Battle Jacket

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The Battle Jacket (バトルジャケット)^[5] is a super-powered mechanized suit used by ranking officers of the Red Ribbon Army.

Overview

Dragon Ball

BlackRobbot — Staff Officer Black in his Battle Jacket

In Dragon Ball, during the assault of Goku against the Red Ribbon Army Headquarters, Staff Officer Black shot Commander Red in the head with his pistol to take over the Red Ribbon Army after Red reveals the wish he wants from the Dragon Balls, and fights Goku. After witnessing that Goku is too powerful for him, Black got into a blue Battle Jacket.

BlackRobbot02 — The Battle Jacket explodes in midair

The fight continues outside where he does better against Goku in the Jacket, and Black then throws Goku onto the ground. He attempts to finish him off with a blast, but the boy quickly recovers and proves too nimble and even has him attack himself. Black then snaps and fires a rocket to destroy Goku, threatening even his soldiers and staff, but Goku kicks the rocket away. After realizing the boy is too powerful, Black tries to escape from Goku but the young warrior sufficed and double punched straight through the Battle Jacket, which explodes in midair, killing Black.

The Path to Power

RedBattleJacket — The giant Battle Jacket in *The Path to Power*

In the 10th anniversary special Dragon Ball: The Path to Power, Staff Officer Black's Battle Jacket is redesigned as a gigantic red robot controlled from within.

As Goku fights his way into Red Ribbon Headquarters, Commander Red and Staff Officer Black retreat to their last refuge. But when Black hears about Red's true wish to become taller, Black shoots him and brings out the Army's greatest weapon, the Battle Jacket. The robot's Laser Blast destroys a huge swath of territory in its path, and nearly kills Goku, until Goku manages to knock it on its stomach and detonate the cannon. But the Battle Jacket is not out yet though, and Goku is eventually knocked out.

RedBattleJacketDance — Staff Officer Black happy to have destroyed Android 8

Android 8 shows up and puts everything he has into keeping the robot from killing the boy. Parts start to fly off of Android 8, and he lands in a crumpled heap, next to Goku. When Goku sees the android dying, Goku finishes off Staff Officer Black and the Battle Jacket with a gigantic Kamehameha.

Dragon Ball GT

Super17saga2 — Black's Battle Jacket and Major Metallitron in *Dragon Ball GT*

In a style based on its appearance in the original Dragon Ball anime and manga (and not in the "redesigned" form that appear in the 10th anniversary special), the Battle Jacket has a brief appearance in Dragon Ball GT when Staff Officer Black and several other villains escape from Hell. When Black and the other Red Ribbon Army members attack Mr. Satan, Pan breaks through the Battle Jacket and destroys it.

Arsenal

Hikou – The Battle Jacket is able to fly with rockets.

Blaster – Energy beams can be fired from the Battle Jacket's right arm.
Full Power Energy Wave – An energy wave can be fired from the Battle Jacket's left arm's palm.
Rocket Launcher – There is a huge and powerful rocket launcher inside the back cavity of the Battle Jacket.
Rocket Storm – Hundred of small rockets fired from the chest in a machinegun-esque fashion (slightly similar to Super 17's Hell's Storm). Used in The Path to Power.
Laser Blast – The Battle Jacket's ultimate beam weapon fired from the chest. It is used in The Path to Power, as well as Dragon Ball: Origins 2.
Crushing in Hands – A physical technique which consists of crushing the opponent's bones. Used to destroy Android 8 in The Path to Power.
Explosive Wave – It is shown that the Battle Jacket can perform this technique in Dragon Ball: Revenge of King Piccolo and Dragon Ball: Origins 2.

Video game appearances

DrumVSBlackGBA — The Battle Jacket in *Advanced Adventure*

In the Wii Game Dragon Ball: Revenge of King Piccolo, one of Colonel Silver's soldiers, the Silver Workman, is fought twice while he is controlling a Battle Jacket. Staff Officer Black's battle also appear in this video game, having a yellow/golden color instead of blue/purple. Black's Battle Jacket is also a boss in Famicom Jump: Hero Retsuden, Dragon Ball 3: Gokuden, Dragon Ball Z: Super Gokuden: Totsugeki-Hen, Dragon Ball: Advanced Adventure, and Dragon Ball: Origins 2.

BattleJacketDragonBallZBudokai2 — The Battle Jacket in *Budokai 2*

In the sub-episode 6-5 of Dragon Ball: Origins 2, after Commander Black's defeat, Bulma tells Goku that the Battle Jacket is still used by someone in the Red Ribbon Headquarters. It is revealed that because there was a lack of soldiers in the Red Ribbon Army, Colonel Silver's soldiers kidnapped monkeys in the forest they burnt, and brainwashed and trained them as new recruits. Goku finds the brainwashed monkeys, and one of them takes the control the Battle Jacket. After defeating the monkey, Goku brings all the kidnapped monkeys back to their forest. In the sub-episode 8-6 "Pilaf and Red Ribbon" of Dragon Ball: Origins 2, Colonel Violet appears employed by Emperor Pilaf to lead him and his cohorts to the Red Ribbon Army Headquarters control room in order to find a surviving Red Ribbon Battle Jacket. Violet finds the Battle Jacket's capsule in Commander Red's desk. Interestingly, in the series, the Pilaf Machines used by Pilaf and his gang after the Red Ribbon Army Saga somewhat resembles Battle Jackets.

Dragon ball z attack of the saiyans 18 — A Battle Jacket in *Attack of the Saiyans*

A Battle Jacket is seen in the background of the Red Ribbon Army Headquarters battle stage in the arcade game Dragon Ball Z 2: Super Battle. In Dragon Ball Z: Budokai 2, if a character is knocked into one of the generators inside the Red Ribbon Base, a Battle Jacket will fly out from the ceiling and launch blasts that cause 400 points of damage.

Battle Jackets controlled by former Red Ribbon Army soldiers appear in Dragon Ball Z: Attack of the Saiyans. Red Pants Army Battle Jackets also appear as enemies in Dragon Ball Online.