Of all of Muscle Tower, Goku&#039;s second challenge - to get past Sergeant Metallic (a.k.a. Full Metal Jacket) - was by far the most difficult task. Since Metallic was a robot, he was very hard, and in all truth the only reason Goku won was because the major&#039;s batteries ran out of power. At one point in the anime, Goku accidentally blows off his head using a Kamehameha, but even that doesn&#039;t stop Metallic from continuing its&#039; rampage. Even without a head and eventually losing both wrists, he tried to repeatedly stomp Goku flat. It was the first time in the series someone was actually able to take a couple hits from the Saiyan warrior and survive. Metallic appeared for a couple seconds in Dragonball GT, firing his fist off and causing major damage to a building. Stylistically, he is an obvious tribute/parody of The Terminator played by Arnold Schwarzenegger.

Brigadier General Basque Grand (the Iron Blood Alchemist) is an ambitious alchemist known for going to any lengths to complete an assignment. His alchemy title refers to Grand's ability to transmute the iron in his blood to an assortment of guns and other weapons. Grand was also in charge of the &quot;defunct&quot; Laboratory 5 in Central, which he ran in hope of creating a philosopher's stone for his own purposes.

Kuro Momotaro a.k.a. Dark Peach Boy or Poison Peach Boy (English manga) uses one of the first of many strange items from the Fractured Fairy Tales, enchanted Millet Dumplings. First he turns himself into a monstrous ape (Buju Soko: Maen No So (Beast Skin: Armor of the Demon Monkey), then a bird (Buju Soko: Machi No So (Beast Skin: Armor of the Demon Bird) and finally a wolf (Buju Soko: Maken No So (Beast Skin: Armor of the Demon Wolf). Before using each of these, he allows Hiei to attack him, thus learning each attacks&#039; strengths and weaknesses so when his body takes on a new form it can be immune to those attacks. Hiei defeats him using the Jaou Ensatsu Ken (&quot;Sword of darkness flame&quot;). His character is based on the tale of Momotarō. C class demon.

Shen Long is the wish granting dragon of Earth. The Shen Long of the Black Star Dragon Balls is red, opposed to the Shen Long of Earth who is green.  Shen Long can be summoned by gathering all seven of the Dragon Balls of Earth. Shen Long can bestow any wish as long as it does not exceed the power of his creator, who must be still alive (i.e. Kami or Dende). 

Multiple times in the Dragon Ball series, Shen Long threatens to kill the summoner if they do not say a wish on time, or if they do not say a wish at all. Shen Long cannot bring back a person from the dead more than once. The Dragon Balls cannot be used for 365 Earth days after a wish is made, as they turn to stone. The Earth Dragon Balls are relatively small, each about the size of a large orange, much smaller than the Namekian Dragon Balls, which are the size of beach balls. The base for Shen Long is a stone statue kept by his creator. If Shen Long is killed, the Dragon Balls turn to stone. The statue also shatters. If the creator or another Namekian wishes to, they can rebuild the statue to give life back to Shen Long and the Dragon Balls. This happened after Shen Long granted Demon King Piccolo's wish for youth.  

While Kami and Piccolo weren't merged, Shen Long could only grant one wish. After Dende brought him back to life, he was able to grant two wishes (three if the first does not revive more than one at a time). If the summoner wants, he can only make one wish. This makes the Dragon Balls turn to stone for only six months.

(Source: Wikipedia)

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