Trunks

Biodata

Feature	Value
Name	Trunks (特兰克斯)
Alias(es)	Future Trunks; Prince Trunks; Saiyan Prince, specifically in the Saiyan Empire timeline 221 222
Species/Race	Saiyan–Earthling hybrid 154 219
Gender	Male
Parents	Vegeta and Bulma 221 222
Affiliation	Resistance Army in his future world; later the Time Patrol under Chronoa 397 522 523
Occupation/Role	Designated Saiyan heir in the Empire timeline; resistance leader; Time Patrol member 223 397 522
Status	Future Trunks remains alive and active during the Time Patrol missions 536
First Appearance	A Future Trunks appears at the cherry-blossom gathering 49. The Saiyan Empire counterpart first appears as an unidentified visitor 218.

Power Progression

The novel features several parallel-world versions of Trunks. Their power gains belong to separate histories and are not a single continuous progression 158 167 221.

Trunks of Timeline 228

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
Base: slightly over 600,000; ordinary Super Saiyan: slightly over 10 million	152 158	His initial strength is insufficient to defeat Bojack’s subordinate Gokua. Lin Chen identifies his weak foundation as the main problem.
Base: 1.5 million	159	Lin Chen uses Namek’s Potential Unleashing Technique. Even this increase unlocks less than half of Trunks’s potential.
Base: approximately 1.6 million	159	A Tree of Might fruit adds another 100,000 battle power.
Super Saiyan Grade 2	159	Independently discovers the form after Lin Chen hints that ordinary Super Saiyan has higher stages.
Super Saiyan 2	163	Masters the transformation during two years in the Hyperbolic Time Chamber. Uses it to escape the Psychic Powers Barrier and defeat Bojack’s forces.

Prince Trunks of the Saiyan Empire Timeline

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
Ordinary Super Saiyan	225	Already possesses the form when he meets Lin Chen. Admits that believing it was the pinnacle caused him to stop pursuing further growth.
Initial understanding of rule-based powers	280	Gains some insight while observing Lin Chen’s training. Lin Chen considers eventual entry into the divine realm possible, not yet accomplished.
God-ki-enhanced Full Power Super Saiyan; threshold of God Realm Tier 1	398	Develops the form after returning home, drawing on his observations of Lin Chen’s Super Saiyan God transformation. Adds blue god ki to his Super Saiyan aura and is described as halfway to Super Saiyan Blue.
Demonstrated strength beyond ordinary Super Saiyan 2	400	His enhanced form sends Super Saiyan 2 Goku flying with one punch. Super Saiyan Blue Goku then catches his fist.

Lin Chen’s initial training mission targets Super Saiyan 2, but the supplied passages do not explicitly show Prince Trunks attaining that form during the year of training 224 247 248.

Other Future Counterparts

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
Ordinary Super Saiyan	51	The Future Trunks attending the cherry-blossom party transforms while opposing Paragus’s invitation to Vegeta.
Super Saiyan 2	167 170	The older Future Trunks resurrected in Timeline 228 learns from that world’s Trunks, then displays Super Saiyan 2 when Cell returns.

Background / History

Parallel Incarnations

Version	Distinguishing history
Cherry-blossom-party Future Trunks	Appears in a world where Vegeta killed second-form Cell, preventing Perfect Cell and the Cell Games 49 50.
Timeline 228 Trunks	Grew up after the loss of Earth’s major fighters and resisted Bojack. He is distinct from the older Future Trunks who previously trained with Vegeta 154 158 167.
Prince Trunks / recurring Future Trunks	Comes from a world where Planet Vegeta survived, Vegeta became king, and Dr. Gero overthrew the Saiyan Empire. Later joins the Time Patrol 221 224 522.
Lin Chen’s native-timeline Trunks	Bulma and Vegeta’s son, born one year earlier than his counterpart in Prince Trunks’s world 232 236.
Piccolo-led-world Trunks	A child whom Piccolo rescues after Vegeta sacrifices himself against Majin Buu 333 334.
Trunks in the peaceful, later Goku crisis timeline	Has grown into an adult alongside Goten; later recognizes Lin Chen’s Saiyan tail during the search for someone who can save Goku 435 447.

Prince Trunks: Birth and the Saiyan Empire’s Fall

Prince Trunks was born while Vegeta lived on Earth as a representative of the Saiyan Empire. Vegeta had defeated the Red Ribbon Army but spared Dr. Gero to exploit his Android research; during his stay, he fell in love with Bulma 222.

When Trunks was three, Bardock informed Vegeta that King Broly had killed Vegeta III. Vegeta subsequently defeated Broly through an Android-assisted ambush, became king, and brought Bulma and Trunks to Planet Vegeta. Trunks became the designated Saiyan Prince 223.

Dr. Gero eventually rebelled with Androids 17 and 18, defeated Vegeta, and destroyed Planet Vegeta’s capital. Vegeta was assassinated a year after the planet fell. Bulma and Trunks escaped to Earth under assumed names and built a Time Machine intended to let Trunks warn his father before the rebellion 224.

Arrival in Lin Chen’s World

Trunks instead reached a separate timeline, twenty years earlier than his own era. Its history confused him: Vegeta was not king, the Saiyans were governed by Lin Chen, and Earth was being invited into the Galactic Alliance 218 219 221.

After privately explaining his origins, Trunks asked Lin Chen to save his world. Lin Chen offered mentorship rather than immediately fighting Gero’s army for him. Seeing Super Saiyan 2 restored Trunks’s determination to train, but he returned home first to arrange Bulma’s safety 224 225.

His preparations failed when Shin discovered that an Android had replaced Bulma. The impostor destroyed the Time Machine and self-destructed; Shin evacuated Trunks and preserved the machine’s research documents. Trunks eventually returned to Lin Chen’s world injured, revealing that his mother had been turned into an Android 236 237.

Apprenticeship and the Android Conflict

Trunks accompanied Lin Chen’s group against the Big Gete Star, contributing knowledge from an earlier assault and equipment for fighting in space. He later formally began a year of training on a remote planet under Lin Chen and Broly 239 240 247.

Broly’s effortless defeat of him exposed the weakness of his technique. Having grown up on Planet Vegeta, Trunks had trained mainly to increase power rather than learn Earth’s martial arts. His desire to rescue Bulma persuaded him to rebuild his fighting skills from the ground up 248.

During the subsequent conflict, Trunks and Krillin recovered Android and Cell research from a Red Ribbon Army facility. Trunks destroyed the base to prevent further production and delivered its data to Bulma. He also intervened against Cell to protect Vegeta, using the Galick Gun 267 271.

Before Trunks returned home, Lin Chen judged him strong enough to handle the Androids but warned him against complacency. Trunks went on to lead the Resistance Army in overthrowing their rule and later prevented Majin Buu’s revival, although his world’s Supreme Kai died during that crisis 279 280 397 400.

Goku Black and Restoration

Peace lasted only a few decades before Goku Black devastated the recovering civilizations. Trunks and Mai escaped Planet Vegeta with a navigation component needed for the Time Machine and reached the Big Gete Star, now the survivors’ last refuge 397 398.

After Bulma’s death, Mai wounded Trunks to prevent him from throwing his life away in revenge. She then sacrificed herself against Black, allowing him to escape to Lin Chen’s timeline. Traumatized, Trunks initially mistook its Goku for Black and attacked him before realizing his mistake 399 400.

Following Zamasu’s defeat, Trunks used Lin Chen’s Shenron to restore those Zamasu had killed in his timeline. His second wish returned humans transformed into Androids to ordinary human bodies. He subsequently helped Bulma’s family build a new home and accepted responsibility for his restored world 430 434.

Time Patrol Service

Chronoa pressured Trunks into joining the Time Patrol because of his repeated use of the Time Machine; Mai joined voluntarily. Trunks later sought Lin Chen’s and Vegeta’s help after Dark Demon World agents began entering multiple timelines 522 523.

With Mai and Vegeta, he investigated Timeline 30’s Namek in Age 762. Their equipment confirmed that Frieza’s victory over Super Saiyan Goku contradicted the expected history. Trunks urged cooperation and joined the battle despite Vegeta’s insistence on fighting alone 523 524.

Chronoa later rescued the team from Gravy. Although they failed to recover the Dragon Ball, the anomaly was resolved; she then called on Trunks, Vegeta, and Frieza to help two endangered Time Patrol teams 536.

Timeline 228: Liberation from Bojack

Timeline 228’s Trunks nearly died fighting Gokua before Lin Chen rescued him. His available instruction had come from Master Roshi and Lazuli rather than Vegeta or Gohan, leaving his Super Saiyan strength poorly supported by fundamentals 152 154 158.

After two years of chamber training, he returned as a Super Saiyan 2. He killed Gokua, swiftly defeated Bujin and Bido, survived Bojack’s Death Wave, and destroyed Bojack with a Kamehameha, ending more than a decade of oppression 161 163.

When the Z Fighters were resurrected, Trunks received Vegeta’s praise and met the older Future Trunks his mother had described. He then taught Vegeta and that counterpart how to surpass ordinary Super Saiyan before Cell’s return 167 170.

Native-Timeline Trunks

• Born to Bulma and Vegeta a year earlier than the corresponding birth in Prince Trunks’s world 232 236.
• Targeted by would-be kidnappers seeking leverage over Dr. Brief’s family; Lin Luo and Taro defeated the criminals before Trunks arrived 286.
• Reached the junior-division final of the New World Martial Arts Tournament, losing comfortably to Lin Luo 298.
• Entered the adult competition with Goten by sharing a stolen contestant’s disguise, then fought Android 18 in the battle royal 303.

Appearance

Trunks has purple hair; Prince Trunks’s first appearance specifies a pale-purple shade 152 218.

• Prince Trunks: Initially wears an old Frieza Force-era Saiyan battle suit rather than the Capsule Corporation jacket Lin Chen expected 219 221.
• Timeline 228 Trunks: Emerges from two years in the Hyperbolic Time Chamber with long hair and tattered clothing 161.
• Super Saiyan 2: Timeline 228’s version has upright golden hair and silver electrical arcs around his body 163.
• God-ki-enhanced form: Prince Trunks retains a Super Saiyan appearance while adding a layer of blue god ki to his aura 398.

Personality

Prince Trunks initially combines Saiyan pride with pronounced deference toward Vegeta. He calls past Earth primitive, displays mannerisms reminiscent of his father, and apologizes quickly when Vegeta objects to his questions 218 220.

He can mistake raw power for mastery. Believing Super Saiyan was the ultimate form halted his ambition, while Broly’s demonstration forced him to recognize his technical shortcomings. He nevertheless accepts demanding instruction when it offers a way to save Bulma 225 248.

His loyalty makes him willing to risk himself for others, including Vegeta and Mai. Bereavement can also overwhelm his judgment: Bulma’s and Mai’s deaths drive him toward revenge and cause him to attack the wrong Goku. As a Time Patrol member, he emphasizes completing the mission over his father’s preference for solitary combat 271 397 399 524.

Timeline 228’s Trunks begins doubtful that he could defeat Bojack, but becomes a confident defender after training. Vegeta’s first praise moves him deeply, and he willingly passes his transformation knowledge to the resurrected fighters 154 161 167.

Abilities & Skills

Saiyan Transformations

• Timeline 228: Uses ordinary Super Saiyan, Grade 2, and Super Saiyan 2 158 159 163.
• Prince Trunks: Develops a distinct Full Power Super Saiyan form incorporating god ki; it should not be confused with confirmed Super Saiyan Blue 398.
• Limit: The god-ki-enhanced form remains inadequate against Goku Black, who stops his attack with one finger 398.

Martial Arts and Ki Control

• Lin Chen corrects Timeline 228 Trunks’s breathing, perception, and crude fighting habits, emphasizing ki sensing rather than reliance on sight 159.
• Prince Trunks trains with Lin Chen and spars with Broly for a year to replace reckless, power-dependent attacks with proper technique 248.
• Timeline 228’s Super Saiyan 2 strength lets him crush Gokua’s sword barehanded and break the gang’s energy-draining restraint 163.

Energy Techniques

• Kamehameha: Timeline 228 Trunks learns it from Master Roshi. It is his strongest finishing move against Bojack, overwhelming both the enemy’s attack and defensive barrier 163.
• Galick Gun: Prince Trunks uses it to intercept Cell’s attack while protecting Vegeta 271.
• Big Bang Attack: Native-timeline Trunks uses it against Android 18 while disguised with Goten 303.

Swordsmanship

• Timeline 228’s Trunks fights with a longsword, although Gokua disarms and critically wounds him before his training 152.

Investigation and Temporal Missions

• Copies research and blueprints from Gero’s base, including references to the Core of the Realm, for Bulma to analyze 267.
• Uses Time Patrol equipment to identify deviations from expected history 524.
• Relies on the Time Machine or Chronoa’s Time-Space Gates for travel between worlds; independent temporal travel is not demonstrated 225 399 522 523.

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• Longsword — Used by Timeline 228’s Trunks during his initial duel with Gokua 152.
• Saiyan battle armor and Scouter — Prince Trunks’s initial equipment; the Scouter measures the unexpectedly powerful fighters in Lin Chen’s world 218 219 220.
• Bulma’s Time Machine — Intended to reach his past, but instead connects him to another timeline. One machine is destroyed by the Bulma impostor; a later machine enables his escape from Black 224 237 399.
• Space-combat masks — Future equipment he supplies to Goku and Vegeta during the Big Gete Star assault 240.
• Hoi-Poi Capsule — Stores the component recovered for Bulma’s Time Machine during the escape from Planet Vegeta 397.
• Time Patrol monitoring device — Helps confirm that Namek’s history has been altered 524.

Relationships

• Bulma — Mother and creator of the Time Machine. Her capture motivates Prince Trunks’s training; restoring her and his friends becomes central to rebuilding his world 224 248 430.
• Vegeta — Father. Prince Trunks protects him against Cell and later gains his support on a Time Patrol mission; Timeline 228’s Trunks treasures his resurrected father’s approval 167 271 523.
• Lin Chen / Linx — Rescuer and master to multiple counterparts. Teaches them to strengthen their foundations rather than depend entirely on transformation 158 225 248.
• Broly — Prince Trunks’s combat instructor and sparring partner. Unlike the tyrant Broly from Trunks’s home world, this counterpart teaches him discipline 222 248.
• Mai — Prince Trunks’s girlfriend and fellow Time Patrol member. Sacrifices herself to secure his escape from Black; later accompanies him on temporal missions 399 522 523.
• Chronoa — Time Patrol authority who recruits him under pressure, directs his investigations, and rescues his team 523 536.
• Shin — Seeks Prince Trunks’s help against the Androids, verifies the nature of his travel, and saves him after the impostor’s attack 236 237.
• Master Roshi — Timeline 228 Trunks’s early teacher and source of his Kamehameha 158 163.
• Lazuli — Supports Timeline 228’s resistance and worries when Trunks faces Bojack’s entire gang alone 158 163.
• Goten — Native-timeline Trunks’s partner in the shared tournament disguise 303.
• Krillin — Helps Prince Trunks investigate Gero’s surviving research base 267.

Notable Quotes

“I'm not the man I used to be. As of today, your days of terrorizing Earth are over!”
— Timeline 228 Trunks, confronting Bojack’s gang 163

“Only you can resolve the crisis in your world, but I can guide your training.”
— Lin Chen to Prince Trunks 225

“One small change could affect everything. One wrong move, and every timeline and every universe could be in danger!”
— Trunks, explaining the Time Patrol crisis 523