Deep Blue Sea

At General Blue's camp, preparations are in full swing. Blue addresses his assembled soldiers with an impassioned speech, warning them that failure will not be tolerated, punctuating his point by crushing a flower and letting the petals scatter across the briefing table. He divides his forces into two companies: Company A, which he will personally lead to pursue Goku underwater, and Company B, led by Captain Dark, tasked with raiding Kame House to capture Master Roshi and acquire the Dragon Radar.

Underwater Pursuit

Goku, Krillin, and Bulma dive their submarine toward the underwater cave where the Dragon Ball and pirate treasure await. General Blue's larger submarine gives chase, firing torpedoes that explode against the rocky seabed. Goku casually mentions that the army must be responsible, shocking Krillin and Bulma, who had no idea the Red Ribbon Army was after them. Goku admits he never brought it up because nobody asked.

Through the Narrows

Blue's sub fires a second salvo of torpedoes that narrowly miss. When the gunner fails twice, Blue coldly orders his execution. The chase leads into a narrowing cave passage where Krillin threads their smaller submarine through a tight gap that Blue's larger vessel cannot follow. Undaunted, Blue orders the deployment of a mini-sub and volunteers to pilot it himself, refusing to let his quarry escape.

General Blue's briefing room speech is a standout scene. His combination of inspirational rhetoric and casual cruelty, praising his soldiers as the best the Red Ribbon Army has to offer while dropping crushed flower petals as a death threat, perfectly captures his character. He is charming, organized, and absolutely terrifying.

Goku's Casual Confession

The moment Goku accidentally reveals the Red Ribbon Army connection to Krillin and Bulma is comedy gold. His nonchalant explanation that he never mentioned it because nobody asked is so perfectly in character that the audience laughs even as Krillin and Bulma panic. The gap between Goku's danger threshold and normal people's is enormous.

Execution Without Hesitation

Blue ordering the gunner's execution for missing his targets continues to establish him as the most ruthless commander in the Red Ribbon Army. A nearby soldier wincing at the off-screen gunshot reveals that even Blue's own men live in constant fear of him.

Captain Dark makes his first appearance here as the leader of Company B, the squad sent to raid Kame House. His confident dismissal of the mission as easy, given that only an old man and a woman occupy the island, sets up a satisfying comeuppance in the next episode.

The Red Ribbon Army's theme song debuts as an insert song in the Japanese version during the troop deployment scene. At Kame House, Master Roshi's attempt to use the Micro Band to spy on Launch during her bath, only to get vacuumed up, provides comic relief between the tense submarine sequences.