スパルタンX
"Dragon Ball" series creator Akira Toriyama drew inspiration for the military organization, particularly its base, from the video game "Spartan X" (known as "Kung-Fu Master" internationally), in which enemies tend to spawn at a rapid rate while the player character ascends a tower; the game itself was based on two Hong Kong martial arts films, Jackie Chan's "Wheels on Meals" (known as "Spartan X" in Japan) and Bruce Lee's "Game of Death". Some of the Red Ribbon Army members wear uniforms reminiscent of the Hitler Youth, the youth organisation of the Nazi Party in Nazi Germany, albeit without their signature swastika armbands.