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* TragicTimeTraveler: The abridged series deconstruct this by depicting him as a FailureHero. Like in canon, he goes back in time from a BadFuture where the future Androids caused chaos, but because multiverse theory is a bitch, his timeline remains unchanged. He still travels back to try and help the Z-Fighters, but most of his attempts to help either don't do much to actually aid them, or don't help them at all. As if that wasn't bad enough, his preconceptions of Goku and Vegeta are taken apart by seeing how dysfunctional they and their group are, [[spoiler:and he doesn't even end up stopping Cell, being unceremoniously killed off and leaving Gohan to be the one to take him out. Luckily, his experiences at least managed him to get strong enough to take care of his androids, and while the future is ravaged in the ''Super'' version of abridged, the end of the series proper has Future Trunks' end his tenure by splitting Fusion Zamasu in half.]]
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** While he rightfully castigates Krillin for destroying the detonator that would have blown up 18 thus depriving Cell from achieving his perfect form because he was attracted to her, and Vegeta for letting Cell absorb her so he could fight Cell's perfect form instead of finishing him off, Krillin figures out Trunks was holding back and bitterly throws the fact that he could have gone full power and destroyed Cell himself the entire time back in his face. The fact that Trunks didn't want to upstage his petty, selfish, abusive, dickhead of a father shows he can endanger everyone for stupid, selfish reasons as well.
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** While he rightfully castigates Krillin for destroying the detonator that would have blown up 18 thus depriving Cell from the chance of achieving his perfect form because he was attracted to her, and Vegeta for letting Cell absorb her so he could fight Cell's perfect form instead of finishing him off, Krillin figures out Trunks was holding back and bitterly throws the fact that he could have gone full power and destroyed Semi-Perfect Cell himself the entire time back in his face. The fact that Trunks didn't want to upstage his petty, selfish, abusive, dickhead of a father shows he can endanger everyone for stupid, selfish reasons as well.
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** While he rightfully castigates Krillin for destroying the detonator that would have blown up 18 thus depriving Cell from achieving his perfect form, form because he was attracted to her, and Vegeta for letting Cell absorb her so he could fight Cell's perfect form instead of finishing him off, Krillin figures out Trunks was holding back and bitterly throws the fact that he could have gone full power and destroyed Cell himself the entire time back in his face. The fact that Trunks didn't want to upstage his petty, selfish, abusive, dickhead of a father shows he can endanger everyone for stupid, selfish reasons as well.
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** While he rightfully castigates Krillin for destroying the detonator that would have blown up 18 thus depriving Cell from achieving his perfect form, and Vegeta for letting Cell absorb her so he could fight Cell's perfect form instead of finishing him off, Krillin figures out Trunks was holding back and bitterly throws the fact that he could have gone full power and destroyed Cell himself the entire time back in his face. The fact that Trunks didn't want to upstage his petty, selfish, abusive, dickhead of a father shows he can endanger everyone for stupid, selfish reasons as well.
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* ChildSoldier: He was recruited to fight for the fate of the planet at just ''four years old,'' and that was just the ''first'' example. The series in general explores all of the physical and mental issues of having a child fight on the frontlines, which culminates when he reaches [[SuperPoweredEvilSide Super Saiyan 2]]
* WrongGenreSavvy: Unlike in canon, where [[MartialPacifist Gohan may not like to fight, but ultimately understands it's something that he will need to engage in from time to time]], here Gohan is an ActualPacifist who detests fighting as a whole and tries to avoid it as much as possible, only pushed to violence when his BerserkButton is pushed. Unfortunately for him, parody or not, this is a Shonen Anime and he is surrounded by {{BloodKnight}}s, so his pacifism is [[SuicidalPacifism seen as a weakness, not a virtue,]] something Cell calls him out on and 16 [[VillainHasAPoint agrees with him.]]
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* WackyParentSeriousChild: Even more than canon to Goku's Wacky Parent.
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* WackyParentSeriousChild: Even more than canon to Goku's Wacky Parent. In fact, its one of the biggest sources of friction between them in this series; Gohan understands the severity of the threats they constantly face, which makes him incredulous at how Goku only seems to care about having a fun fight. He was ''not'' pleased at all when Goku sent him to fight Cell and gives him a Senzu Bean to "make the fight fair."
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* DysfunctionJunction: They're ''much'' more dysfunctional as a whole than in canon.
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** In general he finds himself being ''severely disappointed'' by most of the Z-Fighters of the past. Though he does gradually build up a rapport with the nicer ones, at least.
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* ArchEnemy: Tien of all people managed to become one to Cell, all because he's the one guy who managed to stand up to and humiliate the bio-android. Cell despises Tien more than anyone else, not even Vegeta and Trunks (who thrash him far worse) ticks him off as much as Tien does. Cell even regards not choking Tien to death as his [[MyGreatestFailure greatest failure]] in HFIL.
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* ArchEnemy: Tien of all people managed to become one to Cell, all because he's the one guy who managed to stand up to and humiliate the bio-android.bio-android... and likely also because he's human, and at that point Cell considered humans far beneath him. Cell despises Tien more than anyone else, not even Vegeta and Trunks (who thrash him far worse) ticks him off as much as Tien does. Cell even regards not choking Tien to death as his [[MyGreatestFailure greatest failure]] in HFIL.
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* ExactWords: He tells the future versions of 17 and 18 in the next minute, if he doesn't kill them, he'll offer an explanation. He wastes future 18 in 21 seconds.
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* CompressedVice: Gohan has had multiple instances in DBZA where he was either fully ok with fighting someone else, or encouraged it before this moment, but here he is a Straw Pacifist. He does get called a coward, but that he usually wasn't a pacifist is not addressed in the TheReasonYouSuckSpeech and he is merely considered a HolierThanThou type of pacifist.
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Trying a little something. Admittedly, Tenshinhan, Yamcha, and Chiaotzu don't have enough screen time in seasons 1 and 2 to really be considered main characters, but it fits with their increased billing in season 3. And it lets me add the "in general" section!
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[[folder:Son Goku]]
See Characters/DragonBallZAbridgedSonGoku
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->'''Voiced by:''' [[Creator/MasakoX Lawrence "MasakoX" Simpson]][[note]]Brandon "[=Vegeta3986=]" Rainsford (Episode 1 only), Creator/JustinBriner (teen Gohan, ''Super Android 13''), Zach Holzman (adult Gohan, ''History of Trunks'')[[/note]]
Goku and Chi-Chi's son. Unlike his idiotic, immature father, Gohan is a rather well-mannered yet socially awkward boy who keeps getting wrapped up in Goku's battles against evil. He may not be too strong on the surface, but get him mad enough and he will kick your ass six ways to Sunday. Since Gohan is half-Saiyan and learned most of his moral/life code from Chi-Chi, he lacks his dad's lust for battle and is far more down-to-Earth, much to the battle-hungry Goku's displeasure.
See Characters/DragonBallZAbridgedSonGoku
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[[folder:Son Gohan]]
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->'''Voiced by:''' [[Creator/MasakoX Lawrence "MasakoX" Simpson]][[note]]Brandon "[=Vegeta3986=]" Rainsford (Episode 1 only), Creator/JustinBriner (teen Gohan, ''Super Android 13''), Zach Holzman (adult Gohan, ''History of Trunks'')[[/note]]
Goku and Chi-Chi's son. Unlike his idiotic, immature father, Gohan is a rather well-mannered yet socially awkward boy who keeps getting wrapped up in Goku's battles against evil. He may not be too strong on the surface, but get him mad enough and he will kick your ass six ways to Sunday. Since Gohan is half-Saiyan and learned most of his moral/life code from Chi-Chi, he lacks his dad's lust for battle and is far more down-to-Earth, much to the battle-hungry Goku's displeasure.
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->'''Voiced by:''' [[Creator/MasakoX Lawrence "MasakoX" Simpson]][[note]]Brandon "[=Vegeta3986=]" Rainsford (Episode 1 only), Creator/JustinBriner (teen Gohan, ''Super Android 13''), Zach Holzman (adult Gohan, ''History
The main characters of
Goku and Chi-Chi's son. Unlike his idiotic, immature father, Gohan is
* ConditionedToAcceptHorror: The sheer absurdity they've faced for over a decade, in addition to virtually all of them (except Chi-Chi and Bulma) dying at some point, has left them rather unflappable.
* DeathIsCheap: Played with - while Yamcha and Krillin treat death much more seriously, they both treat "get resurrected by the Dragon Balls" as a simple fact of life.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: In their own unique ways, they are this - as snarky as they are with each other, they will inevitably do the right thing.
* VitriolicBestBuds: Oh God, yes. Most of the time we see them, they're snarking at each other. Still, they stick together. It's best summed up by this exchange between Yamcha and Tenshinhan:
--->'''Yamcha''': Hey, Tien. Since this is the end...
--->'''Tien''': If you're about to say, "I love you," I swear to God...
--->'''Yamcha''': Actually, I was gonna say, "You're the biggest asshole I know."
--->'''Tien''': ''(eyes widen, surprised)'' Oh.
--->'''Yamcha''': ''(looks away)'' And you're also my best friend.
--->''(beat)''
--->'''Tien''': ''(also looks away)'' So are you, man.
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[[folder:Son Goku]]
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[[folder:Son Gohan]]
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[[caption-width-right:300:''[[ParentalIssues "I'm beginning to think I have issues."]]'']]
->'''Voiced by:''' [[Creator/MasakoX Lawrence "MasakoX" Simpson]][[note]]Brandon "[=Vegeta3986=]" Rainsford (Episode 1 only), Creator/JustinBriner (teen Gohan, ''Super Android 13''), Zach Holzman (adult Gohan, ''History of Trunks'')[[/note]]
Goku and Chi-Chi's son. Unlike his idiotic, immature father, Gohan is a rather well-mannered yet socially awkward boy who keeps getting wrapped up in Goku's battles against evil. He may not be too strong on the surface, but get him mad enough and he will kick your ass six ways to Sunday. Since Gohan is half-Saiyan and learned most of his moral/life code from Chi-Chi, he lacks his dad's lust for battle and is far more down-to-Earth, much to the battle-hungry Goku's displeasure.
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* DeathIsCheap: Played with - while Yamcha and Krillin treat death much more seriously, they both treat "get resurrected by the Dragon Balls" as a simple fact of life.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: In their own unique ways, they are this - as snarky as they are with each other, they will inevitably do the right thing.
* VitriolicBestBuds: Oh God, yes. Most of the time we see them, they're snarking at each other. Still, they stick together. It's best summed up by this exchange between Yamcha and Tenshinhan:
--->'''Yamcha''': Hey, Tien. Since this is the end...
--->'''Tien''': If you're about to say, "I love you," I swear to God...
--->'''Yamcha''': Actually, I was gonna say, "You're the biggest asshole I know."
--->'''Tien''': ''(eyes widen, surprised)'' Oh.
--->'''Yamcha''': ''(looks away)'' And you're also my best friend.
--->''(beat)''
--->'''Tien''': ''(also looks away)'' So are you, man.
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[[folder:Son Goku]]
See Characters/DragonBallZAbridgedSonGoku
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Son Gohan]]
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[[caption-width-right:300:''[[ParentalIssues "I'm beginning to think I have issues."]]'']]
->'''Voiced by:''' [[Creator/MasakoX Lawrence "MasakoX" Simpson]][[note]]Brandon "[=Vegeta3986=]" Rainsford (Episode 1 only), Creator/JustinBriner (teen Gohan, ''Super Android 13''), Zach Holzman (adult Gohan, ''History of Trunks'')[[/note]]
Goku and Chi-Chi's son. Unlike his idiotic, immature father, Gohan is a rather well-mannered yet socially awkward boy who keeps getting wrapped up in Goku's battles against evil. He may not be too strong on the surface, but get him mad enough and he will kick your ass six ways to Sunday. Since Gohan is half-Saiyan and learned most of his moral/life code from Chi-Chi, he lacks his dad's lust for battle and is far more down-to-Earth, much to the battle-hungry Goku's displeasure.
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->'''Voiced by:''' Nick "Creator/{{Lanipator}}" Landis
Goku's best friend since childhood, having trained with him as a kid under the tutelage of Master Roshi. A former monk of the Orin Temple with a perverted side to him, Krillin's not really the luckiest of folks out there, but he tries his best to help Goku and co. out whenever he's certain he won't get killed again. Spends his free time training for tournaments and [[LetsPlay/TwoSaiyansPlay running a gaming show on YouTube.]]
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->'''Voiced by:''' Nick "Creator/{{Lanipator}}" Landis
Goku's best friend since childhood, having trained with him as a kid under the tutelage of Master Roshi. A former monk of the Orin Temple with a perverted side to him, Krillin's not really the luckiest of folks out there, but he tries his best to help Goku and co. out whenever he's certain he won't get killed again. Spends his free time training for tournaments and [[LetsPlay/TwoSaiyansPlay running a gaming show on YouTube.]]
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* AdaptationalNiceGuy: Bulma in the source material is far more short-tempered and generally irritable than she is here.
* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: Her baby-daddy is Vegeta, who she got into an insult war with that caused BelligerentSexualTension, and who she invited to sleep with her afterwards.
-->'''Future Trunks:''' ''(exasperated)'': All [Vegeta] does is scream at you...
-->'''Bulma:''' ''(sensually):'' [[ComicallyMissingThePoint Yeah he does!]]
* AllWomenAreLustful: Like Chi-Chi, (the other major female character) she has quite an active sex life. She's dated (and, presumably, slept with) Yamcha, had sex with Vegeta, her ''History of Trunks'' self propositioned a grown-up Gohan, and she hit on Trunks before she learned he was her son from the future.
** She's self-aware of her tendencies, though, or at least Future Bulma is - when Trunks tells his mother that present!Bulma made a pass at him, her reaction indicates that she'd actually be surprised if her past self ''hadn't'' done that.
* AmicableExes: After things mellowed out after he cheated on her with Puar, and after Goku prevented his suicide, she and Yamcha remain at least neutral towards each other.
* BadassBoast: After developing the detonation device for the Androids: "Bulma: Kills Droids Dead."
* BelligerentSexualTension: With Vegeta.
* BeyondTheImpossible: It's impossible for people untrained in Martial Arts and Ki to sense power levels, so when TheTeamNormal says that she can feel Perfect Cell's power...
-->'''Bulma:''' Hey, so, I can't sense power levels, but I can feel ''that''. Does that mean anything?\\
'''Piccolo:''' We're f**ked!
* DemotedToExtra: {{Lampshaded}}, but also inverted. Because the abridged series has a greater focus on dialogue over action, Bulma gets ''more'' focus than in her parent series.
* EveryoneHasStandards: When she gets in on Piccolo and Tien's action by betting that ''both'' Krillin and Vegeta will screw up and doom everyone, both of them are taken aback.
* GlamorousSingleMother: Since Vegeta went to space, [[spoiler:running away from the responsibility]], a year and a half ago. Justified by the fact that, being one of the richest people on the planet who lives with her parents, she doesn't really have to work, and is a genius scientist anyway.
* GoodParents: Once she finds out that Trunks is her son (and they both get past her unknowingly hitting on him), Bulma immediately becomes a sweet and doting mother to him, and the fact that Trunks is a NiceGuy despite having survived an ''apocalypse'' is put down to Bulma's influence.
--> '''Trunks''': Then again, considering the dysfunction of that whole group...maybe I'm not the worst off.
--> '''Future Bulma''': Yeah. Because I raised you right!
* GuiltByAssociation: Despite him not really doing anything hostile to her, Bulma considers Gohan as someone she will kill in their sleep after leaving her behind to guard the Dragon Ball on Namek.
* HasAType: As if her actions throughout the series weren't proof enough, ''History of Trunks'' reveals that she specifically has a thing for short, black-haired, musclebound {{Hunk}}s.
* ItsAllAboutMe:
** When Yamcha contacts her through King Kai's telepathy, she dumps him for not contacting her in months. (She doesn't know and may not care that King Kai never told Yamcha that he could contact her, and only let him do it that time so he could laugh at Yamcha getting dumped.) While talking with Yamcha invites Vegeta to her home to stay there.[[note]]It should be noted, however, that Bulma caught Yamcha cheating on her in the pilot, so it's also likely a case of BestServedCold.[[/note]]
** Her outraged reaction to Krillin destroying the Androids' detonator is not because he put everyone's lives in jeopardy, but because she spent a whole 20 hours making that thing, dammit! That said, she only THEN learns Android 18 was a girl, at which point she figures out Krillin's reasons and [[PetTheDog reacts understandingly towards it]].
* {{Jerkass}}: Kind of an unlikable bitch who treats Krillin and Yamcha the worst out of everyone. See also ItsAllAboutMe.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: However, [[TookALevelInKindness she takes a level in kindness]] in the Android and Cell sagas, she becomes much more even tempered and more concerned about other people, which may be due to the fact she had a baby putting things into perspective.
* LockedOutOfTheLoop: No one lets her know the Dragon Balls have disappeared until they're already back.
* MadScientistsBeautifulDaughter: She can be a jerk to Yamcha and Krillin quite often, but turns out that she's definitely a much better person than her father.
* TheMourningAfter: Her sought-after qualities on an online dating site in ''History of Trunks'' include "black-haired, short, and likes to work out", implying she did care for Vegeta [[ReplacementGoldfish and never really got over him]].
* MyBelovedSmother: After learning that Future Trunks was her son she starts doting on him like he's a little boy, with her offering him a snack and a juice box after his fight with Cell and him needing to remind her that he's 18. Not to mention her reaction when Piccolo told her about the fight.
-->'''Bulma:''' [[BigWhat What?!]] But he's just a baby!
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-->'''Bulma:''' Oh-ho, right... the future one... But he's just a baby!
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: She has a minor one of these when she realizes she propositioned her future son for sex.
* NeutralFemale:
** She winds up playing this role on Namek, much to her chagrin:
--->'''Bulma:''' Those bitches on [[LifetimeMovieOfTheWeek Lifetime]] might put up with it, but not me!
** [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] in ''Kai Abridged Episode 2'' where she doesn't even have a single line.
--->'''Krillin:''' Bulma? Do not do ''anything'' for this entire trip. ''[Bulma nods mutely]''
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Telling Lord Slug about the Dragon Radar in his movie. Almost all the troubles that Future Trunks runs into are a result of Future Bulma not giving him vital information like the location of Dr Gero's lab or just how much of a stubborn ass his father was.
* OhCrap: Her reaction to discovering that she'd previously solicited her [[KidFromTheFuture future son]] for sex. Krillin on the other hand, found this utterly hilarious, much like the audience.
* OnceDoneNeverForgotten: As of Episode 41 Krillin is still teasing her over the fact that she solicited her own time-travelling son.
* ParentalIncest: She flirts with Future Trunks, who is an adult version of her then unborn son. Trunks is understandably disgusted by this, especially when she says "I'll be your mommy". Once ''she'' finds out, she's disgusted with herself as well.
-->'''Bulma:''' Oh, my God, I solicited my son for sex.
* PlatonicLifePartners: Like in the series proper, she and Goku have been thick as thieves for a long time.
* ReallyGetsAround: Implied by Master Roshi after Yamcha gets killed in Season 1.
-->'''Bulma:''' I was saving myself for him!\\
''[beat]''\\
'''Master Roshi:''' Bullshit!
* ReplacementGoldfish: In ''History of Trunks'', she keeps trying to find someone [[HasAType kind of like Vegeta]].
* SlapSlapKiss: How she ends up getting together with Vegeta. They both enjoying clashing and butting heads.
* SmartBall: Like in the original, she recommends just using the Dragon Balls to simply find and kill Dr. Gero before he ever makes the androids (though unlike it, she makes no bones about how this would be cold-blooded murder). Naturally, this is rejected because [[BloodKnight Goku and Vegeta]] want to fight them.
* SuddenlyAlwaysKnewThat: ...And yet, she ''knew the location of Dr. Gero's lab''. Having the Dragon Balls to locate his lab would've been a waste of time. Though to be fair, she didn't know that it was Dr. Gero who constructed the androids at the time.
* TheTease: Spends the entire month-long trip to Namek walking around the ship in her underwear, to Krillin's chagrin.
* TookALevelInKindness: She seems to have mellowed out considerably in the Android and Cell Sagas as compared to previous episodes. Being a mom can do that to you.
* VagueAge: She's prone to lying about her age. In ''History of Trunks'', her son notes that she's been 37 for "ten years now".
* WhatTheHellHero: Although Future Bulma isn't called out to her face, Krillin wonders what she was thinking when she decided not to tell Trunks ''vital'' information about the Z-Fighters, especially [[IdiotHero Goku]] and [[{{Jerkass}} Vegeta.]]
-->'''Krillin:''' Jesus, Future Bulma! [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments What the shit?]]
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->'''Voiced by:''' Nick "Creator/{{Lanipator}}" Landis
Goku's best friend since childhood, having trained with him as a kid under the tutelage of Master Roshi. A former monk of the Orin Temple with a perverted side to him, Krillin's not really the luckiest of folks out there, but he tries his best to help Goku and co. out whenever he's certain he won't get killed again. Spends his free time training for tournaments and [[LetsPlay/TwoSaiyansPlay running a gaming show on YouTube.]]
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* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: Her baby-daddy is Vegeta, who she got into an insult war with that caused BelligerentSexualTension, and who she invited to sleep with her afterwards.
-->'''Future Trunks:''' ''(exasperated)'': All [Vegeta] does is scream at you...
-->'''Bulma:''' ''(sensually):'' [[ComicallyMissingThePoint Yeah he does!]]
* AllWomenAreLustful: Like Chi-Chi, (the other major female character) she has quite an active sex life. She's dated (and, presumably, slept with) Yamcha, had sex with Vegeta, her ''History of Trunks'' self propositioned a grown-up Gohan, and she hit on Trunks before she learned he was her son from the future.
** She's self-aware of her tendencies, though, or at least Future Bulma is - when Trunks tells his mother that present!Bulma made a pass at him, her reaction indicates that she'd actually be surprised if her past self ''hadn't'' done that.
* AmicableExes: After things mellowed out after he cheated on her with Puar, and after Goku prevented his suicide, she and Yamcha remain at least neutral towards each other.
* BadassBoast: After developing the detonation device for the Androids: "Bulma: Kills Droids Dead."
* BelligerentSexualTension: With Vegeta.
* BeyondTheImpossible: It's impossible for people untrained in Martial Arts and Ki to sense power levels, so when TheTeamNormal says that she can feel Perfect Cell's power...
-->'''Bulma:''' Hey, so, I can't sense power levels, but I can feel ''that''. Does that mean anything?\\
'''Piccolo:''' We're f**ked!
* DemotedToExtra: {{Lampshaded}}, but also inverted. Because the abridged series has a greater focus on dialogue over action, Bulma gets ''more'' focus than in her parent series.
* EveryoneHasStandards: When she gets in on Piccolo and Tien's action by betting that ''both'' Krillin and Vegeta will screw up and doom everyone, both of them are taken aback.
* GlamorousSingleMother: Since Vegeta went to space, [[spoiler:running away from the responsibility]], a year and a half ago. Justified by the fact that, being one of the richest people on the planet who lives with her parents, she doesn't really have to work, and is a genius scientist anyway.
* GoodParents: Once she finds out that Trunks is her son (and they both get past her unknowingly hitting on him), Bulma immediately becomes a sweet and doting mother to him, and the fact that Trunks is a NiceGuy despite having survived an ''apocalypse'' is put down to Bulma's influence.
--> '''Trunks''': Then again, considering the dysfunction of that whole group...maybe I'm not the worst off.
--> '''Future Bulma''': Yeah. Because I raised you right!
* GuiltByAssociation: Despite him not really doing anything hostile to her, Bulma considers Gohan as someone she will kill in their sleep after leaving her behind to guard the Dragon Ball on Namek.
* HasAType: As if her actions throughout the series weren't proof enough, ''History of Trunks'' reveals that she specifically has a thing for short, black-haired, musclebound {{Hunk}}s.
* ItsAllAboutMe:
** When Yamcha contacts her through King Kai's telepathy, she dumps him for not contacting her in months. (She doesn't know and may not care that King Kai never told Yamcha that he could contact her, and only let him do it that time so he could laugh at Yamcha getting dumped.) While talking with Yamcha invites Vegeta to her home to stay there.[[note]]It should be noted, however, that Bulma caught Yamcha cheating on her in the pilot, so it's also likely a case of BestServedCold.[[/note]]
** Her outraged reaction to Krillin destroying the Androids' detonator is not because he put everyone's lives in jeopardy, but because she spent a whole 20 hours making that thing, dammit! That said, she only THEN learns Android 18 was a girl, at which point she figures out Krillin's reasons and [[PetTheDog reacts understandingly towards it]].
* {{Jerkass}}: Kind of an unlikable bitch who treats Krillin and Yamcha the worst out of everyone. See also ItsAllAboutMe.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: However, [[TookALevelInKindness she takes a level in kindness]] in the Android and Cell sagas, she becomes much more even tempered and more concerned about other people, which may be due to the fact she had a baby putting things into perspective.
* LockedOutOfTheLoop: No one lets her know the Dragon Balls have disappeared until they're already back.
* MadScientistsBeautifulDaughter: She can be a jerk to Yamcha and Krillin quite often, but turns out that she's definitely a much better person than her father.
* TheMourningAfter: Her sought-after qualities on an online dating site in ''History of Trunks'' include "black-haired, short, and likes to work out", implying she did care for Vegeta [[ReplacementGoldfish and never really got over him]].
* MyBelovedSmother: After learning that Future Trunks was her son she starts doting on him like he's a little boy, with her offering him a snack and a juice box after his fight with Cell and him needing to remind her that he's 18. Not to mention her reaction when Piccolo told her about the fight.
-->'''Bulma:''' [[BigWhat What?!]] But he's just a baby!
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-->'''Bulma:''' Oh-ho, right... the future one... But he's just a baby!
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: She has a minor one of these when she realizes she propositioned her future son for sex.
* NeutralFemale:
** She winds up playing this role on Namek, much to her chagrin:
--->'''Bulma:''' Those bitches on [[LifetimeMovieOfTheWeek Lifetime]] might put up with it, but not me!
** [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] in ''Kai Abridged Episode 2'' where she doesn't even have a single line.
--->'''Krillin:''' Bulma? Do not do ''anything'' for this entire trip. ''[Bulma nods mutely]''
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Telling Lord Slug about the Dragon Radar in his movie. Almost all the troubles that Future Trunks runs into are a result of Future Bulma not giving him vital information like the location of Dr Gero's lab or just how much of a stubborn ass his father was.
* OhCrap: Her reaction to discovering that she'd previously solicited her [[KidFromTheFuture future son]] for sex. Krillin on the other hand, found this utterly hilarious, much like the audience.
* OnceDoneNeverForgotten: As of Episode 41 Krillin is still teasing her over the fact that she solicited her own time-travelling son.
* ParentalIncest: She flirts with Future Trunks, who is an adult version of her then unborn son. Trunks is understandably disgusted by this, especially when she says "I'll be your mommy". Once ''she'' finds out, she's disgusted with herself as well.
-->'''Bulma:''' Oh, my God, I solicited my son for sex.
* PlatonicLifePartners: Like in the series proper, she and Goku have been thick as thieves for a long time.
* ReallyGetsAround: Implied by Master Roshi after Yamcha gets killed in Season 1.
-->'''Bulma:''' I was saving myself for him!\\
''[beat]''\\
'''Master Roshi:''' Bullshit!
* ReplacementGoldfish: In ''History of Trunks'', she keeps trying to find someone [[HasAType kind of like Vegeta]].
* SlapSlapKiss: How she ends up getting together with Vegeta. They both enjoying clashing and butting heads.
* SmartBall: Like in the original, she recommends just using the Dragon Balls to simply find and kill Dr. Gero before he ever makes the androids (though unlike it, she makes no bones about how this would be cold-blooded murder). Naturally, this is rejected because [[BloodKnight Goku and Vegeta]] want to fight them.
* SuddenlyAlwaysKnewThat: ...And yet, she ''knew the location of Dr. Gero's lab''. Having the Dragon Balls to locate his lab would've been a waste of time. Though to be fair, she didn't know that it was Dr. Gero who constructed the androids at the time.
* TheTease: Spends the entire month-long trip to Namek walking around the ship in her underwear, to Krillin's chagrin.
* TookALevelInKindness: She seems to have mellowed out considerably in the Android and Cell Sagas as compared to previous episodes. Being a mom can do that to you.
* VagueAge: She's prone to lying about her age. In ''History of Trunks'', her son notes that she's been 37 for "ten years now".
* WhatTheHellHero: Although Future Bulma isn't called out to her face, Krillin wonders what she was thinking when she decided not to tell Trunks ''vital'' information about the Z-Fighters, especially [[IdiotHero Goku]] and [[{{Jerkass}} Vegeta.]]
-->'''Krillin:''' Jesus, Future Bulma! [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments What the shit?]]
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Goku's best friend since childhood, having trained with him as a kid under the tutelage of Master Roshi. A former monk of the Orin Temple with a perverted side to him, Krillin's not really the luckiest of folks out there, but he tries his best to help Goku and co. out whenever he's certain he won't get killed again. Spends his free time training for tournaments and [[LetsPlay/TwoSaiyansPlay running a gaming show on YouTube.]]
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The bastard son of Vegeta and Bulma, this version of Trunks comes from a future that was turned into a ''Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar''-esque wasteland as a result of Dr. Gero's androids. Being a skilled fighter and the former student of Son Gohan in his own timeline, Trunks does everything he can to help the Z Fighters in their fights against the androids and later Cell, all the while hoping to gain the approval of his estranged father in the present timeline. Often mistaken for a girl due to his [[PrettyBoy pretty face]] and [[InformedAttribute girly name]].
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* AdaptationalSkill: While [[TheChewToy the punching bag of the entire universe]], ''especially'' as the show goes along as he's at the very bottom of the CantCatchUp totem pole, Yamcha surprisingly has exactly one trait that does put him leagues ahead of the others of the cast: [[SelfMadeMan his business sense]]. In canon, while not necessary destitute, Yamcha's only hallmark to himself was his baseball skills and it didn't make him all ''that'' wealthy... but in Abridged's canon, Yamcha's competency at baseball is so over-the-top that to keep him from ruining the sport the managers ''had'' to pay him off with millions so he wouldn't keep playing at a professional level; but rather than be MoneyDumb with his sudden fortune, Yamcha makes the most of it and manages to invest it smartly, making himself not only miles richer than he already was, but managed to buy out the Hetap Corporation and open up a food chain to make himself even richer—enough to have the confidence to supply [[BigEater his friends]] with free food all-you-can-eats at his restaurants for the rest of their lives.
* AdaptationalWimp: He wasn't the best fighter in the original show, but he was far from being a joke either. This is best shown on King Kai's planet -- in the anime (granted, it was filler), he was able to single-handedly beat up Recoome, something not even Vegeta could do before [[CameBackStrong his power-ups]]. However, here King Kai curb stomped all of the Ginyu Force by himself [[OffscreenMomentOfAwesome off-screen]] (mainly because King Kai didn't resume the training after [[DisproportionateRetribution Yamcha mispronounced the Kaioken]]). His [[NeverLiveItDown infamous death]] is also made even more humiliating; in canon he manages to beat up the Saibaman effortlessly, whereas in this show the Saibaman immediately decides to blow up in his face before he can even fight.
* CatchPhrase: Most of the time when Tien and Chiaotzu are [[HeterosexualLifePartners affectionate towards each other]].
-->'''Yamcha:''' Hah, gay!
* CharacterizationMarchesOn:
** He was introduced as a reverse ButtMonkey, where characters would put emphasis on how awesome he is, however he was later revamped into a NoRespectGuy, especially when Faulerro takes over. He even appears to have taken over Krillin's job of being the CowardlyLion.
** In the first season [=Vegeta3986=] gave him an exaggerated "Surfer Bro" accent, which Faulerro tried to imitate when he took over the role during the Freeza Saga only to drop it altogether for the Android[=/=]Cell Saga.
** Yamcha was also a furry in the first season, openly sleeping with Puar and dressing as a wolf for the Halloween special. These traits haven't been referenced in a long while.
* TheChewToy:
** Yes, even more than Krillin. In the second F.A.Q. special, the characters specifically say they pick on Krillin so much because Yamcha doesn't show up as often.
--->'''Bulma:''' No one screws Yamcha but life.
** It's to the point that anyone on the receiving end of a CurbStompBattle or being killed off unceremoniously is referred to as getting "Yamcha'd."
** He can't even get through an FAQ without getting blown up.
** Cell has DNA samples and the powers of every fighter... except Yamcha.
*** Though this is an extension of another ButtMonkey moment--the reason Cell doesn't have Yamcha's DNA is that in the timeline Cell is from, Yamcha [[DrivenToSuicide killed himself]].
** It extends to a meta level, where in the commentary for Episode 42, [=KaiserNeko=] was going to give Yamcha the line about Goku sweating purple, only to realize he was in the shot where Krillin was describing the Androids (and Master Roshi was trying to get him to describe Android 18's boobs). Faulerro even provided the "Goku sweating purple" line. They revised it so it was Turtle who gave the line instead.
* ComicallyMissingThePoint: When Gohan and Krillin are discussing about energy signatures from Cell, Yamcha completely misses the point of their conversation. Even funnier the fact that ''Krillin'' of all people is part of Cell's energy signature, but not Yamcha.
* CowardlyLion: When the Androids attacked, he ''very reluctantly'' responded to cries for help when no one else was around to do it instead.
** Cell actually somewhat respects this about him (and Krillin), since for all his complaints and worrying, he still comes out to fight alongside the other Z-Fighters, despite how outmatched he is and despite knowing he'll probably get his ass kicked (at best).
* DamnedByFaintPraise: Cell essentially uses him to get a burn on somebody else by saying he's contributed more than Vegeta. What did Yamcha provide? Some towels and water.
* DeathIsCheap: Seems to be the only character who doesn't believe this, as opposed to Tien and Chiaotzu. In his case, he still finds it rather awkward to talk about that they've died unless someone else brings it up.
* DefeatMeansFriendship: Averted. He's the ''only'' one who's bothered that Vegeta, the man who is in some way responsible for most of their deaths at one point or another, is taking a shower in the next room and moving in with Bulma, though the reactions of the other Z-Fighters to Vegeta indicate they don't like him much either.
* DespairEventHorizon: In Future Trunks' timeline, learning that Vegeta got Bulma pregnant put him in such a state of depression that he killed himself. In the main timeline, he's upset to learn about this, but his friendship with Goku kept him from falling into despair.
* DiesDifferentlyInAdaptation: Applies to his future self in Trunks's timeline. Whereas he is killed by the androids like all the other Z-Fighters bar Goku in canon, the way he dies in the abridged series... well... see below.
* DrivenToSuicide: In Future Trunks' timeline, where he hangs himself after learning that Vegeta got Bulma pregnant.
* EarWorm: The "Cat Loves Food" jingle is freaking...EVERYWHERE...and it gets stuck in your head very easily, if [[NotSoAboveItAll Tien]] is any indication.
* EarnYourHappyEnding: After spending almost the entire series as TheChewToy with only the occasional brief ThrowTheDogABone moment, Yamcha's legendary skill as a baseball player in ''Dragon [=ShortZ=]'' Episode 4 leads to the owner of his baseball team firing him for [[InvincibleHero being so good at baseball that it kills any intrigue]], thus giving Yamcha a massive severance pay that makes him extremely rich. He then successfully invests his money both buying Hetap and creating his own sports bar chain that his friends ([[MyFriendsAndZoidberg and Vegeta]]) are allowed to eat at for free.
* FakeUltimateHero: In the first season, the rest of the Z-fighters get a morale boost by Yamcha simply showing up on the battle field. And then he gets one-shotted by a Saibamen.
* ForWantOfANail: [=Takahata101=] suggests during Episode 45's Creator Commentary that by preventing Yamch's suicide in the current timeline, his presence in the conflict against the Androids turns their attention away from the rest of the heroes briefly enough to make a difference in the outcome and avert the BadFuture that Trunks hails from.
* TheFriendNobodyLikes: Nowhere near as badly as Vegeta, though everyone looks down on him. Goku makes some slight effort to be nicer to him as of Episode 34, since Goku learned Yamcha's [[DrivenToSuicide fate]] in Trunks' timeline, Krillin does treat him slightly better than others, in a VitriolicBestBuds kind of way, and Cell pays him compliments and defends him when Tien mocks him.
* GivingUpOnLogic: When Goku starts trying to "reason" with the [[WorldTree Tree of Might]] and the tree appears to answer, Yamcha gives up in disgust.
* IWasYoungAndNeededTheMoney: He did a jingle for a cat food commercial. He maintains that he was desperate at the time and needed the money. And no, it wasn't worth it.
* InvincibleHero: Turns out to be this when it comes to baseball, since, despite trailing far behind his friends, he's still significantly more superhuman than most other players. He racks up ''five hundred straight'' home runs. True to this trope, however, it ends up against his favor as it drives off crowds, leaving only the friends he gave season passes to[[note]]Krillin, 18, Puar, and Roshi[[/note]] as consistent audience members. However, see the last ThrowTheDogABone entry below...
* KilledMidSentence: After giving a RousingSpeech, he's stopped at the final part when a Saibaman blows him up.
* LaserGuidedKarma: In a BlackComedy kind of way. He selfishly spends all his money on a new car at Christmas time in the Tree of Might Christmas special instead of buying gifts for others. His car is promptly blown up and the wreckage destroys his house and more or less makes him destitute.
* LostInImitation: The line about Bulma thinking Yamcha was cheating in the first episode is based on Funimation DubText. In the original Japanese dialogue, Bulma is mad at Yamcha in the beginning of DBZ for canceling a date. Possibly lampshaded by Krillin, who comments that it seems out of character for Yamcha before trying to hit on Bulma.
* ModernMajorGeneral: His job is to fight and help defend the Earth. Ask him to help take care of a very sick Goku? He's great. Ask him to pilot a cargo plane? He's great. Ask him to sing an advertising jingle? He's great. Ask him to play baseball? He's great. Ask him to run a multinational soft drink company and a chain of sports bars? He's great. Ask him to actually fight? Well...
* NeverFoundTheBody: Or rather, they never looked for it at all.
-->'''Yamcha:''' Where did you bury me anyway?\\
'''Bulma:''' ''Bury?''
* NiceGuy: It says a lot that he's still protective of Bulma, after all the shit she gives him.
* NoRespectGuy: To the point where you think TFS hates him.
* OldShame: His cat food commercial jingle is this InUniverse. He regrets making it, commenting that it wasn't worth it.
* OneHitWonder: InUniverse. He sang a cat food song for a commercial since he needed the money. Now everybody listens to it when Yamcha just wants to forget about it. It's almost every song played as a ringtone or on the radio after that, even having a country cover.
-->[[EarWorm "Cat loves food, Yea-Yeah-Yeah-Yeah! Cat loves food, Yea-YEAAAAAAAH!"]]
* OnlySaneMan: As of season 3, he's the voice of reason even more than Gohan is.
* PersonAsVerb: Getting Yamcha'd means getting killed unceremoniously.
-->'''Goku:''' Oh no! Yamcha's been Yamcha'd!
* PhraseCatcher: "I don't know what this Yamcha is, but it sounds..."
* ThePollyanna: As Tien [[StealthInsult points out]], the fact that Yamcha has any hope left at all is his most admirable trait. Even though [[ComicallyMissingThePoint he probably just didn't realize he was insulted]], Yamcha sincerely [[InsultBackfire thanks him for the compliment]].
* RagsToRiches: After life as a desert bandit and struggling for cash, the otherwise-ignoble end of Yamcha's baseball career results in him becoming so rich he's practically set for life, and that's before he buys Hetap, maintains a successful sports bar franchise, and potentially takes sponsorships.
* RunningGag: For several episodes after [=Vegeta3986=] left TFS, whenever Yamcha is about to speak someone cuts him off, cementing his ButtMonkey status.
* ShellShockedVeteran: In the season three finale, he admits that he sometimes wonders if he was ever brought back, or if he's having a very long DyingDream.
-->'''Krillin:''' Oh my God, someone finally put it into words!\\
'''Yamcha:''' Is it any easier the second time?\\
'''Krillin:''' Believe it or not, it's ''worse.''
* StaringDownCthulhu: When Vegeta makes one of his usual condescending remarks towards him and Krillin, Yamcha has officially had enough and manages to talk back and actually holds his ground. Vegeta seems to be impressed.
-->'''Yamcha:''' Ya know, if you're gonna skulk around, you could at least try to not be a total dick about it!
-->'''Vegeta:''' Oh, you're right. Allow me to try again. *ahem* Hello, earthling! How's that gaping chest wound?
-->'''Yamcha:''' Just fine! How's your ''spine''?
-->'''Vegeta:''' ...I'm giving you a five-minute headstart.
-->'''Yamcha:''' Thank you! I'm going to need it; you're very fast.
* StrawLoser: To the point where he makes [[TheChewToy Krillin]] look good by comparison. You know you're a loser when ''Krillin'' can point out your flaws faster than you can point out his.
* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: Played straight as one of the weakest Z fighters who keeps getting put up against increasingly powerful enemies and being hopelessly outclassed alongside the rest of the 'baseline' humans.
** Also played straight in that a weak Z fighter is ''still'' so far above an average human in speed, strength and reaction times that when Yamcha becomes a baseball player, all the other players were hopelessly outclassed. To the point of making the games boring to watch!
* ThrowTheDogABone:
** Goku telling him that he's his friend. He's genuinely touched by somebody ''not'' treating him like shit. Note that Goku specifically told him this because he'd learned that Yamcha committed suicide in Future Trunks's timeline over Vegeta and Bulma having a child.
** He also gets a pretty good burn on Vegeta when Vegeta tries to be "nice".
--->'''Vegeta:''' ''(mockingly)'' Hello, Earthling, how's that gaping chest wound?\\
'''Yamcha:''' Just fine! ''How's your spine?''
*** Vegeta is so impressed with this that [[MercyLead he gives Yamcha a five minute head-start.]]
** When it seems as though Cell is defeated, Tien decides not to mock his attempt at a PostMortemOneLiner
--->'''Yamcha:''' Ha! Well those guys with the camera better stop rolling, 'cause looks like Cell's going topless!\\
'''Tien:''' You know, just because everyone somehow survived this... I'm gonna let you have that.
** Despite how condescending Cell is, he actually defends Yamcha when Tien delivers a StealthInsult to Yamcha.
--->'''Cell:''' Yamcha, for the love of god, ''don't thank him!''
** Cell outright tells Gohan that he respects Yamcha more than he respects Gohan, because despite knowing how utterly outclassed they are, Yamcha and Krillin are still fighting as hard as they can to defend their world.
*** Cell also thinks to himself that Yamcha really doesn't deserve the beating he's receiving from one of the Cell Jrs., although Cell doesn't do anything to stop it because he still thinks it's funny.
** He gets Tien to admit how close they are as friends in the final part of Episode 60 (while also lightly calling him out on being a dick).
** Just when it seems like Yamcha would get probably the biggest and last in a long line of YankTheDogsChain moments, Episode 4 of ''Dragon [=ShortZ=]'' instead becomes the biggest case of this trope. While he's barred from playing baseball due to being such an InvincibleHero that people stop watching (though that in itself is amazing, as he had ''five hundred straight home runs''), he gets a severance pay of ''TWENTY BILLION ZENI''[[note]]Keep in mind, one zeni is equivalent to either 1 or 1 1/2 yen, either way still making him insanely rich. In U.S. dollars, he's a multi-millionaire!!![[/note]], which he invests very well, including buying Hetap, and setting up a sports bar chain. Not to mention, while he's barred from playing again, he's still free to take sponsorships or promotional tie-ins, so he's still making more money.
* VitriolicBestBuds: With Krillin and, to a lesser extent, Tien. They don't treat him like crap just for giggles, and Krillin's verbal jabs at him are done with more good humor than the rest of the cast.
** He explicitly states this about his and Tien's relationship in Part 3 of the Season 3 finale.
--->'''Yamcha''': Hey, Tien. Since this is the end...
--->'''Tien''': If you're about to say, "I love you," I swear to God...
--->'''Yamcha''': Actually, I was gonna say, "You're the biggest asshole I know."
--->'''Tien''': ''(eyes widen, surprised)'' Oh.
--->'''Yamcha''': ''(looks away)'' And you're also my best friend.
--->''(beat)''
--->'''Tien''': ''(also looks away)'' So are you, man.
* WhatYouAreInTheDark: As the Z-Fighters split up to sweep the city in search of the Androids, Yamcha is unlucky enough to be the first to find evidence of them when he hears a woman screaming. Despite heavy reluctance and knowing the fact that he could easily turn a blind eye, he still goes to help.
* TheWorfEffect: Inverted - due to becoming TheChewToy, the show treats it as if it's no big deal. In fact, when Gero stabs him with his robotic arm, Tien isn't surprised that Gero could do that, but rather, that Yamcha couldn't even last ''30 seconds''.
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A pair of martial artists who trained under Master Roshi's rival, the Crane Hermit; under his training, the duo's biggest specialty was the ability to levitate via ki manipulation, though this became irrelevant once the whole Z-Warrior gang learned to do it. After a HeelFaceTurn, the two have been close friends with the rest of the Z-Warriors, though it's pretty clear that they're far closer [[HeterosexualLifePartners with each other]].
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* AdaptationalAngstUpgrade: Tien is far more frustrated than his canon counterpart about the fact that he CantCatchUp.
* AdaptationalBadass: If not in their fighting prowess, then in their attitude. Tien's the only character who can backtalk Vegeta and get away with it. He's also quite ready to take on Gero, to the point that the Doctor changes his mind about fighting him. Heck, after his Shin Kikoho, even ''Cell'' takes him more seriously. Chiaotzu, while not having that much of a physical presence, has a vicious sense of sarcasm, to the point that it shocks even Tien.
* AdaptationalIntelligence: In the original ''DBZ'', Tien flies to Piccolo's and 17's fight despite the fact he felt he was too weak to help, and proceeds to spectate all the way until Piccolo gets defeated and 17 is absorbed, never thinking to try attacking the androids or Cell until it's too late. Here, Tien arrives after 17 is absorbed and immediately attacks Semi-perfect Cell as soon as he gets the chance.
* AdaptationalJerkass:
** Chiaotzu - he takes shots at the audience in the FAQ Special and calls the Ginyus "a bunch of queers". When a man is killed on TV by Cell, he's shown smiling.
** Tien as well in the "Born This Way" parody--he manages to ruin the song ''and'' make Piccolo run off the set crying in less than 30 seconds. Tien also insults Yamcha for getting taken out by Dr. Gero, which wasn't even Yamcha's fault. Furthermore, Tien broke Yamcha's good leg without hesitation when King Kai told him to, for no reason other than to shut Yamcha up.
** JerkWithAHeartOfGold: That said (while still being ''really'' sarcastic), he genuinely cares for Chiaotzu like a little brother. In Season 3, he befriends Piccolo to the point of making bets with him on whether Krillin or Vegeta would screw up in killing Cell and the Androids (both of them did). And he bets on Vegeta failing while openly putting his faith in [[ButtMonkey Krillin]].
* AdaptationRelationshipOverhaul:
** While friendly with the rest of the Z-fighters bar Vegeta, Tien and Chiaotzu were not actually friends with them until ''Battle of Gods'', their strongest relationship being {{Friendly Rival|ry}}s to Goku and to a lesser extent Yamcha and Krillin. Here, they're much more evidently friends with the others despite being ''much'' snarkier, especially evident during season 3. [[note]]In canon, Tien outright tells the others it's doubtful that they'll see him and Chiaotzu again soon after the final wishes are made in the Cell Saga, and the two aren't present at Trunks' goodbye, or when Goku returns to compete in a tournament after seven years. Here, he says no such thing.[[/note]]
** Tien and Vegeta's relationship is actually ''more'' strained here than in canon. While in canon Tien would frequently voice his dislike and distrust of Vegeta, the prince would simply brush it off with some snark or a taunt. Here, animosity would flow far more freely, Vegeta actually being bothered by what Tien has to say, and Tien taunting and prodding Vegeta without a care in the world.
* ArchEnemy: Tien of all people managed to become one to Cell, all because he's the one guy who managed to stand up to and humiliate the bio-android. Cell despises Tien more than anyone else, not even Vegeta and Trunks (who thrash him far worse) ticks him off as much as Tien does. Cell even regards not choking Tien to death as his [[MyGreatestFailure greatest failure]] in HFIL.
* AudienceSurrogate: Tien's Shin Kikoho barrage was reworded to reflect the frustrations of fans of any character that CantCatchUp (most notably, fans of the Earthling characters).
* BeamSpam: Tien uses this to stall Cell so 16 and 18 can get away, much to Cell's annoyance.
* BerserkButton:
** Tien is ''very'' defensive with fandom-related matters.
--->'''Tien:''' ''F*cking Weeaboos.''
** Do not tell him he won't be as strong as an Android, Namekian, or a Super Saiyan.
** Do ''not'' tell him that it's not healthy to work out as much as he does.
* BrokeYourArmPunchingOutCthulhu: Managed to stall Cell by bombarding him with the Shin Kikoho, exhausting himself in the process to the point where he would have died if Goku hadn't come to save him. Tien's efforts proved to be for nothing as Cell succeeded in absorbing 18 anyways, much to Tien's rage. As he points out Kikohoing himself half to death only gets Krillin laid after all is said and done.
* BullyingADragon: Tien makes fun of Vegeta all the time. Nobody denies Vegeta deserves it, but Krillin does point out that Vegeta could easily kill Tien for his insults. When called on it, Tien says that it's a game, and if Vegeta snaps and kills him, they both know that means Vegeta lost.
* CantCatchUp: [[DiscussedTrope Discussed]] but ultimately played straight; after spending a sizable portion of the fights with the Androids and Cell sidelined and helplessly watching his friends risk their lives, Tien finally snaps, declares that he isn't going to be a bystander any longer, and rushes off of Roshi's island to join the fight against Semi-Perfect Cell. Sadly, his constant barrage of Shin Kikohos serves only to earn Cell's animosity, fruitlessly distract the bio-android from finding Android 18 for a brief time, and nearly killing himself from the strain of his attack, and he wisely sticks to foes more on his own level for the rest of the Saga such as the Cell Jrs.
* CharacterizationMarchesOn: Funny as it is, Tien's "HELP ME, FOR THE LOVE OF GOD, HELP ME!" scene in episode 8 really doesn't gel with the proud, stoic warrior he'd be in the future. [[note]]Of course, season one did run a lot more on RuleOfFunny.[[/note]]
* TheComicallySerious: Most of the time, Tien is this, although he has some NotSoAboveItAll moments, such as joining in on singing "Row, Row, Row Your Boat", and he apparently likes Yamcha's cat food jingle much more than he'd like to admit. As Kai Abridged 1 summed him up:
-->'''Tien:''' I am the only serious character in this show. That's the joke.
* DeadpanSnarker: The first thing Tien does when the group meets up to fight Freeza is comment on [[RealMenWearPink Vegeta's shirt]], and then spends most of Episode 34 mocking Vegeta about not being a Super Saiyan. When Vegeta finally does become a Super Saiyan and Krillin makes note of it, Tien dismisses it and instead mocks Vegeta for naming his technique the Big Bang Attack with Piccolo.
** Chiaotzu is worse than Tien, callously dismissing the possibility that their friends might die, due to the Dragon Balls trivializing death.
* DeathIsCheap: Both of them have firmly come to believe this, especially Chiaotzu.
-->'''Chiaotzu:''' Next time, I get a free sundae!
* DidYouJustFlipOffCthulhu:
** Tien frequently gets away with insulting Vegeta, who is much more powerful than him. He even got away with flipping the bird at Vegeta.
** Even Cell wasn't safe from this when Tien mockingly recalled how he used the Shin Kikohou on him.
* DoomedMoralVictor: A preemptive version. Tien constantly taunts Vegeta because they both know that while Vegeta could kill him, in doing so, Tien would have the last laugh. Vegeta's pride keeps him from following through.
* FacingTheBulletsOneLiner: Although the bullet gets stopped in time.
-->'''Cell:''' [[TranquilFury You know, if you want my personal opinion]], [[CallingYourAttacks "Kikoho"]] is a pretty sad choice of last words. But to be fair, [[ImpliedDeathThreat it's far from the worst decision you've made today]].\\
'''Tien:''' [[DefiantToTheEnd Kiko-f*ck yourself]].\\
'''Cell:''' Ah, see, that's the spirit.
* {{Flanderization}}: Tien started off as a ComicallySerious [[OnlySaneMan straight man]], but as the series goes on, he's become more of a DeadpanSnarker JerkAss. Ironically, this puts Tien's personality more in-line with [[CharacterizationMarchesOn what he was originally like]] when he was an antagonist in ''Manga/{{Dragonball}}''.
* HeHadAName:
-->"You stupid... ugly... son of a bitch! His name was ''Chiaotzu!''"
* HeroicSacrifice: Chiaotzu did one when fighting Nappa, but it ended up being a SenselessSacrifice. Notably, in a variation from the original, Chiaotzu starts out thinking that he can just be revived by the Dragon Balls. Tien has to point out he's been revived once already... mere moments before Chiaotzu explodes. When Freeza and King Cold arrive on Earth, Tien makes a point to ask Chiaotzu ''not'' to try it again.
* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Chiaotzu.
* HiddenDepths: Tien apparently keeps up with Battleball. He even has a fantasy team.
-->"What? I have hobbies!"
* HomoeroticSubtext: As a short running gag.
* HypocriticalHumor: Makes fun of King Kai's BerserkButton of the mispronunciation of Kaioken, calling him a "Freakin' Weaboo" and get's angry with the Engrish of the Jinga Beru Brothers' names. But he uses the Japanese name of Neo Tri-Beam in Episode 48. (Though it must be said that, at this point, Tien is, a) pissed off due to his sense of powerlessness and b) focused on stalling Cell so 18 and 16 can escape)
* InformedJudaism: Parodied in ''Christmas Tree of Might'' with Tien. Doubles as an ActorAllusion, since his voice actor is Jewish. Corrine herself is half-Jewish.
* {{Irony}}: His [[CharacterizationMarchesOn change]] from being the ComicallySerious StraightMan to a proud DeadpanSnarker is the exact ''inversion'' of Tien's CharacterDevelopment in ''Z''.
* JerkassHasAPoint: Tien isn't the most tactful person, but that doesn't mean he isn't on the money at times.
** When it seems like Goku has perished along with Namek, Yamcha breaks down crying. Tien nonchalantly reminds him that they can just wish Goku back to life now that the Dragon Balls are usable again. When Yamcha notes how [[DeathIsCheap Tien is making death sound meaningless]], Tien bluntly retorts that death stopped meaning anything a long time ago, and even reminds Yamcha that isn't the first time Chiaotzu has died either.
** When Trunks reveals his true power to Perfect Cell, Tien points out that Trunks [[CouldHaveAvoidedThisPlot could have stopped Cell becoming perfect by either killing Cell or killing 18 before he absorbed her.]]
* KnowWhenToFoldThem:
** When the fight with Nappa starts disastrously, Tien seriously considers grabbing Chiaotzu and running. Unfortunately, Chiaotzu had already gotten involved in the fight and was going for a TakingYouWithMe attack.
** When Freeza and his father appear, Chiaotzu immediately brings this moment up, and implies that he'd rather not do that again.
* LackOfEmpathy: Chiaotzu's reaction when a man is murdered on live broadcast by Cell? "Wow! Brutal!" Said while smiling.
* LastSecondWordSwap: Averted. Chiaotzu can't think of a word to switch "pork" with fast enough. But fortunately, Oolong was more mortified about the fact that [[ITasteDelicious his own kind was delicious]]
* ManChild: Chiaotzu is only a little younger than Tien, but begs Tien to go to [=McDonald's=] and cheers over ice cream. Lampshaded in Episode 41 when he is later serving Chashu Ramen, implying that he knows how to professionally make it.
-->'''Master Roshi:''' How old are you?!
* MistakenForGay: Yamcha often makes an ill-timed joke based on Tien mentioning how close they are as fighting partners.
* NotSoAboveItAll: Often seen as TheStoic, Tien has some subtle interests throughout the series:
** He actually likes Yamcha's "Cat Loves Food" song.
--->'''Tien:''' ''[to Piccolo]'' You heard. ''Nothing''.
** He reveals to play fantasy battleball, insisting that he has a hobby outside of martial arts.
** During one memorable verbal throwdown between Krillin and Yamcha, he decides he's glad he stuck around just for the comedy gold he got to witness, despite complaining how he's tired of being sidelined.
* OffTheGrid: As of ''Dragon [=ShortZ=]'', Vegeta notes that he went off the grid and cannot be reached.
* OutOfCharacter: Whenever Tien says or does something that goes against what a person thinks his character is. This leads to the other person wondering out loud...
-->'''Other Person:''' I can never read that guy...
* PhraseCatcher: As seen referenced in OutOfCharacter above.
* PunctuatedForEmphasis: Episode 48 gives this line after Cell taunts Tien a ''bit'' too much:
-->'''Tien:''' Yeah? Well, you know what? [[ClusterFBomb F*ck power levels! F*ck! Super Saiyans! AND F*CK!]] ''YOU! SHIN! KI KO HO!''
* PunctuatedPounding: KI! ''*boom*'' KO! ''*boom*'' HO!!! ''*boom*''
* RefugeInAudacity: Tien's taunting of Vegeta is grounded in the belief that Vegeta's pride won't allow him to lethally retaliate. Vegeta being...Vegeta...he's not wrong.
* RememberWhenYouBlewUpASun: Tien gets under Vegeta's skin during the Cell Games by pointing out that -between the two of them- he's the one who actually managed to beat Goku in a fight.
* TheRival: Yamcha sees him as his rival. Tien [[UnknownRival doesn't care]].
* RunningGag: The other Z-fighters can never get a read on Tien, whether it's about his relationship with Chiaotzu, or anything else for that matter.
* SayMyName: "CHIAOTZUUUUUUUUUU!"
* ShutUpHannibal:
** When Cell taunts him about his power level and how it's weaker than Androids, Namekians, and Super Saiyans.
--->'''Tien:''' Yeah? Well, you know what? [[ClusterFBomb F*ck power levels! F*ck! Super Saiyans! AND F*CK!]] ''YOU! SHIN! KI KO HO!''\\
* Fires the Shin-Kikoho and blasts Cell into the ground.*
** Then, while he lies dying on the ground with Cell telling him "Kikoho" were terrible last words.
--->'''Tien:''' Kiko-f*ck yourself.
* SitcomArchNemesis: Tien is this to both Vegeta and Cell.
* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: Tien is reminded that the human characters CantCatchUp to all, and despite that risks his life thanks to his wounded pride. It ends nearly getting him killed.
* TakingYouWithMe: Chiaotzu tries to do this to Nappa. It didn't work. At all.
* TeamDad: Tien, at least to Chiaotzu.
* {{Troll}}:
** Tien to Vegeta. He taunts the Prince of all Saiyans just for the hell of it, knowing Vegeta is too prideful to just kill him because he can't handle insults.
--->'''Krillin:''' Why do you antagonise [Vegeta] like that? You know he can kill you right?\\
'''Tien:''' At this point, it's a game: If he gives in, I win and he knows it.
** He's done it to Cell now, too. When the group shows up at the Cell Games to watch Goku's match, Cell greets them all as if they're good friends. But when he gets to Tien?
--->'''Perfect Cell:''' ''[still annoyed from the Shin Kikohou]'' ...Tenshinhan.\\
'''Tien:''' Ki-ko-how ya doing?\\
'''Perfect Cell:''' ''[irritated]'' Perfect.
* TookALevelInCynic: TFS confirmed that, after dying and getting revived twice, Chiaotzu just kind of doesn't give a shit and doesn't take anything seriously anymore.
* UselessUsefulSpell: [[ZigZaggingTrope Zigzagging all over the place]] with the Shin Kikoho. Tien isn't strong enough to do any actual ''damage'' to Semi-Perfect Cell, but the physical ''force'' of the Shin Kikoho is enough to knock him down and keep him down for several minutes, giving Android 18 a chance to escape as long as Tien can keep up the barrage. However, he can't keep at it forever, and 18 ultimately wastes the opportunity standing around. But his stalling does ultimately give Vegeta and Trunks time to finish their training in the Hyperbolic Time Chamber, as well as Krillin getting the detonator from Bulma; and then Vegeta and Krillin both [[ItMakesSenseInContext win Bulma a bet...]]
* VocalEvolution: Tien's voice wasn't quite as deep in season one.
* WhatTheHellHero:
** Tien makes Piccolo cry during the "Bald This Way" segment. Krillin is audibly shocked and ''Nappa'' [[EvenEvilHasStandards calls Tien out for it]].
** Happens again to Tien in episode 60, when Yamcha directly calls him "the biggest asshole I know" because of his snide attitude. [[JerkassRealization Tien seems genuinely taken aback to hear this]], [[PetTheDog and then admits that he truly considers Yamcha a friend.]]
* WorfBarrage: Tien's Shin Kikoho did nothing more than piss Cell off. To be fair, by the end of it, Cell was ''super'' nettled.
* TheWorfEffect: When Tien shows up to fight and stall Cell, the creature asks if Krillin was too busy. (All the more hurtful because it's ''literally'' true.) Granted, this is ''[[{{Subversion}} before]]'' Tien spammed [[DangerousForbiddenTechnique Shin]] [[CastFromHitPoints Kikoho]] on him.
* WorthyOpponent: Well, "worthy" might be an exaggeration since Cell still knows Tien wouldn't last a second against him if he gets serious in his Perfect form, but Cell has a special enmity towards Tien. While he's practically [[FriendlyEnemy pally]] with Goku, treats Vegeta and Trunks with mockery and barely even ''notices'' the others, thanks to the Kikoho incident, Tien is the only Z-Fighter other than Gohan who has actually gotten under Cell's skin and earned his ''hatred.'' In fact, in ''HFIL'' episode 7, Cell's [[MyGreatestFailure biggest regret]] is shown to be not choking Tien to death.
* YouWouldntShootMe: The basis of Tien's "game" with Vegeta. Tien knows that Vegeta's more than capable of killing him, but is banking on Vegeta being too proud to let him win by killing him over the taunts.
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[[folder:Future Trunks]]
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[[caption-width-right:275:[[NaiveNewcomer "Wait a second -- have all five of you DIED?!"]] ]]
->'''Voiced by:''' Scott "Creator/KaiserNeko" Frerichs
The bastard son of Vegeta and Bulma, this version of Trunks comes from a future that was turned into a ''Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar''-esque wasteland as a result of Dr. Gero's androids. Being a skilled fighter and the former student of Son Gohan in his own timeline, Trunks does everything he can to help the Z Fighters in their fights against the androids and later Cell, all the while hoping to gain the approval of his estranged father in the present timeline. Often mistaken for a girl due to his [[PrettyBoy pretty face]] and [[InformedAttribute girly name]].
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* AdaptationalWimp: He wasn't the best fighter in the original show, but he was far from being a joke either. This is best shown on King Kai's planet -- in the anime (granted, it was filler), he was able to single-handedly beat up Recoome, something not even Vegeta could do before [[CameBackStrong his power-ups]]. However, here King Kai curb stomped all of the Ginyu Force by himself [[OffscreenMomentOfAwesome off-screen]] (mainly because King Kai didn't resume the training after [[DisproportionateRetribution Yamcha mispronounced the Kaioken]]). His [[NeverLiveItDown infamous death]] is also made even more humiliating; in canon he manages to beat up the Saibaman effortlessly, whereas in this show the Saibaman immediately decides to blow up in his face before he can even fight.
* CatchPhrase: Most of the time when Tien and Chiaotzu are [[HeterosexualLifePartners affectionate towards each other]].
-->'''Yamcha:''' Hah, gay!
* CharacterizationMarchesOn:
** He was introduced as a reverse ButtMonkey, where characters would put emphasis on how awesome he is, however he was later revamped into a NoRespectGuy, especially when Faulerro takes over. He even appears to have taken over Krillin's job of being the CowardlyLion.
** In the first season [=Vegeta3986=] gave him an exaggerated "Surfer Bro" accent, which Faulerro tried to imitate when he took over the role during the Freeza Saga only to drop it altogether for the Android[=/=]Cell Saga.
** Yamcha was also a furry in the first season, openly sleeping with Puar and dressing as a wolf for the Halloween special. These traits haven't been referenced in a long while.
* TheChewToy:
** Yes, even more than Krillin. In the second F.A.Q. special, the characters specifically say they pick on Krillin so much because Yamcha doesn't show up as often.
--->'''Bulma:''' No one screws Yamcha but life.
** It's to the point that anyone on the receiving end of a CurbStompBattle or being killed off unceremoniously is referred to as getting "Yamcha'd."
** He can't even get through an FAQ without getting blown up.
** Cell has DNA samples and the powers of every fighter... except Yamcha.
*** Though this is an extension of another ButtMonkey moment--the reason Cell doesn't have Yamcha's DNA is that in the timeline Cell is from, Yamcha [[DrivenToSuicide killed himself]].
** It extends to a meta level, where in the commentary for Episode 42, [=KaiserNeko=] was going to give Yamcha the line about Goku sweating purple, only to realize he was in the shot where Krillin was describing the Androids (and Master Roshi was trying to get him to describe Android 18's boobs). Faulerro even provided the "Goku sweating purple" line. They revised it so it was Turtle who gave the line instead.
* ComicallyMissingThePoint: When Gohan and Krillin are discussing about energy signatures from Cell, Yamcha completely misses the point of their conversation. Even funnier the fact that ''Krillin'' of all people is part of Cell's energy signature, but not Yamcha.
* CowardlyLion: When the Androids attacked, he ''very reluctantly'' responded to cries for help when no one else was around to do it instead.
** Cell actually somewhat respects this about him (and Krillin), since for all his complaints and worrying, he still comes out to fight alongside the other Z-Fighters, despite how outmatched he is and despite knowing he'll probably get his ass kicked (at best).
* DamnedByFaintPraise: Cell essentially uses him to get a burn on somebody else by saying he's contributed more than Vegeta. What did Yamcha provide? Some towels and water.
* DeathIsCheap: Seems to be the only character who doesn't believe this, as opposed to Tien and Chiaotzu. In his case, he still finds it rather awkward to talk about that they've died unless someone else brings it up.
* DefeatMeansFriendship: Averted. He's the ''only'' one who's bothered that Vegeta, the man who is in some way responsible for most of their deaths at one point or another, is taking a shower in the next room and moving in with Bulma, though the reactions of the other Z-Fighters to Vegeta indicate they don't like him much either.
* DespairEventHorizon: In Future Trunks' timeline, learning that Vegeta got Bulma pregnant put him in such a state of depression that he killed himself. In the main timeline, he's upset to learn about this, but his friendship with Goku kept him from falling into despair.
* DiesDifferentlyInAdaptation: Applies to his future self in Trunks's timeline. Whereas he is killed by the androids like all the other Z-Fighters bar Goku in canon, the way he dies in the abridged series... well... see below.
* DrivenToSuicide: In Future Trunks' timeline, where he hangs himself after learning that Vegeta got Bulma pregnant.
* EarWorm: The "Cat Loves Food" jingle is freaking...EVERYWHERE...and it gets stuck in your head very easily, if [[NotSoAboveItAll Tien]] is any indication.
* EarnYourHappyEnding: After spending almost the entire series as TheChewToy with only the occasional brief ThrowTheDogABone moment, Yamcha's legendary skill as a baseball player in ''Dragon [=ShortZ=]'' Episode 4 leads to the owner of his baseball team firing him for [[InvincibleHero being so good at baseball that it kills any intrigue]], thus giving Yamcha a massive severance pay that makes him extremely rich. He then successfully invests his money both buying Hetap and creating his own sports bar chain that his friends ([[MyFriendsAndZoidberg and Vegeta]]) are allowed to eat at for free.
* FakeUltimateHero: In the first season, the rest of the Z-fighters get a morale boost by Yamcha simply showing up on the battle field. And then he gets one-shotted by a Saibamen.
* ForWantOfANail: [=Takahata101=] suggests during Episode 45's Creator Commentary that by preventing Yamch's suicide in the current timeline, his presence in the conflict against the Androids turns their attention away from the rest of the heroes briefly enough to make a difference in the outcome and avert the BadFuture that Trunks hails from.
* TheFriendNobodyLikes: Nowhere near as badly as Vegeta, though everyone looks down on him. Goku makes some slight effort to be nicer to him as of Episode 34, since Goku learned Yamcha's [[DrivenToSuicide fate]] in Trunks' timeline, Krillin does treat him slightly better than others, in a VitriolicBestBuds kind of way, and Cell pays him compliments and defends him when Tien mocks him.
* GivingUpOnLogic: When Goku starts trying to "reason" with the [[WorldTree Tree of Might]] and the tree appears to answer, Yamcha gives up in disgust.
* IWasYoungAndNeededTheMoney: He did a jingle for a cat food commercial. He maintains that he was desperate at the time and needed the money. And no, it wasn't worth it.
* InvincibleHero: Turns out to be this when it comes to baseball, since, despite trailing far behind his friends, he's still significantly more superhuman than most other players. He racks up ''five hundred straight'' home runs. True to this trope, however, it ends up against his favor as it drives off crowds, leaving only the friends he gave season passes to[[note]]Krillin, 18, Puar, and Roshi[[/note]] as consistent audience members. However, see the last ThrowTheDogABone entry below...
* KilledMidSentence: After giving a RousingSpeech, he's stopped at the final part when a Saibaman blows him up.
* LaserGuidedKarma: In a BlackComedy kind of way. He selfishly spends all his money on a new car at Christmas time in the Tree of Might Christmas special instead of buying gifts for others. His car is promptly blown up and the wreckage destroys his house and more or less makes him destitute.
* LostInImitation: The line about Bulma thinking Yamcha was cheating in the first episode is based on Funimation DubText. In the original Japanese dialogue, Bulma is mad at Yamcha in the beginning of DBZ for canceling a date. Possibly lampshaded by Krillin, who comments that it seems out of character for Yamcha before trying to hit on Bulma.
* ModernMajorGeneral: His job is to fight and help defend the Earth. Ask him to help take care of a very sick Goku? He's great. Ask him to pilot a cargo plane? He's great. Ask him to sing an advertising jingle? He's great. Ask him to play baseball? He's great. Ask him to run a multinational soft drink company and a chain of sports bars? He's great. Ask him to actually fight? Well...
* NeverFoundTheBody: Or rather, they never looked for it at all.
-->'''Yamcha:''' Where did you bury me anyway?\\
'''Bulma:''' ''Bury?''
* NiceGuy: It says a lot that he's still protective of Bulma, after all the shit she gives him.
* NoRespectGuy: To the point where you think TFS hates him.
* OldShame: His cat food commercial jingle is this InUniverse. He regrets making it, commenting that it wasn't worth it.
* OneHitWonder: InUniverse. He sang a cat food song for a commercial since he needed the money. Now everybody listens to it when Yamcha just wants to forget about it. It's almost every song played as a ringtone or on the radio after that, even having a country cover.
-->[[EarWorm "Cat loves food, Yea-Yeah-Yeah-Yeah! Cat loves food, Yea-YEAAAAAAAH!"]]
* OnlySaneMan: As of season 3, he's the voice of reason even more than Gohan is.
* PersonAsVerb: Getting Yamcha'd means getting killed unceremoniously.
-->'''Goku:''' Oh no! Yamcha's been Yamcha'd!
* PhraseCatcher: "I don't know what this Yamcha is, but it sounds..."
* ThePollyanna: As Tien [[StealthInsult points out]], the fact that Yamcha has any hope left at all is his most admirable trait. Even though [[ComicallyMissingThePoint he probably just didn't realize he was insulted]], Yamcha sincerely [[InsultBackfire thanks him for the compliment]].
* RagsToRiches: After life as a desert bandit and struggling for cash, the otherwise-ignoble end of Yamcha's baseball career results in him becoming so rich he's practically set for life, and that's before he buys Hetap, maintains a successful sports bar franchise, and potentially takes sponsorships.
* RunningGag: For several episodes after [=Vegeta3986=] left TFS, whenever Yamcha is about to speak someone cuts him off, cementing his ButtMonkey status.
* ShellShockedVeteran: In the season three finale, he admits that he sometimes wonders if he was ever brought back, or if he's having a very long DyingDream.
-->'''Krillin:''' Oh my God, someone finally put it into words!\\
'''Yamcha:''' Is it any easier the second time?\\
'''Krillin:''' Believe it or not, it's ''worse.''
* StaringDownCthulhu: When Vegeta makes one of his usual condescending remarks towards him and Krillin, Yamcha has officially had enough and manages to talk back and actually holds his ground. Vegeta seems to be impressed.
-->'''Yamcha:''' Ya know, if you're gonna skulk around, you could at least try to not be a total dick about it!
-->'''Vegeta:''' Oh, you're right. Allow me to try again. *ahem* Hello, earthling! How's that gaping chest wound?
-->'''Yamcha:''' Just fine! How's your ''spine''?
-->'''Vegeta:''' ...I'm giving you a five-minute headstart.
-->'''Yamcha:''' Thank you! I'm going to need it; you're very fast.
* StrawLoser: To the point where he makes [[TheChewToy Krillin]] look good by comparison. You know you're a loser when ''Krillin'' can point out your flaws faster than you can point out his.
* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: Played straight as one of the weakest Z fighters who keeps getting put up against increasingly powerful enemies and being hopelessly outclassed alongside the rest of the 'baseline' humans.
** Also played straight in that a weak Z fighter is ''still'' so far above an average human in speed, strength and reaction times that when Yamcha becomes a baseball player, all the other players were hopelessly outclassed. To the point of making the games boring to watch!
* ThrowTheDogABone:
** Goku telling him that he's his friend. He's genuinely touched by somebody ''not'' treating him like shit. Note that Goku specifically told him this because he'd learned that Yamcha committed suicide in Future Trunks's timeline over Vegeta and Bulma having a child.
** He also gets a pretty good burn on Vegeta when Vegeta tries to be "nice".
--->'''Vegeta:''' ''(mockingly)'' Hello, Earthling, how's that gaping chest wound?\\
'''Yamcha:''' Just fine! ''How's your spine?''
*** Vegeta is so impressed with this that [[MercyLead he gives Yamcha a five minute head-start.]]
** When it seems as though Cell is defeated, Tien decides not to mock his attempt at a PostMortemOneLiner
--->'''Yamcha:''' Ha! Well those guys with the camera better stop rolling, 'cause looks like Cell's going topless!\\
'''Tien:''' You know, just because everyone somehow survived this... I'm gonna let you have that.
** Despite how condescending Cell is, he actually defends Yamcha when Tien delivers a StealthInsult to Yamcha.
--->'''Cell:''' Yamcha, for the love of god, ''don't thank him!''
** Cell outright tells Gohan that he respects Yamcha more than he respects Gohan, because despite knowing how utterly outclassed they are, Yamcha and Krillin are still fighting as hard as they can to defend their world.
*** Cell also thinks to himself that Yamcha really doesn't deserve the beating he's receiving from one of the Cell Jrs., although Cell doesn't do anything to stop it because he still thinks it's funny.
** He gets Tien to admit how close they are as friends in the final part of Episode 60 (while also lightly calling him out on being a dick).
** Just when it seems like Yamcha would get probably the biggest and last in a long line of YankTheDogsChain moments, Episode 4 of ''Dragon [=ShortZ=]'' instead becomes the biggest case of this trope. While he's barred from playing baseball due to being such an InvincibleHero that people stop watching (though that in itself is amazing, as he had ''five hundred straight home runs''), he gets a severance pay of ''TWENTY BILLION ZENI''[[note]]Keep in mind, one zeni is equivalent to either 1 or 1 1/2 yen, either way still making him insanely rich. In U.S. dollars, he's a multi-millionaire!!![[/note]], which he invests very well, including buying Hetap, and setting up a sports bar chain. Not to mention, while he's barred from playing again, he's still free to take sponsorships or promotional tie-ins, so he's still making more money.
* VitriolicBestBuds: With Krillin and, to a lesser extent, Tien. They don't treat him like crap just for giggles, and Krillin's verbal jabs at him are done with more good humor than the rest of the cast.
** He explicitly states this about his and Tien's relationship in Part 3 of the Season 3 finale.
--->'''Yamcha''': Hey, Tien. Since this is the end...
--->'''Tien''': If you're about to say, "I love you," I swear to God...
--->'''Yamcha''': Actually, I was gonna say, "You're the biggest asshole I know."
--->'''Tien''': ''(eyes widen, surprised)'' Oh.
--->'''Yamcha''': ''(looks away)'' And you're also my best friend.
--->''(beat)''
--->'''Tien''': ''(also looks away)'' So are you, man.
* WhatYouAreInTheDark: As the Z-Fighters split up to sweep the city in search of the Androids, Yamcha is unlucky enough to be the first to find evidence of them when he hears a woman screaming. Despite heavy reluctance and knowing the fact that he could easily turn a blind eye, he still goes to help.
* TheWorfEffect: Inverted - due to becoming TheChewToy, the show treats it as if it's no big deal. In fact, when Gero stabs him with his robotic arm, Tien isn't surprised that Gero could do that, but rather, that Yamcha couldn't even last ''30 seconds''.
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[[folder:Tien (Tenshinhan) and Chiaotzu]]
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[[caption-width-right:350:That's Tien on the right and Chiaotzu on the left. [[HeterosexualLifePartners They're very close.]]]]
->'''Tien voiced by:''' Marc "Ganxingba" Soskin\\
'''Chiaotzu voiced by:''' Whiteash (Episode 6), Corinne "[=Megami33=]" Sudberg (Current)
A pair of martial artists who trained under Master Roshi's rival, the Crane Hermit; under his training, the duo's biggest specialty was the ability to levitate via ki manipulation, though this became irrelevant once the whole Z-Warrior gang learned to do it. After a HeelFaceTurn, the two have been close friends with the rest of the Z-Warriors, though it's pretty clear that they're far closer [[HeterosexualLifePartners with each other]].
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* AdaptationalAngstUpgrade: Tien is far more frustrated than his canon counterpart about the fact that he CantCatchUp.
* AdaptationalBadass: If not in their fighting prowess, then in their attitude. Tien's the only character who can backtalk Vegeta and get away with it. He's also quite ready to take on Gero, to the point that the Doctor changes his mind about fighting him. Heck, after his Shin Kikoho, even ''Cell'' takes him more seriously. Chiaotzu, while not having that much of a physical presence, has a vicious sense of sarcasm, to the point that it shocks even Tien.
* AdaptationalIntelligence: In the original ''DBZ'', Tien flies to Piccolo's and 17's fight despite the fact he felt he was too weak to help, and proceeds to spectate all the way until Piccolo gets defeated and 17 is absorbed, never thinking to try attacking the androids or Cell until it's too late. Here, Tien arrives after 17 is absorbed and immediately attacks Semi-perfect Cell as soon as he gets the chance.
* AdaptationalJerkass:
** Chiaotzu - he takes shots at the audience in the FAQ Special and calls the Ginyus "a bunch of queers". When a man is killed on TV by Cell, he's shown smiling.
** Tien as well in the "Born This Way" parody--he manages to ruin the song ''and'' make Piccolo run off the set crying in less than 30 seconds. Tien also insults Yamcha for getting taken out by Dr. Gero, which wasn't even Yamcha's fault. Furthermore, Tien broke Yamcha's good leg without hesitation when King Kai told him to, for no reason other than to shut Yamcha up.
** JerkWithAHeartOfGold: That said (while still being ''really'' sarcastic), he genuinely cares for Chiaotzu like a little brother. In Season 3, he befriends Piccolo to the point of making bets with him on whether Krillin or Vegeta would screw up in killing Cell and the Androids (both of them did). And he bets on Vegeta failing while openly putting his faith in [[ButtMonkey Krillin]].
* AdaptationRelationshipOverhaul:
** While friendly with the rest of the Z-fighters bar Vegeta, Tien and Chiaotzu were not actually friends with them until ''Battle of Gods'', their strongest relationship being {{Friendly Rival|ry}}s to Goku and to a lesser extent Yamcha and Krillin. Here, they're much more evidently friends with the others despite being ''much'' snarkier, especially evident during season 3. [[note]]In canon, Tien outright tells the others it's doubtful that they'll see him and Chiaotzu again soon after the final wishes are made in the Cell Saga, and the two aren't present at Trunks' goodbye, or when Goku returns to compete in a tournament after seven years. Here, he says no such thing.[[/note]]
** Tien and Vegeta's relationship is actually ''more'' strained here than in canon. While in canon Tien would frequently voice his dislike and distrust of Vegeta, the prince would simply brush it off with some snark or a taunt. Here, animosity would flow far more freely, Vegeta actually being bothered by what Tien has to say, and Tien taunting and prodding Vegeta without a care in the world.
* ArchEnemy: Tien of all people managed to become one to Cell, all because he's the one guy who managed to stand up to and humiliate the bio-android. Cell despises Tien more than anyone else, not even Vegeta and Trunks (who thrash him far worse) ticks him off as much as Tien does. Cell even regards not choking Tien to death as his [[MyGreatestFailure greatest failure]] in HFIL.
* AudienceSurrogate: Tien's Shin Kikoho barrage was reworded to reflect the frustrations of fans of any character that CantCatchUp (most notably, fans of the Earthling characters).
* BeamSpam: Tien uses this to stall Cell so 16 and 18 can get away, much to Cell's annoyance.
* BerserkButton:
** Tien is ''very'' defensive with fandom-related matters.
--->'''Tien:''' ''F*cking Weeaboos.''
** Do not tell him he won't be as strong as an Android, Namekian, or a Super Saiyan.
** Do ''not'' tell him that it's not healthy to work out as much as he does.
* BrokeYourArmPunchingOutCthulhu: Managed to stall Cell by bombarding him with the Shin Kikoho, exhausting himself in the process to the point where he would have died if Goku hadn't come to save him. Tien's efforts proved to be for nothing as Cell succeeded in absorbing 18 anyways, much to Tien's rage. As he points out Kikohoing himself half to death only gets Krillin laid after all is said and done.
* BullyingADragon: Tien makes fun of Vegeta all the time. Nobody denies Vegeta deserves it, but Krillin does point out that Vegeta could easily kill Tien for his insults. When called on it, Tien says that it's a game, and if Vegeta snaps and kills him, they both know that means Vegeta lost.
* CantCatchUp: [[DiscussedTrope Discussed]] but ultimately played straight; after spending a sizable portion of the fights with the Androids and Cell sidelined and helplessly watching his friends risk their lives, Tien finally snaps, declares that he isn't going to be a bystander any longer, and rushes off of Roshi's island to join the fight against Semi-Perfect Cell. Sadly, his constant barrage of Shin Kikohos serves only to earn Cell's animosity, fruitlessly distract the bio-android from finding Android 18 for a brief time, and nearly killing himself from the strain of his attack, and he wisely sticks to foes more on his own level for the rest of the Saga such as the Cell Jrs.
* CharacterizationMarchesOn: Funny as it is, Tien's "HELP ME, FOR THE LOVE OF GOD, HELP ME!" scene in episode 8 really doesn't gel with the proud, stoic warrior he'd be in the future. [[note]]Of course, season one did run a lot more on RuleOfFunny.[[/note]]
* TheComicallySerious: Most of the time, Tien is this, although he has some NotSoAboveItAll moments, such as joining in on singing "Row, Row, Row Your Boat", and he apparently likes Yamcha's cat food jingle much more than he'd like to admit. As Kai Abridged 1 summed him up:
-->'''Tien:''' I am the only serious character in this show. That's the joke.
* DeadpanSnarker: The first thing Tien does when the group meets up to fight Freeza is comment on [[RealMenWearPink Vegeta's shirt]], and then spends most of Episode 34 mocking Vegeta about not being a Super Saiyan. When Vegeta finally does become a Super Saiyan and Krillin makes note of it, Tien dismisses it and instead mocks Vegeta for naming his technique the Big Bang Attack with Piccolo.
** Chiaotzu is worse than Tien, callously dismissing the possibility that their friends might die, due to the Dragon Balls trivializing death.
* DeathIsCheap: Both of them have firmly come to believe this, especially Chiaotzu.
-->'''Chiaotzu:''' Next time, I get a free sundae!
* DidYouJustFlipOffCthulhu:
** Tien frequently gets away with insulting Vegeta, who is much more powerful than him. He even got away with flipping the bird at Vegeta.
** Even Cell wasn't safe from this when Tien mockingly recalled how he used the Shin Kikohou on him.
* DoomedMoralVictor: A preemptive version. Tien constantly taunts Vegeta because they both know that while Vegeta could kill him, in doing so, Tien would have the last laugh. Vegeta's pride keeps him from following through.
* FacingTheBulletsOneLiner: Although the bullet gets stopped in time.
-->'''Cell:''' [[TranquilFury You know, if you want my personal opinion]], [[CallingYourAttacks "Kikoho"]] is a pretty sad choice of last words. But to be fair, [[ImpliedDeathThreat it's far from the worst decision you've made today]].\\
'''Tien:''' [[DefiantToTheEnd Kiko-f*ck yourself]].\\
'''Cell:''' Ah, see, that's the spirit.
* {{Flanderization}}: Tien started off as a ComicallySerious [[OnlySaneMan straight man]], but as the series goes on, he's become more of a DeadpanSnarker JerkAss. Ironically, this puts Tien's personality more in-line with [[CharacterizationMarchesOn what he was originally like]] when he was an antagonist in ''Manga/{{Dragonball}}''.
* HeHadAName:
-->"You stupid... ugly... son of a bitch! His name was ''Chiaotzu!''"
* HeroicSacrifice: Chiaotzu did one when fighting Nappa, but it ended up being a SenselessSacrifice. Notably, in a variation from the original, Chiaotzu starts out thinking that he can just be revived by the Dragon Balls. Tien has to point out he's been revived once already... mere moments before Chiaotzu explodes. When Freeza and King Cold arrive on Earth, Tien makes a point to ask Chiaotzu ''not'' to try it again.
* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Chiaotzu.
* HiddenDepths: Tien apparently keeps up with Battleball. He even has a fantasy team.
-->"What? I have hobbies!"
* HomoeroticSubtext: As a short running gag.
* HypocriticalHumor: Makes fun of King Kai's BerserkButton of the mispronunciation of Kaioken, calling him a "Freakin' Weaboo" and get's angry with the Engrish of the Jinga Beru Brothers' names. But he uses the Japanese name of Neo Tri-Beam in Episode 48. (Though it must be said that, at this point, Tien is, a) pissed off due to his sense of powerlessness and b) focused on stalling Cell so 18 and 16 can escape)
* InformedJudaism: Parodied in ''Christmas Tree of Might'' with Tien. Doubles as an ActorAllusion, since his voice actor is Jewish. Corrine herself is half-Jewish.
* {{Irony}}: His [[CharacterizationMarchesOn change]] from being the ComicallySerious StraightMan to a proud DeadpanSnarker is the exact ''inversion'' of Tien's CharacterDevelopment in ''Z''.
* JerkassHasAPoint: Tien isn't the most tactful person, but that doesn't mean he isn't on the money at times.
** When it seems like Goku has perished along with Namek, Yamcha breaks down crying. Tien nonchalantly reminds him that they can just wish Goku back to life now that the Dragon Balls are usable again. When Yamcha notes how [[DeathIsCheap Tien is making death sound meaningless]], Tien bluntly retorts that death stopped meaning anything a long time ago, and even reminds Yamcha that isn't the first time Chiaotzu has died either.
** When Trunks reveals his true power to Perfect Cell, Tien points out that Trunks [[CouldHaveAvoidedThisPlot could have stopped Cell becoming perfect by either killing Cell or killing 18 before he absorbed her.]]
* KnowWhenToFoldThem:
** When the fight with Nappa starts disastrously, Tien seriously considers grabbing Chiaotzu and running. Unfortunately, Chiaotzu had already gotten involved in the fight and was going for a TakingYouWithMe attack.
** When Freeza and his father appear, Chiaotzu immediately brings this moment up, and implies that he'd rather not do that again.
* LackOfEmpathy: Chiaotzu's reaction when a man is murdered on live broadcast by Cell? "Wow! Brutal!" Said while smiling.
* LastSecondWordSwap: Averted. Chiaotzu can't think of a word to switch "pork" with fast enough. But fortunately, Oolong was more mortified about the fact that [[ITasteDelicious his own kind was delicious]]
* ManChild: Chiaotzu is only a little younger than Tien, but begs Tien to go to [=McDonald's=] and cheers over ice cream. Lampshaded in Episode 41 when he is later serving Chashu Ramen, implying that he knows how to professionally make it.
-->'''Master Roshi:''' How old are you?!
* MistakenForGay: Yamcha often makes an ill-timed joke based on Tien mentioning how close they are as fighting partners.
* NotSoAboveItAll: Often seen as TheStoic, Tien has some subtle interests throughout the series:
** He actually likes Yamcha's "Cat Loves Food" song.
--->'''Tien:''' ''[to Piccolo]'' You heard. ''Nothing''.
** He reveals to play fantasy battleball, insisting that he has a hobby outside of martial arts.
** During one memorable verbal throwdown between Krillin and Yamcha, he decides he's glad he stuck around just for the comedy gold he got to witness, despite complaining how he's tired of being sidelined.
* OffTheGrid: As of ''Dragon [=ShortZ=]'', Vegeta notes that he went off the grid and cannot be reached.
* OutOfCharacter: Whenever Tien says or does something that goes against what a person thinks his character is. This leads to the other person wondering out loud...
-->'''Other Person:''' I can never read that guy...
* PhraseCatcher: As seen referenced in OutOfCharacter above.
* PunctuatedForEmphasis: Episode 48 gives this line after Cell taunts Tien a ''bit'' too much:
-->'''Tien:''' Yeah? Well, you know what? [[ClusterFBomb F*ck power levels! F*ck! Super Saiyans! AND F*CK!]] ''YOU! SHIN! KI KO HO!''
* PunctuatedPounding: KI! ''*boom*'' KO! ''*boom*'' HO!!! ''*boom*''
* RefugeInAudacity: Tien's taunting of Vegeta is grounded in the belief that Vegeta's pride won't allow him to lethally retaliate. Vegeta being...Vegeta...he's not wrong.
* RememberWhenYouBlewUpASun: Tien gets under Vegeta's skin during the Cell Games by pointing out that -between the two of them- he's the one who actually managed to beat Goku in a fight.
* TheRival: Yamcha sees him as his rival. Tien [[UnknownRival doesn't care]].
* RunningGag: The other Z-fighters can never get a read on Tien, whether it's about his relationship with Chiaotzu, or anything else for that matter.
* SayMyName: "CHIAOTZUUUUUUUUUU!"
* ShutUpHannibal:
** When Cell taunts him about his power level and how it's weaker than Androids, Namekians, and Super Saiyans.
--->'''Tien:''' Yeah? Well, you know what? [[ClusterFBomb F*ck power levels! F*ck! Super Saiyans! AND F*CK!]] ''YOU! SHIN! KI KO HO!''\\
* Fires the Shin-Kikoho and blasts Cell into the ground.*
** Then, while he lies dying on the ground with Cell telling him "Kikoho" were terrible last words.
--->'''Tien:''' Kiko-f*ck yourself.
* SitcomArchNemesis: Tien is this to both Vegeta and Cell.
* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: Tien is reminded that the human characters CantCatchUp to all, and despite that risks his life thanks to his wounded pride. It ends nearly getting him killed.
* TakingYouWithMe: Chiaotzu tries to do this to Nappa. It didn't work. At all.
* TeamDad: Tien, at least to Chiaotzu.
* {{Troll}}:
** Tien to Vegeta. He taunts the Prince of all Saiyans just for the hell of it, knowing Vegeta is too prideful to just kill him because he can't handle insults.
--->'''Krillin:''' Why do you antagonise [Vegeta] like that? You know he can kill you right?\\
'''Tien:''' At this point, it's a game: If he gives in, I win and he knows it.
** He's done it to Cell now, too. When the group shows up at the Cell Games to watch Goku's match, Cell greets them all as if they're good friends. But when he gets to Tien?
--->'''Perfect Cell:''' ''[still annoyed from the Shin Kikohou]'' ...Tenshinhan.\\
'''Tien:''' Ki-ko-how ya doing?\\
'''Perfect Cell:''' ''[irritated]'' Perfect.
* TookALevelInCynic: TFS confirmed that, after dying and getting revived twice, Chiaotzu just kind of doesn't give a shit and doesn't take anything seriously anymore.
* UselessUsefulSpell: [[ZigZaggingTrope Zigzagging all over the place]] with the Shin Kikoho. Tien isn't strong enough to do any actual ''damage'' to Semi-Perfect Cell, but the physical ''force'' of the Shin Kikoho is enough to knock him down and keep him down for several minutes, giving Android 18 a chance to escape as long as Tien can keep up the barrage. However, he can't keep at it forever, and 18 ultimately wastes the opportunity standing around. But his stalling does ultimately give Vegeta and Trunks time to finish their training in the Hyperbolic Time Chamber, as well as Krillin getting the detonator from Bulma; and then Vegeta and Krillin both [[ItMakesSenseInContext win Bulma a bet...]]
* VocalEvolution: Tien's voice wasn't quite as deep in season one.
* WhatTheHellHero:
** Tien makes Piccolo cry during the "Bald This Way" segment. Krillin is audibly shocked and ''Nappa'' [[EvenEvilHasStandards calls Tien out for it]].
** Happens again to Tien in episode 60, when Yamcha directly calls him "the biggest asshole I know" because of his snide attitude. [[JerkassRealization Tien seems genuinely taken aback to hear this]], [[PetTheDog and then admits that he truly considers Yamcha a friend.]]
* WorfBarrage: Tien's Shin Kikoho did nothing more than piss Cell off. To be fair, by the end of it, Cell was ''super'' nettled.
* TheWorfEffect: When Tien shows up to fight and stall Cell, the creature asks if Krillin was too busy. (All the more hurtful because it's ''literally'' true.) Granted, this is ''[[{{Subversion}} before]]'' Tien spammed [[DangerousForbiddenTechnique Shin]] [[CastFromHitPoints Kikoho]] on him.
* WorthyOpponent: Well, "worthy" might be an exaggeration since Cell still knows Tien wouldn't last a second against him if he gets serious in his Perfect form, but Cell has a special enmity towards Tien. While he's practically [[FriendlyEnemy pally]] with Goku, treats Vegeta and Trunks with mockery and barely even ''notices'' the others, thanks to the Kikoho incident, Tien is the only Z-Fighter other than Gohan who has actually gotten under Cell's skin and earned his ''hatred.'' In fact, in ''HFIL'' episode 7, Cell's [[MyGreatestFailure biggest regret]] is shown to be not choking Tien to death.
* YouWouldntShootMe: The basis of Tien's "game" with Vegeta. Tien knows that Vegeta's more than capable of killing him, but is banking on Vegeta being too proud to let him win by killing him over the taunts.
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->'''Voiced by:''' Scott "Creator/KaiserNeko" Frerichs
The bastard son of Vegeta and Bulma, this version of Trunks comes from a future that was turned into a ''Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar''-esque wasteland as a result of Dr. Gero's androids. Being a skilled fighter and the former student of Son Gohan in his own timeline, Trunks does everything he can to help the Z Fighters in their fights against the androids and later Cell, all the while hoping to gain the approval of his estranged father in the present timeline. Often mistaken for a girl due to his [[PrettyBoy pretty face]] and [[InformedAttribute girly name]].
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The bastard son of Vegeta and Bulma, this version of Trunks comes from a future that was turned into a ''Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar''-esque wasteland as a result of Dr. Gero's androids. Being a skilled fighter and the former student of Son Gohan in his own timeline, Trunks does everything he can to help the Z Fighters in their fights against the androids and later Cell, all the while hoping to gain the approval of his estranged father in the present timeline. Often mistaken for a girl due to his [[{{Bishonen}} [[PrettyBoy pretty face]] and [[InformedAttribute girly name]].
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* {{Bishonen}}: His bishie character design ends up working against him in ''Broly: The Legendary Super Saiyan'', wherein Vegeta starts calling him "Princess Trunks".
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* BookDumb: Has a minor moment of this when he asks how Freeza's name could be pronounced "Free-za" if it has an 'i' in it, even though 'ie' forming a long 'e' sound is far from uncommon.[[note]][[DontExplainTheJoke Of course, this is just Team Four Star's way of riffing on Funimation's official spelling (Frieza) versus a more direct transliteration (Freeza)]].[[/note]]
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* KickTheSonOfABitch: Beats the living crap out of Cell in the Cell Games, which leads to a pretty hilarious VillainousBreakDown from Cell himself.
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* MisplacedRetribution: During the fight against [[GrandTheftMe Ginyu in Goku's body]], an enraged Gohan goes a rant blaming Goku for abandoning him to Piccolo and sending him to Namek in addition to getting his body, even though none of that is actually Goku's fault: there was nothing Goku could do to stop Piccolo since he was ''dead'', it was Gohan himself who insisted he go to Namek against Chi-Chi's wish, and Goku had no way of knowing that Ginyu could swap bodies.
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* MisplacedRetribution: During the fight against [[GrandTheftMe Ginyu in Goku's body]], an enraged Gohan goes a rant blaming Goku for abandoning him to Piccolo and sending him to Namek in addition to getting his body, even though body stolen. However none of that specifically is actually Goku's fault: there was nothing Goku could do to stop Piccolo since he was ''dead'', it was Gohan himself who insisted he go to Namek against Chi-Chi's wish, wishes, and Goku had no way of knowing that Ginyu could swap bodies.
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* SexualKarma: In Episode 31, when he's using his ill-gotten insurance money to woo Maron, it turns out she was an IRS agent investigating him, and he gets nothing. But his feelings for 18 are entirely genuine. So much so, he's taken aback when she comes to cash in on her desired GladToBeAliveSex at the end of the series, but ultimately agrees and they end up having an incredible night together. Their relationship develops rapidly from there, as their appearances in ''Dragon [=ShortZ=]'' show.
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* ADateWithRosiePalms: He laments that he's unable to "relieve the tension" in episode 12 when Bulma is running around in her underwear the whole time. It's heavily implied he does "relieve the tension" in the cave when they get to Namek in episode 13, with Bulma complaining in a couple future episodes that she's still finding puddles of it.
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* NonSequiturThud: Krillin has this after getting his 12th owned
-->'''Krillin:''' HELLO GOHAN HAVE YOU DONE YOUR HOMEWORK BECAUSE IF YOU DON'T, CHI-CHI WILL '''''KICK''''' MY ASS!\\
'''Gohan:''' Ah, are you okay?\\
'''Krillin:''' Yeah, seems he threw my nervous system out of whack, there. Can't quite feel the pain!\\
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'''Krillin:''' There it is! AAAAAAAAAAAOOOOOOOWWWWW...
-->'''Krillin:''' HELLO GOHAN HAVE YOU DONE YOUR HOMEWORK BECAUSE IF YOU DON'T, CHI-CHI WILL '''''KICK''''' MY ASS!\\
'''Gohan:''' Ah, are you okay?\\
'''Krillin:''' Yeah, seems he threw my nervous system out of whack, there. Can't quite feel the pain!\\
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'''Krillin:''' There it is! AAAAAAAAAAAOOOOOOOWWWWW...
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* AdaptationalWimp: A minor example during his fight with Cell. While the outcome is pretty much the same, in canon, Trunks was genuinely able to land hits on Cell as an [[MightyGlacier Ultra Saiyan]] before the gradual stamina loss led to Cell dodging his future attacks. Here, Cell reveals to Trunks that during the beginning of the fight, he simply let himself get hit out of pity.
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* AdaptationalWimp: A minor example during his fight with Cell. While the outcome is pretty much the same, in canon, Trunks was genuinely able to land hits on Cell as an [[MightyGlacier Ultra Saiyan]] before the gradual stamina loss led to Cell easily dodging his future attacks.attacks as the fight progressed. Here, Cell reveals to Trunks that during the beginning of the fight, he simply let himself get hit out of pity.
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* DrillSergeantNasty: Piccolo's "training" with Gohan barely qualifies, simply beating Gohan while scream '''DODGE!!!'''. For bonus points Gohan points out actual forms of martial arts training Piccolo could put him through, but Piccolo doesn't listen.
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* DrillSergeantNasty: Piccolo's "training" with Gohan barely qualifies, simply beating Gohan while scream '''DODGE!!!'''.screaming "'''DODGE!!!'''". For bonus points Gohan points out actual forms of martial arts training Piccolo could put him through, but Piccolo doesn't listen.
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* ParentalSubstitute: Towards Gohan, since Goku tends to be a rather dead or in space. In ''History of Trunks'', Gohan outright says it's the deaths of Piccolo and Krillin than allowed him to go Super Saiyan, and refers to Piccolo as "the father I never had." When Trunks mentions Goku's death after noticing the omission, Gohan's reaction can be summed up as "SureLetsGoWithThat".
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* ParentalSubstitute: Towards Gohan, since Goku tends to be a rather dead or in space. In ''History of Trunks'', Gohan outright says it's the deaths of Piccolo and Krillin than allowed him to go Super Saiyan, and refers to Piccolo as "the father I never had." When Trunks mentions Goku's death after noticing the omission, Gohan's reaction can be summed up as "SureLetsGoWithThat".
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** Also, when Frieza states his killing Dende is kinder than letting him live to watch Frieza butcher everyone, Vegeta points out the joke is on Frieza because Dende hated the "bald one." Krillin indignantly protests, stating Dende just met Piccolo.
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** Also, when Frieza Freeza states his killing Dende is kinder than letting him live to watch Frieza Freeza butcher everyone, Vegeta points out the joke is on Frieza Freeza because Dende hated the "bald one." Krillin indignantly protests, stating Dende just met Piccolo.
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** Also, when Frieza states his killing Dende is kinder than letting him live to watch Frieza butcher everyone, Vegeta points out the joke is on Frieza because Dende hated the "bald one." Krillin indignantly protests, stating Dende just met Piccolo.
