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

* [[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]]

* [[Big Bad Wannabe]]: Is the [[Big Bad]] of the first saga, and then never a threat again.

* [[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.

** {{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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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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* [[Stock Ninja Weaponry]]

 

 

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

* [[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.

 

* [[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.

* [[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 ==

* [[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.

* [[Magnificent Bastard]]

* [[Mook Maker]]

* [[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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