Future Trunks

Trunks, having never met his father, nor grown up under his influence, combined with the fact that he grew up in an apocalyptic world, is very cautious, broody, and serious (such as when he begged Vegeta not to challenge the Androids without Goku being present[12] or when he did not want Vegeta to trust Paragus),[1] unlike his main timeline counterpart, who had a personality very similar to his father's.[13] Due to living in such harsh times and trying to find any means necessary to destroy the androids, Trunks lacks the arrogance and pride of Saiyans like Goku and Vegeta and uses pragmatic methods unbecoming of a traditional Saiyan warrior. Examples include quickly killing Frieza and King Cold without allowing them to power-up, attempting to destroy present Androids 17 and 18 before they could be activated, tries to attack Cell while transforming, suggesting that Goku eats a Senzu Bean during his fight against Perfect Cell as well ganging up on him, kills the Future Androids without wasting much time and kills Babidi & Dabura without allowing them to free Majin Buu from the seal. This contrasts his present-day counterpart, who arrogantly stated he intended to fight Goten with one hand on one occasion. Owing to his desire to defeat the Androids by any means necessary, he also was willing to delay an action should it allow him to unearth a means to destroy the androids for good. This is best demonstrated when he and Krillin arrived at Gero's underground lab area: Krillin was opting to immediately destroy the lab, only for Future Trunks to tell Krillin to not do so yet due to wanting to investigate the lab to see if there were any blueprints of the androids that could point to a weakness. Future Trunks clearly fears the Androids, panicking at the introduction of Android 16. He also appears to be afflicted with a degree of post-traumatic stress as a result of the struggles he faced in his apocalyptic nightmarish world.[14] Nevertheless, Future Trunks is depicted as incredibly respectful to everyone, especially his mother Future Bulma and his master Future Gohan. When he finally meets Vegeta in the past, Future Trunks is seen to be constantly trying to impress him. This is often mixed with disgust and horror towards his father's uncaring attitude towards others, especially when Vegeta refused to save Bulma and baby Trunks when Dr. Gero blows up their capsule airplane, forcing Future Trunks to save his present counterpart and mother. Due to this disposition, he refers to Vegeta and Bulma as "Father" and "Mother" respectively, as opposed to "Papa" and "Mama" which his counterpart usually calls them in the Japanese version. In the English dub of Dragon Ball Z Kai and Dragon Ball Super, he now often refers to both his parents as "Mom" and "Dad" like his counterpart does. FutureTrunksFreeTheFuture Future Trunks before he kills the Androids in his timeline Because he comes from the future and believes he knows what is going to happen, Future Trunks is usually shown thinking that only some things will matter, and others probably would not (although he is usually right in the long term). This is shown in, at first, his resistance to do anything unless Goku is present. Other things, such as his surprise that Piccolo's fusion would make a difference, also show this. As such, he is usually surprised at events (on a different layer than the fact that history was different from his recollection). He is even (though very rarely) shown to be cocky, such as when he became a Super Saiyan Third Grade, but when he loses his seeming "advantage" this cockiness dissolves instantly. Molded from his dark timeline, he is very serious and is a determined fighter like his father. Unlike his father or alternate timeline self, Future Trunks is often shown to be very polite and well-mannered. This is clearly shown in the original version through his speech, as he is often heard using the polite form of Japanese phrases when addressing his allies. However, Future Trunks does have some qualities typical of Saiyans, especially before he went into the past. Before jumping into the past, Future Trunks had little interest in his mother's invention, believing it to be unnecessary and not entirely believing that Goku was the caliber of warrior that was needed to defeat the Androids, but after he got thrashed good and hard by the Androids from his timeline after becoming a Super Saiyan, he finally decided that he was ready to give her idea a try. In the manga, however, he does at one point flip the bird at Imperfect Cell.[15] He also does swear infrequently, as evidenced by his encounter with Kogu. After Black appeared on Earth, brought humanity to the brink of extinction, killed his mother, and almost Future Mai, Trunks' post-traumatic stress began to resurface, when he mistook Goku for Black, and attacked him without thinking, and only stopped after noticing Bulma, realizing he had arrived in the past, and when he was flying to Gohan's house, Trunks began to have visions of his destroyed future instead of the peaceful present timeline. Despite achieving his goal of returning to the past, and seeing all of his friends alive and well, Trunks still could not let go of the traumatic events he had been through and always had a saddened and uncomfortable look on his face. Only when he met Gohan and his family, Trunks was finally able to lighten up and start enjoying himself in the past. After being defeated by Future Zamasu and Black (even with Goku and Vegeta's assistance) and realizing the rogue Supreme Kai's immortality and the dark entity's ever-growing power, Future Trunks felt utterly hopeless on being able to save everyone in his time but eventually got over it thanks to his Present counterpart. Despite his get-it-done personality, Future Trunks only desired to become stronger in order to defeat the current threat that appeared before him (the Androids, Future Majin Buu, and Black), and defeating those threats were his only goals, rather than training in preparation for whatever threat may come ahead of time. Vegeta told Trunks that he should not just train simply when a new enemy appeared, and his goal in life should be training every day to become stronger, because he would never know when an enemy stronger than the one before could appear, and should always be ready for them, despite being in times of peace. This caused Trunks to finally realize the reason behind Vegeta's desire for excessive training, and also made Trunks promise his father to not only defeat Black but grow stronger than he ever did before to protect the future. Vegeta also called Trunks out on his reliance on others to essentially solve his problems for him, as he was aware of Trunks' thoughts on Goku and Vegeta beating Black in his stead. It was this reliance on others, however, that Trunks finally acknowledged during the climactic finale against Fused Zamasu and turned into his greatest strength, calling it a cornerstone of mortals and demonstrating its power in the most literal way - through a bladed Spirit Bomb. Future Trunks is an experienced tactician, capable of creating and executing complex battle strategies as well as attacking at appropriate times when up against stronger opponents to gain the advantage. He can easily adapt to enemies' battle styles, changing tactics to increase his chances of victory. These traits, combined with his efficient fighting attitude, make him a dangerous adversary in battle. Against Mecha Frieza, he distracted the tyrant with a Burning Attack, causing Frieza to dodge upward and leave himself open to a deadly strike, disabling him so Trunks could overtax his notorious durability by obliterating him at close-range. Against Goku Black, Trunks and the rest of Earth's Resistance were able to play hit-and-run with the mad deity, evading being hunted down for long enough that Trunks was able to distract Goku Black with a Masenko and flee to the past just in time to get help. In a sparring match against Vegeta, Trunks bluffed using Super Saiyan Third Grade against Super Saiyan Blue Vegeta to fake him out and cause him to drop his guard, ascending back to Super Saiyan 2 when Vegeta closed the distance and nearly getting a hit in against his surprised father despite being severely outclassed. When staving off Goku Black and Future Zamasu's assault alone, he effectively learned and adapted to how Zamasu tanked hits meant for Black with his immortality to allow Black to counter, separating their tag-team and nearly winning by knocking Black out cold with a Galick Gun and almost hitting Zamasu with Final Explosion before Black recovered and impaled him. At the end of the "Future" Trunks Saga, as Future Trunks and Future Mai were about to disappear in the Time Machine, both Gohan and Piccolo appeared to bid farewell, Trunks looks at the former and was saddened that he couldn't save anyone in his timeline. Trunks began to cheer up after Gohan tells him to take care (remembering his old master: Future Gohan), and happily looks forward to protecting everyone in the new timeline. Future Trunks' favorite food is convenience store bento[5] and he enjoys tinkering with machines.[5]