Commander Red
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| Commander Red | |||
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| Debut | Manga: "The Dragon Ball Scramble" Anime: "Pilaf and the Mystery Force" | ||
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| Race | Human | ||
| Date of death | 750 Age | ||
"I am the Red Ribbon Army. What's good for me is good for everyone and I want to be taller. All my life, I've drawn the short straw. I've had to contend with being a mere pebble in a land of giants. It is the curse of my existence. You couldn't possibly understand what it's like...the nightmare of being a genius...yet trapped inside this ugly little body?" |
Commander Red — the lead commander-in-chief of the most feared, and ruthless militaristic crime organization, Red Ribbon Army. When discovering that his enemy, Goku, had a much more sophisticated and superior Dragon Radar, he was angered at the fact that he invested so much in his radar and took many wary chances, only to have been contested by a mere child.
Commander Red hires a famed contract killer named Mercenary Tao to assassinate Goku and return with his four Dragon Balls that General Blue was unsuccessful at retrieving, only to have Mercenary Tao fail as well.
After Tao's defeat, Goku headed straight for the Red Ribbon Army Head Quarters, attacking in its very stronghold to come for the Dragon Balls. Despite Staff Officer Black's constant advice for Red to abandon the Dragon Balls and escape for safety, Red stubbornly refused, putting them both in further danger. When it became clear that Goku has virtually defeated his army, with many escaping from the base, and coming for him, he took the Dragon Balls and ordered his right-hand man, Staff Officer Black to fight him and went into a secret compartment. As they were fighting, Red used one last trick and activated the ceiling to be flattened, in a desperate attempt to kill Goku, believing him and Black to be dead. Black was very lucky as he was knocked outside the window by Goku when the ceiling came down. As Commander Red returned to the room, he gloats at his victory and reveals his wish to become tall. Black overhears this and pleads that the Red Ribbon Army did so much, and risked a lot for his ambition, instead of world conquest, therefore it was not worth the risk and could lead to their ultimate defeat. When Commander Red does not listen, he is then shot on the head and killed by Black who then renames it the Black Ribbon Army. He heavily underestimated Goku's strength as he simply raises the ceiling and reaches Black.
Commander Red and Staff Officer Black look-alikes both reappear as movie makers in Dragon Ball Z (episode 205) during the Great Saiyaman Saga. They are working together on a "Great Saiyaman Movie" project for Satan TV. Commander Red is the director and Staff Officer Black seems to be his assistant.
[edit] Voice actors
- Japanese Dub: Kenji Utsumi
- FUNimation Dub: Josh Martin
| Red Ribbon Army | ||
| Members | Android 8 • Buyon • Captain Dark • Captain Yellow • Colonel Silver • Colonel Violet • Commander Red • Dr. Flappe • Dr. Gero • General Blue • General Copper • General White • Major Metallitron • Murasaki Brothers • Ninja Murasaki • Staff Officer Black | |
| Hired associates | Hasky • Mercenary Tao | |
| Related articles | Muscle Tower • General Blue's Camp • Red Ribbon Army Headquarters • Red Ribbon Army War • Androids | |
