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|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 [[Pyrus#Generation 1|Pyrus]] [[DragoDragonoid (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]].
==Featured Brawls==
===Battle at the Park===
{| class="wikitable" width="75%" style="border:1px solid black; padding:5px; text-align:left;"
! colspan="64" style="text-align:center; background:#ea4135; color:white; font-size:14px;"|Round 1|- style! width="width:auto;25%"! |Dan Kuso| width="25%"| 3 Bakugan Remaining| <br />0 {{tooltip|HSP|HoloSector Points}}! width="25%"|Shuji| width="25%"| 3 Bakugan Remaining| <br />0 {{tooltip|HSP|HoloSector Points}}
|-
| colspan="3"|Shuji throws out his Gate Card and {{attribute|Subterra|desc=no|size=15px}} [[Mantris]], Dan throws out {{attribute|Pyrus|desc=no|size=15px}} [[Serpenoid]]
| colspan="31"|{{attribute|Subterra|desc=no|size=15px}} Mantris: 270 Gs<br />{{attribute|Pyrus|desc=no|size=15px}} Serpenoid: 320 Gs
|-
| colspan="3"|Sid Shuji opens his Gate Card<br />Mantris and defeats Serpenoid.| colspan="31"|{{attribute|Subterra|desc=no|size=15px}} Mantris: {{tooltip|420 Gs|Subterra Gate Card: +150 Gs}}<br />420 Gs > 320 Gs
|-
| colspan="64" style="text-align:center;"|'''Shuji wins this round'''
|-
! colspan="64" style="text-align:center; background:#ea4135; color:white; font-size:14px;"|Round 2
|-
! Dan Kuso
| 2 Bakugan Remaining| <br />0 {{tooltip|HSP|HoloSector Points}}
! Shuji
| 3 Bakugan Remaining| <br />400 {{tooltip|HSP|HoloSector Points}}
|-
| colspan="3"|Shuji throws {{attribute|Subterra|desc=no|size=15px}} [[Terrorclaw]] onto Dan's Gate Card, Dan throws out {{attribute|Pyrus|desc=no|size=15px}} [[Falconeer]]
| colspan="31"|''Neither Gs are known''
|-
| colspan="3"|Dan opens his Gate Card and wipes out Terrorclaw with Falconeer.
| colspan="31"|''Neither Gs are known''
|-
| colspan="64" style="text-align:center;"|'''Dan wins this round'''
|-
! colspan="64" style="text-align:center; background:#ea4135; color:white; font-size:14px;"|Round 3
|-
! Dan Kuso
| 2 Bakugan Remaining| <br />200 {{tooltip|HSP|HoloSector Points}}
! Shuji
| 2 Bakugan Remaining| <br />400 {{tooltip|HSP|HoloSector Points}}
|-
| colspan="3"|Shuji sets throws his second Gate Card and throws {{attribute|Subterra|desc=no|size=15px}} [[Saurus]] onto his Gate Card, Dan throws out {{attribute|Pyrus|desc=no|size=15px}} [[Saurus]].| colspan="31"|{{attribute|Subterra|desc=no|size=15px}} Saurus: 290 Gs<br />{{attribute|Pyrus|desc=no|size=15px}} Saurus: 280 Gs
|-
| colspan="3"|Shuji opens his Gate Card.
| colspan="31"|{{attribute|Subterra|desc=no|size=15px}} Saurus: {{tooltip|320 Gs|Subterra Gate Card: +30 Gs}}
|-
| colspan="3"|Dan activates {{tooltip|Saurus Glow|+50 Gs to your Bakugan}} and defeats Shuji's Saurus.| colspan="31"|{{attribute|Pyrus|desc=no|size=15px}} Saurus: {{tooltip|330 Gs|Saurus Glow: +50 Gs}}<br />330 Gs > 320 Gs
|-
| colspan="64" style="text-align:center;"|'''Dan wins this round'''
|-
! colspan="64" style="text-align:center; background:#ea4135; color:white; font-size:14px;"|Round 4
|-
! Dan Kuso
| 2 Bakugan Remaining| <br />500 {{tooltip|HSP|HoloSector Points}}
! Shuji
| 1 Bakugan Remaining| <br />400 {{tooltip|HSP|HoloSector Points}}
|-
| colspan="3"|Shuji sets his final Gate Card and , throws {{attribute|Subterra|desc=no|size=15px}} Mantris onto his Gate Card, <br />Dan throws out {{attribute|Pyrus|desc=no|size=15px}} Falconeer| colspan="31"|{{attribute|Subterra|desc=no|size=15px}} Mantris: 270 Gs<br />{{attribute|Pyrus|desc=no|size=15px}} Falconeer: ??? Gs
|-
| colspan="3"|Shuji opens his Gate Card and then activates {{tooltip|Slice Cutter|-50 Gs to the opponent's Gs}}
| colspan="31"|''Neither Gs are known''
|-
| colspan="3"|Dan activates {{tooltip|Frame Fire|Reflects the opponent's ability}} and defeats Mantris.
| colspan="31"|Falconeer's Gs > Mantris' Gs
|-
| colspan="64" style="text-align:center;"|'''Dan wins this round'''
|-
! colspan="1" | Dan Kuso| colspan="1" | 2 Bakugan Remaining! colspan="1" | Shuji| colspan="3" | 0 Bakugan Remaining
|-
! colspan="64" | Dan wins
|}
===Second Battle at the Park===
==Characters Character Debuts==
*[[Akira]]
*[[Alice Gehabich]] (seen as web-cam image only)
==Bakugan Debuts==
*[[Dragonoid (Generation 1)|Dragonoid]] (as Dan's [[Guardian Partner Bakugan]])
*[[Falconeer]]
*[[Fear Ripper]]
*[[Mantris]]
*[[Naga]]
*[[Preyas]]*[[Robotallion]]*[[Saurus]]*[[Serpenoid]]*[[Siege]]*[[Skyress]]*[[Stinglash]]*[[Terrorclaw]]*[[Tigrerra]] ==Bakugan Seen==*[[Dragonoid]]*[[Falconeer]]*[[Fear Ripper]]*[[Gorem]]*[[Griffon]]*[[Hydranoid]]*[[Juggernoid]]*[[Mantris]]*[[Naga]]*[[(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.
==Video==
<embedvideo service="youtube" dimensions="360" alignment="center">https://youtuwww.beyoutube.com/ukaEdx2DZugwatch?controlsv=0KO1ZniSk8QM</embedvideo>
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