Big Band

Ben Birdland, or better known as Big Band, is a character from Skullgirls series, making his debut in the Encore update as a DLC character.
==Story==
Ben Birdland has seen a lot in his time, including the worst of the Grand War. But nothing was worse than what he saw as a beat cop in New Meridian. When he ran afoul of his crooked unit, he was given a violent early retirement, and his broken body was left to spend the rest of its days in an iron lung. His good friend, Irvin does not betray him however.
That would have been the end of Ben’s story if it hadn't drawn the ears of the Anti-Skullgirl Labs. With little left to lose, he agreed to be rebuilt with their experimental procedures. Melded with the machinery that allows him to breathe a powerful array of pneumatic weaponry, he was reborn as “Big Band.”
Now a senior member of Lab 8, he’s become a father figure of sort to the younger ASG soldiers. A firm believer in their cause, he has stayed with the project through its controversies and still sees his place on the front lines against the Skullgirl. His technology may be dated, but he more than makes up for it with experience and fortissimo.
He fought the previous two Skullgirls, Selene Contiello and Nancy Renoir, alongside Ileum.
Based on some of his dialogue, it can be assumed that he knew Squigly before she died. Even enough to refer to her by her real name.
He also knew about Valentine's group, The Last Hope, based off his victory dialogue against her, including their fate since he will start singing the "The Last Hope Blues."
==Game Appearances==
===TPXZF1997's Super Smash Bros.===
Big Band appears as a Support Spirit.
==Gallery==
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==Trivia==
Category:Characters
Category:Non-fanon
Category:Non-fanon characters
Category:Skullgirls Characters
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Category:Males
Category:Cyborgs
Category:Heroes
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Category:TheProjectXZoneFan1997's Super Smash Bros.
Category:Third-Party Characters
Category:Lab Zero Games
Category:Characters in the Incarnations series