Baragon (バラゴン Baragon) is a reptilian created by that first appeared in the , .

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Height: 35-40 meters

Weight: 250-10,000 metric tons

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Baragon's name comes from from the Japanese word bara(バラ), meaning rose, and ragon (ラゴン), from "dragon." This name refers to the ridges on his back, which supposedly resemble rose petals.

In , the guardian monster Baragon's name is spelled in kanji but pronounced the same: 婆羅護吽 (Baragon).

Baragon is a four-legged mammal-like reptilian creature with reddish-brown skin, a horn on his forehead, and large, floppy dog-like ears.

In Baragon's two appearances during the Showa era, his roar was a slightly modified version of 's roar. The only difference being that Baragon's version has a little more of a growling added to the mix. This growling Varan voice would give Baragon's roar a more "guard-dog" tone. Some parts of the roar comes from Godzilla.

In the Millennium era, the character's roar was completely changed. The "modified Varan" roar was discarded and replaced with a new original sound. This version of the roar starts of with a growl followed by a gurgling high pitched wail. The higher voice in the character gave it a more benevolent voice which would help with the audiences appeal to its protagonistic role, and the roar was also enhanced with leopard growls and snarls, crocodile hisses, and some elephant sounds as well as the T. rex roars featured in Jurassic Fight Club.

In the Showa series, Baragon burrowed underground and survived the Cretaceous extinction event while most other dinosaurs died.

In the Millennium series, Baragon is one of the ancient of .

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Baragon was first seen in where he was awakened by sound from a nearby factory. He attacked the factory, and burrowed to a Shirane Village and attacked it. He then attacked a farm to feed on the livestock.

Baragon was not seen during these attacks, so was blamed for them. A worker at the factory says it was not Frankenstein, but another monster. When a group of scientists looked for Frankenstein, they caused an explosion that woke up Baragon from his sleep. He tried to eat the scientists, but he was stopped by Frankenstein. Frankenstein and Baragon battle, but Frankenstein wins when he breaks Baragon's neck. The ground then cracks and the two fall down the hole.

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Baragon appeared briefly in , where he is present during the battle between the Earth monsters and , but doesn't fight. Baragon was supposed to attack and destroy the under the control of the , but because his was heavily damaged from use as other monsters in ' and , he was replaced with . Baragon can very briefly be seen observing the other monsters fight from a distance with , and is later seen on when all the monsters return home. Baragon's suit was given a new head for this brief appearance due to damage it had sustained.

Baragon in

Baragon appears in all four OVAs. In each OVA, he is one of 's closest friends, alongside and .

In the addition OVA, Baragon saw kidnap and went to tell Godzilla and . Despite having recently fought with Anguirus, Godzilla decided to go rescue his friend, with Gojirin, Baragon and assisting him. Along the way, they were intercepted by a group of ants, who stabbed Godzilla with spears. After Mothra convinced the ants to not attack them, the monsters reached the cave where Mechagodzilla was keeping Anguirus. Mechagodzilla forced Godzilla, Gojirin and Baragon to answer addition problems, which they successfully did, causing Anguirus to be set free. Afterwards, Mothra convinced Baragon and the others to accept Mechagodzilla as one of their friends, and they all played together.

In the subtraction OVA, Baragon was present with the other monsters for Gojirin's birthday party. When Anguirus arrived late with a basket of fruit in an attempt to impress Gojirin, both Godzilla and Baragon became jealous and tried to collect more fruit. Mothra convinced the kaiju to stop fighting for Gojirin's affections, and they all continued to celebrate her birthday. Later, after Gojirin was kidnapped by Mechagodzilla and subsequently rescued by Godzilla and Anguirus, Baragon played jump rope with them. Mothra arrived with Mechagodzilla, who apologized. Baragon and the others then allowed Mechagodzilla to play with them.

Baragon in

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Baragon was featured in , where he was the of the element of earth, and later became a model of Komainu (狛犬, Wolf-like animal or Korean Dog (Koma) and Dog (Inu)), guardian creatures of shrines in Japan.

Baragon (婆羅護吽, Baragon) was first seen causing earthquakes near and throughout . He fought , but he was quickly killed by him. Later on, when all three guardian monsters were killed, he along with the other two guardian spirits, and , entered Godzilla's body when he was at sea which stunned him long enough to allow General Tachibana to burrow his way out of Godzilla after internally firing a D-03 missile, an explosive drill. This eventually destroyed him when he tried to use his atomic beam again after it burst out the inflicted hole in his shoulder and finally caused Godzilla to vaporize himself from within.

Baragon has undiscovered origins, but has shown some of his powers in his .

He can fire a flame ray from his mouth that is extremely weak and it didn't even hurt the frankenstein monster. The horn on his snout occasionally glows and crackles. He has the aforementioned burrowing ability, and can jump very far. He also has natural teeth and claws.

In the Atari titles, he can breathe fire, though it's short-ranged, but can still get in beam locks.

Concept art displaying Baragon's use of his ears

The distinctive notches in Baragon's ears originally had an unused function. Baragon could fold his ears over his eyes, with the notches interlocking with his horn. Baragon would then charge at the opponent, whilst protecting his eyes from physical blows.

In the he gained strong jaws and limitless perseverance. He was able to withstand 's own heat ray.

In the Atari video games, Baragon can cause earthquakes and lava eruptions beneath his feet when he uses a rage attack.

He can replenish his energy as long as he is in contact with the earth. In addition, he is one of the few monsters in the games who can use physical attacks in mid-air.

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Baragon appears as a villain in .

Baragon in

Baragon later appeared as a villain in its sequel .

Baragon in

Finally, he appeared as a villain once more in the game. Baragon would usually remain on all fours, preventing many attacks from hitting him, and would stand on his hind legs only to fire his heat beam. Another attack was to pounce at Godzilla or Mothra and pin them against the side of the screen. While rare to come across, during the fight with him, Baragon will sometimes look at the camera and tilt his head to the side as if he is mocking the player. This move allows the player to get in some free hits.

Baragon then appeared in . Baragon is a fast and agile fighter with decent power and great combo abilities. He shares many of the strengths of Anguirus such as immunity to high attacks on all fours and beam/projectile weapons doing only half-damage. He can dig like , though for longer and not be tired when he emerges, and his rage attack is to dig down and unleash a volcanic eruption. Baragon's fire ray attack can also be used while he's running or jumping and cannot be charged.

Baragon in "Baragon is an earth guardian-with special affinity for the terrestrial crust we walk upon. Baragon is physically the smallest monster on record, but his connection to the rocks and magma beneath us empower him to achieve greatness on a par with his larger allies. His small size makes him a tremendous leaper, with graceful aerial combat maneuvers and techniques.

When not in the air, Baragon constantly replenishes his energy so long as contact is maintained with the earth. Baragon emits streams of fire from his mouth, and can cause eruptions and earthquakes beneath his feet. When firmly planted with all four legs upon the ground, Baragon is almost impossible to push aside, despite his small stature.

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— Baragon Godzilla: Unleashed bio

Baragon appeared in the title Godzilla Unleashed: Double Smash.

"Baragon is a kaiju descendant of the Mesozoic era reptile, Baranosdragon. Having an extreme aversion to daylight, it normally lives below the earth, coming above ground at nighttime to feed by attacking and preying upon humans and livestock. It has strong muscles it uses to nimbly dig its way through the ground as it makes sport of its enemies.

Although it was killed by the artificial life-form when it first appeared in "" (1965), Baragon was later discovered below Mt. Amagi and protected in in the film "" (1968). The second-generation Baragon is controlled by the , entering the fight with after is attacked.

In "" (2001), Baragon the Guardian Monster of Earth appeared on Mt. Myoko as one of the Three protecting , later confronting Godzilla in Hakone.

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— Baragon Kaiju Guide Bio

Baragon also appeared within the title with all three of his incarnations.

in in in Main article: .

In Kodansya's , although Baragon himself doesn't appear directly, the mad Doctor Oniyama genetically altered Baragon's corpse with the DNA of a walrus and a narwhal to create a monster called .

Baragon is briefly teased at the end of the of IDW's .

Baragon appears in . In the comic, he appears in , much like he was supposed to in and fought . Baragon started out in a flashback of the main character however, burrowing into the Earth. After his fight with Kiryu, he was brought to the . When the invaded the Monster Islands, one of the Trilopods gained Baragon's DNA. Baragon was then captured and imprisoned in the Trilopod hive, along with the other residents of Monster Islands. allowed himself to be captured as well, then freed Baragon and all of the other monsters inside the hive. Following King Caesar, the monsters charged into battle to help the severely outnumbered in the battle against the Trilopods. Baragon attacked and successfully killed the Kumonga-Trilopod, before joining the other monsters to fight . After Godzilla destroyed Magita, Baragon and the other monsters followed him out to sea.

Baragon appears in France
Russian: Барагон