Dragon Ball/Characters/Original Series Villains: Difference between revisions

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'''Pilaf (ピラフ; ''Pirafu'')'''

 

The first villain in the original series, a short midget with dreams of... what else... [[Take Over the World|taking over the world]]. After Goku and friends ruin his original attempt and destroy his castle (thanks to Goku's Great Ape form), he appears [[Goldfish Poop Gang|a few more times as a minor annoyance]], but he plays an important role in reviving King Piccolo in the hopes that he'll be allowed to share in his global conquest; Piccolo betrays him as soon as it's convenient. Then he's never seen again... at least not in the Z series. He makes an appearance in GT though, actually kicking off the entire series.

* [[Amazing Technicolor Population]]: It's never explained what Pilaf really is, and [[Unusually Uninteresting Sight|nobody comments upon]] him being a cyan-skinned midget with pointed ears and no nose.

* [[Arc Villain]]

* [[Even Evil Has Standards]]: Pilaf reacts with disgust when he learns from Bulma that she thought he would strip and violate her in order to garner information as to where the Dragon Balls were.

** He also reacts with disgust at some of King Piccolo's actions, but wisely keeps his mouth shut.

* [[Self-Deprecation]]: Pilaf has expressed his hatred of [[Doctor Slump]], saying Shonen Jump became much more sophisticated after its cancellation.

* [[Small Name, Big Ego]]

* [[Starter Villain]]

* [[Stupid Evil]]

 

'''Mai (マイ) and Shu (シュー)'''

'''Shu voiced by:''' [[Tessho Genda]] (Japanese), Doug Parker (Ocean dub), Chris Cason (Funimation dub) }}

 

** {{spoiler|Arguably Super 17 as well, since there's the Red Ribbon logo printed on his belt.}}

* [[Evil Army]]

* [[Mooks]]

** [[Mookmobile]]: Alot of them ride helicopters or other vehicles. This doesn't seem to help their survival rate as Goku typically explodes helicopters(presumably killing the pilot), in comparison Foot Soldiers are almost always just knocked out by Goku.

** The Nazi regime is referenced by their modus operandum (Heck, one of their members, General Blue, is clearly designed to resemble a Strumabteilung officer, heavily resembles the ideal Nazi soldier in both physical appearance as well as abilities, and has several... quirks taken from Ernst Rohm, the former leader of the S.A., and even spoke German at one point), and the Soviets were mentioned via a similar name, as well as via General White, a high ranking officer who is implied to be of Russian descent.

* [[Theme Naming]]: Almost every major member of the army is named after a color, the exceptions being Full Metal Jacket (although the English version sort of keeps up with the theme naming by calling him "Metallitron"), Captain Dark (as some official sources imply that his name is actually pronounced as "Dock", as in the structure ships stop at), and Dr. Gero (who was created years after the rest of the characters).

 

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'''Commander Red (レッド総帥; ''Reddo Sousui'')'''

 

A red-haired, eyepatch-wearing dwarf who created the Red Ribbon Army to fulfill his dream of ruling the world. Commander Red led the Red Ribbons up until Goku's final assault on his compound; then, his number-two, Staff Officer Black, killed him when Red admitted that the real reason he wanted the Dragon Balls was not to rule the world, but just to become taller. In ''[[Dragon Ball Online]]'', he returns centuries later, rebuilt as "Android 9", and creates the new Red ''Pants'' Army.

* [[Arc Villain]]

* [[Bad Boss]]

* [[Evil Redhead]]

* [[Scottish English]]: In the Funimation dub. This is even more so when he says, "Aye."

** [[Freudian Excuse]]: According to [[All There in the Manual|his bio in the Daizenshuu]], Red's reason for his hatred of his own size is because he was bullied at Elementary school for his size.

* [[Psychopathic Manchild]]: Acts somewhat childish at times.

* [[Theme Naming]]: After a color.

* [[The Unfought]]: As a result of Black killing him just before Goku arrives.

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'''Staff Officer Black (ブラック参謀; ''Burakku Sambou'')'''

 

The second-in-command of the Red Ribbon Army. Black puts up with years of verbal abuse from Commander Red due to his loyalty to the Red Ribbons' goal of conquering the world, but finally snaps when Red admits that he wasted hundreds of lives getting the Dragon Balls just so he could become taller. He executes Red for insubordination and assumes command of the Red Ribbon Army, but is quickly defeated by Goku.

The first member of the Red Ribbon Army to go up against Goku.

* [[Ascended Extra]]: Had a larger role in the anime than in the manga.

* [[BFG]]: Carries a bazooka.

* [[Break the Fake]]: Does this with a fake Dragonball after a store owner attempts to con them into buying it.

* [[Evil Redhead]]

* [[Scarf of Asskicking]]

 

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'''General White (ホワイト将軍; ''Howaito Shougun'')'''

 

A Red Ribbon leader searching for a Dragon Ball in the snowy arctic, General White built a fortress called Muscle Tower, kidnapped a nearby village's leader, and forced the townsfolk to comb the landscape for the Dragon Ball. His retinue of followers almost had Goku on the ropes, but Android 8 defeats him and saves Goku.

* [[Husky Russkie]]: He's physically the largest of the Red Ribbon officers Goku goes up against (though also physically the weakest).

* [[Quirky Miniboss Squad]]: His followers--Major Metallitron, Ninja Murasaki, Android 8 (who pulled a [[Heel Face Turn]]), and Buyon.

* [[Theme Naming]]: After a color.

* [[You Gotta Have Blue Hair|You Gotta Have Purple Hair]]

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'''Ninja Murasaki (ムラサキ曹長; ''Murasaki Souchou'')'''

* [[Butt Monkey]]: The guy landed directly on Goku's powerpole!

* [[Dirty Old Man|Dirty Middle-Aged Man]]: Murasaki has a lot of girlie magazines in his quarters. In addition, he also secretly took pictures of two women changing into ninja outfits, two women who were also heavily implied to be General White's sisters.

* [[Stock Ninja Weaponry]]

 

 

A tiger-person who briefly faces off against Goku, commanding a plane trying to raid an Indian village.

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'''General Blue (ブルー将軍; ''Buruu Shougun'')'''

 

A high-ranking member of the Red Ribbon Army with formidable psychic powers. General Blue was searching for a Dragon Ball in the ocean when Goku and Bulma stumble into his camp. He quickly becomes a deadly enemy to Goku and friends. When he fails to obtain the Dragon Ball, Commander Red orders him to fight Mercenary Tao, who kills him.

* [[Putting on the Reich]]

* [[Sissy Villain]]: On the one hand, he's super-strong and possesses frightening [[Psychic Powers]]. On the other, he's terrified of mice and obsessed with his looks.

* [[Sorry, I'm Gay]]: Bulma's attempt at seducing him fails miserably.

* [[Super Soldier]]

* [[Super Strength]]: Such as lifting boulders and crushing phone booths with his bare hands. Also goes in line with superhuman endurance due to his surviving an electric eel's shocks with no apparent ill effects afterwards, and snapped its neck.

* [[Theme Naming]]: After a color.

* [[Walking Shirtless Scene]]: After he ditches his uniform to swim through a sea cave.

* [[Wolverine Publicity]]: Let's put it this way: He's the only Red Ribbon Army member who is actually playable in any of the DBZ fighting games (Budokai, Budokai Tenkaich, etc). Sure, it was only for one game (Budokai Tenkaichi 3), but the rest of the Red Ribbon Army didn't get playable in any of those games.

** When he fails to stop Goku, Blue himself is essentially executed by Commander Red, who offers to spare his life if he can beat Mercenary Tao, knowing that Blue stands no chance.

 

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'''Mercenary Tao (桃白白; ''Taopaipai'')'''

 

A mercenary and assassin hired by the Red Ribbon Army to collect the Dragon Balls for them. Swift and merciless, he's the first human character to hand Goku a defeat outside the World Martial Arts Tournament. After some training though, Goku manages to return the favor and Tao accidentally blows himself up when a grenade is kicked back at him. He returns later as a cyborg but is quickly defeated again despite the upgrades. Makes a few more appearances in filler of the Z series.

* [[Engrish]]: What kind of assassin goes around with "KILL YOU!" written on his clothes?<ref>The kind who can kill anyone who makes fun of him for it.</ref>

* [[Finger Gun]]: His Dodon Ray technique, via the Crane school o martial arts.

* [[Gratuitous English|Gratuitous Hawaiian]]: "Aloha!"

* [[Hoist by His Own Petard]]: Throwing a grenade at Goku was a bad idea.

* [[Real Men Wear Pink]]

* [[Screw This, I'm Outta Here]]: His reaction to finding out Gohan was Goku's son (Filler only).

* [[Theme Naming]]: After a color. "Taopaipai" roughly translates to "Peach-White-White".

* [[Villain Forgot to Level Grind]]: His transformation to cyborg ''did'' increase his strength some, but by the time he appears his old student Tien is so powerful he goes down in one shot.

* [[Screw This, I'm Outta Here]]: In the anime, once Goku begins his invasion of the Red Ribbon base. She heads straight for the vault, grabs as much cash as she can and bolts. She's one of the few RR officials to escape Goku's wrath at the time and, considering she doesn't appear later in the show, probably went on with her life after the RR's downfall.

* [[Theme Naming]]: Guess.

 

== The Crane Hermit ==

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'''Master Shen (鶴仙人; ''Tsuru Sen'nin'' ("Crane Hermit"))'''

 

Master Roshi's rival and Mercenary Tao's older brother. Tien and Chiaotzu's original teacher, Shen has his students enter the 22nd World Martial Arts Tournament in order to show up Roshi, hearing how far Goku and Krillin went in the previous tournament. When he hears that Goku defeated Tao, he changes his plans and tries to get his students to kill Goku and company. However, his interference in the final match causes his students to make a [[Heel Face Turn]], and he is sent flying by Roshi's Kamehameha. He shows up at the next tournament with his brother, but is forced to flee when his ex-prize student easily beats Tao.

* [[Manipulative Bastard]]: Gets Chiaotzu to use his paralysis on Goku when the latter is fighting Ten, but this only triggers a [[Heel Face Turn]] in both of his students.

* [[Rival Turned Evil]]: He and Kame used to train under the same master.

 

== Piccolo's Kingdom ==

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'''Tambourine (タンバリン; ''Tambarin'')'''

 

Tambourine was King Piccolo's second oldest son at the time he was released from his imprisonment and the longest lasting of the three named sons who engaged in combat (Piano lasted longer and seemed to be older, but he never fought before Goku killed him by throwing his father at him), he is by far the most evil and sadistic of the three, he was ordered by his father to hunt down and kill any martial artists who participated in the World Martial Arts Tournament to prevent him from being sealed, he becomes Goku's arch enemy for the first half of the saga because he murdered his best friend Krillin, he stole his Dragon Balls, and he destroyed his Flying Nimbus, after these events Goku faces off against him and loses, he eventually faces off against him again for a final showdown and Goku kills him with a Kamehameha.

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'''Demon King Piccolo (ピッコロ大魔王; ''Pikkoro Daimaou'')'''

 

Not to be confused with the main series Piccolo, his son. King Piccolo was originally identified as a Demon before the revelation that he originated on planet Namek. The evil side of Kami that gained sentience, he proves to be the toughest opponent yet for the young Goku. Of course, like all the villains he goes down eventually, in this case by a fist straight through his midsection.

 

* [[Breath Weapon]]: Notably used it to ''[[Did You Just Punch Out Cthulhu?|kill Shenron]]''.

* [[Card-Carrying Villain]]: ''"There are two things that I, Demon King Piccolo hate most in this world: Peace and Justice."''

* [[Knight of Cerebus]]: The wackiness of Dragon Ball with its childish enemies ended officially with him.

* [[Large and In Charge]]: He's well over 8 feet tall.

* [[Mook Maker]]

* [[Psychic Link]]: He has this with all his "children".

* [[No-Holds-Barred Beatdown]]: Delivers this to Goku in their first encounter. The beating was so severe he even stopped Goku's heart briefly.

* [[Omnicidal Maniac]]: Decides to destroy one section of the world once a year. His first target was Bulma's hometown West City, but was stopped by Goku before he could go that far.

* [[Put the Laughter In Slaughter]]

* [[Satan]]: In the Latin American dub, they literally called him this.

* [[Sealed Evil in a Can]]: He was sealed inside an electric rice cooker for over 100 years before being released by Emperor Pilaf.

* [[Take Over the World]]: He was actually ''successful'' in doing this. But Goku quickly restored the natural order of things.

* [[Theme Naming]]. A piccolo is a type of flute. His name is not based on pickles.

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'''Piano (ピアノ)'''

 

The oldest and weakest of King Piccolo's children, but also the one who lasted longest (besides Piccolo, Jr.). Piccolo created the pterodactyl-like Piano to serve as his attendant and majordomo. Piano was accidentally killed when Goku punched King Piccolo so hard that he fell on his son and crushed him.

 

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