Editing General Blue (section)

==Trivia==

*General Blue appears in the remade 1990s version of ''Dr. Slump''. He teams up with [[Ninja Murasaki]] and together they manage to summon [[Shenron]], but they end up fighting over the wish and ultimately causes them both to fail in getting the wish. Although his overall design in ''Dr. Slump'' was the same as in the manga and the anime, the bottom portion of his cap was recolored blue, and he was given a silver belt buckle.

*'''Censorship and Localization Changes''':
**In the English dub of ''Dragon Ball'', Blue's sexuality and related interactions were heavily altered or omitted due to cultural sensitivities. For instance, his confusion over Obotchaman was reinterpreted as him mistaking Obotchaman for his long-lost brother, Samuel, to avoid controversial topics.
**In the Latin Spanish dub, Obotchaman was made female, changing the nature of Blue's interactions to fit local preferences.
**The Greek dub initially portrayed Blue as a woman, a choice corrected in later episodes.
*'''Altered Dialogue in Adaptations''':
**References to Blue's homosexuality were often replaced with generalized insults or dismissals, such as being called "weird" or a "prude."
**In the manga, more explicit reactions to Blue's sexuality were toned down in translations, including Bulma and Krillin's comments.
*'''Cultural Context''':
**The original Japanese portrayal connected Blue’s misogyny and rejection of women like Bulma to stereotypes linking homosexuality and misogyny, a perception that has since been criticized.
*'''Interactions in Video Games''':
**In games like ''Dokkan Battle'', Blue’s attraction to [[Trunks]] and [[Future Trunks]] is noted, often subtly or with humor, while omitting explicit labels. This creates ironic callbacks to Blue rejecting Bulma, Trunks' mother.
*'''Design and Voice Acting''':
**Blue shares aesthetic traits with characters like [[Zarbon]] from ''Dragon Ball Z'' and Dertze [[Kibalt]] from ''Dr. Slump''. Both he and Zarbon are narcissistic perfectionists with a focus on appearance.
**Blue’s redesign in ''The Path to Power'' has been compared to Luke Skywalker, while his voice actor in that film, Bin Shimada, also dubbed Luke in the Japanese ''Star Wars''.
**Toshio Furukawa, Blue's primary Japanese voice actor, admitted struggling with the character due to his homosexuality.
*'''Trivia about Appearances''':
**Blue is the first villain in ''Dragon Ball'' to showcase a visible battle aura, though it resembles a flame-like style rather than the series' later standard.
**He is the only Red Ribbon officer to wear a red tie instead of a bandana, symbolizing his membership.
**In ''The Path to Power'', his death reflects Commander Red's insecurities about his height, adding layers to their dynamic.
*'''In-Universe Ironies''':
**Blue's attraction to Trunks in video games is ironic given Trunks is Bulma's son, whose advances Blue famously rejected.
**His interactions with Arale in ''Dr. Slump'' highlight his comedic defeat and echo his eventual irrelevance in power scaling compared to later characters.