Io's Pigmon

This was a servant of Alien Reiblood who was tasked in finding another Reionics to participate in the Reionics Battle. Appearing on Earth, Pigmon befriended Io Mikura and guided the young boy when they get lost in outer space, eventually defecting from Reiblood out of loyalty to his newfound companion.
==Conception==
===Design===
As with all characters in Ultra Adventure, Pigmon was drawn by Shinji Nishikawa. Initially, he was portrayed with detailed features, which Nishikawa struggled to depict, but later on drew Pigmon into simpler, chibi-esque proportion and design as the manga slowly became a comedic manga.
==History==
===Mega Monster Battle: Ultra Adventure===
50 years after the events of Planet Hammer's destruction, Alien Reiblood survived his defeat and restarted the Reionics Battle, but with the intention of rooting out the Reionics candidates and absorbing their energy to resurrect himself. After sending Bullton to Earth where it manifest monsters, Pigmon was transported there as well to drop the Battlenizer, finding Io to be the user.
Pigmon spied the boy ever since he fought Golza and Gan-Q using Gomora, only to ended up being tied and getting beaten by the townspeople. Io spotted him and defended the little monster before Red King appeared to wreak havoc. When Pigmon gets crushed by the falling rubble, Io absorbed the monster to his Battlenizer and discover that Pigmon already exited it at his house to eat some of the food in the fridge. As Pigmon explained, the Battlenizer allows him to speak in full sentences, acting as his translator. It also allows Pigmon to be summoned in a diminutive state, owing to the recovery process being incomplete at the time.
Pigmon then guides Io to Osaka to trace Bullton, the source of the monster attacks and hopefully defeating it to prevent more damages. Unfortunately the duo gets sucked into Bullton's black hole and stranded on a strange planet. Pigmon would then accompany Io in their adventure on the alien planet, participation in the Pedan/Nackle-Yapool war and the encounter with Vittorio. Additionally when facing against the invading Ghighi on Planet Aval, Pigmon gets enlarged by a misfire from their shrink gun, briefly scaring the aliens away while saving Io's father and the trapped ZAP Spacy members of that planet's branch.
Arriving on Planet Boris and after preventing Alien Babarue from tampering with the past, Reiblood then sprung his trap by summoning Silverbloome to capture all four Reionics and absorb their energies. With Io left, Reiblood dropped the bombshell of Pigmon's true allegiance, seemingly hurting the young boy with this act of betrayal. However, a tearful Pigmon saved Io from the jellyfish monster at the last minute, and despite being unable to say anything, Io understands the gesture and prepares to fight back, saving Vittorio as the two fought Reiblood. Pigmon would then rode on Vittorio's ship to get to Earth and witnesses the Gomoras' victory over Reiblood/Deathfacer.
===Mega Monster Battle: Ultra Adventure NEO===
Pigmon continues to accompany Io in their travel to locate Reiblood's spirit, knowing full well that Deathfacer's destruction isn't the end of his reign. Alongside Io, Pigmon was summoned by Vittorio to assist Ai, Kanegon and Red King in against Reiblood/EX Zetton and an army of the undead monsters.
==Profile==
:;Powers and Weapons
*Monster Detection: Pigmon has the ability to detect monsters. He also provides Io with the location of Bullton and calculating the approximate distance from Io's home to Osaka.
*Self Monsload: While contained in Io's Battlenizer, Pigmon can also Monsload on his own without awaiting Io's command. His size can be shorter if he chooses to exit in the middle of the healing process.
*Connection to Battlenizer: Pigmon relies on the Battlenizer as his sole means of communicating with Io or speaking in human language. If Pigmon stays farther from Io, that connection would be severed and thus, losing his sole means of a translator. As the Battlenizer demonstrates, Pigmon ends his sentences with "-pii" verbal tic.
==Other media==
===Mega Monster Battle: ULTRA MONSTERS===
The game's story mode adapted Ultra Adventure into a more condensed storyline. While the player (who assumed Io's place) did end up receiving the Battlenizer, it was dropped to their location by chance as Pigmon appeared not long after being chased by Red King and slapped to the nearby building. Additionally, the events on Earth played out as if it took place in an entire day instead of at least three in the manga, with Io implied to be at Osaka during that same time as well. Down to the near end of the game, because the last confrontation with Reiblood never took place on Earth, Pigmon's defection from his former master and the unveiling of Deathfacer happened on Planet Boris as well.
===Mega Monster Battle: Secret DVD===
Pigmon appeared in the commercial meant to promote then-upcoming Ultra Galaxy Mega Monster Battle. In it, Pigmon acknowledges that he is the same Pigmon that appeared in ULTRA MONSTERS, then introducing each of the characters and plot for Ultra Galaxy. At the end of the video, Pigmon encourages the viewers to tune in to the series and expecting the upcoming game Mega Monster Battle: ULTRA MONSTERS NEO.
As an additional trait, Pigmon is also seen having a red balloon tied to his waist, similar to the one appearing in Ultraman.
==Trivia==
*Despite requiring the Battlenizer's help to communicate, Pigmon is able to speak on his own in the Secret DVD video. Of course, this may be the non-canonical nature of it to promote Ultra Galaxy requiring a medium to convey his words to the audience.
*When in Planet Aval, the enlarged Pigmon was compared to Garamon by Io, much to his chagrin. This is a reference to the fact that the original Pigmon suit was repurposed from Garamon.
**Additionally as a further homage to the incident above, getting Io as a Reionics Challenge partner in ULTRA MONSTERS NEO would result in him getting Garamon as his third monster in addition to Gomora and Bemular.
*Despite his kindness, Pigmon displays sarcasm at any forms of annoyance and only limits this behavior when communicating with Io. Best exampled when Io's Bemular fought Babarue's Basiliss (the former being Io's weakest monster at that), Pigmon was more than willing to to taunt the Reionics impersonator into summoning the strongest monster in his possession, implying that even before Vittorio revealed the act, Pigmon had already deduced Babarue's true nature in an instant.
**The ULTRA MONSTERS game has Pigmon further rubbing the salt to Babarue's wound by being the one to reveal his trickery instead of Vittorio in the manga.
Category:Manga Kaiju
Category:Former Villains
Category:Battlenizer Kaiju