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|season = [[Bakugan Battle Brawlers]]
|number = 1
|next = [[Masquerade Ball]]
|last previous = N/A|name = BAKUGAN THE BATTLE BEGINS}}
'''BAKUGAN THE BATTLE BEGINS''' ({{nihongo|The Dragon Warrior|龍の戦士|Ryū no Senshi}} in the Japanese version) is the pilot and first episode of the anime series ''[[Bakugan Battle Brawlers]]''. It aired on April 5th, 2007 in Japan and September 3rd, 2007 in North America.
==Plot==
One day, [[Dan Kuso|Dan]] prepares for a brawl against [[Akira]], at the park. However, he arrives only to find that [[Shuji]] (, Akira's older brother) , is his challenger. During their second battle, a [[DragoPyrus#Generation 1|Pyrus]] [[Dragonoid (Generation 1)|Dragonoid]] appears. A battle ensues and during the course of the battle, Dan has a vision of a [[Pyrus]] [[the Dragonoid]] (Drago) struggling with against a [[Darkus#Legacy|Darkus]] [[Fear Ripper]]. The battle continues and Dan is victorious. The Dragonoid starts to explain what's behind the scenes of [[Bakugan]], and from that point onwards, all the [[Battle Brawlers ]] realize that Bakugan was is more than just a game, and must save [[Earth]] and [[Vestroia (Generation 1)|Vestroia]] from destruction at the destruction lead by hands of the tyrannical [[Naga]]. ==Major events==*Naga attempts to steal the [[Silent Core]] , only to be sucked into it.*A [[Pyrus ]] Dragonoid travels to [[Earth ]] and is obtained by Dan.*Dan learns that Bakugan can talk.
==Featured Brawls==
===Battle at the Park===
===Second Battle at the Park===
*[[Akira]]
*[[Alice Gehabich]] (seen as web-cam image only)
==Bakugan Debuts==
*[[Dragonoid (Generation 1)|Dragonoid]] (as Dan's [[Guardian Partner Bakugan]])*[[Falconeer]]*[[Fear Ripper]]*[[Gorem]]*[[Griffon]]*[[Hydranoid]]*[[Juggernoid]]*[[Mantris]]*[[Naga]]*[[Preyas]]*[[Robotallion]]*[[Saurus]]*[[Serpenoid]]*[[Siege]]*[[Skyress]]*[[Stinglash]]*[[Terrorclaw]]*[[Tigrerra]] ==Bakugan Seen==*[[Dragonoid]]
*[[Falconeer]]
*[[Fear Ripper]]
*[[Mantris]]
*[[Naga]]
*[[Preyas (Marucho Marukura)|Preyas]]
*[[Robotallion]]
*[[Saurus]]
*In the Japanese version, this episode is named after [[wikipedia:Hideaki Tokunaga|Hideaki Tokunaga's]] song of the same name.
*The Korean title for this episode follows the Japanese version and is called "용의 전사" (''The Dragon Warrior'').
*At the beginning of the episode, as Dan is taking out Bakugan from his collection, he pulls out a [[Serpenoid]] while calling it a [[Saurus]]. The Bakugan he takes out before the Serpenoid, however, is a Saurus.
===Deleted Scenes===
*Because of time constraints, a scene in the introduction where a woman found a Gate Card in her purse was edited out of the English version.
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