Trunks!!

 

 

 

Trunks is the first born child of Bulma and Vegeta (although how they ever got around to having another one beats me).  Because he is the son of Vegeta, he is half Saiyan (like Gohan).  He becomes a Super Saiyan at a very young age and is one of the strongest fighters in the series.  He first appears in DBZ when Goku comes home from Planet Yardrat (check spelling) after training there after his battle on Namek.  When Frieza and King Cold come to earth in search of the Saiyan Goku (who Frieza was still 'pretty' P.Oed with) they are a little gutted with what they found.  When Goku was not around to fight Trunks stepped in, scared the hell out of Frieza by going SSJ and destroyed them both with ease.  He explained to the Z team that Goku would arrive in 2 hours and that he was going to wait for him, but because Bulma and Vegeta were there, and because they were all such 'good' friends, he couldn't tell them who he was.  When Goku arrived, he and Trunks had a rather interesting conversation.  He showed Goku that he was a Saiyan, and a Super Saiyan to boot (which had Vegeta pretty ticked off).  After Goku proved to Trunks that he was trust worthy, Trunks told him that he had traveled to the future in a time machine which he had helped his mother to build.  He told Goku of the androids which were going to be created by Dr. Gero and of the heart disease that had already killed Goku in his time. After giving Goku an antidote that will save him from the virus, He leaves in his time machine.

    In Trunks's 'future' world, Goku was dead, as were Vegeta, Krillen, Piccolo, Tien, Gohan and the rest of the Z fighters.  He only knew of his father what he had been told by his mother, and his best friend Gohan had now also been killed by the rampaging androids that he had warned Goku about.  The world had practically been destroyed by the 2 androids and being the strongest warrior in the universe, all but, he was still no match for the androids.  After the battle in which he had later again traveled back in time to fight with the Z team against Cel, he is wished back to life with the Dragonballs after Cel- well, killed him (duh), he travels back to his time where he is now more than strong enough to beat the androids.

Although hi is closely related to Vegeta, he had been raised by his mother so he is a nice person.  He is brave and a magnificent fighter and all round good guy.  He becomes a super Saiyan around age 14 when his master Gohan was killed by the androids (partly because he was trained by Gohan who was a SSJ, partly because of the terrible environment he grew up in because of androids #17 and #18, and perhaps partly because, being the son of Vegeta, he is of the Royal bloodline which the legend says has the most potential to become a Super Saiyan.)  Although he is technically a Prince, it never plays a part in his life and he lives as the rest of the Z team do, on earth.  Trunks has great respect for his father, but he's not at all scared to argue with him.  He and his mother are very close, which Bulma seems to love.

Chibi Trunks;

Chibi Trunks is the baby Bulma has when Trunks travels back from the future.  Although his life is different to the life his future self had, he still becomes a Super Saiyan at a young age, we don't know when but we know he is a Super Saiyan at age 8.  Because Vegeta did not die when he was a baby, as with the Trunks we had met before, he grows up knowing his father (which, well lets face it, being brought up by Vegeta would have an effect on any kid!) Because of his fathers influence, he is more like him than 'future' Trunks is, more like Vegeta being arrogant and a little-less peaceful.  Vegeta is determined that Trunks will be stronger than Gohan and Goten.   He is 2 years older than Gotten and they are best friends (they fuse to become Gotenks).  Because Gotten is Goku' s son,  Vegeta pushes Trunks to be stronger and more powerful  than Gotten, but because they are best friends, Trunks and Gotten take no notice