word of advice ! This clause contain spoilers for Dragon Ball Super chapter 88While the two versions ofTrunkswho exist concurrently withinDragon Ballcanon are technically the same person ( just in two disjoined timelines ) , they could n’t be more different – andDragon Ball Super ’s novel geological era confirmed that Future Trunks would be utterly ashamed of his alternate self .

Trunks’Dragon Ballhistory is a bit perplexing give the fact that there are two of him , and that the character ’s first appearance was n’t even the adaptation fromDragon Ball ’s main universe . shorts was introduced as a clip - move Saiyan warrior who came back in time to help the Z - Fighters of the past battle against the nefarious Androids . In doing so , Trunks split the timelineand effectively created two universes : the one he total from , and the main one in whichDragon Ball ’s persistence takes place . With the birth of an all - new creation , there , too , came the nascency of an all - new Trunks – one who did n’t have to grow up in a warfare - torn mankind where everyone he do it was killed , and this is the Trunks readers are presently follow the adventures of inDragon Ball Super .

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InDragon Ball Superchapter 88 by Akira Toriyama and Toyotarou , Goku and Vegeta are condition on Lord Beerus ’ world after their licking by the mitt ofthe ostensibly unbeatable Black Frieza . Meanwhile , Trunks and Goten are gamy school - of age teenager who have decided to use the amazing abilities they were born with ( given their Saiyan heritage ) to be superheroes . They have cull up the curtain leave behind by the Great Saiyaman ( aka Gohan ) as Trunks became Saiyaman X-1 and Goten became Saiyaman X-2 . Together , the two were costumed crime fighters , complete with quippy catchphrases , striking pose , and a larger-than-life posture – and if Future Trunks saw this , he would be incredibly embarrassed .

Future Trunks Wouldn’t Respect His Past Self Because of Gohan

In season 1 , installment 52 of theDragon Ball Superanime , Future Trunks is back in the alternate past of the mainDragon Balltimeline after an all - new threat attacked his hereafter , and he needed the aid of the Z - Fighters to stop the villain known as Goku Black aka Zamasu . In this installment , Trunks reunite with this version of Gohan , and Gohan is n’t how Trunks remembers him . Not only wasGohan the all - sinewy fighterwho decimated Cell after being the first Saiyan to ever go Super Saiyan 2 on - screen , but Future Trunks ’ edition of Gohan was his mentor – a harden warrior who teach Trunks everything he knew . However , the prize - timeline Gohan show in this episode basically afford up his lifespan as a warrior and became a family gentleman’s gentleman – but not before he created the superhero alter ego : the Great Saiyaman . In fact , Future Trunks even got to see Gohan tire out his Saiyaman outfit – and he could n’t consider what he was seeing .

In Future Trunks ’ head , Gohan went from being one of , if not the most powerful fighter on Earth to this water - down and way less - powerful version of himself . Then , to top it all off , Gohan turned his fighting acquisition and raw power into a jest by assume thesuperhero character of the Great Saiyaman . The installment showed Future Trunks acting noticeably confused when Gohan did poses and verbalize like a hearty hero , but the underlying emotion he was feeling was disappointment in what his one - time mentor became . Now , with the launching ofDragon Ball Super ’s new era , it is revealed that the same thing happened to Future Trunks ’ alternate self as that rendering of Trunks followed in Gohan ’s cringey stride rather than intrust himself to being a powerful warrior on a universal scale like Goku and Vegeta – proving that Future Trunks would be just as ashamed of this timeline’sTrunksas he was in Gohan .

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Trunks ashamed of Trunks.

Trunks ashamed of Gohan.