Panties

, known in the United Kingdom and Australia as Knickers, are an undergarment that women from Earth wear. They play a significant role in Dragon Ball's early comic relief and fan service, which is mostly exploitation of Bulma.
==Appearances==
===Dragon Ball===
Goku tries to look to see if Bulma has a tail and moves her skirt up revealing her panties. Later on, at Goku's house she tries to seduce him into giving her his Dragon Ball by showing him her panties and offering for him to touch them.Dragon Ball episode 1, "The Secret of the Dragon Balls"
Bulma is sleeping and Goku wakes up in the morning. He then lays on Bulma's lap and realizes she has no bulge. He takes her panties off to find out that girls have nothing there.Dragon Ball episode 2, "The Emperor's Quest"
Bulma still has no panties on from the previous episode. Master Roshi asks Bulma to show him her panties for his Dragon Ball. Bulma tries to panty flash him but inadvertently shows her naked bottom half without knowing that she had no panties on. When she goes back to the capsule house, she finds that they are off and that Goku removed them while she was sleeping leaving her both mortified and angry at Goku to the point she comically shoots at him with a machine gun upon learning Goku was responsible for their removal.Dragon Ball episode 3, "The Nimbus Cloud of Roshi"
Oolong tries to escape Bulma and she puts her panties on a fishing rod to bring him back up. Later on, Oolong turns himself into a pair of panties and offers Bulma to wear him due to hers being wet from fishing him out, but she gets really mad and smacks him. Later Puar reveals that Oolong was expelled from Southern Transformation Kindergarten for stealing their teacher's panties.Dragon Ball episode 5, "Yamcha the Desert Bandit"
A pair of panties are seen flying out of Bulma's briefcase when Pilaf is searching through it.Dragon Ball episode 10, "The Dragon Balls are Stolen!" Oolong interrupts Emperor Pilaf's wish for world domination and wishes Shenron for a girl's panties.Dragon Ball episode 12, "A Wish to the Eternal Dragon" He is seen wearing them on his head all the way through the episode "Goku's Rival". Later, it is revealed that this wish gives birth to Oceanus Shenron, who takes it as a great shame.
Launch is in her panties sleeping in the same bed with Goku and in the morning she wakes up in her bad form and attacks Goku. Goku knocks her out while she is still in her panties but then stops Master Roshi from getting a feel off of her by saying that it's time to train.Dragon Ball episode 17, "Milk Delivery"
Oolong looks up Bulma's skirt while holding her up to watch the preliminary rounds. She ends up falling with Puar on grabbing onto her face tight and Bulma ends up on the ground moving her legs back and forth with her panties clearly shown and a bunch of random guys are staring along with Oolong who pretends to defend her.Dragon Ball episode 20, "Elimination Round"
Ranfan used her "special technique" which was to strip to her bra and panties to try to distract Nam but in the end she ended up failing and getting knocked out by him.Dragon Ball episode 22, "Quarterfinals Continue"
Krillin says he has a secret weapon. He throws out panties from his shirt and Jackie Chun frantically leaps to get a hold of them, giving Krillin the opportunity to land an attack.Dragon Ball episode 24, "Krillin's Frantic Attack!"
Master Roshi is staring in the window to a woman's lingerie store and remembering that he promised to give Launch a souvenir. He asks the random lady who is working to try a pair on and if he likes what he sees he will throw in an extra reward.Dragon Ball episode 29, "The Roaming Lake"
Goku finds that Ninja Murasaki accidentally drops a picture of General White's sisters in their panties changing into ninja uniforms.Dragon Ball episode 37, "Ninja Murasaki is Coming!"
Bulma is shown plain white panties when Master Roshi sneaks into the bathroom using the Micro Band to see her.Dragon Ball episode 47, "Kame House - Found!"
Bulma's shorts slide down while Krillin is holding onto them over a lava pit revealing Panties that are white with strawberries on them. When almost falling in the lava, a lava bubble touches her panties burning her butt. After surviving she licks her finger and touches the burn on the panties.Dragon Ball episode 50, "The Trap is Sprung"
Bulma strips her shorts, shoes and socks off and swims underwater in her red panties. She is in them for many episodes.Dragon Ball episode 51, "Beware of Robot"Dragon Ball episode 52, "The Pirate Treasure"Dragon Ball episode 53, "Blue, Black and Blue"Dragon Ball episode 54, "Escape From Pirate Cave"Dragon Ball episode 55, "Penguin Village" She hid a diamond from the treasure in her panties while they were still in there. Master Roshi is seen looking at a clothesline that are hanging several pairs of Launch's white panties. Arale Norimaki's pink bloomers are visible many times.Dragon Ball episode 56, "Strange Visitor"Dragon Ball episode 57, "Arale vs. Blue"
Bulma's panties are seen during a serious conversation about King Piccolo. They are also seen in the reflection of Master Roshi's sunglasses.Dragon Ball episode 104, "Mark of the Demon" The white panties of a female delinquent are seen up her skirt when she falls overlooking through some rubble in a Central City.Dragon Ball episode 117, "The Ultimate Sacrifice"
Bulma's white panties are visible up her dress as she dodges a rocket that Launch shot on accident.Dragon Ball episode 122, "Final Showdown" Bulma's white panties are seen under her skirt as she leans and talks to everyone.Dragon Ball episode 125, "Earth's Guardian Emerges"
Bulma is at Kame House getting ready to take a bath, she goes opens up a drawer filled with tons of neatly organized panties folded into little squares, trying to decide what she feels like wearing today. There are white, blue, pink, purple and yellow panties with bunnies, hearts, flowers, stripes, plaid, strawberries and polka-dots on them. She is seen pulling out a pair that is white with a pink teddy bear's face on it, she smiles and looks at her panties for a second. When she finds out the Dragon Balls are active again, her white panties are seen up her skirt as she sets all the balls down outside.Dragon Ball episode 126, "Eternal Dragon Resurrected"
A pair of panties with hearts on them fly into Master Roshi from wind caused by the fight.Dragon Ball episode 141, "The Four Faces of Tien" Launch's panties are visible as her dress is constantly flapping up from the wind caused by Piccolo's Explosive Demon Wave.Dragon Ball episode 148, "The Victor"
===Dragon Ball Z===
Ena panties are seen briefly while carrying a bag of oranges and running with Gohan and Jinku. Two bystanding women are watching the chase between the orphans on bikes and the police officer on the hover-scooter. When the officer rides by them, the force of the wind made by his vehicle rips the skirt off of one of the women, revealing her panties before she runs off-screen.Dragon Ball Z episode 16, "Plight of the Children"
A chubby woman's white panties can be seen from under her dress as she is running away from the commotion of Nappa and Vegeta's landing in East City. Shortly after this, another woman's skirt is blown up when Nappa unleashes his Volcano Explosion upon the city.Dragon Ball Z episode 21, "Counting Down"
Bulma is seen wearing nothing but her gray bra and panties while she is on the way to Namek with Krillin and Gohan aboard Kami’s spaceship.Dragon Ball Z episode 39, "Friends or Foes?"Dragon Ball Z episode 40, "Held Captive"
The white panties of a little girl crying are visible.
Chi-Chi is seen packing her panties into a suitcase as she attempts in vain to rescue Gohan from the Planet Namek.Dragon Ball Z episode 88, "Clash of the Super Powers"
Maron has an upskirt.Dragon Ball Z episode 115, "The World Awakens" She also has a brief upskirt when looking at a car.Dragon Ball Z' episode 117, "Krillin's Proposal"
===Dragon Ball GT===
When asked by Goku which wish brought her to life, Oceanus Shenron becomes angry and embarrassed, her face flushes red, as she reveals it was Oolong's wish for a pair of panties. Oceanus isn't the only person disturbed by the wishes' nature as Pan's face also flushes red upon hearing about. Goku however upon being reminded of Oolong's wish, laughs at the nature of the wish, causing Pan to question what her grandfather and his friends' reasons for making such a wish in the first place (unaware it was made to prevent Emperor Pilaf from ruling the world).Dragon Ball GT episode 51, "The Six-Star Dragon"
===Films===
In Dragon Ball: Curse of the Blood Rubies, Puar's stated reason for Oolong getting expelled from Southern Transformation Kindergarten is Oolong shapeshifted into a pair of panties & hiding in the teacher's underwear drawer. Later Penny's panties are seen up her dress as she is being lifted with everyone by the explosion when Shenron gets summoned.
In Dragon Ball Z: The World's Strongest, Oolong gets Gohan to come with him to search for the Dragon Balls, in hopes of wishing for another pair of panties. Later, Bulma's white panties are shown under her dress as she falls down during the Dragon Team's battle against Dr. Kochin.
In Dragon Ball: The Path to Power, Bulma's panties are seen many times.
==Appearances in other media==
===Related manga===
In Dragon Ball SD, Master Roshi sees Bulma's panties after she fails to ride the Flying Nimbus in the alternate retelling in chapter 5. Her panties are white with green stripes.
In the Dr. Slump opening credits, Midori's white panties are visible as she jumps up in a cheerleader outfit. Then, the same thing happens again but with Senbei Norimaki.
In "The Adventures of Tongpoo", Plamo is seen putting her panties on after she is finished bathing in a lake. Later on, her panties are seen a lot more as she wears a revealing dress for her failed attempt at distracting the alien.
In Tomato, Girl Detective, Akai Tomato is shown to be wearing panties under her pajamas, which can be seen when she shamelessly tries to undress in order to change clothes after she came to work late in her pajamas.
In Sachie-chan Guu!!, Sachie Momochi wears panties under her skirt. Even while wearing her panties, they do not cover the birth mark on her butt that resembles the Galactic Patrol's older symbol. 
In Jiya, Beniya Kaede is shown to be wearing panties under her bathrobe when she drops her bathrobe she was wearing in front of Yukio Kyumonji while she was under the impression he was still being possessed by Galactic Patrolman Jiya, only to become enraged when she discovers that Jiya had left Yukio's body. The scene itself was a homage to the infamous scene where Bulma flashed Master Roshi, though Akira Toriyama himself felt the scene with Kaede was underwhelming due to her still wearing her panties, the absence of which was a key aspect of the scene it was homaging.
===Adventure Special===
In the Dragon Ball: Adventure Special, Bulma is shown dressing up in various outfits chosen by the main cast. One of the outfits depicts Bulma wearing a lingerie style Bunny Costume with Panties on her head as suggested by Master Roshi. It also shows Oolong lifting his teacher's skirt to peek at her panties during his time at Southern Transformation Kindergarten.
===Merchandise===
The Ranfan figure in the Dragon Ball Mini Big Head Figure toy line has her stripping in her pink bra and panties. Ranfan's card in the Dragon Ball Collectible Card Game shows her running in her panties as well.
===Video Game Appearances===
Panties appear when Shenron grants them in Dragon Ball: Dragon Daihikyou.
In Dragon Ball: Shenron no Nazo, panties are items that Goku picks up to make him run faster.
They are trophy No. 43 in Dragon Ball: Advanced Adventure. They also appear in Dragon Ball 3: Gokuden, Dragon Ball Z: Super Gokuden: Totsugeki-Hen and Dragon Ball: Origins.
The player can summon Shenron and wish for panties in Dragon Ball: Zenkai Battle.
In Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Z, Girl's Underwear is an item that slightly increases Special.
In Dragon Ball Fusions, they are mentioned in Sub-Event: "The Panty Thief Appears!". During the sub-event, Peco a female Earthling Martial Artist, asks Tekka's team help her find the person who had stolen her panties when she had taken her eyes off her things for just a minute. Pan is outraged by the theft and insists that they help Peco find the thief. Though she did not get a good look at the thief, she remembers they had a piggish appearance, causing Kid Goku and Kid Trunks to immediately suspect Oolong. Their suspicions turn out to be right, as Oolong admits to the theft after he is found by Tekka's team. Tekka can then chose to turn Oolong into Peco or let him go. If they let him go, Peco will be angry and attacks Tekka's team alongside her two teammates, resulting in a battle. If Tekka chooses to turn Oolong over to her, she will forgive Oolong when he apologizes but threatens, she will roast him on a spit if he steals her panties again. It is implied, but never stated that Oolong returned her panties.
==Censorship==
Many parts of the Vizbig editions of the Dragon Ball manga change the word "Panties" to "Undies".
In the Ocean dub and the Toonami broadcast of Dragon Ball, most situations that involved panties were taken out but only a few parts were kept in. In "The Secret of the Dragon Balls" when Goku moved Bulma's skirt up her panties were oddly changed from white with pink polka dots to plain pink to match the color of her skirt. 
The scene in "Yamcha the Desert Bandit" where Bulma used a pair of her panties to fish Oolong out of the water was changed to money. Oolong's wish was kept but the wording was changed to "The world's most comfortable pair of ultra-soft underwear" (in the German dub, it is changed to Oolong wanting a hat with holes for his ears). Ranfan's fight in the Toonami broadcast was shortened by completely cutting out the scene where she strips and is in her panties. Instead after showing one of Nam's failed hits, it cut to a scene of her foot twitching to imply that he won. The scene was strangely not taken in the recaps in later episodes.
In the CW4Kids Toonzai airing of Dragon Ball Z Kai, the gray panties Bulma is seen wearing in "A Powerful New Foe! Frieza, Ruler of the Universe!" were edited into looking like gray sweatpants.
==Trivia==
*Bulma's panties in the first episode of Dragon Ball are colored white with pink polka dots but in the original manga they are just white.
*The color of Bulma's Panties changes three times during the General Blue Saga which takes place all in one day, giving her no chance to change her panties, let alone her clothes. Her panties are plain white in the episode "Kame House - Found!" Her panties are shown again in "The Trap is Sprung" where they are purple but with strawberries on them and the final time is in "The Pirate Treasure" when she strips down to them to swim where they are completely red.
**Although Bulma's strawberry panties are seen only in anime filler, it should be noted that the white-to-red inconsistency is also present in the manga.
*In an interview with Akira Toriyama, he revealed that Mrs. Briefs' first name is "Panchy" which is a pun on "panties" matching the scheme of Bulma's family members being named after undergarments.
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