Baragon (Showa)

Baragon's History

Baragon is a type of sub-terranean reptilian kaiju. At least two have appeared, one of Monsterland and the other fighting Frankenstein in Akita.

The first Baragon surfaced at an oil field in Akita Prefecture, destroyed structures and facilities at the site, and burrowed to Shirane Village and attacked it. He then attacked a farm to feed on the livestock. Baragon was not seen during these attacks, so Frankenstein was blamed for them. Kawai, a worker at the oil field who witnessed Baragon, told Dr. James Bowen and his colleagues it was not Frankenstein, but another monster. When Bowen's team looked for Frankenstein, Dr. Kawaji, to demonstrate the power of the chemical grenades with which he planned to blind Frankenstein, caused an explosion, which alerted Baragon from underground. As they fled, Baragon attempted to devour Dr. Togami, but he was stopped by Frankenstein. Frankenstein and Baragon battled, but Frankenstein defeated Baragon by breaking his neck. However, Baragon's burrowing caused the ground beneath Frankenstein to split open, causing him to disappear underground with Baragon's carcass.

At the end of the 20th century, another Baragon was living on Monsterland, a human-monitored island in the Ogasawara chain, along with most of Earth's monsters. The Kilaaks arrived on the island and severely damaged it, placing the monsters under their mind control and unleashing them across the globe to annihilate Earth's cities. Baragon was not seen attacking the Earth's cities, but once the Moonlight SY-3 crew destroyed the Kilaaks' mind control device, he assembled along with the other Earth monsters outside of Mount Fuji. Baragon did not take part in the ensuing battle against King Ghidorah directly, but spectated alongside Varan and Manda. After King Ghidorah and the Kilaaks were destroyed, Baragon was returned to Monsterland with the other monsters to live out his days in peace.