Bulma

Bulma
ブルマ (Buruma)
Manga Anime
English Name(s)	Bulma Briefs (FUNimation)
Name Pun	Bloomers
Manga Debut	Dragon Ball Chapter 1
Anime Debut	Dragon Ball Episode 1
Japanese VA	Hiromi Tsuru Aya Hisakawa
Canadian VA	Lalainia Lindbjerg Maggie Blue O'Hara
Funimation VA	Tiffany Vollmer Monica Rial
Personal Data
Birth	18 August, Age 733
Death	08 May, Age 774
Height	165 cm
Weight	49 kg
Occupation	Capsule Corporation Scientist
Relationship Data
Family	Bulma's Mother (Mother) Brief (Father) Tights (Sister)
Spouse	Vegeta
Significant other(s)	Yamcha (Formerly)
Children	Trunks Bra
Relatives	Tarble (Brother In-Law) Gure (Sister In-Law)

Bulma is a fictional character in the Dragon Ball manga series by Akira Toriyama. Bulma makes her debut in chapter 1, published in the 1984 #51 issue of Shueisha's Weekly Shōnen Jump.

Biography

Bulma is the second born daughter of Dr. Brief, born on 18 August, Age 733. A genius from a young age, she and her family were summoned by her older sister Tights to the home of Professor Tokunoshin Omori to assist with repairing a spaceship belonging to Jaco, a galactic patrolman stranded on Earth, which Bulma resolved on her own at the age of five.

In the year Age 749, she found the Two Star Dragon Ball in a storeroom at Capsule Corporation, which lead to her researching the ball and discovering that when gathered with six others it is able to grant a single wish. While on summer vacation, she went on a journey to find the remaining six balls planning to wish for a wonderful boyfriend. On 22 August she located the Five Star Ball in a northern valley. She located her third Dragon Ball, the Four Star Ball, on 01 September in the possession of a young boy named Son Goku. Unwilling to part ways with the ball left to him by his deceased grandfather, Goku was convinced to accompany Bulma on her journey. On the journey to gather all the Dragon Balls, Bulma and Goku were joined by Oolong, Yamcha and Pu'er. On 09 September, the group were taken hostage by Pilaf, who stole the Dragon Balls and summoned Shenlong. However, Oolong was able to get a wish in before Pilaf and the group were sentenced to death in a room that would cook them alive in the sun's rays. The transparent ceiling of the room allowed Goku a clear view of the full moon that night allowing his Ōzaru form to wreak havoc upon Pilaf's castle. Once Bulma and the others were clear of the castle wreckage, Yamcha took the opportunity to remove Goku's tail, returning him back to his normal state.

While Bulma was ultimately unable to make her wish, she and Yamcha quickly entered into a relationship and returned to West City together along with Oolong and Pu'er, going their separate ways from Goku who instead sought training from Muten Rōshi. On 07 May, Age 750, Bulma attended the Tenka'ichi Budokai to watch Yamcha compete as a spectator and was reunited with Goku, also meeting his fellow disciple Kuririn. By 09 May, Bulma's relationship with Yamcha had become strained and she and Kuririn joined Goku on another quest for the Dragon Balls, unaware that Goku was being hunted by the Red Ribbon Army. After an encounter with General Blue, Bulma and Kuririn opted to sit out of the remainder of Goku's quest.

Bulma maintained her on and off relationship with Yamcha and continued to periodically reunite with Goku and the others over the years until Raditz, a Saiyan warrior, invaded Earth in Age 761. Raditz was defeated through the sacrifice of Goku's life, however with his dying breaths he summoned his comrades Vegeta and Nappa to attack Earth in his stead. In Age 762, Nappa and Vegeta were defeated by the recently revived Goku and comrades, however there were several casualties including Yamcha and Piccolo. With Piccolo's death, the Earth's Dragon Balls became unusable and Bulma, Kuririn and Goku's son Gohan traveled to Piccolo's home planet, Namek, in hopes of finding new Dragon Balls there.

Name

Bulma's name is a pun on bloomers, an article of underwear.

Production

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Music

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Kikuchi did not use the ED as a leitmotif at all in The Legend of Shenlong, though he continued to use the opening song "Mystical Adventure!" for a Goku leitmotif. Instead, he composed a new Bulma theme that is explicitly used in the tracks listed below. None of the BGM featuring Bulma's theme were officially released, and their official catalogue numbers are unknown.

Dragon Ball Movie 1: Bulma's theme
Kanzenshuu Catalogue	Release	Tonality
K-211	Unreleased	F Major
K-214
K-242