Sergeant Metallic

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Sergeant Metallic
メタリック軍曹 (Metarikku-gunsō)
Manga Anime Sergeant Metallic (Anime)
English Name(s)	Sergeant Metallic (Funi subs) Major Metallitron (Funi dub) Full Metal Jacket (Viz)
Name Pun	Metallic
Manga Debut	Dragon Ball Chapter 58
Anime Debut	Dragon Ball Episode 36
Appears in	Dragon Ball Movie 3
Japanese VA	Shin Aomori
Canadian VA	Lucas Gilbertson
Funimation VA	Chris Rager
Personal Data
Classification	Artificial Human
Occupation	Red Ribbon Army
Title	Sergeant

Sergeant Metallic is a fictional character in the Dragon Ball manga series by Akira Toriyama. Metallic makes his debut in chapter 58, published in the 1986 #08 issue of Shueisha's Weekly Shōnen Jump, as an Artificial Human under the control of the Red Ribbon Army.

Biography

Red Ribbon Army arc

Metallic guards the third floor of Muscle Tower, a Red Ribbon Army fortress under the command of General White. Before Son Goku infiltrated Muscle Tower, Metallic had never been defeated.

After Goku enters the tower and defeats the guards on the second floor, White informs Metallic that Goku is coming for him and jokes that he should go easy on him. When Goku arrives, Metallic welcomes him, pointing to the staircase leading to the fourth floor and telling Goku that he will have to go through him to reach it. Goku is in awe of Metallic's size and excited to fight him. Murasaki, watching the security footage upstairs with White, surmises that it will only take about a minute for Metallic to defeat Goku.

Metallic attacks, but Goku dodges his fist, jumping up to grab a chain hanging from the ceiling. Goku jumps down, landing on Metallic's shoulder, and then punches him in the head. Metallic falls over, so Goku heads for the staircase. However, Metallic comes up behind him and traps him between his hands, threatening to crush him. Goku uses his arms and legs to pry Metallic's hands apart and then informs Metallic that he will hit him for real now.

Goku charges, kicking Metallic into a wall, but Metallic is unfazed, and Goku is astonished. Metallic tries to stomp on Goku, but Goku dodges his foot. Then Metallic punches Goku, knocking him into a wall. White thinks the fight is over, and Murasaki realizes it has been more than two minutes, which is longer than it usually takes Metallic to defeat an opponent.

With Goku laid out on the floor, Metallic moves to stomp on him again, but Goku gets to his feet and jumps up, headbutting Metallic under the chin. This knocks Metallic over, but Goku flinches and grabs his head in pain. Murasaki and White are impressed that Goku is still fighting, but White observes that he has made Metallic angry now. Metallic gets up, telling Goku it is time to die. Goku is impressed and tells Metallic that he should have entered the Tenka'ichi Budōkai.

Metallic opens his mouth and fires a rocket from it, which Goku dodges. The rocket blasts a hole in the wall of the Tower, and Metallic thinks the job is done, flashing a peace sign at the hole. White thinks it's over too, but Goku is hiding behind a pillar. He wonders what kind of technique that was; it was like Metallic was shooting a Kamehameha from his mouth. Goku figures that he can use one too, then.

Goku jumps out from behind the pillar and gloats that he is not dead; Metallic is startled, while Murasaki and White think it should have been impossible to dodge that rocket. Goku tells Metallic that it is payback time, and begins charging a Kamehameha. Metallic charges, but Goku fires before Metallic reaches him, blowing off Metallic's head and exposing his mechanical innards. Goku thinks he went too far and apologizes; meanwhile Murasaki wonders in terror what kind of power that was.

Goku says a prayer for Metallic, but Metallic is not dead. He shoots his forearm at Goku like a rocket, knocking Goku down. Metallic moves to punch again, but Goku dodges, realizing that Metallic is no ordinary bad guy. White gloats, happy that Goku finally realizes what he is up against: an indestructible robot. Goku resolves to give Metallic everything he has got but then Metallic leans over and freezes. Goku wonders why he stopped moving. Murasaki realizes that Metallic's battery has died, and Goku runs up the stairs, musing that there are a lot of weird guys out there. White orders Murasaki to go guard the fourth floor.

Dragon Ball Movie 3

In Dragon Ball Movie 3, Metallic works for the Mifan Empire. Chiaotzu is the emperor, but the Crane Hermit is the power behind the throne, and various characters associated with the Red Ribbon Army in the original story are in their employ. As they seek to gather the Dragon Balls, they come into conflict with Bora and Upa who are in the possession of the Four-Star Ball, forcing them to flee the Karin Holy Land and go to Mifan.

When Bora and Upa reach the empire's capital, they go to a restaurant where Goku and his friends happen to be eating. Soldiers soon arrive, demanding Bora's Dragon Ball. Upa hides under Goku's table, and Goku easily overpowers the soldiers. Then Metallic enters the restaurant and attacks, knocking Kuririn out before Goku kicks Metallic over. He gets up, and Goku is impressed that he is unfazed. Metallic tries to stomp him, but Goku dodges. Then Goku is kicked into a wall, and when Metallic tries to stomp him again, Goku dodges and headbutts him under the chin, knocking off his head.

As Goku grabs his head in pain, Tao Pai-pai enters the restaurant, catching Metallic's head, just as Bora is attempting to escape with Upa. The soldiers inform Tao that these are the ones from Karin. Tao hands Metallic his head back, and as he reattaches it, Tao suggests he is fighting the wrong people. Metallic explains that the others were interfering. Tao asks who they are, and Goku tells him they are there to participate in the Mifan Tournament. As Tao attempts to apprehend Bora, the Turtle Hermit suggests they all fight at the tournament instead.

The Mifan Tournament ends with Goku fighting Tao in Karin. Meanwhile Bulma, Lunch, Yamcha, Oolong, and Pu'er go inside the palace to steal the other Dragon Balls. When the alarm goes off, the Kuririn attacks the soldiers outside while the Turtle Hermit attacks Metallic, severing his forearm. Metallic is knocked down, but then the Crane Hermit orders him to take Upa as a hostage. As Metallic grabs Upa, Tenshinhan knocks out the Turtle Hermit temporarily. The Crane Hermit then orders Tenshinhan to kill the emperor, creating a moral crisis for Tenshinhan. He tries to do his duty to his master, but he cannot. The Crane Hermit decides to do it himself, ordering Metallic to kill Upa if the Turtle Hermit tries to interfere. Before the Crane Hermit can kill Chiaotzu, Tenshinhan takes out his master with a Kikōhō. Metallic moves to kill Upa, but then Goku flies in through Metallic's chest, immobilizing him. Upa climbs out of his hand unharmed.

Name

Sergeant Metallic's name (メタリック軍曹 Metarikku-gunsō) is taken from the direct transliteration of the English word "metallic" (メタリック metarikku), and the Japanese word 軍曹 (ぐんそう gunsō), a rank equivalent to sergeant.

Production

Akira Toriyama very likely designed Sergeant Metallic based on the Terminator as played by Arnold Schwarzenegger in the film of the same name. The film premiered on 26 October 1984, and Metallic's manga debut was on 21 January 1986.

Series anime director Daisuke Nishio had the following to say about Metallic:

I like relatively large characters, like Sergeant Metallic, or Hacchan. That's because there's an atmosphere where they can just naturally exist in Toriyama-sensei's world.
— Daisuke Nishio

Performance

Sergeant Metallic is voiced by Shin Aomori, the voice of Kibito, among others. In the Funimation dub, "Major Metallitron" is voiced by Chris Rager, best known as the voice of Mister Satan. In the Canadian Blue Water dub, Metallic is voiced by Lucas Gilbertson, who also voiced Yajirobe and Bora.

Music

Shunsuke Kikuchi gave Sergeant Metallic his own leitmotif in Dragon Ball Movie 3.

Dragon Ball Movie 3 Sergeant Metallic theme
Debut scene	Kanzenshuu Catalogue	Tonality	Releases
Metallic enters the restaurant	K-619	F Minor	Unreleased
Metallic attacks	K-620
Goku beheads Metallic	K-621
Metallic tries to kill Upa	K-646

Kikuchi often reaches back into his made-for-television compositions to create movie leitmotifs. K-408 is partly based on M16 for a Goku-Kuririn theme; K-629 is based on K-87 for a Yamcha theme; K-630 is based on K-74 for an Oolong theme; etc.

Sergeant Metallic's basic leitmotif is so simple that it is difficult to determine whether the connection is deliberate, but it might be based on the timpani beats in K-103, which was used when Metallic fought Goku in Dragon Ball Episode 36.

K-103 is called "Collapse" on The Suburbs of kenisu's Magicant, a fansite dedicated in part to documenting Dragon Ball music.

The roman numerals below the notes represent their positions in the key of F Minor: F is the tonic (i) and C is the dominant (V). Dominant-tonic movement is the most basic element of functional harmony, and standard fare for the timpani.

Sergeant Metallic's theme is entirely made up of tonic-dominant-tonic movement. There are no chords, just the root and dominant tones. The theme is introduced in Metallic's first scene of the film, when he enters the restaurant where Bora and Upa are eating in order to steal their Dragon Ball.

K-619 is called "Sgt. Metallic" on The Suburbs of kenisu's Magicant.

When Metallic fights Goku, K-620 and K-621 elaborate on this basic leitmotif in a more explicit F-minor setting. K-620 also contains what might be a minor reference to the Tao Pai-Pai theme. The basic Metallic theme returns at the end of the film when he attempts to kill Upa before Goku flies through his chest, immobilizing him.

K-646 is called "Metallic Tries To Kill Upa" on The Suburbs of kenisu's Magicant.

K-646 is essentially the final four bars of K-619, with a short anacrusis of two eighth notes on C.