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****** Well based on the preview for episode 38 runo is going to be brawling again. There probably was a good reason why she has not been involved before now when she returned.
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***** Except that in Runo and Mira's cases, they've been demoted from actual Brawlers to MissionControl and Julia is now basically a glorified civilian. The series has literally devolved to the girls taking up the non-action support roles.
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**** TheBusCameBack for most of the girls in Mectanium Surge's second half. Julie is apparently a reporter for Bakugan City, Mira, though acting slightly OutOfCharacter, is back, and it looks like Runo might return! All is right in the world.
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** Well, it could be much like how Apes evolved into Humans. Also, he's still a dragon. Dragons are not always animal-like after all.


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** The show evolved to saving multiple planets from various evils. I'd blame it on the whole "anime hero" situation that happens these days. Ben 10 is a similar case.

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** You see... I know of a certain collective that mainly sees the series ''because'' of the [[{{Lolicon}} girls.]]
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* So it turns out Mag Mel is actually Barodius (or however you spell it). I was suspecting this for a while, and it clears 1 or 2 things up, but what was the point in the name change? It's basically just Barodius in armor. Dharak changing to Razenoid makes a little bit of sense, since bakugan names slightly change when they evolve, but Barodius doesn't really have an excuse.

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* So it turns out Mag Mel is actually Barodius (or however you spell it). I was suspecting this for a while, and it clears 1 or 2 things up, but what was the point in the name change? It's basically just Barodius in armor. Dharak changing to Razenoid makes a little bit of sense, since bakugan names slightly change when they evolve, but Barodius doesn't really have an excuse.excuse.
** Three reasons. First, Barodius has also "evolved" and gotten far more powerful than he was before. Second , they had to make it at least somewhat shocking when his true identity is revealed, so he had to use another name. And third, after he was revealed, Barodius said ThatManIsDead. He doesn't even see ''himself'' as Barodius anymore, so there's no reason to refer to him as anything other than Mag Mel. It's made quite clear by TheReveal that Barodius has lost his mind, you probably would too being imprisoned in another dimmension in armor that's literally MadeOfEvil for at least several months with nothing but your own evil thoughts to keep you company. So it's likely he made up the Mag Mel identity as a result of his insanity.
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* Did I miss something between season one and season two? I watched (apparently) all of Season 1, and I'm not getting where any of the stuff that's happening is coming from; last time I checked they were regular kids on Earth who saved a Planet or something, and Bakugan was just a card game.

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* Did I miss something between season one and season two? I watched (apparently) all of Season 1, and I'm not getting where any of the stuff that's happening is coming from; last time I checked they were regular kids on Earth who saved a Planet or something, and Bakugan was just a card game.game.
* So it turns out Mag Mel is actually Barodius (or however you spell it). I was suspecting this for a while, and it clears 1 or 2 things up, but what was the point in the name change? It's basically just Barodius in armor. Dharak changing to Razenoid makes a little bit of sense, since bakugan names slightly change when they evolve, but Barodius doesn't really have an excuse.
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* Why is Drago getting more and more humanoid as the series goes on? Seriously! He looked way more awesome as a dragon...

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* Why is Drago getting more and more humanoid as the series goes on? Seriously! He looked way more awesome as a dragon...dragon...
* Did I miss something between season one and season two? I watched (apparently) all of Season 1, and I'm not getting where any of the stuff that's happening is coming from; last time I checked they were regular kids on Earth who saved a Planet or something, and Bakugan was just a card game.
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* Why is Dragon getting more and more humanoid as the series goes on? Seriously! He looked way more awesome as a dragon...

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* Why is Dragon Drago getting more and more humanoid as the series goes on? Seriously! He looked way more awesome as a dragon...
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**** Plus she doesn't act or look like a girl.

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**** Plus she doesn't act or look like a girl.girl.
*** Mistress Sellon's group is now with the Brawlers, so three now.
* Why is Dragon getting more and more humanoid as the series goes on? Seriously! He looked way more awesome as a dragon...
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*** Battle Brawlers: Julie, Runo, Alice, Skyress and Tigrera, 5 girls.

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*** Battle Brawlers: Julie, Runo, Alice, and Skyress and Tigrera, 4 girls. (Tigrera depending if you go by the dub 5 girls.)
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**** It's currently 1 with Paige. And only one. Would be nice for the gender to be equal again, really.

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**** It's currently 1 with Paige. And only one. Would be nice for the gender to be equal again, really.really.
**** Plus she doesn't act or look like a girl.
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*** Mechtanium Surge: None whatsoever. That Gundalian girl ''might'' be joining the brawlers, but there's not much of a guarantee as far as I know.

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*** Mechtanium Surge: None whatsoever. That Gundalian girl ''might'' be joining the brawlers, but there's not much of a guarantee as far as I know.know.
**** It's currently 1 with Paige. And only one. Would be nice for the gender to be equal again, really.
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** Because anyone with a gauntlet can turn it into a lightsaber, and Mylene showed us that the Vexos are willing to use them when they want to get.....persuasive.



** Not anymore, Shun has now TookALevelInBadass and took over as leader of the Brawlers while Dan was gone. His Bakugan became so strong, it created a Mechtogan, something previously only the BigBad and Drago could do.

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** Not anymore, Shun has now TookALevelInBadass and took over as leader of the Brawlers while Dan was gone. His Bakugan became so strong, it created a Mechtogan, something previously only the BigBad and Drago could do.do.
*The decreasing amount of girls in the main cast really bugs me. Every season, there's less and less girls, human ''and'' Bakugan. Let's recap:
***Battle Brawlers: Julie, Runo, Alice, Skyress and Tigrera, 5 girls.
***New Vestroya: Mira, Elphin and Ingram. But ''wait'', Ingram suddenly becomes a guy after evolving? That leaves us only 2 girls.
***Gundalian Invaders: Fabia. That's it. Only 1 girl.
***Mechtanium Surge: None whatsoever. That Gundalian girl ''might'' be joining the brawlers, but there's not much of a guarantee as far as I know.

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* ANOTHER SERIES?! ever since new vestroya this series has become EVEN MORE of a shameless cash in. The first series was at least ok at best.



** He was somewhat better in the third season, but there's no point for him to be there in the fourth. Maruchu is justified, since he runs Bakugan Space(or whatever it was called). Shun is literally useless except for RuleOfCool. He's a {{ninja}}, after all.

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** He was somewhat better in the third season, but there's no point for him to be there in the fourth. Maruchu Marucho is justified, since he runs Bakugan Space(or whatever it was called). Shun is literally useless except for RuleOfCool. He's a {{ninja}}, after all.
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*** Even Marucho's lost his purpose in the fourth season since he doesn't even run Bakugan Interspace and instead left the computer to that. Now he and Shun are literally just there.

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*** Even Marucho's lost his purpose in the fourth season since he doesn't even run Bakugan Interspace and instead left the computer to that. Now he and Shun are literally just there.there.
** Not anymore, Shun has now TookALevelInBadass and took over as leader of the Brawlers while Dan was gone. His Bakugan became so strong, it created a Mechtogan, something previously only the BigBad and Drago could do.
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** He was somewhat better in the third season, but there's no point for him to be there in the fourth. Maruchu is justified, since he runs Bakugan Space(or whatever it was called). Shun is literally useless except for RuleOfCool. He's a {{ninja}}, after all.

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** He was somewhat better in the third season, but there's no point for him to be there in the fourth. Maruchu is justified, since he runs Bakugan Space(or whatever it was called). Shun is literally useless except for RuleOfCool. He's a {{ninja}}, after all.all.
*** Even Marucho's lost his purpose in the fourth season since he doesn't even run Bakugan Interspace and instead left the computer to that. Now he and Shun are literally just there.
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* Shun's role since second season. He's just there, nothing else. I know he's the catch for female audience, but what the hell? Apart from Dan, he's one of the kick-ass brawlers (at least in the first season). One thing, female audience don't like useless Bishonen.

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* Shun's role since second season. He's just there, nothing else. I know he's the catch for female audience, but what the hell? Apart from Dan, he's one of the kick-ass brawlers (at least in the first season). One thing, female audience don't like useless Bishonen.Bishonen.
** He was somewhat better in the third season, but there's no point for him to be there in the fourth. Maruchu is justified, since he runs Bakugan Space(or whatever it was called). Shun is literally useless except for RuleOfCool. He's a {{ninja}}, after all.
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* Shun's role since second season. He's just there, nothing else. I know he's the catch for female audience, but what the hell? Apart from Dan, he's one of the kick-ass brawlers (at least in the first season). One thing, female audience don't like useless [Bishonen].

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* Shun's role since second season. He's just there, nothing else. I know he's the catch for female audience, but what the hell? Apart from Dan, he's one of the kick-ass brawlers (at least in the first season). One thing, female audience don't like useless [Bishonen].Bishonen.
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* ANOTHER SERIES?! ever since new vestroya this series has become EVEN MORE of a shameless cash in. The first series was at least ok at best.

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* ANOTHER SERIES?! ever since new vestroya this series has become EVEN MORE of a shameless cash in. The first series was at least ok at best.best.
*Shun's role since second season. He's just there, nothing else. I know he's the catch for female audience, but what the hell? Apart from Dan, he's one of the kick-ass brawlers (at least in the first season). One thing, female audience don't like useless [Bishonen].
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** SortingAlgorithmOfEvil, Naga was the original BigBad, they became strong enough to defeat him. Zenoheld was the next BigBad, but had to be more of a challenge than Naga was to be intresting. Thus they had two options, power down the heroes or power up the bad guys. The best way is making the new BigBad stronger than the previous one. Thus when the heroes become powerful enough to beat one BigBad, the next one has to be stronger than it.
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** They tried that, remember hiding in the mansion with the cloak, Elfin got stir crazy and for the most part the Vexos hunted them down.

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** They tried that, remember hiding in the mansion with the cloak, Elfin got stir crazy and for the most part the Vexos hunted them down.down.
*ANOTHER SERIES?! ever since new vestroya this series has become EVEN MORE of a shameless cash in. The first series was at least ok at best.
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** As as of Mechtanium Surge, everybody but the same three were bussed ''yet'' again. Honestly, most are fine with Dan, since he's the main hero. Marucho is often times annoying(know it all), and Shun really doesn't add anything anymore. I mean, in the second season... he was literally just there. In the third, he played a more decent role, but wasn't important to the plot at all. And the fact that they keep getting rid of their regular Bakugan for a newfangled version is irritating.(Dan being the exception, of course)
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* Okay, the Brawlers have the attribute energies and have to protect them from the vexos. Why not just refuse to fight them?

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* Okay, the Brawlers have the attribute energies and have to protect them from the vexos. Why not just refuse to fight them?them?
** They tried that, remember hiding in the mansion with the cloak, Elfin got stir crazy and for the most part the Vexos hunted them down.
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* The fact that each brawler only uses one bakugan ever since vestroia and gundalian. Who thought that was a good idea? Limiting the bakugan to use has made the show extremely dull, witch each fight just being a back-and-forth match of pulling out an endless number of ability cards to raise the bakugan's g-power, only to watch them do the exact same attack they just did but with a new name.

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* The fact that each brawler only uses one bakugan ever since vestroia and gundalian. Who thought that was a good idea? Limiting the bakugan to use has made the show extremely dull, witch each fight just being a back-and-forth match of pulling out an endless number of ability cards to raise the bakugan's g-power, only to watch them do the exact same attack they just did but with a new name.name.
* Okay, the Brawlers have the attribute energies and have to protect them from the vexos. Why not just refuse to fight them?
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** Actually, [[SeriousBusiness it's totally possible to beat someone with Bakugan that have huge G power ratings with the right set of ability cards and a bronze gate card.]]

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** Actually, [[SeriousBusiness it's totally possible to beat someone with Bakugan that have huge G power ratings with the right set of ability cards and a bronze gate card.]]]]
*The fact that each brawler only uses one bakugan ever since vestroia and gundalian. Who thought that was a good idea? Limiting the bakugan to use has made the show extremely dull, witch each fight just being a back-and-forth match of pulling out an endless number of ability cards to raise the bakugan's g-power, only to watch them do the exact same attack they just did but with a new name.
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** Actually, [[SeriousBusiness it's totally possible to beat someone with Bakugan that have huge G power ratings with the right set of cards and a bronze gate card.]]

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** Actually, [[SeriousBusiness it's totally possible to beat someone with Bakugan that have huge G power ratings with the right set of ability cards and a bronze gate card.]]
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** Actually, [[SeriousBussiness it's totally possible to beat someone with Bakugan that have huge G power ratings with the right set of cards and a bronze gate card.]]

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** Actually, [[SeriousBussiness [[SeriousBusiness it's totally possible to beat someone with Bakugan that have huge G power ratings with the right set of cards and a bronze gate card.]]

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* It is rather well explained in the videogames, but still it does not explain why they don't use any other way of scoring points than outright KO'ing the oposition, or why they have many more than three ability cards just for the sake of RuleOfCool.

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* ** It is rather well explained in the videogames, but still it does not explain why they don't use any other way of scoring points than outright KO'ing the oposition, or why they have many more than three ability cards just for the sake of RuleOfCool.



* It ''really'' bugs me that the monsters' seasonal power boosts are ridiculously huge. It makes sense that they would get a little better as the series goes on, but in the first season, a monster with a power level of 400 was considered a [[{{GameBreaker}} Game Breaker]], but now everybody's throwing around 900-level monsters like it's nobody's business. The sickening reality is that it's just a way to ensure that kids keep buying the toys lest they become outclassed by their friends, and I can't think of a more [[{{Egregious}} egregious]] example of corporate whorery.

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* It ''really'' bugs me that the monsters' seasonal power boosts are ridiculously huge. It makes sense that they would get a little better as the series goes on, but in the first season, a monster with a power level of 400 was considered a [[{{GameBreaker}} Game Breaker]], but now everybody's throwing around 900-level monsters like it's nobody's business. The sickening reality is that it's just a way to ensure that kids keep buying the toys lest they become outclassed by their friends, and I can't think of a more [[{{Egregious}} egregious]] example of corporate whorery.whorery.
** Actually, [[SeriousBussiness it's totally possible to beat someone with Bakugan that have huge G power ratings with the right set of cards and a bronze gate card.]]
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* Why is ''everbody but Dan, Marucho, Shun, and Drago'' put on a bus eventually? (Odds are, Julie's going to get axed by the end of Gundalian.) Why still keep the guys the same as well? I mean, I know plenty of people that are quite tired of Marucho and Shun is...mostly just there now.

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* Why is ''everbody but Dan, Marucho, Shun, and Drago'' put on a bus eventually? (Odds are, Julie's going to get axed by the end of Gundalian.) Why still keep the guys the same as well? I mean, I know plenty of people that are quite tired of Marucho and Shun is...mostly just there now.now.
* It ''really'' bugs me that the monsters' seasonal power boosts are ridiculously huge. It makes sense that they would get a little better as the series goes on, but in the first season, a monster with a power level of 400 was considered a [[{{GameBreaker}} Game Breaker]], but now everybody's throwing around 900-level monsters like it's nobody's business. The sickening reality is that it's just a way to ensure that kids keep buying the toys lest they become outclassed by their friends, and I can't think of a more [[{{Egregious}} egregious]] example of corporate whorery.

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