Bakugan/Characters

Dan & Drago


Dan Kuso (Yuu Kobayashi and Scott McCord) & Pyrus Dragonoid ‘Drago’ (Keiji Fujiwara & Jason Deline)


 * Crystal Dragon Jesus: Points to Drago for being an actual Dragon.
 * And, at one point, an actual crystal.
 * Evolution Power-Up: 9 so far with a restart at 4.
 * Deconstructed in Season 4. His latest evolution is causing a massive amount of grief to everyone. This includes causing him and Dan to fall out from grace with their inuniverse fanbase, creating an unstoppable engine of destruction, and threatening to set loose the Sealed Evil in a Can that's serving as this seasons Big Bad.
 * Make that 10 times now that Drago has evolved.
 * Fingerless Gloves: Dan, Battle Brawlers only.
 * Goggles Do Nothing: Dan.
 * Idiot Hero: Any of the GET PUMPED scenes in New Vestroia should tell you why Dan is this.
 * The Hero/Messiah/Chosen One: Drago.
 * Merchandise-Driven: Drago is the best example of this trope with over 25 products for him in the last 3 years.
 * Only Known by Their Nickname: Drago (Whose full name is Dragonoid)
 * Playing with Fire: Most of Dan's Bakugan, including Drago.
 * Power Incontinence: Definitely..
 * It Got Worse. The power has become far too much for him to control, which is forcing them to concentrate too much on keeping it under control to win matches. Not only that, its now literally created a monster and is threatening to let Mag Mel out of his prison.
 * Despite the fact that they have now learned to control their new powers, and have taken multiple levels in Badass, managing to summon a Mechtogan Titan recently, which curb-stomped three other Mechtogan within a minute, which occurred through learning to control Zenthon, the energy from their battles has given Mag Mel EXACTLY what he needed to start tearing apart Bakugan Interspace.
 * Restart At Level One: Drago in New Vestroia.
 * Totally Radical: Dan in the first few episodes of Battle Brawlers.

Marucho


Choji ‘Marucho’ Marakura (Ryo Hirohashi & Joanne Vanicola) & Preyas/Angelo/Diablo/Elfin/Akwimos/Tristar
 * Ambiguously Gay: Preyas, Angelo.
 * Marucho [[media:marucho3_7730.jpg|too]].
 * Affectionate Parody: Elfin of Sailor Moon.
 * Minx Elfin is just plain Baku Moon.
 * Battle Couple: Elfin and Preyas
 * Catch Phrase
 * Akwimos: Cool is the rule dude!
 * Good Angel, Bad Angel: Angelo and Diablo.
 * Idiot Ball: Marucho's loss in episode 2 of Gundlian Invaders involves him not preparing for a strategy that was just used on him.
 * Hair Antennae: Marucho
 * The Chick: Preyas, Eflin, Angelo
 * The Heart: Marucho as of Gundalian Invaders, cemented in Mechtanium Surge.
 * Making a Splash: Most of his Bakugan.
 * The Smart Guy: Marucho
 * The Strategist: Marucho in Mechtanium Surge
 * Put on a Bus: Preyas, Angelo, Diablo and Elfin. Though The Bus Came Back briefly for Preyas in both New Vestroia and Mechtanium Surge.
 * Older Than They Look: Marucho is fifteen. He's still at Dan's waist.
 * Only Known by Their Nickname: You didn't know his name was Choji till now.
 * Took a Level In Badass: Like Shun, Mechtanium Surge has been quite kind to him in the Badass department.

Shun


Shun Kazami (Chihiro Suzuki & Zachary Bennet) & Skyress/Ingram/Hawktor/Taylean
 * Blow You Away: Most of his Bakugan have the Ventus attribute.
 * The Lancer: Shun, co-lancer with Runo.
 * Expy: Master Ingram manages to be an expy to both Super Sentai and all samurai anime OPs.
 * Gender Bender: Aparently female Ingram(s) evolve into male ones.
 * Important Haircut: Between Battle Brawlers and New Vestroia
 * Expository Hairstyle Change: His hair slowly grows back in Mechtanium Surge.
 * Took a Level In Badass: In Mechtanium Surge, he becomes the leader of the Brawlers when Dan takes off and takes his fighting skills up a notch. Taylean even becomes strong enough to create a Mechtogan, something only the Big Bad Mag Mel and Drago were previously able to doing (and Mag Mel was impressed when Drago did it).

Spectra/Keith Ferman & Helios


Spectra Phantom/Keith Ferman & Helios
 * Casting a Shadow: In Mechtanium Surge.
 * Char Clone: Outside of a Gundam series no less.
 * Discard and Draw: Helios discards his Pyrus abilities to become a far more powerful Darkus Bakugan in Mechatanium Surge.
 * Expy: Both of Char Anzable and Masquerade.
 * Foe Yay: His obsession with Dan.
 * Complete with Gus getting jealous.
 * Heel Face Turn
 * Karma Houdini: Rid a couple of Bakugan of their souls? Who cares, you’re still Mira’s brother and a good guy!
 * Playing with Fire: In New Vestroia.
 * Sixth Ranger: In New Vestoria.
 * Playing with Fire: In New Vestroia.
 * Sixth Ranger: In New Vestoria.

Allies
Paige (Annick Obonsawin) & Boulderon (Ron Pardo)

Debuted In: Mechtanium Surge

 * Dishing Out Dirt: Played with, though Boulderon is a subterra Bakugan he mainly uses abilities to do with Magnetism.
 * Dude Looks Like a Lady: Inverted with Paige.
 * Tomboy: Paige

Rafe(Andrew Craig) & Wolfurio (Andrew Jackson) 

Debuted In: Mechtanium Surge

 * Honor Before Reason: Both of them due to being Castle Knights.

Amazon

Debuted in: Mechtanium Surge

 * The Apprentice: To Preyas.
 * Large Ham
 * Shout-Out: To Kamen Rider Amazon.
 * Totally Radical

Dylan

Debuted in: Mechtanium Surge

 * Darkskinned Blonde
 * Lovable Coward
 * Loveable Rogue
 * Knowledge Broker
 * Trademark Favorite Food: Is never seen without a lollipop.

Fabia & Aranaut


Fabia Sheen (Stephanie Mills) & Aranaut

Debuted In: Gundalian Invaders

 * Arranged Marriage: With Jin.
 * Everything's Better with Princesses
 * Expy: Of Mira, Runo, and Shun's Mother.
 * And Fufei Chang from Gundam Wing
 * She also has Chan-Lee's voice actress.
 * Easy Amnesia: Aranaut.
 * Light'Em Up
 * Meaningful Name: Sheen.
 * You Gotta Have Blue Hair
 * Token Girl
 * Talking to Herself: Any time she battles Kazarina in the Latin American dub.

Jake & Coredem


Jake Vallory (Dan Petronivejic) & Coredem

Debuted In: Gundalian Invaders

 * Ascended Fanboy
 * The Big Guy
 * Brainwashed and Crazy: By Kazarina
 * Dishing Out Dirt: Coredem
 * The Ditz
 * Mr. Fanservice: Takes Baron’s place.
 * Expy: Baron 2.0
 * Foe Yay: With Kazarina
 * Good Is Dumb

Debuted In: Gundalian Invaders
Ren Krawler ( David Reale & Pete Curgno) & Linehalt
 * Becoming the Mask
 * Bishonen
 * Casting a Shadow
 * Heel Face Turn
 * The Mole
 * Redemption Earns Life

Julie & Gorem


Julie Heyward (Riza Mizuno & Katie Griffin) & Gorem (Hiroki Yasumoto & Stephen Hart)

Debuted In: Battle Brawlers

 * The Artifact: In Gundalian Invaders.
 * The Chick: Julie
 * Cultural Translation: Julie is supposed to be Australian, really. At least it’s averting most negative Race Tropes.
 * Dishing Out Dirt: Gorem and most of Julie's Bakugan.
 * The Big Guy: Gorem
 * Too Long; Didn't Dub: Her surname is apparently Heyward, this was discovered long after the Show had already called her Julie Makimoto.
 * Tomboy and Girly Girl: With Runo (Julie's the girly-girl.)
 * Ship Tease: With Dan and Billy.
 * Put on a Bus: Poor Gorem

Mira & Wilda


Mira Fermen (Risa Yukino & Alyson Court) & Wilda (Ron Pardo)

Debuted In: New Vestroia

 * Dishing Out Dirt: Mira's main element in New Vestroia.
 * Heel Face Turn and Face Heel Turn
 * Fashionable Asymmetry: With Zettai Ryouiki!
 * Spell My Name with an "S": Wilda or Wilde or Wildha?
 * Token Girl: Mira.
 * The Big Guy: Both Mira and Wilda.

Baron & Nemus


Baron Letloy (Ryuichi Kobota & Cameron Kennedy) & Nemus (Ron Pardo)

Debuted In: New Vestroia

 * Ascended Fanboy: Baron
 * The Chick: Baron
 * Mr. Fanservice: Baron, Baron, Baron…
 * Idiot Hero: Baron.
 * Though surprisingly good at working with computers and brawling.
 * Light'Em Up
 * The Smart Guy: Nemus

Ace & Percival


Ace Grit (Yasuaki Takumi & Alex House) & Percival (Scott Mccord)

Debuted In: New Vestroia

 * The Lancer: Ace takes the role from Shun, Percival takes over from Tigrerra.

Debuted In: Battle Brawlers
Runo Misaki (Eri Sendai & Julie Lemieux) & Tigrerra (Atsushi Ono & Joanne Vannicola)
 * Expy: She resembles Miku Hatsune.
 * Fingerless Gloves: Runo in Battle Brawlers.
 * The Lancer: Runo, co-lancer with Shun.
 * Light'Em Up: Runo's Bakugan, including Tigrerra.
 * Idiot Hair
 * Put on a Bus: Both in Gundalian Invaders.
 * Technically Runo does return in New Vestroia but is kept on earth by Deus Ex Machina, just like Alice and Julie.
 * Tsundere: Runo
 * The Smart Guy: Tigrerra, apparently.
 * She's a Man In Japan: Tigrerra, noticeably when s/he evolves.
 * Tomboy and Girly Girl: With Julie (Runo's the tomboy.)
 * Zettai Ryouiki: All of Runo’s outfits.
 * Her usual outfits are Grade C, but she sports a Grade S in New Vestroia.

Alice & Hydranoid


Alice Gehabich (Mamiko Noto & Emilie Claire Barlow) & Hydranoid (Izo Oikawa & Craig Marshal)

Debuted In: Battle Brawlers

 * Dark Is Not Evil: Both Alice and Hydranoid.
 * Gender Bender: And HOW!
 * Put on a Bus: In Gundalian Invdaders.
 * Technically Alice does return in New Vestroia but is kept on earth by Deus Ex Machina, just like Runo and Julie.
 * The Smart Guy: Sort of.
 * The Strategist: Acts like this before she can brawl.
 * The Sixth Ranger: If we were to go by Brawling.
 * Super-Powered Evil Side: Masquerade.
 * The Ingenue / Proper Lady: Alice

Joe & Wyvern
Joe (Souichiro Hoshi & Scott McCord) & Wyvern (Nao Takamori & Katie Griffin)

Debuted In: Battle Brawlers

 * Beware the Nice Ones: Joe.
 * Cain and Abel: Wyvern is the Abel to Naga's Cain.
 * Heroic Sacrifice: Wyvern allows herself to be killed to transfer the Infinity Core to Drago to give him a fighting chance against Naga.
 * Put on a Bus: Joe
 * Seventh Ranger: Joe and Wyvern
 * Spirit Advisor: Wyvern becomes this after he death.
 * What Happened to the Mouse?: Joe wasn't even mentioned after the end of Battle Brawlers. Wyvern appears as a Spirit Advisor to Drago though and has been remembered by him a few times.

Battle Brawlers
Naga
 * Big Bad
 * Cain and Abel: The Cain to Wyvern's Abel.
 * Flat Character: Doesn't get much onscreen growth, but that's partly because he's controling things from behind the scenes the entire time.
 * Karmic Death: According to Word of God, he was sent to the Doom Dimension upon his defeat, the same place he'd arranged for a great many Bakugan to be sent to.
 * Not Quite Dead: According to Word of God, he was banished to the Doom Dimension...despite the fact he exploded.
 * The Other Darrin/The Other Marty: Has the worst case of this in the series, going through three different voice actors throughout the run
 * Phlebotinum Overload:

Masquerade & Hydranoid
 * The Dragon: To Naga.
 * Gender Bender:

Hal-G
 * Brainwashed and Crazy: He’s actually Alice’s grandpa.
 * Mad Scientist

The Six Gatekeepers of Dark Vestroia Tayghen, Hairadee, Tricloid, Rabedeer, Centorrior & Druman
 * Elemental Powers: Double elemental powers for each of them.
 * Monsters of the week: All six of them.

New Vestroia
Zenoheld
 * Big Bad
 * Killed Off for Real: His ship explodes with him still in it..
 * Omnicidal Maniac: Gets so fed up with getting his butt kicked that he ends up trying to destroy the whole universe..
 * Villainous Breakdown: He doesn't take failure well. Each time his forces are defeated his motivations get more and more overboard. He goes from trying to conquer the Bakugan to trying to perform genocide on them to finally trying to destroy the whole freaking universe! Yeah, he's still pretty composed the whole time, but his motives aren't.

Clay Fermen
 * Mad Scientist: Or For Science!.



Hydron
 * Fallen Princess: Male version
 * Heel Face Turn
 * Redemption Equals Death: Ends up apparently dying to prevent Zenoheld from escaping his battleship.
 * Rich Bitch: Male version.
 * "Well Done, Son" Guy



Gus Grav & Vulcan
 * Ambiguously Gay: Gus
 * Depraved Homosexual
 * Meaningful Name: Grav, as in Gravity. He’s a subterra brawler.
 * More Than Mind Control: Seems like this in relations to Spectra.



Volt Luster & Brontes
 * Mr. Fanservice
 * Pet the Dog: Volt and Brontes, followed by Shoot the Shaggy Dog from Gus.
 * Meaningful Name



Lync Volan & Altair
 * Adorably Precocious Child: Not really, but the fandom like to see him as one.



Mylene Pharaoh & Elico
 * The Baroness/The Dark Chick: Mylene
 * Heroic Sacrifice: Elico



Shadow Prove & Hades
 * Laughing Mad

Gundalian Invaders
Kazarina
 * The Baroness/The Dark Chick
 * The Dragon: The Emperor seemed awfully fond of her, even stating her name while executing Gill.
 * Hypnotic Eyes
 * The Mole: Pretended to side with Nurzak in his planned coup, but turns him in to the Emperor.

Mag Mel/

 * Berserk Button:
 * Big Bad
 * Broken Faceplate: His mask gets shattered by Dan, revealing
 * Chessmaster: He's been pretty much one step ahead of everyone the entire season and the one time he actually lost, he still managed to come out ahead.
 * Dangerously Genre Savvy:
 * How does he react to getting a Psychic Link with The Hero? Not only does he use it to Mind Rape them, he uses it to take advantage of their ever growing power to absorb their energy to free him from his prison and get even stronger. He also takes advantage of the heroes being preoccupided with the chaos at Bakugan Interspace to get Team Anubias, his minions into it and start destroying it from within. And apparently
 * He was also smart enough to bypass the Sorting Algorithm of Evil the moment he was free and attack the Brawlers personally before they could become strong enough to be on his level. And his entire assault on Gundalia turns out to be a Xanatos Gambit. Winning didn't even matter because he sent another group to Interspace and pretty much crippled it.
 * Disk One Final Boss: Is beaten half way through Mechtanium Surge after Drago evolves into Fusion Dragonoid.
 * Emotion Eater: As if he wasn't already terrifying enough, he can eat fear in addition to energy.
 * Evil Cannot Comprehend Good: His incapable of understanding that
 * Hidden Villain: Nothing was known about him at first, and his true identity is only made known when Dan shatters his mask
 * Knight of Cerebus: His arc is considerably more frightening than the previous villains, do in part to the simple fact that unlike the previous Big Bads, he's not after anything. He's just a murderious Omnicidal Maniac whose goal is to destroy the world. Not to mention the fact he's spent most of his arc performing a truly horrifying Mind Rape on Dan and Drago. To put this in perspective, he attacked Gundalia and began burning it to the ground.
 * Made of Evil:
 * Manipulative Bastard: He's pretty good at manipulating people as well, having pretty much created his two Co-Dragons to do this in Bakugan Interspace, since he was imprisoned at the time.
 * Mind Rape: Another thing he's been using his Psychic Link with Dan and Drago for. The worst part is, he actually seems to enjoy it!
 * Mook Maker: Can create Chaos Bakugan, mindless monsters existing only to destroy. He also created Anubias and Sellon.
 * Nothing Is Scarier: So far, there's very little known about who or what he is except he was imprisoned for genocide and is an Omnicidal Maniac seeking to destroy Earth. Arguably, this makes him even scarier than the other main villains.
 * In-universe, part of what makes Dan and Drago so unnerved by his is the simple fact they have no idea where he came from or what he wants with them.
 * Not Quite Dead:
 * This would count to Emperor Barodius as well due to everyone believing he and Dharak were killed by Code Eve. They were actually imprisoned in another dimension and became Mag Mel and Razenoid.
 * Omnicidal Maniac: If his minions are to be believed, his goal is to destroy the world. Considering it's said he was imprisoned for genocide, this is a pretty safe bet. And the first thing he did after being unleashed was attack Gundalia with the intent of burning it to the ground.
 * One-Winged Angel:
 * Orcus on His Throne: Justified at first because he was literally sealed on his throne. Subverted, as he's the first Big Bad to lead his forces on the battlefield the moment he was out of his prison and able to.
 * The Power of Hate: Is a firm believer in this.
 * Psychic Link: Drago's newest evolution resulted in him and Mag Mel being linked in this fashion. Mel is presently attempting to drain his energy to break free of his prison. He's also been using it to Mind Rape them both and later to read Dan's mind to find out what the Brawlers were planning.
 * The Reveal:
 * Sadistic Choice: Makes the Brawlers choose between killing an innocent person and deleting his Chaos Bakugan army.
 * Sealed Evil in a Can: Presently imprisoned in another dimmension along with his Guardian Bakugan. Thankfully for him, he's got a Psychic Link to Drago whose got a good bit of excess power to spare. And now, he's finally free, and his first act was to launch an all out attack on Gundalia.
 * Xanatos Speed Chess
 * You Have Outlived Your Usefulness:
 * The Reveal:
 * Sadistic Choice: Makes the Brawlers choose between killing an innocent person and deleting his Chaos Bakugan army.
 * Sealed Evil in a Can: Presently imprisoned in another dimmension along with his Guardian Bakugan. Thankfully for him, he's got a Psychic Link to Drago whose got a good bit of excess power to spare. And now, he's finally free, and his first act was to launch an all out attack on Gundalia.
 * Xanatos Speed Chess
 * You Have Outlived Your Usefulness:
 * Xanatos Speed Chess
 * You Have Outlived Your Usefulness:
 * You Have Outlived Your Usefulness:

Team Anubias
Anubias (Rob Grenway} & Raverdian
 * Artificial Human: Is an artifical life form created by Mag Mel.
 * The Dragon: For Mag Mel.
 * Impossibly Cool Clothes: I'm pretty sure his gloves are attatched to his sleeves. Have fun getting out of that costume.
 * The Only One Allowed to Defeat You: Towards Dan.
 * The Only One Allowed to Defeat You: Towards Dan.

Jack Punt (Gil Anderson) & Krakenoid
 * Dark-Skinned Blond

Ben & Bolcanon
 * Mr. Fanservice

Team Sellon
Sellon (Katie Griffith) & Spyron
 * Affirmative Action Girl
 * Lady of War

Chris (Emilie Claire Barlow) & Clawsaurus
 * Blondes Are Evil

Soon (Alyson Court) & Spidaro
 * Heel Face Turn
 * The Quiet One

Evil Mechtogan/Mechtavius Destroyer
Coredegon
 * A Nazi by Any Other Name: He and his fellows intend to perform genocide on the Bakugan to pave the way for their new Master Race of Mechtogan. As can be expected, he considers everyone else, especially Bakugan, inferior to him and the other evolved Mechtogan.
 * Authority Equals Asskicking: Is the leader of the four Mechtogan and the most powerful of them. And according to the game, his G-Power exceeds that of a Mechtogan Titan. And that's without turning into Mechtavius Destroyer.
 * Big Bad:
 * Casting a Shadow
 * Combining Mecha: Is able to combine with his three fellows to form the Mechtavius Destroyer. It also appears that he's the one who controls the combined form, forming the head, left arm, and core of the body.
 * Dangerously Genre Savvy:
 * He's got a massive ego, but is smart enough to attack before a person can throw out their Mechtogan and attempt to kill Bakugan in ball form.
 * He also learned from his past mistakes, targeting and taking out Drago before he could summon Dragonoid Destroyer, the thing that's beat him and his brothers twice before.
 * Dark Is Evil
 * Devour the Dragon:
 * Hero-Killer:
 * Like a Badass Out of Hell: Came from the Doom Dimension, pretty much the Bakugan equalivalant of Hell.
 * Manipulative Bastard
 * One-Winged Angel: Mechtavius Destroyer probably counts, considering he controls it.
 * Turned Against Their Masters: Lead his fellow evolved Bakugan against their creators and now seeks to exterminate all the Bakugan.
 * Villain Team-Up: Despite his hatred of Bakugan, he and his fellows are willing to work with Wiseman and his minions simply because they hate the Brawlers more.
 * You Have Outlived Your Usefulness: The first thing we see him do is vaporize his creator now that he's evolved to the point he doesn't need him anymore. He now intends to do this to all Bakugan.
 * Turned Against Their Masters: Lead his fellow evolved Bakugan against their creators and now seeks to exterminate all the Bakugan.
 * Villain Team-Up: Despite his hatred of Bakugan, he and his fellows are willing to work with Wiseman and his minions simply because they hate the Brawlers more.
 * You Have Outlived Your Usefulness: The first thing we see him do is vaporize his creator now that he's evolved to the point he doesn't need him anymore. He now intends to do this to all Bakugan.

Exostriker
 * Combining Mecha
 * Dishing Out Dirt
 * Like a Badass Out of Hell
 * Turned Against Their Masters

Slycerak
 * Combining Mecha
 * Blow You Away
 * Like a Badass Out of Hell
 * Turned Against Their Masters.

Mandibor
 * Combining Mecha
 * Like a Badass Out of Hell
 * Turned Against Their Masters

Wiseman and the Nonet Bakugan

 * Band of Brothers: The Nonets, despite being evil, are close and even call each other brothers.
 * Big Bad: Alongside Coredegon, though due to their common enemy, they are willing to work together at times.
 * Like a Badass Out of Hell: The Nonet Bakugan were freed from the Doom Dimension by Wiseman.
 * One-Winged Angel:
 * Palette Swap:
 * Sealed Evil in a Can: Were imprisoned in the Doom Dimension by Drago's ancestor for their crimes.
 * Well-Intentioned Extremist: Seems to honestly believe seperating the humans and Bakugan is the right thing to do.
 * Villain Teleportation
 * Villainous Valour:
 * Villainous Valour:

Other
Mechanical Bakugan
 * The Computer Is a Cheating Bastard: They are mechanical, therefore made by humans. Who get to overpower them with high G Powers and Game Breaker abilities.