Vakar, mostly known as just V, is the overarching antagonist of the 2023 reboot TV series Bakugan. A person shrouded in enigma, he is the mastermind behind a factor that suddenly turns Bakugan into becoming destructive and aggressive. Consequently, as a result of Vakar's crimes, this resulted in the outlawing of Bakugan brawls which lead to the conflict of the franchise until the truth was made known to the public much later.
In the episodes His Strength is now our Strength and Broke this World, his true identity was revealed along with theft that he is the older brother of TC (real name: Andrew), one of the main protagonists of the series. Vakar was the second partner of Nillious, after the latter had abandoned his original partner, Kage, the leader of the Dragon Clan. Following Nillious' defeat, Vakar was arrested for his actions and crimes, even though he redeemed himself. Despite this, TC still hopes that they'll be together again once Vakar has served his sentence.
Vakar is voiced by Ali Badshah.
Biography[]
Early life[]
Vakar, alongside his brother Andrew, are born to loving and caring parents, who worked in Illusion Tech as engineers. Vakar and his brother were taught all the engineering skills their parents knew and learned, as the latter two seeked to make the world a better place and to help others who are in need. Vakar was protective of Andrew and would chase bullies who torment his little brother. One night, while having a talk with their mother, the former learns from her that if they want to change the world they can't wait for it to happen on its own and that they must change it themselves, assuring that they have it in themselves and that they are stronger when together.
While looking up at the stars outside his parents' house, Vakar began reflecting on his mother's words on his destiny of changing the world until he suddenly noticed a series of meteors falling from the sky. The meteors are actually creatures called Bakugan, who are sent to Earth by Dragonoid (or just Drago). One of the Bakugan crash-landed in his home, setting the house on fire. While Andrew survived, both of their parents were killed. Because of this tragedy, Vakar and Andrew's lives forever changed. While the entire world has changed, the former notes that it didn't change for the better.
As the entire world warmly welcomed the Bakugan into their society, Vakar would much later claim that they also indifferently turned their backs on those who had lost everything. Because of this, he became delusional over the belief that Bakugan had changed the world. Wanting to exact revenge on the Bakugan for the loss of their parents and for changing their lives and the world, Vakar and Andrew visited Illusion Tech but the people working there dismissively claimed that there is nothing they can do to help them. This hardened Vakar to the point that he decided to exact vengeance by himself.
Knowing what he has to do, he proceeded to steal technology that Illusion Tech owned, which is technology from the Bakugan's home planet of Vestroia. During his robbery, he discovered different kinds of data related to their research on the Bakugan. With the data and technology he had stolen and thanks to his programming skills, he created a whole new program based on said data. Working hard day and night, he successfully creates the program and downloads it into a device he created, which is a mask that will allow Vakar to control the Bakugan to his will.
Episode 2: Ready to Rampage[]
During the events of the second episode of the series, Vakar, ready to exact his revenge on the world in motion, tests his newly-created invention on two local Bakugan while from a hiding place. Unfortunately, however, despite the programming he created, it failed to bend the two Bakugan to his will. Instead, it caused them to go rampant, causing a lot of damage in the process. This makes Vakar fully responsible for the incident. In addition, he came to realize that he didn't perfected his invention. While Andrew expressed concern over the ensuing chaos, Vakar, who seems to have lost his mind, claims that it proves that there is potential and that with a little work there is more that they can do.
When Andrew tried to talk some sense into him, one of the rampaging Bakugan sent down falling debris, causing Vakar to push his brother safety. Unfortunately for him, TC, ended up getting injured, causing him to lose his memories. Though he was sent to a hospital to recover, the doctors discovered particles of Vestroian technology on Andrew so they sent him away. The latter would eventually find himself in Illusion Tech, where he meets Hammerhead, a hammerhead shark Bakugan who then became his partner. Because Andrew was transferred to the company building through unknown means, Vakar was unable to find him. Thinking for the worst, this caused him to dive into his work. Assuming the identity of V, he would create a technological mask with a letter V across the right eye, so as to hide his identity.
Sometime after Episode 2[]
Vakar would eventually create a Bakugan tournament to gather all the strongest and most powerful Bakugan from each of their respective clans all so he could corrupt and turn them into s pawns, so as to form an army of his own. He would also begin to find his brother in a plot to take over the world and change it into whatever they want.
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Trivia[]
- V is in some ways similar to Tiko from Bakugan: Battle Planet; both have tragic backstories and they corrupt other Bakugan.