Monster is a member of the Big Three of Neo Empire Gear and a major antagonist in Choudenshi Bioman. He was later upgraded into Neo Monster.
He was portrayed by the late Strong Kongō.
Overview[]
He is a minion of Doctor Man and a powerful mechahuman supervillain. He was a partner of Mason and Farrah and one of Doctor Man's most powerful and trusted minions. Just like his partners, Monster was one of the Biomen's archenemies and one of their most powerful and dangerous enemies.
Monster is superhumanly strong physically, possesses an enormous physical strength, granted him by his master and creator Doctor Man. However, despite his strength, Monster is an extremely dumb and dimwitted and posssesses a weak intelligence and mind abilities. However, despite his dimwitted nature and limited intelligence, he was still a valuable asset for the Gear, due to his strength and fighting prowess. He also had personal rivalry with the other Gear generals, doing his best and trying to impress Doctor Man. He was also the partner of Zyuoh and was good friends with him, liking to work together.
Throughout the series, Monster along with his fellow Gear villains created and tried multiple plans of the world conquest, but the Biomen always foiled and ruined their evil plans. Near the end of the season, Monster joined Mason in his attempt to overthrow Doctor Man, after Mason found out Doctor Man was a human, only to Doctor Man found out about their plan and reprogrammed his three generals to be completely loyal to him.
He is portrayed by the late wrestler Strong Kongo.
Biography[]
Monster was built by Doctor Man to be a powerful robot, but to not be as smart as his colleagues. Doctor Man created him with an enormous physical strength, but with the limited and weak intelligence and mind abilities.
Monster was first seen in the Neograd, together with Doctor Man and his other underlings, when they gathered in the Neograd palace control room to discuss the plans of the world domination. When the Gear attacked the Earth and attacked the peaceful scientific city of Technotopia 21, they encountered the Biomen, the five warriors who opposed them and saved the world. Throughout the season, Doctor Man and his subordinates utilized and tried numerous plans of destroying the Biomen and conquering the Earth, but the five brave warriors constantly foiled their evil plans of the world domination and saved the Earth. Monster was often sent to the Earth by Doctor Man to aid and assist his monsters Mecha-Gigans in their attacks on Technotopia and fighting the Biomen. Monster was often punished and tortured by Doctor Man with an electroshock for his failures.
After Mason discovered Doctor Man was a human and not a mechahuman, he told Monster and Farrah of his discovery and convinced them to assist him in his plot to overthrow Doctor Man. The three seemingly killed Doctor Man and took over the empire, but Doctor Man had anticipated the Big Three's betrayal and eluded them with a body double before reprogramming each of them to be completely loyal to him.
Monster would later be upgraded by Doctor Man into Neo Monster, becoming more powerful and gaining a new set of abilities.
After Bio Hunter Silva arrived on Earth with his mecha Balzion, Doctor Man sought to gain possession of the robot and sent Monster to capture it once its location was uncovered. Though he was fatally wounded in the process, Monster managed to use his Neo Mecha Gigan to deliver the mecha to Doctor Man before exploding.
Personality[]
Monster is a serious, headstrong and brutish mechahuman, who will stop at nothing to destroy the Biomen and help his creator and master Doctor Man take over the world. Monster is a skilled combatant, but he is weak and awful strategist, due to his limited intelligence and dimwitted nature, but he still did his best to impress his master Doctor Man and help him with his goals. He is also highly destructive and chaotic and was willing to allow countless innocent people perish during the attacks of the Gear. However, Monster isn't completely evil. Despite being a villain, he was shown to be quite incompetent and humorous in his villainous career and was often abused and insulted by Doctor Man for his failures, making him in some ways more sympathetic. He can also be played for sympathy for his stupidity, being insecure and wanting to do his best for the Gear. Monster is also highly comedic, being frequently played for laughs, due to his stupidity and actually serves as the comic relief of the series. Also, Monster was shown to be a good friends with Zyuoh and enjoyed working together with him and together doing the missions.
Powers and Abilities[]
Due to his role as the general of the Neo Empire Gear, Monster is highly powerful and possesses multiple superhuman powers and abilities. While he possesses a weak intelligence, but he is still a powerful fighter, possessing great fighting prowess.
Here's the list of Monster's abilities:
- Superhuman Strength: Monster's main ability. He was created by Doctor Man with a powerful superhuman physical strength, and is capable of fighting and outmatching all of Biomen Rangers.
- Superhuman Durability: Monster is highly durable and was able to take numerous hits from his opponents and survive without any injuries.
- Superhuman Stamina: Being a robotic mechahuman, Monster posseseses a supernatural stamina and can continue fighting for many hours without tiring.
- Expert Fighter: Despite his dimwitted intelligence, Monster is a skilled and capable fighter and was shown to be capable of combating and outmatching the Biomen.
Under the Neo Upgrades[]
- Enhanced Strength: Monster possesses a heavily increased physical strength under the Neo Upgrades, after be upgraded by Doctor Man.
- Enhanced Durability: Monster's durability is also greatly enhanced, being able to reflect much more hits than before.
- Enhanced Stamina: Monster also possesses a heavily increased stamina, thanks to the Neo Upgrades, which allows him to hold his own in the battle far longer.
Arsenal[]
- Huge Axe: Monster was ared with a huge axe in battle.
Under the Neo Upgrades[]
- Monster Big Iron: Monster was later armed with a Monster Big Iron, also known as morning star.
- Monster Big Cutter: When he was upgraded by Doctor Man, Monster was armed with a hand sword, known as Monster Big Cutter.
- Monster Big Hand: Monster is armed with a giant iron hand, known as Monster Big Hand.
Weaknesses[]
- Limited Intelligence: Monster's main weakness is his highly dimwitted intelligence. He is an extremely dumb and hardly understands the science and strategy, which allows his opponents to easily outsmart him.
Trivia[]
- In the English dubbed version of the show Monster's name was changed to Vargo, making him the only big three member to have his name changed in the English dub.
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