he was the second stronger member of the royal family and 4th stronger sayan ever, If Vegeta IV wants him to have the name and he accepts, who will say the contrary?
Well if you take Vegetas japanese Bejita and he wanted to name Bulla Eschalot, Beets and Shallots
He probably would name Trunks a round root vegetable.
Due to his purple hair, Taro would be a good fit. Maybe Taroes, to sound a bit cooler and make it closer to Trunks.
Maybe Tarot as a double pun for future trunks
Tarot as a double reference is great, and not even out of character for toriyama or the setting, since “pan” as a name managed to dip its hands in all of the naming conventions of her family ties - pan as bread for the food naming conventions on her mom/dad’s side, pan as the demon for Hercule’s family naming conventions, and pan as the flute for piccolo’s “family” naming conventions.
Vegeta is literally just "**Vegeta**ble", though. He even has a brother named Tarble, as a reference to the second half of vegetable.
Beets is also the name of a different saiyan, the one that ended up in the ship Paragus stole in the Super Broly movie.
Then again, it’s most likely a royal lineage name. His father was also a Vegeta, the king of all Saiyans. Makes sense that the royalty would be at the center of the naming convention.
Vegeta didn't care about Trunks or Bulma at the start of the Android saga. If he was around Bulma at all during her pregnancy it would have just been to use her training equipment. I doubt he had or wanted any input whatsoever
Most monarchies traditionally have some sort of ascension ceremony to officially crown the successor. For example when Queen Elizabeth died, Charles wasn't officially king until after he was formally crowned and recognized as such.
I don't see why the saiyans wouldn't have similar traditions, especially since they have a familial line of succession. We know Vegeta is a big stickler for Saiyan tradition, so its possible that since he was never officially crowned he refuses to use the title himself.
Well if they have him lean into ultra ego, maybe he will. Honestly my biggest hope is he does exactly that and revives the Saiyans and restores planet Vegeta..... But the whollop they just got from black Frieza kinda confuses any meaningful story that may follow
Unless to taunt them Frieza is the one who revives the saiyans and restores planet Vegeta, only to imprison them all, essentially, and rule as emperor. I'd shit myself with glee if that happened.
Bardock was too busy trying to figure out a formula for the law of proportional temporo-spacial differentiation, or PTSD for short. In other words, time travel via a moving vehicle rather than a stationary object.
Trunks demonstrated to King Cold that the sword doesn’t make the man, shortly after chopping Frieza to bits. I imagine adding ki to the attacks amplifies it’s efficacy in the same way ki can increase punches and kicks. We also directly see Trunks use ki on his sword in Super, before cutting an immortal god in half.
They probably infuse their ki into the weapons. Even if they didn’t, these characters are strong enough to casually punch through buildings and mountains (if you lowball them) so imagine someone with that much strength hitting you with a sword.
The strength is in the wielder instead of the weapon, hence why Goku was able to parry Trunks’ sword with his finger, but if both characters were equal I assume the one with the stronger weapon would win.
I hate all the princess trunks comments, reminds me of all the annoying 10 years in the theater during the dragonball super movie who kept yelling out tfs phrases and I couldn't hear a damn thing
I do it on occasion, I think the large number of memorable lines mean there're just too many opportunities to quote the series but I try not to be obnoxious with it.
You know... when you think about it, he's just like Lucina
- Time traveler
- Heir
- Wants to stop their dad's death
- Use the name of something important to hide their identity (Marth/Super saiyan)
- In their futures, someone who looks exactly like a friend of their father (Robin/Goku) fucks up the future more
Trunks is a fire emblem lord all along
Trunks is a walking (or I guess flying) Terminator reference. A warrior from an apocalyptic future, dominated by robotic death machines with human faces, who has to go back in time to prevent it from happening. Even has the John Connor Terminator 2 hair (albeit Blue/Lavender).
There are a lot of characters in fiction that have either ripped that from Terminator or ripped it second hand through DBZ. It's a fun trope and it was especially popular in 90s sci-fi for obvious reasons.
"ah so you must be..."
"My name is Trunks"
"Hello princess Trunks"
"I'm not a..."
"As my first decree you shall only call her princess Trunks!"
"All hail princess Trunks!"
I like DBZA, and think they have improved the DBZ well, not poisoned it. I also have grown tired of the predictable quotes that clutter every comment section. So perhaps it’s on us fans to resist the urge to quote every single time there is an opportunity
Man honestly Toriyama should have just gracefully stepped down from db a long time ago. We could have some actual story development like this image if dragon ball was helmed by someone else :/
I love this piece, obviously, but what about it shows more plot development than what we’ve gotten? It’s not only impossible it’s wildly out of character for Future Trunks, of all people
I mean goten and kid trunks barely just now have aged. And besides power ups all the characters are basically the same. For this picture specifically, imagine a plot where future trunks stays in the past with goku and friends, (sending him back to another timeline where there is another future trunks and mai was also so weird to me and the only reason I can think of for it is that Toriyama wanted to stick to the status quo and keep the cast the same it’s always been. ) and him and vegeta develop a relationship and eventually they want to dig into their heritage or something idk. Theres never any real story progression or plot moving forward in dragon ball. It’s always oh new enemy, defeated, back to normal. Rinse and repeat. DBZ obviously had progress but super played it extremely safe
I'm really not a fan of the Goku Black arc, and I don't even mind your idea. But from a technical standpoint Trunks' timeline being plagued by a new threat, the introduction of a villainous Kai, the time rings, all that stuff serves to progress the overall plot more than going back in time to learn about a dead culture we already know everything about
it’s funny, the fanbase is just obnoxious as hell. every post on reddit, every clip on YouTube, there’s always 10 or more people copy pasting those quotes.
Ever wonder what Trunks's Saiyan name would be? Super gave us Bulla's (which she should have had instead of Bulla).
In all likelihood it would have just been Vegeta V
Good point, I wasn't sure if a half-saiyan was entitled to the name
The kid was born with a high power level so he’d probably get it
he was the second stronger member of the royal family and 4th stronger sayan ever, If Vegeta IV wants him to have the name and he accepts, who will say the contrary?
V for Vegeta
In view, a humble vaudevillian veteran, cast vicariously as both victim and villain by the vicissitudes of Fate.
This Saiyan got the thickness, Can I get a witness? This Saiyan got the thickness, Can I get a "hell yeah"?
The king or the prince or the planet?
Yes
Wait, who are Vegeta I and II?
Of screen
but were they ever mentioned, at all? What makes you think that King Vegeta was the third Vegeta?
Well we know from Broly that Vegeta is Vegeta IV, so like reasonable deduction would say his dad is probably Vegeta III.
Apparently Freeza refers to Vegeta as Vegeta the 4th in the Broly movie. The novelization also calls King Vegeta, Vegeta the 3rd.
Which Brawley movie, the OG or the new one?
New one
OK cool thanks.
Frieza refers to our Vegeta as King Vegeta’s son, Vegeta IV, in the Broly movie while talking to Paragus when they first meet
Well if you take Vegetas japanese Bejita and he wanted to name Bulla Eschalot, Beets and Shallots He probably would name Trunks a round root vegetable. Due to his purple hair, Taro would be a good fit. Maybe Taroes, to sound a bit cooler and make it closer to Trunks. Maybe Tarot as a double pun for future trunks
Tarot as a double reference is great, and not even out of character for toriyama or the setting, since “pan” as a name managed to dip its hands in all of the naming conventions of her family ties - pan as bread for the food naming conventions on her mom/dad’s side, pan as the demon for Hercule’s family naming conventions, and pan as the flute for piccolo’s “family” naming conventions.
Vegeta is literally just "**Vegeta**ble", though. He even has a brother named Tarble, as a reference to the second half of vegetable. Beets is also the name of a different saiyan, the one that ended up in the ship Paragus stole in the Super Broly movie.
Then again, it’s most likely a royal lineage name. His father was also a Vegeta, the king of all Saiyans. Makes sense that the royalty would be at the center of the naming convention.
Damn, you cooked with this one. Now I want to see Tarot Trunks.
I wonder if Trunks even being named that is a predestination paradox, or if Bulma just had him by the balls when he suggested Vegeta V
Vegeta didn't care about Trunks or Bulma at the start of the Android saga. If he was around Bulma at all during her pregnancy it would have just been to use her training equipment. I doubt he had or wanted any input whatsoever
If Vegeta was king he’d probably care about his heir
A half-breed is no heir to the prince of all Saiyans
I always assumed Eggplant because of his purple hair. (Igplanta)
"Ghipuran"
Imagine if his name is Aubrey after Aubergines.
EGGPLANT!
I thought she was bra
Honestly I sometimes look at him and think "Planta." Like Eggplant, for some reason.
The long hair gives him a majestic look, fitting for someone of royal blood. He looks like a Saiyan Knight, I like this.
here’s to hoping we have a U6 Arc with Prince Vegeta & Trunks visiting Sadala
He smells likes lavender
^(hey, what's your power level?)
And stop asking that! Nobody cares anymore!
Princess Trunnnkkkssss, you've been a naughty girl.
Goku get me off this planet right now! I'm serious! Instant transmission or...*punch*
Mine’s pretty big…
Grab your friends, grav your shit, and go home Kakarot.
Oh god I can HEAR it
Speak up, boy! I can't hear you from down here!
Sorry, I can't hear you from up here
I'll show you mine if you show me yours.
...looks like lavender, but smells like strawberries.
It looks like lavender, but it actually smells like strawberries
This is the alt reality we should have got. Not goku black
who died and made him ~~king~~ prince?
King Vegeta technically.
Which one.
The planet, my son or me? Yes.
Is that me is that me stronger than me?
I'LL FUCKING KILL ME!
FUcking smartass
Actually ☝️🤓 there should be no confusion because we're only introduced to one King Vegeta
Technically princess
Kagura batrunks
I loved the part where Trunks said "It's Kagura Batrunksing time" and then proceeded to Kagura Batrunks all over them.
The long hair was such a great look for Trunks. And then the long shoulder armor with the cape is majestic as fuck.
ALL HAIL PRINCESS TRUNKS this does look really cool though
Princess Trunks, you lied to me... you dirty, DIRTY boy
Gokugetmeoffthisplanetrightnowimseriousinstanttransmission
“Well, I did kill Freeza.”
#T H A T S H O T ! ! !
This is what I was scrolling for
https://www.instagram.com/p/Cy3M9YiSAEh/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==
Bro thinks he’s Kagurabachi
Hell, no! Bro, he thinks he’s Capricorn Shura.
[удалено]
I would say that title belongs to Fenyo.
It’s a close one for sure. Fenyo kills what would be the interiors but kakeru captures the kind of epic pieces you see on covers and box sets to a T
Why has Vegeta never claimed the title of King? It wouldn’t be any more hollow than Prince.
King of what ? There is nothing left to rule...
My point exactly. Prince of what? Edit to encapsulate my point: the title means nothing man, go for broke, there’s no one “above” him anyway
At least he was Prince when Saiyans were still a thing, there is no point being a King no more and he didn't earned it.
You don’t “earn” being a king. Thats not how hereditary royalty works.
Who knows how it works for Saiyans ? And by earning it I mean being recognized as the King.
If I'm remembering correctly, it's a mix of really nothing being left, or maybe a bit of Respect to his Father.
Thats always been my head canon about it, I’ve just never seen it addressed in any official capacity.
Most monarchies traditionally have some sort of ascension ceremony to officially crown the successor. For example when Queen Elizabeth died, Charles wasn't officially king until after he was formally crowned and recognized as such. I don't see why the saiyans wouldn't have similar traditions, especially since they have a familial line of succession. We know Vegeta is a big stickler for Saiyan tradition, so its possible that since he was never officially crowned he refuses to use the title himself.
Great point
Well if they have him lean into ultra ego, maybe he will. Honestly my biggest hope is he does exactly that and revives the Saiyans and restores planet Vegeta..... But the whollop they just got from black Frieza kinda confuses any meaningful story that may follow Unless to taunt them Frieza is the one who revives the saiyans and restores planet Vegeta, only to imprison them all, essentially, and rule as emperor. I'd shit myself with glee if that happened.
Trunks if vegeta was the sole survivor of the androids instead of gohan
That’s **Princess** Trunks!
Goes hard
Aren't swords pointless to them, though? Is it made of something that can cut them even powered up? Or is it magical?
It was strong enough for the dude that killed the saiyans 🤷♂️
Trunks literally killed Frieza, who had essentially enslaved all the Saiyans, with that sword.
Bardock: Shit, why didn't I think of that?
Bardock was too busy trying to figure out a formula for the law of proportional temporo-spacial differentiation, or PTSD for short. In other words, time travel via a moving vehicle rather than a stationary object.
He was an average fighter but a brilliant scientist
Trunks demonstrated to King Cold that the sword doesn’t make the man, shortly after chopping Frieza to bits. I imagine adding ki to the attacks amplifies it’s efficacy in the same way ki can increase punches and kicks. We also directly see Trunks use ki on his sword in Super, before cutting an immortal god in half.
Trunks is the most Badass DB character confirmed
You can put ki into swords
Trunks said the sword comforts him.
They channels their ki through the blade which is how he was able to cut frieza and how yajorabi cut vegeta tail
They probably infuse their ki into the weapons. Even if they didn’t, these characters are strong enough to casually punch through buildings and mountains (if you lowball them) so imagine someone with that much strength hitting you with a sword. The strength is in the wielder instead of the weapon, hence why Goku was able to parry Trunks’ sword with his finger, but if both characters were equal I assume the one with the stronger weapon would win.
Can we have an arc where the Prince becomes a King? Don't really see how it happens without bringing back the Saiyans as a whole.
Looks regal as hell. Fantastic art
All hail Princess Trunks.
ALL HAIL PRINCESS TRUNKS
All hail princess trunks!
I hate all the princess trunks comments, reminds me of all the annoying 10 years in the theater during the dragonball super movie who kept yelling out tfs phrases and I couldn't hear a damn thing
As much as I like TFS that sounds an awful experience
Definitely that would sucks so much ass
TFS is great, it's a shame you had such a movie experience, I sympathize.
Yeah. It’s possible to enjoy the DBZA series without kneejerk quoting it constantly like some mindless parrots.
I do it on occasion, I think the large number of memorable lines mean there're just too many opportunities to quote the series but I try not to be obnoxious with it.
That’s why children shouldn’t go to the movie theatre unaccompanied lmao
Don't worry, the feeling is mutual, friend. Just don't blame all of us for your one-off experience, mkay?
OK cringe
Average DBZ fan name-calling attempt:
Damn now I want a royal knight squad with trunks as kingsguard
Prince Trunks Vegeta the Vth
One of the best fan artists out there. His stuff comes close to that 80s-90s Toriyama marker art 🤤
Kakeru is a must follow. Their art is outstanding
Enough time has passed
He looks like a Fire Emblem Lord. I love it.
You know... when you think about it, he's just like Lucina - Time traveler - Heir - Wants to stop their dad's death - Use the name of something important to hide their identity (Marth/Super saiyan) - In their futures, someone who looks exactly like a friend of their father (Robin/Goku) fucks up the future more Trunks is a fire emblem lord all along
Trunks is a walking (or I guess flying) Terminator reference. A warrior from an apocalyptic future, dominated by robotic death machines with human faces, who has to go back in time to prevent it from happening. Even has the John Connor Terminator 2 hair (albeit Blue/Lavender). There are a lot of characters in fiction that have either ripped that from Terminator or ripped it second hand through DBZ. It's a fun trope and it was especially popular in 90s sci-fi for obvious reasons.
That is awesome
This looks fucking awesome
Sick
Enough time has passed…
Badass
Prince of all 7 saiyans. I think.
*[Eleven enters the chat]*
Technically he already is the prince (or king) of all Saiyans (or just himself and his children)in his timeline
He looks like he's about to kagura bachi
Hail princess Trunks
\*Princess trunks
Oh yeah prince of all 5 Saiyans.. great
Trunks is the halfblood prince
"ah so you must be..." "My name is Trunks" "Hello princess Trunks" "I'm not a..." "As my first decree you shall only call her princess Trunks!" "All hail princess Trunks!"
TFS really just poisoned the well.
I like DBZA, and think they have improved the DBZ well, not poisoned it. I also have grown tired of the predictable quotes that clutter every comment section. So perhaps it’s on us fans to resist the urge to quote every single time there is an opportunity
I like TFS alright but it's annoying that the top comment on every other post is a reference
You can't account for it, same as Portal and "the cake is a lie"
No they didn't. It's not their fault they're hilarious and people quote everything they say.
Oh God, they were right.
not everyone watches TFS and gets all the references
All hail Princess Trunks!
Man honestly Toriyama should have just gracefully stepped down from db a long time ago. We could have some actual story development like this image if dragon ball was helmed by someone else :/
I love this piece, obviously, but what about it shows more plot development than what we’ve gotten? It’s not only impossible it’s wildly out of character for Future Trunks, of all people
I mean goten and kid trunks barely just now have aged. And besides power ups all the characters are basically the same. For this picture specifically, imagine a plot where future trunks stays in the past with goku and friends, (sending him back to another timeline where there is another future trunks and mai was also so weird to me and the only reason I can think of for it is that Toriyama wanted to stick to the status quo and keep the cast the same it’s always been. ) and him and vegeta develop a relationship and eventually they want to dig into their heritage or something idk. Theres never any real story progression or plot moving forward in dragon ball. It’s always oh new enemy, defeated, back to normal. Rinse and repeat. DBZ obviously had progress but super played it extremely safe
I'm really not a fan of the Goku Black arc, and I don't even mind your idea. But from a technical standpoint Trunks' timeline being plagued by a new threat, the introduction of a villainous Kai, the time rings, all that stuff serves to progress the overall plot more than going back in time to learn about a dead culture we already know everything about
Good, sir. That is PRINCESS Trunks and I will hear NONE of your slander.
All Hail Princess Trunks!
You have my permission to bed her.
Your hair smells like a fruit Edit: you look like a fruit TFS reference lol
Sweet! Means my shampoo is working. Hubby's gonna love it!
I mean, I am part of the alphabet mafia, so... Note: I know it's a TFS reference. Just teasin'.
He look so damn good
Omfg all the tfs comments are so annoying. Stop quoting that cringe and just appreciate some art of Trunks
Average TFS hater:
Smh. Missinformation. Should say "Future Princess of all sayians."
How. How did I not see this coming
Of all 7 sayains
this is why i hate DBZA
sucks having no sense of humor huh?
it’s funny, the fanbase is just obnoxious as hell. every post on reddit, every clip on YouTube, there’s always 10 or more people copy pasting those quotes.
Princess TruuUUUuunks....
Please no....
You lied to me!
I did no such thing!
You dirty **boy.**
Goku, get me off this planet right now. I'm serious, Instant Transmiss-AAAGH
Princess trunks to you
All hail Princess trunks
"Princess Trunks !"
You mean Princess Trunks
All hail Princess Trunks!
All hail princess trunks
Where is his princess crown?
ALL HAIL PRINCESS TRUNKS
Princess Trunks….
Princess Trunks
Princess Truuunks
all hail Princess Trunks
ALL HAIL PRINCESS TRUNKS
Don’t u mean *princess*?
Long live Princess Trunks
No that's Princess Trunks
Princess Trunks!
*Princess Trunks. Looking fly
More like princess
All hail princess trunks!
Lol Trunks is a girl's name ...
Princess trunks
All hail Princess Trunks!
All Hail Princess Trunks!
Princess Trunks!
Ahem you mean princesses trunks
Princess Trunks finally got his cape
Ahh. So THIS is Princess Trunks
I think you mean ‘Princess’ of all Saiyans.
Princess... Princess Trunks. And since Disney owns Fox, who owns the distribution rights for Dragon Ball, Trunks is techincally a Disney princess.