Are Vegeta and Bulma married?

tainted saiyan · Post by **tainted saiyan** » Fri Jan 05, 2007 7:17 am

Looking at my manga volumes, he refers to her as his wife. I don't remember them ever having a ceremony. Does Vegeta just call her that because they basically are married(or lovers)?

shannarafan · Post by **shannarafan** » Fri Jan 05, 2007 7:37 am

Yeah, probably. It's never stated that they got married.

Bura · Post by **Bura** » Fri Jan 05, 2007 8:11 am

They weren't married in the future timeline, future Trunks said his mom wasn't really the type to marry- but because Vegeta refers to her as his wife in the normal timeline in the Buu saga, you can pretty much assume they DID get married (the situation there is a lot different than the mirai situation of course)... But I do believe they kept it small... ;p

I actually wrote a piece about this for my Bulma & Vegeta fanlisting:
http://bulma.nl/fanlist/love/marriage.php

Jerseymilk · Post by **Jerseymilk** » Fri Jan 05, 2007 9:45 am

I always just assumed they got married some time in the seven years that Goku was dead. Probably before Bra was born. After everything with Cell, he probably settled down a little more and Buruma bugged him until he agreed to make it official.

I always find it humourous when I see little Vegeta/Buruma fangirls go around assuming they're already married by the Android Saga. They always make their relationship out to be this "fairytale romance". There's absolutely no proof they were, and from the scenes at the beginning of the saga when Goku and the others reunite with her, things point more in the direction that they aren't.

Casual Matt · Post by **Casual Matt** » Fri Jan 05, 2007 11:37 am

They married sometime within the 7 years after the Cell Games, it seems.

Mr.Piccolo · Post by **Mr.Piccolo** » Fri Jan 05, 2007 11:55 am

I always thought people assumed that they were married. I mean, just becuase they live together and have kids doesn't mean they are married..Then again, isn't there a picture or something at the end of a video(?) where everybody is "dressed-up" sometime in the Cell Arc? I always thought that if they were married, that would be the only sort of hint that they did so..
-Rick

Android18 · Post by **Android18** » Fri Jan 05, 2007 9:19 pm

What video?

Conan the SSJ · Post by **Conan the SSJ** » Fri Jan 05, 2007 9:35 pm

Mr.Piccolo wrote:I always thought people assumed that they were married. I mean, just becuase they live together and have kids doesn't mean they are married..Then again, isn't there a picture or something at the end of a video(?) where everybody is "dressed-up" sometime in the Cell Arc? I always thought that if they were married, that would be the only sort of hint that they did so..
-Rick

Holy crackerjacks, I never really considered that. I suppose it might make sense, though Gohan was really the only one wearing a suit and tie, everyone else just seemed normal. I think it was more a "Look your best for Trunks' departure" kind of thing. I like to think in the anime, they would've been married sometime following the events with Bojack, as Vegeta started showing the resolve spirit he seemed to lose after Cell was defeated, but suddenly had back 7 years later training present Trunks.

Magica · Post by **Magica** » Fri Jan 05, 2007 10:09 pm

Hmmm. I just can't see them having a huge ceremony. Not Vegeta anyway. I see them more getting eloped, but that's just me. XD

fps_anth · Post by **fps_anth** » Fri Jan 05, 2007 10:24 pm

I can't picture Vegeta in a suit, in a church with many people. A preist telling him to kiss the bride? I...just can't picture that. I think that they are just lovers...but then again, it's is very likely that they did get married.

Payne222 · Post by **Payne222** » Fri Jan 05, 2007 10:29 pm

fps_anth wrote:I can't picture Vegeta in a suit, in a church with many people. A preist telling him to kiss the bride? I...just can't picture that. I think that they are just lovers...but then again, it's is very likely that they did get married.

I don't think they would have had a "Christian" type wedding, seeing as Toriyama-Sensei is Japanese and more accustomed to Buddhist weddings.

mAcChaos · Post by **mAcChaos** » Fri Jan 05, 2007 10:32 pm

Payne222 wrote:
fps_anth wrote:I can't picture Vegeta in a suit, in a church with many people. A preist telling him to kiss the bride? I...just can't picture that. I think that they are just lovers...but then again, it's is very likely that they did get married.
I don't think they would have had a "Christian" type wedding, seeing as Toriyama-Sensei is Japanese and more accustomed to Buddhist weddings.

We shouldn't rule it out, though, since many Western elements make their way into the anime. And don't Goku and Chi Chi have a kind of western wedding?

http://kuvat.dbzf.net/goku_&_chi-chi.jpg

Payne222 · Post by **Payne222** » Fri Jan 05, 2007 10:36 pm

mAcChaos wrote:
Payne222 wrote:
fps_anth wrote:I can't picture Vegeta in a suit, in a church with many people. A preist telling him to kiss the bride? I...just can't picture that. I think that they are just lovers...but then again, it's is very likely that they did get married.
I don't think they would have had a "Christian" type wedding, seeing as Toriyama-Sensei is Japanese and more accustomed to Buddhist weddings.
We shouldn't rule it out, though, since many Western elements make their way into the anime. And don't Goku and Chi Chi have a kind of western wedding?

http://kuvat.dbzf.net/goku_&_chi-chi.jpg

Haha, it seems so. (^^)
Sorry about that then if I'm wrong.

Chuquita · Post by **Chuquita** » Sat Jan 06, 2007 12:29 am

I'm with the theory that they're just lovers and Vegeta feels more comfortable using the word "wife" for Bulma even though they're not married. "Lover" sounds too sexual of a word for me to imagine him using in public when talking about his relationship with her.

I hear the word "mate" used in fandom a lot for them though.

Mystery Person X · Post by **Mystery Person X** » Sat Jan 06, 2007 12:31 am

mAcChaos wrote:
Payne222 wrote:
fps_anth wrote:I can't picture Vegeta in a suit, in a church with many people. A preist telling him to kiss the bride? I...just can't picture that. I think that they are just lovers...but then again, it's is very likely that they did get married.
I don't think they would have had a "Christian" type wedding, seeing as Toriyama-Sensei is Japanese and more accustomed to Buddhist weddings.
We shouldn't rule it out, though, since many Western elements make their way into the anime. And don't Goku and Chi Chi have a kind of western wedding?

http://kuvat.dbzf.net/goku_&_chi-chi.jpg

It might be worth noting that this was filler. In the manga, they're married as soon as Goku agrees to it at the 23rd Tenkaichi Budokai.

ChibiKenji · Post by **ChibiKenji** » Sat Jan 06, 2007 12:44 am

I always figured they had a de facto thing going on; Vegeta certainly settled down in the seven years after Cell, but he never really seemed like the marrying type to me.

Android18 · Post by **Android18** » Sat Jan 06, 2007 1:31 am

fps_anth wrote:I can't picture Vegeta in a suit.

http://aiyoku.pussycat.jp/sutu3.gif

BlueSky · Post by **Kaboom** » Sat Jan 06, 2007 1:31 am

Android18 wrote:
fps_anth wrote:I can't picture Vegeta in a suit.
http://aiyoku.pussycat.jp/sutu3.gif

...classy.

Big Momma · Post by **Big Momma** » Sat Jan 06, 2007 1:35 am

SSj Kaboom wrote:
Android18 wrote:
fps_anth wrote:I can't picture Vegeta in a suit.
http://aiyoku.pussycat.jp/sutu3.gif
...classy.

Yes, quite...how do you say it..."suave".

BlueSky · Post by **Kaboom** » Sat Jan 06, 2007 1:38 am

Big Momma wrote:
SSj Kaboom wrote:
Android18 wrote: http://aiyoku.pussycat.jp/sutu3.gif
...classy.
Yes, quite...how do you say it..."suave".

Pronounced "soo-wah-vay!"