Kaiju Big Battel

Kaiju Big Battel is an American performance entertainment troupe, founded by David and Randy Borden, whose performances are parodies of both professional wrestling and the kaiju movies of Japan. Their performance events, called Big Battels, are performed in the style of professional wrestling events, with the costumed "wrestlers" playing the roles of giant monsters similar to Godzilla and Gamera. The misspelling of "Battel" is intentional, supposedly due to a misprint of an early t-shirt design.

In-jokes abound, targeted at both fans of professional wrestling (especially Mexican wrestling), superhero comic books and Japanese popular culture. Many of the names of the characters are in mock-Spanish or mock-Japanese, and Engrish is liberally used for comic effect.

The first Kaiju Big Battel event was held on 31 October, 1994 at Boston's Revolving Museum.

Background

The first Kaiju Big Battel event was held on 31 October, 1994 at Boston's Revolving Museum.

What is the Kaiju Big Battel background story?

It is a modern conflict that involves extremely large creatures. These creatures constantly threatened to destroy the Earth every time they fought or got angry. A special committee, called the Kaiju Regulatory Commission (KRC), was formed to figure out how to end the danger that these creatures were causing. They appointed a Commissioner to oversee this project and to help control the creatures. The Commissioner thought up the idea of having sanctioned Battels where the creatures could release their anger against one another. This way the human race would be safe to view these Battels while also being out of harm's way.

First Battels

The first Kaiju Big Battel event occurred on October 31, 1994 at the Revolving Museum in Boston, Massachusetts. The first large-scale Battel to take place was in February 1995 at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts.

Characters

The Heroes

• American Beetle – A giant insect raised by a single mother. Unfortunately, he believes himself to be the President of the United States.
• Atomic Trooper Robo – Teenage BMX star given a robotic body after a terrible accident.
• Dusto Bunny – Incredibly wise dust bunny sage.
• Force Trooper Robo – A motorcycle courier given a robotic body after a terrible accident.
• Neo Teppen – An astronaut given super-powers by a mysterious substance from Mars.
• Los Plantanos a.k.a. The Plantain Twins – Two 60-meter-tall mustachioed plantains from South America fighting for fame, money, and the liberation of their native land from the Sock Puppet Dictator.
• Powa Ranjuru – A young girl who vowed to fight evil after causing the death of her brother.
• RoBox – Low-budget government project to build a giant evil-fighting robot out of cardboard boxes.
• Sentai Jin – An astrophysicist given a robotic body after a freak meteor shower.
• Silver Potato – A human given super-powers in a freak accident.
• Slo Feng – A Swedish fighter who at first fought only for fame but now joins the heroes in their fight.
• Super Wrong – A masked hero from a tyrannical, yet disco-loving future.

Dr. Cube's Posse

• Dr. Cube – A forgotten Nazi experiment-cum-plastic surgeon, disfigured in a surgical accident. As a result, he wears a mask: a white cube with frowning features.
• Dino Kang Jr. – A lazy clone of Hell Monkey's dead mother, created by Dr. Cube.
• Gomi-man – A toxic pile of fighting trash.
• The Grudyin – A creature concocted by Dr. Cube from a combination of gorilla and mutant DNA.
• Hell Monkey – A one-eyed demon monkey.
• Marutambo – A one-armed fighting tree.
• Minions – Various brainless human creations of Dr. Cube.
• Napalean – A creation of Dr. Cube. The largest of all the Kaiju monsters.
• Polo Cato – A large fighting cat, noted for his smell.
• SDS-1 a.k.a. Super Dimensional Slug One – A giant slug designed as a Nazi weapon who time-travelled forward to the present day and fell under Dr. Cube's control.

Team Space Bug

Consists of all Kaiju space creatures.

• Mota Naru – A "space bug of liquid fire".
• Mung Wun – A female space bug who spits digestive juices at her enemies.
• Sky Deviler – A large one-eyed Kaiju with a small cranial capacity.
• The Swarm – Sons and daughters of Uchu Chu who use Sting Sticks to attack enemies.
• Uchu Chu – A Kaiju creature from the planet Xertoid. He may secretly be American Beetle's father.

The Rogues

These creatures have no affiliation with good or evil.

• Call-Me-Kevin – Hurled from his home planet by an explosion, he eventually fell to Earth and was rescued by Unibouzo.
• D.W. Cycloptopuss III – A sea monster with few friends and many enemies.
• Kung-Fu Chicken Noodle – A Cantonese worker who gained super-powers (and an armored soup can, which he wears) after being splashed with a bowl of special chicken noodle soup. Due to his ability to disguise himself by changing his label, he is considered one of the most dangerous kaiju on Earth.
• Los Plantanos Imposters – Imposters created by the CIA to ruin the good name of Los Plantanos and keep the Sock Puppet Dictator's government in power.
• Unibouzu – Gained super-powers and turned into a giant sea urchin after being bitten by an atomic sea urchin. Incredibly strong, but incredibly stupid.
• Vegetius – A giant bird-turtle creature from a South Pacific island, the most beast-like of all the Kaiju.

Human Co-Stars

These are the humans who are a part of Kaiju Big Battel in some way, but do not fight (for the most part).

• The Commissioner – The overseer of all Kaiju Big Battel functions.
• Louden Noxious – The announcer for Kaiju Big Battel.
• Referee Jingi – The official Kaiju Big Battel Referee.
• Anthony Salbino – A Kaiju Big Battel construction worker.
• Anna Dramina – A princess from outer space, and Silver Potato's girlfriend. Only fights when attacked.

External Links

• Official Kaiju Big Battel website