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A submarine (潜水艦 Sensuikan[1]) is a vehicle used to travel underwater. Models created by Dr. Gero[3] are mainly used by the Red Ribbon Army.

Overview[]

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Roshi's submarine/flying vehicle

During the General Blue Saga, when Bulma finds out that she does not have a Submarine capsule on her, Goku goes off to find the ball underwater by himself leaving Bulma on an island. Seeing that the Dragon Ball was too deep underwater for Goku to swim down and retrieve it, they went to Kame House to see Master Roshi and got one in exchange for Bulma's Micro Band. Roshi's submarine was wrecked during the journey due to being pursued by the Red Ribbon Army, which resulted in Bulma giving Roshi a diamond as compensation for the destruction of his submarine.

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Roshi's submarine near Kame House

General Blue and his soldiers use small submarines to chase the Dragon Team to the Pirate Cave, as well as a significantly larger submarine that presumably acted as the temporary headquarters for Blue's unit while they had Company A go to Kame House and Company B pursue the Dragon Ball Gang. The larger submarine was equipped with at least eight torpedo shafts to launch torpedoes,[4] although they were eventually forced to break off the pursuit due to the narrowing cave tunnel preventing the much larger sub from continuing further, although not before Blue ordered the deployment of the mini-sub so he could personally pursue them. These two subs are the only ones shown in the anime, although dialogue from one of his soldiers in the Japanese version implied that they owned other submarines. General Blue's submarines also appears in Dragon Ball: The Path to Power, although with a slightly different role where they fired missiles at the Kame House. To escape the collapsing Pirate Cave, Bulma, Krillin and Goku used a submarine found in the cave.

In Dragon Ball: Mystical Adventure, submarines are used by the Mifan Army.

In a filler on Namek, Bulma uses a Capsule Corporation submarine to retrieve a Namekian Dragon Ball in the water, although because of it being among a nest of crab eggs, this nearly got herself killed by the eggs aggressively protective parent.

In the alternate timeline seen in Dragon Ball Z: The History of Trunks, Master Roshi, Turtle, Oolong, and Puar are hiding in a submarine near Kame House. Roshi planned to have his submarine surface so he could fight the Androids at Pepper City, but he was persuaded not to go by Oolong, Puar, and Turtle.

Video Game Appearances[]

Roshi's submarine is seen inside the Pirate Cave in Dragon Ball: Advanced Adventure and Dragon Ball Z: Attack of the Saiyans. Goku and his friends use Roshi's submarine to go in the Pirate Cave Dragon Ball: Origins 2. Pirate Submarines are seen Dragon Ball: Revenge of King Piccolo.

Rogue Submarines full of mercenaries appear regularly on the map in Dragon Ball Z: Buu's Fury.

In Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot, Submarines appear as rare vehicles used by the people of Earth. In the -Trunks- The Warrior of Hope DLC, Future Master Roshi's submarine appears as a location in the Southeast Islands Area near Kame House.

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References[]

  1. 1.0 1.1 Daizenshuu 7, 1996
  2. 2.0 2.1 Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot, 2020
  3. Weekly ☆ Character Showcase #42: Dr. Gero!. en.dragon-ball-official. Retrieved on February 22, 2023.
  4. In Deep Blue Sea, when about to fire a second salvo of torpedoes at Goku, Bulma, and Krillin, the gunner was seen fiddling with a console that has buttons 1-7 as well as eight partly obscured by the edge of the screen before showing torpedoes being launched.

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