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May 17, 2011 7:49 PM
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That group sure has a nifty dragon radar. So Red is the leader, guess that explains the 'Red Ribbon army' name. Not a big fan of his english voice though and of course Goku just happens to be in the area where the army strikes next. At least it seems like there might be some action next time~
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I'm watching it in Japanese. I wonder what's gonna happen when Goku actually finds the 4-star ball.

Dec 3, 2011 10:00 PM
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The monkeys made this episode. They were hilarious and cute.
Dec 27, 2011 11:00 AM
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The monkeys made this episode.

I wanted to see fight between Silver and Goku, but there is still time for this :D
Feb 23, 2012 6:01 PM
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Goku confronting Colonel Silver made things interesting. I can't wait for a fight between them. :D
May 30, 2012 11:48 AM
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boxing was at the beginning of the series О___О
aah, my favorite sport :3
Colonel cool ))
Jun 8, 2012 1:49 PM
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It's different from the manga, but it's not that bad, I hope Goku vs Silver is near.
Apr 13, 2013 10:56 PM
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This episode had quite the "cliffhanger" ending
Nov 9, 2013 8:26 AM
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Dat cliffhanger! Pretty decent episode, those monkeys annoyed me a bit...
Nov 27, 2013 12:27 PM

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Need to see the Colonel Silver vs Goku fight pronto.
Mar 3, 2014 11:43 AM

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The way Red is done, with the cat like creature and us not seeing his face, reminds me of Blofield from the James Bond films. I wouldn't be surprised if this was intentional of Toriyama's part.
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The way Red is done, with the cat like creature and us not seeing his face, reminds me of Blofield from the James Bond films. I wouldn't be surprised if this was intentional of Toriyama's part.


I always though of Pokemon when i saw this and also Pilaf's gang resembles the Team rocket and the guy behind the scenes petting the cat, never showing his identity reminded me of RED lol.



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link9us said:
insan3Spectre said:
The way Red is done, with the cat like creature and us not seeing his face, reminds me of Blofield from the James Bond films. I wouldn't be surprised if this was intentional of Toriyama's part.


I always though of Pokemon when i saw this and also Pilaf's gang resembles the Team rocket and the guy behind the scenes petting the cat, never showing his identity reminded me of RED lol.


Well, since DB is way before Pokemon it is very possible that was intentional as well.
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Man, the dub (excluding the voice acting) is terrible.

Anyways, this episode was sorta annoying in regards to Goku. How oblivious do you have to be to not notice the fire and just walk around looking for the ball? Colonel Silver is way past cool, though.
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brucescrews said:
The monkeys made this episode. They were hilarious and cute.


Yeppa best thing in this ep :D


Jan 31, 2017 9:28 AM

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Muten Roshi's story was um, a little off from how it actually went to say the least.
Jun 8, 2017 2:38 AM

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Not much happened here, I wonder how long this 2nd dragonball search arc will take.
Nov 17, 2017 4:25 PM
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The Origin of THE 🐉 BALLS!!!
Apr 2, 2018 6:48 PM

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Bulma is a serious genius. She made a dragon ball radar all by herself AND her's was much smaller AND more accurate. Plus I'm guessing she didn't spend a whole fortune on it like the pilaf gang and the red ribbon army.

Wow for a while now I thought that bulma was lucky to have had goku around but the opposite is also very true.

I wonder what bulma's IQ is? I would say around 300 or higher. It depends on the situation really since this is a show we're talking about and in shows the IQ's of characters goes up and down depending on the situation and isn't exactly fully realistic but that was just an estimate of her average.
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Goku's world is pretty weired. Some places are very advanced and have flying cars and all and some places like nam's village are starving for food and water.

I haven't seen any signs of countries of anything yet, all I see is just people living and moving however they wish. Which I like.
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We learn the legend of the Dragon Balls, and some monkeys get a hold of one. Good thing Silver didn't kill the mother and the kid monkey!
Mar 1, 2020 10:44 AM
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there are so many plotholes/inconsistencies for what happens later. the only example i can really give without spoilers is how roshi knew the story about the dragon balls while in episode 3 he was worrying that when he gave away the dragon ball he was giving away something with great worth that he didn't know about
May 14, 2020 8:23 PM
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The Red Ribbon Army sure is unpleasant. Burning almost a large chunk of the forest and trying to kill most of the wildlife monkeys, how distasteful, especially Colonel Silver, since he is the one ordering this operation. Those poor monkeys. I am looking forward to Goku Vs. Colonel Silver, which I am sure it would happen soon.

So that's the origin of the Dragon Balls? They were a part of a seemingly gigantic Dragon Ball housing the world's mystic energies until they were split into 7 parts, to avoid catastrophe brought about by other unsavory people? That's a nifty story, fitting for a fantasy-themed Anime. I do wonder if there is more to the story, though? For instance, just how did this large mystic energy container of a Dragon Ball came to be? That would be interesting to know.
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The scene with the monkeys giving Goku food was so cute! Roshi really gave Krillin some tough exercise, huh. We got some backstory on the dragon balls as well.
Nov 7, 2020 11:02 AM

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I wonder how that red joker looks like and Goku better teach Silver a good lesson. Firing a jungle is offensive....

Sep 11, 2022 10:15 AM
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Yeah Good Goku Is The Goat
Nov 12, 2022 5:24 PM

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This episode suddenly went from 0 to 100 real quick.
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Idk how much of this is canon or not, but I liked the filler in last 3 episodes compared to this. It was cute to see Goku with some monkeys though.

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Come on dragon just for me

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