Bagan

**Bagan** (バガン *Bagan*) is an ancient super Daikaiju who made his official debut in the 1993 *Godzilla* game *Super Godzilla*.

## History

### *Resurrection of Godzilla* (1980)

The first version of Bagan was a shape-shifter. It started out as an ape-like creature but after being wounded it became a dragon-like creature. It later dove into the water and became a sea monster-like creature with a dragon-like creature attached to the top of its body. After Godzilla was awakened by nuclear dumping in the Pacific and drawn to Japan in search of more nuclear fuel, he fought and defeated Bagan.

### *Resurrection of Godzilla* (1983)

The 1983 Bagan is nearly identical to the original, though with some major differences. Each time it changed form, it healed itself. Also when it ran into Godzilla, finding that it couldn't defeat him in any single form, it transformed into a towering combination of its three forms. Bagan managed to temporarily defeat Godzilla in this stage, though it soon found out that it could no longer change shape, meaning it could no longer heal itself. This allowed a Godzilla revitalized by nuclear energy to rise back up and defeat the exhausted Bagan, who would die out at sea.

### Colossus Bakan

in this draft bagan tock a form with all his forms in it.

### *Mothra vs. Bagan*

Bagan is covered in webbing by Mothra in a storyboard for the second version of *Mothra vs. Bagan*
Set free from the frozen tomb in the Himalayas he was sealed away in long ago by a clan of Mothra due to global warming, Bagan began his savage attack against humanity. The legendary beast destroyed remote villages and the city of Calcutta, but was eventually confronted by Mothra. As the fight between the two monsters brought them to Bangkok, Mothra's egg hatched and the larva arrived to help its parent, and with their combined powers they were able to end Bagan's reign of terror. A mortally wounded Mothra then carries Bagan's unconscious body out to sea and sealed him away again before perishing.

### *Godzilla 3*

The same 1990 Bagan was planned to go on to face Godzilla in the third entry of the Heisei series, *Godzilla 3*. It's learned that Bagan was allegedly created by aliens who were also responsible for the ruins of the Nazca civilization in Peru.

### *Mothra vs. Godzilla* (1990)

Kazuki Omori briefly thought about adding Bagan to this film, though the movie never made it too far into production.

### *Godzilla vs. Bagan* (1991)

The scrapped Bagan was to face Godzilla in one of Omori's earliest scripts for a *Godzilla vs. Biollante* sequel. However, with King Ghidorah turning out one of the most popular monsters in polls among Japanese audiences and Toho's 60th anniversary rapidly approaching, the idea was canned.

### *Godzilla vs. Bagan* (1995)

According to Takao Okawara, Bagan may have been planned for another film titled *Godzilla vs. Bagan* in 1995. Okawara stated that while *Godzilla vs. Destoroyah* was being planned, he had heard about a film titled *Godzilla vs. Bagan*, but did not know any details about the plot. Rumors at the time suggested the story would be very much like *Godzilla vs. Giant Monster Varan*—in which Varan is described as being a "harbinger for the end of the world," awakening in 1999 and dead set on ending all life, but ends up being defeated by Godzilla and LittleGodzilla—though not set in the future. Bagan took the place of Varan, with Mothra and the Gotengo from *Atragon* set to appear as well.

### *Rebirth of Mothra* Trilogy and *Yamato Takeru II*

According to the book *Heisei Godzilla Perfection*, Bagan was to play a role in the unmade sequel to the 1994 fantasy film *Orochi, the Eight-Headed Dragon*, alongside Yamata no Orochi. He was also considered by Koichi Kawakita to make an appearance in the *Rebirth of Mothra* trilogy.

## Abilities

### Shape-Shifting

The version of Bagan in the 1980 *Resurrection of Godzilla* was capable of shape-shifting into three separate forms by altering its cells while it was in contact with the correct elements, meaning it could only be in its flight-based form in the sky, its water-based form in the sea, and its land-based form on dry land. The Bagan from the 1983 version also had the added ability to heal himself when changing form, and an additional fourth form which lacked the ability to heal.

In *Super Godzilla*, Bagan starts out in its Energy Form. Once Godzilla approached it for battle, it emanated bursts of white light and transmogrified into its final form.

### Flame Attacks

* Bagan's Sacred Monkey Beast form in *Resurrection of Godzilla* possessed a fire breath attack simply known as **Flame** (火炎).
* In *Super Godzilla*, Bagan can fire a **Flame Attack** (火炎攻撃) from his mouth. *Godzilla 1954-1999 Super Complete Works* and the Japanese *Super Godzilla* manual call this attack Bagan's Mouth Beam or Plasma Beam.

### Electric/Light Attacks

* In *Resurrection of Godzilla*, Bagan's Sacred Dragon Beast form could blast **Lighting** (雷光) from its mouth.
* In the second version of *Mothra vs. Bagan*, Bagan can fire invisible energy from his claws. This ability is mentioned in scene 15 of the story draft where he crumbles a monastery just by pointing at it. This was likely a precursor to the *Super Godzilla* incarnation's "Slasher Claw" attack.
* In *Super Godzilla*, Bagan fires a **Plasma Beam**, also known as the **Mouth Beam** (口ビーム).
* In *Super Godzilla*, Bagan can launch "arrows" of sharp energy from his claws, an ability known as the **Arrow Attack** (アロー攻撃) or **Slasher Claw**.
* In *Super Godzilla*, Bagan could shoot white star-like objects from his horns. This ability is called either the **Horn Laser** (角レーザー) or **Diamond Storm**.
* In the second version of *Mothra vs. Bagan*, Bagan fires a **Light Ray** (光線) from his forehead horn.
* Bagan has an unused ability in *Super Godzilla* called the **Beam Horn** (ビーム角), a beam fired from his prominent nasal horn.

### Water Attacks

* Bagan's Sacred Water Beast form in *Resurrection of Godzilla* can fire a **Liquid Ray** (液状光線).
* According to scene 117 of the story draft for the second version of *Mothra vs. Bagan*, Bagan can create whirlpools when rising from the ocean.

### Adept Swimming

Bagan's Sacred Water Beast form from the 1980 *Resurrection of Godzilla* draft and his Dragon God Beast form from the first version of *Mothra vs. Bagan* are both adept swimmers. Bagan is also an adept swimmer in the second version of *Mothra vs. Bagan*.

### Flight

Bagan's Sacred Dragon Beast form from *Resurrection of Godzilla*, his Demon God Beast form from the first version of *Mothra vs. Bagan*, and his "Decided Design" from the second version of *Mothra vs. Bagan* all possess physical wings, giving him the ability to fly. Bagan's 1990 "Decided Design" possesses "wings like a bat" (コウモリのような羽) for flight. Storyboards for the film using Bagan's "Design B" depicted him projecting wings of light from his back, which granted him the ability to fly. This ability was carried over but left unused for Bagan's canonical "Design A."

Bagan's Energy Form in *Super Godzilla* is able to levitate.

### Physical Abilities

* Bagan's Sacred Monkey Beast form in *Resurrection of Godzilla* was mentioned to be an extraordinary jumper.
* Both Bagan's Design A and B from *Mothra vs. Bagan* possessed extendable claws, movable horns, and a **whip-like tail** (ムチのようにしなる尾). The *Super Godzilla* incarnation possessed these abilities as well, but they were left unused in the game.
* The version of Bagan that appeared in *Super Godzilla* possessed very high physical strength and durability, including an ability called "forceful tackle." Bagan's attacks were the strongest used by any enemy in the game.

### Defensive Capabilities

In the 1983 *Resurrection of Godzilla* draft, Bagan could heal when changing forms, though could no longer change form and heal once it entered its Demon Beast form. Bagan's "Decided Design" from the second version of *Mothra vs. Bagan* had black armor (黒いよろい), which was highly resilient to physical attacks.

In addition to having the strongest attacks in *Super Godzilla*, Bagan had the most health out of any enemy in the game. Normal Godzilla's attacks would only cause a very small amount of damage thanks to Bagan's **Hard Skin** (硬質皮膚): bone-like hardened skin that covers not just his back and belly, but the entirety of his body, making it necessary to transform into Super Godzilla to defeat Bagan and complete the game. He could also generate a Force Field to block incoming attacks.

### Body Spores

Energy Form spore Bagan's Energy Form can spawn four small, fleshy body spores. Bagan used these projectile spores to easily destroy Tokyo.

### Weaknesses

The 1983 Bagan could no longer change form (and thus heal) once it morphed into his final Demon Beast form, allowing Godzilla to defeat him.

In *Mothra vs. Bagan*, Bagan was weakened by Mothra's poisonous powder.

## Films,TV and Video Games

* *Resurrection of Godzilla* (1980; scrapped)
* *Resurrection of Godzilla* (1983; scrapped)
* *Mothra vs. Bagan* / *Mothra vs. Godzilla* (1990; scrapped)
* *Godzilla 3* / *Godzilla vs. Bagan* (1991; scrapped)
* *Godzilla vs. Bagan* (1995; scrapped)
* *Rebirth of Mothra* trilogy (1996-1998; considered)
* *Yamato Takeru II* (1997; scrapped)
* *Super Godzilla* (1993) - Super Nintendo Entertainment System / Super Famicom
* *Godzilla Movie Studio Tour* (1998) - PC and Mac

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