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Bulma said that she found one dragon ball in her house. She did a lot of research and found out about an old story which states that collecting 7 dragon balls will summon the dragon god shenron who will grant any wish.
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Bulma (ブルマ, Buruma, lit. "Blooma") is an engineer, second daughter of Capsule Corporation founder Dr. Brief and his wife Bikini, the younger sister of Tights, and Goku's first friend. After dating Yamcha in their teen years, she would marry Vegeta in adulthood and give birth to their two children, Trunks and Bulla. A technological genius who can turn her talents to almost any field and understand alien technology near-effortlessly, her inventions have been invaluable to Goku and the rest of the Dragon Team. Her most notable invention is the Dragon Radar.
Bulma is the most significant female character in the series. Aside from Goku himself, Bulma is the single longest-running character in the entire franchise, being introduced in the first Dragon Ball chapter and episode, maintaining a prominent role until the end of the series.
Bulma's original incarnation was the Princess of the Flower Country from Akira Toriyama's one-shot Dragon Boy, the predecessor to Dragon Ball, with her appearance also taking inspiration from the character Plamo from The Adventures of Tongpoo, another Toriyama one-shot.
In Toriyama's first draft of Dragon Ball, Bulma's design was significantly different, giving her the appearance of a western girl. During the second draft Bulma had the braided ponytail that she had in her first appearance but older looking with a different styled dress. The third draft gave her the name of Pinchi and had exactly the same design as the final draft but her clothes her tight black pants with a shirt that had her shoulders exposed.
Throughout the entire series, Bulma has changed her appearance more than any other character, going through a total of 18 different hairstyles. Her hair color varies between appearances, having been colored purple, blue, and turquoise. Her hairstyle was shoulder-length as a teenager. Many of the clothes she is seen wearing often bear her name or the Capsule Corporation logo on it.
Bulma had a youthful and tender appearance in her teen years, such as with her light-colored skin. In her teen years her bust measurement was 85cm, her waist measurement was 58cm, and her hip measurement was 84cm. According to Zuno, her bust measurement as an adult was 87.2cm before breastfeeding, and 83.4cm after.
In her initial appearance, Bulma had her hair in a braided ponytail with a red ribbon and wore a very short pink dress with her name on it with blue sneakers and purple socks. Due to wetting her panties when being captured by a pterodactyl, her clothes are quickly changed to a pair of boots, gray pants and a blue jacket with a white tank top underneath with her hair unchanged.
When she was staying the night in her Capsule House she wore a pink nightgown with one side of her hair in a pigtail and adds a pair of pink socks and blue sneakers to it when she was forced to take Turtle to the beach. After coming back from the beach, Bulma is briefly seen in a white shirt and pants with brown shoes and gloves when attempting to ride Goku's Flying Nimbus.
When dealing with Oolong in Aru Village, Bulma is seen in one of her more consistent appearances featuring her hair down and wearing a pair of brown short shorts, red and white shoes, pink socks, a red jacket with a white shirt underneath and a red hat with her name on it.
Since she loses her Capsules at a river, she is forced to wear a Bunny Costume since she thinks the previous outfit got too dirty for her to wear. She wears the Bunny costume until she gets a pair of gypsy styled clothes at Monster Carrot's Village. The gypsy clothes consisted of her hair in a ponytail while wearing a white suit with a red waistband, a golden collar, a small blue jacket, gold armlets, and red sandals. She wears this outfit until she gets back to West City.
Bulma has a temperamental personality while being very tomboyish and girly at the same time. While known for her extreme intellect, Bulma is quite spoiled and vain, using her beauty as an excuse for doing and getting whatever she wants; this sort of behavior seemingly prevented her from being able to ride the Flying Nimbus. While in stressful conditions, she becomes frightened easily and gets angry toward everyone, including her allies. Bulma tends to have a great deal of concern over her hygiene, complaining when circumstances prevent her from taking a bath or replenishing her beauty supplies, even when it is the least of her worries, such as when stranded in the wilderness. At times, her wanton outbursts have landed her and her friends in deeper trouble.
Despite her temper, Bulma frequently displays friendliness and helpfulness towards others. She also tends to seek out excitement and adventure despite her haughtiness and sheltered upbringing. When calm, she tends to approach major situations rationally, often making crucial decisions on her own, and is very persistent in achieving her goals. As she gets more mature, Bulma focuses on becoming a great scientist and helps out by creating and fixing inventions that help the Dragon Team and her family. She is shown to be very witty, usually teasing her friends, a part of being chipper and easygoing. In Japanese, she even refers to Goku and Krillin by the Japanese suffix "-kun," indicating she feels very close to them.
Bulma enjoys strawberries, attractive boys and bubble baths. Though she shows a strong dislike towards perverted men, she would not hesitate from taking advantage of them; she has been known to use her sex appeal for self-gain on occasion and would herself become infatuated with men she'd just met based entirely on their looks. This happened even during times when she was dating Yamcha, whom she claimed to intend to marry. Hypocritically, her infatuation would also sometimes cause her to flirt in a very crass manner, as demonstrated with General Blue, having grabbed his arm and licked it while meowing like a cat. She also had zero tolerance towards Yamcha being approached by other women when she was still dating him; she broke up with him when she thought he was cheating on her with Hasky, and again when she saw Maron attempting to flirt with him. She later lost interest in Yamcha due to his lack of commitment and showed greater commitment and maturity herself in her relationship with Vegeta.
Despite their rocky start and quarrelsome natures, Bulma has a unanimous relationship with Vegeta, which further improves after their marriage. Bulma tends to boss Vegeta around and often berates him for his rudeness, goading him into further argument, though they both seem to glean some bizarre fulfillment in their rapport, and she in particular takes pleasure in teasing him. Although they argue often and despite him being a former enemy, Bulma is very devoted to Vegeta and truly loves him, taking great pride in being his wife. After becoming a mother, Bulma is a loving one towards her children, though she doesn't hesitate to lay down the law when Trunks misbehaves.
Bitter breakup and marriage to Vegeta notwithstanding, Bulma and Yamcha still care for each other as longtime friends, enough so that the former openly wept in the latter's arms at the news of Vegeta's death battling Buu. By the time of Super, Bulma clearly still considers him an important part of her life, enough to have him at every one of their frequent parties, and happily lets him hold baby Bulla (though Vegeta was not amused when Yamcha made her cry).
One of Bulma's most interesting relationships is her friendship with Goku, having known him for the majority of his life and becoming his first and among closest friends. Initially, she expressed frustration and annoyance towards his lack of hygiene, manners, and knowledge of the world, and sought only to use him as protection whenever they encountered trouble while looking for the Dragon Balls. Soon after however, Bulma came to warm up and care for Goku, their relationship being akin to that of an older sister and younger brother. As they grew up together into adulthood, Bulma showed great concern for him whenever he was in serious danger and would assist him whenever he needed it, despite never-abating irritation at his unrelenting immaturity. Bulma's faith and trust in Goku's abilities has shown to be absolute to the point where she often displays more confidence in him than Vegeta, such as in the battles with Majin Buu as well as Goku Black and Future Zamasu. Bulma's companionship with Goku also extends to his family, being a good friend of Chi-Chi's and showing a great deal of warmth to their sons Gohan and Goten.
1.Dragon Ball chapter 1, "Bloomers and the Monkey King"
2.Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods, 2013
3.Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero, 2022
4.Dragon Ball episode 1, "The Secret of the Dragon Balls"
5.Dragon Ball Z, episode 89 Frieza's Boast
6.Dragon Ball chapter 2, "No Balls!"
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Bulma has been portrayed by Jeannie Hsieh in the unofficial live-action Dragon Ball movie Dragon Ball: The Magic Begins. She was also featured in the 1990 unofficial Korean adaptation where she was played by Lee Ju Hee.
Sep 9, 2023 · Bulma was the first character to discover Goku’s true identity as a Saiyan. With her scientific prowess, Bulma was able to determine that Goku was not human but, in fact, a Saiyan, a powerful alien race in the Dragon Ball Z universe.
- 1 She Was Killed By Goku. In Dragon Ball Super’s 47th episode Future Bulma was killed in a tragic scene, which hurt many fans. In front of Future Trunk’s eyes, she was blown up by Goku Black.
- 2 She Had The Same Voice Actor. The Dragon Ball franchise has gone through a lot of changes over the nearly three decades it was running from 1986. Most characters got new voices from time to time, but Bulma was among the few, who had the same original (Japanese) voice.
- 3 She Created A Time Machine. "Future" Trunks Saga was an unforgettably thrilling period in Dragon Ball. When a capsule appeared with Future Trunk in it.
- 4 She Married Vegeta. While many fans thought Bulma would marry Guko, in the end, she found her soulmate in Vegeta. She had a serious relationship with Yamcha, but it didn’t work out because he couldn’t commit to Bulma.
Jun 7, 2022 · Like many characters who appear early on the in early Dragon Ball manga, Bulma Briefs was loosely based on a character from the story Journey to the West, but many Dragon Ball fans may not know that her origin is tied all the way back to real world events.
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