Line #231 Characters/DragonBallBulma


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13	[[WMG:[[center:[-''Franchise/DragonBall'' '''[[Characters/{{DragonBall}} Main Character Index]]'''\
14	'''Major Characters'''\
15	[[Characters/DragonBallSonGoku Son Goku]] ([[Characters/DragonBallSonGokuTropesAToH A-H]], [[Characters/DragonBallSonGokuTropesIToZ I-Z]]) \| '''Bulma''' \| [[Characters/DragonBallPiccolo Piccolo]] \| [[Characters/DragonBallSonGohan Son Gohan]] \| [[Characters/DragonBallVegeta Vegeta]] ([[Characters/DragonBallVegetaTropesAToL A-L]], [[Characters/DragonBallVegetaTropesMToZ M-Z]]) \| [[Characters/DragonBallFutureTrunks Future Trunks]] \| [[Characters/DragonBallAllies Allies]] ([[Characters/DragonBallDragonTeam Dragon Team/Z Fighters]]) \| [[Characters/DragonBallFamilies Families]] ([[Characters/DragonBallAndroids17And18 Androids 17 and 18]] \| [[Characters/DragonBallTrunksAndSonGoten Trunks and Son Goten]]) \| [[Characters/DragonBallFriends Friends]] \| [[Characters/DragonBallFusionCast Fusions]]-]]]]]
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17	!!'''Bulma (ブルマ, ''Buruma'')'''
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20	->'''Voiced by (Japanese):''' Creator/HiromiTsuru (''DB'' to ''Super''), Creator/AyaHisakawa (after ''Super'')
21	-> '''Voiced by (English):''' Creator/WendeeLee (Harmony Gold dub (under the name Wendee Swan) and Bang Zoom!/Toonami Asia dub in ''Super''); Creator/MaggieBlueOHara (''DB'' Movie 1, ''Z'' Season 4-5, ''Z'' Season 6; ep. 238-260), Creator/LalainiaLindbjerg (''DB'' 1995, ''Z'' Season 1-2, ''Z'' Movie 1-3), France Perras (''Z'' Season 6; ep. 269-291) (BLT/Ocean dub); Leslie Alexander (''DB'' Movie 2), Tiffany Vollmer (''DB'', ''Z'', ''GT'', ''DB'' Movies 3-4), Creator/MonicaRial (''Kai'', ''DB'' Movie 1 onwards) (Creator/FUNimation dub); Leda Davies (''DB''), Kristin Nowosad (''GT'') (Blue Water dub); Sharon Mann (AB Groupe/"Big Green" dub); Mitch Frankenberger Pellicer (Creative Products Corp., Philippines); Claudia Thompson (Animax)
22	-> '''Voiced by (Latin American Spanish):''' Creator/RocioGarcel '''(current voice)''', Creator/MonicaManjarrez (''History of Trunks'', Majin Buu Saga, ''GT'' and Movies 4-13), Laura Ayala (''Dragon Ball'' Harmony Gold and ''Z'' eps. 238-240), Creator/IsabelMartinon (''Z'' ep. 60 and ''Path of Power'')
23	-> '''Voiced by (Brazilian Portuguese):''' Tânia Gaidarji, Cristina Rodrigues (''DB'', Gota Mágica), Daniella Piquet (''DB'' movies, BKS), Raquel Marinho (''History of Trunks'', Parisi Vídeo)
24	-> '''Voiced by (European Portuguese):''' Creator/CristinaCavalinhos
25	-> '''Voiced by (French):''' Creator/CelineMonsarrat
26	-> '''Voiced by (Italian):''' Creator/EmanuelaPacotto
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29	->''"I don't know how a civilized person like me got mixed up with a bunch of brutes like you in the first place! ...But I'm stuck with you, so...for now...I'll stay."''
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31	The very first human Goku came across (apart from his grandpa) at the start of the series. One could say she's the trigger that kicks off the series as a whole. Originally on a quest to gather the Dragon Balls for her own reason (to wish for a perfect boyfriend), Bulma gets dragged into the craziness that comes along with the search. Even when the quest is finished, she still keeps close ties with Goku and his friends and helps out whenever possible. Which, considering she's a mechanical whiz, is quite often.
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36	* TheAce: She's literally the smartest and the richest girl ''in the world'', while also being an attractive MsFanservice who knows how to use her good looks to get her way. Despite this, she's still a very flawed character, due to her shallow and bratty personality.
37	* ActionSurvivor: Bulma is nowhere near capable of fighting alongside her empowered friends and family, but she's still usually going right alongside them for adventures and is generally able to survive everything with minimal or no injuries. That is until ''Z'' where Majin Buu turned her into chocolate and ate her, along with all the other main characters, sending her and the rest to heaven.
38	* AdaptationDyeJob:
39	** Her hair was originally lavender purple in the manga but switched to blue in the anime. So now you know where Trunks' hair color came from.
40	** In ''Anime/DragonBallThePathToPower'', her hair was finally changed back to purple for one time only, likely because ''Path to Power'' was made to celebrate the series' ten year anniversary.
41	* AesopAmnesia: {{Subverted\|Trope}} in that she is aware that time traveling is a crime, but creates a new time machine to try it out. Of course, both Whis and Beerus get onto her for it, and the latter destroys it by snapping his fingers.
42	* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: In ''Dragon Ball'', she briefly fell for one of the forms adopted by Oolong (who was a villain at the time), and was attracted to Yamcha (then a bandit) due to his roguish nature and good looks. She also went head over heels when she first saw General Blue from the Red Ribbon Army and Zarbon from Frieza's army, ''before'' breaking up with Yamcha. She ultimately marries Vegeta, the formerly mass-murdering, ki-blast happy alien AntiHero of the group.
43	* AllWomenAreLustful:
44	** Bulma is the first and foremost example, hunting down the Dragon Balls to wish for a boyfriend and throwing herself at every attractive man she encounters, from Yamcha through [[StraightGay General Blue]] and to Vegeta. Thankfully, she simmers down after marrying Vegeta and having children.
45	** This trope is entirely averted in ''Super'', despite what some fan interpretations may say. Bulma settled down and outside of one occurrence of invoking this trope (she was distracting Future Zamasu to give Trunks time to learn the Mafuba), her sex appeal is never brought up.
46	* AlmightyMom: She and Chi-Chi both provide the page's image, and Bulma is not too far behind Chi-Chi in this regard. She can keep both Goku and Vegeta in check despite the two being [[PersonOfMassDestruction among the most powerful beings in the universe]]. And then when [[PhysicalGod Beerus the God of Destruction]] shows up, she's the only one who can scold Beerus and not be met with a threat of being destroyed on the spot by him. In fact, she might be the only being (aside from Zeno) who Beerus is terrified of, and in the dub, Whis has likened her wrath to that of a hurricane.
47	* AmicableExes: With Yamcha. They both seem to have remained fairly good friends after their breakup, in spite of the fact that Bulma's new love interest is a former villain... who was indirectly responsible for Yamcha's death.
48	* AngerBornOfWorry: Bulma tends to express her fears and worries for the protagonists' safety with eruptive rage. Goku, Vegeta, and especially Yamcha were the most common targets. A good example can be seen [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mP5gI7zAEGg here]].
49	* AscendedExtra: She was largely DemotedToExtra in ''Z'', where she wasn't really important to three out of four arcs or in focus. ''Super'' changes this, as she is shown in many, ''many'' episodes in one form or the other regardless of importance.
50	* AuntiePennybags: Bulma has shades of this, being the heiress to the Capsule Corporation. She spares no expense at her birthday party, providing the best food and entertainment available and offering lavish games prizes such as ''a full-sized castle'' and the seven Dragon Balls. She regularly feeds Beerus and Whis at the finest restaurants at great expense (though this is largely to keep them from destroying the earth), allows the Pilaf Gang to mooch off her hospitality for unclear reasons, and when the cast are arguing over who gets a wish from the Dragon, she gets most of them to rescind their claims by just buying what they want.
51	* AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther: Vegeta and Bulma are full of this. They often yell at each other and Vegeta tries to pretend he doesn't particularly care about her. Despite all that, they are actually quite loving towards each other like Bulma making Vegeta an upgrade for his armor and kissing him on the cheek, much to his horror. During the Buu Saga, she screams in grief when she hears that Vegeta was killed by Majin Buu. [[spoiler: During the ending montage to the Tournament of Power, she leaps into Vegeta's arms while crying.]]
52	* BarrierMaiden: It's revealed in ''Resurrection 'F''' that she bribes Beerus and Whis with food to keep them from destroying Earth.
53	* BathingBeauty: Early on in the series, she is shown to have a love for [[BathtubScene taking bubble baths]] and often a bath is the first thing she desires when stranded in the wilderness. They call back to this in ''Dragon Ball Z'' by giving her another bubble bath scene while she is hiding out in a capsule house on Namek.
54	* BerserkButton: Do NOT call her old; too bad Jaco never learns from that. In fact, whenever she's called old, she will chew out, slap, or punch anyone who mentions it. She doesn’t even care who says it, not even [[TheDreaded Beerus]]!
55	* BirdsOfAFeather: She and Vegeta are both intelligent, proud, slightly narcissistic, hot-tempered, ''extremely'' stubborn, and [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold abrasive on the exterior]] but [[{{Tsundere}} caring on the interior]]. No wonder they eventually got married.
56	* ABirthdayNotABreak: ''Battle of Gods'', and the entire fight with Beerus, takes place during her birthday party.
57	%% * BoobBasedGag: They were used more than once for comedy early in the series.
58	* BrattyTeenageDaughter: For most of the first series, she never ''quite'' matured past her selfish teenage girl phase. She gets a lot better, but she never truly loses that bratty part of her personality.
59	* BunnyEarsLawyer: Taken more literally in PlayboyBunny outfit when she and Goku encountered Monster Rabbit.
60	* ButtMonkey: In the original series, Bulma was the Butt Monkey whenever Goku was around. Just in the first arc alone, she had her panties taken off by Goku and then flashing Master Roshi, being unable to ride the Nimbus, having to rough it when she wasn't used to it, and being turned into produce. She became less of this after getting DemotedToExtra, though the anime {{filler}} brought her back to this role during the Frieza Saga, being stuck in the body of a frog thanks to Captain Ginyu. It seems to be directly proportional to how much screentime she gets.
61	* BuxomBeautyStandard: She has the biggest bust of all the ''Dragon Ball'' female characters (with the exception of the {{filler}} character [[BrainlessBeauty Maron]]) and Roshi naturally like this.
62	* CharacterDevelopment: In the beginning of ''Dragon Ball'', Bulma was selfish and used Goku as a mean to an end. Although she is still a little selfish, she mellowed out and sees Goku as a true friend and often worries about him.
63	* TheChewToy: Bulma's a victim of a lot of slapstick towards her, being a ButtMonkey and all.
64	* ChildProdigy: According to ''Manga/JacoTheGalacticPatrolman'', she had already surpassed her father at the age of five and single-handedly repaired an alien spacecraft in a matter of minutes.
65	* ClingyJealousGirl: Mostly as a teenager in the first series when she would get jealous of girls hitting on Yamcha.
66	* ComedicSociopathy: Because of Bulma's [[ItsAllAboutMe selfish]], SpoiledBrat personality at the beginning of the series, it's nearly impossible to feel sorry for her when misfortune hits. Just in the first episode of ''Dragon Ball'', she hits Goku with her car, shoots him, tries to bribe him with feeling up her butt, and manipulates him to gain access to his Dragon Ball. So, her being captured by a dinosaur and peeing herself is treated as a comedic moment. She, thankfully, mostly [[CharacterDevelopment grows out]] of [[TookALevelInKindness this]].
67	* CommutingOnABus: Remember when Bulma was the ''co-lead?'' Downplayed from the Namek to Cell sagas where she has a bigger part. She also plays a prominent role once Beerus and Whis show up, functioning as their main supplier of delicious food and reason for not blowing up Earth. It works.
68	* CompositeCharacter: Her personality was based on the princess from Akira Toriyama's one-shot ''Dragon Boy'' and her appearance was from Plamo from another one of Toriyama's one-shots named ''The Adventures of Tongpoo''. Her personality is also similar to Akane from ''Manga/DoctorSlump''.
69	* CoolBigSis: When she's not being a bossy [[SpoiledBrat spoiled]] RichBitch, Bulma actually acted like this to Kid Goku in ''Dragon Ball''. Hell, she even gave him a bath and actually washing him herself. Maybe Bulma gets it from her big sister Tights. She is later this to his son, Gohan. This kinda makes her a Cool Aunt in a way.
70	* CowerPower: She often hides behind Goku whenever someone or something dangerous happens when she was a teenager. She looked especially funny since she's so much taller than Goku who is barely three feet tall. She also hid behind Yamcha, which terrifies him at first because of his fear of women.
71	* CurtainsMatchTheWindow: Blue hair, blue eyes (in the anime, anyway).
72	* DaddysGirl: Dr. Brief loves Bulma dearly, and his idea of spending quality time together involves working together in his lab, which suits Bulma just fine.
73	* DamselInDistress: Despite knowing how to use a gun, she needs to have her ass saved frequently. Mostly by Goku, Yamcha, Master Roshi (and later Vegeta and Trunks, her husband and son).
74	* DemotedToExtra: Bulma was actually the co-lead alongside Goku at the beginning of ''Dragon Ball''. Her gadgets and knowledge were indispensable, and she played a vital role in many of the earlier adventures of the series. She remained a prominent character throughout ''Dragon Ball'' and the beginning of ''Z'' before her role progressively gets smaller and smaller before it's reduced to a side character in ''GT'' (with the exception of the Baby arc where she has a major role).
75	** In the manga version of Future Trunks saga where unlike the anime, she does not accompany them to the future nor does she play a role in using an alternative time machine since it's never destroyed due to Black not returning to the past to fight Goku.
76	* {{Deuteragonist}}: In the early parts of the original ''Dragon Ball'', and in the Legacy of Goku arc.
77	* DestructiveRomance: Bulma's relationship with Yamcha could best be described as hostile, abusive and unforgiving, and all of it on her part. This is not repeated when she ends up married to Vegeta, which eventually matures into a much more stable relationship than she ever had with Yamcha.
78	* DidYouJustFlipOffCthulhu: She has a habit of antagonizing Beerus and getting away with it. In fact, Bulma might be the only one who Beerus is intimidated by other than Zeno, as he's shown sweating bullets when being berated by her.
79	* DistractedByTheSexy: This was Bulma's problem. She tended to go gaga over any hunk she sees, which is a problem when they're the bad guys. Halfway through ''Z'', this was dropped.
80	* DitzyGenius: She's one of the brightest minds in the world, being able to make brilliant inventions out of junk in minutes, however, she lacks a lot of logical judgement. This is best shown in the Red Ribbon Army Saga where she invents a high-tech spy drone and sees that Goku is planning to attack the Red Ribbon Army HQ. After the drone gets blown up, she realizes they need to call for help, but she complains they don't have a phone. Turtle then points out that if she could make a drone then a phone shouldn't be any trouble for her, to which she gets the point and sets to work making the phone. All this and yet, somehow, she gets the idea to become a treasure hunter. She gets [[CharacterDevelopment only slightly better at this over the course of the series]], in the sense that she doesn't walk headlong into danger without thinking first so much.
81	* DivineDate: Her husband, Vegeta, became a {{Physical God}} in ''Super''.
82	* DoNotTauntCthulhu:
83	** During ''Battle of Gods'', she berates Beerus, a [[DestroyerDeity God of Destruction]] and TheDreaded for even Shenron himself, who she just saw curb-stomp Vegeta and all of the Z-Fighters with complete ease, for ruining her birthday party and slaps him across the face. He just slaps her right back.
84	** Goku even references this come ''Resurrection 'F'''; the minute they hear from Bulma about Frieza's return, Goku insists to Vegeta they need to get back to Earth right away before Bulma does or says something stupid to piss Frieza off.
85	* DoubleStandardAbuseFemaleOnMale:
86	** Her treatment of Yamcha in their past relationship wouldn't be acceptable if the genders were reversed. Basically, Bulma has been known to hit and yell at Yamcha for girls he hasn't met being attracted to him!
87	** Also to Jaco. Whenever they are getting on each other’s nerves, she’s always the one who hits him and is never hit back (though, however, he does insult her in return but he doesn't physically hit her like she does).
88	* DotingParent: She's quite the doting mother to her two children.
89	* TheDragon: To Baby in ''GT'', after he brainwashes her. And having the world's smartest human at his side works extremely well, as seen when she grants Baby the ability to transform into an Oozaru following her creation of a Blutz Wave amplifier.
90	* DrivesLikeCrazy: The story of ''Dragon Ball'' literally begins with Bulma either hitting or narrowly missing (depending on the version of the story) Goku with her car and throughout the rest of the franchise, she can often be seen craned over a steering wheel and furiously blazing towards her destinations.
91	* DudeMagnet: Besides Yamcha and Vegeta, there's Roshi who frequently hits on her. She sometimes uses her sex appeal to get what she wants.
92	* EmbarrassingFirstName: "Bulma" = "buruma" = "bloomers". Bulma was reluctant to tell Goku her name when they first met because of this. Goku laughed his tail off when he first heard it.
93	* EntitledBitch: When they first meet Master Roshi after returning his pet turtle, Bulma fully expects Roshi to give her a gift in exchange despite the fact that she blatantly refused to initially help Turtle return to the sea, and tried to persuade Goku to feed Turtle to the [[BearsAreBadNews Bear Thief]] to save her own hide; Turtle even outright says that Goku's the only one who ''really'' helped him.
94	* EpicFail: Tried to use a remote to summon Nappa's left-over space pod and ended up blowing it up.
95	* ExpositoryHairstyleChange: Averted. While she changes her hairstyle quite often, none of the changes are really expository.
96	* {{Expy}}:
97	** Like a number of the early characters, she actually did begin as a loose {{gender flip}}ped expy of a ''Literature/JourneyToTheWest'' character - in this case, no less a person than Xuanzang[=/=]Tang Sanzang[=/=]Tripitaka himself (she's on a quest which Goku/Wukong is just tagging along for, she gets into peril and needs saving by Goku, she's far less of an Action Person than Goku, etc). Of course, as time went on, these elements drifted away and by the time the Saiyans show up, it can be hard to remember it was there at all.
98	** In the original series, she has a personality quite similar to Akane Kimidori of ''Manga/DoctorSlump'', the first success of Akira Toriyama, being a sassy and outspoken teenage girl who serves a StraightMan to the naive and strong KidHero (Goku and Arale, respectively). Even Bulma's first love Yamcha looks a lot like Akane's love interest Tsukutsun. The main difference is that Akane is a full-blooded tomboy, while Bulma is a boy-crazy GirlyGirlWithATomboyStreak, and that Akane is StreetSmart but not a genius like Bulma.
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102	* FamilyThemeNaming: Like all of her family, she is named after underwear. Bulma = bloomers.
103	* FearlessFool: She can be this way in ''Battle of Gods'' and ''Super'', being the DitzyGenius she is. Like Chi-Chi, she is not afraid to insult Beerus, a DestroyerDeity, and Frieza, a GalacticConqueror who can destroy an entire planet just by pointing at it. Vegeta has to close her mouth to prevent the planet from getting destroyed! {{Justified\|Trope}} for Beerus becoming friends with Bulma, but Frieza would destroy her. Goku himself lampshades the latter case, insisting to Vegeta that they have to go back to Earth right away before Bulma ''really'' pisses Frieza off.
104	* FemmeFatale: Bulma usually uses her looks and body to manipulate guys to do her bidding. She tried using it on Goku initially, but it failed.
105	* Fiction500:
106	** Her family owns Capsule Corp.; capsules are a perfect miniaturization technology, and the Briefs have a monopoly. While the exact extent of Bulma's wealth isn't made entirely clear, her mansion is big enough to house internal forests, and building a spaceship for her friends' interstellar travel needs, free of charge, is a trivial act.
107	** Toriyama says that Capsule Corporation [[MegaCorp owns half of the worldwide vehicle market]]. That would already be impressive, but it gets even more when you remember that their symbol is proudly displayed on many more products, from refrigerators to portable houses...
108	** Taken to extremes in ''Super'': in the first arc, she apparently rented a yacht for her birthday party that was large enough to house an entire literal castle with room to spare. In ''Dragon Ball Super'''s final arc, we find she actually owned said ship... [[spoiler:after she gives it away as a gift to Android 17 as a second prize for him winning the Tournament of Power.]]
109	* FirstFriend: Bulma is the first companion Goku ever met, being the one who introduced him to the outside world and set the stage for their journey to find the Dragon Balls.
110	* {{Flanderization}}:
111	** ''Super'' really likes to exaggerate Bulma's temper and her penchant for hitting others, while in the series, she occasionally hit her friends, the main victim was Roshi (who rightfully deserved it). Instead, it's hard to list who she ''wouldn't'' hit, which is at least a smaller list than who she wouldn't yell at.
112	** Similarly, ''Super'' really likes to play up her immaturity into making her a full blown {{Womanchild}}, being far more immature and selfish than she was ever shown to be in any media, examples include using the Dragon Balls to make herself younger, nearly getting herself killed by Zamasu by trying to flirt with him, and be incredibly violent and abrasive to those who don't do as she says.
113	* FlorenceNightingaleEffect: In the Anime Filler, this is how she fell for Vegeta. By all indications, it ultimately was a one-night stand before the two got married
114	* {{Foil}}: To Chi-Chi, in numerous respects. Chi-Chi got married early and became a mother very soon, whereas Bulma had Trunks (by accident) when she was well in her thirties, and wasn't married. Chi-Chi is an EducationMama who puts a lot of pressure on her son Gohan to succeed, while Bulma spoiled Trunks. Chi-Chi dresses more traditionally, while Bulma often wears revealing clothing. Chi-Chi excels at cooking and housekeeping, while Bulma’s talent lies in her genius for science.
115	* ForScience: In ''Super'', she insists on trying to build her own version of the time machine her future self made, despite the whole temporal mess and Beerus warning her that time travel is strictly forbidden, simply because she knows it can exist and is compelled to try herself. She ends up getting caught by Beerus and he blows it up.
116	* GadgeteerGenius: She invented the Dragon Radar and built a ''TimeMachine'' in an alternate timeline just to name a few. As well as this, she has invented so much more, being the president of Capsule Corp.
117	* GirlyGirlWithATomboyStreak: She is spoiled, vain, ''very'' flirty and boy-crazy (especially in the original series), likes bathing, dressing sexy and putting on lipstick, and is openly proud of her beauty. She's also a tech geek and is ready to go on adventure with Goku and other male friends.
118	* GoingCommando: An unintentional example in the first arc. She only realizes she showed [[DirtyOldMan Roshi]] more than her panties once she sees them on the floor. When she realized Goku took off her panties, she proceeds to [[WouldHurtAChild open fire on him]].
119	* GoodParents: She is this to Trunks and Bulla. Even though she made the mistake of bringing Baby Trunks to the battlefield, she still shows that she cares for his well-being. She also doesn't hesitate to rein in Vegeta's overzealous training habits with Trunks, often reminding him that Trunks is still a child and she won't stand for it.
120	* GoofyPrintUnderwear: Early in ''Dragon Ball'', Krillin holds onto Bulma's pants when they're hanging over a lava pit and accidentally pulls them down, revealing her strawberry undies. Naturally, she gets pissed when he stares at them and kicks him.
121	* HairTriggerTemper: It's not as bad as her husband's, but the littlest things set her off. In ''Resurrection 'F''', Goku and Vegeta return to Earth as quickly as possible because they know Bulma's going to say something insulting to Frieza and make him blow up the whole planet.
122	-->'''Bulma:''' Hey, creep! Were the first two losses not enough? How'd you come back to life, anyways? You're not just obsessed with revenge, you suck at it!
123	* HasAType: She is a rather big fan of {{Bishounen}}, instantly developing crushes on Yamcha, General Blue and Zarbon's first form within minutes of meeting them. Ironically, she ends up with the much more rugged Vegeta.
124	* HappilyMarried: By all accounts, with Vegeta. She's openly affectionate with him and doesn't display any of the insecurities that haunted her past relationships, instead seeming to be perfectly content with the life they've built together. It doesn't stop them from bickering, though. Given her previous relationship with Yamcha, it's probably because she knows other women will never be flirty towards Vegeta, not when he's so abrasive to his allies... Vegeta even told Goku [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rGDJql9593I her headstrongness]] is the reason why he loves her, to Piccolo's genuine surprise.
125	* {{Hypocrite}}:
126	** In her relationship with Yamcha, Bulma would always flirt with other guys and try to find another boyfriend, but Kami forbid Yamcha try to do the same thing. Simmers down a lot after becoming a wife and mother, but that's possibly due to Vegeta showing no interest in anyone besides her, no matter how little.
127	** In ''GT'', the Dragon Balls shatter and give birth to evil dragons born from the negative energy that built up in them from over-use; they were originally intended to rest for a few decades in between wishes so the energy could disperse naturally. Bulma ''immediately'' blames Goku for all this, citing all the times they've used the Dragon Balls. Of course, Bulma is the one who invented the device that allowed them to use the Dragon Balls so frequently, and kicked off the entire franchise by going to Goku's house to get the Four-Star Ball (and on top of that, her wishes were extremely petty: a lifetime supply of strawberries, later amended to finding the perfect boyfriend). When this is pointed out, [[NeverMyFault Bulma dismisses it and still tries to foist all the blame off on Goku]].
128	** She tears the Z-Fighters a new one for depending on Goten and Trunks to fight Buu, especially after Piccolo traps them in the Hyperbolic Time Chamber, where they will remain forever until Super Buu kills them. While she makes a valid point and the Z-Fighters [[DeathIsCheap are being too casual about death]], she never made this protest before when kid Goku would go off on dangerous adventures, one that she started with the first Dragon Ball hunt, and even encouraged Goku to come with her. She also had no problem with kid Gohan fighting super-powered, mass-murdering aliens and androids, and didn't bat an eye when he asked to go to Namek with them. She was even willing to leave Gohan along with Krillin on Namek, while she left for Earth and the only reason she stayed back was because two of Frieza's flunkies had damaged their spaceship. It's not until ''her'' child is in mortal danger (who was stronger than both Goku and Gohan were at that age, mind you) that she suddenly realizes the negative implications of having children fight on the front lines. This can possibly be chalked up to two things; When Goku was a child, she herself was only a few years older than him, and Goku had shown her time and time again that he was capable of taking care of himself, so it's possible she saw him as more of a peer. In regards to Trunks and Goten, it might be due to the fact she was a mother by that point, since she shows concern again in the epilogue, this time for Gohan's daughter Pan when she finds out she'll be competing in the tournament.
129	* HypocriteHasAPoint: As stated above, during the Buu Saga, Bulma chews out the rest of the heroes for being so casual about Goten and Trunks fighting Super Buu. However, she never had any qualms about Goku going off on dangerous adventures when he was a kid, nor did she have issues with Gohan, who was also a kid at the time, traveling to Namek or fighting the Androids. That being said, she does have a point about them being so relaxed about the possibility of children dying (since she's now a mom herself), especially because she knows the Dragon Balls can only bring people back to life for so long.
130	* IdiotBall: She sometimes lost common sense ([[DitzyGenius more than usual at least]]). For example, see FearlessFool. She is also prone to making incredibly bad choices due to her own self-interests, which typically ends up biting her in the ass.
131	* IHaveBoobsYouMustObey:
132	** She tries to invoke this occasionally but it seldom does much good: Yamcha is too bibbledy over her to be useful, Vegeta is too much of a JerkAss, and though Goku will usually help her out, it's because his grandpa taught him to be nice to women, [[ChasteHero not because he is particularly attracted to them]].
133	** One subversion in the early series actually involves Bulma offering a lot more than a peek to General Blue, who is consequently ''horrified'' by the prospect, hinting his tastes run... elsewhere.
134	** The only time this tactic has worked for Bulma is when she has to cajole [[DirtyOldMan Master Roshi]] into giving up a Dragon Ball. Due to [[IdiotHero forces unexpected]], she ends up giving Roshi a bit more than she thought she did...
135	* InsufferableGenius: She occasionally falls into this, especially in the first show, and in the ''Z'' days before she married Vegeta and had a son. Although she is super-intelligent, even more so than her father, she can be whiny and selfish.
136	* InterspeciesRomance: With Vegeta, though Saiyans are HumanAliens.
137	* ItsAllAboutMe: Mainly in ''Dragon Ball''. She falls back into it during the Namek Saga, where she spends most of her time on Namek whining and moaning about how miserable she is and acting like everyone should drop what they're doing and take her back to Earth, to the extent that when she sees the Dragon Balls are assembled, she plans to wish herself back to Earth despite full knowledge that the entire reason they're there is to resurrect everyone who died fighting Nappa and Vegeta. It gets truly exaggerated by ''Super'' as despite seemingly maturing and having a better handle on her temper in the Cell and Buu sagas, she's completely selfish in the years set after these events, being far more prone to acting like a spoiled teen than before. The best example is her attempt to justify using the Dragon Balls near annually is that so someone else doesn't use them instead of using those wishes to help anyone altruistically.
138	* {{Jerkass}}: In Early "Dragon Ball", Bulma was self-centered, vain and spoiled to the max. To the point, that she lacked self-awareness that she wasn't pure of heart even after shooting kid Goku. She does mellow out more and more overtime.
139	* JerkassBall: She hold it sometimes even after she TookALevelInKindness. With her {{Flanderization}}, it started to happen more frequent.
140	* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Even after Character Development. She is still self-centered, vain, and spoiled, but a good girl at heart and very loyal to her friends.
141	* LikeBrotherAndSister: Her relationship with Goku is this. They have been friends since Goku's childhood and neither has ever expressed romantic interest in the other in-universe. The closest they ever came was when Bulma saw Goku as an adult for the first time and remarked on how handsome he'd turned out, and even that could be interpreted as sisterly affection rather than genuine romantic interest.
142	* TheLoad:
143	** During the Red Ribbon Army Saga, Goku tells her point-blank that he doesn't want her coming along with him to find his grandpa's Dragon Ball because she's useless and will only get in his way. She insists on accompanying him anyway, which ends up putting her in mortal danger multiple times.
144	** She's even worse during the Namek and Frieza Sagas. Bulma is brought along because she's the only person with the know-how to fix their spaceship if it breaks down, but the only useful thing she does is stay in radio contact with her father. Otherwise, she just hides in a capsule house inside a cave, whines about how hard her life is, and act like everyone needs to drop everything they're doing and ferry her back to Earth as quickly as they can. Even worse, at one point she sees the Dragon Balls are assembled and runs off to wish herself back to Earth, despite knowing that the whole reason they're there is to revive the people killed fighting Vegeta and Nappa. And then she gets briefly body-swapped with Captain Ginyu, a bit of {{Filler}} that was actually retained in ''Kai''.
145	* LockedOutOfTheLoop: She made a wish to Shenron to presumably revive all the lives lost since the morning of the tournament, presumably thinking only those that Vegeta killed. She had no way of knowing that Majin Buu existing and that they would need the Dragon Balls sooner. This cost them 4 months without them. However, this turned out to be a blessing in disguise, as this wish, by technicality, also revived Kibito, who was killed by Dabura, which set of a chain of events that would lead to the heroes victory in the long run, even though Bulma, the rest of the gang, and humanity would end up being killed by Super Buu and the Earth itself would be destroyed Kid Buu during the process.
146	* LostInTranslation: The way Bulma addresses Goku in Japanese. She mostly calls him ''Son'' (Son-kun), although that's his family name, she calls him that way to show how close and familiar she is with him while the rest of the cast appropriately calls him Goku. Bulma referring to Goku as Son in English would make many children scratch their heads in confusion, so it was completely dropped in the English localization, and curiously in some other countries as well. The English manga did keep this in some instances, though. There's also the fact that, given her family's naming theme, her name was probably meant to be Bloomer (which would make sense, Buruma would be a pretty good Japanese transliteration of Bloomer).
147	* LovableAlphaBitch: An extremely rich ProudBeauty and somewhat vain, selfish, and shallow, especially in the original series. She's also very loyal and helpful to her friends and family. She is genuinely friends with the significantly less wealthy rest of the cast.
148	* LoveMartyr: To Vegeta. She puts up with a lot given that Vegeta is a prideful {{Jerkass}}. Even after he cools down, he's still a JerkWithAHeartOfGold who rarely openly shows love for her and their child. Though they do get better later in the series.
149	* MadScientistsBeautifulDaughter: Although her scientist father is only slightly eccentric (not mad), she inherited her good looks from her mother and the brain from her father.
150	* MagicPlasticSurgery: Literally. By ''DBS: Boly'', she apparently has gotten so used to Shenron that she wishes for him to make herself look moderately younger without having to go through more mundane surgical procedures. And in ''Super Hero'' she asks Shenron to make her butt bigger on a whim. Talk about MundaneUtility.
151	* MagneticHero: She was this in the first story arc of ''Dragon Ball''. She gets Goku to join her side by promising him a grand adventure and to see the world for the first time. She bribes and then later blackmails Oolong on her quest for the Dragon Balls, and Yamcha develops a crush on her and follows them so he can use the Dragon Balls for himself to wish away his fear of women, [[FireForgedFriends eventually forming a friendship with them]].
152	* MamaBear:
153	** It’s never wise to so much as insult Trunks in her mere presence. Along with Chi-Chi, they both cower Piccolo into submission for acting like a DrillSergeantNasty towards their sons, pointing out that their naps and wellbeing come first before their training.
154	** She was very protective of little Gohan once Raditz crashed Goku’s reunion. She can instantly tell how frightened Gohan felt as he [[CowerPower hid behind his dad’s leg for protection]] while [[PapaWolf Goku]] tried to get him to let go for his own safety, but she managed to pull him away. She would spent the rest of the episode holding onto Gohan while StaringDaggers at Raditz. At least until Raditz kidnaps Gohan once he let go of her hug to rush to his Dad’s side after Raditz knees him in the stomach. She’s as much as relieved as all of her friends once Goku remembers Gohan still had his hat with a dragon ball attached on, since they can easily find him with the dragon ball radar.
155	* MissFixit: She repaired a broken scouter and repaired Android 16.
156	* MoralityPet:
157	** To [[ArrogantKungFuGuy Yamcha]] in the Pilaf Saga and then Vegeta in the Buu Saga and beyond, considering that [[UnstoppableRage he freaks out and tries (very well) to beat Beerus until he's a stain on the floor]] after he slaps her.
158	** She and Trunks becomes this to [[TokenEvilTeammate Vegeta]] and he's fully aware of it, which is why he allows Babidi to turn him into a Majin. [[EvilFeelsGood He wants to recapture the feelings he once had when he was evil]]. In the end, he can't turn his back on his family and comes to regrets his actions. To make amends, he gives his life to protect them from Majin Buu, his first true selfless act.
159	* MsFanservice: For an entire generation of manga and anime fans, she was ''the'' Ms. Fanservice. She is the curviest female character of the franchise and has [[BuxomBeautyStandard the biggest bust]] (aside from {{Filler}} character Maron), which got even bigger in ''Super'', which the anime gladly puts on full display. Among her famous moments were several {{Panty Shot}}s, {{Shower\|Scene}} and {{Bathtub Scene}}s, a period of time where she had no proper clothing and was stuck wearing either a ModestyTowel or a PlayboyBunny suit and having to [[SleepsInTheNude sleep naked]] and the infamous scene where she flashes Master Roshi, not realizing [[GoingCommando she isn't wearing any underwear]]. To take it further, she's the only female character to appear (fully) naked in the entire series. Also, almost all of her outfits involve dresses or shorts accentuating her long and slender legs and showing off ample amounts of cleavage.
160	* {{Narcissist}}: Bulma has a few traits of narcissism (albeit mostly in ''Dragon Ball'') such as her vanity, having a lot of self-centered desires, and showing no scruples with manipulating and screwing people over to fulfill her desires and getting what she wants.
161	* NeverMyFault: In ''GT'''s Shadow Dragon Saga, after the Shadow Dragons are unleashed, Bulma pins the blame on Goku for starting the cycle of the Z-Fighters finding and using the Dragon Balls, despite the fact that 1) Goku had ''absolutely no idea'' what the Dragon Balls were or what they did before Bulma showed up on his doorstep looking for them, and 2) as pointed out by the Supreme Kais themselves, ''Bulma'' was the one who created the Dragon Radar, thus completely nullifying the balls' "scatter long enough for the negative energy within to disperse" safety measure, in the first place.
162	* NiceJobBreakingItHero:
163	** During the Namek Saga, after Captain Ginyu inadvertently switches bodies with a frog, Bulma finds him and, annoyed that she can't understand what he's saying, makes a translation collar for him. The first thing Ginyu does once it's strapped onto his neck is to perform a GrandTheftMe on her.
164	** Also, inventing the Dragon Radar eventually leads to the events of the Shadow Dragons arc of ''GT''.
165	* NoBadassToHisValet:
166	** Despite being a {{Muggle}}, Bulma is perfectly willing to push around anyone. She even does this to [[BloodKnight Vegeta]], to the point of getting him into wearing a pink shirt. Naturally, they hook up and have two children together. She continues to boss him around on a regular basis, even during his battle against Frieza.
167	-->'''Bulma:''' Hey, Vegeta! How long were you thinking of making your beautiful wife wait, huh?
168	** Bulma slaps Beerus for calling her an old auntie, much like she does with every powerful fighter in the series. However, she is fully aware that hitting Beerus is ''not'' a good idea given her fearful reaction when Beerus glares at her. Thankfully, Beerus decides to forgive her this time since she is the one who suggests using Shenron to track the last Super Dragon Ball.
169	* {{Nominal Hero}}: In Early Dragon Ball, she was on Team Goku but only so she could use him to found the Dragon Balls to get a perfect boyfriend. In many ways, she wasn't much different from the Pilaf Gang despite not being an antagonist.
170	* OddFriendship: With Whis. It originally started out as Bulma just supplying him and Beerus with a constant stream of delicious Earth food, but by ''Resurrection 'F''', Whis seems to have become genuinely fond of her.
171	* {{Ojou}}: As the daughter of the founder of Capsule Corp, she's filthy rich and is treated like royalty in her home.
172	* OlderAndWiser: Over the years in the original manga she noticeably matured, as she used to be boy crazy who jumped at hot men, as it happened with Yamcha and general Blue, and by the 23rd tournament, she comments Goku is attractive, but doesn't try anything even before Chi-Chi shows up. Namek arc solidifies her maturity; when she sees Zarbon, in the manga she comments he looks good but looks scared and asks Krillin is he's one of the villains, a far cry from the Red Ribbon Army arc Bulma who flirted with general Blue despite knowing he's a villain.
173	-->'''Bulma''': (During the Red Ribbon Army arc) ''Th-the bad guys! But Caramba! '''What''' a bad guy! Meeow!''
174	-->'''Bulma''': (During Namek arc): ''I supposed it's too much to hope that this is the handsome hero coming to rescue us...''
175	* OlderThanTheyLook: To some extent in ''Super'' especially. By that point, Bulma is in her mid-forties, and yet aside from a shorter haircut than she sported as a teen and twenty-something, she doesn't look all ''that'' much older than she did during, say, the main parts of Z and definitely lacks a lot of the traits that anime design often gives "middle-aged people". This has actually been ''praised'' in some circles, as a number of fans find it refreshing that the show acknowledges that people don't magically stop looking good the moment they go past 25. It's not until the end of the original series and ''GT'' where she finally starts visibly aging. It's implied in ''DBS: Broly'' and confirmed in ''Super Hero'' that she uses the Dragon Balls to make herself younger.
176	* OmnidisciplinaryScientist: Surgery and robotics, space technology, time machines, the Dragon Radar. If there's something the Z-Fighters need that's remotely related to science, Bulma will be an expert on it. And she's also a competent businesswoman, seeing how she's the president of Capsule Corp.
177	* OnlyOneName: Just "Bulma". Her future timeline counterpart is called "Future Bulma" by fans to separate her from her present timeline counterpart. The English dub tries to turn her father's name into a surname, but it doesn't take very well.
178	* OneOfTheBoys: She has tomboyish traits and often shares common interests with her friends in the Dragon Ball Gang (and later, the Z-Fighters). Her love for mechanics and gadgetry is a plus factor.
179	* OnlySaneWoman: Tries to be the voice of "the common people" amongst men who live by the Way of the Warrior. Best demonstrated when Trunks warned them about the Androids: Bulma suggests using the Dragon Balls to stop them before they get dangerous enough to fight back, and is promptly outvoted by Goku, Vegeta, etc. wanting to test their strength.
180	* PalsWithJesus: She is one of the only few people who are close friends with Whis and [[DestroyerDeity Beerus]]. She can even get away with hitting and insulting him, which not even the prideful Vegeta can do! Likewise, she's married to Vegeta, and is PlatonicLifePartners with Goku, who became {{Physical God}}s in ''Super''.
181	* ParentsAsPeople: Bulma falls into this despite her being a [[GoodParents good mother]] throughout the series. She tends to be too doting to her children Trunks and Bra, causing them to be spoiled when they were children.
182	* ProudBeauty: She thinks the reason she couldn't ride the Nimbus was because she was "so beautiful it's a sin". Whenever a guy shows interest in her, she's very into the idea of it only being natural.
183	* PlatonicLifePartners: With Goku, [[ShesAllGrownUp at least until he grew up...]] Even then, she and Goku remain quite close friends.
184	* PoorCommunicationKills: During the Cell Saga, she neglects to tell Android 16 that she removed the bomb in his body while repairing him; this comes back to bite them when 16 tries to self-destruct along with Cell and can't because the bomb is gone.
185	* ReluctantFanserviceGirl: In the very first story arc, her clothing becomes damaged and, stuck out in the desert, the only piece of clothing nearby is a Playboy bunny costume. She hates wearing it, but inexplicably wears the bunny ears with it until she can replace it with some nearly-as-revealing local attire.
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189	* {{Retcon}}: She's shown to get naturally older like everyone else in both ''Z'' and ''GT'', but ''Super'''s Broly movie implied Bulma abuses the Dragon Balls to make herself look absurdly youthful like she does in the series.
190	* RetroactiveIdiotBall: Manga/JacoTheGalacticPatrolman reveals she knows Jaco, and ''Super's'' Universe 6 arc shows she can contact Tights to call Jaco at any time, so it looks odd that after saiyan saga, Bulma would bother with repairing Kami's old ship to go to Namek instead of just contacting Jaco to borrow a newer, possibly faster ship, or at least ask Tights to contact Jaco while fixing Kami's ship.
191	* RichGenius: She and her father are both genius inventors who created the capsules, those tiny things that are able to store anything of ANY size. They also own a yacht, are able to host big parties, and they have their own professional chefs. On her birthday, she hosted a bingo contest. The SecondPrize was ''a castle.''
192	* ScienceHero: Pretty much the nearest thing to one that the ''DB'' setting can have, and the most prominent one on the Dragon Team; while she rarely, if ever, takes a front-line role (since it's very hard, at best, for tech-based heroes in this setting to keep up with ki-based fighters), her genius-level skill with gadgetry has given the Z-Fighters a non-combat edge time and again.
193	* SecretKeeper: She is this to the Z-Fighters, especially Goku. She knows none of them are interested in fame and want to keep their world-saving on the down-low. Which is why when Goku killed King Piccolo and she reported the defeat, she made sure not to mention Goku's name. She also helps Gohan with his Saiyaman costume and didn't want anyone to go Super Saiyan at the World Martial Arts Tournament so people wouldn't connect them with the 'Gold Fighters' from the Cell Games.
194	* SecretlyWealthy: She was this in the first story arc, as she travels by herself, is only carrying a few capsules and never tries to bribe Goku or anyone, nor does she ever flaunt how rich she is even though she was much more arrogant back then. Even after that story arc she's still quiet about her richness.
195	* SexySilhouette: In the anime version of her ShowerScene in Oolong's double-decker camper.
196	* {{Shorttank}}: Often wore this in her younger days.
197	* ShowerScene:
198	** While camping in the desert in Oolong's double-decker camper. Yamcha accidentally saw her showering while trying to invade their camp.
199	** Happens again in the ''Resurrection 'F''' arc in ''Super'' when Goku teleports in on Bulma while she's only wrapped in a ModestyTowel. She promptly punches him.
200	* ShowSomeLeg:
201	** Several times in the original ''Dragon Ball'', this was her go-to bartering tactic, "Special Erotic Strategy" as she called it in the Japanese version. It proved most effective against Master Roshi... not so much against anybody else. She eventually gave up on this maneuver altogether.
202	** Comes back in a glorious fashion in ''Super'' when, [[spoiler:as Trunks is struggling to learn the Evil Containment Wave to use on the immortal Zamasu, she ''pretends'' to invoke the trope on him -- only to later reveal after he lashes out at her in his extreme xenophobia of mortals that she was ''trying'' to get a rise out of him, knowing that her being harmed would give her son the rage he needed to succeed.]]
203	* SilverFox: In the end of ''Z'' and ''GT''. Not technically a grandmother, but she has aged and ''still'' looks great.
204	* TheSmartGirl: She possesses an almost superhuman intellect and uses it to create a bounty of useful inventions in her quest for the Dragon Balls. Many of these creations, like the Dragon Radar, are so complex that experts and scientists have not been able to understand them.
205	* SmokingIsCool: Late into her adult life... being the wife of ''Vegeta'' would be stressful, after all. However, Future Bulma is also smoking, despite only briefly hooking up with Future Vegeta. Though, it's likely that she's also extremely stressed out after the loss of her lover and friends. The fact her father is also rarely seen without a cigarette in his mouth implies she may have picked it up from him, although both are never seen smoking in Super due to the show conforming to modern-day standards of television.
206	* SpoiledBrat: She has spades of this, especially early in the series. She's somewhat grown out of this as she got older, although it still pops up from time to time, even after having Trunks and Bulla. Comes back in full force in ''Super''.
207	* SquishyWizard: She's a {{Muggle}} as far as Martial Arts goes, but her skills as a ScienceHero make her a nonetheless invaluable member of the team.
208	* StatingTheSimpleSolution: During the Android Saga, she's the only member of the group who thinks to simply go after Dr. Gero and stop him before he activates the androids. She's promptly shot down, mostly because Goku and Vegeta [[BloodKnight like the sound of the challenge these androids will bring]]. Krillin also tells her in secret that it's best to give former villains Piccolo and Vegeta a mutual enemy.
209	* SupernaturallyYoungParent: In ''DBS: Broly'' where she intends to use the Dragon Balls to make herself five years younger and Goku guesses she's probably done this a few times before. ''DBS: Super Hero'' confirms she has been using the Dragon Balls to make herself look younger.
210	* TagalongKid: She was basically this during the Red Ribbon arc, as she insisted in traveling with Goku again, while he didn't really want her around since she'd just get in the way. This however, was short lived, because she didn't know the Red Ribbon Army were gunning for Goku, and she quickly stopped following Goku around for the rest of the arc, and considering that after dealing with general Blue, RRA sent Tao Pai Pai after Goku, it was for the best.
211	* TheTeamNormal: Of the original five (Goku, Yamcha, Puar, Oolong, and herself), she is the only one with no powers. This remains such throughout the series. Her intellect, on the other hand, is sometimes on par with the guys' insane power levels and even saves their lives on numerous occasions.
212	* TeenGenius: She designed a portable Dragon Ball-detecting radar at the tender age of 16. She loses the teen part over the course of the series, but keeps the genius part.
213	* TheTeamBenefactor: She and her father provide the heroes with all their high-tech needs -- spacecraft, time machines, updated Saiyan armor, etc.
214	* TokenGirl: During the first arc of ''Dragon Ball'', she was the only girl who would journey around.
215	* TomboyAndGirlyGirl:
216	** She and Launch vary on which is the tomboy and which is the girly girl depending on which of Launch's personalities is dominant. If Launch is in her blonde form, she's a gun-crazy kleptomaniac and Bulma is a fashion-conscious non-combatant. If Launch is in her blue-haired form, however, she's a naive [[TheIngenue ingenue]] and Bulma is the adventurous WrenchWench.
217	** With Chi-Chi, on the other hand, this is usually zigzagged, considering that Chi-Chi is an ActionGirl while Bulma is a {{Fashionista}} [[NonActionGuy Non Action Girl]]. Other times, Bulma is the adventurous WrenchWench GadgeteerGenius while Chi-Chi is mostly concerned with being a good wife and mother; Chi-Chi is also a SupremeChef and good example of FeminineWomenCanCook. However, later on in the series, Bulma settles down and doesn't change much otherwise, but Chi-Chi has relaxed a lot and is much more comfortable with reminding everyone that she's an extremely skilled martial artist in her own right.
218	* TooDumbToLive:
219	** She ''slaps'' Beerus in ''Battle of Gods'', a being who she was repeatedly told could easily kill her on a whim without anyone hoping to stop him. She just ended up being lucky that the God of Destruction decided to only pay her back with a slap in turn.
220	** In ''Super'', she attempts to ''flirt'' with Future Zamasu to buy Future Trunks time, who is an immortal deity that has a genocidal hatred towards mortals, an act that could have very well ended in a gruesome end had Trunks and Mai not arrived in time.
221	* TookALevelInKindness: Bulma goes from just using Goku to get all the Dragon Balls to actually caring about him and seeing him as a dear friend. By the King Piccolo Saga, she's truly concerned about the state of the world and not just herself.
222	* TookALevelInJerkass: While Bulma always had a HairTriggerTemper and was prone to violence, ''Super'' takes this up to eleven. It's hard to find a scene where Bulma isn't yelling, scolding, or hitting someone for something that may or may not be DisproportionateRetribution. It's probably most prominent where she tries to hit Goku for something that wasn't remotely intentional,[[note]]He was trying to find Hit by sensing his energy, leading him to be distracted as Bulma hits him with her car as he was crossing the street.[[/note]] and she's surprised when he doesn't ''stand there and take the hit.'' In ''DBS: Broly'', Goku assumes that she's used the Dragon Balls to wish herself younger a few times (which is later confirmed), which means she's using it more selfishly than her ''Z'' counterpart, who complains about the way she ages but otherwise takes it in stride.
223	* TooKinkyToTorture: Played with. Pilaf threatens Bulma with sexual torture, but then just blows her a kiss. When she says what she ''thought'' he was planning to do, she ends up freaking ''him'' out.
224	* {{Tsundere}}: Bulma's also somewhat of a tsundere, especially in the first series, but starts to mellow out and has lost most of this by the time Vegeta steps into the picture, settling down into HappilyMarried motherhood. She's still quite bossy though and still has the occasional outburst every now and then.
225	* TrademarkFavoriteFood: In ''Super'', Vegeta claims she can't go a week without Instant Ramen. She, more or less, confirms it by saying it was her trump card.
226	* TheUglyGuysHotDaughter: Her father Dr. Briefs is old and wrinkly while Bulma is a very pretty scientist.
227	* TheUnfairSex: In the first series, Bulma openly flirted with other men (all of whom are also hot bastards). [[{{Hypocrite}} Yet it's her ex-boyfriend Yamcha who had to beg for her forgiveness if he so much as looked at another woman]]. She even pulled a gun on him in ''VideoGame/DragonBallOrigins'' despite her earlier flirting with the evil Colonel Silver. She would get jealous of girls hitting on Yamcha, but even when she's dating Yamcha, she's prepared to dump him at the drop of a hat for Jackie Chun and General Blue, before they turn out to be old and evil, respectively (that Blue is also gay hinders things as well). However, she appears to be completely loyal to Vegeta after Trunks' birth, ''finally'' falling into the HappilyMarried trope. She also at one point fell for, you guessed it, Goku, when she saw [[ShesAllGrownUp He's All Grown Up]]. It's just too bad he got engaged on the same day...
228	* UnfazedEveryman: Despite seeing powerful enemies that can blow up planets, she doesn't see it as a big deal and calmly goes about her techy business until something ''really'' strange or out-of-this-world happens. Not even Vegeta's temper-tantrums faze her. Especially so during the Androids saga, where she seems even more unfazed than the heroes themselves at all the powerful villains going around. She actively follows the heroes when Frieza shows up again ''twice'', just because she wants to finally catch a glimpse of him. Even Whis popping out Baby Bulla from her belly didn't shock her, unlike the rest of the cast.
229	* UnlimitedWardrobe: While ''Dragon Ball'' has never been shy about changing a character's appearance a little, Bulma truly stands out among the series and anime as a whole. Bulma will often change outfits several times during the course of an arc and even relatively minor time skips usually see her with a completely different hair style. In an industry where changes to appearance are frowned upon, Bulma is truly an oddity.
230	* UptownGirl: She and Vegeta play with this trope. While Vegeta is the prince of Saiyans, his home planet was destroyed, and he had spent the majority of his life working under Frieza. Bulma, on the other hand, is the heiress to Capsule Corporation, one of the biggest companies on Earth, and has never been stripped of her wealth like Vegeta was.
231	* VitriolicBestBuds:
232	** She and Goku start with this kind of relationship. Goku is quick to point-out how weak and useless Bulma is, while Bulma often yells about how naive Goku is. This is especially apparent in the first story arc. Despite that, they do care for each other with Bulma worrying about Goku's safety and Goku rescuing Bulma when she's in trouble. By the time of ''Z'', the vitriolic part is all but gone, although it does pop up every blue moon.
233	** Also Chi-Chi, though mostly in the English dub in ''Z''. They both find themselves arguing over their husbands and sons, but they do get along most of the time.
234	** She and Jaco seem to be on this level, due to him insulting her looks and her beating him up after.
235	* WeirdnessMagnet: Especially in the first story arc of the original ''Dragon Ball''. By the end of her journey to collect the Dragon Balls, she made friends with a monkey-tailed boy, a perverted old man, an equally perverted pig, and a desert bandit and his floating cat. Her circle of friends continued to get weirder. She later marries the Prince of Saiyans and has two half-Saiyan children. {{Lampshaded}} by Krillin in ''Resurrection 'F''', when Jaco shows up and he openly wonders where she meets so many weirdos.
236	* WhatDoesSheSeeInHim: This was pretty much the reaction to everyone, both in and out of universe, to the idea that Bulma and Vegeta would end up together. Especially during the Android/Cell Saga, where Vegeta essentially ignores Bulma's very existence despite having fathered Trunks with her, and even flat-out tells Future Trunks to his face that he doesn't care one bit about "that foolish woman and her blasted child". However, Future Trunks has an idea:
237	-->'''Future Trunks''': I don't think you realize how much honor means to my father. It's the only thing that keeps him going. It's what makes him a warrior. Oh sure, some might see it as arrogance, but I think down at the core, it's much more noble than that. I believe that's what my mother saw in him. And it's what I see too.
238	* WhatTheHellHero:
239	** During the Buu Saga, she gives all of the Z-Fighters such a speech when Trunks, Goten, and Piccolo are trapped in the Hyperbolic Time Chamber with Super Buu after Piccolo blows up the entrance, especially after Krillin cheerily points out that Piccolo could simply [[ItMakesSenseInContext kill them and himself]], and then they can bring them back with the Dragon Balls:
240	--->'''Bulma''': Are you even listening to yourself?! "Relax, because they're trapped with a monster that could kill them?!" They were ''children''! They should have ''never'' been made to fight! You grown men left the fate of the Earth in their hands! I hope you're ashamed!
241	** In the original Japanese, Bulma's speech is even more brutal; she pulls no punches and flat-out calls the Z-Fighters cowards for forcing two children to fight Buu.
242	** In the Episode 62 of ''Super'', she ''really'' gives Beerus an earful, since [[spoiler: contrary to his insistence that it would occur because he killed the present Zamasu, Goku Black was ''not'' RetGone and is still wreaking havoc in the future]].
243	** In the Episode 68 of ''Super'', ''she'' gets one from [[spoiler: Beerus and Whis, who find out that she's built a new time machine. Beerus then proceeds to destroy it and the stuff required to make it work, the act also destroys the last traces of Future Bulma's work and memory.]]
244	* WhatTheHellIsThatAccent: Her accent in the AB Groupe dub ranges between a New York and New Jersey accent.
245	* WomenPreferStrongMen: {{Implied\|Trope}}. Would explain her falling for Yamcha and then for Vegeta, at any rate.
246	* WorldsSmartestWoman: Shares this status with her father Dr. Briefs, being the lead scientists of Capsule Corp and boasting the most sophisticated technology in the world. From a young age, she was a TeenGenius who could put together the complex Dragon Radar to detect a specific signal, a shrinking device, and assemble a working phone out of junk. A spaceship created by her and Dr. Briefs would be the fastest in world, while her future self also invented a working time machine. The only other person to rival her status is Dr. Gero.
247	* WouldHurtAChild: In her first appearance, she ''shoots Goku in the head''; granted, Goku ''did'' mistake her for a monster and throw her car, but still. She also shoots him again when she's angry at him.
248	* WrenchWench: Bulma can fix anything as a GadgeteerGenius.
249	* YoungestChildWins: She is the favorite child, compared to her older sister Tights, who is unmentioned and never appears in the anime (until the Champa Saga, and even then, it's only Bulma who mentioned/called her).
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