Did Yamcha cheat on Bulma?

[Gyt Kaliba]

Honestly, I've just assumed that it was some girl coming on to him while he freaked out and was unable to stop her, and Bulma happened to see this and overreacted. Ergo "He is a cheater," because he didn't prevent the scene.

Something like that is honestly how I've always imagined it too, because just about anything else just doesn't really seem to fit.

I mean, I generally take Toriyama's words on something and roll with it, even if it doesn't make as much sense from where I sit (still trying to figure out how to rationalize the new Boo origin though...), but the 'Yamcha is a cheater' thing just never really gelled with me. I know most of it is filler, but even back in earlier Dragon Ball where we'd see women hitting on Yamcha, he was still shy and awkward about it even while enjoying the attention on some level, and it was always Bulma who took it to a level of 'if a girl even looks at him and he smiles, CHEATING!' - despite her being more than willing to run up to any hot guy she saw and make advances.

So really, if Yamcha did indeed "cheat", I've always thought it had to happen one of two ways.

1) They were broke up yet again, but when Bulma decided she wanted to get back together and went to go check on him, she caught him with another girl (not even necessarily in bed, just on a date even), called him a cheater, and then off to Vegeta she went.

or

2) The two of them had a fight, Yamcha finally got fed up with being called a cheater all the time and thinks or says "Fine! If that's what you think of me, then fine.", and goes off to have a fling/one-night stand/etc. with some girl. Bulma finds out, her accusations are proven 'true', and again, off to Vegeta she goes. This second scenario does kinda put an ugly light on Yamcha as well admittedly, but still has Bulma being the main cause of it in a way.

Either way, it does make sense to me though that Trunks wouldn't have been given the whole story. What, Bulma's gonna sit around and have an in-depth talk about her former boyfriends' 'infidelities' with her son before sending him to the past to warn people about killer Androids? She probably just told him 'oh yeah, when you get there I'm not with your dad yet, just FYI. I was dating Yamcha, but he cheated on me, the cad!'.

[floofychan333]

I never would have thought Yamcha would be a cheater. I mean, who cheats on the richest and most attractive woman in Dragon World?

[DBZAOTA482]

I never would have thought Yamcha would be a cheater. I mean, who cheats on the richest and most attractive woman in Dragon World?

That stuff don't mean shit if he isn't happy. I sure as hell wouldn't want some bitch who's petty, jealous, and inconsiderate as my lover.

[DBSQA]

I thought Bulma cheated on Yamcha with Vegeta

[TheUltimateNinja]

I thought Bulma cheated on Yamcha with Vegeta

She did.

[ImperialWrath]

Guys, guys, Gaffer tape cleared all of this up for me.

Oh no, you don't get to just run off with a Toriyama quote and ignore all other aspects, or even other quotes he's made, of the series that contradicts what he's said.

Unless you can think of even a single moment where Yamcha's apparent lecherous nature was shown or at least foreshadowed?

In the Saiyan saga, like I mentioned before. The implication is there in Bulma's response to Krillin.

And as others have pointed out already, that quote is so ridiculously vague that it literally could be taken to imply anything, not necessarily that Yamcha cheated on her.

[Dragonballgod19]

Wow this topic is still going

[Cure Dragon 255]

Guys, guys, Gaffer tape cleared all of this up for me.

Oh no, you don't get to just run off with a Toriyama quote and ignore all other aspects, or even other quotes he's made, of the series that contradicts what he's said.

Unless you can think of even a single moment where Yamcha's apparent lecherous nature was shown or at least foreshadowed?

In the Saiyan saga, like I mentioned before. The implication is there in Bulma's response to Krillin.

And as others have pointed out already, that quote is so ridiculously vague that it literally could be taken to imply anything, not necessarily that Yamcha cheated on her.

Did you miss the HUMONGOUS POST that Gaffer Tape made? Its not just "A Toriyama Quote" and that's it.

[Majin Jator]

Yamcha didn't cheat. They were on a break.

[Dragonballgod19]

Yamcha didn't cheat. They were on a break.

Well the show said he cheated so he did

[LuckyCat]

Yamcha didn't cheat. They were on a break.

The cue for seven more seasons of "Friends".

[TheZFighter]

I never would have thought Yamcha would be a cheater. I mean, who cheats on the richest and most attractive woman in Dragon World?

Ashley Cole cheated on Cheryl.

[FoolsGil]

Apparently. But only in the "Toriyama needs Trunks to be the son of Vegeta and Bulma, and Yamcha has already been thrown under the bus 20 times, so what's one more?" sense.

[Dragonballgod19]

Apparently. But only in the "Toriyama needs Trunks to be the son of Vegeta and Bulma, and Yamcha has already been thrown under the bus 20 times, so what's one more?" sense.

This was actually a good move made by him though and bulma and yamcha were a bad couple compared to vegeta and bulma

[Vegeta123]

yamcha didn't deserve bulma

vegeta took his woman away forever. Yamcha is not a man.

[FoolsGil]

Apparently. But only in the "Toriyama needs Trunks to be the son of Vegeta and Bulma, and Yamcha has already been thrown under the bus 20 times, so what's one more?" sense.

This was actually a good move made by him though and bulma and yamcha were a bad couple compared to vegeta and bulma

It wasn't good for Yamcha. Just one more failure to throw on Yamcha as a character. It couldn't even be an amicable breakup. No, Yamcha apparently threw away the only good thing he had in his life, a rich AF heiress. Who does that? Well Yamcha does apparently, because he needed his 21st time under the bus.

[Dragonballgod19]

Apparently. But only in the "Toriyama needs Trunks to be the son of Vegeta and Bulma, and Yamcha has already been thrown under the bus 20 times, so what's one more?" sense.

This was actually a good move made by him though and bulma and yamcha were a bad couple compared to vegeta and bulma

It wasn't good for Yamcha. Just one more failure to throw on Yamcha as a character. It couldn't even be an amicable breakup. No, Yamcha apparently threw away the only good thing he had in his life, a rich AF heiress. Who does that? Well Yamcha does apparently, because he needed his 21st time under the bus.

They could have easily given yamcha a now gf

[FoolsGil]

This was actually a good move made by him though and bulma and yamcha were a bad couple compared to vegeta and bulma

It wasn't good for Yamcha. Just one more failure to throw on Yamcha as a character. It couldn't even be an amicable breakup. No, Yamcha apparently threw away the only good thing he had in his life, a rich AF heiress. Who does that? Well Yamcha does apparently, because he needed his 21st time under the bus.

They could have easily given yamcha a now gf

That's not the point.

[Baggie_Saiyan]

Apparently. But only in the "Toriyama needs Trunks to be the son of Vegeta and Bulma, and Yamcha has already been thrown under the bus 20 times, so what's one more?" sense.

This was actually a good move made by him though and bulma and yamcha were a bad couple compared to vegeta and bulma

It wasn't good for Yamcha. Just one more failure to throw on Yamcha as a character. It couldn't even be an amicable breakup. No, Yamcha apparently threw away the only good thing he had in his life, a rich AF heiress. Who does that? Well Yamcha does apparently, because he needed his 21st time under the bus.

We don't know what went on behind closed doors not everything is about money and looks ya know. It seems Yamcha fans here are the ones quick to accept him as the "bad guy" here where in actuality it is still unclear.

[ImperialWrath]

Guys, guys, Gaffer tape cleared all of this up for me.

Oh no, you don't get to just run off with a Toriyama quote and ignore all other aspects, or even other quotes he's made, of the series that contradicts what he's said.

In the Saiyan saga, like I mentioned before. The implication is there in Bulma's response to Krillin.

And as others have pointed out already, that quote is so ridiculously vague that it literally could be taken to imply anything, not necessarily that Yamcha cheated on her.

Did you miss the HUMONGOUS POST that Gaffer Tape made? Its not just "A Toriyama Quote" and that's it.

No I didn't miss it, and my point still stands. Gog simply wanted to take some quote and run with it, while ignoring any other context or aspect of the series' creator or the character. The fact is that when you're dealing with a guy like Toriyama, who has a well-documented history of contradicting himself on numerous occasions, it's probably not the best idea to take everything he says as gospel.