Caulifla

**Caulifla** is a character from the *Dragon Ball* anime and manga.

A Saiyan woman from Planet Sadala, and the younger sister of Renso. She is a delinquent, but also a fighting genius. She joins the Universe 6 team for the Tournament of Power. Considered a key player in the Tournament of Power for Universe 6.

## **Appearance**

Caulifla is a short girl (slightly taller than Cabba) of slender build and fair complexion. She wears a low cut magenta tube top revealing her belly, low-set purple harem pants, long dark grey wristbands, and a pair of pointy dark grey shoes. Her hair is long, wild, and spiky. In the anime, Caulifla's eyes are narrow yet big, with large black pupils, as well as thin eyebrows. In the manga, Caulifla's eyes are squarish, being rounded while Super Saiyan and in Toriyama's art.

## **Personality**

As noted by her brother, she has a very punkish attitude and is also recognized as a tomboy among Universe 6 Saiyans, to which she shows a strong contrast to the rest of her race, acting more akin to the Universe 7 Saiyans. Caulifla is shown to be very lazy if not self-absorbed as she initially refused to join the Tournament of Power even when learning her universe's or her own existence were on the line. It took Cabba telling her about the Super Saiyan transformation as well as about being able to achieve greater heights in her strength to make her agree, showing her desire to become stronger.

In the manga, while she is a powerful crime boss and gang leader who effectively rules over a portion of Planet Sadala the territory which even members of Sadala Defense Force tends to avoid going there, she and her gang are depicted as somewhat noble thieves as they rob a transport to feed some poor children. Also in the manga, her gang is comprised of female Saiyans who don brown cloaks like Kale does during her introduction, while in the anime Kale and Caulifla are the only female members shown with the rest being male Saiyans. Additionally in the anime with the exception of Caulifla and Kale, there is no indication that the other gang members are anything but thugs who follow Caulifla due to her power as transport robbery scene and its aftermath don't occur.

She also got angry at Cabba for his attempts at provoking her, even to have her obtain the Super Saiyan form. After obtaining the Super Saiyan transformation, Caulifla seemed grateful for Cabba teaching her. To which, she showed a new drive, eager to fight in the Tournament of Power. In her Super Saiyan form, her personality remains unchanged whatsoever, due to her using another method (concentrating *ki* to her back) in order to transform.

Despite her tomboyish attitude, Caulifla cares about others, especially her protégée, Kale, whom she treats like a younger sister. When Cabba attempts to get Kale to transform and the latter starts crying, Caulifla is angered by this and tells Cabba to stop. She was also the only one able to get Kale to calm down after Kale finally transformed and tried to kill Cabba. She has a very close, sibling-like relationship with Cabba and thanks to the latter she was able to transform into Super Saiyan during their training.

However, in the manga, Caulifla doesn't seem to show any special attachment to Kale and is treated like just another member of her gang with the only reason why she is recruited in this version is due to Cabba suggesting to do so after seeing her potential. She even doubted her abilities when she is recruited for the tournament with Caulifla's response to this is for Kale to treat it like some sort of vacation.

During her meeting with Goku and Vegeta at the Tournament of Power, she is shown to be very arrogant and cocky towards them and says that she came to see the strongest fighters of all universes, and Goku notes that she is just like him in that sense. Caulifla also has somewhat of a cocky attitude and displayed this when she saw Goku and Vegeta become shocked at the overwhelming power of the Universe 11 warriors by saying that "Universe 7's warriors were nothing to worry about if they're afraid of such wimps". This opinion changes after she witnesses them using Super Saiyan Blue, a form she had never seen before which caught her immediate interest. While she questioned Goku about it, she referred to him as an old man and promised to beat him up as gratitude, showing disrespect to him. She also shows no respect for Champa, as she told him to shut up when he screamed at her from the stands when she was fighting Goku the second time.

However, like the Saiyans of Universe 7, she displays a love for getting stronger which was shown after she heard there were other Super Saiyan forms. Also, she showed a love for battle as shown when she enjoyed her match with Goku which caused her to get so caught up that she ignored Kale. This love is further amplified in her rematch with Goku, one which she states, and still hopes to obtain Super Saiyan 3 and Super Saiyan Blue, in which after Goku promised to teach the Super Saiyan 3 to her, she was seen to be grateful, still promising to obtain the Super Saiyan Blue and beat him, which Goku looks forward to, alongside seeing her power grow. During her second fight with Goku, Caulifla was shown to have gained some respect for the much older Saiyan, citing she will continue to go further beyond, a feat Goku aims to see.

During the Tournament of Power after being rescued by Hit's Time-Skip ability, Caulifla is shown to be very respectful to the assassin; in fact, Hit is the only person to date not to receive any rude treatment from her. She also has great confidence in Hit's abilities when he faces off against the Universe 11 fighter Dyspo and was willing to return him the favor when Dyspo was seemingly about to defeat him.

Caulifla is shown to be a sore loser after she and Kale (as Kefla) were eliminated by Goku, promising to give the older Saiyan a wallop someday. However, she still accepted her defeat in the end.

In *World Mission*, her criminal background and similarities to the Saiyans of Universe 7 initially makes her game world incarnation willing to ally herself with Xeno Turles and Xeno Turles Crusher Corps in exchange for sharing some of the Fruit of the Tree of Might with her and Kale in exchange for them protecting the Tree of Might for him. As a result, Great Saiyaman 3 orders Note to lie to her about the fruit ability to increase the consumers power as moral arguments against eating the holy fruit might not sway Caulifla due to her desire to grow stronger and questionable morals as Universe 6 Saiyan crime boss. However while Kale is quick to believe Note due to her own suspicions regarding Xeno Turles' motives, Caulifla challenges Note (whom she apparently recognizes as a female Universe 7 Saiyan due to the Saiyan Heroine avatar having a tail like Xeno Turles) to a fight with her and Kale to prove her trustworthiness. After Note defeats her, she decides Note is trustworthy and turns on Xeno Turles whom she believes lied to her about the fruit, causing her and Kale to join forces with Note to take down Xeno Turles and his henchmen. After Rampaging Xeno Turles is defeated and killed following his revival by the Demon Gods of the Dark Empire, Caulifla who has come to accept Note as friend and ally tries to convince Note to train with her and Kale, though Kale convinces her Note has good reasons for refusing the offer, causing Caulifla to part with Note by saying they will be much stronger next time.

## **DreamTheater Intermix: The World Within**

Caulifla is a student in the City Saints Academy.

### **Biography**

In Chapter 6, Caulifla is present at the rooftop party of the Corona House where she is seen having a conversation with Lee Kanker, Marie Kanker, May Kanker, Yuka Hanazawa and Ryouko Asuka.

In Chapter 8, Caulifla, alongside Lee Kanker and Yuka Hanazawa, are seen having a conversation in the dining area of the first floor. She then took notice of the arrival of Tenma Daytona Romeoford, Eddward "Edd & Double D" Marion Vicente, Edwin "Ed" Horace Hall, Rolf Von Olsson and Shizuka Kasagi in the room, and later witnessed Eric Cartman demanding the identity of the noise maker to which Shizuka declined.

In Chapter 17, Caulifla, alongside the rest, are seen inside the lobby area of the Corona House where they are getting ready for that night's patrol with Shizuka Kasagi seeing them off.

## **Abilities**

Caulifla is said to have far greater potential than her older brother Renso. She manages to transform into a Super Saiyan with the assist of Cabba, amplifying her powers. After first acquiring the Super Saiyan transformation, Caulifla charged up a *ki* blast, creating a huge explosion. Caulifla states that as a Super Saiyan she could beat Cabba, to which he says maybe. As a Super Saiyan 2, Caulifla is capable of deflecting an energy blast from Kale in her Legendary Super Saiyan form.

In the anime, during the Tournament of Power, Caulifla was able to defeat Napapa while transformed into Super Saiyan and effortlessly knock Jimizu away in her base form. When confronting Goku, she reveals to have attained the Super Saiyan Third Grade form, which immensely increases her power but she sacrifices her speed, with Goku informing her that the form is a liability. After Goku witnesses Caulifla also become a Super Saiyan 2, Goku is impressed by her talent, saying she might be able to reach even Super Saiyan 3 in their fight. As a Super Saiyan 2, Caulifla was able to match Goku in combat, who was in the same form. After Kale mastered Berserker Super Saiyan, Caulifla was able to provide a significant portion of energy in their combined beam attack that took down three Pride Troopers. Their master-protégée team beam attack initially was wholly green when Kale started using her full power and overshadowed the energy Caulifla was supplying. However, when Caulifla turned Super Saiyan 2 and used her own full power it started looking more like an equal mixture of both of their energies similar to Goku and Vegeta's Final Kamehameha.

In her base form, she easily knocked away Pancéa, Koitsukai, and Borareta. Once fighting base Goku in Super Saiyan 2, despite being greatly exhausted and battered from fighting Jiren, Goku was able to match Caulifla's power. Also, with his superior experience and versatility, Goku was able to repeatedly catch Caulifla off guard to overwhelm her. However, showing a similar growth rate and instinctual adaptability, Caulifla's crude brawling style quickly began to evolve, matching Goku's combat skills and forcing the fellow Saiyan to transform into Super Saiyan 2 as well. While still not fully recovered, Goku's Super Saiyan 2 strength quickly pressured her, forcing Caulifla to work alongside Super Saiyan C-type Kale. Together, they began pushing Goku back enough to momentarily use Super Saiyan 3.

Once Kale further evolved her Super Saiyan powers, she and Caulifla were able to force Goku in a near-complete defense, forcing Goku to use Super Saiyan God. This power, proved too much for Caulifla to handle even alongside Kale. Once being struck by one of Super Saiyan God Goku's blasts, Caulifla was greatly injured, requiring her to fuse with Kale.

## **Trivia**

* Like all full-blooded Saiyans, Caulifla's name is a pun on a vegetable, that being a cauliflower. Cauliflower also belongs to the same plant group as Kale, her subordinate, and also to Broccoli, the namesake of her subordinate's Universe 7 counterpart.
* Caulifla is the first female Saiyan to become a Super Saiyan and Super Saiyan 2 in the mainstream *Dragon Ball* series.
	+ She is also the first female Saiyan to achieve Super Saiyan Third Grade as well as the first Saiyan in Universe 6 to achieve this form. Interestingly, she is the first Saiyan to achieve this form after attaining the Super Saiyan 2 form which is superior to Super Saiyan Third Grade.
	+ Caulifla is also the first Saiyan in Universe 6 to achieve Super Saiyan 2.
* Caulifla's hair in both her base form and Super Saiyan form resembles Broly's hair in his Legendary Super Saiyan form.
* Her having greater potential than her elder brother is similar to Goku surpassing Raditz. Additionally her relationship with Renso is the opposite of Goku's relationship with Raditz whom is evil and doesn't approve of Goku's rejection of their race's brutal Saiyan ways typical of Universe 7 Saiyans, while Renso was part of the Sadala Defense Force which fights evil with his younger sister Caulifla being a criminal gang leader and behaves in a manner similar to Universe 7 Saiyans, behavior that is considered delinquent by the general Saiyan population though Renso acknowledges his sister's strength and Caulifla herself is a relatively decent person despite her criminal behavior.
* Caulifla has similarities to Paragus:
	+ They both try to control Kale and Broly.
	+ They both try to prevent Kale and Broly from becoming completely insane after witnessing their transformation into the Legendary Super Saiyan.
	+ Without Caulifla, Kale would lose control of her form like when Broly goes completely insane without Paragus and his devices.
		- In addition, both also nearly ended up killed by Kale/Broly. The only difference besides Caulifla surviving while Paragus did die is that Kale nearly killed her due to losing control, while Broly was implied to have done so out of revenge for Paragus trying to abandon him on New Planet Vegeta (and possibly also outfitting him with the crown in the first place).
* Similar to Goku Black, while Caulifla fought Goku in the anime on several occasions, in the manga, the two never fought and never even truly meet.
* While Kale's feelings towards Caulifla have been teased to be romantic in nature in *Dragon Ball Legends*, it also teases that Caulifla herself may have romantic feelings for Kale as when she is defending Kale from Eis Shenron, she affectionately refers to her as "*My Kale*".