Bakugon
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Bakugon (バクゴン Bakugon) is a tapir-like Terror-Beast who first appeared in episode 23 of the 1973 Toho tokusatsu kaiju series Zone Fighter, titled "Secret of the Great Terror-Beast Bakugon."
Name
Bakugon's name is most likely derived from the baku, a tapir-like creature from Japanese mythology upon which the monster's design may have been based.
Design
Bakugon is a tall monster who draws on characteristics of tamanduas and tapirs. He has orangish-brown fur with a white torso, a black snout, ears and hands, as well as sharp curved ears. Bakugon also has red spikes adorning the sides of his lower neck. Bakugon appears to be augmented with cybernetics, as he has a set of metal objects on his back. A set of spikes also runs down to Bakugon's snout from the top of his neck.
History
- Zone Fighter (TV 1973) [episode 23]
Showa era
Zone Fighter
"Secret of the Great Terror-Beast Bakugon"
TBA
Abilities
Physical abilities
After splitting open part of the ground, Bakugon started his rampage by stomping on buildings. While a human sized Zone Fighter was attempting to roll away from Bakugon, he began to try and stomp on the hero. When Zone Fighter transformed into his giant form, Bakugon attempted to charge down the hero a few times, only for to be caught by Zone's grasp each time. While Zone Fighter was struggling with the illusions, Bakugon ran over and kicked the hero to the ground, and did it a second time when Zone tried to stand back up. Bakugon pulled Zone Fighter backwards when the hero attempted to recharge his energy via Zone Marker Change from Smokey, before slapping him to the ground. Bakugon then hopped on top of Zone and began to slam his claws into the downed hero sides, before pulling Zone Fighter up, just to smack him back to the ground. Bakugon relentlessly threw and smacked the hero around, easily overpowering Zone for a while.
Amphibiousness
Upon being set free from the Terror-Beast Missile he was launched from, Bakugon's head was shown emerging from a lake briefly, before submerging his head back under the lake's water. After his hallucinogenic magic was dispelled, Bakugon once again emerged from the lake, causing the surrounding junkyard to shake and eventually split open.
Flamethrower
Bakugon is able to expel flames from his snout, with anything the fire touched being set ablaze and exploding. During his rampage, Bakugon unleashed the flames from his snout on neighboring buildings, causing them to explode. When a human sized Zone Fighter arrived to stop the tapir kaiju, Bakugon spewed flames at the hero, causing Zone to back away from the flames, with the surrounding area having numerous patches of fire sprouting.
Illusion magic
Bakugon was able to use illusion magic (幻想マジック gensō majikku), which caused Zone Fighter "anguish", leaving the hero clutching his head and groaning. These illusions varied from distorting Zone Fighter's vision, appearing to have the ability to teleport around him, and producing multiple versions of himself.
Hallucination gas
Bakugon is capable of producing an invisible gas which causes anyone that inhales it to hallucinate. This was demonstrated when Akira Sakimori and several schoolchildren inhaled the gas and believed they were seeing a beautiful garden, when in reality it was just a scrapyard. His illusionary magic was also able to make a cluster of barbed wire appear to be a rose. The illusion was unable to be broken without wearing a specially made Zone Glass (ゾーングラス).
Superheated gas
According to All Kaiju Kaijin (First Volume), Bakugon can emit a superheated deadly gas (高熱殺人ガス kōnetsu satsujin gasu) from within his back, though this is never demonstrated.[3]
Intelligence
Bakugon realized that Zone Fighter was attempting to recharge himself in order to gain the upper hand against him, so the tapir kaiju pulled the hero out of range from Smokey in order to prevent a Zone Marker Change. Right before Zone Fighter used his Meteor Missile Might to kill the mammal, Bakugon covered his face with his hands, implying that he realized he would soon be dead.
Durability
Several beams from Smokey only seemed to irritate Bakugon rather than actually injure the tapir kaiju. When fighting Zone Fighter's giant form, Bakugon took multiple Meteor Punches to the face, knees to the throat, being flipped over and pounced on while repeatedly being punched, having his arm pulled at an awkward angle, being jumped on, and a double cartwheel kick to the face. After gaining the upper hand on Bakugon and getting recharged, Zone Fighter brutally beat the mammalian, even pulling Bakugon's snout closer just to punch him easier. Bakugon also managed to endure being hit with Zone's Meteor Windmill right in the face. Bakugon was finally killed after being shot with the twin volleys of Zone Fighter's Meteor Missile Might, with his body having various blinking lights rippling across him, before falling over limp and exploding.
Gallery
- Main article: Bakugon/Gallery.
Trivia
- Bakugon shares his name with an Ultra Series monster introduced over 20 years later in episode 40 of Ultraman Tiga.
References
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