- Name: Bulma
- Japanese Pronunciation: Buruma
- Ethnicity: Human
- Origin of name: bloomers (woman's underwear)
- Father: Dr. Brief
- Mother: Name Unknown
- Spouse: Vegeta (whether they're actually married
is a question)
- Offspring: Trunks, Bra
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Goku's friend. As a teenager of 16, she originally persuades
Goku to join her journey to find the seven Dragon Balls.
A vociferous and pushy person, her reason to collect
them is to fulfill her wish to find a boyfriend. She ends up falling
in love with Yamcha, who is initially a highway robber.
As the daughter of Dr. Brief, the founder of the huge
machinery/vehicle company, Capsule Corporation, Bulma is also mechanically
inclined. She invented the Dragon Radar, which detects the special rays
that emanate from the Dragon Balls, enabling the user to track the balls
down.
After the first journey, she joins Goku on a trek to
find the Dragon Ball with 4 stars, which he originally inherited from
Son Gohan Jichan. However, she later regrets joining, as Goku confronts
and battles the ruthless organization, Red Ribbon. Bulma also plays
a role in the Planet Namek episodes, for she and her father are responsible
for building/restoring the space ships that transports Goku, Kuririn,
Gohan, and herself to the doomed planet.
After the warriors arrive back on earth, she develops
a relationship with Vegeta (her relationship with Yamcha had faltered).
By the time Androids #19 and #20 (Dr. Gero) appear, Bulma has given
birth to Trunks. Later on, she creates the special wristwatch for Son
Gohan that allows him to transform in to his costume for "Great Saiyaman."
In the epilogue, 10 years after the defeat of evil Buu, we see that
she has had another child, a daughter named Bra.
In the alternate future from whence teenage Trunks hails
from and the world has been devastated by the evil Androids #17 and
#18, Bulma has invented the time machine that allows Trunks to travel
back to the past to warn Goku and co. of the impending appearance of
the androids.