point where [[SkewedPriorities she literally considers Gohan's schooling more important than saving the world]].
* CharacterizationMarchesOn: As part of her [[SheIsAllGrownUp growing up]]. She started off as a DaddysGirl and was just as sheltered and naïve as Goku. Whoever thought she'd turn out to be an overprotective AlmightyMom with anger management issues.
* CharlesAtlasSuperpower: Chi-Chi has superhuman strength, speed, and agility on the level of a superhuman and the only explanation that's been given for it, is that she's trained a lot.
* ChekhovsGunman: She first appeared as a minor character who had a crush on Goku, and in the manga after her first appearance she was never seen nor mentioned again until the 23rd World Martial Arts Tournament twelve volumes later where she's reunited with Goku and they wind up getting engaged. The anime screwed this up however by having her appear every now and then in a couple filler episodes.
* {{Chickification}}: She might have retired from fighting to being a housewife for Goku, [[SubvertedTrope but her fiery personality and temper haven't changed one bit,]] and even the most powerful of the Z fighters are [[TheDreaded scared of angering her, especially her husband Goku.]]
* ChildhoodFriendRomance: Chi-Chi and Goku have this kind of relationship. Goku and Chi-Chi met during one of his adventures, and Chi-Chi had been pining after Goku ever since, even getting a ChildhoodMarriagePromise from him. However Goku, [[IdiotHero being Goku]], didn't know what marriage or romantic love was for most of the first half of the series until she explained it to him when they met up again as adults, after which he returned her feelings. [[HappilyMarried The two remaining married]] for the rest of the series.
* ChildhoodMarriagePromise: Chi-Chi and Goku first meet as children, and Goku promises to marry her, [[IsItSomethingYouEat thinking marriage is a kind of food]]. He says so when an angry and [[SheIsAllGrownUp all grown-up Chi-Chi]] brings it up in the Tenkaichi Budokai; Chi-Chi is saddened upon realizing that she had been sort-of waiting in vain... but Goku then adds that he doesn't want her to be sad and that [[IGaveMyWord he takes his promises seriously, so he officially asks her to marry him right there]].
* CloudcuckoolandersMinder: She comes off as this at times since Goku can be a fight-obsessed idiot to the point of ignoring his family and other responsibilities. She forces him to work to support his family instead of mooching off of Ox-King and Mr. Satan and training all the time.
* ControlFreak: While her heart is in the right place, it doesn't change the fact that, Chi-Chi is an abrasive and very controlling woman both towards her husband and to her children.
* CovertPervert: Despite being very conservative, Chi-Chi does have her moments that indicate she's got a perverted mind. Such as assuming that Gohan and Videl's training would end up with Videl attempting something naughty. Also, due to how events line up, Chi-Chi conceived Goten with Goku when Goku was constantly in his Super Saiyan state.
* CrazyPrepared: For Gohan at least. These quotes basically explain it:
-->'''Krillin:''' So what's with all this stuff?\\
'''Chi-Chi:''' Here's his underwear, toothbrush, coloring book, and sleep mask. And here are some snacks for the trip and his medicine. And we have a hairdryer, full dinner set with salad and dinner forks. Multi-\\
'''Krillin:''' Yeah, I think we get the picture.
* CryIntoChest: Does this when Goku was about to return to the Otherworld after his day was up. Did it again when Goku informed everyone that he wasn't dead anymore and could return home with his family.
* CuteBruiser: Tomboyish? Check. Can kick serious ass? Check.
* DaddysGirl: To the Ox-King, though he admits at one point that he might have spoiled her during his time as a villain.
* DemotedToExtra: Chi-Chi's role as a kid was limited, but as an adult, she got to fight in a world tournament, and appeared very prominently in DBZ as the overbearing and temperamental mother. Around the time the Buu arc got rolling, her role got a little smaller, and by the time DBGT came rolling around, she only made a few appearances. Overall, Chi-Chi still keeps her physical strength from the first series but has given up fighting in favor of being a housewife and overprotective parent. Though, with what goes on in this series, it's kinda hard to blame her.
** Lampshaded in ''[[Anime/DragonBallZKai Kai]]'':
---> '''Roshi:''' That little firecracker wife turned out to be a real school mom, did she?
* {{Determinator}}: When she has goals involving her sons, she ''never gives up,'' even when she's obviously outclassed.
* DidntThinkThisThrough: When Chi-Chi slapped Majin Buu for supposedly killing Gohan, she never thought of the consequences of doing so. [[DoNotTauntCthulhu It ends as well as you'd expect]].
* DidYouJustFlipOffCthulhu: '''''[[MamaBear She slaps Super Buu in the face because she thought he killed Gohan!!!]]'''''...[[DoNotTauntCthulhu and promptly gets killed for it afterward.]] Regardless, very admirable. It also counts for if she ever [[spoiler: scolds Goku]] after [[spoiler: he becomes a god in ''Battle of Gods'']].
* DivineDate: Post-''Battle of Gods'', when her husband, Goku, becomes a PhysicalGod.
* DoNotTauntCthulhu: After smacking Majin Buu for killing her son (he's really alive, but she didn't know), the guy turns her into an egg and smashes her! She probably shouldn't have confronted him, but still, dick move!
* DotingParent: [[EducationMama Gohan]]. [[DotingParent Goten]]. Compare and contrast.
* DotingGrandparent: She's very fond of her granddaughter Pan.
* TheDreaded: Her fiery temper manages to make her intimidating to characters who are ''far'' more powerful than she. Even Goku gets scared when she's angry.[[spoiler: and Piccolo, but that was a filler episode. ]]
* DrillSergeantNasty: This is due to her being an obvious parody of the Asian mother. She comes off as this education-wise towards Gohan.
* DrivesLikeCrazy: As shown in filler episodes, and this also may be the reason why she made Goku take a driving test for a license.
* DubNameChange:
** She's known as Milk in Latin America, as "chi-chi" is a vulgar slang term for breasts in Latin American Spanish, akin to "tits".[[note]]Ironically, "chichi" means "boobs" in Japanese too.[[/note]]
** Averted in Spain, where Chi-Chi still maintains the original name, despite being the word used by kids for the female external genitalia.
* EasilyForgiven: This is best displayed in ''Super''. When Goku leaves to go train under Whis, she's at first furious and exasperated, but she quickly cheers up, mentioning that it will just start all over again. Judging by this, [[HappilyMarried it's easy to deduce that she wouldn't have it any other way]].
* EducationMama: She acts like this towards Gohan, so he could avoid the violent lifestyle of his dad. When Goten was born though, she switched from academics back to martial arts, though Super shows she still has Goten's education in mind (though to a much less gung-ho degree than she was with Gohan's). This trait is more exaggerated in the anime compared to the manga, where she's still strict about Gohan's education but not the point that she considers it [[SkewedPriorities more important than saving the world]].
* EnragedByIdiocy: With Goku's. A good example will be in a movie when she gets angry with him because he was acting like an idiot when she was trying to drill him for an interview.
* {{Expy}}:
** Chi-Chi is CompositeCharacter duplicate of both Princess Iron Fan and Red Boy, the respective wife and son of the Ox-King from ''Literature/JourneyToTheWest''. Where Red Boy and Wukong were sworn brothers, she and Goku got married.
** Her personality and appearance, in adult form, are based on Mrs. Tsun, a character from ''Manga/DoctorSlump''.
* FamilyThemeNaming: Chi-Chi (milk/breast) because her father is the "Ox-King." Their family is a reference to cows.
* FatalFlaw: Chi-Chi's wrath and impatience are this. Because of her wrath and impatience, it causes her to [[SkewedPriorities think]] irrationally and to make the worst decisions. Her (albeit understandable) anger even caused her to get turned into an egg and killed by Majin Buu.
* FearlessFool: One key flaw about Chi-Chi is that she's too impulsive. She usually [[MamaBear tries to charge into battles to save her sons]], without thinking of the possible consequences of her actions (with the other characters [[LetMeAtHim having to hold her back]]). She plays this straight when she walks up to Majin Buu, the scourge of the universe, and slaps him in the face for killing Gohan. She gets turned into an egg and killed as a response.
* FauxHorrific: In the Cell Arc, when Chi-Chi sees Gohan in Super Saiyan form for the first time, she freaks out about his hair color. This is more a case of values dissonance; blond hair is seen as a sign of being a delinquent in Japan.
* FeminineWomenCanCook: Chi-Chi is regarded as being a [[SupremeChef very good chef]] and she is a GirlyBruiser.
* {{Foil}}: To Bulma, in numerous respects. Chi-Chi got married early and became a mother very soon, whereas Bulma had Trunks (by accident) when she was well in her thirties, and wasn't married. Chi-Chi is an Education Mama who puts a lot of pressure on her son Gohan to succeed, while Bulma spoiled Trunks. Chi-Chi dresses more traditionally, while Bulma often wears revealing clothing. Chi-Chi excels at cooking and housekeeping, while Bulma's talent lies in her genius for science.
* ForgottenFirstMeeting: By the time she and Goku meet again at the Tenkaichi Budokai, he has forgotten about her and their promise and doesn't even recognize her. Chi-Chi didn't take it well.
* FreudianExcuse: It is implied that Chi-Chi became overprotective and overbearing towards Gohan because the Ox-King never seemed to have made any effort to get her an education, given how she was raised in seclusion like Goku.
* TheFriendNobodyLikes: Chi-Chi is a downplayed example of this. While the other characters don't hate Chi-Chi and they do consider her a good friend of theirs, they don't seem to enjoy her company due to her anger issues. On the flip side, they do understand that she does mean well and most of her freak-outs are due to her conern for her child Gohan being in dangerous situations.
* FryingPanOfDoom: She uses this in ''Anime/YoSonGokuAndHisFriendsReturn'' to Master Roshi when he acts like... well, [[DirtyOldMan Master Roshi]].
* GirlyBruiser: She is a skilled martial artist but she also enjoys being a housewife and she likes wearing makeup.
* GoldDigger: An unusual case - while she herself is happy to marry the dirt-poor Goku, she is very interested in the money that her son's girlfriend was born into. She is not very subtle about this.
--> '''Chi-Chi''': Videl comes from a very wealthy family. She's a perfect match for Gohan!
* HairTriggerTemper: ''Big time''. Her temper has caused almost ''every'' character she confronted to fear her.[[note]][[BigBad Except Super Buu]]...[[/note]]
* HappilyMarried: To Goku. Sure, despite the fact that Goku is an IdiotHero/[[BloodKnight lover of fights]] and Chi-Chi's a hardcore EducationMama, they prove, time and time again, [[AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther that they truly love each other]]. Hell, when Goku dies, Chi-Chi simply doesn't bother remarrying.
* HateSink: {{Downplayed|Trope}}. Akira Toriyama stated that he did not like Chi-Chi's character as much and intended for appreciation of people in-universe and out. Her character was meant to be a stereotypical "[[MyBelovedSmother mean]]" Japanese mother who doesn't contribute much to the narrative. Her only role was to be a gag character that the other characters disagree with, to keep the main characters from doing their desired task (her [[EducationMama education-related goal for Gohan]] is portrayed as an obstacle for the main heroes), and for her to be irrational and unreasonable towards the main protagonists. However, she completely subverts this by the Cell and Buu arcs, where she becomes a lot more reasonable and understanding, much to the appreciation of people in-universe and out.
* HereditaryWeddingDress: The last few episodes of the ''Manga/DragonBall'' anime are about Goku and Chi-Chi preparing for their wedding. The wedding dress that Chi-Chi wears for the ceremony has been passed down for generations, with it last being worn when her father, the Ox-King, and her mother got married.
* HimeCut: While it's difficult to tell after she becomes a mother, since she usually has her hair done up in a bun, on the rare occasions it's loose, she does have the blunt-cut even bangs, the two long forelocks reaching just below her shoulders, and the rest of her hair is long and straight. After her husband's death in the Cell Saga, once she's hit her thirties and her oldest child is in his mid-teens, she ditches the bangs and forelocks, and just pulls it all back into a more severe bun.
* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: In the anime, she hires Mr. Shu to tutor Gohan, and is absolutely shocked to discover that Mr. Shu is a SadistTeacher who [[WhipOfDominance beats his students with a whip]] and loves insulting Goku right to Gohan's face. Once she finds out, however, she's ''outraged'' and tosses him out the window.
* HotBlooded: As a teenager, she had quite the temper. Less so as an adult.
* {{Housewife}}: Chi Chi became this after she was OvershadowedByAwesome. When not cooking for her husband and sons, [[HenpeckedHusband she's scolding Goku for always leaving to save the world]] and [[EducationMama Gohan for not studying]] ([[KidHero because he too is off to save the world]]).
* HypocriteHasAPoint: Despite her ParentalHypocrisy, Chi-Chi is right to not want Gohan to fight for safety-related reasons. Chi-Chi is an EducationMama towards Gohan, insisting he study and not fight, despite the fact that she herself was a fighter as a child. However, other characters like Krillin and Bulma actually agree with her throughout the series about how children (Gohan, Goten, and Trunks) shouldn't even be fighting and engaging in dangerous activities in the first place. It also helps that Gohan was much younger than Chi-Chi was when he started fighting. Gohan was 4 while Chi-Chi was 12.
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* IdiotBall: She's a rational-minded but sometimes she's doing incredibly stupid things and have SkewedPriorities. For example, see HorribleJudgeOfCharacter.
* IncorruptiblePurePureness: Like her husband and their sons, Chi-Chi's heart is pure even at her worst. This allows her to ride the Flying Nimbus ever since she was a child, and she is still shown being able to ride it immediately following the 23rd World Martial Arts Tournament.
* InterspeciesRomance: With Goku, a Saiyan, while she is a human woman. (Though it wasn't yet known that Goku was an alien when they got married.)
* ItsAllMyFault: When she learns that Goku died in the Cell Games, she was very distraught and blamed herself for arguing with him over fighting, particularly over their then-only son taking part. This was profound enough to change her stance on martial arts almost completely when Goten is born.
* JerkassBall: She grab it sometimes. For example, see OutOfCharacterMoment and NoSympathy.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: In the first few seasons of ''Dragon Ball Z''. Chi-Chi may seem hot-tempered, abrasive, and a bit selfish, but at the end of the day, she loves her family very much and tries to do what's best for them. This does diminish in the Buu Saga when she mellows out and becomes a lot nicer.
* LargeHam: Chi-Chi has a reputation for being very loud and having a very overbearing personality.
* LetMeAtHim: Normally, when it involves her sons, Chi-Chi usually tries charging into battles to protect them. The Ox-King and the others always have to hold her back.
* LoveAtFirstSight: Towards Goku. She didn't even know him for a day and wanted to marry him.
* LoveMartyr: To Goku. She puts up with a lot given that Goku is sometimes childish, somewhat ignorant of human emotions, and often runs off to fight the threat-of-the-week. She still loves him unconditionally and never even considered remarrying either time that he died, even when it seemed like he was gone for good.
* MadeOfIron: Overlaps with IronButtMonkey. Chi-Chi's one of the few fighters in the series who doesn't utilize Ki energy but much like Yajirobe has taken hits and attacks that would've killed or hospitalized the likes of Mr Satan or Videl. In Dragon Ball Z: Lord Slug, she runs through a Ki explosion fired by of Slug's soldiers no problem and later in the Buu Saga while training Goten she gets kicked flying into a tree by Goten when he accidentally became Super Saiyan Chi-Chi recovers quickly and is more upset than hurt. Keep in mind, grown men got KO-ed by SSJ Gohan's strikes and Frieza himself got beaten bloody by even Goku's casual love taps while he was Super Saiyan, making Chi-Chi's fortitude all the more impressive.
* MamaBear: Chi-Chi might be overshadowed, but Goku, Krillin, Piccolo, and pretty much all of the main Z-Fighters are terrified of her, especially when anything involving her children is going on:
** [[EducationMama Chi-Chi]] is odd in that she's both [[TookALevelInBadass taken a level in badass]] and was OvershadowedByAwesome alongside half the cast. Her VictoriousChildhoodFriend and husband has been dead for seven years, she's been led to believe that her older son has followed, and Chi-Chi is absolutely out of her mind with grief. While her father is able to hold her back the first time she tries to attack him, eventually she does walk right up to Super Buu, slaps him, and demands he bring Gohan back. Buu stares at her, turns her into an egg, and promptly crushes her. Worst of all, her seven-year-old son was [[HarmfulToMinors watching the entire time]].
** In a filler episode just before the Trunks saga, Chi-Chi gets to play the trope straight. She hires a private tutor for Gohan by the name of Mr. Shu, unaware that he's a cruel SadistTeacher who repeatedly [[KickTheDog kicks the dog]] by calling Goku worthless as a father and makes the poor kid bleed. Once she found out, [[LaserGuidedKarma it did not end well for Shu]].
** Similarly in ''Dragon Ball Z: Dead Zone'' Chi-Chi initially protects Gohan against Garlic Junior's QuirkyMiniBossSquad, even pulling her son behind her and taking off the apron, before attacking Ginger.
** In ''Lord Slug'' she beats off two of Slug's goons that were about to pounce Gohan (though she ends up being pounced herself).
* MasterApprenticeChain: Yes, even she has one since she personally trained Goten and she was trained by her father who was a student of Master Roshi: Mutaito > Master Roshi > Ox-King > Chi-Chi > Goten
* MemeticBadass: An InUniverse example.
-->'''Master Roshi:''' [[LampshadeHanging I know why! Because he's scared, that's why!]] Of the one more powerful than a Super Saiyan...''[[HenpeckedHusband his wife!]]'' ''(Hears Chi-Chi growl "What!?" and now sees her with a sword)''
* MisplacedRetribution: She blamed Goku for Gohan's injuries after their fight with Vegeta.
* MissingMom: We never see her mother, only in a picture with Chi-Chi as an infant, where she is TheFaceless, as this is an anime-only addition. It turns out the poor woman got sick when she was really little and quietly passed away. This is speculated to be why [[DaddysGirl she's the apple of Ox Satan's eye]] and why [[EducationMama she insists on being super present in her sons' lives]].
* ModestRoyalty: By the ''Z'' period, you could be forgiven for forgetting (or, if you ''only'' read or watched ''DBZ'', never realizing) that she's royalty at all.
* MoralityPet: It is hinted that she is this to the Ox-King when he was still evil.
* MsFanservice: Chi-Chi has been occasionally exploited over the years especially her first outfit despite her age, but when she grows up Chi-Chi is given a less revealing appearance aside from one BathtubScene in {{Filler}}. Most people forget Chi-Chi can be very attractive when she wants and isn't just the annoying HouseWife that some make her out to be. The outfit she wore at the DancePartyEnding has been noted by fans (even her detractors) to be pretty damn hot.
* MsViceGirl: She encourages Gohan and Videl's relationship when she finds out Videl is rich.
* MyBelovedSmother:
** Chi-Chi has a rather skewed sense of priorities when it comes to choosing between the human race's continued survival and her son's studies (something that Gohan even Lampshades in ''Super Android 13!'' when, after Chi-Chi tried to stop Gohan from going after the androids due to homework, he asks her which she values more, his studies, or Goku's survival against the Androids, which shocked Chi-Chi with this revelation enough for her to allow Gohan to go).
** She was also opposed to Videl's apparent interest in Gohan... until she discovered how much money Videl has.
** By the time Goten is born however, [[CharacterDevelopment Chi-Chi has mellowed out a bit.]] She has no problem with Goten training to fight or entering tournaments. In fact, she is the one who even initiates Goten's training.
* NoBadassToHisValet: She is married to one of the most powerful and feared beings in the universe. Doesn't stop her from yelling at Goku and forcing him to get a job. Several characters, including her son, call her the real powerhouse in the universe. She also orders around several other powerful characters like Krillin, Piccolo, and her sons, not caring that all of them can easily break her in half. The only person she never yells at is Vegeta and that's mostly because her interactions with him are limited.
* NoIndoorVoice: Mostly before the Buu Saga in the show, because she's known for being very loud. She's gotten moderately better than she was as a child, but still shows that she can ramp it up when necessary.
* NoSell: Chi Chi [[BadassNormal of all people]] manages to do this to Ki blast explosions before taking down two alien soldiers.
* NoSocialSkills: Like Goku, she was raised in seclusion as a child.
* NoSympathy: Only once. She was so upset at Gohan being at the battle against Vegeta and Nappa that she showed no concern whatsoever for Goku, who by the time the fight was over, didn't have a single unbroken bone in his body. Also an OutOfCharacterMoment.
* NoSympathyForGrudgeholders: This is how Chi-Chi is portrayed regarding Piccolo. She's portrayed as an asshole when she shows her open contempt for him (mostly filler scenes). This is due to his past actions as a demon king. It also helps that she even witnessed Piccolo try to kill her husband (then fiancee). He even succeeded in doing so in the Saiyan Saga (granted Goku was doing a HeroicSacrifice, but still). Piccolo also kidnapped her son Gohan for a whole year, and he was the reason Gohan almost got killed in the Vegeta fight (that she irrationally blamed Goku for). This does diminish in the Buu Arc when she's shown to respect Piccolo more.
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness:
** Unlike her usual reaction to Goku fighting, after hearing that Goku Black killed an alternate version of her and Goten and that her Goku lost twice is to ask Goku why he hasn't killed him yet and that he should be ashamed for losing twice before telling him to go and finish the job.
** Chi-Chi's frantic behavior when Goku himself starts acting out of character when he was ill and when Hit was hunting him down is very unusual for her.
** The only person on Earth who can be more protective of her children and grandchild than she is [[PapaWolf Piccolo]]. His intensity and fury when Gohan or Pan are involved is the only thing terrifying enough to scare her into submission, something even Super Buu couldn't do (and he ''killed'' her).
* OhCrap: Chi-Chi gets this expression shortly after she slapped Super Buu in the face before she was turned into an egg and killed.
* OneHeadTaller: Originally, she was taller than Goku but when they became adults, she became this.
* OnlyOneName: Although she is called "Son Chi-Chi" after she marries Goku, we never hear a last name for her.
* OnlySaneByComparison: Chi-chi is portrayed as very hysterical and irrational due to her SkewedPriorities and her EducationMama tendencies. However, she is the main one who understandably points out how Gohan is too young to be fighting and that he shouldn't be too focused on saving the world as a little boy.
* OutOfCharacterMoment:
** In a filler scene when she ends up getting mad at her dad and throws a destructive tantrum. Chi-Chi is usually never like that towards her father at all.
** Only once, she was so upset at Gohan being at the battle against Vegeta and Nappa that she showed no concern whatsoever for Goku, who by the time the fight was over, didn't have a single unbroken bone in his body.
** In ''Bojack Unbound'', Chi-Chi is so worried about Gohan studying all day that she allows Gohan to participate in the tournament.
* OvershadowedByAwesome: Chi-Chi still has unusual origins and is ridiculously strong and powerful by human standards, but anyone who isn't at least part Saiyan will eventually be exponentially outstripped and never able to catch up again, either because Goku is just that freakishly talented (as shown in the page image for the tropes), or later because Saiyans are that good and devoted to fighting.
* ParentalHypocrisy:
** Chi-Chi comes off as this towards Gohan, forbidding him from fighting despite her fighting herself when she was a teenager. This is understandable, as even other characters like Krillin and Bulma lampshaded throughout the series about how children (Gohan, Goten, and Trunks) shouldn't even be fighting and engaging in dangerous activities in the first place. It also helps that Chi-Chi started fighting when she was 12, in contrast to Gohan who started fighting when he was ''4.''
** Unfortunately she's at it again with her granddaughter Pan, stubbornly arguing that she wants Pan to grow up lady-like and not a martial arts freak like the rest of the family. Yet she says this while snatching Pan away from Gohan and Mr. Satan and ''effortlessly'' [[CharlesAtlasSuperpower leaping backward across the room in a single bound onto a piece of furniture]]. She gets over this once Videl sets her straight.
* ParentingTheHusband:
** Chi-Chi treats her husband [[IdiotHero Son Goku]] very much like this. However, it could be subverted, as the fact that Goku is a phenomenally powerful alien Martial Artist makes this relationship look more equitable than most other examples -- Chi-Chi "takes care" of Goku at home, [[HenpeckedHusband Goku]] "takes care of her in return"... [[ChronicHeroSyndrome by saving the world on a regular basis]]. To say nothing of when Goku actually does get de-aged to a child. Also Goku's home life isn't that explored in the story, what with him either dying or away fighting aliens, so Chi-Chi probably doesn't count on him doing chores around the house.
** Dragon Ball Super explores their homelife a little, with Chi-Chi forcing Goku to get a job as a farmer partly to set a good example for their son Goten and partly so they stop sponging off her father's money. In the first episode [[FakeUltimateHero Mister Satan]] gives Goku a ludicrous amount of money as a reward for defeating Majin Buu, which convinces Chi-Chi to let him dump his job and go back to training. However, later on she lies about having blown through the reward money in order to get Goku to go back to farming.
%%* ThePowerOfHate: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JL6Il8CF-uQ It once made her go Kaio-Ken.]]
* ParentsAsPeople: Chi-Chi loves her son Gohan, but she has her issues with raising him. While she means well with her EducationMama approach (due to her wanting Gohan to be an educated productive member of society), she takes it too far sometimes and can be [[MyBelovedSmother needlessly overbearing]] towards him. She is a much better parent towards Goten in the Buu Arc. While she becomes an EducationMama towards Goten in ''Super,'' she isn't as obsessive as it with him as she was with Gohan.
* PinkMeansFeminine: Chi-Chi childhood outfit qualified for this trope along with TrueBlueFemininity. Her boots, gloves, and helmet are pink.
* PrettyPrincessPowerhouse: People often forget Chi-Chi is a princess that can kick almost any human's ass. She's also the one person that can actually control Goku.
* PrimAndProperBun: Chi-Chi wears a high bun throughout the Boo Saga and Dragon Ball Super. While she has softened up from her EducationMama attitude during the TimeSkip between the Cell Saga and Boo Saga, she returns to her old mentality again after the Boo Saga ends. The hairstyle mostly serves to make Chi-Chi look older after the TimeSkip (while Bulma, ironically, looks younger than before despite being four years older than her), which becomes obvious when she has her hair down in Super.
* PrinciplesZealot: One of Chi-Chi's flaws is that she seems so caught up in wanting the best for her family that she fails to see the big picture. Her principles include believing that education and having a good source of income is so important to the point that she seems so narrow-minded. She means well, but her delving on this trope doesn't solve anything (while not wise, some of her viewpoints come off as justified since HeroismWontPayTheBills in their world).
* ProperlyParanoid: Gohan may be a Half-Saiyan, but Chi-Chi was not okay with Gohan leaving to go to Namek for two months. While Chi-Chi may be unreasonable sometimes, she was rightfully paranoid with Gohan going to a potentially dangerous planet and leaving her alone for two months (she had not seen him for a whole year) to revive Piccolo, the same guy who blasted a hole through Goku and killed her husband in the Saiyan arc. And who followed that up by kidnapping Gohan to train him to [[ChildSoldiers fight against Vegeta and Nappa]]. She displays this trope throughout the series when Gohan goes up against the Androids and Cell, fearing for Gohan's health and well-being when he's fighting bad guys.
* PuppyLove: Chi-Chi and Goku were very sweet together as kids in Dragon Ball though Goku misunderstood the ChildhoodMarriagePromise that Chi-Chi made him keep which caused some grief when they met again as teenagers. The anime [[AdaptationalExpansion expanded]] this with {{Filler}} of Goku and Chi-Chi meeting again when they were young and having an adorable fistfight together.
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* RavenHairIvorySkin: She's black-haired and pale-skinned, and when she reappears during the Piccolo Jr. Saga, both Krillin and Yamcha openly comment on how gorgeous she is.
* RedOniBlueOni: The red oni to Bulma's blue oni. Chi-Chi is nagging, controlling and has NoIndoorVoice, Bulma is more happy and easy going. This is color coded to some degree as well. Chi-Chi's PlayedForLaughs BattleAura is red, while Bulma has blue hair.
* RefusalOfTheCall: Like Goku, Chi-Chi has had a background in martial arts. Her father was a champion who trained with Master Roshi. When battling during the 23rd World Martial Tournament, her power level is at 130 but grows to be 300 during the Saiyan Saga. These levels may seem like a small amount compared to the Z-Fighters, who are in the thousands, but it still makes Chi-Chi the most powerful human female in the series[[note]]The farmer Raditz killed had a power level of 5, despite having one of the most physically demanding jobs out there[[/note]]. Chi-Chi can wield some ki attacks even though she never learned how to fly. With her powerful abilities more often displayed in her video game appearances, Chi-Chi doesn't do more to help the Z-Fighters in battle. Unlike Goku, she believes she has a higher duty as a housewife instead of a fighter.
* RetiredBadass: She chose to become an EducationMama when she had Gohan.
* SheCleansUpNicely: In one of the last episodes of ''Z'', "He's Always Late," she is shown in more casual clothes than her usual matronly attire. She gets quite some compliments about how good she looks.
* SheIsAllGrownUp: In the last part of the original series, Goku didn't notice that the {{Tsundere}} he was fighting against in the Tenkaichi Budokai quarterfinals was the girl he [[ChildhoodMarriagePromise agreed to marry when they were kids]] (she entered the tournament anonymously), and he didn't find out until Chi-Chi revealed herself. ("But-but-but are you the same little Chichi I met so long ago?!" "Hey, of course I am!") Basically, she got tired of waiting for him and decided to approach him more on his terms...and this time it stuck.
* ShipperOnDeck: Chi-Chi initially found Videl irritating and told her off for chasing her son Gohan. Then Chi-Chi learned how wealthy Videl was and immediately started talking about marriage leading to a glorious SpitTake from Gohan. In Dragon Ball Z: Fusion Reborn Chi-Chi says Videl has the makings of a great wife making Videl blush and drop the dishes.
* ShoutOut: Her classic helmet with the throwable blades and lasers is a clear one {{Series/Ultraseven}}, whose Eye Slugger and Emerium Beam are almost identical. Given Toriyama's [[Manga/JacoTheGalacticPatrolman affinity]] for the Franchise/UltraSeries this is almost certainly intentional.
* SilverVixen: By the end of the original manga/end of ''Z'' anime, Chi-Chi still looks good after Pan is born. It's more obvious when Chi-Chi doesn't do her hair up in a bun.
* SingleTargetSexuality: Chichi has been Goku-sexual since day one, and she's succeeded in marrying him and having two kids. She didn't remarry while he was dead for seven years. The only other person she's attracted to was Yamcha.
* SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan: She falls in love and marries Goku, who is pure of heart and has saved the Earth on more than one occasion.
* SkewedPriorities: She's sometimes convinced that Gohan's education is more important than saving the world. She doesn't really take into consideration that the world needs to be saved so Gohan can have an education she wants him to have. In ''Super Android 13!'', Gohan asks her if his education matters more to her than her husband's life when she tries to stop him from helping out, which shocks Chi-Chi enough that she lets him go.
** A more positive example is when she learns an [[AlternateSelf alternate version]] of Zamasu has killed her and Goten, she totally ignores her own demise and is [[MamaBear more concerned about Goten's well being]].
* {{Slapstick}}: Chi-Chi, gets her fair share of AmusingInjuries towards her, especially around Goku. Since she is not as strong as Goku yet strong enough to take physical harm; she has been slapped by Goku through the side of their house, through several boulders and a tree, and when he has healed from his heart disease and she went out to greet him, he accidentally threw her high into the air.
* StacysMom: She still looks good even after visibly aging. For example in the OVA, ''Yo! Son Goku and His Friends Return!!'', Master Roshi acts perverted to her and stares at her boobs. Cue FryingPanOfDoom from her to the DirtyOldMan.
* StalkerWithACrush: Towards Goku in ''Dragon Ball''. She entered the Tenkaichi Budokai in order to get him to marry her. When Chi-Chi was visibly heartbroken when she felt his promise wasn't genuine, Goku then proposed to her for real.
* SternTeacher: She was one for Gohan before he enrolled in high school, as he was home-schooled most of his life after all.
* {{Stripperiffic}}: Chi-Chi is a disturbingly played straight example of this, considering she is only *12 years* old. Though when she gets older she changes to more modest clothing like a Kung fu outfit. *She's implied to be 12 as she's Goku's love interest, though this is never confirmed.
* SupremeChef: Chi-Chi is known to be a good cook by other characters and has received a lot of comments about how good it is. This is shown best in a filler episode when she threatens to stop cooking meals for Goku and Piccolo if they didn't go to driving school. Also, Videl commented on her rice and even asked for the recipe, not to mention that Chi-Chi cooks better than any of Mr. Satan's cooks.
* TeenPregnancy: {{Downplayed}}. She was 19 years old when Gohan was born.
* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: Chi-Chi and Bulma play with this trope. In the middle of the series, after Lunch has been [[ChuckCunninghamSyndrome chucked out]], Bulma is the adventurous wrench wench while Chi-Chi is mostly concerned with being a good wife and mother. Later on in the series, Bulma settles down and doesn't change much otherwise, but Chi-Chi has relaxed a lot and is much more comfortable with reminding everyone that she's an extremely skilled martial artist in her own right. Videl is a straight out {{Tomboy}} to [[GirlyGirl both of them]]. She prefers a boyish appearance and training in martial arts. Android 18 would fall in the middle as she was initially a rebellious teenager who never wore dresses, yet shops and dresses nice. This makes Bulma a GirlyGirlWithATomboyStreak and Chi-Chi a GirlyBruiser with Videl as the {{Tomboy}} who gets a GirlinessUpgrade and 18 as a TomboyWithAGirlyStreak.
* TooDumbToLive: In the Buu Arc, when she slapped Super Buu for killing Gohan while yelling at him for killing her oldest son (who was leagues more powerful than her by dint of being a Super Saiyan 2). While this was a perfectly understandable MamaBear reaction, she still got promptly transformed into an egg and crushed to death for her stupidity. To add to the stupidity, Piccolo specifically warned her, and everyone else on the Lookout, not to provoke Buu or else they'd die.
* TookALevelInBadass: When she was first introduced, she was a BadassUnintentional who unintentionally killed a ''T. rex'' (keyword being unintentionally). After SheIsAllGrownUp, she was an even match for Goku (who, by that point, has taken down an army and the resident SatanicArchetype, and rivals Earth's god in power). Taken further when she's training Goten, wherein she (probably middle-aged at that point) not only was an even match for someone who was close to going Super Saiyan but survived a blow from him when he actually went Super Saiyan (which is like an ant surviving getting run over by a speeding truck).
* TookALevelInKindness: Before the Buu Saga, Chi-Chi was an overbearing mother and a hard person to be around for most of ''Z''. After the events of the Cell Saga, she does not get upset as much and she's less harsh on Goten than she was on Gohan, allowing him to play and not study all the time. She even trained Goten in martial arts and allowed Gohan to skip school so he could get ready to enter the World Martial Arts Tournament. Part of this was because she took Goku's death very hard, and decided to ease up on them in honor of him.
* TownGirls: In Dragon Ball Z, Chi-Chi is the strong and able fighting housewife neither, to Videl's crimefighting butch, and Bulma's stylish non-combatant femme.
%%* ATragedyOfImpulsiveness: See TooDumbToLive above.
* TrueBlueFemininity: Her outfit as a child qualified for both this and PinkMeansFeminine. She also wears a blue dress when she reappears [[SheIsAllGrownUp All Grown Up]] at the 23rd Budokai.
* {{Tsundere}}: Originally, Chi Chi is more the Sweet type, prim and proper while having a massive crush on Goku. She would only lash out at Goku when he was rude or did something stupid. After Dragon Ball Z rolls around though, she becomes more Harsh. She then went back to her more sweet personality after the Cell Games.
* TheUglyGuysHotDaughter: Currently provides the image for the trope. Chi-Chi, after the aptly named Ox-King produces a photo of her, the only response anyone has to offer is, "Whoa. She certainly doesn't take after you."
* UndyingLoyalty: Chi-Chi constantly shows how much she cares for her husband and sons. Despite berating Goku's antics and actions frequently, she still stays with him. Goku died twice over the course of Dragon Ball Z and after the first time, disappeared without a trace for a long period of time. After dying again, he chose to stay dead and left Chi-Chi to raise Gohan (and then Goten) herself. Then later on, he even decides to leave her again to go train Uub and when he got turned back into a child, he was willing to stay that way. Yet, in spite of all that, Chi-Chi remained his wife, not just in legal terms, but also in emotional terms.
* UptownGirl: For Goku because she's a princess. Goku was a practitioner of martial arts who lived in the mountains and he made the promise to marry Chichi, the daughter of the Ox-King, who had a castle full of treasures. However, the difference in social status was not an impediment because Chichi's father and Goku's grandfather were friends before, and Goku had saved the earth several times.
* ViolentlyProtectiveGirlfriend: Chi-Chi doesn't take too kindly to it when [[SadistTeacher Mr. Shu]] dares to insult Goku in front of her and Gohan.
** She was also very angry when Frost knocked Goku out and it seems that she holds a grudge, when [[ProfessionalKiller Hit]] was hired by someone she theorizes that it must be "that evil Frost guy".
* VitriolicBestBuds: With Bulma. They usually get into arguments involving their husbands or sons, but they show they care for each other.
* WasTooHardOnHim: Seems to feel this way about how she raised Gohan given that she is not as strict with Goten.
* WeakButSkilled: When training Goten, she was more than a match for her much more powerful son despite not knowing squat about ki control.
* WrestlerInAllOfUs: Before Goku first went to train with Whis, she has him in an armlock when she catches him.
* WetBlanketWife:
** She wanted Gohan to be a scholar and learn to resolve issues peacefully, despite the dangers she and Goku faced in the past (though since this is before the Saiyans arrive, Goku was still pretty much WorldsStrongestMan so she probably didn't have much to worry about at first.) She remains against all the danger her husband and son go through but learns to adapt. After the seven-year TimeSkip, she mellows out a bit with their second son, Goten (to the point that she actually trained him) and she really can't yell at Goku anymore because he's already dead. In fact, Gohan theorizes that Chi-Chi feels guilt over this behavior now that Goku's gone and that she believes might have an indirect effect on his death.
** In ''Super'', Chi-Chi is initially dead set against Goku training, demanding that he gets a job and work as a human, despite having barely survived his encounter with Beerus. It's at least partly her desire to have Goku be someone respectable to their granddaughter Pan. Of course, once Goku ''does'' bail out to train some more, Chi-Chi just calmly accepts it and thinks about throwing a party for when he comes back.
* WellIntentionedExtremist: Chi-Chi has good intentions for her family, but the way she goes at it tends to be problematic.
* WomenPreferStrongMen: Her first love interest was Yamcha who is strong in his own right, and she eventually married Goku, who is well on his way to becoming the WorldsStrongestMan.
* WorldsStrongestWoman: She is the strongest woman on the planet untrained in ki control, as pointed out by the other characters, including her youngest son, Goten.
* WhatTheHellHero:
** She gets called out by Yajirobe for only showing concern for Gohan and not for Goku at the end of the Saiyan Saga.
** Chi-Chi also gets called out by her father in the Cell Arc (it's filler) for getting upset with Goku for allowing Gohan to fight Cell.
** She herself regularly dishes these out to Goku when it comes to wanting to take Gohan to fight dangerous battles. However, considering how the writing is on the show, it doesn't work. Some of what undermines her argument are that Goku may train Gohan for battle, but until the Cell Games (in which Goku made sure Gohan surpassed him) he never actually put him in a live battle. The times that it happened, Saiyan and Freeza Saga, it was beyond Goku's control since he wasn't there. When he's around, the first thing he does is sideline Gohan. Not to say she doesn't have a point since Gohan is still a child during the Cell Games.
* YoungerThanSheLooks: Most people wouldn't realize it, or at least it doesn't sink in, but at the beginning of the ''Z'' series, she's at most '''''23'''''. Guess motherhood really did mature her, huh? She is also four years younger than Bulma.
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* {{Chickification}}: She might have retired from fighting to being a housewife for Goku, [[SubvertedTrope but her fiery personality and temper haven't changed one bit,]] and even the most powerful of the Z fighters are [[TheDreaded scared of angering her.]]

* {{Chickification}}: She might have retired from fighting to being a housewife for Goku, [[SubvertedTrope but her fiery personality and temper haven't changed one bit, and even the most powerful of the Z fighters are scared of angering her.]]

* ControlFreak: While her heart is in the right place, it doesn’t change the fact that, Chi-Chi is an abrasive very controlling woman both towards her husband and to her children.

'''Kid Chi-Chi voiced by (English):''' Creator/LauraBailey (Most media), Monika Antonelli (''Z'' ep. 202 only and as a voice double in ''DB'' ep. 7) (Creator/FUNimation dub); Creator/AndreaLibman (1995), Katie Rowan (2004) (Ocean/Blue Water dub)\\

* TheDreaded: Her fiery temper manages to make her intimidating to characters who are ''far'' more powerful than she. Even Goku gets scared when she's angry.

* SkewedPriorities: She's sometimes convinced that Gohan's education is more important than saving the world, often ignoring the obvious fact that if the world isn't saved, there won't be any education for him to have in the first place. In ''Super Android 13!'', Gohan asks her if his education matters more to her than her husband's life when she tries to stop him from helping out, which shocks Chi-Chi enough that she lets him go.

* SkewedPriorities: She's sometimes convinced that Gohan's education is more important than saving the world. In ''Super Android 13!'', Gohan asks her if his education matters more to her than her husband's life when she tries to stop him from helping out, which shocks Chi-Chi enough that she lets him go.

* GirlyGirlWithATomboyStreak: She is a skilled martial artist but she also enjoys being a housewife and she likes wearing makeup.

* GirlyBruiser: She is a skilled martial artist but she also enjoys being a housewife and she likes wearing makeup.

'''Adult Chi-Chi voiced by (English):''' Creator/CynthiaCranz[[note]]Creator/LydiaMackay doubles a line in ''Z'' ep. 123[[/note]] (Creator/FUNimation dub); Laara Sadiq (''Z'', Movie 3), Creator/LisaAnnBeley (''Z'' ep. 131-138, 166, 181-182, Movies 1-2), Creator/CarolAnneDay (''DB''), Debbie Munro (''GT'') (Ocean/Blue Water dub); Sharon Mann (AB Groupe/"Big Green" dub); Mitch Frankenberger Pellicer (Creative Products Corp., Philippines); Creator/MichelleRuff (Bang Zoom!/Toonami Asia dub in ''Super'')\\

* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: In the anime, she hires Mr. Shu to tutor Gohan, and is absolutely shocked to discover that Mr. Shu is a SadistTeacher who beats his students with a whip and loves insulting Goku right to Gohan's face. Once she finds out, however, she's ''outraged'' and tosses him out the window.