Battamonda

**Battamonda** (バッタモンダー *Battamondā*?) is a former general of the Underg Empire.

## Info

* Season:Soaring Sky! Pretty Cure
* Age:36
* Gender:Male
* Eyes Color:Yellow
* Hair Color:Lime
* Homeland:Underg Empire (Formerly), Sorashido City (Currently)
* First Appearance:Episode 14
* Alias:Monda, Cure Pumpkin
* Theme Color:Green
* Voice Actor:Kenn

## History

### First Appearance

He notices Beryberie crying by herself, so he confronts her. He promises to destroy the world that is hurting her, and turns Beryberie's glove into a Lanborg. There he meets Sora, Mashiro, and Tsubasa, who transform into Pretty Cure. He orders his Lanborg to fight the Cures, and is infuriated when the Cures defeat it. He, however, quickly calms down before retreating.

He later summons a giant Lanborg, and threatens to destroy Sky Land if he doesn't get a hold of Elle. At first, Sky and Prism are unable to defeat his Lanborg, but they both manage to purify it after Captain Shalala's sacrifice. Angered, Battamonda confronts the King and Queen by cursing them in front of Elle, causing both the King and Queen to fall into a coma. Battamonda retreats after being intimidated by Sky.

He appears in Sorashido City, and spots an Ogre Statue. He is later confronted by the Pretty Cure, where he admits he has shifted his focus from kidnapping Elle, to just fighting the Pretty Cure. After his Lanborg is defeated, Battamonda angrily vows to bring the Pretty Cure to their knees, but quickly calms down, compliments the Cures for their wonderful fierce fighting skills, and retreats.

He later mocks Ageha for being an outsider, although she rebukes him. He then arrives with a Lanborg to attack the nursery, and manages to trap the three Cures. After trying to hurt Takeru, Battamonda mocks Ageha but is proven wrong when Ageha transforms into Cure Butterfly, and his Lanborg ends up being purified by Butterfly Press. After being threatened by Butterfly, Battamonda is intimidated by her and retreats.

After being told off by a construction worker to leave, he goes to the mountain highlands, where he finds the Cures and Yoyo. He challenges them to a battle against his Lanborg. Battamonda briefly gets an advantage thanks to his Lanborg's flight capabilities, until Wing outwits Battamonda with his knowledge on climate and geography. After his defeat, Battamonda knows his chances are running out, and decides to get serious the next time he faces the Cures again.

He sends out an illusion of Captain Shalala to lure out Sky. He then watches as Sky realizes that the Lanborg is actually Captain Shalala, and the Cures attempt to purify the Shalalaborg before they stop. Annoyed that they've figured out that Captain Shalala is infused with Underg Energy, Battamonda decides to give the Cures an ultimatum: defeat the Shalalaborg, or have the Shalalaborg defeat them. Battamonda leaves, declaring that he and the Shalalaborg will be back. With the three other Cures lacking Sky's leadership, he almost defeats them with the Shalalaborg. However, to his surprise, Sky finally returns and uses a powered up version of Sky Punch to hit the Shalalaborg, which ends up being purified by Updraft Shining. The Cures then tell Battamonda that they refuse to forgive him, as Sky tells him that she is eager to show him how much stronger she will become by sparing him.

Later, it is revealed that he, under the alias "Monda", has been living in Sorashido City as a part-time traffic control worker, while struggling to make ends meet. After coming across the Cures, he decides to enact his revenge by trying to criticize Mashiro's dream. However, he keeps overthinking about the Cures trying to expose him, and is surprised to see them having grown stronger when he is hiding from Skihead. After Mashiro thanks him for his criticism and cheers him on, he experiences kindness and acknowledgement for the first time, although he tries denying it before being scolded by his boss.

On Halloween, he transforms into Cure Pumpkin to steal all the treats in Sorashido City so he can ruin the Pretty Cure's reputation. However, the plan fails as the citizens view the Pretty Cure as heroes who protect them. When the actual Cures show up to give treats to the citizens, Battamonda is annoyed that he's being ignored and wants the girls to confront him. Just as he decides to summon a Lanborg, Skihead appears which causes Battamonda to scream and hide. Sometime later, he is accused of summoning the Kyoborg, and is chased by the citizens.

He would later work at a food truck to make ends meet. At the park, he is furious with how the Cures previously foiled his strategy, when he is shocked to realize Kabaton has given up villainy and now living in Sorashido City. He later reflects on how he has never succeeded, even back in his days at the Underg Empire. Despite intending to discourage Mashiro, he is surprised that Mashiro actually understands how he feels. When trying to hide from Mashiro, he is confronted by Skihead instead. After Mashiro saves him, he is confused about why she helped him when she would gain nothing out of it, but is actually grateful of her valuing his life.

Sometime later, he begins feeling more hopeless about his situation, still remembering Skihead's cruel words. Unable to process his emotions and newfound relationship with Mashiro, he rips her sketchbook, and reveals himself to her, before snatching away Mashiro's Mirage Pen. He later gives Mashiro's Mirage Pen to Skihead, in hopes of being vindicated as worthy. As a result, he gets turned into a rampaging Lanborg in front of the team, after Skihead notices that he actually hesitates and forces him to absorb the excessive Underg Energy. However, Battamonda, even in his brainwashed state, actually decides to snatch back the Mirage Pen from Skihead and returns it to Mashiro. Touched by Prism's determination for herself and to save him, Battamonda's heart shines, giving the Cures the chance to purify him with Majestic Halation. In the end, Battamonda thanks the Cures for saving him, and also apologizes to Mashiro for destroying her sketchbook.

He would later help Yoyo transport more people to Earth with his tunnel. After bragging about himself, he believes that Captain Shalala is complimenting him, even when she tells him it's not her intention. He then tells the Cures that Daijarg has arrived at Sorashido City, and encourages them to fight it. After the final battle, Battamonda decides to stay with Empress Underg, although he ends up getting scolded by Minoton and Kabaton when he says he might consider changing his job on a whim.

## Appearance

He has lime green hair that reaches his shoulders and tied into a ponytail, and a dark green gemstone on his forehead. His eyes are yellow and wears purple eyeshadow. Battamonda's outfit consists of a black crop-top, a dark green leather jacket with a white fluffy collar, a gold necklace, black spiked gauntlets, and black shoulder spikes. His ripped jeans are black and held up by a silver belt with a black buckle. His boots are dark green, with a white fluffy trim.

In his human disguise, he has dark green hair. He also wears beige trousers and a black T-shirt, with beads around his wrist.

As a Lanborg, he retains his belt, ripped jeans, boots, gauntlets, and shoulder spikes. However, he no longer ties his hair up, with his hair having become messier. His skin also turns grey. He also becomes more muscular and shirtless. His pupils shrink, and his sclerae become yellow.

## Personality

He is an egocentric and laid-back villain, who looks down on the weak with pity, proclaiming that he won't touch them, and will instead allow his Ranborgs to do so instead. He comes across as strategic and kind, but actually has a violent short temper, and becomes very prideful. He is also a coward.

When he gets desperate, he is not above using underhanded tactics, like giving false hope to his enemies before crushing their spirits.

Despite his terribleness, he just wants someone to care about him as well as acknowledge him, even if he always tries denying it. Eventually, he is touched by the Cures', especially Mashiro's, determination to help him, and finally starts becoming a better person.

## Abilities

Like the other generals of the Underg Empire, he can summon Lanborg by saying the phrase **"Come on! Underg Energy!"** (カモン！アンダーグ・エナジー！*Kamon! Andāgu Enajī!*?). By using his Underg Energy, he is able to curse his victims by putting them into a coma. He can teleport himself from one location to another by using his forehead's gemstone and saying "Battamon-mon!" He is proficient in creating convincing illusions of other people, in order to deceive unsuspecting people and the Cures. He knows how to use Underg Energy to disguise himself as a human. He has the power to transport people with a tunnel.

## Etymology

The name **Battamonda** is derived from locust, an insect infamous for destroying crops in swarms.

## Trivia

* He shares his voice actor with Kazuki Ichijo from *Fresh Pretty Cure!*.
* He is currently living in a rundown apartment as Kabaton's next door neighbor.
* His voice actor KENN has shared his opinions about Battamonda during an interview:
	+ He was a very versatile character at first glance, and KENN believed that he would be very hated by the viewers. However, he is also a necessary evil to tell the viewers not to imitate his actions. He also stated that he didn't agree with Battamonda's revenge towards Sora, but understands the reasons.
	+ When he returned after episode 23, KENN was impressed that the season's writers succeeded in capturing Battamonda's psychological complexity and inferiority complex. KENN was also surprised to know that Battamonda was originally going to be written off permanently after the 23rd episode, but was decided to be spared due to audience's positive feedback towards him, and he also didn't expect the Cures to save Battamonda. He also added that Battamonda would have been better off when being nurtured in a good environment instead of the Underg Empire, and can perform good deeds when in the right direction.
	+ When KENN played both his outward words and his true feelings, he usually changed the tone of voice and the atmosphere of both sides without dubbing separately.
	+ Before the final production of episode 39, KENN actually sang his lines to the opening melody of a certain past *Pretty Cure* season. However, this idea for Battamonda in said episode was unfortunately rejected by the staff.