Bulma

Biodata

Power Progression

Appearance

• Childhood: A round-faced girl with blue hair tied with a red bow. At seven, she is taller than nine-year-old Gran and wears a jacket bearing the Capsule Corporation logo 73.
• Later appearance: Described as a youthful, beautiful young woman; her appearance contrasts sharply with her older, careworn future counterpart 141 299.
• Temporary transformation: The Spirit Fruit makes her resemble a two-hundred-pound female bodybuilder while she adjusts to its power 143.
• Gravity Suit: Briefly wears gravity clothing identical to Gran’s before adapting to her enhanced strength 143 149.

Personality

Bulma is proud of her intelligence and openly enjoys recognition. She repeatedly calls herself a genius, celebrates mastering flight, and responds enthusiastically when Gran praises her scientific ability. That pride is backed by rapid learning and inventions that impress even Beerus and Whis 153 244 291 292.

She is generous but quick-tempered. As a child, she gives money to Gran because she believes he is hungry, then demands it back when he insists that she call him “big brother.” Later, she readily argues with Gran, scolds Broly over how he addresses her, and mocks Vegeta despite his strength 73 253 403.

Her loyalty can override caution. Believing Gran is trapped, she builds a Time-Space Shuttle and enters dangerous spacetime rifts to find him. She is equally protective of Tights, although she refuses to dismiss Broly’s grievances merely to spare her sister’s partner 290 292 374 385.

Bulma does not share the fighters’ ambition to keep growing stronger. She considers being able to fly sufficient and has no interest in remaining behind for martial arts training 423.

Abilities & Skills

Scientific Genius

Bulma is identified as one of Earth’s leading scientists, with expertise extending to alien technology, spatial compression, and time travel 244 291 564.

• Rapid development: Completes more than half of the Super Dragon Ball Radar within half an hour of examining a Super Dragon Ball 252 253.
• Mechanical repair: Helps repair Jac’s spaceship before her later reunion with him in space 162.
• Technological analysis: Understands the advanced technologies encountered during much of her travels with Gran; Universe 1 finally presents principles unfamiliar to her 597.
• Spacetime theory: Explains that the Fate Observation Correction Device uses spacetime resonance to examine alternate versions of a person, and warns that capturing too many spacetimes can destabilize it 600.
• Research acquisition: Copies technology databases from Universe 1 with Gran’s assistance 600.

Ki Manipulation

The Spirit Fruit gives Bulma approximately 10,000 Battle Power, but she initially lacks the training to regulate it safely 143.

• Flight: Uses the Sky Dance Technique by gathering and releasing ki beneath her feet 152 153.
• Energy attacks: Can fire a Kamehameha powerful enough to create a mushroom cloud over the sea 162.
• Physical strength: Her uncontrolled footsteps break floors immediately after her enhancement 143.
• Ki sensing: Later concentrates on changes in Vegeta and Gohan’s battle after Gran explains their abilities 567.
• Limits: She is not a trained martial artist. Her earliest flight attempt destroys Earth, and she later seeks Gran’s protection to watch battles whose shockwaves could kill her 143 152 304.

Eternal Youth

Bulma reports receiving Eternal Youth from an Angel 162.

• Youth, not confirmed immortality: The supplied account identifies the benefit as Eternal Youth, not invulnerability or eternal life 162.
• Family aspirations: She offers to seek the same benefit for Tights by pleasing Beerus and Whis 162.

Analysis of Fighters

Bulma can draw useful conclusions from a fighter’s history despite not being a martial artist herself 445 446.

• Goku and Vegeta comparison: Identifies Goku’s succession of teachers as the foundation of his growth, contrasting it with Vegeta’s isolated training and refusal to seek instruction 446.
• Practical result: Vegeta accepts her explanation and bows in thanks 446.
• Limits: Advanced states such as Ultra Instinct remain outside her understanding, prompting her to ask Gran for explanations 524.

Knowledge of Alternate Timelines

Her travels give her advance knowledge of dangers facing Earth 297 334 367.

• Timeline mechanics: Explains to Trunks that traveling into a parallel timeline does not rewrite his original world 406.
• Namekian Dragon Balls: Uses information from Future Bulma to explain how Piccolo could be revived through the Dragon Balls on his home planet 334.
• Preventive action: Works to cure Goku’s heart condition and warns another timeline’s Trunks about Zamas 367 422.

Prospective Dimensional Fruit Enhancement

Gran gives Bulma a Dimensional Fruit and discusses supplying more resources to develop her further 600.

• Projected ceiling: Gran estimates that sufficient Dimensional Fruits could raise her to King Yama’s level 600.
• Unconfirmed advancement: The supplied passage does not establish that she finishes eating the fruit or reaches that level 600.

Equipment / Weapons / Items

History

Childhood and the Deities

At seven, Bulma encounters Gran in West City while accompanying Mrs. Briefs. Mistaking him for a hungry beggar, she gives him money. Their exchange quickly becomes an argument, and Gran warns her against becoming acquainted with Vegeta before flying away with the gods 73.

When they meet again, Bulma still remembers the money. She subsequently learns that Beerus had nearly killed her during their childhood encounter and that Gran regards the donation as payment for saving her. Understanding that Gran bears her no ill will, she helps pay for food during his visit 98 99.

Her home becomes a regular dining destination for Gran and the deities. Gran explicitly recognizes that her role as their food provider earns privileges, offering to grant her wishes 141.

Gaining Flight and Protecting Tights

Bulma’s desire to fly independently leads Gran to give her a Spirit Fruit. After struggling with its physical side effects and uncontrolled strength, she learns ki manipulation and masters flight through an overnight practice session 142 143 150 152 153.

She later travels into space to find Tights. During their reunion, she demonstrates her Kamehameha and offers to help deal with a criminal threatening her sister and Jac, with Broly available if the opponent exceeds her abilities 162.

The Super Dragon Ball Radar

Gran recruits Bulma to build a radar for the Super Dragon Balls as part of the effort to resolve Broly’s berserk problem. He takes her to a planet that is itself the Four-Star Super Dragon Ball, where she deploys a capsule laboratory and begins construction 243 244 252.

The work is interrupted by an approaching powerful fighter, but Bulma eventually completes the radar. She explains its limited coverage at the universe’s edge and recommends testing it closer to the center 253 257.

Searching for Gran

After hearing that Gran has been drawn into a Space-Time Crack, Bulma becomes determined to rescue him. She and Dr. Briefs construct a Time-Space Shuttle, despite her father warning that its entirely theoretical design might not work 289 290.

She gathers and refines fuel, records her departure point, and launches into a spacetime rift in Age 761. Her search consumes most of her available energy before Gran spots the shuttle and follows her into another timeline 290 291 292.

Their reunion exposes a misunderstanding: Bulma left to begin the project before Whis finished explaining Gran’s circumstances. Gran scolds her for risking her life but is moved by the effort she made for him 292.

The Ruined Future

In the timeline they reach, Bulma meets Gohan and Trunks, initially learning of her counterpart’s son when Trunks calls her “Mom.” She is appalled to discover that his father is Vegeta, then learns how Goku’s heart condition and the Androids devastated that world 296 297.

Bulma meets her older counterpart and explains Gran’s background, including Beerus and Whis’s fondness for good food. While Gran trains Gohan and Trunks, she supports the group and later watches their confrontation with Cell under Gran’s protection 299 300 304 305.

After the Androids are defeated, she comforts Future Bulma and encourages her to look ahead. Gran destroys Cell and leaves the timeline with the younger Bulma 308.

Defending Her Own Earth

Knowledge from the ruined future informs Bulma’s preparations at home. After Piccolo’s death, she explains the possibility of using Namek’s Dragon Balls, later develops a radar for them, and witnesses Goku become a Super Saiyan 333 334 356.

She also pursues a cure for Goku’s heart condition. Earlier opportunities are lost when Gran uses the available wishes, so she returns to Earth to wait for its Dragon Balls to reactivate 367 401. By the time another Future Trunks arrives, Goku has already been cured by the Dragon God 406.

Bulma recognizes this Trunks through her earlier travels and explains that she is not his mother. Before he leaves, she supplies food, clothes, and other necessities, warns him about Zamas, and tells him to seek Beerus through Whis 405 406 422 425.

Later Travels

Bulma continues accompanying Gran to other universes and observing their fighters. During the tournament period, she questions him about Queen Natasha, shows jealousy over their acquaintance, and tells Beerus that Gran injured Moro in retaliation for bullying her 498 515.

Their later journey includes Universe 8’s tournament grounds, Universe 9, and Universe 11, where she and Marcarita prepare sunflower seeds to watch Jiren confront Belmod 574 575 580 588.

In Universe 1, Bulma encounters technology advanced enough to challenge her understanding. With Gran’s help, she collects scientific databases and examines devices based on spacetime principles 597 600.

Relationships

• Gran — Patron, teacher, and frequent traveling companion. He grants her the means to fly and guarantees her protection; she risks spacetime travel to rescue him and openly admires his strength 143 259 292 565.
• Beerus — A dangerous guest whom she initially fears but regularly feeds. Her scientific work impresses him, and he worries that she could become lost between time-spaces 141 291.
• Whis — Divine benefactor and technological contact. He creates her Gravity Suit, accepts her messages, and tacitly supports Gran’s promise that she will not be allowed to be killed 143 241 259.
• Broly — An affectionate younger-brother figure, not a biological sibling. He calls her “Sister Bulma,” receives food from her, and offers to eliminate anyone troubling her 253 367.
• Tights — Older sister. Bulma searches space for her, fiercely guards her safety, and eventually helps Vegeta at her request, though she will not force Broly to abandon his grievances for Tights’s sake 162 374 385 446.
• Dr. Briefs — Father and research collaborator. Together they build the Time-Space Shuttle; he supports her decision while warning her of its risks 289 290.
• Goku — Longtime friend and former Dragon Ball traveling companion. She worries about his safety, supports his training, and works to prevent his future death from heart disease 149 290 367 446.
• Vegeta — Her brother-in-law in her own timeline, not her husband. She distrusts and mocks him but later identifies the weaknesses in his training, earning his sincere thanks 325 403 406 446 448.
• Future Trunks — The son of alternate versions of Bulma and Vegeta. She insists that he call her “Aunt Bulma” and provides supplies and warnings to help his world 297 406 422.
• Android 18 — Later stays at Bulma’s home. Bulma takes an interest in her past but immediately warns her against mistreating Tights 568.

Alternate-Timeline Counterparts

Notable Quotes

“Now that I know what happens next, I absolutely won't let any of this happen!” 297

“When you're out in the world, you need connections and backing. Lord Gran is my patron, Broly is my little brother, and Goku is my good friend.” 403