Caulifla and Kale

Caulifla (カリフラ, Karifura) and Kale (ケール, Kēru) are two interconnected fictional characters from the Dragon Ball media franchise. Created as part of a collaborative effort between franchise creator Akira Toriyama and Toei Animation, the characters first appeared in the Universal Saga arc of Dragon Ball Super as antagonistic characters from an alternate universe to the setting of the Dragon Ball series: Kale was originally conceived as a derivative character of popular Dragon Ball villain Broly by Toei Animation staff, and Caulifla was personally designed by Toriyama as a companion and counterpoint to Kale.

Members of the extraterrestrial humanoid species known as the Saiyans (サイヤ人, Saiya-jin), Caulifla and Kale are the first female characters in the series outside of video games to have attained Super Saiyan forms. During the Universal Survival Saga storyline, both characters utilize a matching pair of magical earrings known as Potara (ポタラ) which allow them to merge into a single being known as Kefla (ケフラ, Kefura), whose resulting power rivals that of series protagonist Son Goku. Caulifla and Kale are voiced by Yuka Komatsu and Yukana in the Japanese, and by Elizabeth Maxwell and Dawn M. Bennett in the English dub respectively.

Both individual characters as well as Kefla have received a positive reception, leading to appearances in other franchise media like the promotional web series Super Dragon Ball Heroes, as well as various licensed Dragon Ball video games.