Monday, May 10, 2010

About Bakugan


Main article: List of Bakugan Battle Brawlers characters
In the parallel world of Vestroia, a powerful Bakugan in search for power (a small marble magnetic sphere which when thrown on a gate card turns into a highly strong and powerful warrior) named Naga decides to absorb the energy of the two opposing cores that preserve the balance and peace in Vestroia. However he absorbed too much power and energy found within the Silent Core, the source of negative energy. The Infinity Core, the source of positive energy had been absorbed by Wavern.
The story centers on six friends who find metallic cards which have fallen from the sky or to be more precise, Vestroia itself. They name themselves the Bakugan Battle Brawlers and consist of seven children: Dan, Shun, Runo, Marucho, Julie, Alice, and later Joe. Together they learn more about the origin of the Bakugan, Vestroia, the game involving them, and the battle against Hal-G, Masquerade and Naga.
In New Vestroia, Dan, Marucho, and Shun are called to the newly restored Vestroia to stop an evil group known as the Vexos who invaded it. They allied with three new brawlers named Mira, Ace, and Baron in order to stop the Vexos from taking over New Vestroia, and possibly, the whole universe.
In Gundalian Invaders, Dan, Marucho and Shun get caught up in a war between two different alien factions in another universe, and teaming up with three of the top brawlers from Neathia, Fabia, Jake, and Ren (who is an undercover Gundalian) in order to stop the evil Gundalian Protectors, the Twelve Orders from destroying Neathia, and possibly, Earth.

New Vestroia

Main article: List of Bakugan Battle Brawlers: New Vestroia episodes
In March 2009, TMS and Nelvana Entertainment companies announced that a follow-up series, Bakugan Battle Brawlers: New Vestroia, consisting of 26 episodes was in production. [8] The series began airing on April 12, 2009 on the Canadian network Teletoon and then on Cartoon Network on May 9, 2009. Due to the ratings in Canada, Teletoon asked that New Vestroia be extended leading to an additional 26 episode order. Because episodes were still being made, Teletoon had to go back to reruns of the last four episodes, but Cartoon Network was able to continue straight on into the next 26 episodes and premiere them one day before Teletoon. Teletoon is ahead of Cartoon Network as of March 14, 2010.[citation needed]
The New Vestroia series in Japan, being released as Bakugan Battle Brawlers: New Vestroia (爆丸バトルブローラーズ ニューヴェストロイア Bakugan Batoru Burōrāzu Nyū Vesutoroia?), aired on the TV Tokyo Network on March 2, 2010, at 7:00PM. The opening song, titled "Cho! Saikyo! Warriors" is once again done by Psychic Lover, while the ending, "Bang! Bang! Bakugan!", is done by Yoshifumi Ushima.

Character :

Daniel "Dan" Kuso

Voiced by: Yu Kobayashi (Japanese), Scott McCord (English)
Danma "Dan" Kūsō (空操 弾馬 Kūsō Danma?, ダン Dan) in Japan. Dan is an impulsive boy who, after finding out about Bakugan, wants to be the number one Battle Brawler. However, after teaming up with a Pyrus Dragonoid named Drago, Dan starts to realize there are more important things. He is 12 years old in the first series, and is 14 in the second. In the 3 season he is 15. In the beginning of bakugan ( 1st season ) he is ranked #117 by episode 35 he is ranked #1
In season 2, Dan returns to New Vestroia to help Drago save the world from the Vestals. Despite only just being introduced to the new Brawling system, Dan manages to get the hang of it before he battles his way into the Resistance by tying with Ace. He returns to Earth, following Spectra, Gus, and Lync into a portal with Mira and Baron. After losing Drago to Spectra in episode 16, his determination to get him back pays off as he and Drago reunite in episode 18. At the end of episode 19, he and Baron go back to New Vestroia through Dr. Gehabich's dimension transporter. In episode 20 he and Baron make it back to New Vestroia where they battle Mylene and Shadow in Beta City where they defeat them when Drago unleashes the power of the Perfect Core. In episode 26, he goes back to Earth, along with Marucho, Shun and the rest of the Bakugan. Various portals open up across the world, allowing Alice and Julie (as well as the other brawlers) to reunite with their Bakugan.
A few episodes after the start of season 2, he arrives in Vestal with Mira and Marucho to meet up with Baron, Ace, and Klaus Von Hertzen. He still acts the same as usual and, because of their similar personalities, holds a friendly rivalry with Ace. He is quick to react to situations but at the same time, quick to temper.
He has a tight relationship with his parents. His mom is a big yoga fan and an impressive cook, while his dad is obsessed about pudding and has a personality similar to Dan's, only he's a little more clueless. It is possible that Dan plays guitar, in earlier episodes you can see a Fender Telecaster in the corner of his bedroom.


Runo Misaki

Voiced by: Eri Sendai (Japanese), Julie Lemieux (English)
Runo Misaki (美咲 琉乃 Misaki Runo?, ルノ Runo). Runo is a tomboy who loves playing Bakugan against skilled people so she can show off. Runo is a Haos brawler. Her Guardian Bakugan is a Haos Tigrerra, who is very obedient and powerful in battle. Tigrerra later evolves into Haos Blade Tigrerra. She helps her parents run their family business, and when Alice comes to visit she helps out as well. Runo is a bit jealous of Alice because she seems to attract a lot of the guys at the cafe, which draws attention away from her. It is revealed in episode 32 that she knew Dan from when she was little but didn't know because she didn't catch his name. She reached 6th in the rankings. Runo is 12 years old in the first series, and 14 in the second series. She might make an appearance in Gundalian Invaders. She has not brawled for the final showdown against King Zenoheld as Tigrerra chose not to brawl and put her into trouble.

Marucho Marukuro

Voiced by: Ryou Hirohashi (Japanese), Joanne Vannicola (English)
Chōji "Marucho" Marukura (丸蔵 兆治 Marukura Chōji?, マルチョ Marucho) in Japan. He is an extremely rich boy who is very generous and intelligent, a bit like a walking encyclopedia or dictionary. He loves to play Bakugan and is more fond of creating strategies rather than just using brute force. He used to be very obedient to his parents just because he wanted to please them, but that changed when he met the Brawlers and Preyas. He now has no regrets for the past, realizing that he only wanted to make his parents happy. He is an Aquos battler. His Guardian Bakugan is his Aquos Preyas, which, later in the series, is revealed to have a special evolution, allowing him to burp up his two twin brothers, Preyas Angelo, which resembles an angel, and his brother, Preyas Diablo, which resembles a devil, and this allowed Marucho to not only keep Preyas in his original form, but his 'brothers' as well. Preyas was sent to the Doom Dimension in Marucho's battle with Klaus Von Hertzon. Later, Klaus showed up with Preyas. Dan and Runo found a way to get Preyas back through defeating him in battle. After this incident, Preyas burps up his brothers. Preyas also has an effect called "Change of Attribute", with which he can take advantage of the opponent's gate card. Preyas II has a split personality: Angelo Preyas is a bit more intelligent and nice compared to Diablo, who usually says exactly what Angelo says, but in a different way. He reached 7th in the rankings. Marucho is 10 years old in the first series.
In the second season, Marucho returns to New Vestroia with Dan after overhearing Drago's plan to leave Marucho, Runo, Shun, Alice, and Julie behind. While feeling depressed about no longer having a guardian Bakugan, and having been separated from Preyas, Angelo and Diablo, Marucho sets out to find a new one, and he runs into Aquos Elfin, a female Bakugan who is also able to change attributes. She also has a crush on Preyas. He is seen, after being defeated by Volt in episode 13, being held as a hostage in episodes 15 and 17, and was later freed by Mira and Spectra in episode 20, even though he is unaware of this. He gets Preyas back in episode 26. Nothing is known about Preyas Angelo/Diablo. In episode 26, he goes back to Earth with Dan, Shun, Drago, the other brawlers' old Guardian Bakugan, Elfin, and Ingram, except for Storm Skyress. Marucho's trap Bakugan is Aquos Tripod Epsilon. Despite his height, he is older than Baron. Marucho is 13 years old in the second series. In episode 31, "Spectra Rises", Marucho Dan and Mira make it to Vestal where they meet up with Ace Baron and Klaus later they are challenged by both of Volt Luster for their attribute energy and then challenging Dan. Spectra then battles Dan Mira and Marucho when both Mira and Marucho lose when Drago protects them from Cyber Helios' cyber blast. At episode 35's ending, Marucho loses the Aquos energy to Hydron and Shadow Probe, although he wins the battle.

Julie Makimoto

Voiced by: Risa Mizuno (Japanese), Katie Griffin (English)
July Heyward (ジュリー・ヘイワード Jurī Heiwādo?) in Japan. July is a girl from Australia who tries to stay happy even when the worst has happened (for example, when Matthew ended up under the control of Masquerade); she acts happy after something bad happened but she generally does that just to cover up her true feelings. Julie forgets things easily, proving that she is a little scatterbrained dumbass at times. She is a Subterra battler and her guardian Bakugan is her Subterra Gorem. Gorem then evolves into Subterra Hammer Gorem. Julie has a sister named Daisy who has bested her in everything since she was a child (and she might also have a close relative named Tom).Julie asked Billy if he wanted to go out with her. She reached 8th in the rankings. Julie is 12 years old in the first series and 15 years old in the second series. She chose not to brawl against Zenoheld in the final showdown as Gorem did not want to put her into trouble.

Shun Kazami

Voiced by: Chihiro Suzuki (Japanese), Zachary Bennett (English)
Shun Kazami (風見 駿 Kazami Shun?, シュン Shun) was the former 1st ranked Bakugan brawler but after Masquerade showed up, he moves down to 6th, then back up to 5th after defeating Komba and ultimately to 3rd by the end of the first series. He has black hair which is tied into a long ponytail and wears a purple jacket. He is a master of Bakugan and co-created the rules with Dan. He is also Dan's childhood best friend. Shun is a loner, a boy of very few words, but yet is willing to help his friends at almost every turn. He is a Ventus brawler and he approaches Bakugan like a ninja. He lives with his grandfather, who used to be a famous ninja warrior, who once expected Shun to follow in his footsteps instead of playing Bakugan. His Guardian Bakugan is a Ventus Skyress, whom Shun received from his sick mother. Skyress later evolved into Ventus Storm Skyress. Shun is 13 years old in the first series.
In the second season, Shun came to New Vestroia completely by accident, and explained why Dan couldn't contact him in episode 1; he was up alone in the mountains working on his ninja skills, when a warp hole appeared and he was sucked into New Vestroia. He made a cameo appearance in episode 4 when Marucho battled Mylene, but his face wasn't revealed as his hood covered it completely and was offered a place in the Vexos. After hearing that Skyress was taken captive, he rushed towards one of the cities to save her, but on the way, teamed up with Dan after rescuing him from Spectra and Gus. After being separated from Skyress, he teams up with Ventus Ingram, who he grabbed just before a beam pulled him into the ship. In the beginning, he doesn't get along with Ace very well, who refers to him as a "ninja-wannabe", but he is deeply admired by Baron who, in episode 7, even tries to imitate some of Shun's ninja moves but fails. He is taken hostage in episode 15, after being defeated by Shadow. Mira and Spectra later free him in episode 20, though he is unaware of this. He is reunited with Storm Skyress in episode 26 but she stays in New Vestroia, claiming that she was in his past and that Ingram is officially his new partner now. In episode 26, he goes back to Earth with Marucho, Dan, Drago, the other brawler's Bakugan, except for Storm Skyress. Shun returns to New Vestroia a few episodes after the beginning of the second series, and has a run-in with Lync Volan of the Vexos. Storm Skyress comes to his rescue, and after Lync is defeated by Shun and Ingram, Skyress bids Shun her final farewell. Shun is still the strong silent type and highly skilled with Bakugan, and is willing to help his friends whenever they need it. Not much has changed for how he acts or looks, except for the fact that he has cut off his pony tail. His Trap Bakugan is Ventus Hylash and his current Guardian Bakugan is Ventus Master Ingram. Shun is 16 years old in the second season.

Alice Gehabich

Voiced by: Mamiko Noto (Japanese), Emilie Barlow (English)
Alice Gehabich (アリス・ゲーハビッチ Arisu Gēhabitchi?) in Japan. Alice is a girl from Moscow, Russia. Although she knows almost everything about the game, she rarely plays it. She usually just gives advice to the other brawlers, which she prefers over battling. Alice is kind and caring worried for others and does not think of herself. Alice might seem to be less important than the other brawlers but in fact she plays an important part, not as Masquerade, but without her the brawlers might have already lost to her alter ego. Michael Gehabich is her grandfather; who she constantly worries about after finding out that Hal-G is his alter-ego and that he works for Naga. Alice and Marucho are the 2 brawlers who mostly use strategy. However, unlike Marucho, Alice gives her strategies to the other brawlers. She left the Brawlers after finding out that she was Masquerade out of intense guilt over what she had done as him, but later returns in time to save Dan. Her guardian is Alpha Hydranoid, which she received from Masquerade after he left her body (something she initially resents, because she believed that she needed him).
She appears in episode 10 of New Vestroia and helps Lync in ep 11. She is 13 in season 1 and she is 16 in New Vestroia. In New Vestroia it is stated after Alice is reunited with Hydranoid that she hates brawling because of what happened in the past but when Shadow attacks she has no choice but to fight back.

Joe Brown

Voiced by: Souichiro Hoshi (Japanese), Adam Reid (English)
Osamu Jō (城 治 Jō Osamu?, ジョウ Jō) in Japan. He is also known as Webmaster Joe. In the first series, it was revealed that due to an unknown health condition, he basically lived in a hospital for some time. During this time, the Brawlers thought that he was working for Masquerade. After Dan confronted him, he told Dan that he would only tell him the truth if Dan could beat him in a battle. In the middle of the battle, Joe fainted, and when he awoke he revealed that the brawlers' theory was untrue and he actually sent a message to all of the Bakugan players around the world to warn them that Masquerade was plotting against them. After the truth was revealed, they asked him if he wanted to become a Battle Brawler, which he gladly accepted to. He then revealed that he and his mother were going on a road trip for the time being, to see the world outside of the hospital. Sometime later, after he moved to the Brawlers' neighborhood, he found Wavern, who had the Infinity Core hidden inside of her. It was also revealed that Wavern was Naga's twin sister and that he was looking for her in order to absorb the infinity core. Joe was the first person to beat Masquerade at Bakugan, after he obtained Wavern. In the end of the first series, Joe is seen with Chan-Lee, sitting on a bench. It seemed as if they were about to kiss. He is not seen in the second series.

Villains

Naga

The main antagonist in Season 1, an attributeless Bakugan. Naga is Wavern's twin brother with no attribute. He tried to acquire the Infinity and Silent Cores but only got the Silent Core, using it to become Silent Naga as he came to Earth.

Hal-G

Voiced by: Masaharu Satou (Japanese), Ron Pardo (English) Hal-G is the form of Alice's grandfather Michael after he is exposed to the Silent Core just like Alice and Masquerade. He is the one who opened the portal to Vestroia and exposed humans to the different types of Bakugan. He assist Naga in his quest to get the Infinity Core from Wavern. After Naga was destroyed, Hal-G regressed back to Michael. Michael returns in the second series. At the beginning of the game, Hal-G obtained the Silent Core, said all Bakugans shall bow to him. At nearly the end of the game, Hal-G reappeared after the player defeated Marduk at the Tournament second time, showing the Silent Core to them but stolen by Marduk's Bakugan, Valdiator.
Darkus 5th Paladin: 5th Paladin is a Spartan-like Bakugan with a lot of armor and a large shield. They are commanded by Hal-G. There are five of them that loyally protect Naga after he is attacked by Drago.

Masquerade

Voiced by: Souichiro Hoshi (Japanese), Lyon Smith (English) He used to be the first-ranked Bakugan player before he left Alice's body. His goal is to send all Bakugan to the Doom Dimension with his Doom Card, so he can evolve his Hydranoid and have the ultimate Bakugan. He is a Darkus battler. He is revealed to be Alice in episode 38 and his origin is revealed in episode 39. Masquerade came to life when negative energy changed Alice. Darkus Hydranoid is Masquerade's guardian Bakugan (His first Guardian Bakugan was Reaper, but he sent it to the Doom Dimension). He battles with Dan in episode 38 and loses. After that Masquerade takes his mask off, revealing his identity, Alice. Following the battle against Centorrior and Druman, Masquerade disappears from Alice's body. In New Vestroia Masquerade made a minor appearance in episode 32 during Alice and Chan Lee's Brawl against Shadow.

Character Bakugan New Vestroia

Mira Clay

Voiced by: Risa Yukino (Japanese), Alyson Court (English)
Mira, a 16 year old Vestal girl, formed the Bakugan Brawler Resistance, after witnessing the tortured Alpha Hydranoid speak out in vengeance to the invaders, to free all the captured Bakugan from Prince Hydron and the Vexos. At the end of episode 10, she along with Baron travel with Dan back to his world. In Episode 12, Mira has to battle Spectra and if she's victorious, Spectra will be unmasked. If she loses, however, she has to join the Vexos, and even battle her own friends. She told herself in the beginning of episode 12 that her hero was always her brother, Keith, but forced herself to change her mind about it after Spectra unmasks himself in front of her, revealing that he was her 'hero'. Baron described her as 'intense'. She betrays the Resistance in episode 19 as she says that she wants to stay with Keith' once telling the others on Earth Spectra is her brother. She returns to New Vestroia through the portal Apollonir opened with Spectra, Gus and Lync after revealing her betrayal. In episode 20, she reveals that she joined the Vexos, but is really wondering what Spectra is up to. In episode 21 she challenged her brother to a battle and if she wins, she goes back to being with her real brother and not Spectra; however, if she loses, she will have no choice but to serve Spectra. She later lost the brawl. She is regretful of this as she says, "I'm sorry my friends" at the end of the episode, and is also seen crying as she has no choice but to be an enemy to the Resistance. She later returns to the Resistance. In a few episodes of the series, Spectra refers to her as Mira Firman; this has been a source of confusion to viewers, as the Resistance referred to her as Mira Clay. She returns to Vestal with Ace and Baron and their Bakugan, in case the Vexos will want to take back New Vestroia for themselves in the future. Mira visits the brawlers on Earth for a visit, but soon returns to Vestal, this time with Dan and Marucho, and they meet up with Ace and Baron at Klaus Von Hertzen's estate. Her last name Clay is possibly a reference to the fact she uses Subterra attributed Bakugan. She also has a brother that she desperately wants to find after he disappeared during Hydranoid's rebellion. Although she is the leader, she is not necessarily accepted by the others, as she has a small tendency to go off on her own. She prefers the Subterra attribute. Her main Bakugan is Subterra Thunder Wilda and her Trap Bakugan is Baliton. She has a crush on Dan and is presented several times: in episode 27 where she tried to see if Dan would notice her change in hair style and in the earlier episode 26 she was extremely sad to the point of crying when she thought Dan was caught in the explosion and upon knowing he survived she jumped into Dan's arms hugging him. In episode 10, Dan brought up Runo and Ace said Mira sounded jealous. It was also the main reason for Ace's hostility to Dan because Ace has a crush on Mira.

Ace Grit

Voiced by: Yasuaki Takumi (Japanese), Alex House (English)
Ace is a Vestal boy, 16 years of age, and the Darkus battler of the Resistance with Darkus Percival as his guardian and Darkus Falcon Fly as his trap. He is often very rash and doesn't think things through. As revealed in episode 13, Ace was once a top brawler in the Vestal tournaments, but stayed away after Hydron used them to find strong brawlers. Mira approached him and invited him to the Resistance and gave him Percival. Ace first shows his skills as a brawler when he battles Dan in the second episode of the series: Ace refuses to accept humans on the Resistance and challenges Dan to a battle to prove his skills. After three hours, the battle ends in a draw and the two become fast friends.
In episode 6, he and Mira had an argument because Mira wanted to postpone destroying the dimension controllers and find her brother, however, Ace refuses to allow her to go because he fears of the dangers she may face. In the episode 13 preview, he says, "This is for Mira", which may also hint that he likes Mira. After Mira and Baron went to Earth with Dan, he worries about Mira and when he hears her voice in the night, which was really Shadow Probe who was leading him into a Vexos trap, he tries to save her which further proves his love for Mira.
When he and Shun are forced to fight together in a tournament, Ace wears a purple and black mask to disguise himself while tensions rise between the two of them and they fall close to losing. But on the edge of defeat, they put their differences aside and Ace works together with Shun after realizing he was just trying to help. Shun remarks that he is very much like Dan. After falling for the Vexos trap laid out by Mylene, he loses in battle to her and becomes a hostage. After Marucho and Shun are also captured, they are relocated to Beta City, where they are freed by Mira and Spectra, though they are unaware of this. When he's told that Mira betrayed the Resistance he refused to believe it due to his feelings for her and gets a little violent by grabbing Dan's collar, but accepts it as the truth when Baron insists Dan's telling the truth. When the Resistance infiltrate Gamma City, he and Dan battle Mira and Gus. Mira ends up betraying Gus and Ace tells her he always believed in her.
After Skyress, Hydranoid, Gorem, Tigrerra and Preyas are rescued, Ace and Percival return to Vestal with Baron and Mira and spread the truth about the Bakugan and the Vexos' actions. After Percival receives the Darkus attribute energy from Exedra, Percival evolves to Midnight Percival. While Baron searches for an apartment to move into, Ace helps out but is ambushed by Mylene. He nearly loses but is saved by Klaus. Ace travels to Earth with the Resistance to hide out from the Vexos and protect the Attribute energies. While in hiding, Julie develops a crush on him after watching him work out. When Marucho invents Bakugan Interspace, Ace is set to battle Billy, but also challenges Julie so as to not "get in between the two love birds." Despite Percival becoming immobile, Ace is victorious thanks to his evolved trap Darkus Flash Falcon Fy. After the Resistance decided to go on the attack, Ace and Marucho encounter Lync and Shadow at the Vest Palace. Due to the rigged field, Ace and Marucho lose and the Darkus energy is taken.
After destroying the BT System, Ace returns to Earth with the Resistance and witnesses Dan's ultimate battle with Spectra, in which he decides to turn over a new leaf. After Keith becomes an official member of the Resistance, Ace becomes jealous of the time Keith spends with Mira. But Julie and Percival assure him that Keith and Mira are only siblings and that Mira is just happy to have her brother back.

Baron Letloy

Voiced by: Ryuichi Kubota (Japanese), Cameron Kennedy (English)
Originally Baron fought with Tigrerra, but lost her to Spectra and Viper Helios. He used Haos Ancient Nemus as his main Bakugan and uses Piercian as his Trap Bakugan. In episode 10, he says that he had always wondered what it would be like on the other side of the portal, which was the portal that led Runo to New Vestroia from Earth. At the end of episode 10 he decides to follow Dan, Mira, and Runo to Earth in order to stop the Vexos from destroying it. Baron admires Runo as one of the six original Battle Brawlers but Runo's father doesn't like the fact that he does. He returns to New Vestroia with Dan through Dr. Gehabich's dimension transporter. He seems to be very fond of the activities done on Earth, especially by Dan e.g. taking baths. In episode 20 he and Dan made it back to New Vestroia where they battled Mylene and Shadow in Beta City. Baron was defeated helping Dan and Drago, but he still was able to keep Ancient Nemus. He returns to Vestal with Ace and Mira with their Bakugan, in case the Vexos will want to take back New Vestroia for themselves in the future. In episode 28 after the Vexos return Baron brawls Prince Hydron and loses the Haos attribute energy. Baron is currently 12 years old, confirming this in the English version by saying, "I'm almost 13 ya know!" He is a huge fan of the Bakugan Battle Brawlers and the six fighting Bakugan as displayed by his reaction to first meeting Dan, Marucho, Drago, and Shun. He seems to always embarrass himself in front of Dan, Marucho, and Shun. According to Mira, he has a poster of the Bakugan Battle Brawlers up on his wall. From what was shown in episode 28, Baron has a large family and is very caring for his many younger brothers and sisters. He is the youngest and most emotional of all the brawlers. He is in love with Runo, huggs and kisses her a lot in the series.

Keith Clay

As Spectra, he temporarily joined the Resistance to help Dan fight against Zenoheld after Gus' presumed death. Despite their efforts, Zenoheld wins and takes the Pyrus Attribute Energy from Drago. With the BT System fully operational, Spectra takes the Resistance to New Vestroia and aids in its mass evacuation. However, Shun speculates he was only helping because without other Bakugan, his ultimate Bakugan would not be to ultimate anymore. After the successful destruction of the BT System, Spectra disappears. He later returns to engage Dan in their final battle. However he loses, yet Spectra and Helios regard Dan and Drago as their superior and concede defeat. Spectra takes off his mask, reunites with Mira and officially joins the Resistance. Later, he decides to help Dan acquire his own BattleGear, but must analyze Dragos DNA code, which means Keith must become Spectra once more

Villains bakugan new vestroia

The primary antagonist of the New Vestroia arc. King Zenoheld was the ruler of Vestal and the father of Prince Hydron although he doesn't seem to bond very well with his only son. Although he only made a minor appearance in the first half of the show, he is frequently mentioned throughout the show by either Spectra, Mira, or Prince Hydron. After the Bakugan Brawlers Resistance thwarted Prince Hydron's plans, King Zenoheld is angered to find that New Vestroia has been returned to normal. When the Resistance tells the Vestal people his true intentions of the New Vestroia occupation, he is forced to leave his world when the people start to rally against him for his actions. After this, he ordered Professor Clay to build the Bakugan Termination System, designed to destroy any Bakugan within 6000 kilometers. This would only activate with the attribute energies of the Six Ancient Bakugan. When fighting the Six Ancient Bakugan, he used Professor Clay's latest creation Pyrus Farbros to fight them. When the BT system is finally activated, he orders the Vexos to let the Resistance be, saying that there is nothing they can do. However, he underestimates them, and the BT system is destroyed by Drago. His life finally ended when he, Hydron, & Professor Clay were killed when the Alternative was destroyed. Note: King Zenoheld shouldn't get confident since he got the data to create the Alternative Weapon System from the phantom data that possibly came from Neathia.

Prince Hydron

Voiced by: Soichiro Hoshi (Japanese), Lyon Smith (English)
Prince Hydron was the Prince of the Vexos and the son of King Zenoheld. He tried collecting all six of the fighting Bakugan that saved Vestroia and keep them as trophies. The Vexos continually failed to bring him Drago, the last of the six fighting Bakugan needed in his collection, as he had already in possession of Gorem, Preyas, Tigrerra, Skyress, and Hydranoid in a petrified statue form. He is shown to have a habit of twirling his hair between his fingers. In episode 17, he may have been aware that Spectra had Drago in his hands. At the end of the first half of the series, he flees New Vestroia with Mylene, Volt, Lync, Shadow and Professor Clay. He attempted to kill Spectra due to Spectra's betrayal but failed due to Spectra's own determination for power. He lost the 6 fighting Bakugan to the Resistance in episode 26. In episode 28, he started brawling with Subterra Bakugan, using Dryoid when he is sent to obtain the Haos Energy from Baron's Ancient Nemus, and succeeded. In episode 35, he teams up with Shadow Prove to try to obtain the Aquos Energy from Marucho and Aquos Minx Elfin and succeed in defeating Elfin, but lost to Preyas. Later, he battles Dan and Spectra at the Mother Palace, but loses to Helios and his new Battle Gear. After Volt leaves the Vexos, Zenoheld orders Hydron to deal with Volt. Volt defeats Hydron in a brawl, but Hydron starts to go insane and throws a dimensional grenade at Volt to send him to another dimension. He is almost pulled in with Volt, but escapes in the nick of time. When Lync copies the plans for the Vexos' new Alternative Weapon system, Hydron follows Lync and defeats him in a brawl. He then throws another dimensional grenade at Lync to send him to the same dimension as Volt. When he returns, he is looking for his father's approval, but Zenoheld ignores Hydron. It is implied that Hydron will face Zenoheld in a future episode. When he did, he loses and is put in a cell across from a shadowed figure which is possibly Gus from the figure's blue hair. In the next episode it did turn out to be Gus, and they had a brief conversation before the opening. Gus later tricks Hydron, after a string of dog related insults on Gus's part, into brawling with him. This breaks the doors on the cells releasing both. Before flying off Gus says that he could have asked Hydron nicely but that would probably not work only further angering Hydron. He is later seen making his own, escape attempt on Dryoid.

Spectra Phantom/Keith Clay

Voiced by: Yasuhiro Mamiya (Japanese), Dan Petronijevic (English)
At the beginning of the series, he would only obey Prince Hydron. Little was known about Spectra, but it confirmed he is very powerful and thinks highly of his skills. He was the Vexos' strongest battler and used Pyrus Viper Helios as his main Bakugan and Metalfencer as his Trap Bakugan. After seeing Drago's powers, Spectra said that he's not going to let it be a 'play thing', which means that even when he captures Drago, he won't give him to Prince Hydron. In episode 8, Mira noticed possibility that Spectra could be Mira's brother, Keith. How he became Spectra is unknown. He also wished to join forces with Dan and the Resistance so they could take Prince Hydron down together in an attempt to rule New Vestroia and Vestal. After Gus lost to Mira, Spectra unmasks himself, proving himself as Mira's older brother, Keith. When he, Gus and Lync traveled to Earth, Mylene took over as leader. Meanwhile, Spectra successfully won the Bakugan brawl against Dan and Drago, and takes Drago. Dan defeats him and a corrupted Drago during their brawl with the help of Pyrus Apollonir. In episode 19, he convinced Mira to join him. He needed her help on his "ultimate plan", which was creating a Cyber Helios and duplicating the power of the Perfect Core, planning to use this Bakugan to overthrow the Vestal royal family. In episode 21 he battled Mira and won with his new Cyborg Helios. In episode 24 he took several Mechanical Bakugan for his own purpose of making Maxus Helios to defeat Dan. He doesn't return to Vestal, but he remains in the other rim of the planets area in a ship with Gus, Helios, Elico, Vulcan, and Brontes. Spectra appears again in episode 31, battles Dan, and loses, but nevertheless says he will see him again soon. As shown in the same episode, he used the forbidden card "Chaos Ability X" on Elico, Vulcan and Brontes, which forced their unnatural evolution, making them his battle weapons. Later, Spectra transports Dan to his ship upon reaching Earth to retrieve the Perfect Core from Drago. During the episode Spectra seems to have a change of heart, referring to Dan as his friend in thanks for enlightening him. He reveals shortly that using data on Bakugan evolution, he plans to bring out even further power from within the Bakugan. After they arrive at the Mother Palace, he states that the Resistance is on their own in shutting down the BT system. After confronting Zenoheld however, Gus is defeated and Spectra soon forms a temporary alliance with Dan to avenge his fallen comrade. After the Pyrus attribute energy is absorbed and the BT system begins to activate, his ship is used to transport all of the bakugan on New Vestroia to Earth. When time begins to run out, and the Resistance decides to bail out while they still can, Helios leaves Spectra and confronts Drago about staying to evacuate the remaining bakugan. The two decide to head off and destroy the BT system, and after Drago evolves by absorbing the attribute energies, Helios and Spectra once again become Dan and Drago's rivals before leaving New Vestroia. But in the end of episode 44, Spectra agrees to join Dan and the Resistance and takes off his mask. It is shown in the same episode that like Mira, he may have some sort of telepathic ability, as he spoke to Dan and Drago.

Gus Grav

Voiced by: Yuuki Kaji
Gus was the Vexos' second strongest player, a Subterra brawler and devoted all his free time to training. He used Subterra Primo Vulcan as his main Bakugan and Hexados as his Trap Bakugan. He only answers to Spectra. He is said to be a weasel throughout the series, and "Spectra's little pet" by the other members of the Vexos, like Mylene[1] and Lync[2]. He was shown to be fond of the different things on Earth such as 'juice in boxes', but the planet made him uncomfterable. In episode 5, it was shown that before he joined the Vexos, he battled Spectra in the finals of the Bakugan Battle Tournament and lost. He was then offered a place in the Vexos by Spectra, where he gladly accepted. He admired Spectra a great deal and he felt that Spectra must be respected at all cost. He was shown to hate Lync because of his cheekiness. When the Vestal Palace was self-destructing, he gathered Elico and Brontes who were thrown into the ship chamber and saved Spectra and Cyborg Helios. He didn't return to Vestal, but he lived with Spectra in the ship. Gus later was challenged by Volt to a battle, but won with Brontes. After the battle, he returned to Spectra, but not before tossing Brontes through the teleporter back to New Vestroia. In episode 39, Gus took King Zenoheld hostage and then battled him but when he used his attack Aquos Aqua Blast Elico sacrificed himself for Gus then later in the battle Hexados sacrificed himself for Subterra Rex Vulcan then both Gus and Rex Vulcan fall defeated in battle. Since then, Spectra had vowed to avenge him. It was later revealed that he survived and was placed in a cell though how he survived was not explained. He later escaped and helped Spectra battle Zenoheld who was trying to stop Zenoheld's new weapon.

Mylene Pharaoh

Voiced by: Fuko Saito (Japanese), Bailey Stocker (English)
Mylene is the only female in the Vexos. She didn't trust Spectra and enjoys doing things her way, but is still a loyal member of the Vexos. She becomes the leader of the Vexos after Spectra and Gus travel to Earth. However, King Zenoheld later became the ruler of the Vexos. Mylene used Aquos Elico as her main Bakugan, and Aquos Tripod Theta as her Trap Bakugan. She successfully defeated Ace in episode 13. She enjoyed the power of being the leader of the Vexos and, like Spectra, is tired of Prince Hydron bossing her around all the time. She also gets annoyed easily by Shadow Prove, who won't stop following her everywhere she goes. In episode 20 she and Shadow Prove battled Dan and Baron in Beta City and were defeated when Drago unleashed the power of the Perfect Core. She escapes New Vestroia with Volt, Shadow, and Lync, saying that it could be destroyed by the battle between Spectra and Dan and their Bakugan, discarding her guardian Bakugan together with Volt's Haos Mega Brontes, as she thinks that Bakugan with feelings are useless. She later flees to Vestal with the Vexos, Prince Hydron, and Professor Clay, leaving Spectra and Gus. She later duels Ace in order to obtain Percival's Darkus Energy wielding Aquos Macubass, but was defeated by Ace and Klaus. She than went to Earth with Lync to draw out the brawlers. They found Runo and Mira and battle them. Mylene defeats both Runo and Mira, thus gaining the Subterra energy. She later goes on to defeat Shun and Baron alongside Volt, taking the Ventus energy. After Zenoheld's announcement to create the Alternate Weapons System that would destroy both Vestal and Earth, she appears when Volt was about to leave, warning him about his idea. When he leaves, she wishes him luck, and appears saddened when she hears what happened. In episode 48, Mylene is ordered by Zenoheld to retrieve the Brawlers Battle Gear data and DNA code for the Alternative Weapons system. She is then lured into Bakugan Interspace with Shadow Prove by Keith and Mira, and is forced to battle. She no longer serves Zenoheld and has named herself a free agent. She loses to Mira and her mechanical Bakugan is destroyed. In the end, she rejects the Brawlers' offer to join them and instead throws a dimensional grenade at Keith and Mira. But after the grenade activated, Bakugan Interspace shut down, trapping her, Shadow Prove, Keith, and Mira inside. Marucho made a connection to bring them back, so Mira told Mylene and Shadow to come, but Mylene refuss to go. Mylene than got pull by the dimensional pull until Mira and Keith grabbed her hand, but accidently let go her as Mira and Keith were teleported and Shadow grabbed Mylene's hand as they both were pulled in the dimensional portal.

Shadow Probe

Voiced by: Daisuke Endou (Japanese), Darren Frost (English)
Shadow is a Darkus brawler. He is very childish and jester-like. When he starts a battle, he is very pompous. His Guardian Bakugan is Darkus Hades, who was created with Alpha Hydranoid's DNA, and he also has Dakus Fortress as a Trap Bakugan. Mylene described him as a child in episode 3, and then a hyena in episode 15. He has the ability to copy other people's voices as he successfully tricked Ace and Marucho into falling for a trap by being the voice of Mira and Dan respectively. He has a habit of sticking his tongue out every time he talks or laughs. He successfully defeated Shun in episode 15. In episode 20 he and Mylene battled Dan and Baron in Beta City and were defeated when Drago unleashed the power of the Perfect Core. He later flees to Vestal with the Vexos, Prince Hydron, and Professor Clay, leaving Spectra and Gus. But soon after, he is forced to leave Vestal with the other Vexos after the citizens of Vestal rally against Zenoheld and Hydron. Later, when Spectra blocks the Vexos from teleporting to Vestal, Zenoheld sends Shadow to Earth to battle Alice to learn the Brawlers back to Earth. He loses his Darkus Hades against Alice and Chan Lee, but reveals his mechanical Bakugan Darkus MAC Spyder, and wins easily. In episode 35, he joins with Prince Hydron to battle Marucho for the Aquos attribute energy and succeeds upon defeating Elfin, but lost to Preyas. When the Resistance infiltrated the Mother Palace, Shadow and Lync fought Ace and Marucho, winning the battle and taking the Darkus energy. He is currently trapped in Bakugan Interspace along with Mylene, Keith and Mira. Shadow and Mylene are pulled into the dimensional portal while Mira and Keith were teleported back to Earth.

Volt Luster

Voiced by: Tomoaki Maeno (Japanese), Carter Hayden (English)
Volt is a Haos attribute brawler. He used Haos Mega Brontes as his Guardian Bakugan and Haos Dynamo as a Trap Bakugan. He, together with Lync Volan, are the Vexos' tag team champions, although they don't get along well together. He gets defeated by Dan in episode 1, and then again in episode 9 by Ace and Shun in the Bakugan Battle Tournament. He successfully defeats Marucho in episode 14. He is defeated by Baron in episode 23, and in episode 24 is shown with Mylene and Shadow as they hatched an escape plan. In episode 25, his Haos Brontes got thrown out by Mylene, together with her Aquos Elico, as she thinks that Bakugan with feelings are useless. Although he was furious, he still left without Brontes, proving Mira's theory that he is brainless. He later flees to Vestal with the Vexos, Prince Hydron, and Professor Clay, leaving Spectra and Gus. He makes his reappearance in episode 31, at first challenging Dan and the brawlers still in possession of Elemental Energies, but backs when Spectra appears, and Gus taunts him by saying he stole Brontes' soul. It is shown Volt seems to believe in doing the honorable thing, saying, "I won't kick a man when he's down," after Dan defeats Spectra, and seemingly weakened by the battle. Later, Volt challenges Gus to a brawl to win Brontes back, revealing his mechanical Bakugan Haos Boriates. However, he is defeated by Gus. In episode 36, Volt challenges Shun for the Ventus attribute energy. But Volt is defeated by the combined efforts of Shun and Baron. In episode 46 Volt doesn't agree with King Zenoheld's plan to destroy all living things that stand up against him and returns home showing some of his past to the audience in the process. He is shortly thereafter confronted and challenged by Prince Hydron, Volt wins the ensuing Brawl then starts to leave not before scarring Hydron by telling Boriates to nearly crush him. As payback Hydron throws a grenade in front of Volt which opens a dimensional port beneath him, sending him into a far dimension. As Volt sinks into the portal, he vows that Hydron will get what's coming to him for all the suffering he has caused innocent people. Volt later appears in Hydron's dreams/hallucinations along with Lync in episode 49.

Lync Volan

Voiced by: Matsuri Mizuguchi (Japanese), Robert Tinkler (English)
Lync is a Ventus brawler. He used mechanical Ventus Altair as his Guardian Bakugan, and mechanical Ventus Wired as a Trap Bakugan. Altair and Wired are able to combine into Meta Altair. However, in episode 11, Altair and Wired were damaged beyond repair, and didn't brawl for the rest of the season. He was a spy for Prince Hydron on Spectra and Gus. He and Volt Luster were the Vexos' tag team champions. He gets defeated by Dan in episode 1, and then again in episode 9 by Ace and Shun in the Bakugan Battle Tournament. He then gets defeated by Baron in episode 11. He went to Earth with Spectra, Gus, Dan, Mira, and Baron. He was stuck on Earth with Alice after rejecting Dan's hospitality. He is seen crying at the end of episode 11. Baron called him 'a little weasel' in episode 11. In the same episode, Gus calls him a snake. He has his Gauntlet taken away by Dr. Gehabich in order to fix his dimension transporter without Lync realizing it (although it wouldn't have mattered, as his Bakugan were destroyed anyhow). Lync eventually makes it home after swearing loyalty to Spectra and when Prince Hydron asked him to spy on Spectra, Lync denies him and helps Spectra with his "ultimate plan". But he then betrays Spectra by locking up Gus so he can't tell his master of Mylene's escape plan. It is obvious he will do whatever is best for him, due to his multiple betrayals throughout the series. He later flees to Vestal with the Vexos, Prince Hydron, and Professor Clay, leaving Spectra and Gus. He reappears to battle Shun after Zenoheld launches a prototype for the Bakugan Termination System, but is defeated with the combined efforts of Skyress, and a newly evolved Ingram. In episode 34, Lync and Mylene battle Runo and Mira and succeed in obtaining the Subterra attribute energy. He later brawls Ace and Marucho alongside Shadow, taking the Darkus energy. He may have a crush on Alice. For example, Lync decides to warn her about the Alternate Weapons System, risking sharing the same fate as Volt in the process, even though he had betrayed her earlier on and he referes to her as pretty and a good cook and keeps defending her by telling Hydron to leave her alone. Lync later appears in Hydron's dreams/hallucinations along with Volt in episode 49.

Professor Clay

Voiced by: Scott McCord
Professor Clay is Mira Clay's and Keith Clay/Spectra Phantom's father, who created the first Mechanical Bakugan named Ventus Altair for Lync in Cyber Nightmare (episode 7). He also appeared in episode 2 with Alpha Hydranoid. He also created Darkus Hades and Trap Darkus Fortress for Shadow. Professor Clay is also credited for making the Cyber Bakugan that were intended for Prince Hydron but are being reprogramed for Spectra by Lync. He also turns Pyrus Viper Helios into Pyrus Cyborg Helios after Helios gave him the idea of a Cyborg Bakugan. He also oversaw the test run of his creation Farbros in King Zenoheld's battle with the 6 Ancient Warriors. Besides Altair, Cyborg Helios, and Farbros, other examples of Professor Clay's Mechanical Bakugan creations are Aquos Brachium, Darkus Fortress, Subterra Dryoid, Dynamo, Fencer, Foxbat, Grafias, Grakus Hound, Hades, Klawgor, Leefram, Macubass, Metalfencer, Scraper, Spindle, Spitarm, Spyderfencer, and Wired. He also designed the Bakugan Termination System and is currently developing the Alternative Weapon system for King Zenoheld. As of episode 50, he has finished the Alternative Weapon system (which he based on Farbros). In episode 52, he was killed, along with Hydron & Zenoheld, when the Alternative System was destroyed.

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