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''Bakugan Battle Brawlers'' is the story of six children who find Bakugan, which are these spherical toy-like things that contain monsters ([[Beyblade|gee, does THAT sound familiar?]]), and must save the Bakugan's world, Vestroia. Some of these have their own spirits and are able to speak--all of the main characters, and most of the supporting cast, has one of these.
All and all, ''Bakugan'' could be seen as a combination of many different popular series. It is in varying parts reminiscent of ''[[
The rules are hard to pin point, since they were never fully explained and [[Screw the Rules I Have Plot|change whenever its needed]], similar to the first season of ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!]]''. At difference of ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!]]'', however, as the show has progressed the rules haven't become more clear; on the contrary, they've become more and more vague (hard as that is to believe). What little structure and strategy there was in the first season has been completely abandoned in favor of two children shouting "Ability Card Activate!" over and over and over and over for the entire episode. Of course, this doesn't translate to the [[Bakugan (
Was followed by a sequel series, ''Bakugan: New Vestroia'' set a few years after the end of ''Battle Brawlers'', and recently a third series, ''Bakugan: Gundalian Invaders'', ended and was followed by ''Bakugan: Mechtanium Surge'' now airing in Canada and the United States. Additionally, there are three video games available on all current generation consoles.
Not to be confused with ''[[
Collectible Card/Figure game [[Bakugan (
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=== Tropes used in this series: ===
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* [[Calling Your Attacks]]: "Ability Card Activate! (Insert card name here)!"
** And, of course: "Gate Card, Open!!"
* [[Cash Cow Franchise]]: An obvious trope considering how they promote a lot of the monsters once. It's also TMS's fourth (alongside [[
* [[Catch Phrase]]: Akwimos's "Cool is the rule, dude!"
* [[Char Clone]] - Spectra Phantom wears mostly red (including a mask), is blonde, is The Rival, {{spoiler|and is actually named Keith Clay, the older brother of Mira Clay}}. Also, Masquerade doesn't have a thing for red nor does he {{spoiler|err, she}} have a younger sister, but he is mostly this trope.
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* [[Elemental Powers]]: Pyrus (fire), Aquos (water), Ventus (air), Subterra (earth), Haos (light), and Darkus (darkness). These powers are drawn from Infinity (positive energy), which allows Bakugan to use all elements, and Silence (negative energy), which amplifies dark power to extreme heights. When combined, they form Perfect energy, and a Bakugan can use any element to its fullest, or even bend space and time.
* [[Evasive Fight Thread Episode]]: Episode 2 of ''New Vestroia'', after a bit of exposition, turns into a fight between Dan and Ace that never gets resolved.
* [[Everything's Better
* [[Evil Twin]]: Naga, to Wavern. (They're ''fraternal'' twins, by the way.)
* [[Evil vs. Evil]]: {{spoiler|The evil Mechtagon vs the Nonet Bakugan and Wiseman II.}} The episode is even ''called'' "Evil Vs Evil".
* [[Evolution Power-Up]]: All of the main Bakugan evolve at least once, and Drago and Hydranoid evolve twice.
** As of now, {{spoiler|Drago has evolved nine times. So far.}}
*** Season 4 is Deconstructing this rather hard. Drago's latest evolution is way too much for him to control and is causing ''a lot'' of problems. It's created an unstoppable engine of destruction that's kicking everyone's butts, threatening to set [[Big Bad|Mag Mel]] [[Sealed Evil in
* [[Exposed to
* [[Expy]]: as far as anyone's concerned, Spectra is Masquerade 2.0. both wear eye-covering masks, have flamboyant blonde hair, seek to create the "Ultimate Bakugan", and have shocking secret identities.
** That Spectra...[[Char Clone|HE IS A CHAR!!]]
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*** Speaking of Geass, when Dan's new silver outfit makes him look a lot like Suzaku.
** Shun is a top level battler in his chosen toy-using sport, has real-world fighting skills, plays on [[All Girls Want Bad Boys]] for the fans, and is a loner. He's Kai with a different look. He even had issues with working with his team and came around due to his connection with his Bakugan (like Kai did with Dranzer).
** Dan in his first season outfit looks a lot like [[Higurashi no Naku Koro
** Elfin. [http://images.wikia.com/bakuganusers/images/b/b0/Elfin_Anime.jpg Don't you dare say] [http://aja510.tripod.com/SMoon.jpg that she is not an expy of Sailor Moon].
** Gunz looks a lot like [[Yu-Gi-Oh!
** Billy is a dead ringer for a younger [[Fatal Fury|Terry Bogard]]. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oNLdCmZblRQ Dubbing over Billy's lines with Terry's] seems ''completely natural.''
** Dan looks a lot like [[Digimon Frontier
* [[Eyes of Gold]]: The sign of a brainwashed brawler in ''Gundalian Invaders''.
* [[Fan Service]]: Very subtly. While they've taken them out of the action, Julie and Runo aren't ''completely'' gone in ''New Vestroia'', and any time Mira is seen from the side, it will inevitably be from [[Zettai Ryouiki|the right side]]. Marketing to children while including some [[Turn-On Tropes]]...[[Fetish Fuel|well played, Sega/Spinmaster.]]
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*** In ''Gundalian Invaders'', Jake takes over the [[Big Guy]] role, Shun and Ren become co-Lancers ({{spoiler|with Ren being [[The Mole]]}}), and Princess Fabia becomes the [[Token Girl]] and [[The Chick]].
* [[Foot Focus]]: Mira's feet get some attention in her downtime, once when she's lying in bed with her boots kicked off, and again in Shun's dojo, relaxing barefoot as she talks with him, in respect of abandoning footwear while meditating.
* [[Forged
* [[Fusion Dance]]: ''Mechtanium Surge'' introduces this, allowing two Bakugan to merge together. They split in half and then each half merges with half of their partner. In an unusual take on this, they two remain separate, but both gain traits and powers from their fusion partner.
* [[Gender Bender]]: {{spoiler|Masquerade is clearly a guy, especially with his deep voice, but when his mask is taken off, he becomes ''Alice.'' Comes with a [[Impossibly Cool Clothes|nifty]] clothes change too.}}
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** {{spoiler|"Surge": Kodokor lets himself be slain so that a combined Spatterix and Stronk can take down Mechtavius Destroyer in the havoc of his explosive death, and likewise, the latter two buy time for Betadron and Gunz to escape harm.}}
** {{spoiler|Also in "Surge", Worton and Betadron stay behind in the time stream to let the Brawlers travel back to the past, knowing they might perish.}}
* [[Hey, It's That Voice!]]: Mira, [[X
** Pretty much two third's of the cast are voiced by Canadian animation voice acting veterans
** Hmm, half of Bakugan: Gundalian Invaders is the [[Metal Fight Beyblade|Beyblade Metal Fusion]] show, if not all.
** In the original Japanese, [[Keiji Fujiwara|Drago]] is [[Fullmetal Alchemist (
* [[Hoist
** {{spoiler|Guess what! HE EXPLODED.}}
* [[Hot-Blooded]]: Dan.
* [[Hot Shounen Mom]]: Dan's mom; Baron points out how young she looks when he meets her.
** Pretty much eveyone's mom except Runo's..... and not even then if you're [[Fetis Fuel|into that kind of stuff]].....Shun's Mom is the hottest, [[Utsuge|and is therefore]] [[Incurable Cough of Death|ill to deathbed!]] [[Ill Girl|GODDAMNED SEGA/SPINMASTER!!]]
*** [[It Got Worse|It gets worse]]. In Japan she's [[Never Say "Die"|dead]].
* [[Human Aliens]]: The Vestals.
** Subverted in the case of the Nethians and Gundalians- they're only using illusions to make themselves appear human to blend in with humans on Earth.
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* [[Humongous Mecha]]: The Mechtogan. There are also the larger Mechtogan Titan.
* [[Ill Girl|Ill Boy]]: Joe.
* [[Inaction Sequence]]: Like with most [[Yu-Gi-Oh!|card]] and [[Beyblade|toy]] based games. Although when it's averted, it's averted ''awesomely''! {{spoiler|Laser-Sword Fight!}}
* [[Incest Subtext]]: Mira, Keith...[[Not a Date|mere dinner or a date?]]
** In the finale, {{spoiler|they live together, and Gus was nowhere to be seen}}.
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* [[Mad Scientist's Beautiful Daughter]]: Mira subverts this; she's ''already'' leading [[La Résistance]] at the start of ''New Vestroia'', and she's not an only child.
** Alice, a Mad Scientist's Beautiful ''Granddaughter'', plays this straight. Well, sort of. Her grandfather, Michael, was taken over by negative energy after an accident with a dimensional transporter and became the evil Hal-G, and she tried to defend him, and was herself being used by him, first by being turned into Masquerade and then by being tricked into believing that Michael was [[I Know You Are in There Somewhere Fight|in there somewhere]].
* [[Magical Girl]]: Elfin. while it wasn't so noticeable at first, when she evolved into Minx Elfin, she invokes this trope so much that she's practically become a [[Affectionate Parody|direct homage]] to Sailor Moon, complete with [[In the Name of
* [[Mask Power]]: The evil Masquerade.
** And the evil Spectra. Though he's started wearing the mask even as good.
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** Cordegon, Slycerack, Exostriker, and Mandiblor act as minions to the Nonets to use their power while they recuperate. These Mechtogan combine into the terrifying Mechtavius Destroyer when united, capable of sucking in the power of defeated Bakugan. In response to this, {{spoiler|Chromopod's ability to strip these Mechtogan from Cordegon's control allows for the fusion of Quatrogan.}}
** The strongest power of Bakugan is the ability to resonate with the willpower and courage of other Bakugan and humans to tap into their greatest and most decisive powers, often the result being evolution. In Drago's case, anytime a foe causes both him and Dan to force themselves to new heights, their wills fire up, and almost certainly, it leads to another evolution. They get tested so much by powerful forces and battle challenging evils so frequently, transformations are Drago's instinctive response to finding more strength: he and Dan ''will it into existence.''
* [[Motionless Chin]]: Played painfully straight, akin to one of [[Kenichi:
* [[Never Say "Die"]]: Shun's Mom. Mostly subverted otherwise.
* [[Nice Hat]]: On the final episode of ''Battle Brawlers'', Dan and Runo go out on a date, with the latter sporting a whole new hairstyle and matching white dress. Somehow the first thing Dan notices on Runo is her [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LjCCdcsAfzg cool looking hat].
* [[Nice Job Breaking It, Hero]]:
** Code Eve, the creator of the Bakugan, gave Drago an upgrade as a reward for defeating season three's [[Big Bad]]. This ends up being too much for him to handle, resulting in Drago creating a Zenthon. This also links Dan and Dragon to [[Big Bad|Mag]] [[Sealed Evil in
** Thanks to Mag Mel, nearly everything the Brawlers do in ''Mechtanium Surge'' turns out to be this. Not really their fault though, Mag Mel is just that good at [[Xanatos Speed Chess]].
* [[No Export for You]]: ''New Vestroia'' combines this with [[Short Run in Peru]] by not airing in ''Japan'' at all despite the series being created by the Japanese company TMS Entertainment and airing in Japan first.
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* [[The Other Darrin]]: There're several characters in the English dub have more then one actor, but isn't that noticeable (nor are they credited for that matter), Naga in particular had three.
* [[Power Levels]]: Have been escalating. Brawlers can now take their opponent's Bakugan if their Bakugan's power level exceeds the opponent's by 500, and this happens regularly--as do power levels nearing 2000. Also, in episode 9 of ''New Vestroia'', Lync says that a Bakugan can't move if its power level drops below 300. In ''Battle Brawlers'', Bakugan with a natural power level below 300 were commonplace.
** [[Magic
*** Heck, the power levels in the actual game have been increasing as well, though at a slower pace. 450 to 500 Gs used to be powerful, but now we have Bakugan with 1000 Gs. Luckily enough, 1000 is as far as it goes...for now.
** The highest so far has been Drago with 3150 Gs. Granted, this was seen as far to much in-universe, and he was in danger of ''exploding'' but...
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* [[Power Trio]]: Through three series, we've had three different Haos, Darkus, and Subterra brawlers...but [[The Hero|Dan]], [[The Lancer|Shun]], and [[The Smart Guy|Marucho]] have been there for all four seasons.
* [[The Ingenue]] / [[Proper Lady]]: Alice
* [[Put
** The [http://www.bakugan.com official website] has also removed most of the content regarding ''Battle Brawlers'' in favor of ''New Vestroia'' material...Not exactly sure how they're going to bring the suspense about Shun's return, which hasn't actually aired in the US yet...
** Also Preyas Angelo/Preyas Diablo. He disappears until Mechtavius Destroyer wages an attack on New Vestroia... and gets a painfully brief cameo before {{spoiler|he has a [[Disney Death]].}}
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* [[Screams Like a Little Girl]]: Jake
* [[Screens Are Cameras]]: When Dan and his friends video chat over the internet.
* [[Sealed Evil in
* [[Serious Business]]: Justified, as Bakugan can do [[The Game Plays You|a lot of damage]].
* [[Sequel Hook]]: At the end of ''New Vestroia'', {{spoiler|The last thing Prof. Clay sees before the ship blows is footage of Bakugan at war with each other, setting the stage for}} ''{{spoiler|Gundalian Invaders}}''.
* [[Set Right What Once Went Wrong]]: {{spoiler|C Mechravius Destroyer obliterates Bakugan City and everyone in it, as well as succeeds in Bakugan genocide, so Dan and the Brawlers go back in time to stop him. However, it does not save the fallen Nonets, while the last two left alive perform a [[Heroic Sacrifice]] to make this happen.}}
* [[She Is Not My Girlfriend]]: Dan in ''New Vestroia''.
* [[The Short Guy
* [[Short Run in Peru]]: Sort of. ''Battle Brawlers'' episodes aired first in their country of origin, Japan. ''New Vestroia'' episodes also air in one of their countries of origin...Canada, home to North American distributor Nelvana. ''New Vestroia'' isn't airing in Japan at all.
** No, it's going to air in Japan...almost ''A WHOLE YEAR'' AFTER IT STARTED IN NORTH AMERICA!!
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