Bulla

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"Now I'm mad, at YOU. And the last thing you want on your case is a blue-haired girl whose shopping you destroyed. What is your problem?!"
— "The Attack on Vegeta"

Bulla (ブラ, Bura; lit. "Bra") is the daughter of Vegeta and Bulma, making her a Saiyan and Human hybrid, like her older brother Trunks. She appears towards the end of the Dragon Ball manga, and towards the end of the Dragon Ball Z anime and in Dragon Ball GT.

Overview

Appearance

While she is Vegeta's daughter, Bulla bears almost no physical resemblance to him and looks almost completely like her mother, but she does inherit many aspects of his personality. As a child, during the 28th World Martial Arts Tournament, Bulla wears a white dress with orange polka dots and her hair is tied back in a knot. At the start of Dragon Ball GT Bulla is 11 (12 at the end) and her outward appearance is reminiscent of a teenager: she wears a red belly-baring top with exposed shoulders, red fingerless gloves that go up to the shoulders, a red mini skirt with a yellow belt buckle, and red thigh-high boots. She also has a red hairpiece. Her outward appearance in GT makes her seem older, and she is even hit on by two grown men in "The Attack on Vegeta".

Name

Like her mother and older brother Trunks, Bulla's name is an allusion to an undergarment, the bra in particular (this pun is more apparent in the Japanese dub, where the character's name is literally spelled "Bra"). Her name is a shortening of "brassiere" or "wonderbra".

Personality

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Bulla in Dragon Ball Z

She is close friends with two other daughters of the Z Fighters: Pan (the daughter of Gohan and Videl) and Marron (the daughter of Krillin and Android 18). Of the three girls, Bulla is the most assertive of her femininity, especially in comparison to Pan who by Dragon Ball GT has grown into somewhat of a tomboy. Bulla's appearance in GT appears as a more youthful retooling of a common look of her mother's (most memorably during the adventure on Namek, as well as the Androids Saga), while her personality is geared closer towards that of her father.

Bulla is usually cheerful and eager to please. Although Bulla often appears by her mother's side, she is very fond of her father. Her father does not appear to make a point of encouraging her to train as he does with her brother, Trunks, but the two are quite close. In fact, Bulla may be the only person Vegeta demonstrates not hesitating to answering to, often bending to her wishes such as insisting he shave off his mustache because she feels that it makes him look like a "total geek", or taking her to go shopping as shown in Dragon Ball GT.

Biography

Background

Bulla is the second child of Vegeta and Bulma, and thus is both half Saiyan and half Human by blood. She is born a few years after the defeat of Kid Buu.

Dragon Ball Z

Bulma and Bra — Bulma and Bulla at the tournament

Bulla is first shown in the series when she attends the 28th World Martial Arts Tournament with her parents and brother. She was impressed with her father's strength after witnessing him effortlessly knock back a rowdy opponent before the tournament started and cheers on Pan when she fights Wild Tiger.

Dragon Ball GT

Black Star Dragon Balls Saga

"Look dad! That mustache has got to go! It makes you look like a total geek."
— Bulla telling Vegeta to shave his mustache

VegetaBullaDBGT — Bulla's (along with her father's) first appearance in *Dragon Ball GT*

Five years later (10 years later in the FUNimation dub), Bulla is seen with her father as they watch Goku, Trunks, and Pan go off in to space to look for the Black Star Dragon Balls.

Baby Saga

"Sorry fellas! My dad's got a bit of a temper and he can get kind of grumpy when he has to take me shopping."
— "The Attack on Vegeta"

1096 — Bulla along with Vegeta as he takes her home from shopping

Bulla is seen again with her father driving home after taking her shopping when they are attacked by Gohan. Vegeta tells Bulla to go home so that he can fight Gohan. Later, Bulla is seen under Baby's control with Trunks, Goten, Gohan and Vegeta. She is with Trunks, Goten and Gohan when they give Baby Vegeta their Saiyan energy to defeat Goku for what his race did to his planet. She is later cured of Baby's control.

Super 17 Saga

886 — Bulla having dinner at Chi-Chi's house

Some months later, Bulla is seen in Chi-Chi's house having dinner with Bulma, Goku, Pan, Gohan, and Videl. Trunks comes to the house injured by Android 17. They look outside and see the hole that leads from Hell to Earth. Trunks is healed and tells them that Android 17 wants Goku to go to Hell. They watch on TV as resurrected villains emerge from the hole and start destroying the cities. Goku says he will go to hell if he wants this to stop. Bulla is seen in a plane with her mother going to the battle. They see a big explosion and are hit with Chi-Chi's pot. Bulla is seen for the last time when the Black Smoke Dragon emerges from the Dragon Balls.

Power

Unlike her father and brother, Bulla is not a fighter, despite also being strong,^[4] preferring to shop rather than train. The Dragon Ball GT Perfect Files implies that, since she has inherited Saiyan blood, Bulla has the potential to turn Super Saiyan when the proper conditions are met, such as the arrival of the evilest of dangers.^[5]

Special abilities

Dragon Ball GT 1 29 The Fall Of The Saiyans 839600 — Bulla, Gohan, Goten, and Trunks give energy to Baby Vegeta

Flight – The ability to fly with the use of ki. Bulla is seen flying while she is under Baby's control in Dragon Ball GT, even though she had never been seen flying before.

Forms

Infected

Bulla and Trunks under Baby's control — Trunks and Bulla under Baby's control

During the events of Dragon Ball GT in the Baby Saga, Bulla (along with almost everyone else on Earth) are taken over by a tuffle parasite from the evil machine mutant, Baby.

Video game appearances

Bulla makes an appearance as the character who describes missions in the GT saga of Dragon Ball Z: Infinite World. She also makes an appearance in Budokai Tenkaichi 2, wherein upon the completion of Basic Training, she can switch with Bulma. In this game, she attests that she has come from the future, and says "I'll take shopping over training any day" or "I'm not sure if I understand but do your best". She also states that her "parents were so lame".

Bulla also appears as an assist character in Dragon Ball Z: Bakuretsu Impact.

In ''[[Dragon Ball Xenoverse]]'', Bulla's hairstyle appears as the last one of the hair options for the female [[Future Warrior]] ([[Human]] or [[Saiyan]]) making it possible to create ''Bulla'' as a custom character, similar to creating ''[[Gine]]'' as a custom character.

Voice actresses

Japanese dub: Hiromi Tsuru
English dubs
- Blue Water dub: Leda Davies
- Ocean dub: Cathy Weseluck
- FUNimation dub: Megan Woodall (DBZ), Parisa Fakhri (DBGT), Brina Palencia (Budokai Tenkaichi 2)
Latin American dub: Gaby Ugarte (DBZ), Isabel Martiñón (DBGT)
Portuguese dub: Cristina Cavalinhos
Spanish dub: Nonia de la Gala
Brazilian dub: Priscila Concépcion
German dub: Jill Bottcher
Hungarian dub: Orsolya Oláh

Trivia

There is a bit of inconsistency regarding her age. One section of Daizenshuu 7 lists her as born in Age 778, meaning she is 12 at the end of Dragon Ball GT, while another section of the Daizenshuu and the Dragon Ball GT Perfect Files list her as born in Age 780, meaning she is 10 at the end of GT. Her absence in the film Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods and her mother being not pregnant in the film imply that she was not born in Age 778. However, her outward appearance in GT makes her seem older, and she is even hit on by two grown men in "The Attack on Vegeta".
She does not exist in her future brother's and Cell's alternate timeline (like Goten, Marron and Pan) because Vegeta was killed by the Androids before her conception.
In the movie Dragon Ball Z: Wrath of the Dragon, when Gohan enters his classroom, a girl that resembles an older Bulla can be seen at the top left of the classroom.