I Hate Bulma

[SonCamKu]

Re-watching all the fist episodes of DBZ made me realize how much hatred I share for Bulma. I get that she is in the series to get the protagonists in trouble, but does anyone else feel this way as well?

 

[Colour Scientist]

She was really shit on Namek.

Seriously, she was the worst.

She just cowered in fear and yelled at Krillan and Gohan for a million episodes.

 

[omega 616]

Yeah, she is my most hated character. What is the point of her, at all?

My second most hated is Vegeta though, so you might want to take my opinion with a grain of salt 'cos I know how much everybody loves that whiny tool!

 

[Casual Shinji]

She just cowered in fear and yelled at Krillan and Gohan for a million episodes.

That's nearly every woman in anime.

Then again, this is a trope most female characters in western shows suffer from as well; The men do something stupid, and the women shake there heads at it. "Ooh, men and their big dumb shenanigans... What ever will we do with them!?"

OT: I don't know, I always had more of an aversion to Chi Chi. She was just pissed off all the fucking time. Bulma was at least not a complete ***** on occasion.

 

[Soviet Heavy]

She was really shit on Namek.

Seriously, she was the worst.

She just cowered in fear and yelled at Krillan and Gohan for a million episodes.

She did fight giant crabs with a robot in one of the filler episodes. And DBZ had funny filler.

 

[Kolby Jack]

She was really shit on Namek.

Seriously, she was the worst.

She just cowered in fear and yelled at Krillan and Gohan for a million episodes.

Yea, she sure was shit. Like how she flew the ship that got them there in the first place, or invented the dragon radar that allowed them to stall the villain's plans for so long. I mean, why couldn't she help fight the guys who could crush a normal human like her by blinking? Instead she just spent her time hiding on the advice of Krillin and being upset that the supposedly peaceful planet she volunteered to go to to resurrect their friends was now crawling with galactic-level monsters. And of course offering all of the namekians a place to stay on Earth was definitely a ***** move as well.

 

[lucky_sharm]

Yeah...anime girls tend to be very passive and/or badly written when the story revolves around a male character (please read carefully before you blurt out anime like Claymore and Jormungand). They're just there to be love interests or background cheerleaders most of the time. Sometimes they'll beat up a creep or a mook but always need rescuing when the big villain shows up.

 

[Foolery]

How many Dragon Ball Z characters does it take to change a light bulb? Just one, but it takes four episodes. I don't really have an issue with Bulma. If you pick on Dragonball character, you might as well pick on them all, the show is completely bananas anyway.

 

[SmallHatLogan]

Yeah, she is my most hated character. What is the point of her, at all?

Yeah...anime girls tend to be very passive and/or badly written when the story revolves around a male character (please read carefully before you blurt out anime like Claymore and Jormungand). They're just there to be love interests or background cheerleaders most of the time. Sometimes they'll beat up a creep or a mook but always need rescuing when the big villain shows up.

To be fair she was a pretty decent and relevant character in Dragon Ball, it's just that in Dragon Ball Z she (along with most of the original cast) took a back seat to the saiyans and the over powered villains.

 

[Hazy992]

She was really shit on Namek.

Seriously, she was the worst.

She just cowered in fear and yelled at Krillan and Gohan for a million episodes.

But she became a frog tho.

OT: I think she's hit and miss. She can be quite annoying sometimes, but she does prove quite useful to the team at points.

She's not as bad as Chi-Chi though. Jesus Christ on a bicycle...

My second most hated is Vegeta though, so you might want to take my opinion with a grain of salt 'cos I know how much everybody loves that whiny tool!

:O GET... OUT

 

[SonCamKu]

She was really shit on Namek.

Seriously, she was the worst.

She just cowered in fear and yelled at Krillan and Gohan for a million episodes.

Holy shit I know, I wanted to punt her

 

[SonCamKu]

She was really shit on Namek.

Seriously, she was the worst.

She just cowered in fear and yelled at Krillan and Gohan for a million episodes.

Yea, she sure was shit. Like how she flew the ship that got them there in the first place, or invented the dragon radar that allowed them to stall the villain's plans for so long. I mean, why couldn't she help fight the guys who could crush a normal human like her by blinking? Instead she just spent her time hiding on the advice of Krillin and being upset that the supposedly peaceful planet she volunteered to go to to resurrect their friends was now crawling with galactic-level monsters. And of course offering all of the namekians a place to stay on Earth was definitely a ***** move as well.

Yet you can't ignore the fact that all she did on Namek was cry and blame everything on Krillin and Gohan, almost lost a dragon ball because she wanted to obtain a pearl instead, and they would have never landed on that false planet in the first place if she wasn't so damn stubborn. So I don't really see your point, Bulma's father could easily have replaced her and made all the gadgets.

 

[SonCamKu]

Yeah, she is my most hated character. What is the point of her, at all?

My second most hated is Vegeta though, so you might want to take my opinion with a grain of salt 'cos I know how much everybody loves that whiny tool!

Aw man, you cant hate Vegeta! lol hes like the tough, badass guy of the whole show!

 

[Gordon_4_v1legacy]

I like her; watching her interact with Vegeta post-Namek was always good for a laugh plus she was the genuine brains behind the crew. You know, because she's basically a Tony Stark level engineer.

 

[The Rogue Wolf]

How many Dragon Ball Z characters does it take to change a light bulb? Just one, but it takes four episodes.

Unless the planet's going to explode in five minutes. Then it takes thirty-two episodes.

...it's just that in Dragon Ball Z she (along with most of the original cast) took a back seat to the saiyans and the over powered villains.

Once a member of your cast can destroy a planet with the effort it takes most of us to clip a toenail, everyone who can't match that just sort of falls by the wayside. DBZ was practically the poster child for ridiculous escalation.

 

[Queen Michael]

Yeah, she is my most hated character. What is the point of her, at all?

My second most hated is Vegeta though, so you might want to take my opinion with a grain of salt 'cos I know how much everybody loves that whiny tool!

Aw man, you cant hate Vegeta! lol hes like the tough, badass guy of the whole show!

Yeah, Vegeta's a pretty cool guy. Eh kills aleins and doesnt afraid of anything.

And Bulma's better in the earliest Dragon Ball chapters.

 

[Kolby Jack]

She was really shit on Namek.

Seriously, she was the worst.

She just cowered in fear and yelled at Krillan and Gohan for a million episodes.

Yea, she sure was shit. Like how she flew the ship that got them there in the first place, or invented the dragon radar that allowed them to stall the villain's plans for so long. I mean, why couldn't she help fight the guys who could crush a normal human like her by blinking? Instead she just spent her time hiding on the advice of Krillin and being upset that the supposedly peaceful planet she volunteered to go to to resurrect their friends was now crawling with galactic-level monsters. And of course offering all of the namekians a place to stay on Earth was definitely a ***** move as well.

Yet you can't ignore the fact that all she did on Namek was cry and blame everything on Krillin and Gohan, almost lost a dragon ball because she wanted to obtain a pearl instead, and they would have never landed on that false planet in the first place if she wasn't so damn stubborn. So I don't really see your point, Bulma's father could easily have replaced her and made all the gadgets.

Those two incidents are both filler that never happened in the manga or Kai. They don't count. Bulma's always been characterized as a spoiled genius, I don't think it's out of character for her to be pissed off at the whole Namek situation going as south as it did. Need I remind you, she also praised Krillin and Gohan for making progress, and she only yelled at them specifically when they left her in the dark on what was going on. Saying she did nothing but whine is just false.

 

[Fox12]

She just cowered in fear and yelled at Krillan and Gohan for a million episodes.

That's nearly every woman in anime.

Yeah, chie chie was roughly 10^10 times worse. It wasn't really funny, and instead hurt the characters. I thought Bulma was okay... most of the time.

Master Roshi was the character who I hated the most. Honestly, what purpose did he serve after, like, one season?

Videl was cool though. She always kicked ass.

 

[Redlin5_v1legacy]

My second most hated is Vegeta though, so you might want to take my opinion with a grain of salt 'cos I know how much everybody loves that whiny tool!

:O GET... OUT

GO SUPER SAIYAN ON HIM!

OT: Future Bulma is the only tolerable Bulma in my opinion. Regular Bulma? Well, I think TFS did her justice.

Spoiler: Ex? What's that all about?