Frankeruge

**Frankeruge**(フランケルゲ *Furankeruge*) is a wharf roach-based Doruge Majin from Episode 2 of Choujin Barom-1.

He is voiced by **Teiji Ōmiya**, while his human form, Tooru Kurosato, is played by **Kyôichi Satô**.

## Personality

As a human and a Doruge Majin, Frankeruge is a despicable and ruthless monster who loves to create havoc. He will show loyalty to anyone who gives him the ability to create more havoc and will follow orders with no question.

## Appearance

Frankeruge has a dark green, segmented, exoskeleton on the torso while having white limbs. His right limbs are covered with blue veins with a blue clawed hand and a blue leg while his left limbs are covered with red veins with a red leg and a red branch coral in place for the left hand. His head is also covered with a dark green, segmented, exoskeleton with the left eye bulging out while missing the right eye, has small red teeth sticking out at the mouth area, and has two thin antennas sticking out on top of the head. He also has barnacles on his shoulders, around his chest, and on top of his head and has red cracks on his chest and forehead.

## Biography

When a hardened criminal, named Tooru Kurosato, is being escorted in a car by Detective Rintaro, Takeshi’s father, Doruge speaks through the car’s radio, confusing the driver and getting them hit by a truck, knocking them all out. Choosing Kurosato as his next agent, Doruge wakes the criminal up before the Detective and the driver could. Kurosato unlocks his cuffs and steals the detective’s gun before running away. After riding a train, Kurosato falls into Doruge’s headquarters and finds himself surrounded by the Antmen. Kurosato tries shooting at the Antmen until Doruge reveals himself to him. Doruge tells Kurosato that he finds him worthy to become an agent for him as he’s an evil human being. After hearing that he’ll wreak havoc on Earth, Kurosato, seeing the fun in it, agrees to become an agent. So Doruge infects Kurosato with cancer cells of a wharf roach and he transforms into Frankeruge. Upon Doruge’s order, Frankeruge heads to a dam to power himself with high-voltage lines. Upon charging himself with high-voltage electricity, one of the workers finds Frankeruge and the Doruge Majin vaporizes him. With Frankeruge charged with high-voltage electricity, Doruge orders him to destroy Barom-1. Frankeruge finds Takeshi and Kentaro after they practiced into transforming into Barom-1. Seeing they can only transform when together, Frankeruge plans to kill them one by one.

However, Doruge spies on the boys while they’re at a hospital to see Takeshi’s father, where they hear about Tooru, and witnesses the two arguing about using Barom-1 over a petty criminal. With the two arguing, Doruge meets up with Frankeruge at his base and tells him about Takeshi and Kentaro’s argument. With the two unable to transform due to their friendship being in trouble, Frankeruge plans to use one of their parents to lure them out and kill them both.
At the hospital, Tooru, back in his human form, disguises himself as a doctor along with a group of disguised Antmen and holds Mastugoro, Takeshi’s Uncle, at gunpoint with Rintaro’s gun. Mastugoro realizes that he’s the same criminal Rintaro was escorting and Tooru reveals to him his Frankeruge from. Frankeruge reveals that he plans to shoot Mastugoro with Rintaro’s gun and frame him for the murder. Fortunately, Takeshi, who was outside the window, throws a vase at Frankeruge, making him miss and letting Mastugoro escape.

The Antmen chase after Takeshi at an abandoned structure where Kentaro meets him at after the Bop alerted him of Frankeruge’s presence. Despite their argument, the two try to transform into Barom-1 but are unable to due to their disagreement. Frankeruge arrives in a car with Rintaro inside and orders the Antmen to throw the two off the structure. Realizing they need their friendship in order to transform, Takeshi and Kentaro quickly make up before the Antmen throw them off. With their friendship rekindled, the two manage to merge into Barom-1 and fight off the Antmen. Barom-1 demands Frankeruge to release Rintaro, but the Doruge Majin refuses and drives off in the car.

Barom-1 pursues Frankeruge on the Machrod until he finds the car in the area with Rintaro still inside, but Frankeruge is gone. Barom-1 spots Frankeruge at the dam’s power plant to charge himself up again. Barom-1 heads down to stop him only to come across more Antmen. After Barom-1 fights them off, Frankeruge uses the high-voltage electricity he charged himself with to shoot bolts at Barom-1. Fortunately, Barom-1’s cells are indestructible against the high-voltage electricity. The two begin fighting each other until Barom-1 jumps up high in the sky with Frankeruge and slams the Doruge Majin down the ground, destroying Frankeruge, as well as Tooru, for good.

## Powers/Abilities

* **Electrokinesis**:
	+ **Electricity Absorption**: Frankeruge can charge himself up with high voltage electricity upon touching the main source.
	+ **Coral Arm Bolts**: Frankeruge can shoot blue electric bolts from his coral arm that can vaporize ordinary human beings in an instant.

* **Coral Club Arm**: Frankeruge is equipped with a red coral taking place for his left arm that he can use as a club that can smash concrete.

* **Human Disguise**: Frankeruge can turn back into his human form in order to blend in.

* **Hand Gun**: Frankeruge is equipped with Rintaro’s stolen gun which he can shoot with.