Colonel Silver

シルバー大佐

Colonel Silver is the first high-ranking Red Ribbon Army officer Goku encounters, leaving him overwhelmed and unprepared.
He proves to be a talented and powerful fighter with a fondness for weapons and excellent marksmanship. As shown in both the anime and manga on multiple occasions, unlike most officers, he does not immediately resort to violence and threats to extract information. Instead, he simply asks a few questions and only uses physical force if he does not receive the requested answers. Colonel Silver is also quite fast, shocking Goku when he runs past and snatches the bundle of cloth containing the Dragon Balls and Dragon Radar from Goku's hands.
Colonel Silver had a fairly small role in the manga, but a considerably larger one in the anime. This is because the Red Ribbon Army was introduced slightly earlier in the anime, and Toei created several filler episodes involving Colonel Silver and Emperor Pilaf before the next chapter of the Dragon Ball manga was released, allowing the animators to continue the story.
The anime, much like it did with Colonel Violet, gave Colonel Silver significantly more characterization. One notable aspect of this character is the strange fact that his personality shifts with each dub, despite no alterations being made to the animation itself.
In the Japanese dub, Colonel Silver is portrayed as quiet and serious. In the FUNimation dub, he becomes short-tempered, aggressive, and courteous to superiors, occasionally complimenting random citizens. In the French dub, he is assertive; in the Castilian dub, he is irritable and foul-tempered. In contrast to all others, in the Portuguese dub, he is incapable of becoming angry, appearing understanding and patient.
In the manga, Commander Red stated he would be executed for his failure, but that scene is never shown. In the anime, Colonel Silver is called back to the Red Ribbon base for questioning. Colonel Silver begs for a second chance, but Commander Red replies that there are no second chances in the Red Ribbon Army. He orders the guards to remove him from his sight, but Colonel Silver brushes them off. He then calmly walks out the door. The fact that Commander Red sends two guards after him suggests that he was executed off-screen shortly after being dismissed. It is unknown if he escaped alive and lived until the end of Dragon Ball GT, as he was not seen at all in the Super 17 Saga when all villains escaped from Hell.