The Red Ribbon Army, briefly known as the Black Ribbon Army, are major antagonists in the Japanese martial arts fantasy franchise Dragon Ball. They are a paramilitary criminal organization bent on conquering the world. It's main goal was to find and collect the seven Dragon Balls in order to achieve world domination. In result of searching for the Dragon Balls they send a wave of fear and destruction throughout the world. The army was controlled by a short man called Commander Red. Red said to everyone that he wanted the Dragon Balls to conquer the world, but in truth he had another goal in mind.