History Characters / DragonballEvolution

* NecessaryDrawback: Roshi tries to seal Piccolo again, even though it sucks out his life force. [[SenselessSacrifice It doesn't work]].

* AdaptationalJerkass: At least his anime counterpart cared when his sons were hurt. ''Evolution'' Piccolo doesn't even say anything when Mai is injured.

* AdaptationDyeJob: Two times over. Bulma had purple hair in the manga and blue hair in the anime. In ''Evolution'', she has dark brown hair.

* AdaptationalModesty: Bulma is a MsFanservice in the source material, but dresses a lot more modestly here.
* AdaptationalNameChange: Bulma's full name is Bulma Briefs in the movie, but Bulma Enchanto in the novel and game versions.

* AdaptationDyeJob: Played with. Like his manga counterpart, he does indeed have naturally black hair, but appears to have dyed it blonde InUniverse.

* GratuitousJapanese: Mai has a scene that's all in (subtitled) Japanese. In RealLife, her actress is from there.

* DeadlyDodging: When Goku is confronted by a couple of bullies at the big party, he informs them that he promised he wouldn't fight them - before smoothly allowing the bullies to beat the crap out of each other and the head bully's very expensive car.

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!!!'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/JustinChatwin
!!!'''Dubbed by:''' [[labelnote: Other languages]] Creator/KappeiYamaguchi (Japanese), Julien Bouanich (French), Daniele Raffaeli (Italian), Iván Jara (European Spanish), Manuel Gimeno (Catalan Spanish), Wendel Bezerra (European Portugueuse)[[/labelnote]]

!!!'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/JamieChung
!!!'''Dubbed by:''' [[labelnote: Other languages]] Ami Koshimizu (Japanese), Ysa Ferrer (French), Domitilla D'Amico (Italian), Gabriela Beltrán (European Spanish), Isabel Valls (Catalan Spanish), Raquel Marinho (European Portugeuse)[[/labelnote]]

!!!'''Portrayed by:''' Texas Battle
!!!'''Dubbed by:''' [[labelnote: Other languages]] Unknown (Japanese), Unknown (French), Marco Vivio (Italian), Cholo Moratalla (European Spanish), Oscar Muñoz (Catalan Spanish), Yuri Chesman (European Portugeuse)[[/labelnote]]

!!!'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/EmmyRossum
!!!'''Dubbed by:''' [[labelnote: Other languages]] Creator/AyaHirano (Japanese), Chloé Berthier (French), Barbara De Bortoli (Italian), Olga Velasco (European Spanish), Eva Lluch (Catalan Spanish), Tânia Gaidarji (European Portugeuse)[[/labelnote]]

!!!'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/ChowYunFat
!!!'''Dubbed by:''' [[labelnote: Other languages]] Tsutome Isobe (Japanese), Lionel Tua (French), Marco Mete (Italian), Pablo del Hoyo (European Spanish), Paco Mauri (Catalan Spanish), Marcelo Pissardini (European Portugeuse)[[/labelnote]]

[[caption-width-right:531:[[WebVideo/DragonBallZAbridged "No one cares what Yamcha thinks!"]]]]
!!!'''Portrayed by:''' Joon Park
!!!'''Dubbed by:''' [[labelnote: Other languages]] Ooki Egawa (Japanese), Adrien Antoine (French), Christian Iansante (Italian), Rafa Romero (European Spanish), Carlos Di Blasi (Catalan Spanish), Márcio Araújo (European Portugeuse)[[/labelnote]]

[[caption-width-right:600: Imagine being shackled so tightly that every atom in your body stood compacted, still. That was my hell... for two thousand years. With this Dragonball, I take my vengeance upon the Earth.]]
!!!'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/JamesMarsters
!!!'''Dubbed by:''' [[labelnote: Other languages]] Creator/HochuOtsuka (Japanese), Serge Faliu (French), Creator/FabioBoccanera (Italian), Rafael Azcárraga (European Spanish), Juan Antonio Bernal (Catalan Spanish), Luiz Antônio Lobue (European Portugeuse)[[/labelnote]]

!!!'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/ErikoTamura
!!!'''Dubbed by:''' [[labelnote: Other languages]] Yuko Kaida (Japanese), Unknown (French), Daniela D'Angelo (Italian), Ana Jiménez (European Spanish), Jessica Ortiz (Catalan Spanish), Márcia Regina (European Portugeuse)[[/labelnote]]

!!!'''Dubbed by:''' Creator/KappeiYamaguchi (Japanese), Julien Bouanich (French), Daniele Raffaeli (Italian), Iván Jara (European Spanish), Manuel Gimeno (Catalan Spanish), Wendel Bezerra (European Portugueuse)

!!!'''Dubbed by:''' Ami Koshimizu (Japanese), Ysa Ferrer (French), Domitilla D'Amico (Italian), Gabriela Beltrán (European Spanish), Isabel Valls (Catalan Spanish), Raquel Marinho (European Portugeuse)

[[caption-width-right:319:''"Just what I thought. Nothing."'']]

!!!'''Dubbed by:''' Unknown (Japanese), Unknown (French), Marco Vivio (Italian), Cholo Moratalla (European Spanish), Oscar Muñoz (Catalan Spanish), Yuri Chesman (European Portugeuse)

!!!'''Dubbed by:''' Creator/AyaHirano (Japanese), Chloé Berthier (French), Barbara De Bortoli (Italian), Olga Velasco (European Spanish), Eva Lluch (Catalan Spanish), Tânia Gaidarji (European Portugeuse)

* AdaptationalHeroism: Her motive of wanting to power the Earth is more noble than her original anime counterpart, who wanted to wish for "a perfect boyfriend". [[spoiler: Which becomes even funnier since her eventual love interest is a megalomaniac, egotistic, stuck-up ConqueringAlienPrince that's massacred countless people]].

* AdaptationalModesty: Bulma is a MsFanservice in the source material dresses a lot more modestly here.

!!!'''Dubbed by:''' Tsutome Isobe (Japanese), Lionel Tua (French), Marco Mete (Italian), Pablo del Hoyo (European Spanish), Paco Mauri (Catalan Spanish), Marcelo Pissardini (European Portugeuse)

!!!'''Dubbed by:''' Ooki Egawa (Japanese), Adrien Antoine (French), Christian Iansante (Italian), Rafa Romero (European Spanish), Carlos Di Blasi (Catalan Spanish), Márcio Araújo (European Portugeuse)

!!!'''Dubbed by:''' Creator/HochuOtsuka (Japanese), Serge Faliu (French), Creator/FabioBoccanera (Italian), Rafael Azcárraga (European Spanish), Juan Antonio Bernal (Catalan Spanish), Luiz Antônio Lobue (European Portugeuse)

[[caption-width-right:1000: I followed Muten Roshi as directed. He is training the boy, Son Goku. I could disrupt them.]]
!!!'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/ErikoTamura [[labelnote:Dubbed by]] Yuko Kaida (Japanese), Unknown (French), Daniela D'Angelo (Italian), Ana Jiménez (European Spanish), Jessica Ortiz (Catalan Spanish), Márcia Regina (European Portugeuse)[[/labelnote]]

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!!!'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/ErikoTamura
!!!'''Dubbed by:''' Yuko Kaida (Japanese), Unknown (French), Daniela D'Angelo (Italian), Ana Jiménez (European Spanish), Jessica Ortiz (Catalan Spanish), Márcia Regina (European Portugeuse)

[[caption-width-right:480:''"Somebody stole my promethium orb, and I'm here to get it back."'']]

The daughter of a scientist herself, Bulma is skilled science genius who created a device to find all the "promethium orbs". Her goal is to utilize them to create an endless amount of global energy. When Goku explains to her that the "promethium orbs" are actually dragon balls she decides to help him on his quest and takes him to Master Roshi on her bike. She uses her scientific knowledge many times to help him and his friends.

* InsistentTerminology: Calls the dragonballs "promethium orbs".

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[[caption-width-right:574:"Geeko"]]

[[folder:Chi-Chi McRoberts]]

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[[caption-width-right:531:"Just because my name is Chi-Chi doesn't mean I'm a complete idiot!"]]

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[[caption-width-right:319:"Just what I thought. Nothing."]]

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[[caption-width-right:480:"Somebody stole my promethium orb, and I'm here to get it back"]]

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[[caption-width-right:531:[[WebVideo/DragonBallZAbridged "No one cares what Yamcha thinks!"]]]]

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[[caption-width-right:1000:Mai]]

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* AdaptationalHairstyleChange: She has long brown hair in the movie, whereas in the anime she had short blue hair.

* AdaptationalLateAppearance: In the original series she met Goku when he was a kid, but in ''Evolution'' they meet when they're both teenagers.

-->'''Bulma:''' "If I was a Piccolo or whatever that is, I wouldn't tell you."

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[[caption-width-right:574:"Geeko"]]

* IdiotHero:
-->'''Goku, upon seeing Bulma brandish a gun to his face:''' "Are you Piccolo?"

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[[caption-width-right:531:"Just because my name is Chi-Chi doesn't mean I'm a complete idiot!"]]

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[[caption-width-right:319:"Just what I thought. Nothing."]]

* TheBully: He hates Goku and harasses him at every opportunity he can. His friends even try to heckle him out of going to the party Chi-Chi invited him to. For this, Goku fucks them up.

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[[caption-width-right:480:Bulma]]

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An old man and martial arts teacher who Goku is instructed to see to help train and defeat Piccolo. He has many students, but Goku is the only one who's shown him unmatched potential. Master Roshi believes that Goku can truly defeat Piccolo, but sadly he is turned into an Oozaru before he can watch him win.

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[[caption-width-right:1000:Mai]]

[[caption-width-right:531:"Just because my name is Chi-Chi doesn't mean I'm a total idiot"]]

* AdaptationalNameChange: According to the video game, her full name is Bulma Enchanto. This is despite the movie stating it is Bulma Briefs.

!!!'''Portrayed by:''' Chow Yun-Fat

A desert bandit who's michevious by nature. He appears to be an old flame of Bulma's. When Goku, Bulma and Master Roshi fall into a hole, Yamcha reveals himself as the one who built it, and refuses to get them out. When Goku shows him his power, Yamcha is impressed and decides to join them on their quest to find the dragon balls.

** As pointed out by Creator/MasakoX in Nostalgia Critic's Dragonball Evolution video, Goku hated needless violence and only fought when he had to. In ''Evolution'', he enjoys beating the crap out of his bullies and quips with CasualDangerDialogue back and forth.

* CloudCuckoolander: Is viewed as this by everyone else in his class. He believes in aliens, goes on tangents about ki and misses obvious social cues. Only Chi-chi is the only student who doesn't think he's a total dork.

* IronicNickname: The bullies at his school call him "Geeko", but "geek" is a slang for someone who's overly intelligent. One of the trademarks of Goku, no matter what iteration, is how ''absolutely stupid'' he is (due to suffering a head injury as a child).

* IJustWantToBeNormal: At the beginning, Goku cares more about dealing with bullies and getting with Chi-Chi than with his kung fu-ing, which is a complete 180 to the source material, where Goku cares only about fighting and can barely comprehend the fact that he's engaged to Chi-Chi without her sitting him down and explaining it to him..

* NiceGuy: He's upbeat and jovial, and willing to be friends with anybody, even to Bulma (who he met when she pointed a gun at him).

** Creator/AkiraToriyama even once stated that when it came to the casting of Goku no one came to mind, but if "it were back when Jackie Chan was still young, I suppose I would have thought nobody could play Goku but him."

A girl who goes to the same school as Goku, and is well-liked amongst her peers for being beautiful and outgoing. While she hides it to fit in with the others, she secretly loves fighting and practices martial arts. She finds out that Goku is on a quest to find all the dragon balls and joins him, but is taken advantage of by Mai, who assumes her form to mess with him.

* ButNotTooForeign: "Chi-Chi" is a Chinese name but "[=McRoberts=]" is of Scottish origin.

* FirstGirlWins: She was the first person at school to reach out to Goku and treat him with respect, and by the end of the film they're married.

* TheBully: He hates Goku and harasses him at every opportunity he can, even trying to heckle him out of going to the party Chi-Chi invited him to. For this, Goku fucks him and his friends up.

* AdaptationalComicRelief: Inverted. It's her source material counterpart that was a comedic character.

* AdaptationalSuperpowerChange: She has the power to electrocute people in this incarnation, which is probably thanks to her ki.

* GratuitousJapanese: Mai has a scene that's all in (subtitled) Japanese. In RealLife her actress is from there.

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[[caption-width-right:574:"Geeko"]]

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[[caption-width-right:531:"Just because my name is Chi-Chi doesn't mean I'm a total idiot"]]

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[[caption-width-right:319:"Just what I thought. Nothing."]]

!!!'''Portrayed by:''' Emmy Rossum
The daughter of a scientist herself, Bulma is skilled science genius who created a device to find all the "promethium orbs". Her goal is to utilize them to create an endless amount of global energy. When Goku explains to her that the "promethium orbs" are actually dragon balls she decides to help him on his quest and takes him to Master Roshi on her bike. She uses her scientific knowledge many times to help him and his friends.
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[[caption-width-right:1000:Mai]]

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* GunsAkimbo: Bulma. Shame she [[ATeamFiring misses everything]] [[FauxActionGirl she shoots at]].

* MaliciousMisnaming: The school bullies call Goku "Geeko".

* EstabishingCharacterMoment: Murdering a poor peasant woman for information about the Dragon Ball, even after she complies with her demands. Her smile afterwards shows you that she's batshit insane and soulless.

* BewareTheNiceOnes: He's usually as harmless (and as smart) as a rabbit, but when the bullies take it too far, he show's just how far he's come with his training by mopping the floor with them.

[[folder:Bulma]]
!!!'''Portrayed by:''' Emmy Rossum
The daughter of a scientist herself, Bulma is skilled science genius who created a device to find all the "promethium orbs". Her goal is to utilize them to create an endless amount of global energy. When Goku explains to her that the "promethium orbs" are actually dragon balls she decides to help him on his quest and takes him to Master Roshi on her bike. She uses her scientific knowledge many times to help him and his friends.

* AdaptationalNameChange: In the video game her full name is Bulma Enchanto, but the movie states that it's Bulma Briefs.

* FauxActionGirl: She was willing to fight Goku for the dragon balls armed with her guns against his martial arts, but ultimately never gets to show off her potential [[spoiler: and needs Yamcha to bail her out in the final fight.]]

* IHaveBoobsYouMustObey: Tries to pull this on Yamcha when her, Goku and some others are stuck inside a massive pit. It doesn't work because Yamcha knows she's a sly fox.

* NonconformistDyedHair: Possibly as a MythologyGag to the source material, she has a streak of blue hair.

* AdaptationalBadass: She is capable of fighting on Goku and Yamcha's level and provided a slew of original powers by Piccolo's hand.
* AdaptationalComicRelief: Inverted. It's her source material counterpart that was a comedic character.

[[folder:Bulma]]
!!!'''Portrayed by:''' Emmy Rossum
A skilled scientist/motorist who created a device to find all the dragon balls. She mistakes Goku

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[[caption-width-right:480:Bulma]]
* AdaptationalBadass: Her other character traits are toned down to push that she's a HotBlooded gun-toting BadassBiker.
* AdaptationDyeJob: Two times over. Bulma had purple hair in the manga and blue hair in the anime. In ''Evolution'', she has dark brown hair.
* BadassBiker: She developed her own, summonable, shapeshifting metallic bike and it's how her and Goku find Master Roshi.
* CompositeCharacter: She can be considered one of both Bulma and Vegeta. She has Bulma's traits, but like Vegeta, she was initially someone willing to harm Goku but later became his friend for a common goal, and snarks at him for being stupid (see also AdaptationalBadass above).
* DeadpanSnarker: Goku's idiocy provides her with a lot of material to snark at.
* FauxActionGirl: She was willing to fight Goku for the dragon balls armed with her guns against his martial arts, but ultimately never gets to show off her potential [[spoiler: and needs Yamcha to bail her out in the final fight.]]
* GunsAkimbo: Bulma. Shame she [[ATeamFiring misses everything]] [[FauxActionGirl she shoots at]].
* IHaveBoobsYouMustObey: Tries to pull this on Yamcha when her, Goku and some others are stuck inside a massive pit. It doesn't work because Yamcha knows she's a sly fox.
* NonconformistDyedHair: Possibly as a MythologyGag to the source material, she has a streak of blue hair.
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[[folder:Chi-Chi McRoberts]]
!!!'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/JamieChung
A girl who goes to the same school as Goku, and is well-liked amongst her peers for being beautiful and outgoing. While she hides it to fit in with the others, she secretly loves fighting and practices martial arts.
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[[folder:Master Roshi]]
!!!'''Portrayed by:''' Chow Yun-Fat
An old man and martial arts teacher who Goku is instructed to see to help train and defeat Piccolo.

* AgeLift: Master Roshi appears to be younger and more youthful looking than Grandpa Gohan, despite being his former Martial Arts master.*CoolTeacher: To Goku, Chi-chi, and all of his students, as he's the only one who can train them to their fullest potential, and at the same time is very supportive and hilarious.
* DirtyOldMan: Bulma finds porn magazines in his house.
* FightingFromTheInside: After being transformed into Oozaru, Roshi, with his dying breath, manages to get through to Goku and get him to change back to his old self.
* PerpetualSmiler: He's full of energy and is introduced jumping off the walls to Goku and Bulma. When he's informed Grandpa Gohan has died, he actually [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness breaks out]] of this and stares in horror.

[[folder:King Piccolo]]
!!!'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/JamesMarsters
The king of the Namekians, an ancient race of aliens that conquer planets for a living. 2000 years ago, King Piccolo arrived to our planet, Earth, and tried to take it over. He nearly managed to ravage the planet to a wasteland void of life, but a group of mystics used the Mafuba to seal him into prison. Swearing he'll get revenge, he breaks out one day and with the help of Mai, seeks to find the seven dragonballs so he can be eternally youthful forever.

[[caption-width-right:531:Chi-Chi McRoberts]]

A Namekian alien king who aims to take over the world (and nearly did so, 2000 years ago). Once sealed away, he as now awoken, and aims to find all the Dragon Balls.

* {{Revenge}}: He initially wanted to conquer Earth, but now wants to destroy it as revenge for his banishment.

A high ranking minion of King Piccolo's. She is fervently loyal to him and willing to lay down her life as per his orders.

[[caption-width-right:Mai]]

* AdaptationalSuperpowerChange: She has the power to electrocute people in this incarnation.

* EstabishingCharacterMoment: Murdering a poor peasant woman for information about the Dragon Ball tells you that she's batshit insane and soulless.