Chi-Chi (Dragon Ball)
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| Japanese | チチ |
| Romaji | Chichi |
| Anime Name | Chi-Chi |
| Manga Name | Chi-Chi |
| Alternate Name(s) | Milk (in Latin America) Kika (Portugal) |
| First Appearance | Book 1 (Chapter 11) (Manga) Episode 7 of Dragon Ball (Anime) |
| Appears in | Image:One Star DB.svg 
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| Race | Human |
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Chi-Chi (Son Chi-Chi by marriage) is a fictional character in the Dragon Ball series. A human, she is the wife of Son Goku, the mother of Son Gohan and Son Goten, as well as the daughter of the Ox King. Her seiyū is Mayumi Sho (DB:7 - DBZ:66) and later Naoko Watanabe (DBZ:88 - DBGT:64). In the English dub she is voiced by Cynthia Cranz (as an adult) and by Laura Bailey (as a kid).Chi-Chi is a slang term for "breasts" or "milk" in Japanese. She is often depicted as a sometimes nagging (especially in the anime), overprotective but fundamentally well-meaning woman, very similar to the stereotypical overbearing shōnen anime mother. This is somewhat understandable given the dangerous nature of her family's interests, which does little to quell her nervousness. Her temperament is such that she is a force to be reckoned with even for the Z Fighters.
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[edit] Dragon Ball
[edit] Pilaf Saga
In a very early episodes of Dragon Ball, Chi-Chi is seen running away from a dinosaur who she later slices his head off with her blade. Afterwards, she runs into Yamcha. After getting knocked out unconscious by Yamcha for trying to attack him, he returns to her aid. At first, now awaken, she views Yamcha as a threat. He lies and says he loves her to keep her from hurting him. Because she is naive, she believes him. When she turns her back, Yamcha runs away. Soon she comes across Goku on his Kinto 'un. While trying to ride the Kinto'un (Flying Nimbus), Goku kicked Chi-Chi's private area to determine her sex (uncut version). Brought up as the only daughter of Gyû-Maô (Ox-King) and living a secluded life, her face became red and believing very wrongly that Goku liked her (after of course taking offense and kicking Goku who couldn't yet fly off the speeding cloud and then crashing herself). She tells Goku that when she becomes older, he will be the person to take her hand in marriage. A naïve Goku agrees, thinking that marriage is some kind of food.
[edit] Red Ribbon Army Saga
She would see Goku again at the beginning of the Red Ribbon Army Saga, when he would visit her to find the Dragon Ball which at the time was being sought by both Emperor Pilaf and Colonel Silver of the Red Ribbon Army, and later she would make a brief appearance in the King Piccolo Saga.
[edit] Piccolo Jr. Saga
Years later, Chi-Chi came back, first hiding her name and as an opponent in the 23rd Tenka'ichi Budôkai. Chi-Chi is angry that Goku had never came back to keep 'the promise' which Goku, of course, has forgotten about already. She says that if Goku will defeat her in the match, she will tell him what it is about. Goku does and is shocked to realize that little Chi-Chi had grown up as he had. Being a good-natured man, Goku decides to keep his promise and announces that he will marry her, in front of the whole crowd. Afterwards, in the anime-only filler conclusion to the Dragon Ball TV series, they go on several adventures to retrieve the basho-sen (Bansho Fan in Eng. dub) in order to put out the fire on Chi-Chi's mountain home (which was already destroyed in both the manga and anime) to save her father. By the end of Dragon Ball, she and Goku are married.
[edit] Dragon Ball Z
After marriage, Chi-Chi became a supporting character to Goku (and the two sons, Son Gohan and Son Goten). She is very notable by very emphasizing on the sons' academic achievement rather than their fighting ability, as she was hesitant for Gohan to repeat Goku's habits of getting into danger. Therefore she often becomes frustrated when Goku decides to take the sons (esp. Gohan) to fights, so much that oftentimes Chi-Chi is willing to go to battle herself to defend her sons. Inevitably, Gohan had to work hard on both his human identity as well as his academic skills. In result, the very last chapters of the Dragon Ball/Dragon Ball Z manga stated that Gohan had become a scholar and thus did not participate the very last Tenka'ichi Budôkai of Dragon Ball Z.
Sometime late in the Cell saga, Chi-Chi gives birth to her second son, Goten. Chi-Chi is much more mellow by the time of the Buu Saga. She's not as strict with Goten during the Buu saga and even becomes less strict with a now teenaged Gohan. After the Tenka'ichi Budokai, while on Kami's hideout, Chi-Chi and the others are told by Goku of Vegeta and Gohan's deaths. Chi-Chi takes the news hard and is very upset and angry with Majin Buu when he comes to Kami's hideout. During this time, while on Kami's hideout, Chi-Chi scolds and slaps Majin Buu for killing so many people (including Gohan). Thus, she is turned into an egg and killed by Majin Buu, shocking and upsetting Goten. She, along with everyone else killed, is wished back to life. With Goku, now alive again, Chi-Chi is happily reunited with her husband and sons. Her family spent the remainder of Dragon Ball Z in happier, much peaceful times. By the end of Dragon Ball Z, Chi-Chi is now a grandmother to Pan and a mother-in-law to Videl (now married to Gohan).
[edit] Dragon Ball GT
In Dragon Ball GT, Chi-Chi has an even smaller role. She mostly associates with Bulma and Videl, while also supporting her family in times of crisis. Goku becomes a child during Dragon Ball GT, which frustrates Chi-Chi, but she still cares for him deeply. It is also during DBGT that Chi-Chi, along with nearly the entire population on earth, gets possessed by Baby, but later cured with the sacred water. Later, she, along with Videl, Bulma, and Bra want to fight along in the Super 17 saga, however, Goku and Android 18 have done the job already. She is also involved in the battle with Syn Shenlong, along with her sons, daughter-in-law, and the Briefs family. After Goku says goodbye to everyone, it is mostly assumed that Chi-Chi lived the remainder of her years alone in peace with the rest of her family.
[edit] Chi Chi Family Tree
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[edit] Video Games
Chi-Chi usually appeared as nothing more than a one-line character in cut scenes for most Dragon Ball video games, such as Dragon Ball Z: Budokai 3. However, in 2006 she made her first appearance as a fighter in the arcade version of Super Dragon Ball Z. She also appears in the console version of the game as well. In Super Dragon Ball Z she is armed with the Bansho Fan, the Nyoi-bo (Power Pole in FUNImation's dub), and flies on the Kinto-Un (Flying Nimbus). In the game she wears the gi she wore in the 23rd Tenkaichi Budokai (23rd World Tournament) and has her pink clothes from her childhood years in the original Dragon Ball as an unlockable alternate costume.
[edit] Trivia
- Chi-Chi, for a period of time, was considered the strongest woman on Earth for getting as far as she did in the 23rd Tenka'ichi Budôkai (The only other known woman to do so is Ranfan). Over time, she was surpassed by Pan, Android 18, and Videl.
- Despite her intelligence and wisdom, Chi-Chi can prove to be just as naive as Goku. During the early Dragon Ball Z series, Every danger that came to Gohan, she would attempt to go to the battlefield and fight the villain without considering how much of a threat they might be to Earth, or to a greater extent, the Universe. E.g. the Saiyan invaders and Freeza. She even slapped the Legendary Majin Buu on the face after hearing her son, Gohan, died at his hands (Of course this naïveté cost the mother her life for the first time).
- Goku has fought villains, evil armies, demonic would-be-world-conquerors, intergalactic warlords, genetically engineered super-soldiers, a Legendary Super Saiyan and a galaxy-destroying demon. But pound-for-pound, Chi-Chi is the person Goku is most afraid of. Goku in the animated series was scared of needles but in the manga, he isn't. In the Freeza Saga, when it is revealed that Goku isn't dead, and he couldn't be wished to Earth against his will, While his friends pondered why he wouldn't come, Mūten Roshi exclaims, "BECAUSE HE'S SCARED! OF THE ONE MORE POWERFUL THAN A SUPER SAIYAN, HIS WIFE!". In Dragon Ball GT (which is considered non-canon by most fans), when Goku was stuck in the Sugoro-ku realm, he saw an image of Chi-Chi with a needle, and he absolutely freaked out.
- The helmet Chi-Chi wears as a child bears a striking resemblance to the head of Ultra Seven.
- She never reached her full potential as a fighter, as she became a devoted housewife after her marriage. At one point in GT, Bebi (after possessing Goten) is powerfully slaped across the room by Chi-Chi, and comments upon her potential by suggesting that she may have powers hidden deep within her.
- During the Dragonball Z era Chi-Chi is frequently referred to as an "old woman" in various ways. The fact that she's actually several years younger than Bulma is generally ignored by the other characters.
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