Pilaf's Flying Fortress

Pilaf's Flying Fortress
ピラフの空飛ぶ要塞
Pirafu no Soratobu Yōsai
Debut	Manga: "The Red Ribbon" Anime: "Pilaf and the Mystery Force"
Users	Emperor Pilaf
Class	Vehicle

Pilaf's Flying Fortress is a giant fortress in the sky owned by Emperor Pilaf that is equipped with various guns.

Overview

The fortress in the inside

The Flying Fortress was meant to replace Pilaf's Castle after Goku destroyed it. The Pilaf Gang uses it to travel to Fire Mountain in order to get the Dragon Ball that was eaten by a pterodactyl that the Ox-King captured. They leave the Fire Mountain village with the Dragon Ball while the Red Ribbon Army attacks it. The Flying Fortress was destroyed when Colonel Silver and his soldiers shot it down in a heated desert in order to get the Dragon Ball.

Video game appearance

The Flying Fortress is level 8-2 in Dragon Ball: Origins 2. Goku enters it at the end of level 8-1 and destroys it in level 8-3.

In the bonus level 8-4, Pilaf kidnaps Senbei Norimaki and Turbo Norimaki and obliges them to repair his Flying Fortress and his Pilaf Machines. Senbei and Turbo are saved by Arale Norimaki, who destroys Pilaf's machines.

In the bonus level 8-7, Pilaf employs King Nikochan and his servant to repair and improve the nuclear reactor of the flying fortress. They confront Goku once more inside the fortress, but they are defeat once again.

Trivia

• Pilaf's Flying Fortress is anime-only, as the Dragon Ball manga starts off the Red Ribbon arc with Goku finding the Dragon Ball and Colonel Silver shooting down Goku, not having anything to do with Pilaf again until the end of the Fortuneteller Baba Saga.
• It is a flying Death Star-modeled lookalike, consistent to all the Star Wars references made in the episodes it appears. It should be noted that the seires author Akira Toriyama has stated that he was a big fan of the Star Wars series.

Gallery

Pilaf and Mai escape through the Flying Fortress

See also

• Pilaf's Castle
• Pilaf's Airship