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Power[]
- Manga and Anime
Trunks is able to achieve the Super Saiyan form much earlier than his father and future counterpart. Due to a combination of his Saiyan heritage and having trained under his father Vegeta at an early age, Trunks is a capable fighter. He continuously trains with his father, Vegeta, in the Gravity Room because Vegeta wants Trunks to be stronger than Goten. While preparing for the 25th World Martial Arts tournament, training under 100 times gravity is challenging for Trunks. However, when he transforms into a Super Saiyan, he is able to move easily in the Gravity Room.
At the age of eight, he became the Junior Division Champion of the 25th World Martial Arts Tournament following his defeat of Goten (won by cheating). Due to his strong friendship and friendly rivalry with Goten, both are shown to work well as a team, this made him and Goten ideal candidates for learning the Fusion Dance. In the anime, after training in the Hyperbolic Time Chamber for a week and managing to have Gotenks achieve Super Saiyan 3, Trunks states that he and Goten have become more than twice as strong as before.
However, it was too dangerous for Trunks (as well as Goten) to confront villains such as Majin Buu without either the assistance of the other Z Fighters and/or the use of the Fusion Dance to turn into the mighty Gotenks. When peace came after defeating Kid Buu, Trunks stopped training.
In Dragon Ball Super, Trunks only fought with Goten or fused with him, due to the extreme gap in power between himself and their enemies. Despite being fused as Gotenks, the duo often was overpowered by foes such as Beerus and Duplicate Vegeta, although they were able to damage Tagoma and were able to interest the newly revived Frieza. In the anime, Super Saiyan Trunks' power at maximum was enough for Goku to detect from Beerus' planet at the start of the "Future" Trunks Saga. After meeting his future counterpart, Trunks attempts to re motivate him by insulting him and attacking him as a Super Saiyan. While the fight was unseen, we are able to see post battle Trunks even as a Super Saiyan was not even a remote challenge for Future Trunks, who appeared no worse for wear while Trunks himself was completely exhausted.
By the time of the Universe Survival Saga, in the manga Super Saiyan Trunks was able to hold off multiple Cell Juniors at once, though he appeared to be at a disadvantage. Vegeta also tells Android 17 that Trunks is just as good as the Trunks 17 knew, despite being a kid.
In the second portion of the Super Hero Saga, Trunks and Goten have not trained in six months, however as Super Saiyans they prove able the just-awakened Cell Max alongside the Gamma Androids, who are impressed by their performance against the giant, however once Cell Max's power builds further he quickly overpowers the four.
In Dragon Ball GT at the start of the series it is stated that Trunks has not been training seriously. in the Black Star Dragon Ball Saga he is shown to be stronger than Pan in even his base form. He is able to kill Cardinal Mutchy Mutchy in his Super Saiyan form. He is also able to somewhat keep up with Goku against Luud. Trunks is also stated by Pan to be the second strongest on Earth (though he corrects her by saying Gohan, Piccolo & his father are stronger than him.) Dr. Myuu is interested in Trunks' power, and remarks that he'd make a fine Machine Mutant.
In the Baby Saga, when Goku states that Rilldo is stronger than Majin Buu, Trunks states that he is getting riled up, excited to fight him (However he does not, because of the plan he and Giru came up with in order to get the Dragon Balls back). Seeing the enraged Pan knock down Rilldo, Trunks considers the possibility that she is stronger than him. Goku also remarks that he found it strange that Trunks was beaten so easily, which gave away his plan to Goku. He is later shown to be much stronger than infant Baby and was too strong for Baby to control. Baby even went as far as to describe his power as "bottomless". When in control of Goten's body, Baby notes that he will need Vegeta's body to surpass Trunks. When Trunks attacks Golden Great Ape Baby, the latter now finds his power sad (due to the now massive gap).
During the Super 17 Saga of Dragon Ball GT, in his base form - via a sneak attack - Trunks is strong enough to defeat Yakon with a single ki blast, and when he and Goten fire a combined ki blast at the off-guard Android 19 they are able to destroy him. Trunks also possesses sword skills, as shown when he wields the Brave Sword as an adult in Dragon Ball GT.
- Films
Working as a team Trunks and Goten were able to take on powerful fighters like Broly and Bio-Broly. Though they were no match for Broly and were only able to damage him a little.
Like his counterpart, Trunks is shown to be a capable Swordsman and was entrusted with Tapion's Brave Sword following Hirudegarn's death in Dragon Ball Z: Wrath of the Dragon.
- OVAs
In Dragon Ball: The Return of Son Goku and Friends!, Trunks and Goten are able to take on Abo and Kado who are the same rank as the Ginyu Force and a power of 530,000, similar to Frieza.
- Video games
In Dragon Ball Xenoverse, in an altered history of the Super 17 Saga, Trunks' fight with a powered up Nappa proved to be difficult even in his Super Saiyan form with aid of the Future Warrior.
In the Adventure Mode taking place after GT it is noted that it would be impossible for GT Trunks to defeat Frieza (from the Battle of Namek) or Cell (from the Cell Games), and that Pan was catching up to him in power, when fighting as a Super Saiyan he is completely outmatched by base Goku - who defeats him using just one tenth of his power - with Trunks being in such an awe of 10% power Goku that he notes he is on a whole other level.
Inspired by Gohan's book Groundbreaking Science, in Age 805 Trunks along with his best friend Goten became the founders of the Kikoukenjutsu Sword Style and through intense training Trunks developed his natural potential as a master swordsman alongside Goten, leading to the foundation of the Kikoukenjutsu Sword School. In Age 820, at the age of 54 both he and Goten (age 53) used their school's sword-based style to defeat an army Jigglers during an invasion of Earth by the remnants of the Frieza Force following the death of Mr. Satan.
- Statements by author's and guidebooks
In the Universe Survival Saga, Goten and Trunks were both implied, as Super Saiyans, to be stronger than Krillin and Master Roshi.[1]
Abilities[]
- Flight – The ability to fly using ki.
- Ki Blast – The most basic form of energy wave.
- Ki Sense – An ability that allows the user to sense ki and power levels.
- Rapid Movement - The fighter moves with great speed, which creates the illusion of teleportation.
- Vision Smash – Trunks dodges the opponent's attack, flies above them and punches them in the face. He then appears behind them whilst saying "Behind you!" and kicks them away.
Trunks firing the Double Buster during the 25th World Tournament
- Double Buster – First, Trunks brings both his arms to the side of his torso and changes his ki. Then, he extends his arms forward and fires a golden energy wave at the opponent, inflicting a high amount of damage.
- Trick Buster – First, Trunks opens his hands forward and charges a yellow energy sphere. Then, Trunks fires the sphere, which creates a sizable dome of energy on impact, inflicting a high amount of damage.
Trunks prepare to fire his Big Tree Cannon on Bio-Broly
- Big Tree Cannon – Trunks starts the attack by extending his arms to both sides of himself and forms two golden or blue energy spheres. Then, he brings his arms in front of him and holds out his hands with his index fingers pointed outward like a child pretending to use a gun and fires a large golden energy wave at the opponent, inflicting a high amount of damage.
Trunks fires the Energy Burst at Broly
- Energy Burst – The user usually brings their arms to their sides, charges up ki, and then he throws his hands forward one after another as he rapidly fires many energy blasts.
- Kamehameha – Trunks never displays the knowledge of how to use this attack in the original manga series, however he displays this skill in Bio-Broly, and later in Dragon Ball GT.
- Super Kamehameha – Used in Xenoverse.
- Multiple Kamehameha - Two or more fighters fire multiple Kamehamehas (one per fighter) simultaneously at a single point. This usually causes their separate Kamehamehas to merge into one giant Kamehameha blast at the opponent.
- Flame Kamehameha - Used in Dragon Ball Z: Buu's Fury.
- Fusion Dance – A short series of poses that are performed by two characters of equal power levels and roughly equal size. To correctly perform the Fusion, the fusees must strike the poses in a perfectly symmetrical image of one another. The result of a correctly performed Fusion Dance is a superior being whose power is multiplied several-fold over that of the individual fusees. If the dance is performed incorrectly, it will result in an obese or skinny character who is much weaker than either fusee individually.
- Power Stance – A fighting stance. Only used in the second opening of Dragon Ball Z, We Gotta Power, and the Dragon Ball Z Collectible Card Game.
- Fighting Pose - Poses used while as Saiyaman X-1.
- Up-Cycle Punch - A dashing punch used by Trunks as Saiyaman X-1.
- Up-Cycle Double Punch - A team attack used by Trunks and Goten in their Saiyaman X forms.
- Cyclone Style! Tornado Hurricane - A powered up punch used by Trunks as Saiyaman X-1.
- Cyclone Style! Tornado Double Hurricane - A team attack used by Trunks and Goten as Super Saiyans.
- Cyclone Style! Tornado Super Hurricane - A team attack used by Trunks, Goten, Gamma 1, and Gamma 2.
- Down-Cycle Kick - A downward kick used by Trunks as Saiyaman X-1.
- Steam Cleaner High Pressure - A tornado-like energy wave used by Trunks as Saiyaman X-1.
- Brave Cannon – First, the user puts his two arms on his right side and charges a large, powerful ball of ki. Then, he throws the ball at his opponent, causing an explosion which inflicts a large amount of damage.
- Buster Cannon – Future Trunks draws his hands back down to his sides and charges two blue energy spheres in his hands. Then, he combines them together in front of him to fire the energy wave at the opponent, inflicting a great amount of damage.
- Burning Storm – First, Future Trunks places his hands forward at a 90-degree angle and charges a blue energy sphere. Then, he fires a barrage of energy spheres from the energy sphere at the opponent, inflicting a great deal of damage.
- God Breaker – Trunks extends his hand forward and fires a yellow energy wave at his opponent, inflicting a large amount of damage.
- Twin Galactic Kick – A combined downward kick used in conjunction with Goten.
- Explosive Wave – A technique where the user bursts out ki from all over their body in order to repel the opponents around them.
- Shining Slash – In Dragon Ball Z: Wrath of the Dragon, Trunks uses a variation of High Strike to cut off Hirudegarn's tail.
- Persuasion - A user of persuasion is incredibly persuasive and are able to bring anyone to understand and feel for their viewpoint and can convince others of virtually anything.
- Tri-Beam - The user forms a vaguely diamond-shape "tunnel" with the hand's by keeping the fingers on each hand together, overlapping the index finger on the one hand with the pinky of the other hand, and overlapping the thumbs. The object being focused on gets zoomed in on and visualized inside that diamond, then he shouts "Tri-Beam, ha!" while releasing the large yellow beam from the hands.[2]
- Jump Kick Trunks – Trunks jumps forward, and spin kicks the opponent, hitting them up to three times. Used in Super Butōden 3.
- Saulting Kick – Trunks performs a backflip, kicking the opponent as he flips. Used in Super Butōden 3.
- Kakusan Energy Dan – Trunks lets out three ki blasts all at once, one hovering over the other. Used in Super Butōden 3, where it is also one of Future Trunks' techniques.
- Spirit Rush – Trunks' Meteor Attack in Super Butōden 3. He flips upside-down and kicks the opponent in the head numerous times, and then he knocks them flat with a Big Tree Cannon.
- Super Elbow Smash – A dashing elbow smash used in the Butōden series.
- Reverse Tornado – A turn around kick used in the Butōden series.
- Pointed Charge – A dashing jumping kick used in the Butōden series.
- Lightning Kick – A seven hits kick attack used in the Butōden series.
- Big Bang Attack – One of his super attacks in Dragon Ball Z: Ultimate Battle 22 and Dragon Ball Z: Shin Butōden.
- Meteo Ki Crash – Trunks' meteor attack in Ultimate Battle 22.
- Finish Buster – Used in several video games.
- Burning Attack – Used in several video games.
- Final Cannon – Used in video games.
- Blast Attack – Trunks kicks the opponent up in the air, and then he kicks and punches them down again. Used in the Budokai series, where it is also one of Future Trunks' techniques.
- Grand Impulse – Trunks grabs and kicks his opponent up in the air. Used in the Budokai series.
- Afterimage Technique – One of Trunks' Blast 1 in the Budokai Tenkaichi series.
- Finish Sign – One of Trunks' Blast 1 in the Budokai Tenkaichi series.
- Super Unyielding Spirit – One of Super Saiyan Trunks' Blast 1 in the Budokai Tenkaichi series.
- Back Flip - Kid Trunks signature attack in the Raging Blast series.
- Kikoukenjutsu Sword Style – Used in Dragon Ball Online.
- Victory Rush - GT Trunks' Ultimate Skill in Xenoverse.
- High Tension Turn - Used in Xenoverse.
- Armored Boost - Used in Xenoverse.
- Meteor Blow – Used by GT Trunks in Xenoverse.
- Chain Destructo Disc – Infected GT Trunks' Ultimate Skill in Xenoverse's Time Patrol mission: "Wake Up, Other Trunks!".
- Para Para Boogie - Used by GT Trunks in Xenoverse.
- Shining Sword Attack - Used by GT Trunks in Xenoverse.
- Galaxy Tri-Attack - A team attack used by Trunks, Goku, and Pan in Dokkan Battle.
- Galick Gun - Used in Dragon Ball Fusions.
- Super Saiyan
Main articles: Super Saiyan and Super Saiyan Full Power
Trunks as a Super Saiyan
Trunks (GT) as a Super Saiyan
Trunks gains the power to become a Super Saiyan at a very young age. He was capable transforming before his first appearance onscreen during his training with his father, Vegeta, while they are preparing for the 25th World Martial Arts Tournament by training inside a gravity chamber; the Super Saiyan transformation allows Trunks to withstand, and easily run around at 150 times the gravity of Earth, which he was barely able to walk around before transforming.[3] He briefly uses the Super Saiyan form to fight Goten during the Grand Finals of Junior Division, and he uses it several more times during battles in Dragon Ball Z and Dragon Ball GT. Trunks uses the form in Dragon Ball Super as well but seldomly fights due to the extreme gap in power between himself and the foes, often fusing with Goten instead. Trunks only uses this form in an unseen fight with his Future counterpart but is assumed to have been badly beaten and he is virtually exhausted upon seeing him post battle while his Future counterpart is perfectly fine.
In Dragon Ball GT: Final Bout, Trunks is referred to as Super Trunks in this form.
- Mighty Mask
Main article: Mighty Mask Not an actual form, Mighty Mask is Goten and Trunks working together whilst wearing the costume of the fighter Mighty Mask. This "form" is playable in Dragon Ball Heroes and Dragon Ball Z: Dokkan Battle in both base and Super Saiyan.
- Saiyaman X-1
Main articles: Saiyaman X Suit and Saiyaman X Watch
Trunks as Saiyaman X-1
Super Saiyaman X-1
Saiyaman X-1 is Trunks' transformation alter ego. As Super Saiyan X-1, Trunks also uses Super Saiyan just as Gohan did in the anime.
- Infected
Main articles: Baby, Tuffle Parasites, Super Saiyan, and Dark Magic
Trunks infected by Baby
Super Saiyan Trunks infected by Baby
During the events of Dragon Ball GT, Trunks is temporarily possessed by Baby along with Gohan, Goten and Bulla, and then later by a regular Tuffle parasite. This state appears for the first time as a playable character in Dragon Ball Heroes, as both base and Super Saiyan forms.
In Dragon Ball Xenoverse, infected Trunks appears in his Super Saiyan form as an enemy during the first GT Saga and is also under the influence of Demigra's Dark Magic.
- Super Saiyan Third Grade
Main article: Super Saiyan Third Grade Trunks possess this form in Cooler's scenario during Dragon Ball Z: Supersonic Warriors 2, due to being identical to his future counterpart in this scenario.
- Super Saiyan 3
Main article: Super Saiyan 3
Super Saiyan 3 GT Trunks card for Dragon Ball Heroes
Like Future Trunks, present Trunks has this form as an adult in Dragon Ball Heroes, introduced in the first mission of the Galaxy Mission series (GM1). He also appears in this form in the spin-off manga Dragon Ball Heroes: Victory Mission.
- Baby Trunks
Main articles: Tuffleization and Baby
- Strongest Form 1
Main article: Strongest Form 1
Super Baby Trunks card for Dragon Ball Heroes
In this form, Super Saiyan Trunks is possessed by the Tuffle parasite Baby, which results in him being transformed directly in the Strongest Form 1. This form makes his debut in Dragon Ball Heroes, introduced in the sixth mission of the God Mission series (GDM6).
- Villainous Mode
Main article: Villainous Mode Trunks is given the Villainous Mode power up in Dragon Ball Xenoverse. While using this power up his eyes glow red, and he gains a purple and black aura.
- Little Great Saiyaman
Main article: Great Saiyaman Suit
Little Great Saiyaman
In Dragon Ball Z: Dokkan Battle as part of the "Perfect Disguise?! SOS to the Fortune-Teller" Event, Kid Trunks dons a miniature Great Saiyaman Suit as a disguise to ask Fortuneteller Baba about his and Mai's future, only to be forced to take on Baba's fighters to have his fortune told. The suit is a miniature version of Gohan's Suit though it apparently lacks a Great Saiyaman Watch. The form is called both Trunks (Kid) (Great Saiyaman) and Little Great Saiyaman of Mystery.
- Saiyaman-like Costume
Main article: Great Saiyaman Suit
In Dragon Ball Online, the 54-year-old Trunks dons a Saiyaman-like costume to hide his identity while combating the remnants of the Frieza Force that invade Earth in Age 820 after the death of Mr. Satan.
- Gotenks
Main article: Gotenks
Goten and Trunks fused together to become Gotenks
Gotenks is the fusion created when Trunks and Goten perform the Fusion Dance. Gotenks' power far surpasses either of the fighters' individual strengths, as he attains not only the Super Saiyan form, but also the Super Saiyan 3 form. Trunks and Goten are capable of fusing into Gotenks within 0.05 seconds.[4] They use the technique several times as kids. As young adults, in Dragon Ball GT, Trunks and Goten are tempted to fuse into Gotenks to try and help their fathers but are told not to by Gohan. The Fused Warrior Gotenks shares both Trunks and Goten's playfulness as well as their special attacks and new moves that Goten and Trunks do not have, such as Super Ghost Kamikaze Attack as well as Galactic Donut or Charging Ultra Buu Buu Volleyball. The Adult version of Gotenks featured in Dragon Ball Heroes has a new Super Attack called Burning Kamehameha.
- Incorrect Style Fusions
Main article: Failed Fusions The Incorrect Style Fusions of Trunks and Goten are the result of Trunks and Goten incorrectly performing the Fusion Dance which resulted in the creation of two failed versions of Gotenks that are considerably weaker than their fused counterparts individually. The first failed version of Gotenks is a fat Gotenks who was created when Trunks extends his finger at the last minute when he and Goten say, "-sion!" while the second failed version of Gotenks, which is a skinny Gotenks, is created as a result of a lack of coordination between Goten and Trunks as when they both say "HAAH", their fingers do not meet each other correctly.
- EX Gohanks
Main article: EX Gohanks EX Gohanks is the fusion of Kid Trunks and Teen Gohan created via EX-Fusion that was introduced in Dragon Ball Fusions. He is the EX-Fusion and main timeline counterpart of Future Gohanks, the fusion of Future Gohan and Future Trunks.
- EX Gotenks
Main article: EX Gotenks EX Gotenks is the fusion of Kid Trunks and Goten created via EX-Fusion that was introduced in Dragon Ball Fusions.
- EX Trunks
Main article: EX Trunks EX Trunks is the fusion of Kid Trunks and Future Trunks created via EX-Fusion that was introduced in Dragon Ball Fusions. Like Fused Zamasu, he is a fusion of alternate timeline counterparts.
- Ultra Fusion
Main article: Ultra Fusion
A Male Earthling Ultra Fusion in Dragon Ball Fusions
Trunks is a natural born genius, having inherited Bulma's intelligence. He hasn't had to study during his time in the elite Blue Hal High School.[5]
Trunks wielding the Brave Sword against Hirudegarn
- Brave Sword - An enchanted sword originally owned by Tapion before being given to Trunks during the events of Dragon Ball Z: Wrath of the Dragon.
- Metamo-Ring - A product of the Capsule Corporation that allows people to perform EX-Fusion that was introduced in Dragon Ball Fusions.
Trunks wearing the Great Saiyaman Suit with the helmet off
- Great Saiyaman Suit - A suit worn by Kid Trunks as a disguise in Dragon Ball Z: Dokkan Battle.
References[]
- ↑ http://www.kanzenshuu.com/translations/dragon-ball-official-site-the-artisans-who-made-the-universe-survival-arc/
- ↑ Dragon Ball Super chapter 91, "The Red Ribbon Army's Revival"
- ↑ Dragon Ball Z episode 207, "Take Flight, Videl"
- ↑ Dragon Ball Z: Shin Budokai, 2006
- ↑ Toyotarou and Uchida January 2023 interview part 2. dragon-ball-official. Retrieved on January 12, 2023.